So I woke up today and felt like doing something different. Cash has been going very well, but I was in the mood for a change so I hit up the donkament circuit. I started with the 5R which I placed 366th in for a small chunk of change, then didn't place in like 10 of the $4 180 man SnG's. After that, I joined 10 more. Before I knew it I had FT'd 3 of them, getting 3rd in 2 of them. Lost KK vs A3, AK vs KJ, and something else I can't remember. Frustration really set in and I was on a rampage. So I joined one last one for the night, Ran up a 20k stack in about 5 minutes and have been the chipleader the whole way. Theres like 20 left, lets see if I can take first in this one.
(update) - I finished 11th in this one, losing AQ vs QQ (the guy lost 1/2 his stack the hand before this, I put his range on 77-AA, JQs-AK) figured I had to call. Obviously I didn't spike my ace like they always do to me. Oh well...
Other than that, I'll probably be playin cash tables later tonight if I still have the energy. I don't think I'm going to anayalze the NL25 hands from last night, but lets just say they were really juicy. I tried to take any spewy plays out and played extremely solid. I was still raising sooted hands from everywhere and squeezing with pocket pairs everywhere. Before I knew it, I was up 5BI's and called it a night. Today I'm up about $150, and still have this final table to play (im currently on the 5 minute break). Hopefully I can take this down and have a sexy profit for tonight. Either way, its been a fun day. I think I'm gonna spend a couple days a week doing these tournaments and 3-4 days a week doing cash games. I'm definately consider myself better at cash, but probably only feel that way since I'm always getting sucked out on in these donkaments.
Guess that goes without saying when you always go in with the best hand..lol
Best of Luck to everyone,
Ryan (DReaMe)
PS - Tournament days dont give shit for FPP's, f*king gay!
So apparently my parents think I have a gambling addiction (yeah, so I probably do). Since I have to retake a class this summer, which runs Monday through Thursday, I'm banned from playing poker during the week. As they're still paying for most of my college education (despite my recent winnnings), I really don't have a choice but to accept, especially since I really screwed up last semester. So that means I'll be grinding quite a bit on weekends. Probably will get one last session in this Thursday night, this weekend I'm going on vacation. I'm pretty close to a $25k month, will need a very good day Thursday to reach it though. After that, I'll probably aim to get in 25k or so hands during July and hope for like $10k profit.
Dying of heat, 36°C in Torontoby mrpav.com, June 26
The pic belowis for the past 5 days at 200NL, I do apologize not showing you my pokertracker stats but for now I rather show you my results on pokergrapher, hope you guy’s don’t mind too much. Things have been going well, and my brother has been very helpful though his suggestions were I can improve and what some of my mistakes were For leisure time we've been watching sopranos, we just started watching season 3 and so far each season has not disappointed us. Also has a CPR course today that i have to take once a year, remember I’m a "male" student nurse, and i saw my gf give mouth to mouth to a dummy ( not me ), which was hot to watch because she has this sexy smile while she does it ( yes i know, i got problems ). I also started talking to some poker players, such as kabutze and ggplz, good guys. I've been discussing hands with Kabutze since we were at 50NL together, were the only players that had an advantage over the other players playing t those stakes. Both good guys. Any who, anyone else recommend any other good TV series? I already saw all the "lost" episodes and "heroes".
So my cousin, who taught me how to play poker 2 years ago (he's playing 1kNL online now), managed to make me play 6max 1k NLHE table live yesterday. It was the biggest game live ever in my city. I thought it'd be cool to win something there cause I was kinda broke live I still can't withdraw money through Neteller card. So 1000 Polish Zlotys = $360 so it's less than a buy-in online for me.
My cousin staked me for 1k first. I've lost a few pots cause of my unsuccessful bluffs. I've had about 300 left and I hate playing as a shortstack so he staked me 700. The game was kinda boring untill I picked up KK. I can't remember preflop action but I believe there were a few limpers and I raised to 80 or so from blinds.2 or even 3 guys called. The flop came K3x. I bet kinda smallish - 175 to make someone calls it. Guy named Richie (known as really loose guy, bluffer etc.; he was playing mostly for fun ) called. Then some random turn came, I bet - he called, 3 on the river completed the full house and I got it all in. He had KT I guess. I managed to win my losses back and I was up 300.
