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Old 01-04-2010, 01:34 AM     Post subject: with winning in mind - poker 2010 #1 (permalink)  
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 new year, new stakes, new plans, etc.
history is just that, the past.
time for a new op thread. Focus on winning, and what/how this will entail. Focus on what i am doing to move to where i want to be, and progress being made. Plus any highlights, milestones, fun hands and various rants.

I read a "mental management system" book (google Lanny Bassman if you're interested) over the last week or two, and did a lot of thinking about poker.

as of now:
bankroll = $4k cash spread across 5 sites, plus various loyalty points that have a dollar conversion value.
stakes = 25nl FR, 6max, HU cash. SNG/MTT up to $8 buyin, rebuys up to $3 buyin.
focus = FR cash.

currently clearing iron man year end bonus on FT of $450.
I will move up to 50nl at br (inclusive of bonus/rakeback received) $5k.

goals etc to come shortly
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Old 01-04-2010, 01:53 AM #2 (permalink)  
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 why not play sngs/mtts of higher stakes with a $4k BR? I understand it's not your focus but surely you can beat higher than $8.



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Old 01-04-2010, 07:43 AM #4 (permalink)  
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why not play sngs/mtts of higher stakes with a $4k BR? I understand it's not your focus but surely you can beat higher than $8.
good question! Typically i play sng/mtt poker when i'm too jaded for "real" grinding, but feel like some poker = not only am i relatively crap in this style, but i'm also playing them when i'm not even going to play them to the best of my ability.

Playing 3hrs for a final table and $70 is kinda infuriating though, so at some stage i'll likely increase the tourney stakes. As for beating $8, perhaps? my sample is trivial, but, yeah, you're right - I should be able to.
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Old 01-10-2010, 08:57 PM #6 (permalink)  
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 for years i've avoided "goal-setting", "visualisation", etc like the plague. Nearest i came was writing down "straight As" at the start of my first year in post-grad = ez game, and various rock climbing grade goals that met with occasional success.

i've decided that it's about time to try it out, and why not use poker as my test. Funny, i was thinking about this and stumbled across a book describing these approaches (ref above) and so that's how i'm doing it. Guy talks about setting a goal, a time-frame, identifying the 'pay value', outlining steps on the way, and writing a "direct affirmation" = a diary entry dated when you want the goal achieved and present tense statement of goal and process as if already achieved. Pretty standard stuff...

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goal: Be a consistent and solid winner (>2ptBB/100) at 100nl and 200nl
when: 31/3/2010
pay value: secure and comfortable income from poker.
Recognition and respect as a solid player and enjoyment of this recognition.
Embedded ability, skills, tools and discipline to enable me to continue winning as i move up to mid-stakes and beyond.
process assess and prepare myself emotionally and mentally prior to every session
retain complete focus during sessions, identify variation and correct as appropriate (end session/regain focus)
study 1hr for every day that i play
record progress and activity in a journal
self-congratulate/reinforce well played hands/sessions, forget/ignore poorly played hands until post-session analysis time

yeah, that's the concept. I'm a few sessions in now, and it's interesting. Harder to ignore the spew/bad focus sessions where i shouldn't be playing!

Journal extract -
noted myself playing erratically (tiredness) but chose to continue a while longer - playing rather than quitting cos i couldn't leave those deep deep fish. Solution analysis - when debating continuing vs ending a session simply sit out on all tables. Continuing is then an active decision to sit back in, rather than a passive decision to continue playing indefinitely.

oh, and i'm playing ok, not great, but ok, since i set the goal and wrote it down. I should be winning at a bigger clip, but i'll take it for now
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Old 01-16-2010, 11:34 PM #7 (permalink)  
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 didn't play for five days. No internet, phone signal, power... It was out in the mountains helping my girlfriend sample alpine plants, survey her study site, etc. Stunning place to be, shame that i'm not really that interested in being able to identify alpine plant species. I took along a couple of books as well, theory of poker and nlhe t&p courtesy of full tilt poker academy points.

anyway, now i'm back into it. I seem to be displaying the same non-showdown pots haemorrhages as always. Need to work on that, vis this graph and stats, i've asked for advice on these in the FR forum, but welcome any comment here as well!

fairly standard non-showdon rate among good winning full ring players is between -1 and -2 ptBB/100. I noted this a while, at the same time noting that i run around -5ptBB/100 in no-showdown.

Anyway, i've moved down in stakes. Nothing much seems to have changed - the graph below illustrates. win-rate of a little over 5ptBB/100 is nothing great, but it's not totally awful. Non-showdown rate is more like -8ptBB/100. Sure, 25nl is a lot about simple stack-a-donk, but this seems ridiculous.



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Old 01-23-2010, 10:31 PM #8 (permalink)  
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 I'm back!

so i was easily hammering away at 25nl but concerned about non-showdown winnings. So I allowed myself 20buyins to try and sort it out. What a waste of money, i got sick of the spew-stabs and too thin value and decided on Thursday pm to go back to doing what i'm good at, value-towning and folding.
Graph of initial ez game followed by 'i'll fix what ain't broke' followed by 'fuck it, back to basics, ez game'.
That last upswing is 17k hands at 6ptBB/100 during the last 2 1/2 days. Feels like I could easily enough earn $2k/month simply playing 25nl. Games are good, and i'm loving what FT have done to shortstacking scum!

moving to 50nl today. Planning to keep moving up reasonably quickly.

don't raise with the straight flush bro, nobody ever gonna call that shit
allin, reload, repeat

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Old 01-23-2010, 10:59 PM #9 (permalink)  
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 Are you trying to up your non-showdowns by double barreling and c/r bluffing flops? Because I'd be surprised if you're not doing that fairly optimally already.
I think it's most likely spots where you're calling or checking back rivers instead of raising or vbetting.
That plus donking and cc/donking can be quite alright in some spots imo, and that would create more non-showdowns + it makes playin oop quite a bit easier.

