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DeetM
Joined: 12.01.2011

Be careful not to become afraid of being aggressive. If you do you'll just descend into a game of who coolers who the most. Cbets don't have to succeed very often at all to be profitable, particularly if they have decent equity.

Also, if people are calling a lot of flops, be careful of defending when they raise.


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keoghh
Joined: 01.07.2011

GOLD STATUS

Will update soon :)


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Krishjanis
Joined: 04.01.2010

Originally posted by keoghh
GOLD STATUS


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keoghh
Joined: 01.07.2011

Updated as said even tho it pains me :(

Since moving to unibet, been running bad, and in all fairness playing bad/tilted alot of the time.

Heres my graph for nl10 at unibet:

Obv im leaking loads from non-showdown winnings, but im having a hard time adjusting. On stars there are less fish etc, so usually players fold alot more to cbets/double barrels.

On unibet, there are alot more fish, and so lots of players playing very loose like 40/10,40/0 50/30 those kinda stats. And of course vs these players, my cbets are working anywhere near as much, i feel like i cant steal lightly because im always getting called/when they do call they dont fold vs cbets very often ie calling with bottom pairs etc.

Not sure whats up with my showdown winnings, maybe a sign of a slight downswing as i wud expect them to be MUCH higher vs these types of players, maybe im being unlucky and not being paid off as i wud expect.

Anyway, graph for nl4 as i dropped down abit:

Any advice on how to adjust vs these types of players wud be much appreciated altho i have been talking on skype to people quite abit.

I keep telling myself just bet/bet/bet for value, but the fish call with so many draws, i keep losing vs these draws. Also help with stealing wud be appreciated, only thing i can think off is tightening up tbf.

Peaceeee


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keoghh
Joined: 01.07.2011

Long time no update, been reading a few other blogs lately, and so decided to post some updated goals soon.

Glad to announce the downswing is finally over ( hope it stays like this):

Currently silver status but got some points to go on from 30th september, so may still be upgraded to gold within a day or 2.

Been such a busy month making gold status wud be good, moved out of my house into a house with my mates for this uni year, had freshers week which was fukin amazin and messsssssssssssy.

Peace for now


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keoghh
Joined: 01.07.2011

Again long time no update!!!

This term is over at uni, which means im back home for christmas hols, which means alot more poker time! :heart:

Speaking of poker, not quite going how id like atm, determined to turn it round, moved to ftp and im grinding the deposit and dmi bonuses. Decided to give rush a proper go, why i dont know.....

Seems i cant beat rush, small sample, but meeehhhhhhhhhhhh, im playing pretty much ABC, stealing more from the BU/CO, seems i suck lol.

Any advice on playing rush would be much appreciated

EDIT: Going to post my stats

obv a tiny sample so far, but if any1 could give me general guidance as to what i need to work on, at a first glance myself it looks like im too loose in the SB, so im playing alot of pots OOP. Im not 3betting enough, probably BB vs SB, BUvsCO. MP im too tight. ?


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keoghh
Joined: 01.07.2011

decided to move back to the regular ring game tables today, didnt go as planned tbh..

Overall graph since joining full tilt:

Feel like writing the book, 'How to play losing poker' atm tbh, had a sweat session with Tim and Lewis earlier, but still things didnt go to plan even though they said i made few errors. mehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh


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RasTweet
Joined: 26.12.2009

Keep your head up Chris! And don't doubt yourself! You'll be fine.


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SherlockHolmes2ez
Joined: 04.03.2012

Nice Blog _love: _love: _love:


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keoghh
Joined: 01.07.2011

Haha thanks :f_cool:

Anywayzzzzzz,

Since last update, decided to drop down to nl5 on ftp, which thankfully meant i ran well and won like 11BIs in 8k hands. Then watched a few vids, a freebie from Yourdoom and one from Raskolnikov.

The first vid, probs abit out of my league, analysing nl100 hands, but it still really helped me realise that in every spot i have to be thinking ranges, all the time, ranges, ranges, ranges, something which i wasnt doing. Obv Yourdoom was pretty sick at analysing ranges, which helped me a bit even if some of the analysis went straight over my head :f_biggrin:

2nd vid helped alot as i felt i wud be stuck at nl10 forever, then it opened my eyes as to how micro stakes players can move up etc.

