Operation Get Better

Originally Posted by kettleofish

I think u should start open folding sets on the flop. Save u $$$ in the long run

Haha yep. They're obv. -----EV

Someone teach me how to fucking run good. I have lost my last 3 +95% favorite hands allin. You throw in what should be a good amount of FE and I just don't know how much of a favorite I am. This hole sucks. I got a lot of good advice from Spenda last night, much appreciated. It just sucks like shit playing so well and dropping buyins like this. TJ gave me some great advice as well as not to play with scared money. I think that was a huge thing because Spenda could easily tell I gave up a lot on turns. Anyways, today I played just a little but I did play 25/24 which is helping me open my game more. I am also table selecting better which has been a key point why I haven't progressed much in the BR.

A lot of months work is now down the drain. I am down a lot now. Near the starting point of my BR. I am not quite sure what to do. Either play down, keep sticking to this as I am owed $200 in sklansky bucks or just quit. I'm not really looking for anyone to read this and have sympathy either. Hope I make that clear. Just writing down my thoughts. The money in my BR isn't something I can take lightly at all and is also all I have until at least a few years. I think I forgot how to play as I was doing pretty well before hand. I think I really would need like a billion hours of coaching, which I cannot afford.

Try a change of wind.

Back when I was veeeery tilted, I tried my hand at Omaha. It did wonders for my game.


Check out some HORSE, or 7-card stud. It really broadens your views. I've been playing HORSE lately and its good. Also, try PL hold'em. It will limit variance.


NL can be a true bitch sometimes, and if you are not careful, it can and will decimate your bankroll, if you allow it to. A change of wind wil do you good.






I was playing around on PKR, then I found this limit-Omaha HU table with the hottest lesbo-chat thing going on, I really really want to post the chat here to cheer you up, but then again I might out the players involved and that might not be so nice.
See what you can get if you vary your game?


"yyeeeeeessssssssss innnnnnnn out"
"suuck on yoooour cliiiiiiit nowwwwwww!"

haha thanks Jack!! Much heterosexual love.

LOL, its still going on. Looks like one of them came, and the other one licks her (digital?) juices, complete with sound effects "SSSSSLLLLLLLLLUUUUUUURRRP"

WTF has the internet come to?







Anyway, check these out. These are shit I picked up along the way. It might aid you, or it might not. Some are for ring, some are for tourney, but these are simply things I observed and have stuck. Check 'em out, lemme know.

http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...=586255#586255

haha!!

Thanks man, looking at them now. Looks good.

Alright, after dominating GMML in the Gauntlet as well as blind man's bluff, I realized that I was at least soooo much better than one player. Therefore I decided to play some. I think I may play like ~5 HU SNGs a day. I am doing pretty well with them and am pretty confident. I am also kind of happy with a few things I have picked up about aggression and putting people on ranges. I have so far to go though.

I decided to play some 25NL today and lost like half a buyin to a shorty when he hit his set vs. my AA. Later on I played again but this time with Alexos watching me. I had a few interesting hands to me at least. Also played 21/17 so I opened up quite a bit. It was funny because I really wasn't focusing on play more hands...but this was a small sample size. So that's my image and here are the hands:


1. Villain is a 50/30
POKERSTARS GAME #13697621348: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2007/12/06 - 22:46:34 (ET)
Table 'Periphas III' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Unc' Al ($15.10 in chips)
Seat 2: GoldenIce ($52.55 in chips)
Seat 3: oddessy24 ($22.85 in chips)
Seat 4: maxipoo22 ($49.25 in chips)
Seat 5: jre76 ($27.25 in chips)
Seat 6: toddanderson ($25 in chips)
jre76: posts small blind $0.10
toddanderson: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to toddanderson [Ks Qd]
Unc' Al: raises $0.50 to $0.75
GoldenIce: folds
oddessy24: folds
maxipoo22: folds
jre76: folds
toddanderson: raises $2.25 to $3
Unc' Al: calls $2.25
*** FLOP *** [8c 7s Kh]
toddanderson: bets $4
Unc' Al: calls $4
*** TURN *** [8c 7s Kh] [Js]
toddanderson: bets $18 and is all-in


2. 37/11/1
POKERSTARS GAME #13697076576: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2007/12/06 - 22:17:18 (ET)
Table 'Periphas III' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: PKgem ($13.85 in chips)
Seat 2: GoldenIce ($51.60 in chips)
Seat 3: oddessy24 ($17.60 in chips)
Seat 4: maxipoo22 ($22.45 in chips)
Seat 5: jre76 ($32.05 in chips)
Seat 6: toddanderson ($47.90 in chips)
toddanderson: posts small blind $0.10
PKgem: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to toddanderson [8h 9h]
GoldenIce: folds
oddessy24: folds
maxipoo22: raises $0.50 to $0.75
jre76: folds
toddanderson: calls $0.65
PKgem: folds
*** FLOP *** [Td 4s 4c]
toddanderson: checks
maxipoo22: bets $0.75
toddanderson: raises $1.75 to $2.50
maxipoo22: calls $1.75
*** TURN *** [Td 4s 4c] [Jd]
toddanderson: bets $4
maxipoo22: calls $4
*** RIVER *** [Td 4s 4c Jd] [7s]
toddanderson: bets $40.65 and is all-in

I know, fold or 3bet pre. Don't bluff because he seems like a CS. Am I right? But the river is weeeeee.


