tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62362033545239522592024-03-19T05:10:00.619-07:00life and times of a grinderUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236203354523952259.post-33505336870576097312015-02-10T06:46:00.001-08:002015-02-10T06:46:07.645-08:00So I am still playing the satellites to the UKIPT in Nottingham . A few thing are clear though I think and that is <br />
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1 - I have had a shed load of variance recently . I am not sure but poker stars throws up its fair share of River action . I seem to be on the receiving end of some impossible calls . The good thing is , is that I know I have been getting it in with the best hand that's for sure . It does become a little disheartening though <br />
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2 - I must select my games more thoughtfully . I won an £8 satellite to a £55 rebuy . I didn't really wan to play this and then had to add on for £50 I went out soon after whilst in reasonable position purely due to lack of concentration <br />
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3 - I am bleeding money due to game selection . Sometimes I enter a competition through boredom and end up just throwing my chips away . I will over the next few weeks create a structured plan to play .<br />
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So I have had a few success's n the 50 / 50 sngs on pokerstars and entered a E75 on the DTD skin and came in 192nd out of 1700 just in the money . So I think the future is looing ok just need some structure . Will try and get holdem manager or poker tracker downloaded so I can review my tourney play with a coach once I have enough stats <br />
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Chat soonUnknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236203354523952259.post-12653991417423686632015-01-30T03:58:00.000-08:002015-01-30T03:58:10.198-08:00UKIPT - Tourney - Update<br />
So the Jan Tournament has come and gone - Must say I was keeping a close eye on the updates on the PokerStars blog. All very interesting.<br />
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My best result in the qualifying tourneys was a third place £300 for a £5 satellite which was just shy of the £770 entrance fee. I think I was eliminated with AK and then 4 clubs on the board leasd to my exit <br />
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The next UKIPT is at Dust til Dawn in Nottingham in April , This is my next target . Progress so far in the PokerStars Satellites has been interesting . I have managed to qualify for 2 Package Qualifiers at £162 each . Although I have been playing in quite a few. The first I got too 3rd with 2 packages on offer for a measly £166 when the package is worth £1400 . Got it all in on a re-reaise with K8 and ran into AA. Severe lack of patience and understanding in this particular situation . Then the Second I managed 5th place again just the 2 Packages on offer . HaHa 3rd place got £60 anyway got it all in with K10 offsuit against A9 suited when on the button. Not sure if this was the best play . Down too less than 10 bbs , so ill have to review this somewhere . Patience was massively improved in this game and certainly paid more attention to whom I was playing and certainly hand selection was very very tight .<br />
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Still learning too change gears at these very late stages in a these tourneys , but I am hoping that the experiences in these games will only improve my game . Looking to get Holdem Manager " onto my computer as soon as over the next few weeks <br />
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Updates will be following when Im find interesting spots or experiences <br />
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Regards Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236203354523952259.post-2540372035446276502015-01-19T08:06:00.001-08:002015-01-19T08:06:07.319-08:00Progress so FarSo I have been playing quite a lot a lot in the small UKIPT tournaments <br />
Working on the satellites . I have only made it too 2 or the main qualifiers and from there the best so far was a 5th place when 4 qualified . I was a little upset about this and then again last night I got knocked out in satellite when I went all in with AK suited against 1010 It was against the chip leader and only person who could knock me out so I am pretty sure that was a big mistake <br />
