Post Earthquake Hands

Been putting in some serious volume (serious compared with none) of late at 50 and 100nl since Feb 22 because I've got a broken leg and can't do fuck all else. Been smack on break even since the earthquake over 10k hands which is a little disappointing. I haven't been playing particularly well, calling too much OOP and making stupid moves. I always seem to treat any stake thats not the highest I play as play money which is really detrimental to my winrate. There are definitely still a huge amount of tards at 100nl so I think I can make it at a good clip there if I can keep to an A-ish game most of the time.

Some hands:

First off a bit of a cooler. Dude had a 3bet of 10% out of the SB so I think the call IP is good. Cound't think of many hands he could call two barrels with so I checked behind on the turn. Hand played itself.


Next is one I played badly. I flatted behind pre to keep the fish in. When he donks I'm thinking weak top pair or 2nd pair type hand. I think the turn and river cards improve his range too much so its a river fold. Raising the flop seems the obvious move in hindsight.



Prior to the next hand I had been folding tons of small pots to the fish to my left. I had seen him doing stupid stuff trying to take down 3bet pots so I flatted his 3bet and let him spazz out. It all went to plan until:



An then there are a fuck load of missplayed hands from 50nl which aren't getting posted.

Hopefully I can keep my inner donk under control and make some good plays. Want to put in a bit more volume over the next few days because I'm a rake back pro and thats how I make my money.

Gone Whaling

Dont you love it when a seat pops up at a table and there is a giant ocean going mammal on your right?





Those are my typical 6max stats if you were wondering. The whale had just won 3 100bb pots in a row getting it in with a worse ace and hitting against the same dude. I couldn't hit anything against him and he folded when I flopped a set :(

50nl is still going alright, only a 1000 hands this weekend for a buyin or so though. Watched a video (recommended by Chris) by a Guy called Nikachu on CR and it was great for thinking about 3 betting against standard regs and playing pots against fishes. He is a fucking wierdo but if you can get past that there is a lot of good information.

Had a few hands this morning:



I have taken to donking ou sets multiway. I really wanted to keep the passive fishy guy to my left in the pot so I didn't reraise the flop (probably a mistake). I was pretty sure the flush hit the fish but I knew I was getting his stack if I filled up so the implied odds were there as I could easily fold any non pairing river. Loosing play?



I haven't come up against any big hands in this shot at 50nl so I had kinda forgotten that I can be beat sometimes (by 2 people no less). Completely thought I was good on the turn so just clicked call without noticing it was 2x pot.

October Wrap-up

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.

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.

Made a Video (its not ready for the public yet)

I recorded an epic 4hour session of 4 tabling nl50 last night (4hours is epic for me to sit down for). I played relatively tilt free for a change and thing I made (to the best of my knowledge) some good decisions. There are several major issues I need to tidy up before I post it though....

1 - Its four hours long

2 - I'm sick and am sniffing constantly. It even annoyed me watching it.

3 - There are only four tables so lots of time where nothing happens

4 - I stop commenting on my play after 1.5hrs and the sniffing becomes more prominent

I might put the first 45mins in and then throw in all the interesting hands at the end with some commentary over the top to let you into the wonderful thing that is my thought process.

The realisation of extreme suckyness

I feel like I'm playing better than ever but my bankroll would beg to differ. I'm bleeding chips like a haemophiliac shaving in non-showdown pots and can 't win much at show down. See below:

Enough complaining, I'm going to use my super web skillz to make a video and of some four tabling and hopefully embed it in my blog and for all to view/comment on. I will try make it short and sweet as to not waste your time. Might put it on Deuces as well in the members videos area for ridicule.

Bad Internet Poker

I am running bad+ playing terrible at the moment. Been trying my luck at 6max NL50 and am a pay-off wizard. If you have a hand, I will pay your off. Probably with A high.

My options at the moment are to focus on watching some videos, playing 4 tables and developing some skill/Luck or sticking to pokemon on an old school gameboy. I think pokemon is the +Ev option. Luck is my best hope for poker at the moment. I have destroyed my 1.6k roll down to 1.2 in a matter of days which isn't flash.

Had an awful session over the weekend when I went on super aggro monkey retard spastic mongol donkey tilt. I kept running big hands into bigger ones and was not able to get away from them. Paid off set over set, A high over K high flush etc. Quit out of 4 tables and stayed in the 2 tables I had 150bb+ with the thought that a double up will make it all better. Hit the nut flush v a 3/4 stack and got paid off. Up to 260bb and feeling better. The very next hand was against the only guy who had me covered. I 3 bet with AJo from the blinds v a loose open from the button. From comes down KTx two hearts. I c bet out as standard and get called. Turn is x heart and I check, hoping to be able to rep the flush on the river. River is a T. I make a hand. I lead out with the intention of folding to a raise. The villain jams it all in and I move to fold. Somehow in my fucked up tilted psyche the messages are confused and the mouse moves uncontrollably to the call button which has grown to over 3 times its normal size. With my eyes closed I hear the click of the mouse. I shut the lid on the laptop without looking, already knowing the result.

Another shot at 50nl

My roll is back to 30 bi at 50nl so I played a few hands on 6max. Things went fairly well, called one guy down really thin twice and got 2 stacks but tried a couple of ridiculous bluffs to negate any profit. The hand below is pretty interesting I think. I called in position basically for mining odds. Flopped bottom set on a fairly nasty board. The initial raiser is a passive fish, the 3 bettor is a 60/30 fish and the first cold caller is the guy I have picked off bluffs from and is pretty spazzy.



I don't think there is a +ev play here... Calling and all draws have odds to call. Raise and I am only getting called by JJ, KK, AQ + combo draws. Interested to here others views.

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.

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.