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
Good Session
All goals met, money won. Can't argue then! I felt a lot more solid 3betting less out of the blinds. I still like to take the initiative of course, but less of the time probably.
Fold early on the back foot - 7 no real opportunities.
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 - 5, I need to get better at this
Another 35 minute session again, and again I won't be checking on the results until the end.
dan
Fold early on the back foot - 7 no real opportunities.
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 - 5, I need to get better at this
Another 35 minute session again, and again I won't be checking on the results until the end.
dan
Another Loser........
Another inexplicable $1k dropped, AT 200NL!!. Why? I just don't know, I ran bad I guess, and misplayed some hands, and got sucked out on a bunch.
Afterwards I felt numb, and tried to get angry about it the way that I used to. Punching myself in the face didn't seem to help, either did trying to put my fist through the office door. Next time I'm going to punch a whole lot fucking harder, see if that helps.
Lets grade:
Fold early on the back foot. -3
No PF spew- QQ+/AK. - 3
VIDEO NARRATIVE AT ALL TIMES- 3
3 is being fucking generous on all counts.
In terms of other technical things, it's possible I'm playing too loose from the blinds. I'm also making bets and raises without a proper plan, this hand for example, I think the raise is fine and creative. It has to be a raise fold though. Expoitable? Yes. Will it ever be exploited? Fuck no.
***** Hand History for Game 2012702365 ***** (Absolute)
$200.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, April 22, 03:59:38 ET 2010
Table LODI (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 3: POKERPRO15 ( $200.00 USD )
Seat 4: GROGHEADFLOW ( $464.95 USD )
Seat 5: GIMMEBEERS ( $217.10 USD )
Seat 6: CRATERING ( $410.40 USD )
Seat 1: LAMBDA716 ( $451.78 USD )
Seat 2: MUCKDUP ( $326.22 USD )
GROGHEADFLOW posts small blind [$1.00 USD].
GIMMEBEERS posts big blind [$2.00 USD].
MUCKDUP posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to GROGHEADFLOW [ 8d 8c ]
CRATERING folds
LAMBDA716 folds
MUCKDUP calls [$1.00 USD]
POKERPRO15 raises [$9.00 USD]
GROGHEADFLOW calls [$8.00 USD]
GIMMEBEERS folds
MUCKDUP calls [$7.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7d, 6c, 2h ]
GROGHEADFLOW checks
MUCKDUP bets [$12.00 USD]
POKERPRO15 folds
GROGHEADFLOW raises [$42.00 USD]
MUCKDUP raises [$143.00 USD]
GROGHEADFLOW calls [$113.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3c ]
GROGHEADFLOW checks
MUCKDUP bets [$162.22 USD]
GROGHEADFLOW calls [$162.22 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ Jh ]
MUCKDUP shows [6s, 6h ]
GROGHEADFLOW shows [8d, 8c ]
MUCKDUP wins $659.94 USD from main pot
I'm going to play a session now- afterwards, I won't even post the results. In fact, I shall swear to myself now not to check the results until the session is over. There, done.
All that matters this session is things I grade myself on.
Fold early on the back foot
No PF spew
VIDEO NARRATIVE AT ALL TIMES
Cbetting strategy (double barrel with equity, triple barrel wet enough boards, bet half pot and 3/4 dry boards).
Respect every dollar that goes in.
Session will be 35 minutes from the minute I have all 4 tables up, then a review of my goals here.
dan
Afterwards I felt numb, and tried to get angry about it the way that I used to. Punching myself in the face didn't seem to help, either did trying to put my fist through the office door. Next time I'm going to punch a whole lot fucking harder, see if that helps.
Lets grade:
Fold early on the back foot. -3
No PF spew- QQ+/AK. - 3
VIDEO NARRATIVE AT ALL TIMES- 3
3 is being fucking generous on all counts.
In terms of other technical things, it's possible I'm playing too loose from the blinds. I'm also making bets and raises without a proper plan, this hand for example, I think the raise is fine and creative. It has to be a raise fold though. Expoitable? Yes. Will it ever be exploited? Fuck no.
***** Hand History for Game 2012702365 ***** (Absolute)
$200.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, April 22, 03:59:38 ET 2010
Table LODI (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 3: POKERPRO15 ( $200.00 USD )
Seat 4: GROGHEADFLOW ( $464.95 USD )
Seat 5: GIMMEBEERS ( $217.10 USD )
Seat 6: CRATERING ( $410.40 USD )
Seat 1: LAMBDA716 ( $451.78 USD )
Seat 2: MUCKDUP ( $326.22 USD )
GROGHEADFLOW posts small blind [$1.00 USD].