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Also looking to upload Holdem Manager asap , Security Software seems to be a problem though Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236203354523952259.post-35273004041441808242015-01-13T03:06:00.001-08:002015-01-13T03:06:56.051-08:00Playing Again <br />
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Pokerstars , Posts to followUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236203354523952259.post-64897443410676828102012-08-20T07:43:00.001-07:002015-01-13T03:05:57.228-08:00Playing Again So after a pretty long time I have now started playing poker again .Ill go into more detail about the reasons why I stopped if I can remember , But I have now started playing in the satelites to the ukipt on Pokerstars and am enjoying it at the moment <br />
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So here we go again <br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236203354523952259.post-12383686486203633492011-11-13T10:48:00.001-08:002011-11-13T10:48:37.973-08:00Still Here - I Know its been a long timeStill Here - I Know its been a long timeUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236203354523952259.post-88604988035146088642010-12-30T06:17:00.001-08:002010-12-30T06:17:47.365-08:00Still Here - I Know its been a long timeUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236203354523952259.post-25538220956011196082008-12-06T04:51:00.001-08:002008-12-06T04:51:40.853-08:00Still Here - I Know its been a long timeUnknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236203354523952259.post-13967335406043811472008-09-02T22:25:00.001-07:002008-09-02T22:25:57.400-07:00July & August updates soon !!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236203354523952259.post-45788393652321612432008-07-27T09:48:00.000-07:002015-01-13T02:54:44.534-08:00New Coach and First SessionSo last night...Sat i had my first lesson with my new coach tubasteve off deauces cracked<br />
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It was a really interesting session , First off i played 2 tables for a while , whilst steve <br />
sort of watched , trying to analyse my play without interfering , hope that wasnt too difficult <br />
for him<br />
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There were a few interesting spots , but i think one of the most important things , if not the <br />
most important thing was during the discussion we had at the end of the session , Steve was just <br />
commenting about how 2 guys with ironman markers had just played a hand pretty standardly , <br />
i mentioned to him that i would rarely 4 bet AK and i think he said that was a BIG leak or maybe<br />
he said HUGE whatever the comment was that sounded the alarm bells<br />
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He kindly did me the favour of explaining exactly how it was a HUGE leak , We pokerstoved AK versus a <br />
pretty tight range , only 6% of hands for the relevant 3 bet from villain AK turned out to be A<br />
very slight favourite about 52 48 , assuming the 4 bet had taken place we were able to fold out over <br />
50% of the villains 3 bet range , we did however lose 10% equity and our hand was now a 60 40 <br />
underdog , but it was at the expense of 50% of his hand range !! <br />
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So that was the HUGE leak explained . Later in the evening i was in the cutoff with AK obviously raising <br />
the 16/12 button 3 bet me , so after the session with Steve i waited a little and 4 bet <br />
the button went all in , i called and was up against KK , luckily an ace came on the flop and <br />
i won , im not sure if that was how it was meant to be and ill post the hand to my coach later<br />
but that was how the hand turned out .<br />
We touched on a couple of other things and i realized i am a book buyer but not a book reader as i had all <br />
the books recommended but had only really glanced at them , anyway i am straying from the subject a little <br />
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The point of the post was really to illustrate how important it is to have somone able to pont out<br />
things such as the AK situation . I mean i just would nt of ever 4 bet unless Steve had picked up on it <br />
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Not sure if this is exactly how i should have played it <br />
