4-of-a-Kind
Join Date: May 2006
Location: surfing in a room
Posts: 2,188
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alright, some more general op things. i dont really have a goal in terms of hands, steaks, winrate or profits. this is just meant to keep track of my mental state and emotions caused by poker. this blop (lol get it?) is supposed to make me reflect myself and to confront me with my irrational acting and thinking. I have been grinding .5/1 and 1/2 for almost a year now and i am confident that i can beat those limits for a decent bb/100. Its the emotions, self leveling and lack of discipline that keeps me from advancing to midstakes.
I have lost a lot of money lately, going thru the old "downswing" thingy and there are players like me who almost double their statistical excpected variance by either tilt spewing or simply playing below their A perfomance. We are creating the downswing ourselves by letting a valid result influence our thinking and behaviour. Get the money in while behind and you know exactly what your equity is, hitting is cool, losing that pot is okay. Get the money in while ahead and you expect your hand automatically to hold and losing feels "unfair". Thats just retarded.
Two things from tonights session:
-If my opponents instantly acts everytime the action is on him i tend to act quicker as i would otherwise. Stop it, now.
-Whats really bothering me is not getting beat, but having my plans counterfeited by the cards. Take this hand:
We have 26/14 CO, who likes to see flops and an 24/20 BB who is known to squeeze a lot. I flat pre, planning on shoving over the likely BB 3bet. In case BB just flats I have position vs two opponents who will play straight forward in a multiway pot and Im up against a fair amount of dominated kings and aces vs a guy who falls in love with tp. So he does 3b, CO calls, which looks nasty, but CO´s range is definetly wide enough to shove over, assuming he´d 4b/shove AA/KK himself sometimes. And I do and own the shit out of him when he monkey snaps AQ. Having my magnificent plan counterfeited on the river made me angry.
$0.5/$1 No Limit Holdem
6 players
Converted at weaktight.com
Stacks:
UTG ($80.08)
UTG 1 ($105.70)
CO ($102.60)
BTN ($107.25)
Hero ($196.75)
BB ($100.00)
Pre-flop: ($1.50, 6 players) Hero is SB  
2 folds, CO raises to $4, 1 fold, Hero calls $3.50, BB raises to $16, CO calls $12, Hero raises to $196.75, BB folds, CO calls $86.60
Flop:    ($315.35, 2 players)
Turn:  ($315.35, 2 players)
River:  ($315.35, 2 players)
Final Pot: $315.35
CO shows:  
Hero wins $94.15 ( lost -$102.60 )
CO wins $218.20 ( won $115.60 )
BB lost -$16.00
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