Just a quick one (an hour or so). Started off 2 tabling (which was waaaay too much for me lol, I realized this after a bit tho), ended up down like just under half a buyin, oh well - just happens to be the exact same amount I won (8th or 9th place) in some 15$ PLO donkament
The longest match was really interesting actually, it was about 200 hands vs some guy on iPoker. I was getting destroyed but amazingly I started picking up really, REALLY detailed reads which felt great. Things like how he was always stacking off after X, always potcontrolling when Y, etcetc. Felt good to be picking up on this stuff (I've always sucked HU).
I finished up 65 cents on him :D Which was a come back of sorts.
Some hands:
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/491403 - Eh. Not sure why I choose to play this preflop! Must have been a lil frustrated or un-focused (probably still 2 tabling). Anyway, it was the second straight time that he repotted me instantly when I led like this (although last time it was on the river..) andddddddd I should have folded cause I'm not sure he'd been as aggressive as I felt he'd been.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/491406 - His check = pot-control or give up, so I was going pot pot check or pot pot pot if board came off scary (ie flushdraw)
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/491407 - This hand made me realize his fullpot bets = "I'm stacking off" and his checks = "I'm potcontrolling".
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/491408 - Probably a preflop raise..? Anyway, on the river I'm trying to mimick the last hand sort of, I guess it kinda sucks that I can only really rep 69, 79, 89.. Hold'em mindset with 1 card straights I guess
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/491411 - C/C = pot control = pot pot pot (I mean top 2 on this board in a reraised pot is obviously ALWAYS pot pot pot). This was the first time I observed it I think.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/491415 - I dislike my check here, he was not stabbing the turn at all. I like my river check tho, because he HAD been betting rivers more than turns. But yeah, bet bet bet >>>>> check, he didn't like folding.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/491421 - Hm, I had lots of spots like this where I wasn't sure I should bet the flop since I wouldnt know what to do vs a c/r (fold? not the nut wrap, fd out there).. Maybe bet fold these hands more.
Anyway, at the end he went on tilt or something when I said I was leaving in 20 hands, and started 3betting everyhand, raising every hand oop. Unfortunately ipoker dealt me 237K rainbow for 20 hands
I had a LOT of trouble deciding what hands to call with out of the BB, and I couldn't establish a good c/r dynamic (I swear he had ESP, everytime I wanted to c/r he potcontrolled -.- so I could never do it with a strong hand). I think my stats were way too tight and I probably need to work on identifying how the value of hands changes hu.
But HU omaha is pretty fun =]
Oh and, someone plz fix omaha hands for ipoker? Sucks that they do not display properly
Also, I kinda want to do something similiar to what I did back in december for my supernova challenge.. Maybe not 5k hands a day like back then but I need a goal.. Not sure what tho.
Does McCain have to say before people start realizing he's either an idiot, a liar, or senile?
First he gets the time line in Iraq wrong by saying that the surge BEGAN the Anbar Awakening (even though the awakening happened 6 months before the surge), and then in the same interview he says that Iraq was the first major conflict after 9/11... as if Afghanistan DIDN'T FUCKING EXIST! And he is supposed to be a foreign policy expert? I mean he's saying lot's of little stupid shit which I generally forgive, things like saying Iraq and Pakistan border each other. But there's just so much of it in the last month that it gets harder and harder to dismiss.
McCain Forgets Afghanistan:
McCain mixes up Surge Time Line
Kate Couric: Senator McCain, Senator Obama says, while the increased number of US troops contributed to increased security in Iraq, he also credits the Sunni awakening and the Shiite government going after militias. And says that there might have been improved security even without the surge. What's your response to that?
McCain: I don't know how you respond to something that is as -- such a false depiction of what actually happened. Colonel McFarlane [phonetic] was contacted by one of the major Sunni sheiks. Because of the surge we were able to go out and protect that sheik and others. And it began the Anbar awakening. I mean, that's just a matter of history. Thanks to General Petraeus, our leadership, and the sacrifice of brave young Americans. I mean, to deny that their sacrifice didn't make possible the success of the surge in Iraq, I think, does a great disservice to young men and women who are serving and have sacrificed.