In spots where you think you won't get called with a lot worse, and villains range is fairly weak. Try gaybetting rivers 1/3, 1/4th pot-ish. I do that quite a bit. Nobody ever bluff-raises at lowstakes... and if they did they'll probably do it quite badly.

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Old 01-24-2010, 12:56 AM #10 (permalink)  
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 welcome back to 50nl! games are good, and nice to run hot for a session. 2k hands, +6buyins.
edit, and then another hot micro session

so a productive reasonable volume weekend at the micros, well in excess of $1k including rakeback accrued. I'll take that. Games are good.


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Are you trying to up your non-showdowns by double barreling and c/r bluffing flops? Because I'd be surprised if you're not doing that fairly optimally already.
I think it's most likely spots where you're calling or checking back rivers instead of raising or vbetting.
That plus donking and cc/donking can be quite alright in some spots imo, and that would create more non-showdowns + it makes playin oop quite a bit easier.

In spots where you think you won't get called with a lot worse, and villains range is fairly weak. Try gaybetting rivers 1/3, 1/4th pot-ish. I do that quite a bit. Nobody ever bluff-raises at lowstakes... and if they did they'll probably do it quite badly.
m2m suggested upping my post-flop aggro if i'm going to run so loose pre. So i did that, and got optimistic about villain calling ranges and their bluffing frequencies = something doesn't click here, one or the other - but both? sorted now i hope.
I seem to be fairly good at getting value, so i'm now figuring out where identifying spots where i consider there is no value to be had and how those relate to bluffing.

hand 1: i like my line a lot, this isn't a whine post by the way!
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BB ($44.20)
UTG ($195)
UTG+1 ($49.70)
MP1 ($54.60)
Hero (MP2) ($50)
MP3 ($67)
CO ($45)
Button ($30)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with 5, 5
1 fold, UTG+1 bets $2, 1 fold, Hero calls $2, 5 folds

Flop: ($4.75) J, 5, 2 (2 players)
UTG+1 bets $2.50, Hero raises to $8.50, UTG+1 calls $6

Turn: ($21.75) J (2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $11.50, UTG+1 calls $11.50

River: ($44.75) K (2 players)
UTG+1 bets $27.70 (All-In), Hero calls $27.70

Total pot: $100.15 | Rake: $3

Results:
UTG+1 had K, K (full house, Kings over Jacks).
Hero had 5, 5 (full house, fives over Jacks).
Outcome: UTG+1 won $97.15

hand 2: should i post this in bc to show how to get value from monsters?
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MP1 ($67.15)
MP2 ($76.45)
CO ($52.70)
Button ($54.70)
SB ($59.95)
Hero (BB) ($68.80)
UTG ($62.20)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 10, Q
5 folds, Button bets $2, 1 fold, Hero raises to $5.50, Button calls $3.50

Flop: ($11.25) A, K, 7 (2 players)
Hero bets $5.50, Button calls $5.50

Turn: ($22.25) 10 (2 players)
Hero bets $12.50, Button raises to $25, Hero raises to $57.80 (All-In), Button calls $18.70 (All-In)

River: ($109.65) 9 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $109.65 | Rake: $3

Results:
Button had A, 10 (two pair, Aces and tens).
Hero had 10, Q (flush, Ace high).
Outcome: Hero won $106.65

hand 3: what's my calling range?
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SB ($163.25)
BB ($17)
Hero (UTG) ($54.45)
MP1 ($50.75)
MP2 ($54)
CO ($28.75)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 7, 7
Hero bets $1.75, 3 folds, Button raises to $3, 2 folds, Hero calls $1.25

Flop: ($6.75) J, 7, J (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $44.80 (All-In), Hero calls $44.80

Turn: ($96.35) 10 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($96.35) 8 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $96.35 | Rake: $3

Results:
Button had 9, Q (flush, Queen high).
Hero had 7, 7 (full house, sevens over Jacks).
Outcome: Hero won $93.35

hand 4: ahh, i don't get it
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BB ($112.60)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A, 7
Button bets $1.50, Hero calls $1.25, BB calls $1

Flop: ($4.80) Q, 7, 3 (3 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, Button bets $2.50, Hero calls $2.50, BB calls $2.50

Turn: ($12.30) A (3 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, Button bets $8, Hero raises to $27, 1 fold, Button calls $19

River: ($66.30) 5 (2 players)
Hero bets $20.60 (All-In), 1 fold

Total pot: $66.30 | Rake: $1

Results:
Hero didn't show A, 7 (nothing).
Outcome: Hero won $65.30
don't raise with the straight flush bro, nobody ever gonna call that shit
allin, reload, repeat

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Old 01-24-2010, 07:31 PM #11 (permalink)  
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 The A7 hand is funny because i would play pretty much every street differently without reads.
Preflop I'd always 3b or even fold against an unnkown (would call from the bb), and if I'd ever call, i'm leading a lot of flops.
If you c/c there you're going to get double barrelled a lot if the sb doesn't call... and if the sb calls you can't continue anyway.
If I ever call the flop, I still donk the turn because c/raising looks ridiculously strong, and c/c, donking river looks pretty strong, too. and a donk will confuse lots of people and might get him to spazz.

And I would only 3b the QTs if I'm comfortable with getting it in with tp against the villain.
And what's with the 3-bet sizing? Less than 3x? He gets a hundred thousand million billions to one on a call!
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Old 01-24-2010, 07:59 PM #12 (permalink)  
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 Hey man not sure if I am reading your stats right as you tried to block them out but are you really cbetting 30-something%?
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Old 01-24-2010, 10:52 PM #13 (permalink)  
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 another day, a morning session, 3k hands + 4buyins. New-school Lag-nittery seems where it's at.

