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yeeehaaa!
keep it rolling!
rawhide!

wow. everytime i think to myself, "wow, is this really just a heater, or have i figured this game out?"

BANG!!!!!

DOOMSWITCH!!!!

and, it happened again about an hour ago....

i was cruising right along, all arrogant and shit, and, BANG!!! DOOMSWITCH!!! i had the most passive, stupid tables up i have likely ever seen. i am crushing along at a nice clip. nothing spectacular....just your average white-hot heater that continues flopping two pair and hitting rivers and getting paid. flushes coming in, straights hitting, sets galore. its nice. but, i was playing them well post flop, too. no FPS. just getting paid. letting players get sick of seeing me with the nuts and getting 3bet when they raised, only to find, i had it the whole time.

but, once the doomswitch gets flipped, there's not much you can do. on these passive tables, no one would let go of a pf hand. and, that aint good for your aces. but, after all, its aces. it shouldnt get cracked 7/9 times when you are 3betting the raiser and having two others call THREE cold, just to have the original raiser cap. 4 way capped pots suck when you see the crappy two pair hands that variance brings at the micros.

no shitting you.....7 of 9 times. first of all, when was the last time you got AA NINE times in a 330 hand session? i wont see them for two weeks.

but, the other part was my FAILURE TO ADJUST TO THE PLAYERS.

i havent seen this many players playing this passively in awhile. so, to target them takes some fundamental changes to the game.

-stop raising your stealing hands when you cant get them to fold.
-stop trying to raise for protection when they wont fold
-stop semibluffing and wait for your draw...you will still get paid, and they wont fold.
-start overlimping more
-start playing some drawing hands since the pots are all multi-way

you know. the basic stuff that we read. but, i didnt do it until the doomswitch forced me to top up twice on one talbe and once on the other.

after i made the switch, i think the doomswitch fell the other way. they started spewing right into me again.

here is the graph...

yay variance, adjustments, doomswitches, poker gods, and most of all....

PLAYERS WORSE THAN YOU!!!!

all I can say is I hope you have a 6 yr old daughter

yeah, i hear u man
hard to change ur game when u have been running great
when the cards dont come out as good its sometimes hard to adapt correctly since u are "used to" getting there so much

Realizing this and changing is a great skill to have

i think i got your comment, spenda. and, all i will say in return is: man, you can hold a grudge. i certainly havent done anything to antagonize you, or your cronies, in months. honestly, i didnt do much to piss YOU off ever. in fact, for a long time, i held you in very high regard. and, was building my respect back because you've been rather professional lately. but, then this? i have been willing to let bygones be bygones, and just more or less avoid one another. so, if you were joking, i didnt take it as such.

tonight: just crossed the $700 barrier at Cakey cake, and with another $25 coming in RB, i feel that's pretty nice. slowly, but surely, we inch our way forward. +20 bb's at the .50/1 tables, and about 60 bb's at the 25/50c tables.

asp, i played some FR tonight, and they were so loose, it was like printing cash. i'm sure i made my mistakes, but the play was spewy enough with the cards i caught to really hit a session.

HORSE is a ton of fun.

i am not great at the other disciplines, for sure, but neither are they at some of the lower stakes.

if one puts a little knowledge into the different games, i imagine they are rather juicy since most players are just there to gambool, imo.

hell, they dont even play the hold'em section very well. i think there's a big learning curve that wouldnt be hard to get ahead of with minimal determination.

still cruising at cake. closing in on $800 to my surprise. must be on a nice heater, but i'm not paying attention anymore. the only reason i checked was to see if RB had paid out, and was pleasantly shocked. just trying to play my best poker.

posted a couple hands that worked out well from today. the 2nd was a gem since i had a solid read that i could get him to fold flops if i 3bet light from the sb.

yeehaw

you still oughta consider it, if nothing else for a change of pace.

i have been dabbling with some of the mixed games, too. i like stud, razz, triple draw. i am no fan of omaha, but like playing the horse games. of course, i dont play for any realistic cash. its just fun to see that although i'm a fish at these games for sure, there are bigger ones out there.

i may post some hands in here from those when i get back to playing them.

last night sucked, sort of. i played some LHE in a short session. i rocked a FR table and tore up another 6max table. however, i got pwnd hard on the other 6max table by two calling stations.

the table went to 3-handed, just me and the two stations, and i didnt adjust properly. they were calling me down with bottom pair in the hole, and worse, but i kept trying to drive them out with anything i pfr'd with. AK/AQ, etc. and, never hit my TP, so basically i spewed hard. gave back all my profit off the other two tables before i figured out that i was being a retard.

by the time i could have made any adjustments, the table was full again. so, i never got any of it back.

