Operation Get Better

I think u should start open folding sets on the flop. Save u $$$ in the long run Wink

Someone teach me how to fucking run good. I have lost my last 3 +95% favorite hands allin. You throw in what should be a good amount of FE and I just don't know how much of a favorite I am. This hole sucks. I got a lot of good advice from Spenda last night, much appreciated. It just sucks like shit playing so well and dropping buyins like this. TJ gave me some great advice as well as not to play with scared money. I think that was a huge thing because Spenda could easily tell I gave up a lot on turns. Anyways, today I played just a little but I did play 25/24 which is helping me open my game more. I am also table selecting better which has been a key point why I haven't progressed much in the BR.

A lot of months work is now down the drain. I am down a lot now. Near the starting point of my BR. I am not quite sure what to do. Either play down, keep sticking to this as I am owed $200 in sklansky bucks or just quit. I'm not really looking for anyone to read this and have sympathy either. Hope I make that clear. Just writing down my thoughts. The money in my BR isn't something I can take lightly at all and is also all I have until at least a few years. I think I forgot how to play as I was doing pretty well before hand. I think I really would need like a billion hours of coaching, which I cannot afford.

Try a change of wind.

Back when I was veeeery tilted, I tried my hand at Omaha. It did wonders for my game.

Check out some HORSE, or 7-card stud. It really broadens your views. I've been playing HORSE lately and its good. Also, try PL hold'em. It will limit variance.

NL can be a true bitch sometimes, and if you are not careful, it can and will decimate your bankroll, if you allow it to. A change of wind wil do you good.

I was playing around on PKR, then I found this limit-Omaha HU table with the hottest lesbo-chat thing going on, I really really want to post the chat here to cheer you up, but then again I might out the players involved and that might not be so nice.
See what you can get if you vary your game? Wink

"yyeeeeeessssssssss innnnnnnn out"
"suuck on yoooour cliiiiiiit nowwwwwww!"

haha thanks Jack!! Much heterosexual love.

LOL, its still going on. Looks like one of them came, and the other one licks her (digital?) juices, complete with sound effects "SSSSSLLLLLLLLLUUUUUUURRRP"

WTF has the internet come to? Wink

Anyway, check these out. These are shit I picked up along the way. It might aid you, or it might not. Some are for ring, some are for tourney, but these are simply things I observed and have stuck. Check 'em out, lemme know.

http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=586255#586255

haha!!

Thanks man, looking at them now. Looks good.

Alright, after dominating GMML in the Gauntlet as well as blind man's bluff, I realized that I was at least soooo much better than one player. Therefore I decided to play some. I think I may play like ~5 HU SNGs a day. I am doing pretty well with them and am pretty confident. I am also kind of happy with a few things I have picked up about aggression and putting people on ranges. I have so far to go though.

I decided to play some 25NL today and lost like half a buyin to a shorty when he hit his set vs. my AA. Later on I played again but this time with Alexos watching me. I had a few interesting hands to me at least. Also played 21/17 so I opened up quite a bit. It was funny because I really wasn't focusing on play more hands...but this was a small sample size. So that's my image and here are the hands:

1. Villain is a 50/30
PokerStars GAME #13697621348: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2007/12/06 - 22:46:34 (ET)
Table 'Periphas III' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Unc' Al ($15.10 in chips)
Seat 2: GoldenIce ($52.55 in chips)
Seat 3: oddessy24 ($22.85 in chips)
Seat 4: maxipoo22 ($49.25 in chips)
Seat 5: jre76 ($27.25 in chips)
Seat 6: toddanderson ($25 in chips)
jre76: posts small blind $0.10
toddanderson: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to toddanderson [Ks Qd]
Unc' Al: raises $0.50 to $0.75
GoldenIce: folds
oddessy24: folds
maxipoo22: folds
jre76: folds
toddanderson: raises $2.25 to $3
Unc' Al: calls $2.25
*** FLOP *** [8c 7s Kh]
toddanderson: bets $4
Unc' Al: calls $4
*** TURN *** [8c 7s Kh] [Js]
toddanderson: bets $18 and is all-in

2. 37/11/1
PokerStars GAME #13697076576: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2007/12/06 - 22:17:18 (ET)
Table 'Periphas III' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: PKgem ($13.85 in chips)
Seat 2: GoldenIce ($51.60 in chips)
Seat 3: oddessy24 ($17.60 in chips)
Seat 4: maxipoo22 ($22.45 in chips)
Seat 5: jre76 ($32.05 in chips)
Seat 6: toddanderson ($47.90 in chips)
toddanderson: posts small blind $0.10
PKgem: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to toddanderson [8h 9h]
GoldenIce: folds
oddessy24: folds
maxipoo22: raises $0.50 to $0.75
jre76: folds
toddanderson: calls $0.65
PKgem: folds
*** FLOP *** [Td 4s 4c]
toddanderson: checks
maxipoo22: bets $0.75
toddanderson: raises $1.75 to $2.50
maxipoo22: calls $1.75
*** TURN *** [Td 4s 4c] [Jd]
toddanderson: bets $4
maxipoo22: calls $4
*** RIVER *** [Td 4s 4c Jd] [7s]
toddanderson: bets $40.65 and is all-in

I know, fold or 3bet pre. Don't bluff because he seems like a CS. Am I right? But the river is weeeeee.

