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Postby geiststaat » Tue Jun 26, 2007 8:21 pm

Here's a tip: when you are pissed off about various things, don't play poker. I'm gonna vent here and that's pretty much all this post is going to be. That's your warning. I get comments back from my dissertation director today on the last chapter. His comments suck ballz. Shit like having a problem with something he didn't have a problem with in an earlier chapter. Shit like complaining about shit that is settled already. Shit like putting a damn question mark next to a sentence that he wrote. Fucking senile bastard. I can't wait till the defense is over with and I don't have old fuckers looking over my goddam shoulder with their fucking senility. This is followed by my son acting like a little shit about 5 seconds after we walk out of the daycare door. So, foul mood. Should I play poker? Sure. I lose a couple buy-ins.

When I"m pissed I tend to want to bust people's ass, and that leads me to call more and raise more and be more confrontational than is wise. After dinner I decide I'll play a bit more and I lose some more before being on the good end of a cooler to finish up near even for the session. I should have quit there, but I went to Bodog and played some limit poker. I lost two hands, both AQ. I appeared to be up against AK the first time. Second time T3s, which rivered the flush on me.

Think I'm gonna play some video games now and go to bed.
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Postby geiststaat » Wed Jun 27, 2007 9:29 pm

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Postby geiststaat » Thu Jun 28, 2007 4:56 pm

Early post today as I need a therapeutic post. Played for about two hours this afternoon and played decently well (B B+ game). Lot of weird players at my table today that cost me some money and several more rivers to bring me down. One QQ<KK for half a stack, but I'm somewhere around break even. Then in quick succession I have the following three hands.

I limp QJo in the CO with several others including btn. My read on btn thus far is that he seems not horrible and I have not seen him show down a weak starting hand. Flop is QQ2 and the BB leads for the pot. BB does not have a Q as his normal play with a Q is to bet the minimum (as I learned previously). I raise and the BTN reraises me. BB folds, I 4-bet it to $7 and BTN thinks for awhile and calls. So, I think he has a Q for sure. Now he raised AQo UTG a few hands back for the minimum amount. There were two limpers in front of him in this pot, so perhaps he would just call with it. Given my read, I think he has KQ or QT with less chance of AQ or some weaker Q. Turn is a T. We check it down and he shows Q9s. So, I'm second guessing myself...should I have pushed there or did I play it correct against his range?

Quickly after this on my other table I limp AJs utg and everyone else folds. Flop is J54r and the BB (very donkish) checks. I bet and he calls. Turn is a J. I'm really hoping he has a J here. I bet and he mini-raises me. I call. He bets pot on river and I push, he calls with J5. He will stack off here with any J, so I don't rate this as horrible on my part, but obviously he can have the fullhouse, since he's in the BB and I didn't raise preflop, so a call seems best on the end. So anyway, second guessing myself, now pissed at myself and we get the next hand which is same table two hands later.

I limp 44 in the SB heads-up. From the previous hand I have less than a half a stack. Flop is [2h] [3c] [4h] I bet pot and BB raises me a fair bit. I'm gunshy at this point and suspect he's flopped a straight. I call when I should have raised. Turn is the [9h], I check and he checks. River is the [Ac] and steaming like no tomorrow I push in. He quickly calls with 53 and I quickly close down the tables before I monkey tilt.

Bad luck I guess, but a preflop raise would probably have avoided this in both the latter cases. A 3-bet on the flop with my set would have been good also, though that player would have called. Could also push the turn as I didn't think a flush draw likely. Just bad play by me. I'll try and do better this evening.

Update: just played HORSE this evening and did okay. I'll get back on the NL wagon tomorrow.
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Postby geiststaat » Fri Jun 29, 2007 10:19 pm

Interesting day at the tables today. Played two HORSE sessions at UB. First session break even. Second session shallacked, and I mean shallacked. Got bit by the variance bug for sure, but also butchered two stud hands. Otherwise I made good laydowns and good value bets, but geez.

On the hold'em front. I also played two sessions. Small win first session. Big win in the second. I ran hot in the second session and made some money. I misread two hands; however, and left some money on the table. I put them on draws, but they actually had hands strong enough to call a small value bet. I tried to induce bluffs and they happily checked behind.

