Hi I should be able to blog a little later on with an update on the month
just been really busy though , ooking after my son this week
Later
Graham
Tuesday 29 January 2008
Sunday 20 January 2008
Weekly Update
Well another week finished and i am sitting here once again looking back on the week and reflecting...
Poker wise my week is definately split into two parts Mon - Thur and then the weekend . This weekend i think has been pretty succesful . I have spent a lot of time digesting information from blogs . Marcs time management piece and Gregs downswing control have been pretty interesting this week. I also read some of the guys blogs and realized that i am too results orientated , and have managed to not worry too much about this
The Mini forum that Pete has created is pretty awesome really , whilst we may not have a massive audience , it certainly provides immediate and constant replies , occasionally on the cr forum you may not have always got an opinion or replies to posts whereas with ours you pretty much get replies from everyone which is cool to be honest
Obviously not suggesting that this is replacing anything but its nice to have a tight nit group forming that you can rely on to give answers and provide questions
Also been checkng out a few other blogs , I can honestly say poker wise its been a pretty relaxing weekend . Easily met my target of 2.5k per week so far and whilst the resilts have not gone my way , i am certainly feeling comfortable with my game
Finally got the floating bit as well , im not sure on which blog i read it but it was written so simply that after i tried it out a few times with success i just got it , really pleased
Life wise there has been a bit of variance . Im not sure how my wife is coping with
the news about her father , the major problem is that she is so far away and whilst
they are a huge family its very difficult for them all to co-ordinate movements back and forth to Cyprus . The other problem they have is that the information that keeps
coming from the doctors is sometimes contradictory and / or confusing for them , so there are ups and downs every couple of days , one thing for sure is that he is very ill
I dont want to get all emotional about stuff as this happens to people all the time but
death cerainly changes your view on things and puts things into perspective or maybe not , but hey thats just life
Spent a lot of time on and off throughout out the weekend with my boy , playing here and there in between poker relaxing so all in all its been a pretty cool week , i think . Ahh thats sure to get the doomswitch going for sure anyway
later
Poker wise my week is definately split into two parts Mon - Thur and then the weekend . This weekend i think has been pretty succesful . I have spent a lot of time digesting information from blogs . Marcs time management piece and Gregs downswing control have been pretty interesting this week. I also read some of the guys blogs and realized that i am too results orientated , and have managed to not worry too much about this
The Mini forum that Pete has created is pretty awesome really , whilst we may not have a massive audience , it certainly provides immediate and constant replies , occasionally on the cr forum you may not have always got an opinion or replies to posts whereas with ours you pretty much get replies from everyone which is cool to be honest
Obviously not suggesting that this is replacing anything but its nice to have a tight nit group forming that you can rely on to give answers and provide questions
Also been checkng out a few other blogs , I can honestly say poker wise its been a pretty relaxing weekend . Easily met my target of 2.5k per week so far and whilst the resilts have not gone my way , i am certainly feeling comfortable with my game
Finally got the floating bit as well , im not sure on which blog i read it but it was written so simply that after i tried it out a few times with success i just got it , really pleased
Life wise there has been a bit of variance . Im not sure how my wife is coping with
the news about her father , the major problem is that she is so far away and whilst
they are a huge family its very difficult for them all to co-ordinate movements back and forth to Cyprus . The other problem they have is that the information that keeps
coming from the doctors is sometimes contradictory and / or confusing for them , so there are ups and downs every couple of days , one thing for sure is that he is very ill
I dont want to get all emotional about stuff as this happens to people all the time but
death cerainly changes your view on things and puts things into perspective or maybe not , but hey thats just life
Spent a lot of time on and off throughout out the weekend with my boy , playing here and there in between poker relaxing so all in all its been a pretty cool week , i think . Ahh thats sure to get the doomswitch going for sure anyway
later
Tuesday 15 January 2008
Hands to analyse - Feel free
youre welcome to look....these are hands for me to reviewbut youre welcome to comment...i feel i have definately lost money on these hands...more than i should have...but ill do a summary underneath each one
www.pokerhand.org/?1946923
i think this is the hand i am msot dissapointed with as its preety player dependant...i have history with this player and should have realised something was up when his re raise came...whilst i am not sure if i would have got away i now think the call of his minraise was a mistake...i feel that if i re raised him i certainly would have got the message...he is a very passive player
www.pokerhand.org/?1946925
so i have QQ i re raise the 2 limpers in the hope of either isolating one or making them both fold....i get 2 callers...the flop i dont know about...is this a good flop for me...should i have checked...i dont know...am i being over aggressive with this hand...what would i have been called with that i can beat 1010 ? JJ ? i think thats about it...but if someone bets whats my play 3 handed is always tricky...the pots big is someone going to take a stab at it ? i am unsure on this hand ...think its variance
www.pokerhand.org/?1946931
so the guy flops a set...i have TPTK and lead out...i get the min raise...i have no stats and cant remeber if ihad any...anyway i dont think the re-raise is bad...but he minraises again...i am thinking i could have called the original min raise and possibly checked the turn...and waited to see what he did
www.pokerhand.org/?1946934
whilst i feel i played this hand nice and aggressive to the river ...i really think it is obvious that he has the 3rd ten...there would be no way he would bet all in without the goods...i think...i could have saved myself $22 probably
www.pokerhand.org/?1946936
Standard unless somone tells me otherwise
www.pokerhand.org/?1946939
ok another hand where i feel i could have had some sort of pot control.Imo im not sure of AK is strong enough for an all in bet . I certainly think that i could have called and maybe check folded...but i dont know...opinions please.personally i think i gace money away here
www.pokerhand.org/?1946944
cooler... f me i hate these !!
