taavi1337 - noob learning FL

[x] $1k month

not that funny to be honest =D

I'm trying to make a fresh start with poker this summer. That means no crazy out-of-BRM shots, no 6-tabling, no 3/6 HU against aggro fishes (!).

I want to make stable income from poker (stable at FL SH, haha), therefore I need somewhat tighter BRM. Being a decent winner at 1/2 would be enough money for me.

I'm listening to Tommy Angelo's Eightfold Path series, very good stuff for the right mindset.

Today I recieved a ticket from PS:

"I am pleased to inform you that you have won a book ("Think like a pro" by Byron Jacobs) in our recent raffle. Congratulations!"

hehehe

Good luck with the stable income. RB FTW!

Volume + playing solid = B/E+ (fingers crossed).

Originally posted by Waiboy

Volume + playing solid = B/E+ (fingers crossed).

Meh i have a feeling that after black friday FL small stakes (1/2-3/6) just got softer.. For sure there are less tables but they are mostly softer than before ♠_love:

So nowdays it's like: Volume + playing solid = decent WR ♠_cool:

I'm sure it's standard play for some of you but I like

Cassava Poker $1/$2 Limit Hold'em - 5 players -

Pre Flop: (1.5 SB) Hero is CO with 9 9
1 fold, Hero raises, 2 folds, BB calls

Flop: (4.5 SB) J J 2 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, BB raises, Hero calls

Turn: (4.25 BB) Q (2 players)
BB bets, Hero raises, BB calls

River: (8.25 BB) 5 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, BB calls

Final Pot: 10.25 BB
Hero shows 9 9
BB mucks 8 8

I'm getting back into the game

Full Tilt Poker $1/$2 Limit Hold'em - 6 players

Pre Flop: (1.5 SB) Hero is BB with 8 Q
UTG calls, MP raises, 3 folds, Hero calls, UTG calls

Flop: (6.5 SB) A 9 9 (3 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks, MP bets, Hero raises, UTG folds, MP folds

Hey, i won't lie.. i only read the first few posts..

But nice blog! You were in pretty much the same position i'm in now and i was considering starting my own blog and saw yours.

Its good to see your still doing well, hopefully i can do the same

Hello there!

To start crushing the microstakes, read this:

http://www.pokerstrategy.com/strategy/fixed-limit/944/1/

Watch these:

http://www.pokerstrategy.com/video/#contenttype=0&gametype=1&tablesize=1&languages=en&levels=bronze&lowerlimit=0&upperlimit=100&ob=date&od=desc&page=1&rpp=10

And post every hand that you doubt in here:

https://forums.pokerstrategy.com/forum/board.php?boardid=1383

have fun

I want to share another one:

Cassava Poker $1/$2 Limit Hold'em - 5 players

Pre Flop: (1.5 SB) Hero is BB with J A
1 fold, CO raises, 1 fold, SB calls, Hero calls

Flop: (6 SB) 3 5 8 (3 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, CO bets, SB folds, Hero raises, CO calls

Turn: (5 BB) K (2 players)
Hero bets, CO raises, Hero calls

River: (9 BB) 3 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets, Hero calls

Final Pot: 11 BB
Hero shows J A
CO shows A 2

No 3bet pre? Why not get SB to call one more small bet.

Read on opponent to do this calldown?

I'd say turn peel is ok, although K hits his range hard, but you are going to c/c on a J and maybe cr/cry call on A.
River call unimproved is really read dependent.

Yes, I missed a 3bet preflop.

Flop checkraise is for value, I underrepresented my hand preflop and I'm a favourite on this board.

I remember him being an overaggro LAG, so I expect him to rebluff me alot. This turn is perfect for him to raise for free SD as I have lots of draws in my range. On this river I just have to call against this guy if I decided to call the turn. He would always bet a missed flushdraw on the river in my opinion.

nice blog taavi

im reading.

and see the videos you recomended, i´m moving to SH and is not easy.

good luck in the tables.

Hi there! The link points to microstakes full ring videos only, so for SH you need to use other filters.

Dawnfall + DC + Tommy Angelo have made me such a great player (well, at least much better than I was in May). Still not great enough to win anything at 1/2

I will keep going

I think it's the first time where I decide to bluffraise the river over a long time. Against a 29/19/2.1/32 guy.

Full Tilt Poker $1/$2 Limit Hold'em - 6 players

Pre Flop: (1.5 SB) Hero is CO with A 9
2 folds, Hero raises, 1 fold, SB 3-bets, BB calls, Hero calls

Flop: (9 SB) 8 J 8 (3 players)
SB bets, BB folds, Hero calls

Turn: (5.5 BB) 3 (2 players)
SB bets, Hero calls

River: (7.5 BB) K (2 players)
SB bets, Hero raises, SB calls

Hero shows A 9 (a pair of Eights)
SB shows A Q (a pair of Eights)
SB wins 11 BB

Owned.

Hey, you play Short Handed right? How many hands you play in one day? and how many tables?

Yes, I play shorthanded. Recently I reduced the number of tables, now I'm 2-3 tabling and observing everything. Only about 300-700 hands per day, but always trying to play my A+ game.

okay, I was just thinking that how much would be good to play:D, I basically play 1000-2000 hands in a day and 4 table, and I will hope to be higher limits soon as well:) running hot at the moment, and in stars 0.05/0.10 Limit is so soooo fishy,

Originally posted by taavi1337

Dawnfall + DC + Tommy Angelo have made me such a great player (well, at least much better than I was in May). Still not great enough to win anything at 1/2

I will keep going

DC - Deuces Cracked? If so, was this the only video site that you tried?

I'm looking for some good SH FL micro vids and I'm torn between DC, Dragthebar & Bluefire - suggestions?

I don't know about the others, but DC is very very good. But for micros PokerStrategy materials are more than enough imo.

Originally posted by taavi1337
I think it's the first time where I decide to bluffraise the river over a long time. Against a 29/19/2.1/32 guy.

Full Tilt Poker $1/$2 Limit Hold'em - 6 players

Pre Flop: (1.5 SB) Hero is CO with A 9
2 folds, Hero raises, 1 fold, SB 3-bets, BB calls, Hero calls

Flop: (9 SB) 8 J 8 (3 players)
SB bets, BB folds, Hero calls

Turn: (5.5 BB) 3 (2 players)
SB bets, Hero calls

River: (7.5 BB) K (2 players)
SB bets, Hero raises, SB calls

Hero shows A 9 (a pair of Eights)
SB shows A Q (a pair of Eights)
SB wins 11 BB

Owned.

Clearly he soulread teh inner spazz monkey in you. .

Originally posted by taavi1337
I don't know about the others, but DC is very very good. But for micros PokerStrategy materials are more than enough imo.

This is true - but for the foreseeable future I'm going to be travelling a lot with work, so I'm not going to be playing much (my status will probably remain bronze for a while). So I'm looking to subscribe to one of these sites so that I can download the videos and take them with me. Playing .5/.10 constantly has taught me some very bad habits, so I'd like to concentrate on unlearning them and moving up.