Ok here is a quick summary of the month so far and a few goals that I have set and I am determined to achieve. Actually one that I am determined to achieve
1 - Opponent Hand ranges - For some reason I am finding it difficult to put players on ranges. Therefore, I have decided to cut down to two tables until I have achieved a reasonable level. The reason why I have cut down to 2 tables is so that I can try and record notes for every hand that I play and give the opponents ranges .This is a fundamental part of the game and I think until I achieve this I wont progress much further .
2 - My hand-playing goal is not going to be massive this month due to the above. If I get to 8000 I think that will be an achievement 2 tabling.
3 - I have sort of stolen this from Marc I think... in that I am going to make at least a hundred posts on the CR forum. I have already started and as I am two tabling, I can find that I can post as well. Lol... the trick is to make sure people can understand them though, otherwise ill get no answers.
4 - A small group of us have started some review sessions. The first one went really well and I am going to make sure I am available and prepared for this. It will be a great method for improvement.
5 - Finally I checked out losberts Poker Tracker analysis the other day and found it very, very constructive. I am going to do the same for myself
As for this month... Well I finished my last session and had played 1310 hands. I sopped on this particular hand as I was dealt AA !!! I thought it was a good time to stop as it was the first time in those 1310 hands. Man that’s card dead for you, Anyway played 1310 V$PIP is at 14.05 I know this is low but I really have been card dead. PFR is at 10.69 some work to do here I know and imp going to get it up to 25% of the V4PIP . Also i have won $23 which is a plus as usualyy by this time of the month im down around $300 . Lets hope it stays that way !! mmm maybe less of the hope...hey !
I know I have played only 1300 hands but 1 figure I am proud of is my fold to sb this is 95.24% so no limping out of the sb for me so far !!
One final thing, got to the last 5 in the Blue Square GP qualifying Tourney
Three get the $2750 package but I finally went out in a desperate utg raise and my fours got crushed by the chip leaders AA gutted, but im going to get one of those packages
For sure
Anyway really looking forward to this month
Good Luck at the Tables
Saturday 6 October 2007
Monday 1 October 2007
Where Too Now ?
Well September has been a truly disappointing month . And to say im pissed would be an understatement . To be honest i had sort of resigned myself to losing around $350 this month and was looking to write a summary last night but i though i would play 2 tables of 100nl which i think i can cope with .
Cooler no 1... When my KK got it all in with AQ on a 5 10 Q flop Villain bet $24 into a pot of the same size i raise all in for my stack and they called turn was a J and the river was a king...nice
Cooler no 2... i had AA after raising the flop to about $30 the shorty raise on a flop with 2 spades to $64 all in which i obviously called only for him to hit his flush draw on the turn...talk about kicking when there down !!
So that put my monthly loss at $-534 my figures are as follows and as my paint still isnt working this will have to do
Hands 13476 $-534 V$PIP 19.67 PFR 12.52
Looking at those stats im thinking its obvious that the problrm is im not raising enough and when you look at my sb figure which is close to 26% its easy to see im limping from the blind straight into trouble . If you take my small blind posting figure out of my stats...its still red !!
So the only target i have sort of hit this month is the hands played !! However that was only because i tried 8 tabling in order to get the hands in !! On occasions this seemed to be going ok however i was finding that i was calling with marginal hands too much and it was easy for tilt to set in !!
other factors are that I stopped taking notes and my 3 betting was virtualy Zero . I also didnt work very much on hand ranges .
On the positive !!! . There is a positive i hear you say !! Well theres got to be one somewhere ?!
I think its this .Obviously the above is pretty much why my figures are as they are so at least i am aware of it !!
I opened a Blue Square account so i could try and win an online entry into the Grosvenor Tourney in Walsall . The thing is there are so few satellites there that i got bored and decided to play 100nl and managed to win $200 . I also entered a Stars $15 DS and manged to get $320 in $ws so my bankroll is sort of ok . I say sort of as i dont count my stars bankroll as thats for tourneys and relaxation when i cant be bothered and play micro limits whle watching TV and the blue Square is not counted either as thats for tourneys also !!
