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Posted: Wed, 28 Mar 2007, 10:09am Post subject: Operation Biondino Says Fuckit
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
Posts: 3173
WPP: 88
Location: Putney, UK; Full Tilt,Mansion; $50 NL and PL; $13 and $16 SNGs at Stars
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Guys, I need your help. My game has become so stilted and inflexible - I can almost feel myself strangling myself as I play, and I need to be accountable. So I am going to post here after every session and open myself up to the world. Please, please comment on my plays and give clear explanations - I *know* I play many things "wrong" but I NEED to know why.
I'm at work at the moment but home tonight, so I'll do my first proper entry then. Last night, almost 1k hands and -$133 at $50, £50 and $100; overall for the month, not counting b0nus and rb, I am about $500 down. Watch this space... |
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Posted: Wed, 28 Mar 2007, 12:51pm Post subject:
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Full House
Joined: 24 Jan 2006
Posts: 998
WPP: 176
Location: Sweden
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Dude, where's my update?
But seriously, good idea with the operation thread. Let's see some handsies. |
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Posted: Wed, 28 Mar 2007, 1:04pm Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
Posts: 3173
WPP: 88
Location: Putney, UK; Full Tilt,Mansion; $50 NL and PL; $13 and $16 SNGs at Stars
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| Oh god, I am already cringing at having to post hands. Please be gentle with me. |
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Posted: Wed, 28 Mar 2007, 3:05pm Post subject:
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Eats babies
Joined: 28 Feb 2006
Posts: 3884
WPP: 109
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Rock and roll. My turn to rip you a new one.  Not |
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Posted: Wed, 28 Mar 2007, 4:58pm Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
Posts: 3173
WPP: 88
Location: Putney, UK; Full Tilt,Mansion; $50 NL and PL; $13 and $16 SNGs at Stars
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| Dude you have to be gentlest of all. There'll be some real duffers and a lot of "and you had the nerve to call ME on that crap?" when you see the hands I'm misplaying... |
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Posted: Wed, 28 Mar 2007, 5:06pm Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
Posts: 3173
WPP: 88
Location: Putney, UK; Full Tilt,Mansion; $50 NL and PL; $13 and $16 SNGs at Stars
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Okay, here's a typical bluff attempt. As you can see, I had no intentions at any point to do anything beyond bluffing. Tell me why this is wrong:
No Limit Hold'em CryptoLogic ($NL)
Converted by FTRConv
5-handed
StacksSB: $58.83
Hero: $84.25
UTG: $117.50
CO: $139.82
BTN: $99.75
Pre-Flop: Hero is BB with 5 A
UTG folds, CO folds, BTN folds, SB raises to $2, Hero calls
Flop:($4.50) 9 J 3 (2 players)
SB bets $5, Hero calls
Turn:($14.50) 9 (2 players)
SB bets $8, Hero raises to $21, SB raises to $51.83 and is all-in, Hero folds, SB doesn't show hand
Final Pot: $64.50
This hand - not technically a blind steal as I had a top 25% hand - should I have slowed down earlier? Should I have bet the river? Villain 15/6/0.6 and played hard when he played:
No Limit Hold'em CryptoLogic ($NL)
Converted by FTRConv
6-handed
StacksBTN: $52.08
Hero: $103.25
BB: $97.50
UTG: $151.82
UTG+1: $159.50
CO: $98.50
Pre-Flop: Hero is SB with K T
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, CO folds, BTN folds, Hero raises to $4, BB calls
Flop:($8.50) K 3 4 (2 players)
Hero bets $5, BB calls
Turn:($18.50) A (2 players)
Hero bets $12, BB calls
River:($42.50) 7 (2 players)
Hero checks, BB checks
Final Pot: $42.50 |
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Posted: Wed, 28 Mar 2007, 6:56pm Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
Posts: 3173
WPP: 88
Location: Putney, UK; Full Tilt,Mansion; $50 NL and PL; $13 and $16 SNGs at Stars
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Here's a hand I just played, badly:
No Limit Hold'em CryptoLogic ($100NL)
Converted by FTRConv
6-handed
StacksUTG+1: $30.25
CO: $104.75
Hero: $121
SB: $80.25
BB: $96.19
UTG: $99.25
Pre-Flop: Hero is BTN with A 6
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, CO folds, Hero raises to $4, SB calls, BB folds
Flop:($9.00) 6 3 2 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks
Turn:($9.00) 2 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $4, SB calls
River:($17.00) 9 (2 players)
SB bets $8, Hero folds, SB doesn't show hand
Final Pot: $17.00 |
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Posted: Wed, 28 Mar 2007, 7:26pm Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
Posts: 3173
WPP: 88
Location: Putney, UK; Full Tilt,Mansion; $50 NL and PL; $13 and $16 SNGs at Stars
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I am currently playing two SNG*s, so final total for the evening not yet known, but my ring stats from earlier were as follows:
298 hands (would have been more except the gf needed my shoulder to cry on) at £50 and $100NL 6max, +$27
*Got 3rd in the first one, so assuming I lose #2 it barely dents my stats - edit, I came 5th in the 2nd after being sucked out on 3 times in a row from a comfortable position. Ca c'est le poker, hein. |
Last edited by biondino on Wed, 28 Mar 2007, 8:02pm; edited 1 time in total
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Posted: Wed, 28 Mar 2007, 7:39pm Post subject:
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Full House
Joined: 24 Jan 2006
Posts: 998
WPP: 176
Location: Sweden
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| Not sure about the bluff. But I'm not hating the others... |
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Posted: Thu, 29 Mar 2007, 5:12pm Post subject:
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Straight Flush
Joined: 22 Jun 2005
Posts: 7939
WPP: 71
Location: Marry Me Cheryl!!!
