I used to put this kind of post in the main blog but the main blog seems to be gravitating toward very instructional or informative topics and away from the uncertain or exploratory type of posts. I’ve been idly wondering lately why how I’m running at poker affects my everyday confidence and perspective and attitude. [...]
Finally managed to play one session last night. One odd player, 23/0 two to my left kept calling me, calling flops, then betting almost every turn and river, so I let him bet. Board hits the range for someone calling my preflop raise but because he bet most turns and rivers I keep check/calling him. [...]
Haven’t posted for almost a week, partly because I haven’t played much. I did manage to take my stake for $100nl FR down to -$58 or so a while back, 5 bet shoving my AK from the SB over an iso-raise from the button against two fish in mid position who limped. I still think [...]
Not much to report, but I should at least keep tracking things. Two more sessions of 2 tables, full buyin at $100nl FR. Up $10, then another $8 making my bb/100 something like 1.2 or 1.4 over 1,200 hands or so. One of the interesting things is the very clear delineation between multi-tabling regs and [...]
Okay, so a few days ago I was enjoying this run at $100nl, now I’m becoming afraid to play. Two weeks ago I would have been afraid to play just because I’d never done it before. Now I’m afraid to play because I might lose, while at the same time I’m downplaying the ups from [...]
Some additional observations on $100FR so far: I’m enjoying this. I don’t feel rushed because it’s one table. I don’t feel pressured, both because it’s one table but also because I’m buying in for 60 bbs. I don’t feel outclassed, ’cause I see some questionable plays by some of the other players. I’m having fun [...]
No poker yesterday due to busy-ness, and very little the night before because Stars and HEM are not working together since the change of the tables/hand history writing of Stars. I probably had an up session that night anyway due to a player calling my EP PFR with AQs, and then check/calling all three streets [...]
‘K, starting a new project. Probably a short one. Playing on Rush Poker. Rules: I have to Open raise every hand from every position Iso-raise any limp or limpers at every opportunity 3-bet in position often Squeeze often from the blinds So my VPIP should be 90% or so (which is why Rush Poker lends [...]
After a few weeks in Europe (and with limited internet access) I’m still not quite recovered from jet lag yet. For now I’m just playing some $10nl FR Rush Poker as it requires little focus, plus I’m trying to cover as much of the bonus that Tilt offered up as I can. I probably should [...]
This is just a list for future reference. These are types of hands that I want to go back and review. Hands to search for for analysis purposes: 3 bet pots flat PFR IP flat PFR OOP call post flop raise or checkraise Play of flopped or turned sets or better (search final hand = [...]
Not sure where things are going these days. I suspect what’s gonna happen is I’ll donk around for the rest of the holiday season, start grinding again in the new year, probably re-starting at 10nl again. I think I’ve lost some confidence again what with not playing much and playing micro tourneys and some super [...]
Not much posting, basically due to a lack of playing. I’d been dreading, or at least not looking forward to the first two weeks of December because I knew it was going to be busy. Two gigs, two meetings on top of regular family responsibilities and I went into a bit of a depression in [...]
After what was probably a small down session, only playing 4 tables of 25nl FR because I only had 40 minutes to play, I was left still trying to figure out where my head is at in terms of poker. I’m gonna ramble here, ’cause I wanna trace what I’m not sure that I’m clear [...]
In connection with my accidental registration for a $1.20 sit and go on Full Tilt the other day, if anyone is interested, vandweller, a Deuces Cracked instructor, started a project on November 1, 2009. He’s started with a bankroll of $100, has a bankroll management plan in place, and is targeting a bankroll of $5,500. [...]
I put this for entertainment purposes. A series of hands played trying out the new $1.70 super turbos at Full Tilt. I shove AQs and get dominated, leaving me with 10 chips and in the big blind the next hand. Now I’m sure according to ICM I should have been all-in much earlier than waiting [...]
I accidentally registered for a $1.20 6 man Sit and Go on Tilt. What I thought I was registering for was the new $1.70 super turbo but apparently I clicked the wrong one. Anyway, the reason for posting here is that after I realized my mistake, I was curious how these played as these are [...]
Not much to report; struggled trying to accomplish something on Party, won some money last night playing with friends at 10nl at Stars, and didn’t unregister for the Sunday 1/4 million to give it a try. Went out 10,000 place or something, out of 30,000 runners. Pretty darn weak play, but too many runners to [...]
I’m not sure who reads these posts in the Daily Grind section; I don’t know that there’s much of value for an outside person? The other day I ran across an opponent again that I remember very well from the first time I was playing 25nl on a regular basis, Daw****. I have a lot [...]
Gaah, I tried to create a 3rd blog on my domain that shared the same database as this one and the main one. I thought it was working okay, but later this blog and the new one got crossed; trying to log in fresh to either one would take me to the other one. After [...]
Not much poker time available these days, but I realized that I should note my Party Poker freeroll attempts. I’m sometimes (though not always, and I don’t know why) eligible for a private freeroll, even though in theory I shouldn’t be because there was a deposit date requirement back in the spring, long before I [...]
One thing that I want to note in here, so I’m putting it in a separate entry so that it stands out, is how tight I’ve become OOP. This is for full ring mind you, but I’m now open folding AQ and lower from the first three positions as well as sometimes 88 and down.This [...]
I opened Full Tilt this morning and it asked to upgrade. I okayed the upgrade, but then it also asked to upgrade Adobe Flash. This is interesting because I use Mozilla as my normal browser, Internet Explorer as my default browser but ZoneAlarm to let me control automatic browser access to the internet. In other [...]
Full Tilt is going to be running a promotion called Take 2. You have to opt in to accept the promotion (Cashier -> Promotions -> Take 2). There’s two elements at work in order to earn a bonus. You have to play at least 2 cash tables at the same time You have to play [...]
From my previous post: “Third hand, same guy, AA UTG, raising slightly less looking for some action. He flats. Flop is not very good, hits his range much much more than mine, but I opt to bet in case he’s missed as well. If I get raised, I’m done with the hand. He flats, so [...]
Nearing the end of May I’ve about completed 4 months of multitable grinding. So there I sit. Still with a negative bb/100 at 25nl, though that’s somewhat offset by the positive in 25pl. Note the W$SD for 25nl is lowest, an indication of how I’ve run poorly at that level. VPIP/PFR are about the same [...]
