Just, one of those sessions where I lost, but I'm not entirely sure why. I couldn't have done much differently, but at the same time I'm getting pretty concerned again with now my non-SD winnings apparently do so badly. It's clear I need to up the aggression in some spots when IP.
45 minute session, then review.
dan
Saturday, 24 April 2010
Friday, 23 April 2010
Position, who knew?
I'm having a good day so far, without wanting to jinx it of course. I can improve in spots, I'm stacking too light in some situations, but being positionally aware has made me feel much much more solid.
Sometimes you just have to look at the ABCs I suppose.........
dan
Sometimes you just have to look at the ABCs I suppose.........
dan
Another Win...
Probably ran well to an extent. Tighter in early position means less postflop mistakes though, so maybe I earned my luck.
Another session now, I'm going to make this one 45 minutes then take a break and go see my ma n pa.
Goals are: stay on the front foot, stay off the back foot, newly defined ranges in early pos, video narrative- especially in big pots!
dan
Another session now, I'm going to make this one 45 minutes then take a break and go see my ma n pa.
Goals are: stay on the front foot, stay off the back foot, newly defined ranges in early pos, video narrative- especially in big pots!
dan
Good Session
Although, just one hand I'm not too happy with. I bet called a river with AJ on A873x after 2 barreling. Obviously had a set, and there were a ton of Aces up combos to boot. Easy fold, and one I didn't make.
Opening less UTG meant I was OOP less, which was a huge help.
Another 30 minute session coming up.....
Opening less UTG meant I was OOP less, which was a huge help.
Another 30 minute session coming up.....
Short Session
Played a very short session, won, and played tighter in early positions. No hands to write home about really, I did the maths for one failed turn barrel and I found it's fine:
***** Hand History for Game 2013929440 ***** (Absolute)
$200.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, April 23, 09:46:23 ET 2010
Table SANTA CRUZ (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Seat 2: SMALLBOY3214 ( $269.25 USD )
Seat 3: DJTROY ( $400.00 USD )
Seat 4: MYCOMEBACK ( $217.00 USD )
Seat 6: SMELLS_FUNNY ( $200.00 USD )
Seat 1: GROGHEADFLOW ( $443.80 USD )
DJTROY posts small blind [$1.00 USD].
MYCOMEBACK posts big blind [$2.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to GROGHEADFLOW [ 7h Ah ]
SMELLS_FUNNY folds
GROGHEADFLOW raises [$7.00 USD]
SMALLBOY3214 folds
DJTROY calls [$6.00 USD]
MYCOMEBACK folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2s, Qs, 8s ]
DJTROY checks
GROGHEADFLOW bets [$10.00 USD]
DJTROY calls [$10.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ks ]
DJTROY checks
GROGHEADFLOW bets [$25.00 USD]
DJTROY calls [$25.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 9h ]
DJTROY checks
GROGHEADFLOW checks
DJTROY shows [Ac, Js ]
DJTROY wins $82.50 USD from main pot
GROGHEADFLOW shows [7h, Ah ]
Calling range on flop: 5.6% of hands.
What % of these contains a good spade? 3.2%
So, 3.2/5.6 % of the time he will call a turn bet = 57% of the time
I bet 25 to win 36, needed folds 25/(25+36) % of the time= 40%
So, I needed folds 40% of the time. In actuality, he will fold 43% of the time.
What's interesting is that if I bet much smaller, say $20, then I only need a fold 34% of the time, making it much more profitable.
40 minute session, then review......
***** Hand History for Game 2013929440 ***** (Absolute)
$200.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, April 23, 09:46:23 ET 2010
Table SANTA CRUZ (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Seat 2: SMALLBOY3214 ( $269.25 USD )
Seat 3: DJTROY ( $400.00 USD )
Seat 4: MYCOMEBACK ( $217.00 USD )
Seat 6: SMELLS_FUNNY ( $200.00 USD )
Seat 1: GROGHEADFLOW ( $443.80 USD )
DJTROY posts small blind [$1.00 USD].