www.pokerhand.org/?1951881
another cooler wtf
www.pokerhand.org/?1951891
K10 versus trips
www.pokerhand.org/?1951896
ok i think this is an interesting hand...i raise on the button and get called by the bb..this is a standard call i feel as i could easily be making a play...the c bet is pretty standard again but the raise...what does it mean ?...looking back i think its a i have a big hand raise !!!...and it looks like im going all the way !!!...i think a fold would have been acceptable under the cicumstances...
www.pokerhand.org/?1951899
another cooler i think...i think i may try raising these $1 raises a little higher
i mean what the fuck is he doig calling with 10J ?...and then again calling the turn bet f me...i have him on a flush draw and want hin to pay was igutted when he turned ovev the 10J
www.pokerhand.org/?1951900
although this is not a cooler as such its definately variance of some kind...standard raise and cbet...iagain i think the min raise here is a sign of
strength. i should have spotted it and maybe checked called of check folded
the all in bet was a poor decision
weaktight.com/83256
this is a poorly played hand...i must have been tilted here ...i cant see why onearth i am calling thses bets...the guy is short stacked and for this reason i think his range tightens so a Q is definately there...really should not have called the all in bet DONK !!!
www.pokerhand.org/?1951908
cooler...at least its not all bad play !!
www.pokerhand.org/?1951910
well this is bad play i am sure...for starters i should not have called this stupid $1 raise from now on its raise or fold these...i have TPTK the guy leads out and i call...he bets the turn and i call that too..DONK...then he makes abig bat on the river and i fold...really poor play...there was plenty of opportunity too make a play to find out where i was...i needed a plan but didnt have one
www.pokerhand.org/?1951911
another cooler...i knew he had a weak ace and the river bet confirmed it...anyone fold the river here ?
www.pokerhand.org/?1946923
i think this is the hand i am msot dissapointed with as its preety player dependant...i have history with this player and should have realised something was up when his re raise came...whilst i am not sure if i would have got away i now think the call of his minraise was a mistake...i feel that if i re raised him i certainly would have got the message...he is a very passive player
www.pokerhand.org/?1946925
so i have QQ i re raise the 2 limpers in the hope of either isolating one or making them both fold....i get 2 callers...the flop i dont know about...is this a good flop for me...should i have checked...i dont know...am i being over aggressive with this hand...what would i have been called with that i can beat 1010 ? JJ ? i think thats about it...but if someone bets whats my play 3 handed is always tricky...the pots big is someone going to take a stab at it ? i am unsure on this hand ...think its variance
www.pokerhand.org/?1946931
so the guy flops a set...i have TPTK and lead out...i get the min raise...i have no stats and cant remeber if ihad any...anyway i dont think the re-raise is bad...but he minraises again...i am thinking i could have called the original min raise and possibly checked the turn...and waited to see what he did
www.pokerhand.org/?1946934
whilst i feel i played this hand nice and aggressive to the river ...i really think it is obvious that he has the 3rd ten...there would be no way he would bet all in without the goods...i think...i could have saved myself $22 probably
www.pokerhand.org/?1946936
Standard unless somone tells me otherwise
www.pokerhand.org/?1946939
ok another hand where i feel i could have had some sort of pot control.Imo im not sure of AK is strong enough for an all in bet . I certainly think that i could have called and maybe check folded...but i dont know...opinions please.personally i think i gace money away here
www.pokerhand.org/?1946944
cooler... f me i hate these !!