So after that i decided to play some nl25 on stars, feeling good, running good and managed to win about 3BI, played some more and im still up around 3BI over 5k hands, obv small sample so far but feeling good.

Soz 4 essayyyyyyyyyy

Btw would deffo recommend any1 to watch them vids also, very helpful


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RasTweet
Joined: 26.12.2009

Hi Keogh!

Nice to see you winning! Must be nice after all the losing. Well tbh I know, I've been losing for like forever and it's a great feeling to win again.

Could you link us to the vids maybe? For the lazy ppl out there :f_biggrin:

Keep crushing!

Ras


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gadget51
Joined: 23.06.2008

Yes please link us!

And it isn't the limit of say nl100 that is the thing, it's learning to Think ( capital) like a nl100.
Try to be selective because as you said yourself, some of the stuff goes over you (and most other people's) head. Use what you think might be appropriate at your limit and leave the rest out, then post the bits you used in hands that you were unsure about. Maybe you thought it was a bit overplayed for the limit and villain types? Etc.

Anyway, have great time over the holiday and at least have fun!

Mal.


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RasTweet
Joined: 26.12.2009

Happy New Year Keogh!

And best wishes for 2013

RasTweet


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keoghh
Joined: 01.07.2011

Hey guys thanks for dropping by :)

Firstly, Happy new year to everyone!

The first video was this:

http://www.pokerstrategy.com/video/23787/

And 2nd video:

http://www.pokerstrategy.com/video/27332/

Just realised the part 2 of the second video is now for gold members and above, whereas the first part was for everyone, kinda annoying but i guess that means i gotta get grinding on tracked sites

Best of luck at the tables for 2013!


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keoghh
Joined: 01.07.2011

2 Updates within a week what is wrong with me

Kinda been jumping between stars, party and ftp lately.

Got some bonuses on ftp, but the only thing stopping me playing there is this on nl10:

In contrast, this is stars:

Obv small samples on both, and party graph is similar to stars, small sample aswell.

IMO Party is by far the softest, but i have no RB there watsoever, stars i can get like silver star RB, and FTP i get more RB due to bonuses etc.

Going to try watching a few more vids, probs from nl25 limits. Then try to bring round my graph on ftp!!

Good luck all


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RasTweet
Joined: 26.12.2009

Thats what happened to me on Unibet.

I think I made a good decision with going to PP. I just couldn't see the Unibet software without tilting. Even though I don't get the 30% rake back, but I play much better on PP.

Just focus on the game! And play on a room you feel good at! And imo Don't think about bonus, RB and shit. Focus on your mindset and game imo.

Ras


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keoghh
Joined: 01.07.2011

Up early for a change!

Cheers for all the advice guys!

Played near enough 10k hands on stars now with results im happy with, seem to be playing much better atm:

Played this hand and im kinda stuck what the correct play is, i think i have to raise flop as he likely has some sort of draw, pair + draw imo. Turn im stuck as to what the best action is?

Villian is obv fish, 55/26 over only 30 hands

Poker Stars, $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

CO: $11.37 (113.7 bb)
BTN: $8.58 (85.8 bb)
SB: $5.62 (56.2 bb)
Hero (BB): $14.61 (146.1 bb)
UTG: $6.05 (60.5 bb)
MP: $10.40 (104 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A J
4 folds, SB completes, Hero raises to $0.40, SB calls $0.30

Flop: ($0.80) 9 J A (2 players)
SB bets $0.50, Hero raises to $1.60, SB calls $1.10

Turn: ($4) Q (2 players)
SB bets $1.20


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RasTweet
Joined: 26.12.2009

Hey Keoghh

The hand is really shitty :( I often see fish doing that w/ a FD. I guess they think they can see the next card cheaper I don't know :facepalm:

I tend to bluffcatch them once and then take a note. But because the pot is a bit big already bluffcatching sucks then. I really don't know what to do here. Usually I take the aggressive line and get it in, but I spew a lot as well

Ras


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xenomorphic
Joined: 29.12.2010

hmmmm i agree about raising flop but i probably just fold the turn once he donks. we can't get it in and pray he has a worse hand and bluffcatching on such a wet board sucks!

nice graph things are turning around it seems!


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keoghh
Joined: 01.07.2011

Ha cheers guys but seems like ive gone back to playing stupid poker again, down ~4BIs since that graph, but onwards and upwards!!

Just wen its going well, boooooooooooooommmmmmm


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