3. 26/19/3
POKERSTARS GAME #13697295252: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2007/12/06 - 22:29:19 (ET)
Table 'Euryanthe III' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 2: toddanderson ($37.80 in chips)
Seat 3: Davd333 ($23.15 in chips)
Seat 4: EmPoker21 ($9.85 in chips)
Seat 5: nfonz ($24.30 in chips)
Seat 6: foscocity ($38.15 in chips)
foscocity: posts small blind $0.10
JimboNYY24: is sitting out
toddanderson: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to toddanderson [9c Qc]
JimboNYY24 leaves the table
Davd333: folds
EmPoker21: folds
nfonz: folds
foscocity: raises $0.75 to $1
toddanderson: calls $0.75
*** FLOP *** [5s 4c 4d]
foscocity: bets $1.25
toddanderson: raises $3 to $4.25
foscocity: calls $3
*** TURN *** [5s 4c 4d] [9s]
foscocity: checks
toddanderson: bets $6
foscocity: calls $6
*** RIVER *** [5s 4c 4d 9s] [Kc]
foscocity: checks
toddanderson: bets $26.3 and is all-in


4.
POKERSTARS GAME #13696435473: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2007/12/06 - 21:42:52 (ET)
Table 'Periphas III' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: KingOfHustle ($18.20 in chips)
Seat 2: GoldenIce ($34.80 in chips)
Seat 4: Filipe Filop ($19.65 in chips)
Seat 5: tuition$ ($28.40 in chips)
Seat 6: toddanderson ($28.15 in chips)
KingOfHustle: posts small blind $0.10
GoldenIce: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to toddanderson [Js Kh]
Filipe Filop: folds
tuition$: calls $0.25
toddanderson: raises $1 to $1.25
KingOfHustle: calls $1.15
GoldenIce: folds
tuition$: calls $1
*** FLOP *** [7h Jd 3d]
KingOfHustle: checks
tuition$: checks
toddanderson: bets $2.50
KingOfHustle: calls $2.50
tuition$: calls $2.50
*** TURN *** [7h Jd 3d] [2s]
KingOfHustle: checks
tuition$: checks
toddanderson: bets $7


5.
PokerStars Game #13700896791: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2007/12/07 - 02:51:59 (ET)
Table 'Rhodope II' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: toddanderson ($25 in chips)
Seat 2: mylifeisalie ($5.35 in chips)
Seat 3: Fayvren ($25 in chips)
Seat 4: solocap ($30.50 in chips)
Seat 6: SupaDupaBoi ($25 in chips)
SupaDupaBoi: posts small blind $0.10
toddanderson: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to toddanderson [Ad Kc]
mylifeisalie: folds
Fayvren: folds
solocap: raises $0.75 to $1
SupaDupaBoi: folds
toddanderson: raises $2.50 to $3.50
solocap: calls $2.50
*** FLOP *** [6c 5h Th]
toddanderson: bets $4.50
solocap: calls $4.50
*** TURN *** [6c 5h Th] [Js]
toddanderson:

Is a push terrible here? No reads.

1. Hmmm, i didn't like this at first glance. But i guess you're practically pot comitted by the turn cos of his stack size, so u may as well shove to gain a little FE (this is presuming he knows where his fold button is). I can't see him calling with a worse hand tho

2. I don't mind the PF call that much, but the less said about the rest of the hand the better Also, LULZ if he called and flipped over 1010 or JJ

3. Well he certainly won't try and steal ur blind again!

4. I guess u should fire again to charge for the FD (and the fact u may have the best hand) , but i always die a little inside when i build a big pot with TPGK.

5. Hmmm, this is close i think. Given no reads, i've tried to come up with a range i think a semi-donk might smooth call ur flop bet with (btw i know the turn card was a spade not i diamond, but i couldn't be arsed to change it all back :P):

Text results appended to pokerstove.txt

4,840 games 0.005 secs 968,000 games/sec

Board: 6c 5h Th Jd
Dead:

equity win tie pots won pots tied
Hand 0: 35.981% 31.98% 04.00% 1548 193.50 { AdKc }
Hand 1: 64.019% 60.02% 04.00% 2905 193.50 { TT-77, AQs+, AcJc, AhJh, AsJs, ATs, KhQh, KcJc, KhJh, KsJs, KTs, QTs, JcTc, JhTh, JsTs, 9h8h, 87s, AQo+, AcJh, AcJs, AdJc, AdJh, AdJs, AhJc, AhJs, AsJc, AsJh, ATo, KTo, QTo, JcTd, JcTh, JcTs, JhTc, JhTd, JhTs, JsTc, JsTd, JsTh, 87o }

You have next to no FE against that range, so i guess c/f is better? Seems really weak tho

p.s. Was your aim for this session to never check or call on the flop ever?

Originally Posted by kettleofish

1. Hmmm, i didn't like this at first glance. But i guess you're practically pot comitted by the turn cos of his stack size, so u may as well shove to gain a little FE (this is presuming he knows where his fold button is). I can't see him calling with a worse hand tho

But this guy succcks at 50/30 right? We can't push for value here?