www.pokerhand.org/?1951881
another cooler wtf
www.pokerhand.org/?1951891
K10 versus trips
www.pokerhand.org/?1951896
ok i think this is an interesting hand...i raise on the button and get called by the bb..this is a standard call i feel as i could easily be making a play...the c bet is pretty standard again but the raise...what does it mean ?...looking back i think its a i have a big hand raise !!!...and it looks like im going all the way !!!...i think a fold would have been acceptable under the cicumstances...
www.pokerhand.org/?1951899
another cooler i think...i think i may try raising these $1 raises a little higher
i mean what the fuck is he doig calling with 10J ?...and then again calling the turn bet f me...i have him on a flush draw and want hin to pay was igutted when he turned ovev the 10J
www.pokerhand.org/?1951900
although this is not a cooler as such its definately variance of some kind...standard raise and cbet...iagain i think the min raise here is a sign of
strength. i should have spotted it and maybe checked called of check folded
the all in bet was a poor decision
weaktight.com/83256
this is a poorly played hand...i must have been tilted here ...i cant see why onearth i am calling thses bets...the guy is short stacked and for this reason i think his range tightens so a Q is definately there...really should not have called the all in bet DONK !!!
www.pokerhand.org/?1951908
cooler...at least its not all bad play !!
www.pokerhand.org/?1951910
well this is bad play i am sure...for starters i should not have called this stupid $1 raise from now on its raise or fold these...i have TPTK the guy leads out and i call...he bets the turn and i call that too..DONK...then he makes abig bat on the river and i fold...really poor play...there was plenty of opportunity too make a play to find out where i was...i needed a plan but didnt have one
www.pokerhand.org/?1951911
another cooler...i knew he had a weak ace and the river bet confirmed it...anyone fold the river here ?
Sunday 13 January 2008
Video
omg i made a video
just in case there is anyone out there who wants to see how i play , and sound !!
i had a few problems , firstly the hud didnt appear on the vid but i can assure you
that i can see stats , also it crashed towards the end when i was trying to go through my pokertracker stats
grinders is the password
please any advice welcome in a nice way , until i get a grip of these things
later
Video Upload Pending
just in case there is anyone out there who wants to see how i play , and sound !!
i had a few problems , firstly the hud didnt appear on the vid but i can assure you
that i can see stats , also it crashed towards the end when i was trying to go through my pokertracker stats
grinders is the password
please any advice welcome in a nice way , until i get a grip of these things
later
Video Upload Pending
Saturday 12 January 2008
Poorly Played Hands
Ok here are 3 hands that i pretty much masacered last night . I think i need to know how i should have played them correctly
Hand1 Villain is very new to the table
I standard raise the flop and get re raised...I thought that as he was new to the table he may be making a play...I decided to re raise my ak...
The first question i need an answer to is... is AK stong enough to 4 bet with
im thinking its pretty much player dependant ? Is that correct ?
Anyway its a long time before he calls...The flop has hit no-one...i think my only chance here is to bet out...the fact that he tought so long before calling me on the 4 bet means he must put me on a premium hand
Sadly he called and showed KK
How was my play by street ?
www.pokerhand.org/?1928666
Hand 2 Villan is 17 /14
I pretty much messed this hand up i tried a min bet raise and then just had to call
How should i have played this one and when should i have know i was beaten
www.pokerhand.org/?1928670
Hand 3 villain was quite loose 33/14
I flopped 2 pair . I know i am way ahead but how do i win the pot ? Does anyone ever overbet a $1 dollar pot ?
Hes called the turn bet which has helped him and i just have to call the river
I just didnt have the guy on A3
The thing is with this hand is that i am way ahead until the river . How and Where should i have won this pot . This one sucked i know !!
www.pokerhand.org/?1928676
Apart from thhes hands i think i am good with my game . I have had a great respons from the group so far to my posts . I think petes idea on expansion was awesome
Im also going to keep regular posts on my blog and make sure i am hitting everyone elses
Any thoughts on improving fell free to add
Good Luck All
Hand1 Villain is very new to the table
I standard raise the flop and get re raised...I thought that as he was new to the table he may be making a play...I decided to re raise my ak...