GIMMEBEERS posts big blind [$2.00 USD].
MUCKDUP posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to GROGHEADFLOW [ 8d 8c ]
CRATERING folds
LAMBDA716 folds
MUCKDUP calls [$1.00 USD]
POKERPRO15 raises [$9.00 USD]
GROGHEADFLOW calls [$8.00 USD]
GIMMEBEERS folds
MUCKDUP calls [$7.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7d, 6c, 2h ]
GROGHEADFLOW checks
MUCKDUP bets [$12.00 USD]
POKERPRO15 folds
GROGHEADFLOW raises [$42.00 USD]
MUCKDUP raises [$143.00 USD]
GROGHEADFLOW calls [$113.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3c ]
GROGHEADFLOW checks
MUCKDUP bets [$162.22 USD]
GROGHEADFLOW calls [$162.22 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ Jh ]
MUCKDUP shows [6s, 6h ]
GROGHEADFLOW shows [8d, 8c ]
MUCKDUP wins $659.94 USD from main pot
I'm going to play a session now- afterwards, I won't even post the results. In fact, I shall swear to myself now not to check the results until the session is over. There, done.
All that matters this session is things I grade myself on.
Fold early on the back foot
No PF spew
VIDEO NARRATIVE AT ALL TIMES
Cbetting strategy (double barrel with equity, triple barrel wet enough boards, bet half pot and 3/4 dry boards).
Respect every dollar that goes in.
Session will be 35 minutes from the minute I have all 4 tables up, then a review of my goals here.
dan
Oh No
A big oh no results-wise, but, honestly, it just does not tell the full story.
I ran $1k below EV at 200nl, suffered a huge cooler for $600 at 600nl, dropped $529 VS a huge megafish with AA in a 4bet pot, suffered ANOTHER massive cooler beat with 55 on AT5 flop VS the fish's T7. yada yada yada.
And in the meantime, I played some pretty good hands. My video narration was all there, and I was happy with virtually all my play, bar perhaps a couple of hands.
***** Hand History for Game 2012547582 ***** (Absolute)
$200.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, April 22, 11:45:03 ET 2010
Table VIKING DR (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Seat 5: TODOPAMI ( $332.85 USD )
Seat 6: MURDOCPWR ( $225.65 USD )
Seat 3: GROGHEADFLOW ( $403.00 USD )
Seat 4: BEEREDUPDONK ( $200.00 USD )
MURDOCPWR posts small blind [$1.00 USD].
GROGHEADFLOW posts big blind [$2.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to GROGHEADFLOW [ Ac Qd ]
TODOPAMI raises [$7.00 USD]
MURDOCPWR folds
GROGHEADFLOW raises [$21.00 USD]
TODOPAMI calls [$16.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7h, 3s, 7s ]
GROGHEADFLOW bets [$25.00 USD]
TODOPAMI raises [$68.00 USD]
GROGHEADFLOW calls [$43.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Jh ]
GROGHEADFLOW checks
TODOPAMI checks
** Dealing River ** [ 7d ]
GROGHEADFLOW checks
TODOPAMI bets [$241.85 USD]
GROGHEADFLOW calls [$241.85 USD]
TODOPAMI shows [Qc, Tc ]
GROGHEADFLOW shows [Ac, Qd ]
GROGHEADFLOW wins $664.70 USD from main pot
The above hand was interesting. First of all the guy snapped PF, which mean I put him on junk rather any premium hand or pair. On the flop, of course the trip 7s might have hit him, but again his loooong timing suggested me to that he didn't have a 7, rather than the opposite. So, couple with his PF timing I called his raise.
Then, on the turn he didn't bet. At this point I was sure that any 7 would bet to protect VS the flush draw. I actually thought it was fairly likely that he'd spiked a J and was looking to pot control.
Then on the river, his overshove made no sense at all. He should perceive my range as JJ+, at least in terms of value betting, so for him to overshove the J here would be strange. A 7 that he played creatively on the turn is still possible, but there's only 1 left after all and I ruled it out on the turn.
I narrated all the above out loud at each stage, allowing me to make the call.
So, I'm not actually unhappy, playing with the same attitude (at STRICTLY 200NL from now on, in fact I swear on Nic's life I will be at 200nl until I put in 20k hands there under grogheadflow, so there) I'm definitely going to win money. Now, to do it.......
Was just about to play, but light headed so time for a quick nap.
dan
I ran $1k below EV at 200nl, suffered a huge cooler for $600 at 600nl, dropped $529 VS a huge megafish with AA in a 4bet pot, suffered ANOTHER massive cooler beat with 55 on AT5 flop VS the fish's T7. yada yada yada.