Hand of the day. Probably the best hand I played today in all games, though I would have liked a laydown a bit earlier. I have 62o in the BB and get a few limpers. Flop comes: [Td] [2d [6c] ($1.05)
I lead for the pot, a donkish player calls me, folds to Donk #2 on the btn who min raises. I've played with both before. My notes say Donk #2 min raises with two pair, but there's a flush draw out there as well, so I call. Donk #1 now min 3-bets :? and Donk #2 calls. I think for a good long time and decide at least one of them has me beat with a set. I muck. Turn card: [6d]
Son-of-a-bitch I think to myself. More money into the pot.
River is something and they show:
Donk #1 ATo
Donk #2 T6s
So, that would have stacked me if I had stayed in the hand. Good fold me! 8-)
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Postby geiststaat » Sat Jun 30, 2007 8:58 pm

Cake very very unkind today. First session was one of those times when nothing works and it feels like you're playing your hands face up. Nothing horrendous on my part, just nothing going right. Bleh! Second session started off good and I was all poised for a big score on the following hand:
I have [Qs] [Js] and limp in the CO behind UTG and MP. BTN limps as well; blinds come along. Flop: [Qc] [8s] [4s]
Checks to MP who bets min, I raise pot, BTN pushes in for less than the pot ($2 something) on the short stack. MP pushes in for $7 and I call. Cards are: MP Q2o, BTN QTo; ship the river T. Small win for me, but could have been a lot more.

The table selection at Cake was terrible, so I didn't play very long. Decided to start play at UB and fired up four tables. Pretty meh overall but lost some biggish pots on two tables, one some biggish pots on the other two for the near wash. I should be finished with the 10K hands at Cake by Monday or Tuesday. The plan is then to play at least 5K at UB.
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Postby geiststaat » Sun Jul 01, 2007 10:18 pm

Didn't get a ton of hands in today, but decent day at the tables. Unfortunately, I cannot recall the details of any hands well enough to post them, so no hand of the day action. Guess I can post two from last night that were interesting. Yeah I'll do that. So villain is same guy in both hands, and hand number two comes couple hands after hand number one.

SB ($24.99)
BB ($18.73)
UTG ($10.58)
MP ($23.97)
Hero ($27.06)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 8Image, 9Image.
2 folds, Hero raises to $0.85, 1 fold, BB calls $0.60.

Flop: ($1.80) QImage, TImage, AImage (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $1.2, BB calls $1.20.

Turn: ($4.20) 5Image (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks.

River: ($4.20) 4Image (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $4.2, BB calls $4.20.

Final Pot: $12.60

Results in white below:
BB has Ah 8h (one pair, aces).
Hero has 8d 9d (flush, ace high).
Outcome: Hero wins $12.60.


So, he's kind of pissed I reckon, and hasn't rebought yet, both of which are considerations in how I chose to play this hand.

MP ($24.89)
CO ($12.13)
Button ($5.23)
SB ($11.60)
BB ($23.97)
Hero ($31.91)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with JImage, KImage.
Hero calls $0.25, 1 fold, CO calls $0.25, 1 fold, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($1) 5Image, 2Image, KImage (4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $0.7, CO raises to $3.1, SB folds, BB folds, Hero calls $2.40.

Turn: ($7.20) 3Image (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $7.2, Hero calls $7.20.

River: ($21.60) 8Image (2 players)
Hero bets $21.36 (All-In), CO calls $1.58 (All-In).

Final Pot: $44.54

Results in white below:
Hero has Js Kc (one pair, kings).
CO has 5h Ac (one pair, fives).
Outcome: Hero wins $44.54.


Alright, well, let's get to the various summary stuff. The month of June somehow ended up in the black: $203. Bonus and rakeback made up nearly all of that. So, basically, I'm really glad I left Bodog, as June would have been a very small win otherwise.

For the week, it was pretty rough as well. I made about a buy-in at Cake along with $20 bonus. At UB I made $5 with the micro-limit HORSE + bonus. I lost $40 or so at Bodog when I played limit the night I should have just gone to bed.. So, about $5 for the week. :(

On the bright side, I'm feeling better about my 6-max game. I have a little under 400 hands before I hit the 10K mark at 20NL. I'm up a mere $30, so nowhere near out of the woods with 400 hands and variance to go. I think I've been playing a bit too cautiously with overpairs and tp/tk. Loyal readers will recall that when I played full ring, I had to start exercising serious pot control at 100NL. I think the caution I developed there, has lead me to play lightly at the lower levels as well. I lose smaller pots, but given what players are willing to stack off with at 20NL, I've probably sacrificed a lot of EV, so I think I will start playing these hands a bit faster again. When I'm at 100NL short-handed I'll gauge the tables and decide whether I need to tone it down. Noticed this discussion today in a thread with Excession and BK saying play fast at lower levels and Dr. H disagreeing with the comment at least for 100NL.

