Went very well except I had to get up early for it. Early being noon lol I am doing a 4 hour beginner HU SNG course he has designed. I learned a lot from it so far even though I've only done 2 hours of the 4 hour course. Next Sunday I'm going to get the last 2 hours and maybe try to do a session every other week or something. I didn't get to play any during the week this past week. Working 10+ hours a day just makes me too tired when I come home to get in any quality time.
Fox had an article on PocketFives this week about players not spending the time or money to get coaching and get better and I'd been thinking of getting coaching and this really made me think I need to get off my ass and do it. I wish I could get more time in during the week to play because the coaching sessions will cut into my available playing time each week.
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
My 1st ever slowroll and guy comes back to win
Ran really bad today. Players 3 outting me several times. This genius had 4x raised and shoved me in lvl 2 with KTo and river a K to beat my QQ and ran his mouth about it in the rematch. I couldn't help myself here. I should have typed in chat but my bro walked in and I wanted him to witness the slowroll.
Seat 1:jackofheartz13%20')">jackofheartz13 ($1,180)
Seat 2:WinOrWalk ($1,820)
BET WinOrWalk, $1,100 and is ALL-IN
WinOrWalk: bye
jackofheartz13 has requested TIME
WinOrWalk: you're done
WinOrWalk: frustrating isn't it
jackofheartz13 calls 460, and is all in
CALL jackofheartz13, $460 and is ALL-IN
RETURN WinOrWalk, $640
SHOWS jackofheartz13
jackofheartz13 wins the pot of $2,360 with four of a kind, Jacks
Poker Gods weren't amused. He wins 99 v/s AKs, he flops set, I turn flush he rivers board. Then he calls all in on turn with a GS and rivers me v/s my top pair. Thats how bad I run at this game.
| Date: | 2009/07/26 20:19:25 ET |
| Type: | Tournament (100741441) |
| Game: | Hold'em NL |
| Table: | 1 |
| Blinds: | $10/20 |
Table info:
| Dealer, Posts small blind $10 |
| Posts big blind $20 |
Dealt to jackofheartz13
Preflop: (Pot: $30)
RAISE jackofheartz13, to $60
RAISE WinOrWalk, to $100
CALL jackofheartz13, $40
RAISE WinOrWalk, to $100
CALL jackofheartz13, $40
River: (Pot: $1,440)
BET WinOrWalk, $1,100 and is ALL-IN
WinOrWalk: bye
jackofheartz13 has requested TIME
WinOrWalk: you're done
WinOrWalk: frustrating isn't it
jackofheartz13 calls 460, and is all in
CALL jackofheartz13, $460 and is ALL-IN
RETURN WinOrWalk, $640
Showdown:
SHOWS WinOrWalk SHOWS jackofheartz13
jackofheartz13 wins the pot of $2,360 with four of a kind, Jacks
Poker Gods weren't amused. He wins 99 v/s AKs, he flops set, I turn flush he rivers board. Then he calls all in on turn with a GS and rivers me v/s my top pair. Thats how bad I run at this game.
Friday, July 24, 2009
Fri nite
Was doing great until I dropped 4 in a row to a complete donk station. He calls an overshove on turn with 2nd pair + SD and gets there, he woke up with AA on me once when he'd been calling me down with weak pairs and I paid him off, He floated Q9 on a T hi board when I 3 bet ATs pre and Q on turn he has 1 PSB and I shove, and then I flop nut straight and FD on JT9ds board, he had A9o and calls flop, turn is Q he calls again, river is a K and he shoves and tank and call cause the straight is on the board and he can't have an Ace here can he? And there went my profits on the day :-( I had won 9 of 10 games after losing 3 in a row early. Was almost ready to call it a night with what i thought was a nice profit. Nothing like having great reads and notes and dropping 4 BIs to the moron. He literally was calling Ace hi on most boards, any pair, etc. He was so bad.
5 in a row now as moron calls down and catches the FD v/s my top pair then calls my shove with QTo and my AJ is no good when he rivers Q. Typical weekend players completely clueless and running hot. What is it with every station running hot tonight? They can't miss and I can't hit and when I do they outdraw me. i don't think I've seen a pocket pair above 6s in hte last 6 games. Lost 6 of 7 now. Probably call it a night soon. Thought I could get back to good tonight but I'm slightly down cause of rake so if I can get up I'll probably stop. I've played almost 30 straight games now anyway.
5 in a row now as moron calls down and catches the FD v/s my top pair then calls my shove with QTo and my AJ is no good when he rivers Q. Typical weekend players completely clueless and running hot. What is it with every station running hot tonight? They can't miss and I can't hit and when I do they outdraw me. i don't think I've seen a pocket pair above 6s in hte last 6 games. Lost 6 of 7 now. Probably call it a night soon. Thought I could get back to good tonight but I'm slightly down cause of rake so if I can get up I'll probably stop. I've played almost 30 straight games now anyway.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Thurs nite update
Went 9-7 in my early session. Not great but not horrible. Couple big coolers but otherwise kinda boring. Evening session I started off dropping 3 in a row to a complete station. He was the biggest rack I've ever played. He never folded to any raise. I lost KK to his A7 on a A7xx board that was all diamonds on the flop and I had Kd. He flops a flush next game on a mono flop where I had top 2, 3rd game he got TT v/s my top pair. he was the biggest station I've ever seen but hit everything it was so sick.
1 tabling regular speeds is really boring. I think I need to make myself keep doing it though. I'm getting a great feel for players when I can keep myself from surfing the net while playing. I need to quit betting so much preflop and start working in more limps, need to quit c-betting everything, and slow down my agression and just figure everyone is a station until I learn otherwise. If I stop bluffing and start value betting more I think I'll be better off.
Just frustating I lose those 3 in a row to start the session, got another donk down to like 9BBs and he sucks out 2 in a row then wins a flip and has the lead now. I have the most readable opponent ever. He min raises evrey btn, bets 75% of the pot every flop and folds to a check raise like 50%+ and calls down most pairs if he gets a piece. He cbet and folded 3 times in a row and 4 out of 5 its pretty horrible. He'll get on a heater to win I'm sure lol WooHoo finally won something. Went 5-3 in the evening session after dropping 3 won 5 in a row. Not too bad.
1 tabling regular speeds is really boring. I think I need to make myself keep doing it though. I'm getting a great feel for players when I can keep myself from surfing the net while playing. I need to quit betting so much preflop and start working in more limps, need to quit c-betting everything, and slow down my agression and just figure everyone is a station until I learn otherwise. If I stop bluffing and start value betting more I think I'll be better off.
Just frustating I lose those 3 in a row to start the session, got another donk down to like 9BBs and he sucks out 2 in a row then wins a flip and has the lead now. I have the most readable opponent ever. He min raises evrey btn, bets 75% of the pot every flop and folds to a check raise like 50%+ and calls down most pairs if he gets a piece. He cbet and folded 3 times in a row and 4 out of 5 its pretty horrible. He'll get on a heater to win I'm sure lol WooHoo finally won something. Went 5-3 in the evening session after dropping 3 won 5 in a row. Not too bad.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Horrible day at the 11s. FTP hates me
1st 2 games I had a good feel and reads on my opponent so obv I lose them. AQ < AK and then A9 < A7. 4th match of the day moron is tilting and in level 1 has 750 chips and 3 bet/calls shove 97o v/s my AK. Flop AK7, turn X, river 7 obv. Thought I got lucky cause he times out and I get to steal a couple hundred of chips before he came back. Was hoping he just closed his window when I spiked 2 pair on the flop. Can't get rid of the guy. Get him chipped down to 750 and he flops trips and checks and I turn top pair + FD and double him. Get him down again and at 25/50 and 750 chips he lim/calls a 200 bet with KQ. Flop is Kxxhh and I have AThh and get it in and brick out. He bluffs off when I flop a flush and I get him down to 400 at 30/60 he calls my shove with J7s and flops the straightv/s my A4. This match will be 100 hands shortly. Match went over 110 hands. He sat out the last 20 of them. Of course thats when I got AA, KK and 88 and a few other nice hands.
I get this donk down to 10BBs and he dbls 99 v/s TT, then ge him back to 10BBs he gets Kk v/s my AQ, then I get him down to 20BBs and I have 2 pair v/s his top pair river pairs board givng him 2 pair, then I have 9BBs and shove A5 and he has KK AGAIN! Unreal how bad I run some days. Thats what sucks about these is playing 20+ minutes to have a moron win every all in. Least in a turbo its over in under 10 minutes. Currently 7 games and I'm 3 BIs below expectation lol Add in how f'ing slow they are going today and its pretty brutal. I should have 2x the amnt of games in.
Good grief I get this donk to mostly stack off by CRAI top pair and he insta calls A8 on 9 hi boardHas 600 chips at 20/40 and autoshoving and my A9 < KJ and I double him and we're back to even now. Finally win a race v/s him when I shove 88 and he snap calls K9o then he shoves k3 into my KK.
Proud of myself on this ownage. Such a sick value bet on the river. http://www.pokerhand.org/?4501053
Donkey calls down gutter and gets there then raises/shoves lvl 1 with A7o and hits his 3 outter. Next guy calls a 3 bet J9s v/s my AA and flops 2 pair and stacks me then tells me I'm a slowplayer. Not sure how 3 betting pre, lead/calling a shove on the flop with an overpair is slowplaying? Same guy rematches me 3 times. 4th game he keeps limping his btn and folding when I get KK, QQ and JJ. I get AA on my btn and raise and of course he calls K7 and the flop is K7x and I don't improve and double him up. Guy runs good v/s Aces obv. I get him down 7BBs at 40/80 and obv he gets AA to my AQ and back to even. He's so annoying in this 4th match overshoving like a huge donk or calling shoves with KTo etc but I can't get him out of the game. He wins 4th match when we get all in his Q7 v/s my T8 on QT8 flop and rivers trips.
Not sure why I'm doing a 5th match with him he's so slow but so bad. He hasn't won when he didn't crack my AA both times. Even though he had to play another 20 minutes and river me to win the 4th match. Internet drops and I ge blinded off for 1/2 ,y stack in the 5th match. He's been constantly shoving my limps so I limp JJ with 20BBs and of course flop is KQx, turn A, river 7 he min bets and I call and he had a 7 but there went my trapping him with a monster limping. Next hand he raises and I shove KQ he had QQ but I somehow flop a K and gold to get a 2:1 lead. Guy runs so good. He's stil so super agro he min raises Ad3s and I call Kd5c flop is 4d3d2s and I CRAI thinking I'm way ahead. Well I'm way ahead of his range here but obv not this hand. He's got a 2:1 lead again. Limp AK and obv he check behinds and folds after shoving my last couple of limps or btn raises. Then he coolers me Ak v/s AQ. MBN to run good. Then his KT > A9.
Even through 15 games now and still 3 BIs below expectation and not including the coolers v/s that donk of the 2 AA hands he got lucky or the AK v/s AQs I've had today. Just had a guy call in the BB with 55, donk lead call a 332 flop, donk call turn 6 and ck/call my shove when a 6 hits the river. Double paired board and he thinks 55 is good there. Obv it was but its rare he's ever ahead. Then he 3xs amd snap calls a 30BB shove with J9 and gets there. Rematch he gtes crushed with the deck with KK and QQ when I get either top pair or big draws and miss. This makes 4 losses in a row and I'm now down on the day. I double through him once then he 4x/calls a shove with KT and rivers a straight. Only 4 buy ins down in expectation now lol Rematch he 4xs and calls my shove of 30Bbs with QT and somehow my AQ held. Donkey gets me again getting hit with the deck hten wins a couple races. 5 in a row lost now which is something I thought I wouldn't do often 1 tabling these.
Flop trips and turn FD v/s turned flush obv. Paid him back I bet he 3 bet 88 and I call AJhh. Flop 986 2 hearts and we get it in and I turn my flush. Lose a race to get the guy back in the lead and now he's open shoving 22+BB stack. Then he says he has go and starts shoving more and I call A9s and he had 73o gg me. 6 losses in a row lol Get a win v/s bluffing moron then lose another flip and out of another. Lost 6 of 7 now. 7 of 8 as I run TT into QQ. Run into huge agro moron and get him down to 500 chips early then he starts shoving 35BBs steals a couple pots and then rivers a split when i turn a straight and we get it on river, then wins a race and back to even. Good grief cut me some slack FTP? Down 5 buy ins now and lost everything I won yesterday. Run top pair into btm 2 on K74 flop. HTF do these donkey's hit everything v/s me? Then I shove KJ get called by J6 and double on another table, moron then calls a 15BB shove with A7 and flushes my A8 and I've lost 8 of 9 now. I was 2 tabling the last 6 or 8 games cause I'm heading out and needed to get some iron man points. Currently 6 buy ins below expectation. Every day I think more and more about Poker Stars. If I didn't have so many points on Tilt and rakeback I'd be back on Stars in a heartbeat. Finally win a race.
Total I'm down 6 BIs today. 5 BIs below my expectation level in Hold Em Manager. Lost 7 in a row and 9 of 10 at one point at the end of this run. Mainly on suckouts and coolers. pretty disappointed cause I did so well last night and ran over people and today they kept out running and coolering me. Also opponents this afternoon were super agro and last night they were all super passive.
I get this donk down to 10BBs and he dbls 99 v/s TT, then ge him back to 10BBs he gets Kk v/s my AQ, then I get him down to 20BBs and I have 2 pair v/s his top pair river pairs board givng him 2 pair, then I have 9BBs and shove A5 and he has KK AGAIN! Unreal how bad I run some days. Thats what sucks about these is playing 20+ minutes to have a moron win every all in. Least in a turbo its over in under 10 minutes. Currently 7 games and I'm 3 BIs below expectation lol Add in how f'ing slow they are going today and its pretty brutal. I should have 2x the amnt of games in.
Good grief I get this donk to mostly stack off by CRAI top pair and he insta calls A8 on 9 hi boardHas 600 chips at 20/40 and autoshoving and my A9 < KJ and I double him and we're back to even now. Finally win a race v/s him when I shove 88 and he snap calls K9o then he shoves k3 into my KK.
Proud of myself on this ownage. Such a sick value bet on the river. http://www.pokerhand.org/?4501053
Donkey calls down gutter and gets there then raises/shoves lvl 1 with A7o and hits his 3 outter. Next guy calls a 3 bet J9s v/s my AA and flops 2 pair and stacks me then tells me I'm a slowplayer. Not sure how 3 betting pre, lead/calling a shove on the flop with an overpair is slowplaying? Same guy rematches me 3 times. 4th game he keeps limping his btn and folding when I get KK, QQ and JJ. I get AA on my btn and raise and of course he calls K7 and the flop is K7x and I don't improve and double him up. Guy runs good v/s Aces obv. I get him down 7BBs at 40/80 and obv he gets AA to my AQ and back to even. He's so annoying in this 4th match overshoving like a huge donk or calling shoves with KTo etc but I can't get him out of the game. He wins 4th match when we get all in his Q7 v/s my T8 on QT8 flop and rivers trips.
Not sure why I'm doing a 5th match with him he's so slow but so bad. He hasn't won when he didn't crack my AA both times. Even though he had to play another 20 minutes and river me to win the 4th match. Internet drops and I ge blinded off for 1/2 ,y stack in the 5th match. He's been constantly shoving my limps so I limp JJ with 20BBs and of course flop is KQx, turn A, river 7 he min bets and I call and he had a 7 but there went my trapping him with a monster limping. Next hand he raises and I shove KQ he had QQ but I somehow flop a K and gold to get a 2:1 lead. Guy runs so good. He's stil so super agro he min raises Ad3s and I call Kd5c flop is 4d3d2s and I CRAI thinking I'm way ahead. Well I'm way ahead of his range here but obv not this hand. He's got a 2:1 lead again. Limp AK and obv he check behinds and folds after shoving my last couple of limps or btn raises. Then he coolers me Ak v/s AQ. MBN to run good. Then his KT > A9.
Even through 15 games now and still 3 BIs below expectation and not including the coolers v/s that donk of the 2 AA hands he got lucky or the AK v/s AQs I've had today. Just had a guy call in the BB with 55, donk lead call a 332 flop, donk call turn 6 and ck/call my shove when a 6 hits the river. Double paired board and he thinks 55 is good there. Obv it was but its rare he's ever ahead. Then he 3xs amd snap calls a 30BB shove with J9 and gets there. Rematch he gtes crushed with the deck with KK and QQ when I get either top pair or big draws and miss. This makes 4 losses in a row and I'm now down on the day. I double through him once then he 4x/calls a shove with KT and rivers a straight. Only 4 buy ins down in expectation now lol Rematch he 4xs and calls my shove of 30Bbs with QT and somehow my AQ held. Donkey gets me again getting hit with the deck hten wins a couple races. 5 in a row lost now which is something I thought I wouldn't do often 1 tabling these.
Flop trips and turn FD v/s turned flush obv. Paid him back I bet he 3 bet 88 and I call AJhh. Flop 986 2 hearts and we get it in and I turn my flush. Lose a race to get the guy back in the lead and now he's open shoving 22+BB stack. Then he says he has go and starts shoving more and I call A9s and he had 73o gg me. 6 losses in a row lol Get a win v/s bluffing moron then lose another flip and out of another. Lost 6 of 7 now. 7 of 8 as I run TT into QQ. Run into huge agro moron and get him down to 500 chips early then he starts shoving 35BBs steals a couple pots and then rivers a split when i turn a straight and we get it on river, then wins a race and back to even. Good grief cut me some slack FTP? Down 5 buy ins now and lost everything I won yesterday. Run top pair into btm 2 on K74 flop. HTF do these donkey's hit everything v/s me? Then I shove KJ get called by J6 and double on another table, moron then calls a 15BB shove with A7 and flushes my A8 and I've lost 8 of 9 now. I was 2 tabling the last 6 or 8 games cause I'm heading out and needed to get some iron man points. Currently 6 buy ins below expectation. Every day I think more and more about Poker Stars. If I didn't have so many points on Tilt and rakeback I'd be back on Stars in a heartbeat. Finally win a race.
