i can see alot of fundamental errors in some of these cash hands the aa hand in particular how u are not raising on that flop is beyond me i see alot of spots u are plain out n out gambling happy to get it in with flushdraws wheres the edge here ? u play ya hands well diff to how i would play them Posted by IDONKCALLU
Ur comment was pointless and ur attention seeking annoys me so much on the forum. Don't just comment saying how bad it was give me constructive advice, no point me posting hands for u to say how bad they are, I know that what I need now is advice so the amount of time this happens isn't often
I aint read other replies so it might be covered but there are some glaring mistakes here.
Hand 1 - I definitely c-bet, we can still get called by loads of weaker Ax and even hands like KQ/KJ. We'll also be betting this when we've 3bet with dem decent PPs. As played, you've thrown away £11.20 completely needlessly. He's went full pot, and full pot again, and you're calling knowing you're playing the board. It's an old saying but you should really avoid calling for chops in most cases. Turn is a fold, river is a fold.... but you know that already.
Hand 2 - You've played this SO backwards. You've 3bet pre (good), then decide not to c-bet (wierd) then on top of that, instead of chcek/call you check/raise (really wierd), so you've check/raised and he still clearly wants to get it in (this means he almost certainly has 1pr beat or VERY good equity against us). You should c-bet, if he raises then flat.
Hand 3 - That's just puke but I probably bet smaller on the turn.
Hand 4 - Think we can make what feels like a pretty nitty fold on the flop. It's such a massive overbet that I'd expect him to have 2pr/sets and is afraid of a 4th heart coming down virtually 100% of the time.
Hand 5 - Meh, well played, calling 2nd shove is dependent on what you think of opponent but you seem to not think much of him. I definitely wouldn't see that I'm never folding this flop though. First of all we're 3way and more importantly it's like the dryest flop in the world.... no FD basically no straight draws, if people start piling money in on this flop it's likely to be sets and OPs.
Come on, if you're calling players "fish" and "the worst player on the site", you've got to take the names out. Hand number 2 - what do you think he is shoving with there? Does he/she ever do that with something that you have beat? Posted by FCHD
I apolgise I just forgot because I was posting so many hands, I didn't mean it rudely just as banter. Come on look at my hands im sure he could say a lot back to me if he wanted, just adds to the game makes it more exciting. I don't think iv ever seen his name on here anyways so ill doubt he'll see it. sorry if I cause offense.
The KK??? theres a massive range I beat there, is that not a perfect flop for me? I beat flush draws, 10x hand, JJ QQ ( which are possiable with the 4x raise) some odd straights , 99/88 might call another street hoping I have the FD and will give up.
If this is a flop im happy to get it in with....what is?
I aint read other replies so it might be covered but there are some glaring mistakes here. Hand 1 - I definitely c-bet, we can still get called by loads of weaker Ax and even hands like KQ/KJ. We'll also be betting this when we've 3bet with dem decent PPs. As played, you've thrown away £11.20 completely needlessly. He's went full pot, and full pot again, and you're calling knowing you're playing the board. It's an old saying but you should really avoid calling for chops in most cases. Turn is a fold, river is a fold.... but you know that already. Hand 2 - You've played this SO backwards. You've 3bet pre (good), then decide not to c-bet (wierd) then on top of that, instead of chcek/call you check/raise (really wierd), so you've check/raised and he still clearly wants to get it in (this means he almost certainly has 1pr beat or VERY good equity against us). You should c-bet, if he raises then flat. Hand 3 - That's just puke but I probably bet smaller on the turn. Hand 4 - Think we can make what feels like a pretty nitty fold on the flop. It's such a massive overbet that I'd expect him to have 2pr/sets and is afraid of a 4th heart coming down virtually 100% of the time. Hand 5 - Meh, well played, calling 2nd shove is dependent on what you think of opponent but you seem to not think much of him. I definitely wouldn't see that I'm never folding this flop though. First of all we're 3way and more importantly it's like the dryest flop in the world.... no FD basically no straight draws, if people start piling money in on this flop it's likely to be sets and OPs. Posted by Lambert180
Yep completely agree the hand is madness, have no excuses just awful play. Think in this bad run iv tried to hard, trying to force hands and make them winning hands, 2nd guessing my decisions. Just need to let things happen and not force it.