Originally Posted by kettleofish

2. I don't mind the PF call that much, but the less said about the rest of the hand the better Also, LULZ if he called and flipped over 1010 or JJ

Well I actually wanted comments on all streets because this hand = "LULZ" unfortunately

Originally Posted by kettleofish

3. Well he certainly won't try and steal ur blind again!

Haha. Do you like this line or is it too strong?

Originally Posted by kettleofish

4. I guess u should fire again to charge for the FD (and the fact u may have the best hand) , but i always die a little inside when i build a big pot with TPGK.

Yeah I hate TPGK as well. I hate a lot of hands. But I fold too much. Don't you think a better hands raises me or leads into my on turn? Sure they could c/r turn but can't we still bet for value?

Originally Posted by kettleofish

5. Hmmm, this is close i think. Given no reads, i've tried to come up with a range i think a semi-donk might smooth call ur flop bet with (btw i know the turn card was a spade not i diamond, but i couldn't be arsed to change it all back :P):

Text results appended to pokerstove.txt

4,840 games 0.005 secs 968,000 games/sec

Board: 6c 5h Th Jd
Dead:

equity win tie pots won pots tied
Hand 0: 35.981% 31.98% 04.00% 1548 193.50 { AdKc }
Hand 1: 64.019% 60.02% 04.00% 2905 193.50 { TT-77, AQs+, AcJc, AhJh, AsJs, ATs, KhQh, KcJc, KhJh, KsJs, KTs, QTs, JcTc, JhTh, JsTs, 9h8h, 87s, AQo+, AcJh, AcJs, AdJc, AdJh, AdJs, AhJc, AhJs, AsJc, AsJh, ATo, KTo, QTo, JcTd, JcTh, JcTs, JhTc, JhTd, JhTs, JsTc, JsTd, JsTh, 87o }

You have next to no FE against that range, so i guess c/f is better? Seems really weak tho

Wow, you think all those hands call here pre after my 3-bet? I think we have tons of FE as he probably has like a weak mid PP. A set usually raises flop IMO.

Originally Posted by kettleofish

p.s. Was your aim for this session to never check or call on the flop ever?

Haha. These were just a couple of hands. But overall my flop aggression was very high, though my overall AF was a 4...which is way down for me haha.

Anyways, much appreciated for your analysis!! My responses to your answers aren't me being a dick, but I need to question everything to get better, right?

Someone make me a sexy avatar

Sexy enough?

Okay, some slightly drunken replies:

1. U can push for value i guess, but i don't see u getting called by a worse hand is all. K10 -K8 or QQ, 1010 is never calling unless he is a spazz, in which case nice hand.

2. Okay then, i hate turn bet once he calls your flop c/r. The C/R in itself is fine, as he's only calling with a 10 or an overpair, but u have no need to bet the turn. IT's unfortunate for u that u went runner runner, but really NOTHING that calls ur flop bet is folding the turn, so essentially u are building the pot with a bluff.

3. I do actually like this line. There's no way this flop hit his hand, so when u hit the 9 u are ahead, and shoving the river is better than c/c IMO.

4. What bothers me is that you are WA/WB here. U may well have the best hand, but with 2 callers on the flop it's really hard to tell. But ya checking is weaksauce, so i guess u have to lead, and probably call a shove if either villian is so inclined. Sucky spot.

5. That's a super loose range i have given him, but even if u take out the less likely holdings (78s, 78o, 10J), u are still crushed by anything other than 77-99 (which is admittedly what i think he is likely holding). Remember that at this level people call 3-bets with a lot of suited broadway cards that have a ton of outs on this flop/turn.It's a flip at best, and if he is holding anything other than 77-99 he IS calling. Maybe i am being nitty, but i think assuming u have tonnes of FE here is wrong. I think u can wait for better spots to get your money in.

btw i'm glad u disagree with some of my points, as if there was a super simple way to play every hand then any clown could win at this game. But put simply, my main problem with these hands is that u seem to have taken hands with decent showdown value into bluffs. And i'm in the process of getting more aggro myself, so it's in my best interests to question things (since i seem to be down a tonne from b/f in recent days)

Originally Posted by Jack Sawyer

Someone make me a sexy avatar

Sexy enough?

Very nice. I will use this temporarily. More thongy usually does the trick

When you want another one, find a pic of your liking and post it here. I'll format it for you

You da man Jack. Thanks

Umm...I'm really posting because I have a new pic for Jack to format haha. But yeah I played some cash and finished up like a half buyin. Played a few HU SNGs and lost 1 to a fish (loltrappedu on stars). Teamviewer is being gay on me...also I think I am sick/getting more sick and I can't sleep.

