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08-09-2006, 08:24 PM Post subject: TerryToma's blog

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Hello everyone,

Im a FR 25NL / bonuswhore who would like to improve. I have poker tracker, gametime+, 2 1600x1200 monitors. Recent PT stats 29/7.
Thinking about getting pokeracehud.

I would like to join this community, as I have been a long time luker.

(edit: Lurker double

)

Goals:
1) Move up with correct bankroll management. 100NL by Halloween
2) Be able to sustain 1200$/month in withdrawls to pay for a new car for the wife. [edit after I make it to 100nl]
3) Maintain a 6bb/100 at 100NL.
4) Cut down on tilting.
5) Dabble in MTTs, I have won a couple on WPEX already
6) Become a positive contributor on here, with a blog by 2/07.

I feel that my stay down at 25NL has been wayyy too long, and it has led me to some bad habits. I had my worst 24 hrs in poker yesterday, and I am on my second time around the newbie circle of death. I have been playing on hollywood and pokerstars recently.

Thanks.

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08-09-2006, 10:35 PM Post subject: Re: First Post, with goals.

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Quote:

Originally Posted by TerryToma

I would like to join this community, as I have been a long time luker.

Goals:
1) Move up with correct bankroll management. 100NL by Halloween
great goal
2) Be able to sustain 1200$/month in withdrawls to pay for a new car for the wife.
BMWs are expensive
3) Maintain a 6bb/100 at 100NL.
good goal
4) Cut down on tilting.
another great goal
5) Dabble in MTTs, I have won a couple on WPEX already
winning ain't ez but it sure is fun
6) Become a positive contributor on here, with a blog by 2/07.
check this off, goal obtained

i hope you can do it
good luck
flomo

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigred

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TerryToma

08-10-2006, 04:47 AM

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Thanks for the hospitality Flomo

Tonight I played a small session. I have scrapped my entire game plan, as it has run me around the newbie circle of death for the second time. I think reading Super System 2 always gets me in some bad habits. I win a few hands with crappy starting hands, then start losing some big hands.

I have now dedicated myself to Renton's strategy. My stats are 27/10 tonight after 400 hands. I played well but ran a flopped set into set and a flopped str8 into nut str8. Basically broke even tonight.

I dont think my numbers will stay at 27/10, but at hollywood 25NL, there are a ton of hands where everyone limps, plus the small blind is .15c, which may lead me to completing more than I should.

FTR is a great community with an excellent interface, I'm glad to be a (newb) part of it.

KingLizard

08-10-2006, 07:22 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by TerryToma

I dont think my numbers will stay at 27/10, but at hollywood 25NL, there are a ton of hands where everyone limps, plus the small blind is .15c, which may lead me to completing more than I should.

You and I must be playing at different Hollywood sites. I also play the 25NL there and typically find 4-5 tighties per table. I seldom see more than 3, maybe 4 to the flop. Are you running a HUD at HP? That's where I get my stats.

I do agree on completing the SB too often. It's an identified leak for me that I am working very hard to fix. It is just soooooo tempting to complete with 9 6 sooted ... thinking ... "boy if this hits, I am stacking someone" ... gotta stop that.

bode

08-10-2006, 07:28 PM Post subject: Re: First Post, with goals.

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Quote:

Originally Posted by TerryToma

2) Be able to sustain 1200$/month in withdrawls to pay for a new car for the wife.

is she getting a ferrari?

Quote:

eeevees are not monies yet...they are like baby monies.

TerryToma

08-10-2006, 07:30 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by KingLizard

Quote:

Originally Posted by TerryToma

I dont think my numbers will stay at 27/10, but at hollywood 25NL, there are a ton of hands where everyone limps, plus the small blind is .15c, which may lead me to completing more than I should.

Woops, change "everyone limps" to.. "no one raises". Yes I use a HUD. Table stats are commonly 25/4 at 25NL. When I have tried to move up to 50NL i get absolutely killed. Those table stats are closer to 20/9, with much more PFRs and RR PF. There are hardly any RRs PF at 25NL. When you do see it, it usually means AA/KK, and typically a min RR (from 1$ to 1.75$).

I get tempted way too much to limp behind. The SB is killing me. Last night I had J7s, and 89T flops. Got stacked by QJ.

andy-akb

08-10-2006, 07:51 PM

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Are you playing full ring to see table averages like those?

TerryToma

08-10-2006, 07:54 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by andy-akb

Are you playing full ring to see table averages like those?