Once I kad KJ, raised it from early position and got called by a LAG, good player. The flop came JT7 w/ two clubs. I bet and he called. Turn came another T. I checked. He fired about 160. I was thinking about raising to make him fold his draw or even a J. But I called. River came A and there was check check. He showed A6 clubs.
So I had a lil less than 1500. I picked up another pair of kings (4th this evening I believe ) from blinds. The guy from the full house hand limp/called my pf raise ( prolly there was another limper but I just don't remember ). The board was Q88 with two clubs. I bet 125 or so. He was going to call but then he said with happiness in his voice that he's gonna put 200 more. He bluffed a lot earlier and was really loose all the time (for example he managed to call down w/ A high to the showdown and won 900 pot ). He could've had any hand. I just called. The turn was a blank and I check/called his 400 bet. I was really scared of 8. The river was again some blank but I decided to check again. He seemed really confident about his hand and acted like he never did before. He had me covered. First he looked as his cards and said he wasn't going to make me more sad then said 'I put you all-in'. Someone from our table shouted that it was a big pot out there. About 20 people were looking at me making final decision. It was kinda stressful situation. I thought for a few minutes ' what he could have. He was acting like never before. it's really weird'. I was thinking about folding but there was like 2200 in the pot including his river bet. I had to call. And I finally did. I was looking for an 8 in his cards but he said sth like 'You got me boy' and turned over his JdTd. This pot so far is the biggest ever played in my city After he showed his hand I was feeling great :D My heart was still beating
fast.
EDIT: I forgot to tell that this pot was a bit under 3k ( I believe it was exactly 2940 and it's about $1050) and it's so far my biggest pot won ever in my life.
After this pot I picked up only one good hand. I raised AKo from blinds into 2 limpers. They both called. The flop came As7sTd. I bet 125. First limper (guy from KJ hand) raised me 225 more. The other one told he was going to do it too and was kinda upset he couldn't and finally folded. I called. The turn came 9d. I checked and he fired 750 and had 265 left. I thought a bit and folded cause I knew I was beaten and I was only ahead of a bluff. I showed my hand as well as he did. He had T7o. Dealer showed river and it was a blank so I'd have lost if I had called. I'm really happy with my play there.
At the end of the night I was up 700 zlotys so it's not bad. Now I have some cash to hang out with friends for another few weeks and maybe buy me some clothes
I hope it's a good-read and the grammar was good too . Actually I have one question. I'm not always sure when to use Past Simple tense and when Present Perfect tense. If someone has any tips please write it in comments or PM me
Heading off for a week to toronto. After sleeping off last night, I realize that my plays on the AA and JJ from my previous post were bad, and I'd never make those plays if I were playing online. But since it was live, I analyzed it differently than I normally would.
Hopefully I can fix this by the next time I play at the casino, but for now I'll be away and probably wont have time to play even online -- well, we'll see.
I understand that its all relative, and in this hand we were all in preflop, and even after the flop he did have runner runner straight cards too, but this was just sick. http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/218440
Here we go again. It's time for me to take up poker again. I can't say that I've had a long break from it, actually just a few days, but I'm still "starting over".
My last session was the worst poker session of my life. I'm playing NL50 (6 max) and basically I lost $500 in one session, tragically enough nearly half my bankroll. The thing is, I know that I can handle playing good poker, I know the maths and my stats are actually really good.
I'm aware of the problems that I have and they unfortunately cost me a lot of money, and that's what I'll have to change. My biggest problems are that I'm trying to bluff too often when I'm bored and haven't had any action for a while, and while I do think that the bluffs would actually work quite well on higher levels, they fail at NL50 because they get called. I don't bluff all that often, but the times I do and still get called that's where I loose my money.