MYCOMEBACK posts big blind [$2.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to GROGHEADFLOW [ 7h Ah ]
SMELLS_FUNNY folds
GROGHEADFLOW raises [$7.00 USD]
SMALLBOY3214 folds
DJTROY calls [$6.00 USD]
MYCOMEBACK folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2s, Qs, 8s ]
DJTROY checks
GROGHEADFLOW bets [$10.00 USD]
DJTROY calls [$10.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ks ]
DJTROY checks
GROGHEADFLOW bets [$25.00 USD]
DJTROY calls [$25.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 9h ]
DJTROY checks
GROGHEADFLOW checks
DJTROY shows [Ac, Js ]
DJTROY wins $82.50 USD from main pot
GROGHEADFLOW shows [7h, Ah ]
Calling range on flop: 5.6% of hands.
What % of these contains a good spade? 3.2%
So, 3.2/5.6 % of the time he will call a turn bet = 57% of the time
I bet 25 to win 36, needed folds 25/(25+36) % of the time= 40%
So, I needed folds 40% of the time. In actuality, he will fold 43% of the time.
What's interesting is that if I bet much smaller, say $20, then I only need a fold 34% of the time, making it much more profitable.
40 minute session, then review......
Fluidity
I don't really like making blanket rules for myself. I believe that a skillful poker player is constantly adapting to the situation at hand, so, for example, although in general I will bet a dry board once half pot and then follow through with a 3/4 turn bet, this won't always be the case as several other fluid factors come into play.
That aside though, I do think there is one area in which I need to consciously limit my play somewhat, and this in my early PF opening. Looking over yesterdays hands, KTo, A9o, 43s were seemingly opened routinely. I'm not getting enough respect postflop, and I'm not flopping enough equity that I can aggressivley push, to be able to open these hands.
MP is a similar story. Although I feel I should loosen up slightly there, for the moment I'm going to keep my opening range there the same as UTG, namely 16.1% of hands. Later on I'll review my stats and see that they are around this number.
Cold calling in MP and CO I should tighten up slightly my cold calling as well.
Is all for now.....
That aside though, I do think there is one area in which I need to consciously limit my play somewhat, and this in my early PF opening. Looking over yesterdays hands, KTo, A9o, 43s were seemingly opened routinely. I'm not getting enough respect postflop, and I'm not flopping enough equity that I can aggressivley push, to be able to open these hands.
MP is a similar story. Although I feel I should loosen up slightly there, for the moment I'm going to keep my opening range there the same as UTG, namely 16.1% of hands. Later on I'll review my stats and see that they are around this number.
Cold calling in MP and CO I should tighten up slightly my cold calling as well.
Is all for now.....
Thursday, 22 April 2010
2 wins.....
I'm having trouble splitting out my sessions on HEM at the moment, as it seems to be getting confused. However, I acheived all my goals and only made probably one big mistake all session.
No PF spew - 10
VIDEO NARRATIVE AT ALL TIMES - 10
Cbetting strategy (double barrel with equity, triple barrel wet enough boards, bet half pot and 3/4 dry boards)- 8
Respect every dollar that goes in - 6, I STILL need to get better at this
Not checking my results has, I found, helped a fair bit. Obviously the small session length with clear goals is also a profound help.
I'm going to play another 35 minute session now, with the same goals as previous.
dan
No PF spew - 10
VIDEO NARRATIVE AT ALL TIMES - 10
Cbetting strategy (double barrel with equity, triple barrel wet enough boards, bet half pot and 3/4 dry boards)- 8
Respect every dollar that goes in - 6, I STILL need to get better at this
Not checking my results has, I found, helped a fair bit. Obviously the small session length with clear goals is also a profound help.
I'm going to play another 35 minute session now, with the same goals as previous.
dan
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