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Diary of Thomas 'rolfus' Rolfe

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  • GreekWayGreekWay Member Posts: 462
    edited March 2012
    In Response to Re: Diary of Thomas 'rolfus' Rolfe:
    In Response to Re: Diary of Thomas 'rolfus' Rolfe : I would say you can get away with around 25 buyins for no limit holdem cash games but you have to be willing to move down very quickly if things don't go your way. If you find a level that you can definitely beat and make sure you never have less than 50 buyins for that game and then just keep taking shots/build up from that level. I know some people who would say that you need way more than this though. I've never gone bust. I think this is down to the fact that I'm not worried about dropping down and I hate to redeposit. So say my bankroll would allow me to play nl200 but I only have £800 on a poker site I want to play on, I'll just build up from nl25. Once your winning and your confidence builds it won't take too long to get up to nl100+ anyway and it stops you from going bust or completely losing your confidence which is a big thing! Pot Limit Omaha is the devils game and I think you need about 4 times as big a bankroll as No Limit Holdem because it's a much higher variance game and is so easy to tilt/get angry/question your ability at the game.
    Posted by rolfus
    Thanks for the responces Thomas. Keep posting.

    Good luck at the tables. 
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  • rolfusrolfus Member Posts: 61
    edited March 2012
    March so far
    3.5k points and +£1574

    Haven't played as much poker as I had planned to so far....

    Just had a pretty frustrating session, was up about £300 and then proceded to be -£700 for the day beginning with this:

    Hand History #489362694 (12:59 08/03/2012)

    PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalance
    Villain Small blind   £1.00 £1.00 £394.55
    Player x Big blind   £2.00 £3.00 £219.45
      Your hole cards
    • 3
    • 4
    		     
    rolfus Raise   £6.00 £9.00 £194.00
    Player y Fold        
    Villain Raise   £17.00 £26.00 £377.55
    Player x Fold        
    rolfus Call   £12.00 £38.00 £182.00
    Flop
       
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    		     
    Villain Check        
    rolfus Bet   £20.00 £58.00 £162.00
    Villain Call   £20.00 £78.00 £357.55
    Turn
       
    • 6
    		     
    Villain Check        
    rolfus Bet   £40.00 £118.00 £122.00
    Villain Raise   £102.00 £220.00 £255.55
    rolfus All-in   £122.00 £342.00 £0.00
    Villain Call   £60.00 £402.00 £195.55
    Villain Show
    • J
    • Q
    		     
    rolfus Show
    • 3
    • 4
    		     
    River
       
    • K
    		     
    Villain Win Flush to the King £400.20   £595.75
    Had a few other losses KK<AA, Trips vs Full House, Straight vs Nut Straight etc
    Could feel myself getting tilted so quit pretty rapidly and will try and make it back later :s
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  • rolfusrolfus Member Posts: 61
    edited March 2012
    Ended yesterday about -£400. Had to fold a lot of strong hands postflop and just generally wasn't my day.

    Managed to get pretty lucky vs TommyD to get back some of my losses....

    Hand History #489670249 (23:35 08/03/2012)

    PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalance
    TommyD Small blind   £1.50 £1.50 £295.50
    RUNITSRANN Big blind   £3.00 £4.50 £380.70
      Your hole cards
    • 10
    • Q
    		     
    GBD301 Raise   £9.00 £13.50 £291.00
    gadgerno1 Fold        
    rolfus Call   £9.00 £22.50 £375.60
    troyg Fold        
    TommyD Raise   £31.50 £54.00 £264.00
    RUNITSRANN Fold        
    GBD301 Call   £24.00 £78.00 £267.00
    rolfus Call   £24.00 £102.00 £351.60
    Flop
       
    • A
    • 9
    • J
    		     
    TommyD Bet   £75.00 £177.00 £189.00
    GBD301 Fold        
    rolfus Call   £75.00 £252.00 £276.60
    Turn
       
    • K
    		     
    TommyD All-in   £189.00 £441.00 £0.00
    rolfus All-in   £276.60 £717.60 £0.00
    rolfus Unmatched bet   £87.60 £630.00 £87.60
    TommyD Show
    • J
    • A
    		     
    rolfus Show
    • 10
    • Q
    		     
    River
       
    • 5
    		     
    rolfus Win Straight to the Ace £628.20   £715.80
    Really don't like my play at all, I'm not really getting the right odds to call and TommyD still had a tonne of equity even once I've hit. Only excuse was I was a bit tired/tilted at this point.