Here is the pic, Jack. Take your time:

PokerStars Game #13763094844: Tournament #69845658, $5.25+$0.25 Hold'em
No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (15/30) - 2007/12/09 - 22:56:47 (ET)
Table '69845658 1' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: toddanderson (1210 in chips)
Seat 2: LolTrappedU (1790 in chips)
LolTrappedU: posts small blind 15
toddanderson: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to LolTrappedU [2h 2s]
LolTrappedU: calls 15
toddanderson: raises 69 to 99
LolTrappedU: calls 69
*** FLOP *** [4h 9h 4c]
toddanderson: bets 133
LolTrappedU: raises 312 to 445
toddanderson: raises 666 to 1111 and is all-in
LolTrappedU said, "silly"
LolTrappedU said, "i hate myself"
toddanderson said, "i wub you"
LolTrappedU said, "i wonder if you ever have air here"
LolTrappedU said, "god this is gross"
LolTrappedU said, "i have exactly 666 to call"
LolTrappedU said, "the devil!!"
toddanderson said, "hahaha"
LolTrappedU said, "god i want to call"
toddanderson said, "why do you have?"
LolTrappedU said, "but you have a lot of outs anyways"
LolTrappedU said, "22"
toddanderson said, "tell me that first"
LolTrappedU said, "sick"
LolTrappedU said, "so sick"
LolTrappedU said, "ill sick"
LolTrappedU said, "grrrr"
LolTrappedU: calls 666
toddanderson said, "nc"
*** TURN *** [4h 9h 4c] [Ac]
*** RIVER *** [4h 9h 4c Ac] [Js]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
toddanderson: shows [8c Ks] (a pair of Fours)
LolTrappedU: shows [2h 2s] (two pair, Fours and Deuces)
LolTrappedU said, "thanks"
LolTrappedU collected 2420 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2420 | Rake 0
Board [4h 9h 4c Ac Js]
Seat 1: toddanderson (big blind) showed [8c Ks] and lost with a pair of
Fours
Seat 2: LolTrappedU (button) (small blind) showed [2h 2s] and won
(2420) with two pair, Fours and Deuces

do you have a bigger picture of her? it will look better.

omg who is she? she's perfect!

Originally Posted by Jack Sawyer

do you have a bigger picture of her? it will look better.

omg who is she? she's perfect!

Thank you! No bigger picture, however . Also, I was just doing random searches for an avatar and found this pic...without her name . I'll probably search again for her and try to get it haha

Haven't played too much lately but still have put in a decent amount of hands. Been getting sweated by a couple of people which helps so much. I also get to sweat others (and they are usually telling me why they made the moves, not me offering advice ha).

Today I played only a few hands in cash and did pretty well. I decided to try out two SNGs as well. The first one, I made the final table and then lost a 75/25 my favor which crippled my stack. I then lost a 60/40 pre to send me out. The second one I decided to only play 1 table and a little higher buyin than the last one. And fuck everyone (not sure why I wrote this):

Dear toddanderson,

You finished the tournament in 1st place.
A $67.50 award has been credited to your Real Money account.


Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.

Yeah not a huge score to most but damn I really needed this. This plus the gauntlets are doing wonders for my BR...coincidence? I even had a railbird when it got HU which was random because I didn't tell him I was even playing. I will get good at this cash game thing though. I am on my winter break so I plan to play a lot each day and post a bunch of hands.

Heater is still turned on for the time being. Won the Gauntlet and am up almost a buyin at 50nl in like 100 hands. BTW, only took shots because of the heater/confidence

Massive heater still. Played in an MTT and did bad though...gg villain flopping quads. Cash is going well though. Just played 400 hands so far and got aces 7 times. Variance is great right now. Up just over 2 buyins at 25NL. 6 tabling today and felt good, for some reason I will only multitable with overlapping tables...is that weird?

I'm noticing that a lot of 25NL players at the looser tables will call all-ins very lightly. Top pair or draws...actually witnessed 2 calls with bottom pair on flop. Not sure if most think it looks bluffy or what. I am going to get completely ridiculed for hand #2.


Hand 1: Villain is saying things in chat/losing some pots to suckouts that makes me think he is on tilt. Ran 48/14/1 over a small sample.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (6 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver Cards)

CO ($18.70)
Button ($9.50)
SB ($22.15)
Hero ($43.50)
UTG ($31.15)
MP ($25)

Preflop: Hero is BB with , .
4 folds, SB completes, Hero raises to $1.25, SB calls $1.

Flop: ($2.50) , , (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $1.5, SB raises to $6.25, Hero raises to $42.25


Hand 2: New to table no reads. Table is loose overall though.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (5 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver Cards)

UTG ($23.90)
MP ($15.15)
Button ($6.95)
Hero ($24.50)
BB ($18.65)

Preflop: Hero is SB with , .
1 fold, MP calls $0.25, 1 fold, Hero raises to $1.25, 1 fold, MP calls $1.

Flop: ($2.75) , , (2 players)
Hero bets $2.5, MP calls $2.50.

Turn: ($7.75) (2 players)
Hero bets $20.75 (All-In)


I understand that some people will say how terrible this is but if most are calling maximum bets of their stacks can't we value town them to the felt?

heater officially over nukkas

Up another buyin today over 680 hands. Includes AK>KK vs. like 40bb but also lost an allin to a gutter ball vs. 75bb. I may not be able to play much later tonight. Over last 2k hands I am up nearly 4 buyins running at 8.86BB/100. 18/12/2.4 stats...too nitty?

Originally Posted by kmind

Over last 2k hands I am up nearly 4 buyins running at 8.86BB/100. 18/12/2.4 stats...too nitty?

Don't fix what ain't broke.