And in the meantime, I played some pretty good hands. My video narration was all there, and I was happy with virtually all my play, bar perhaps a couple of hands.
***** Hand History for Game 2012547582 ***** (Absolute)
$200.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, April 22, 11:45:03 ET 2010
Table VIKING DR (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Seat 5: TODOPAMI ( $332.85 USD )
Seat 6: MURDOCPWR ( $225.65 USD )
Seat 3: GROGHEADFLOW ( $403.00 USD )
Seat 4: BEEREDUPDONK ( $200.00 USD )
MURDOCPWR posts small blind [$1.00 USD].
GROGHEADFLOW posts big blind [$2.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to GROGHEADFLOW [ Ac Qd ]
TODOPAMI raises [$7.00 USD]
MURDOCPWR folds
GROGHEADFLOW raises [$21.00 USD]
TODOPAMI calls [$16.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7h, 3s, 7s ]
GROGHEADFLOW bets [$25.00 USD]
TODOPAMI raises [$68.00 USD]
GROGHEADFLOW calls [$43.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Jh ]
GROGHEADFLOW checks
TODOPAMI checks
** Dealing River ** [ 7d ]
GROGHEADFLOW checks
TODOPAMI bets [$241.85 USD]
GROGHEADFLOW calls [$241.85 USD]
TODOPAMI shows [Qc, Tc ]
GROGHEADFLOW shows [Ac, Qd ]
GROGHEADFLOW wins $664.70 USD from main pot
The above hand was interesting. First of all the guy snapped PF, which mean I put him on junk rather any premium hand or pair. On the flop, of course the trip 7s might have hit him, but again his loooong timing suggested me to that he didn't have a 7, rather than the opposite. So, couple with his PF timing I called his raise.
Then, on the turn he didn't bet. At this point I was sure that any 7 would bet to protect VS the flush draw. I actually thought it was fairly likely that he'd spiked a J and was looking to pot control.
Then on the river, his overshove made no sense at all. He should perceive my range as JJ+, at least in terms of value betting, so for him to overshove the J here would be strange. A 7 that he played creatively on the turn is still possible, but there's only 1 left after all and I ruled it out on the turn.
I narrated all the above out loud at each stage, allowing me to make the call.
So, I'm not actually unhappy, playing with the same attitude (at STRICTLY 200NL from now on, in fact I swear on Nic's life I will be at 200nl until I put in 20k hands there under grogheadflow, so there) I'm definitely going to win money. Now, to do it.......
Was just about to play, but light headed so time for a quick nap.
dan
Session 3 Review
Stay on the front foot.- 6 (bluff raising boards is stupid often)
•Fold early on the back foot. -6
•No PF spew- QQ+/AK. - 9
•VIDEO NARRATIVE AT ALL TIMES- 8, was better at this, especially early on
I'm happy overall with how things turned out, I got sucked out on a few times/ flipped out on so things could easily have been different.
I kept spewing to this guy 'blueflare'. He 3bets a ton in the blinds, and flats 4bets with hands like k6s, then doesn't fold any pair. Basically, I need to be 3betting and 4betting a much wider value range VS him, rather than flatting and raising flops, or trying to move him off 2nd pair.
I wonder can I find a fold here at any point?
***** Hand History for Game 2011378219 ***** (Absolute)
$200.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, April 21, 06:34:19 ET 2010
Table CHINO (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Seat 4: GROGHEADFLOW ( $803.20 USD )
Seat 5: DUSHELOV ( $200.00 USD )
Seat 6: GARRETT303 ( $232.40 USD )
Seat 1: JAN5S4 ( $507.70 USD )
Seat 2: BAD_CARMA ( $445.00 USD )
Seat 3: WUBANGA101 ( $247.80 USD )
JAN5S4 posts ante of [$0.50 USD].
BAD_CARMA posts ante of [$0.50 USD].
WUBANGA101 posts ante of [$0.50 USD].
GROGHEADFLOW posts ante of [$0.50 USD].
DUSHELOV posts ante of [$0.50 USD].
GARRETT303 posts ante of [$0.50 USD].
DUSHELOV posts small blind [$1.00 USD].
GARRETT303 posts big blind [$2.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to GROGHEADFLOW [ Kh Qs ]
JAN5S4 folds
BAD_CARMA folds
WUBANGA101 raises [$6.00 USD]
GROGHEADFLOW raises [$18.00 USD]
DUSHELOV folds
GARRETT303 folds
WUBANGA101 calls [$12.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qh, 9c, 8d ]
WUBANGA101 checks
GROGHEADFLOW bets [$29.00 USD]
WUBANGA101 raises [$90.00 USD]
GROGHEADFLOW calls [$61.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 4s ]
WUBANGA101 bets [$139.30 USD]
GROGHEADFLOW calls [$139.30 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 3s ]
WUBANGA101 shows [Qc, Ac ]
GROGHEADFLOW shows [Kh, Qs ]
WUBANGA101 wins $497.10 USD from main pot
Instinctively, I think not, and the decision to 3bet PF was fine to seize the initiative and have him flat worse OOP.
