Yeah I see you noticed the 3bet sizing on those two hands...
I tend to change my 3bet sizing from hand to hand, on some sort of feel of the table and the players....
@Rihard I don't really see the point in calling any 3bet with 43s, but that's just my point of view
@holmeboy SB is missing so HM fu**ed up, he opened from UTG and I 3bet from CO... it should have been a clear fold from me after flop in the last hand, but was I supposed to 4bet BF, or that would scare them away?
edit: It might be a good idea to post those hands in the HE forums, you'll get a better opinion than mine lol.
I am still adapting to blogging and forums, I read about people getting their hands evaluated, probably should start posting some of them, I just think that people there have more important things to do than analyze my lame play. Once I start playing with full focus, and get the idea of my "A" game, I would ask for help in finding my leaks....
Thats just my opinion, why bothering other people until you try to do the best you can on your own, once you do all you can by yourself, seek for help and improvement...
Anyhow, I am always thankful for analyses here on my blog...
actually when I see a donkey 3bet from OOP and I have a hand like 43s I would call and play it IP which is important. Example is the hand OP played, he got crushed as deserved for playing bad. No offense.
So I missed weekend update again, reason is the same no poker played at all.
Finally on Sunday we had a big 15th anniversary celebration with my group, and now I can find free time to relax, play poker and blog...
Sneak peak from the audience at the celebration show...
until I get a full HD video.... ♦
Poker wise, played a couple of sessions of NL5 on Tuesday, breakeven... Very hard to adjust to NL5, very hard to bluff, even harder to get calls on 3b/4b...
Correct me if I'm wrong, people who play NL2/NL5 are mostly the ones who want to learn how to play poker properly, and try to improve their game while following strict BRM, while on NL10/NL25 U can find lots of who have approx 2-3BI for the limit and are looking for easy money. (I am talking about guys depositing 50$ not with the thought "oh now I can play NL2 with 25BI and they will last me for days", in his brain it's "oh lets open NL25 and limp until I see TP on flop, and than jam" if unsuccessful you have one more BI)
Saying this I conclude NL2/NL5 are the hardest limits to beat (Somebody slap me in the face).
Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is CO with K K 1 fold, MP raises to $0.17, Hero raises to $0.45, 3 folds, MP raises to $1.50, Hero raises to $6.76, MP calls $3.55 all in
Flop: ($10.17) A 8 6 (2 players - 1 is all in)
Turn: ($10.17) J (2 players - 1 is all in)
River: ($10.17) 2 (2 players - 1 is all in)
Final Pot: $10.17
Hero shows K K
MP shows A Q
MP wins $9.50
(Rake: $0.67)
Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is BTN with K K 3 folds, Hero raises to $0.30, 1 fold, BB raises to $0.95, Hero raises to $2.20, BB raises to $10, Hero calls $7.65 all in
Flop: ($19.75) Q 7 6 (2 players - 1 is all in)
Turn: ($19.75) 8 (2 players - 1 is all in)
River: ($19.75) 3 (2 players - 1 is all in)
Final Pot: $19.75
BB shows K A
Hero shows K K
Hero wins $18.44
(Rake: $1.16)
Not gonna post losing hands ♠_biggrin:
Spoiler
It doesn't prove anything but it makes me feel nice ♦
Now check out my graph since returning from South America:
Spoiler
I think I control my red line pretty good, will try to keep it that way...
What are my actions now???
I don't have a clue, please help!!!
BR: 466$ NL5 stats: 15/13 0.47bb/100 over 982 hands
NL10 stats: 19/17 88.69bb/100 over 457 hands
So no comments so far, but I'm on next update already...
Finally had time to play everyday, at least for 1 hour... one of the things that bothers me is that I have time to play during daytime, and during evenings and nights I am either busy or drunk... and I think games are much softer in the evening and there are plenty of even bigger than me
So I will try to analyze couple of my losing hands...
Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is MP with A K UTG raises to $0.17, Hero calls $0.17, 2 folds, SB calls $0.15, 1 fold
Flop: ($0.56) 5 K 9 (3 players)
SB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $0.20, SB raises to $0.50, UTG folds, Hero raises to $6.16, SB calls $3.60 all in
Turn: ($8.76) 8 (2 players - 1 is all in)
River: ($8.76) 2 (2 players - 1 is all in)
Final Pot: $8.76
Spoiler
Hero shows A K
SB shows A 6 :spade:SB wins $8.18(Rake: $-1.48)
So preflop I make call after a raise by a TAG. and a fish calls from SB. Mistake by me! Should have made a 3bet!
After flop I donk bet TPTK (mistake again), SB raises and I shove (another mistake). Do i really play this bad and realize it after???
Hero shows 7 7
BTN shows T T :diamond:BTN wins $4.90(Rake: $0.35)
So I don't think I would play this hand any other way than this. After flop came out I would c/f a serious bet from any of the two players, after a 5c donk bet, its a free turn card... What could the donk have middle pair or some draw, trying to scare me away with a shove...