Speaking of 100NL, I think that's the last level I'll be playing at Cake. The games have been getting tougher, which makes sense with the bonus+RB deal they are offering. It's a nice deal. I don't like all these multitabling decent players around, however, so when the bonus is cleared, I'll be clearing out as well. Not quite sure where to. I did some research today. If I had a RB deal at UB, that would be very attractive. My wife may be signing up soon. :twisted: Absolute has a decent bonus that clears okay at the 100 and 200NL levels. Add some RB in and that seems good. A couple small rooms have good deals, but they're small, so clearing the bonus may be rather difficult with no regular 100NL or 200NL games going. Jungle poker has a decent bonus and their software looks pretty good, but again, slow traffic. Looks like Absolute for a bit and then playing on Mrs. G's new account at UB (assuming this is possible).
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Postby geiststaat » Mon Jul 02, 2007 9:32 pm

Pretty much, just an insane damn day. I barely knock off the 400 hands at 20NL to stay in the black by $9. Every draw, and I mean every draw that anyone had against me, hit. Okay, maybe some gutters missed, but if it was a flush draw it got there. Meanwhile, of course, I miss every damn draw I have. Not one of those fuckers comes through. Also a gem, I have tp/tk drawing to the nutflush and some douchebag with a pair of sevens is calling trying to hit the flush and rivers his 7, wheeeee!

So, later in the day, I start up some tables at UB. I piss away $20 when I river the nutflush on a paired board. The guy played his hand weird and I couldn't put him on the FH. I couldn't, perhaps I "should have"? Anyway, I'm getting a bit pissed, as mixed in with that hand is more insanity. For some reason, perhaps the tilt?, I think I only have 4 buy-ins at UB. 4 times 25 is obviously only $100, but apparently I'm as good at math now as I am at poker. So, I log off, and log on to Cake to transfer some monies. This may take up to 24 hours, so I say fuck it, I'll just play some 50NL here. So, I do. Things go well, and I'm up a bit. One of my tables breaks up and I decide I'll stay one more orbit at the other table. I'm in the BB w/ KJo and flop tp on a J high flop w/ two diamonds. I bet and get two callers. I bet the turn and get two callers. Ship the river flush card. Check fold. I'm now down slightly. Here's the hand:
MP limps, I limp [Js] [Ts], Btn limps, SB limps and BB checks.
Flop: [9s] [7s] [6s] ($2.20)
BB bets half pot $1.10, MP calls, I raise to $5, Btn (huge donkey) calls, SB folds, BB eventually folds, MP calls.
Turn: [6d] :( ($17)
MP checks, I bet $12, and they both call. I'm expecting a raise from a FH, so sort of thinking I might be okay.
River: [Tc] ($52)
MP leads $11. I have $26 left, so this could be a value bet, maybe a blocking bet, I dunno, but I don't see how I can fold with the pot this large, I call. BTn folds or calls, I don't remember. MP has 96s. Cue Tuff Fish tilt

Cue the following thought process: what the hell is wrong with me? Why can I not play this fucking game anymore? I once was a proud donkey crushing player and I now can't beat the micro levels for more than marginal wins. Have I forgotten how to play?

I'm serious about this. I really am struggling mentally. I keep waiting for a normal run of cards lasting several thousand hands, instead of the one night reprieves I've been getting to pull myself back to break even or slightly up. 10K hands of 20NL and I'm up $9. That's ridiculous, even if I'm learning 6-max, I should be able to outplay people at these limits for at least a few buy-ins. Only I keep playing stupid. I call off a huge push for 90% of my stack on a paired board...why the hell did I do that? And, I did that shit twice in the same damn night. This is horrendous play from me. I never would have done this three months ago. Lately, however, I seem to have lost part of my brain. And now I'm wondering whether the first 100K hands of my career was me running hot, and what I'm experiencing now is just "normal." This is what it's really like. This is the normal run of cards. So many coolers and suck outs in one day that you lose count... le sigh. :cry:

And then I was done feeling sorry for myself. Fired up some tables at UB after I realized that I had plenty of money in the account and made back nearly all that I had lost earlier. No big pots, just one small one after the next, nothing excitingor spectacular; just basic poker. This game is complex, but concomitantly, it is simple. Bet, raise, call, fold. Four little options. Just pick the best one against the type of player and the situation and let the cards fall where they may. Sometimes I'm a real whiny bitch. I may not be over this negativity, but I really hope I am, as I have some work to do and a game to learn.
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Postby geiststaat » Tue Jul 03, 2007 8:45 pm

