Prose from a Poshboy

[rfgqqabc]

Apologies for huge bok.

[cambridgealex]

OK so I'm obviously disappointed with the outcome, but took SO many positives from today. I've got a huge amount of confidence back after a pretty rough time confidence-wise lately. Never been one to lack confidence in myself, but lately I've been doubting lots of things, but I've made so many positive steps to improve and re-evaluate my game in the past 48 hours, I feel so much better now, even though the score I'm desperate for still alludes me.

One tabling it and recording/commentating couldn't have been more helpful. I nailed on so many reads and made so many adjustments that I would never have done if I was multitabling or even one tabling it and watching passively. Pro-activeness FTW.

There's some of everything in the video. Good, bad, ugly, sick, terrible, hilarious - the lot. I've spent an hour editing it into a 40 minute highlights clip and have also cut out individual hands that I think you guys will enjoy.

I think this is a bit of a new thing, and certainly people don't do this for free, but what the hell, I got a shit load out of it and will definitely do it again.

Hopefully you'll enjoy and please post any feedback and comments about the hands, the video itself, how I come across, improvements, anything worth noting.

I should point out that because you guys are only seeing highlights you'll miss out loads of small pots and pots the other guys play, so lots of my notes/reads will be based on things you haven't seen so bear than in mind if I say like "vs this guy I should do x" because it'll be based on more than it appears.

Will be uploaded shortly

[cambridgealex]

OK so this is the complete highlights clip.



And clips of the best 3 hands (contain spoilers!)

Hand 1 - Sick



Hand 2 - 3bet decide and wut?



Hand 3 - Potential misclick levels!?

[pleno1]

Kq relatively early I think especially as its the first time would prefer to go smaller we want him to call dominated hands and to make too wide jams. If he had 90k or a stack he was never piling then I'd agree with you.

[pleno1]

20k is way too big Cbet on the 652dd flop

If he's piling over 40khe's piling over 20 and 10 and vice versa.

Agree with your sentiments regarding needing to protect ur hand but would just go 13.8-16.2 isn region. Think he won't float kq bdfd vs any normal sizing as is 4 handed and ppl don't really float oop.

[pleno1]

Super tired but would be abso loving life with tens! Dominate so much.

Deuces seems joke close he had 1% 3net so maybe find a fold

[mondatoo]

The tens hand he had 29bbs not 40, agree with loving life.

[TL900]

i like x/f T6 on 652dd, nice vid

[tikay]

@Tikay,

I think, from my experience playing with the bery best players, the best way to be percieved is as unpredictable, be able to have any sort of hand in any sort of spot (within reason) if you get into a spot vs someone and you think "Well I can bet here because he NEVER raises me in this spot (he just can't ever have the a hand that can c/r)" you're in a very easy situation, vs the best players you find yourself hovering between the three buttons and when they've done that to you you've kind of lost the hand already.

I always think when I'm playing, what plays would I most HATE to be facing, what would make me the most difficult to play vs, this doesn't mean making huge bluffs and fancy plays btw it means trying to put your opponents in situations that make them play differently against you than they would like to.

Agree with that Dave.

Reminds me of another facepalm moment, every time I read this I groan inwardly.

I jam the river because he NEVER has the A here as played

No no, you are right.

He can never show up with the flush here

Yup, you are right. Never.

Then when Mr Out Of Line takes really unusual line & wins the hand he's a really bad player.

NH Sir or Nice catch

Think "nice catch" is my favourite. Least.

[stato_1]

[Honeybadger]

Just watched the first video, really enjoyed it. Thanks so much for posting this Alex.

[cambridgealex]

Just watched the first video, really enjoyed it. Thanks so much for posting this Alex.

Even though it was a tournament?!

[cambridgealex]

The tens hand he had 29bbs not 40, agree with loving life.

sigh, that's a result of the HUD taking one hand to adjust to a new blind level, can often result in mistakes because I use the HUD to see exactly how many bbs everyone has, saves so much time - but can you make errors during the first hand of a new blind level if you don't double check first.

Disagree with loving life - obviously as you can tell by my reaction! If it was a cash game, sit n go or even early levels of an MTT then yeh im loving it a bit more, but so deep in an incredible tournament with 116k ftw, I don't really want high variance situations like that. Yeh I'm happy to be 75% for a double up, but you never know what they can show up with on these sites, he could have flopped a straight!

[tight4better]

Really liked this despite also not being a tournament player

[LonOhRay]

Have a lot of respect for you posting those publicly, watching the first one now and enjoying it

Next big one is only around the corner in MTTs


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