Tilter's blog. Micros @ NLSH

Thanks HrabriLavek!

I indeed need to have a lots of fun while playing poker
and that's why I motivate myself with those tips.
Especially, when I play this many of hands.

I feel good about my less-tilting game this month.
I still fuck up in a lots of spots, though.
Anyway, there is a graph below, which hopefully is
a sign of tilting less.

This weekend I played only NL25 SH and my table count was mostly 4-5 tables.
In my grinding regime earlier, I used to play either 4 ZOOM tables or
6 normal tables.
But since I'm bad and need to improve my play, I decided to
leave a room on my desktop for some hand ranges. I usually don't
play those perfectly anyway, but I still need to remind myself of domination
problems and hands, that by theory can't flop even good backdoor
options, etc.

Also, I plan to play only 4-5 tables for some time, since there is something
new every day I learn and need to adjust in my game.
Therefore, I can leave some clean spot on my desktop to
take a look into my reminder notes, ranges, etc.
Sometimes I also use a simple pen and paper to write down
some interesting concepts or lines ... then afterwards I can
test those in HEM database. Look at Success %, frequencies, etc.

Had a shot at NL50 today, but failed.
My mindset was ... somwhere else.

So, back at NL25 and I'm pretty
confident that I can get back @NL50
in no time.

However, I might get a bigger
experience @NL25 and have a bit
more fun with tilting people.

I've played only about 8k hands @nl25 and
I'm curious, if I can beat it as hard
for about 30-50k hands. It's all a small
sample, I know, but it gets my mindset
way better in a longterm.

Wouldn't it be a great thing to be able
to say "I'm crushing NL25, it is so
soft

I just love those starts of the session, where
I tend to be very loose.

And that HEM calling me a fish, which I really am ... he-he.
Laughing about this every time, so fun.

Tilt.
I tend to deal with tilt very well.
I just play and everything else doesn't matter.
Well, maybe beer matters a little bit.

That's kind of tilting, when drinking beer, but it's only a
cup for all of the evening, so it's all cool.
Sipping it a bit just for the taste.

Poker.
Yes, there is a lots of it and will be also tomorrow,
so let's talk about it some other day.

Btw, I think, I'll be crushing NL25 very hard. I have a really good feeling about this.

More bear.
This is one of my most favorites. What is yours?

Wanted to say something, but realized, that I have to play more poker.

Full Tilt Poker $10.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players

UTG: $51.52 - VPIP: 11, PFR: 6, 3B: 5, AF: 4.0, Hands: 53
MP: $10.20 - VPIP: 18, PFR: 13, 3B: 8, AF: 2.7, Hands: 372
Hero (CO): $10.95 - VPIP: 22, PFR: 18, 3B: 5, AF: 2.1, Hands: 5361
BTN: $16.21 - VPIP: 27, PFR: 16, 3B: 0, AF: 16.0, Hands: 45
SB: $9.59 - VPIP: 13, PFR: 10, 3B: 0, AF: 4.5, Hands: 104
BB: $28.59 - VPIP: 22, PFR: 16, 3B: 5, AF: 3.0, Hands: 485

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is CO with A K
2 folds, Hero raises to $0.30, BTN calls $0.30, 2 folds

Flop: ($0.75) 7 3 K (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $0.75, Hero calls $0.75

Turn: ($2.25) 9 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $2.25, Hero calls $2.25

River: ($6.75) T (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $12.91, Hero calls $7.65 all in

Hero checks, BTN bets $12.91, Hero calls $7.65 all in

Final Pot: $22.05
Hero shows A K
BTN shows J A
Hero wins $20.95
(Rake: $-4.16)

Sometimes not betting can induce such crazy things. He-he.

New beginning at Full Tilt. This graph is totally sick.
Not only I feel, that I'm running good, but also
my medium hands are getting played way differently
and I use more stuff to bluff catch.
In other words I use a concept of keeping my opponent's range
very wide and letting them make the biggest mistake possible.

So, yeah, I decided to split my BR in two parts. One's at PokerStars, but
another at FullTilt. Why? I just wanted some change. I want something
fresh and this keeps me more concentrated.

Not sure about my BRM now. Decided to look at it like these two are
separate and I'll have to play a little of NL10 on each site first and soon
I'll start NL25 again. That would be - start playing NL25 in a weak or so.

Overall, I had about $ 1000 three times and every time I busted at NL50,
but that's alright.
I'll get there soon again, but this time my BR for NL50 will have to be
about 30 BI = $1500, since I'm tilting from losing those 2 stacks,
which is 10% of my total BR.
I worry more about my head, my mindset, than BR and I feel that
I can't fool myself. I'll need to play it safe.

Aaaargh. Fucking bad beats.

I just lost twice in a 3bet pot with 2nd nuts flush. Twice!

Originally posted by DoubleBogey
Guess its time to move down. (Don´t take this step back as a sigh of weakness.
But it´ll help your game, while being less costly.)
While your thinking process seems to be ok, i believe u call down too light.
(Just a guess, from seeing your showdown winnings)
Perhaps u can post some stats?

Regards
Doublebogey

Thank you again! It helps a lot to hear
other player's opinions and I actually think it's a very good plan.

I decided to get better at NL10 first. Now NL10 is my main stake.
The idea is to get a better game plan and learn it first and
only then go to NL25.

My gameplan is getting sooo strong.