Well if you want to disguise every post-flop leak you have running 18/12 isn't a bad way to go about doing it.

Or you could get better, run 20/18 and pwnasaurusRex 50nl next time you get up there.

Originally Posted by bigspenda73

Well if you want to disguise every post-flop leak you have running 18/12 isn't a bad way to go about doing it.

Or you could get better, run 20/18 and pwnasaurusRex 50nl next time you get up there.

Am getting better. I used to run like 15/12 4 tabling. Now it's 18/13 (yeah small typo when I said 12 and I know doesn't help much) and I doubled the amount of tables. It's not all about the hourly winrate now is it? If I run less tables and play more post flop I'll make less. I still think my postflop is a lot better than it was. Is it safe to say your vpip should tighten a bit vs. short stacks?

Back down almost a buyin now over 1.1k hands. Here are some hands:

1.
POKERSTARS GAME #13949798998: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2007/12/18 - 19:05:51 (ET)
Table 'Michel II' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: >Sir<Lorenz ($53.10 in chips)
Seat 2: crouchinho15 ($38.35 in chips)
Seat 3: RedPlacebo ($29.40 in chips)
Seat 4: toddanderson ($24.65 in chips)
Seat 5: xpaka ($59.85 in chips)
Seat 6: biggs615 ($25 in chips)
>Sir<Lorenz: posts small blind $0.10
crouchinho15: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to toddanderson [Ad Ah]
RedPlacebo: raises $0.75 to $1
toddanderson: raises $2.50 to $3.50
xpaka: folds
biggs615: folds
>Sir<Lorenz: calls $3.40
crouchinho15: folds
RedPlacebo: calls $2.50
*** FLOP *** [Jc Js 9d]
>Sir<Lorenz: checks
RedPlacebo: checks
toddanderson: bets $6.50
>Sir<Lorenz: raises $6.50 to $13
RedPlacebo: folds
toddanderson: folds


2. Gay attempt to bluff
POKERSTARS GAME #13945389821: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2007/12/18 - 15:27:21 (ET)
Table 'Proserpina' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: grimsly4523 ($24.25 in chips)
Seat 2: paluan ($43.10 in chips)
Seat 3: narbet ($12.15 in chips)
Seat 4: ckhfarm ($24.35 in chips)
Seat 5: huse67 ($9.60 in chips)
Seat 6: toddanderson ($25.75 in chips)
paluan: posts small blind $0.10
narbet: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to toddanderson [9h Jh]
ckhfarm: folds
huse67: folds
toddanderson: raises $0.75 to $1
grimsly4523: folds
paluan: folds
narbet: calls $0.75
*** FLOP *** [Kh 5d 3c]
narbet: checks
toddanderson: bets $1.50
narbet: calls $1.50
*** TURN *** [Kh 5d 3c] [Qh]
narbet: checks
toddanderson: checks
*** RIVER *** [Kh 5d 3c Qh] [Ad]
narbet: checks
toddanderson: bets $4



3.flip flip
POKERSTARS GAME #13945367901: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2007/12/18 - 15:26:21 (ET)
Table 'Mufrid III' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Danny.N ($25.25 in chips)
Seat 2: l0l3rsk8z ($24.05 in chips)
Seat 3: toddanderson ($36.40 in chips)
Seat 4: paluan ($24.40 in chips)
Seat 5: 66Fat Boy66 ($6 in chips)
Seat 6: JPBel ($16.55 in chips)
Danny.N: posts small blind $0.10
l0l3rsk8z: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to toddanderson [8h 8c]
toddanderson: raises $0.75 to $1
paluan: folds
66Fat Boy66: raises $0.75 to $1.75
JPBel: folds
Danny.N: folds
l0l3rsk8z: folds
toddanderson: raises $34.65 to $36.40 and is all-in
66Fat Boy66: calls $4.25 and is all-in


4.what the hell do i do here with moderate showdown value?
POKERSTARS GAME #13945931958: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2007/12/18 - 15:53:04 (ET)
Table 'Orion IV' 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: JeromW ($47.65 in chips)
Seat 2: nomanirvana ($25.55 in chips)
Seat 3: inductive ($22.80 in chips)
Seat 4: Picazzo ($27.15 in chips)
Seat 5: paluan ($25.15 in chips)
Seat 6: toddanderson ($25.30 in chips)
Picazzo: posts small blind $0.10
paluan: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to toddanderson [7d 7s]
toddanderson: raises $0.75 to $1
JeromW: calls $1
nomanirvana: folds
inductive: folds
Picazzo: folds
paluan: folds
*** FLOP *** [9h 5d 6s]
toddanderson: bets $1.50
JeromW: calls $1.50
*** TURN *** [9h 5d 6s] [6h]
toddanderson:


