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these position stats are nuts.. my $$ is coming from unusual places.. button not working out too well. only 13k stats though

Wow, those position stats look really weird to me. They seem to be just backwards of what someone would consider 'normal.' Mike Caro would probably say you're doing something wrong (remember his famous quote: "If God were looking down on a poker table, he'd see the money flowing toward the button"). On the otherhand, it's tough to argue with your results. Weird.

FWIW, my own position stats for both ring and tourneys are heavily biased toward the button and then fall off the earlier I get-- right up to the point where I lose money in the BB and SB. My poker mentor says that it's the stats of a normal winning player. His own stats (couple hundred thousand hands) are very similar.

Can someone explain to me what's going on with Terry and why he's winning?
-Mark "...acknowledged newbie..."

The graph is sick!! Nice run man, keep it up!

terry, i will be taking my life soon if you don't hit a downswing lol.

Terry,

My stats are almost identical e.g. VPIP, PFR, c/bets, att to steal blinds etc. but my winrate is far lower than yours.

What do you think I could do to improve my winrate? Push or overbet the pot every time I believe I am ahead? I know this is not a Q&A but maybe I am missing something very obvious from my game?

P.S. And YES, I do believe that you should move up limits!

terry, do you bet your draws as heavy as your made hands?

up 4.5 buyins today. still at 100NL clearing the monster 500$ 10x Bonus at PokerRoom. pretty crazy day, hitting a lot of gutshots and backdoor flushes. ran 24/10 (ugh). flopped a ton of straights, had a couple all in nut str8s with rivered fh, that happens though. i have 1550$ in PokerRoom right now, once i get that to 2k ill move up to 200NL for a test run. played a bit slaggy today.

i also played a cheap 5$ sit n go home game with some classmates. was quite fun. i played almost every flop and worked on my hand reading. the guys werent too bad of players at all.. had a lot of fun and made poker fresh again for me. it was getting a bit stale this afternoon. i have to keep myself thinking/engaged in every hand. it helps my reads, lets my subconscious work. if im passive and thinking about something else, my edge is gone and my play is -ev.

i hate you with a passion Terry... Smile

i nominate terry for president

wait till you go a whole month without winning

watched the WSOP and was pumped to play the party Bonus, but once the adrenaline wore off i crashed mentally. not enough sleep lately. ended down 1.5 buyins.

i did add up my yearly total. its crazy how i was so pumped about 45$ in the first few months.

+15k for the year, most of which has come in the last 6 weeks.

Welp nothing tilts me like a bad internet connection.

I donked off a couple of stacks vs real loose players. Also pushed all in KK vs AA, got sucked out all in on flop KKQ when i had AK. Definitely hitting a bit of a downswing, down 4 or 5 buyins in the last couple of days. Having pokeracehud and PokerTracker problems, wife out of town, behind on deadlines.. ugh.. i need to take some time off from poker at this point. Im basically even for the last 4 days, which is somethign im not quite used to heh.

Ill make sure to post the tilty hands so i can go over them and be accountable. I tend to play better when I keep everyone updated and also spend more time posting HHs, talking about hands. Otherwise im just playing on autopilot, which is -ev.

here ya go, tell me what you think of these hands, and how i should have played them.
http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=44180&highlight=

hey guys

i hit my head 2 days ago at work, most of these hands were since then. i have had some weird feelings/neurological symptoms and went to the ER. Head CT was normal, doctor diagnosed me with a concussion, so my brain is bruised/swollen. So playing idiot hands like this is a symptom of it. Im taking a few days off till i start thinking 100% again.

seriously.

but ill be ok, and should be back to normal in a few days. never had a concussion before. anyone have this before?