The reason I decided not tob CB is I want to balance my range as iv been working on that a lot, so I need to be c/c and c/r some flops, and I decided to c/r this flop due to there being a fd which he might put me on as sometimes I play a fd this way rather than c/c c/c. I have to be carful imo that balancing my range doesn't sacrifice me doing the best play with the highest +ev.
Yeah but regarding hand 5 your talking in general poker. Your not talking with the dynamics of the table and the opponents previous history/tendencies. For instance this player has stacked off lighter and bluffed more/ just been more creative with his play and imo its not always the best play. So when I play aj I think if I hit a J high board I now no that I will have to stack off lighter/ for instance this is a normal stacking off hand in my range its just a value hand. But given what his doing and the fact his being aggro with a wide range if I don't adjust it will involve me c/f a lot of different situations. Is this not correct thinking?
Sometimes I feel so confussed, I feel like everyone has a different opinion of the correct thing to do. Sometimes I don't no who to remember when Im trying to think of the correct play in situations.
Balancing at 10NL is somewhere in between a little unnecessary and completely pointless, verging on probably losing you more money than it wins. Forget about trying to be too fancy, just play good solid ABC poker at these levels.
The most important thing imo is just just have good logical thought processes. Someone (very good) said to me that the people that win the most money are the ones that think more logically than their opponents.
I dunno, like you say, I haven't got the reads/history you have so it might be fine, but generally people who are being aggro are at least gonna do it with a draw or some kind of equity and there's just nothing out there. But if you know on a J-high board he has no problem stacking off with KJ, QJ, JT, J9 etc then its fine.
Balancing at 10NL is somewhere in between a little unnecessary and completely pointless, verging on probably losing you more money than it wins. Forget about trying to be too fancy, just play good solid ABC poker at these levels. The most important thing imo is just just have good logical thought processes. Someone (very good) said to me that the people that win the most money are the ones that think more logically than their opponents. I dunno, like you say, I haven't got the reads/history you have so it might be fine, but generally people who are being aggro are at least gonna do it with a draw or some kind of equity and there's just nothing out there. But if you know on a J-high board he has no problem stacking off with KJ, QJ, JT, J9 etc then its fine. Posted by Lambert180
point taken, but I just want to have a lot to my game so when I move up in limits I don't have to give a complete makeover to my game, but horses for courses I agree.
I really do think that he would stack of with those hands, I can only judge from what iv seen and what his shown down and how active his been etc
Played today after thinking a lot about my poker the last 2 days, generally disspaointed the way things are going. I was fully confident I could be the most profit player at 10nl on sky and this was a harsh wake up. Im still doing massive -ev things, I have a lot of good information I just don't think im using it in the best way. The game is about making money long term, not what feels good doing not what is the best fancy classy play. Win money that's it.
I watched a few videos before the session/ went over my hands, its suprising how much I noticed. The value/ hand selctions/ 3 betting / cb range, I all noticed stuff I think would help so adjusted. Also sent liam a PM, it would help a lot to have one main partner to talk poker about.
Started off great, winning all in with AA, playing generally well, gtting good hand, on a table where my plan was working. Finally! I remember these days, my thoughts were correct, my balance was good, I was generally having the correct idea. I was up 2 buyins in no time. Then I was dealt , AA.... short story I folded the best hand in a spot I think is correct...as always ill let you judge. I then was going alone nice feeling great. Flopped the nuts with backdoor equity against a really aggro player then BOOM! sucked out in a 320bb pot, Poker just letting me no to not get carried away. I then lost about £3.5 in a strange hand and thought im just going to bank the win. Must be a few buyins up probelry in the £200 mark or close...wrong +1 buyins. The hands I won was a lot of 120-180bb pots, and the big hand I lost was treble that. I think I would of been in the 200 at some point.
Just given me belief I can get back to £300 and push on. Yes its annoying I played like a fish. Yes its annoying I was losing in +ev spots a lot over the weekend. Yes its annoying im starting my BR - 12.5 buy ins. But its happens....too everyone. Ill keep working hard keep watching videos and seeking advice from you lot that read and one day hopefully I will be the one being recommended for advice. If it all goes wrong, then I know I could of done no more.
sky: £186.91 (-11.5)
888: $481 (+8)
Life Bit
Okay so the life bit, for those that don't know I have a balance disorder called MAV ( migraine associated vertigo). I'm currently 21 and got it when I was about 18 1/2. Basically I wrote a longer version a few weeks ago so ill give the short version. I had to change my diet, take a lot of tablets and couldn't do a lot and recently got told my career as a fitness instructor was over as it would be too much of a risk for my body. So I give up working out which I had done for quiete abit and had got fairly big. Since then I had stopped the working out and obv put on weight due to no exercise/ tablets. But tomorrow I have decided I feel healthy enough to give working out a big effort again. Its a big step for me as ill be commiting too this with the trust my health wont let me down (hopefully) which I havnt been able to do often. It will be protein shakes and protein/carbs meals for the next few months!
