argh i feel shitty today. played 700 hands, won some pots then stopped haha. post this hand from yesterday. dude had nitty stats so i didnt think he had many suited card type hands in his range... so wen he bet the river i didnt think hed do it like that with a set. so i thought he was bluffing... played the hand weird/bad but got lucky with my call cause it turns out he did indeed have a suited conector just the wrong suit. yay for misread call!
oh and bet more on flop next time chris!
Tilt: $10453 (+$5550)
Stars: $234
Total: US$16237
FTP:211k
Live: NZ$1980
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
DAY 5
5 days in a row, woo go me.today went WELL. $500 profits woop. ummmm nearly wanted to fold bottom set in this pot below. lucky i neveer fold a set!
Seat 1: PatPatImaGatt ($116.70)
Seat 2: nzmunkey ($229.40)
Seat 3: Alado85 ($146.05)
Seat 4: --BenShamin-- ($435.10)
Seat 5: randomdonk1 ($133.60)
Seat 6: cookie120 ($394.20)
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to nzmunkey [3d 3s]
--BenShamin-- has 8 seconds left to act
--BenShamin-- folds
randomdonk1 folds
cookie120 raises to $2
PatPatImaGatt folds
nzmunkey calls $1.50
Alado85 folds
*** FLOP *** [7s 3h Ts]
nzmunkey checks
cookie120 bets $2
nzmunkey raises to $11
cookie120 raises to $26
nzmunkey raises to $74
cookie120 raises to $392.20, and is all in
nzmunkey calls $153.40, and is all in
cookie120 shows [5s As]
nzmunkey shows [3d 3s]
*** TURN *** [7s 3h Ts] [Kh]
*** RIVER *** [7s 3h Ts Kh] [9c]
cookie120 shows Ace King high
nzmunkey shows three of a kind, Threes
nzmunkey wins the pot ($456.80) with three of a kind, Threes
$4.50 pot on the flop becomes $450 haha awesome way to play a draw
Tilt: $10353 (+$5550)
Stars: $234
Total: US$16137
FTP:211k
Live: NZ$1980
Seat 1: PatPatImaGatt ($116.70)
Seat 2: nzmunkey ($229.40)
Seat 3: Alado85 ($146.05)
Seat 4: --BenShamin-- ($435.10)
Seat 5: randomdonk1 ($133.60)
Seat 6: cookie120 ($394.20)
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to nzmunkey [3d 3s]
--BenShamin-- has 8 seconds left to act
--BenShamin-- folds
randomdonk1 folds
cookie120 raises to $2
PatPatImaGatt folds
nzmunkey calls $1.50
Alado85 folds
*** FLOP *** [7s 3h Ts]
nzmunkey checks
cookie120 bets $2
nzmunkey raises to $11
cookie120 raises to $26
nzmunkey raises to $74
cookie120 raises to $392.20, and is all in
nzmunkey calls $153.40, and is all in
cookie120 shows [5s As]
nzmunkey shows [3d 3s]
*** TURN *** [7s 3h Ts] [Kh]
*** RIVER *** [7s 3h Ts Kh] [9c]
cookie120 shows Ace King high
nzmunkey shows three of a kind, Threes
nzmunkey wins the pot ($456.80) with three of a kind, Threes
$4.50 pot on the flop becomes $450 haha awesome way to play a draw
Tilt: $10353 (+$5550)
Stars: $234
Total: US$16137
FTP:211k
Live: NZ$1980
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Day 4
solid 4k hand session this morning. up 3 buyins whew. was down 4 at one point. officially break even at 100-NL rush + roughly 100 in rakeback after 9 hours play.
fish aint folding trip to the overbet river muahaha
3 baral bluff
feels good to do a 4hour session, and win of course...
Tilt: $9838 (+$5550)
Stars: $234
Total: US$15622
FTP:205k
Live: NZ$1980
fish aint folding trip to the overbet river muahaha
3 baral bluff
feels good to do a 4hour session, and win of course...
Tilt: $9838 (+$5550)
Stars: $234
Total: US$15622
FTP:205k
Live: NZ$1980
Monday, December 27, 2010
Day 3
3.5k hands of 100-NL rush. lost $630 today yuuuuuuck. red and blue line both negative makes it tough to win! definately ran bad today, wrong side of too many standard calls etc...
played this hand weird and i guess my shove is too thin. thought hed call me with a Q but hmmmmmmm run into nuts like every time i try something tricky
Tilt: $9556 (+$5550)
Stars: $234
Total: US$15340
FTP:185k
Live: NZ$1980
played this hand weird and i guess my shove is too thin. thought hed call me with a Q but hmmmmmmm run into nuts like every time i try something tricky
Tilt: $9556 (+$5550)
Stars: $234
Total: US$15340
FTP:185k
Live: NZ$1980
Day 2
grind grind grind. OK hasnt gotten off to the greatest start in terms of hands played but im winning well. first day played 50NL rush, 4 tables... won 5 buyins went well. Today 100NL rush 4 tables, 300 bucks up went well also. so manyy holiday fish on its awesome. forrrrrrrr example:
had an epic home game yesterday. things got interesting when it went to 3 handed me luke and marco. couple of big hands...
first of all i had bluffed marco in 3bet/4bet pots like 3 times with Q7 and showed, he had got me a couple times aswell so it was a bit agro. worst one i open cutoff (4handed i guess), and he 3bets button. i 4bet caise its fun and he just calls. we are super deep maybe 500bb. i cbet a low board and he calls, turn is another low card giving me a gutter but i dont think hes folding an overpair so i check, as does he. now i thought he could have had AA KK on the turn but when he checks i really think its JJ to 99 or something. river is a Q woo, check check and i scoop a $100+ pot. marco goes on tilt.
soon after there is exactly the same scenario and i 4bet to $25 with KJo. flop is AJx. i think i can check cause not much worse probly calls this, but decide to play my hand like AK and cbet real small $20 into $50 pot. he goes all in for 100 more ontop. i tank but really felt it waas bluffy, if he had AK y wouldnt he call and let me bluff more given history. pretty much just tanked to phsyc myself up to make the call and i did, he was stone cold bluffing. so yes he called my 4bet with the intension of bluffing haha awesome.
another big one i get KK and as u guess we r in a 4bet pot again out of position, 3 way this time haha. flop is AKx so i cbet $40 and marco tankishly calls. turn is AKxA. the only hand i can see him having is some kind of Ax after he called, so i bet the pot all in hoping to look bluffy but he folded something.
another big hand i have 52s and 3bet marco. flop is AJT with a flush draw for me so i cbet. turn gives me pair and draw so i bet again.... brick the river ATJ27 so i bet $70into about $100 thinking he might think 72 got there, i thought he had an A of some kind and might fold. he has T4s omg! calls..
last big hand, call lukes open with TT, marco makes it $17 so i call super deep obviously still. both have around 600bb. QJx, not a great flop but i call a cbet cause i hav a tell maybe haha. turn is QJx8 he bets again and again i call. bam horrible river QJx8T, i thought he had AK so that got there. he over bets $198 all in and insta flips over a 2! i nearly insta call cause dont see the 4 to a straight haha. tank tank tank i dont think he is sick enough to bluff here. he doesnt show which makes me think he had a 9. lucky boy!
finish up $480. had a $700+ stack at one point but lost a bit getting crazy at the end. fun fun. so many more hands but its just too much to write about haha.
Tilt: $10186 (+$5550)
Stars: $234
Total: US$15970
FTP:185k
Live: NZ$1980
had an epic home game yesterday. things got interesting when it went to 3 handed me luke and marco. couple of big hands...
first of all i had bluffed marco in 3bet/4bet pots like 3 times with Q7 and showed, he had got me a couple times aswell so it was a bit agro. worst one i open cutoff (4handed i guess), and he 3bets button. i 4bet caise its fun and he just calls. we are super deep maybe 500bb. i cbet a low board and he calls, turn is another low card giving me a gutter but i dont think hes folding an overpair so i check, as does he. now i thought he could have had AA KK on the turn but when he checks i really think its JJ to 99 or something. river is a Q woo, check check and i scoop a $100+ pot. marco goes on tilt.
soon after there is exactly the same scenario and i 4bet to $25 with KJo. flop is AJx. i think i can check cause not much worse probly calls this, but decide to play my hand like AK and cbet real small $20 into $50 pot. he goes all in for 100 more ontop. i tank but really felt it waas bluffy, if he had AK y wouldnt he call and let me bluff more given history. pretty much just tanked to phsyc myself up to make the call and i did, he was stone cold bluffing. so yes he called my 4bet with the intension of bluffing haha awesome.
another big one i get KK and as u guess we r in a 4bet pot again out of position, 3 way this time haha. flop is AKx so i cbet $40 and marco tankishly calls. turn is AKxA. the only hand i can see him having is some kind of Ax after he called, so i bet the pot all in hoping to look bluffy but he folded something.
another big hand i have 52s and 3bet marco. flop is AJT with a flush draw for me so i cbet. turn gives me pair and draw so i bet again.... brick the river ATJ27 so i bet $70into about $100 thinking he might think 72 got there, i thought he had an A of some kind and might fold. he has T4s omg! calls..
last big hand, call lukes open with TT, marco makes it $17 so i call super deep obviously still. both have around 600bb. QJx, not a great flop but i call a cbet cause i hav a tell maybe haha. turn is QJx8 he bets again and again i call. bam horrible river QJx8T, i thought he had AK so that got there. he over bets $198 all in and insta flips over a 2! i nearly insta call cause dont see the 4 to a straight haha. tank tank tank i dont think he is sick enough to bluff here. he doesnt show which makes me think he had a 9. lucky boy!
finish up $480. had a $700+ stack at one point but lost a bit getting crazy at the end. fun fun. so many more hands but its just too much to write about haha.
Tilt: $10186 (+$5550)
Stars: $234
Total: US$15970
FTP:185k
Live: NZ$1980
Friday, December 10, 2010
ah its blog time
long time no blog i guess. not much has been happening on the poker front. last month (NOV) was a dud. was kinda sick for a couple weeks at the start so didnt play any hands. since then have been majorly distracted by various things. basically thought if my head wasnt in the game im not playing cause thats when you lose... i think it was a good desicion but thats alot of time lost. have a month holiday coming up after xmas and plan to get right back into it. thankfully the games are probably softer over the holiday season which will help. might go back to 100NL for a bit though. my black card status is nearly run out but should be able to super grind it back i hope. will admit ive lost my poker passion a bit lately but its probly half cause i havent been running great, coupled with the rakeback hit i took which was a super downer. determined to get back on the grind though. start watching some videos again and all that good stuff.
so i think ive been playing for over a year now. was around this time last year me and luke had a bet to make the most in one month which is what got me into the grind mindset. in one year to get to 200NL is a good achievment but if i wasnt so lazy im sure i could have done alot better. got plenty of things to work on my game though so can only improve. all going to plan i make some good cash over the holiday grind and decide to play poker for a living. but i think the chances of that being a sensible idea are low. have so much great stuff planned next year though will see how my mindset is. might try set some good goals soon.
lifetime graph after roughly a year:
200NL graph, bit of a downswing at the end here:
finally here is last 14 months of grind. was playing a fairly steady 40hours a month there for the majority but it really declined lately. hopefully im more motivated next year!
cut it short cause i have to go out but thats the jist of it! totally lost count of my live earnings but its probly about break even over the last 6odd weeks. still loving the home game though. need to start remembering interesting hands again and blogging straight after haha.
Tilt: $9616 (+$5550)
Stars: $234
Total: US$15400
FTP:185k
Live: NZ$1500
so i think ive been playing for over a year now. was around this time last year me and luke had a bet to make the most in one month which is what got me into the grind mindset. in one year to get to 200NL is a good achievment but if i wasnt so lazy im sure i could have done alot better. got plenty of things to work on my game though so can only improve. all going to plan i make some good cash over the holiday grind and decide to play poker for a living. but i think the chances of that being a sensible idea are low. have so much great stuff planned next year though will see how my mindset is. might try set some good goals soon.
lifetime graph after roughly a year:
200NL graph, bit of a downswing at the end here:
finally here is last 14 months of grind. was playing a fairly steady 40hours a month there for the majority but it really declined lately. hopefully im more motivated next year!
cut it short cause i have to go out but thats the jist of it! totally lost count of my live earnings but its probly about break even over the last 6odd weeks. still loving the home game though. need to start remembering interesting hands again and blogging straight after haha.