WORST EXCUSE EVER. It's ok to play some hands badly, everyone does it, even people on redonkulous 200 buy-in upswings. You don't have to go get a CT scan after every bad session Smile

Seriously though, take care of yourself, and you'll be back killing 100NL in no time.

welp its been fun.

im cashing out until the dust settles. yeah i could continue to play for a while but my heart just isnt in it right now. i dont want to risk my earnings. the current 500$ Bonus at PokerRoom doesnt expire till around thanksgiving. so i have plenty of time later to play.

well, posted my current thoughts about whats after poker here:

http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=404247#404247

i was pretty upset last night, but im ok today. i had a bad feeling that this would happen months ago, so its not too much of a shock..

now that things are taking shape, i was thinkin about restarting at Full Tilt with Rakeback. they have a lot of advertizing so perhaps they will get a lot of fish in. my favorite sites are all closing their doors (hollywood, PokerRoom, party, Empire, Paradise)

not sure what is going to happen next, but poker is definitely a unique pastime, my friends are playing WoW, and i cant get in to that.

so i might get 1k back into my neteller and then into FullTilt to start a new adventure at 50NL. i havent played in 2 weeks so im sure im a bit rusty, plus it might take a while getting used to Full Tilt.

welp

signed up with Full Tilt with Rakeback.. + 600$ Bonus. i was only able to deposit 750$ (i had withdrawn entire bankroll) due to my instacash limit. I have read that Full Tilt pays this instacash fee, which is pretty sweet. i was hoping to deposit 1k so i could be legit rolled for 50NL. I havent played in 2 weeks. and i am exhausted after 350 hands. oh yeah, and i have only cleared 8$ of the Bonus, seems a bit slower than a 10x PokerRoom skin.

ended +1 buyin though, here was my worst hand, this guy had me confused with his overbet on the turn, he is very loose player, 53/12 or something, and he was under my skin from a few hands earlier we had together. I really thought he was trying to by the pot and didnt have even a pair (i had him on AK/AQ)

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
9 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $96.95
UTG+1: $112.85
MP1: $31.70
MP2: $45.95
MP3: $17.40
CO: $22.20
Button: $64.65
SB: $58.65
Hero: $50

Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is BB with 8 Heart

A

2 folds, MP1 raises to $1.5, 3 folds, Button calls, SB folds, Hero calls.

Flop: 6 Heart

8

7

($4.75, 3 players)
Hero checks, MP1 bets $4, Button folds, Hero calls.

Turn: T Diamond

($12.75, 2 players)
Hero checks, MP1 is all-in $26.2, Hero calls.

River: 6 Club

($65.15, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $65.15)

Results:
Final pot: $65.15

Ouch...the obvious draw completes and he pushes?
99 is certainly in his raising range...he would have to be really moronic/maniacal to push there without the goods...I would think most anything else goes into check turn call/fold river mode after that turn card...hell even 77 is in his raising range and probably takes the free river card...

i dont like playing this hand OOP ,i dont like the call on the flop , i think c/r is the better play here ..on the turn easy fold , he could have had jj+ shit even AT beats u ..

make less hero calls out of position

Welcome back to poker, you grindin' monster.

Villain raised preflop in the hand. You flop TPTK, a great hand in theory, but this particular hand is not that strong because of flop texture. Your top pair is only a pair of 8's, meaning any higher pp has you virtually crushed. Aside from that there is three to a straight on the board. Unlike some other posters, I do like the flop call, as it lets Villain know that you aren't going to let him push you around (whether you have it or not, he doesn't know).

The turn brings 4 to a straight, making any 9 a straight. Honestly at this point with the massive overbet I don't think Villain is as likely to have the straight as a set or overpair, as the bet seems to want to drive out any further action. Either way I think betting 2x the pot makes this hand an easy laydown.

Hit me up on AIM sometime!

Thanks for your comments.

he had T8.

I knew he didnt have the str8, i was thinking he had something like AK/AQ. Of course I should have folded. Havent had a bad hand like that since.

Played another 40 minutes, up another buyin. running 23/12. Im guessing that would be 20/10 if it were 10 person rather than 9. I am doing a lot more blind stealing because Full Tilt is very rocky. I enjoy rocky places better, though. Predictable players are good. Basically cbetting, and folding to opposition.

In personal life, got another dog. Almost exactly the same as my 2 year old dog, male papillion. Time to learn how to potty train again!..

bankroll - $850, playing 50NL on Full Tilt (yeah i know im underolled)

played tired today, donked off my winnings, then came back after a nap and did better.. yet another example of making sure to play under optimal conditions.. also im not up to 8 tabling at the moment, 6 tabling is the way to go for me, until i get used to Full-Tilt software.

go bears!