The first question i need an answer to is... is AK stong enough to 4 bet with
im thinking its pretty much player dependant ? Is that correct ?
Anyway its a long time before he calls...The flop has hit no-one...i think my only chance here is to bet out...the fact that he tought so long before calling me on the 4 bet means he must put me on a premium hand
Sadly he called and showed KK
How was my play by street ?
www.pokerhand.org/?1928666
Hand 2 Villan is 17 /14
I pretty much messed this hand up i tried a min bet raise and then just had to call
How should i have played this one and when should i have know i was beaten
www.pokerhand.org/?1928670
Hand 3 villain was quite loose 33/14
I flopped 2 pair . I know i am way ahead but how do i win the pot ? Does anyone ever overbet a $1 dollar pot ?
Hes called the turn bet which has helped him and i just have to call the river
I just didnt have the guy on A3
The thing is with this hand is that i am way ahead until the river . How and Where should i have won this pot . This one sucked i know !!
www.pokerhand.org/?1928676
Apart from thhes hands i think i am good with my game . I have had a great respons from the group so far to my posts . I think petes idea on expansion was awesome
Im also going to keep regular posts on my blog and make sure i am hitting everyone elses
Any thoughts on improving fell free to add
Good Luck All
Wednesday 9 January 2008
Ok , i have some history with this guy , he is pretty passive and i have bluffed him out of a couple of pots with pot sized bets .
I was nt really focusong at the time and when he min raise me i thought it was a little odd
I thought about the possibility of AJ when he bet the turn but i just didnt want to believe it , a rush of blood and its all over .
Really dissapointed with this hand . I certainly should have lead out !! but i had him on a weaker hand AQ AT or AJ !! i should have listened
Does anyone else play like this sometimes , i mean FFS whats going on here ?
Later All
www.pokerhand.org/?1916772
I was nt really focusong at the time and when he min raise me i thought it was a little odd
I thought about the possibility of AJ when he bet the turn but i just didnt want to believe it , a rush of blood and its all over .
Really dissapointed with this hand . I certainly should have lead out !! but i had him on a weaker hand AQ AT or AJ !! i should have listened
Does anyone else play like this sometimes , i mean FFS whats going on here ?
Later All
www.pokerhand.org/?1916772
January Update
As with pretty much everyone i seemed to have started off with a pretty big
downswing that sort of got re versed and then i went on another downswing
I dont want to say that the downswing is down to variance as that is just an excuse ( i think )and i want to take responsibility for my play . I was going over my big wins and losses , i am not sure if that is a good way to look at things but i have 10 big wins to 9 big losses . The problem is that the losses have been bigger than the wins ( Typical )
One of the other problems i have been having apart from the coolers is that i seem to be getting played back at an awful lot .
I have been trying to work out the strategy for dealing with this sort of situation
if there is one . EG I have KQ s on the button , i get 1 caller , the flop comes rainbow something like 47J . As i always do i c bet this flop . But then here is the problem . I get minraised !! what do i do now ? Sometimes i call and then i get no help on the turn and feel like i have to check . Villain then makes a pot sized bet and i have to fold .
This is a situation that i seem to come across frequently and would like some advice on what is a good line to take
Ill post a couple of hands that i was really disappointed with , my biggest loser for definate , but i just wanted to get a post up to keep the momentum going .
I am currently on a 5 buyin downswing over 3k hands
The frustrating thing is , is that fell i am playing ok or at least comfortable with my play . How can this be ? I 5 buyins down for christ's sake , Madness !!
Anyway later all
downswing that sort of got re versed and then i went on another downswing
I dont want to say that the downswing is down to variance as that is just an excuse ( i think )and i want to take responsibility for my play . I was going over my big wins and losses , i am not sure if that is a good way to look at things but i have 10 big wins to 9 big losses . The problem is that the losses have been bigger than the wins ( Typical )
One of the other problems i have been having apart from the coolers is that i seem to be getting played back at an awful lot .
I have been trying to work out the strategy for dealing with this sort of situation
if there is one . EG I have KQ s on the button , i get 1 caller , the flop comes rainbow something like 47J . As i always do i c bet this flop . But then here is the problem . I get minraised !! what do i do now ? Sometimes i call and then i get no help on the turn and feel like i have to check . Villain then makes a pot sized bet and i have to fold .
