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  1. #76
    Not much to report. I played my quota for the day, adding an extra table at times. For some or other reason my computer ran really laggy in the last set and I timed out a bunch of times on some tables. Annoyingly, TN didn't automatically click the "I'm back" button. So I had to run through all the tables finding ones I was sitting out on. Definitely -EV.

    I did a bit of work on preparing the vegetable patch during my lunch time. I plan to surprise my mom for her Birthday as the vegetable garden is out of sight and I'm sure she hasn't seen the work I have done so far. I also went to dancing lessons again today and we picked up a couple of new moves ... always a challenge.

    Today's Profit: +$138 (EV +$164)
    Today's Volume: 96 games
    Month's Profit: +$608 (EV +$786)
    Month's Volume: 718 games
  2. #77
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    still below EV but the tides are starting to change, rungood coming IMO.
  3. #78
    GLGL!
    Quote Originally Posted by Fnord View Post
    Why poker fucks with our heads: it's the master that beats you for bringing in the paper, then gives you a milkbone for peeing on the carpet.

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  4. #79
    Today was sick. I feel sick. I want to punch the crap out of my computer screen and pound the remains into tiny little pieces. I do realise that thinking in this manner won't change the fact that I may have played like a donk or the fact I lost $150 today. I need to pick up the pieces (of my computer screen) and get right back into the trenches tomorrow.

    I guess I feel bad because I got coolered so many times, it just looks bad from both an EV and winnings perspective. Some of the random things that happened today. I stacked on on monotone boards with KK, only to be shown dumb shit like 74s. In one pot, villain bets flop small OOP, I call with a gut-shot. He checks the turn, I bet the turn since I picked up the second nut FD to go with my GS. Flush comes in (and pairs the board) and he checks the river and I commit myself betting half pot, get re-raised and he shows 55 that made a set on the flop and filled up on the river ....

    Wow, I realised today that there is nearly $3k difference between my EV and winnings over 9k of games at the $16s. It's probably outside 1 standard deviation, but what can you do other than play and hope things improve?

    Today's Profit: -$142 (EV -$93)
    Today's Volume: 100 games
    Month's Profit: +$466 (EV +$693)
    Month's Volume: 818 games

    A gem from the last set I played.

    No Limit Holdem Tournament
    9 Players
    Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com
    $15+$1

    Stacks:
    UTG (1,500)
    UTG+1 (1,500)
    MP1 (1,500)
    MP2 (1,500)
    MP3 (1,380)
    CO (1,500)
    BTN (1,640)
    Hero (1,480)
    BB (1,500)

    Blinds: 10/20

    Pre-Flop: (30, 9 players) Hero is SB Q K
    3 folds, MP2 calls 20, 2 folds, BTN calls 20, Hero calls 10, BB checks

    Flop: 5 8 J (80, 4 players)
    Hero checks, BB checks, MP2 checks, BTN bets 220, Hero calls 220, BB folds, MP2 folds

    Turn: 7 (520, 2 players)
    Hero checks, BTN bets 480, Hero goes all-in 1,240, BTN calls 760

    River: Q (3,000, 2 players, 1 all-in)

    Final Pot: 3,000
    BTN shows a straight flush, Five to Nine
    6 9
    Hero shows a flush, King high
    Q K

    BTN wins 3,000 (net +1,520)

    Hero lost 1,480
    BB lost 20
    MP2 lost 20
    Last edited by Nakamura; 03-10-2011 at 05:00 PM.
  5. #80
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    No Limit Holdem Tournament
    9 Players
    Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com
    $15+$1

    Stacks:
    UTG (1,500)
    UTG+1 (1,500)
    MP1 (1,500)
    MP2 (1,500)
    MP3 (1,380)
    CO (1,500)
    BTN (1,640)
    Hero (1,480)
    BB (1,500)

    Blinds: 10/20

    Pre-Flop: (30, 9 players) Hero is SB Q K
    3 folds, MP2 calls 20, 2 folds, BTN calls 20, Hero calls 10, BB checks

    Flop: 5 8 J (80, 4 players)
    Hero checks, BB checks, MP2 checks, BTN bets 220, Hero calls 220, BB folds, MP2 folds

    Turn: 7 (520, 2 players)
    Hero checks, BTN bets 480, Hero goes all-in 1,240, BTN calls 760

    River: Q (3,000, 2 players, 1 all-in)

    Final Pot: 3,000
    BTN shows a straight flush, Five to Nine
    6 9
    Hero shows a flush, King high
    Q K

    BTN wins 3,000 (net +1,520)

    Hero lost 1,480
    BB lost 20
    MP2 lost 20
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    I don't like your play very much with KQ since you block the other likely card he can call you with that you beat.

    ?wut
  7. #82
    Quote Originally Posted by bikes View Post
    I don't like your play very much with KQ since you block the other likely card he can call you with that you beat.
    On reflection, I agree.