I'm too lazy right now but I might eventually bother to gather all his idiotic statements into one clean post so people see why I say that he's making a LOT of mistakes right now.
Also, pre-emptive argument right here: I understand the point McCain is trying to make in front of the cheese, but he's not responding to the argument at hand. I agree that the clear and hold and build idea was good. I also think that the surge helped the other efforts that had already started - how could it not? I mean you send more US troops in and I'm sure the violence is gonna go down cause, well, our troops totally pwn. The clear/hold/build strategy was a good one and doing it while the other improvements were going on in Iraq, like the Anbar Awakening, helped those other efforts to succeed.
The point is that McCain said that the SURGE was responsible for BEGINNING the Anbar Awakening, even though the Anbar Awakening started 6 months before the surge was announced. That's where the beef is, not with whether clear/hold/build was good or not.
That's either a lie, a huge mistake (in an area he's an expert in) or huge semantics debate. McCain is now trying to argue that the "SURGE" isn't just the surge of troops that went in as part of the official surge announced by Pres Bush, but that the surge started as soon as the idea of clear/hold/build came along. He's basically trying to take credit for things like the anbar awakening by saying the surge caused them and he supported the surge so he gets credit. I call bullshit.
Ok, so you guys are probably wondering why I'm even going to Las Vegas at this time of the year! Well my sister is taking part in the World Hip Hop Dance Championship 2008, so since I like to play poker somewhat I thought it would be cool to go along with her and bring my gf with me as well! soooooooo I'm leaving tomorow morning at 6:15 AM(east time).... I'll be landing in Las Vegas at 11 AM there.. pacific time? oh well like GMT -8 or something.... either way I can't wait!
The bad part is since everyone from the hiphop dance crew of my sister were all non-ballers, they're staying in the cheapest Hotel over there called "CircusCircus" and well I have a room booked there =(
Anyway if any of you are in vegas during this time (July 25th to August 5th) just msg me! We could meet up at some point
oh and since I'm making a blog post, might as well talk about my poker, I haven't played much at all during July, been in Old Orchard Beach, Moved in my new appartment with my gf, been kinda busy, but I'm still up a bit over 30 000$ so It's all good! Hope to meet at least... 1 of you in vegas! cya =D!
After a few months and sorting some issues I'm back and playing.
When I stopped, I had around ~$180. Took me about 3-4 days to reach 200$ on NL4. So after I did, a few days ago I moved up to NL10.
Right now I'm at around $235 with a winrate of 6,32 BB/100 over ~2700 hands. Once I'm done with NL10, which will have to wait a bit because I'll be going away in a few days, I expect my BB/100 for this level to be around 10 because, after the initial moving-up fear, I feel very superior to the players here. I'm abusing position, perhaps even too much coz I'm basically not even playing OOP. I feel I can't make much mistakes playing like this and that variance won't be very high.
This entry is more of a personal record keeping so yeah...
P.S I just beat AA with QQ PF allin, river Q.
~take care
I'll probably start dipping my toes into the 1/2 games once I do figure it out.
Halpmeh!: http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/491075 - As i started this session I was listening to a DC plo video and they were talking about how in some situations you can be behind with the nuts (vs like fd and set, or fd and straight draw), and they suggested checking behind. In this case, I don't even have the nuts AND the board lends itself very well to them having fd+sd or fd+set.. Is it ok to check behind then call/call or call/vbet (maybe fold flushcard I suppose)?
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/491077 - Too many draws to bet the flop? Is betting the river a good idea (since he checked twice, he probably doesn't have THAT much) or do I have enough showdown value?
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/491078 - Villain is a regular, 2p2er I think, running like 30/15. Not played with him a ton. On flop I have a gutshot and FD so seems like an obligatory call at least (I don't know much about his 3betting range actually). On the turn I'm now double gutted (I didn't realize this at first) and I have 31% equity vs a set.. Do I get it in (I'm almost getting the odds to get it in anyway, and sometimes I'm winning vs a worse draw/have very good equity vs a worse draw w a pair)? At the time I didn't realize my equity was that good so I folded.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/491082 - I'm thinking if he has a boat, I'm gonna get a lot of bets in on the river (or get c/r on the turn), and by raising turn I'm chasing all the draws away. On the river I think I need to at least raise and get the shortstacks money in since I can't rely on the last guy raising.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/491085 - Anyone like a raise here (blockers to KQ) or a call and bluffing all pairs / valuebetting spades (obvioiusly)?
