Archive for August, 2011

Gold star

Monday, August 29th, 2011

I actually made Gold star this month on PokerStars. Not much of an accomplishment because this is the month that Stars dropped it’s VPP requirements. I think you can currently get Platinum for the VPP points that used to be required for Silver star. I’m not sure why they’re doing this. Maybe they’re planning to […]

Losing aggression; how did I get there?

Thursday, August 4th, 2011

I want to track a series of events. While grinding Rush poker I open up my stealing range and frequency. Many other players are doing so as well and so I also start to open up my 4betting range against players who 3 bet from the blinds often. Black Friday, April 15, 2011, happens. I […]

$2.28 + .22 turbo

Monday, August 1st, 2011

End of a $2.28 + 22 180 man turbo on PokerStars. These are the ones that I use most of my T$ on. These are the last 5 hands of the tournament. My KQ gets a walk. The big stack raises from the small blind. He’s been aggressive, as he should be, but I get […]