My other problem is that when I actually catch monsters or semi-monsters I tend to play them too slow if I hit cause I want to maximize my winnings from the hand, but instead I let people with retarded hands hit their straight on the river (example). So basically I win lots and lots of small pots but the times when I actually loose pots I loose a lot of money. I'm aware that this isn't a small issue, because it's basically the basics about "Minimize losses and maximize winnings" that's failing for me, and I think I'll have to play more by the book by being more aggressive and bluff less, at least at this level.
Until now I've been playing at FullTilt, but since I want this to feel like I'm starting over, I'm now going to play on PokerStars (I think the skill level on low stakes there is lower than on FT), even though that means I'll miss out on the lovely rakeback and at the same time I'm starting a new Pokertracker database. I'm starting up with a bankroll of $820 (well, that is if NETELLER reactivates my account so I can actually transfer money from my FT account, or if someone with PS money wants to trade vs FT money, please let me know!) and I'll start at NL25 for now to get used to the client and stuff, but I'm sure that I can handle NL50 even though my Bankroll isn't big enough if you'd go by the book.
I'll try to play about 1000 hands a day and move up to NL50 as soon as I hit $900.
Restart:
Limit: NL25 (6 max)
BR: $820
I was thinking about starting blogging here quite a while ago but I decided that I was too lazy, but I'll give it a go now since I think that some advices by people on this site are really helpful and it may improve my poker.
Hello friendly neighbors. Its been over a month since I've entertained you all with a new entry. I doubt 1% of you have even seen me around...
A month and a half ago I was playing 25NL, hovering over the same bankroll for oh say...a year and a half lol. Since my return in mid may I've picked up momentum and have really begun to learn. Posting hands, watching videos from the LP community has really boosted my game. I even went as far as hiring a coach to solidify my playing style. Even though the session didn't go very well, I got all I could out of it by plugging the miniature holes in my game.
At NL50 the competition is unbelievably frustrating at times, and juicy on the weekends. There is so much floating, restealing, hero calling, etc. etc. it's making my head spin. I keep giving up the small pots because it's like my hand is face up. Do I try to out-out-out-think the good players? Or just take the easy road and just play my cards? I feel the former has more value in the long run.
...Yet I'm getting my ass handed to me. I'm not getting crushed, but remain a miniscule winner thanks to the clueless fish. But if I ever want to move up I know playing my hands only won't get me to my ultimate goal of $2/$4
I watched exalted's video and it was well done. He said something about not being a believer in image and I think that applies when opponents are only playing their cards and the stats they have on you. That makes a lot of sense since not many players get overly tricky at NL50...they're such frickin nits (or loose passive unless with a hand) it's so annoying. Meh, I don't know what to believe. If you've got suggestions to improve then lets share. Looking at hands will only get a person so far
On megatilt Friday, down 8 BIsby T8Suited, June 25
Just realizing that I was at the table with a bunch of laggy players, floaters and sponges was enough to send me on a chip-spewing suicide tilt, with the losses snow-balling over time:
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/218556
Early on. I thought opponent would lay down an overpair for sure. I was probably right, coz opponent requested time before calling AI on the turn.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/218561
I tried this preflop limp-reraise move a lot with a variety of strong hands, in order to counter opponents' aggressive prerflop raises. Didn't work here, however.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/218570
Flopped set turned quads. I'm really gald to get even with this opponent. On the other hand I'm not sure I took the best line (opponent will likely check behind on river with TP only).
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/218571
TP no kicker, turned trips. I don't think this hand warranted a raise on any street since it only beat a bluff (sure enough that was the case).
3 sexy hands that I played on Friday afternoon:
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/215834
When an overpair gets called down unimproved, it usually only beats a bluff. Which is exactly what happened here.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/215832
This donkey screwed up his set big time -- but poker Gods had other plans for us. Can't complain about getting it in with the best of it.
headed out to casino tonight with friends, $1/2 NL full ring. We bought in for $200 at the same table and started playing.
