A couple of weeks in now since I decided to return to the degenerate world of micro stake 6max. Things have been going very well results wise, running at 22.8 bb/100 over 4500 hands and managing to put a bit of time into watching videos etc. Play wise I'm still just passive as and would get punished by more aggressive games. Had a good battle with this guy in the follwing few hands. I'm pretty sure 25nl has got weaker since I last played it.
Id seen him do some weird shit like calling down extremely light and turning show down hands into bluffs. Still didn't expect to get called down with A high.
These 3 hands are litterally back to back over 2 tables and I'm just trying to get it in with any pair. I think I could have folded the flop but I went for the jam option as those donkeys wern't folding any runner runner gut shot.
I played this terribly. No excuse for not raising that flop against players like this. Are you calling on the end here?
Time to get serious and put in a bit more volume and more hours of learning. Feeling pretty excited about getting back into it.
Showing posts with label 25nl. Show all posts
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Saturday, October 30, 2010
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Part II: The Rebuilding Phase
Much like Christchurch, my poker career has become a pile of devastated rubble. Now it is time to rebuild. The plan is to crack back into the 25nl 6max and try and build a solid game to attack the low stakes 6max games. Im putting more focus on learning and improving than grinding for hours to build a roll. This is partly because mindless grinding didn't work last time and also that my roll has over doubled in the time I haven't been playing due to a couple donkaments. I'm going to put in somewhere between 10k and 20k hands at 25nl to establish a rough indication as to whether I'm winning or not then give 50nl another shot. Last time I was mentally under-rolled and bitched out after loosing 4 buy ins so I want to be a bit more prepared for another shot. So here we go:
Ive played 3300 hands so far over 5 short sessions with a bit of success. Having no worries stacking fish as I'm running nicely and I'm pretty much staying out of the way of any aggression. My red line is still shooting down pretty quick unfortunately, I think this is a product of my passive postflop game. Something Ive got to improve.
First hand is fairly straight forward. I don't think raising the flop is ever a good move here so I let the fish price me in. I think the turn is a good spot to fire one as I'm going to have trouble even getting a straight to call on the river with a 4 card flush on the board. What are your thoughts on river bet sizing?
The next hand is one that is closer than I first thought when I spazzed out and did it:
The fishes calling range on this flop is soo wide I raise the small cbet from the TAG for value and to protect against draws. I think the TAG is folding without a strong club. The fish check jams. Be interested to see how anyone else plays this.
Anyway, enjoying the game again and looking to really put a bit of time into learning how to play for a change.
Ive played 3300 hands so far over 5 short sessions with a bit of success. Having no worries stacking fish as I'm running nicely and I'm pretty much staying out of the way of any aggression. My red line is still shooting down pretty quick unfortunately, I think this is a product of my passive postflop game. Something Ive got to improve.
First hand is fairly straight forward. I don't think raising the flop is ever a good move here so I let the fish price me in. I think the turn is a good spot to fire one as I'm going to have trouble even getting a straight to call on the river with a 4 card flush on the board. What are your thoughts on river bet sizing?
The next hand is one that is closer than I first thought when I spazzed out and did it:
The fishes calling range on this flop is soo wide I raise the small cbet from the TAG for value and to protect against draws. I think the TAG is folding without a strong club. The fish check jams. Be interested to see how anyone else plays this.
Anyway, enjoying the game again and looking to really put a bit of time into learning how to play for a change.
Friday, April 23, 2010
You've got to win your money back!
If you have a loosing session you should always try to win your money back. My advice is to move up to a higher limit to win it back quicker. Playing heads up is another option if you've never tried it before. Played a 1000 hands or so on Friday at 25nl 6max and got smashed to the tune of $110, mostly due to bad play, coolers, pilsner and trying to play x-box at the same time. Conditions were not conducive to A game. Anyway, the moral of the story is that I didn't give up and managed to grind out a good win this morning.
Finally ran well and sucked out on people. Seems like I rely on sucking out for profit. There aren't many interesting hands to discuss because people at 25nl play stupidly most of the time.
I think I misplayed this a bit, I was pretty pot committed after my turn bet but I don't think there are any made flushes in his range compared with hands that miss. Still, not a great spot to be calling 50bb.
Went to the casino on Thursday night. The table I jumped on was one of the stickiest I've ever seen (even or the casino). Folding was not an option for anyone so there was no poker to be played, you just had to hit hands. Got a free card with 66 on a K55 board and turned a 6. Called a turn bet and shipped it over the top on the river for a double up early on. Pocket kings and I raise to 6x on the button. 5 callers and an A high flop of course so I fold. KK again a bit later on and I 3bet to $50 after an UTG raise and 3 callers. They all fold. Few c-bets later I'm down to about $140 again and I chase a flus with over cards and get there on the river which also pairs the board. I check to the aggressor and he unfortunately checks it back with two pair. He was the second biggest station on the table and was never folding anything so I was outside my mind to check into him. Anyway I cash out after a few hours for $203 (up from $100). It certainly is an easy game if you can hit some hands.
