Not such a great session tonight but again I got off to a terrible start and managed to get myself back a bit closer to even (still a significant loss tho). Was good fun playing against you tonight Fail although it just went there was 1 less easy spot going in the final 3. So I played 21 and only won 9 of them
Played 275 Won 158 Profit/Loss +£68.30 Win Rate 57.45%
Bit of a painful drop in BR tonight but it's nothing that I can't be won back in 1 good session. Is it just me or can these often all be decided on one shove? I dunno if I'm playing them wrong and I'm being too aggressive towards the end but I lost count of the numbers of times I shoved and walked into AA/KK/QQ tonight...
I feel you are being too aggressive towards the end. DYMs aren't about being first, they are about surviving.
In the game I played with you tonight you had 2 x most players stack yet you repeatedly shoved all in.
How many chips do you win doing that - probably just the blinds.
Who is going to call you - someone with an above average hand. Which is what happened and you lost half your stack. ... 'I lost count of the numbers of times I shoved and walked into AA/KK/QQ tonight...': if you keep shoving all in, you will.
Even after you lost half your stack you shoved all in way to many times, imo. During the game you said you were shoving all in because (unusually) we were up to level 8, all 6 were still in and we all had less than 10 x big blinds. I feel even more reason to play hyper tight.
Let the others panic and bash each other up and you play your solid starting hands knowing that there's a good chance you will pick up someone elses desparate I'll-shove-with-2-mediocre-cards-trying-to-pinch-the-blinds-becasue-they-are-so-big-compared-to-my-stack bet.
What does it matter if 1 or 2 other players double up a couple of times beacuse they are being aggressive - that's exactly what you want to happen, and you want them to win more.
Hey, everyone plays differently (which is just as well!) but I know I love it when there's a player who at any stage of the game keeps going all in. Here, have my blinds because if he keeps doing that I know the chances are I'm going to catch him.
DYMs are not about being first, they are about being in the first 3.
from wot i can gather above it sounds like ur playin fine, obv u cnt afford 2 wait for hands when the blinds get huge, esp wiv 6 left! u'll only run in2 huge hands a v small % of the time
will comment on all ur clinic threads 2mora, am far 2 tired/drunk atm!
I think you may be partly right Doubleblow and I might sometimes be a bit too aggressive towards the end, but it is mostly justified. Shanxta is right that I'lll walk into them huge hands very rarely and so probably 80% of the time, you're gonna make people fold, and the other 20% when they do call, more often than not the worst case scenario is you're 40/60 which isn't terrible.
I do stand by my comment in the chatbox that if I've got 10BB and I'm gonna play a hand, then there is NO other option than to shove. How can you min-raise then fold to a shove and throw 20% of your chips away instantly??
Plus, I don't do it unnecessarily, like if I'm on 6k, two guys are on 2.5k and one guy is on 1k, say blinds are 200/400 then I almost completely lock up, and wait for big hands. But when you have say 4k, two have 3k and one guy has 2k, same blinds as before, I still only have 10BBs, I'm FAR from safe to cash, say 2 orbits without a steal and thats 1200 chips gone, so I can't take my foot off the gas.
Maybe just fold and let the shorties take on each other if your chip leader on the bubble. You have no reason to get involved and frankly you can fold all hands except AA/KK Not your job to knock em out, it's your job to consildate your position.
Thanks for the comments guys. I think you may be partly right Doubleblow and I might sometimes be a bit too aggressive towards the end, but it is mostly justified. Shanxta is right that I'lll walk into them huge hands very rarely and so probably 80% of the time, you're gonna make people fold, and the other 20% when they do call, more often than not the worst case scenario is you're 40/60 which isn't terrible. I do stand by my comment in the chatbox that if I've got 10BB and I'm gonna play a hand, then there is NO other option than to shove. How can you min-raise then fold to a shove and throw 20% of your chips away instantly?? Plus, I don't do it unnecessarily, like if I'm on 6k, two guys are on 2.5k and one guy is on 1k, say blinds are 200/400 then I almost completely lock up, and wait for big hands. But when you have say 4k, two have 3k and one guy has 2k, same blinds as before, I still only have 10BBs, I'm FAR from safe to cash, say 2 orbits without a steal and thats 1200 chips gone, so I can't take my foot off the gas. Anyone have thoughts on my thoughts above? Posted by Lambert180
I think the best thing to do in that situation is shove into the 2.5k stacks every time the 1k stack folds, they really can't call you and it just makes it an even more definite win
But when you have say 4k, two have 3k and one guy has 2k, same blinds as before, I still only have 10BBs, I'm FAR from safe to cash, say 2 orbits without a steal and thats 1200 chips gone, so I can't take my foot off the gas. Anyone have thoughts on my thoughts above? Posted by Lambert180
IMO I am not shoving light unless i am 4th in chips, I try to avoid all-in confrontations as much as possible. Let the others fight it out.