Tilt: $9616 (+$5550)
Stars: $234
Total: US$15400
FTP:185k
Live: NZ$1500
Sunday, October 31, 2010
awesome month
nah it sucked. check this out:
yea.......
pretty much just seemed to run terrible and get coolered over and over. i lost way too many pots where im trapping some over agressive reg and get boned by the river. here is a fun example:
stacks r such that 4bets increase, ie he can 4bet me and i have to risk so much to continue. so i call w AK cause im pretty sure i will have the best hand here alot and 5betting isnt great. flop amazingly. check call to look like JJ QQ or similar. ch/ch turn and i lead a blocker river bet to hopefully induce a bluff or get a weak hand to call. another awesome backdoor gets there.
fml look at the size of this guys reraise. leaves me no room to rebluff or call light, just straight up coolered by a moron...
so this weekend i had nothing to do on saturday and played a 7 hour session of 50nl rush poker lols. well i won 17 buyins !!! wow it was fun. i gota give 100nl rush another shot cause rush is so much better than table selecting 200nl where there r so few fish. and if i was a fish id wana play rush...
in other news we had a homegame on the long weekend. 4pm to 6am i think. i honestly dont remember any hands after i came back from a break at 11pm. but somehow i lost my profits and ended up roughly $500 in the hole??? o god i shouldnt play when i am super tired. 5 card no limit omaha was pretty fun tho :D
all in all a fail month. another stupid thing is i have been getting up early and forcing myself to play on the weekends so i can get hands in before i go out etc. this is not a good way to play! if i get on tilt i dont wana stop cause i only have limited time. i know i should have definetly stopped some of those sessions early. o well learning the hard way. been back into watching videos. have found some real gems if u guys get a cardrunners account going. maybe i can share mine i dont see how they can stop me. hit me up if ur keen anyway.
200NL & 50NL rush october: rakeback is wrong its about half of that *cry*
also ima keep track of my FTPs cause i cant work out how fast im getting them. its going up extremly fast though. in 80years i can prob buy that BMW
Tilt: $9415 (+$5550)
Stars: $234
Total: US$15200
FTP:175k
Live: NZ$1500
yea.......
pretty much just seemed to run terrible and get coolered over and over. i lost way too many pots where im trapping some over agressive reg and get boned by the river. here is a fun example:
stacks r such that 4bets increase, ie he can 4bet me and i have to risk so much to continue. so i call w AK cause im pretty sure i will have the best hand here alot and 5betting isnt great. flop amazingly. check call to look like JJ QQ or similar. ch/ch turn and i lead a blocker river bet to hopefully induce a bluff or get a weak hand to call. another awesome backdoor gets there.
fml look at the size of this guys reraise. leaves me no room to rebluff or call light, just straight up coolered by a moron...
so this weekend i had nothing to do on saturday and played a 7 hour session of 50nl rush poker lols. well i won 17 buyins !!! wow it was fun. i gota give 100nl rush another shot cause rush is so much better than table selecting 200nl where there r so few fish. and if i was a fish id wana play rush...
in other news we had a homegame on the long weekend. 4pm to 6am i think. i honestly dont remember any hands after i came back from a break at 11pm. but somehow i lost my profits and ended up roughly $500 in the hole??? o god i shouldnt play when i am super tired. 5 card no limit omaha was pretty fun tho :D
all in all a fail month. another stupid thing is i have been getting up early and forcing myself to play on the weekends so i can get hands in before i go out etc. this is not a good way to play! if i get on tilt i dont wana stop cause i only have limited time. i know i should have definetly stopped some of those sessions early. o well learning the hard way. been back into watching videos. have found some real gems if u guys get a cardrunners account going. maybe i can share mine i dont see how they can stop me. hit me up if ur keen anyway.
200NL & 50NL rush october: rakeback is wrong its about half of that *cry*
also ima keep track of my FTPs cause i cant work out how fast im getting them. its going up extremly fast though. in 80years i can prob buy that BMW
Tilt: $9415 (+$5550)
Stars: $234
Total: US$15200
FTP:175k
Live: NZ$1500
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
ups and downs
had a spewtastic weekend. and october has definetly not been a good month for me. althogh ive only played 8k hands cause my comp broke. rakeback seems to have taken roughly a 25% hit from this new FT thing which is also super gay. so what happened on the weekend? i played fine but it all went horribly wrong...
so this first hand may be a mistake. im versing a fish with stats 30/1 lol. i guess is shouldnt shove the river but it must be close. thinking about it now he raises 1% of hands so he could even have AQ. not off to a good start...
i went on genuine tilt after this hand tho. having a bit of a war with this guy then bam i trap him. god i felt like phil hellmuth.
3% on flop. gota slow play them cowboys :(
o well at least i owned this guy!
the rest of the hands r just set over set or set verse draw thing. i see now i did tilt a bit looking at some of these hands. bit of the ol' run bad play bad combo. this weekend im guna grind like a madman i tell you
homegames:
had one the other week where not too much interesting stuff happened too me. i had one big hand verse remi. he 3bets from the blinds verse like luke or something so i 4bet him w AJ, like i dont mind a call or a fold im in position with probly the best hand anyway. he calls and flop is JTx he leads pot really fast. heres my remi tell, he bets fast and doesnt think when hes bluffing. dont tell anyone mmk? so he bets like $25 i call. turn is a brick he bets $65 in the same fasion and i have like 30 behind but just call cause i want him to bet again. river is a god awful JTxxQ. KQ JQ AK 9T etc etc all got there but i dont have much left so i call but i just know he hit it. he has Q9. $120ish gone.
last night was a cracker tho i was hitting every flop. luke payed me off about 50 times. i had 2 big pots verse phillip one where he pretty much shipped me his stack on KxxK with JJ and i had Ak and had just called his 3bet in position. another hand he 3bets someone and i 4bet him with Q9s. he calls and donks a 678 flop and i put him all in for ~$60 more. he made a good call tho and had JJ. we ran it 4 times and split it haha.
chewy was playing like an egg verse me for some reason. one hand stood out, flop was QTx and i cbet, he raises me 3way so i shove him with ~70 effective stacks. he calls with Q5??? i dont even know what hes thinking in these spots but he keeps doing it. i brick my straight draw
i think the best thing tho was twice i 4et luke in position with 600bb stacks. both times he was squeezing from blinds and i have A rang but if he makes it $15, i make it $40 he cant do shit unless he has AA KK or is sure im bluffing. and i know luke isnt guna rebluff me cause he wants to protect his wins for a better spot ;)
finally i got 72 about 5 times and won every hand. phillip limp reraised me and i 4bet him once and he mucked which was fun. also luke actually folded once when i baralled an A turn and i had 72 this time of course. best one tho was verse phillip. turns out we had alot of hands but thats cause i was on his right and playing alot of hands with him. so im raiser in cutoff maybe 5handed and take an A66 flop in position. i cbet and phil reraises me. i just call cause thats what id do with an A, and i doubt he has a strong one or any A at that. he checks turn and i bet $5 into like $25 pot. he folds hehe ship them 50 cents! so cash out $290 up
hmmmm 6handed casino torney coming up. $600 buyin. could be something to get excited about
Tilt: $10350 (+$5550)
Stars: $234
Total: US$16134
Live: NZ$2050
so this first hand may be a mistake. im versing a fish with stats 30/1 lol. i guess is shouldnt shove the river but it must be close. thinking about it now he raises 1% of hands so he could even have AQ. not off to a good start...
i went on genuine tilt after this hand tho. having a bit of a war with this guy then bam i trap him. god i felt like phil hellmuth.
3% on flop. gota slow play them cowboys :(
o well at least i owned this guy!
the rest of the hands r just set over set or set verse draw thing. i see now i did tilt a bit looking at some of these hands. bit of the ol' run bad play bad combo. this weekend im guna grind like a madman i tell you
homegames:
had one the other week where not too much interesting stuff happened too me. i had one big hand verse remi. he 3bets from the blinds verse like luke or something so i 4bet him w AJ, like i dont mind a call or a fold im in position with probly the best hand anyway. he calls and flop is JTx he leads pot really fast. heres my remi tell, he bets fast and doesnt think when hes bluffing. dont tell anyone mmk? so he bets like $25 i call. turn is a brick he bets $65 in the same fasion and i have like 30 behind but just call cause i want him to bet again. river is a god awful JTxxQ. KQ JQ AK 9T etc etc all got there but i dont have much left so i call but i just know he hit it. he has Q9. $120ish gone.
last night was a cracker tho i was hitting every flop. luke payed me off about 50 times. i had 2 big pots verse phillip one where he pretty much shipped me his stack on KxxK with JJ and i had Ak and had just called his 3bet in position. another hand he 3bets someone and i 4bet him with Q9s. he calls and donks a 678 flop and i put him all in for ~$60 more. he made a good call tho and had JJ. we ran it 4 times and split it haha.
chewy was playing like an egg verse me for some reason. one hand stood out, flop was QTx and i cbet, he raises me 3way so i shove him with ~70 effective stacks. he calls with Q5??? i dont even know what hes thinking in these spots but he keeps doing it. i brick my straight draw
i think the best thing tho was twice i 4et luke in position with 600bb stacks. both times he was squeezing from blinds and i have A rang but if he makes it $15, i make it $40 he cant do shit unless he has AA KK or is sure im bluffing. and i know luke isnt guna rebluff me cause he wants to protect his wins for a better spot ;)
finally i got 72 about 5 times and won every hand. phillip limp reraised me and i 4bet him once and he mucked which was fun. also luke actually folded once when i baralled an A turn and i had 72 this time of course. best one tho was verse phillip. turns out we had alot of hands but thats cause i was on his right and playing alot of hands with him. so im raiser in cutoff maybe 5handed and take an A66 flop in position. i cbet and phil reraises me. i just call cause thats what id do with an A, and i doubt he has a strong one or any A at that. he checks turn and i bet $5 into like $25 pot. he folds hehe ship them 50 cents! so cash out $290 up
hmmmm 6handed casino torney coming up. $600 buyin. could be something to get excited about
Tilt: $10350 (+$5550)
Stars: $234
Total: US$16134
Live: NZ$2050
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
recent stuff
played a bit on the weekend but was down half a buyin. had a couple kool hands.
not a big pot but here i turn an overpair into a bluff on the river. im just calling pre and on the flop cause there is a fish in the blinds. by the time we get to the river i think he has AA KK or an 8. i can rep a T so well i think it was good to bet as a bluff cause pretty much no hands he has call me except a T. he tanked river and talked in chat so im pretty sure i had the worst hand. was just a different kinda play, so standard to just check behind there.
Full Tilt Poker Game #24386362106: Table Butterum (6 max) - $1/$2 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:25:20 ET - 2010/10/02
Seat 1: nzmunkey ($216.30)
Seat 2: roach85111 ($200)
Seat 3: Callide ($404.85), is sitting out
Seat 4: chancleto33 ($155)
Seat 5: NokseMojo ($218.95)
Seat 6: Daniel04 ($366.25)
roach85111 posts the small blind of $1
chancleto33 posts the big blind of $2
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to nzmunkey [Qc Qs]
NokseMojo folds
Daniel04 raises to $6
nzmunkey calls $6
Callide stands up
roach85111 folds
roach85111 adds $1
chancleto33 calls $4
*** FLOP *** [5s 8h Tc]
Stella-921 adds $200
chancleto33 checks
Daniel04 has 15 seconds left to act
Daniel04 bets $12
nzmunkey calls $12
chancleto33 folds
*** TURN *** [5s 8h Tc] [8s]
Daniel04 has 15 seconds left to act
Daniel04 bets $26
nzmunkey calls $26
*** RIVER *** [5s 8h Tc 8s] [Th]
Daniel04 has 15 seconds left to act
Daniel04 checks
nzmunkey has 15 seconds left to act
nzmunkey bets $36
Daniel04 has 15 seconds left to act
Daniel04 has requested TIME
Daniel04: fun river
Daniel04: for u
Daniel04 folds
Uncalled bet of $36 returned to nzmunkey
nzmunkey mucks
nzmunkey wins the pot ($92)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $95 | Rake $3
Board: [5s 8h Tc 8s Th]
Seat 1: nzmunkey (button) collected ($92), mucked
Seat 2: roach85111 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: Callide is sitting out
Seat 4: chancleto33 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: NokseMojo didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: Daniel04 folded on the River
ok the hand replayer thing is down so i just post the whole thing like a noob...i got into the 'black card' club which needs an average of 500ftp per day over the last 100 days. now i earn double ftps at all times. they really rack up im up to 140k FTP. just guna keep saving and buy something massive one day.
had a fun home game the other night too. hadnt won for a while but cashed for $430 this time. had 3 main hands.
the first was verse luke surprise surprise. he 3bets an early raise after i had called from the bb so i call with ATs in position and kinda deep. flop a flush draw cause i run so good. Qxx. i didnt really wana raise cause i thought luke might get in in light here. so i call and hit a flush on the turn. he checks so i bet half pot and he shoves with something, i tihnk AQ. that was about $110 more to my stack.