I need to be more aware of villain's tendencies, I bluff raised some fish in a 3bet pot as well which was bad. I need to be thinking right of last initiaive more......
Session 4 now......
•Fold early on the back foot. -6
•No PF spew- QQ+/AK. - 9
•VIDEO NARRATIVE AT ALL TIMES- 8, was better at this, especially early on
I'm happy overall with how things turned out, I got sucked out on a few times/ flipped out on so things could easily have been different.
I kept spewing to this guy 'blueflare'. He 3bets a ton in the blinds, and flats 4bets with hands like k6s, then doesn't fold any pair. Basically, I need to be 3betting and 4betting a much wider value range VS him, rather than flatting and raising flops, or trying to move him off 2nd pair.
I wonder can I find a fold here at any point?
***** Hand History for Game 2011378219 ***** (Absolute)
$200.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, April 21, 06:34:19 ET 2010
Table CHINO (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Seat 4: GROGHEADFLOW ( $803.20 USD )
Seat 5: DUSHELOV ( $200.00 USD )
Seat 6: GARRETT303 ( $232.40 USD )
Seat 1: JAN5S4 ( $507.70 USD )
Seat 2: BAD_CARMA ( $445.00 USD )
Seat 3: WUBANGA101 ( $247.80 USD )
JAN5S4 posts ante of [$0.50 USD].
BAD_CARMA posts ante of [$0.50 USD].
WUBANGA101 posts ante of [$0.50 USD].
GROGHEADFLOW posts ante of [$0.50 USD].
DUSHELOV posts ante of [$0.50 USD].
GARRETT303 posts ante of [$0.50 USD].
DUSHELOV posts small blind [$1.00 USD].
GARRETT303 posts big blind [$2.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to GROGHEADFLOW [ Kh Qs ]
JAN5S4 folds
BAD_CARMA folds
WUBANGA101 raises [$6.00 USD]
GROGHEADFLOW raises [$18.00 USD]
DUSHELOV folds
GARRETT303 folds
WUBANGA101 calls [$12.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qh, 9c, 8d ]
WUBANGA101 checks
GROGHEADFLOW bets [$29.00 USD]
WUBANGA101 raises [$90.00 USD]
GROGHEADFLOW calls [$61.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 4s ]
WUBANGA101 bets [$139.30 USD]
GROGHEADFLOW calls [$139.30 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 3s ]
WUBANGA101 shows [Qc, Ac ]
GROGHEADFLOW shows [Kh, Qs ]
WUBANGA101 wins $497.10 USD from main pot
Instinctively, I think not, and the decision to 3bet PF was fine to seize the initiative and have him flat worse OOP.
I need to be more aware of villain's tendencies, I bluff raised some fish in a 3bet pot as well which was bad. I need to be thinking right of last initiaive more......
Session 4 now......
Wednesday, 21 April 2010
Session 2
•Stay on the front foot.- 8
•Fold early on the back foot. -5
•No PF spew- QQ+/AK. - 9
•VIDEO NARRATIVE AT ALL TIMES- 6
Funny, at times I tried to go through the video narrative for each hand, and.... silence! It must be because I'm tired, and I guess that's the difference between being on my A game and my Z game, even though I feel similar in other ways.
I had one hand of which I'm not proud though:
***** Hand History for Game 2011142644 ***** (Absolute)
$200.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, April 21, 01:01:00 ET 2010
Table ENCORE DR (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Seat 2: LAOSJAN ( $320.90 USD )
Seat 3: MALICE-X- ( $249.70 USD )
Seat 4: GROGHEADFLOW ( $200.00 USD )
Seat 1: DIRKY83 ( $390.00 USD )
MALICE-X- posts small blind [$1.00 USD].