I decided to play TAG, and basically followed Grot's guide.. So, raise pf with AQ+, limp with 88-, raise with 99+ lp. If I hit, then bet big..
the largest my stack ever got was $200.50 . I got up to it on the first hand I played, which I don't remember now. Then I just siphoned money off for the rest of the night. I won two hands total in the whole night.
The hands that took me out were thus:
hand 1: I'm at ~1 1/2 buy-in and make AA.
raised mid pos to $15, and got like 6 callers (I should have raised more, I guess). Flop comes KKQ. It checks around. Turn comes a 5. I lead for $20, folds to the CO and button who call. River is a blank, I put in $20 again, and both players call. CO shows a queen, button has the king. (Not exactly sure on the bet sizes, but I was left with ~80$. River bet was for value, and there might have been a flush draw on the board).
second hand, I get JJ on the button. I raise it to $10 pf, two people call. Flop comes QQT. Checks to me, I check. Turn comes 5, making a flush draw on the board. Checks to me, I push. One guy calls with Q5. To make it worse, the flush even hits on the river.
Yeah.
Good side is, my friends ran crazy good. One of them got to $500 before he cashed out. The other hit $400, but got sucked out on by a gutshot straight that hit on the river vs her trip kings, so she broke even.
All in all a fun night. Just wish I had been dealt at least SOME hands. I'm happy with my play though, since I stuck to my strategy and didn't tilt out at all.
After sitting in today, I started picking on pretty much every weak player I saw. Before I knew it, I was running at 25% agaaaaain. (Which I'm starting to love actually, since I get paid on every single high pp and strong ace I hit) I ran a million bluffs into anyone I considered to be nitty and played from my gut all day. Finished the day up 6Bi's, but threw 3bi's away in tournament entry fees. Oh well, still a nice winning day, I can't complain.
Heres my stats from today; (this includes 1,300 hands from NL25 that I did not analyze yet, I will post those key hands tomorrow)
During current Hold'em session you were dealt 2642 hands and saw flop:
- 204 out of 356 times while in big blind (57%)
- 145 out of 360 times while in small blind (40%)
- 326 out of 1926 times in other positions (16%)
- a total of 675 out of 2642 (25%)
Pots won at showdown - 89 of 154 (57%)
Pots won without showdown - 380
I'm really loving this lag style, it makes me not care at all about anything except finding a way to win every possible hand.
Playing with 45 BI's is so comfortable, I've been putting everyone to a test every opportunity I can, raising strong sooted hands from everywhere (as long as the limpers infront have atleast a full buy-in),and outplaying the weak competetion on NL10-NL25.
I also played in some of the $216 tournament ticket tournaments today, and got extremely unlucky. I got a random donk to shove allin on a 558 flop with A7, I had J8. There were 5 remaining and I was 3rd in chips, if he didn't hit his 14% shot I would have definately won the $216. Turn was an A and gg..w/e. I want him to do that.