Had a weird hand verse remi. he 3bet the button like he does so i 4bet him with Q9s. flop is Qxx. i think i have the best hand but dont wana get bluffed and its not like i can get 3 streets of value w Q9 oop. checking lets him bluff me too. so he bets flop pretty big, i call. ch/ch turn. i think he has nothing after he checks so i check the river when i hit trip Qs. he bets pretty small has about $40 left. i didnt think a worse hand would call so i just called. i really should have raised now i think about it. he thought i slow rolled him lol cause i took ages to think about it.
the last hand i get 72 and raise early. remis friend 3bets the button really small and we r super deep. so i dont think he has a good hand cause he should have made it bigger. plus i seen him do some abnormal bets when hes bluffing prob cause hes nervous. if he has a big hand i planned to bluff on a good board with so much money behind. amon called too. set minning for shizzle. flop bottom two ofcourse! 972 no flush draw. he cbets and i call still thinking he has nothing so no point in raising. turn is 972T bringing a flush draw. not such a great card for bottom 2 he could have got a set or better 2 pair but more importantly if i raise it looks scary and he might fold an overpair if he actually had a hand. so i smooth call again. river is a kinda bad card bringing pairing the ten 972TT and counterfitting my 2 pair. then he puts out a monster pot sized bet of $65. i was pretty sure i had him straight away but took a long time cause i wanted to think it through fully. i had seen him do some big bluffs before. he bet so big i doubt he does this with AA KK. the key is my range looks so weak playing it like i did, so hed only bet huge if he wanted a fold. of course he could be levling me and know i know this but i doubted that. plus as i tanked he sat there forzen, which is a slight universal tell for when someone is bluffing. all the signs pointed me towards a bluff so i called and was right. he had AK and had picked up a flush draw on the turn.
oh and one last hand. i complete bb w Q9 w luke raising and marco in pot. checked round low flop and turn is a queen. i check again cause i know luke cant resist a steal and he bets, marco calls so do i. river is a blank and i bet out cause i think luke prob bluffing and will check and i want value from marco. luke reraises me $10 to $40. i put him exactly on AQ or nothing how the hand went down. in hindsight i should shove me top pair here! he would have to fold for sure. next time luke....
also had a pokersoc torney with the standard last longer $50 bet. i donked out w about 15bb on KJx 3 way w KT when some guy min raised my cbet w KQ. guess i can fold there but meh prob fine either way. can never win these donkaments!
Tilt: $12000 (+$5550)
Stars: $234
Total: US$17784
Live: NZ$1845
not a big pot but here i turn an overpair into a bluff on the river. im just calling pre and on the flop cause there is a fish in the blinds. by the time we get to the river i think he has AA KK or an 8. i can rep a T so well i think it was good to bet as a bluff cause pretty much no hands he has call me except a T. he tanked river and talked in chat so im pretty sure i had the worst hand. was just a different kinda play, so standard to just check behind there.
Full Tilt Poker Game #24386362106: Table Butterum (6 max) - $1/$2 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:25:20 ET - 2010/10/02
Seat 1: nzmunkey ($216.30)
Seat 2: roach85111 ($200)
Seat 3: Callide ($404.85), is sitting out
Seat 4: chancleto33 ($155)
Seat 5: NokseMojo ($218.95)
Seat 6: Daniel04 ($366.25)
roach85111 posts the small blind of $1
chancleto33 posts the big blind of $2
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to nzmunkey [Qc Qs]
NokseMojo folds
Daniel04 raises to $6
nzmunkey calls $6
Callide stands up
roach85111 folds
roach85111 adds $1
chancleto33 calls $4
*** FLOP *** [5s 8h Tc]
Stella-921 adds $200
chancleto33 checks
Daniel04 has 15 seconds left to act
Daniel04 bets $12
nzmunkey calls $12
chancleto33 folds
*** TURN *** [5s 8h Tc] [8s]
Daniel04 has 15 seconds left to act
Daniel04 bets $26
nzmunkey calls $26
*** RIVER *** [5s 8h Tc 8s] [Th]
Daniel04 has 15 seconds left to act
Daniel04 checks
nzmunkey has 15 seconds left to act
nzmunkey bets $36
Daniel04 has 15 seconds left to act
Daniel04 has requested TIME
Daniel04: fun river
Daniel04: for u
Daniel04 folds
Uncalled bet of $36 returned to nzmunkey
nzmunkey mucks
nzmunkey wins the pot ($92)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $95 | Rake $3
Board: [5s 8h Tc 8s Th]
Seat 1: nzmunkey (button) collected ($92), mucked
Seat 2: roach85111 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: Callide is sitting out
Seat 4: chancleto33 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: NokseMojo didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: Daniel04 folded on the River
ok the hand replayer thing is down so i just post the whole thing like a noob...i got into the 'black card' club which needs an average of 500ftp per day over the last 100 days. now i earn double ftps at all times. they really rack up im up to 140k FTP. just guna keep saving and buy something massive one day.
had a fun home game the other night too. hadnt won for a while but cashed for $430 this time. had 3 main hands.
the first was verse luke surprise surprise. he 3bets an early raise after i had called from the bb so i call with ATs in position and kinda deep. flop a flush draw cause i run so good. Qxx. i didnt really wana raise cause i thought luke might get in in light here. so i call and hit a flush on the turn. he checks so i bet half pot and he shoves with something, i tihnk AQ. that was about $110 more to my stack.
Had a weird hand verse remi. he 3bet the button like he does so i 4bet him with Q9s. flop is Qxx. i think i have the best hand but dont wana get bluffed and its not like i can get 3 streets of value w Q9 oop. checking lets him bluff me too. so he bets flop pretty big, i call. ch/ch turn. i think he has nothing after he checks so i check the river when i hit trip Qs. he bets pretty small has about $40 left. i didnt think a worse hand would call so i just called. i really should have raised now i think about it. he thought i slow rolled him lol cause i took ages to think about it.
the last hand i get 72 and raise early. remis friend 3bets the button really small and we r super deep. so i dont think he has a good hand cause he should have made it bigger. plus i seen him do some abnormal bets when hes bluffing prob cause hes nervous. if he has a big hand i planned to bluff on a good board with so much money behind. amon called too. set minning for shizzle. flop bottom two ofcourse! 972 no flush draw. he cbets and i call still thinking he has nothing so no point in raising. turn is 972T bringing a flush draw. not such a great card for bottom 2 he could have got a set or better 2 pair but more importantly if i raise it looks scary and he might fold an overpair if he actually had a hand. so i smooth call again. river is a kinda bad card bringing pairing the ten 972TT and counterfitting my 2 pair. then he puts out a monster pot sized bet of $65. i was pretty sure i had him straight away but took a long time cause i wanted to think it through fully. i had seen him do some big bluffs before. he bet so big i doubt he does this with AA KK. the key is my range looks so weak playing it like i did, so hed only bet huge if he wanted a fold. of course he could be levling me and know i know this but i doubted that. plus as i tanked he sat there forzen, which is a slight universal tell for when someone is bluffing. all the signs pointed me towards a bluff so i called and was right. he had AK and had picked up a flush draw on the turn.
oh and one last hand. i complete bb w Q9 w luke raising and marco in pot. checked round low flop and turn is a queen. i check again cause i know luke cant resist a steal and he bets, marco calls so do i. river is a blank and i bet out cause i think luke prob bluffing and will check and i want value from marco. luke reraises me $10 to $40. i put him exactly on AQ or nothing how the hand went down. in hindsight i should shove me top pair here! he would have to fold for sure. next time luke....
also had a pokersoc torney with the standard last longer $50 bet. i donked out w about 15bb on KJx 3 way w KT when some guy min raised my cbet w KQ. guess i can fold there but meh prob fine either way. can never win these donkaments!
Tilt: $12000 (+$5550)
Stars: $234
Total: US$17784
Live: NZ$1845
Sunday, September 26, 2010
did some good grinding
after a lazy month, and inspired by last weeks run good i put in 10 hours this weekend for 5k hands and $700 profit. 500 below ev but still good. tagged so mny interesting hands but ill just post a few.
i think this guy played the hand pretty good but felt like he had many more draws than trip 9s so had to make a call down. he went nuts at me in chat which was fun.
shortly after this hand happens. this time there are no draws so i kinda have to give him credit. if he turns TT or something into a bluff and shoves river its a pretty sick play. JJ AQ KQ AA all beat me so i folded.
i played this hand baaaaad. i should have bet turn cause sets will call to draw to a boat and the person behind me was a fish. was thinking if i bet it would look obvious what i have. in hindsight im only getting one street of value verse a set anyway, so i should have bet turn to charge a boat draw + build pot verse lower flush. won the minimum...
i got confused here on the river and prob should have bet. didnt think he would be calling me so light so wanted to check call if he had a missed draw. still dont know what the best play was still pondering on this one.
hey at least i got two blogs in this month.
Tilt: $11950 (+$5550)
Stars: $234
Total: US$17734
Live: NZ$1600
i think this guy played the hand pretty good but felt like he had many more draws than trip 9s so had to make a call down. he went nuts at me in chat which was fun.
shortly after this hand happens. this time there are no draws so i kinda have to give him credit. if he turns TT or something into a bluff and shoves river its a pretty sick play. JJ AQ KQ AA all beat me so i folded.
i played this hand baaaaad. i should have bet turn cause sets will call to draw to a boat and the person behind me was a fish. was thinking if i bet it would look obvious what i have. in hindsight im only getting one street of value verse a set anyway, so i should have bet turn to charge a boat draw + build pot verse lower flush. won the minimum...
i got confused here on the river and prob should have bet. didnt think he would be calling me so light so wanted to check call if he had a missed draw. still dont know what the best play was still pondering on this one.
hey at least i got two blogs in this month.
Tilt: $11950 (+$5550)
Stars: $234
Total: US$17734
Live: NZ$1600
Saturday, September 18, 2010
september
hav hardly been playing cause ive been "busy". which basically means lazy. plus a new Halo came out and lans are so much less stressful than grinding!
have a pretty awesome graph this month tho. break even and then bam, $1500 over EV. twice got AA in on the turn verse a set and rivered the A. boy did it feel good! today i had a small session and won 4/4 flips. got set over set but won a big one with nut flush verse lower flush verse set.
graph:
have two mint hands. this first one i level some reg and set a sexy trap. flop top boat 4way and lead out weak. 2 regs in the pot and i think it will look like i have a med pair judging the preflop action. i hope someone makes a play. get a call and then the flush hits. i check to look like im scared of it + he might have it so ill let him think he has the best hand. check call then another high card on the river. if he puts me on a pair this is another high card to baral, so i go for the check raise. he bet calls top 2! crazy call by him, he must hav me on a bluff. any value hand i have he obviously loses. now if id gone for the usual chcek raise or call on the flop i would hav won a much smaller pot.
here is a descent calldown. his reg has a 15% 3bet steal stat which i used to narrow his range to all bluffs. he ch/raise the flop KT3 and he would definately 3bet any hand that hits that. AK KK TT 33. he can only really have draws or bluffs, maybe KT. good example of a reg not thinking about his own range and just assuming ill fold to heavy action because i open the button alot. actually i dont know what he was thinking.