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| biondino wrote: | Here's a hand I just played, badly:
No Limit Hold'em CryptoLogic ($100NL)
Converted by FTRConv
6-handed
StacksUTG+1: $30.25
CO: $104.75
Hero: $121
SB: $80.25
BB: $96.19
UTG: $99.25
Pre-Flop: Hero is BTN with A 6
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, CO folds, Hero raises to $4, SB calls, BB folds
Flop:($9.00) 6 3 2 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks
Turn:($9.00) 2 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $4, SB calls
River:($17.00) 9 (2 players)
SB bets $8, Hero folds, SB doesn't show hand
Final Pot: $17.00 |
this is hardly bad!  |
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Posted: Thu, 29 Mar 2007, 10:27pm Post subject:
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11 OF DIAMONDS
Joined: 22 Nov 2005
Posts: 4380
WPP: 117
Location: ISHPERMING MISHIGEN
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| Yeah I don't see what's too bad about that hand other than I would bet the flop more than check, but I don't think it's bad. |
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Posted: Fri, 30 Mar 2007, 5:13am Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
Posts: 3173
WPP: 88
Location: Putney, UK; Full Tilt,Mansion; $50 NL and PL; $13 and $16 SNGs at Stars
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| I guess I felt I just let it get away from me - by checking the flop I completely gave control to the SB, which is unforgiveable. My memory is he was a solid, unshowy player who didn't call the SB with any two, so perhaps I minimised my losses this way. But how much weakness do I show here, on every street, despite flopping (a rather unthreatening) TPTK? That's why I think it's bad. |
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Posted: Fri, 30 Mar 2007, 5:23am Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
Posts: 3173
WPP: 88
Location: Putney, UK; Full Tilt,Mansion; $50 NL and PL; $13 and $16 SNGs at Stars
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Last night I played 802 hands for $21 profit at 1.33ptbb/100.
Not impressive, no; but I did, for the first time ever, 4-table $100NL all evening, and while I hardly pwned it I was pretty comfortable. Was briefly at +$180 but then things went to shit 
However, I didn't tilt, I got in a good long disciplined session, and I think I played pretty well (and cleared about $75 in b0nus/rb). I'm off work today so I can post some hands, good and bad, for your comments. PLEASE give your thoughts if you can - it's been too long since I was doing this regularly! |
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Posted: Fri, 30 Mar 2007, 8:57am Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
Posts: 3173
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Location: Putney, UK; Full Tilt,Mansion; $50 NL and PL; $13 and $16 SNGs at Stars
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First of all, the two big hands of the night, mainly for entertainment value:
My big win. Villain was 30/8/2 but on the aggressive side when he did bet. The big thing that was at the forefront of my mind here was the fact that I know I am laying down too many hands - this spot, I felt, was one where I could be behind, but it would only be to a set or AA since the flop was so dry. This meant I was ahead of AT, JJ, QQ and any weird draws, so I felt that I was winning often enough to want to get it all-in regardless of the circumstance. Fortunately, it worked out.
No Limit Hold'em CryptoLogic ($NL)
Converted by FTRConv
6-handed
StacksSB: $109
BB: $43
UTG: $125.56
UTG+1: $99.25
Hero: $91.25
BTN: $151.25
Pre-Flop: Hero is CO with K K
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, Hero raises to $4, BTN calls, SB calls, BB folds
Flop:($13.00) 4 6 T (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $10, BTN raises to $24, SB folds, Hero raises to $38, BTN calls
Turn:($99.00) 2 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $109.25 and is all-in, Hero is all-in $49.25
River:($197.50) T (2 players)
Final Pot: $197.50
Villain had JJ.
And my big loss (is it unusual that in 800 hands of $100NL 6max I only faced two all-ins for close to 100BBs?). It's pretty clear that the dude has a weak ace; I am ahead of most of them. I don't think he'll fold, whatever he has - I had a strong read on his relative fishiness (he was 43/9/1.8, but weaker than that suggests, and had recently called off a fair chunk of his stack with 2ndPTK).
