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AJR14
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May 31, 2013, 05:17:21 PM »
With hand 2 i thought it was a pretty easy fold at the time but when writing the HH down on here and writing the reads i started to think it was a bad fold. I'm still not sure though, i cant help being results orientated in these spots and think it was a good fold because they turned over KK. I still have a niggling feeling that the best i am hoping for is QQ or JJ. Im never dominating but can quite easily be in bad shape a lot of the time.
Hand 1. I definately still like the fold but can be persuaded, if we are calling because they can show up with KJ sometimes i still like the fold. The hands they do it for value are bigger 9's (there are many), rivered straight, KJ AND 22, i dont do well v that range. If i thought they can turn Jx into a bluff then its more of a call, i dont know they can do that but it has to be considered. I doubt they have a bare K because that means they floated 2 streets with Kx, again i have no reads they do that so i have to assume its pure value with 9x, Q10, KJ or 22. I am open to be persuaded otherwise.
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Once a thing's been done, it's been done. So why all this nostalgia? I mean, for the 60s and 70s, you know, looking backwards for inspiration, copying the past. How's that rock 'n' roll? Do something of your own. Start something new. Live your life now.
- John Lennon
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FINALLY! I managed to put in a 5 hour session last night which used to be a normal session for me but i have been struggling to get anywhere near 2 hours recently. I nearly snap shut down again when, in a 10 minute spell, i threw away 3 stacks but i bundled on and finished with a nice £110 win. Not much, but it stops the rut i had been in since my semi brag post.
I feel i played pretty well for most of the night, i seemed to have a grasp on what was happening in most hands during the night and even though i was playing quite a high variance style i was picking the right spots and making the right calls. Although there is one hand i’m not sure about v an aggressive opponent who loves to barrel. I called their 3bet with K9s, double floated planning on taking the pot away on river (i was certain it would work at the time) on a QQxx board but paired up on river so didn’t have to bluff when they checked to me and i could check back. My read was right, they had nothing and my river bluff would have worked but i think i could just fold pre and save myself the hassle because i am not sure it would work often enough.
I was going to put in another big night tonight but had about 2 hours kip so not sure i am going to now. I will decide later on.
Record of the Day: The Black Keys – Lonely Boy
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Once a thing's been done, it's been done. So why all this nostalgia? I mean, for the 60s and 70s, you know, looking backwards for inspiration, copying the past. How's that rock 'n' roll? Do something of your own. Start something new. Live your life now.
- John Lennon
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June 01, 2013, 11:41:18 AM »
Hi AJ. How are you getting on with note-taking?
One thing I have been awful at is hand histories - both examining my won and reading other people's to try and learn. I'm going to start to put that right.
A couple of questions for you then, firstly on your most recent post (as an inexperienced cash player myself):
1) As you have already alluded to yourself, what is your thinking behind calling a 3-bet with K9s vs this opponent?
2) Why would you be playing a high variance style in this session (sounded like you usually play a lower variance style) and how does it change the dynamic for you?
I am playing a pretty low-variance style myself and my first goal is just to rack up a month or two of about 5k hands/pm to get a feel for the Speed poker tables before I try to deviate too much from my ABC approach. I am playing the odd slightly more read-based move.
3) Are you up for a skype chat sometime soon, to have a look at my style and point out any obvious flaws, or easy pointers to give? I am not expecting you to give up time you don't have so if you are too busy right now, then that is understood.
Cheers
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Quote from: AJR14 on May 30, 2013, 04:31:00 PM
The re-shove is from a chap who i see as probably one of the best at these levels. They are tight though. I haven't seen UTG do this yet but i wasnt paying a great deal of attention. This just a case of range assigning and doing the maths? My math is extremely poor and unfortunately i have not been able to get stove for the new computer
I can ship Pokerstove to you whenever you're on Skype next mate.
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June 04, 2013, 02:10:37 PM »
Quote from: VBlue on June 01, 2013, 11:41:18 AM
Hi AJ. How are you getting on with note-taking?