Tilt: $10830 (+$5550)
Stars: $234
Total: US$16614
Live: NZ$1600
have a pretty awesome graph this month tho. break even and then bam, $1500 over EV. twice got AA in on the turn verse a set and rivered the A. boy did it feel good! today i had a small session and won 4/4 flips. got set over set but won a big one with nut flush verse lower flush verse set.
graph:
have two mint hands. this first one i level some reg and set a sexy trap. flop top boat 4way and lead out weak. 2 regs in the pot and i think it will look like i have a med pair judging the preflop action. i hope someone makes a play. get a call and then the flush hits. i check to look like im scared of it + he might have it so ill let him think he has the best hand. check call then another high card on the river. if he puts me on a pair this is another high card to baral, so i go for the check raise. he bet calls top 2! crazy call by him, he must hav me on a bluff. any value hand i have he obviously loses. now if id gone for the usual chcek raise or call on the flop i would hav won a much smaller pot.
here is a descent calldown. his reg has a 15% 3bet steal stat which i used to narrow his range to all bluffs. he ch/raise the flop KT3 and he would definately 3bet any hand that hits that. AK KK TT 33. he can only really have draws or bluffs, maybe KT. good example of a reg not thinking about his own range and just assuming ill fold to heavy action because i open the button alot. actually i dont know what he was thinking.
Tilt: $10830 (+$5550)
Stars: $234
Total: US$16614
Live: NZ$1600
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
owch!
had one of those weekends. lost like every pot, reraised every time i bluff, snap fold every time i have the nuts etc etc. here is my month graph now lol! and yes i was playing 100NL RUSH :(
here some moron CALLS on the river with the nuts??
here some moron plays a hand badly and is rewarded by the poker gods
here some moron calls with the worst hand. o wait that was me
here i am outplayed by my oponent
ok enough whining. i had ONE cool hand even tho i lost it. this dude check raises me on the flop instead of cbettting multiway. so i think he has Ax like 90% of the time with the flush draw obviously. i plan to raise all in on the turn as long as no diamond comes and ill b a favourite. A comes on the turn which is odd case i thought he had it. but i think im more likely to hav a big diamond here than him so ill bluff it. really its hard for me to have the K high flush here and he made a good call! i learnt a good lesson in this hand. even tho i knew he was on a bluff on the flop i have to remember to think about what my hand looks like cause even a bluff can bluff catch if its obvious.... oh and bet bigger on the flop, i dont know why i bet so small now that i relook at it
fml but ill get over it
had another home game this week. this one was really fun cause all my bluffs worked! had a fun one verse Jin when he 3bet luke and i 4bet him on the button with trash. he had been going after luke a bit and only brought one buy in so i think making a big pot here will be good. he calls and folds on a 98x flop with TT. he couldnt really grasp how bad it is to call with TT and then fold when u get one of the few good flops for your TT. may as well fold pre???
i seemed to avoid luke alot for once. he did some big river bets when i was calling him down but i tihnk he had me every time. i think i had A high every time though which didnt help my cause. his big bet made it hard to think of reraiseing though cause it would have to be huge.
and i bluffed phil a bunch of times cause hes scared money and doesnt like big pots tehehe.
Tilt: $11876 (+$3050)
Stars: $234
Total: US$15160
Live: NZ$1600
here some moron CALLS on the river with the nuts??
here some moron plays a hand badly and is rewarded by the poker gods
here some moron calls with the worst hand. o wait that was me
here i am outplayed by my oponent
ok enough whining. i had ONE cool hand even tho i lost it. this dude check raises me on the flop instead of cbettting multiway. so i think he has Ax like 90% of the time with the flush draw obviously. i plan to raise all in on the turn as long as no diamond comes and ill b a favourite. A comes on the turn which is odd case i thought he had it. but i think im more likely to hav a big diamond here than him so ill bluff it. really its hard for me to have the K high flush here and he made a good call! i learnt a good lesson in this hand. even tho i knew he was on a bluff on the flop i have to remember to think about what my hand looks like cause even a bluff can bluff catch if its obvious.... oh and bet bigger on the flop, i dont know why i bet so small now that i relook at it
fml but ill get over it
had another home game this week. this one was really fun cause all my bluffs worked! had a fun one verse Jin when he 3bet luke and i 4bet him on the button with trash. he had been going after luke a bit and only brought one buy in so i think making a big pot here will be good. he calls and folds on a 98x flop with TT. he couldnt really grasp how bad it is to call with TT and then fold when u get one of the few good flops for your TT. may as well fold pre???
i seemed to avoid luke alot for once. he did some big river bets when i was calling him down but i tihnk he had me every time. i think i had A high every time though which didnt help my cause. his big bet made it hard to think of reraiseing though cause it would have to be huge.
and i bluffed phil a bunch of times cause hes scared money and doesnt like big pots tehehe.
Tilt: $11876 (+$3050)
Stars: $234
Total: US$15160
Live: NZ$1600
Thursday, August 19, 2010
posting my garp 2
i just filtered my rush graph to see how i was doing and bam instant boner! i mean yea it looks nice:
rush poker officially cracked ! might make a 100nl rush move soon. would be the sickest rakeback
i forgot how much i lost at the home game the other night wen joel came. i think it was bout 150....live roll is guna get destroyed this weekend
o yea and phenom day happened on the weekend. it was pretty much a sad event with only eamonn finishing up and tha was because he played the same fish heads up for like 4 hours straight at capped holdem. i did make a late comback tho but lost A9v57 all in pre for 3rd in a 2dollar donkament. 70 bucks first :(
Tilt: $12793 (+$3050)
Stars: $234
Total: US$16077
Live: NZ$1500
rush poker officially cracked ! might make a 100nl rush move soon. would be the sickest rakeback
i forgot how much i lost at the home game the other night wen joel came. i think it was bout 150....live roll is guna get destroyed this weekend
o yea and phenom day happened on the weekend. it was pretty much a sad event with only eamonn finishing up and tha was because he played the same fish heads up for like 4 hours straight at capped holdem. i did make a late comback tho but lost A9v57 all in pre for 3rd in a 2dollar donkament. 70 bucks first :(
Tilt: $12793 (+$3050)
Stars: $234
Total: US$16077
Live: NZ$1500
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
posting my garp
just to make joel feel special im doing a blog on how the months going. i played barley any 200nl but alot of rush after work. been grinding a solid winrate tho. months graph so far:
it may look like a lot of hands but its only 17 hours. just noticed im 11/12 sessions with a profit. lol run good....
2 sweet hand i just played this session:
in this first hand i completely outplay my opponents
i was sure aksy had a set so didnt mind shoving over the fishes re-reraise with so much money in there. wish i had been deeper
heres an example of a bad reg which infests 50NL rush. sitting deep and he 3bets me oop with a 2% 3bet stat. yea im set mining cause he has QQ+ nearly always. of course he stacks off on the driest board ever:
wen ppl say 50nl regs r bad, they mean like this. they dont spew with crazy bluffs. the play super tight and standard but never fold. i love these ppl. stuck on the level where they prob think about what i have, but dont think about that i know they r uber tight.
welly champs at the casino this weekend. will be looking to hit up all 3 tornys. first one is $370 donk fest. $550 on sat and a deep $750 on sunday. if only i was good at tornys i might be excited.
Tilt: $12082 (+$3050)
Stars: $234
Total: US$15366
Live: NZ$1650
it may look like a lot of hands but its only 17 hours. just noticed im 11/12 sessions with a profit. lol run good....
2 sweet hand i just played this session:
in this first hand i completely outplay my opponents
i was sure aksy had a set so didnt mind shoving over the fishes re-reraise with so much money in there. wish i had been deeper
heres an example of a bad reg which infests 50NL rush. sitting deep and he 3bets me oop with a 2% 3bet stat. yea im set mining cause he has QQ+ nearly always. of course he stacks off on the driest board ever:
wen ppl say 50nl regs r bad, they mean like this. they dont spew with crazy bluffs. the play super tight and standard but never fold. i love these ppl. stuck on the level where they prob think about what i have, but dont think about that i know they r uber tight.
welly champs at the casino this weekend. will be looking to hit up all 3 tornys. first one is $370 donk fest. $550 on sat and a deep $750 on sunday. if only i was good at tornys i might be excited.
Tilt: $12082 (+$3050)
Stars: $234
Total: US$15366
Live: NZ$1650
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Sunday Home Game
had a good day playing live poker on sunday. i wasnt guna go cause i was planning to grind online for a whole day but tim needed me to get 6ppl so i went which was ok cause i was -800 in ev by that point and was probly tilting. anyway luke wasnt there for ages and it was under 6 handed so i could play pretty loose. had some sweet hands.
first big hand chewy limps utg along with one other (5-6 handed), i raise 50c to $3.50 with KQ and just chewy calls. A55 and i cbet, he raises so i think he full of shit obviously cause he cant have a good Ace and i doubt he calls $3 with 56s or something like that. so i thought he had like 44 or something and was doing a bad bluff. feeling heated up by my incredible read i go all in not realising he has bout $70 left. he calls with Q5s lol! i guess i cant really put him on crap liek that but i should have raised to $30 then i could have folded if he called.
next mint hand was 2 hands later and i have a fresh 100 stack. time raises a limper and i call with KTs from the sb. 3 way to a Txx flop and tim cbets so i call. turn brings a J with a flush draw and he bets again. i think i have a tell although its not completely proven but anyway he did it here wen he bet $27 so i called again. blank on the river but brings b/d flush so it xxTJx 3 clubs and he goes all in for 60-70 dollars more (about pot). i tank for way too long lol. after wat seems like forever i make the call. i would be very surprised if he has AA KK here (he plays too weak on the river to value bet them like this he would bet small afraid of TJ or a set) and my range looks weak so he would surely bet less. i think he can only have TT JJ or AK/AQ of clubs to play this strongly and maybe he jsut isnt thinking im weak and is shoving hoping to get called. but that is such a narrow range i think he is making a play so thats y i called. he had AKo for A high and i scoope a big one with second pair 200bbs lol owned.
i won about 6 hands with 72 by 3betting or just baraling and lost once where i think chewy had top set. one hand i 3bet someone and marco calls, luke 4bets and i think he is full of shit as usual but just call cause i think it will look stronger than a raise like i have JJ QQ or something. marco calls aswell though and the flop is Qxx. i check so does marco and luke has clearly given up the hand. i bet a 7 turn now hoping to steal it and i prob have the best hand cause i hit a pair lol. marco calls and i think he has a descent hand so im guna give up cause marco doesnt like folding, luke folds. river brings another 7 so i bet big like $40 and marco calls with AQ verse my trip 7s $110 pot with 72 so juicey.
big red made his usual suicide play after i get QQ and there was a straddle on and i have the button so i prob look to be stealing. shoves me with T6.
shick trys to make a play at me. he does notice wen ur 3betting alot and plays back but he seems to do it at stupid times or calls ur 3bet w bad hands and just burns money. in this hand i 3bet a junkey bb hand wen he opens from cutoff and sb had called. he calls me and flop is K8x. i cbet and he raises me. now here he is representing a set or AA cause the K is obv hitting me hard. he would reraise AK cause he was clearly annoyed at my 3bets by this point. so i shove him and he insta folds and makes the classic "now i know where i stand in the hand" comment. i show him my air cause i want him to try again.
he trys again a bit later on. i have JJ and 3bet him from the button. him and luke call. QJx i cbet both call. luke has to have a draw to overcall like that cause shick is pretty tight so i doubt he calls thinking his hand is better than both of ours but not good enough to raise. ie only one hand in AQ would play it like that. so anyway turn is a super blank and i bet kinda big to commit shick to going all in or folding. he goes all in which forces out luke luckily. i dont see his hand but was prob AQ AJ or something. luke would have stacked me on the river. luke cries cause im a nit and get payed of like that but he didnt see that i was playing super agressive b4 he got there. i cant play like that with luke there is is the only person who plays back well. i really love the quote from that blog i posted the other day "play just crazy enough to make ppl think ur a maniac". im obviously kinda tight but i 3bet the button often, always try steal if there is a double straddle, show down 72 all the time etc... ppl just remember that and forget that i 99% have the best hand wen they call my 3 barals. only luke seems to get what im doing but he calls me down alot too :)
another biggish hand i had verse luke. i open utg 8 handed or so and he 3bets after marco and chewy had called. i quickly 4bet to try look bluffy and cause luke knows im ment to look strong raising utg so could easily try a 4bet bluff here. he calls and c-raises all in on QTx. this was actually pretty gay cause i thought he had slow played his AA or had called the 4bet w QQ so i didnt really like it but called. i think he had AQ but i held.