Total I'm down 6 BIs today. 5 BIs below my expectation level in Hold Em Manager. Lost 7 in a row and 9 of 10 at one point at the end of this run. Mainly on suckouts and coolers. pretty disappointed cause I did so well last night and ran over people and today they kept out running and coolering me. Also opponents this afternoon were super agro and last night they were all super passive.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
moved to non turbo 10s and still running bad
I moved to the 10 non turbos 1 tabling for now. With my rakeback I had 200 in my account so I'll give it 5 buy ins here and see how I do.
I get this incredidonk worst player I've ever seen. Beats me in game 1 getting lucky on e huge hand then shoves 20BBs with K3 and my JJ is no good. Rematch I get KQ and he calls. I fop JT9 and he calls down J2 and catches a 4 flush with his 2. Seriously sick how bad I'm running. Then I get KK and he calls down pot bets on the flop and turn with Q8s and rivers a flush and tells me I'm a donk when on the river we have 1/5 the pot in our stacks lol
Get him down short and we both flop trip 4s he has me outkicked and talks trash lol I love poker sometimes. Moron just calls down and catches like every river. Had him down to 300 at 10/20 and now he has 1K at 15/30. Finally beat him he calls down 92 on T96Q2 board and I had set of 6s. Went 4-4 against him. Least I got even - the rake.
I actually won 6 in a row at one point. The I get a donk who just continues to all or bet his way to the river every hand and get there. Hard to explain but he always had a hand if he got to the river even if he had to river btm trips or something. Couldn't bet him off a hand, if you raised he love to 3 bet, but then a lot of times he was so passive just calling down weak pairs and cathing up with whatever I had to win at showdown. Like he get all in A2 v/s my AT and the board comes AKJKT to split when I was short and needed that double up. He'd call huge bets on flush draws. I just couldn't get enough hands to value bet him like I needed. But if its possible the regular players seem much worse than the turbo players. Maybe its a combo of them being worse and me 1 tabling so I notice more about their play. lol @ this hand in our 3rd match lvl 1 he 3 bets 44 and checks down a K62QJ board. I had QJ and 1/2 pot river and he insta calls lolz
Had another donk who literally never raised pre, called down btm pair or gutshots and rivered so many of them it was unreal. I could bet 3 streets and he's min raise river and show me btm trips, gutshots, and even a FH once when I had flopped mid pair + FD. He'd nevre fold an Acew on the flop regardless of the flop. Couple of these villians should go buy some lottery tickets tonight seriously. He got me down to 350 at 25/50 and I kept my head and my focus and came back to win. Longest HU battle I've ever had I think.
Overall I went 12-6. $50 profit so I recovered 1/2 my losses. I only played 1 table which is boring and I did my best to stay off the browser as much as possible. We'll see how 1 tabling goes though I think I played much better and focuses more on my opponents. Also I didn't try to push as many edges. I tried playing a lot of small pots unless I had a huge hand as well.
I get this incredidonk worst player I've ever seen. Beats me in game 1 getting lucky on e huge hand then shoves 20BBs with K3 and my JJ is no good. Rematch I get KQ and he calls. I fop JT9 and he calls down J2 and catches a 4 flush with his 2. Seriously sick how bad I'm running. Then I get KK and he calls down pot bets on the flop and turn with Q8s and rivers a flush and tells me I'm a donk when on the river we have 1/5 the pot in our stacks lol
Get him down short and we both flop trip 4s he has me outkicked and talks trash lol I love poker sometimes. Moron just calls down and catches like every river. Had him down to 300 at 10/20 and now he has 1K at 15/30. Finally beat him he calls down 92 on T96Q2 board and I had set of 6s. Went 4-4 against him. Least I got even - the rake.
I actually won 6 in a row at one point. The I get a donk who just continues to all or bet his way to the river every hand and get there. Hard to explain but he always had a hand if he got to the river even if he had to river btm trips or something. Couldn't bet him off a hand, if you raised he love to 3 bet, but then a lot of times he was so passive just calling down weak pairs and cathing up with whatever I had to win at showdown. Like he get all in A2 v/s my AT and the board comes AKJKT to split when I was short and needed that double up. He'd call huge bets on flush draws. I just couldn't get enough hands to value bet him like I needed. But if its possible the regular players seem much worse than the turbo players. Maybe its a combo of them being worse and me 1 tabling so I notice more about their play. lol @ this hand in our 3rd match lvl 1 he 3 bets 44 and checks down a K62QJ board. I had QJ and 1/2 pot river and he insta calls lolz
Had another donk who literally never raised pre, called down btm pair or gutshots and rivered so many of them it was unreal. I could bet 3 streets and he's min raise river and show me btm trips, gutshots, and even a FH once when I had flopped mid pair + FD. He'd nevre fold an Acew on the flop regardless of the flop. Couple of these villians should go buy some lottery tickets tonight seriously. He got me down to 350 at 25/50 and I kept my head and my focus and came back to win. Longest HU battle I've ever had I think.
Overall I went 12-6. $50 profit so I recovered 1/2 my losses. I only played 1 table which is boring and I did my best to stay off the browser as much as possible. We'll see how 1 tabling goes though I think I played much better and focuses more on my opponents. Also I didn't try to push as many edges. I tried playing a lot of small pots unless I had a huge hand as well.
moving down
Dropped 9 BIs today and moving down to the 6.25s again. I just run so bad its pathetic. I continued to get coolered today by donks. AQ into AK, JJ into KK, turned 2nd nut straight v/s nut straight, top pair v/s agro donk and he has 2 pair, etc. Thats 1/2 my losses today were absolute coolers and then I ran below expectation as usual and didn't win many flips.
I talk to Cog over at 2+2 about coaching cause yesterday I had a good run and was up 5 BIs at the 11s. He wants $200 for a 4 hour lesson plan for noobs which isn't bad but he wants to do it over skype and monitor sharing or something. I'm not a big fan of doing voice over shit on the computer. I much prefer AIM. Also he wants to do several sweat sessions which to me are useless. No one plays the same when they know someone is watching them. So you aren't playing your game. Much better to let someone review random HHs imo.
I was going to suck it up and do it but after dropping 100 today I won't be any time soon. Also thinking of dropping to just 1 table for a while and see if my results get better. Also still seriously thinking of going to Stars. I still say I run horrible on Tilt. No I don't think its rigged but so far in my career I've run 10x better on Stars and its not even close. I may also go to non turbos starting tomorrow and see how I do just 1 tabling them.
I talk to Cog over at 2+2 about coaching cause yesterday I had a good run and was up 5 BIs at the 11s. He wants $200 for a 4 hour lesson plan for noobs which isn't bad but he wants to do it over skype and monitor sharing or something. I'm not a big fan of doing voice over shit on the computer. I much prefer AIM. Also he wants to do several sweat sessions which to me are useless. No one plays the same when they know someone is watching them. So you aren't playing your game. Much better to let someone review random HHs imo.
I was going to suck it up and do it but after dropping 100 today I won't be any time soon. Also thinking of dropping to just 1 table for a while and see if my results get better. Also still seriously thinking of going to Stars. I still say I run horrible on Tilt. No I don't think its rigged but so far in my career I've run 10x better on Stars and its not even close. I may also go to non turbos starting tomorrow and see how I do just 1 tabling them.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
I should just learn I run bad and deal with it
OK ran bad but still made enough to move up to the 11s today. By run bad I mean horrible. 1 guy beat me 3 in a row I believe calling with complete air and sucking out. My fav hand in the 3rd match he limp calls with something like J7o I think on the btn. I have AA. Flop is low ran and I pot he calls, turn appears to be a brick so I check/call his shove which is exactly what I was hoping for and he shows me a gutshot draw and gets there.
I ran into lots of hands like that today. In my 1st 5 games at the 6s today 3 of them I lost on the river where guys called down weak flush or straight draws v/s my overpairs, sets, etc and then shoved the river for less than pot.
Anyway I movved up and that didn't start well. Ran like I was at the 6s. I set myself 5 BIs and if I lost that I would move back down. Lost 3 of my 1st and before I got to 20 games I was 3 BIs down and figured I would be moving down. Turned it around and won 5 in a row and 7 of 8. So I'm up a couple buy ins through almost 30 games. Small sample but its a start.
Edit
Man I run so bad. Went back and lost 8 of 9. Got to down 4 BIs and finally got a win streak again. Had a 4 tabling donkey in a bunch of rematches that he just kept hitting. He was super agro and just kept sucking out. He'd make outrageous calls with only overs when he'd bet I'd shove and he wasn't committed. I might have broke even but I'm not sure. I think he took me for a couple buy ins in like 10 games. I had that 8 of 9 and then when I got back in the black I dropped another 5 in a row. Finished the session down only 3 BI though I think. I'm even overall now at the 11s after this horrendous run.
My fav hand of the night was guy raises then disconnects and when he comes back shoves my 3 bet and obv he had AA. The old disconnect to look weak trick. Then just now in my last game I got a guy who 3x bet folds WAY too often and he bets I shove JTs and he had KK. Flop is JT5, 1 spade I have 2 spade. Turn Qs, river 9h and he wins. So sick. I know he's ahead pre but man to flop 2 pair and then turn gives me the flush draw cutting down his outs even more and he still gets there.
I ran into lots of hands like that today. In my 1st 5 games at the 6s today 3 of them I lost on the river where guys called down weak flush or straight draws v/s my overpairs, sets, etc and then shoved the river for less than pot.
Anyway I movved up and that didn't start well. Ran like I was at the 6s. I set myself 5 BIs and if I lost that I would move back down. Lost 3 of my 1st and before I got to 20 games I was 3 BIs down and figured I would be moving down. Turned it around and won 5 in a row and 7 of 8. So I'm up a couple buy ins through almost 30 games. Small sample but its a start.
Edit
Man I run so bad. Went back and lost 8 of 9. Got to down 4 BIs and finally got a win streak again. Had a 4 tabling donkey in a bunch of rematches that he just kept hitting. He was super agro and just kept sucking out. He'd make outrageous calls with only overs when he'd bet I'd shove and he wasn't committed. I might have broke even but I'm not sure. I think he took me for a couple buy ins in like 10 games. I had that 8 of 9 and then when I got back in the black I dropped another 5 in a row. Finished the session down only 3 BI though I think. I'm even overall now at the 11s after this horrendous run.
My fav hand of the night was guy raises then disconnects and when he comes back shoves my 3 bet and obv he had AA. The old disconnect to look weak trick. Then just now in my last game I got a guy who 3x bet folds WAY too often and he bets I shove JTs and he had KK. Flop is JT5, 1 spade I have 2 spade. Turn Qs, river 9h and he wins. So sick. I know he's ahead pre but man to flop 2 pair and then turn gives me the flush draw cutting down his outs even more and he still gets there.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
seriously full tilt is going to life tilt me
Had a decent session yesterday. Today I did another 75 games and won $35 but my expectation was almost 2x that. I've played 471 games now and my ROI is only 2.3% my expectation is 4.4% and if I'm right that only includes all ins and I've been getting a lot of coolers. Like today I had a 4 game swing v/s 1 donkey who won 1 flip and then 3 other times he got it in at best as 35-40% and won them all.
I'm making some changes to my game as well. Trying to play more pots in position and making smaller raises and several limps. A lot of people play so bad there just isn't a reason to be playing so many raised pots in the middle game if I can just keep chipping up in small ones.
Anyway I know my ROI sucks but I've almost got 20 BIS now for the 11.50s and I'm going to move up at 20 and down at 15. Also 1 more week of "vacation" til I have to go back to work. Kind of dreading that cause I had meant to make it much farther in my plans for poker. Kind of got derailed with Omaha but I learned a lot and still want to keep playing it but the variance is a lot for me to handle.
I'm making some changes to my game as well. Trying to play more pots in position and making smaller raises and several limps. A lot of people play so bad there just isn't a reason to be playing so many raised pots in the middle game if I can just keep chipping up in small ones.
Anyway I know my ROI sucks but I've almost got 20 BIS now for the 11.50s and I'm going to move up at 20 and down at 15. Also 1 more week of "vacation" til I have to go back to work. Kind of dreading that cause I had meant to make it much farther in my plans for poker. Kind of got derailed with Omaha but I learned a lot and still want to keep playing it but the variance is a lot for me to handle.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
I really hate Full Tilt and a 20 game rematchathon
I've never had much success there in any form but LHE and even then I always ran much better at other sites. Currently down another 7 BIs at the $6 level which should be a rare accomplishment for anyone with a brain stem. I'm 6 BIs under expectation of course.
Just realized I had a 20 game marathon v/s 1 opponent. In the 3rd rematch decide he's going to open shove every hand, then he start to vary only shoving 80% and mixing in an occasional limp with 32o which he managed to flop 2 pair and sucker me in both times. But I did take numerous buy ins off him as he kept rematching. Got lucky and had AA on the 1st hand a couple times, had KK late in 1, he did manage to fold 2x to my AA when he started mixing limps and the rare fold in. Lucky guy. He did win 1st hand of one with 95o v/s my AQs, and his 32 > KQ, Final score was Me - 14 Cario94 - 6. And somehow I'm still down on the day lol
OK I've played 100 games down about 7 buy ins and I'm 10 BIs behind my expectation overall today. This is insane to run this bad against such bad players. To keep getting in ahead and losing, to rarely ever catch when i semi bluff and get called by 2nd pair, or that I can get someone down to 5:1 and they win 5 all ins in a row to win the match. I did this 5 times today I think. Obv I never come back from there even though I'm fairly decent at short stack situations.
Of course I still need like 10K points to get my iPod on Tilt and need another day of play to get enough to make a cash out for my rakeback this week but I'm seriously thinking of trying Stars HU games tomorrow. Can't run any worse.
Just realized I had a 20 game marathon v/s 1 opponent. In the 3rd rematch decide he's going to open shove every hand, then he start to vary only shoving 80% and mixing in an occasional limp with 32o which he managed to flop 2 pair and sucker me in both times. But I did take numerous buy ins off him as he kept rematching. Got lucky and had AA on the 1st hand a couple times, had KK late in 1, he did manage to fold 2x to my AA when he started mixing limps and the rare fold in. Lucky guy. He did win 1st hand of one with 95o v/s my AQs, and his 32 > KQ, Final score was Me - 14 Cario94 - 6. And somehow I'm still down on the day lol
OK I've played 100 games down about 7 buy ins and I'm 10 BIs behind my expectation overall today. This is insane to run this bad against such bad players. To keep getting in ahead and losing, to rarely ever catch when i semi bluff and get called by 2nd pair, or that I can get someone down to 5:1 and they win 5 all ins in a row to win the match. I did this 5 times today I think. Obv I never come back from there even though I'm fairly decent at short stack situations.
Of course I still need like 10K points to get my iPod on Tilt and need another day of play to get enough to make a cash out for my rakeback this week but I'm seriously thinking of trying Stars HU games tomorrow. Can't run any worse.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
I run so bad...
Decided to take a break from the Omaha tables and play some HU SNGs. Low variance usually easy money, etc etc. Did well the last couple of days. 7% though 100 games is kinda low but its ok I've run bad. Today I win 4 in a row and I'm currently 7.5 BIs down. So in the last 24 games I've dropped 11+ buy ins. WHich is hard to do if you wanted to do it. I've lost 7 times with dominating hands where they had AJ v/s my JJ, or AK v/s A3s and they got there. I've yet to suck out in a big pot, win a coin flip, and rarely win with a dominating hands preflop. I'm having to get big hands paid off cause I can't win anything preflop. But while this 5x happy hour is going I'm trying to pile in games. I thought this should be low variance good way to make some points. Good way for me to lose lots of monies obv.
Current daily winnings: -55
EV$ adjusted wins: -7.33
unfucking believable.
AQs < A9
77 < A7
I call a bet in the BB and plan to shove any flop. Flop comes J96 and I get called by A7o. wp sir
AK < 99 can't win a race today obv
run K7 into K8 on K84 flop
99 < A9
A2 < 22 idk how he raise/calls a shove with 22 here wp sir
A3 < A7 I can't win these either
AK I flop top pair moron calls down a 5 hi FD and rivers a gutshot
then my AT < KT and I'm out
KQ < QT AIPF flop comes KQ9, 2, J obv
55 < Q6 catches the flush
66 < A6 this was a cooler. He limps I ck. Flop A45, turn A, river 6. Pretty sure he just calls the turn and I can't get away on the river.
AKss < 97dd on 8d7s2s flop where I'm a huge fav he min ck raises and calls a shove.
65dd < AKo on J87ddx flop. Once again 70% fav is no good
AKs < A3s flop comes 542 lol
OK got back to even thanks to 1 donk who sat with me almost 10 times. 71 games break even at the 6s is horrible. My EV line is like 7 buy ins above where I was today. Going to relax now 71 games and my mind is fried lol
Current daily winnings: -55
EV$ adjusted wins: -7.33
unfucking believable.
AQs < A9
77 < A7
I call a bet in the BB and plan to shove any flop. Flop comes J96 and I get called by A7o. wp sir
AK < 99 can't win a race today obv
run K7 into K8 on K84 flop
99 < A9
A2 < 22 idk how he raise/calls a shove with 22 here wp sir
A3 < A7 I can't win these either
AK I flop top pair moron calls down a 5 hi FD and rivers a gutshot
then my AT < KT and I'm out
KQ < QT AIPF flop comes KQ9, 2, J obv
55 < Q6 catches the flush
66 < A6 this was a cooler. He limps I ck. Flop A45, turn A, river 6. Pretty sure he just calls the turn and I can't get away on the river.
AKss < 97dd on 8d7s2s flop where I'm a huge fav he min ck raises and calls a shove.
65dd < AKo on J87ddx flop. Once again 70% fav is no good
AKs < A3s flop comes 542 lol
OK got back to even thanks to 1 donk who sat with me almost 10 times. 71 games break even at the 6s is horrible. My EV line is like 7 buy ins above where I was today. Going to relax now 71 games and my mind is fried lol
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Sat updates
Started off well got a guy to stack off 2nd nut straight v/s my nut straight on flop. Then I flop full house with KKxx on AAK flop BvB. SB check/calls flop, turn T ck ck, river blanks he cks I bet and he insta shoves and I think a minute and can't see him doing this with a better full. He'd have to bet the river wouldn't he? obv not and I stacked off. :-( Obv I should just check behind the river but I got greedy and looking back the only hand that might pay me off is a bare Ace. Had he just bet I would have called but not raised.