One thing I have been awful at is hand histories - both examining my won and reading other people's to try and learn. I'm going to start to put that right.
A couple of questions for you then, firstly on your most recent post (as an inexperienced cash player myself):
1) As you have already alluded to yourself, what is your thinking behind calling a 3-bet with K9s vs this opponent?
2) Why would you be playing a high variance style in this session (sounded like you usually play a lower variance style) and how does it change the dynamic for you?
I am playing a pretty low-variance style myself and my first goal is just to rack up a month or two of about 5k hands/pm to get a feel for the Speed poker tables before I try to deviate too much from my ABC approach. I am playing the odd slightly more read-based move.
3) Are you up for a skype chat sometime soon, to have a look at my style and point out any obvious flaws, or easy pointers to give? I am not expecting you to give up time you don't have so if you are too busy right now, then that is understood.
Cheers
Hi V.
Going over hand histories is a problem for me as well, either the motivation is lacking or i have a tendency to just scan through rather than analyse what i have done in the hand. HH groups obviously help with that a lot and are really good for picking up little mistakes that you didn’t realise were mistakes.
With the K9s hand it was read based. If anyone picks up any obvious flaws in thinking in the bit i write next don’t hesitate to pull me up on it. The guy had been barrelling for fun without thinking whether they were good barrel spots or not. He is a very good MTT player but a losing cash player and normally you can tell what mood he is in within 5 minutes. I noticed pretty quick he was in an aggro maniac mood. He is opening constantly, 3betting a lot and blindly betting most streets without consideration for his opponent and the board etc. He had shown down weak hands a few times already in the session. I know that if i hit a pair with K9 or hit bigger i am going to make money a lot due to his over active betting both pre and post. It’s obv high variance but even if i hit 2nd or maybe even 3rd pair i am going to win a fair few times.
He can also fold post flop so i will be able to bluff him off a hand a fair amount of the time aswell when i miss. Although he bets a lot, when shown aggression back he can realise its not good for him and will fold. With the hand you are referring to the flop came Q52 rainbow so i cant bluff with K high and rep anything there so i float, the turn comes another Q. Im in position so raising the turn when he barrels reps nothing as well because if i had the Q i am likely to call and let them fire a third time so i had to go for the double float. When i called the turn i pretty much knew if he didn’t have a Q he will check, i jam and it will get through i decent amount but the river paired my 9 so i could check back my showdown. There is however a case for still jamming the river when i pair because i can fold out hands that still beat me like 1010 or JJ etc. I’m not sure what the best move is on the river actually but in game i checked back and got shown Ace high. The only reason i questioned whether i should have done it or not is because i had control over my tables that night and i didnt need to risk chips for no reason. i could have folded and let them have 90p, instead im risking 20/30/40 quid on floating to bluff. Just wasnt worth it, although it does feel really good when your read is right.
I was playing quite high variance that night as there were regs who can be bluffed a lot and a lot of bad aggro reccy players so i found myself bluffing a lot and calling with very weak hands on river like ace high or 3rd/4th pair a lot. Fortunately it worked in that session but one of my problems is switching between styles. I rarely change in sessions and if i do its usually tilt based changes but in poker, the key is changing it up to the situation and the opponent. As soon as i master that i feel then i will be able to make a real go at the higher levels.
With Skype i am happy to chat on there a lot. Im not the greatest talker on things like that though and i’m not sure how much i will be able to help with your game as i’m not the greatest player in the world but yeah if i can help at any point i don’t mind at all. I’m not sure yet when i will be able to do it but if i haven’t PM’d you within the next week send me a PM to remind me and i will def sort it. Like i said im not sure how much i will be able to offer but i dont mind chatting.
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Once a thing's been done, it's been done. So why all this nostalgia? I mean, for the 60s and 70s, you know, looking backwards for inspiration, copying the past. How's that rock 'n' roll? Do something of your own. Start something new. Live your life now.