    Opponent in this hand is a complete spazz, but this isn't a reason to bet or call. At the time I definitely wasn't happy to the 4th card to the flush since Ac is in his range. The way he overbets the flop, I think I correctly conclude his range is weighed to smaller flushes and Ac. On the turn Ac gets there as well as hands like Tc9c, 9c6c, 6c4c. I fail to adapt to the turn and make a bad shove IMO I should just fold, this is why I epically suck at cash.

    I have basically tracked sideways for the last 500 games or so. In particular I tend to be shoving and finding myself in a lot of dominated spots. There really isn't a whole lot you can do about these spots if you are ranging your opponent correctly and shoving the right range.

    Today I have played around 100 games and made just a small amount. I ran lucky in my 4th set and made around $220 before I crashed and burned in the my final set. I should have made about $20 off the last set and ended up dropped about $200. On a frustration scale at the moment, I'd say I'm at about an 8. On the plus side though my volume is good for the month and I have now cleared 25 000 VPP, so I'm 1/4 of the way to SuperNova and ahead of schedule.

    Today's Profit: +$33.50 (EV +$114)
    Today's Volume: 100 games
    Month's Profit: +$499 (EV +$801)
    Month's Volume: 996 games
  8. #83
    I have taken today off as I played quite a bit yesterday. I decided to fit in some games yesterday, since I know this week is going to be quite busy for me as well as the fact I'm going away this weekend. I was up until 3am playing poker, which is pretty unusual for me. I ran pretty badly in the extra games I played so the post above should really read,

    Today's Profit: -$93.50 (EV +$182)
    Today's Volume: 140 games
    Month's Profit: +$371 (EV +$870)
    Month's Volume: 1036 games

    I dabbled a bit in cash again today. I am playing 10NL 6-max on FTP in my spare time to add another dimension to my poker skills. I spewed really hard today losing 3 BIs in an hour. I sat down at some tables where I was getting the crap 3-bet out of me. I did close some of those, but I just seemed to end up more aggro tables. In the end I made some really bad decisions in 3-bet/4-bet pots because I don't fully understand what constitutes a good or bad spot yet. I'm glad I'm only playing 10NL
  9. #84
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    the more i think about that hand i abso hate it. I think your ROI would improve in leaps and bounds if you worked on your level 1-3 play.

    I'll just take the KQs hand for starters.
    Preflopz - You have a top 5% hand. Iso those limpers! Punish them for their K7o calls or Q3s. Fish in SNGS are just all kinds of limp/cally c/folding atrocious. Like 80-90 chips is a good bet here. Yeah you are OOP but your hand is just so dominate compared to all the crap they l/c.

    Flop - LEAD! You hit one of the nut best flops for your hand and all kinds of worse will call. TP no club. Gutters with a club that are drawing dead. 2 pairs. The naked Ac. You leave so much value left on the table by not leading here.

    As played CRAI! He bet 3x pot and you have the second nuts. He obviously likes his hand and if he has the nuts well it's a cooler. But people make all kinds of awful mistakes here. Like having a bad flush or playing QQ-AA like a tard or a retarded 2 pair. This is a fist pump praise Lee c/shove as played.

    Turn. Certainly do not c/f. You have the eff 2nd nuts. Let him blast away with w/e. Again if he has the Ac cooler but based on his flop play I would weight his range away from it. I'm not saying he cannot have it but c/c here for sure and re-evaul the river, most likely c/cing again. the turn c/jam is so much button clicking that like c'mon.

    c/c >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>c/jam>>>>>>>>>>>c/f

    from what I read in your blog you talk about running bad late with w/e but if you work on your postflop game in the early-mid your ROI will grow drastically and you will be moving up quickly. a lot of sng/tourney friends of mine have talked about not needing postflop and i think nothing could be further from the truth. you are playing a game infested with fish and they will make giant mistakes in every part of the sng. so take advantage.

    ?wut
  10. #85
    Thanks bikes, my post-flop game could use a lot of work for sure. I think I understand most of what you are saying here and it makes sense. Thanks for helping me out.
  11. #86
    I think Fnord said something about poker giving you a whack for bringing in the paper and a milkbone for peeing on the carpet. Today I feel like I played pretty well, but I certainly got a whack on the bum. I wanted to make sure I was playing better both pre-flop and post-flop. I wanted to isolate the fish as well as play better post-flop in general.