Finally ran well and sucked out on people. Seems like I rely on sucking out for profit. There aren't many interesting hands to discuss because people at 25nl play stupidly most of the time.
I think I misplayed this a bit, I was pretty pot committed after my turn bet but I don't think there are any made flushes in his range compared with hands that miss. Still, not a great spot to be calling 50bb.
Went to the casino on Thursday night. The table I jumped on was one of the stickiest I've ever seen (even or the casino). Folding was not an option for anyone so there was no poker to be played, you just had to hit hands. Got a free card with 66 on a K55 board and turned a 6. Called a turn bet and shipped it over the top on the river for a double up early on. Pocket kings and I raise to 6x on the button. 5 callers and an A high flop of course so I fold. KK again a bit later on and I 3bet to $50 after an UTG raise and 3 callers. They all fold. Few c-bets later I'm down to about $140 again and I chase a flus with over cards and get there on the river which also pairs the board. I check to the aggressor and he unfortunately checks it back with two pair. He was the second biggest station on the table and was never folding anything so I was outside my mind to check into him. Anyway I cash out after a few hours for $203 (up from $100). It certainly is an easy game if you can hit some hands.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Weekend Round Up
Hit the casino and played a bit of 6max 25nl this weekend and finished up but with an hourly rate no even a Mexican sweatshop worker would be proud of. 4hrs at the casino for a net profit of $13 and 3hrs of 6max for $15.66. Nice.
Quite enjoying 6max for a change at the moment. There are losts of 3 bet pots and lots of spastic players. Put the two together for extra monies (in theory). Ran pretty bad over 2k hands and paid of some people where I possibly shouldn't have. Its not often you get it in with an OESD + flush draw and are completely dominated:
Casino on Friday was pretty fun. 4 people from out home game were there spread over different tables. Me and a couple mates jumped on a 1/2 NLHE table which was just opening. I continued my card dead ways from the cashy on Wednesday and bleed a few chips trying to see flops. Made 1 c-bet and 1 attempted float the whole night I think. Also had a go at bluffing into the nuts. I was down about 40 when I got Q10s in the small blind and completed. Flop down 68T and the big blind leads out for pot ($10). I call and the turn is a J. The small blind checks and some guy in mid fires out 25. I call and sb folds. Check the blank river and mp thinks for a bit and pops out another 25. I quickly/tiltishly call and he shows air. Thats how you play nice and passive.
Highlight of the night was the Welsh gambler to my left who kept going on about he had to meet some girl in town but he had to get a big hand first. He had his KK (or so he said) mucked by the dealer and had a massive cry. He was up a couple hundy at that stage and proceeded to blow it in about 10 hands straight after. It was a good night with none of us loosing anything after robs $50 double up on roulette on the way out.
Quite enjoying 6max for a change at the moment. There are losts of 3 bet pots and lots of spastic players. Put the two together for extra monies (in theory). Ran pretty bad over 2k hands and paid of some people where I possibly shouldn't have. Its not often you get it in with an OESD + flush draw and are completely dominated:
Casino on Friday was pretty fun. 4 people from out home game were there spread over different tables. Me and a couple mates jumped on a 1/2 NLHE table which was just opening. I continued my card dead ways from the cashy on Wednesday and bleed a few chips trying to see flops. Made 1 c-bet and 1 attempted float the whole night I think. Also had a go at bluffing into the nuts. I was down about 40 when I got Q10s in the small blind and completed. Flop down 68T and the big blind leads out for pot ($10). I call and the turn is a J. The small blind checks and some guy in mid fires out 25. I call and sb folds. Check the blank river and mp thinks for a bit and pops out another 25. I quickly/tiltishly call and he shows air. Thats how you play nice and passive.
Highlight of the night was the Welsh gambler to my left who kept going on about he had to meet some girl in town but he had to get a big hand first. He had his KK (or so he said) mucked by the dealer and had a massive cry. He was up a couple hundy at that stage and proceeded to blow it in about 10 hands straight after. It was a good night with none of us loosing anything after robs $50 double up on roulette on the way out.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Live Cashy + Online Donkaments
Been running ok online I tried 6max 25nl again on Wednesday. Just because. As usual either ran into the nuts or got sucked out on. Got it back to even after 1600 hands but was 2 buy ins down on EV like usual. From reading my blog anyone would think I'm the unluckiest guy in the world. Its because I am.