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are you really cbetting 30-something%?
sure am. New-school abc lag-nittery funny eh. c-betting is a funny thing, i remember way back when claiming that one of the best winning regs had an exploitably low c-bet and someone, maybe spenda? calling me out on how exactly it was bad if he was winning at 4ptBB/100 longterm. C-betting is a strange beast and i hope to one day understand it. Just cos a c-bet is +EV in a particular spot doesn't make it good. Cos +EV <> max EV etc

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The A7 hand is funny because i would play pretty much every street differently without reads.
Preflop I'd always 3b or even fold against an unnkown (would call from the bb), and if I'd ever call, i'm leading a lot of flops. If you c/c there you're going to get double barrelled a lot if the sb doesn't call... and if the sb calls you can't continue anyway. If I ever call the flop, I still donk the turn because c/raising looks ridiculously strong, and c/c, donking river looks pretty strong, too. and a donk will confuse lots of people and might get him to spazz.
A7s hand is villain specific. Villian is 50-30-13 over small sample, he's going to be 4-bet shoving too often for my liking but I was trying to max hands against him = call pre. Flop he's c-betting his entire range and raising most draws/pairs if I lead = i don't like leading. Turn I think you're right that donking could be better, small donk and let him do the shoving. Obviously i'm shoving the river as played.

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And I would only 3b the QTs if I'm comfortable with getting it in with tp against the villain.
And what's with the 3-bet sizing? Less than 3x? He gets a hundred thousand million billions to one on a call!
he's in the likely high fold to 3b club, but my sizing is normally bigger here, is true what you say about it being too small. Cheers for the comments, sorry about the QQ
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 Interesting keep me updated for sure . Good luck!
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 recent changes have been great. So is running hot. Long may it continue
don't raise with the straight flush bro, nobody ever gonna call that shit
allin, reload, repeat

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 rather than blotting out the stats , wouldn't it be easier to just create a custom report which includes the stats you do want to show.
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 meh, yesterday and the hot-run got an arse-kicking.

Two card flush under two card flush twice, set under set 3x, KK<AA a few times, AA<KK, etc. But, whatever, i got some session focus going on and just ground it out. Another big day with 10k hands for +3bi and another 2bi of rakeback accrued. Who cares about what-might-have-beens, it was about time i ran into some beats and coolers. And just when i was feeling relieved about it all from grinding it back, I closed the session with AK>AK in my favour.

Games are good.

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rather than blotting out the stats , wouldn't it be easier to just create a custom report which includes the stats you do want to show.
smarter than I. sounds like a good plan, although i do quite enjoy the thought of people trying to figure them out cos i've got no idea why they would want to and it makes me laugh.\

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UTG+1 ($28.85)
MP1 ($50.75)
MP2 ($59.90)
MP3 ($50)
CO ($50)
Button ($82.85)
Hero (SB) ($50)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A, K
5 folds, CO bets $1.50, 1 fold, Hero raises to $5, 1 fold, CO raises to $15.50, Hero raises to $50 (All-In), CO calls $34.50 (All-In)

Flop: ($100.50) Q, K, 9 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: ($100.50) Q (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($100.50) 8 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $100.50 | Rake: $3

Results:
Hero had A, K (flush, Ace high).
CO had A, K (two pair, Kings and Queens).
Outcome: Hero won $97.50
don't raise with the straight flush bro, nobody ever gonna call that shit
allin, reload, repeat

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Old 01-28-2010, 07:01 PM #18 (permalink)  
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 >50k hands at 25nl and 50nl for +$2300 including rakeback for the week. Guess I'll move back to 100nl this weekend. I've given up caring about red lines

edit - $2650
edit - more. Mad day. +16 buyins.
games are good. Towards the end i was hoping for a $1k day at 50nl, but i'm just too ground out...

best week of poker earnings ever perhaps?
don't raise with the straight flush bro, nobody ever gonna call that shit
allin, reload, repeat

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50k hands in a week?
I thought you were back to 12-tabling.

I'm feeling prolific, and I won't make 50k by the end of the month.
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>50k hands at 25nl and 50nl for +$2300 including rakeback for the week. Guess I'll move back to 100nl this weekend. I've given up caring about red lines

edit - $2650
edit - more. Mad day. +16 buyins.
games are good. Towards the end i was hoping for a $1k day at 50nl, but i'm just too ground out...

best week of poker earnings ever perhaps?
Holy cow, you sir are doing a nice job!

On a side note, the red line itself is probably nothing to worry about as long as results are coming. For myself however I´ve found quiet some leaks to be indirectly connected to my red line, ie caring about red lines has improved my postflops.
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 interesting welcome back session at 100nl, i got tired and ended up playing 200bb++ effective on too many tables at once. Some killer big pot action yet somehow i ended the session down just under a buyin, i'll post some of the action hands later. I think i was playing poorly and got lost way more often than i normally would...
games play stronger than 50nl

some hands:
opener is weird, 3-b villain is a serial squeezer

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UTG ($116.05)
UTG+1 ($106.40)

Preflop: Hero is CO with Q, Q
UTG calls $1, 1 fold, MP1 bets $4.50, 1 fold, Hero calls $4.50, 1 fold, SB raises to $20, 3 folds, Hero raises to $66.50, SB raises to $102.85 (All-In), Hero calls $36.35


villain is a likely retard, not quite deep and not quite sure what to do. His range is Jx, including the full houses, KQ, and strange flushes. Weighted towards the strong end? hard to tell