Puke

just broke the $800 barrier tonight at cake. granted, my roll is spread at several sites, but i primarily play at stars and cake. and, i dont think the $30 in RB has been paid out yet.

hold on, though. i'm sure you'll hear me bitching soon enough.

i can finally see a difference between 25/50c and 50/1. i cant pin it exactly, but 50/1 is slightly more aggressive, i think. however, its also more spewy while 25/50c is more "stationy." haha. i just invented a word.

however, pittsburg is trying to fuck me hard tonight. if they win, its possible they cost me $45 in our confidence pool. those bastards. i just cant root for them....being a cowboy fan and all.

played some of the double or nothing SNGs at stars tonight. conclusion: GAY. they were rock farms. everyone waiting to double up so they could sit out. the best way to go may be to LAG it up in the early rounds when no one wants to bow out and tighten up once blinds hit 50/100 and players start to open up their calling/pushing ranges. but, whatev...it aint poker.

while i dabbled with those, i opened some LHE tables. ran a nice 20/100 on the friday night donks when i hit my big draws in the FR games. like printing cash some nights.

cruising through the 8's and headed for 9 hundy. still on that rush, although it has most definitely cooled off a bit.

today, i sat on a 6max 50/1 table and it quickly went 3-handed. i didnt mind because i felt i would kill the other 2. but, i couldnt get a handle on the guy to my right, and quickly went down about 15 bb's by being overly aggro into him. i couldnt hit much for starting hands, and i certainly couldnt hit a flop. i may have spewed a bit into the station, or he may have had the cards. i never found out. but, i sensed he was a station with Ahi and any pair.

i finally caught good and repaired most of the damage to being down only 3ish bb's. in the meantime, the dude to my left was killing the other guy. i was learning by watching what THEY showed down, but i couldnt get to him because the guy to my left was more than happy to flat my raises, too.

so, i had to switch gears. but, i hate locking up when 3-handed because the blinds and the others, if smart, will run right over you. but, i just chilled for a bit and waited for a hand or two to switch control of the table to me. thats when i made most of it up.

anyway, station went super short...down to 1.5 bb's for the table...confirming he was an idiot. i saw him go down to his last nickle and the idiot to my left checked behind a winning hand! but, when station rebought for 2.5 bb's, i decided it was time to leave. NL shorties, i can handle, but LHE shorties are just stupid, at these levels, imo. and, since they dont offer up much money, i left.

on the other tables, i hit 4+ 20 bb pots, more than making up for the damage. i heard one guy complaining that his AK had lost 10 times in a row...prolly cause he never folds it. but, i picked up AKs from sb and only called 3 cold instead of capping because i felt the others that limped wouldnt call 3 cold, too. it went 6 ways capped! and, i hit AKX flop. turn Q, river K and we slammed it almost the whole way. took 24 bb's there. cant beat that hand.

anyway, the session went up $40 rather quickly after i left the 6max table. and, i considered that as much a moral victory as a monetary one.

thanks for listening to me ramble...lol.

here's the hand that cracked $900 on cake...lol. i just cant imagine me being good here at tougher sites/limits...as a general rule.

Cake Poker Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (8 handed) - Cake-Poker Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP1 ($51)
MP2 ($54.75)
CO ($45.50)
Button ($161.25)
SB ($25.50)
Hero (BB) ($45.50)
UTG ($19.75)
UTG+1 ($11.25)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A

, Q

UTG calls $1, 1 fold, MP1 calls $1, MP2 raises to $2, 1 fold, Button calls $2, SB calls $1.50, Hero raises to $3, 1 fold, MP1 calls $2, MP2 calls $1, Button calls $1, SB calls $1

Flop: (16 sb) 3

, A

, 4

(5 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $1, MP1 calls $1, MP2 calls $1, 1 fold, SB raises to $2, Hero raises to $3, MP1 calls $2, 1 fold, SB calls $1

Turn: (13 bb) A

(3 players)
SB bets $2, Hero raises to $4, 1 fold, SB raises to $6, Hero calls $2

River: (19 bb) 6

(2 players)
SB bets $2, Hero calls $2

Total pot: 21 bb | Rake: $1

villain had??? cap turn?

alright, here we go. time to juice this thing up a bit, as its even boring me a bit. the accountability is there. the money is growing. but, i need to add several other topics to blah blah about...

i play in a "confidence" pool during the NFL season. since thats been a bunch of fun, and no one in it is an FTR person, i may post some of my picks here since my hot streak has ended.

LOCKS: TEN over KC, NYG over SF, WAS over CLE, and HOU over DET.
UPSETS: BAL over MIA

i really like Miami this season since they dont have any respect, but since everyone in my pool likes them, too, i put 2 points on BAL to take them out.

generally, i am just putting points on the faves. not a lot of skill involved. but, i have the lead in our pool and i figure its best to make them chase me down by picking upsets correctly. when they fail, as they will most times, i gain by default. hopefully, this strategy holds for the rest of the season. but, obv, its still so early.

we'll see.

debate me if you wish, as i dont have any strong convictions when it comes to NFL teams. but, i dont mind talking football, either.

won the confidence pool...again. 4th week out of 7. lol. what a luckbox. it would look on the surface like i know what the F*** i'm doing.........i dont.

anyhooooooo, i have been dabbling with those "DoN" SNGs lately. what a frigging goldmine!!! 49/77 ITM at the $5.20 turbos. my goal is to maintain a 60%-65% ITM range. i believe its doable, but luck does play a bit of a factor.

- you cant have aggros immediately on your right. or, a push-happy shortstack.
- and, you cant necessarily have the shorty to your left. that affects how wide your shoving/minraising range would be....since they will call wide open.
- if you understand LHE 6max, you should do well.
- if you understand short stack tourney strat, and/or bubble play, you would do very well. its only a matter of time before everyone is pushing.

therefore, you need to have chips early. dont get stupid. but, get a little friskier than the rest. they WILL fold. they are only trying to make the money....they dont want to bow out early. take advantage of that fear. but, realize when they will start pushing/calling raises due to blinds getting high.

if you can hit 2k chips quickly, you can start to be selective. if you hit 3k+, you should consider folding AA pf, as you should make the money from 3k about 95%+ of the time.

thats all i have to say about that. i dont want to give away the farm.

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