another big hand involving luke i think i 3bet him on the button w AK and marco called in bb, luke then 4bets and we both have huge stacks so i didnt really wana 5bet. so i called hoping marco comes along and i spike an A or K + i think luke will give up his bluffs quite often. marco then shoves and luke folds. its obvious marco has a pair like JJ or down or AK aswell so i call his $80 shove after ive invested $20. we run it twice but i lose both to TT. i like that me and luke have such an agro image going that ppl r fine to shove over us 3betting and 4betting with TT 200bb deep. chewy tryed to trap us once, i 3bet w 72 and chewy cold calls w KK, luke 4bets me but quite small and i just gave up my 72 this time cause i didnt wana call w chewy behind and i thought he might hav 4bet small to induce a bluff. turns out chewy calls and has KK hits a set wins moneys etc.
ok thats enough typing. +200 for the day but most importantly caught hands verse luke :D then went to watch the ufc119 and it was one of the best ones ive watched where anderson silva takes a beating for 5 rounds then wins with a triangle choke in the last 30 seconds. everyone went nuts. had a box seat at the all blacks on sat night through some customers which also ruled. pity i didnt drop in at the casino after cause aparently ma'a nonu went to play poker and was a huge whale at the 5/5 game! did finish sat night off at a quiet party instead + watched the warriors win again to stay in the top 8. oh and fri night had an old skool call of duty lan which was alot of fun. so in summary i had an amazing weekend but barley any online poker was played :(
phenom day on sunday. im thinking rush torneys will be my strat...i have an account on like every site so cant exactly start a new one which is annoying lol
Tilt: $12082 (+$3050)
Stars: $234
Total: US$15366
Live: NZ$1650
first big hand chewy limps utg along with one other (5-6 handed), i raise 50c to $3.50 with KQ and just chewy calls. A55 and i cbet, he raises so i think he full of shit obviously cause he cant have a good Ace and i doubt he calls $3 with 56s or something like that. so i thought he had like 44 or something and was doing a bad bluff. feeling heated up by my incredible read i go all in not realising he has bout $70 left. he calls with Q5s lol! i guess i cant really put him on crap liek that but i should have raised to $30 then i could have folded if he called.
next mint hand was 2 hands later and i have a fresh 100 stack. time raises a limper and i call with KTs from the sb. 3 way to a Txx flop and tim cbets so i call. turn brings a J with a flush draw and he bets again. i think i have a tell although its not completely proven but anyway he did it here wen he bet $27 so i called again. blank on the river but brings b/d flush so it xxTJx 3 clubs and he goes all in for 60-70 dollars more (about pot). i tank for way too long lol. after wat seems like forever i make the call. i would be very surprised if he has AA KK here (he plays too weak on the river to value bet them like this he would bet small afraid of TJ or a set) and my range looks weak so he would surely bet less. i think he can only have TT JJ or AK/AQ of clubs to play this strongly and maybe he jsut isnt thinking im weak and is shoving hoping to get called. but that is such a narrow range i think he is making a play so thats y i called. he had AKo for A high and i scoope a big one with second pair 200bbs lol owned.
i won about 6 hands with 72 by 3betting or just baraling and lost once where i think chewy had top set. one hand i 3bet someone and marco calls, luke 4bets and i think he is full of shit as usual but just call cause i think it will look stronger than a raise like i have JJ QQ or something. marco calls aswell though and the flop is Qxx. i check so does marco and luke has clearly given up the hand. i bet a 7 turn now hoping to steal it and i prob have the best hand cause i hit a pair lol. marco calls and i think he has a descent hand so im guna give up cause marco doesnt like folding, luke folds. river brings another 7 so i bet big like $40 and marco calls with AQ verse my trip 7s $110 pot with 72 so juicey.
big red made his usual suicide play after i get QQ and there was a straddle on and i have the button so i prob look to be stealing. shoves me with T6.
shick trys to make a play at me. he does notice wen ur 3betting alot and plays back but he seems to do it at stupid times or calls ur 3bet w bad hands and just burns money. in this hand i 3bet a junkey bb hand wen he opens from cutoff and sb had called. he calls me and flop is K8x. i cbet and he raises me. now here he is representing a set or AA cause the K is obv hitting me hard. he would reraise AK cause he was clearly annoyed at my 3bets by this point. so i shove him and he insta folds and makes the classic "now i know where i stand in the hand" comment. i show him my air cause i want him to try again.
he trys again a bit later on. i have JJ and 3bet him from the button. him and luke call. QJx i cbet both call. luke has to have a draw to overcall like that cause shick is pretty tight so i doubt he calls thinking his hand is better than both of ours but not good enough to raise. ie only one hand in AQ would play it like that. so anyway turn is a super blank and i bet kinda big to commit shick to going all in or folding. he goes all in which forces out luke luckily. i dont see his hand but was prob AQ AJ or something. luke would have stacked me on the river. luke cries cause im a nit and get payed of like that but he didnt see that i was playing super agressive b4 he got there. i cant play like that with luke there is is the only person who plays back well. i really love the quote from that blog i posted the other day "play just crazy enough to make ppl think ur a maniac". im obviously kinda tight but i 3bet the button often, always try steal if there is a double straddle, show down 72 all the time etc... ppl just remember that and forget that i 99% have the best hand wen they call my 3 barals. only luke seems to get what im doing but he calls me down alot too :)
another biggish hand i had verse luke. i open utg 8 handed or so and he 3bets after marco and chewy had called. i quickly 4bet to try look bluffy and cause luke knows im ment to look strong raising utg so could easily try a 4bet bluff here. he calls and c-raises all in on QTx. this was actually pretty gay cause i thought he had slow played his AA or had called the 4bet w QQ so i didnt really like it but called. i think he had AQ but i held.
another big hand involving luke i think i 3bet him on the button w AK and marco called in bb, luke then 4bets and we both have huge stacks so i didnt really wana 5bet. so i called hoping marco comes along and i spike an A or K + i think luke will give up his bluffs quite often. marco then shoves and luke folds. its obvious marco has a pair like JJ or down or AK aswell so i call his $80 shove after ive invested $20. we run it twice but i lose both to TT. i like that me and luke have such an agro image going that ppl r fine to shove over us 3betting and 4betting with TT 200bb deep. chewy tryed to trap us once, i 3bet w 72 and chewy cold calls w KK, luke 4bets me but quite small and i just gave up my 72 this time cause i didnt wana call w chewy behind and i thought he might hav 4bet small to induce a bluff. turns out chewy calls and has KK hits a set wins moneys etc.
ok thats enough typing. +200 for the day but most importantly caught hands verse luke :D then went to watch the ufc119 and it was one of the best ones ive watched where anderson silva takes a beating for 5 rounds then wins with a triangle choke in the last 30 seconds. everyone went nuts. had a box seat at the all blacks on sat night through some customers which also ruled. pity i didnt drop in at the casino after cause aparently ma'a nonu went to play poker and was a huge whale at the 5/5 game! did finish sat night off at a quiet party instead + watched the warriors win again to stay in the top 8. oh and fri night had an old skool call of duty lan which was alot of fun. so in summary i had an amazing weekend but barley any online poker was played :(
phenom day on sunday. im thinking rush torneys will be my strat...i have an account on like every site so cant exactly start a new one which is annoying lol
Tilt: $12082 (+$3050)
Stars: $234
Total: US$15366
Live: NZ$1650
Friday, August 6, 2010
rush poker cracked?
been playing a little rush poker 50Nl on the sly after work. everyone is just as bad as i remember but im not getting sets hit on me constantly. maybe ive gotten better since 3 months ago but the graph speaks for itself.... this is awesome cause I LOVE RUSH
standard rush hand:
wellington champs coming up soon at chch casino. might enter some big ones....
Tilt: $11934 (+$3050)
Stars: $234
Total: US$15218
Live: NZ$1450
standard rush hand:
wellington champs coming up soon at chch casino. might enter some big ones....
Tilt: $11934 (+$3050)
Stars: $234
Total: US$15218
Live: NZ$1450
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Words of Wisdom
Its like this post came straight out of my head. I suggest you read it:
some of my favourite points:
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/39/small-stakes-pl-nl/being-solid-very-long-838950/
making small mistakes early in a hand to avoid or cause bigger mistakes later on, such as folding 77 on a J94ss flop even though it might be the best hand at the time
2. Run bluffs with equity. When deciding to raise a K84 flop as a bluff, it's MUCH better to do so with 76s or A4s than it is to do so with JT.
4. Play JUST loose enough to get people to assume you're a goofball. 3-bet on the button. Occasionally C/R and bluff-raise obvious bluffing spots and then fold. Let your opponents assume you're capable of more than you actually are.
i prety much wana copy paste it all but just go read it!
some of my favourite points:
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/39/small-stakes-pl-nl/being-solid-very-long-838950/
making small mistakes early in a hand to avoid or cause bigger mistakes later on, such as folding 77 on a J94ss flop even though it might be the best hand at the time
2. Run bluffs with equity. When deciding to raise a K84 flop as a bluff, it's MUCH better to do so with 76s or A4s than it is to do so with JT.
4. Play JUST loose enough to get people to assume you're a goofball. 3-bet on the button. Occasionally C/R and bluff-raise obvious bluffing spots and then fold. Let your opponents assume you're capable of more than you actually are.
i prety much wana copy paste it all but just go read it!
unstuck for the month
july was pretty up and down. had my worst every session, took two weeks off and followed it up with my best ever session. the idfference i think is i stopped rying to be a 3bet monkey and went back to my normal game. hopefully all the regs took notes on me tho so now im a nit again i can waste them with my Aces :)
finished the month off with two good sessions over the weekend. posting my weekend graph cause it looks sexy:
4337 hands and i only fully stacked someone 5 times and was stacked for 100bb zero times myself. seems weird... i marked no hands so i thats pretty uninteresting. i might just post a bunch of stats today for future reference.
NL200 stats:
i manage to lose less than it costs to post a blind in the sb and bb so playing super tight from these positions seems to be working for me. my W$SD% is pretty high so i think im ment to be thinly betting more. one thing i know i do differently to alot of ppl is check call to catch bluffs rather than bet myself. not too surprisingly the button is where the moneys at!
i also played some rush after work. and ive been winning! maybe im just running good. one thing ive realised is that rush induces tilt like no other. seeing so many hands makes all the bad beats seem like they r happening too often. i was playing NL50 do i think the beats didnt hurt me so much and i could stay on my A game. plus the NL50 game is so unagressive preflop compared to what im used to now it all seems much easier.
lifetime graph nov09 - jul10
dam this is turing out to be a random bunch of ramblings. had a psoc torney the other day. was doing pretty good but took a pretty gay beat about halfway through. Had QJ suited and raise a fishy limper. 3 way flop Jxx all spades. i cbet about pot and the fishy guy calls. turn is a low blank so i put him all in. he tanks talking about how i must have a "big" hand here. eventually he calls with A9o with the 9 high flush draw. hits it ofcourse! after that i was down to 6bb or so but managed to survive for ages cause i had nits behind me and i shoved there blinds plus some limpers alot. got the standard "this isnt poker" from some dude as i shove over his limp with 6bb haha. eventually its me chewy and luke left for our 'last longer bet' and i have 18k, chewy on 20 something and luke doubled up recently to have like 30k maybe. blinds were like 1k 2k and guy who limps alot does just that, i have AT on button and shove him. he has KK. both blinds have folded Aces lol and im out. luke scoops the bet + first prize.
i also lost $200 at the home game the other week. pulled a pretty solid/standard bluff on luke that failed to lose my first hundy. then got a open ender + nut flush draw all in verse top set against luke of course. ran it twice and bricked for the second hundy. man i love playing omaha at the home game tho. everyone except luke just seems terrible. i try play in position cause everyone is so passive plus seeing flops cheap still gets my nitty ass image payed off.
ok thats my summary for the month. didnt play enough hands cause i took some time off so i didnt tilt after my worst session. hoping for more hands and more winnings in august!
Tilt: $11280 (+$3050)
Stars: $234
Total: US$14564
Live: NZ$1400
finished the month off with two good sessions over the weekend. posting my weekend graph cause it looks sexy:
4337 hands and i only fully stacked someone 5 times and was stacked for 100bb zero times myself. seems weird... i marked no hands so i thats pretty uninteresting. i might just post a bunch of stats today for future reference.