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<a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?2953265">www.pokerhand.org/?2953265</a><br />
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Anyway later allUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236203354523952259.post-161223447956629462008-07-20T11:55:00.000-07:002008-07-20T12:04:07.760-07:00Updateso its been a short while since my last post so ill try and update everyone on whats going on<br /><br />the repair to my pc is taking a little longer than expected so i have to use my laptop<br /><br />this means i can only play realistically for me just the 2 tables so i have only played around 3500 hands although its at 3bb for about $100 so thats not too bad <br /><br />on the studying side of things i have read the first 5 chapters of poker mindset <br />and its pretty cool to say the least , i really am developing the habit of trying to <br />make the right decision , and am less aware of the results <br /><br />i also have been revisiting my pre flop play and have hopefully got the right mix<br />my post flop is improving too so more good news<br /><br />and i have a new coach , yet to start my first lesson but thats too come <br /><br />anyway , trying to keep up with all the blogs , will post some hands soon <br /><br />later allUnknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236203354523952259.post-56074060311535093902008-07-11T15:01:00.000-07:002008-07-11T15:12:40.443-07:00Just PostingOk so its been a little quiet the last couple of days<br /><br />Worked out that i can read a book whilst cycling at the gym. Awesome !!<br /><br />It wasnt that i was allowed , just that the bike i was on had a suitable<br />handlebar rest , So i can study whilst at the gym now , and it was the poker mindset i was reading , so after reading the chapter 2 i immediately re read the part about studying , my weak spot . Sadly after getting back to the office i went on Lost Book Tilt !!! No kidding !!!<br /><br />However although i lost about a buyin during the evening , i was very conscious of the fact that i was having a bad run of cards and that most of my decisions were ok <br />i think , tilt had ended by then<br /><br />The following day , i found the book so i was well pleased , <br />When i got home in the evening my computer had stopped , so i had to take it to the computer repairman <br /><br />Thnakfully the laptop is ok so i can play a little , although there is no hud<br /><br />Anyway , trying to keep the momentum going with the posting on my blog , and have even made some comments on others <br /><br />Feeling good at the moment , about the game <br /><br />LaterUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236203354523952259.post-57942901354391183972008-07-07T15:19:00.000-07:002008-07-07T15:20:30.659-07:00Help Wanted and Needed !!!I have recently been trying to open up from the cutoff and button, the problem is I am a little unsure of my preflop range from these positions <br /> <br />Here’s a few things that I am not sure of <br /> <br />Suited hands in the cutoff or button . What is the range here , would I raise a hand like Q7 in the cutoff or do I do it on the button or at all ?<br /><br />I know it is player dependant but if I am going to open up I will have to raise more regardless of the players<br /> <br />How about J2 suited on the button , I would raise k7 suited from the cutoff and the button , but is that correct ?<br /> <br />The next area is when I have these hands and I am going to raise but get raised first , for example K10 suited I would normally raise from the cutoff and the button and depending on the table utg+1 but what if I am on the button and get a utg+1 or cutoff raiser ?<br />do I fold ? do I call ? What do I do ?<br /><br />As well as the suited hands what about 1 gappers or 2 gappers and how far down do I go , currently I will raise 56off and up from the button in an unraised pot , is that correct ?<br /> <br />Then what about the higher cards when in a raised pot ? how about A10 or KQ do I fold raise or call , it is these marginal hands that I stuggle with <br /> <br />On the C betting side of things , what sort of percentages do you C bet against , I used to C bet all the time , but now I try for somone who folds over 70 percent, is that too high ? , should I go lower whats the right percentage <br /><br />Sorry about the length and number of questions but I need answers <br /><br />Later All<br /><br />GrahamUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236203354523952259.post-36722509906165743842008-07-06T12:37:00.000-07:002008-07-06T12:44:43.294-07:00Question ?