Top 2 + NDF no good v/s bottom set. FLop nut straight + 2 pair on FD board lead/call. Turn bricks I check he weak bets and I pot he calls. River puts flush out and I check he bets and I'm getting 5:1 to call and obv he had flush. DOwn 2 buy ins now. Just sucked out top 2 + flush draw v/s middle set. I have a hard time getting away from hands like that with so many outs but maybe I shouldn't be so agro with them.
IDK what to say about this hand.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4464618
Back to even after that. I can't see it being a horrbile play this is a good flop for me if he doesn't have JJxx in his 3 bet range. I got the gutshot v/s AAxx too. Games are super agro this afternoon. Up over a buy in again trying to tighten up and pick my targets better.
Turn 2nd nut straight and shorty shoves so I call and player behind calls with FD and gets ther ein a decent sied pot. I CRAI in a 3 bet pot with a wrap and he had AAxx and I don't get there and get stacked. Was somehow up 2 BIs and back to even again. Flop nut straight + NFD and call flop, turn put s abigger straight out so I just call and I brick out.
Then I bet 2 streets with an overpair, river straight but it puts a flush and he pots I call like a donk cause there are 2 possible straights. Have to get it through my head no one bluffs in Omaha and if a flush came in they have it. I've cost myself a couple buy ins today cause of that. Sure I already had a large portion in but I didn't have to pay off the river bets. Flop top set and check call, turn puts a 3 straight ck ck river 3 flush and he pots I fold. Unreal how whenever I make a hand every draws comes in v/s me yet I never can get mine to come in.
3 way pot on turn I have nut straight v/s small straight v/s nut straight + redraws to straight and flush :-( Just not my day. I did get AAxx to stack off v/s my top set to balance this out though so still down only 2 BIs at the moment. Flop top set in 4 way pot luckily there is a straight and flush draw out and I call with 2 players yet to act, turn puts the straight out I call a 1/2 pot bet and fold river. Flopping the nuts and losing so often sucks. Just amazes me how often everyone's draws but mine come in. I guess cause i'm not betting weak draws into 4 players, calling down bare flush draws, etc.
Flop trips on 755 board and I have the OESD + SFD he had 77 obv. Down almost another hundo on the day and I may call it a day and consider moving down to 10PLO for a while but I hate doing that since I started off well and still feel even though I'm not good I'm bettter than most of these players. Flop bottom full and guy CR the turn and bets and I fold the river. unreal.
OK i've dropped 10 BIs the last 4 days at $25PLO and I'm stopping this session reviewing a few hands and then having dinner. If I play more tonight it will be 10PLO until I get up 5 buy ins for 25 PLO and try it again. Last orbit I flop but straight and idiot with 1/2 stack pots and calls all in weak FD, turn flush obv.
Top 2 + NDF no good v/s bottom set. FLop nut straight + 2 pair on FD board lead/call. Turn bricks I check he weak bets and I pot he calls. River puts flush out and I check he bets and I'm getting 5:1 to call and obv he had flush. DOwn 2 buy ins now. Just sucked out top 2 + flush draw v/s middle set. I have a hard time getting away from hands like that with so many outs but maybe I shouldn't be so agro with them.
IDK what to say about this hand.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4464618
Back to even after that. I can't see it being a horrbile play this is a good flop for me if he doesn't have JJxx in his 3 bet range. I got the gutshot v/s AAxx too. Games are super agro this afternoon. Up over a buy in again trying to tighten up and pick my targets better.
Turn 2nd nut straight and shorty shoves so I call and player behind calls with FD and gets ther ein a decent sied pot. I CRAI in a 3 bet pot with a wrap and he had AAxx and I don't get there and get stacked. Was somehow up 2 BIs and back to even again. Flop nut straight + NFD and call flop, turn put s abigger straight out so I just call and I brick out.
Then I bet 2 streets with an overpair, river straight but it puts a flush and he pots I call like a donk cause there are 2 possible straights. Have to get it through my head no one bluffs in Omaha and if a flush came in they have it. I've cost myself a couple buy ins today cause of that. Sure I already had a large portion in but I didn't have to pay off the river bets. Flop top set and check call, turn puts a 3 straight ck ck river 3 flush and he pots I fold. Unreal how whenever I make a hand every draws comes in v/s me yet I never can get mine to come in.
3 way pot on turn I have nut straight v/s small straight v/s nut straight + redraws to straight and flush :-( Just not my day. I did get AAxx to stack off v/s my top set to balance this out though so still down only 2 BIs at the moment. Flop top set in 4 way pot luckily there is a straight and flush draw out and I call with 2 players yet to act, turn puts the straight out I call a 1/2 pot bet and fold river. Flopping the nuts and losing so often sucks. Just amazes me how often everyone's draws but mine come in. I guess cause i'm not betting weak draws into 4 players, calling down bare flush draws, etc.
Flop trips on 755 board and I have the OESD + SFD he had 77 obv. Down almost another hundo on the day and I may call it a day and consider moving down to 10PLO for a while but I hate doing that since I started off well and still feel even though I'm not good I'm bettter than most of these players. Flop bottom full and guy CR the turn and bets and I fold the river. unreal.
OK i've dropped 10 BIs the last 4 days at $25PLO and I'm stopping this session reviewing a few hands and then having dinner. If I play more tonight it will be 10PLO until I get up 5 buy ins for 25 PLO and try it again. Last orbit I flop but straight and idiot with 1/2 stack pots and calls all in weak FD, turn flush obv.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Anyone know about Hold Em Manager EV Graphs? edit with answer I found
Just want to double check I'm reading this right. Like tonight my winnings were -$5.90 but my All In EV was about -$90. If I'm reading that right it means I'm 90 below expectation on the session. The last 3 days I've dropped $260 but my All in EV is -$300. So that would be about right I think. Thats not including the suck outs where I've paid off the turn or river either which feels like has been even more than my all in graph shows.
If I'm reading it right then I feel a whole lot better about my play and results. Although tonight was still frustrating as hell when I couldn't get a hand past the flop.
edit:
OK so apparently when the all in EV line is below my winnings I'm running hot. Which doesn't make sense cause tonight it shows my winnings as -$5.90 and my all in EV as -$90. Maybe short term it has more to with winning as a 60/40 fav or something. Obv longterm those would equal out more but short term winning as a small favorite would distort the graph I guess. But it shows me running good my last 500 hands of the night in all ins and I don't remember but one time where I was slightly behind and got there unless they were some short stacks I might have gotten into all in with and got there.
But looking at my current downswing starting on the 8th the amount I was down was about the same as my graph shows my All in EV was above my actual wins. So until tonight I was running bad and tonight at the end I happened to heat up and the lines crossed back over. IDK it still doesn't take into account where I flop the nuts and have to fold the turn or river cause someone got there on me. Thats contributing to my huge non showdown losses.
If I'm reading it right then I feel a whole lot better about my play and results. Although tonight was still frustrating as hell when I couldn't get a hand past the flop.
edit:
OK so apparently when the all in EV line is below my winnings I'm running hot. Which doesn't make sense cause tonight it shows my winnings as -$5.90 and my all in EV as -$90. Maybe short term it has more to with winning as a 60/40 fav or something. Obv longterm those would equal out more but short term winning as a small favorite would distort the graph I guess. But it shows me running good my last 500 hands of the night in all ins and I don't remember but one time where I was slightly behind and got there unless they were some short stacks I might have gotten into all in with and got there.
But looking at my current downswing starting on the 8th the amount I was down was about the same as my graph shows my All in EV was above my actual wins. So until tonight I was running bad and tonight at the end I happened to heat up and the lines crossed back over. IDK it still doesn't take into account where I flop the nuts and have to fold the turn or river cause someone got there on me. Thats contributing to my huge non showdown losses.
Autofolding when river pairs and I have nuts on turn
Cause I get shoved and I call and they made a pot call with a set and suck out every time. I get this moron in a huge pot with my nut straight and river pairs and he insta shoves and I of course don't believe him cause how can a set call the turn when its obv I have the straight? sigh KQJT flop KQx guy in front pots and I call turn K we get it all in on river he had dry KQxx and we split.
Only lost 1 big pot where I already had 60% of my stack in when he rivered a boat yet somehow I'm down 2 buys in and I've already stacked 1 person early.
Donks are out tonight though. I'm tightening up and getting them drawing thin to dead often and paying off on the river with 2nd and 3rd best hands when its obv they are beat. Maybe the regs here same the same about me though but I'm not playing 75% of my hands and potting and calling off my entire stack on the river with a hand I went runner runner to make bottom boat with either.
Guy calls flop with GS we both make our straight on turn and get it in he rivers flush obv Flop top set and bet/call and turn brings the stright lol Should have just 3 bet I guess buts pretty obv what I have when I do. But since everyone hits their draws v/s me its insane. Just sicked out top set v/s flopped straight v/s a med stack. And just 4 bet with AAxx and shoved flop h calls he had a draw and it missed somehow. Onlt down 1 buy in at the moment. Sad I tend to be thinking how many buy ins I'm not instead of up every night this week :-(
Get it in with straight v/s top set obv turn pairs lol I can't tell how I'm playing honestly cause I can't win anything on Stars right now. Back to down 3 buy ins now. I have players who are 93/6/7 at my table who are winnning and I can't beat them this is so bad.
I can't make anyone fold right now. Getting 4 players to a flop and none of my hands hold. I might as well just limp anything I want to play. Of course I get KK and flop is AKJds and turn puts the flush and straight out. Hit plenty of huge sets tonight and never gotten to show down with them. Usually check flop and check fold turn. Flop over pair + GS v/s 2 small stack and obv one had 2 pair the other a draw that gets there.
I have a pFR of 12 tonight and can't get less than 2 calls every flop and then getting serious action on every flop. And I can't hit a flop to go anywhere. Know I've got to be getting bluffed but when guys have a 70 VPIP and 50% showdown not much I can do without something I can show down. OK just went on a rush and won several hug pots to get to even. Then get AAxxss bet over 2 limps and get 3 calls flop is T high and the 2 big stacks both call. Turn 9 and UTG insta pots and I just fold. So I'm down like $5-$10 but I've got another 1300 hands in this session and I'm tired. If I'm reading HEM right my all in ev is $100 below expectation and I'm only down $130 overall so thats not too bad imo. I could be reading this wrong if anyone has any experience with it LMK. Does the All in EV being negative and lower than my actual wins on the day mean I ran below expectation? I can't find any info in their help files.
Only lost 1 big pot where I already had 60% of my stack in when he rivered a boat yet somehow I'm down 2 buys in and I've already stacked 1 person early.
Donks are out tonight though. I'm tightening up and getting them drawing thin to dead often and paying off on the river with 2nd and 3rd best hands when its obv they are beat. Maybe the regs here same the same about me though but I'm not playing 75% of my hands and potting and calling off my entire stack on the river with a hand I went runner runner to make bottom boat with either.
Guy calls flop with GS we both make our straight on turn and get it in he rivers flush obv Flop top set and bet/call and turn brings the stright lol Should have just 3 bet I guess buts pretty obv what I have when I do. But since everyone hits their draws v/s me its insane. Just sicked out top set v/s flopped straight v/s a med stack. And just 4 bet with AAxx and shoved flop h calls he had a draw and it missed somehow. Onlt down 1 buy in at the moment. Sad I tend to be thinking how many buy ins I'm not instead of up every night this week :-(
Get it in with straight v/s top set obv turn pairs lol I can't tell how I'm playing honestly cause I can't win anything on Stars right now. Back to down 3 buy ins now. I have players who are 93/6/7 at my table who are winnning and I can't beat them this is so bad.
I can't make anyone fold right now. Getting 4 players to a flop and none of my hands hold. I might as well just limp anything I want to play. Of course I get KK and flop is AKJds and turn puts the flush and straight out. Hit plenty of huge sets tonight and never gotten to show down with them. Usually check flop and check fold turn. Flop over pair + GS v/s 2 small stack and obv one had 2 pair the other a draw that gets there.
I have a pFR of 12 tonight and can't get less than 2 calls every flop and then getting serious action on every flop. And I can't hit a flop to go anywhere. Know I've got to be getting bluffed but when guys have a 70 VPIP and 50% showdown not much I can do without something I can show down. OK just went on a rush and won several hug pots to get to even. Then get AAxxss bet over 2 limps and get 3 calls flop is T high and the 2 big stacks both call. Turn 9 and UTG insta pots and I just fold. So I'm down like $5-$10 but I've got another 1300 hands in this session and I'm tired. If I'm reading HEM right my all in ev is $100 below expectation and I'm only down $130 overall so thats not too bad imo. I could be reading this wrong if anyone has any experience with it LMK. Does the All in EV being negative and lower than my actual wins on the day mean I ran below expectation? I can't find any info in their help files.
Early session today
Not starting well. Flopped the nuts and got outdrawn a couple times. Get AAxx and call down cause I think the guy is bluffing and he was but runner runners a straight. Down 1.5BIs already. I know downswings are normal and I'm still new, making mistakes etc. but I'm getting really frustrated right now. I just seem to miss so many hands or flop the nuts and get outdrawn. I know you are supposed to be playing hands with redraw potential but in 6 max you can't just sit and wait for those premo hands. When I do make those hands I don't get any action. I'm thinking of tightening up even more but not sure thats good cause I don't want to be a total nit. I'm also going to open my 3 betting range as well. I'm getting too passive calling in position with some wraps.
I can't remember in the last 4 days ever getting it in set over set or flopping top set and getting any action. Just got all in AAxx v/s AAxx on a rag flop v/s a med stack and he runner runners a flush lol Lose $50 pot when I turn 2nd set and moron calls with NFD+ GS and gets there. Floated flop after 3 calls and a BDNFD lol
Got up a couple buy ins then flop NFD + GS with AAxxds and get it in v/s KK and QQ who had a set and miss my outs. Got up 2 buy ins again and stack off top full house v/s quads lol Next hand I flop top set with AA and he rivers a flush and I fold. I get AA again v/s him next hand he calls down rags and rivers a flush with 82xx. MBN to play good and get there. He's taken 2 buy ins off me now. 1 with a cooler and another on 3 hands with garbage. Lose another 1/3 buy in when a run down calls me and flops trips v/s my AA again. I bet I lose money with AAxx. I lose all my big all ins with it regardles of what I'm against. I either fold everyone out on the flop or lose a med to large pot with when I flop a draw to go with it and dont get there. River full house but against flopped quads.
This is always fun 4 way raised pot pre I fop nut straight and I check raise 2 players. Turn pairs the btm card and I check/call small pot on the turn and river obv someone had top full house and 2 outed me. Gone from +2 BIs to -3 now. I may seriously look at moving down next week if this continues. Done well today making some big folds but I guess I have to start doing it when I'm sure I just got 2 outted in spot like that.
OK I hit a few hands and won a couple flips and I'm up almost 1 BI woohoo and I've played almost 1500 hands I'm taking a break.
I can't remember in the last 4 days ever getting it in set over set or flopping top set and getting any action. Just got all in AAxx v/s AAxx on a rag flop v/s a med stack and he runner runners a flush lol Lose $50 pot when I turn 2nd set and moron calls with NFD+ GS and gets there. Floated flop after 3 calls and a BDNFD lol
Got up a couple buy ins then flop NFD + GS with AAxxds and get it in v/s KK and QQ who had a set and miss my outs. Got up 2 buy ins again and stack off top full house v/s quads lol Next hand I flop top set with AA and he rivers a flush and I fold. I get AA again v/s him next hand he calls down rags and rivers a flush with 82xx. MBN to play good and get there. He's taken 2 buy ins off me now. 1 with a cooler and another on 3 hands with garbage. Lose another 1/3 buy in when a run down calls me and flops trips v/s my AA again. I bet I lose money with AAxx. I lose all my big all ins with it regardles of what I'm against. I either fold everyone out on the flop or lose a med to large pot with when I flop a draw to go with it and dont get there. River full house but against flopped quads.
This is always fun 4 way raised pot pre I fop nut straight and I check raise 2 players. Turn pairs the btm card and I check/call small pot on the turn and river obv someone had top full house and 2 outed me. Gone from +2 BIs to -3 now. I may seriously look at moving down next week if this continues. Done well today making some big folds but I guess I have to start doing it when I'm sure I just got 2 outted in spot like that.
OK I hit a few hands and won a couple flips and I'm up almost 1 BI woohoo and I've played almost 1500 hands I'm taking a break.
still losing
Had a bunch of stuff going on today so I shouldn't have played. I put in about 900 hands I think and dropped $40. I had a $30 pot with 2nd set v/s top set on the turn that I couldn't get away from in a 3 way pot. Lost of donks out tonight played 70% of hands and catching 100% v/s me. Think I'm down about 11 buy ins in the last 3 days now.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Another sick night
Starting to tilt now. Just dropped 3 more buy ins. Lost with trips 3x, Lost with 2 pair when he rivered bot set, 3 bet called 4 bet with AAxxss v/s huge donk only to fold turn, all in pre AA94ss v/s KTJ9ss and got rivered. All my rundowns miss horribly and I'm catching nothing but coolers and suckouts. Was down $80ish and I stacked someone with the flopped straight v/s his pair + OESD so I'm currently down 60ish. Down about 10 BIs today which is kind of sick. I know its not uncommon but its frustrating when you are trying to learn the game. Just missed Broadway wrap and NFD and donk bets $1 into $10 pot and I have no pair on river lol
BANGING MY HEAD INTO THE DESK!!! PLEASE STARS CAN I RUN BREAK EVEN??????
