Educating the noobs = -EV, so......
T8Suited, Feb 17 2010
Why should we bother posting genuine thoughts on these forums?
Why does it take this long for me to realize this?
Are my thoughts justified or am I an asshole (or both)?
Giving up NLHE / picking up PLO
T8Suited, Feb 16 2010
Running good the first few sessions
Wish me more luck
I've become a huge postflop nit
T8Suited, Nov 03 2009
I've become so nitty that people couldn't stack me, or at times don't want to play for stacks even when they have cracked my overpairs.
On the other hand I miss so much values e.g. I wouldn't put in a raise on a semi-scary boards with a limped set.
Overall it results in a low varianace, modest winning style so I guess that's okay.
So how do I not get stacked?
55 Bottom set 4-way minraised pot + Show Spoiler +
QQ sick flop non-standard check, call-down is standard BTW (since villain's line is monster or bluff) + Show Spoiler +
AhAc multiway in position flop Kc7c3c + Show Spoiler +
Older hands. 77 Set limped pot boat on river + Show Spoiler +
QQ a preflop situation, got exactly what I wanted (shortie 3bet all in after I flatted the original raise) but then 80BB-UTG 4bet me. + Show Spoiler +
QQ reraised pot J-hi board + Show Spoiler +
AA lolwut, well discussed before + Show Spoiler +
Q4hh Limped pot top 2 on flop + Show Spoiler +
[edit -- added] 77 Limped set scary flop so let's play it feeeeeeeeeeeeeebly......+ Show Spoiler +
JJ 1/2 year old hand. epic damage control, when I was still playing NL100 + Show Spoiler +
Run sick good......again......
T8Suited, Jun 22 2009
Seriously I can't remember I ever run bad in poker. When I lose money it's usually because of bad play not bad luck
Another 6 BIs over like 800 hands today, thanks to a bunch of setups like these:
76s aggressor in reraised pot + Show Spoiler +
44 reraised pot lol + Show Spoiler +
Q5c BvB + Show Spoiler +
76h dude wasn't the best player, moments ago sitting with 200+BB, ccpf w/ AA and stacked off vs PF raiser's flopped set for 150BBs. Glad that I was able to take the rest of his monies+ Show Spoiler +
Cool(?) hands
QTd Scary line will probably get most people fold top pair (and if he doesn't I still have a bunch of outs)+ Show Spoiler +
98d Gay induce, successful call-down. Later I finished him off with a cooler QQ prevailing over AK PFAI+ Show Spoiler +
84d Sure I got a drop of value out of Ace high, but maybe I could've induced a bigger bluff by checking, or even a hero call with a normal-sized bet, who knows,......+ Show Spoiler +
QQ Real blemish against a loose passive, doesn't get out of line often, size of his bet correlates closely to hand strength.+ Show Spoiler +
Could have won more if I decided not to bluff some loose-passive 60bber off top pair (K9 board 9223 I only had overs)
First long session after long break
T8Suited, Jun 20 2009
I realize I could win flips
Played NL50 instead of NL100 because of wonky internet connecgtion. Made 5 BIs or so yesterday while winning a few flips over 1.5k hands lol
My quality of play, well, sometimes I play well, sometimes I am too weak-tight, sometimes I make bets that no worse hands call, sometimes I am too wild.
I need more balance and more consistency. Hope I can find them in my not-too-distant future
Questionable hands / self critique:
97s Didn't realize me and BB were slightly deep, but in any event this was quite bad (no worse hand calls this shove). On the other hand pot was fairly large, 28 when it was my turn to act. Better line to stack off would be flat flop and bet hard on a blank turn to get value out of Jx, 8x pair+draw type hands maybe?+ Show Spoiler +
AA I flatted PF in order to keep the bad player in. Bad idea since I was oop, perhaps? But I won the flip.+ Show Spoiler +
Q7h Most people would've open-shoved river themselves, but the weak-tight side of me took over here -- my requested time almost ran out on the river again this non-reg.+ Show Spoiler +
63 Too weak to commit with this BB special vs someone who I deemed to be a slightly passive, in-line non-reg.+ Show Spoiler +
53s Only thing that happened right was that I won. Given that he had a chance to resuck in case he had a high spade, I likely didn't have implied odds to call flop.+ Show Spoiler +
Fun hands -- sorted by entertainment value, no much thoughts needed
86h Trapper trapped + Show Spoiler +
66 Passive reg (?) lost his mind? + Show Spoiler +
T7 Triple-barrel for cute little pot + Show Spoiler +
77 Medium sized heads-up pot, lol @ him betting $9 on the turn + Show Spoiler +
QT A correctly played version of the 97s hand maybe? + Show Spoiler +
KK Satisfactory extraction vs reg + Show Spoiler +
AJs Hands like this tilt me so much + Show Spoiler +
75h Didn't know what I could beat, but he bet kind of small + Show Spoiler +
Plus some won flips that I didn't post (AK vs QQ 100BB, AsTs vs Ah2h board Ad9s2s)
Finally, I think I played these well
JJ vs a frequent 3-bettor + Show Spoiler +
AK vs a raise and reraise PF + Show Spoiler +
Brag
T8Suited, Feb 26 2009
Played well tonight -- +7.5 BI over 3k hands
Doubled up on 6 of 8 tables at the end
Next time let's try for perfection 8 out of 8?