    Hand 1

    No Limit Holdem Tournament
    8 Players
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    $15+$1

    Stacks:
    UTG (3,030)
    UTG+1 (1,580)
    MP1 (1,500)
    MP2 (1,490)
    Hero (CO) (1,470)
    BTN (1,460)
    SB (1,470)
    BB (1,500)

    Blinds: 10/20

    Pre-Flop: (30, 8 players) Hero is CO K Q
    1 fold, UTG+1 calls 20, 2 folds, Hero raises to 80, BTN calls 80, 2 folds, UTG+1 calls 60

    Flop: 5 10 7 (270, 3 players)
    UTG+1 bets 60, Hero raises to 220, BTN calls 220, UTG+1 calls 160

    Turn: 2 (930, 3 players)
    UTG+1 checks, Hero bets 540, BTN folds, UTG+1 folds


    Hand 2

    No Limit Holdem Tournament
    9 Players
    Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com
    $15+$1

    Stacks:
    UTG (1,290)
    UTG+1 (1,580)
    MP1 (1,470)
    MP2 (1,580)
    Hero (MP3) (1,450)
    CO (1,720)
    BTN (1,450)
    SB (1,480)
    BB (1,480)

    Blinds: 15/30

    Pre-Flop: (45, 9 players) Hero is MP3 Q A
    UTG calls 30, 3 folds, Hero raises to 120, 4 folds, UTG calls 90

    Flop: 6 K Q (285, 2 players)
    UTG bets 120, Hero calls 120

    Turn: 8 (525, 2 players)
    UTG bets 120, Hero calls 120

    River: 8 (765, 2 players)
    UTG bets 300, Hero calls 300

    Final Pot: 1,365
    UTG shows a pair of Eights
    9 10
    Hero shows two pair, Queens and Eights
    Q A


    Hand 3

    I think this is just a call given the board, not too sure though.

    No Limit Holdem Tournament
    8 Players
    Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com
    $15+$1

    Stacks:
    UTG (3,072)
    UTG+1 (1,290)
    MP1 (2,525)
    MP2 (1,303)
    Hero (CO) (1,500)
    BTN (1,255)
    SB (1,000)
    BB (1,555)

    Blinds: 25/50

    Pre-Flop: (75, 8 players) Hero is CO 6 6
    4 folds, Hero raises to 125, 2 folds, BB calls 75

    Flop: 3 9 A (275, 2 players)
    BB checks, Hero bets 162, BB calls 162

    Turn: 8 (599, 2 players)
    BB checks, Hero checks

    River: 6 (599, 2 players)
    BB bets 500, Hero calls 500

    Final Pot: 1,599


    Today's Profit: -$349 (EV +$20)
    Today's Volume: 80 games
    Month's Profit: +$23 (EV +$890)
    Month's Volume: 1116 games

    Pretty sick last two days ....

    Last edited by Nakamura; 03-15-2011 at 06:25 PM.
  12. #87
    Bikes said a lot of valuable advices, but some of it can't be so useful for STT's.

    My point of view:
    I think preflop completing with KQs is absolutely fine, i am pretty sure that any top reg wouldn't played it differently.
    Flop: you can lead out or make a strong c/r, but definitely not c/c because another club might kill any action and also you should protect your hand against sombody who has the Ace of clubs.

    Your graph is pretty sick but i am sure you will go up soon again....
    GL
    "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe" (Albert Einstein)
  13. #88
    Thanks for the thoughts Lance. Yeah post-flop is a total balls-up.

    Unfortunately today I've dropped another $140 so far from 40 games. I feel like I'm getting utterly crushed all the time. I just took a look at my stats ... I've basically broken even over the last 2.5k of games in spite of making around $2.5k in Sklansky bucks. I don't know whether to be happy or sad.
  14. #89
    Success! I finally actually made some money. I just feel relief after my recent form.

    On a side note, heading off to the same farm I went to last time to go kloofing in the river this weekend. It should be a welcome break and time away from poker. This reminds me that I never posted pics from the last trip. Maybe I'll find them tomorrow and post some.

    Today's Profit: +$155 (EV +$257)
    Today's Volume: 100 games
    Month's Profit: +$178 (EV +$1147)
    Month's Volume: 1216 games
  15. #90
    Wow, it's been a long time since my last entry. I was away for a few days and then found it hard to get back into the grind given the months results. I know I shouldn't be so mentally weak but it gets tough sometimes. Still the volume is decent, 1500 games so far but I'm taking tomorrow off as I need time to sort out quite a few things.

    I have been riding a Honda CBR600 F4 for while now on a learners license. I have to go to town tomorrow to book the drivers test. I have been delaying it because I don't want to use my bike because it's big and heavy and steers like a pig when it's not going 100 mph. Still I really love it and there is nothing like hearing that engine sing. I also have to fit a new chain and get some new tyres as well. I reckon that will set me back $500-700 or so. I'm planning on taking it in sometime this week.

    I'm trying to scout out a new crib as well, probably somewhere on the Atlantic side of Cape Town. It's really beautiful on that side and I can run along the shore and beaches in the morning and the bars and clubs are pretty trendy. Unfortunately trendy comes with a price-tag.

