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OK so 16 NL is a bit tougher for sure. But I'm still winning at this level. I think I'm gonna have to start learning some basic poker theory now though. So far I've only really been playing online and watching the videos of coaching sessions so I haven't delved too much into theory which I think is important.
I mean my poker math is horrible, I have extremely basic knowledge of pot odds, implied odd, EV plays and all that so I'm really going to have to figure this stuff out. Anybody can recommend good threads about poker math? Also if anyone is a member on DeucesCracked, any videos on poker theory will be much appreciated. I ended up buying 3 notebooks for poker. Maybe my basic sense of putting people on ranges, and just betting against a calling station fish is fine but I could definitely use BIG improvements in the mathematical department of poker. My basic math is nothing special but even that horrible, I mean I took Stats 1&2 and basic college algebra, I think that's good enough to learn poker maths right? I hate doing math in my head though, will probably have to work a bit on this too...
- 1 small notebook for when I play poker and can just jot whatever I think is important down, find my leaks while I play etc.
- 1 regular/big notebook for Poker math and theory. I'll use this when I review hands as well as when I'm watching mathematical theory videos from DeucesCracked or reading mathematical theory threads on forums
- 1 big/regular notebook to take notes DeucesCracked videos about general tips/playstyle and other poker theory not involving too much math
Anyways, I noticed today I got slightly tilted. Not necessarily because I lost a hand, but more because I played a hand wrong and I knew it. Actually even when I won a hand I would get tilted sometimes at how bad some players are... I'll post some examples of hands that tilted me to explain. (so far money won/lost seems not to tilt me, but just people playing bad)
This hand tilted me because I should have folded preflop or to his reraise, it tilted me because I played it wrong (This is a good example of where I think I could use poker math along with my reads etc to see whether a preflop call is profitable and everything):
PokerStars - $0.16 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
UTG: $17.20
MP: $29.78
CO: $19.15
BTN: $8.17
Hero (SB): $50.13
BB: $21.78
Hero posts SB $0.08, BB posts BB $0.16
Pre Flop: (pot: $0.24) Hero has Q J
fold, fold, CO raises to $0.48, fold, Hero calls $0.40, fold
Flop: ($1.12, 2 players) 9 J Q
Hero checks, CO bets $0.80, Hero raises to $2.88, CO raises to $6.08, Hero raises to $49.65 and is all-in, CO calls $12.59 and is all-in
Turn: ($38.46, 2 players) 7
River: ($38.46, 2 players) 4
Hero shows Q J (Two Pair, Queens and Jacks) (Pre 38%, Flop 18%, Turn 9%)
CO shows K T (Straight, King High) (Pre 62%, Flop 82%, Turn 91%)
CO wins $36.96
This hand tilted me (in a different way than the loss) even though I won because I'm like wtf is he doing?!?! It tilted me because villain literally handed me their stack and although I like making money, I prefer playing a game who's at least not completely retarded
PokerStars - $0.16 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BTN: $12.79
Hero (SB): $15.68
BB: $19.77
UTG: $16.05
MP: $21.18
CO: $17.59
Hero posts SB $0.08, BB posts BB $0.16
Pre Flop: (pot: $0.24) Hero has 9 8
fold, fold, fold, BTN calls $0.16, Hero calls $0.08, BB checks
Flop: ($0.48, 3 players) J 5 4
Hero checks, BB checks, BTN checks
Turn: ($0.48, 3 players) 7
Hero bets $0.48, fold, BTN calls $0.48
River: ($1.44, 2 players) 8
Hero bets $1.28, BTN raises to $12.15 and is all-in, Hero calls $10.87
BTN shows 2 J (One Pair, Jacks) (Pre 53%, Flop 61%, Turn 0%)
Hero shows 9 8 (Flush, Jack High) (Pre 47%, Flop 39%, Turn 100%)
Hero wins $24.58
However a hand like this doesn't tilt me because I think I played it fine and I was going to get stacked regardless of how it played out.
PokerStars - $0.16 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
CO: $16.00
Hero (BTN): $33.10
SB: $14.11
BB: $31.11
UTG: $20.14
SB posts SB $0.08, BB posts BB $0.16
Pre Flop: (pot: $0.24) Hero has T T
UTG raises to $0.48, fold, Hero calls $0.48, SB calls $0.40, BB calls $0.32
Flop: ($1.92, 4 players) 4 T 4
SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, Hero checks
Turn: ($1.92, 4 players) J
SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $0.80, SB calls $0.80, fold, fold
River: ($3.52, 2 players) 6
SB bets $2.56, Hero raises to $12.00, SB raises to $12.83 and is all-in, Hero calls $0.83
SB shows J J (Full House, Jacks full of Fours) (Pre 82%, Flop 9%, Turn 98%)
Hero shows T T (Full House, Tens full of Fours) (Pre 18%, Flop 91%, Turn 2%)
SB wins $27.87
Anyways, ended the session up $65 so things are still going good. Think I may play tonight again since it's the weekend if I manage to finish studying my math in time... Yeah I know I said I'd stick to the rules, but it's the weekend and I got nothing to do and so far I don't feel like I'm going down a path to addiction in this game or anything. If I don't play then I will certainly start taking notes of poker math and stuff like that because I think I really need to do that. The only reason why I'm winning these stakes is because some players are retardedly bad and literally hand me their stacks and I'm pretty much just playing like a robot vs fish (I think I'm about even vs the regulars who I actually need to think a bit against when I play with them). I doubt this will happen at higher stakes that I need to prepare for.
EDIT:
One thing I really need to do is start thinking in terms of pot odds. All my life I've been thinking in terms of percentages and converting to odds seems a bit weird to me. This is also something I will have to work on.
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