GROGHEADFLOW posts big blind [$2.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to GROGHEADFLOW [ Kd Ac ]
DIRKY83 raises [$6.00 USD]
LAOSJAN calls [$6.00 USD]
MALICE-X- raises [$15.00 USD]
GROGHEADFLOW raises [$34.00 USD]
DIRKY83 folds
LAOSJAN folds
MALICE-X- calls [$20.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3h, Ts, 7h ]
MALICE-X- checks
GROGHEADFLOW checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3s ]
MALICE-X- bets [$84.00 USD]
GROGHEADFLOW raises [$164.00 USD]
MALICE-X- calls [$80.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 5d ]
MALICE-X- shows [7s, 7c ]
GROGHEADFLOW shows [Kd, Ac ]
MALICE-X- wins $410.00 USD from main pot
The guy was a big fish, but the problem was that I had no read on him whatsoever, and there was still a PSR of like 2 on the turn! Absolutely terrible by me, and if I had anything about me whatsoever I should be furious at myself. I definitely need to berate myself more about things like this....
Short sessions will help, as it seems as though there is more accountability that way.
Session 3 coming up now. 1 hour 15 minute session is all, only goal is to acheive the goals outlined above.... and, hopefully that converts into profit. If not, then I analyse and start again.
dan
•Fold early on the back foot. -5
•No PF spew- QQ+/AK. - 9
•VIDEO NARRATIVE AT ALL TIMES- 6
Funny, at times I tried to go through the video narrative for each hand, and.... silence! It must be because I'm tired, and I guess that's the difference between being on my A game and my Z game, even though I feel similar in other ways.
I had one hand of which I'm not proud though:
***** Hand History for Game 2011142644 ***** (Absolute)
$200.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, April 21, 01:01:00 ET 2010
Table ENCORE DR (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Seat 2: LAOSJAN ( $320.90 USD )
Seat 3: MALICE-X- ( $249.70 USD )
Seat 4: GROGHEADFLOW ( $200.00 USD )
Seat 1: DIRKY83 ( $390.00 USD )
MALICE-X- posts small blind [$1.00 USD].
GROGHEADFLOW posts big blind [$2.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to GROGHEADFLOW [ Kd Ac ]
DIRKY83 raises [$6.00 USD]
LAOSJAN calls [$6.00 USD]
MALICE-X- raises [$15.00 USD]
GROGHEADFLOW raises [$34.00 USD]
DIRKY83 folds
LAOSJAN folds
MALICE-X- calls [$20.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3h, Ts, 7h ]
MALICE-X- checks
GROGHEADFLOW checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3s ]
MALICE-X- bets [$84.00 USD]
GROGHEADFLOW raises [$164.00 USD]
MALICE-X- calls [$80.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 5d ]
MALICE-X- shows [7s, 7c ]
GROGHEADFLOW shows [Kd, Ac ]
MALICE-X- wins $410.00 USD from main pot
The guy was a big fish, but the problem was that I had no read on him whatsoever, and there was still a PSR of like 2 on the turn! Absolutely terrible by me, and if I had anything about me whatsoever I should be furious at myself. I definitely need to berate myself more about things like this....
Short sessions will help, as it seems as though there is more accountability that way.
Session 3 coming up now. 1 hour 15 minute session is all, only goal is to acheive the goals outlined above.... and, hopefully that converts into profit. If not, then I analyse and start again.
dan
Session 1 Results
Only a small session.... but:
•Stay on the front foot.- 8
•Fold early on the back foot. -8
•No PF spew- QQ+/AK. - 7
•VIDEO NARRATIVE AT ALL TIMES- 9
The video narrative was the thing that made me most happy about this session. I had to suck out a few times though, but at least one of them was reciprocally zero EV (laggy fish my JJ his QQ), and the other one I made a fairy big mistake.
***** Hand History for Game 2011123116 ***** (Absolute)
$200.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, April 21, 12:21:51 ET 2010
Table WARREN (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Seat 4: TAMASRI ( $241.93 USD )
Seat 5: JHE81 ( $169.14 USD )
Seat 6: BEEREDUPDONK ( $216.70 USD )
Seat 2: ANITAKV ( $525.56 USD )
Seat 3: GROGHEADFLOW ( $203.00 USD )
JHE81 posts small blind [$1.00 USD].
BEEREDUPDONK posts big blind [$2.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to GROGHEADFLOW [ 8c 5c ]
ANITAKV calls [$2.00 USD]
GROGHEADFLOW raises [$8.00 USD]
TAMASRI folds
JHE81 calls [$7.00 USD]
BEEREDUPDONK folds
ANITAKV calls [$6.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4h, 7d, 8h ]
JHE81 checks
ANITAKV checks
GROGHEADFLOW bets [$21.00 USD]
JHE81 folds
ANITAKV calls [$21.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 4c ]
ANITAKV checks
GROGHEADFLOW bets [$33.00 USD]
ANITAKV raises [$167.00 USD]
GROGHEADFLOW raises [$141.00 USD]
ANITAKV calls [$7.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 8s ]
ANITAKV shows [4d, Kd ]
GROGHEADFLOW shows [8c, 5c ]
GROGHEADFLOW wins $412.50 USD from main pot
I had a read that he minraises pairs on the flop, so on the turn his range is still a ton of weaker pair+GS, overcards+GS, flushdraws etc. Having already seem him jam one turn with 2 pair though, I should either be checking or bet folding without a doubt. I couldn't see too many 4s in his limping range, but, given he was like 67/10 that's a really bad assumption to make.
