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Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 232
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Operation Get to 50NL July 2nd Week Report
Wow what a contrasting week compared to last week and most of the ones before. Maybe i was due some negative variuance? Yeah i prob was, but i dont think i deserved SUPER BAT FCK CRAZY negative variance. Take a look at the graph...
So yeah close on 16BI down the tubes in the first 7k hands. Thank goodness i was and am still over rolled for 25NL. Now first thing that comes to mind is that i must have being tilitng like a mofo. So i went through those session. 10 losing ones in a row.
Big losing hands :
KK villian donks J57ss 2xPSB and i ship and he flips over set 7s. Standard
A9s flop a flush draw cbet it get min raised and thrid player flats. Flat it and make my flush draw on card that pairs board. Turn checks through. River puts 4th suite on board and the rest goes in. Villian has boat. Standard
Stack off with QQ on T93r against 60/30 player. Standard
Get min 3bet preflop out of blinds and flat with AQo. 3 players to the flop QJ4ss. Min 3betttor check pot to me and he and other villian both call my bet. Original min 3bettor then donk turn small. I raise and get it in. This hand i think i may have played bad. Min 3bet preflop, and then the odd line normally means a very big hand (in this case set Js). I am gonna say i could have saved $15 in this hand flatting the turn bet and find a fold on the river. Kinda Bad Play
21/18 with 9% 3bet raises my MP open with QQ. I flat and see T94r flop. He leads i flat. Turn 5c and he c/r me and we get it in. My turn bet meant i had so much in the middle i couldnt fold. I posted this hands and stacking off here was the right play. Standard
Run KK into AA preflop. Very Standard
Get it all in preflop with KK vs QQ and lose. Very Standard
BvB vs a villian with aggression factor of 5 with raise Cbet of 40%. Stack of with KK on J342r. i c/r all in on turn after flatting his flop raise. He has set 4s. Standard
Raise KK preflop in MP and get 3 callers. Flop 987ss. 71/18 donks, one villian folds and action is to me with another player left to act. I ship and donk better calls with flopped straight. Played right according to forum members Standard
Week Reflections Continued
So that is 9BI i lost where i think i could only really save 0.5BI some of the time. Then factor in i wasnt winning a lot of big pots and then some semi tilt. By semi tilt i mean cbetting some spots where i should out of pure frustration etc. Find myself on the friday stuck 15BI.
I actually skipped a few session i would normally play just cos i didnt feel like playing. Feeling of fear that i may start to tilt and also just all round unhappyness towards poker. When i started playing poker "seriosuly" again i said i would only play when i felt like playing. So i kept this philosophy by skipping some sessions.
Luckily the weekend i ran 7BI up over 3k hands even losing a 120bb stack to AQ all in preflop vs my AK. This upswing cut my loses for the week in half which made the week not a total disaster. Just mean that after two weeks of the month (20K hands) i am break even. Frustrating but not the end of the world i guess.
Kinda funny that last week i made predictions of being at 50NL within 10 days, where now i am just happy i didnt need to move down to 10NL and would be really pleased if i get to 50NL by months end. To go from supreme confidence and a decent winner of like 80k hands at 10NL and 25NL to believing that maybe i am unable to beat the game. Its totally illogical and just my emotions getting myself into a panic. Sillyness but understandable to feel rattled.
My VPP count is sitting at 2250 and cruising towads confirming my GoldStar status for August. PaltinumStar is most definitaly out of the window for next month. Unless i win like 18BI in the next 3 days at 25NL. lol
Read through IOPQ's two operations during the week looking for some inspiration and it did help. Specially two links that he posted in his one.
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/54...-graph-286574/
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/54...w-ahud-338578/
I mean if i could beat the 400NL stake then i am making SERIOUS money in my country with the 8 to 1 exchange rate. Nice to dream and inspiring.
See the WCOOP is coming at PS. Would love to try satellite into an event or two. Donkaments are the rock and roll of poker imo ! I will only play sats tho if i am a winning player at 50NL. So lets hope by Sept i am that.
Off Topic
Spent most of the week sick, and in my rattled state wondered if it was effecting my play. IMO i dont think so. After going through my sessions i am 80% i was just getting cold decked WAY more than i was supposed to be. One of the most frustrating part for me when i am sick is that i am quite an active person. Mostly i swim lengths at the pools and relax in the warm winter sun. I know for a FACT i get grumpy if i do not and thus is -EV in life which must filter through to my poker. I am 90% recovered now and looking forward to hitting the pools again.
In my previous post i mention about getting a chilled past time job as a teaching assistant at university. Well i start that next week. Have to attend the first two classes (English and Afrikaans) to meet my victims....err i mean student  . I am actually quite excited about it. Not really sure why. Before i started playing poker i did teach Science and Mathematics to final yeah high school students for about 6 months and i got a lot of pleasure out of it. If teachers were not paid such crappy salaries its something i definitely would consider.
Went out partying on friday night after a session of poker ofcourse. My friends have got use to me pitching up 2-3 hours late to parties due to "work". I was told we were going to play lots of pool and was a little dissapointed that we did not. I got a decent pool game and it is great fun being challenged by random people. Still drinking at a bar and ending up at a club for a short while is never a bad night.
Experience something very unusual between poker session on saturday night. Walked to the cafe as i often do. Enjoy the fresh air and its only about a 2km walk there and back. While in the cafe a beggar asked me for R2 ($0.25). The guy had a loaf of bread in his hands and i was feeling a little gernous so i gave him R5($0.70c). Now standing in line to pay for my goods he was in front of me. He paid and then put some of his change into one of the chartity tins. Now this BLEW my mind.... the guy can not afford bread, but he will donate to charity! Then my poker brain kicked in. I am thinking that he knew i was behind him, and that i would see him make his donation. This would in turn set me up to alwayz give this guy money when he asked me. +EV line. I mean i almost gave him R50 ($6.50) on the spot but i resisted. So something that starts off leaving me with a warm fuzzy feeling in my heart ends up with me feeling like i might be getting conned. lolz @ pokerz
Alright that is enough dribble from me. Here is hoping for a good week of poker!
Good luck on the tables,
Evilpopcorn
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