Picking up Pokah again
T8Suited, Feb 19 2009
Switching jobs between April to June. Which means I will have a chance to realize playing full-time poker for the entire month of May. Needless to say I am very excited about this challenge.
The bad thing is, I have been losing for 1 year, playing 50NL sparingly, perhaps 3 or 4 long 1k+ hand sessions per month. Lost about 1.5k. This after playing every day after school (before I graduated) for a 5-month stretch (Sep 07 - Feb 08) winning 15k at mostly NL100.
I decide I will 1) move back up 2) try to play better 3) post hands for advices 4) reinstall Pokertracker ASAP
Hands from tonight's sessions
1) Very common small-pot spot, I think flatting flop is a misplay, even against a loose player. Different line anyone?
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2) Another common spot -- TT in BB vs a 50BBer LP opener preflop. I reraised an extra $4 because I wanted to avoid awkward stack sizes on the flop and commit myself while my hand is probably good (I didn't want to bet-fold suboptimal flops). Is this alright or is this thinking flawed?
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Submitted by : T8Suited PokerStars Game #25120583265: Holdem No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2009/02/19 13:16:36 ET
Table Carina III 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: BBQSquirrel ($103.50 in chips)
Seat 2: Shawnstarrr ($102.50 in chips)
Seat 3: eckoo ($100 in chips)
Seat 4: Cojzynho ($50.50 in chips)
Seat 5: TJM Berndsen ($101.50 in chips)
Seat 6: slayP00N ($197.60 in chips)
BBQSquirrel: posts small blind $0.50
Shawnstarrr: posts big blind $1
Holecards
Dealt to BBQSquirrel  
eckoo: folds
Cojzynho: raises $3 to $4
TJM Berndsen: folds
slayP00N: folds
BBQSquirrel: raises $12 to $16
Shawnstarrr: folds
Cojzynho: folds
Uncalled bet ($12) returned to BBQSquirrel
BBQSquirrel collected $9 from pot
Summary
Total pot $9 | Rake $0
Seat 1: BBQSquirrel (small blind) collected ($9)
Seat 2: Shawnstarrr (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: eckoo folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 4: Cojzynho folded before Flop
Seat 5: TJM Berndsen folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 6: slayP00N (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
3) This one bothers me a lot. Villain is a reg and probably on the passive side. But I have an overpair in a reraised pot......
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Fun hands
NEVER FLAT AA PF
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Can't ask for a better board vs uberpassive
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Same guy was accusing me of being a Pokerstars staff after the J7dd hand when this happened
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Good flop vs questionable player
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Adjustments Pt II
T8Suited, Sep 27 2008
The adjustments that I mentioned last day, well, they weren't needed, when I managed to sit at tables where people weren't overly aggressive e.g. like to limp.
Moreover, the regs that I encountered today were TAGs, but they weren't that tricky or tough. So I was able to make another 6 BIs on this day playing relatively straightforward and solid.
4 Afternoon hands
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/535240 T8d Cute multiway bluff
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/535317 QQ Lucky that I ran into a smaller pair and held. Didn't know how to respond if I was check-raised AI on flop. Probably still call.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/535318 97d PF is questionable. But I made a strong pot-committing check-raise on the flop that will probably fold out some weaker overpairs. Too bad I ran into the virtual nuts.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/535319 AK The call-down was very questionable, but then I saved myself some money by flatting PF. Against a shortie I would often get 4-bet AI by all pocket pairs. In addition, if I flat PF and spike TPTK I can comfortably go AI with this stack size.
Quick break, and then an evening session vs worse competition
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/535421 AQ worst lost of the day, which is an indication of how well I ran. However, this again is an unnecessary calldown. First, the dude bet into a 4-way scary flop. 2nd, King on turn made me fall behind KQ. Lastly, even the dude was non-standard laggy I didn't think he is stupid enough to lead out with a weaker Ace on the river.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/535419 KK of course I wasn't planning to go broke with 1 pair after limping this hand. However against a 25BB shortie it's probably okay. Would've happened anyways, even if I raised PF......
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/535409 AK But I got it back the very next hand......nice river call BTW......
