Sunday 29 July 2007

Solid Session

Ok first here are a few hands , now that i finally have worked out how to get these posted correctly

Hand 1 I was wondering should i have called this ? or fold ? I know I'm on the button so i should be using my position , but how ? or do i just pitch this hand and wait ?
www.pokerhand.org/?1311348

Hand 2 I seem to want to call the flush draws . Is there any +EV in this play , should i just fold ?
www.pokerhand.org/?1311360

Hand 3 This was my first attempt at 3 betting on this table , Not sure if my play makes sense though ?
www.pokerhand.org/?1311362

Hand 4 This guy minraised me , I just felt that it was a weak play that he continued , I was aso the big stack and easily had him covered . Those were my thoughts , but were they correct
www.pokerhand.org/?1311386


So anyway last nights session was ok , had to change tables a couple of times , must be some sort of delay with the hud , My 47 , 20 table somehow turned into a 20 / 16 by the time i got there...lol i hate it when that happens !!!

Ended up 2 buyinsup , so i was quite pleased , it beats losing a big pot early on and then having to grind my way back to the starting position .

It just goes to show how important confidence is in this game and you also
need a little momentum . Yep momentum , and i came up with a cunning
plan for when i go back to 4 tabling .

I will start of patiently with the 2 tables , feel my way into the session , and then once i feel i am playing my a game , i will add another table and then another
,
this also gives me the opportunity to pick a decent table , so often i
just get to choosing any table , the first and just load them up . A
little preparation should is necessary

See you at the tables

oh , i just read an article by corny on 12 tabling . I wonder if Mr Warrior has read it ?

Saturday 28 July 2007

Momentum !!

More hands
Hand 1
www.pokerhand.org/?1308569

I was wondering if i should have called this bet
Vilain was 40/8 I knew he didnt have 2 pair but was wondering if i should have bet the turn card

Hand 2
www.pokerhand.org/?1308574

Was i correct to lay down this hand villain was 46 / 18 he had been very aggro against me in particular calling all my pfr an cbets to be honest i lost most of my pots to this guy . I had played an earlier hand with jj c bet it and got min raised and then it was checked down to the river he was holding A5 and there was an ace on the flop
so i was sure he had an ace here . But still did not like laying this down


Sadly i lost just over a buyin last night mostlu due to the 7 on the river that the guy in the first hand won . Overall i was happy with my play should have got away from the one table though where th guy was really aggro against me . But playing 2
tables for the minute is very helpful

Going to grind my way back to the july starting position .Hopefully i canget some comments here , although i have lacking on the posting side of this blog .

But that will change , Oh by the way the momentum thing is about my blogging
3 in 3 days cool !!

See you at the tables

Friday 27 July 2007

Recovering

first some hands as i never seem to post any
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1305376
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1305379
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1305381
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1305383

any comments much appreciated

Anyway back to the recovery . I have been reading loads of blogs , brian townsends in particular , as he seems to be on a downswing , losing 3 million is pretty big .

Then i got to reading some of the comments , Some of it good , some of it bad and i started to compare it to my downswing and thought that there must be similarities in the feelings . Obviously not the levels , but the feelings , dissapointment , anger , etc etc .

So some more thinking about how to recover , i read and re read some of the posts on more blogs . I put it down to confidence or lack of it , also lack of preparation and lack of concentration .These were the problems i had to solve !

So the last few days i have done the following . Reduced the tables i play from 4 to 2 . Watched some vids , I think trevrob of cr said he waches a vid before he plays
so i watched a brystmar vid . I spent more time selecting my tables . All in all i just slowed down a little , calmed down a little .

Once i get to my july starting position im going to have a break . Someone suggested a 4 day on 4 day off scenario to help . I think this may be a good idea . Maybe a 3 and 3 or even a 2 and 2 . I think fruity pro mentioned about the balance being right and for sure i know for many part timers it just isnt there .