Hey Terry--

Just curious-- how many Full Tilt points do you clear per hand at 50NL? I've been playing 10PL/NL and I seem to clear ~0.2 points per hand played (I've only played about 1,200 hands at FT so far). Since the rake is 10% at 10NL, I'm curious as to whether you clear points/bonus much faster at the higher stakes where they rake the usual 5%.

*Last edited by TerryToma on Wed, 18 Oct 2006, 1:29am; edited 1 time in total*

I have been way to loose lately, even for me. im going to focus on getting the stats down to 20/10 at full ring and thinking more during the hands. i can feel my brain get back into poker shape. the players at FT are quite a bit more aggressive than PokerRoom, most AFs are >1. Lots of c/r or reraising the flop with TP. Didnt see that too much at the old place.

My fun hands for today:

same villain both hands.. guy was quite laggy at 46/13. i knew he had a boat on the turn, so i just pushed hand 1. hand 2, he was thinking for quite some time, i say "fold" in chat and then he calls with AKs.. JTo hand 1. the thing is, that these were actually my thinking hands as well. the rest of the day i had been more on autopilot and steadily losing $$.

******* Hand 1 ********

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
9 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
TerryToma: $73.70
UTG+1: $5
MP1: $14.25
MP2: $11.35
MP3: $38.45
CO: $168.75
Button: $20
SB: $3
BB: $20

Pre-flop: (9 players) TerryToma is UTG with Q Diamond

Q

TerryToma raises to $2, 4 folds, CO calls, 3 folds.

Flop: 3 Club

3

T

($4.75, 2 players)
TerryToma bets $4, CO raises to $8, TerryToma raises to $16, CO calls.

Turn: T Club

($36.75, 2 players)
TerryToma checks, CO checks.

River: Q Spade

($36.75, 2 players)
TerryToma bets $59, CO raises to $118, TerryToma calls all-in $0.7.
Uncalled bets: $58.3 returned to CO.

Results:
Final pot: $156.15

******* Hand 2 ********

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
9 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $38.80
UTG+1: $96.10
MP1: $18.75
MP2: $19.50
MP3: $22
TerryToma: $149.85
Button: $11.80
SB: $20.05
BB: $19.50

Pre-flop: (9 players) TerryToma is CO with A Spade

A

UTG folds, UTG+1 raises to $3.5, 3 folds, TerryToma raises all-in $149.85, 3 folds, UTG+1 calls all-in $92.6.
Uncalled bets: $53.75 returned to TerryToma.

Flop: 6 Heart

Q

K

($1.5, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $192.95)

Turn: Q Spade

($1.5, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $192.95)

River: J Spade

($1.5, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $192.95)

Results:
Final pot: $1.5

Wow, you're progress is amazing Shocked

Sorry to clog up the topic with such a simple question, but how did you get the graph that you update in your first post with No. of hands vs Winnings?

+5 buyins today, bankroll ~1k now. So im officially rolled for 50NL. I'll probably start a new thread in poker etc. when i get some motivation.

Why a new thread? For a new start? Smile

I can split any part of this thread for you if you want. Or I can move it. Just let me know if you want either of those things.

terry, i noticed you were up 5 buy-ins for the day. does most of that come from double ups with stuff like sets or is a lot of it smaller and medium pots that add up at the end?

Looking back at your original post..haven't you completed all the goals? It might be time for some new ones Smile

played 700 hands today, up 7$ + Bonus ha. just wasnt getting good cards. if would have played without thinking i would have been down 2+ stacks.

check out:
http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=412456#412456

basically break even today...

got sucked out on by shorties, no biggie.. chased a few draws that didnt hit... i did play a 20/8.5 game today. so i tightenend up there. a few thinking hands where i had tptk and second barrels had me thinking a bit. i just need to play more during peak hours, with a sharp and clear mind. i have been playing big sessions late at night on Full Tilt, and i get a bit fatigued. also that place is a rock garden. i might get set up at Bodog, since it has about as many players as Full Tilt, but from what i hear, way more fish. too many shorties and multitabling nits at Full Tilt (at least at 3am on sat night).

bankroll is $1120.

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