5.do i raise flop or fold flop or what?
POKERSTARS GAME #13945613531: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2007/12/18 - 15:37:41 (ET)
Table 'Orion IV' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: nomanirvana ($25.95 in chips)
Seat 3: Carpio70 ($14.35 in chips)
Seat 4: tilt.rob ($29.95 in chips)
Seat 5: paluan ($25.70 in chips)
Seat 6: toddanderson ($24.90 in chips)
nomanirvana: posts small blind $0.10
Carpio70: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to toddanderson [Jc Ks]
tilt.rob: calls $0.25
paluan: folds
toddanderson: raises $1 to $1.25
nomanirvana: folds
Carpio70: calls $1
tilt.rob: calls $1
*** FLOP *** [8d Kd Ad]
Carpio70: bets $1
tilt.rob: folds
toddanderson: calls $1
*** TURN *** [8d Kd Ad] [3c]
Carpio70: bets $1.50
toddanderson: calls $1.50
*** RIVER *** [8d Kd Ad 3c] [9h]
Carpio70: bets $2
toddanderson: calls $2


6.cooler?
POKERSTARS GAME #13944996422: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2007/12/18 - 15:09:15 (ET)
Table 'Kentaurus III' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: Pyk123 ($11.05 in chips)
Seat 3: toddanderson ($25 in chips)
Seat 4: Jellan ($14.30 in chips)
Seat 5: tilt.rob ($18.20 in chips)
Seat 6: Kekeey ($5.25 in chips)
Pyk123: posts small blind $0.10
toddanderson: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to toddanderson [4d 6s]
Jellan: folds
tilt.rob: calls $0.25
Kekeey: folds
Pyk123: calls $0.15
Kekeey leaves the table
toddanderson: checks
*** FLOP *** [Qs 4c 6h]
Pyk123: checks
toddanderson: bets $0.50
tilt.rob: folds
Pyk123: calls $0.50
*** TURN *** [Qs 4c 6h] [5d]
Pyk123: checks
toddanderson: bets $1.25
Pyk123: raises $1.25 to $2.50
toddanderson: calls $1.25
*** RIVER *** [Qs 4c 6h 5d] [Ad]
Pyk123: bets $1.25
toddanderson: calls $1.25



7.gay don't call right?
POKERSTARS GAME #13949836592: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2007/12/18 - 19:07:48 (ET)
Table 'Rotanev III' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: toddanderson ($25 in chips)
Seat 2: pagone ($22.80 in chips)
Seat 3: mrbumpkin ($30.80 in chips)
Seat 4: pokrates ($37.95 in chips)
pagone: posts small blind $0.10
mrbumpkin: posts big blind $0.25
matz333: sits out
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to toddanderson [8h 7h]
pokrates: calls $0.25
toddanderson: raises $1 to $1.25
pagone: folds
mrbumpkin: folds
pokrates: calls $1
*** FLOP *** [Ts Jh Qs]
pokrates: checks
toddanderson: checks
*** TURN *** [Ts Jh Qs] [5c]
pokrates: checks
toddanderson: checks
*** RIVER *** [Ts Jh Qs 5c] [9d]
pokrates: bets $3
toddanderson: calls $3



8.don't know what to do preflop with AK at these damn tables and getting 3bet
POKERSTARS GAME #13945123830: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2007/12/18 - 15:15:09 (ET)
Table 'Lumiere III' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: toddanderson ($25 in chips)
Seat 3: WelshDanny ($25 in chips)
Seat 4: Chipalex ($16.65 in chips)
Seat 5: arvid.dk ($8.80 in chips)
Seat 6: GoToTableNow ($25.70 in chips)
toddanderson: posts small blind $0.10
WelshDanny: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to toddanderson [Kh Ad]
Chipalex said, "u didnt bet aggressive enough to kick me out"
Chipalex: calls $0.25
arvid.dk: folds
GoToTableNow: folds
toddanderson: raises $1 to $1.25
WelshDanny: raises $2.75 to $4
Chipalex: folds
toddanderson: calls $2.75
*** FLOP *** [Tc 9h 7s]
arvid.dk said, "i know but its still luck"
toddanderson: checks
WelshDanny: bets $21 and is all-in
toddanderson: folds

I'm not too angry all in all but I need to study more and of course went on tilt with spenda's comment

IF my comment tilted you I apologize.

It was meant as motivation

nah you're good I just wanted to know exactly why what I was doing was wrong. It kind of sucks...either play better and have a better feel for when I move up or play like I have been and increase the BR quicker.

well just lost 2 buyins in 65 hands one was a coinflip of AA<KK with some pretty sick preflop action (almost had 2 more preflop allin callers). gg less tables

i need to study my hands a lot more. "bad beats only happen to good players". I like that quote but i'm still in a pretty shitty mood. i need sleep gnight ftr

Alright I played nitty mcnit fuck today and I am really pissed at myself. I think I tilted because I lost a lot more coinflips when my side was far heavier again. I really don't know how people move up when all this shit happens. I'm going to study HH a whole fucking lot for the rest of today and tomorrow or whatever before I try playing again.

Originally Posted by kmind

bad beats only happen to good players

yeah, I've been thinking along these lines too - if I get in ahead 80% and behind 20% of the time, then I'll suck out a lot less frequently than I get bad beat. So it feels like I'm unlucky. But normally I'm not all-in as >3:1 favourite, so I'm going to feel a bunch of beats - and I guess that's fine. Don't like it though!

Originally Posted by daven

Originally Posted by kmind

bad beats only happen to good players

yeah, I've been thinking along these lines too - if I get in ahead 80% and behind 20% of the time, then I'll suck out a lot less frequently than I get bad beat. So it feels like I'm unlucky. But normally I'm not all-in as >3:1 favourite, so I'm going to feel a bunch of beats - and I guess that's fine. Don't like it though!