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BB ($228.05)
UTG ($116.85)
UTG+1 ($31)
MP1 ($54)
Hero (MP2) ($125.25)
MP3 ($73.50)
CO ($164.30)
Button ($21)
SB ($66.75)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with 10, 10
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $1, 1 fold, Hero bets $4.50, 4 folds, BB calls $3.50, UTG+1 calls $3.50

Flop: ($14) 8, J, A (3 players)
BB checks, UTG+1 checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($14) J (3 players)
BB checks, UTG+1 checks, Hero checks

River: ($14) 10 (3 players)
BB bets $14, 1 fold, Hero raises to $35, BB raises to $56, ok.... cib???

villain here is solid, views me as dangerous, erratic and spewy, i'm doing my best to rep AK with the turn shove.
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Hero (SB) ($100)
BB ($101.50)
UTG ($327.05)
UTG+1 ($80)
MP1 ($99.50)
MP2 ($237.90)
MP3 ($140.15)
CO ($100)
Button ($148.95)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A, A
2 folds, MP1 calls $1, MP2 calls $1, 1 fold, CO bets $5.50, 1 fold, Hero raises to $14, 3 folds, CO calls $8.50

Flop: ($31) 3, 10, Q (2 players)
Hero bets $14, CO calls $14

Turn: ($59) 7 (2 players)
Hero bets $72 (All-In),

meh, flush draw villain is generally solid, other villain is not that smart. Oh well...
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CO ($77.05)
Button ($103.05)
SB ($239)
BB ($80.75)
Hero (UTG) ($100)
MP1 ($80.85)
MP2 ($100)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 9, 9
Hero bets $4, 1 fold, MP2 calls $4, CO calls $4, Button calls $4, 2 folds

Flop: ($18.90) 2, 4, 9 (4 players)
Hero bets $15, MP2 raises to $35, CO raises to $72.85 (All-In), 1 fold, Hero raises to $95.80 (All-In), MP2 calls $60.80 (All-In)

Turn: ($283.35) K (3 players, 3 all-in)

River: ($283.35) 5 (3 players, 3 all-in)

Total pot: $283.35 | Rake: $3

Results:
Hero had 9, 9 (three of a kind, nines).
MP2 had Q, 10 (flush, Queen high).
CO had 5, 6 (one pair, fives).
Outcome: MP2 won $280.35
don't raise with the straight flush bro, nobody ever gonna call that shit
allin, reload, repeat

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 somehow lost all my player notes. Managed to restore the xml file where they are stored after some digging (thanks restoration!) but it seems not to be as it should be. Fingers crossed on FTP support getting it sorted for me.
Feel naked going to battle without reads gained over way too many hours playing poker. HUD-bot for a while i guess..

edit - my comeback to 100nl was pretty nasty. Losing notes had a huge impact, starting to get it sorted now but i figure it's cost me some $$. Anyway, I had a quick -5bi swing so it was time to grind it out. 10k hands at 100nl so far this weekend, about one buyin up at the tables (so 6 up from the downpoint) and another couple of rakeback. Fuck. Time to turn this baby around.

With winning in mind. Outa here.

in non-poker news - scored 3hrs in the water at aramoana yesterday = a local all good wave spot. Pretty much conditions as per the photo in this link http://www.surfline.com/surf-report/...d_7372/travel/ Buddy I was out with got the shark fear, but we convinced ourselves and him that it was seaweed that had bumped his leg pretty hard and stayed on out...

Today a long period 3ft southerly swell is supposed to be arriving at my local about now. Riding up to the point now to check it out, could be another long session in the water!
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I like the QQ, but the sizing seems all messed up or do full ring people 4ball 20BBs as standard? Id make it 44 pre and give him room to spazz.

TT I usually cbet to pick up dead money, as my hand realistically doesnt have any SD value vs anything stonger than a triple check. As played river is either a shove or a call.

AA I don´t know, prob highly depending on history and meta and stuff. To me this looks exactly like someone uncomfy oop trying to make up a lack of balance with a sledgehammer.
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 cheers for the comments on the hands dude.
QQ hand is pot limit = reason for weird sizing. I would have shoved over his squeeze if i had the option.

TT I don't like cbetting 3rd pair multiway, leak? My c-betting/c-raising/c-folding ranges are getting better balanced these days though. River is call or shove indeed, the more i look at it and the more i'm looking towards a shove.

AA - there's way too much meta on this one. He snap-called 7h8h cos he soul-read the overbet AK shove. He levels the hell out of himself against me

and...
this weekend marked my return to 100nl. I decided to get some grind on, my girlfriend is in australia for two weeks - so i got even more time than normal! The goal stated at the start of this op is to be a solid winner at 100nl and 200nl.
Moving back to 100nl necessitated some adjustments - you can play an unusual style at 25nl and 50nl and basically print money. But this style is hugely exploitable and at 100nl i'm beginning to be surrounded by regs who know how to 3-bet and squeeze, recognise iso-plays, etc. I'm also still surrounded by fish, and all the regs are leaky - why else are they 100nl regs.

Anyway, I had a nightmare with losing all the player notes and made the mistake of trying to restore them while playing long sessions. But, finally sorted things out. I played 19k hands of 100nl during the weekend for a net winrate of 1.44ptBB/100. Below what i'm aiming for, but i'll be there soon enough. Today was more focused with the stress of notes out of the equation and was 3ptBB/100 = better, but lolsamplesize. I'm noticing a bunch of spots where i'm leaking value - read ATC's and gomukyaself's wells over the weekend and gained something from the read.

Interesting to note that rakeback is running at around 1.25ptBB/100 at the moment - the increased aggression in the games recently is resulting in bigger pots, more rake, etc.

