And 4 blogs with the results to follow. I still keep losing, but I've improved immensley from the first day back. I've nailed a ton of little leaks that have crept in through lack of practice, and I think I'm down to just one major leak that I'll focus on all today. That leak is to stop making retarded 3rd level bluffs VS stationy regs.
I'd be, oh, 20 BIs better off this week if I just learned to give up the odd pot.
First session review in 45 mins, result not important, just the hands, la de da da...
Friday, 16 July 2010
Wednesday, 14 July 2010
Losing
I've hit that irritating point of my DS where I have to force myself to drop to 200nl for a while. 20k hands, or $4000 won, whatever comes sooner. Comment beneath this for guaranteed $100 if I'm seen playing any higher before this time, but I'll post once I'm back up anyway.
Why am I losing? Beyond the fact that I'm extremely rusty, my light headedness is back in force. This can only be because of 3 weeks of drinking more or less every day with zero exercise. It only took around 5-6 days of solid running last time to cure me, so my first run starts tonight after this next session.
In terms of how I'm rusty, a few things: I'm being extrememly spewy OOP, leading weak hands for value then calling flop raises and eventually getting owned, etc. I also don't know if it's just today and yesterday, but I've been getting the shit 4bet out of me. I guess the simple fact might be that my OTB 3bet stat is showing in everyone's HUD as 18%, and I need to tone it down.
I also played a few loooong sessions, but that won't happen again.
Almost religiously when I was on my 10 consecutive winning day streak before Vegas, I adhered to the 'what does he expect me to do' question on every street of every hand, which is another way of asking 'what is my perceived range', but I guess a level above that. This question allows me to make pretty big folds, and sometimes pretty big calls as well, and I just haven't been paying it enough attention.
In conjunction with the above question is ensuring that I pay attention to betsizing on all streets. The three things really for me that make up hand reading are:
a) make assumptions from PF and stick to those assumptions
b) look at betsizing on flop turn river and relate to the board texture
c) think about my percieved range and ask 'what does he expect me to do'
I realise those 3 things have been missing, and make up a big part of my upcoming session goals.
About to play 45 minutes of 200nl, goals to be graded x/10 as follows:
1) Open much less UTG, UTG+1.
2) Shut down more postflop when OOP, c-call hands and especially don't be value/ fps obsessed.
3) 3bet the SB slightly less, but if you can't 3bet because of gameflow then ditch those pretty looking hands unless multiway (and even then, good reasons ie deep or fish involved).
4)Use Baz-esq meditation to be constantly aware of what I'm thinking- if mind drifts get it back on poker sharpish or quit.
5) In postflop spot, apply the 3 aspects of hand reading and don't be afraid to use these to make big calls or big folds.
I'll post the hands and the results of the above once done...........
Why am I losing? Beyond the fact that I'm extremely rusty, my light headedness is back in force. This can only be because of 3 weeks of drinking more or less every day with zero exercise. It only took around 5-6 days of solid running last time to cure me, so my first run starts tonight after this next session.
In terms of how I'm rusty, a few things: I'm being extrememly spewy OOP, leading weak hands for value then calling flop raises and eventually getting owned, etc. I also don't know if it's just today and yesterday, but I've been getting the shit 4bet out of me. I guess the simple fact might be that my OTB 3bet stat is showing in everyone's HUD as 18%, and I need to tone it down.
I also played a few loooong sessions, but that won't happen again.
Almost religiously when I was on my 10 consecutive winning day streak before Vegas, I adhered to the 'what does he expect me to do' question on every street of every hand, which is another way of asking 'what is my perceived range', but I guess a level above that. This question allows me to make pretty big folds, and sometimes pretty big calls as well, and I just haven't been paying it enough attention.
In conjunction with the above question is ensuring that I pay attention to betsizing on all streets. The three things really for me that make up hand reading are:
a) make assumptions from PF and stick to those assumptions
b) look at betsizing on flop turn river and relate to the board texture
c) think about my percieved range and ask 'what does he expect me to do'
I realise those 3 things have been missing, and make up a big part of my upcoming session goals.
About to play 45 minutes of 200nl, goals to be graded x/10 as follows:
1) Open much less UTG, UTG+1.
2) Shut down more postflop when OOP, c-call hands and especially don't be value/ fps obsessed.
3) 3bet the SB slightly less, but if you can't 3bet because of gameflow then ditch those pretty looking hands unless multiway (and even then, good reasons ie deep or fish involved).
4)Use Baz-esq meditation to be constantly aware of what I'm thinking- if mind drifts get it back on poker sharpish or quit.
5) In postflop spot, apply the 3 aspects of hand reading and don't be afraid to use these to make big calls or big folds.
