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griffey24

09-16-2009, 02:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Squishy_Fish

How did you get your start? Level you started at etc. Was it one of those "well I deposited $50 and the rest is history" stories or did you make a larger deposit and start at midstakes?

Time frame from when you started to the level you're currently at?

Before I started playing I was always pretty hesitant about depositing money, since I never wanted to get into a trend where I deposited, lost it and kept depositing.

Friend of mine told me interpoker had some pretty big deposit bonus at the time (something like $100 and get $300) and so I deposited $100, had a $400 roll. Played 25nl and got it up to $550ish and withdrew the $100 I deposited so I was always playing with winnings. Then kind of went on a roll from there.

Timelines are hard to remember completely. Think I went from 25nl -> 400nl in like a year, with the rockiest transition at the time being 100nl. Then played 5/10 and 5/10 pounds on inter for like a year or so with meh slower than desired progress. Withdrew most of my roll from interpoker and started a new grind on pokerstars.

Mostly playing on stars now, swinging like mad. 2/4 is very comfortable and I feel best multitabling a lot of 2/4 compared to other levels. I haven't decided if my goals for now are to just do well at 2/4 and make money or if I still have any big desire to play in bigger games. Will have to figure that out.

Not playing as much as I would have liked in the past year or so, as I've been multi-tasking the completion of my masters and now working. We'll see if I ever get back into a full time mode.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jay-Z

I'm a couple hands down and I'm tryin' to get back
I gave the other grip, I lost a flip for five stacks

Squishy_Fish

09-16-2009, 02:45 AM

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Nice, inspiring stuff

Completely out of couriosity, what degree are you studying for?

griffey24

09-16-2009, 02:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Squishy_Fish

Nice, inspiring stuff

Completely out of couriosity, what degree are you studying for?

Did my undergrad in Systems Design Engineer at the University of Waterloo here in Canada.

Then did my masters in Medical Biophysics here at the University of Toronto. (Medical Biophysics = fancy sounding name for cancer research, more specifically x-ray imaging research).

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jay-Z

I'm a couple hands down and I'm tryin' to get back
I gave the other grip, I lost a flip for five stacks

Alexos

09-16-2009, 04:02 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by griffey24

Quote:

Originally Posted by zook

Post a few of your favorite hands? Hero calls? I mean, even a blind squirrel...

I'll try to find some.. wish HEM had a "favorite hands" filter.

I can't even think of any hands that stand out in my head as favorites really.

Of course you have a favorite hand.. Remember that hand on 2/5 interpoker where we were like 300bb deep and i stacked you? I'll try to find it for you hahhaah

I never remember hands so it must be pretty sick..

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zook

09-16-2009, 04:51 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by griffey24

Quote:

Originally Posted by zook

Post a few of your favorite hands? Hero calls? I mean, even a blind squirrel...

I'll try to find some.. wish HEM had a "favorite hands" filter.

I can't even think of any hands that stand out in my head as favorites really.

Just filter for river call = true, pot>100bb, sort by pot size and look for sick hero calls. Or just look at your biggest lifetime pots until you find a good one.

Marshall28

09-16-2009, 04:52 AM

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Compare your game now with your game two years ago.

What parts have you specifically spent time focusing on changing, why?

What parts do you think have stayed constant over the course of time, why?

Alexos

09-16-2009, 05:22 AM

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Hey Griffey, I found your favorite hand played. Isn't that sick but I remember you tilting pretty hard after

$2/$5 No Limit Holdem
5 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG And050978 ($484.65)
CO Hero ($1145.55)
BTN stakks ($516.20)
SB Griffey24 ($1822.45)
BB Tiger_0 ($644.30)

Pre-flop: ($7, 5 players) Hero is CO

1 fold, Hero raises to $15 ($1,130.55), 1 fold, Griffey24 raises to $55 ($1,765.45), 1 fold, Hero calls $40 ($1,090.55)

Flop:

($115, 2 players)
Griffey24 bets $70 ($1,697.45), Hero calls $70 ($1,020.55)

Turn:

($255, 2 players)
Griffey24 bets $205 ($1,492.45), Hero calls $205 ($815.55)

River:

($665, 2 players)
Griffey24 bets $1,492.45 ($0), Hero calls $815.55 ($0)

Final Pot: $2,973
Hero shows:

Griffey24 shows:

Hero wins $2,293.10 ( won +$1,147.55 )
Griffey24 wins $676.90 ( lost -$1,145.55 )

{name changed in case he cares-jyms}

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griffey24

09-16-2009, 11:36 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Marshall28

Compare your game now with your game two years ago.

What parts have you specifically spent time focusing on changing, why?

What parts do you think have stayed constant over the course of time, why?

My preflop game has changed a ton over the last year or two. I've been known for having modes of being very passive pre (rarely 3betting) and other modes of 3betting like a mad man. For some reason I could never find a happy medium. I think I've finally found one that I'm happy with.