3. 26/19/3
PokerStars GAME #13697295252: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2007/12/06 - 22:29:19 (ET)
Table 'Euryanthe III' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 2: toddanderson ($37.80 in chips)
Seat 3: Davd333 ($23.15 in chips)
Seat 4: EmPoker21 ($9.85 in chips)
Seat 5: nfonz ($24.30 in chips)
Seat 6: foscocity ($38.15 in chips)
foscocity: posts small blind $0.10
JimboNYY24: is sitting out
toddanderson: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to toddanderson [9c Qc]
JimboNYY24 leaves the table
Davd333: folds
EmPoker21: folds
nfonz: folds
foscocity: raises $0.75 to $1
toddanderson: calls $0.75
*** FLOP *** [5s 4c 4d]
foscocity: bets $1.25
toddanderson: raises $3 to $4.25
foscocity: calls $3
*** TURN *** [5s 4c 4d] [9s]
foscocity: checks
toddanderson: bets $6
foscocity: calls $6
*** RIVER *** [5s 4c 4d 9s] [Kc]
foscocity: checks
toddanderson: bets $26.3 and is all-in

4.
PokerStars GAME #13696435473: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2007/12/06 - 21:42:52 (ET)
Table 'Periphas III' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: KingOfHustle ($18.20 in chips)
Seat 2: GoldenIce ($34.80 in chips)
Seat 4: Filipe Filop ($19.65 in chips)
Seat 5: tuition$ ($28.40 in chips)
Seat 6: toddanderson ($28.15 in chips)
KingOfHustle: posts small blind $0.10
GoldenIce: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to toddanderson [Js Kh]
Filipe Filop: folds
tuition$: calls $0.25
toddanderson: raises $1 to $1.25
KingOfHustle: calls $1.15
GoldenIce: folds
tuition$: calls $1
*** FLOP *** [7h Jd 3d]
KingOfHustle: checks
tuition$: checks
toddanderson: bets $2.50
KingOfHustle: calls $2.50
tuition$: calls $2.50
*** TURN *** [7h Jd 3d] [2s]
KingOfHustle: checks
tuition$: checks
toddanderson: bets $7

5.
PokerStars Game #13700896791: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2007/12/07 - 02:51:59 (ET)
Table 'Rhodope II' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: toddanderson ($25 in chips)
Seat 2: mylifeisalie ($5.35 in chips)
Seat 3: Fayvren ($25 in chips)
Seat 4: solocap ($30.50 in chips)
Seat 6: SupaDupaBoi ($25 in chips)
SupaDupaBoi: posts small blind $0.10
toddanderson: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to toddanderson [Ad Kc]
mylifeisalie: folds
Fayvren: folds
solocap: raises $0.75 to $1
SupaDupaBoi: folds
toddanderson: raises $2.50 to $3.50
solocap: calls $2.50
*** FLOP *** [6c 5h Th]
toddanderson: bets $4.50
solocap: calls $4.50
*** TURN *** [6c 5h Th] [Js]
toddanderson:

Is a push terrible here? No reads.

1. Hmmm, i didn't like this at first glance. But i guess you're practically pot comitted by the turn cos of his stack size, so u may as well shove to gain a little FE (this is presuming he knows where his fold button is). I can't see him calling with a worse hand tho

2. I don't mind the PF call that much, but the less said about the rest of the hand the better Wink

Also, LULZ if he called and flipped over 1010 or JJ

3. Well he certainly won't try and steal ur blind again!

4. I guess u should fire again to charge for the FD (and the fact u may have the best hand) , but i always die a little inside when i build a big pot with TPGK.