Yeah its full ring, NL. There are a lot of tables there, second only to PS and Party. I had been killing the stakes for a month, but really struggled this last week.

Bmxicle

08-10-2006, 08:45 PM

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don't withdraw while playting 25nl

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08-10-2006, 09:43 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Bmxicle

don't withdraw while playting 25nl

Thanks for the advice. No more withdrawing until I make it to 100NL. I guess I just get greedy, and want to buy things with my "hard earned" money. Like 2 1600x1200s and a new gateway.

I have tried moving up to play full stacked 50NL and gotten killed for about 250$ each time. I am going to do it right this time, and hopefully succeed.

4 tabled for an hour today, took a stack with a flopped str8 v set via BB special. Otherwise I think I played pretty well, ran 19/7 (first time under 20 in months).

I have really cut down on my playing. I was playing close to 2500hands/day 8 tabling for hours upon hours.

TerryToma

08-10-2006, 10:00 PM Post subject: Re: First Post, with goals.

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Quote:

Originally Posted by TerryToma

2) Be able to sustain 1200$/month in withdrawls to pay for a new car for the wife.

is she getting a ferrari?

Lol, no. She wants the Honda Pilot EX-L. I am trying to build up a down payment/save for future payments.

litetruck

08-10-2006, 11:14 PM

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Going to pay it off in a year?

flomo

08-10-2006, 11:42 PM Post subject: Re: First Post, with goals.

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Quote:

Originally Posted by TerryToma

Honda Pilot EX-L

great choice
very jealous

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigred

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TerryToma

08-11-2006, 02:08 AM

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Still following Renton's PF guide for the most part. Running 7bb/100 at 25NL FR on pokerroom skins.

Stats for last 2 days:
VPIP/PFR: 22/9
AF: 1.93/2.7/2.5

I have been working on my 2nd barrels, especially against weak/tights with high VPIPs. I read in Slansky that donks call a lot of pot-sized flop bets with a draw, even mid pair, but a quick to let go on the turn to any more resistance.

Advice/encouragement appreciated.

As I said earlier, most of the tables I play at are 25/5 overall. Can anyone give me a few examples of table norms at full ring at the 50NL/100NL/200NL?

.toma

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08-11-2006, 06:33 AM

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best of luck to ya.

TerryToma

08-12-2006, 12:18 AM

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Ouch, this hurts. I have imploded since my last post. I stopped my session in 80 hands b/c my confidence is gone right now.

I'd post hand histories but the converter isnt working.

I lost 2.5 buyins in 80 hands today (in order)
1) got sucked out: bb special nut st8 ai on flop. On turn, 2 villains hit flush
2) got pushed off QQ on 678 rainbow flop by 99 (who 4bet preflop)
3) got aces cracked multiway pot AA << 777 (probably tilting from #1&2)

Yesterday lost net of 1 buyin:
Lost AA to 99 on a 889 flop. Half stacked c/r'd AI K62 flop 62o v my KQ.

Weekends are crazy. Usually my most profitable days but also most variance due to the maniacs.

Any advice/encouragement is appreciated.

TerryToma

08-12-2006, 07:51 AM

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Welp the rest of the night went much better. I spent a good part of the night thinking about the strategy that got me started in online poker.. The dreaded shortstacking appraoch. I wrote about it on this thread.

http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...oker-40796.htm

I used this strategy for a few months in Dec 2005, early '06. I would alternate between 6max & ring and play pretty steady/low variance poker.

I wrote about why I couldnt be profitable using it b/c I was too aggresive now. Well I took that as a challenge to myself and actually played a little shortstack 50NL (bought in at 15$) on pokerroom, made 70bb at a rate of 17bb/100. No doubt I was running a little hot, but I took that confidence back into the ring game.

It seems that my problem was blind aggression. I was just trying to force hands rather than "pick spots" as they say. I was trying to run people over with my AA, even though I could have found out they were cracked.

Then I 8 tabled for a few hours tonight on stars/hollywood. 2000 hand later I won back my previous losses + another 3 buyins. Variance leveled back and even after my first horrible 80 hands I'm back to 7bb/100. I have been running 23/8 last 2k hands. I'll post my pt stats once I get to 10k hands.

The hand histories in the other forums have really helped me think a bit more about how to get more value out of TP and overpairs. Overall I was trying to muscle people out of the pot whenever I had them, and fold to resistence. Talk about minimizing my gains/increasing losses.

