GrogBlog- In Depth Analyis: March 2010

Tuesday 30 March 2010

Poker's not easy when.......

You're constantly trying to re-evaluate your game, make small adjustments, make large adjustments, attempt different styles and strategies; and yet not have an instant 100k hand sample with which to see the fruits of your work.

If it works straight away (translated, run good for 300 hands) then I'm all enamoured with it. If not, I ditch it. I just have to keep ploughing on, making adjustments until I can feel the corner's been turned.

Until then:

$2/$4 Ante $1 No Limit Holdem • 6 Players

Generated by weaktight.com.

UTG	JDAN	$187.11
UTG+1	AJFENIX	$819
CO	SCOMBRIDAE	$481.50
BTN	CATWOTISADOG	$823.20
SB	BOSKO1111	$1,100.20
BB	STAINLESS9	$890.50

Pre-Flop ($12, 6 players)Hero is BTN

3 folds, CATWOTISADOG raises to $12, 1 fold, STAINLESS9 raises to $48, CATWOTISADOG raises to $144, STAINLESS9 calls $96

Flop ($296, 2 players)

STAINLESS9 checks, CATWOTISADOG checks

Turn ($296, 2 players)

STAINLESS9 checks, CATWOTISADOG checks

River ($296, 2 players)

STAINLESS9 bets $165, CATWOTISADOG calls $165

Final Pot: $626

Bet the turn? I feel my hand is a little face up if we do, and this way I lose less VS AQ. I'm pretty sure QQ gets it in PF OOP. Call the river, or maybe shove? If he checks, do we like an overship?

$2/$4 Ante $1 No Limit Holdem • 5 Players

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UTG	STEEL61	$691
CO	CATWOTISADOG	$456
BTN	WHATGREATIS	$401
SB	DETROITDAN44	$129.50
BB	CREEPAH	$762.90

Pre-Flop ($11, 5 players)Hero is CO

STEEL61 raises to $16, CATWOTISADOG calls $16, 3 folds

Flop ($43, 2 players)

STEEL61 bets $28, CATWOTISADOG calls $28

Turn ($99, 2 players)

STEEL61 checks, CATWOTISADOG bets $57, STEEL61 raises to $162, CATWOTISADOG goes all-in $411, STEEL61 calls $249

River ($921, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $921

STEEL61 shows

CATWOTISADOG shows

CATWOTISADOG wins $918 (net +$462)
STEEL61 lost $456

Am I supposed to check the turn or something here? Who the fuck even knows any more.

$2/$4 No Limit Holdem • 6 Players

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UTG	DR__LECTER	$417.10
UTG+1	JACKFLY1	$800
CO	CATWOTISADOG	$800
BTN	WAHOOZLE	$635
SB	SSANGYONG	$535.20
BB	STEEL61	$612.50

Pre-Flop ($6, 6 players)Hero is CO

2 folds, CATWOTISADOG raises to $14, 2 folds, STEEL61 calls $10

Flop ($30, 2 players)

STEEL61 checks, CATWOTISADOG checks

Turn ($30, 2 players)

STEEL61 bets $16

Final Pot: $46

Is this a call, given that if I raise and he, say, 3bet to $186 and shoves the river I'm suddenly pretty fuckin afraid of 13 nutted combos that beat me?

Thanks, dan

Some Hands

Hand 1:

$2/$4 No Limit Holdem • 6 Players

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UTG	CATWOTISADOG	$742.50
UTG+1	PERPLEXER	$700.60
CO	INEEDMONIES	$777.35
BTN	PRENUPBUTTER	$585.65
SB	ARTBRANCUSI	$595
BB	MARCLAR3	$410

Pre-Flop ($6, 6 players)Hero is UTG

CATWOTISADOG raises to $14, PERPLEXER raises to $48, 4 folds, CATWOTISADOG calls $34

Flop ($102, 2 players)

CATWOTISADOG checks, PERPLEXER bets $55

Final Pot: $157

Question, what do you make of his small betsize on the flop? Like, usually for balance 1/2 pot is standard of course, but deepish and on a drawy flop, don't we expect villain to be going for nearer 3/4? Does this look a ton like KQ/AQ/AK to anyone else?

$1/$2 No Limit Holdem • 5 Players

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UTG	TOBYLUST1986	$213.88
CO	SILENT_BANG	$539.95
BTN	MIDTEX1956	$608.37
SB	CATWOTISADOG	$200
BB	LEDIABLEROUGE	$257.85

Pre-Flop ($3, 5 players)Hero is SB

TOBYLUST1986 raises to $6, 1 fold, MIDTEX1956 calls $6, CATWOTISADOG raises to $32, LEDIABLEROUGE calls $30, TOBYLUST1986 folds, MIDTEX1956 calls $26

Flop ($102, 3 players)

CATWOTISADOG checks, LEDIABLEROUGE bets $50, MIDTEX1956 folds, CATWOTISADOG calls $50

Turn ($202, 2 players)

Final Pot: $202

What to do? I feel check call is bad, I feel check fold is bad, I feel shoving is bad. Which is least bad?