I'll post a few key hands from today here;
Best hand of the day by far:
vs Carlos Loos and Plazon - Since all the players in the hand were sitting so deep I flat the bet oop with a strong sooted connector, figuring I can get paid hard if I hit this hand. Carlos leads the flop real cheap, I put him on a FD, maybe with a gutterball. Plazon pops it up to almost a PSB. I think for 30 seconds and 3bet him. To my suprise, both players call? Turn blanks and its time to ship the rest of my stack into the pot. Again, extremely suprised, both players instantly call. As I think "no diamond dont pair the board, no diamond dont pair the board, no diamond dont pair the board), it does just that and I rake in a massive pot for NL10. http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/218453
Here's a key hand from one of the $4 180 man SnG's I had today, I was in 10th in chips with 80 to go. made me puke http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/218530
At the FT of the $216 ticket tournament, the hand before I busted. I never saved the J8 vs A7 hand, was pissed and closed it. I can't really call this, but if I did, I would have been sittin real pretty. http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/218524
vs dubfive - I was raising fairly often from MP, and was extremely confident I would have been reraised from an AJ-AK. That being said, I put his flop call on a medium PP. 44-99. No reason to give up since his hand is defined so well. http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/218488
vs skull222 - There were a few limpers, then an extremely weak raise. I was given extremely good odds to call PF with my sooted garbage so I jumped. Flopped two pair, led out. Figured the villian for a FD at this point, so I bet 1/2 pot on turn to suck him in. To my suprise he shoves overthetop when I'm sitting there with the preverbial nuts. http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/218476
vs golfnoodle1 - This hand made me think of the conversation that was taking place in the high stakes forum about the TJ2 flop, where AK led out and got shoved allin. After stoving they came up with the AK was nearly 45%. I would have normally folded this before reading that. http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/218470
vs SouthernBust - Southernbust raises out of the SB behind multiple limpers which screams JJ-AA. I call to flop a set, and do just that. From there I 3 bet him on the flop, and well, no NL10 players fold the overpair here. http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/218457
vs crajun - shorthanded table so I raise KTs UTG. Pick up a caller in the BB. Got minreraised on the flop and was kinda scared of a set, but for only 1 BI I'm gonna call to see the turn with my 3 flush and two pair possibilities. Turn hits my two pair with the ten. Villian leads out less than 1/2 pot bet, which makes me reaaaally think he has 77 or 88, but like I said, its 1 BI and its NL10. I ship it in and get paid. http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/218455
vs Oldnailman - I check my set knowing someone has to bet this board no matter what. Nailman comes out firing, at this point I put him on AK, and figure the best way to get paid is to overbet the pot and represent TJh or a strong drawing hand similar to it. He buys into my 4 bet, and from there its payday. http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/218452
vs Kobern and Iknowbenzz - This was my first large pot of the day, and well, was frustrating as heck. I pop my nines up behind a limper to isolate. Pick up two callers and flop my dream flop. Open ender & FD on board vs my set. I'm thinking im gold here, and 5bet the initial raiser attempting to stack someone on top two or even a strong ace. Also to make the FD pay maximum price to try to draw out on me. To my suprise I get shoved back. All I can think is he has a huge multidraw or top two. WRONG. http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/218451
Was a fun session, I enjoyed it very much. I should have finished up way more but like I said, I played too many of the $4 SnG's and didn't cash in any of them. Busted 20th in one, had 88 UTG with a 2500 stack at 300/600, had to shove it. Was called by AQ and he hit two pair to take me out.
I'm 29,542 VPP away from Supernova, boy will that be a welcome day! I can taste the fat bonuses now ;-)
GL to everyone, please critique any leaks you see, thanks.
Today was a very active day for me at the poker tables. Played a lot of cashgames and a couple of tourneys.
At the $5 [$4000 Guaranteed] tournament I reached the Final Table in a 1100 player field after 4hours of playing. Unfortunately, I still need to work a lot in my decisions and patience since it's my main problem. I busted in 8th place for $118 .
Then I joined the $6+R [$1500 GTD], with 114 players and made the Final Table in a very bad position. In 10th place with 6K chips, with an average of 25K, I survived a couple of rounds but eventually busted out in 7th place for $60 .
At cash games I didn't win much today, but that's ok, as long as I don't lose anything :D
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For leisure time we've been watching sopranos, we just started watching season 3 and so far each season has not disappointed us. Also has a CPR course today that i have to take once a year, remember I’m a "male" student nurse, and i saw my gf give mouth to mouth to a dummy ( not me ), which was hot to watch because she has this sexy smile while she does it ( yes i know, i got problems ). I also started talking to some poker players, such as kabutze and ggplz, good guys. I've been discussing hands with Kabutze since we were at 50NL together, were the only players that had an advantage over the other players playing t those stakes. Both good guys. Any who, anyone else recommend any other good TV series? I already saw all the "lost" episodes and "heroes".
I still can't withdraw money through Neteller card. So 1000 Polish Zlotys = $360 so it's less than a buy-in online for me.
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