Im really excited that this is another step in my recovery. I write this stuff here for you to learn more about/ hopefully help someone with something similar/ to try and put stuff into perspective. My life is completely different to what it was when I was 18 and I could never imagine it would turn out like this. I was an 18 year old who had been kicked out of 6th form for being too disruptive, thought he could treat people the way he wanted and took way too much advantage of generally pleasant girls attentions. The point is I wished I didn't have to have this illness to make me realise how things are in the world.
The best thing is now I have problems and im determined to solve them, because I have the health to at least try. Theres loads of people round the world that have an illness that they cant recover from ands its just made me realise im so lucky to have a "normal" life because its no given that you will have that. Im soooooooo determined in the future to give something back to balance disorders as iv had great care....I just need to find how. So really next time you start a BR like mine, or have a hand where you called down quads with Ace high, or get called all the names under the sun just think or have a bad day at work. Think is my life really that bad?? and ill garentee suddenly things don't seem bad at all, your actually delighted that man just called you a **** because that's the biggest problem atm in your life.
I got carried away there, sorry for the essay, thanks for taking the time to read!
Won 1.5 buy ins played for a little under 2 hours, which is fairly short but I was tired and had a long busy day. Won a big hand early on flopping top set against overpair KK and stacking the opponent. Lost an annoying pot with a bluff, ill post the hand as id like advice on it.
This rebuilding of BR is going to take ages!! I wished it hadn't gone so wrong to start off with at least the 888 one Is going okay as im 10.5+ buy ins up.
Update (poker bit) Played today after thinking a lot about my poker the last 2 days, generally disspaointed the way things are going. I was fully confident I could be the most profit player at 10nl on sky and this was a harsh wake up. Im still doing massive -ev things, I have a lot of good information I just don't think im using it in the best way. The game is about making money long term, not what feels good doing not what is the best fancy classy play. Win money that's it. I watched a few videos before the session/ went over my hands, its suprising how much I noticed. The value/ hand selctions/ 3 betting / cb range, I all noticed stuff I think would help so adjusted. Also sent liam a PM, it would help a lot to have one main partner to talk poker about. Started off great, winning all in with AA, playing generally well, gtting good hand, on a table where my plan was working. Finally! I remember these days, my thoughts were correct, my balance was good, I was generally having the correct idea. I was up 2 buyins in no time. Then I was dealt , AA.... short story I folded the best hand in a spot I think is correct...as always ill let you judge. I then was going alone nice feeling great. Flopped the nuts with backdoor equity against a really aggro player then BOOM! sucked out in a 320bb pot, Poker just letting me no to not get carried away. I then lost about £3.5 in a strange hand and thought im just going to bank the win. Must be a few buyins up probelry in the £200 mark or close...wrong +1 buyins. The hands I won was a lot of 120-180bb pots, and the big hand I lost was treble that. I think I would of been in the 200 at some point. Just given me belief I can get back to £300 and push on. Yes its annoying I played like a fish. Yes its annoying I was losing in +ev spots a lot over the weekend. Yes its annoying im starting my BR - 12.5 buy ins. But its happens....too everyone. Ill keep working hard keep watching videos and seeking advice from you lot that read and one day hopefully I will be the one being recommended for advice. If it all goes wrong, then I know I could of done no more. sky: £186.91 (-11.5) 888: $481 (+8) Life Bit Okay so the life bit, for those that don't know I have a balance disorder called MAV ( migraine associated vertigo). I'm currently 21 and got it when I was about 18 1/2. Basically I wrote a longer version a few weeks ago so ill give the short version. I had to change my diet, take a lot of tablets and couldn't do a lot and recently got told my career as a fitness instructor was