Some very general observations from $10nl FR Rush as I start to grind it again: Somewhere there’s got to be a bot strategy floating around for 40 bb stacks, or, these are actual bots, ’cause I run across this particular type of player all the time. Characterized by: Weird stats of 12/11 with steal of […]
Rush again. Again just posting the weird hands. Not many hands on this guy, I figure QTs is good enough for an iso-raise from the button. He calls. I flop top pair, he check/calls. Ace comes but gives me a flush draw so I bet again and he calls. If he paired the ten or […]
Still more Rush. Maybe I’m actually gearing up to play poker again. SB is aggressive but I only have like 8 hands so far on him. AQ is ahead of his raising range and it’s vulnerable so I 3 bet. But is AQ ahead of his 4 bet range? Next hand, this isn’t a great […]
So I’m actually playing some poker during the past few days, though it’s pretty much all still Rush poker. The convenience just hooks me. Actually getting close to earning the $100 target that I set before moving to $25nl, but I dunno; it’s like it’s not real so I don’t feel as if I’m keeping […]
Not much playing, not much mental focus. I did donk a $2.20 180 seat turbo. Took 1.5 hours or something, most of which I played while re-typing something that needed to be done. Finished second for $74. Sadly, that’s like my biggest poker accomplishment of the summer. But I had to post this hand. I’ve […]
Maybe it’s sad to poke fun, but: This is one of those 5 FTP Rush Super Turbo tournaments. I’m happily playing along while checking my Lexulous games on Facebook. Button minraises, we both have stacked up and have some chips so I call. Flop bet is not only weak, the flop is pretty dead so […]
I was wrong; I went back and checked my Rush promo page and it said 70 points. I must have been playing through some bonus hour on Tilt to get 100 FTPs and only 70 points for the promo. So I opened three tables of $10nl Rush to finish the 30 points. That took another […]
Finished my first day of the Rush Poker Week. Started with two instances of $10nl FR, then found it slow so I started a 3rd one but the problem was that they overlapped too much, especially as I was also tracking my FTP points at the bottom of my screen. As a result I didn’t […]
Summer seems to be my time of non-grinding at the poker tables. In 2008 Full Tilt introduced the Super Turbos and I got hooked on those for a while, returning to cash games as a short stacker. In 2009 I interrupted my multi-tabling grind by trying to build a bankroll at Party Poker with a […]
Update, just to update. I’ve played very little cash games in the past few weeks, other than some $10nl FR Rush poker when I feel like donking around. Like the other day a bunch of people that I know were at a $10 FR deep table at Tilt, and even though there was some chatter […]
Not much playing time lately, which means mostly Rush Poker. Still on the first part of the project of getting $100 at $10nl. After 4 sessions: 20.39 bb/100 over 1947 hands = $39.69 VPIP 18.2, PFR 14.0; I didn’t realize I was playing so LAGgy even that loose my PfPA is 7.04, meaning I’m raising […]
I still haven’t kicked the Rush (crack) Poker habit. It got re-started when I did a few sessions trying to record a video to demonstrate some poker basics. I used Rush Poker because of it’s simple “in a vacuum” with no reads situation. The convenience of not having to wait on tables, the simplicity of […]
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 […]
14.08/12.9, 9.47, 14.08 bb/100, over 409 hands. It started out rough. I felt like I had too many tables running at first, and I was getting played back at quite a bit. The only thing that really saved the session was stacking one player mid-session, otherwise I’d have been down. This is different than the […]
Another session of Raise Everything at rush poker. VPIP of 66, PFR of 59.9, minus bb/100 of 75.38. And that’s in spite of stacking one guy who was willing to get it all in on a Qxx 2 tone board when he min 3 bet me with AQ, but I hit my flush on the […]
It’s not easy. 100 hands, VPIP 71.1, PRF 66.0, minus 81.2 bb/100. At least the bb/100 is not as bad as last session. C-bet of 73%, with a success of 70.4%. I’m not sure why it’s still this bad. Right now I’m resorting to pretending that I have either AK/AQ or JJ/TT/99, adjusting this so […]
My first attempt at the new project. 213 hands, VPIP of 71.4, PFR of 69, (keeping in mind this is Full Ring RushPoker, so every table has 9 players at it) minus 120 bb/100 loss rate. I think that I can get that down a bit. Or up a bit, depending on how you look […]
‘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 […]
Not much to add. Still playing Rush Poker, still playing 10nl, still watching Inuyasha at the same time. By the time I get through all the videos it’ll be time for us to head out of town where I’ll have limited internet access. I could have collected my graph but now I’m at a different […]
Here’s a hand that I enjoyed. This is still Rush Poker, $10nl, played while watching more Inuyasha that I’ve been hooked on lately. 87s, a little loose from this far out but I like this range of non-gapped suited connectors. I open, get called. Flop is not great; I have a gutter but there’s a […]
Out of circumstance, I’m back at 10nl Rush Poker again. It’s just so convenient for someone like me that has a hard time clearing time to play, and I’ve been running bad at 25nl for long enough that it’s easier to play 10nl. One interesting hand the other night. Player raises, and I recognize him […]
Well, this was a nice surprise. I’m about to give up on Rush Poker as I’ve been running poorly again, running into another TT set, and then in one session QQ runs into AA twice and then AK in the small blind runs into AA in the big blind. I still made two targets. One […]
Well, some of the rush has worn off Rush Poker, at least for me. But it’s still all that I’m playing these days, mainly because of the convenience factor. I can play just one table of $25nl FR without getting bored, while not being challenged enough that I can still watch television with the family […]
I like to post hands that are weird or bad. These are from Rush Poker. First hand I fold the flop but went back to the hand history to see what happened. Awful raise preflop with AK, then what’s with the bet into 3 others from the limp-caller? Pots the flop, pots the turn? Maybe […]
I’ve barely been working on my rampage project at all; too much time taken up still playing Rush Poker. I have no idea how many hands in total I’ve played now, but apparently I’ve made over 1,500 FTP points in just over a week which is pretty close to the total that I’ve earned in […]