Although JC would prob agree with you so you're probably right.
Another bad session again today... as is the pattern with all my losing sessions, I seem to get off to a horrible start, then dig in deep and manage to claw some back. Played 18, won 8, which yeah isn't a great session but it looked alot more ugly until I won the last 4 games in a row lol. So...
Played 293 Won 166 Profit/Loss +£49.30 Win Rate 56.65%
Well this has certainly been a horrible couple of days in terms of the challenge, but I'm glad I managed to win 4 in a row at the end and keep my BR just above the £200 mark. And hey I'm still up £50 since starting plus £15 C4P so it could be alot worse. I know I just gotta ride out the variance Hopefully I can grind my way back up to the £250 mark (for £11 DYMs) in time for the start of November... or rather £235 cos my C4P would carry me up high enough to move up a level.
Do you think this is a leak in my game... the fact I quite often start sessions badly, then think ARGH! start concentrating more and taking alot less risks and I always seem to increase my success.
You think I'm being lazy at the start of my sessions? Just Llamas (Emma - my girlfriend) pointed it out to me when I was talking to her about my session. I'm definitely gonna try and bring my losing concentrating game to the start of the session next time. Perhaps I've got a bit less strict after a few hundred games and then losing a few makes me snap out of it and go back to JC mode lol.
An after thought.... Do you think this is a leak in my game... the fact I quite often start sessions badly, then think ARGH! start concentrating more and taking alot less risks and I always seem to increase my success. You think I'm being lazy at the start of my sessions? Posted by Lambert180
Well I don't know about you, but if I play in the mornings I struggle to concentrate so maybe you should play a couple lower stake games at the start of a session to get you're brain working lol
EDIT: here's you're results for the last 200 games by hour of day;
Yeah, I know my game is good and definitely good enough to consistently beat the numerous fools that float around this level, just providing I do bring my A game.
Wow, that about sums it up perfectly Fail lol. Didn't realise you could create such specific graphs with your SS subscription. Yeah at the back of my head I kinda knew that but seeing it in black and white (or red and blue) really just puts it in perspective. You see now tho, it's not just in my head lol, I lose at the start at make it up at night.
Thanks for doing that graph Fail, it's definitely given my a kick up the bum to stop playing straight after getting home from work.
In Response to Re: DYM Diary! Lambert's In Town : Wow, that about sums it up perfectly Fail lol. Didn't realise you could create such specific graphs with your SS subscription. Yeah at the back of my head I kinda knew that but seeing it in black and white (or red and blue) really just puts it in perspective. You see now tho, it's not just in my head lol, I lose at the start at make it up at night. Posted by Lambert180
Well why don't you try my £1.15 suggestion? just to give yourself a "warmup"
Yeah maybe, I think it's probably cos I log on pretty much as soon as I get home from work and I guess I haven't had time to shut off from work yet and get into DYM mode.
Maybe its because they are softer later on when your playing? could be both that your not playing your 'A' game from the off or that you are getting tougher tables earlier on or during the day
That sharkscope looks really useful for STT's What purchase do you think is best, they have a HUD is this any good Posted by rancid
Hey Rancid.
The HUD and any other programs don't work for Sky, if you're looking to try it out, go for the 1 month - 150 searches obviously it's cheaper (per month) if you get a longer package but this is best if you want to trial it. Oh BTW that is $15.99 or about £10
In Response to Re: DYM Diary! Lambert's In Town : Hey Rancid. The HUD and any other programs don't work for Sky, if you're looking to try it out, go for the 1 month - 150 searches obviously it's cheaper (per month) if you get a longer package but this is best if you want to trial it. Oh BTW that is $15.99 or about £10 Posted by Poker_Fail
ok cheers, do you find you search player once then note player and don't search again - best way to go about it ?
When you look in lobby you can not see your notes though can you, real pain.