over as it would be too much of a risk for my body. So I give up working out which I had done for quiete abit and had got fairly big. Since then I had stopped the working out and obv put on weight due to no exercise/ tablets. But tomorrow I have decided I feel healthy enough to give working out a big effort again. Its a big step for me as ill be commiting too this with the trust my health wont let me down (hopefully) which I havnt been able to do often. It will be protein shakes and protein/carbs meals for the next few months! Im really excited that this is another step in my recovery. I write this stuff here for you to learn more about/ hopefully help someone with something similar/ to try and put stuff into perspective. My life is completely different to what it was when I was 18 and I could never imagine it would turn out like this. I was an 18 year old who had been kicked out of 6th form for being too disruptive, thought he could treat people the way he wanted and took way too much advantage of generally pleasant girls attentions. The point is I wished I didn't have to have this illness to make me realise how things are in the world. The best thing is now I have problems and im determined to solve them, because I have the health to at least try. Theres loads of people round the world that have an illness that they cant recover from ands its just made me realise im so lucky to have a "normal" life because its no given that you will have that. Im soooooooo determined in the future to give something back to balance disorders as iv had great care....I just need to find how. So really next time you start a BR like mine, or have a hand where you called down quads with Ace high, or get called all the names under the sun just think or have a bad day at work. Think is my life really that bad?? and ill garentee suddenly things don't seem bad at all, your actually delighted that man just called you a **** because that's the biggest problem atm in your life. I got carried away there, sorry for the essay, thanks for taking the time to read! Posted by robbie1992
What are the symptoms of this?
Probably a silly question, headaches and dizziness right? lol. Anything else?
How did you get it? was there an incident or did it just happen?
I was away in Turkey around 4 years ago when I had problems with an ear, felt some kind a blockage and general discomfort in my left ear, although no pain. Went to see a doc to try and prevent any pain that may occur later down the line, earache is a nightmare, wanted to make sure I avoided it.
He had to syringe my ears to check for infection, and ever since he did that I've had tinnitus (ringing in ears) which is incurable. Never really had any medical attention for it, just had to get used to it. But pretty sure there are other symptoms.
I did see my GP the day I got back from hols, but he just asked me questions about my life etc, and when he found out I was in the final year of uni doing my dissertation, he put it down to 'stress'.
Which is BS, because I am, and definitely was back then, the least stressed person in the World
He did give me some tablets to 'manage' it but I didn't bother taking them. Would have if I was allowed to drink on them, but I wasn't. So gg. they're probably still in the cupboard!
I do get days where I'm dizzy and very lethargic though (even more than usual). Never had this kind of thing before that incident.
Never had a headache in my life though. Thankfully.
In b4 I get a shocking 1 tonight or something
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Wouldn't worry too much about the balancing thing @ nl10.
I think you'll probably balance naturally, without really thinking about it as 'balancing'.
I think the a lot of your edge @ nl10 where the players are so nitty and passive is going to come from playing small ball poker, stealing a lot of blinds, taking a lot of pots down on the flop, maybe floating players and taking it away on the turn etc. Generally to win a big pot at nl10 (from what I've seen) you really do need to cooler someone. Because people are so reluctant to play big pots without a huge hand.
fwiw, I think evilpingu is hosting some sort of cash hand review on Skype this afternoon, his sessions are normally done on a voice call, not sure if this is anything you'd be interested in. Will be on from midday anyway and probably get it going around 4pm. I'm sure he'd be ok with you joining.
Not sure who will be on the call, probably don and maybe lambert/ajrockets etc.