So, lessons learned from this- don't bet turn without a plan, don't assign thin ranges to 67/10 megafish!
Going to play another session now. Video narrative all important....
dan
•Stay on the front foot.- 8
•Fold early on the back foot. -8
•No PF spew- QQ+/AK. - 7
•VIDEO NARRATIVE AT ALL TIMES- 9
The video narrative was the thing that made me most happy about this session. I had to suck out a few times though, but at least one of them was reciprocally zero EV (laggy fish my JJ his QQ), and the other one I made a fairy big mistake.
***** Hand History for Game 2011123116 ***** (Absolute)
$200.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, April 21, 12:21:51 ET 2010
Table WARREN (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Seat 4: TAMASRI ( $241.93 USD )
Seat 5: JHE81 ( $169.14 USD )
Seat 6: BEEREDUPDONK ( $216.70 USD )
Seat 2: ANITAKV ( $525.56 USD )
Seat 3: GROGHEADFLOW ( $203.00 USD )
JHE81 posts small blind [$1.00 USD].
BEEREDUPDONK posts big blind [$2.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to GROGHEADFLOW [ 8c 5c ]
ANITAKV calls [$2.00 USD]
GROGHEADFLOW raises [$8.00 USD]
TAMASRI folds
JHE81 calls [$7.00 USD]
BEEREDUPDONK folds
ANITAKV calls [$6.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4h, 7d, 8h ]
JHE81 checks
ANITAKV checks
GROGHEADFLOW bets [$21.00 USD]
JHE81 folds
ANITAKV calls [$21.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 4c ]
ANITAKV checks
GROGHEADFLOW bets [$33.00 USD]
ANITAKV raises [$167.00 USD]
GROGHEADFLOW raises [$141.00 USD]
ANITAKV calls [$7.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 8s ]
ANITAKV shows [4d, Kd ]
GROGHEADFLOW shows [8c, 5c ]
GROGHEADFLOW wins $412.50 USD from main pot
I had a read that he minraises pairs on the flop, so on the turn his range is still a ton of weaker pair+GS, overcards+GS, flushdraws etc. Having already seem him jam one turn with 2 pair though, I should either be checking or bet folding without a doubt. I couldn't see too many 4s in his limping range, but, given he was like 67/10 that's a really bad assumption to make.
So, lessons learned from this- don't bet turn without a plan, don't assign thin ranges to 67/10 megafish!
Going to play another session now. Video narrative all important....
dan
Inexplicable
It is, simply inexpicable how I awoke this morning, sun shining, went out and bought fruit. Sat down at the PC, made sure my head was screwed on for the session, and then went and dropped another fucking $3k.
Out of fucking nowhere.
I've recently really improved my technical game. I can think and talk about poker in a skilful way again. What is missing is application, that sense of 'if you cant apply what you know then you are not good at poker'.
I think what I need most is to get into the habit of delivering a video style narrative commentary within my brain.
Take this hand:
***** Hand History for Game 2011056168 ***** (Absolute)
$400.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, April 21, 09:58:00 ET 2010
Table MARCUS ST (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 3: EZ888888 ( $637.90 USD )
Seat 4: PEGON81 ( $891.80 USD )
Seat 5: CATWOTISADOG ( $800.00 USD )
Seat 6: JACKASSRIVER ( $952.00 USD )
Seat 1: BERBA ( $852.00 USD )
Seat 2: COCO763 ( $112.60 USD )
PEGON81 posts small blind [$2.00 USD].
CATWOTISADOG posts big blind [$4.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to CATWOTISADOG [ Tc Jc ]
JACKASSRIVER folds
BERBA raises [$12.00 USD]
COCO763 folds
EZ888888 folds
PEGON81 calls [$10.00 USD]
CATWOTISADOG calls [$8.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qc, 3s, 5c ]
PEGON81 checks
CATWOTISADOG bets [$25.00 USD]
BERBA raises [$78.00 USD]
PEGON81 folds
CATWOTISADOG calls [$53.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6h ]
CATWOTISADOG checks
BERBA checks
** Dealing River ** [ 8c ]
CATWOTISADOG bets [$148.00 USD]
BERBA raises [$762.00 USD]
CATWOTISADOG calls [$562.00 USD]
BERBA wins $52.00 USD
BERBA shows [Kc, 9c ]
BERBA wins $1609.00 USD from main pot
CATWOTISADOG shows [Tc, Jc ]
My thinking on the flop was: well, I'm crushed by better flushdraws that are well within his range, even he has a strong made hand it's going to be pretty difficult to get paid off OOP- say I hit on the turn, do I lead? Or check, and lead river. It's just a horrible spot.