This is a situation that i seem to come across frequently and would like some advice on what is a good line to take
Ill post a couple of hands that i was really disappointed with , my biggest loser for definate , but i just wanted to get a post up to keep the momentum going .
I am currently on a 5 buyin downswing over 3k hands
The frustrating thing is , is that fell i am playing ok or at least comfortable with my play . How can this be ? I 5 buyins down for christ's sake , Madness !!
Anyway later all
Sunday 6 January 2008
2008 Goals and Progress
Ive been thinking for a while now about my goals for 2008
Obviously i want to move up and stuff like that...but probably due to the
fact that i play part time i need to be more realistic about them
December was probably more than likely my best month so far in this Poker
Eperiment / Obsession / Battle / Relationship... that i have going on !
I want Poker to provide a secondary income if possible , i mean thats the reason i
play , If i re examine my December results i was running at about 10ptbbs over 5500k hands . $500 personally i want to make it around $1500 . Now i think that 10ptbbs is a little unrealistic therefore i have decided that 7.5 is a better figure @50nl
So i have set my goal @ $1500 per month . Now @ 50 nl and 7.5 ptbbs i would need to play 20k hands . Realistically i can mangage 10k hands per month although i need some adjustments . However that is only going to net me $750 per month and my goal is $1500 !! So i need more adjustments
15000 hands @ 100 nl @ 5ptbb = $1500 i think please correct me if i am wrong
So here are the adjustments and changes i need to make to my game over the next few months
1. I need to play more hands ? In order to do so i am going to start 4 tabling again maybe go over Verneers 6 table video again and while my roll is comfortable try a couple of 6 table sessions Maybe
2 I need to step up in levels . To be honest... i cant honestly say i have ever had a lot of success at 100nl so this is a subject that needs to be broached . I will look into getting coached over a period of a month once i hit 7.5ptbbs @50nl over 10k hands .I think it is important that i hit those 2 targets first... but i will do some investigating regarding coaches...in the meantime i will concentrate on planning properly and structuring my playing sessions
3 Finally ths study group seems to have sprung back into life and hopefully we will embark on another chapter in our developement
On poker this year to be honest i startde the first session 4 tabling i ran KK into something and felt like every cbet was re raised and that every raise was re raised too . I ended my first session down over 3 buyins . On a couple of occasiins i nerly got back to even but have hit some sick coolers.
Anyway i still feel like my play is good and so il put it down to variance
Update Soon
Obviously i want to move up and stuff like that...but probably due to the
fact that i play part time i need to be more realistic about them
December was probably more than likely my best month so far in this Poker
Eperiment / Obsession / Battle / Relationship... that i have going on !
I want Poker to provide a secondary income if possible , i mean thats the reason i
play , If i re examine my December results i was running at about 10ptbbs over 5500k hands . $500 personally i want to make it around $1500 . Now i think that 10ptbbs is a little unrealistic therefore i have decided that 7.5 is a better figure @50nl
So i have set my goal @ $1500 per month . Now @ 50 nl and 7.5 ptbbs i would need to play 20k hands . Realistically i can mangage 10k hands per month although i need some adjustments . However that is only going to net me $750 per month and my goal is $1500 !! So i need more adjustments
15000 hands @ 100 nl @ 5ptbb = $1500 i think please correct me if i am wrong
So here are the adjustments and changes i need to make to my game over the next few months
1. I need to play more hands ? In order to do so i am going to start 4 tabling again maybe go over Verneers 6 table video again and while my roll is comfortable try a couple of 6 table sessions Maybe
2 I need to step up in levels . To be honest... i cant honestly say i have ever had a lot of success at 100nl so this is a subject that needs to be broached . I will look into getting coached over a period of a month once i hit 7.5ptbbs @50nl over 10k hands .I think it is important that i hit those 2 targets first... but i will do some investigating regarding coaches...in the meantime i will concentrate on planning properly and structuring my playing sessions
3 Finally ths study group seems to have sprung back into life and hopefully we will embark on another chapter in our developement
On poker this year to be honest i startde the first session 4 tabling i ran KK into something and felt like every cbet was re raised and that every raise was re raised too . I ended my first session down over 3 buyins . On a couple of occasiins i nerly got back to even but have hit some sick coolers.
Anyway i still feel like my play is good and so il put it down to variance
Update Soon
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