So I started playing HU NL holdemby SpoR, February 05
Seems to be more my style, games are faster, and its actually more fun than the long boring tourneys. All this together and it seems like faster profits.
I have been practicing table selection by joining only tables where the guy has a donkeyish name like larryG321 or something stupid (generally people with names like these suck, even in other online games).
So I play pretty super aggressive style in these raising nearly every hand. Mixing up the raises, sometimes limping. Rarely folding anything PF unless big Raise or RR.
So, since I'm new and haven't had much variance yet, any advice from any of you who play low/micro stakes NL HU HE ?
I won 3 tournaments today!by thewh00sel, February 05
That's what this blog would say if the cocktease that is tournament poker worked out today.
So I wake up today at 930 eager for a day of MTT's. I join the 109 and the 100 rebuy and I run pretty well during both of those, but only well enough to manage a 15th or something and a 24th i believe. So that was annoying. Then I played the evening 100r which got a great turnout thanks to FTOPs and first was going to be over 50k. I managed to get 19th in that. Then I played the FTOPs and got the regular bubble which is fine, and I played the 100 rebuy on FTP which got a great turnout for a 50k of over first in that one as well and finished in the 30's.
Basically just venting about not final tabling anything when my last 3 tournaments of the day all have 50k+ up for grabs and im top 20 in chips at least at some point during the thing and just lose a flip or something retarded. Basically I needed to prepare myself for sunday on a wednesday and i guess my balls weren't ready to be kicked in so hard. Thanks tournament poker, see you again in a couple days for another beating.
I think I'm playing pretty well lately. doing HU and 6max mixed. Really enjoying it. I think I might start doing FR again too. I didn't realize how much fun it is to switch to different forms of holdem, so if I add FR back into the mix I'll have lots to choose from, depending on mood and what games are available. But I haven't played FR in over a year and a half, and I played FR in micros only so I have no idea what I'd do differently FR @ NL100. But it would be fun to learn =)
Despite playing pretty decently and learning a lot I am definitely running bad. HEM has me down $550 in EV. Not maynard level epic but definitely frustrating. Still waiting for a heater. Been waiting for a long time.
That's Feb so far. Oh well. It will pick up soon enough, I'm sure of it. The only place where I'm winning is NL50 HU, lolz. I'm up EV wise in NL100 but actual results I'm down a few BI. Also I'm like breakeven on NL200 EV(I did some on superbowl sunday), but down over a buyin in actual results.
The shitty thing about HU is that you get dick for VPP, especially on NL50. I wonder if it's better on NL100 / NL200 HU. So I'm definitely gonna have to grind 6max but I actually enjoy that a lot more now than before I was doing HU. It's fun to do a HU session, break, then a 6max one. I'm playing a lot of poker that way but it doesn't feel like it, because when I do the 6max it feels like a completely different adventure.
I also think the HU is helping me loosen up a bit in 6max and to play postflop. Just a little bit.
Man, it's funny cause I'm happy and excited but at the same time I've got a LONGGGGG way to go.
So after doing well (aka running goot) @ NL25 the past few days, I decided to take a 4bi shot to NL50.
I thought that pple were considerably more weak tight than at NL25, and more aggressive attacking blinds / unraised pots. I feel like that's a part of my game that I ditched during NL10/NL25 b/c there were more stations, but I think I'll start reincorporating it back in @ this stake.
I'm somehow a bigger nit over a thousand hands at NL50, no idea why. I think I was pretty card dead though overall, esp in the first 700 or so hands where I didnt get a single AA or KK.
Got it in on the flop with JJ vs a Q high flush draw and he outdrew me, which was painful, but then I sucked out with KK vs AA, so yea I guess it all evens out ~_~.
Hopefully I can stay here
3K hands total today, hope to play about the same tomorrow!
Yeah... so I think this following hand just about sums up my poker day:
I was tanking over at another table (I 7-table) and quickly came over to this table to get in the hand, but I misclicked a window and the precious seconds it took for me to minimize the other window and get to this table caused me to sit out accidentally....