No Limit Hold'em CryptoLogic ($NL)
Converted by FTRConv
6-handed
StacksHero: $85.75
BB: $46.75
UTG: $101.75
UTG+1: $63.78
CO: $63.94
BTN: $54.25
Pre-Flop: Hero is SB with 7 7
UTG folds, UTG+1 calls, CO folds, BTN folds, Hero calls, BB checks
Flop:($3.00) 7 A A (3 players)
Hero bets $3, BB folds, UTG+1 calls
Turn:($9.00) 4 (2 players)
Hero bets $8, UTG+1 calls
River:($25.00) J (2 players)
Hero bets $73.75 and is all-in, UTG+1 is all-in $51.78
Final Pot: $128.56
Villain is holding A4 ftw. |
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Posted: Fri, 30 Mar 2007, 9:59am Post subject:
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Straight Flush
Joined: 24 Feb 2006
Posts: 4170
WPP: 77
Location: Dublin
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| hands 1 - i dont like the flop repop from you. if opp is aggro call him and let him bet turn. if he does have weaker holding then you are just scaring him off on flop, let him feel he has the best hand. again to repeat that flop is dry and very little cards hurt so i like this line |
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Posted: Fri, 30 Mar 2007, 12:18pm Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
Posts: 3173
WPP: 88
Location: Putney, UK; Full Tilt,Mansion; $50 NL and PL; $13 and $16 SNGs at Stars
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Just finished a 2-hour, 667-hand session. Ouch. At one point I was $300 down, primarily due to a sick run of laggs all having the goods when I either bluffed at them or bet a second best hand. It would probably be useful to find examples of this, because I am sure there was unnecessary recklessness on my part.
Finished off $133 down (thanks to doubling up with 33 on a K3J5A board vs a Tagg with AKs, which was just what I needed). Am taking a break, getting in some GTA, then I'll kick off again in an hour or so - I need to clear at least 750 $100 hands tonight to complete my last Bonus of the month. |
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Posted: Fri, 30 Mar 2007, 1:30pm Post subject:
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Straight Flush
Joined: 22 Jun 2005
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Location: Marry Me Cheryl!!!
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1. Fine, i stack off here lots IF i know my opps dont reraise JJ/QQ
2. Sucks, im all in on this river without blinking, i may just open shove the turn versus a donk because he isnt folding any ace and your boat is good like $$$$$$$'s of times.
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Posted: Fri, 30 Mar 2007, 7:03pm Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
Posts: 3173
WPP: 88
Location: Putney, UK; Full Tilt,Mansion; $50 NL and PL; $13 and $16 SNGs at Stars
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I played another 500 hands later afternoon, and SHIP IT Finally, things went my way - I managed to drop 2 buyins early on (trips vs boat & KK vs AA) and still made $245. I ran hot and played some lovely poker - it's never flawless with me, but it was pretty good. I just got the balance right, knew when to play hands, when to fold.
I also played very aggressively, my stats more 22/17 than my usual 23/14, and experimented with more variation of pre-flop bet size than normal. Made me feel really good and really confident - at Crypt0 there are plenty of regulars and I managed to play some excellent poker despite their presence.
I then got in a final session to clear my last remaining March Bonus (in just over 10k hands I have cleared $200 from InterPoker and $200 from PokerPlex), and broke even. I am fine with that after the rest of the day, though losing KK to Q3s in a re-raised pot (trip 3s on the turn after getting it all in with third pair and no draws on the flop, poopyhead) and QQ to KK (again, all the money in on a raggy flop against an under-repped hand - at least until he woke up ) for a net -$120 took the edge off slightly.
I should really look for some hands now - I might post some later.
So, I don't know if I'll get to play tomorrow (and if I do, I may just donk around with some SNGs), so here is my graph, in all its nastiness, for March:
(Today was from 9k onwards. How about that for swingy )
But I have ended the month on a bit of a high, both relatively speaking after my 7.5k hand downswing (my longest ever, if not my deepest) and because I finally know for sure I can hold my own in one of the tricker $100NL 6max games on the internet. Let's hope April starts positively! |
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Posted: Fri, 30 Mar 2007, 7:13pm Post subject:
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Straight Flush
Joined: 22 Jun 2005
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Location: Marry Me Cheryl!!!
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| is it possible to say 'thats a standard downswing' ?? |
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Posted: Fri, 30 Mar 2007, 7:15pm Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
Posts: 3173
WPP: 88
Location: Putney, UK; Full Tilt,Mansion; $50 NL and PL; $13 and $16 SNGs at Stars
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| Balls. I actually only cleared $100 b0nus at InterPoker (doubly annoying as they had 10% more rb than Plex. Badly organised, Mark, must try harder). I thought $400 seemed a little generous |
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Posted: Fri, 30 Mar 2007, 7:20pm Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
Posts: 3173
WPP: 88
Location: Putney, UK; Full Tilt,Mansion; $50 NL and PL; $13 and $16 SNGs at Stars
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Here's a cautionary tale - my second worst loss (after KK vs AA all-in pre-flop) of the day. POT CONTROL, PEOPLE!
