I started September with a biggish losing day at 500nl, basically played as well as I have been doing but ran bad. Since then I've been moving house and busy/ stressed with that and other stuff.
I'm supposed to have a Leggo vid out, I still haven't done it. I tried today but my brain just wasn't there, too clouded by thoughts of removal men and deposit signatures and British Gas. I tried anyway and lost 5 more BIs at 200nl in around 45 minutes............ my brain felt completely clouded and I couldn't get inside anyone's head, and got owned by 1 or 2 braindead obvious 200nl moves and felt stupid. Check overshoving flop to rep a draw with top set, calling river with a capped range VS Elusivejack when he knows I'm always calling after I check turn to cap range, etc. Easy to get one step ahead of people with a clear mind, but if it's slightly clouded then that extra level is missing and I'm a high variance break even player........
I've moved my desk to my parents where I'm staying at the moment, so I'm basically just now trying to achieve the mental state I've had the past 3 months or so where I've played excellently and won almost every day I've played. Playing for a full hour seemed beyond me today, so I'm going to take it slow......... have a shower in a sec, and then simply try to play a perfect 15 mins before reviewing the hands here. I'll do it in this blog so check back if you've only read this part............. dan
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I played 500nl for 20 minutes, and felt OK-ish. Weirdly, all my colour notes have disappeared, as have all my Stars settings. I'm kinda glad about the colour notes though, as blanket having everyone blue as 'reg' did not help my brain automatically differentiate between them. Playing hands, I realised I really should have a better feel by now of more of the regs. I'll only get that feel by analysing more hands and writing down my thoughts on the hand and the player.
Hand 1: http://weaktight.com/4974989 - raising flop has been my standard for a month or so, but the sudden realisation that I don't actually know anything about this guy put the brakes on it. He could just be the type to snap 3bet get in QQ for example.......... and this cbet size made me think that in general it's not a bet fold, and I'd basically be left with raise folding it........ I should also expect several streets if I take this call line. Betsizes are cool to read, they so often give away the intention on the next street. Example, we have TT on J62ss and UTG+1 cbets $28 into $30 to our BTN flat, you know he's betting the next street too and we can make big flop folds or turn folds because of it.
This flop size actually got me close to that, but there's enough gray area + potential for us to bluff to still make flop a clear call. Turn As is obviously interesting, especially when he checks it. I feel like someone decent always has something like AJ/ set/ small flush here, while someone worse has the transparent QQ KK QJ KJ JT. In that sense, this hand is probably a decent indicator that villain is not terrific, though the board did change a ton on the river.
Anyway, turn, I obviously bet everything I continue with here these days 1/3 pot. I've talked about all the ins and outs before, but the jist is that it keeps my range wide and people play terribly to it. An element of soul reading their reaction to it is vital though. The CC in this spot weakens his range a decent amount, assuming villain not good. He probably couldn't resist CR a flush/ set/ 2 pair to this size.............
River, a 4flush and often an autobluff. Problem is he has ~ 6 certain high spade combos, and probably closer to 12. Taking his range as a whole though, way more than 50% of his range contains no spade. I think in his shoes it looks obvious that he should have a lot of spades though, and therefore he probably doesn't expect me to bluff or turn stuff into a bluff. I therefore bet a big amount that could make Qs or Js lay down, sorta on the level of 'its an obvious bluffcatcher spot, I bet huge, therefore I have value cos every reg always does in this spot'. He folded relatively quickly, which makes me think his turn peel was on the splashy/ bad side. Yes I bet $38 there, but I'm obv doing that with a plan and him CC something like QQ KK Jx without a spade is just calling turn to get owned on the river a lot.
Anyway I'm sticking a 'calls splashily to fold later on' note on him for now.
^ oh btw I think PF is too splashy. Maybe. Hmm, maybe not, PF is overrated anyway we can just bluff people a lot.
Hand 2: http://weaktight.com/4975054 I don't know what good regs have when they do this. I do think though that calling to lead the next street needs some exploration, if only for the simple reason it's non standard and people are bound to play badly to it in one way or another. Qfullof8s did this to me the other day and bluffed me I think off tptk..........
Those two were the only interesting hands really. Going to eat and then play another ~ 30 minute 500nl session for review.
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