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Not such a great session tonight but again I got off to a terrible start and managed to get myself back a bit closer to even (still a significant loss tho). Was good fun playing against you tonight Fail although it just went there was 1 less easy spot going in the final 3. So I played 21 and only won 9 of them
Played 275
Won 158
Profit/Loss +£68.30
Win Rate 57.45%
Bit of a painful drop in BR tonight but it's nothing that I can't be won back in 1 good session. Is it just me or can these often all be decided on one shove? I dunno if I'm playing them wrong and I'm being too aggressive towards the end but I lost count of the numbers of times I shoved and walked into AA/KK/QQ tonight...
Poker Points = 1314
League Points = 1085
Paul
In the game I played with you tonight you had 2 x most players stack yet you repeatedly shoved all in.
How many chips do you win doing that - probably just the blinds.
Who is going to call you - someone with an above average hand. Which is what happened and you lost half your stack. ... 'I lost count of the numbers of times I shoved and walked into AA/KK/QQ tonight...': if you keep shoving all in, you will.
Even after you lost half your stack you shoved all in way to many times, imo. During the game you said you were shoving all in because (unusually) we were up to level 8, all 6 were still in and we all had less than 10 x big blinds. I feel even more reason to play hyper tight.
Let the others panic and bash each other up and you play your solid starting hands knowing that there's a good chance you will pick up someone elses desparate I'll-shove-with-2-mediocre-cards-trying-to-pinch-the-blinds-becasue-they-are-so-big-compared-to-my-stack bet.
What does it matter if 1 or 2 other players double up a couple of times beacuse they are being aggressive - that's exactly what you want to happen, and you want them to win more.
Hey, everyone plays differently (which is just as well!) but I know I love it when there's a player who at any stage of the game keeps going all in. Here, have my blinds because if he keeps doing that I know the chances are I'm going to catch him.
DYMs are not about being first, they are about being in the first 3.
Yeh was good fun Lamby, will be searching you out tomorrow... need to actually win an all in situation against you!
I think you may be partly right Doubleblow and I might sometimes be a bit too aggressive towards the end, but it is mostly justified. Shanxta is right that I'lll walk into them huge hands very rarely and so probably 80% of the time, you're gonna make people fold, and the other 20% when they do call, more often than not the worst case scenario is you're 40/60 which isn't terrible.
I do stand by my comment in the chatbox that if I've got 10BB and I'm gonna play a hand, then there is NO other option than to shove. How can you min-raise then fold to a shove and throw 20% of your chips away instantly??
Plus, I don't do it unnecessarily, like if I'm on 6k, two guys are on 2.5k and one guy is on 1k, say blinds are 200/400 then I almost completely lock up, and wait for big hands. But when you have say 4k, two have 3k and one guy has 2k, same blinds as before, I still only have 10BBs, I'm FAR from safe to cash, say 2 orbits without a steal and thats 1200 chips gone, so I can't take my foot off the gas.
Anyone have thoughts on my thoughts above?
You have no reason to get involved and frankly you can fold all hands except AA/KK
Not your job to knock em out, it's your job to consildate your position.
Although JC would prob agree with you so you're probably right.
Another bad session again today... as is the pattern with all my losing sessions, I seem to get off to a horrible start, then dig in deep and manage to claw some back. Played 18, won 8, which yeah isn't a great session but it looked alot more ugly until I won the last 4 games in a row lol. So...
Played 293
Won 166
Profit/Loss +£49.30
Win Rate 56.65%
Well this has certainly been a horrible couple of days in terms of the challenge, but I'm glad I managed to win 4 in a row at the end and keep my BR just above the £200 mark. And hey I'm still up £50 since starting plus £15 C4P so it could be alot worse. I know I just gotta ride out the variance
Poker Points = 1404
League Points = 1141
Paul
Do you think this is a leak in my game... the fact I quite often start sessions badly, then think ARGH! start concentrating more and taking alot less risks and I always seem to increase my success.
You think I'm being lazy at the start of my sessions? Just Llamas (Emma - my girlfriend) pointed it out to me when I was talking to her about my session. I'm definitely gonna try and bring my losing concentrating game to the start of the session next time. Perhaps I've got a bit less strict after a few hundred games and then losing a few makes me snap out of it and go back to JC mode lol.
EDIT: here's you're results for the last 200 games by hour of day;
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Quick fix = don't play at 6pm :P
If you have had a good seesion before then you may start the next a bit lazy brain.
Thanks for doing that graph Fail, it's definitely given my a kick up the bum to stop playing straight after getting home from work.
Just a thought, GL
The HUD and any other programs don't work for Sky, if you're looking to try it out, go for the 1 month - 150 searches obviously it's cheaper (per month) if you get a longer package but this is best if you want to trial it.
Oh BTW that is $15.99 or about £10