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/535406 A6s More back-to-back fun. Part I. Dream flop
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/535407 AA Part II. Standard vs decent reg. Lucky that he had AK, not KK
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/535408 AA vs monkey
A few other hands
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/535413 99 Really didn't know about this one. Villain was quite laggy, but my 99 stayed overpair on turn when I picked up extra outs, so I put in a raise. River was quite bad -- he might have JT/T9/Txd so I didn't want to risk losing the pot by checking, or worse, check-calling AI vs his 10. So I continued representing a monster (888/straight/boat) and ran him off the pot.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/535414 97s I didn't have pot odds to call the turn, but river was scary for him if he had 2 pairs (AK/QJ both improved). So I bluffed and was rewarded with a fold after a lengthy consideration.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/535416 A9h I made a smallish c-bet and a smallish 3-bet on this missed, dry-as-hell flop, and convinced my opponent that I had TP solidly beaten.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/535418 QTh Another hmm spot. I didn't like his flop call, but he may not like the Ace on the turn, so I decided to fire again in order to find it out. And I got a fairly quick fold.
Adjustments
T8Suited, Sep 26 2008
After a 3-month hiatus I realized that I can't live without poker. The game is fun and making money is fun. QED
Here are some changes that I decide to incorporate into my game for the next little while:
1) Raise much less frequently in the blinds. So what if I pick up JJ or AQ? We are supposed to disguise our hands. So there is no need to ring alarm bells for our villains. Also, rarely reraise PF with monsters, esp in position. I have been doing this for the past few days, with moderate success. Even against standard TAGs raising 15% of their hands PF, reraising simply blows away too much of the trash.
2) Limp behind with monsters, with intentions to reraise PF. With so many people wanting to "punish limpers" with big late-position raises this has become an attractive option.
3) Slowplay like there is no tomorrow, becoz when you flop a monster, chances are your opponent didn't. Give them a chance to catch up or keep bluffing. Esp against cautious thinking players -- if they are unlikely to stack off with top pair make sure don't blow them away by raising flop and following up on turn. If you just flat a drawy flop with a set, thinking players won't put you on a monster and might try to bluff catch later on.
So far I have registered 4 consecutive winning sessions with almost $1000. And I did it without significant suckouts. Hoping to keep it up.
Anyways, hands, just for the record:
Sep 22. Mostly small-ball poker
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/532328 AKs Reraised pot, 3-way, TPTK, action on scary board
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/532329 Q7d Nice flop but......
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/532330 Q2h Okay to call minraise PF?
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/532333 QJc Sooted Queens sucked on this day
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/532334 KTs Dude made the same small-raise bluff a few hands ago
Sep 23 more small-ball poker
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/533025 63d Easy value bet on river? I actually requested time before throwing out $20...
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/533026 QQ Unnecessary stack-off vs someone who hasn't done much
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/533028 AA
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/533029 AKc I had no idea what he had. But I kept representing AA and preseverance paid off
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/533030 77 Bluffing the Ace
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/533031 A9h Cute hero call vs good reg
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/533032 AJh Bluffing a somewhat scary river. Or representing slowplayed trips. Or whatever.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/533033 63s Didn't know what I was representing. But he believed me. Or maybe he was drawing
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/533034 98h Slowplaying vs half stack
Sep 25
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/534216 85s Flopped flush vs shortie min-checkraise
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/534217 T8s Was bored to hell so I pulled this crap
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/534219 QQ
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/534220 76d I think it was a good bluff
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/534367 88 I was hoping to blow out 99-JJ, but instead I got this
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/534368 99 Standard
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/534369 22 Almost folded bottom set vs button (a standard TAG)
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/534370 77 Semi-hero calldown on suboptimal board
Sep 26 lots of stacking events on this night
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/534910 33 Sicko setups, didn't know how bad my play was
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/534912 T8h Very sour ending to an otherwise productive session
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/534913 KQ Opponent was loose passive. Who flats river?
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/534916 77 Happened earlier than the T8h hand (same opponent).
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/534917 KK He must think I have a small pocket pair and sick of all the raising/reraising
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/534919 AJ I was turning my hand into a bluff. I didn't expect him to call 3 streets with KK-JJ, so I put him on AT and tried to represent a set starting with the strong flop lead
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/534920 42d Good time to play trash
Slow-playing one pair on drawy flop (board)
T8Suited, Sep 21 2008
Don't know which board this topic should go, so how about my blog?......
During my recent sessions I have been checking TPGK+ / overpair on drawy flops quite a bit, vs both decent player or stationy donks. The downside is of course I give out free cards to drawing hands. On the other hand I keep the pot small and/or underrepresent my hand quite a bit, and could get a worse pair to try to bluff catch vs my apparent missed overs. Or I can induce bluffs vs aggro players
Examples. These are all good:
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/531416 AA vs a river c/r
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/531402 QQ Suboptimal turn and river, but I still caught up on the betting and stacked the dude
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/531408 KQd value vs flopped pair+draw that didn't improve
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/531421 KK luckie flop check
Any thoughts?
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