01-05-2012 01:53 AM
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01-05-2012 01:37 PM
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01-05-2012 02:30 PM
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01-26-2012 03:16 AM
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more gold. this one's local | |
01-29-2012 12:30 AM
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i'm back playing 50nl for now. two tables (not fast ones). not table selecting at all. taking heaaaaps of notes. using as much time as i need for each decision. trying be aware of/assess my own range+strategy while playing. been studying heaps. and i've stopped getting tired of playing poker after just 10 minutes. hopefully this is sustainable. | |
01-29-2012 01:16 AM
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trolling freetrollers
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01-30-2012 03:51 AM
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outa here bro, bans are funny things |
01-30-2012 11:44 PM
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01-30-2012 11:54 PM
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pretty soon after i made that post i basically stopped playing and studying poker altogether for a month or two due to having lots of stuff going on. lately i've been looking at the more "abstract" kind of theory stuff about exploitation, game theory-optimal strategies and balance and things - trying to start being more aware of BOTH my own and my opponents' ranges in a given hand, so that i'm not as susceptible to being beaten to a pulp by the more perceptive regs. | |
Last edited by rpm; 01-30-2012 at 11:56 PM. | |
01-31-2012 01:20 AM
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dude my bad...didnt even see the date. |
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04-17-2012 07:01 PM
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so. for the time being, i am playing online texas holdem again. | |
04-18-2012 01:51 PM
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BANNED
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Nice to have you back bro, if only for a little while. GL wid the game. |
04-18-2012 05:59 PM
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cheers. the plan is to stick around. however to be honest it all depends on the strength of my mental game. which in turn depends on how much work i put into my mental game. | |
04-20-2012 12:27 PM
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I'm a bit confused.. you were killing SSNL in 2011! what's been keeping you away from online poker? | |
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04-20-2012 07:06 PM
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i suppose a change in life situation (no longer a student with almost endless free time on my hands) and an overall increase in tilt which prevents me from being able to properly re-commit to poker since i took a break. tilt was also basically why i decided to stop playing a few months back. | |
04-21-2012 07:41 AM
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Just read through the blog. Good luck! I'll be hanging out and watching your progress, hoping you get back to runnin' good. |
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04-21-2012 08:45 PM
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thankyou sir. my biggest problem at the moment is getting my poker head screwed back on properly after a break. the logic is all still there but emotions and temperament are far from optimal. | |
04-23-2012 02:28 AM
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trolling freetrollers
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04-25-2012 02:47 AM
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04-25-2012 05:34 PM
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trolling freetrollers
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quitting a terrible job sounds good to me |
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04-26-2012 11:57 PM
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no idea what my hourly EV would be any more. not even sure if i would be a long-term winner, to be honest. i feel like i can see my where my edges are quite clearly when i'm sitting and playing. but then inevitably i make a mistake, large or minor, or even just make a non-standard play that i'm unsure about and which doesn't work out, then tilt like crazy, quit the session immediately, and don't play for a week. so it's hard to really tell. | |
Last edited by rpm; 04-27-2012 at 12:00 AM. | |
04-27-2012 09:42 AM
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04-27-2012 09:57 AM
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Nothing else in my life has forced me to be as honest with myself as poker. Seems like you know your issues. Why not play some 10nl. Some money is better than none? | |
04-27-2012 10:23 AM
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Find that love of the game, again, the one that drove you to success not so long ago. I am big believer in the connection between how much we enjoy poker and how successful we are at the tables. It sounds like your not happy with poker atm, and that's a hard way to grind. |
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04-27-2012 07:01 PM
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05-08-2012 01:42 AM
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thanks all for the wise words and support. | |
Last edited by rpm; 05-08-2012 at 03:23 AM. | |
05-08-2012 01:49 AM
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nh, sir - that's why you need to get back to grinding, that's one helluva read, and lots of guys (like me) can learn a lot from you |
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05-08-2012 03:47 AM