Haha amen

Yesterday I thought a lot about poker, had a good talk with spenda and just tried to go over hands with pokerstove and ranges and all that shit. Went pretty well and I won't be able to play much if at all today so I have to think a lot more today as well. The Gauntlet keeps helping me out as I finished 3rd overall so I got a nice chunk of change (at least for me). I also get some FTR gear so that's a cool bonus. Thanks Xianti and GMML!

Only able to play 300 hands since Christmas. Been polarizing my cbet ranges in this small sample, seemed to do pretty well. Very noticible to those who pay attention but they don't so yeah, I'm going to keep trying it. Anyways, went up nearly 2 buyins, played heads up as a table empty and got coolered then played some more 6-max and went back up to like 1.5 buyins overall. Not too bad. I hope this cbetting thing seems to work out pretty well because I suck at cbetting and it seems like it should be profitable due to how rough estimate my opponents hit, my cbetting size, and the times they hit but I hit harder. I don't know. Also been playing pretty well preflop as I used to just kind of go by guides but now I understand more on when and why to play certain hands. This is gay but oh well.

Long time no talk. Been on life tilt lately but oh well. Played in the Gauntlet TOC yesterday and was fortunate to take it down for $70 then played like 225 hands today. I feel really tired so I wasn't able to play much today. Ended up winning about a buyin in that small amount which includes me running hot then getting 2 outtered after the money goes in so I guess overall I kind of ran just a tad bit below expectation. I've decided I am going to play huge amounts of poker in the next 3 months and that means huge amounts of cash games. SnGs and other tournies will be put on hold unless something comes up.

dude I thought we agreed on no more cash.

Originally Posted by bigspenda73

dude I thought we agreed on no more cash.

Thought this was a joke. I mean yeah I did well in the Gauntlet and have scored (quite a bit of my BR actually) in one table SnGs but I am determined to get good at cash. Maybe play a shitload of cash one day, then tournies another? Or like 2 days of cash and then tournies for one I don't know. To be honest I am scared of playing a lot of tournies and going on a huge cold streak.

focus on one mate

PokerStars Game #14405598485: Tournament #72643503, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level X (400/800) - 2008/01/08 - 01:53:22 (ET)
Table '72643503 85' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: pinky0316 (48900 in chips)
Seat 2: OhPattyIrish (11860 in chips)
Seat 3: Tex4u (63700 in chips)
Seat 4: Mr Thorne (42946 in chips)
Seat 5: + to the EV! (20164 in chips)
Seat 6: toddanderson (10800 in chips)
pinky0316: posts the ante 75
OhPattyIrish: posts the ante 75
Tex4u: posts the ante 75
Mr Thorne: posts the ante 75
+ to the EV!: posts the ante 75
toddanderson: posts the ante 75
toddanderson: posts small blind 400
pinky0316: posts big blind 800
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to toddanderson [Tc Ah]
OhPattyIrish: folds
pinky0316 said, "hurry"
Tex4u: folds
Mr Thorne: raises 1422 to 2222
+ to the EV!: folds
pinky0316 said, "pallas"
toddanderson: raises 8503 to 10725 and is all-in
pinky0316: folds
Mr Thorne: calls 8503
*** FLOP *** [Kd 8s Qd]
*** TURN *** [Kd 8s Qd] [4s]
*** RIVER *** [Kd 8s Qd 4s] [2h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
toddanderson: shows [Tc Ah] (high card Ace)
Mr Thorne: shows [Ts 2s] (a pair of Deuces)
Mr Thorne collected 22700 from pot
Mr Thorne said, "gg"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 22700 | Rake 0
Board [Kd 8s Qd 4s 2h]
Seat 1: pinky0316 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: OhPattyIrish folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Tex4u folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Mr Thorne showed [Ts 2s] and won (22700) with a pair of Deuces
Seat 5: + to the EV! (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: toddanderson (small blind) showed [Tc Ah] and lost with high card Ace


bahhhhhh 36/696

okerStars Game #14426504741: Tournament #72643652, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2008/01/08 - 23:50:11 (ET)
Table '72643652 107' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: skluz44 (2145 in chips)
Seat 2: IamGarfinkle (2475 in chips)
Seat 3: jjesco425 (2375 in chips)
Seat 4: toddanderson (1953 in chips)
Seat 5: Envision9 (1155 in chips)
Seat 6: Fre$h2Death (1195 in chips)
Fre$h2Death: posts small blind 25
skluz44: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to toddanderson [Ah Qd]
IamGarfinkle: calls 50
jjesco425: folds
toddanderson: raises 135 to 185
Envision9: folds
Fre$h2Death: calls 160
skluz44: folds
IamGarfinkle: calls 135
*** FLOP *** [Qc Tc Qs]
Fre$h2Death: checks
IamGarfinkle: bets 250
toddanderson: raises 1518 to 1768 and is all-in
Fre$h2Death: folds
IamGarfinkle: calls 1518
*** TURN *** [Qc Tc Qs] [7c]
*** RIVER *** [Qc Tc Qs 7c] [Jh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
IamGarfinkle: shows [7s 7h] (a full house, Sevens full of Queens)
toddanderson: shows [Ah Qd] (three of a kind, Queens)
toddanderson said, "my god"
IamGarfinkle collected 4141 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4141 | Rake 0
Board [Qc Tc Qs 7c Jh]
Seat 1: skluz44 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: IamGarfinkle showed [7s 7h] and won (4141) with a full house, Sevens full of Queens
Seat 3: jjesco425 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: toddanderson showed [Ah Qd] and lost with three of a kind, Queens
Seat 5: Envision9 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Fre$h2Death (small blind) folded on the Flop