Stayed positive today despite some insanity. First session was pretty normal and I made a small sum. Second session pretty much had it all. Huge suck outs, big hands, etc. repeatedly. Finished up but pretty insane session. Not many of the hands were non-standard, however. I had trouble selecting a hand, so went with a series of hands against the same player on the same table. Here they are:

#1
Button ($22.75)
SB ($21.68)
Hero ($23.52)
UTG ($8.36)
MP ($10.71)

Preflop: Hero is BB with JImage, 2Image.
3 folds, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: ($0.50) 3Image, AImage, 6Image (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $0.5, SB calls $0.50.

Turn: ($1.50) TImage (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $1.25, SB calls $1.25.

River: ($4) AImage (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks.

Final Pot: $4

Results in white below:
SB has 4h 5h (one pair, aces).
Hero has Jh 2c (one pair, aces).
Outcome: Hero wins $4.


#2 (In the meantime I notice that he is a calling station)
UTG ($22.75)
MP ($23.76)
Hero ($25.26)
SB ($8.11)
BB ($6.66)

Preflop: Hero is Button with AImage, KImage.
1 fold, MP calls $0.25, Hero calls $0.25, 1 fold, BB checks.

Flop: ($0.85) 2Image, KImage, 6Image (3 players)
BB checks, MP checks, Hero bets $0.65, BB folds, MP calls $0.65.

Turn: ($2.15) JImage (2 players)
MP checks, Hero bets $1.25, MP calls $1.25.

River: ($4.65) 9Image (2 players)
MP checks, Hero bets $4, MP calls $4.

Final Pot: $12.65

Results in white below:
MP has 9c Kh (two pair, kings and nines).
Hero has Ah Ks (one pair, kings).
Outcome: MP wins $12.65.


#3 (several orbits later, we haven't clashed since last hand)
BB ($24.42)
UTG ($25.13)
Hero ($19.32)
SB ($6.35)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 6Image, 6Image.
1 fold, Hero raises to $1, 1 fold, BB raises to $1.75, Hero calls $0.75.

Flop: ($3.60) 7Image, 8Image, 9Image (2 players)
BB bets $0.25, Hero calls $0.25.

Turn: ($4.10) QImage (2 players)
BB bets $2, Hero calls $2.

River: ($8.10) 9Image (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks.

Final Pot: $8.10

Results in white below:
BB has Kd Jh (one pair, nines).
Hero has 6s 6h (two pair, nines and sixes).
Outcome: Hero wins $8.10.


#4 (two hands after #3 I take a pot firing on flop and turn from BB w/ AKx on flop; now we are about one orbit later)
MP ($27.20)
CO ($14.88)
Button ($29.30)
Hero ($23.46)
BB ($3.73)
UTG ($10.71)

Preflop: Hero is SB with QImage, QImage.
UTG calls $0.25, 1 fold, CO raises $0.50, Button calls $0.50, Hero raises to $2.6, 1 fold, UTG folds, CO raises to $4.7, Button folds, Hero calls $2.10.
Flop: all unders T high (converter fucked up)
Hero checks, CO bets $10.18 (All-In), Hero folds.

Final Pot: $20.33

Results in white below:
No showdown. CO wins $20.33.


I put him on AA/KK preflop, and I'm calling the flop for set value only. AK is possible, but the min raise mini 4-bet is AA/KK so much more than AK, I elected for set value only. Perhaps this is too generous of me given the history in hand #3 where he mini raised with KJ, but that was only a 3-bet. If he had air, it set up the next hand nicely.

#5 (all of which brings us to the final hand, I had not topped off yet, hence the shortish stack)
BB ($26.93)
UTG ($18.96)
MP ($34.51)
Hero ($18.06)
Button ($10)
SB ($6.77)

Preflop: Hero is CO with 7Image, 7Image.
UTG raises to $0.5, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.50, 1 fold, SB calls $0.40, BB calls $0.40.

Flop: ($2.15) 6Image, TImage, 7Image (4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG bets $0.25, Hero raises to $2, SB folds, BB folds, UTG calls $2.

Turn: ($6.15) 9Image (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $6, UTG calls $6.

River: ($18.15) 5Image (2 players)
UTG bets $10.46 (All-In), Hero calls $9.56 (All-In).