So, my thinking was all there. What was missing was the video narrative (the sane part of me) saying, 'so in that case, even though it seems very tight, I'm actually just going to fold flop'.
But I didn't, and then again on the turn when he checks behind I'm thinking "well, any nutted hand would surely bet again, so it seems like he's happy to check IP both to see a free card to this draw, and also ensure that I hit my own draw". I thought about this, I knew this, I was sure he had a flush draw at this point, probably one better than my own.
So then on the river, I bet and he shoves. It is massively obvious that he has a better flush than mine, indeed the Khi flush is probably the very bottom of his range. I knew this, I had addressed all the problems on each street, I had essentially read the guys mind at every stage, but I clicked call anyway.
The crucial point here is: had I been making a live video, or actually narrated out loud the solution to the various points of the hand that I recognised, then I would have clicked fold around 7 times in this hand. I would've said on the river 'well I think my main mistake was made on the flop, but Im not going to compound the error now by calling this when he nakedly has a better flush. Does he expect me to fold flushes? No, so this is actually quite easy.'
It's not easy to keep picking myself up, setback after setback. Time and time again I think I've cracked it, have some small winning sessions, then one humoungous losing one.
So, it's back to 200nl for me. 20k hands at the very least. In theory of course, I should win $4000 doing this. I'm taking no such thing for granted.......
At the risk of sounding like a stuck record, I have to keep things very simple. Blogs before each session, short sessions, and graded on all the crucial aspects. If I'm still losing, then I'm obviously failing at one or more of the crucial aspects.
Aspects are:
Out of fucking nowhere.
I've recently really improved my technical game. I can think and talk about poker in a skilful way again. What is missing is application, that sense of 'if you cant apply what you know then you are not good at poker'.
I think what I need most is to get into the habit of delivering a video style narrative commentary within my brain.
Take this hand:
***** Hand History for Game 2011056168 ***** (Absolute)
$400.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, April 21, 09:58:00 ET 2010
Table MARCUS ST (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 3: EZ888888 ( $637.90 USD )
Seat 4: PEGON81 ( $891.80 USD )
Seat 5: CATWOTISADOG ( $800.00 USD )
Seat 6: JACKASSRIVER ( $952.00 USD )
Seat 1: BERBA ( $852.00 USD )
Seat 2: COCO763 ( $112.60 USD )
PEGON81 posts small blind [$2.00 USD].
CATWOTISADOG posts big blind [$4.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to CATWOTISADOG [ Tc Jc ]
JACKASSRIVER folds
BERBA raises [$12.00 USD]
COCO763 folds
EZ888888 folds
PEGON81 calls [$10.00 USD]
CATWOTISADOG calls [$8.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qc, 3s, 5c ]
PEGON81 checks
CATWOTISADOG bets [$25.00 USD]
BERBA raises [$78.00 USD]
PEGON81 folds
CATWOTISADOG calls [$53.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6h ]
CATWOTISADOG checks
BERBA checks
** Dealing River ** [ 8c ]
CATWOTISADOG bets [$148.00 USD]
BERBA raises [$762.00 USD]
CATWOTISADOG calls [$562.00 USD]
BERBA wins $52.00 USD
BERBA shows [Kc, 9c ]
BERBA wins $1609.00 USD from main pot
CATWOTISADOG shows [Tc, Jc ]
My thinking on the flop was: well, I'm crushed by better flushdraws that are well within his range, even he has a strong made hand it's going to be pretty difficult to get paid off OOP- say I hit on the turn, do I lead? Or check, and lead river. It's just a horrible spot.
So, my thinking was all there. What was missing was the video narrative (the sane part of me) saying, 'so in that case, even though it seems very tight, I'm actually just going to fold flop'.
But I didn't, and then again on the turn when he checks behind I'm thinking "well, any nutted hand would surely bet again, so it seems like he's happy to check IP both to see a free card to this draw, and also ensure that I hit my own draw". I thought about this, I knew this, I was sure he had a flush draw at this point, probably one better than my own.
So then on the river, I bet and he shoves. It is massively obvious that he has a better flush than mine, indeed the Khi flush is probably the very bottom of his range. I knew this, I had addressed all the problems on each street, I had essentially read the guys mind at every stage, but I clicked call anyway.