HAND 1
No Limit Hold'em CryptoLogic ($100NL)
Converted by FTRConv
6-handed
StacksUTG: $179.75
Hero: $146.50
CO: $123.50
BTN: $96.50
SB: $95.75
BB: $84.25
Pre-Flop: Hero is UTG+1 with Q A
UTG folds, Hero raises to $5, CO folds, BTN calls, SB folds, BB folds
Flop:($11.50) Q 6 7 (2 players)
Hero bets $7, BTN calls
Turn:($25.50) T (2 players)
Hero bets $15, BTN calls
River:($55.50) Q (2 players)
Hero bets $37, BTN raises to $69.50 and is all-in, Hero calls
Final Pot: $194.50 |
Last edited by biondino on Fri, 30 Mar 2007, 7:36pm; edited 1 time in total
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Posted: Fri, 30 Mar 2007, 7:30pm Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
Posts: 3173
WPP: 88
Location: Putney, UK; Full Tilt,Mansion; $50 NL and PL; $13 and $16 SNGs at Stars
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Here are two of the few hands I simply played badly.
My read was that villain was over-aggressive, though I think I was misled by one or two hands as his stats are only 26/12/1.
HAND 2
No Limit Hold'em CryptoLogic ($100NL)
Converted by FTRConv
6-handed
StacksUTG+1: $78.50
CO: $100.50
BTN: $70.50
SB: $81.29
Hero: $126.16
UTG: $47
Pre-Flop: Hero is BB with 9 9
UTG raises to $3, UTG+1 folds, CO folds, BTN folds, SB folds, Hero raises to $9, UTG calls
Flop:($19.50) 8 J 2 (2 players)
Hero bets $10, UTG raises to $20, Hero calls
Turn:($59.50) K (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $18 and is all-in, Hero calls
River:($95.50) 6 (2 players)
Final Pot: $95.50
Secondly, I decided this guy was bluffing. I have no idea why; his stats indicate a solid Tagg though perhaps it was early as I have no memory of any read at all. An inexcusable way to play AK.
HAND 3
No Limit Hold'em CryptoLogic ($100NL)
Converted by FTRConv
6-handed
StacksCO: $47.25
BTN: $115.25
Hero: $148.76
BB: $35.75
UTG: $113
UTG+1: $100
Pre-Flop: Hero is SB with A K
UTG folds, CO folds, BTN raises to $4, Hero calls, BB folds
Flop:($9.00) J T 9 (3 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $5, Hero calls
Turn:($19.00) 6 (3 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $14, Hero raises to $34, BTN calls
River:($87.00) 8 (3 players)
Hero checks, BTN checks
Final Pot: $87.00
hand 2, he held 88; hand 3, he held 78 |
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Posted: Fri, 30 Mar 2007, 7:43pm Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
Posts: 3173
WPP: 88
Location: Putney, UK; Full Tilt,Mansion; $50 NL and PL; $13 and $16 SNGs at Stars
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Here's a hand I DID play well. A strong read on this player, he was 67/6 and liked to take any opportunity to claim pots, and tended to overplay his hands to do so:
HAND 4
No Limit Hold'em CryptoLogic ($NL)
Converted by FTRConv
5-handed
StacksBB: $112.51
UTG: $75.25
Hero: $87
BTN: $26.50
SB: $39
Pre-Flop: Hero is CO with J J
UTG raises to $3, Hero raises to $9, BTN folds, SB calls, BB folds, UTG folds
Flop:($22.00) 9 T 6 (2 players)
SB bets $3, Hero raises to $17, SB calls
Turn:($56.00) T (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $13, SB calls and is all-in
River:($82.00) 8 (2 players)
he has 77 and flukes a straight, poopyhead
Final Pot: $82.00 |
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Posted: Sat, 31 Mar 2007, 7:10am Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
Posts: 3173
WPP: 88
Location: Putney, UK; Full Tilt,Mansion; $50 NL and PL; $13 and $16 SNGs at Stars
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Man this is ugly. I can't remember this guys stats but I had him as a capital letters DONK. Horrible flop and turn from me - horrible pre-flop from him
No Limit Hold'em CryptoLogic ($100NL)
Converted by FTRConv
5-handed
StacksHero: $117.25
BTN: $98.50
SB: $50.75
BB: $123.38
UTG: $97.50
Pre-Flop: Hero is CO with 7 9
UTG folds, Hero raises to $4, BTN folds, SB calls, BB calls
Flop:($12.00) 7 8 5 (3 players)
SB checks, BB bets $5, Hero raises to $14, SB folds, BB calls
Turn:($40.00) 2 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $18, BB calls
River:($76.00) K (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks
Final Pot: $76.00
Villain holds 36o |
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Posted: Sat, 31 Mar 2007, 8:56am Post subject:
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Straight Flush
Joined: 22 Jun 2005
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Location: Marry Me Cheryl!!!