fuck me. i have the worst image and hit hard weeeeeeeee

I missed the SNG experiment today

I thought today was the was the day before, wtf

I heard you did well, congrats man!

no worries man! But thanks for the compliment. I hope all your personal problems got better for you!

I may play SnG's/MTTs for a bit now but I really think I am getting better at cash. It's weird, I think cash games help my SnG/MTT game but am also seeing my cash game be better because of tournies. I *think* I display kind of a bad/looser image which really gets me paid off as I can adjust pretty well now. It's so amazing how bad a lot of tournament players are, ESPECIALLY postflop. And that does not mean any FTRers I have played, so don't think I'm better than you.

Played some cash today 8 tabling with a nice profit of 4 buyins. Stats looked like 18/15/3.5 which is less nittier than before when I tried multitabling. Got my HUD in a position where I can add more tables because it's much easier to read now (yeah I'm a robot). To top it off, I got my nice bonus from the Gauntlet which for me is 3 buyins haha. So, yeah biggest profit day so far, +7 buyins. BR is slightly bigger than ever...feels good after some more life tiltage at least.

I played somewhat bad today and lost 2.5 buyins. Got suckout twice though so it would be a lot less. I just don't get why the fuck the BR auto goes down when I get over $1100

400 hands down over a buyin pocket aces 7 times

Alright so I figured out I'd need about 15000 hands at 25NL this month to get silver status. It's definitely doable and was a plan of mine. However, I just got back my losses from today by playing a SnG. If I go all tournament mode I really doubt I'll get silver. I hate poker

Edit: Since I seem to write short entries I will try to edit a post if there is no comments on it. Here are 2 hands with me playing pretty lag on 2 tables. Both tables had really big fish so I tried to play as many hands as possible with them.

Hand 1: This was vs. an aware opponent in that he really tried to play with me a lot because I assume he thought I was just spewing chips. His stats don't matter really as I know vs. me he wanted every pot and called BS everytime I bet. I was running 37/28/2.7 at the time and had won 7 out of the last 10 pots. This is probably really standard as a tight player with so much FE but I didn't feel as if I had much.
PokerStars Game #14514720318: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/01/12 - 20:16:20 (ET)
Table 'Mizar V' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: ticktack26 ($25 in chips)
Seat 3: toddanderson ($37.40 in chips)
Seat 4: gonzo1983 ($42.50 in chips)
Seat 5: Blond Jon ($24.15 in chips)
Blond Jon: posts small blind $0.10
ticktack26: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to toddanderson [Js Ts]
toddanderson: raises $0.75 to $1
gonzo1983: folds
Blond Jon: calls $0.90
ticktack26: folds
*** FLOP *** [3h Jc 5s]
Blond Jon: bets $2
toddanderson: calls $2
*** TURN *** [3h Jc 5s] [4s]
Blond Jon: bets $5
toddanderson: raises $29.40 to $34.40 and is all-in



Hand 2: This player never raised pre, vpip of 21. I was running 22/19/7.7 so nothing too loose but maybe a little aggressive. Not sure if he was noticing that though. Anyways, I think by 3 barrelling I can fold out a lot of his 8x hands and also of course fold out some draws that are actually beating me. He's got to raise sometime here right if he has an 8 or something better?
PokerStars Game #14514971374: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/01/12 - 20:28:41 (ET)
Table 'Amalasuntha II' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Darthporn ($24.15 in chips)
Seat 2: thøns ($6.85 in chips)
Seat 3: magainv ($34.95 in chips)
Seat 4: firata ($24.50 in chips)
Seat 5: toddanderson ($31.80 in chips)
Seat 6: duff1212 ($26.20 in chips)
Darthporn: posts small blind $0.10
thøns: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to toddanderson [Ks Tc]
magainv: folds
firata: folds
toddanderson: raises $0.75 to $1
duff1212: folds
Darthporn: calls $0.90
thøns: folds
*** FLOP *** [5d 8h 4h]
Darthporn: checks
toddanderson: bets $1.50
Darthporn: calls $1.50
*** TURN *** [5d 8h 4h] [4d]
Darthporn: checks
toddanderson: bets $3.25
Darthporn: calls $3.25
*** RIVER *** [5d 8h 4h 4d] [3c]
Darthporn: checks
toddanderson: bets $8.50

Ok so after the great discussion on my hands I have come to the conclusion that hand 1 sucked in a majjjjjjjjjor way. I should never raise turn there. Raising a bluff makes no sense.

Anyways, been playing some 4.40 180man SnGs. Really really soft and everyone sucks. But they also suckout too sooooo no scores yet.