I have been really lazy with this blogging thing but maybe it's time to ramble again...
As some of you may know I had a huge downswing in December and then took a break of around three weeks to recover from it. Now it's been 20 days after I started playing again and I have played just under 20k hands of NL50 during that time. I have been very happy with the way I've played most of the time, I have been much more tilt resistant and just haven't done so many hero calls or stupid stuff like that which I believe caused my huge ds in December. I'm man enough to admit it wasn't variance
But now I'm back on track and excluding a couple of sessions really happy about my game. After a few bumpy sessions last week, I finally got to $2.5k on monday which I set as a target to reach before moving to NL100
Here's a small summary of my second (and hopefully last) time on NL50:
Hands: 19,344
Winnings: $1,146.75
PTBB/100: 5.93
I have a few funny hands that demonstrate just how soft party games really are:
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/145452
What the hell is the T9 guy thinking? I don't mind though getting a guy all-in when he has two outs. The short stack is just a normal short stack, obv can't fold a pair
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/145457
I guess I should have raised the flop here but I wanted to get a better feel on the turn. After the ridiculous minbet on turn I put him on a fd, which was luckily wrong this time
Minbettin when OOP with fd is really standard for these partydonks. It's so easy to abuse too. You can usually bet in a way that they'll fold if you've missed completely, and call when you have a hand but without getting odds to draw to their flush. Gotta love party
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/145459
Here's another example of just how brilliant these guys are.
I think the guy that folded river might have had a set with how he played but at least he had sense enough to fold it after not boating up. But the QQ guy... No reraise pf, no reraise on the flop with the fd out there... Ty for letting me draw to my flush sir
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/145463
This one was the hand that took me over $2.5k after which I immediately quit my session. Got to love the thin value bets and the crap people pay you off with
There was one interesting hand on which I'd like some comments. Looking back at it his play doesn't make any sense. He was reraising me a lot, but I hadn't noticed him raising anyone else so I guess he must have had half a brain and noticed I was raising more than most pf. Here it is:
Ok so the guys reraising range might be a bit more than TT+ and AK but on that flop should I push over his reraise (which is really small). In my thinking a small reraise like that, almost a minraise is often a huge hand in these games, but with the odds he was giving to me I couldn't fold. Does anyone push there cause I think that's a bit suicidal as it will only get called by AK, KK and AA. Even though he might raise me lighter than that I don't think he's going to put all his chips in with AQ/AJ or an underpair.
What about the turn? It gives me outs to a gutshot but I have a chance to draw for free so I think a check is good?
I can't call river, or can I? Check/raise flop and check turn with AA/KK/AK/QQ with a fd out there? It's possible but I gave this guy a little respect so I don't think he would have done it. I'm splitting with AQ/AJ and a bluff is possible. An argument can be made for calling but without better reads couldn't do it. Some insight on how I should have played it better would be greatly appreciated. Tyvm.
Aight, I'm off to new challenges @ NL100, I hope it's as soft as NL50 I hope I can sustain about 5 PTBB/100 there too but we'll see. I'll keep you guys informed on how it's going.
PS. awesome song:
and check out the drummers face after he comes to view at around 0:30 :D
I hope I can sustain about 5 PTBB/100 there too but we'll see. I'll keep you guys informed on how it's going.