So a breakeven weekend for me @NL5, without any shots @NL10
Spoiler
BR: 469$ NL5 stats: 18/14 0.13bb/100 over 2.873 hands
Originally posted by Skojj
even the best player can be BE after just 2.8k hands, you really need more volume to get a specific BB/100 that tells you anything!
Good luck
Of course, you're right. This is the update that I do twice a week, and I post results and graph for that period...
Once a month I post monthly stats and results which can tell a lot more about my game for that period.
Anyway thanx for dropping by, keep following and GL @ the tables
Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is BB with A A UTG raises to $0.15, 2 folds, SB calls $0.13, Hero raises to $0.45, UTG calls $0.30, SB raises to $4.79, Hero calls $4.34, UTG calls $1.86 all in
Flop: ($11.89) K 8 2 (3 players - 1 is all in)
Turn: ($11.89) 2 (3 players - 1 is all in)
River: ($11.89) 9 (3 players - 1 is all in)
Final Pot: $11.89
Spoiler
Hero shows A A
UTG shows 6 6
SB shows 9 9
SB wins $4.63SB wins $6.47(Rake: $0.79)
Absolutely no tilt at all, just sat out of all 6 tables, and had a glass of water, very proud of my tilt management ♠_biggrin:
Hey man are you being serious about this AKo hand @MPvsUTG?
Not 3-betting vs. nit UTG is fine since he's not often calling OOP and we don't want to get it in vs. his 5b calling range (guys these stakes aren't 4b bluffing here ever). You didn't donk but made std bet after it was checked to you, and 3b/calling vs. fish is 100% OK here since many worse Kx and FD in his range.
The 77 hand is also fine against this opponent.
Good luck and hope you make it back up the limits soon :).
Villain is a total whale, chat bitching every hand, but surprisingly he made me a bigger fish than he is, even after reviewing my hands against him I cannot explain my actions, it was a super tilt mode.
Note to myself
Stop chasing fish for all cost, be patient and let them donate their stack (hopefully to me )...
Weekday graph
Blog graph
Up and down.... swing play continues
BR: 441$ NL10 stats: 20/15 -21.20bb/100 over 2.666 hands NL5 stats: 18/14 1.54bb/100 over 596 hands
So again almost a week passed, and I have only a couple of sessions to show...
I am on NL5 only, started 6 tabling, just to see how it goes... No big swings, usually like in all other situations, I start like crap, and then I chase my losses and end up BE...
I noticed KK is a motivation killer hand for me...
Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is CO with K K 1 fold, Hero raises to $0.15, BTN raises to $0.45, 2 folds, Hero raises to $1.45, BTN raises to $4.42, Hero calls $2.37 all in
Flop: ($7.71) 6 7 Q (2 players - 1 is all in)
Turn: ($7.71) 4 (2 players - 1 is all in)
River: ($7.71) 4 (2 players - 1 is all in)
Final Pot: $7.71
Hero shows K K
BTN shows Q Q
BTN wins $7.20
(Rake: $0.51)
Interesting sessions multiwise, I am so sorry I don't have enough time to devote to poker, and start seriously improving my game... I have everything prepared in my mind (pre flop charts, 3b charts, flop and turn cbetting...) but I have to write them down, and play couple of sessions strictly using that technique, to see if it is worth brainstorming....
Anyway my usually swingy graph
After some time of controlling my red line, I think 6 tabling is distracting me from strong betting and bluffs, therefore red line sinks bellow 0, will take notice in next couple of sessions, and maybe go back to 4 tables...
From all the non poker duties, I don't have time to write about non poker stuff, but unfortunately that is not going to change in the near future...
BR: 444$ NL5 stats: 18/14 1.42bb/100 over 3.965 hands
@ least managed to lower my WTSD% to 27 from 31... Hope to increase my W$SD% in future
I believe you know it but on the 3rd KK hand (the one you lose from 78) the turn is an easy check-fold. Almost none at nl5 does a bet like that for bluff.
Tumbling up and down on the NL5 roller coaster, enjoying most of it but sometimes it pisses me off, but I try to keep composed, and treat it as variance, and my absence of knowledge...
Went back to 4 tables, much easier to keep up with the stats, still going to showdown a lot, chasing fish, but what can you do, I'm one of them still (not for long ♠_biggrin: ), and we like to keep in flocks...
Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is BB with 9 9 UTG raises to $0.10, 2 folds, BTN calls $0.10, SB calls $0.08, Hero raises to $0.40, 1 fold, BTN raises to $1.68, 1 fold, Hero calls $1.28
Flop: ($3.56) K 7 K (2 players)
Turn: ($3.56) Q (2 players)
River: ($3.56) 7 (2 players)
Final Pot: $3.56
BTN shows A 7
Hero shows 9 9
BTN wins $3.33
(Rake: $0.23)
So I could be much worse, but I kept composure, and played it cool all weekend...
And last night managed to throw away 10$ on a rush HYP MTT multientry...
Watched Slumdog Millionare on TV and thought I should try my luck, sucked out on all tables in 5 minutes, lesson learned
Weekend graph
I will do my usual monthly round up next time, as it is connected with the start of my blog, and not with start of the month...
BR: 466$ NL5 stats: 20/15 9.87bb/100 over 2.508 hands