Good grief I was even on the session then I snap off AAxx with an Ace in my hand and river 4 pair with the 4th pair being an Ace and he calls me down and bets 1/2 pot at river I'm such a donk and I love to pay off 1 outters obv. Then on the flop i get all in KKT9 on QJx board he had top set and I don't get there. Gotta love how every short stack that calls me when I have AAxx flops a set and I can't get away from it. At some point I have to beat them right? It can't be profitable to set mine with 30BBs? Also does every AA I have, have to flop a JT9ds flop? Come on Stars reboot the RNG
Just got all in AAA3ss v/s 5432ds and KKQD flop AKx turn brings the flush river the case K. Seriously I prob shouldn't be sticking it in with AAAx but I raised and there was a 3 bet and 4 bet so I know no one else has AA and I still have to be a fav KKxx. Obv I was almost even again so Stars doom switches me. Somehow I'm now down 3 buy ins again. Drop another buyin flop a big wrap and CR it and better flats I shove the turn and he calls with the same wrap but an A kicker and wins lol wp sir wp
Just had 2 guys decide to stack off to me in the blinds back to back hands. Guy 3 bets me in the BB pre I flop top pair + 2nd NFD + GS. I CR and he shoves a wrap draw and misses. Next I raise btn and get 3 bet and call. Flop top pair + NFD again on A hi flop and he had KK and gets it in on the flop. AA v/s AA he rivers 2 pair somehow we dont get it all in. Flop full house and split v/s same lol
All rite down another 2.5-3 BIs overall in this morning session. Hopefully tomorrow is better this is -10BI in 24 hours for me. OK won 1 buy in back so now only down $44ish
I don't remember what this hand was just know it was early in my session and I'm too lazy to convert it now.
PokerStars Game #30258101087: Omaha Pot Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2009/07/09 3:01:12 ET
Table 'Enif VIII' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Pokerromo ($28.25 in chips)
Seat 3: AA_GT007 ($110.90 in chips)
Seat 4: sonicreducer ($47.20 in chips)
Seat 5: jackofheartz ($26.85 in chips)
Seat 6: PL8OFGOODIES ($18.55 in chips)
Pokerromo: posts small blind $0.10
AA_GT007: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jackofheartz [As Jd Ts 7c]
sonicreducer: folds
jackofheartz: raises $0.60 to $0.85
PL8OFGOODIES: folds
Pokerromo: calls $0.75
AA_GT007: calls $0.60
*** FLOP *** [7d Ad Th]
Pokerromo: checks
AA_GT007: bets $1.75
jackofheartz: raises $5.95 to $7.70
Pokerromo: folds
AA_GT007: calls $5.95
*** TURN *** [7d Ad Th] [Ks]
AA_GT007: bets $17.10
jackofheartz: raises $1.20 to $18.30 and is all-in
AA_GT007: calls $1.20
*** RIVER *** [7d Ad Th Ks] [5s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
AA_GT007: shows [Kd 6d 4c 4d] (a pair of Kings)
jackofheartz: shows [As Jd Ts 7c] (two pair, Aces and Tens)
jackofheartz collected $52.55 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $54.55 | Rake $2
Board [7d Ad Th Ks 5s]
Seat 1: Pokerromo (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 3: AA_GT007 (big blind) showed [Kd 6d 4c 4d] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 4: sonicreducer folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: jackofheartz showed [As Jd Ts 7c] and won ($52.55) with two pair, Aces and Tens
Seat 6: PL8OFGOODIES (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
BANGING MY HEAD INTO THE DESK!!! PLEASE STARS CAN I RUN BREAK EVEN??????
Good grief I was even on the session then I snap off AAxx with an Ace in my hand and river 4 pair with the 4th pair being an Ace and he calls me down and bets 1/2 pot at river I'm such a donk and I love to pay off 1 outters obv. Then on the flop i get all in KKT9 on QJx board he had top set and I don't get there. Gotta love how every short stack that calls me when I have AAxx flops a set and I can't get away from it. At some point I have to beat them right? It can't be profitable to set mine with 30BBs? Also does every AA I have, have to flop a JT9ds flop? Come on Stars reboot the RNG
Just got all in AAA3ss v/s 5432ds and KKQD flop AKx turn brings the flush river the case K. Seriously I prob shouldn't be sticking it in with AAAx but I raised and there was a 3 bet and 4 bet so I know no one else has AA and I still have to be a fav KKxx. Obv I was almost even again so Stars doom switches me. Somehow I'm now down 3 buy ins again. Drop another buyin flop a big wrap and CR it and better flats I shove the turn and he calls with the same wrap but an A kicker and wins lol wp sir wp
Just had 2 guys decide to stack off to me in the blinds back to back hands. Guy 3 bets me in the BB pre I flop top pair + 2nd NFD + GS. I CR and he shoves a wrap draw and misses. Next I raise btn and get 3 bet and call. Flop top pair + NFD again on A hi flop and he had KK and gets it in on the flop. AA v/s AA he rivers 2 pair somehow we dont get it all in. Flop full house and split v/s same lol
All rite down another 2.5-3 BIs overall in this morning session. Hopefully tomorrow is better this is -10BI in 24 hours for me. OK won 1 buy in back so now only down $44ish
I don't remember what this hand was just know it was early in my session and I'm too lazy to convert it now.
PokerStars Game #30258101087: Omaha Pot Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2009/07/09 3:01:12 ET
Table 'Enif VIII' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Pokerromo ($28.25 in chips)
Seat 3: AA_GT007 ($110.90 in chips)
Seat 4: sonicreducer ($47.20 in chips)
Seat 5: jackofheartz ($26.85 in chips)
Seat 6: PL8OFGOODIES ($18.55 in chips)
Pokerromo: posts small blind $0.10
AA_GT007: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jackofheartz [As Jd Ts 7c]
sonicreducer: folds
jackofheartz: raises $0.60 to $0.85
PL8OFGOODIES: folds
Pokerromo: calls $0.75
AA_GT007: calls $0.60
*** FLOP *** [7d Ad Th]
Pokerromo: checks
AA_GT007: bets $1.75
jackofheartz: raises $5.95 to $7.70
Pokerromo: folds
AA_GT007: calls $5.95
*** TURN *** [7d Ad Th] [Ks]
AA_GT007: bets $17.10
jackofheartz: raises $1.20 to $18.30 and is all-in
AA_GT007: calls $1.20
*** RIVER *** [7d Ad Th Ks] [5s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
AA_GT007: shows [Kd 6d 4c 4d] (a pair of Kings)
jackofheartz: shows [As Jd Ts 7c] (two pair, Aces and Tens)
jackofheartz collected $52.55 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $54.55 | Rake $2
Board [7d Ad Th Ks 5s]
Seat 1: Pokerromo (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 3: AA_GT007 (big blind) showed [Kd 6d 4c 4d] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 4: sonicreducer folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: jackofheartz showed [As Jd Ts 7c] and won ($52.55) with two pair, Aces and Tens
Seat 6: PL8OFGOODIES (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
ISO someone to discuss PLO hands with or possibly a coach
Not sure if anyone reads this as its mainly me ranting but if anyone is and is playing PLO I'd like to start discussing hands with someone rather than doing it on the forums. Also if anyone has used a coach lmk cause I'm thinking about getting one but the costs of $150+ an hour is more than I can afford right now.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
1st losing day 25PLO
Down 7 buy ins but I'm not tilted I stayed until I got 1,000 hands in and felt like I was playing good but the coolers were getting pretty unreal and I need to remove the stereo from my GTO tonight. I'm now losing at PLO 25 for the 1st time thats how bad this night was. -175 in 1,000 hands is sick. I flopped the nuts several times and forced to fold. Lost a lot with big hands v/s shorties all on flops. I can think of like 5 hands off the top of my head where I flopped nuts and had to fold. Like I flop nuts straight on KQTr board with a hand like AQJT. Turn is a K pairing the board and putting a flush draw out and the river brings the flush and someone pots it.
I only had 1 hand were I won more than $15 and only 4 where I won more than $10. I had 4 pots where I got stacked, 1 where I lost $21, and 3 other where I lost between $15 and $18.
I'll post the few winning hands cause it won't take long lol
The big pot I won't bother I limp/called 9765ss from LP and flop was 776 and AT65. PFR bets out another EP pots I call hios bet trying to keep the PFR who was short in but he folds and a 4 on the turn we get it in. I somehow hold with my %85 for once.
Next one isn't that interesting either but I was kind of deep I flop middle set and check raise an A95 flop, bet turn and river I make a straight and the guy is a fish so I pot the river hoping he's got something but he folds. Next hand I get AAJ4ds all in v/s QJJ6ss on 863 flop with my overpair and FD. No real interesting wins there.
Now for the losses.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4454293
This is pretty sick I don't think I'm ever folding any turn card so I should have either shoved or folded the flop. I have top set the only hand that beats me is T8 and I have 2 Ts in my hand. Opponent was 54/15 so he's playing a ton of hands.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4454306
I raise 8644ss on the btn. BB calls. I flop Q42ds so I have middle set and a weak flush draw. BB has QJ74ss to the 7 and weak leads I pot and he calls. Turn is offsuit 7, he leads again and I pot he calls. Now the pot is $30 and I have 11 behind and the river is another 7. I know I'm in trouble but I can't fold here. Just horrible river as I'm 90% on the turn and he's paying me off on the river most of the time. If not I still scoop a large pot.
This one is questionable and I really wish I had been double suited. http://www.pokerhand.org/?4454321
There is a min raise from a donk and a 3 bet from another weak player. I call with T987ss, another donk 4 bets, original raiser calls, 3 bettor calls and I shove as I'm not calling off 1/3 of my stack and only having 2/3 pot bet for the flop. I think my equity isn't horrible here if they have normal ranges. My biggest fear is someone having my rundown covered. There was 2 trash hands and one guy had AAxxss. My equity was only 19% but there were 5 diamonds out and I had 3 in my hand and 2 players had my flush covered so I lose a lot of equity because of that but a lot of times my draw will be live. But thats what makes it better to be dbl suited though. If you give me 3 spades instead of 3 diamonds I jump up to 26% which makes it break even. Its pretty close if you put 2 sets of AAxx out there I'm actually a favorite 4 handed if my flush is live and 26% if its not. And if someone folds out along the way its even better. You might could argue for a 4 bet pre but I don't think thats great as I can't narrow them down to AA or KK preflop when the 3rd bet was made. I think my play is decent just unlucky here.
I lose a 3 way all in with AA84ss v/s AQT8ss v/s JJ97ss. Flop was AJ4 and the AQT8 had a flush draw. Jacks led out, flush min raises, I 3 bet pot and we got it in from there. Turn blanks river hits his gutshot with a . So thats a $75 pot I lose when I was way ahead on the flop and turn.
4 handed I raise KKT6ss to the T. both blinds call, flop is T42 so I have top pair, weak flush draw, and an over pair. Now I see were 50/50 on the flop. Checks to me I bet, he raises, I pot it and he calls. Turn gives me 2 pair making me about 80/20, river is Kh giving me a set and him the flush.
This one is good. Open in front of me and 1 call I 3 bet pot with AA83ds on the btn, BB calls with 6654ss, raiser folds, caller calls. Flops is Q42ds and we get it in cause he only had a PSB left in his stack.
I limp/call with QJ93 on the btn. Hated calling the raise but I know the blinds are coming and I have the btn. Flop is Kt7 giving me a gut shot straight flush draw and a wrap and one of the blinds had KK which I'm 55/45 ahead of here. Set leads, I shove he calls. Turn pairs the 7 and I'm drawing to the J of spades and miss.
Next biggest loss is my fault. I check raise with 6543ss on a J74 flop he calls with 8677, turn is a J and I try to take him off his hand and bet and he's short and I'm getting like 5:1 on the turn when he shoves but I think I gotta fold. Maybe if he can do it with the dry J sometimes I can call. He just has a bad hand for me here cause he has some of my outs covered.
Anyway I made a couple questionable or badly timed plays. But I easily could have been up 100 today instead of down $175. I was thinking of taking a shot this weekend at $50 NL with 25 BIs and moving down if I dropped 5. obv I won't even entertain that thought now. And now I get to go take the stereo out of my car, rebox and ship it back and hopefully they get the wiring fixed this time so I can listen to my iPod in it next week.
I only had 1 hand were I won more than $15 and only 4 where I won more than $10. I had 4 pots where I got stacked, 1 where I lost $21, and 3 other where I lost between $15 and $18.
I'll post the few winning hands cause it won't take long lol
The big pot I won't bother I limp/called 9765ss from LP and flop was 776 and AT65. PFR bets out another EP pots I call hios bet trying to keep the PFR who was short in but he folds and a 4 on the turn we get it in. I somehow hold with my %85 for once.
Next one isn't that interesting either but I was kind of deep I flop middle set and check raise an A95 flop, bet turn and river I make a straight and the guy is a fish so I pot the river hoping he's got something but he folds. Next hand I get AAJ4ds all in v/s QJJ6ss on 863 flop with my overpair and FD. No real interesting wins there.
Now for the losses.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4454293
This is pretty sick I don't think I'm ever folding any turn card so I should have either shoved or folded the flop. I have top set the only hand that beats me is T8 and I have 2 Ts in my hand. Opponent was 54/15 so he's playing a ton of hands.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4454306
I raise 8644ss on the btn. BB calls. I flop Q42ds so I have middle set and a weak flush draw. BB has QJ74ss to the 7 and weak leads I pot and he calls. Turn is offsuit 7, he leads again and I pot he calls. Now the pot is $30 and I have 11 behind and the river is another 7. I know I'm in trouble but I can't fold here. Just horrible river as I'm 90% on the turn and he's paying me off on the river most of the time. If not I still scoop a large pot.
This one is questionable and I really wish I had been double suited. http://www.pokerhand.org/?4454321
There is a min raise from a donk and a 3 bet from another weak player. I call with T987ss, another donk 4 bets, original raiser calls, 3 bettor calls and I shove as I'm not calling off 1/3 of my stack and only having 2/3 pot bet for the flop. I think my equity isn't horrible here if they have normal ranges. My biggest fear is someone having my rundown covered. There was 2 trash hands and one guy had AAxxss. My equity was only 19% but there were 5 diamonds out and I had 3 in my hand and 2 players had my flush covered so I lose a lot of equity because of that but a lot of times my draw will be live. But thats what makes it better to be dbl suited though. If you give me 3 spades instead of 3 diamonds I jump up to 26% which makes it break even. Its pretty close if you put 2 sets of AAxx out there I'm actually a favorite 4 handed if my flush is live and 26% if its not. And if someone folds out along the way its even better. You might could argue for a 4 bet pre but I don't think thats great as I can't narrow them down to AA or KK preflop when the 3rd bet was made. I think my play is decent just unlucky here.
I lose a 3 way all in with AA84ss v/s AQT8ss v/s JJ97ss. Flop was AJ4 and the AQT8 had a flush draw. Jacks led out, flush min raises, I 3 bet pot and we got it in from there. Turn blanks river hits his gutshot with a . So thats a $75 pot I lose when I was way ahead on the flop and turn.
4 handed I raise KKT6ss to the T. both blinds call, flop is T42 so I have top pair, weak flush draw, and an over pair. Now I see were 50/50 on the flop. Checks to me I bet, he raises, I pot it and he calls. Turn gives me 2 pair making me about 80/20, river is Kh giving me a set and him the flush.
This one is good. Open in front of me and 1 call I 3 bet pot with AA83ds on the btn, BB calls with 6654ss, raiser folds, caller calls. Flops is Q42ds and we get it in cause he only had a PSB left in his stack.
I limp/call with QJ93 on the btn. Hated calling the raise but I know the blinds are coming and I have the btn. Flop is Kt7 giving me a gut shot straight flush draw and a wrap and one of the blinds had KK which I'm 55/45 ahead of here. Set leads, I shove he calls. Turn pairs the 7 and I'm drawing to the J of spades and miss.
Next biggest loss is my fault. I check raise with 6543ss on a J74 flop he calls with 8677, turn is a J and I try to take him off his hand and bet and he's short and I'm getting like 5:1 on the turn when he shoves but I think I gotta fold. Maybe if he can do it with the dry J sometimes I can call. He just has a bad hand for me here cause he has some of my outs covered.
Anyway I made a couple questionable or badly timed plays. But I easily could have been up 100 today instead of down $175. I was thinking of taking a shot this weekend at $50 NL with 25 BIs and moving down if I dropped 5. obv I won't even entertain that thought now. And now I get to go take the stereo out of my car, rebox and ship it back and hopefully they get the wiring fixed this time so I can listen to my iPod in it next week.
Monday, July 6, 2009
Running so bad today. Going to get some hands up a little later. Also been 6 tabling cause I found so many juicy tables and its slightly stressed me out lol I had 8 open at one time and had to stop. There were so many good tables I wanted to play tight and watch them and pick the best ones. At the moment I'm down about 2 buy ins but I've gotten my money in really good and getting out drawn. Down 3 buy ins now. I've gotten in good v/s AAxx on the flop or turn and them get there. I've gotten in good with AAxx with a draw and gotten sucked out on many times. I run so bad :-(
Was down 4 buy ins and got a straight flush v/s nut flush for stacks, and all in preflop AA87ss v/s AAxx and flop came 87x and my 2 pair held. Only down 2 buy ins now. OK finished up 2 buy ins. Had a couple big fish that stayed around and dropped several buys in to me to make up for my day. OK posting some hands now. I was hoping to post them in order of how they happened but I'm playing around with Omaha tracker more and learning how to filter and sort and replay hands. I'm just sorting through my biggest wins and biggest losses.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4446357
OK UTG is playing 98% of his hands and 63% for a raise. He's the uber fish and I took a few buy ins off him tonight. I played a ton of hands cause I had position on him and he was the action guy. I really played too many hands but he was paying off a lot so I felt it was worth getting into some the pot with some marginal hands. This is a great hand though to be calling in position. I flop bottom set, middle pair and a real drawy board and UTG checks so I decide to see where I am with my bottom set and lead out. I get raised by the BB and I shove it in. I can't really call here and I wanted to get the other player out and play it HU. I don't normally play btm set this agro though. Hard for him to have 99 since I hold a 9. I hold an 8 for a blocker if he has JTxx. Turns out he had AAAKss for the flush draw and an over pair.