Thanks for reading! If anyone has any q's about my shortstack strategy, let me know. It seems to be pretty hot in the 6max/high stakes holdem lately. As I said, I always run a full 100bbs at 25NL, and top off. But the shorstack at higher levels really lets me take a break from the monotony.

.toma

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08-12-2006, 09:01 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by KingLizard

I do agree on completing the SB too often. It's an identified leak for me that I am working very hard to fix. It is just soooooo tempting to complete with 9 6 sooted ... thinking ... "boy if this hits, I am stacking someone" ... gotta stop that.

Nope, continue doing it, and stack people. Just don't go deep with top pair or a dog two pair. 37 won the WSOP last year, and it wasn't even cash game.

It's not what's inside that counts. Have you seen what's inside?
Internal organs. And they're getting uglier by the minute.

jyms

08-14-2006, 01:46 PM

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I complete alot as well, but i always remember what i'm trying to accomplish with the cards I have. I tend to not complete with trash, but anything that can make for a str8, flush or an invisible 2pair I will play but play it for what you originally intended. don't get all worked up with 2 pair against aggression and chase your flush and str8's when you have odds.

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08-15-2006, 05:37 AM

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Well I decided to rename this post from "First post, with goals" to "TerryToma's blog."

I am excited about how many replies this thread has had, so I have decided to keep it going. I will post thoughts about what works and doesnt at my current level of poker. Current level is 25NL, dedicated bank rolls is ~600$. I will not be withdrawing, and I will be moving up using the 20buy-in rule. I cannot wait until I am at 100NL, as I feel there are a number of bonuses that will become quite profitable at this level.

Today was all about learning to adjust to the tables. There were definitely higher avg pots than I have seen in a while (10-15$ on pokerroom skins, and 8-11$ on pokerstars). I truly believe that the college students are getting back to their dorms with some extra time on their hands this week. This lead to much looser play by opponents. I was playing my standard raise any pocket pair from any position if I'm the first to act, and cbet most flops. This turned out to be a bit of a leak at this level. People were calling down with mid-pair all over the place!

I was also getting re-raised preflop like crazy! I'd put in a raise in MP with 66, then a re-raise would happen, then an all in by the blinds. I'd have to fold. Table averages were much closer to 32vpip/9pfr at the start of my session. I decided to be a bit more selective about my pfr's in early/mp.

This was really exciting to be able to win a big pot with TPTK again. When tables are this loose, my AA/KK are much more profitable as people like to rr before the flop, and raise if they flop a draw. I finally got to practice a c/r AI on the turn with KK as an overpair today against someone who was a bit too agro with his draw.

Later on after midnight, the tables started tightening up back to around 24/5. Then I could start to loosen up and win more pots with c-bets. I am really trying to incooporate the table stats into my game. I ended up about 11bb/100, but would be nearly double that if top 2 pair didnt fill up against my flopped set. Overall I feel as if I played very well tonight. I am optimistic in general.

I am a bit worried about the senate trying to push through the bill. It seems frist+republicans are going to try and distance themselves from the scandal plagued jack abramoff. I really hope the bill gets killed.

Ok enough rambling, Im going to post some HH's. I will also post my first 10k stats since joining FTR at the appropriate time. I am currently at around 7k.

.toma

El Ninho

08-15-2006, 11:30 AM

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Good luck man. I will keep an eye on this one

TerryToma

08-16-2006, 12:54 AM

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Welp, switched it up a bit today. I played 8 tables of 25 POT Limit Poker on pokerroom. I made a killing. Havent played against players this bad in quite some time. I ran 77BB/100! I adjust my game to the pot limit structure as well, was 30/12 pre flop. I would like to get into a discussion about the differences in potlimit .25/.25 vs .15/.25NL if someone is interested.

However, here's an example of the horrible players:

Poker Room skin
Pot Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.25
8 players
Converter

Pre-flop: (8 players) Hero is Button with :8s :6s
2 folds, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, CO folds, Hero calls, SB (poster) checks, BB raises to $1.25, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, Hero calls, SB folds.

Flop: :5s :10s :7s ($5.5, 4 players)
BB checks, MP1 bets $5, MP2 folds, Hero raises to $10, BB folds, MP1 calls.

Turn: :9s ($25.5, 2 players)
MP1 bets $5, Hero calls.

River: :jh ($35.5, 2 players)
MP1 checks, Hero is all-in $12, MP1 calls.

