I havent been hearing much from my core crew. WTF? Dwarrior and LuckSOB big props for the sweats and I cant forget my boy Edsweden for the sweats and the rake referal(still waiting). We are just getting started and I have seen insane improvement already. The blog experiment kicks ass but I am way more stoked off the sweat sessions and the theory talk via skype and AIM. If you arent a part of my core crew and want in let me know. Link me to your blog and I will return the favor as well as attempt to comment and do a sweat. Its funny as I hevnt even played much yet this month but from sweating I have seen a shit load of hands still. My stats(sorry no nive image, if you know how to do it I would appreciate you cluing me in) 4858 hands +792 BB/100-6.65 VPIP 16.80 PFR 13.77 Total AF 3.86.
Here is the funny shit I am crushing 100NL for 15.6bb/100 and losing at 50NL for -7.82 bb/100. Very small samples and the product of some bad play against maniacs at 50NL as well as a few bad beats. Actual playing time this month is 21hours definately not enough. School is done and I got the A. Now I plan on acing poker. Hopefully I can get back on schedule and start playing 5-8 hours a day. Now to some interesting spots from today and yesterday.
Hand 1: http://www.pokerhand.org/?1256056 why I love absolute poker, villian 75/12/3
Hand 2:http://www.pokerhand.org/?1256059 weak tight? Villian 33/3/0.75. At the time I figured I either shove or fold as there is no reason to call due to stack sizes. Also with his preflop raise so small this looks like JJ-AA w/AQ-AK mixed in. I can beat 2 of his possible holding and tie the other but I dont think he takes the min raise line without the goods. What do you think?
A brag and yet a concept too. http://www.pokerhand.org/?1256067 villian is 30/7/0.8. I was being sweated by LuckySOB and Edsweden when this hand took place. I was quite concerned by the check raise here as it was very strong and felt he was very likely limp calling w/PP here. I decided to call and revaluate the turn. When he checked I decided a turn was bets for pot control as I wasnt certain my hand was best and I rather not play for stacks at this point. When the river is a blank and he leads I have to call. Honestly I think I played this hand perfect but maybe not. Please if you see another line do tell. The concept? Is villians check raise a horrible line? Not in my opinion. If I have KK or weaker I might pitch it not having a large number of stats and any read on villian. The leak here is his river bet and something I know I found myself doing a lot before now. When he bets the river he is only folding out weaker hands period. So if villian puts me on some busted draw why bet? There is no value to be gained as I am not calling. This is such a spew that a lot of beginners dont catch. Think about your bets for 2 more seconds before you click that mouse. What is your intention? What value are you gaining on the river by betting? What does your opponent hold that you can beat and he will call with? Wish I had more hands and I probably due but I am embarrased to post the really bad ones and show just how poor I play sometimes and also I already know I shouldnt call his dam river bet.
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Honestly, I have not been reading every day because Nick has been working at the Bohemian Grove and he's been taking the laptop with him.
Speaking of the fact that I need to kill some time, I think that you should let me tag along with you to the gym because guests are free for the whole month of July! Isn't that exciting??
Sigh... I think Nick's going to leave me the computer for the rest of the week while he's gone, so I'll be a faithful reader.
P.S. I agree about the deoderant issue!
Hand 1: I was sweating during this hand, thought I missed something and had to look twice at villians hand. I opened a new Absolute account 2 hours later. Yes I used you in my referal code.
Hand 2: I like the fold. His range that plays that way beats you too often to call I think.
Hand 3: I remember this hand and can't see any reason in the world why he made that river bet. I don't think you played this hand perfect.
Yeah, sorry, I've been AWOL the last few days...been working too much, and I'm probably going to be out of commission Friday through Sunday as well, out of town for a wedding. Hope to be able to start being more reliable about playing often, so I can participate in sweats, as well. My AIM is disconn33 (same w/skype) if you want to add me to your list, and if I'm on, maybe we can get a sweat going, or we can have a group sweat, which sounds cool as well. Have to see how many hands I can start logging again, starting next week.
OK, to the hands.....
Hand 1: Wow :).
Hand 2: I think you played the hand well...I think I'd fold AA here too with his line and just about a full stack. Overpairs have been killing me and I may be overcompensating by folding them too often, so take my comment in that context.
Hand 3: I like this hand as well, although I will sometimes bet the turn...but usually against a more aggressive villain who I could see semi-bluffing a flush draw, even though it's OOP. If villain is going to bet the river unimproved, then I think his flop c/r sucks, but if would have just given it up after you called his flop c/r then I wouldn't have minded it so much. I guess it's a backwards way of agreeing with you that the play on the river is bad given how the rest of the hand played out. He's never getting a call from a worse hand, so the best he can do if he wants to put more money in is check and hope to pick off your bluff (from his perspective, if he checked and you bet, a call would be a little reasonable since maybe you'd bluff missed diamonds -- but I think I would still c/f in his spot).
@ luckysob: how would you have played hand 3 differently?
Hand 1: I heart donkeys.
Hand 2: Good fold here. Folding over pairs to donkeys is a difficult thing to do, but you know your beat after the turn min raise.
Hand 3: I would have taken the same line as you against this particular villain. His AF suggests that he is not raising his draws so a turn check is pretty safe here. Well played on your part, terribly played on his part.
I go with the KK hand on the QJJ flop unless you really think he'd minraise AJ there after calling a raise. I see it more as a TT or AQ hand trying to see where he's at...any thoughts on that? Am I totally off? Aggression factor is low I see, but I just don't know.
The AQ vs 66 hand you played it perfectly. Once he check/raises the flop and checks the turn there probably isn't much value to betting there as it would be silly to allow yourself to get c/r yet again off your hand, and most likely he has something but it's weak. You're right, his river lead is terrible, nothing you could call the flop with that his hand beats calls, and a lot of hands that call that flop (ie an ace) are going to look him up here.
Great stuff!
Pete
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