Well more paragraphs than normal . see you at the tables

Thursday 26 July 2007

Downward Spirals

Since my last post its has been a downward spiral . I have experienced a huge amount of downswing on my bankroll . The explanations are clear to see . I have been playing tired . I have been playing at my chip shop (that is pure madness) . I have been playing on tilt . I have been playing Badly .

As well as all of this if you are unaware of the floods in the uk . I work in worcester and live in gloucester so to be honest life has been a bit of a nightmare .

However these are just excuses or as someone once told me (probably myself) just a story i have been telling myself .

To be honest i think i had been tilting pretty badly over the weekend of the 13th and 14th of july , and then as i usually do , i go up to the higher limits . I got sucked out with AA vs 10 10 , when the villain hit trips for $245 on stars , then managed to enter a limit holdem sng for $50 which i just could not play and that was the end of my stars BR for the moment

I have done similar things on fulltilt losing nearly 30% of my roll through playing above my limits and poor play .

Then as i have been doing frequently , i started studying some of the blogs . I noiced that brian was on a huge downswing and made a post there , this got me to thinking about my own poker situation .

wanting to post and not wishing to make the post sound too negative , i had a long think about the lack of discipline that is sometimes in my life and therefore my game . When its quiet in the chip shop i play poker . What an absurd thing to do . At home when i am really tired i play 4 tables , again that just no good . These things i have too change .

The worst thing about it al though was having to deal with the loss of my bankroll , that is depressing or was !! Yep i have managed to overcome the sense of loss by reminding myself that i am still winning !! After building my roll up from $350 to nearly %1900 over the last few months , well mid april actually . I still am around the $1100 mark . So i am still winning.
I have used the last week as a lesson in how to recover from downswings and from tilting .

Some of the things i did are as followed , I reviewed my play . I had a rest . I dropped down a level to 10 / 25 for a few days to regain my confidence . I watched a few vids . I didnt have a break though but that will come when i get back to $1500 so i feel like i can start again !!

So were ready to rock and roll . This weekend i will play a little but concentrate on a timetable to bring the discipline back into my game .

Well thats it for now . See you at the tables .

Friday 13 July 2007

Swings and Tilt

Well this week has not been so successful so far. On Monday i had about a 3 buyin loss and then he same again on Tuesday. On both occasions i was playing 4 tables and seemingly going through the motions . I had got back late from work and went straight to the tables . On both occasions i had a 100 nl table open where most of my losses seemed to occur . On reviewing my hands i found that i was as lose there as i was on the 25 / 50 which seems to be wrong . Everyone seems to be so much tighter at 100 nl is this the case ? . So last night i decided to play just two tables. One on stars and one on Full Tilt ended even on the stars but up 2 buy ins on the FT table. Part of my problem is getting back late from my fish and chip shop (chippy)and wanting to play as currently im am really excited about the poker .So basically im playing when im really tired but also really keen so i blow hot an cold throughout the session sometimes nodding off and sometimes ultra alert.This is not good.Although i have not posted many hands i have been checking out all the bogs and working on my blogsite too . Read some 2+2 threads last night regarding mental states and i know this applies to me .When im 4 tabling i pretty much just play the cards up to a point like raise and c bet then if im called i consider db and then check the pahud stats to try and put them on a range all in all whilst i have not played much poker i have certainly been learning , and hopefully over the weekend i can put a few theories to the test . For example open up my button and cutoff range as per tiens post . Tighten up my utg and mp positions hopefully i can subconsciously learn them to make it easier on the 4 tabling . Much happier with the content of my blog as well which was distracting me . One final topic regarding posting of hands . Does anyone find that when they have made a huge mistake they just either know at the time its wrong or afterwards they can see how obvious it was . I do and then i just cant post the hand as i already know the answer ? still i will get some out there tonight or tomorrow. Anyway good luck at the tables

Monday 9 July 2007

Well the first week in July has fininshed and i am pretty sure i have spent more time blogging or at least trying to blog than playing poker....But im sure it will be worth it in the long run
I have not managed to post that many hands yet as im still coming to grips with the http stuff but i will get there....This week i have played nearly 3000 hands about 7 and a half hours play 4 tabling....I have just started to add a 50 / 100 nl table to
be included in my 4 but i am finding it tricky....It just doesnt seem like the 25 / 50 where pretty much when i c bet people fold or if i double barrel they fold
i have to play much tighter but still ill get there
won about $170 stats are about 23/16/4 but if any one can tell me how to get poker grapher and how to post the charts ill post the tricky 100 nl ones