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/491089 - Bet turn? Valuebet river? After 2 checks I'd be surprised if I'm beat here but do I actually get called by anything?
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/491090 - This might be terrible.. Bet turn? Reasoning went something like.. he's very tight, the 9 is bad cause 9TXX is part of a million hands (then I realize he's in the BB :D), I fold out any draw.. Bet/bet/bet superior? If I bet turn and raise do I have to fold? (he's like 16/8 or something btw)
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/491092 - Hand right after, same villain. Only seen him 3bet once, vs a halfstack where he made it slightly less than pot, then halfpotted a 89Xrainbow flop (or 87), then put the villain in for his last like 16 bucks on a 7 turn and the guy folded. I think he has aces most likely, and I'm in position with a not TOTALLY useless hand, getting an alright price, and my 3x raise means his 3bet wasn't very big.
On the flop do I raise or call? It's a great flop obviously but if I raise, do I only get played with when he has like a set or a NFD? If I call and turn comes this way, I'm obviously betting if he checks (and folding out AA** that bricked like always I'd assume) but if he bets again I just pass?
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/491097 - Probably best hand on turn, and a double gutshot.. On river, all the draws missed so I think I almost have to call :o
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/491098 - The guy turned out to be quite a maniac (90/76) but at this time I'd only seen him 3bet me once (bvb, I called with 98TQ single suited, and we checked down a 8d 6h Qs 2c 2h where I folded to a pot bet on the river). Seeing as how he checked down his raggy AA here, should I be leading into him when I get a flop like this in the future, to prevent him from potcontrolling?
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/491102 - By now this was the 3rd time he 3bet me out of 3 opens (actually the hand above he coldcalled a 3bet so 3/4 opens then), my hand is a decent sized favorite over any 4, ship it in? I have 42% equity vs 4 random cards on the flop but Probably better to go with it preflop than on this flop?
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/491108 - When leslieace (who is not very good, but a regular of sorts) coldcalls, should I still 4bet my raggy AA**? The original 3bettor seems very bad by the way, saw him call down 2 streets with like 85** on a 854 2 club board. To this action, pretty easy muck on the flop I think.
Will go through PT and look for more hands later possibly, now dinner I suppose. Thanks for any input.
Also, I know 2p2 used to have these private tournaments (like super cheap), like 1 cent buyin for whenever they have one of their HU tournaments or something. Is it possible to create these yourself? I'd love to play a ton of these for practice.
EDIT: Hm, you can create your own tournaments on william hill (crypto) :D
Anyone want to coach me in a short term deal at 200nl. I was killing it but now i kinda suck all of a sudden. I need someone known and good under 150 an hour.
Well I guess things for this month has already been defined for me. I still got a week to go before end of july, but pyschologically stars wants me to suffer this month. I've been close to breaking even for the month like 3 times already, but everytime I move up to 100nl they lay down the hammer and hit a mini downswing. I'm down for the stake like 600(6bi), atm I'm playing 50nl, at least I'm beating it now (lol). With my other site I'm running real well and hope to continue it till the end of the month. Next month, I plan to just move to 6max altogether, maybe take shots at 200nl, but definitely not at stars lol. $ wise im up this month with my personal goals but confidence and luck is at a low point, similar to what i had last march, although this month i handled it, exceptionally well, aside from my usual ranting which is stnd for me .gl and peace.
Of course I was running good right before moving back up to NL50, had a good first session, and then dropped like 5 buyins in a session. NL50 has been quite mean to me - cold cards and bad beats. AA doesn't win AIPF these days. Luckily I've been able to recover so no let's try this AGAIN! But how about I run good this time right?
I suggest anybody who gets on tilt easily to work out. Personally speaking, i've been getting pissed off alot about real life shit(i usually don't get too tilted from poker) and i find when i work out until i'm exhausted it completely drains my tilt and i feel better about everything/more relaxed. A lot of you probably already know this, but for those of you who haven't done it, do it. I'm sure it'll save you monies from tilting it off.
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