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thanks robb. villain sat out and quit immediately after this hand (on his BU). i hate to admit that i derived pleasure purely from someone else's displeasure, but goddamn it felt good to know i had rattled his cage a little a bit. it was only $4 he lost, after all. | |
Last edited by rpm; 05-08-2012 at 03:50 AM. | |
05-08-2012 05:25 AM
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i've noticed people are posting pictures of shit they bought with their dirty, filthy gambling money. seeing as motivation is a pretty big problem for me, and i fucking love this guitar, i thought i'd do the same. | |
05-08-2012 09:26 AM
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I srsly lol'd - twice. Actually, I'm still laughing. |
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05-08-2012 04:12 PM
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trolling freetrollers
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05-31-2012 07:48 PM
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played >1k hands in a month for the first time this year last month. ran like god at 10nl and got my ass kicked at 25nl. games were really soft though even playing at anti-peak hour so hopefully i can focus on this shit and start siphoning some $ out of the micro steaks economy. | |
09-07-2012 01:59 AM
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going to post up some hands for me to work through because it seems online forums are the only bearable HH format at my disposal in the absence of microsoft word. many of these spots will probably seem utterly trivial and over-analysed but i have certain things i want to work on. i don't expect people to comment on the hands or play, but feel free if you want and can be bothered. really this is just the only place i can go over hands the way i like to. here's one a i fucked up. | |
Last edited by rpm; 09-07-2012 at 02:02 AM. | |
09-07-2012 04:57 AM
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Solid analysis of the hand rpm. I think your best line versus these villains is to b/f flop since you can get value from TT-KKd. If villain c/c's flop and leads turn/river you can be pretty sure you are beat (i.e. there are a lot more Ax than missed draws) | |
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09-07-2012 09:34 PM
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cheers. you're probably right about preflop. it's marginal at best and may cause me to spew a lot at later points in the hand if my game isn't good. which it currently isn't. | |
11-01-2012 05:48 AM
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more hands. i'm not necessarily hero. just looking over people's plays/strategies, putting myself in their shoes to see if i think they are doing things right/wrong (and what) and trying to learn about poker in the process. my focus for the time being (until i play bad enough to tilt and re-become disillusioned with poker) is CB strategies | |
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11-01-2012 04:27 PM
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If villain c/r, what would you continue with (even though he reps little)? Just seems that cbetting this flop much more than 50% seems far too exploitable given you whiff the flop more often than not when in late position. | |
11-01-2012 05:47 PM
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i'd probably actually peel a x/r pretty liberally here in reality because it's so hard for villain to have a hand (as you said) and people rarely C/R like 99/TT/whatever the top of their pocket pair range is for thin value. this board actually hits my range better than his in the sense that i still most of the nut combinations in my range (probably all of them except 64o) when nut is defined as 2pr+. though when i CB it i obviously have whiffed a massive amount of the time, and that "nut" part of my range is a very very small part until i continue vs a x/r | |
Last edited by rpm; 11-01-2012 at 05:53 PM. | |
11-01-2012 05:51 PM
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fwiw i actually was hero in this one and i did check it back because i felt like any pair or Ax would continue because my CB range is so airy on this board. | |
11-01-2012 10:01 PM
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JQ hand is interesting. Shame there isn't a heart among that flopped junk. Discount 22-66 a bunch vs this villain, but still check it back and prepare to raise the turn |
Last edited by daven; 11-01-2012 at 10:06 PM.
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11-01-2012 10:31 PM
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i'm curious as to the rationale for raising turn leads? seems like that's just too often going to perceived as the reg deciding too late in the hand that its time to start bluffing when he credibly reps nothing. obviously depends a lot on hero's strategy (or more specifically, villain's perception of it), i don't have any remotely strong hands i check back this flop with. | |
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11-02-2012 05:30 AM
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qualifier - been drinking and i feel like i use the word 'range' too often below.. |
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11-02-2012 09:24 AM
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i wouldn't actually call a C/R with the hand i had in this spot (and part of my reasoning for not CBing a seemingly standard CB spot here was because i expected most of his Ax to continue, and to C/R bluff me with some frequency), when i said i could continue vs a C/R range "liberally" (or something, cant remember) i was responding to a question bean counter asked about being too exploitable vs C/R's - speaking in terms my whole range and not this hand. ie with middleish pairs and perhaps even some of. my better Ahigh's. because villain rarely actually has a hand and i can believably have quite a few strong/nutted hands when i CB/call a C/R | |
Last edited by rpm; 11-02-2012 at 09:26 AM. | |