In Response to Re: ONE TIME!.....another diary. : What are the symptoms of this? Probably a silly question, headaches and dizziness right? lol. Anything else? How did you get it? was there an incident or did it just happen? I was away in Turkey around 4 years ago when I had problems with an ear, felt some kind a blockage and general discomfort in my left ear, although no pain. Went to see a doc to try and prevent any pain that may occur later down the line, earache is a nightmare, wanted to make sure I avoided it. He had to syringe my ears to check for infection, and ever since he did that I've had tinnitus (ringing in ears) which is incurable. Never really had any medical attention for it, just had to get used to it. But pretty sure there are other symptoms. I did see my GP the day I got back from hols, but he just asked me questions about my life etc, and when he found out I was in the final year of uni doing my dissertation, he put it down to 'stress'. Which is BS, because I am, and definitely was back then, the least stressed person in the World He did give me some tablets to 'manage' it but I didn't bother taking them. Would have if I was allowed to drink on them, but I wasn't. So gg. they're probably still in the cupboard! I do get days where I'm dizzy and very lethargic though (even more than usual). Never had this kind of thing before that incident. Never had a headache in my life though. Thankfully. In b4 I get a shocking 1 tonight or something ----------------- Wouldn't worry too much about the balancing thing @ nl10. I think you'll probably balance naturally, without really thinking about it as 'balancing'. I think the a lot of your edge @ nl10 where the players are so nitty and passive is going to come from playing small ball poker, stealing a lot of blinds, taking a lot of pots down on the flop, maybe floating players and taking it away on the turn etc. Generally to win a big pot at nl10 (from what I've seen) you really do need to cooler someone. Because people are so reluctant to play big pots without a huge hand. fwiw, I think evilpingu is hosting some sort of cash hand review on Skype this afternoon, his sessions are normally done on a voice call, not sure if this is anything you'd be interested in. Will be on from midday anyway and probably get it going around 4pm. I'm sure he'd be ok with you joining. Not sure who will be on the call, probably don and maybe lambert/ajrockets etc. Good luck with the gym grind! Posted by DOHHHHHHH
Yeah the tinnitus was a symptom at first but I thought that was because I used to go out quiet a lot and the music is loud lol that is annoying tho, I no you get used to it and its only very bad when its silent but annoying never the less. The symptoms are just feeling unbalanced, light sensitivity and nausea they were the main ones. If I get dizzy now ill put my sunglasses on and it helps cope better with it. I don't feel dizzy I just look like a blind man instead then. HAHa stress is the apparent cause of everything, exactly you would be stressed but im sure the girls/drinking/banter would of helped you relax abit at uni. Dizziness is usually associated with some problem in the inner ear though.
Thankyou, workout, tuna, pasta, rice, chicken and protein shakes have filled the days so far, GYM GRIND!!!!
Yeah that sounds good shame Iv read my messages this late, but yes ill usually be up for getting involved in those sort of things, thanks doh .
Well, I dont play a lot of 10nl anymore, but I dont understand your river thought process. What hand are you trying to get to fold? Busted A high flush draws and/or mid pair type hands that didnt improv - I dare say you could bet £2.2 and get most of them to fold Saving £1.45 everytime you are against a hand that isnt folding. How does the 6 make a difference? I would personally check back the turn and take a freebie, we only have 6 outs that we ship for stacks. Posted by calcalfold
My thought process, after the flop is. Iv never isolated a limper so I asume his hand is weak, range on the flop 10x, slowplayed set, flush draws. He calls and then the turn is a K, im aggressive so he maybe assume I will cb a lot when pre flop aggrsor, and that I can validly rep the K, I will rep it as a semi bluff, I want a fold but if he calls I still have some outs/ who knows maybe even a j/q would be outs (that I wouldn't bet for value). Also if I check, I cant win the hand unless I hit, I wont be then repping anything on the river. The river bet was to fold 10x hands that called the turn and hope if I miss my FD ill check down, to fold missed FDs, to fold any odd folats that picked up equty on the turn.
I thought that aswell but then do I really want to be giving a good price at 10nl to call with 2nd pair/etc? its not like iv bet pot , 3/4 bet. The bet id likely place with my value hands.
Don't want to clogg the forum up with long posts of updates.
So basically start off bad. After checking down JJ on Q high flop, I hit a J on river to make full house, got money in op had QQ for higher full house. Played well after that I think, one or two moments where aggression is overstepping the mark of -ev play but atm im fairly happy how im playing. Going to put some effort into study/grinding tomorrow.
Since my awful weekend, iv had 6 winning sessions across 2 sites in a row, how does that work out? Slowely but surely building the sky BR back, it will be at £300 again! ......I hope.
Won 1.7 buyins
sky: £215.92
888: $505.26
Got enough c4p points to pay for my monthly duecescracked, which was the aim at start of the month so that will be withdrawn straight away.
Had a busy day but had time to watch a video for abit then play for about an hour have dinner then play for 3 more. Decided I was going to keep to 4 table but play an mtt aswell as iv been finding the odd mtt very boring on its own, and havnt been having much luck in them. Played a 44c rebuy for abit of fun, got done by 3 outers twice on river and decided not to buy back in as it was just shoving everyhand whats the point. Thefor 1st session of cash I was 1/2 buy in up which isn't bad considering I lost kk vs qq, 230bb pot, Q on the flop.