Here is a hand late in the session. I played it bad and got lucky. http://www.pokerhand.org/?4446386
The hand before this he limps UTG and 3 bets me and I lay it down. I didn't have many hands v/s him at the time. I have AKKQss and raise, 2 calls and he 3 bets I 4 bet and call a shove. He had AAKQss and I flop my 1 outter. Have to get lucky every now and then. I know I get 1 and 2 outed enough lol
Won another big pot with AKKQss v/s KJT7ds when guy 3 bets me pre and flop is KK4 and we get it on the flop.
Here we have the straight flush v/s nut flush for stacks. Any hand where I win big was late in the session cause I was down big early and went on a huge rally.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4446409
AA87ss v/s AAk3ss weeeeee
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4446414
Got lucky v/s Mr 98% VPIP but I think I'm ahead of his range enough here. I'mdominated by his actual hand but most times I think he has a pair + a draw or 2 pair and I'm not in that bad of shape v/s him cause I've seen him get it in so bad and he's playing every f'ing hand.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4446419
Now for the losing hands.
I 4 bet AA76 preflop and its 3 ways. Flop is KT5hhx and I have just over 1 PSB left. I think I have to get it in here but I could be wrong. I may post this hand later in the forums. Obv on hte flop he has to stick it in here. But I'm not sure about calling my 4 bet either. I guess since its 3 way pot he might be correct here. I really only need 33% equity when I'm called here I can't see this being a fold unless 2 nits shoved in front of me here.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4446447
He 3 bets me pretty light here and I have KK and try to take him off a hand. Unfortunately he played rags and flops a full house.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4446476
AAxxss v/s KKxxds all in on great flop He catches backdoor flush
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4446483
Maybe this is a fold on the turn. Really close imo and I really felt he probably picked up a drwa to go with his pair and I have 2 pair and an over card. Against a pair and a draw I'm gettng odds here as ts about 50/50. If you change the T to a K its 52/48 with him being open ended and the flush draw. I'm crushed if he has a set though but I'm not sure he plays a set like this unless its TTxx and I have a T so its not that likely.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4446498
Some more AAxx hands where I lost 1/2 a stack v/s shorties with draws I ran pretty bad v/s them today all in on the flop. But I had a winning session over all so I'm pleased.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4446498
Was down 4 buy ins and got a straight flush v/s nut flush for stacks, and all in preflop AA87ss v/s AAxx and flop came 87x and my 2 pair held. Only down 2 buy ins now. OK finished up 2 buy ins. Had a couple big fish that stayed around and dropped several buys in to me to make up for my day. OK posting some hands now. I was hoping to post them in order of how they happened but I'm playing around with Omaha tracker more and learning how to filter and sort and replay hands. I'm just sorting through my biggest wins and biggest losses.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4446357
OK UTG is playing 98% of his hands and 63% for a raise. He's the uber fish and I took a few buy ins off him tonight. I played a ton of hands cause I had position on him and he was the action guy. I really played too many hands but he was paying off a lot so I felt it was worth getting into some the pot with some marginal hands. This is a great hand though to be calling in position. I flop bottom set, middle pair and a real drawy board and UTG checks so I decide to see where I am with my bottom set and lead out. I get raised by the BB and I shove it in. I can't really call here and I wanted to get the other player out and play it HU. I don't normally play btm set this agro though. Hard for him to have 99 since I hold a 9. I hold an 8 for a blocker if he has JTxx. Turns out he had AAAKss for the flush draw and an over pair.
Here is a hand late in the session. I played it bad and got lucky. http://www.pokerhand.org/?4446386
The hand before this he limps UTG and 3 bets me and I lay it down. I didn't have many hands v/s him at the time. I have AKKQss and raise, 2 calls and he 3 bets I 4 bet and call a shove. He had AAKQss and I flop my 1 outter. Have to get lucky every now and then. I know I get 1 and 2 outed enough lol
Won another big pot with AKKQss v/s KJT7ds when guy 3 bets me pre and flop is KK4 and we get it on the flop.
Here we have the straight flush v/s nut flush for stacks. Any hand where I win big was late in the session cause I was down big early and went on a huge rally.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4446409
AA87ss v/s AAk3ss weeeeee
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4446414
Got lucky v/s Mr 98% VPIP but I think I'm ahead of his range enough here. I'mdominated by his actual hand but most times I think he has a pair + a draw or 2 pair and I'm not in that bad of shape v/s him cause I've seen him get it in so bad and he's playing every f'ing hand.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4446419
Now for the losing hands.
I 4 bet AA76 preflop and its 3 ways. Flop is KT5hhx and I have just over 1 PSB left. I think I have to get it in here but I could be wrong. I may post this hand later in the forums. Obv on hte flop he has to stick it in here. But I'm not sure about calling my 4 bet either. I guess since its 3 way pot he might be correct here. I really only need 33% equity when I'm called here I can't see this being a fold unless 2 nits shoved in front of me here.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4446447
He 3 bets me pretty light here and I have KK and try to take him off a hand. Unfortunately he played rags and flops a full house.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4446476
AAxxss v/s KKxxds all in on great flop He catches backdoor flush
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4446483
Maybe this is a fold on the turn. Really close imo and I really felt he probably picked up a drwa to go with his pair and I have 2 pair and an over card. Against a pair and a draw I'm gettng odds here as ts about 50/50. If you change the T to a K its 52/48 with him being open ended and the flush draw. I'm crushed if he has a set though but I'm not sure he plays a set like this unless its TTxx and I have a T so its not that likely.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4446498
Some more AAxx hands where I lost 1/2 a stack v/s shorties with draws I ran pretty bad v/s them today all in on the flop. But I had a winning session over all so I'm pleased.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4446498
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Horrible start -5 BIs but also the biggest pot I've won to date!!!
This has been a horrible start. Down 4 buy ins already. 1 I gave away though. I had KKxxss v/s a 20% 3 bettor and called his 3 bet pre. I shove with an overpair and flush draw and he had AA and my flush covered. Then I flop nut straight v/s super agro and I CR the flop, turn puts a possible higher straight but I don't think he has it and pot it and he calls. River pairs the board and he insta shove when I check and I call his $20 bet and he had a small set. Just now v/s a med Stack I have 2 over pairs on a TT5 board and he CR me 1/2 his stack and I shove and he had t5xx lol So in 30 minutes I lost 4 days of profits. Gotten tight up and get my head right. Super frustrating to lose that many buy ins so quick on some really unfortunate hands.
The KK hand was me making a move v/s an agro opponent and he just happaned to have a bigger hand for once. I guess I could have folded the 2nd nut straight when the board paired and had he timed down I would have. I really thought he was making a big bluff with the quick bet though.
This is getting worse. Short stacks are picking me apart hitting with weird crap v/s my big hands and everyone is getting huge hands v/s me and I end up paying off but no one is paying me off today.
4 way pot I turn nut straight and check in EP and everyone checks and river pairs and I have to check fold in a huge pot. At some point I have to get a hand to hold up come on. Down 5 buy ins now and fixing to call it a day this is unreal. Just took a couple pots including I raise btn and both blinds call I flop btm 2 and a OESD and get it in v/s top set and get there. Also was able to a couple other med pots. I raised BvB and guy flopped 2nd nut flush v/s my top set and i bet called flop, called turn and rivered the boat and led pot and he called. Good thing I got lucky on the draw there cause if I lost there I'm down 6 buy ins and quitting for the day. Hope I can keep some momentum now and get close to even today. Every paired board today someone has hit and then I turn a huge straight and luckily I only paid off small bets v/s a super agro guy bug stack. I know I'm not supposed to draw on a paired board but usually they don't hit a boat every time.
OK storm is rolling in and I just got up a little thanks to the hand below. Time to call it a day before my internet cuts out.
OK Just saw what happened here. We both turn the nut straight but I'm freerolling a bigger straight and river it for a 500BB pot weeeeeee Just saw that we're 50/50 on the hand. He has 4 outs to a full house and I have 4 outs to the larger straight. Got lucky big time here to not split.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4441109
The KK hand was me making a move v/s an agro opponent and he just happaned to have a bigger hand for once. I guess I could have folded the 2nd nut straight when the board paired and had he timed down I would have. I really thought he was making a big bluff with the quick bet though.
This is getting worse. Short stacks are picking me apart hitting with weird crap v/s my big hands and everyone is getting huge hands v/s me and I end up paying off but no one is paying me off today.
4 way pot I turn nut straight and check in EP and everyone checks and river pairs and I have to check fold in a huge pot. At some point I have to get a hand to hold up come on. Down 5 buy ins now and fixing to call it a day this is unreal. Just took a couple pots including I raise btn and both blinds call I flop btm 2 and a OESD and get it in v/s top set and get there. Also was able to a couple other med pots. I raised BvB and guy flopped 2nd nut flush v/s my top set and i bet called flop, called turn and rivered the boat and led pot and he called. Good thing I got lucky on the draw there cause if I lost there I'm down 6 buy ins and quitting for the day. Hope I can keep some momentum now and get close to even today. Every paired board today someone has hit and then I turn a huge straight and luckily I only paid off small bets v/s a super agro guy bug stack. I know I'm not supposed to draw on a paired board but usually they don't hit a boat every time.
OK storm is rolling in and I just got up a little thanks to the hand below. Time to call it a day before my internet cuts out.
OK Just saw what happened here. We both turn the nut straight but I'm freerolling a bigger straight and river it for a 500BB pot weeeeeee Just saw that we're 50/50 on the hand. He has 4 outs to a full house and I have 4 outs to the larger straight. Got lucky big time here to not split.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4441109
Saturday, July 4, 2009
AATTds < QJ99ds all in pre yeahs its that kinda day
Moron gets it all in preflop here. And we both flop sets and he turns quads. So Sick.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4438110
Just won AAQ9ds v.s AA74ss then got AAxxss 2 times in a row following. Small pot on one and lost small pot on the 3rd.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4438169
Currently down 2 buy ins. Missing a lot of hands or when I tried to make a move with a pair and a draw + GS I run into top set. Games are really agro but I can't get anything to hit that I can get these super agro 80/40 guys to pay me off with. Really frustrating I'm rarely seeing the turn any more. Definately have some people to add to my fish list though.
Nothing like splitting after getting in with 77% win % for 2 buy in pot.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4438398
Part of my problem tonight is trying to play too many hands with these maniacs. I can't raise near as often so I'm too passive and I end up limping more and calling raises. Just lost a $30 pot trips v/s trips and I have overs and he rivers a full house with an undercard. OK just got up about $10 and I've played 950ish hands. Time for a break I've been playing almost 4 hours. Pretty happy to be slightly up after that run tonight.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4438110
Just won AAQ9ds v.s AA74ss then got AAxxss 2 times in a row following. Small pot on one and lost small pot on the 3rd.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4438169
Currently down 2 buy ins. Missing a lot of hands or when I tried to make a move with a pair and a draw + GS I run into top set. Games are really agro but I can't get anything to hit that I can get these super agro 80/40 guys to pay me off with. Really frustrating I'm rarely seeing the turn any more. Definately have some people to add to my fish list though.
Nothing like splitting after getting in with 77% win % for 2 buy in pot.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4438398
Part of my problem tonight is trying to play too many hands with these maniacs. I can't raise near as often so I'm too passive and I end up limping more and calling raises. Just lost a $30 pot trips v/s trips and I have overs and he rivers a full house with an undercard. OK just got up about $10 and I've played 950ish hands. Time for a break I've been playing almost 4 hours. Pretty happy to be slightly up after that run tonight.
Friday, July 3, 2009
Fri afternoon/night
The afternoon games have been more agro than they were last night/early morning. I was limping in and playing a lot of pots. Today there is more agression but players still calling off raises with trash and paying off too much so I'm just trying to tighten up and find some spots.
Played mainly fast tables today. I think I started on 2 fast and 2 normal and ended on all fast. Last session I played only regular tables and got in about 54 hands per table per hour. This session with mainly fast games I got about 70 hands per table per hour. I played 435 hands and won $3 so not bad a session but not a good one either.
Not the way I wanted to start a session. Had him on KK but I was still WAY ahead on the flop.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4434390
Wow I just ran top full house into quads and didn't go broke. I was going to check raise the river but his bet just set off alarms. Still lost a big pot but saved 1/2 a buy in there. WHEW!!!!
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4434620
Doing a night session now. I stack 1 guy very early when I turn the nuts and he can't fold 2 pair and he pays me on the turn check raise and the river. Then I 3 bet AAJxss and get 2 callers. 1 only has 1.5 PSBs left and he leads on a T87 board and I shove to isolate and he had flopped a straight. Probably an easy fold. Then I try to bluff from the BB on w 622 board and the guy had 66xx. Turn was a 2 and he called and checked behind the river when I gave up. So I gave up my early buy in I won lol Hoping tonights games are good and juicy being the weekend and all.
Down about 1.5BIs now running bad and running bad bluffs. Like I raise AAKxss and flop is Kxx all spades and I got the bare As. Or I 3 bet and get 2 calls with AAxxds and make a large flop bet on rags and a solid TAG calls and bets river and I fold.
This got me back in the black. Preflop is marginal but I think post is standard. Biggest PLO pot ever for me. http://www.pokerhand.org/?4435243
Just noticed when I put this in 2 dimes that both of them had bigge flush draws than me and some of my straight outs are dead. But this is really a worst case scenario for my hand. Most times I'm ahead here and its not going to be a 3 way pot either.
Just lost with trips once getting stacked the other losing about 1/2 my stack. 1st one I have position and the guy calls me on the flop and turn and I check behind the river. The 2nd I we were 3 bets to the flop 4 ways and short stack bets out, original 3 bettor calls and I raise it and the 1st raiser preflop who is an agro donk shoves me and I'm committed at that point. Kind of crazy how quick you can win or lose 3 BIs at this game. You hear its swingy but until you experience it you can't imigaine.
This is why its so profitable though lol Now 4 BIs deep at this table If this villian stays here I'll be 5-6 deep hopefully
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4435314
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4435243
Every time I get even some donk catches. Flop mid set and on A hi flop bet get pot raised I call cause there is a possible flush draw out. Turn misses he pots I shove he insta calls and gets there and runs his mouth off at me. Classic. Then he sits out a few orbits and leaves I didn't get a chance to get my money back which is the real shame. :-(
Finished up $20 and 715 hands on that session. On the day +25 and 1150 hands. Pretty good volume for a beginner donk hehe
Played mainly fast tables today. I think I started on 2 fast and 2 normal and ended on all fast. Last session I played only regular tables and got in about 54 hands per table per hour. This session with mainly fast games I got about 70 hands per table per hour. I played 435 hands and won $3 so not bad a session but not a good one either.
Not the way I wanted to start a session. Had him on KK but I was still WAY ahead on the flop.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4434390
Wow I just ran top full house into quads and didn't go broke. I was going to check raise the river but his bet just set off alarms. Still lost a big pot but saved 1/2 a buy in there. WHEW!!!!
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4434620
Doing a night session now. I stack 1 guy very early when I turn the nuts and he can't fold 2 pair and he pays me on the turn check raise and the river. Then I 3 bet AAJxss and get 2 callers. 1 only has 1.5 PSBs left and he leads on a T87 board and I shove to isolate and he had flopped a straight. Probably an easy fold. Then I try to bluff from the BB on w 622 board and the guy had 66xx. Turn was a 2 and he called and checked behind the river when I gave up. So I gave up my early buy in I won lol Hoping tonights games are good and juicy being the weekend and all.
Down about 1.5BIs now running bad and running bad bluffs. Like I raise AAKxss and flop is Kxx all spades and I got the bare As. Or I 3 bet and get 2 calls with AAxxds and make a large flop bet on rags and a solid TAG calls and bets river and I fold.
This got me back in the black. Preflop is marginal but I think post is standard. Biggest PLO pot ever for me. http://www.pokerhand.org/?4435243
Just noticed when I put this in 2 dimes that both of them had bigge flush draws than me and some of my straight outs are dead. But this is really a worst case scenario for my hand. Most times I'm ahead here and its not going to be a 3 way pot either.
Just lost with trips once getting stacked the other losing about 1/2 my stack. 1st one I have position and the guy calls me on the flop and turn and I check behind the river. The 2nd I we were 3 bets to the flop 4 ways and short stack bets out, original 3 bettor calls and I raise it and the 1st raiser preflop who is an agro donk shoves me and I'm committed at that point. Kind of crazy how quick you can win or lose 3 BIs at this game. You hear its swingy but until you experience it you can't imigaine.
This is why its so profitable though lol Now 4 BIs deep at this table If this villian stays here I'll be 5-6 deep hopefully
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4435314
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4435243
Every time I get even some donk catches. Flop mid set and on A hi flop bet get pot raised I call cause there is a possible flush draw out. Turn misses he pots I shove he insta calls and gets there and runs his mouth off at me. Classic. Then he sits out a few orbits and leaves I didn't get a chance to get my money back which is the real shame. :-(
Finished up $20 and 715 hands on that session. On the day +25 and 1150 hands. Pretty good volume for a beginner donk hehe
1st Stars PLO $25 session
Game is even more passive/weak tonight than the late night $5 and $10 games on Tilt. I ran pretty bad tonight. Got all in on turn with 85% equity and the guy rivers a gutter to split. Guy was a maniac and the pot was $80. He was a 98/41 so he was in every hand. I ended up limping more hands than I'd like cause no one would fold pre but they would pay off if you limped and hit. But of course with this guy in the game we're playing a lot of pots and they were all raised multi way. He got up to almost 3 BIs before donking it off to other players. But when he left there was 2 other bad players with 3 and 2.5 BIs and another LAG with 1.5 so I wasn't too upset cause it was still a good table and I had about 1.5BIs so we were playing pretty deep. But watching the table berate him got bad. Forgot how idiots do that in cash games so much. Of course he was dishing it out just as much but still hate to see a guy leave like that. I'm posting a couple hands below where I think I played good but just got a big beat.