Thursday 5 July 2007

Sweet Session....And no Maniac bets....I think

Well i have just had a really good session.... 276 hands 52 mins $171.45
Very Sweet.... however i am going to design a spreadsheet that will check to see
how many of my top starting hands i was dealt in relation to how much i
win....I am thinking if the cards are dry it will be about losing less as opposed to winning more so i will actually be wining....strange concept i know
Still having trouble with the hand history posting
Here are a couple
hand 1 i was just wondering if i bet too much here and was lucky to get the call
www.pokerhand.org/?1237556 Hand 2 im on a flush draw but should i have called is this +ev in the long run
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1237550
i actuall think ive got the link !!! wow at last
and heres a couple of nice ones

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1237555

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1237522

Wednesday 4 July 2007

Routines........ I wish i had one !!

Sadly due to my unsociable lfestyle....I have a chippy.... i find it quite difficult to get a balance between work , poker and my family . This usually results
in me playing very late at night / early morning whilst a little tired. Played a couple of sessions one i lost $82 but i know i was playing
badly and the villains were hitting the flush draws and the all in bet
was there which i refused to call. I have not had time to review that
session but last nights virtually break even session 58 mins 363 hands + $8
i have reviewed . These hands i found tricky

hand 1 http://www.pokerhand.org_ 1234497.htm
hamd 2 http://www.pokerhand.org_ 1234505.htm
hand 3 http://www.pokerhand.org_ 1234507.htm
also im sort of having trouble with the poker hand postings
what
am i doing wrong here D warrior said something about the html but sadly
i have no idea what hes taking about help please !! How do i post the hand on my blog so that when you click on them they take you to the hand

Monday 2 July 2007

Wow What A Start !!

Well i have spent pretty much all of the day checking out the
various blogs . I thinks this is going to be massive !! . Ill be posting just 3 hands per session , i think that should be enough and ill try and vary the blogs i post on as well as the regulars . I could do with some help with auto scripts and other blog related stuff but im sure that will develope as this idea does
Later all

Sunday 1 July 2007

Short and Nearly Very Very Sweet

love this
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1225407
hate this
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1225424
bad call ? tilting a little anyone call here ?
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1225436
could i have got more value
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1225440

ok if any one can give me some help with posting the pt reports for my sessions i would be grateful

tonights session 50 mins 299 hands +$100.40 1 big hand plus one where i obviously though i was so good i would win anything other info vpip 18.06 pfr 12.04 ta 3.89

i find it a little difficult to focus when 4 tabling sometimes and i just get carried away just raising and folding winning and losing but wining more
i think the reviwing for the blogs will concentrate my mind

anyone ever read the justin bonomo thread on subconcious learning thats what i think has happened to me in the 25/50 nl watching and learning

hope this all makes sense
ok.... !! here we go.... !! it looks like july is the start of somthing big.... !!
i am truly excited about this , i have been tracking all the blogs , and am
truly amazed at the response.... !!

since joining cardrunners i have been studying the vids and have made a
few posts and have found them to be really helpful , more so than i imagined
i have had a couple of lessons and also found theses invaluable too
but lets get to business

My July Goals Are

1 to build my bankroll from its current $1900 and increase it to $3000

2 to create a timetable of playing that can incorporate my unsociable lifestyle
and enable me to play 3-5k hands a week 4 tabling

3 to review as many blogs as i feel posible and to actually post my own opinions
as to how i would play the hands

4 to introduce a 50 / 100 nl table to my 4 tables and be able to beat it


well these look ok to start with i particulary struggle with the timetable as i frequently get home late and start playing at maybe 11 or 12 pm when im tired , i also try to sneak some time in the mornings when i feel the tables are a little weaker 7 / 8 am uk time