Originally posted by Anger86
...
I'll get there soon again, but this time my BR for NL50 will have to be
about 30 BI = $1500, since I'm tilting from losing those 2 stacks,
which is 10% of my total BR....

Hey Anger,
perhaps u should stick to a more conservative BRM.
(Like 50 stacks for the next limit.)

U play on Fulltilt only ?
I dont get the players on FT, they do play different compared to PS.
Making solid progress on NL10 ?

U playing acc. to Charts ?
Perhaps u made your own charts?

Originally posted by Anger86
My gameplan is getting sooo strong.

Whats your overall gameplan ?

Hey DoubleBogey,
Here is my overall progress at NL10 this year:

But my NL25 and higher, this year:

I play on both PS and FullTilt.
I wish there were more players on FT. I really like the FT soft.

Charts? Yes, I use some. Mostly, I need them to remind me,
what hands are never a profit and what are, etc.
How to play them...

F.e., I allways pay attention, which hands are + EV to open
by default for me and then I go from there.

In the picture - UTG, VPIP=true, NL10.

Yes, ofc, I use only my own charts, since I have to pay for my mistakes.
F.e. I don't flat AQo vs EP/MP. Maybe it's a mistake, but for now
I'm bad at it and until I don't learn better I just fold. Later I might add it
to my flatting range. ... or not.

Difference between PS and FT

In my eyes there is a little difference between the sites, although I’m not 100% sure and I’d have to play about 50k hands on each site as I don’t want to be small sample size oriented.
One huge aspect that changes drammatically is that FT has a smaller player pool, therefore I can easilly get stats on everyone faster.

F.e. someone 3bets 40%. Then I 4bet AQ, 88+ (at the very least) and stack off more often than 4bet bluff. If I notice a lot’s of folds, then my 4bet bluff range is 100%.

F.e. shortstack/midstack (up to 40 bbs) 3bet JAMs vs me, I’d stack off with 88+, AQ+, AJs, mybe even 66-77, if he’s very fishy (by stats) or he has 20-30 bb’s there. That actually might be true on both sites.

On both sites people call 3bets light and play postflop very weak. Axx, Kxx, Qxx – often gets a lots of folds. I don’t cbet low boards by default and give up w/ air ... or delay cbet OTT.

All the players, by default, are non-believers. So, I don’t want to even semibluff unless it’a strong draw – flush draw, straight draw, GS+overs. Or made hand.

F.e. Gutshot + no overcards, backdoor draws I’d rather play as x/f and hope for an opponent to give me a free card. If I hit, then I have a delayed cbet, which ussually has a great FEQ.

With not cbetting too much I achieve 2 great things:
1. My cbetting range overall gets stronger and it’s a mistake to float me OTT with ATC after my F cbet;
2. My red line (non-SHD) is not going down so much sine I’m not betting Flop and then giving up (biggest leak ever, IMO). It’s better to lose the minimum 3 bb (opening) rather than 9 bb, where I cbet F and give up. (Sometimes it’s still OK to cbet on Axx, Kxx, etc. And give up on T)

Cbet IP a lot more than OOP. Rule of a thumb.

Originally posted by DoubleBogey
Whats your overall gameplan ?

I open a lot more hands than everyone would suggest to a beginner.
I play them to see, what works and what doesn't.

Then I accordingly add more hands or fold more preflop, f.e.

I think it's a mistake for a beginner play super tight, but rather play a bit looser
and then learn from yourself a lot.

NB! Large sample size is needed.

The same on 3betting. I 3bet BU vs CO about 15-25% and I think
it's OK, but I have to assume someone will try to play back later.

The best thing for players would be to 4bet, but they just call too much and fold post-flop. There is no way they can win this way. I'm IP.

My main game plan is to do a lot more opening, 3betting, 4betting and
then learn from my own mistakes and, more importantly - my good plays.
Then I can know for sure, what wins and what loses me money.

Hey blog!

What can I say to you?

I've been playing well. And mostly it is NL10, since it's my anti-tilting limit.
After a huge sample of hands I might play NL25 again. It's more about
getting comfortable with my game. I had to rethink my strategy and now,
when I started to do something slightly different, I want to be sure that it's working.

I started to play 90-man SnG's as well. There are multple reasons for that:
1. I'm getting more interested in NL Holdem. Aka - I'm not getting bored.;
2. I have a lots of FTP on FullTilt and I guess it's very much +EV to buy
$3.30 Tickets for tourneys.;
3. I'm learning some basic stuff about MTT's;
4. It's fun to use some hand reading skills from playing cash.

90-man SnG's

I found some good success, but I have a very small sample size.
Since I'm very new to the game I use learning material from here:
http://www.pokerstrategy.com/strategy/sng/2232/1/

This is a very tight range and I found it working very well at
these micro stakes. People don't like to fold, so it's not a bad strategy
to save BB's and then play big pots, when we have a monster.
Exception ofc is, when I can play from LP.

I started this blog with a wrong mindset and don't feel like
wanting to write in here. Too much graphs and posts about $,
too less goals and pokers hands.

I'll start a new blog with a more professional attitude and post a link here.
I also suggest to read more blogs like this - How to make 10k a month
I'll not run away from this, but want to be more organized and
keep it fresh.

Good thing that I can see my logic mistakes and leaks also in
older blogs.

Here it is. This is the end of this blog and here is my
challenge thread/ planer:

Stand up one more time.

Peace!