So, the weekend was just short of $1k in profit after rakeback etc. I'll take it, and do better in future



edit: played a few more hands and now I'm >>2ptBB/100 over my first 25k hands back. I'm back in the mother-fucking ring
don't raise with the straight flush bro, nobody ever gonna call that shit
allin, reload, repeat

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 abc is where it's at baby
atc well - the main gold is his comment #4 re rivers of molten gold
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/96...ll-atc-264620/

gomukyaself - he recommends reading nutsinho on FTR
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/11...yaself-693792/

fish on a heater. + 5bi in my latest session. Some very interesting variance hands, good and bad. examples below. Good start to the month I guess. I'm thinking of joining the 2+2 200k hands in february prop-bet. Couple more days then i'll decide.

vs an uber-aggro type. Read on his preparedness to try and push people off hands from our earlier time heads up
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MP2 ($150.90)
CO ($65.50)
Button ($27.15)
SB ($54.15)
Hero (BB) ($100)
UTG ($40.10)
MP1 ($34)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 6, 4
2 folds, MP2 bets $2, 3 folds, Hero calls $1

Flop: ($4.50) 9, 3, 5 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP2 bets $2.25, Hero calls $2.25

Turn: ($9) 2 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP2 bets $9, Hero raises to $27, MP2 calls $18

River: ($63) Q (2 players)
Hero bets $31, MP2 raises to $119.65 (All-In), Hero calls $37.75 (All-In)

Total pot: $200.50 | Rake: $3

Results below:
Hero had 6, 4 (straight, six high).
MP2 had 8, 9 (one pair, nines).
Outcome: Hero won $197.50


hand 2: read is that villain is dead money. Smells like a set to me. LOL!!! wow, i play bad
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MP2 ($101.50)
CO ($102.70)
Button ($100)
SB ($144.50)
Hero (BB) ($201.50)
UTG ($46.20)
UTG+1 ($181.20)
MP1 ($38.10)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q, Q
1 fold, UTG+1 bets $3, 2 folds, CO calls $3, 1 fold, SB calls $2.50, Hero raises to $13, 2 folds, SB calls $10

Flop: ($32) 5, 6, 10 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $18, SB calls $18

Turn: ($68) 4 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks

River: ($68) Q (2 players)
SB bets $68, Hero raises to $136, SB calls $45.50 (All-In)

Total pot: $295 | Rake: $3

Results below:
SB had 3, 7 (straight, seven high).
Hero had Q, Q (three of a kind, Queens).
Outcome: SB won $292

hand 3 - I figure fold equity + hand equity makes this pretty standard. And i flip good this time
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UTG ($49.05)
UTG+1 ($100.50)
MP1 ($34.50)
MP2 ($216.65)
MP3 ($144.50)
CO ($102.15)
Button ($87)
SB ($105.35)
Hero (BB) ($110.85)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 4, 6
3 folds, MP2 bets $3.50, MP3 calls $3.50, 3 folds, Hero calls $2.50

Flop: ($11) 8, 3, 2 (3 players)
Hero checks, MP2 bets $11, 1 fold, Hero raises to $107.35 (All-In), MP2 calls $96.35

Turn: ($225.70) K (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($225.70) 9 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $225.70 | Rake: $3

Results below:
Hero had 4, 6 (flush, King high).
MP2 had Q, Q (one pair, Queens).
Outcome: Hero won $222.70

hand 4 - why reads are really, really, really important
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SB ($99)
BB ($100)
Hero (UTG) ($101.50)
UTG+1 ($55.85)
MP1 ($40.20)
MP2 ($90.15)
CO ($305.95)
Button ($100)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with Q, Q
Hero bets $3.50, 2 folds, MP2 calls $3.50, 4 folds

Flop: ($8.50) 5, 10, 6 (2 players)
Hero bets $8, MP2 raises to $32.50, Hero raises to $98 (All-In), MP2 calls $54.15 (All-In)

Turn: ($181.80) 9 (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($181.80) 9 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $181.80 | Rake: $3

Results below:
Hero had Q, Q (two pair, Queens and nines).
MP2 had K, 10 (two pair, tens and nines).
Outcome: Hero won $178.80
don't raise with the straight flush bro, nobody ever gonna call that shit
allin, reload, repeat

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 12 crazy days of poker. Got my arse handed to me on a negative variance plate my latest session at 100nl, but whatever. I'm playing well and was probably due to lose a bunch of 90-10s.
I'm generating a whole bunch of rakeback. Still debating the 200k hands in february thing. I've played 14k so far



some of those cooler hands from today if you feel like a giggle one day!!! Madness
http://weaktight.com/1967879
http://weaktight.com/1967880
http://weaktight.com/1967881
http://weaktight.com/1967882
http://weaktight.com/1967884
http://weaktight.com/1967886
http://weaktight.com/1967887
http://weaktight.com/1968403
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allin, reload, repeat

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 alan townsend is my favourite red-pro on FTP
Alan Boston: I think any cheat is a scumbag
Alan Boston: I am sure Townsend would be in that list
davenigma: nice
Alan Boston: THey should banish him from the site
Alan Boston: You dont buy in super deep because you may have too many big post going at once that require thought?
davenigma: etc
Alan Boston: I think any cheat is a scumbag
Alan Boston: I am sure Townsend would be in that list

davenigma: he lost red pro status for one month
davenigma: big deal
Alan Boston: that sucks
Alan Boston: they should ban him
Alan Boston: FOR LIFE
davenigma: first time was when he was busted multi-accounting
Alan Boston: totally illegal and made clear to us
... cardrunners discussion
Alan Boston: maybe they have a separate coaching cheating course
Seago: i thought ft sponsored the cardrunners
Alan Boston: i know nothing of what FTP does, except they pay me