- John Lennon
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Quote from: Evilpengwinz on June 01, 2013, 02:20:06 PM
Quote from: AJR14 on May 30, 2013, 04:31:00 PM
The re-shove is from a chap who i see as probably one of the best at these levels. They are tight though. I haven't seen UTG do this yet but i wasnt paying a great deal of attention. This just a case of range assigning and doing the maths? My math is extremely poor and unfortunately i have not been able to get stove for the new computer
I can ship Pokerstove to you whenever you're on Skype next mate.
Good man!! i will be taking you up on that offer very shortly
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Once a thing's been done, it's been done. So why all this nostalgia? I mean, for the 60s and 70s, you know, looking backwards for inspiration, copying the past. How's that rock 'n' roll? Do something of your own. Start something new. Live your life now.
- John Lennon
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I haven’t played any poker since dumping Saturdays winnings back to the 30nl economy on Sunday night. Some hand s where standard, some were quite tough spots but most was my own doing which seems to be the story of the last few months. I was going to play last night after doing a couple of hand history reviews that usually get me in the mood to play but i looked at the tables and they looked pretty poor so didn’t bother.
Think i am going to spend the week brushing up on some theory and watching another poker series i have stored on the computer. I am not trying for the promotion Sky are running so may work at my game rather than play while its running. I have a lot of of videos but not much written theory so if anyone knows of any good ones i would appreciate a nudge in the right direction.
After tilting on Sunday night i made a tilt induced purchase of Final Fantasy 8 to keep me away from the tables for a bit. Easily my all time favourite game, i even prefer it to Final Fantasy 7 which i re-bought and finished last year. I used to be a big gamer in my youth until i substituted it with a game that could win me money for my time so the discovery of the Playstation store has got me buying all the classic games from years ago that will have a big affect on grinding. I also bought Abe’s Oddysee, another classic game that can waste your time. Once i have finished these games think i am going to getting the first couple of Resident Evils. Resident Evil 1 was one of the toughest games i have ever played with Resident Evil 2 just being a great game.
On the subject of games, if anyone plays fifa on the PS3 and fancies a game v a division 1er (thin) i would be up for that. Just let me know
Records of the Day: Going for 2 today as i have bought these classics on 12” last week and they have arrived today so thought i would stick them on here.
Fragma - Everytime you need me (Pulsedriver Mix)
Y Traxx - Mystery Land (Sickboy Courtyard Mix)
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Once a thing's been done, it's been done. So why all this nostalgia? I mean, for the 60s and 70s, you know, looking backwards for inspiration, copying the past. How's that rock 'n' roll? Do something of your own. Start something new. Live your life now.
- John Lennon
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June 04, 2013, 02:45:00 PM »
AJ - Equilab on pokerstrategy.com is a great free tool and imo better than pokerstove. I have just written a review on my own diary.
I will give some thought as to a skype session. I am currently struggling to fit in enough cash so it might be that I only play the odd two hour session at the weekend if I can fit it in.
I really want to make sure I play ten sessions per month, but even that may be too much for me to cram in.
Thanks for the offer.
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Where's all the money going AJ cos you, me and Penguinz all seem to be having a complete mare. Me thinks Rancid
<3 the Final Fantasy series, few dodgy ones in the mix but mostly a great series. Good tilt-buy.
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I have decided to move down to 20nl for a few days. I have moved down far earlier than i normally would just to book a few winning sessions. The tables at 30nl haven’t been looking great and although i don’t normally mind and feel i can win, i think it is best to avoid them at the moment when i feel i'm not playing great.
There is some huge comedy plays both from regs and reccys at 20nl. I saw one reg last night open to £4.20 HU. At first i thought it was a big misclick until the next time they opened to £3.80 and kept opening to these sizes. There were far more wtf moments as well but wont write them all
Anyway, i had a bad start at 30nl and dropped a couple of buyins which is when i decided to drop down to 20nl. I then had a good session until a couple of hands where i threw away my profits and ended even. Moving down looks like it will be a good move for the short term.