Results:
Final pot: $59.5
MP1 shows 2d3s
Hero show straight flush

I think I found my new home for a while.

TerryToma

08-16-2006, 02:36 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Trainer_jyms

Thats the beauty of pot limit .25/.25! You start the hand in SB with a full blind and dont have to feel guilty about it. Plus this brings the % seeing flop on most tables is usually 40+%. I have really enjoyed being able to control the size of the pot with hands like TPTK, and not have to worry about losing my entire stack with a hand like this.

Heres a funny hand, I played it like a complete donk on purpose, and seeing what he had on the river made me feel like I played it perfectly. He took a lot of time before calling both the turn and river bets.

Poker Room skin
Pot Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.25
10 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $16.55
UTG+1: $22.25
Hero: $24.00
MP1: $32.40
MP2: $4.05
MP3: $19.25
CO: $15.00
Button: $56.30
SB: $16.70
BB: $9.00

Pre-flop: (10 players) Hero is UTG+2 with J

2 folds, [color:#cc0000]Hero raises to $1[/color], 5 folds, SB calls, BB folds.

Flop: J

($2.25, 2 players)
[color:#cc0000]SB bets $1[/color], [color:#cc0000]Hero raises to $2[/color], [color:#cc0000]SB raises to $3[/color], [color:#cc0000]Hero raises to $4[/color], SB calls.

Turn: 3

($10.25, 2 players)
SB checks, [color:#cc0000]Hero bets $3[/color], SB calls.

River: 4

($16.25, 2 players)
SB checks, [color:#cc0000]Hero bets $5.25[/color], SB calls.

Results:
Final pot: $26.75
[color:#ffffff]Hero shows JD JH [/color]
Villain Shows Js2c

TerryToma

08-16-2006, 04:58 AM

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Well my win rate is starting to plateau at 43bb/100 right after 1k hands >brag<. I dont think I have ever won this many buy-ins on a weekday before (8). Thanks to LimpinAintEz for sharing his secret goldmine!... With the infi amounts of bonuses on this network I think I can last here all the way up to 100NL.

The pot limit style is great for limpng Axs. It also punishes people that slowplay. I have lost my share of hands to sets, but they dont bet them! Thus the river bet doesnt hurt so much when its only 2.50$.. There dont seem to be nearly as many set hunters/AA crackers at these tables either.

I still dont know how to play KQo cuz its a consistant loser of mine. I have lost 8/9 hands with it, even though I have raise 8/9 times I have had it.

I have been good about checking/calling bottom 2pr on the flop, because when I dont, this is what happens:

both villains were about 62/5 and are basically calling stations, and had full stacks. I went a little nuts with my raise, but I thought I could get them to stack off with Ax.

Poker Room skin
Pot Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.25
9 players
Converter

Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is CO with :4s :3s
UTG folds, UTG+1 calls, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, MP3 folds, Hero calls, SB (poster) checks, BB (poster) checks.

Flop: :ah :3c :4h ($1.75, 6 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG+1 bets $1, MP1 folds, MP2 calls, Hero raises to $5.5, 3 folds, MP2 calls.

Turn: :as ($13.75, 2 players)
MP2 checks, Hero checks.

River: :8s ($13.75, 2 players)
MP2 bets $13.5, Hero folds.
Uncalled bets: $13.5 returned to MP2.

Results:
Final pot: $13.75

Can anyone think of any hands that I beat?? Any possible way to justify a call?

My current dedicated bankroll is 791$.

TerryToma

08-17-2006, 04:46 AM

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Welp, my new home (25PL) isnt so nice after all the euros go to bed... My BB/100 went crashing on down back to reality. No real interesting hands. Got my str8 AI on turn vs set, too bad turned into quads on riv. Also got all in with middle 2 pr vs top 2 pr. Aces got cracked by 77 as well. AKs all in with TPTK on riv vs another AK.. too bad he hit a flush on the riv.

My internet connection was really bad today for some reason, I timed out a number of times on my tables. I also had to chase my dog around a bit, as he was being a monster. All that put me in a less than perfect mood. I was not very zen-like tonight.

Im not frustrated though. I still am very confident and will continue on my quest.

.toma

fjuanl

08-17-2006, 04:58 AM

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good luck man, i can tell your motivated enough to learn a ton about the game

TerryToma

08-17-2006, 05:20 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by fjuanl

good luck man, i can tell your motivated enough to learn a ton about the game

Thanks, you're right. I am quite obssessive. I am glad I have found a hobby that actually makes $$ instead of just spending it.