<a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?2852869">www.pokerhand.org/?2852869</a><br /><a href="http://www.pokerhand.org/?2852926">www.pokerhand.org/?2852926</a><br /><br />just confirm that i shouldnt be doing this sort of thing ?<br />i mean ive been playing long enough , i think !!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236203354523952259.post-62963664447744681272008-07-06T01:58:00.000-07:002008-07-06T02:34:31.177-07:00Poker Thoughts and ReflectionSo at the end of May the plan was to Reflect and comment on the year before . In true style that didn,t materialise So a little later than originally planned and more a reflection on my learnings and shortfallings and some general ramblings here is something <br /><br />During June I got to realize that I call too much , particularly large turn bets when I am on a draw , looking back through June I can see this is a big leak !! Hopefully someone can confirm this <br /><br />Another thing that I felt happened apart from the usual bad beats was I got involved with short stacks to much and my play against them was pretty much to feel they were committed and just get it all in at some stage , again I fell this is a leak <br /><br />Whilst reading the blogs I came across an entry from Greg all about results and being results <br />Orientated , as with most things I sort of don’t get them straight away , they sort of slowly filter into me , and at some stage during June it finally all filtered through <br /><br />So now the important things for me whilst playing are the decisions , I am less worried about the results or the variance to a degree and far more concerned with the decisions I am making <br />So that is a good point <br /><br />I will high light some week points in my poker life and hopefully this will stimulate my brain a little . Firstly I don’t really study , I play , don’t ask me why but I just do , id much rather play than pick up a book or watch a video , I have and I do both , but not as part of any plan , and maybe theres a thing there , NO PLAN !! <br /><br />Wow I just realized another really important thing , I seldomly review hands !! how can I have forgotten that !! that’s a nother thng I need to work on !!<br /><br />“And One More Thing “ !! in the words of Jackie Chan’s Uncle ( you have to watch the cartoon !! )<br /><br />I don’t sweat or blog enough !!<br /><br />So at some stage of the month I intend to formulate a plan or timetable for my poker playing<br />And studying and try to work it into my lifestyle <br /><br />Although the above doesn’t run in a particular order within this entry it should be way way at the top . This is a big leak , Lack of Discipline , like I said I play more than I study <br /><br />Please comment with ideas on the above !! and how you do these things <br /><br />Edit …man I need to make a plan…a proper plan…<br /><br />PS… any tips on hand reading<br /><br /> Ok .. This entry probably reflects my poker life , Unorganised… that’s probably the best word to use <br /><br />July Goal - ORGANISATIONUnknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236203354523952259.post-2736905017087131202008-07-05T11:25:00.000-07:002008-07-05T11:34:28.751-07:00JuneOk ...A couple of things ... At the end of May i had been playing 50NL <br />for a year... The plan was to reflect and see what i had an hadn,t learnt <br />and where i feel i am at present regarding this game...<br /><br />First the results ... <br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj7j9RVDz9Nbp-y4FUfj8hOmKVIupIDeld3KZqGzwpRoNDOEenXcfQlydAb8hgxbrJRuVSkAFs9vxZCwcDkYupB11GxdTSEtKrBRGd4H-NFnab-_mP5UKTyBa6TH-mW_hJWYhC8zRu6HCk/s1600-h/june2008graph.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj7j9RVDz9Nbp-y4FUfj8hOmKVIupIDeld3KZqGzwpRoNDOEenXcfQlydAb8hgxbrJRuVSkAFs9vxZCwcDkYupB11GxdTSEtKrBRGd4H-NFnab-_mP5UKTyBa6TH-mW_hJWYhC8zRu6HCk/s320/june2008graph.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219600024306118802" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC6psWKXAR_3AZ08g6-tp9o2r0vGfweX72h3G5IEdMRNQFKlx5cyNItXkhPghyt1RWOmnltDu03UYkMlqq2PZ8_JpK8UtjUgKKp4Fopadf89Gnhgs4dC3_6VNWHWweGGRbTrwuXeUEmuHG/s1600-h/june2008pos.