Other news, I’ve just seen Benni McCarthy has retired from football. There was one season at Rovers when he was unplayable, he really was world class without exaggeration. I have no idea what happened in his life after that because he became overweight, lazy and never played. Such a shame as he could have been a great player wherever he went. What i would do for the team we had in those days with Hughes as boss.
My favourite Benni goal at Ewood in the FA Cup v Arsenal.
Record of the Day: The Lumineers - Stubborn Love. Got hold of the album at the weekend as heard it was good and heard this. Great track.
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Once a thing's been done, it's been done. So why all this nostalgia? I mean, for the 60s and 70s, you know, looking backwards for inspiration, copying the past. How's that rock 'n' roll? Do something of your own. Start something new. Live your life now.
- John Lennon
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Quote from: Lambert180 on June 04, 2013, 04:00:09 PM
Where's all the money going AJ cos you, me and Penguinz all seem to be having a complete mare. Me thinks Rancid
<3 the Final Fantasy series, few dodgy ones in the mix but mostly a great series. Good tilt-buy.
Yeah i have seen a lot of regs losing money at 30nl. Someone must be having a grand old time at the moment
Yeah there def are a few dodgy Final Fantasy games. I love 7/8 and 10 (10 is one i know is widely disliked but i really enjoyed it and was happy to hear they are re-releasing it soon). Never got into 9 but didnt play it much. i think im going to buy it when i finish 8 and give it another go. The rest i wasnt a fan of. 12 was ok but 13 (i think it was 13) was the worst game i have ever played imo. i gave it a few tries but really didn't enjoy it at all.
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Once a thing's been done, it's been done. So why all this nostalgia? I mean, for the 60s and 70s, you know, looking backwards for inspiration, copying the past. How's that rock 'n' roll? Do something of your own. Start something new. Live your life now.
- John Lennon
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Just joined up mate, will be following your diary.
Been a rough month at nl20/30 i just cant seem to hold when im all in. Managed to get it in KK v A10 earlier and he hit the 4 flush jeeeeeeeesus!
Been thinking about giving tournaments abit of a bash im kinda getting bored of playing cash now. Managed to go deep in the main last night after i was talking to you and its kinda rekindled my love for tournaments haha.
Good luck pal.
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None of you are winning because I haven't played for 2 weeks. Back over the weekend tho, so get comfy.
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Quote from: BigHawk89 on June 06, 2013, 09:37:13 PM
Just joined up mate, will be following your diary.
Been a rough month at nl20/30 i just cant seem to hold when im all in. Managed to get it in KK v A10 earlier and he hit the 4 flush jeeeeeeeesus!
Been thinking about giving tournaments abit of a bash im kinda getting bored of playing cash now. Managed to go deep in the main last night after i was talking to you and its kinda rekindled my love for tournaments haha.
Good luck pal.
Yeah i saw on twitter you final tabled!! Cracking result, especially as when we was talking you just got moved to a tough table and you predicted you wouldn’t even cash.
You thinking of grinding MTT's or just the odd one? and which site? You were grinding stars a while ago wernt you? The wins in tourneys always look far better than grinding cash, unfortunatley i never come close to the big scores though
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Once a thing's been done, it's been done. So why all this nostalgia? I mean, for the 60s and 70s, you know, looking backwards for inspiration, copying the past. How's that rock 'n' roll? Do something of your own. Start something new. Live your life now.
- John Lennon
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Quote from: celtic on June 07, 2013, 04:23:22 AM
None of you are winning because I haven't played for 2 weeks. Back over the weekend tho, so get comfy.
Sigghhh, was hoping for better tables this weekend with the SPT on
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You ever play the SPTs? I saw the other week you have been getting some good MTT results. Which format you prefer between cash and MTTs?
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Once a thing's been done, it's been done. So why all this nostalgia? I mean, for the 60s and 70s, you know, looking backwards for inspiration, copying the past. How's that rock 'n' roll? Do something of your own. Start something new. Live your life now.
- John Lennon
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