Have you seen my stapler?

TerryToma

08-18-2006, 02:42 AM

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Welp,

I fixed a few things that were really bothering my game. I moved my router so I can plug in directly to the ethernet. The faster response time really helps my concentration. I made sure my dog was all set to go, and did a few chores so the wife would was in a good mood before my session. All those little things can take away from my concentration. I also played some black eyed peas during the session. Im not really a fan, but its good poker playing music. Other good poker playing music includes system of a down, rage against the machine... music that isnt so good is chill music like dave matthews or pink floyd. I need something that keeps me on edge/aggressive. Also sitting forward in my chair is big as well.

I played 1/2 NL tables, 1/2 PL tables on holdempoker. I actually made 4 buyins in 350 hands on NL, and lost 3$ on PL. So I played 24/10 overall. Holdempoker crashed on me twice. Not sure if thats their way of getting back at me for playing 8 tables (they only specifically allow 4). Or if the software is just bad. My computer is brand new, and has 1gb ram. I dont think its a hardware issue.

Anyone else have little rituals/tricks they do before their sessions??

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08-18-2006, 02:56 AM

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Go to the bathroom and whiz. I hate playing under pressure

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08-18-2006, 03:01 AM

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I usually get up out of bed first. Smoke a cigarette while I'm making coffee, that sort of thing.

On moving up, properly rolled:

Quote:

Originally Posted by drmcboy

You don't know if you're J-Fish or A Fish until you try.

flyingPenguin

08-18-2006, 02:32 PM

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I often don't get out of bed. A lot of the time it's the only place in the house I can play these days.

TerryToma

08-19-2006, 07:20 AM

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Welp, ran a standard 8bb/100 netting 1 buy-in today. Played well, except AA << flopped FH, and 333 << str8. I have made it to 10k hands since joining FTR. I would like to post the pokertracker #'s, if someone could point me to a thread about how to post it, or just tell me how to do it I will.

dedicated bankroll is around 880$, so I am more or less a bonus away from 50NL.

thanks
.toma

TerryToma

08-19-2006, 07:59 AM

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Can u see the graph?? My first 10k since joining FTR a week ago. Mostly full ring at 25NL pokerroom. Some 50NL 5max mixed in there, and alos a bit of pokerstars 25NL. The big down swing near the end was what I posted about earlier. Overall I'm pretty happy, but ready to improve.

Other than the one session near the end, I played very well in the second 5k of the sample. Can you pick out what portions I was running 40bb/100?? I had 2 1k samples near the end with those stats. Sort of funny how things come together with good cards/loose players to make hot streaks in poker.

Anyways I would really like to post the poker tracker stats, but not sure how to switch tem into JPG form. I would like feed back. Thanks!

TerryToma

08-21-2006, 04:19 AM

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OK,

So my internet is being really shaky tonight. It only let me play 241 hands, but I am up 2 stacks. So thats nice of my ISP. At least it didnt cut me off after a bad beat. Also, I was away last night and this afternoon jetskiing. Boy was it cold. I finished Slansky/Millers NLHE book as well. Things are going to get a bunch more busy this month. No more daytime playing. Sorry euros.

Heres the hand of the day, I had the fellow labeled as a fish after only a few hands.

Poker Room skin
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.15/$0.25
9 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $25.00
UTG+1: $51.75
MP1: $25.20
MP2: $10.00
MP3: $14.80
TerryToma: $28.25
Button: $28.80
SB: $20.90
BB: $29.80

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

UTG (poster) checks, 2 folds, MP2 (poster) checks, MP3 (poster) checks, TerryToma raises to $1.5, 2 folds, BB calls, 3 folds.

Flop: Q

($3.9, 2 players)
BB checks, TerryToma bets $2.5, BB calls.

Turn: 6

($8.9, 2 players)
BB checks, TerryToma bets $5, BB calls.

River: J

($18.9, 2 players)
BB bets $2, TerryToma raises all-in $19.25, BB calls.