When I come back in the afternoon I decided to play a $5.50 knockout, didn't have much early on but managed to knock someone out my first knockout on 888 lol I eventually went on to cash, top 36/190 got paid. I decided to close all my cash games and concentrate on this as it was only $160 to win it but that's still 16 buyins that I wont win playing 3 games of cash. Played well got my money in good 11 left I was 5th was looking forward to the final table. Folded round to me in bb aggesive tournament leader shoves on me.....I got aqo what do I do? I thought for a whole 30 seconds and thought im not giving up a +ev spot to make it to the final table, I was ahead of his range and think at worst im a coinflip. I call he has a10o, 10 on the flop, missing the luck again. Seeming to cope better with bad beats lately, just a shame I make the right decision and still don't get to play on the FT
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Hand number 2 - what do you think he is shoving with there? Does he/she ever do that with something that you have beat?
Hand 1 - I definitely c-bet, we can still get called by loads of weaker Ax and even hands like KQ/KJ. We'll also be betting this when we've 3bet with dem decent PPs. As played, you've thrown away £11.20 completely needlessly. He's went full pot, and full pot again, and you're calling knowing you're playing the board. It's an old saying but you should really avoid calling for chops in most cases. Turn is a fold, river is a fold.... but you know that already.
Hand 2 - You've played this SO backwards. You've 3bet pre (good), then decide not to c-bet (wierd) then on top of that, instead of chcek/call you check/raise (really wierd), so you've check/raised and he still clearly wants to get it in (this means he almost certainly has 1pr beat or VERY good equity against us). You should c-bet, if he raises then flat.
Hand 3 - That's just puke but I probably bet smaller on the turn.
Hand 4 - Think we can make what feels like a pretty nitty fold on the flop. It's such a massive overbet that I'd expect him to have 2pr/sets and is afraid of a 4th heart coming down virtually 100% of the time.
Hand 5 - Meh, well played, calling 2nd shove is dependent on what you think of opponent but you seem to not think much of him. I definitely wouldn't see that I'm never folding this flop though. First of all we're 3way and more importantly it's like the dryest flop in the world.... no FD basically no straight draws, if people start piling money in on this flop it's likely to be sets and OPs.
The KK??? theres a massive range I beat there, is that not a perfect flop for me? I beat flush draws, 10x hand, JJ QQ ( which are possiable with the 4x raise) some odd straights , 99/88 might call another street hoping I have the FD and will give up.
If this is a flop im happy to get it in with....what is?
The reason I decided not tob CB is I want to balance my range as iv been working on that a lot, so I need to be c/c and c/r some flops, and I decided to c/r this flop due to there being a fd which he might put me on as sometimes I play a fd this way rather than c/c c/c. I have to be carful imo that balancing my range doesn't sacrifice me doing the best play with the highest +ev.
Yeah but regarding hand 5 your talking in general poker. Your not talking with the dynamics of the table and the opponents previous history/tendencies. For instance this player has stacked off lighter and bluffed more/ just been more creative with his play and imo its not always the best play. So when I play aj I think if I hit a J high board I now no that I will have to stack off lighter/ for instance this is a normal stacking off hand in my range its just a value hand. But given what his doing and the fact his being aggro with a wide range if I don't adjust it will involve me c/f a lot of different situations. Is this not correct thinking?
Sometimes I feel so confussed, I feel like everyone has a different opinion of the correct thing to do. Sometimes I don't no who to remember when Im trying to think of the correct play in situations.
The most important thing imo is just just have good logical thought processes. Someone (very good) said to me that the people that win the most money are the ones that think more logically than their opponents.
I dunno, like you say, I haven't got the reads/history you have so it might be fine, but generally people who are being aggro are at least gonna do it with a draw or some kind of equity and there's just nothing out there. But if you know on a J-high board he has no problem stacking off with KJ, QJ, JT, J9 etc then its fine.
I really do think that he would stack of with those hands, I can only judge from what iv seen and what his shown down and how active his been etc
Played today after thinking a lot about my poker the last 2 days, generally disspaointed the way things are going. I was fully confident I could be the most profit player at 10nl on sky and this was a harsh wake up. Im still doing massive -ev things, I have a lot of good information I just don't think im using it in the best way. The game is about making money long term, not what feels good doing not what is the best fancy classy play. Win money that's it.