Really good session got up over 3 BIs late but then got coolered a couple times, had 2 pair v/s a top set and river makes me a boat and I bet/fold river in a decent sized pot. Getting to the point I can lay down hands on the river without thinking about it which is good. Just now as I click sit out next blind I raise AT98ss v/s a shorty UTG limp and I flop a wrap and he flops a boat, then I 3 bet AAJxss and get 2 calls. Flop is rags with a weak straight possible and a FD and I get CR big and lay it down. So I finished up only up about $45. Had been up about $80 before that last 1/2 hour. Still I played almost 800 hands and finished up 23BB/100 which isn't bad. Still running good. Obv I was running close to 50BBs 30 minutes ago though lol
Gut shot to split
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4432596
Won the side pot should have shoved the flop. Was only looking at villian's stack and trying to induce a shove but I wasn't as deep as I thought.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4432599
This is bad pre not sure what I was thinking. Pretty standard but I was sweating after the flop and we got it in here.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4432627
4 ways 3 of us over 225BBs deep and I flop 2 sets and nothing
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4432642
This is why you can limp/call weak hands at these levels I should never get paid off here
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4432707
And this was a huge cooler v/s a donk who played 81% of his hands. trips v/s trips
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4432713
Really good session got up over 3 BIs late but then got coolered a couple times, had 2 pair v/s a top set and river makes me a boat and I bet/fold river in a decent sized pot. Getting to the point I can lay down hands on the river without thinking about it which is good. Just now as I click sit out next blind I raise AT98ss v/s a shorty UTG limp and I flop a wrap and he flops a boat, then I 3 bet AAJxss and get 2 calls. Flop is rags with a weak straight possible and a FD and I get CR big and lay it down. So I finished up only up about $45. Had been up about $80 before that last 1/2 hour. Still I played almost 800 hands and finished up 23BB/100 which isn't bad. Still running good. Obv I was running close to 50BBs 30 minutes ago though lol
Gut shot to split
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4432596
Won the side pot should have shoved the flop. Was only looking at villian's stack and trying to induce a shove but I wasn't as deep as I thought.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4432599
This is bad pre not sure what I was thinking. Pretty standard but I was sweating after the flop and we got it in here.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4432627
4 ways 3 of us over 225BBs deep and I flop 2 sets and nothing
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4432642
This is why you can limp/call weak hands at these levels I should never get paid off here
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4432707
And this was a huge cooler v/s a donk who played 81% of his hands. trips v/s trips
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4432713
Ribbo Stox Poker rant
OMG the only professor they have that has lots of videos and I thought was decent just put me on Life TILT! He's going on about your user name should be more anon and how he can search out players through google and find out if they post on forums and how good they are and how others can do the same.
1st of all how many fish even care?
2nd of all how many players even have the same name on the forums as the poker handles? Its not a lot I'm sure
3rd and most importantly almost all hand converters change the name to Hero and Villian so your identity is still hidden.
Then he goes on about how people in the forums purposely give out so much bad advice to keep players playing badly. Which I'm not saying there might not be a couple people doing it but the majority aren't. And accusing the forums of doing this is just stupid imo. Especially when you are on a training site supposedly helping people improve their play.
Anyway I didn't get any games in tonight I took a nap and got up to watch more videos. One thing I'm learning from all these videos is I'm just going to have to play and putin volume and then take hands I'm unsure of my flop or turn equity and then run those hands, post them in the forums and get some advice. I'm just not seeing any answers to a lot of my questions about certain hand ranges.
I did watch some of the HU LHE videos and even played a few HU SNGs. They took a long time. I was down 5:1 in 2 of them and won both of them. But its not something I think I'd want to play even in cash. Looks to be a huge grind. Wear your mouse out with the constant betting/raising as well lol
Late night games on Stars look good. 2am on Friday morning and at $25PLO there is about 20 6 max tables and 6-8 FR. $50 PLO has about 16 6 max tables and 5 FR. Tempted to get in some play this morning but I may hold off til tomorrow. I need to get back into the Hwang book some more.
1st of all how many fish even care?
2nd of all how many players even have the same name on the forums as the poker handles? Its not a lot I'm sure
3rd and most importantly almost all hand converters change the name to Hero and Villian so your identity is still hidden.
Then he goes on about how people in the forums purposely give out so much bad advice to keep players playing badly. Which I'm not saying there might not be a couple people doing it but the majority aren't. And accusing the forums of doing this is just stupid imo. Especially when you are on a training site supposedly helping people improve their play.
Anyway I didn't get any games in tonight I took a nap and got up to watch more videos. One thing I'm learning from all these videos is I'm just going to have to play and putin volume and then take hands I'm unsure of my flop or turn equity and then run those hands, post them in the forums and get some advice. I'm just not seeing any answers to a lot of my questions about certain hand ranges.
I did watch some of the HU LHE videos and even played a few HU SNGs. They took a long time. I was down 5:1 in 2 of them and won both of them. But its not something I think I'd want to play even in cash. Looks to be a huge grind. Wear your mouse out with the constant betting/raising as well lol
Late night games on Stars look good. 2am on Friday morning and at $25PLO there is about 20 6 max tables and 6-8 FR. $50 PLO has about 16 6 max tables and 5 FR. Tempted to get in some play this morning but I may hold off til tomorrow. I need to get back into the Hwang book some more.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Not thrilled with Stox so far
I'll give them credit for being a lot more low limit PLO vids than Card Runners but I'm really not overly thrilled with them yet. They do seemed aimed at players who've never read a book or played PLO before which is good. But the latest video I tried to watch was from Poker Monkey (Rhys). It was horrible. His 1st video wasn't bad but it was on Poker Room (On Game Network) and was 3-4 handed most of the video. He did an ok job in that one I thought but I didn't really want to watch a 3 handed video so I stopped. The next one he did a review in Omaha Tracker which I thought would be a good idea because he just hi light the hands he played. But he played so bad in that video I just stopped it. He was obv tilting and admitted he might have been tilting in the video. Not saying it doesn't happen to all of us but if you're making a training video why show how badly you were playing? Just saying well I was tilted and shouldn't have played that way doesn't make up for it. There was a hand where he called down a weak pair on a paired board, he 4 bet all in on the turn with a Kd on on a 3 diamond board with Ad. Bluffing the naked nut flush isn't that uncommon but in a low limit game 4 betting it all in against a guy who is a station probably isn't good. Next hand he's min donk leading into the guy who min raises, and Poker Monkey is min 3 betting it back. Really really stupid play and he's saying how he was just toying with the guy or something. IDK I was very unhappy with the quality of play in that video.
I'm going to try to watch a couple more of his videos but if they are anything like the last one I'll just skip his future videos. I still have a couple other instructors to watch and I have a lot of Ribbo's videos to watch as well. I just wanted to check out the other instructors today.
I didn't get to watch any videos last night. It was one of my friend's birthdays and another of our friends was in from out of town so we all got together and smoked some cigars and had some drinks. About 10pm we decided we were hungry and one of our friends is a chef in a resteraunt so we go to grocery store and make some awesome steak and pork tenderloin kabobs. Course by the time we got back and got everything prepared it was midnight before we had the food on the grill lol Luckily we didn't wake up his wife but he had to be at work 4 hours after we left his house. GG sleep lol
Edit:
Watching a MissBanana video now. I know he's doing videos for CR too and I've watched one or two of them there but I really enjoyed his Stox video. He plays a very LAG style in 6 max but does a good job explaining his thinking process and why he's making the plays he's making. I really wish he had more videos here.
Also downloading some HU LHE videos from Bryce. Just because a year or so ago when I was doing some HU NL SNGs and was thinking of going back to LHE I really was curious about his HU style as I've never played HU LHE. So I got the week trial and it will be a good break from PLO vids.
I'm getting real restless and may put in a small session on Stars tonight. Download Omaha Manager and get a real good feel for my stats and using a HUD there as well.
Edit:
Just watched my 1st Onassis video and its so frustrating to watch. He talks so sloooowwww and he acts on the table even slower. I don't think English is his 1st language but I could be wrong. He has a very heavy accent sounds European. But I can handle that if he would speed up his play and his talking. Its like watching a video a in slow motion. Its pretty painful. Watching another Ribbo video where he reviews a students game where the student plays pretty bad. Its ok I guess, kind of humorous but not very educational. I mean its still just 101 Omaha play.
I have no problem with drilling in preflop decisions. Hell The video I've gotten the most use out of was a Brian Towsend video at hgh stakes where he still preaches hand selection and all but he goes more in depth in post flop lines and decisions. And almost every lower limit video just keeps a very basic approach, drill in starting hands and putting in action on the obv boards.
I'm going to try to watch a couple more of his videos but if they are anything like the last one I'll just skip his future videos. I still have a couple other instructors to watch and I have a lot of Ribbo's videos to watch as well. I just wanted to check out the other instructors today.
I didn't get to watch any videos last night. It was one of my friend's birthdays and another of our friends was in from out of town so we all got together and smoked some cigars and had some drinks. About 10pm we decided we were hungry and one of our friends is a chef in a resteraunt so we go to grocery store and make some awesome steak and pork tenderloin kabobs. Course by the time we got back and got everything prepared it was midnight before we had the food on the grill lol Luckily we didn't wake up his wife but he had to be at work 4 hours after we left his house. GG sleep lol
Edit:
Watching a MissBanana video now. I know he's doing videos for CR too and I've watched one or two of them there but I really enjoyed his Stox video. He plays a very LAG style in 6 max but does a good job explaining his thinking process and why he's making the plays he's making. I really wish he had more videos here.
Also downloading some HU LHE videos from Bryce. Just because a year or so ago when I was doing some HU NL SNGs and was thinking of going back to LHE I really was curious about his HU style as I've never played HU LHE. So I got the week trial and it will be a good break from PLO vids.
I'm getting real restless and may put in a small session on Stars tonight. Download Omaha Manager and get a real good feel for my stats and using a HUD there as well.
Edit:
Just watched my 1st Onassis video and its so frustrating to watch. He talks so sloooowwww and he acts on the table even slower. I don't think English is his 1st language but I could be wrong. He has a very heavy accent sounds European. But I can handle that if he would speed up his play and his talking. Its like watching a video a in slow motion. Its pretty painful. Watching another Ribbo video where he reviews a students game where the student plays pretty bad. Its ok I guess, kind of humorous but not very educational. I mean its still just 101 Omaha play.
I have no problem with drilling in preflop decisions. Hell The video I've gotten the most use out of was a Brian Towsend video at hgh stakes where he still preaches hand selection and all but he goes more in depth in post flop lines and decisions. And almost every lower limit video just keeps a very basic approach, drill in starting hands and putting in action on the obv boards.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
filling up on PLO videos
The last 5 days I've watched so many videos on Cardrunners. I've stayed away from high stakes games where possible and just watched lower limit videos still trying to cram the basics in. I've got 1 week of Stox now and starting with their beginner videos but I really think I've got a lot of the basic preflop stuff down and quit in the middle of a couple of their videos cause I really feel like I know a lot of the preflop decisions and need more work on post flop. I still feel lost sometimes on my flop decisions. I'm through about 6 videos now and really not impressed with them. They do have a lot of videos and a lot of them seem to be lower stakes. From $25PLO to $100PLO which I do like. Instead of Card runners where there is a lot more high stakes games. The quality of the videos are good but the content seems a little bit lacking so far. I watched 2 of the Robert Williams III videos. I didn't think his video was bad but it wasn't that great either imo. I kind of expected more from him I guess. I think it was probably good if you had never played PLO before and were coming over from Hold Em. But he only has 2 videos on the entire site. I thought he was more of a contributor there.
I watched 2 other videos from who I think is one of the NLHE pros but I can't remember his name now and they seemed to be pretty basic. Nothing really interesting. Watching Ribbio's video now. Has what I believe to be a British accent which is odd if you aren't used to it. I'm going to get used to it today cause he has a bunch of videos and hopefully they are good enough for me to watch them all. The full table video I'm watching he seems to be playing too loose and calling raises but then who am I to say someone is playing bad when I'm just learning the game myself?
I'm also planning on getting Omaha Manager this week. They have a 2 week free trial and I can get a discount through Cardrunners as well. I'd like to use it to analyze some of my previous hands from the last 2 weeks but I'm really planning on watching more videos and reading Jeff Hwang's book more than I focus on playing this week. I want to do some of both to try and use what I've learned from the training but I'm wanting to cram as many videos in this week as possible.
I watched 2 other videos from who I think is one of the NLHE pros but I can't remember his name now and they seemed to be pretty basic. Nothing really interesting. Watching Ribbio's video now. Has what I believe to be a British accent which is odd if you aren't used to it. I'm going to get used to it today cause he has a bunch of videos and hopefully they are good enough for me to watch them all. The full table video I'm watching he seems to be playing too loose and calling raises but then who am I to say someone is playing bad when I'm just learning the game myself?
I'm also planning on getting Omaha Manager this week. They have a 2 week free trial and I can get a discount through Cardrunners as well. I'd like to use it to analyze some of my previous hands from the last 2 weeks but I'm really planning on watching more videos and reading Jeff Hwang's book more than I focus on playing this week. I want to do some of both to try and use what I've learned from the training but I'm wanting to cram as many videos in this week as possible.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Sunday free for alls
playing a small session today. 1st big all in I lost was top set v/s top 2. I'm a 91% fav here and he backdoors a flush. Next big pot moron min raises flop with bottom set and I call with a straight draw. I turn the nuts and he shoves the pot and I call and the river pairs the board. Not the start I wanted today. I just lost my 3rd all in on the flop v/s a shorty where I 3 bet AAxx pre and he had less than PSB on the flop. 1 flopped a flush, 1 turned 2 pair, 3rd just rivered a straight. Not big pots just gets really frustrating. Down 3 buy ins and I haven't gotten my money in bad yet.
Down about 4 buy ins now. Every time I raise AAxxss the flop is mono of another suit and I'm getting bet off it. Every run down I raise runs into a paired flop and usually I have no draw at it anyway. Well I won 1 but then dumped it like a donkey. Guy to my left on 2 tables has been giving me a lot of action. I overcall on the button with KJTxds and flop top 2 and a FD+GS and call the bet. Turn puts a possible straight and another draw and I shove him. He had the straight and the 2nd draw and I bricked my flush and gutshot to split. Just got KKxx v/s AAxx BvB and a rag flop and stack off again. This is getting depressing. Its micro limits and I'm running bad and playing not good and losing big here. Currently -5BIs today and overall -7 here and down several at $10PLO as well.
I mat move to Stars and play full ring $10 PLO even though I'm way overrolled for it. Doesn't matter how big my roll if I'm not winning. Calling it a night down 5 BIs. This night sucked. Last hand v/s a competent player at these stakes I get AAK6ss v/s KKJ2ds flop AJTr and he calls turn is a Q and we split. I just can't get a break.
Reading the Jeff Hwang PLO book and its really good. I stopped last night cause I was too tired to take it all in. There is some really in depth reading and studying there on big straight draws and a lot of math. I wanted to be more rested when I re read that section so I can get a better grasp of it.
Down about 4 buy ins now. Every time I raise AAxxss the flop is mono of another suit and I'm getting bet off it. Every run down I raise runs into a paired flop and usually I have no draw at it anyway. Well I won 1 but then dumped it like a donkey. Guy to my left on 2 tables has been giving me a lot of action. I overcall on the button with KJTxds and flop top 2 and a FD+GS and call the bet. Turn puts a possible straight and another draw and I shove him. He had the straight and the 2nd draw and I bricked my flush and gutshot to split. Just got KKxx v/s AAxx BvB and a rag flop and stack off again. This is getting depressing. Its micro limits and I'm running bad and playing not good and losing big here. Currently -5BIs today and overall -7 here and down several at $10PLO as well.
I mat move to Stars and play full ring $10 PLO even though I'm way overrolled for it. Doesn't matter how big my roll if I'm not winning. Calling it a night down 5 BIs. This night sucked. Last hand v/s a competent player at these stakes I get AAK6ss v/s KKJ2ds flop AJTr and he calls turn is a Q and we split. I just can't get a break.
Reading the Jeff Hwang PLO book and its really good. I stopped last night cause I was too tired to take it all in. There is some really in depth reading and studying there on big straight draws and a lot of math. I wanted to be more rested when I re read that section so I can get a better grasp of it.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
getting brutal
Man I'm just running so bad right now. Every time a fish stacks me with a draw out or some horrible play they immediately sit out and leave. I'm losing a lot of big all in pots where I'm 60/40 or 70/30 on the turn. I'm getting into a lot of 3 bet pots pre with great holdings like KQJ9ds and completely wiffing them all.
Here is a hand where the guy has 3 gut shot draws and I've seen him playing bad already. He calls a pot sized shove on the turn with his draw.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4412618
I'm trying to play enough low stakes on Tilt in the next 2 days to get my 1 week of Stox Poker free. Then I'm probably moving over to Stars and playing $25 PLO and I think I'm going to try full ring cause it will help me adjust to the game some and I can tighten up more. Seems to be a lot of low limit full ring on Stars where there is none on Tilt. I wanted to just play 6 max but most of the books I'm reading are for full ring and it will probably be better if I played full ring to get a better feel for it. IDK if it will help ot not. Can't hurt imo.
Just lost a 4 way all in pot with top set. Was worth about 4 BIs total in the pot. I'm 2:1 fav over the 2nd guy and 2.5:1 over the guy who ends up winning. So brutal. That 1 pot makes up for the last 2 days of running bad had I won it lol :( http://www.pokerhand.org/?4412768
I need less than 100 points now to get my 1 week of Stox so I should be able to get there playing $5 PLO the next 2 days.
Here is another rough hand. I thought I was up against AA and AA or AA and KK here. I still was right in getting it in here but I can't believe the FD and top pair sticks it in here. http://www.pokerhand.org/?4413002
Making a comeback now. Called down a pretty weak top pair hand on a J66x board v/s a maniac and backdoored my nut flush flush. He checks flop, bets turn and I call a pot bet with my draw and he shoves me on the river and I was 90% sure he dind't have the boat. He had a huge stack and was a villian from another hand where he played it super bad. So I made a thin call and was right. He showed a med overpair and worse flush. Next hand I get AT93ss in the BB and he is in the SB and completes. Fop T74r he pots and I float my top pair. Turn 8s giving me top pair and an OESD and he pots again and I call. Since no one raised pre the pot is still pretty small. River is a 6 and he bets and calls my shove. He had AJ53ss for a worse straight.