Results:
Final pot: $57.4
TerryToma shows AS QS
BB shows QH10D

If anyone has any tips on how to put pokertracker in JPG form, let me know. I'd love to post my stats for critique. (Edit) Oops, someone started a thread about it http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...oker-41382.htm

TerryToma

08-21-2006, 05:25 AM

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Heres all my PT stats for your viewing pleasure. Please tell me where I need adjustments.

http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...ckup-41407.htm

TerryToma

08-22-2006, 06:02 AM

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Played 1.5k hands of VPIP/PFR 20%/10% today. I feel I played well, just got trapped a couple of times with set v str8, flush v higher flush, and flush v rivered boat (only paid off a value bet or 2 in these cases, never lost my stack that way). I feel I minimized my losses for the most part today, except 1 time where my dog was barking at me and I paid off soemone's rivered flush.

I'm still very confident, and my roll is still hovering around 800$, with 100$ in bonus coming soon. A few more stacks and i'll be moving up to 50NL! Jeez the bonuses are drying up lately, I have resorted to 10x pokerrooms. A juicy empire/party bonus could do wonders for me..

Topic of the day: have you successfully introduced any of your friends to winning poker? I havent been able to yet. I feel they are missing out, but its not for everyone I suppose.

Heres the Changing Gears hand of the day. After playing rather predictable, I decided to raise J8s from LP. I do raise this hand sometimes, but usually only from the button.

My opponents were both very solid/tight. I was hoping to trick them into taking their stacks. Perhaps I played it too hard?? Suggestions?

Poker Room skin
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.15/$0.25
7 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $23.40
UTG+1: $9.65
MP1: $31.75
TerryToma: $38.45
Button: $18.50
SB: $24.50
BB: $24.90

Pre-flop: (7 players) TerryToma is CO with J

3 folds, TerryToma raises to $1, Button calls, SB folds, BB calls.

Flop: 6

($3.15, 3 players)
BB checks, TerryToma bets $1.5, Button calls, BB calls.

Turn: 8

($7.65, 3 players)
BB checks, TerryToma bets $4.5, Button folds, BB calls.

River: 9

($16.65, 2 players)
BB checks, TerryToma bets $5, BB folds.
Uncalled bets: $5 returned to TerryToma.

Results:
Final pot: $16.65

TerryToma

08-23-2006, 04:47 AM

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Ran great tonight. 1.3k hands @ 20bb/100. My big hands were def. getting paid off. Only stacks I lost were both with KK, ran into AA ai pf on party, then also got 2/3rd in pf vs A9o, guy flopped AA5, I felt pot commited so had to call his all in on the flop. I played a bit tighter today as well, ran 18/12 overall. I made some good laydowns with AK pf vs AA. Also paid attention to NOT calling a shorties PFR when I hold a small pocket pair.

Bankroll is at 953$.. I only need 4.5$ more of bonus to clear another 100$. Once that is done I am officially rolled for 50NL!

fjuanl

08-23-2006, 07:07 AM

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4-of-a-Kind

Join Date: Mar 2005

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glad your starting to tighten up a little. j8s hand looks alright, i might bet $2 on the flop and $5ish on the turn. definetly dont slow down on the turn; since your opps are tight/solid your probably looking a flush draw. gl at 50nl

TerryToma

08-24-2006, 04:28 AM

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Welp, finished off my bonus on Holdempoker. Made 4.5 buyins in 450 hands! What a way to finish my time at 25NL.

Then I moved my roll to pokerroom to play for a 200$ 7x reload. Played 50NL/50PL.. I quickly went up 1 buyin, then hovered around 1-1.5 buyins for the next 750 hands. Overall the play at 50NL seems to be a step above 25NL. There were a number of good laggs that ended up around 150$ in their stack. I lost a couple of big hands to them on their river. Its hard to avoid them too because they play 60% of the hands. Overall ended up 190$ in play (25bb/100 at mixed levels). Definitely an upswing day for me. Still keeping a level head about it though.

If anyone has any tips about ongames/pokerroom's 50NL i'd love to hear them!

Im going to go post some HHs. http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...oker-41617.htm

jacbmw

08-24-2006, 05:54 AM

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Join Date: Nov 2005

Location: Down Under

Posts: 96

nice little BR building exercise Terry. I think we should start a thread tracking both of our progress ala Renton Vs X challenge. Bring it i say.

Currently my BR is at $700 at stars.

PM me if you want re. above bro.

Check out my Blog: Jakes 4P's - Poker, Pussy, Party and Performance: http://whitepage.com.au/jake

TerryToma

08-25-2006, 04:54 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jacbmw

Sounds fun. My BR is all over the place, but I think its close to 1150$ right now. PM me details/start a new thread for us to both post updates on

. I wil probably avg playing 1k hands/day, with a goal win rate of +1 stack per 1k hands. My goal is to get up to 100NL and play there at a winning rate. Id like the finishing goal to be closer to $5k than $10k.