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bet river?
you not read good sir. |
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Posted: Sat, 31 Mar 2007, 10:29am Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
Posts: 3173
WPP: 88
Location: Putney, UK; Full Tilt,Mansion; $50 NL and PL; $13 and $16 SNGs at Stars
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| Yeah, there are any number of draws he could have been betting that didn't come (as did, indeed, happen). Though what will he call a river bet with that doesn't beat me? 67? |
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Posted: Sat, 31 Mar 2007, 8:26pm Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
Posts: 3173
WPP: 88
Location: Putney, UK; Full Tilt,Mansion; $50 NL and PL; $13 and $16 SNGs at Stars
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Just an aside - I have been playing a few $11 SNGs for fun since finishing my goal - 10 of them, seven times finishing 5th or worse and three times finishing 1st. Strange stats, if rather a small sample size Though I do feel completely in control when blinds are high - HU in ring I am terrible but when it's push/fold I tend to dominate.
I am really feeling my experience at $100 has noticeably improved my game in ways that playing at $£50 just didn't. I am still quite prepared for a proper big downswing, but if that doesn't happen and I can achieve, say, 2.5ptbb/100 in April at $100, I may be making less money than before but I can only see my game sharpening up. |
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Posted: Tue, 03 Apr 2007, 10:47am Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
Posts: 3173
WPP: 88
Location: Putney, UK; Full Tilt,Mansion; $50 NL and PL; $13 and $16 SNGs at Stars
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April hasn't begun great; I played a 773-hand session last night (after 95 hands the night before) and am a total of $24 up. I'm not too annoyed, because as seems to be my modus operandi, I donked off a stack early on and spent the rest of the time fighting to get it back.
The donkey hand is one I'd like to post here, actually, so I'll try and remember to do so tonight. But it involved TP + nut flush draw which I slowplayed (wtf?) and when the flush doesn't come, A6 feels pretty damn weak...
The only other hand of note was stacking a lagg to my right with whom I'd already had several steal/resteal scraps. And it was AA vs KK - the first time in 5 occasions when it's gone my way after getting all-in PF (3 times I had the KK and the other my AA was cracked). Which was nice
Oh, there was one hand I felt I badly misplayed - again I'll try and find it, see what you think.
April stats:
868 hands (almost all at $100NL, some £50)
+$24 at 1.4ptbb/100 |
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Posted: Thu, 05 Apr 2007, 10:12am Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
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Location: Putney, UK; Full Tilt,Mansion; $50 NL and PL; $13 and $16 SNGs at Stars
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Hi again,
Not played that much in the last 2 days - last night because Crypto was playing up, lagging and I lost patience with the slowdowns. Not that it mattered - in the 75 hands I managed I made a sweet $161, including almost doubling up with a set on my very third hand! So not a great night for bonus-clearing ($3 ftw!), but it's made my tiny-sample-size stats look a LOT healthier. |
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Posted: Sat, 07 Apr 2007, 5:30am Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
Posts: 3173
WPP: 88
Location: Putney, UK; Full Tilt,Mansion; $50 NL and PL; $13 and $16 SNGs at Stars
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Ugh. $350 down in 1000 or so hands yesterday. I guess I didn't play very well, but I can only really put a finger on two dubious hands - JJ overpair stacked by a set (me doing the betting, him raising the river), and AK losing to QQ all-in pre-flop (he was a 42/29 who kept re-raising me from the blinds, so I pushed).
Having said that, what do you think of below? I bet 99% of my good draws, and here's an example. Is this spew?
No Limit Hold'em CryptoLogic ($100NL)
Converted by FTRConv
6-handed
Stacks
BTN: $115
SB: $98.50
BB: $75
UTG: $110.81
Hero: $83.11
CO: $66
Pre-Flop: Hero is UTG+1 with T A
UTG folds, Hero raises to $4, CO folds, BTN folds, SB folds, BB calls
Flop:($8.50) 8 Q 7 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $4, BB calls
Turn:($16.50) 6 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $8, BB calls
River:($32.50) 4 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks
Final Pot: $32.50
He had queen crappy kicker, meh.