Alan Boston: I hate cheats
Alan Boston: and shortcutters
Alan Boston: and would not allow them on the site
Alan Boston: not in any way shape form or manner

Alan Boston: they should have it as a headline
Alan Boston: CHEAT TOWNSEND BANNED

Alan Boston: I do know that most red players on this site are bad poker players and stupid on top of that
Alan Boston: but cheating is unnecessary
Alan Boston: whether you suck at poker or not
Alan Boston: apparently he does not
Alan Boston: which makes it even worse

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and another, simpler really
nameless 2+2 ss FR reg: wtf!
nameless 2+2 ssnl reg: how do you ever have 67 there
davenigma: just keep on sucking balls dude
davenigma: and i'll keep on taking your money
nameless 2+2 ssnl reg: F U
nameless 2+2 ssnl reg: F U and yr mother
nameless 2+2 ssnl reg: FU
davenigma: mmmmmmmm, salty

as for february.. well, i decided not to play 200k hands this month. Like, i'm well ahead of pace but i hit some rough -ve variance that was probably compounded by being tired from too much grind. Right now I'm up about $1k for the month, but most of that is rakeback...

also, doublefly's blog is looking promising re good poker content
http://doubleflypoker.blogspot.com/
don't raise with the straight flush bro, nobody ever gonna call that shit
allin, reload, repeat

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I've only heard about the Townsed thing on deuce plays. He shared information on isildurs game amirite?
Obviously if a new guy comes to the nosebleeds there's going to be information exchange. What's the big deal?

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 so i've played my first 64k hands back at 100nl. It has been a busy week! I'm up around $1800 at the tables over that time for around 1.4ptBB/100. Can do better. Will do better.

Weekly rakeback payment got awfully close to $1k this week - fpp pro in this thread...

edit: this feels crazy. In the 16 days since Jan 21st and the turnaround at 25nl I've played 125k hands for $5k profit at the tables and another $1900 in rakeback/promos. Wow, just wow, at the craziness of this turnaround - from pulling my roll and dropping to 10nl in december 2009, to this....
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so i've played my first 64k hands back at 100nl. It has been a busy week!
I rofled irl.
We've moved back to 100 at about the same time, and I've played 2k hands so far.
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 february 6th. First session, up 3buyins. End session. Withdraw a pile of cash to rub wherever i damn well please. Second session. Withdrawal curse down 8buyins, and only managed to make 5 back later on. Net at the tables - $0. Another $150 in rakeback = wtf is with this shit....
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so i've played my first 64k hands back at 100nl. It has been a busy week! I'm up around $1800 at the tables over that time for around 1.4ptBB/100. Can do better. Will do better.

Weekly rakeback payment got awfully close to $1k this week - fpp pro in this thread...

edit: this feels crazy. In the 16 days since Jan 21st and the turnaround at 25nl I've played 125k hands for $5k profit at the tables and another $1900 in rakeback/promos. Wow, just wow, at the craziness of this turnaround - from pulling my roll and dropping to 10nl in december 2009, to this....
Swap poker lives with me?
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>50k hands at 25nl and 50nl for +$2300 including rakeback for the week. Guess I'll move back to 100nl this weekend. I've given up caring about red lines

edit - $2650
edit - more. Mad day. +16 buyins.
games are good. Towards the end i was hoping for a $1k day at 50nl, but i'm just too ground out...

best week of poker earnings ever perhaps?
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 I love Mondays NZ-time = late sunday est.
Tuesday mornings NZ time suck arse.
Today was funny, kinda. A3hh < 57hh on 689hh, KK<AQo deep, AK<KK, etc. Meh, whatever. The results for the month are still ok, and i'm closing in on 100k hands back at 100nl and then it will be time for a serious review...

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dude, abc is where it's at. Stop over-thinking ranges and ignoring the lines players are taking. Stop reg-warring to oblivion. Mad-value-town the fish, and gay-bet value where it's appropriate.

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Good luck with pokerz. I've been followin' but not posting much. See ya round.
cheers, how you looking on the fitness front? i have a bike again, so my car is being ignored and i'm probably riding 15-30km most days without even noticing it... fitness prop-bet time again?
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allin, reload, repeat

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Good luck with pokerz. I've been followin' but not posting much. See ya round.
cheers, how you looking on the fitness front? i have a bike again, so my car is being ignored and i'm probably riding 15-30km most days without even noticing it... fitness prop-bet time again?
Maybe March? Dunno. I've been lifting free weights trying to build some strength so that distance running doesn't cause so much pain. I'm gonna ease back into running the next couple of weeks, so I'll let you know.

Just had my 40th birthday so I probably need to do something to get seriously fit. Cuz I'm seriously not.
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 yesterday was my losing-est day ever. Somewhere around the 12 buyins mark. Was kinda sick. I haven't lost with that many boats, open ended straight flush draws, top trips top kicker etc kinda hands in ages. Add to that a few KK<AQ, AK<KK etc type of hands, and yeah, we've all been there. So... i'm finally gonna start using a stop-loss thing, like, i'm pretty sure that some of those hands were poorly played and that this was at least partly influenced by the results already that day. From now on and stop-loss of 5buyins for a session/7buyins for a day. Cool. Thinking of moving up to 200nl next week, funny to be saying that the day after my worst results day ever

So, February so far, up about $2k net, so even after that crushing day it's still ok. Up about $7k net since that 21st January game-changing thing

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Just had my 40th birthday so I probably need to do something to get seriously fit. Cuz I'm seriously not.
happy birthday dude! i love the relativity on fitness, compared to the median 40yo, compared to robb age 25, etc...
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 today i planned to claw it all back. Wrong. Net half a buy in up or something

slow play karma, villain 40-19

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SB ($170.65)
Hero (BB) ($104.45)
UTG ($100)
UTG+1 ($112.55)
MP1 ($55.50)
MP2 ($122.05)
CO ($131.65)
Button ($100)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 4, 4
2 folds, MP1 bets $3.50, 1 fold, CO calls $3.50, 2 folds, Hero calls $2.50