I watched a few videos before the session/ went over my hands, its suprising how much I noticed. The value/ hand selctions/ 3 betting / cb range, I all noticed stuff I think would help so adjusted. Also sent liam a PM, it would help a lot to have one main partner to talk poker about.
Started off great, winning all in with AA, playing generally well, gtting good hand, on a table where my plan was working. Finally! I remember these days, my thoughts were correct, my balance was good, I was generally having the correct idea. I was up 2 buyins in no time. Then I was dealt , AA.... short story I folded the best hand in a spot I think is correct...as always ill let you judge. I then was going alone nice feeling great. Flopped the nuts with backdoor equity against a really aggro player then BOOM! sucked out in a 320bb pot, Poker just letting me no to not get carried away. I then lost about £3.5 in a strange hand and thought im just going to bank the win. Must be a few buyins up probelry in the £200 mark or close...wrong +1 buyins. The hands I won was a lot of 120-180bb pots, and the big hand I lost was treble that. I think I would of been in the 200 at some point.
Just given me belief I can get back to £300 and push on. Yes its annoying I played like a fish. Yes its annoying I was losing in +ev spots a lot over the weekend. Yes its annoying im starting my BR - 12.5 buy ins. But its happens....too everyone. Ill keep working hard keep watching videos and seeking advice from you lot that read and one day hopefully I will be the one being recommended for advice. If it all goes wrong, then I know I could of done no more.
sky: £186.91 (-11.5)
888: $481 (+8)
Life Bit
Okay so the life bit, for those that don't know I have a balance disorder called MAV ( migraine associated vertigo). I'm currently 21 and got it when I was about 18 1/2. Basically I wrote a longer version a few weeks ago so ill give the short version. I had to change my diet, take a lot of tablets and couldn't do a lot and recently got told my career as a fitness instructor was over as it would be too much of a risk for my body. So I give up working out which I had done for quiete abit and had got fairly big. Since then I had stopped the working out and obv put on weight due to no exercise/ tablets. But tomorrow I have decided I feel healthy enough to give working out a big effort again. Its a big step for me as ill be commiting too this with the trust my health wont let me down (hopefully) which I havnt been able to do often. It will be protein shakes and protein/carbs meals for the next few months!
Im really excited that this is another step in my recovery. I write this stuff here for you to learn more about/ hopefully help someone with something similar/ to try and put stuff into perspective. My life is completely different to what it was when I was 18 and I could never imagine it would turn out like this. I was an 18 year old who had been kicked out of 6th form for being too disruptive, thought he could treat people the way he wanted and took way too much advantage of generally pleasant girls attentions. The point is I wished I didn't have to have this illness to make me realise how things are in the world.
The best thing is now I have problems and im determined to solve them, because I have the health to at least try. Theres loads of people round the world that have an illness that they cant recover from ands its just made me realise im so lucky to have a "normal" life because its no given that you will have that. Im soooooooo determined in the future to give something back to balance disorders as iv had great care....I just need to find how. So really next time you start a BR like mine, or have a hand where you called down quads with Ace high, or get called all the names under the sun just think or have a bad day at work. Think is my life really that bad?? and ill garentee suddenly things don't seem bad at all, your actually delighted that man just called you a **** because that's the biggest problem atm in your life.
I got carried away there, sorry for the essay, thanks for taking the time to read!
Opps forgot the hands
1) Bad AA fold? villain was fairly active but done nothing to out of line, mostly straightforward.
-$6 for mtt
888: $505.82
Won 1.5 buy ins played for a little under 2 hours, which is fairly short but I was tired and had a long busy day. Won a big hand early on flopping top set against overpair KK and stacking the opponent. Lost an annoying pot with a bluff, ill post the hand as id like advice on it.
This rebuilding of BR is going to take ages!! I wished it hadn't gone so wrong to start off with
sky: £199.67
888: $505.36
Well, I dont play a lot of 10nl anymore, but I dont understand your river thought process. What hand are you trying to get to fold?
Busted A high flush draws and/or mid pair type hands that didnt improv - I dare say you could bet £2.2 and get most of them to fold
Saving £1.45 everytime you are against a hand that isnt folding.
How does the 6 make a difference?
I would personally check back the turn and take a freebie, we only have 6 outs that we ship for stacks.
Probably a silly question, headaches and dizziness right? lol. Anything else?
How did you get it? was there an incident or did it just happen?