No Limit Hold'em CryptoLogic (£100NL)
Converted by FTRConv
6-handed
Stacks
SB: £28
Hero: £145.50
UTG: £99
UTG+1: £152.50
CO: £26.50
BTN: £87.25
Pre-Flop: Hero is BB with J T
UTG folds, UTG+1 raises to £4, CO folds, BTN calls, SB folds, Hero calls
Flop:(£12.50) 5 9 3 (3 players)
Hero checks, UTG+1 bets £7, BTN folds, Hero raises to £21, UTG+1 calls
Turn:(£54.50) 6 (2 players)
Hero bets £31, UTG+1 calls
River:(£116.50) T (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG+1 bets £53, Hero folds, UTG+1 doesn't show hand
Final Pot: £116.50 |
Last edited by biondino on Sat, 07 Apr 2007, 5:41am; edited 2 times in total
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Posted: Sat, 07 Apr 2007, 5:38am Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
Posts: 3173
WPP: 88
Location: Putney, UK; Full Tilt,Mansion; $50 NL and PL; $13 and $16 SNGs at Stars
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And here's one where your read turns out spot on, and still you end up losing:
No Limit Hold'em CryptoLogic ($100NL)
Converted by FTRConv
6-handed
Stacks
SB: $115.50
BB: $99.50
UTG: $38.25
UTG+1: $110.81
Hero: $121.36
BTN: $66
Pre-Flop: Hero is CO with 8 9
UTG raises to $3, UTG+1 folds, Hero calls, BTN folds, SB folds, BB folds
Flop:($7.50) 5 Q 9 (2 players)
UTG bets $3, Hero calls
Turn:($13.50) 7 (2 players)
UTG bets $3, Hero raises to $9, UTG calls
River:($31.50) K (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $24, UTG is all-in $23.25
Final Pot: $78.00
He has KJ. Idiot. |
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Posted: Sat, 07 Apr 2007, 8:43pm Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
Posts: 3173
WPP: 88
Location: Putney, UK; Full Tilt,Mansion; $50 NL and PL; $13 and $16 SNGs at Stars
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1,400 hands today, mainly thanks to my first session-long attempt at 5-tabling (which is fine - I made a couple of mistakes as a result, but didn't feel rushed making decisions or anything). If, as planned, I had just stuck to $100nl rather than dipping my fingers once more into £100, it would have been a moderately decent day...
As it was, I finished $90 up overall. It has to be said that 2/3 of my entire daily profit was earned after I had switched off and was checking the various Crypto sites to see how healthy my BR was looking (it's about $5k). I look at Sun, and discover that the February $100 Bonus, which I thought had expired, was not only still available but was 74% complete! So that was like discovering $74 I didn't know I had; but to be sure, I decided to play enough hands to tick the total up to 75%, just to be sure it's working. And, thanks to a boat and a flush, I managed to make a precious $53 extra
It's funny, since the $100NL move the sums I'm talking about are FAR smaller than what I was regularly earning at £50nl. But I do feel it's making a difference to my level of play, and with bonuses and Rakeback propping me up (already totalling about $300 for April, if I've done my sums right), it seems a worthwhile pursuit. |
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Posted: Sun, 08 Apr 2007, 12:19pm Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
Posts: 3173
WPP: 88
Location: Putney, UK; Full Tilt,Mansion; $50 NL and PL; $13 and $16 SNGs at Stars
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For entertainment - possibly the worst hand I have ever played. It took my session from healthy to in the red; I was SO angry at myself. Enjoy.
No Limit Hold'em CryptoLogic ($100NL)
Converted by FTRConv
6-handed
Stacks
BTN: $100
SB: $113.25
BB: $67.13
Hero: $146.25
UTG+1: $153.75
CO: $65.69
Pre-Flop: Hero is UTG with 3 A
Hero calls, UTG+1 calls, CO calls, BTN calls, SB calls, BB checks
Flop:($6.00) 3 A 8 (6 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero checks, UTG+1 checks, CO checks, BTN bets $6, SB folds, BB folds, Hero raises to $20, UTG+1 folds, CO folds, BTN raises to $68, Hero calls
Turn:($148.00) 9 (2 players)
Hero bets $31, BTN calls
River:($210.00) Q (2 players)
Final Pot: $210.00
He had 52s for the flush. |
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Posted: Sun, 08 Apr 2007, 12:26pm Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
Posts: 3173
WPP: 88
Location: Putney, UK; Full Tilt,Mansion; $50 NL and PL; $13 and $16 SNGs at Stars
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No Limit Hold'em CryptoLogic ($100NL)
Converted by FTRConv
5-handed
Stacks
BTN: $59.50
SB: $93.50
BB: $184.75
Hero: $97
CO: $25.75
Pre-Flop: Hero is UTG with Q Q
Hero raises to $4, CO folds, BTN calls, SB folds, BB calls
Flop:($12.50) 3 J 2 (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $9, BTN calls, BB calls
Turn:($39.50) 8 (3 players)
BB checks, Hero checks, BTN checks
River:($39.50) 3 (3 players)
BB bets $21, Hero folds, BTN calls
Final Pot: $81.50
Thoughts? |
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Posted: Sun, 08 Apr 2007, 2:13pm Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
Posts: 3173
WPP: 88
Location: Putney, UK; Full Tilt,Mansion; $50 NL and PL; $13 and $16 SNGs at Stars
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| 609-hand session 5-tabling; +$35. It's almost 3bb/100 but man, it feels so... attritional. One single pot of over $100 (I won it, set vs two pair, after only about 20 mins); the rest was smallball. I should say that I play a relatively low variance style which involves very few all-ins, but still. Where were the Sunday afternoon fish?! |
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Posted: Sun, 08 Apr 2007, 6:23pm Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
Posts: 3173
WPP: 88
Location: Putney, UK; Full Tilt,Mansion; $50 NL and PL; $13 and $16 SNGs at Stars
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| Fuckit is the word. down $135 this evening's 800 hands. It was almost entirely down to 2 spewy hands. I am so fucking shit at this game. |
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Posted: Sun, 08 Apr 2007, 11:17pm Post subject:
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Almost as bad as that idiot redgrape
Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 6593
WPP: 74
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| biondino wrote: | | It was almost entirely down to 2 spewy hands. |
Don't get too mad.