Final Pot: $38.17

Results in white below:
UTG has Ah 3h (high card, ace).
Hero has 7c 7s (three of a kind, sevens).
Outcome: Hero wins $37.27. UTG wins $0.89.


I've been forced to adjust from the style I was playing at Cake. UB is too aggressive preflop for my limping strategy to work well. This is okay, as it forces me to play more TAG rather than nit and enter pots for a raise. However, I've been to the right of calling stations at nearly every table, so raising light has also been poor, so I'm struggling to stay out of nit territory and am not successful thus far after a day and a half. We'll see what happens in the next few sessions.
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Postby geiststaat » Wed Jul 04, 2007 10:50 pm

Torched 'em this afternoon. Well, I was torching them, until my wife insisted that I help with shit before our small party. Nice one honey. So I left several juicy tables with a modest win. Tonight (after everyone had left) I got ass-raped. Always great fun. I attempted to load the graph of today's carnage to photbucket, but in their infinite wisdom, they redesigned the site and I have no idea how the hell to upload now. Brilliant move fucksticks. At any rate, I'll describe the graph. It involves a steep slope rather like the black diamond slopes at one's favorite ski resort. I made one bad call for $7 in a 3 buy-in downswing this evening (and I'll add that it was runner runner, but I knew it had hit him, so bad call). That's how shitty it was. There's nothing to post by way of hands, it would only be me whining about one of the many bad beats and coolers. BAH! Fucking poker!

While I'm on the subject of bitching...I sent an email to ESPN complaining about the new "Now Athlete" series on SportsCenter. This is a fucking abomination. Seriously, I have to listen to Kirk Herbstreit talk about Matt Leinart's hot celebrity friends...on a SPORTS SHOW. Enough bitching. Fin.

No tilt, which is a small victory. I got my money in good repeatedly. I paid small amounts on my losers. In general, pretty good play by me. I keep this up, and I'll own these fuckers. I kept topping off, so really had no idea how bad it was until the session was over. I probably shouldn't look at the results (since I previously said I wouldn't and all), but I knew it had been brutal and just wanted to see how bad, ya know, cuz I'm curious.

Happy Birthday America!
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Postby geiststaat » Thu Jul 05, 2007 9:52 pm

PWNAGE, and I was actually the one doing it. Got paid off plenty tonight. Happy with most of my plays except for an AK hand that I overplayed. I think I habitually overplay that hand post flop. I never seem to make much off of it long term. It's just kind of there. That's a leak I need to plug pronto. I plugged another leak tonight. I noticed in reviewing some hands that I wasn't value betting the river enough. So, more value betting tonight and some pushes on the river as well, which generally got called; hence the big win.

Here's a JJ hand. I still find JJ difficult to play, but easier than AK:

CO ($25.47)
Button ($16.59)
Hero ($20.73)
BB ($17.89)
UTG ($21.50)
MP ($53.57)

Preflop: Hero is SB with [Jh], [Js].
1 fold, CO calls $0.25, 1 fold, Hero raises to $1, 1 fold, CO calls $0.75.

Flop: ($2.25) [2c], [7d], [5s] (3 players)
Hero bets $2.25, CO calls $2.25.

Turn: ($6.75) [3s] (3 players)
Hero checks, CO checks.

River: ($6.75) [4s] (3 players)
Hero bets $1.5, CO raises to $3, Hero folds.

Final Pot: $11.25

I'm not sure my river bet is defensible. I'm only getting value from TT-88, and a lot of hands beat me. Check/fold is probably best line.
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Postby geiststaat » Sat Jul 07, 2007 10:18 pm

Got really tired last night and just went straight to bed. Got in only one session of little under an hour and did okay. Lots of draws that didn't get there, but was the beneficiary of AA>KK, so came out ahead. Today, I again only got in one session. Started off with a double up, then was down half a stack and finished up 88 cents after 300+ hands, lol. So, not much in the way of poker. I should be able to get more hands in tomorrow. I also played some limit poker at Bodog (more on this below) and lost $3.

Played at Bodog because they are having their points to bonus promo and I was sort of in between the 670 point increments. So, I thought I would just play for a bit and get up to the next increment. I'd forgotten that the points don't add up quickly, so that was a mistake. I realized it about a half hour in. At some point this month I'll sign up for the bonus. No expiration (I think..should be instant per usual), so I'll get to it eventually.