The crucial point here is: had I been making a live video, or actually narrated out loud the solution to the various points of the hand that I recognised, then I would have clicked fold around 7 times in this hand. I would've said on the river 'well I think my main mistake was made on the flop, but Im not going to compound the error now by calling this when he nakedly has a better flush. Does he expect me to fold flushes? No, so this is actually quite easy.'
It's not easy to keep picking myself up, setback after setback. Time and time again I think I've cracked it, have some small winning sessions, then one humoungous losing one.
So, it's back to 200nl for me. 20k hands at the very least. In theory of course, I should win $4000 doing this. I'm taking no such thing for granted.......
At the risk of sounding like a stuck record, I have to keep things very simple. Blogs before each session, short sessions, and graded on all the crucial aspects. If I'm still losing, then I'm obviously failing at one or more of the crucial aspects.
Aspects are:
- Stay on the front foot.
- Fold early on the back foot.
- No PF spew- QQ+/AK.
- VIDEO NARRATIVE AT ALL TIMES
So, STRICTLY a 45 minute session starting now, then a review to see how well, or otherwise, I achieved my goals.
dan
Friday, 16 April 2010
First Session, Success?
1.Be on the front foot as much as possible. - 9
2.Know when to give up though- board bad, no equity picked up, villain is a station? - 9, no big losing bluffs
3.Be proud to make big folds when placed on the back foot. I'm not talking QQ on J73ss or anything like that, but maybe KJ on KTss deep. - 8
4.Always thing through the opponent's range on each street, and my own perceived range. -7, can improve.
Really happy though, my non-sd winnings were scewed due to playing 4 handed with a fish for a good part of it, but on the whole I was on the front foot the whole time and causing mistakes in my opponents.
So, I'm going to keep up the same philosophy going into the next session....... dan
2.Know when to give up though- board bad, no equity picked up, villain is a station? - 9, no big losing bluffs
3.Be proud to make big folds when placed on the back foot. I'm not talking QQ on J73ss or anything like that, but maybe KJ on KTss deep. - 8
4.Always thing through the opponent's range on each street, and my own perceived range. -7, can improve.
Really happy though, my non-sd winnings were scewed due to playing 4 handed with a fish for a good part of it, but on the whole I was on the front foot the whole time and causing mistakes in my opponents.
So, I'm going to keep up the same philosophy going into the next session....... dan
Cracked It?
Watching an old video of mine from last October has really helped me to understand where my current problems lie.
I used to just throw money around everywhere, seemingly without thought or care but actually very conscious of when to give up. I insisted on the initiative always, but when a board ran out bad for bluffing, or faced with a cally opponent, I would easily shut down without thinking twice.
In addition, I made a big fold OOP on JT3ss with QJ-just bet folded it deep, no dramas whatsoever.
It's also very clear that my entire thought process used to be much better. In every hand, I was considering their range based on PF, timing tells, other PF factors etc.
At current, I'm like 1/3 of the way there. After my last session, I found I'd re-discovered how to make people fold and how to seize the initiative.
What I massively lacked, especially towards the end, were two things.
I used to just throw money around everywhere, seemingly without thought or care but actually very conscious of when to give up. I insisted on the initiative always, but when a board ran out bad for bluffing, or faced with a cally opponent, I would easily shut down without thinking twice.
In addition, I made a big fold OOP on JT3ss with QJ-just bet folded it deep, no dramas whatsoever.
It's also very clear that my entire thought process used to be much better. In every hand, I was considering their range based on PF, timing tells, other PF factors etc.
At current, I'm like 1/3 of the way there. After my last session, I found I'd re-discovered how to make people fold and how to seize the initiative.
What I massively lacked, especially towards the end, were two things.
- Knowing when to give up- hello Dan this means in a 3bet pot on an Ace hi board when the fish snap calls turn and river.
- Playing well on the back foot- this is traditionally what I refer to as reverse equity spots. Those spots where you have a weak made hand, maybe TP2k, facing aggression with multiple 2 pair+set combos possible. These spots are simply not money making opportunities, and I should relish folding them and look forward to the next hand where I can get back onto the front foot.
So for this upcoming 200nl session I have some simple goals.
- Be on the front foot as much as possible.
- Know when to give up though- board bad, no equity picked up, villain is a station?
- Be proud to make big folds when placed on the back foot. I'm not talking QQ on J73ss or anything like that, but maybe KJ on KTss deep.
- Always thing through the opponent's range on each street, and my own perceived range.
Those are my 4 goals, and I'll be grading myself upon them after this 60 minute session.
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