I know I'm known as the laggro donk on this forum but spewing 2 hands isnt the end of the world, it happens every few sesshs. Even pro's have told me they spew around a buy in a session. |
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Posted: Mon, 09 Apr 2007, 4:56am Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
Posts: 3173
WPP: 88
Location: Putney, UK; Full Tilt,Mansion; $50 NL and PL; $13 and $16 SNGs at Stars
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| I guess that's true. I guess if anything I was more deeply annoyed with breaking even over the other 798. I mean, what's the point really? |
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Posted: Tue, 10 Apr 2007, 7:49pm Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
Posts: 3173
WPP: 88
Location: Putney, UK; Full Tilt,Mansion; $50 NL and PL; $13 and $16 SNGs at Stars
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Quick update in graph form. I have now played over 10k hands since I made $100NL my main game (maybe 1500 of these hands are at £50 or £100, both losing levels during this period, albeit a very small sample size) and man, it's swingy. Thank god, once again, for b0nus and rb:
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Posted: Tue, 10 Apr 2007, 8:12pm Post subject:
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Full House
Joined: 30 Mar 2007
Posts: 915
WPP: 40
Location: Green Bay
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| very swingy, ends nicely though. |
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Posted: Wed, 11 Apr 2007, 6:12am Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
Posts: 3173
WPP: 88
Location: Putney, UK; Full Tilt,Mansion; $50 NL and PL; $13 and $16 SNGs at Stars
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Yeah, thanks to me calling an all-in with TPTK in a re-raised pot I'd do it again, though - dude who had overcalled raises twice pre-flop open pushes the 6Q8 flop with two diamonds on it - could his hand BE any more face up!
If I squint at that graph there is *sort of* an upwards trend, so maybe I can continue to make at least a positive return from 100nl. But it does make me hark back to the days of 8ptbb/100 at £50NL with sighs of affection and longing. |
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Posted: Thu, 12 Apr 2007, 9:30pm Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
Posts: 3173
WPP: 88
Location: Putney, UK; Full Tilt,Mansion; $50 NL and PL; $13 and $16 SNGs at Stars
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Quick update - since the above post I have played just over 1,500 hands at 9ptbb/100 for a lovely poker profit of $274. It's been swingy, of course - tonight I was up $200, down $50, then ended up $224 for the evening ($228 if you include the $6 HU sng I decided would be a good idea when drunk )
AA is a funny old hand. Twice in the last two nights I have been all-in on flops where the villain had a set; once it was a dumb stupid in-denial call by me; the other time he played it better and I basically had to call, gg him. However, I have also stacked 2 dudes myself - once vs QQ and once vs TPGK - and it does still sit proudly atop my earners.
I'm still a little tipsy, and I'm not sure I can usefully find a challenging hand to post, so instead, here's the biggest pot I've won since making $100 my primary game:
Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
5 players
Converter
Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is CO with J J
UTG folds, Hero raises to $4, Button raises to $12, SB calls $11.50, BB calls $12, Hero calls.
Flop: 2 5 2 ($0, 4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero checks, Button checks.
Turn: J ($0, 4 players)
SB bets $15, BB calls, Hero raises to $30, Button folds, SB calls, BB calls.
River: 9 ($0, 3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $75, SB is all-in, BB folds.
Results:
Final pot: $274.60
Hero shows Jc Jd
SB doesn't show 9h 9s
Hero wins $ 11.40 USD from side pot #1 with a full house, Jacks full of Twos.
Hero wins $ 263.20 USD from the main pot with a full house, Jacks full of Twos. |
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Posted: Tue, 17 Apr 2007, 6:26am Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
Posts: 3173
WPP: 88
Location: Putney, UK; Full Tilt,Mansion; $50 NL and PL; $13 and $16 SNGs at Stars
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| biondino wrote: | | tonight I was up $200, down $50, then ended up $224 for the evening |
Oh the irony. Lost $224 last night, in part due to bad beats but in another part - a $91 part - I lost to TWO misclicks. Why, please remind me, does the "call any" button exist? What kind of fish is so fucking bad that he thinks this will be useful? Just stop and think - when was the last time you were so sure that a call would be the best move, rather than a fold or a raise, that you'll call whatever happens, whether it's a minbet or a push?