On another table right after this I misplayed an AAxx hand bad on the turn. I raise AA42 after an EP limps and he calls. Flop is K53 2 hearts and I had the bare Ah. So I have the overpair and andany A, 2, 4, 3, or 6 thats not a heart. I lead out and get 2 calls. Turn is an 8 putting a 2nd flush draw and UTG limper now shoves a pot sized bet. I really thought he was probably on a flush draw with a K and if he had 2 pair I probably wasn't very far behind if I could get it HU because of my 2 pair and straight draw outs. Turns out he had a pair of 8s for a set and I rivered him. I was really off in my analysis and finally got lucky on one. I was due imo.
I'm making some good reads overall and trying to really focus in and people. I've made some nice 3 barrel bluffs where I was sure a guy had a weak top pair and the flush or straight draws came in and I didn't have them but was able to move them off their hands. Wow just took a 300BB pot when guy floats an over pair and turns top set v/s my straight and it holds. E Z game lol
Now I'm back to even. Missing everything and getting drawn out like crazy. I turn top set and get raised and call cause the only hand beating me is if someone called pre with 87 and of course he had called with 8733ss and he's calling every rause and I had to pay him off. Then I raise AAQJss and flop nut straight + NFD bet and 2 calls, turn I bet 2 calls, river pairs the K and I check call a small all in and he had KT so he called down 2 pair and rivers a boat in a big pot. Was up almost 4 BIs at one point tonight. So frustrating. One of my fav donks is back and sits down and donates his stack to me again. Then I flop OESD and call a min raise, turn the straight and there is no flush draw out and flat the min raisers pot bet again and river pairs the board and I've got trips with my straigh tand he pots I call and hehad runner runnered a boat. Previously mentioned donk just stacked me when I raise he calls pre. I flop top pair and he leads a 2 flush flop and I call. I turn trips and he check/calls an 80% pot bet. River brings the flush and I'm getting 3:1 to call and he's likely to bluff a lot so I call and he had a K hi flush. Thats how quickly 2 BIs can disappear in this game. :-( If he stays though I'm sure to get it back.
Wasn't planning on playing this long. I should be close to getting my points for the week of Stox at this rate. Donk keeps playing every hand and I'm raising a lot of his limps and playing pots in position with him. He's winning some small pots and I'm winning the big ones. I raise and get 3 calls with JT97ss. I flop AQ8r and I decide to not try to plow through them and see what the turn brings. Its a K and the action is bet/call in front of me and there is now a club draw on the board. I figure the donk prolly has the flush draw and I'm probably splitting a straight with the guy who led out so I shove hoping to maybe force the draw out. bettor calls and donk caller folds. EP guy had AA for top set and bricks the river. Ending the session up 2 BIs so not horrible. Didn't quite get my FTPs in but I'll get them tomorrow and probabl y buying Omaha Tracker early next week since I plan to move up to $25PLO on Stars. Going to read some more of the Jeff Hwang book now.
Here is a hand where the guy has 3 gut shot draws and I've seen him playing bad already. He calls a pot sized shove on the turn with his draw.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4412618
I'm trying to play enough low stakes on Tilt in the next 2 days to get my 1 week of Stox Poker free. Then I'm probably moving over to Stars and playing $25 PLO and I think I'm going to try full ring cause it will help me adjust to the game some and I can tighten up more. Seems to be a lot of low limit full ring on Stars where there is none on Tilt. I wanted to just play 6 max but most of the books I'm reading are for full ring and it will probably be better if I played full ring to get a better feel for it. IDK if it will help ot not. Can't hurt imo.
Just lost a 4 way all in pot with top set. Was worth about 4 BIs total in the pot. I'm 2:1 fav over the 2nd guy and 2.5:1 over the guy who ends up winning. So brutal. That 1 pot makes up for the last 2 days of running bad had I won it lol :( http://www.pokerhand.org/?4412768
I need less than 100 points now to get my 1 week of Stox so I should be able to get there playing $5 PLO the next 2 days.
Here is another rough hand. I thought I was up against AA and AA or AA and KK here. I still was right in getting it in here but I can't believe the FD and top pair sticks it in here. http://www.pokerhand.org/?4413002
Making a comeback now. Called down a pretty weak top pair hand on a J66x board v/s a maniac and backdoored my nut flush flush. He checks flop, bets turn and I call a pot bet with my draw and he shoves me on the river and I was 90% sure he dind't have the boat. He had a huge stack and was a villian from another hand where he played it super bad. So I made a thin call and was right. He showed a med overpair and worse flush. Next hand I get AT93ss in the BB and he is in the SB and completes. Fop T74r he pots and I float my top pair. Turn 8s giving me top pair and an OESD and he pots again and I call. Since no one raised pre the pot is still pretty small. River is a 6 and he bets and calls my shove. He had AJ53ss for a worse straight.
On another table right after this I misplayed an AAxx hand bad on the turn. I raise AA42 after an EP limps and he calls. Flop is K53 2 hearts and I had the bare Ah. So I have the overpair and andany A, 2, 4, 3, or 6 thats not a heart. I lead out and get 2 calls. Turn is an 8 putting a 2nd flush draw and UTG limper now shoves a pot sized bet. I really thought he was probably on a flush draw with a K and if he had 2 pair I probably wasn't very far behind if I could get it HU because of my 2 pair and straight draw outs. Turns out he had a pair of 8s for a set and I rivered him. I was really off in my analysis and finally got lucky on one. I was due imo.
I'm making some good reads overall and trying to really focus in and people. I've made some nice 3 barrel bluffs where I was sure a guy had a weak top pair and the flush or straight draws came in and I didn't have them but was able to move them off their hands. Wow just took a 300BB pot when guy floats an over pair and turns top set v/s my straight and it holds. E Z game lol
Now I'm back to even. Missing everything and getting drawn out like crazy. I turn top set and get raised and call cause the only hand beating me is if someone called pre with 87 and of course he had called with 8733ss and he's calling every rause and I had to pay him off. Then I raise AAQJss and flop nut straight + NFD bet and 2 calls, turn I bet 2 calls, river pairs the K and I check call a small all in and he had KT so he called down 2 pair and rivers a boat in a big pot. Was up almost 4 BIs at one point tonight. So frustrating. One of my fav donks is back and sits down and donates his stack to me again. Then I flop OESD and call a min raise, turn the straight and there is no flush draw out and flat the min raisers pot bet again and river pairs the board and I've got trips with my straigh tand he pots I call and hehad runner runnered a boat. Previously mentioned donk just stacked me when I raise he calls pre. I flop top pair and he leads a 2 flush flop and I call. I turn trips and he check/calls an 80% pot bet. River brings the flush and I'm getting 3:1 to call and he's likely to bluff a lot so I call and he had a K hi flush. Thats how quickly 2 BIs can disappear in this game. :-( If he stays though I'm sure to get it back.
Wasn't planning on playing this long. I should be close to getting my points for the week of Stox at this rate. Donk keeps playing every hand and I'm raising a lot of his limps and playing pots in position with him. He's winning some small pots and I'm winning the big ones. I raise and get 3 calls with JT97ss. I flop AQ8r and I decide to not try to plow through them and see what the turn brings. Its a K and the action is bet/call in front of me and there is now a club draw on the board. I figure the donk prolly has the flush draw and I'm probably splitting a straight with the guy who led out so I shove hoping to maybe force the draw out. bettor calls and donk caller folds. EP guy had AA for top set and bricks the river. Ending the session up 2 BIs so not horrible. Didn't quite get my FTPs in but I'll get them tomorrow and probabl y buying Omaha Tracker early next week since I plan to move up to $25PLO on Stars. Going to read some more of the Jeff Hwang book now.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Omaha Poker by Bob Ciaffone review
I'm almost 1/2 way through this book and I'm not overly impressed. I will say for the beginner who has no idea how to play Omaha this might be an ok book. I know its an old version thats been slightly updated but still a lot of it seems out dated so far. Maybe because its dealing with both Limit and Pot Limit games. Also its dealing with full table games where most online games are short handed and more aggressive. Having watched a lot of Omaha videos on Card Runners and reading the forums I've got a much better grasp on the game. I'll update this when I get farther into the book and give more info on it.
OK I just finished this book. If you've never played Omaha before then its probably a good starting point to get a feel for the game and some basic understanding of how its played. If you've read anything/watched videos you'll be bored with this book as it doesn't have much to offer. I skipped some sections of it and its a short book. The internet section at the end really shows how dated the book is. I really enjoyed Lee Jones "Winning Low Limit Hold Em" when I got started in LHE. It was a great book to learn the rules, to learn hands, and to learn basic strategy. I understand Omaha is a much more difficult game. But the basic hand strategy was just using 4 connecting cards. The hand examples were generic and even sometimes using hands submitted from his students had the same card listed in the players hand and on the flop. Which to me makes me think there wasn't a lot of editing or reviewing done on the hands listed.
The student examples I thought were bad too. A player would have a short stack in a lot of the hands listed for internet play instead of a full buy in. He even advocates a player calling off 10% of his stack preflop with a marginal holding which I thought was pretty bad. I really expected to read this book and get something I didn't know from it. I wasn't expecting anything ground breaking but I did expect to walk away knowing more about the game than before I read it and I really felt disappointed.
The other book I bought was Pot-Limit Omaha Poker The Big Play Strategy by Jeff Hwang. He writes for Cardplayer and usually has a column from one of his books every other week. He also has 2 more books on the way out I've heard. One of them deals with short handed internet play as well. If I like this book I'll most certainly get his next 2 books as well.
OK I just finished this book. If you've never played Omaha before then its probably a good starting point to get a feel for the game and some basic understanding of how its played. If you've read anything/watched videos you'll be bored with this book as it doesn't have much to offer. I skipped some sections of it and its a short book. The internet section at the end really shows how dated the book is. I really enjoyed Lee Jones "Winning Low Limit Hold Em" when I got started in LHE. It was a great book to learn the rules, to learn hands, and to learn basic strategy. I understand Omaha is a much more difficult game. But the basic hand strategy was just using 4 connecting cards. The hand examples were generic and even sometimes using hands submitted from his students had the same card listed in the players hand and on the flop. Which to me makes me think there wasn't a lot of editing or reviewing done on the hands listed.
The student examples I thought were bad too. A player would have a short stack in a lot of the hands listed for internet play instead of a full buy in. He even advocates a player calling off 10% of his stack preflop with a marginal holding which I thought was pretty bad. I really expected to read this book and get something I didn't know from it. I wasn't expecting anything ground breaking but I did expect to walk away knowing more about the game than before I read it and I really felt disappointed.
The other book I bought was Pot-Limit Omaha Poker The Big Play Strategy by Jeff Hwang. He writes for Cardplayer and usually has a column from one of his books every other week. He also has 2 more books on the way out I've heard. One of them deals with short handed internet play as well. If I like this book I'll most certainly get his next 2 books as well.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Starting to hate AAxx in Omaha
I've had it 6 times in an hour and lost every time. Either I get all in with it on the flop and I'm flipping or worse. Or I'm 120+ BBs deep and I get CR on the flop on a drawy board and have to lay them down. I might have won preflop 1 time with them I don't remember for sure. Running bad ownz lol I did move down to .02/.05 luckily. And now I raise KKQQds and get called down by AAxx. He never raised, calls pre, calls flop, calls all in on turn, sigh.
Almost back to even and ready to call it a session and just lost AA v/s AA when he runner runners 2 pair with his side cards. So sick. Top set gets all in on turn v/s OESD and he gets there. Be nice if when I had AAxx or KKxx I could beat weak hands like KT42 who flop bottom 2 and bet/call flop, weak lead turn and river small enough I know I'm beat but I gotta call. Or better yet could they posibly fold cause I'm such a nit preflop today? Down about 2 BIs so nothing major. Going to take a break and have dinner.
2 orbits into my after dinner session UTG+1 I raise AATxss I get 5 calls and its bet/raiseed coming to me. I really hate Aces. Now I get to lay down KKTxss on the turn v/s shorty moron on a rag board. Thats been the theme all day. I can't get any kind of draw with my huge pairs unles I hit a set on the mother of all drawing boards. Got to keep my cool and tighten up more and I know I'll get back up on the day though.
I might start folding AAxx every time now. Its so sick I raise or 3 bet it get 2 calls and they are betting and raising into me. Either my image is a complete nit which I don't think it is, I'm all of a sudden getting bluffed by everyone, or everyone is running good v/s me today. I tihnk its the latter :-(
Fixing to call it a day Down 3 BIs in no time. Getting frustrated with everyone betting me off every hand. All I'm getting is over pairs and weak draws. I raise QQJ4ss on the btn both blinds call. Flop is JT2 I bet, get check raised and frustation shove and he had KTT9r. :-( Bad shove I know just so tired of getting nothing and getting raised every fucxking hand I play.
And I know I'm not playing great but the 1st couple of days of running good made me feel like I was better than I am. Can't wait for my PLO books to come in. I may lock myself in the house for 3 days and read them all at once. I may open my hands back up I was doing better LAGGing it up than I am trying to nit it up more.
Thats a day. I flop btm set v/s top 2 and he turns a boat after we have 1 PSB left after the flop. I've lost 100 in 2 days at PLO now. I had my roll up to $200 yesterday before I started at .05/.10. I know variance is huge but I dropped 6.5 BIs yesterday and today I've dropped 7 at .02/.05 and I'm done. I may not play again until I get some books and read. Maybe I'll do some 6.50s tomorrow idk.
This is hand to show how bad I'm running and how bad these players are. Unreal this idiot thinks he has anything here. I'm 51% fav pre, and 59% on the flop v/s both, in the sidepot I'm 69%.
Oh well gg and good luck everyone. I'll be back in a day or two. Such a sick game. :-(
Almost back to even and ready to call it a session and just lost AA v/s AA when he runner runners 2 pair with his side cards. So sick. Top set gets all in on turn v/s OESD and he gets there. Be nice if when I had AAxx or KKxx I could beat weak hands like KT42 who flop bottom 2 and bet/call flop, weak lead turn and river small enough I know I'm beat but I gotta call. Or better yet could they posibly fold cause I'm such a nit preflop today? Down about 2 BIs so nothing major. Going to take a break and have dinner.
2 orbits into my after dinner session UTG+1 I raise AATxss I get 5 calls and its bet/raiseed coming to me. I really hate Aces. Now I get to lay down KKTxss on the turn v/s shorty moron on a rag board. Thats been the theme all day. I can't get any kind of draw with my huge pairs unles I hit a set on the mother of all drawing boards. Got to keep my cool and tighten up more and I know I'll get back up on the day though.
I might start folding AAxx every time now. Its so sick I raise or 3 bet it get 2 calls and they are betting and raising into me. Either my image is a complete nit which I don't think it is, I'm all of a sudden getting bluffed by everyone, or everyone is running good v/s me today. I tihnk its the latter :-(
Fixing to call it a day Down 3 BIs in no time. Getting frustrated with everyone betting me off every hand. All I'm getting is over pairs and weak draws. I raise QQJ4ss on the btn both blinds call. Flop is JT2 I bet, get check raised and frustation shove and he had KTT9r. :-( Bad shove I know just so tired of getting nothing and getting raised every fucxking hand I play.
And I know I'm not playing great but the 1st couple of days of running good made me feel like I was better than I am. Can't wait for my PLO books to come in. I may lock myself in the house for 3 days and read them all at once. I may open my hands back up I was doing better LAGGing it up than I am trying to nit it up more.
Thats a day. I flop btm set v/s top 2 and he turns a boat after we have 1 PSB left after the flop. I've lost 100 in 2 days at PLO now. I had my roll up to $200 yesterday before I started at .05/.10. I know variance is huge but I dropped 6.5 BIs yesterday and today I've dropped 7 at .02/.05 and I'm done. I may not play again until I get some books and read. Maybe I'll do some 6.50s tomorrow idk.
This is hand to show how bad I'm running and how bad these players are. Unreal this idiot thinks he has anything here. I'm 51% fav pre, and 59% on the flop v/s both, in the sidepot I'm 69%.
Oh well gg and good luck everyone. I'll be back in a day or two. Such a sick game. :-(
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Monday, June 22, 2009
Got to get better about folding
Thats been the big problem today running into the nuts. I've gotten coolered on several hands and run the 2nd nuts into the nuts a couple times. I've run top 2 into slowplayed set of aces just now to add to my agony. The biggest problem has been me holding big hands and knowing I'm beat but not folding. I've CR a bet with AA or KK on the flop and shove the turn and they'll have a small set. Or I'll flop mid set on a KJ9 board and get it all on holding KJJT and convince myself he can't have QT cause I have a T.
I'm down 3 buy ins currently and if I don't do better I'm going to take a break and come back at PLO $5 again and build it back up and make myself start folding again. Not sure why I'm playing sheriff today. Usually I don't do this stupid stuff. But I've had several people calling me down super weak and I convinced myself everyone was doing this today I guess. PLO $10 is definately a lot more agro. I could never drop this many buy ins so quickly cause no one every really play big pots.
Well I ran it back up to only under 2 BIs down and my internet went out for 3+ hours. I came back later and within 10 minutes was up again on the day. Then ran middle set into top set, 2 pair v/s AAxx no redraws all in on flop board pairs, and BvB I flop top set v/s an OESD and I hold 1 of his blockers and I lost all those so I'm back down 3 on the day currently. Luckily one of the worst players is st 2 of my tables with 2 BIs and 6 BIs so hopefully I can get lucky I got big stacks on each. And the over pair guy is still on my right with 3.5 BIs and I got almost 2. SIgh another set over set. This middle set v/s top set is getting old. :-( Lost bottom set v/s a semi wrap draw on turn and I hold a couple blockers again. And my fav donks have left with all my moniez. if I drop1 more buy in and I'm going to have to move back down. This session I was up 2 and currently down 4 so thats a -6 swing. And I don't think I made any bad plays just coolers and suckouts. Coming quickly to moving down. I flop OESD + 2nd NFD, turn straight board pairs river I check call guy had floated flop, floated a turned set and boated on me. Looks like this will do it. I raise QQxx and get 3 bet by T987ds and he flops a small draw and I flop a bigger OESD and he calls off most of his stack on the flop and turns it.