Flop: ($11) K, 4, 2 (3 players)
Hero checks, MP1 checks, CO checks

Turn: ($11) 5 (3 players)
Hero bets $10, 1 fold, CO calls $10

River: ($31) 5 (2 players)
Hero bets $30, CO raises to $60, Hero raises to $90.95 (All-In), CO calls $30.95

Total pot: $212.90 | Rake: $3

Results:
Hero had 4, 4 (full house, fours over fives).
CO had 2, 5 (full house, fives over twos).
Outcome: CO won $209.90

vs decent reg i guess
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (9 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG+1 ($99.05)
MP1 ($102.85)
MP2 ($122.75)
MP3 ($119.15)
CO ($63.70)
Hero (Button) ($200.55)
SB ($52.50)
BB ($101.75)
UTG ($107.65)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A, K
6 folds, Hero bets $3.50, 1 fold, BB raises to $11, Hero calls $7.50

Flop: ($22.50) 4, A, K (2 players)
BB bets $14, Hero calls $14

Turn: ($50.50) 10 (2 players)
BB bets $27, Hero raises to $175.55 (All-In), BB calls $49.75 (All-In)

River: ($204) 10 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $204 | Rake: $3

Results:
Hero had A, K (two pair, Aces and Kings).
BB had Q, 10 (three of a kind, tens).
Outcome: BB won $201

vs maniac
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CO ($100)
Button ($168.65)
Hero (SB) ($102.50)
BB ($100)
UTG ($152)
UTG+1 ($84)
MP1 ($114.05)
MP2 ($296.95)
MP3 ($100)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 10, 10
1 fold, UTG+1 bets $3.50, 1 fold, MP2 calls $3.50, 2 folds, Button calls $3.50, Hero calls $3, 1 fold

Flop: ($15) 10, 9, 6 (4 players)
Hero checks, UTG+1 bets $15, 1 fold, Button calls $15, Hero raises to $99 (All-In), UTG+1 calls $65.50 (All-In), 1 fold

Turn: ($191) J (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($191) 6 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $191 | Rake: $3

Results:
Hero had 10, 10 (full house, tens over sixes).
UTG+1 had J, J (full house, Jacks over sixes).
Outcome: UTG+1 won $188

vs fish, 21 outs?
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SB ($169.95)
Hero (BB) ($129.50)
UTG ($34)
UTG+1 ($100)
MP1 ($63.50)
MP2 ($65.50)
MP3 ($132.75)
CO ($72.50)
Button ($111.50)

Preflop: Hero is BB with J, A
5 folds, CO bets $3, 2 folds, Hero calls $2

Flop: ($6.50) 8, 10, 9 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $5, Hero raises to $70, CO calls $64.50 (All-In)

Turn: ($145.50) 9 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($145.50) 2 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $145.50 | Rake: $3

Results:
Hero had J, A (one pair, nines).
CO had 10, K (two pair, tens and nines).
Outcome: CO won $142.50
don't raise with the straight flush bro, nobody ever gonna call that shit
allin, reload, repeat

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Old 02-11-2010, 01:48 AM #42 (permalink)  
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 games are good
i'm playing pretty well
i;m getting smashed by variance
9bi behind on AIEV over four days, but that doesn't consider things like this - actually, fuck it, no hand histories. But getting most of the money in on the flop vs a two outer, top set no good in 3b unconnected pots all in on flops, top two no good b vs b, etc...

Just got to keep playing well, keep getting money in good, and it will turn around soon enough. If not, then i guess it's back to the money tree at 50nl

edit: fuck this - withdrew another $2.5k and it's back to 50nl for a while. Think it's about time i cashed in some ironman bonuses too, i've got nearly $1800 worth of medals just sitting there. Why not have the cash sitting in a savings account instead. Thinking of looking at the job market too, i've been out of the work grind for about ten months now, and it's almost two years since i've worked fulltime. Just a shame that this small university town doesn't have quite the work opportunities of cities i would typically be looking for work in.
Oh well, at least it has decent surfing, diving, climbing, and loads of clean air to breathe...
a few days off poker now - my girlfriend and i are heading north for the wedding of one of my best friends (ex-girlfriend even, but that was almost ten years ago..) and then probably stopping for surf/diving at some beaches on the way back down.

Life's good, poker life is challenging. Up about $7k in 2010, but it was $9k a few days ago. Back to the grind next week, I figure i'll stick at 50nl for 20buyins, however long that takes.
don't raise with the straight flush bro, nobody ever gonna call that shit
allin, reload, repeat

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Old 02-14-2010, 08:36 AM #43 (permalink)  
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 i was going to move down to 50nl, but...

went away for a few days and then when i came back there had been another $1k rakeback payment flicked my way. And it is a sunday. And the games look good. So I played a brief session of 100nl, it worked out ok. I'm planning on playing 4x2hr sessions tomorrow (monday am nz time = sunday EST) and i'll see how those go. I expect to be mixing 50nl and 100nl based on how good the games look for a week or two.

non-poker news. The wedding was cool, funny to end up giving a speech at my ex-girlfriend's wedding = life in my world. They'd rented a house in the mountains and we kicked off at 11am with some mountain biking mission - they in white 2nd hand wedding dress and suit/top hat respectively. I'm not much of a mountain biker, but survived without any major crashes, not bad in the context of one person hurtling over handle bars into a tree and another breaking a chain on a small grinding drop thing. I did manage a mid-speed pedal-meet-rock near disaster but recovered in an out of control fashion. Then food aplenty, the groom is brazilian and we ate south american asado style washed with loads of good wine.