NL200 stats:
i manage to lose less than it costs to post a blind in the sb and bb so playing super tight from these positions seems to be working for me. my W$SD% is pretty high so i think im ment to be thinly betting more. one thing i know i do differently to alot of ppl is check call to catch bluffs rather than bet myself. not too surprisingly the button is where the moneys at!
i also played some rush after work. and ive been winning! maybe im just running good. one thing ive realised is that rush induces tilt like no other. seeing so many hands makes all the bad beats seem like they r happening too often. i was playing NL50 do i think the beats didnt hurt me so much and i could stay on my A game. plus the NL50 game is so unagressive preflop compared to what im used to now it all seems much easier.
lifetime graph nov09 - jul10
dam this is turing out to be a random bunch of ramblings. had a psoc torney the other day. was doing pretty good but took a pretty gay beat about halfway through. Had QJ suited and raise a fishy limper. 3 way flop Jxx all spades. i cbet about pot and the fishy guy calls. turn is a low blank so i put him all in. he tanks talking about how i must have a "big" hand here. eventually he calls with A9o with the 9 high flush draw. hits it ofcourse! after that i was down to 6bb or so but managed to survive for ages cause i had nits behind me and i shoved there blinds plus some limpers alot. got the standard "this isnt poker" from some dude as i shove over his limp with 6bb haha. eventually its me chewy and luke left for our 'last longer bet' and i have 18k, chewy on 20 something and luke doubled up recently to have like 30k maybe. blinds were like 1k 2k and guy who limps alot does just that, i have AT on button and shove him. he has KK. both blinds have folded Aces lol and im out. luke scoops the bet + first prize.
i also lost $200 at the home game the other week. pulled a pretty solid/standard bluff on luke that failed to lose my first hundy. then got a open ender + nut flush draw all in verse top set against luke of course. ran it twice and bricked for the second hundy. man i love playing omaha at the home game tho. everyone except luke just seems terrible. i try play in position cause everyone is so passive plus seeing flops cheap still gets my nitty ass image payed off.
ok thats my summary for the month. didnt play enough hands cause i took some time off so i didnt tilt after my worst session. hoping for more hands and more winnings in august!
Tilt: $11280 (+$3050)
Stars: $234
Total: US$14564
Live: NZ$1400
Friday, July 23, 2010
blogging cause i won again
put in a 2k session today. nothing quite like running at 46bb/100 :D dug myself out of the hole for a profitable month.
i wish i knew how to filter my set hitting ratio cause i must have hit like 50% of them. was siiiiiiiiiiick
bluff gone bad:
biggest pot:
really thought someone might have TT KK there. instead they r virtually drawing dead
i get owned by a fish:
i only remember 1 hand from the other nights cash game. i had KK and raised the straddle after a limper (dev). luke called and so did dev. A79 and i cbet in position. i think i can get value here but i guess i coulda checked aswell. luke reraised me and i thought he was bluffing cause its a board where i prob have a strong hand often and its hard for him to make a better one judging by the pre action. then he insta shoved turn so i called cause most ppl do that when they r bluffing. luke had AK tho. i felt really dirty calling but the turn paired the board making a set or 2pair less likely. was still a bad call, just cause ive seen that tell doesnt mean luke does it. hes probly smarter and reverse telled me lol. finished the night exactly even tho after losing that $80 pot.
i think there is a game all day tomorow which should be sweet. got my 2.5k cashout and i tihnk the bank stole 3% for the exchange. bastards.... made over nz$20k from my poker career now. in one day winning more than i earn at work over a month is pretty rediculous :)
Tilt: $10200 (+$3050)
Stars: $234
Total: US$13484
Live: NZ$1400
i wish i knew how to filter my set hitting ratio cause i must have hit like 50% of them. was siiiiiiiiiiick
bluff gone bad:
biggest pot:
really thought someone might have TT KK there. instead they r virtually drawing dead
i get owned by a fish:
i only remember 1 hand from the other nights cash game. i had KK and raised the straddle after a limper (dev). luke called and so did dev. A79 and i cbet in position. i think i can get value here but i guess i coulda checked aswell. luke reraised me and i thought he was bluffing cause its a board where i prob have a strong hand often and its hard for him to make a better one judging by the pre action. then he insta shoved turn so i called cause most ppl do that when they r bluffing. luke had AK tho. i felt really dirty calling but the turn paired the board making a set or 2pair less likely. was still a bad call, just cause ive seen that tell doesnt mean luke does it. hes probly smarter and reverse telled me lol. finished the night exactly even tho after losing that $80 pot.
i think there is a game all day tomorow which should be sweet. got my 2.5k cashout and i tihnk the bank stole 3% for the exchange. bastards.... made over nz$20k from my poker career now. in one day winning more than i earn at work over a month is pretty rediculous :)
Tilt: $10200 (+$3050)
Stars: $234
Total: US$13484
Live: NZ$1400
Sunday, July 11, 2010
cashout curse?
oh o. i did a sneaky cashout just to get some funds and then bam! im getting owned left right and centre. ill admit i did also tilt a bit on the weekend and play kinda bad but daaaaaaaaam. i think ill just post some hands i played bad to punish myself:
DOOMSWITCH:
check fold check fold CHECK FOLD! start it off with a stupid hand indeed. obv flop and turn r fine. then i bet the river and he tanks for ages then calls with a straight. this just shows how absurdly thin a bet there is. every draw gets there so i can expect him to call with a hand worse than mine. this hand i was just auto piloting lol i have set bet bet bet.
crazy hand here. yes this guy randomly floats my 4 way to the flop with A high and hits his gin turn card. i couldnt see how he could have a bd flush and put him on QJ or 33. even QJ prob doesnt play it so strong. and i lose to 33. y didnt i fold the river :(
last bad hand cause its the worst of all. i beat NOTHING on the river and actually thought at the time he might turn a naked A spades into a bluff on the river. too bad no one would ever do that :( must hav been tilting so bad. i could make this fold any other day that im not down 1k.
getting too emo so ill show one hand i played well :) biggest hero call ever? btw he wasnt a donkey or anything it was weird! put me on AJ obv
i tihnk i played 3 nights of live poker last week. first night i was up 50 next down 50. not much happened i didnt have many hands and got 5bet alot lol. im glad to hear luke had AA for one of them. i tihnk it was one where i had opened utg, 1 caller and he 3bet BB. then i 4bet cause im craaaazy, and insta fold wen he 5bet me :(
i remember one kool hand. i have AK and get 4 callers or so. flop is 999. i cbet cause people think im tight so i think ill get alot of folds as everyone missed with their trash. marco calls and im like ok he prob has 66 or worse, luke reraises which is laughable. i guess he reps a nine here after callin from the BB. so i call w A high to get luke of the hand on the turn cause it will look like i have TT+. marco calls again and i dont think about it enough but i should have shut down here. so i bet turn and marco calls. he has 3/4 pot left on river (luke folded) i dont feel good anymore but i shove anyway cause a high card like a J i tihnk came. he had flopped quads haha owned.
actually i had another good hand verse marco. he 3bets me and we take a flop of Jxx and i have TT. he cbets i call, duno about position. K turn abv bad but marco had been going crazy pre so he has alot of worse hands that will rep AK here w a bet. so i call again. river is another KING. i think this is a good card, obv makes it less likely he has a K, he will prob check behind AA QQ cause he is a river noob. he overbets all in. so he pretty much has JJ AK or nothing. i tank for ages and look for tells. i think the betting leans toward a call, but he gave off some tells that i ignored cause i wanted to do a hero call. he had AK. at least i got some good tells. i got a few on everyone infact. especially tim lol.
the third night i owned tim pretty good. was 3 handed. i 3bet Q7 from bb he calls and has like $50. QJx so i bet and he calls. blank turn and i check, he bets which is pretty weird. he has become 'scared' for the lack of a better word and only bets really strong hands or bluffs/semi bluffs so i think im definately ahead on this drawy board so i shove. he then gets angry cause he knows he made a bad bet and calls anyway w KJ. it wasnt a bet for value or a bluff just a bad play but at least he realised after...
had that hand verse luke where i fold top 2 AJxQx. i mean who folds to LUKE?! he wont tell me what he had which is so lame :(
i ran good that last night, didnt win any one big pot just a bunch of descent ones. cashed for $360. played luke heads up which was pretty fun actually. he was kinda tilted tho and wasnt hitting much lol. o well he one outtered someone so he deseves a year of run bad!
at least i get a shit load of rakeback this week. put in so many hands tying to win back my losses lol! such a noob. god i felt like shit today after that performance :(
Tilt: $7922 (+$3050)
Stars: $234
Total: US$11206
Live: NZ$1400
add a link to this blog cause i liked it. poker isnt some think that people are naturally good at. the best players simply try harder to get good than other people. moral of the story? get on the grind. think about poker fundamentals all day, GRIND MORE!!
http://www.pokerlistings.com/strategy/grit-and-the-grind-how-great-players-get-great
plus it somehow has the most hillarious comment ive ever seen on the internet and i wanted to remember it:
"Darwin wasn't a scientist at all. He rejected Christianity cause he hated God and made up a fairy tale for adults."
ok now i have to write down another one i JUST read on facebook
"Sport is a joke and just goes to show how dumb the rest of the world is for being so addicted to it and making it so popular."-from some heavily religious guy
PS: NOT religion bashing i just been studying evolution and religion lately in my spare time (yes im weird)
DOOMSWITCH:
check fold check fold CHECK FOLD! start it off with a stupid hand indeed. obv flop and turn r fine. then i bet the river and he tanks for ages then calls with a straight. this just shows how absurdly thin a bet there is. every draw gets there so i can expect him to call with a hand worse than mine. this hand i was just auto piloting lol i have set bet bet bet.
crazy hand here. yes this guy randomly floats my 4 way to the flop with A high and hits his gin turn card. i couldnt see how he could have a bd flush and put him on QJ or 33. even QJ prob doesnt play it so strong. and i lose to 33. y didnt i fold the river :(
last bad hand cause its the worst of all. i beat NOTHING on the river and actually thought at the time he might turn a naked A spades into a bluff on the river. too bad no one would ever do that :( must hav been tilting so bad. i could make this fold any other day that im not down 1k.
getting too emo so ill show one hand i played well :) biggest hero call ever? btw he wasnt a donkey or anything it was weird! put me on AJ obv
i tihnk i played 3 nights of live poker last week. first night i was up 50 next down 50. not much happened i didnt have many hands and got 5bet alot lol. im glad to hear luke had AA for one of them. i tihnk it was one where i had opened utg, 1 caller and he 3bet BB. then i 4bet cause im craaaazy, and insta fold wen he 5bet me :(
i remember one kool hand. i have AK and get 4 callers or so. flop is 999. i cbet cause people think im tight so i think ill get alot of folds as everyone missed with their trash. marco calls and im like ok he prob has 66 or worse, luke reraises which is laughable. i guess he reps a nine here after callin from the BB. so i call w A high to get luke of the hand on the turn cause it will look like i have TT+. marco calls again and i dont think about it enough but i should have shut down here. so i bet turn and marco calls. he has 3/4 pot left on river (luke folded) i dont feel good anymore but i shove anyway cause a high card like a J i tihnk came. he had flopped quads haha owned.
actually i had another good hand verse marco. he 3bets me and we take a flop of Jxx and i have TT. he cbets i call, duno about position. K turn abv bad but marco had been going crazy pre so he has alot of worse hands that will rep AK here w a bet. so i call again. river is another KING. i think this is a good card, obv makes it less likely he has a K, he will prob check behind AA QQ cause he is a river noob. he overbets all in. so he pretty much has JJ AK or nothing. i tank for ages and look for tells. i think the betting leans toward a call, but he gave off some tells that i ignored cause i wanted to do a hero call. he had AK. at least i got some good tells. i got a few on everyone infact. especially tim lol.
the third night i owned tim pretty good. was 3 handed. i 3bet Q7 from bb he calls and has like $50. QJx so i bet and he calls. blank turn and i check, he bets which is pretty weird. he has become 'scared' for the lack of a better word and only bets really strong hands or bluffs/semi bluffs so i think im definately ahead on this drawy board so i shove. he then gets angry cause he knows he made a bad bet and calls anyway w KJ. it wasnt a bet for value or a bluff just a bad play but at least he realised after...