I was away in Turkey around 4 years ago when I had problems with an ear, felt some kind a blockage and general discomfort in my left ear, although no pain. Went to see a doc to try and prevent any pain that may occur later down the line, earache is a nightmare, wanted to make sure I avoided it.
He had to syringe my ears to check for infection, and ever since he did that I've had tinnitus (ringing in ears) which is incurable. Never really had any medical attention for it, just had to get used to it. But pretty sure there are other symptoms.
I did see my GP the day I got back from hols, but he just asked me questions about my life etc, and when he found out I was in the final year of uni doing my dissertation, he put it down to 'stress'.
Which is BS, because I am, and definitely was back then, the least stressed person in the World
He did give me some tablets to 'manage' it but I didn't bother taking them. Would have if I was allowed to drink on them, but I wasn't. So gg. they're probably still in the cupboard!
I do get days where I'm dizzy and very lethargic though (even more than usual). Never had this kind of thing before that incident.
Never had a headache in my life though. Thankfully.
In b4 I get a shocking 1 tonight or something
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Wouldn't worry too much about the balancing thing @ nl10.
I think you'll probably balance naturally, without really thinking about it as 'balancing'.
I think the a lot of your edge @ nl10 where the players are so nitty and passive is going to come from playing small ball poker, stealing a lot of blinds, taking a lot of pots down on the flop, maybe floating players and taking it away on the turn etc. Generally to win a big pot at nl10 (from what I've seen) you really do need to cooler someone. Because people are so reluctant to play big pots without a huge hand.
fwiw, I think evilpingu is hosting some sort of cash hand review on Skype this afternoon, his sessions are normally done on a voice call, not sure if this is anything you'd be interested in. Will be on from midday anyway and probably get it going around 4pm. I'm sure he'd be ok with you joining.
Not sure who will be on the call, probably don and maybe lambert/ajrockets etc.
Good luck with the gym grind!
Thankyou, workout, tuna, pasta, rice, chicken and protein shakes have filled the days so far, GYM GRIND!!!!
Yeah that sounds good shame Iv read my messages this late, but yes ill usually be up for getting involved in those sort of things, thanks doh .
I thought that aswell but then do I really want to be giving a good price at 10nl to call with 2nd pair/etc? its not like iv bet pot , 3/4 bet. The bet id likely place with my value hands.
Don't want to clogg the forum up with long posts of updates.
So basically start off bad. After checking down JJ on Q high flop, I hit a J on river to make full house, got money in op had QQ for higher full house. Played well after that I think, one or two moments where aggression is overstepping the mark of -ev play but atm im fairly happy how im playing. Going to put some effort into study/grinding tomorrow.
Since my awful weekend, iv had 6 winning sessions across 2 sites in a row, how does that work out? Slowely but surely building the sky BR back, it will be at £300 again! ......I hope.
Won 1.7 buyins
sky: £215.92
888: $505.26
Got enough c4p points to pay for my monthly duecescracked, which was the aim at start of the month so that will be withdrawn straight away.
Had a busy day but had time to watch a video for abit then play for about an hour have dinner then play for 3 more. Decided I was going to keep to 4 table but play an mtt aswell as iv been finding the odd mtt very boring on its own, and havnt been having much luck in them. Played a 44c rebuy for abit of fun, got done by 3 outers twice on river and decided not to buy back in as it was just shoving everyhand whats the point. Thefor 1st session of cash I was 1/2 buy in up which isn't bad considering I lost kk vs qq, 230bb pot, Q on the flop.
When I come back in the afternoon I decided to play a $5.50 knockout, didn't have much early on but managed to knock someone out my first knockout on 888 lol I eventually went on to cash, top 36/190 got paid. I decided to close all my cash games and concentrate on this as it was only $160 to win it but that's still 16 buyins that I wont win playing 3 games of cash. Played well got my money in good 11 left I was 5th was looking forward to the final table. Folded round to me in bb aggesive tournament leader shoves on me.....I got aqo what do I do? I thought for a whole 30 seconds and thought im not giving up a +ev spot to make it to the final table, I was ahead of his range and think at worst im a coinflip. I call he has a10o, 10 on the flop, missing the luck again. Seeming to cope better with bad beats lately, just a shame I make the right decision and still don't get to play on the FT
Days profit of + 2.3 buyins ($23)
$74 away from my first cash out.
sky: £215.65
888: $526.92