    I also have to get my squash racquet fixed. I smashed it on the wall about a month ago and I'm going to get that fixed so I can use it as a second racquet. Amongst other things I have washing and cleaning up to do, a bike to wash, I have AHK code that needs serious attention - I have so many ideas and so little skill! I also worked out how to do SQL queries of my HEM database, which is pure awesomeness. Since HEM is really terrible at helping out SNG players with calling ranges, shoving ranges etc. I have found a way to get at it through SQL. This will give me a major advantage over my opponents. So tomorrow I'm going to collate the SQL queries.

    On the poker front, things are going really terribly still. I'm barely positive for the month at the $16s, although I have earned bonuses and the reload bonus. I have placed back-to-back in the BOTP now, although the previous one was obviously last month. I am still playing in the Battle at the moment. I won my first table and I am currently waiting for the rest of the tables to finish up. I hope I can continue to the final table this time. I am also playing in the $11 Sunday Storm right now. I have had very few opportunities to play hands, although this one just came up. Donk better is an idiot but still shows strength by leading strongly OOP. It sucks but I got to let it go...

    No Limit Holdem Tournament
    9 Players
    Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com
    $10+$1

    Stacks:
    eNakamura (UTG) (3,030)
    UTG+1 (4,455)
    MP1 (1,800)
    MP2 (5,115)
    MP3 (1,860)
    CO (5,345)
    BTN (3,320)
    SB (3,435)
    BB (1,640)

    Blinds: 50/100

    Pre-Flop: (150, 9 players) eNakamura is UTG Q Q
    eNakamura raises to 250, 2 folds, MP2 calls 250, 4 folds, BB calls 150

    Flop: K 2 3 (800, 3 players)
    BB bets 500, eNakamura folds, MP2 goes all-in 4,865, BB goes all-in 890

    Turn: J (7,055, 2 players, 2 all-in)

    River: 8 (7,055, 2 players, 2 all-in)

    Final Pot: 7,055
    MP2 shows high card Ace
    10 A
    BB shows a pair of Kings
    10 K

    BB wins 3,580 (net +1,940)

    MP2 collects 3,475 (net -1,640)
    eNakamura lost 250
    Last edited by Nakamura; 03-27-2011 at 04:23 PM.
  16. #91
    Looks like I drew a pretty weak table for the Battle of the Planets. Most of the table is really tight-passive and there is only one players that looks quite decent. I'm second at the moment with 2100 chips, about 150 behind the table leader. I'm going to maintain good aggression and hope for the best.

    The Sunday Storm isn't really going terribly well. I'm well behind average and haven't had any cards to re-steal and no one has called my raises with my good hands. I have around 4200 chips and the blinds will probably go up to 200/400 + 40 after the break .... I'm pretty desperate!

    Edit: Meh, ended up getting crippled in the Sunday Storm when I called a shove with KK and lost to AJ and then busted out running AJ into AA.

    Got a bit of raw deal card-wise in the Battle of the Planets. In the 28 hands after the break (and before the Q9o hand below), I got dealt no pocket pairs, one broadway (see QTo below), and zero suited connectors ... some cold streak. The best hands of the bunch were A2s in an EP and QT in the SB with two raisers. I finally shoved Q9o from the SB for 9.5BB and immediately after that JTo from the button for 11BB. It was a borderline shove, but ok given the structure of the tournament. I was called by A5o that spiked a 5 on the flop, I hit a J on the turn and he made trips on the river . Crippled with 5BB, I shoved 66 and ran into AQs and JJ! At least another $200 eases my pain a little.
    Last edited by Nakamura; 03-27-2011 at 05:52 PM.
  17. #92
    Still on the Grind?
  18. #93
    Not at the moment. I have been trying for a few days to get at calling and shoving ranges in my HEM database. I think this would be hugely beneficial and give me an extra edge at the tables. I tend to get completely carried away with these types of things. I have mostly been pretty frustrated with HEM and it's restrictive database. The information is there, but hugely inaccessible.

    I made some headway learning how to add all players from certain time periods to an alias, which allows me to analyse them as if they were "Hero". Problems quickly start compounding though with stack overflow issues (out of memory), maxing out the CPU,very slow searches etc. Until I can get my hands on a new computer system, with a SS HDD, faster CPU and more memory, I think this information may remain elusive.

    I have had an opportunity to learn SQL queries, which is interesting in itself. I have also been fiddling with some AHK and bashing my head against a wall mostly. I'm not a very skilled programmer and sometimes accomplishing the simplest things seem beyond me.

    I tried to get some games in last night, but the games just seemed jam-packed with regs, so I decided not to play in the end. I'm not starting any games now since I'm waiting for a carpenter to come around and give a quote to hang some doors. I'll probably work on a bit of code while I wait.

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