Reagan's Kid
4-of-a-Kind
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 1,740
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500 hands, +$200.
My flop AF is going to hit 5.0 soon!
Good session. My favorite hand was at a table i had just sat down at. Stacked a fish. He and i had a little chat after the hand (i wasn't being a jerk, i promise  )
These were two of the players at the table i was at:
(this is Full Ring)
1). a 66/40
2). a 58/0
Nice table selection cardsman (have to give him credit for finding this table - he was there first!)
FullTiltPoker Game #2296662215: Table Greenbrook - $0.50/$1
Fish 1: ($96.05)
Hero: ($104.50)
7 other players, all >80BB's
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero: [2c Ac]
Fish 2: calls $1
2 folds
Player 2: calls $1
Fish 1: raises to $3.50
1 fold
Player 1: calls $3.50
1 fold
Hero: calls $2.50
Fish 2: calls $2.50
Player 2: calls $2.50
*** FLOP *** [5c 7d 6c]
Hero: checks
Fish 2: checks
Player 2: checks
Fish 1: bets $25
Player 1: folds
Hero: raises to $93
Fish 2: folds
Player 2: folds
Fish 1: damn..should have went to bed 30 mins ago.. (lol)
Fish 1: calls $67.55, and is all in
Hero: shows [2c Ac]
Fish 1: shows [9c 9h]
*** TURN *** [5c 7d 6c] [As]
*** RIVER *** [5c 7d 6c As] [2h]
Hero: wins pot $200.10 with two pair, Aces and Twos
A lot of limp-reraises preflop in this session. At least 3 times.
My first squeeze got 4betted by someone who had just called the initial raise. 
Got A-A twice, K-K three times. No one wanted to play for a flop.
Honestly i think that 90% of my c-bets took down the pot. I didn't really have to play poker so much as just bet when cards came out.
Some random thoughts on my game:
Good things:
I don't make idiotic bluffs anymore.
I am much more aggressive on the flop.
I don't make idiotic bluffs anymore.
I study many HH's of my own for mistakes, and good players for new or better lines.
I don't try to do anything else while playing poker (no reading, watching t.v., etc.)
I take breaks when i feel like i need one.
I take lots of notes on my opponents.
I am actively controlling my bluffophobia, a painful condition where every bet made by an opponent appears to be a bluff.
I don't try to outplay everyone with my position preflop all the time. At one point, i was frequently calling raises with hands like 8-3o IP because i was intending to steal the pot away on the flop. Then, i would either forget about my plan and just fold, or i would spew a ton of chips on an idiotic bluff.
Things i need to improve on:
I think i have some work to do on my turn/river play. I would like some random advice on good tactics to advocate on the turn and river. I already understand the idea of not bloating pots with hands like TPTK, pricing out draws, checking behind with good but not great hands, value betting river (i am really good at this IMO), and checking medium strength hands. I also feel that i am good at letting my opponents who missed their FD get a chance to bet at the pot IP by checking to them instead of betting.
i am yet to spend hours in Pokertracker studying opponents lines in standard situations. I will most likely start doing this at 200NL, where the smaller and more difficult 200NL regular player base will make it more worthwhile.
I need to take even more notes, and better ones.
Table Selection is one area i still need to work on. For me, it is too tempting just to look at table stats and hop on. <--- That is an improvement from me just hopping onto any open table. Is the only solution to type in the names of players from my Pokergrapher Buddy List?
I need to spend less time at the table, and more time studying away from it at the moment. However, i also understand the need to practice the ideas i am learning. I just feel that i am not learning enough new ideas, or that the idea supply is starting to run low too early in my poker career.
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