    Should be able to play this evening and then I have a weekend away of golf. Should be putting in some time on Sunday evening.
    On the golf front I had a chipping lesson as it's just been dire for quite a while now and now it's fixed lol. I kept fatting/thinning the ball which is so frustrating as I hit a pretty long ball so have a lot of these shots with the potential for birdie and come of with a bogey. Anyways I was tilting my shoulders instead of rotating them....at one point he had me hitting the ball with my eyes closed and that was way better than my normal chipping!!

    Anyways hopefully play better today!! Good luck people
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  • FabraclassFabraclass Member Posts: 117
    edited March 2012
    Hi Thomas.

    Do you think the edges are bigger in heads up (cash) NL or PLO. Given that you wil be paying higher rake in PLO, but their is less educational material on heads up PLO.

    If you do not play much heads up. than i replace heads up with 6 max in the above question.
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  • rolfusrolfus Member Posts: 61
    edited March 2012
    In Response to Re: Diary of Thomas 'rolfus' Rolfe:
    Hi Thomas. Do you think the edges are bigger in heads up (cash) NL or PLO. Given that you will be paying higher rake in PLO, but their is less educational material on heads up PLO. If you do not play much heads up. than i replace heads up with 6 max in the above question.
    Posted by Fabraclass
    I don't play too much HU so will talk about it in terms of 6max. The rake in a PLO game is definitely higher as there is more multiway postflop action and rake is only taken if a flop is dealt. To overcome this added rake you would need a bigger edge than an NL game to be profitable. Having said that the knowledge of the PLO game is much less figured out, lends itself to people gambling more and is more likely to tilt people.....all this is money to be made :)

    I've not really ever been one to look into the maths of rake and it's effect on winrates, there are definitely better people to ask or articles to read. Hope this has helped a bit
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  • rolfusrolfus Member Posts: 61
    edited March 2012
    Not updated in a little while as I was away on a golf weekend at Greetham Valley, Oakham with some of the guys I play with on a Sunday morning. Weather was great, course was pretty good and I managed 31points and 34points (handicap of 7)....couldn't chip to save my life but enjoyed myself.

    Am currently on 5800 points and £2.2k for March. Haven't played anywhere near as much on Sky as I set out to at the start of the month so am going to change my points target to 15k.

    Will be on Sky Poker TV tonight with simuk. I have been on once before but that wasn't as interactive as I expect tonight to be....so am a bit nervous. Should be good fun though and hopefully some good hands to discuss. Just about to leave now.

    Don't hold back on asking any questions on the show tonight! and good luck if your playing anytime soon :)
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  • JockBMWJockBMW Member Posts: 2,653
    edited March 2012
    In Response to Re: Diary of Thomas 'rolfus' Rolfe:
    Not updated in a little while as I was away on a golf weekend at Greetham Valley, Oakham with some of the guys I play with on a Sunday morning. Weather was great, course was pretty good and I managed 31points and 34points (handicap of 7)....couldn't chip to save my life but enjoyed myself. Am currently on 5800 points and £2.2k for March. Haven't played anywhere near as much on Sky as I set out to at the start of the month so am going to change my points target to 15k. Will be on Sky Poker TV tonight with simuk. I have been on once before but that wasn't as interactive as I expect tonight to be....so am a bit nervous. Should be good fun though and hopefully some good hands to discuss. Just about to leave now. Don't hold back on asking any questions on the show tonight! and good luck if your playing anytime soon :)
    Posted by rolfus


    GL Thomas,  You'll be great.... No Pressure like ;o)

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  • YOUNG_GUNYOUNG_GUN Member Posts: 8,948
    edited March 2012
    GL tonight mate, will defo be tuning in possibly why playing snooker as i cant miss it! 
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  • FabraclassFabraclass Member Posts: 117
    edited March 2012
    In Response to Re: Diary of Thomas 'rolfus' Rolfe:
    In Response to Re: Diary of Thomas 'rolfus' Rolfe : I don't play too much HU so will talk about it in terms of 6max. The rake in a PLO game is definitely higher as there is more multiway postflop action and rake is only taken if a flop is dealt. To overcome this added rake you would need a bigger edge than an NL game to be profitable. Having said that the knowledge of the PLO game is much less figured out, lends itself to people gambling more and is more likely to tilt people.....all this is money to be made :) I've not really ever been one to look into the maths of rake and it's effect on winrates, there are definitely better people to ask or articles to read. Hope this has helped a bit
    Posted by rolfus
    Thank you Thomas, appreciate your advise. May well look up some articles on this matter.
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  • KKripplerKKrippler Member Posts: 321
    edited March 2012
    A moment of madness, can u advice on how I should of played the hand differently and, am I always stacking off( i dont think so)

    I was so annoyed with myself at the time. I think my rr all on the turn is soooo bad. If i call ur rr n turn n river bricks, do i still call with my hand ( if you all in/make a big bet).