had that hand verse luke where i fold top 2 AJxQx. i mean who folds to LUKE?! he wont tell me what he had which is so lame :(
i ran good that last night, didnt win any one big pot just a bunch of descent ones. cashed for $360. played luke heads up which was pretty fun actually. he was kinda tilted tho and wasnt hitting much lol. o well he one outtered someone so he deseves a year of run bad!
at least i get a shit load of rakeback this week. put in so many hands tying to win back my losses lol! such a noob. god i felt like shit today after that performance :(
Tilt: $7922 (+$3050)
Stars: $234
Total: US$11206
Live: NZ$1400
add a link to this blog cause i liked it. poker isnt some think that people are naturally good at. the best players simply try harder to get good than other people. moral of the story? get on the grind. think about poker fundamentals all day, GRIND MORE!!
http://www.pokerlistings.com/strategy/grit-and-the-grind-how-great-players-get-great
plus it somehow has the most hillarious comment ive ever seen on the internet and i wanted to remember it:
"Darwin wasn't a scientist at all. He rejected Christianity cause he hated God and made up a fairy tale for adults."
ok now i have to write down another one i JUST read on facebook
"Sport is a joke and just goes to show how dumb the rest of the world is for being so addicted to it and making it so popular."-from some heavily religious guy
PS: NOT religion bashing i just been studying evolution and religion lately in my spare time (yes im weird)
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Another good weekend
last session of the month capping 20k hands at 200NL. been running good, barely had any losing sessions at all which is always a huge plus wen u move up! infact i won at over 8bb/100 this month :O had two kool hands on the weekend:
Just a really big pot. i think he missplays it after i raise the turn i clearly have a set or straight this deep and wont be folding to a shove so he should just call or fold. o well i hold as usual....
here is a K high call. this is where note taking on fish comes in handy.
here is my month graph just cause it looks pretty. 200nl on day 1, a bit of 100nl.
i have nothing to report about from teh last home game. had one of those nights where u dont hit a pair at all. but i didnt tilt! only down a buyin ($60). had one good hand where me and luke are like $120 deep and i raise his tripple straddle from sb, i shove over his $30 3bet. he calls and we both have AQ lol. AK one time!!!
Tilt: $11735 (+$550)
Stars: $234
Total: US$12520
Live: NZ$950
Just a really big pot. i think he missplays it after i raise the turn i clearly have a set or straight this deep and wont be folding to a shove so he should just call or fold. o well i hold as usual....
here is a K high call. this is where note taking on fish comes in handy.
here is my month graph just cause it looks pretty. 200nl on day 1, a bit of 100nl.
i have nothing to report about from teh last home game. had one of those nights where u dont hit a pair at all. but i didnt tilt! only down a buyin ($60). had one good hand where me and luke are like $120 deep and i raise his tripple straddle from sb, i shove over his $30 3bet. he calls and we both have AQ lol. AK one time!!!
Tilt: $11735 (+$550)
Stars: $234
Total: US$12520
Live: NZ$950
Saturday, June 19, 2010
250k hands milestone
ah yep thats alot of hands. 250k hands to get from 10NL back on pokersocs yearly 'phenom day' november 2009, to becoming a part time grinder at 200NL. 430 hours of poker according to my HEM. pretty awesome accomplishment i reckon! fittingly this week i just cracked the 5 figure BR too. heres hoping it keeps going up...
lifetime graph:
now for todays sweet session. played about 4 hours and was about break even for the day wen this happened...
villain in this clip is a huge fish, 95vpip and super agro. wen he checks the flop after 3betting im almost sure he has a hand cause he was just a nutter. i check behind to help make him spaz out if he had KK or something, if he has an Ace the money is going in. turn makes it even better and bam huge pot incoming.
this sets up the next hand within the same orbit. between the two hands the fish 3bet every time and pot pot bet the flop and turn. was clearly on mega tilt.
was a great flop and easy call. then he pots the turn and im like oh shit. had a very reliable tell on him he pots turns and rivers for value otherwise he bet smaller. but i figured he thinks and lower pair is value, and maybe even like AK AQ plus he is obviously on mega tilt. close my eyes and just shove it in. sweeeeeeeeeeet!
so in other news we had a dealers choice game the other day. i didnt know how to play at all so i tried to just play tight but didnt do too great. lost i think $110 but a bit of that was in indian poker lol. cant say i enjoyed the limit games they were to slow and everyone was multiway to every turn. we would have to play bigger limit stakes to make it work imo. some other games like 5 card omaha were insane, had some 4 way all ins set over set nut flush and wraps all in for over 100 each. was mental.
also had another holdem the other night. i played alrite, picked off alot of bluffs pretty well but made a pretty big mistake in one hand:
i ave AT in the sb and we r 4 way to a flop of T33. dev bets out so he prob has a T and tom calls, they r both pretty fishy so i reraise smallish to isolate one of them and take the lead. only tom calls and im pretty sure he has a T. bet turn and river both blanks. he reraises me pretty small on the river and i just knew i was beat. hes called 3 bets so must have showdown value so hes only repping a 3 by raising me here. if it was anyone but tom id fold but he is such a spaz i had to call and he had K3. he slo played it well ill give him that, if he had raised earlier he might have gotten more tho i dont know... well that was $110 gone.
another kool pot saw me raise utg to $1.5, dev calls and tim makes it $7 from the bb. i have KQs and dev to surely call behind me and being quite deep with tim who just rebrought i call. flop is 8xx with my flush draw, he cbets nearly pot which is prob not the greatest on his part, now if i just call im commited to any turn bet. i have no option but to shove $20 to $100 hoping he has QQ JJ TT and i have over 40%. turns out he has QQ and tank folds. impressive fold tim is becoming a phenom laying down his overpairs. i poker sotved myself a range here that id shove. nut flush or KQ KJ flush draws, sets, QQ+. i wouldnt stone cold bluff tim here and he knows that he said it as he was tanking. also id just call with any pair JJ and down to keep his bluffs in and get dev to tag along obviously. he has 25% equity verse that range so gg. the one thing he didnt think of is if i had a set id only call to keep dev in on a safe board and to mayb get a turn baral with any bluffs. but still tim used to stack off super deep with any overpair so i thought it was kool.
tim also called a bluff of mine. i 3bet button verse cutoff with trash and flop was Jxx. i cbet and he called, i think he prob has a med pair or a jack so i check behind the low turn card. river is a King and he checks to me so i put in a descent bet and he calls me with 33! owned...
one kool thing is dev ALWAYS sits by me and lets me rail every hand. so i know exactly how he plays now lol. he tried to bluff me several times and i called him down. for some reason he tries to bluff me lots but its all good i like him doing it cause he takes stupid bluff lines.
we played some omaha at the end and i won a few medium pots by bluffing with blockers which worked surprisingly well. no one is that great at omaha so alot of non nut hands get folded to heavy action i have found. just gota find that perfect balance of agression, id like to play more omaha its fun.
end up down $140, tom is up like $450. nearly everyone else must have lost or broke evenish. was a good night as usual though.
also transfered tim $200 online to start a roll. he has already grinded several thousand hands. phenom in the making?
**Sunday update:
today went good aswell. up $770. just made an awesome call before i stopped playing:
there is nothing worse than using ur whole time bank up on the river then calling and being beat. so im glad i won that one. figured my hand looked weak, his range looks strong. therefore he should bluff here and id fold nearly everything. alos over the whole weekend ive had a horizontal red line! i dont know how but thats awesome.
love blogging when ur winning.....
Tilt: $10700 (+$550)
Stars: $234
Total: US$11484
Live: NZ$1010
lifetime graph:
now for todays sweet session. played about 4 hours and was about break even for the day wen this happened...
villain in this clip is a huge fish, 95vpip and super agro. wen he checks the flop after 3betting im almost sure he has a hand cause he was just a nutter. i check behind to help make him spaz out if he had KK or something, if he has an Ace the money is going in. turn makes it even better and bam huge pot incoming.
this sets up the next hand within the same orbit. between the two hands the fish 3bet every time and pot pot bet the flop and turn. was clearly on mega tilt.
was a great flop and easy call. then he pots the turn and im like oh shit. had a very reliable tell on him he pots turns and rivers for value otherwise he bet smaller. but i figured he thinks and lower pair is value, and maybe even like AK AQ plus he is obviously on mega tilt. close my eyes and just shove it in. sweeeeeeeeeeet!
so in other news we had a dealers choice game the other day. i didnt know how to play at all so i tried to just play tight but didnt do too great. lost i think $110 but a bit of that was in indian poker lol. cant say i enjoyed the limit games they were to slow and everyone was multiway to every turn. we would have to play bigger limit stakes to make it work imo. some other games like 5 card omaha were insane, had some 4 way all ins set over set nut flush and wraps all in for over 100 each. was mental.
also had another holdem the other night. i played alrite, picked off alot of bluffs pretty well but made a pretty big mistake in one hand:
i ave AT in the sb and we r 4 way to a flop of T33. dev bets out so he prob has a T and tom calls, they r both pretty fishy so i reraise smallish to isolate one of them and take the lead. only tom calls and im pretty sure he has a T. bet turn and river both blanks. he reraises me pretty small on the river and i just knew i was beat. hes called 3 bets so must have showdown value so hes only repping a 3 by raising me here. if it was anyone but tom id fold but he is such a spaz i had to call and he had K3. he slo played it well ill give him that, if he had raised earlier he might have gotten more tho i dont know... well that was $110 gone.
another kool pot saw me raise utg to $1.5, dev calls and tim makes it $7 from the bb. i have KQs and dev to surely call behind me and being quite deep with tim who just rebrought i call. flop is 8xx with my flush draw, he cbets nearly pot which is prob not the greatest on his part, now if i just call im commited to any turn bet. i have no option but to shove $20 to $100 hoping he has QQ JJ TT and i have over 40%. turns out he has QQ and tank folds. impressive fold tim is becoming a phenom laying down his overpairs. i poker sotved myself a range here that id shove. nut flush or KQ KJ flush draws, sets, QQ+. i wouldnt stone cold bluff tim here and he knows that he said it as he was tanking. also id just call with any pair JJ and down to keep his bluffs in and get dev to tag along obviously. he has 25% equity verse that range so gg. the one thing he didnt think of is if i had a set id only call to keep dev in on a safe board and to mayb get a turn baral with any bluffs. but still tim used to stack off super deep with any overpair so i thought it was kool.
tim also called a bluff of mine. i 3bet button verse cutoff with trash and flop was Jxx. i cbet and he called, i think he prob has a med pair or a jack so i check behind the low turn card. river is a King and he checks to me so i put in a descent bet and he calls me with 33! owned...
one kool thing is dev ALWAYS sits by me and lets me rail every hand. so i know exactly how he plays now lol. he tried to bluff me several times and i called him down. for some reason he tries to bluff me lots but its all good i like him doing it cause he takes stupid bluff lines.
we played some omaha at the end and i won a few medium pots by bluffing with blockers which worked surprisingly well. no one is that great at omaha so alot of non nut hands get folded to heavy action i have found. just gota find that perfect balance of agression, id like to play more omaha its fun.
end up down $140, tom is up like $450. nearly everyone else must have lost or broke evenish. was a good night as usual though.
also transfered tim $200 online to start a roll. he has already grinded several thousand hands. phenom in the making?
**Sunday update:
today went good aswell. up $770. just made an awesome call before i stopped playing:
there is nothing worse than using ur whole time bank up on the river then calling and being beat. so im glad i won that one. figured my hand looked weak, his range looks strong. therefore he should bluff here and id fold nearly everything. alos over the whole weekend ive had a horizontal red line! i dont know how but thats awesome.
love blogging when ur winning.....
Tilt: $10700 (+$550)
Stars: $234
Total: US$11484
Live: NZ$1010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
attempt at theory
this is wat i was thinking about at work today...
so the situation is a common one for me, im opening the blind/cutoff and get 3bet by a guy with 10-15% 3bet to a steal. ive been 4betting a bit but its only slightly a winning play according to data gathered (pretty small sample). so i was thinking about calling and bluffing flops more. here was the though anyway:
4bet math...
open to $3, 3bet to $11, $15 in pot ($1 small blind), i can 4 bet $24 to win $15.
3 bet but call and raise flop...
open to $3, 3bet to $11, i call, $23 in pot.
he cbets flop for just over half say $14. i can reraise to $34 to win $37.
this seems like a much better deal!
other points to consider.
-he can hit the flop hard with his trash and continue in the hand
-he can have a premium and i have to fold, but thats guna happen if i 4bet.