5. Hmmm, this is close i think. Given no reads, i've tried to come up with a range i think a semi-donk might smooth call ur flop bet with (btw i know the turn card was a spade not i diamond, but i couldn't be arsed to change it all back Razz

):

Text results appended to pokerstove.txt

4,840 games 0.005 secs 968,000 games/sec

Board: 6c 5h Th Jd
Dead:

equity win tie pots won pots tied
Hand 0: 35.981% 31.98% 04.00% 1548 193.50 { AdKc }
Hand 1: 64.019% 60.02% 04.00% 2905 193.50 { TT-77, AQs+, AcJc, AhJh, AsJs, ATs, KhQh, KcJc, KhJh, KsJs, KTs, QTs, JcTc, JhTh, JsTs, 9h8h, 87s, AQo+, AcJh, AcJs, AdJc, AdJh, AdJs, AhJc, AhJs, AsJc, AsJh, ATo, KTo, QTo, JcTd, JcTh, JcTs, JhTc, JhTd, JhTs, JsTc, JsTd, JsTh, 87o }

You have next to no FE against that range, so i guess c/f is better? Seems really weak tho Confused

p.s. Was your aim for this session to never check or call on the flop ever? Very Happy

Okay, some slightly drunken replies:

1. U can push for value i guess, but i don't see u getting called by a worse hand is all. K10 -K8 or QQ, 1010 is never calling unless he is a spazz, in which case nice hand.

2. Okay then, i hate turn bet once he calls your flop c/r. The C/R in itself is fine, as he's only calling with a 10 or an overpair, but u have no need to bet the turn. IT's unfortunate for u that u went runner runner, but really NOTHING that calls ur flop bet is folding the turn, so essentially u are building the pot with a bluff.

3. I do actually like this line. There's no way this flop hit his hand, so when u hit the 9 u are ahead, and shoving the river is better than c/c IMO.

4. What bothers me is that you are WA/WB here. U may well have the best hand, but with 2 callers on the flop it's really hard to tell. But ya checking is weaksauce, so i guess u have to lead, and probably call a shove if either villian is so inclined. Sucky spot.

5. That's a super loose range i have given him, but even if u take out the less likely holdings (78s, 78o, 10J), u are still crushed by anything other than 77-99 (which is admittedly what i think he is likely holding). Remember that at this level people call 3-bets with a lot of suited broadway cards that have a ton of outs on this flop/turn.It's a flip at best, and if he is holding anything other than 77-99 he IS calling. Maybe i am being nitty, but i think assuming u have tonnes of FE here is wrong. I think u can wait for better spots to get your money in.

btw i'm glad u disagree with some of my points, as if there was a super simple way to play every hand then any clown could win at this game. But put simply, my main problem with these hands is that u seem to have taken hands with decent showdown value into bluffs. And i'm in the process of getting more aggro myself, so it's in my best interests to question things (since i seem to be down a tonne from b/f in recent days) Smile

When you want another one, find a pic of your liking and post it here. I'll format it for you Smile

You da man Jack. Thanks

Umm...I'm really posting because I have a new pic for Jack to format haha. But yeah I played some cash and finished up like a half buyin. Played a few HU SNGs and lost 1 to a fish (loltrappedu on stars). Teamviewer is being gay on me...also I think I am sick/getting more sick and I can't sleep.

Here is the pic, Jack. Take your time:

PokerStars Game #13763094844: Tournament #69845658, $5.25+$0.25 Hold'em
No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (15/30) - 2007/12/09 - 22:56:47 (ET)
Table '69845658 1' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: toddanderson (1210 in chips)
Seat 2: LolTrappedU (1790 in chips)
LolTrappedU: posts small blind 15
toddanderson: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to LolTrappedU [2h 2s]
LolTrappedU: calls 15
toddanderson: raises 69 to 99
LolTrappedU: calls 69
*** FLOP *** [4h 9h 4c]
toddanderson: bets 133
LolTrappedU: raises 312 to 445
toddanderson: raises 666 to 1111 and is all-in
LolTrappedU said, "silly"
LolTrappedU said, "i hate myself"
toddanderson said, "i wub you"
LolTrappedU said, "i wonder if you ever have air here"
LolTrappedU said, "god this is gross"
LolTrappedU said, "i have exactly 666 to call"
LolTrappedU said, "the devil!!"
toddanderson said, "hahaha"
LolTrappedU said, "god i want to call"
toddanderson said, "why do you have?"
LolTrappedU said, "but you have a lot of outs anyways"
LolTrappedU said, "22"
toddanderson said, "tell me that first"
LolTrappedU said, "sick"
LolTrappedU said, "so sick"
LolTrappedU said, "ill sick"
LolTrappedU said, "grrrr"
LolTrappedU: calls 666
toddanderson said, "nc"
*** TURN *** [4h 9h 4c] [Ac]
*** RIVER *** [4h 9h 4c Ac] [Js]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
toddanderson: shows [8c Ks] (a pair of Fours)
LolTrappedU: shows [2h 2s] (two pair, Fours and Deuces)
LolTrappedU said, "thanks"
LolTrappedU collected 2420 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2420 | Rake 0
Board [4h 9h 4c Ac Js]
Seat 1: toddanderson (big blind) showed [8c Ks] and lost with a pair of
Fours
Seat 2: LolTrappedU (button) (small blind) showed [2h 2s] and won
(2420) with two pair, Fours and Deuces

do you have a bigger picture of her? it will look better.

omg who is she? she's perfect!

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