    I cant post the hand ( as your the oppo ) I thought you could help with how i played it.

    Hand History #492915696
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  • rolfusrolfus Member Posts: 61
    edited March 2012
    In Response to Re: Diary of Thomas 'rolfus' Rolfe:
    A moment of madness, can u advice on how I should of played the hand differently and, am I always stacking off( i dont think so) I was so annoyed with myself at the time. I think my rr all on the turn is soooo bad. If i call ur rr n turn n river bricks, do i still call with my hand ( if you all in/make a big bet). I cant post the hand ( as your the oppo ) I thought you could help with how i played it. Hand History #492915696
    Posted by KKrippler
    Hey Krippler,

    Yeah the turn rr allin is very bad but I think you know this (crazy stuff happens in the heat of the moment, you just have to remember it and work on it in the future). The thing you've got to think is that A) what do I put you on? and B) would I try and bluff you off that hand or be value betting worse?

    A) What do I put you on?
    You've 3bet me and then checked back the flop, the turn then comes an Ace and you bet....from a very simple thought process it looks like you have Ax and most likely AK/AQ.

    B) Would I try and bluff you off that hand or be value betting worse?
    So I most likely think you have AK/AQ. I won't be check/raising with anything worse for value. Now for the bluffs...I could have 98/65/44 but I probably don't as do I really want to try and get you of AK/AQ??

    You should probably just bet/fold the turn but I think your best play would be to just continuation bet the flop (especially against better players as they won't pay you off when you check back and hit the turn and you might get bluffed off the best hand).

    Also I think I remember you shoving very quickly, try and take a few moments to think about whats going on in the hand in the future as you could probably make some big folds and some big calls if you give yourself the chance to think about it.

    Good luck, hope it helped.

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  • KKripplerKKrippler Member Posts: 321
    edited March 2012
    In Response to Re: Diary of Thomas 'rolfus' Rolfe:
    In Response to Re: Diary of Thomas 'rolfus' Rolfe : Hey Krippler, Yeah the turn rr allin is very bad but I think you know this (crazy stuff happens in the heat of the moment, you just have to remember it and work on it in the future). The thing you've got to think is that A) what do I put you on? and B) would I try and bluff you off that hand or be value betting worse? A) What do I put you on? You've 3bet me and then checked back the flop, the turn then comes an Ace and you bet....from a very simple thought process it looks like you have Ax and most likely AK/AQ. B) Would I try and bluff you off that hand or be value betting worse? So I most likely think you have AK/AQ. I won't be check/raising with anything worse for value. Now for the bluffs...I could have 98/65/44 but I probably don't as do I really want to try and get you of AK/AQ?? You should probably just bet/fold the turn but I think your best play would be to just continuation bet the flop (especially against better players as they won't pay you off when you check back and hit the turn and you might get bluffed off the best hand). Also I think I remember you shoving very quickly, try and take a few moments to think about whats going on in the hand in the future as you could probably make some big folds and some big calls if you give yourself the chance to think about it. Good luck, hope it helped.
    Posted by rolfus

    Thank you for replying, a hand I completly butchered.

    Hopefully I can control the red mist next time.



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  • rolfusrolfus Member Posts: 61
    edited April 2012
    Has been a few weeks since I last updated the diary. Has been down to not playing much poker and being away from my home poker setup.

    I've not long got back from 5 days of playing golf at Royal St. George's in Kent. It was a 10 man team event playing scratch matchplay foursomes. Me and my playing partner ended up playing vs a young guy and Ed Giddins (played 4 tests for the England cricket team and a previous Sky Poker presenter!). Had a good chat with him about poker and a fun match with us winning and our team getting through to the 2nd round....where we lost :s

    March Results
    Only just managed to scrape past the 10k points mark on Sky as I didn't play too much poker and played on some other sites.
    Made about 3.8k in total. Pretty sure I ran quite well as I didn't play enough to expect these returns.