One part that has stayed constant over time is my complete sucking in calling 3bet pots from the button vs ppl who I perceive are light. I was just telling Alex yesterday that I'm pretty sure I lose on avg 50bbs everytime I call a 3bet (obv an exaggeration but it feels like it!). The reason for this is that I call sooo few 3bets. So I suck, for one, because clearly I'm not practicing it enough and don't have a great grasp on ranges. And two: because i call so few 3bets, I feel like I have some "right" to win the pot the one or two times I finally do call a 3bet each session, which undoubtedly results in some form of spew/jam/shoving.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jay-Z

I'm a couple hands down and I'm tryin' to get back
I gave the other grip, I lost a flip for five stacks

griffey24

09-16-2009, 11:43 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by zook

Quote:

Originally Posted by griffey24

Quote:

Originally Posted by zook

Post a few of your favorite hands? Hero calls? I mean, even a blind squirrel...

I'll try to find some.. wish HEM had a "favorite hands" filter.

I can't even think of any hands that stand out in my head as favorites really.

Just filter for river call = true, pot>100bb, sort by pot size and look for sick hero calls. Or just look at your biggest lifetime pots until you find a good one.

I'm searching right now, and I think my results of this search are very telling and this has been beneficial. I clearly either a) suck at winning hero calls b) rarely make hero calls. I know that b) isn't true, so I'm gonna go with a). I practically have no big pots won where I've called the river light, which means that I should probably stop making all my river hero calls!

I have found a few from yesterday though, maybe I'll just make a thread.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jay-Z

I'm a couple hands down and I'm tryin' to get back
I gave the other grip, I lost a flip for five stacks

09-16-2009, 12:25 PM

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I lost $1000 calling rivers holy shit leak alert
you would think that since I have a lot of value hands I would just call on the river + getting good pot odds a lot that I would be +EV at calling rivers

my biggest pots are lost calling rivers in 3b pots with top pair hands
Hand 1: lol @ this hand vs. a maniac:
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (5 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Button ($67.65)
Hero (SB) ($140.90)
BB ($91.65)
UTG ($109.20)
MP ($135)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A

, 7

3 folds, Button calls $0.50, Hero bets $3, Button calls $2

Flop: ($6) 6

, 2

, A

(2 players)
Button bets $6, Hero calls $6

Turn: ($18) 2

(2 players)
Button bets $18, Hero calls $18

River: ($54) 5

(2 players)
Button bets $40.65 (All-In), Hero calls $40.65

Total pot: $135.30 | Rake: $3

Results:
Button had A

, 8

(two pair, Aces and twos).
Hero had A

, 7

(two pair, Aces and twos).
Outcome: Button won $132.30

hand 2: also wtf @ this call by me so fucking retarded when a fish fucking pots river fold and run away

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (5 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG ($303.25)
Hero (MP) ($100)
Button ($188.75)
SB ($78)
BB ($116.70)

Preflop: Hero is MP with 7

, 7

UTG calls $1, Hero bets $6, 3 folds, UTG calls $5

Flop: ($13.50) 9

, 4

, 5

(2 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($13.50) 4

(2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $8, UTG raises to $16, Hero calls $8

River: ($45.50) 6

(2 players)
UTG bets $45.50, Hero calls $45.50

Total pot: $136.50 | Rake: $3

Results:
UTG had 3

, 7

(straight, seven high).
Hero had 7

, 7

(two pair, sevens and fours).
Outcome: UTG won $133.50

09-16-2009, 01:00 PM

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Hand 3: Does this count as a good hero call or is it totally standard? He was repping that flush!

32/12 aggro donk

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (6 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG ($175.10)
MP ($100)
Hero (CO) ($158.65)
Button ($20)
SB ($100)
BB ($100)

Preflop: Hero is CO with K

, K

UTG bets $4, 1 fold, Hero raises to $12, 3 folds, UTG calls $8

Flop: ($25.50) J

, 3

, 7

(2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $17, UTG calls $17

Turn: ($59.50) 8

(2 players)
UTG bets $25, Hero calls $25

River: ($109.50) 4

(2 players)
UTG bets $121.10 (All-In), Hero calls $104.65 (All-In)

Total pot: $318.80 | Rake: $3

Results:
UTG had 6

, 4

(one pair, fours).
Hero had K

, K

(one pair, Kings).
Outcome: Hero won $315.80

Hand 4: I have NO IDEA wtf is going on in this hand, villain is a reg
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (6 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP ($100)
CO ($247.45)
Hero (Button) ($102)
SB ($101.50)
BB ($93.10)
UTG ($124.50)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 2

, 2

2 folds, CO bets $4, Hero raises to $12, 2 folds, CO calls $8

Flop: ($25.50) 7

, 9

, 7

(2 players)
CO checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($25.50) 6

(2 players)
CO bets $15, Hero calls $15

River: ($55.50) 4

(2 players)
CO bets $25, Hero calls $25

Total pot: $105.50 | Rake: $3

Results:
Hero had 2

, 2

(two pair, sevens and twos).
CO had A

, J

(one pair, sevens).
Outcome: Hero won $102.50

noble007

09-16-2009, 01:26 PM

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Your hero calls might look like a mistake but I think you lose more bb/100 than you think by folding on the river.