The other one happened when, ironically, the "call any" button might have been more useful - AA on a JxJxx board vs a deepstacked aggro villain who I suspected had the jack. Instead, though, I misclicked raise - and at this point a minraise was another $24 - over which he gleefully pushed, leaving me folding a $150 pot with aces.
The other $135 or so was almost entirely lost through bad beats - I played one of my best "laggy" sessions ever (actually not laggy at all - my VP was below 20% - at 6max - but my post-flop play was much more cunning and aggressive) and basically owned all the laggs at my tables. Which felt pretty good. Checking my stats afterwards, I actually got more aggressive on the turn than the flop, then even more so on the river - letting the laggs hang themselves, by and large, because cbets seem almost worthless against the better $100nl regs. |
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Posted: Tue, 17 Apr 2007, 3:26pm Post subject:
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Full House
Joined: 16 May 2006
Posts: 999
WPP: 79
Location: New Zealand
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| I have toned down my c/betting at $100NL as well. Initially I got floated a lot especially with low PP on high boards. Often I have been raised out of pots with marginal holdings through aggression by the opposition. I guess the biggest difference I have encountered is that in some instances calling has been replaced by raising. But I have also noticed a MUCH looser play at $100NL in comparison to $50NL. |
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Posted: Tue, 17 Apr 2007, 4:38pm Post subject:
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Almost as bad as that idiot redgrape
Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 6593
WPP: 74
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| You'll notice if you look at PAHUD that most people have a 80% call cbet %. It's pretty scary. |
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Posted: Tue, 17 Apr 2007, 7:35pm Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
Posts: 3173
WPP: 88
Location: Putney, UK; Full Tilt,Mansion; $50 NL and PL; $13 and $16 SNGs at Stars
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| silu_nz wrote: | | I have toned down my c/betting at $100NL as well. Initially I got floated a lot especially with low PP on high boards. Often I have been raised out of pots with marginal holdings through aggression by the opposition. I guess the biggest difference I have encountered is that in some instances calling has been replaced by raising. But I have also noticed a MUCH looser play at $100NL in comparison to $50NL. |
I am finding that letting the aggro lagg make the betting gives you a far better idea of where you are. If you check/raise a lagg on a flop, and they only call, then you're probably home and dry with a bit more well-placed aggression. If they 3-bet or push, you can safely fold.
But either way, you're taking away their weapon. Check/calling is also useful for making them feel uneasy - they can never be sure if you're some donk who'll call three barrels with third pair, or if you have a draw, or if you're slowplaying them - and again, you can change gears on the turn or river and, more often than not, get the result you want (a win, or a correct fold). That's the plus with laggs at $100 - they can be aggro on the flop, or on the turn, but they're seldom able to take it all the way when they don't have the goods. |
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Posted: Tue, 17 Apr 2007, 7:41pm Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
Posts: 3173
WPP: 88
Location: Putney, UK; Full Tilt,Mansion; $50 NL and PL; $13 and $16 SNGs at Stars
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A quick stats check for April:
9,046 hands at $100NL 6max
21/14/3.2
W$WSF: 41.9%
W$atSD: 46.3% (still well below half! Will I ever get to 50%?)
+$668 at 3.7ptbb/100
Additionally, Bonus and Rakeback cleared so far is approx $480.
Now THESE are the kind of (modest but decent) figures I've been hoping for. If I can keep a bb/100 stat of 3+ then I think I could be content at this level.
(edit for the sake of full disclosure: I am also $310 down this month at $50/£50/£100 - but I feel okay ignoring them for the sake of this post because establishing myself at $100nl is the key target right now, and also because I am only playing these alternate stakes when the $100 games aren't available - the samples size is only 749 hands) |
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Posted: Wed, 18 Apr 2007, 4:10am Post subject:
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Full House
Joined: 24 Jan 2006
Posts: 998
WPP: 176
Location: Sweden
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I do kinda hate you mate. You do realise that? 
But seriously good going. I knew you could pwn the $100NL if you'd just try.
BTW: I think W$WSF and W$@SD are two very tricky stats... they oughtn't to include any pots your didn't VPIP but I guess they do... I'd also want to take away showdowns where you are not all-in and yet didn't bet/call on turn or river. |
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Posted: Sat, 21 Apr 2007, 3:15am Post subject:
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Full House
Joined: 08 Aug 2006
Posts: 822
WPP: 73
Location: wisconsin
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| way to go! i knew u could do it. |
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Posted: Sat, 21 Apr 2007, 5:24am Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
Posts: 3173
WPP: 88
Location: Putney, UK; Full Tilt,Mansion; $50 NL and PL; $13 and $16 SNGs at Stars
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| Hilarious night last night. After the gf went to bed, I decided, possibly unwisely, to play some $100 a bit tipsy. I only managed to play 42 hands; however, I did finish up $294 |
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