In other news: I put in my two weeks notice this morning. Mainly this is because it looks like I need the extra time to finish up the dissertation. I need to have the FINAL draft finished about a month in advance of the defense, so early August is the latest. Committee members are still sitting on their chapters, so I'll probably be spending all day responding to any problems they raise at the eleventh hour. Also need the extra time to prepare for the LSAT exam, which I've decided to take in September. Took a couple practice tests and I'm out of practice. It's been about 8 years since I last took a standardized test. I'm a lot slower than I was in my youth; hence the need to retrain myself.
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Postby emmasdad » Sat Jul 07, 2007 10:25 pm

Great, another BTP lawyer. . . .
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Postby geiststaat » Sun Jul 08, 2007 10:01 pm

ED, maybe not...I still have a shred of hope of finding a faculty position somewhere.

Got my ass kicked today, dropped two buyins. I made one clear mistake for $17 and have maybe some slight mistakes elsewhere; I'll post one such hand. Lost two buy-ins first when my flush got busted by the rivered FH, and a second when I ran my QQ into KK (his PFR was 26%, so this is a close call, I think). Anywho, here's a hand:

Villain is a calling station. My pfr was supposed to be $1.25, but I must have clicked the bet button too fast, as it came out 50c. He's a calling station, so he's probably calling $1.25 too. I think I overdid it on the river, even for a calling station, but again, I think it's pretty close.

Ultimate Bet No-Limit Hold'em, $.25 BB (5 handed) from (Format: Bet The Pot)

Button ($15.85)
SB ($25.80)
Hero ($24.90)
UTG ($63.77)
MP ($25)

Preflop: Hero is BB with [Ad], [As].
2 folds, Button calls $0.25, 1 fold, Hero raises to $0.5, Button calls $0.25.

Flop: ($1.10) [8s], [8h], [Jd] (2 players)
Hero bets $1.1, Button calls $1.10.

Turn: ($3.30) [5h] (2 players)
Hero bets $3.3, Button calls $3.30.

River: ($9.90) [4c] (2 players)
Hero bets $9.9, Button bets $10.9 all-in, Hero calls.

Final Pot: $29.70

Results in white below:
Button has 6h 8d (three of a kind, eights).
Hero has Ad As (two pair, aces and eights).
Outcome: Button wins $29.70.


I opened up today and played more of a TAG sort of game: 22/13. This worked pretty horribly. I won 29% of the showdowns. I played draws aggressively and hit none of them; hence the 29%. Not sure this style of game is good at 25NL. I'll try again tomorrow.

Weekly Results:
$95.65
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Postby geiststaat » Mon Jul 09, 2007 8:33 pm

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Postby geiststaat » Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:38 pm

My sleeping schedule is all fucked to hell. Went to bed last night about 8:15. I feel tired right now, so not sure if I'll play again today or what; hence the early post. I haven't played much this week, as predicted, but it's been even less since I haven't played any evenings. I've still been playing TAG and I've still been getting destroyed. At this point, I'm really skeptical that this strategy can work against bad players. Prior to trying the TAG style, I was running at 8ptbb/100 and I'm now negative. There's been some shitty luck involved, but a lot more of it is just the calling station tendencies of 25NL players. I really don't see pushing a stack in every other turn or river as a viable strategy, and I don't think anything less is really gonna move them off second pair no kicker.

So anyway, I read through . I highly recommend it. I had no idea his rise through the ranks was so swift. A couple things that hit me pretty hard in reading through his responses. People asked what was the most important skill to develop and his response was tilt control. This struck me as spot on. I'm in a very good mental place right now even despite the ass whipping I've just taken at the tables. Frankly, I've never felt remotely this good after a 6.5 buyin downswing. I'm in a nice detached little zone, and I hope I stay here for a long time.

A second thing he mentioned was staying focused on the long term. I've been trying to do this, and have modified my journal posts so that I don't report daily results, but I've kind of hedged there and still say whether the day was good or bad. That may also be problematic, so I'm mainly gonna try to keep posts reflective on general issues or just not post. I think a weekly update should be fine, which I'll do on Sunday evenings. If something of note happens during the week, I'll post it.

Third thing, his dedication to improvement was also striking as he reviews every session. I sort of do a big review every 10K hands or so. I'm now planning to look over each session either right after or the next day, try to identify any leaks, and make the necessary connections. I was thinking it was more important to get a lot of hands in and thus a lot of experience, but that puts a lot of pressure on me to pick things up as I go, and when I have four tables, up I can easily miss something important. On a related point, I'm gonna try and post more hands in the NL forum. This should come from my session reviews. Basically, I'll look over the hands and any of them that I'm not satisfied with, I'll post.
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