Today I played ~500 hands at 50NL. Made 25$. I paid off wayy too many flushes on river. I found myself saying "ill call up to 3$ with that scare card on the riv".. They bet 5$, and I call anyways

. Some guy kept calling my PSBs when I flopped a set. Caught his flush on the river. 1/2 pots it and I call. Ran in to 2 players with a multiway pot of call flop/check turn/value bet riv with a baby flush. Seems like a dangerous way to play it, but seems common at 50NL..

Overall the play at 50NL isnt too bad. Players arent as crazy at 25NL, which suits me better. There werent nearly as many LAGGs on tonight either. Those guys always give me fits. Raising PP's from all positions has been quite the winning formula. It always seems to take down a c-bet when I miss, and get me a stack when I hit. Seems contradictory/either-or, but it works! Thanks Renton.

.toma

TerryToma

08-26-2006, 04:30 AM

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Welp... up 3 buyins at 50NL in only 221 hands!! was running hottttt.. plus some idiot tried to rep a king on KK44 board with a flush draw, and I had a K got his stack early in the game...

did all this at empire clearing a 15$ bonus.. i'd play more but im really tired, and am working all weekend. have fun clearing the multiple small bonuses on party network folks!

it seems friday nights on partynetwork are all about catching bluffers.. first hand is the KK44 board i was talking about:

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
8 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $88.83
UTG+1: $27.80
MP1: $29
MP2: $55.23
CO: $78.85
Button: $49.25
SB: $50.25
TerryToma: $89.70

Pre-flop: (8 players) TerryToma is BB with K

3 folds, MP2 calls, CO calls, Button folds, SB calls, TerryToma checks.

Flop: K

($2, 4 players)
SB checks, TerryToma bets $2, MP2 raises to $8, 2 folds, TerryToma calls.

Turn: 4

($18, 2 players)
TerryToma checks, MP2 bets $40, TerryToma raises all-in $80.7, MP2 calls all-in $6.73.
Uncalled bets: $33.97 returned to TerryToma.

River: 8

($111.46, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $111.46)

Results:
Final pot: $111.46
MP2 shows Tc 2c
TerryToma shows Kh 3d

Hand 2) I put this guy on OESD, and exactly 55 by river. This was first hand at table, and actually raised to 2$ hh a bit messed up in that regard.
Notice the small donk bets/call on flop and turn are almost always draws.

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
8 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $29.20
UTG+1: $29.85
MP1: $24.52
TerryToma: $50
CO: $47.50
Button: $14.20
SB: $42.45
BB: $77.79

Pre-flop: (8 players) TerryToma is MP2 with K

3 folds, TerryToma raises to $1.5, 2 folds, SB calls, BB calls.

Flop: 6

($4.5, 3 players)
SB bets $2, BB folds, TerryToma raises to $7, SB calls.

Turn: 4

($18.5, 2 players)
SB bets $3, TerryToma raises to $12, SB calls.

River: 7

($42.5, 2 players)
SB raises all-in $21.45, TerryToma calls.

Results:
Final pot: $85.4
SB shows 5c 5h
TerryToma shows Ks Kd

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TerryToma

08-27-2006, 05:51 AM

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Well. I cant believe it. I may have reached goal #1. I had a good first run of 3k hands at 50NL. Ran 20bb/100 (20 big blinds, or 10 big bets). With some big bonuses clearing, I am properly rolled for 100NL. I was just killing time by adding my bankroll (its in 4 different spots waiting for transfer into neteller) and I was astonished to see I am above $2k. I have mixed feelings about moving up to 100NL.

50NL has been so good to me I hate to leave it. I'd love to hear your 2 cents at:

http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...=381261#381261

Oldest TerryBlog (the good ole days): http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...oker-40661.htm

Older TerryBlog (failed attempt #1):
http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...887&highlight=

biondino

08-27-2006, 08:35 AM

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Join Date: Apr 2005

Location: Putney, UK; Full Tilt,Mansion; $50 NL and PL; $13 and $16 SNGs at Stars

Posts: 3,170

I have lost $520 in my first two sessions at $100. Hope you do better than me!

Cocco_Bill

08-27-2006, 08:52 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by biondino

I have lost $520 in my first two sessions at $100. Hope you do better than me!

