Hey there,

I was never really too interested in making an operation thread but have enjoyed reading other player's ops. Recently, however, I've been encouraged to start one and agreed that it was probably a good idea in terms of developing as a player. Before I get started talking about all the serious stuff though, for the three people on this forum who don't watch always sunny in philadelphia and have absolutely no idea what the thread title means, this is for you:

YouTube - Wildcard Bitches

So classic lol.


Anyway, on to the serious business. The main point of this thread is for me to get better at poker. I know that's what everyone says and I do have a more specific vision in mind which I'll elaborate on in a little bit.

I started my poker journey a few years ago with a $100 dollar deposit on PS and was able to beat 10NL, moved up to 25NL and continued to win. Towards the end of last year I wasn't winning by as much of a margin and wanted to study more, play more, and improve. I had to put poker aside though, and really focus on my senior year of college (I had a major that required quite a bit of work) and finding a full time job after graduation. I graduated with a pretty decent job offer but had to wait to start (I still am, long story) so I had plenty of time to play poker. The only problem was I was breaking even or losing slightly each month. Here is my graph since moving to FTP:



Now on to what I'd like to do with this thread, in more detail: I already have a pretty good idea of some of my current leaks. One of them is not folding to raises even when I know I'm crushed equity wise. Lets say a bad and somewhat passive player raises our value bet. If the hand is posted in the forums I'm able to give what I think is decent advice. However, when I'm playing the hand myself I might do something completely different from the advice I give. During the hand there is this kind of "pause" where, even though I know I should fold, I look for reasons to continue with the hand (not many combos of sets/2 pair, saw him raise a few hands ago, etc...) and most of the time do convince myself to continue.

In discussing this I've come to realize that I get sort of excited when I have a hand that I know I can extract some good value with. When I get raised my feeling changes and I go into a sort of neutral state. I don't get tilted or get angry when I get raised, but going from the excited state to the neutral state creates a kind of mini tilt where I don't want to give my hand up, if that makes sense. Anyway, I'm working on this issue but just thought I'd share in case it helps other people. I'll be looking for more of these types of leaks in the future.

On a different note, a while back I started a word doc where I analyze hands and give opponents ranges after every single action in the hand. I type out my thoughts street by street and try to go in depth as much as possible. So the main point of this thread is to start doing that here so I can get feedback on my analysis. I want to try and do at least 1 hand a week and hopefully my op isn't completely boring and I can get some responses . I'll also mix in updates for how my poker is going and occasionally stuff that happens irl. So there you have it, the essence of my op thread.

I've got to end this post #1 because its getting too long and #2 because I have to go pack for a trip tomorrow. I'm going here to visit my Dad for at least a month:



Props if anyone can guess where this is.

That's all I got, good luck at the tables.