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC6psWKXAR_3AZ08g6-tp9o2r0vGfweX72h3G5IEdMRNQFKlx5cyNItXkhPghyt1RWOmnltDu03UYkMlqq2PZ8_JpK8UtjUgKKp4Fopadf89Gnhgs4dC3_6VNWHWweGGRbTrwuXeUEmuHG/s320/june2008pos.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219599331447941874" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiFyR3XS7zWQ0RaVJ7ldj2xbYbBCQqHsoALfMEtAD6JgR6nIo5E-7BTp7XyhL7WqdafbkgQ32Ob06LK8uuSnXOZpua5e7Cxzw_L1ZQii3EvIC_Aw6vGXn5IFGuCgThsQC5oNhC0xeVDrGb/s1600-h/june2008gen.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiFyR3XS7zWQ0RaVJ7ldj2xbYbBCQqHsoALfMEtAD6JgR6nIo5E-7BTp7XyhL7WqdafbkgQ32Ob06LK8uuSnXOZpua5e7Cxzw_L1ZQii3EvIC_Aw6vGXn5IFGuCgThsQC5oNhC0xeVDrGb/s320/june2008gen.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219598907843847506" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236203354523952259.post-15595435138164871832008-05-31T01:23:00.000-07:002008-05-31T01:30:10.857-07:0012 months at 50 nlYep thats how long ive been playing 50nl now<br /><br />Im going to take the weekend off and try to make some sense of what ive learnt<br />over the last year !!<br /><br />Whilst i appreciate that i could probably do this at any time , it does seem like a suitable time to do this <br /><br />I will try and evaluate my strengths and weakneses and work out a strategy <br />for the coming year <br /><br />One thing i am sure is that i lack discipline in my poker life and this is one area that is a leak for sure and one area i really need to work on <br /><br />Later allUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236203354523952259.post-62477631370037799112008-05-31T01:09:00.000-07:002008-05-31T01:21:59.451-07:00May - And 12 months at 50nl Cash GamesStill a long long way to go !!!<br /><br />Ok I have finished for May , I am on a downswing so although my results seem good i feel like shit !! Honestly !! Feel like losing when i am winning !!<br /><br />Here is the evidence !!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhASPMIfPmDymveoevM3VU1LDtz78h1aMexU_Ef5-3Q3XLbno5TX0f0SOo-X6GNLCgwLpR_dDDQgOO-fTfBApUvvaqgZXPwHZv4t6-oJx_7wvH9iwft2oSghypH92QHJnDKt9UI3Rnmgh6C/s1600-h/may08.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhASPMIfPmDymveoevM3VU1LDtz78h1aMexU_Ef5-3Q3XLbno5TX0f0SOo-X6GNLCgwLpR_dDDQgOO-fTfBApUvvaqgZXPwHZv4t6-oJx_7wvH9iwft2oSghypH92QHJnDKt9UI3Rnmgh6C/s320/may08.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_<br />5206452151043684818" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0-08X1tlE5WQQvduQlebo5Ro3YZcXjg2E3XwnvGj4Q-du58haW8GsM4Dd5qsyLdh1AOwel9OHy66PLpusK_GCgXPTDpJY6Uju-41woLB2vNnWS12-J36YSsyBi2tEr3oqJR1E_oEz2Ru9/s1600-h/may08pos.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0-08X1tlE5WQQvduQlebo5Ro3YZcXjg2E3XwnvGj4Q-du58haW8GsM4Dd5qsyLdh1AOwel9OHy66PLpusK_GCgXPTDpJY6Uju-41woLB2vNnWS12-J36YSsyBi2tEr3oqJR1E_oEz2Ru9/s320/may08pos.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206452400321746354" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyjsGhCaa9aT4K9bkQz5mdZ-NN-tTTCseAujXF_CPtRQ3N_WbtUwVveXomIQQXOUebPWw2Bqg3Q61uZaBNiQrLUj4RwliLBSOrBZYxCL6l1tIHTzTGy8h2m8uUuDdyEpnQWT0EW43TLy62/s1600-h/may08graph.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyjsGhCaa9aT4K9bkQz5mdZ-NN-tTTCseAujXF_CPtRQ3N_WbtUwVveXomIQQXOUebPWw2Bqg3Q61uZaBNiQrLUj4RwliLBSOrBZYxCL6l1tIHTzTGy8h2m8uUuDdyEpnQWT0EW43TLy62/s320/may08graph.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206454059790646002" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236203354523952259.post-57414346444048630122008-05-08T23:27:00.000-07:002008-05-09T05:21:36.483-07:00May Goals - Of SortsThis month i want to try and consolidate from my April performance<br />One thing that stands out in May already is that i focus better when playing only 2 tables . <br /><br />I find it easier to pick out the weaker players ( although my hud stats indicate this anyway , its good that i can pick them out from ther play too )<br /><br />I also find it easier to pick spots to isolate them and am prepared to make riskier decisions against them.