I lost about $600 in my first real NL100 session. That put me off playing 100NL for a good while which undoubtedly cost me more than $600. Don't make the same mistake.

TerryToma

08-28-2006, 05:08 AM

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I've decided to keep on at 50NL until i log 10-15k hands.

Played 2k hands on pokerroom 50NL/PL and up a buyin. I'm holding my own, which is nice. However there are handful of really good laggs that are giving me fits. I was up as much as 2 buyins a few hundred hands ago, but I got a bit tired and turned in to a calling station. Time to hang up the mouse for the night

. Still playing a solid 20/10 game. It feels natural now and almost on instinct. I need to remind myself to mix it up a bit more often during these long sessions.

Oldest TerryBlog (the good ole days): http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...oker-40661.htm

Older TerryBlog (failed attempt #1):
http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...887&highlight=

TerryToma

08-29-2006, 05:25 AM

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Added a new feature to the "blog". Check the first message on this post, I added an image. Im going to update the image every post so u can see my graph of the entire adventure. (graph of winnings since 8/9/06).

Well today I played for an hour, had a really big run in the middle where 5 out of 7 pp's hit sets in a row (within 5 mins it seems). So i ran goot. Im going to post them all in the hand histories. They were coming so fast I didnt have time to play them as well as I could have. So i just played them very aggressively and ended up quite a bit from them all. One of the two pocket pairs I missed was JJ as an over on the flop, and ended up AI against shorty with KK. The 7th I won on a C-bet.

Heres the thread with my sets, please comment.
http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...=382498#382498

The rest of it was mainly break even poker. 415 hands, +$157 37bb/100, where bb=big bet of 1$, not .50.

Oldest TerryBlog (the good ole days): http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...oker-40661.htm

Older TerryBlog (failed attempt #1):
http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...887&highlight=

TerryToma

08-30-2006, 03:17 AM

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Up another 1.5 buyins after ~1k hands. played pretty well overall, had a stretch where my internet was going out, right after the hand I posted in the HH's (message 5 in the post):
http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...oker-41941.htm

So that left me with a bad taste in my mouth. I still have much to improve, but my game is winning overall...

Oldest TerryBlog (the good ole days): http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...oker-40661.htm

Older TerryBlog (failed attempt #1):
http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...887&highlight=

TerryToma

08-31-2006, 03:20 AM

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jeez, check out my updated graph up top. i played for another 20 mins last night, and 1.5 hrs today and am up 5-6 more buyins.. ran really hott. i am officially up 1.6k from play alone, not counting bonuses. i am up 8 buyins the last 2 days.

i am a couple hours away of 7 table play from clearing another 200$ bonus from pokerroom.. after that bonus is cleared, Im going to reevaluate and possibly move up to 100NL.. 50NL has been grreat so far im up 20 buyins in 7k hands.. I have a feeling 100NL is going to have a lot more grinders... i think 50NL has a lot LESS grinders than 25NL, counter-intuitive, but a lot of bonuswhores like to risk the least amount of their stack to break even and make the bonus.

im going to post my 10k checkup, as its been another 10k since my original 12k hands.

http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...=384108#384108

Oldest TerryBlog (the good ole days): http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...oker-40661.htm

Older TerryBlog (failed attempt #1):
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TerryToma

09-01-2006, 05:19 AM

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Welp,

Back to reality. Lost 3 buyins today. Got TP busted a couple of times by sets, and also got my AA busted by quads. I played 1 hand really poorly. I knew for sure I was beat, until some idiot in chat started talking about how bad of a player he was.... I had nut flush on a paired board, and the guy AIs river. I lost 200bbs there. I was going to fold, because it was a huge overbet. I just told my friend about how to never call overbets unless you have a read. The guy was a solid lagg, with about stats of 80/14. Anyways he held a 94o.

Other than that I dont think I played too horribly. I still played my 20/10 game, jsut didnt flop as many sets

. Plus i cleared the 200$ pokerroom bonus so I am looking for another bonus to play for. I might take a few days off, because I have a lot of personal things to attend to. Major life decisions / applications are a bit overdue, and I owe it to my wife to get back on track.

On an even better note, my wife wants to go to las vegas over my birthday! What a great idea. My bday is Jan 28th. Let me know if you guys are gonna be around, and what places to stay!

.toma

Oldest TerryBlog (the good ole days): http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...oker-40661.htm

Older TerryBlog (failed attempt #1):
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