I'll post the hands and the results of the above once done...........
Tuesday, 13 July 2010
A little better....
$320 won in 214 hands. I hit my session goal of being happy to justify each and every hand, while matching the technical goal of no PF spew.
First hand we're 300bbs deep, leaving plenty of room for a 4bet pot triple barrel bluff. He obviously has QQ and JJ some of the time here, maybe even AQ (maybe he folded it!) but I think all 3 streets are mandatory the way the board runs out:
Then, an OUTRAGEOUS display of chip dumping:
Annoyingly, this was my very last hand:
I think I could've maybe called the river.... got a bit excited I think:
There's 9 400nl games running for a change on AP- so time to step it up i think. dan
First hand we're 300bbs deep, leaving plenty of room for a 4bet pot triple barrel bluff. He obviously has QQ and JJ some of the time here, maybe even AQ (maybe he folded it!) but I think all 3 streets are mandatory the way the board runs out:
$1/$2 Ante $0.50 No Limit Holdem • 5 Players
Generated by weaktight.com.
| UTG | JBVFJK | $306 | |
| CO | Hero | $788 | |
| BTN | ZOANTH | $579.91 | |
| SB | MICHINPOKER | $256.55 | |
| BB | THEFUTURE22 | $259.05 | |
- Pre-Flop ($5.50, 5 players)Hero is CO
1 fold, Hero raises to $7, ZOANTH raises to $20, 2 folds, Hero raises to $66, ZOANTH calls $46
- Flop ($137.50, 2 players)
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Hero bets $44, ZOANTH calls $44
- Turn ($225.50, 2 players)
Hero bets $118, ZOANTH calls $118
- River ($461.50, 2 players)
Hero bets $555.50, ZOANTH folds
- Final Pot: $1,017
- Hero shows
- Hero wins $1,013.50 (net +$229.50)
- ZOANTH lost $228.50
Then, an OUTRAGEOUS display of chip dumping:
$1/$2 Ante $0.50 No Limit Holdem • 5 Players
Generated by weaktight.com.
| UTG | ZOANTH | $605.71 | |
| CO | MICHINPOKER | $239.05 | |
| BTN | THEFUTURE22 | $231.55 | |
| SB | JBVFJK | $468.39 | |
| BB | Hero | $400 | |
- Pre-Flop ($5.50, 5 players)Hero is BB
3 folds, JBVFJK raises to $6.50, Hero calls $4.50
- Flop ($15.50, 2 players)
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JBVFJK checks, Hero bets $10, JBVFJK raises to $31.50, Hero raises to $90, JBVFJK raises to $285.50, Hero goes all-in $393, JBVFJK calls $107.50
- Turn ($801.50, 2 players, 1 all-in)
- River ($801.50, 2 players, 1 all-in)
- Final Pot: $801.50
- JBVFJK shows
- Hero shows
- Hero wins $798 (net +$398)
- JBVFJK lost $400
Annoyingly, this was my very last hand:
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem • 5 Players
Generated by weaktight.com.
| UTG | MONKTHEDONK | $391.42 | |
| CO | SICKGAMBLER99 | $410.10 | |
| BTN | BIGPUTT1945 | $317.98 | |
| SB | XODANCRGRL87 | $251.50 | |
| BB | Hero | $253.65 | |
- Pre-Flop ($3, 5 players)Hero is BB
MONKTHEDONK raises to $7, 2 folds, XODANCRGRL87 calls $6, Hero raises to $31, MONKTHEDONK calls $24, XODANCRGRL87 folds
- Flop ($69, 2 players)
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Hero bets $30, MONKTHEDONK raises to $78, Hero raises to $126, MONKTHEDONK raises to $218, Hero goes all-in $222.65, MONKTHEDONK calls $4.65
- Turn ($514.30, 2 players, 1 all-in)
- River ($514.30, 2 players, 1 all-in)
- Final Pot: $514.30
- Hero shows
- MONKTHEDONK shows
- MONKTHEDONK wins $511.30 (net +$257.65)
- XODANCRGRL87 lost $7
- Hero lost $253.65
I think I could've maybe called the river.... got a bit excited I think:
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem • 5 Players
Generated by weaktight.com.