lifestyle news. I've been talking about detoxing. And about a forthcoming climbing trip. And yoga. So... i think i committed to a month of consuming zero:
energy drinks
coffee
booze
pies
processed sugary food (chocolate/etc)

so it basically means that i'm going to starve for a while.
don't raise with the straight flush bro, nobody ever gonna call that shit
allin, reload, repeat

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Old 02-18-2010, 06:46 PM #44 (permalink)  
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 so i dropped (again) to 50nl on tuesday and promised to grind out 20buyins before moving back up. I ran like dog-shit on the cooler front, if i see another turned set vs my overpair or turned quads vs my full house i'm gonna break something. But, ok for a few days i guess.

don't raise with the straight flush bro, nobody ever gonna call that shit
allin, reload, repeat

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Old 02-19-2010, 07:24 AM #45 (permalink)  
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 ino what u mean!
Check out this sick cooler:
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srzly tho. U back to 100NL now, right? We're having a party and you're invited!
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Old 02-20-2010, 05:14 PM #47 (permalink)  
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 another moan, just gotta keep getting the money in good...
all with solid reads:
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (6 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

CO ($123.15)
Button ($263.45)
SB ($105.30)
Hero (BB) ($112.35)
UTG ($124.50)
MP ($65.45)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A, 9
UTG bets $2, 4 folds, Hero calls $1

Flop: ($4.50) A, 6, 9 (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $2, Hero raises to $9, UTG raises to $35, Hero raises to $110.35 (All-In), UTG calls $75.35

Turn: ($225.20) Q (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($225.20) K (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $225.20 | Rake: $3

Results:
Hero had A, 9 (two pair, Aces and nines).
UTG had Q, A (two pair, Aces and Queens).
Outcome: UTG won $222.20


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SB ($77.40)
BB ($80.20)
Hero (Button) ($100)

Preflop: Hero is Button with K, A
Hero bets $3.50, SB raises to $11.50, 1 fold, Hero raises to $100 (All-In), SB calls $65.90 (All-In)

Flop: ($155.80) 9, 4, 7 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: ($155.80) 6 (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($155.80) J (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $155.80 | Rake: $1

Results:
Hero had K, A (high card, Ace).
SB had K, J (one pair, Jacks).
Outcome: SB won $154.80

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MP2 ($48.65)
CO ($103.90)
Button ($111)
SB ($117.40)
BB ($199)
UTG ($101)
UTG+1 ($105.60)
Hero (MP1) ($111.40)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with 9, 9
2 folds, Hero bets $3.50, MP2 calls $3.50, 4 folds

Flop: ($8.50) 10, 5, 4 (2 players)
Hero bets $6, MP2 raises to $12, Hero raises to $107.90 (All-In), MP2 calls $33.15 (All-In)

Turn: ($98.80) 3 (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($98.80) 7 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $98.80 | Rake: $3

Results:
Hero had 9, 9 (one pair, nines).
MP2 had A, 6 (straight, seven high).
Outcome: MP2 won $95.80

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MP1 ($83.20)
MP2 ($111)
Hero (MP3) ($175.40)
CO ($145.30)
Button ($100)
SB ($139.25)
BB ($157.80)
UTG ($90.85)
UTG+1 ($76.50)

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with Q, Q
UTG calls $1, 1 fold, MP1 calls $1, MP2 calls $1, Hero bets $6.50, 4 folds, UTG raises to $12, 2 folds, Hero raises to $33, UTG raises to $54, Hero raises to $175.40 (All-In), UTG calls $36.85 (All-In)

Flop: ($185.20) 8, 3, J (2 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: ($185.20) 3 (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($185.20) 9 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $185.20 | Rake: $3

Results:
UTG had K, K (two pair, Kings and threes).
Hero had Q, Q (two pair, Queens and threes).
Outcome: UTG won $182.20
don't raise with the straight flush bro, nobody ever gonna call that shit
allin, reload, repeat

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Old 02-27-2010, 03:04 AM #49 (permalink)  
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 went out climbing at a local last night - doctors point. Then to an organic farm for dinner and wine, nice sleep and a day of sanding in preparation for a big painting mission. Some poker this arvo, then beer etc wih some friends just back from Canada.

The month of healthy life-styling lasted two weeks of self-denial, now i'm back into the 'moderation and excess' approach to life. Started going to yoga again too, way back i used to do quite a bit and i'm crash-starting my body by having a month of daily/twice daily bikram yoga (the 38degree celsius room style) sessions. Nice. Also went out for my first run longer than 90minutes in quite a while. I've been recently trying to hit the salmon hanging out in our harbour, but instead i've been feasting on fresh shark, maybe tomorrow. Good to be catching something at least, although i've released 2/3 of the sharks caught so far.

anyway, what's this blog about?
poker in February 2010
second highest month for withdrawals - $6500
solid month for volume - 140k hands
huge month for variance - 3x20buyin swings, 2 in the wrong direction, and another 2x 10buyin swings, right direction
crap month for study
huge month for rakeback/random bonuses - >$2500
great month for reconciling poker and it's role in my life the next month or two
pretty poor month for playing consistently and well
don't raise with the straight flush bro, nobody ever gonna call that shit
allin, reload, repeat

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Old 02-28-2010, 06:59 PM #50 (permalink)  
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 funny session, glad it was at 50nl..
AA<AK
AA<AJo
AK<AA blind war
KK<AA
AA<KK
middle set< top set
top set<flush draw
oesfd<bottom set
top two < middle set
don't raise with the straight flush bro, nobody ever gonna call that shit
allin, reload, repeat

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