    April Goals
    Tourneys: Have got the UKIPT Nottingham mid month which I'm looking forward to playing as I final tabled it last year and it's 1mill guar'd which is crazy for a £770 buyin!
    Points/Rakeback: Will be going for the 25k points mark on Sky as there is a Vegas free roll if you manage it.
    Profit: I'll aim to beat my March profit ASAP and then try and push on from there.

    Thanks for reading, Good Luck!


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  • rolfusrolfus Member Posts: 61
    edited April 2012
    Beware: FML Entry

    Have got of to a terrible start to April and am down about £1.3k. Hands like these pretty much summing it up....

    Hand History #500681790 (23:56 02/04/2012)

    PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalance
    corpy Small blind   £1.00 £1.00 £214.15
    tamas Big blind   £2.00 £3.00 £198.00
      Your hole cards
    • 3
    • A
    		     
    nmipeis Fold        
    Villain Raise   £6.00 £9.00 £191.00
    lobsterman Fold        
    rolfus Raise   £18.00 £27.00 £233.97
    corpy Fold        
    tamas Fold        
    s_half9 Call   £12.00 £39.00 £179.00
    Flop
       
    • 7
    • J
    • 3
    		     
    Villain Bet   £19.50 £58.50 £159.50
    rolfus Call   £19.50 £78.00 £214.47
    Turn
       
    • 2
    		     
    Villain Check        
    rolfus Bet   £40.00 £118.00 £174.47
    Villain Call   £40.00 £158.00 £119.50
    River
       
    • A
    		     
    Villain All-in   £119.50 £277.50 £0.00
    rolfus Call   £119.50 £397.00 £54.97
    Villain Show
    • 2
    • 2
    		     
    rolfus Show
    • 3
    • A
    		     
    Villain Win Three 2s £395.20   £395.20

    Hand History #500676841 (23:45 02/04/2012)

    PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalance
    ajs4385 Small blind   £0.50 £0.50 £149.11
    jimmynoleg Big blind   £1.00 £1.50 £237.59
      Your hole cards
    • 2
    • 2
    		     
    Villain Raise   £3.00 £4.50 £134.94
    rolfus Call   £3.00 £7.50 £95.50
    Doug125 Fold        
    timbo57 Fold        
    ajs4385 Fold        
    jimmynoleg Call   £2.00 £9.50 £235.59
    Flop
       
    • 10
    • 2
    • 5
    		     
    jimmynoleg Check        
    Villain Bet   £6.75 £16.25 £128.19
    rolfus Raise   £24.00 £40.25 £71.50
    jimmynoleg Fold        
    Villain Call   £17.25 £57.50 £110.94
    Turn
       
    • Q
    		     
    Villain Check        
    rolfus All-in   £71.50 £129.00 £0.00
    Villain Call   £71.50 £200.50 £39.44
    Villain Show
    • Q
    • Q
    		     
    rolfus Show
    • 2
    • 2
    		     
    River
       
    • 3
    		     
    Villain Win Three Queens £198.70   £238.14
    I've won 2 pots of over £80 in profit playing mostly nl100+nl200 and am on 1.5k points. I'm not classing this as any sort of downswing or moaning because of not running as good as I usually do. Has just been a very swift frustrating way of losing 1.3k. Will be dropping down to nl50 for a few days to de-tilt, get back some confidence and keep the C4Points ticking over.

    Also have heard beaneh is on 5.5k points already lol WTF

    Good luck to those who won't be playing me ;)
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  • beanehbeaneh Member Posts: 4,079
    edited April 2012
    6.5k points as of 4am on the 3rd lol. 

    I've been playing MTTs on stars all the while too :p
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  • simuksimuk Member Posts: 315
    edited April 2012
    The amazing thing about Beaneh is that he can rake up all those points whilst sending me 3 bad beats a minute...
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  • TommyDTommyD Member Posts: 4,389
    edited April 2012

    Beaneh's just epically sick.

    Good luck with the points Tom!!

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  • beanehbeaneh Member Posts: 4,079
    edited April 2012
    cough 



    8k..... lol
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  • LOL_RAISELOL_RAISE Member Posts: 2,188
    edited April 2012
    i feel like this is appropiate



    but how much did you lose?
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  • GreekWayGreekWay Member Posts: 462
    edited April 2012
    Good luck to those who won't playing me...The best "poker" wish I have ever heard...

    Good luck with your targets buddy...
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