| UTG | THEFUTURE22 | $327.60 | |
| CO | RIVERRATTY | $361.45 | |
| BTN | BIGPUTT1945 | $200 | |
| SB | TUTONE47 | $192.25 | |
| BB | Hero | $212.35 | |
- Pre-Flop ($3, 5 players)Hero is BB
3 folds, TUTONE47 calls $1, Hero checks
- Flop ($4, 2 players)
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TUTONE47 checks, Hero bets $4, TUTONE47 calls $4
- Turn ($12, 2 players)
TUTONE47 bets $6, Hero raises to $36, TUTONE47 calls $30
- River ($84, 2 players)
TUTONE47 bets $68, Hero goes all-in $170.35, TUTONE47 calls $82.25
- Final Pot: $404.60
- TUTONE47 shows
- Hero shows
- TUTONE47 wins $381 (net +$188.75)
- Hero collects $20.10 (net -$192.25)
There's 9 400nl games running for a change on AP- so time to step it up i think. dan
Bad Session
I played a session last night where I was seemingly more content spewing stacks than I was content to win. So frustrating how I get out of my zone sometimes...... so anyway I'm back to basics, about to play a strict 35 minute flawless session with the hands to then be posted here (in this blog post):
Result: Massive Failure, $900 lost at 200nl in 400 hands. I'm just gonna post em and get em over with, then play again and correct my idioticy.
http://weaktight.com/2450463 - fine
http://weaktight.com/2450464 - raise flop moron he's a fish, river tilt
http://weaktight.com/2450465 - no rhyme or reason to not bet flop, bet once and bluff catch obv. Worst line possible.
http://weaktight.com/2450469 - not terrible given this is the 3rd time I 3bet him and he folded first 2, but still more info and history needed with villain
http://weaktight.com/2450477 - planned to 3bet call with these stacks, annoying turn bink I was calling twice
http://weaktight.com/2450474 - don't hate don't love, the mistake is the 4bet size PF
So to break down my bad hands above, I have:
Coolers: 1 (the AThh IMO)
Definitely badly played: 2
Slightly -EV based on lack of player info: 1 (the 77)
Slightly unlucky: 1 (the AQ)
Bad play PF but I suck out: 1 (the ak)
I didn't have any big winning hands.
So, to focus on the next session, my goals are:
- No PF spew without proper reasons and history (reasons constituting something like I 3bet him shitloads and he has a massive 4bet % so I'm getting in 77 and AQ and maybe AJs etc)
- Time on every decision- only goal of the session is to present every hand played on this blog and be able to justify everything in terms of pure EV (justifying it based on I was stuck and wanted to increase variance doesn't count)
Monday, 12 July 2010
First Session Back Results + Analysis
Getting back into the groove with a 200nl session on AP, 1254 hands and $445 in winnings.
Of this, I was up in terms of pure coolers/ suckouts at around net $200. The situations were certainly reciprocal neutral EV spots though, regardless of whether I was technically behind in both, ie AK on AK2 vs 22, and AT on AT9 vs 99 where I sucked out.
I was 0/3 on shoves that I thought would work:
And then:
And then:
I don't hate any VS the right opponents, but my big mistake in hands 1 and 2 was just not knowing anything about the guys other than they had somewhat loose stats over 50 hands or so. Hand 3 I'd been 3betting him to high heaven and I'm fine flatting that small 4bet. So, lessons learned here: know your opponent.
I've been bluff catching Ax more often in 3bet pots VS bad opponents:
Lastly, another example of not knowing my opponent enough beyond somewhat fishy and doesn't raise much, and I think I got away lightly with this. For next session, I'm going to be hammering home to myself that I really need to know much more about opponents before getting out of line.....
Is all, next session is 200nl again till I feel I'm definitely back in the swing.
dan
Of this, I was up in terms of pure coolers/ suckouts at around net $200. The situations were certainly reciprocal neutral EV spots though, regardless of whether I was technically behind in both, ie AK on AK2 vs 22, and AT on AT9 vs 99 where I sucked out.
I was 0/3 on shoves that I thought would work:
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem • 6 Players
Generated by weaktight.com.
| UTG | THESHOW89 | $207.30 | |
| UTG+1 | ROSIELAYNE | $511.07 | |
| CO | Hero | $299.20 | |
| BTN | ABSOLUTEJACK | $425.30 | |
| SB | BARBUS1 | $204.80 | |
| BB | RPCCPA | $195.30 | |
- Pre-Flop ($3, 6 players)Hero is CO
2 folds, Hero raises to $8, ABSOLUTEJACK raises to $27, 2 folds, Hero calls $19
- Flop ($57, 2 players)
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Hero checks, ABSOLUTEJACK bets $35, Hero calls $35
- Turn ($127, 2 players)
Hero checks, ABSOLUTEJACK bets $80, Hero goes all-in $237.20, ABSOLUTEJACK calls $157.20
- River ($601.40, 2 players, 1 all-in)
- Final Pot: $601.40
- ABSOLUTEJACK shows (One pair nines)
- Hero shows (ace high)
- ABSOLUTEJACK wins $597.90 (net +$298.70)
- Hero lost $299.20
And then:
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem • 6 Players
Generated by weaktight.com.