Thanks- Dan

Winning Days

Managed to string 3 winning days together, so now I have to plough on and turn that into 4, then 5 then 6. First things first though, winning today- reading old blogs and old forum posts and old videos has really helped me I think, and I've played some hands that just wouldn't have been possible a few days ago.

Playing some Irish Open Sats later too- some of Chris's rungood please!

I'll post cash hands later.

Monday 29 March 2010

Day Of Experimention

I've been messing about a bit today, trying to get some of my old attitude back. I've overdone it slightly to be sure I've got some real spew in there which I'm not going to share with you. The crux of it is though that I need to get a lot more creative, and look into hands a lot deeper than I have been doing.

I've started a new document detailing everything I know about all UB regs. Strengths, weaknessess, how to beat them and how not to beat them.

So I'll be judging this session by how much pressrure I'm able to apply, and how well I abide by my reads of opponents. (note, that means don't bluff Marclar!)

dan

The Old Spew Returns......

And, I'm happy about it. Maybe not to the extent of one hand today, but winning a ton of 50 bb pots made me really happy.

Weeeeeeeeeee

$2/$4 No Limit Holdem • 6 Players

Generated by weaktight.com.

UTG	JOETFK	$375.23
UTG+1	DR__LECTER	$917.07
CO	ENIGMA85	$388
BTN	DEPORTED	$120.64
SB	CATWOTISADOG	$919.80
BB	LOOOSEY	$485.05

Pre-Flop ($6, 6 players)Hero is SB

2 folds, ENIGMA85 raises to $12, 1 fold, CATWOTISADOG raises to $42, 1 fold, ENIGMA85 raises to $104, CATWOTISADOG calls $62

Flop ($212, 2 players)

CATWOTISADOG bets $66, ENIGMA85 calls $66

Turn ($344, 2 players)

CATWOTISADOG checks, ENIGMA85 checks

River ($344, 2 players)

CATWOTISADOG bets $749.80

Final Pot: $1,093.80

Today's Session Plan

I've spent about 2 hours reading all my old blogs. What this has illustrated to me is not that the games have got tougher in the last 6 months or whatever, but that my overall thinking has completely failed me. This isn't to say I can't get it back.

I probably blame studying too much of what other people think. All my old blog stuffs were original and interesting thoughts of mine, about 3 levels higher than the stuff I churn out into my blogs today, and frankly 6 levels higher than the stuff you read in a 2p2 or Leggo forum.

So I started dicking around with everyone again. That hand yesterday I called his flop bet, which he'll always be making with air given we both have a face up pocket pair. He also bet a 'fold please' amount. So, I called his flop bet, and when he checked the turn I shoved on the A77 K K river and he folded.

I need to think outside the box more, in a nutshell

Sunday 28 March 2010

Shock Realisation

I just watched an old video of mine, and started reading my old blogs from last August. What I discovered has shocked me, I have become much much worse at poker. My analysis at the time is on a much much higher level than at current, and I'm sat here reading through thinking like *wow* on tons of stuff. Tons of insighful and original stuff I just don't even think of or factor in any more is just rolling off my tongue.

How the hell can I have regressed so much? This is for sure, I need to read all that stuff and try to get somewhere back near that level........

Edit: Just started to play a session, I'm excited. Example, I'm seeing OPTIONS in this spot, where previously I would've seen only one......... it just takes a bit of lateral thinking, can you see why?

$2/$4 No Limit Holdem • 6 Players

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UTG	SYKO10	$451.30
UTG+1	CATWOTISADOG	$844.50
CO	OMARLITTLE	$363.17
BTN	RE_MOGUL	$428.10
SB	IAMMAVERICK	$962.35
BB	BJFREEBIRD	$819.20

Pre-Flop ($6, 6 players)Hero is UTG+1

1 fold, CATWOTISADOG raises to $14, OMARLITTLE calls $14, RE_MOGUL raises to $58, IAMMAVERICK calls $56, 1 fold, CATWOTISADOG calls $44, OMARLITTLE folds

Flop ($192, 3 players)

IAMMAVERICK checks, CATWOTISADOG checks, RE_MOGUL bets $120, IAMMAVERICK folds

Final Pot: $312

Some Call Downs

Winning session, no PF spew, but still probably didn't play great, or bad. I got in JJ vs KidConrete's OTB 3bet, his first BTN 3bet in over 1000 hands in fact. AA, but ship the J river. So, I guess that makes some PF spew after all.

I've been pretty call happy lately. Here's 3 from today, between 1 and 3 of them were successful. Can you tell which ones? Villains in 1 and 2 should be known to you, villain in hand 3 is a bluffy 62/22 fish.