<br /><br />It obviously also gives me more time to put players on ranges too<br /><br />So that sort of the first goal<br /><br />The next goal is to try and get more sweats conversations in with players<br />This is one of my weak spots but i had a short conversation recently and it gave me a couple of hints / ideas<br /><br />One was , whilst reviewing top winning , losing , tricky hands , to try and put yourself in your opponents position , so play his hand as opposed to yours , this was a new idea for me so i was quite pleased<br /><br />Another little pointer was about limpers who limp after a raise and a limp <br />ie i raise 4x say the sb calls and the bb calls , obviously if the bb has a premium hand then he should be squeezing , so if he doesnt squeeze maybe we can give him a more defined range ( maybe ) <br /><br />So thats the second goal<br /><br />LaterUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236203354523952259.post-18932401796036792582008-05-05T11:15:00.000-07:002008-05-05T11:26:56.250-07:00April In Words - of sorts !!Well after the results the previous month i was alittle worried about April<br />and as has been pretty much been standard i started off with a losing run<br /><br />I could not really put my finger on anything in particular although i know for sure that early in April my small blind completion was horrific easily beating my button play <br /><br />I continued to study my excel spreadsheet desperately trying to find the leaks and then thought the only answer was a session with my coach. After a few days of trying to arrange a lesson he sent me an email suggesting that i was a little anal about my spreadsheet ( my words not his ) and that it may be distracting me form the real task which was playing poker and focusing on the hands more .<br /><br />After a few minutes deliberation , i had to come to the conclusion that he was right <br />It pretty much coincided with my upswing and therefore felt his theory had strength <br />around this time i also reduced the number of tables to 2 or 3 and tried to focus on playing against the weaker players more if possible .The combined results seemed good<br />and i went on a 10 buyin run which for me is quite good ( unheard of actually !! )<br /><br />Then a small downswing when i got it all in deepsatcked with the Ace high flush only to run into a royal !! . The remaining 3k hands i think was spent watching people fold as i was dealt AA after AA and KK after KK many any times , i am surprised i didnt tilt on lots of ocasions but just concentrated on the hands . I did in fact quit on a few occasions when i had been dealt AA twice And KK twice and people just kept folding . I couldnt bear it . I finally managed to grind it out to $500 dollars and stopped as i was feeling pleasedUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236203354523952259.post-38827404439287845002008-04-30T15:48:00.001-07:002008-04-30T15:54:54.400-07:00Well That was April !!Comments on the month to follow !! But as i have had a better month i feel like posting . None of this " you only sing when youre winning " mularky here !! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjisgcM2eG6XRM73XAAs-gs5b9oK3YY49sY9zZARaXZt8bp2ffz0TtP9xwVo5fNNmufHjMhTSsMkNIvK7jqrtmjA2Cqaitat-tvRicPYKsmB8cziuwOgpZVLKMQb-KAMlp_hIoqgT5sTp7i/s1600-h/apriltrack.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjisgcM2eG6XRM73XAAs-gs5b9oK3YY49sY9zZARaXZt8bp2ffz0TtP9xwVo5fNNmufHjMhTSsMkNIvK7jqrtmjA2Cqaitat-tvRicPYKsmB8cziuwOgpZVLKMQb-KAMlp_hIoqgT5sTp7i/s320/apriltrack.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195174612848137138" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9VWTkwx1unfCaitvf1B5LbgKZkYNNl4ArBa_Kemmm5Eq7RogV67uVFhWMzJhJivkkXC63Bwf418CWEHb98HkRutK_s-J4nLz-Xx_B1v9DLIKwFNTd9dvWNDbbmpPXmQabWwegB113wtsP/s1600-h/apriltrackpos.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9VWTkwx1unfCaitvf1B5LbgKZkYNNl4ArBa_Kemmm5Eq7RogV67uVFhWMzJhJivkkXC63Bwf418CWEHb98HkRutK_s-J4nLz-Xx_B1v9DLIKwFNTd9dvWNDbbmpPXmQabWwegB113wtsP/s320/apriltrackpos.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195174475409183650" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzNiW5O5wCRqLq-D3ZAMmrkPMoeGPewTJ2bIcojOH_-bVHZG8xZcwNhn_PVsywP8dEadf2HWoNrqn4kW0Y3iojxNyW2bzpuDGEh-TNowDLJDTE7Q8dCa9GccN2GwDoG3jatl9jeY75Xm8s/s1600-h/aprilgraph.jpeg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzNiW5O5wCRqLq-D3ZAMmrkPMoeGPewTJ2bIcojOH_-bVHZG8xZcwNhn_PVsywP8dEadf2HWoNrqn4kW0Y3iojxNyW2bzpuDGEh-TNowDLJDTE7Q8dCa9GccN2GwDoG3jatl9jeY75Xm8s/s320/aprilgraph.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195174299315524498" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236203354523952259.post-8423792194953150692008-04-14T23:14:00.000-07:002008-04-14T23:23:43.419-07:00Comments Please<a href="http://weaktight.com/161616 ">http://weaktight.com/161616 </a><br /><a href=" http://weaktight.com/161617 "> http://weaktight.com/161617 </a><br /><br />Ok heres another 2 hands i feel i misplayed <br /><br />How should i have played the trips<br /><br />With the kings , the guy was 18/16 , i felt the 10 was in his range<br />and by the time i realized he wasnt slow playing it was too late<br /><br />When should i have realized his hand was weak ?