| UTG | WOLVERINE1 | $339.10 | |
| UTG+1 | SAUR0N | $200 | |
| CO | Hero | $268.70 | |
| BTN | CRATERING | $510.80 | |
| SB | ABSOLUTEJACK | $308.50 | |
| BB | WHITELOTUS80 | $311 | |
- Pre-Flop ($3, 6 players)Hero is CO
WOLVERINE1 calls $2, 1 fold, Hero raises to $10, 3 folds, WOLVERINE1 calls $8
- Flop ($23, 2 players)
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WOLVERINE1 bets $11.50, Hero calls $11.50
- Turn ($46, 2 players)
WOLVERINE1 bets $23, Hero calls $23
- River ($92, 2 players)
WOLVERINE1 bets $46, Hero goes all-in $224.20, WOLVERINE1 calls $178.20
- Final Pot: $540.40
- WOLVERINE1 shows
- Hero shows
- WOLVERINE1 wins $536.90 (net +$268.20)
- Hero lost $268.70
And then:
$1/$2 Ante $0.50 No Limit Holdem • 6 Players
Generated by weaktight.com.
| UTG | KAZEL | $286.95 | |
| UTG+1 | Hero | $530.10 | |
| CO | NOTLIM0505 | $177.20 | |
| BTN | BOB_SELS | $190 | |
| SB | PENGUINS25 | $229 | |
| BB | TONYBLUFF5 | $209.90 | |
- Pre-Flop ($9, 6 players)Hero is UTG+1
[NOTLIM0505 posts $3] KAZEL raises to $9, Hero raises to $27, 4 folds, KAZEL raises to $68, Hero calls $41
- Flop ($145, 2 players)
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KAZEL bets $72, Hero raises to $457.60, KAZEL calls $142.45
- Turn ($817.05, 2 players)
- River ($817.05, 2 players)
- Final Pot: $817.05
- KAZEL shows
- Hero shows
- KAZEL wins $570.90 (net +$287.95)
- Hero collects $243.15 (net -$282.95)
I don't hate any VS the right opponents, but my big mistake in hands 1 and 2 was just not knowing anything about the guys other than they had somewhat loose stats over 50 hands or so. Hand 3 I'd been 3betting him to high heaven and I'm fine flatting that small 4bet. So, lessons learned here: know your opponent.
I've been bluff catching Ax more often in 3bet pots VS bad opponents:
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem • 5 Players
Generated by weaktight.com.
| UTG | RIVERRATTY | $204 | |
| CO | ABSOLUTEJACK | $284.20 | |
| BTN | SAUR0N | $208.15 | |
| SB | Hero | $299 | |
| BB | JCAVALLO3 | $89.70 | |
- Pre-Flop ($3, 5 players)Hero is SB
1 fold, ABSOLUTEJACK raises to $7, 1 fold, Hero raises to $21, 1 fold, ABSOLUTEJACK calls $14
- Flop ($44, 2 players)
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Hero checks, ABSOLUTEJACK bets $20, Hero calls $20
- Turn ($84, 2 players)
Hero checks, ABSOLUTEJACK bets $50, Hero calls $50
- River ($184, 2 players)
Hero checks, ABSOLUTEJACK bets $120, Hero calls $120
- Final Pot: $424
- Hero shows
- ABSOLUTEJACK shows
- Hero wins $420.50 (net +$209.50)
- ABSOLUTEJACK lost $211
Lastly, another example of not knowing my opponent enough beyond somewhat fishy and doesn't raise much, and I think I got away lightly with this. For next session, I'm going to be hammering home to myself that I really need to know much more about opponents before getting out of line.....
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem • 6 Players
Generated by weaktight.com.
| UTG | ABSOLUTEJACK | $181 | |
| UTG+1 | BARBUS1 | $203.80 | |
| CO | RPCCPA | $241.60 | |
| BTN | THESHOW89 | $249.30 | |
| SB | ROSIELAYNE | $539.07 | |
| BB | Hero | $249 | |
- Pre-Flop ($3, 6 players)Hero is BB
2 folds, RPCCPA raises to $7, 2 folds, Hero calls $5
- Flop ($15, 2 players)
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Hero checks, RPCCPA bets $15, Hero raises to $45, RPCCPA calls $30
- Turn ($105, 2 players)
Hero bets $40, RPCCPA calls $40
- River ($185, 2 players)
Hero bets $157, RPCCPA folds
- Final Pot: $342
- Hero wins $338.50 (net +$89.50)
- RPCCPA lost $92
Is all, next session is 200nl again till I feel I'm definitely back in the swing.
dan
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