My FT bankroll has taken a hit !! and that hurts . I have some rakeback which i will sort out later but when i play FT or AB thats when i am really concentrating on playingand my results suck !!
So Where do i go to now !! I am ging to take a Week off from playing the 4 table or cash games . I am going to play 1 or 2 tables of 50 nl or maybe 100 nl if i do decide to play and i will try and put people on hands . Ill do a bit of reading . Im going to review a lot of my hands to see if i can see where the leaks are , although i know calling down pots with marginal hands or draws is one of them and this is costing me money big time .
I also think there is a session with a few of the other bloggers which i will try and get too and i have a live game on wednesday at the local rugby club .
I will post some goals later in the week . I think at least if i start later in the week i cant get off to a bad start ... i hope... and as confidence is really a big part of anything i do it would be nice to get off to a good start .
Anyway there appears to be some thoughtfull stuff above so it will give me something to work on . Also if i havent posted during the week dont worry im am always reading the blogs .
Its a really tough thing blogging about stuff when you are really dissapointed in your play .
Anyway Good Luck at the tables
Cooler no 1... When my KK got it all in with AQ on a 5 10 Q flop Villain bet $24 into a pot of the same size i raise all in for my stack and they called turn was a J and the river was a king...nice
Cooler no 2... i had AA after raising the flop to about $30 the shorty raise on a flop with 2 spades to $64 all in which i obviously called only for him to hit his flush draw on the turn...talk about kicking when there down !!
So that put my monthly loss at $-534 my figures are as follows and as my paint still isnt working this will have to do
Hands 13476 $-534 V$PIP 19.67 PFR 12.52
Looking at those stats im thinking its obvious that the problrm is im not raising enough and when you look at my sb figure which is close to 26% its easy to see im limping from the blind straight into trouble . If you take my small blind posting figure out of my stats...its still red !!
So the only target i have sort of hit this month is the hands played !! However that was only because i tried 8 tabling in order to get the hands in !! On occasions this seemed to be going ok however i was finding that i was calling with marginal hands too much and it was easy for tilt to set in !!
other factors are that I stopped taking notes and my 3 betting was virtualy Zero . I also didnt work very much on hand ranges .
On the positive !!! . There is a positive i hear you say !! Well theres got to be one somewhere ?!
I think its this .Obviously the above is pretty much why my figures are as they are so at least i am aware of it !!
I opened a Blue Square account so i could try and win an online entry into the Grosvenor Tourney in Walsall . The thing is there are so few satellites there that i got bored and decided to play 100nl and managed to win $200 . I also entered a Stars $15 DS and manged to get $320 in $ws so my bankroll is sort of ok . I say sort of as i dont count my stars bankroll as thats for tourneys and relaxation when i cant be bothered and play micro limits whle watching TV and the blue Square is not counted either as thats for tourneys also !!
My FT bankroll has taken a hit !! and that hurts . I have some rakeback which i will sort out later but when i play FT or AB thats when i am really concentrating on playingand my results suck !!
So Where do i go to now !! I am ging to take a Week off from playing the 4 table or cash games . I am going to play 1 or 2 tables of 50 nl or maybe 100 nl if i do decide to play and i will try and put people on hands . Ill do a bit of reading . Im going to review a lot of my hands to see if i can see where the leaks are , although i know calling down pots with marginal hands or draws is one of them and this is costing me money big time .
I also think there is a session with a few of the other bloggers which i will try and get too and i have a live game on wednesday at the local rugby club .
I will post some goals later in the week . I think at least if i start later in the week i cant get off to a bad start ... i hope... and as confidence is really a big part of anything i do it would be nice to get off to a good start .
Anyway there appears to be some thoughtfull stuff above so it will give me something to work on . Also if i havent posted during the week dont worry im am always reading the blogs .
Its a really tough thing blogging about stuff when you are really dissapointed in your play .
Anyway Good Luck at the tables
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