I'll cash out my rakeback tomorrow which should be about $30 and I'm I'm about $145 now so a good night tomorrow at $5 I should be back here in a day or two. Ugh played 1 last orbit and dropped another buy in top pair + OESD v/s overpair + FD. :-( SO the dmage is -6.5 BIs today. Some my fault some running bad. Mainly running bad. I was able to make up most of my bad plays until I got into this bad run.
I'm down 3 buy ins currently and if I don't do better I'm going to take a break and come back at PLO $5 again and build it back up and make myself start folding again. Not sure why I'm playing sheriff today. Usually I don't do this stupid stuff. But I've had several people calling me down super weak and I convinced myself everyone was doing this today I guess. PLO $10 is definately a lot more agro. I could never drop this many buy ins so quickly cause no one every really play big pots.
Well I ran it back up to only under 2 BIs down and my internet went out for 3+ hours. I came back later and within 10 minutes was up again on the day. Then ran middle set into top set, 2 pair v/s AAxx no redraws all in on flop board pairs, and BvB I flop top set v/s an OESD and I hold 1 of his blockers and I lost all those so I'm back down 3 on the day currently. Luckily one of the worst players is st 2 of my tables with 2 BIs and 6 BIs so hopefully I can get lucky I got big stacks on each. And the over pair guy is still on my right with 3.5 BIs and I got almost 2. SIgh another set over set. This middle set v/s top set is getting old. :-( Lost bottom set v/s a semi wrap draw on turn and I hold a couple blockers again. And my fav donks have left with all my moniez. if I drop1 more buy in and I'm going to have to move back down. This session I was up 2 and currently down 4 so thats a -6 swing. And I don't think I made any bad plays just coolers and suckouts. Coming quickly to moving down. I flop OESD + 2nd NFD, turn straight board pairs river I check call guy had floated flop, floated a turned set and boated on me. Looks like this will do it. I raise QQxx and get 3 bet by T987ds and he flops a small draw and I flop a bigger OESD and he calls off most of his stack on the flop and turns it.
I'll cash out my rakeback tomorrow which should be about $30 and I'm I'm about $145 now so a good night tomorrow at $5 I should be back here in a day or two. Ugh played 1 last orbit and dropped another buy in top pair + OESD v/s overpair + FD. :-( SO the dmage is -6.5 BIs today. Some my fault some running bad. Mainly running bad. I was able to make up most of my bad plays until I got into this bad run.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
PLO is fun weeeeeee
Played 5 hours or so today I guess. Just sat down and grinding it out. Not getting bored or burnt out. I guess cause I'm paying so much attention trying to learn as much as I can/ I won almost 7 buy ins. I'm at $199 on Tilt and my goal was to move up to PLO $10 when I got 20 buy ins. I know its not enough but I've got 40 BIs at Stars for 25PLO so I don't mind playing unrolled on Tilt right now. I'm also trying to play enough to get some free weeks at Stox Poker.
For those that don't know you can play on Tilt and earn free memberships at Card Runners or Stox. I don't have the link handy but you can find it on their sites I'm sure. It doesn't affect rakeback or use your FTP points or anything. You just sign up and if you play enough, 3000 for Stox and 4500 for CR I think, you get a month free. Pretty sweet deal. I won't get enough playing micro stakes for a month but if I can get a week or two from Stox I'll watch everything I can on PLO in that time.
Really enjoying PLO though. Hitting quads like 5 times is great but I never got paid off cause I think it was quad Aces every time on the flop. Anyway tomorrow I'll try my hand at $10 PLO and see how that goes.
For those that don't know you can play on Tilt and earn free memberships at Card Runners or Stox. I don't have the link handy but you can find it on their sites I'm sure. It doesn't affect rakeback or use your FTP points or anything. You just sign up and if you play enough, 3000 for Stox and 4500 for CR I think, you get a month free. Pretty sweet deal. I won't get enough playing micro stakes for a month but if I can get a week or two from Stox I'll watch everything I can on PLO in that time.
Really enjoying PLO though. Hitting quads like 5 times is great but I never got paid off cause I think it was quad Aces every time on the flop. Anyway tomorrow I'll try my hand at $10 PLO and see how that goes.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
low stakes PLO = BINGO? lol
I ran $10 into $45 last night and ran it back to $10 today so sick. I've heard in a couple videos the CR PLO guys say they never get away from mid set unless there is a huge draw possible. So if you get it in v/s top set its just unlucky. Well I think I've done it 2 in a row today. Couple of morons calling down bottom set and splitting straights with me and me missing almost every draw. :-( Games are a lot more agro today than last night. But last night I usually had 1 agro donk and I was able to take some pots from them and I never got to today. This game really looks to be super swingy.
OK I ran $8 back up to $29 and heading out to have dinner with some friends. Prolly go back to $5PLO at Tilt tomorrow night I've really just been screwing around on AP and there isn't many games and they play 4 handed way too much of the time.
OK I ran $8 back up to $29 and heading out to have dinner with some friends. Prolly go back to $5PLO at Tilt tomorrow night I've really just been screwing around on AP and there isn't many games and they play 4 handed way too much of the time.
GG Bax 3rd in WSOP Event 35 PLO
Such a sick river card 3 way all in 3 handed. But I really enjoyed watching this. He and Sorel finished 2 and 3. I played a lil more PLO in the evening won a buy in or so. I'm still calling off the river too weak and probably not raising enough pre.
I'm playing $10 PLO at Absolute cause I had $10 there. I ran it up to about $40 so far. Play here is so bad and I can't sleep and just figured I'd donk it all off. Maybe I can run it up a lil higher tonight. One thing thats diff about AP is the tables allow you to buy in 200BBs deep instead of 100 so game can play deeper. Probably not in my best interest to buy in 200BB deep. I've been reading a lot of people say you should short stack PLO til you figure it out better. IDK I think I'd rather learn it the right way 1st of all. Its why I'm not playing full ring cause I want to play 6 handed. So instead of learning PLO 9 max then learning 6 max I'm just going to try to do it all at once.
I'm playing $10 PLO at Absolute cause I had $10 there. I ran it up to about $40 so far. Play here is so bad and I can't sleep and just figured I'd donk it all off. Maybe I can run it up a lil higher tonight. One thing thats diff about AP is the tables allow you to buy in 200BBs deep instead of 100 so game can play deeper. Probably not in my best interest to buy in 200BB deep. I've been reading a lot of people say you should short stack PLO til you figure it out better. IDK I think I'd rather learn it the right way 1st of all. Its why I'm not playing full ring cause I want to play 6 handed. So instead of learning PLO 9 max then learning 6 max I'm just going to try to do it all at once.
Friday, June 19, 2009
PLO anyone? The Durrrr challenge has been sick
Look on Full Tilt or Google Durrrr challenge if you don't already know about this. They played about 14 hours of 4 tables 200/400 PLO. Absolutely sick. Durrrr started about 200K down I think overall in the challenge. He ended up about 750K. At one point in the session he was up over 1M. I've heard it might have been up as much as 1.3 or 1.4M. He also took a few hundred K off Gus Hansen at the same time but dropped about 500K to Ivey who was on break during a WSOP event and won more in the hour than 1st place payed in his tourny lol And people wonder why he doesn't usually bother with tournaments.
I watched a ton of PLO videos and their sessions yesterday and got up at 8am for some reason and just finished my 1st session at .02/.05. Huge stakes I know. But I only had like $135 in my Tilt account and I think you need like 40 buy ins minimum in PLO. I always heard its 2x whatever you use for Hold Em. Anyway I'm up a little over 4 buy ins. Big rush at the end. I had clicked sit out on my tables when I was up 5 but I ran the 2nd nut straight into the nut straight in a big 3 way pot. I don't have Omaha Tracker so I have no idea how I did on the session BB wise or how many hands I played. I've got 2 PLO books on the way and another here at home but its more of an advanced book and I want to start with basic 101 PLO. I've got enough to play $25 PLO so thats .10/.25 blinds but want to wait until I'm sure I know what I'm doing.
Lot of fun so far though. I made a lot of bad river calls. Probably costs me 2-3 BIs right there where I bet/called rivers that I was pretty sure I was beat but just had to see it. No one ever bluffed me on the river so I should have learned.
I watched a ton of PLO videos and their sessions yesterday and got up at 8am for some reason and just finished my 1st session at .02/.05. Huge stakes I know. But I only had like $135 in my Tilt account and I think you need like 40 buy ins minimum in PLO. I always heard its 2x whatever you use for Hold Em. Anyway I'm up a little over 4 buy ins. Big rush at the end. I had clicked sit out on my tables when I was up 5 but I ran the 2nd nut straight into the nut straight in a big 3 way pot. I don't have Omaha Tracker so I have no idea how I did on the session BB wise or how many hands I played. I've got 2 PLO books on the way and another here at home but its more of an advanced book and I want to start with basic 101 PLO. I've got enough to play $25 PLO so thats .10/.25 blinds but want to wait until I'm sure I know what I'm doing.
Lot of fun so far though. I made a lot of bad river calls. Probably costs me 2-3 BIs right there where I bet/called rivers that I was pretty sure I was beat but just had to see it. No one ever bluffed me on the river so I should have learned.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Set to brag about
Now this is a set. 12 games 3 wins, 3 3rds, 1 2nd (This sucked cause I had him down to 2BBs and he won like 10 showdowns in a row), and 2 4ths (Pretty sick I lost a race with 99 v/s A3 when moron calls all in for his life in the BB, other one 2 shorties kept doubling until I ran my Ax into a bigger Ace.
Still profits from that set are about $60ish. Put me up 125 on the day.
Going to take a break and either go to a home game tonight or watch some movies. Also waiting on my PLO books to come in the mail. I'm giving a lot of thought to trying some low stakes PLO when my books come in instead of playing MTTs.
Still profits from that set are about $60ish. Put me up 125 on the day.
Going to take a break and either go to a home game tonight or watch some movies. Also waiting on my PLO books to come in the mail. I'm giving a lot of thought to trying some low stakes PLO when my books come in instead of playing MTTs.
trend continues
Well this is lovely. I ran QQ into AA on 2 bubbles. And 2 other sick bubbles as well. I just can't get off this cold deck. I kept running my big hands into bigger hands or I lose all my important races right now. I cashed 4 and won only 1. 3 2nds. So f'ing sick. Somehow I'm down 1.5 BIs. But that makes this like 12 or 13 downswing currently over 60 games.
Oh and I finally get the 3.0 software for my iPhone and the damn server has crashed and can't verify it. I run good at life as well obv.
Got the iPhone update and thats the only thing going my way. I lost every race 4 or 5 handed and got set up on more hands than I can count. JJ into QQ 5 handed, AJ into AK, etc etc Once again I only won 1 game HU and thats mainly cause I couldn't win a race. I did have 1 good game where I was down to 1BB 6 handed and 5 handed I worked my way to the CL. I got lucky a couple times where I had A6 v/s AJ he flops J we split a straight. I got AJ v/s 33 and he flops a 3 and the board comes 5 flush and we split. Wow this table is good. I shove A6 called by KQ and I double. Q2 > AQ I got CL 4 handed. And I won a race HU. I ended up winning 3 of 5 which for me right now is a huge upswing lol
Seriously Stars. Can I quit running QQ into AA? Can I possibly win a race? Btn has QQ I have JJ in SB obv. LMAO AQ into AA and QQ!!! Hu I lose A8 to 64o when he flops trips, then he gets JJ v/s my shove with rags, then he sucks out KT v/s AQ lol I wonder what its like to run good? I get into another HU match v/s a nit who wins evrey showdown. He limps almost every pot and if we get to a showdown he's won everything. I've only stay alive by stealing so much. And he wins obv cause I suck HU. I did 14 games that set 2 wins 4 2nds. I'm 6 of 15 HU so far today. I'm winning so I should just shut up. But my last 100 games I've struggled to get wins.
Ahh Raise QQ BB calls K8o. Flop is like T8x 2 hearts I bet he check min raises all his stack river K
Oh and I finally get the 3.0 software for my iPhone and the damn server has crashed and can't verify it. I run good at life as well obv.
Got the iPhone update and thats the only thing going my way. I lost every race 4 or 5 handed and got set up on more hands than I can count. JJ into QQ 5 handed, AJ into AK, etc etc Once again I only won 1 game HU and thats mainly cause I couldn't win a race. I did have 1 good game where I was down to 1BB 6 handed and 5 handed I worked my way to the CL. I got lucky a couple times where I had A6 v/s AJ he flops J we split a straight. I got AJ v/s 33 and he flops a 3 and the board comes 5 flush and we split. Wow this table is good. I shove A6 called by KQ and I double. Q2 > AQ I got CL 4 handed. And I won a race HU. I ended up winning 3 of 5 which for me right now is a huge upswing lol
Seriously Stars. Can I quit running QQ into AA? Can I possibly win a race? Btn has QQ I have JJ in SB obv. LMAO AQ into AA and QQ!!! Hu I lose A8 to 64o when he flops trips, then he gets JJ v/s my shove with rags, then he sucks out KT v/s AQ lol I wonder what its like to run good? I get into another HU match v/s a nit who wins evrey showdown. He limps almost every pot and if we get to a showdown he's won everything. I've only stay alive by stealing so much. And he wins obv cause I suck HU. I did 14 games that set 2 wins 4 2nds. I'm 6 of 15 HU so far today. I'm winning so I should just shut up. But my last 100 games I've struggled to get wins.
Ahh Raise QQ BB calls K8o. Flop is like T8x 2 hearts I bet he check min raises all his stack river K
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Day ends like it began
I somehow got a couple good streaks after that bad start. I was up $90 after 4 sets today. Then I went to dinner and came back and won 2 of my last 48 games which is sick enough. 8 3rds, 7 2nds 2 wins, and 9 4ths. Up $25 at the end of the day. I was thinking of trying to get another 2 sets in but I'm pretty wiped out after that run. Its hard to run that f'ing bad. I did get to Silver Star today so I can take advantage of the cash for FPPs which is a great deal. I've almost earned enough now for about $30 I think. Not bad for the stakes I'm playing.
My overall ROI now at 437 games is 12.2% I think 15% is easily attainable for me 12 tabling. Maybe even a little higher but I'm not sure. I don't plan to be here more than 1,000 games so I won't know for sure. OK I'm off to watch a movie and see if the new iPhone software has been released.
My overall ROI now at 437 games is 12.2% I think 15% is easily attainable for me 12 tabling. Maybe even a little higher but I'm not sure. I don't plan to be here more than 1,000 games so I won't know for sure. OK I'm off to watch a movie and see if the new iPhone software has been released.
Worst set ever!!!
Not an exaggeration this was by far the worst set of SNGs I've ever had. 13 games 3 cashes. 2 9ths and 3 8ths. I rarely go out in 8th or 9th in 1 set myless 5 times in 13 games.
I lost AA to J9s when it hits a gutterball. I lose a med pair to AK on the bubble to a multi tabler who should know he's in 2nd and can't call me there. But I forget regs in the 6.50s are horrible. ran 3 or 4 big pairs into bigger pairs. And my KK never faded the Ax. HU I get A4 v/s A4 and he 4 flushes me. I did come back to win that one somehow. Overall I had 3 cashes 2 wins and a 3rd. Luckily those 2 wins kept it from being a huge disaster I'm only down 3 BIs currently.
I lost AA to J9s when it hits a gutterball. I lose a med pair to AK on the bubble to a multi tabler who should know he's in 2nd and can't call me there. But I forget regs in the 6.50s are horrible. ran 3 or 4 big pairs into bigger pairs. And my KK never faded the Ax. HU I get A4 v/s A4 and he 4 flushes me. I did come back to win that one somehow. Overall I had 3 cashes 2 wins and a 3rd. Luckily those 2 wins kept it from being a huge disaster I'm only down 3 BIs currently.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Final Table of of $2 8 game mixed event on Stars
I got bored and wanted to play so I signed up for this thinking I'd be out before the NBA Finals started. I stayed well in the top 20 in the 1st hour or so. Been up and down since. At the final table and Chip leader at the moment. Never played 2-7 triple draw before today either lol.
4 handed I lose the CL. UTG donk min raises I call in SB QTs, Flop is 944 he min bets I shove him and he had K4o. All 4 players are basically even now in the NLHE game. UTG min raises 1 call I call. Flop 943 of my suit I CRAI and he had K9 I brick out. Next hand min raise I shove AKs he calls A9. River 9 obv.
4 handed I lose the CL. UTG donk min raises I call in SB QTs, Flop is 944 he min bets I shove him and he had K4o. All 4 players are basically even now in the NLHE game. UTG min raises 1 call I call. Flop 943 of my suit I CRAI and he had K9 I brick out. Next hand min raise I shove AKs he calls A9. River 9 obv.
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Ran so bad at the home game lol
What can you do? Bad players you got to put it in good and hope they don't out draw you. Mostly the same group and we played 6 handed winner take all SNG. I was 1st out in game 1. I'm in the blind with J7hh. Flop is 8h7x2h. There is a bet and I raise and get 2 calls. Turn is Ah. I bet pot and get called. River is like 5h. And the guy who bet/called the flop shoves. He's giving me 3:1 or 4:1. I know he can have the Kh or Qh here but I really thought he'd check to me or bet smaller since no one seems to understand betting sizes. He could also be doing it with 2 pair or a set or a smaller flush that came in. I call and he had the Kh. He bet/calls a big raise with 2nd pair and a backdoor draw. Calls again on the turn when its obv I made my flush then gets there on me.
Next game I win a huge pot early from the BB with 73o when I flop 2 pair and turn a boat. And I get crippled 3 handed. I call a small bet on the flop of 9s9c8s with 76. Turn is a T an it goes bet, shove, I reshove and get the 3rd player (my brother) out of the hand. Shover had QT for top pair. Turns a J for his gutter ball. Anyway nice to know I run as bad live as I do online sometimes lol
Next game I win a huge pot early from the BB with 73o when I flop 2 pair and turn a boat. And I get crippled 3 handed. I call a small bet on the flop of 9s9c8s with 76. Turn is a T an it goes bet, shove, I reshove and get the 3rd player (my brother) out of the hand. Shover had QT for top pair. Turns a J for his gutter ball. Anyway nice to know I run as bad live as I do online sometimes lol
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