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I haven't written anything in a while cause I went away to San Diego for a week or so and served as a good break from poker, and I hoped my downswing would end once I got back. I had a bad 7k downswing right before the holiday so was good to take a break.
Played a couple sessions, up 3.5k in one and down 3k in another.
BR is completely stalled at around 50kish.
I REALLY REALLY need to stop bluffing... I'm bordering on out of control. I just never give up pots. If I have air, but someone else raise me on the flop and I think they have air, I just risk my whole stack to take them off their air. Its not worth it. It's not worth risking $1k more to protect the $80 I put in that the guy is trying to steal from me.
Some bluffs from yesterday:
Hand 1:
-this one is just brutal and I should realize that I have no fold equity.
Cryptologic
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $5/$10
6 players
Converter
Stack sizes:
UTG: $890
UTG+1: $2187.57
CO: $501.25
Button: $1221
SB: $443
Hero: $1337
Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is BB with
3 folds, Button raises to $40, SB folds, Hero raises to $150, Button calls.
Flop: ($305, 2 players)
Hero bets $233, Button raises to $466, Hero raises all-in $1187
Hand 2:
-I don't mind this one, cause I planned it well and my bet size on the turn allowed for a good sized bet on the river
Cryptologic
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $2/$5
5 players
Converter
Stack sizes:
UTG: $509.30
CO: $458.85
Button: $1474.81
Hero: $541.55
BB: $191.98
Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is SB with
UTG raises to $10, CO calls, Button folds, Hero calls, BB folds.
Flop: ($35, 3 players)
Hero bets $22, UTG raises to $85, CO folds, Hero calls.
Turn: ($205, 2 players)
Hero bets $101, UTG calls.
River: ($407, 2 players)
Hero bets $314
Hand 3:
-this one is okk, I think I'm repping AA/KK or QQ here reasonably well. I'd imagine he folds JJ/TT here
Cryptologic
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $2/$5
6 players
Converter
Stack sizes:
UTG: $500
UTG+1: $170
CO: $1182.64
Hero: $668.60
SB: $524.45
BB: $168.50
Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is Button with
UTG raises to $15, UTG+1 folds, CO raises to $45, Hero calls, 2 folds, UTG calls.
Flop: ($142, 3 players)
UTG checks, CO checks, Hero checks.
Turn: ($142, 3 players)
UTG bets $85, CO folds, Hero raises to $170, UTG calls.
River: ($482, 2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $285
Hand 4:
-his 3-bet on the flop signalled to me that he had noooothing. It was just a matter of me pushing over flop or waiting for the turn to make a move
Cryptologic
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $2/$5
5 players
Converter
Stack sizes:
Hero: $531.50
CO: $492.50
Button: $588
SB: $767.70
BB: $794.65
Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is UTG with
Hero raises to $15, 3 folds, BB calls.
Flop: ($32, 2 players)
BB bets $20, Hero raises to $70, BB raises to $140, Hero calls.
Turn: ($312, 2 players)
BB bets $59, Hero raises all-in $396.5
Hand 5:
-villain is aggressive in this hand, so much so that he'd re-raise preflop with all strong aces for sure. Its just a question if i think he can fold a weak ace here if thats what he has
Cryptologic
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $5/$10
5 players
Converter
Stack sizes:
UTG: $2160.57
CO: $366.25
Button: $486
Hero: $1005
BB: $941.50
Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is SB with
3 folds, Hero raises to $30, BB calls.
Flop: ($60, 2 players)
Hero bets $34, BB raises to $109, Hero calls.
Turn: ($278, 2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $181, Hero raises all-in $866
Results:
Bluffs 1 and 2 did NOT work -> net loss of about $2.2k
Bluffs 3,4 and 5 DID work -> net gain of about $700
I'd have to bluff 5 more times successfully each time profiting around $300 just to BREAK EVEN on my bluffs. So I'd have to bluff successfully about 8/10 times just to makeup for the times I stack off and lose from bluffs. If this isn't a wakeup call for me to stop bluffing I don't know what is.
Also, I don't think the two times I AM getting caught bluffing is making my image bad enough to make up for this difference.
Thats my thought of the day: Don't bluff frequently and when you do, bluff with fold equity AND pot equity (outs) AND make sure you're representing a hand, or its just not close to worth it.
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