Ran well again. That was a short downswing. WooT!
That puts the BR @ about $4,900. The plan is to start taking shots @ NL200 when I make it up to $6,000. A bit nitty but I expect a solid change in competition and want to have a good cushion. I'm determined to get solidly into NL200 by the end of this month. I know I am definitely running amazingly well @ NL100 right now, but I do think part of it has been this new LAG style which has tilted people into spewing off stacks much more than I ever used to be able to induce.
I also just learned about how Myth does his coaching and wish I was in that situation. I know for sure that right now I want a coach and if I'm not winning in NL400 by the time he gets done with his 2 students, then I will definitely be doing all I can to get him to coach me. I might do it even if I am winning cause he's a great player and what he's offering is the perfect type of coaching for me.
I also sent an application in for the Cardrunners protege search. Nothing has been announced yet and I think my chances are pretty slim in that huge field of applicants. I put a lot of effort into that application but I wasn't as creative as some of the others and have a feeling mines gonna get lost in the mix. But if I do get chosen I'll be pretty much the happiest guy in the entire world.
On the personal life things are good with my GF and we're apartment hunting. Thinking of maybe getting a 2 bedroom place near the office since it's a cheap part of town and we can make the 2nd bedroom into the "poker office" for me. I think we'll set her a desk in there too, but it will be my poker den in my head, hehe.
So now I'm off to go through my hands from the second session tonight and find out what I did wrong. I'm sure there's plenty of it!
EDIT: Here's my hands that I have Q's on from the second session. Gonna post em up in threads on the forumz later, but I'm tired now and just want to get em down somewhere before I got to sleep. Hands are in the spoilers like usual.
1) I know that you gotta get a set all in on the flop whenever possible. My question is that when it's a 3 connected board like this and a passive player is getting active, and you're both a bit deep, does that idea still apply? I'm pretty sure it does but I want to ask now in case I'm wrong so I don't repeat it in the future.
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2) I had been pretty active raising hands and the previous hand I'd checked with Tp and a good kicker on the flop and won the hand at showdown after getting aggressive on the turn. So when he raised I thought he may be thinking that I was cbetting weak since I was slowplaying top pair before. I guess I'm jumping up too many levels eh? So I decided to repop and when he shoved I figured I was probably vs a set or an overpair. Vs a set I was drawing dead and vs an overpair I had 5 outs, figured it was better to just fold here. Do I need to call cause of the odds?
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3) This guy was a standard TAG with a high Cbet percentage and a low double barrell percentage. I decided to float him here but that may have been a really bad idea since it was a 3bet pot. I folded the turn cause I didn't think he'd hit the second barrell with air. Thoughts?
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4) I felt like he was weak with his flop bet but his call of my raise confused me a bit. Hitting the king I figured I was best but also figured I was only getting a call there from a flush, and wanted to check for pot control. I normally bet in this spot but I guess I've gotten a bit scared - is that the right move? Anyway, then on the river I figure my turn check is inducing a bluff and I have to pay off a 1/3 pot bet.
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5) Here's a similar spot but this time I hit the turn figuring that I don't want to give a draw to a flush for free and that a call from him there means I will check behind on the river. Meh, not sure I like handling it this way either!
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6) Bad time to check the turn? I figure there's not much he can be on and he folds things like queens on the turn to a bet. I felt like I get more value out of him by checking the turn and calling the river. Also mixes up my lines a bit.
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