-he might ch-fold certain flops, i can steal it for much cheaper.
-i might get rebluffed
-i might hit a hand and stack his premium.
ok just writing this out helped me. i might try calling more with descent hands and bluffing if i miss instead of the 4bet or fold being my standard. any thoughts on this?
also i went to pokersoc omaha torny last night. $20 entry with rebuys but it was actually alot funner than the normal holdem rebuy where i just shove alot pre cause it was pot limit! anyways is go into the break with the starting rebuy stack and top it up for another $20. after the break the blinds are pretty high and i just play quite tight and take a few blinds/ hit a few flops (prob had about 20bb average). people drop like flies around me and i hit a few key hands. i sucked out once to this fairley crap guy who was running like god. had a wrap verse a flush draw + pair + some straight draws but i got there. a good one was this asian kid whos name i should know was stealing most buttons, he raised smallish so i potted it out of the bb w 6789. he calls and flop was 662. i checked cause i know he will try steal it. he pots it and i shove and beat his flush draw. so i knock him out and double up here. tim tryed some bluffs on me when i had a set twice so i made a good chunk.
then the crap guy knocked out everyone and we went heads up 40k chips to 80k+. was all over within 5 hands. in one i had AQ33 suited ace and opened button. A82 rainbow and he pots into me, i think i prob have best hand + backdoor flush so i just call the 4k. 3 of diamonds on the turn is the best card possible so i have a set + nut flush. he pots again and i shove. he has A2 and i hold!
soo he limps button and i check JTTx one suit. flop was QTx with a flush draw, i check he pots i reraise and hes all in with the nut flush draw. gets the draw on the river but it gives me the boat haha. its all over and i finally win one of these donkey live torneys lol.
also something awesome was that new zealander who just beat durr in that big torny. even kooler is that hes a 100NL reg with a pretty descent graph (search PTR for siac0). monster score for the guy!
so the situation is a common one for me, im opening the blind/cutoff and get 3bet by a guy with 10-15% 3bet to a steal. ive been 4betting a bit but its only slightly a winning play according to data gathered (pretty small sample). so i was thinking about calling and bluffing flops more. here was the though anyway:
4bet math...
open to $3, 3bet to $11, $15 in pot ($1 small blind), i can 4 bet $24 to win $15.
3 bet but call and raise flop...
open to $3, 3bet to $11, i call, $23 in pot.
he cbets flop for just over half say $14. i can reraise to $34 to win $37.
this seems like a much better deal!
other points to consider.
-he can hit the flop hard with his trash and continue in the hand
-he can have a premium and i have to fold, but thats guna happen if i 4bet.
-he might ch-fold certain flops, i can steal it for much cheaper.
-i might get rebluffed
-i might hit a hand and stack his premium.
ok just writing this out helped me. i might try calling more with descent hands and bluffing if i miss instead of the 4bet or fold being my standard. any thoughts on this?
also i went to pokersoc omaha torny last night. $20 entry with rebuys but it was actually alot funner than the normal holdem rebuy where i just shove alot pre cause it was pot limit! anyways is go into the break with the starting rebuy stack and top it up for another $20. after the break the blinds are pretty high and i just play quite tight and take a few blinds/ hit a few flops (prob had about 20bb average). people drop like flies around me and i hit a few key hands. i sucked out once to this fairley crap guy who was running like god. had a wrap verse a flush draw + pair + some straight draws but i got there. a good one was this asian kid whos name i should know was stealing most buttons, he raised smallish so i potted it out of the bb w 6789. he calls and flop was 662. i checked cause i know he will try steal it. he pots it and i shove and beat his flush draw. so i knock him out and double up here. tim tryed some bluffs on me when i had a set twice so i made a good chunk.
then the crap guy knocked out everyone and we went heads up 40k chips to 80k+. was all over within 5 hands. in one i had AQ33 suited ace and opened button. A82 rainbow and he pots into me, i think i prob have best hand + backdoor flush so i just call the 4k. 3 of diamonds on the turn is the best card possible so i have a set + nut flush. he pots again and i shove. he has A2 and i hold!
soo he limps button and i check JTTx one suit. flop was QTx with a flush draw, i check he pots i reraise and hes all in with the nut flush draw. gets the draw on the river but it gives me the boat haha. its all over and i finally win one of these donkey live torneys lol.
also something awesome was that new zealander who just beat durr in that big torny. even kooler is that hes a 100NL reg with a pretty descent graph (search PTR for siac0). monster score for the guy!
Monday, June 7, 2010
200 NL jump
so 200NL doesnt seem too much different to 100NL. just even more 3betting and everyone is a notch more agressive. I played 10k hands and finished up 1.5 buyins which im pretty happy with. worst thing about a move up is overadjusting and losing tonnes of money playing stupid. coolest thing is the mad rakeback. i was only playing 6 tables on average and pulled in about NZ$25 per hour. so in total i think i pulled in around $300 rake. yes that means full tilt made $1100 of rake of me this weekend! one thing different was the regs are plain better at owning fish. this means fish only last a few minutes until they are stacked so it takes alot of shuffling to keep finding games.
here are 3 fun hands:
the worst value bet/bluff catch ive ever seen.
the best value shove. ok i was just hoping hed fold his bluffs but this is worked out just fine.
im not sure what happens here but its against a reg. i think i play it so much like a Jack he turns his AA into a bluff to rep the King...
Tilt: $8387 (+$350)
Stars: $234
Total: US$8971
Live: NZ$1260* edit PS omaha torny
here are 3 fun hands:
the worst value bet/bluff catch ive ever seen.
the best value shove. ok i was just hoping hed fold his bluffs but this is worked out just fine.
im not sure what happens here but its against a reg. i think i play it so much like a Jack he turns his AA into a bluff to rep the King...
Tilt: $8387 (+$350)
Stars: $234
Total: US$8971
Live: NZ$1260* edit PS omaha torny
Friday, June 4, 2010
week recap
played alot of live poker this week. crazy pinaple torny and i have my last longer bet going with tim and luke. i end up rebuying 8 times but cant win any flips and bust out first.
then we played a cash game after. liam 3 bet me and bet call my shove on 789 flsuh draw board which i thought was pretty crazy call... i had KQ but hit my overpair draw haha. then i lost a big chunk to luke TT vs QQ, i guess i lost some other money too but i dont remember how. down $130 total for the nigght after all the rebuys and losing the bet.
cash game last night and i got off to a tilted start. i have KK and 3bet from the sb and tim calls. dreaded A42 board and i cbet it. maybe i should check here i duno, i hate this spot oop with KK QQ. anyway he calls and turn is another low card. i think he must have and A but it would be weak as id expect AK to 4bet? this may be optomistic for tim he never really 4bets. anyway i fire again and he reraises me! shiiiit. at least now i take Ax out of his range cause im most likely holding AK AQ or watever. so i decide tims making amove to get me to fold KK QQ like he sometimes does. so i call. check check river and he has A2. arrrrrrrrrgh wtf was that?!
ok so another hand i have K9 and open cutoff. kid and tim call. Qxx flush draw, i cbet both call. QxxK turn, i bet again with my top pair, both call. river blanks off any draws. i bet again. pretty thin but i hope someone looks me up. tim tanks for ages and then calls with KJ. so ive lost about $80 and rebuy.
wat else happened... luke owned me calling 3 barals with A rag. i 3bet shick a bunch and dev is short stacking so i kinda have to call wen he shoves. i lose like 3 times doing this. i must have 3bet alot cause i took a couple down against shick and tim on the flop or turn. finally i got KK and did the ol 3bet button trick and shick played back after just losing a big pot and i doubled up about $50 more.
i did way too much bluffing and alot of it didnt work. nothing seemed to go right really and it was just a bad night in general. twice i got a walk with AA lol! and i limped KK once and luke didnt min raise for once and i folded on 445 to some heavy action infront of me where tim had a 4.
played a quick session today which went well yet again. i havent had a losing session for ages so this is a sick sick run. had some interesting hands actually:
sb was a fish so i just called my monster flop and turn to keep him in, river was a horrible card and i hero folded... i think it was a good fold tho.
this hand was completely screwed up. i really wish i called now. do you think this guy is full of shit? normal reg stats, very agressive but no notes...
finally this hand was just awesome. first time ive ever done this and it doesnt even show up on my ev line lol. i check turn in case he was floating so he will bet it. wen he checks i think he has SD value like an A and would expect him to value bet it if i check river. it all goes so wonderfully to plan
also i played one table of NL200. got AA vs AK in the blinds and doubled up instantly, good start....guna take a serious shot at it tomorow.
and im seriously abusing sams DC account. just been watching heaps of random vids, like heads up and high stakes ones and shit. i figure if i watch them all ill just get better in general. the theory ones and low stakes can get very boring after while...
Tilt: $8200 (+$350)
Stars: $234
Total: US$8784
Live: NZ$1050
then we played a cash game after. liam 3 bet me and bet call my shove on 789 flsuh draw board which i thought was pretty crazy call... i had KQ but hit my overpair draw haha. then i lost a big chunk to luke TT vs QQ, i guess i lost some other money too but i dont remember how. down $130 total for the nigght after all the rebuys and losing the bet.
cash game last night and i got off to a tilted start. i have KK and 3bet from the sb and tim calls. dreaded A42 board and i cbet it. maybe i should check here i duno, i hate this spot oop with KK QQ. anyway he calls and turn is another low card. i think he must have and A but it would be weak as id expect AK to 4bet? this may be optomistic for tim he never really 4bets. anyway i fire again and he reraises me! shiiiit. at least now i take Ax out of his range cause im most likely holding AK AQ or watever. so i decide tims making amove to get me to fold KK QQ like he sometimes does. so i call. check check river and he has A2. arrrrrrrrrgh wtf was that?!
ok so another hand i have K9 and open cutoff. kid and tim call. Qxx flush draw, i cbet both call. QxxK turn, i bet again with my top pair, both call. river blanks off any draws. i bet again. pretty thin but i hope someone looks me up. tim tanks for ages and then calls with KJ. so ive lost about $80 and rebuy.
wat else happened... luke owned me calling 3 barals with A rag. i 3bet shick a bunch and dev is short stacking so i kinda have to call wen he shoves. i lose like 3 times doing this. i must have 3bet alot cause i took a couple down against shick and tim on the flop or turn. finally i got KK and did the ol 3bet button trick and shick played back after just losing a big pot and i doubled up about $50 more.
i did way too much bluffing and alot of it didnt work. nothing seemed to go right really and it was just a bad night in general. twice i got a walk with AA lol! and i limped KK once and luke didnt min raise for once and i folded on 445 to some heavy action infront of me where tim had a 4.
played a quick session today which went well yet again. i havent had a losing session for ages so this is a sick sick run. had some interesting hands actually:
sb was a fish so i just called my monster flop and turn to keep him in, river was a horrible card and i hero folded... i think it was a good fold tho.
this hand was completely screwed up. i really wish i called now. do you think this guy is full of shit? normal reg stats, very agressive but no notes...
finally this hand was just awesome. first time ive ever done this and it doesnt even show up on my ev line lol. i check turn in case he was floating so he will bet it. wen he checks i think he has SD value like an A and would expect him to value bet it if i check river. it all goes so wonderfully to plan
also i played one table of NL200. got AA vs AK in the blinds and doubled up instantly, good start....guna take a serious shot at it tomorow.
and im seriously abusing sams DC account. just been watching heaps of random vids, like heads up and high stakes ones and shit. i figure if i watch them all ill just get better in general. the theory ones and low stakes can get very boring after while...
Tilt: $8200 (+$350)
Stars: $234
Total: US$8784
Live: NZ$1050
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Epic Day
Heres my graph for today. Yes that is $1550! holy shit what a heater. won every flip and even sucked out a few times. if only poker was always this easy. i think ill just post a heap of cool hands...
Here is me folding a boat to a fish! he told me he had a higher boat too. probly one of the best laydowns ive ever achieved....
$300 pot and i have 7% to win wen the money goes in... yea ill take it
super cooler for all involved but i take it down with a skillful come from behind
this guy just straight up ships me his stack
Soul read this reg but i actually lose this hand :(
free money:
to cap it off here is the now biggest pot of my life.
ahhh wat a day........
Tilt: $7353 (+$350)
Stars: $234
Total: US$7937
Live: NZ$1480
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