Wednesday night and back to the Wainui cash game. Its 6-7handed, I buy in for $75 and run card dead for ages. 83o, T2o, 74o over and over. I get Q9 and call Mikes raise in position. I like playing Mike in position. Flop comes down AQxr and he (Over) cbets 7 into 6. Call. Turn is a J and he fires again 16 this time. Call. River K and he tanks and goes another 20. I know I'm not in good shape against pretty much anything so its a pretty easy fold. He shows J10 for the scummy runner runner. Balls. 72 becomes my most winningest hand as I take down a cuple of pots with c bets and collect everyones 50c on top.
I fold pocket KQs to Chris's 4bet from the button. He shows AKs and fold 10's to Lukes 3bet from the blinds and he turns over queens. Its getting late and I raise it up with Jh10h from the cut-off and get called by Tim who has just re-bought in the big blind. Flop comes down 9h3h8 for the open ender, flush draw + 2 overs if you couldn't work that out. I really wanted to get it in on that flop right there. C bet, Tim calls. Turn a J offsuit and bet again. Time shoves over the top and its an easy call. He turns over A9 for 2nd pair. 2 aces and one 9 in the deck. Sure enough a 9 on the river. gg.
Read the forum below the other day. Worryingly truthful stuff in there:
Had a few red wines and fired up a $26 tourney token on Tilt and a $50 double up on Titan.
3rd for $66 in on Tilt and double up on Titan. Get greedy, play another $50 and bubble it. Down $10 rake. Boo. Titan kindly gave me a $400 bonus I have until the end of May to unlock. What a joke, it gets released as a lump sum and I'd have to pay 3k rake to unlock it. I can't see myself playing 30k worth of tourneys in a month. Give it a go though for sure.
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Momentary Career Resurection
April started off well, had a few decent winning sessions and was on track to get my bank roll back to it's former glory @25nl. Gone back to a solid (by comparison) 16/14 style with increased post flop aggression stats. Its been working well with far more valuetown action on fish and less spewing all over my keyboard.
I keep getting in the situation below where I play TPTK pretty standard and get too much action on fairly dry boards and don't know where I am.
His lines doesn't make sense for 22's or AQ which is what I initially thought. Some kinda 7 might play it like this but how many of them are in his range?
Despite this I've been running pretty nicely and getting a bit of confidence back which seems to help with making decent decisions.
Had a pretty funny hand will this fishy as guy who was doing some weird shit. Id say nearly 100% of the time my play is spewy except against this guy who I had a bit of a soul read on.
On review of that hand I played it terribly and sucked out.
Sunday session turned to shit to put me back in my place. I kept the non show-downs in the positives for 1200 hands but still managed to lose 2.5 buy-ins mostly due to crap like this:
If you can get away from that you are a champion.
I keep getting in the situation below where I play TPTK pretty standard and get too much action on fairly dry boards and don't know where I am.
His lines doesn't make sense for 22's or AQ which is what I initially thought. Some kinda 7 might play it like this but how many of them are in his range?
Despite this I've been running pretty nicely and getting a bit of confidence back which seems to help with making decent decisions.
Had a pretty funny hand will this fishy as guy who was doing some weird shit. Id say nearly 100% of the time my play is spewy except against this guy who I had a bit of a soul read on.
On review of that hand I played it terribly and sucked out.
Sunday session turned to shit to put me back in my place. I kept the non show-downs in the positives for 1200 hands but still managed to lose 2.5 buy-ins mostly due to crap like this:
If you can get away from that you are a champion.
Monday, April 5, 2010
March Recap (caution - a bit of a whine)
To put it bluntly, March wasn't good. Pretty much everything went bad 50nl, 25nl, live, online, everything. I have dealt with it pretty well I think. I have been listening to a deuces cracked mp3 series focused on tilt issues which has helped . 30k hands in March for -$600 (down 350 on EV), it hasn't been pretty. My play went a bit loose preflop and passive post which didn't help things, but neither did crap like this:
If I get it in with a good hand I am smashed by the nuts, if I get it in good It won't be that way by the river.
Had a decent winning session today though and I feel like I am getting on top of my game. Pretty sure I should have 25nl crushed again once variance sorts its life out again. Actually got some value for a few big hands and held:
I'm looking forward to getting back on the right foot this month and getting my roll back to its former glory. It would be nice to have something to show for the time I have put into poker this so far. 5 or 6k at the end of the year and something tangible from the FT or Iron man store would do this trick.
I just remembered me and a friend played the daily double on FT on Friday after I got a seat with FT points. Got donked out of the b tourney but hung around in the a for awhile. With the bubble approaching and a dwindling stack I started running down the clock to ensure I got my buy in back. The tourney starts playing hand for hand and I get 7's on the button. I see that the tourney is down to 179 ( 180 pay) and I jam and hope for a lucky double up. Little do I know, placings aren't done by on order of bust out but who had the smallest stack in the hand that busted. Someone else on some other table had a bigger stack so its 181st place for me! Hahaha ultimate bubble boy. I won't make that mistake again so I guess it was a cheap lesson at $15. For what its worth my friend goes on to finish 7th/1216 for 400 odd.