PokerStars Game #24603940932: Holdem No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2009/02/04 21:48:11 ET
Table Jugurtha 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Bread122 ($10 in chips)
Seat 2: Beast4U ($9.15 in chips)
Seat 3: bclay18 ($4.40 in chips)
Seat 4: WiredBomb ($10.50 in chips)
Seat 5: brsfish ($13.85 in chips)
Seat 6: sophielori ($4.85 in chips)
bclay18: posts small blind $0.05
WiredBomb: posts big blind $0.10
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Bread122
brsfish: raises $0.30 to $0.40
sophielori: raises $1 to $1.40
Bread122 has timed out
Bread122: folds
Bread122 is sitting out
Beast4U: folds
bclay18: calls $1.35
WiredBomb: folds
brsfish: folds
Showdown bclay18: shows (two pair, Aces and Threes)
sophielori: shows (a full house, Queens full of Threes)
sophielori collected $8.85 from pot
Summary Total pot $9.30 | Rake $0.45
Board
Seat 1: Bread122 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 2: Beast4U (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 3: bclay18 (small blind) showed and lost with two pair, Aces and Threes
Seat 4: WiredBomb (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: brsfish folded before Flop
Seat 6: sophielori showed and won ($8.85) with a full house, Queens full of Threes
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LOL.... even when I get timed out and folded out on KK, it turns out to be the RIGHT move ;P
Seriously though, it was just one of those days when you are on your A+++ game and can do no wrong. I didn't even run especially well in terms of cards, but I was making very sick call-downs and those hands that I did get it in ahead with held out very well. Not to mention, there was an INSANE number of fish at the tables tonight. Poker is easy when the villains are shoving over you on super-dry flops with shit like 75o.
Anyway, a bit of a life update: I've returned from MOngolia and am now grinding a pretty cool financial administrative job (mostly bookkeeping and accounting and data entry) by day and living it up/pokering by night. The job is 8-5 and pays $60k annual salary so I'm pretty happy - it's my first "real" job as a college graduate (I look upon Peace Corps as more volunteer work, which it is) and I must say, it's quite satisfying to have money in your pocket and be able to afford to do things like eat whatever you want, buy nice clothes, ship some monies to your parents/younger brother, etc.
In other news, I took the LSAT and scored a 172 so I'm pretty happy about that - will be putting my apps in for law school this coming fall and starting in fall 2010. Until then I'm just trying to save as much money as possible for the poor student days to come. Part of this means putting in time with poker during the early evenings when I'm relaxing after work and really focusing on moving up stakes and improving my game so that it can be a trusty source of part-time income during law school.
Anywho, cheers guys. I'm up 8 buy-ins for the day and NL25 is coming up very soon. For those of you on a downswing, remember that there are good days as well as bad days... I feel like for many of us, poker is about just trying to LOSE as LITTLE as possible during our bad days and maximizing our good days. So stay strong! Though, tbh, I'll probably be crying tomorrow when the flipside of this heater/good streak smashes me.
My usual day starts with me quickly running hot and ending up +2bi. I'm feelin' good so far!
THEN I make a good read / call based on HUD stats and call an obvious allin bluff with the lead. My opponent has 3 outs and he hits and I lose a big stack.
Now, I am NOT complaining about coolers / bad beats. These things happen and the fact that I made a great call is enough to override my one hand of bad luck.
The funny thing is after this happens, my deficit quickly gets huge as I make the MOST HORRENDOUS FUCKING BLUFFS / CALLS EVER!
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I hate myself right now. Some of these calls / bluffs I make when I'm steaming are not only an insult to a toddler's understanding of poker, but to my intelligence. These are calls and bluffs my girlfriend wouldn't make!
Note to self: If you get sucked out on, STOP MAKING BAD BLUFFS AND CALLS! THEY WILL NOT COMPENSATE!
I LIKE BEING A WINNING PLAYER! I'VE GOT TO STOP THIS OR I'LL NEVER MOVE UP!
Well after my 5th > - 10BI day in the last 5 months ... i am kinda clueless if i should even continue poker ...
Its always the same .....
When i run good -> win average 3-4 BI session
when i run normal -> win average 1-2 BI session
when i run bad -> lose average 7 BI session
i am well aware of that problem but i somehow didnt manage to fix it even though i know of that leak for many months ....
Its always : Okay i am down 3 BI i run like shit i will quit session ....
I do quit but 15 minutes later i am at the tables again >_<
losing another 3 ....
I know i should quit but i am so pissed that i contine to play
and lose another 2-3 BI
I think i am probably in some way Neilly Nr3 here on this Forum ( NeillyAA , Crown is Neilly#2 , and i am Pplusad=Neilly3)
I just lose like 1/3 of my roll on 1 day far too often ...
decided to finally play some poker today and chose 2/4 HU and 4 tabled robertlauz he ran insanely hot and took like 9 buyins off me then quit me obviously I wasn't very happy about that but what can you do
I don't really know what rakeback is or how it works.
And how do you apply it to accounts? I already made one, and I read it is only for new accounts. Is there a way I can contact Pstars to set rakeback up? Etc.
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