Instead look at the pots (>100bb if you like) where you called the river & go to the hands at showdown report as long as you win the hand in question (E.g. 1 Pair hands) more than 33% of the time making the hero/light call, then calling was definitely correct (& because most people bet less than pot somewhere round 28% may mean calling was better than folding.)

Note though this just means your river call was correct but folding much earlier in the hand i.e. the flop may be even more optimal.

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09-16-2009, 01:39 PM

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that's true I win 42% on the river, so of course I am negative overall, but my river calls were good in the sense that I only need to be good 33% of the time, but some of those hands were like "make a bad call on the flop, catch top pair on the turn and never fold"

griffey24

09-16-2009, 01:41 PM

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iopq - some of those hands definitely aren't hero calls. Your A7 call vs what you perceive is a maniac was probably warranted. Your KK hand I'm probably never folding, I think thats def a call in a 3bet pot. Your 77 hand is a hero call, but I don't think its good on that particular river. Your 22 is a hero call but I think his value betting range is too wide to call there (vbets 9x, 7x, T8,88,TT+,66,44).

noble - yah I agree I have to be winning 33%, good points. I'll check my percentages when I get home.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jay-Z

I'm a couple hands down and I'm tryin' to get back
I gave the other grip, I lost a flip for five stacks

09-16-2009, 02:15 PM

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griffey, the HH says "Hero calls" so they must be hero calls!

griffey24

09-16-2009, 04:16 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Alexos

Hey Griffey, I found your favorite hand played. Isn't that sick but I remember you tilting pretty hard after

1 fold, Hero raises to $15 ($1,130.55), 1 fold, Griffey24 raises to $55 ($1,765.45), 1 fold, Hero calls $40 ($1,090.55)

Flop:

($115, 2 players)
Griffey24 bets $70 ($1,697.45), Hero calls $70 ($1,020.55)

Turn:

($255, 2 players)
Griffey24 bets $205 ($1,492.45), Hero calls $205 ($815.55)

River:

($665, 2 players)
Griffey24 bets $1,492.45 ($0), Hero calls $815.55 ($0)

Final Pot: $2,973
Hero shows:

Griffey24 shows:

Hero wins $2,293.10 ( won +$1,147.55 )
Griffey24 wins $676.90 ( lost -$1,145.55 )

{name changed in case he cares-jyms}

haha oh man I was such a spewtard back then, worse than now!

I'm pretty sure you've made much crazier calls vs me though before.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jay-Z

I'm a couple hands down and I'm tryin' to get back
I gave the other grip, I lost a flip for five stacks

Ravageur

09-17-2009, 04:36 AM

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I miss you on Inter - I need some more griffback (enhanced rakeback program imo)

Family Cruise IMO

Marshall28

09-17-2009, 07:41 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by griffey24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marshall28

Compare your game now with your game two years ago.

What parts have you specifically spent time focusing on changing, why?

What parts do you think have stayed constant over the course of time, why?

I thought this was a well, are we leak finding you instead now? : p

griffey24

09-17-2009, 12:13 PM

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It's a "what not to do" well imo!

Rav - come into pokerstars, I miss your luckboxing ways.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jay-Z

I'm a couple hands down and I'm tryin' to get back
I gave the other grip, I lost a flip for five stacks

Jack Sawyer

09-17-2009, 02:00 PM

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Jack Sawyer will become famous soon enough

Just dropping by to say hi!

What made you jump out of Inter into PokerStars? Also, how's your setup to play poker? How many tables can you comfortably do?

My dream... is to fly... over the rainbow... so high...

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griffey24

09-17-2009, 02:22 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Jack Sawyer

Just dropping by to say hi!

What made you jump out of Inter into PokerStars? Also, how's your setup to play poker? How many tables can you comfortably do?

Interpoker and crypto got bought out by Boss network. Boss is the most tilting software in the world to use, and wasn't compatible with HEM at the time of the switch. I didn't really feel like learning how to use PT3 and a new boss software at once so I moved to stars.

In general I can 8 table pretty well, but anything over 8 and I seem to self destruct.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jay-Z

I'm a couple hands down and I'm tryin' to get back
I gave the other grip, I lost a flip for five stacks

Ravageur

09-18-2009, 07:33 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by griffey24

It's a "what not to do" well imo!

Rav - come into pokerstars, I miss your luckboxing ways.

r u serious??? Isn't there some horrible movie that says "be careful what you wish for?"

I'm coming for you...

Family Cruise IMO

bjsaust

09-18-2009, 11:20 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by griffey24

I had a huge downswing since I started dating her..

Have you not considered this connection?

Just playing to improve.

griffey24

09-18-2009, 12:47 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by bjsaust

Quote:

Originally Posted by griffey24

I had a huge downswing since I started dating her..

Have you not considered this connection?

haha they could be related. Though she's actually pretty good about me playing, and she just hands out in the room and watches tv and stuff. Though sometimes her talking to me does get distracting, or just endsup she's talking to herself.

In other news, went to the U2 concert here in T.O last night, and it was pretty awesome!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jay-Z

I'm a couple hands down and I'm tryin' to get back
I gave the other grip, I lost a flip for five stacks

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