If I get it in with a good hand I am smashed by the nuts, if I get it in good It won't be that way by the river.
Had a decent winning session today though and I feel like I am getting on top of my game. Pretty sure I should have 25nl crushed again once variance sorts its life out again. Actually got some value for a few big hands and held:
I'm looking forward to getting back on the right foot this month and getting my roll back to its former glory. It would be nice to have something to show for the time I have put into poker this so far. 5 or 6k at the end of the year and something tangible from the FT or Iron man store would do this trick.
I just remembered me and a friend played the daily double on FT on Friday after I got a seat with FT points. Got donked out of the b tourney but hung around in the a for awhile. With the bubble approaching and a dwindling stack I started running down the clock to ensure I got my buy in back. The tourney starts playing hand for hand and I get 7's on the button. I see that the tourney is down to 179 ( 180 pay) and I jam and hope for a lucky double up. Little do I know, placings aren't done by on order of bust out but who had the smallest stack in the hand that busted. Someone else on some other table had a bigger stack so its 181st place for me! Hahaha ultimate bubble boy. I won't make that mistake again so I guess it was a cheap lesson at $15. For what its worth my friend goes on to finish 7th/1216 for 400 odd.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Hard Times and Some Live Play
It turns out my poker autopilot begins to fail at 50nl and I get into too many spots where I'm completely lost. I have been trying to develop some type of thought process to apply to each hand to narrow my opponents range. Its not working so well. Basically started running well below EV (something I can deal with), getting some nasty beats and turning into a station as a result. All in all I have pretty much succeeded in trimming my bankroll down to a tidy $1200 (it was getting a bit bloated anyway). Dropped down to 25nl to try and restore a bit of confidence and won a few buy-ins before getting absolutely smashed with set over set, flush over flush, quads over boat and boat over nut flush.
Back to the drawing board I suppose, I need to revise/ develop some strategy. Easter weekend looks like its going to be good for some grinding, hopefully with some better results.
Went to Chris' (http://deftona1.blogspot.com/) home game last Wednesday for a break from crappy online shit. Buy in for 200bb in a 25/50c game. Got J8/9s a billion times and missed every flop. Hit top set with KK and missed out on a ton of value from AK when he checked the river back to me on the flush card. About 3 hours in the game is down to 5 handed, I'm down to about $75 and I 3 bet A3o from the sb against Chris who had been going fairly crazy. Flop comes down A76 monotone and I c-bet. He calls and I check the King turn to induce the float and Chris bets out. At this stage I feel he is trying to get me off all my medium pocket pairs and missed hands. The river comes a 3 and I feel pretty confident Ive got him. I bet out 1/3rd pot and Chris re-pops me all in. Another 40 or so to call. Pretty sure Chris knows I have an ace but not two pair, I think he would do this with worse two pairs/ rivered straights and sets. Probably a pretty marginal call but I make it anyway and he shows 75s or something for the runner runner flush. Nh I'm off for the night. Chris goes on to two pair every flop and take all the money on the table $750 or something. I'm pleased I didn't re-buy.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Dry Sessions
Had a couple of successful forays into the 50nl before running super dry in the third. Hit nothing for 1k hands and bled a buy-in. I guess to be a super successful player this is where making moves come in. Id imagine 50nl will still be beatable with fairly straightforward play but I should think about getting better at poker.
Was pretty hungover on Sunday so I decided 25nl would be a better idea. Probably wouldn't have dealt with a 50nl downswing so well so good decision. Ran like balls and actually lost money at 25nl for the first time in ages having to give up absolutely everything. Everything turns around for 60 hands and I make 3.5 buy-ins and quit. Happy again.
The red line is super ugly as a result of having to laydown a shitload of hands.
I need to get my act together and play some serious 50nl and not worry about the results, I should be good enough to not spew off multiple stacks. The play at 50nl is significantly more aggressive and I get put in alot more tricky spots. Should do some hand range analysis and see what cards I am actually up against instead of just winging it.
Hopefully get a few hands in this week and maybe hit the cassino.
Was pretty hungover on Sunday so I decided 25nl would be a better idea. Probably wouldn't have dealt with a 50nl downswing so well so good decision. Ran like balls and actually lost money at 25nl for the first time in ages having to give up absolutely everything. Everything turns around for 60 hands and I make 3.5 buy-ins and quit. Happy again.
The red line is super ugly as a result of having to laydown a shitload of hands.
I need to get my act together and play some serious 50nl and not worry about the results, I should be good enough to not spew off multiple stacks. The play at 50nl is significantly more aggressive and I get put in alot more tricky spots. Should do some hand range analysis and see what cards I am actually up against instead of just winging it.
Hopefully get a few hands in this week and maybe hit the cassino.
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