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236203354523952259.post-60224298752421216822008-04-14T22:55:00.001-07:002008-04-14T22:55:39.451-07:00Comments PleaseOk , quick description of play ,<br />In hand 1 im utg with JJ raise the villain and get an all in bet , i have been at the table for about 2 hands<br /><br />http://weaktight.com/160790<br /><br />So after a few more hands the stats come up , he is 68 20 i have seen him do this min raise about 4 or 5 times<br />so i pretty much know hes hasnt a huge hand<br /><br />I have also seen him c bet too , the question is , does anyone not call this all in bet ?<br />from what i have seen of him and also his stats , i must call<br /><br />http://weaktight.com/160796<br /><br />I suppose my final question is , would anyone call his all in bet with JJ ?<br /><br />Later guysUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236203354523952259.post-62342296302768072912008-04-10T23:00:00.000-07:002008-04-10T23:02:09.151-07:00SIGNS OF SUCK !!I think Greg has a lot of insight into this game <br /><br /><br />Calling flop bets OOP <br />Calling three bets with the wrong hands <br />Calling with offsuit broadways <br />Excessive Aggression with weak made hands <br />Excessive blind play <br />Excessive c-bets <br />Not betting the best handUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236203354523952259.post-66389437726539438372008-04-09T23:07:00.000-07:002008-04-10T05:54:40.233-07:00Where To Start !!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ8DbPkDJ857B12M5oZccdR6GVl92gS-qYsiJKykF2zoWG5iXfiPqVkyRrUTM8b65XueYByxOolF8omMF35qAAlbyijJw-SlSif8rKY37MJJlaaEq4YMdhKvZKGoucqRQYzOqnfZBOs2CD/s1600-h/marmonth3.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ8DbPkDJ857B12M5oZccdR6GVl92gS-qYsiJKykF2zoWG5iXfiPqVkyRrUTM8b65XueYByxOolF8omMF35qAAlbyijJw-SlSif8rKY37MJJlaaEq4YMdhKvZKGoucqRQYzOqnfZBOs2CD/s320/marmonth3.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187497538686682418" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggjjua0ydq8CJdUhRowMuPvZlx_ePVpLhwzdvlFCK64Ptlk42HCZ1qq6jMaqHCRiAuc_0L0qd1-bZQDHnKl2nmqo9vncq4PFh8i_atFuO6E7vAsOiiuAlCq67x9JQ0XxtdNORAmYG7My4g/s1600-h/marmonth.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggjjua0ydq8CJdUhRowMuPvZlx_ePVpLhwzdvlFCK64Ptlk42HCZ1qq6jMaqHCRiAuc_0L0qd1-bZQDHnKl2nmqo9vncq4PFh8i_atFuO6E7vAsOiiuAlCq67x9JQ0XxtdNORAmYG7My4g/s320/marmonth.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187497233744004386" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpnaKRLk7ZKyMEhk28-hl0CBHyH7uN_y8k3uHKcKi_lQL9s2N-kpjESgcmggMcrp30FvuVH3CFNrYnfMEL-5oJXPr_gSsmBaf_Zd3l1Er8mVI3ojM5qfzsATS_4hsvAhmX8BAEISNv97my/s1600-h/marmonth2.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpnaKRLk7ZKyMEhk28-hl0CBHyH7uN_y8k3uHKcKi_lQL9s2N-kpjESgcmggMcrp30FvuVH3CFNrYnfMEL-5oJXPr_gSsmBaf_Zd3l1Er8mVI3ojM5qfzsATS_4hsvAhmX8BAEISNv97my/s320/marmonth2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187497057650345234" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Ok Where To Start !!<br /><br />March was probably one of the worst months i have had since i started playing cash games last June ans it has taken me this long to recover in order to post to my blog <br /><br />I had high expectations of myself and they certainly did not materialise<br /><br />The first problem i had was losing my poker tracker records which sort of tilted me<br />for a few days .<br /><br />Then i had 2 weeks where i lost al the time at 50nl , lots of tilt play which stemmed from a bad beat that i could not cope with. Forunately for me i won a few hands at 100nl and one big hand at 200nl where i probably only played 15 hands AA held up against QQ<br /><br />My major problems are calling down hands that i really should not be in to start with and also my small blind play is very poor and i am playing way too many hands <br />from this position.<br /><br />On thing i have noticed though was that my big wins and big losses sort of netted themselves out so i am confused as to where i lost the money , thinking back probably in calling turn bets too much then folding on the river , <br /><br />This month tarted off a little better but i am still a couple of buy ins down at 50nl and sadly i have turned into a nit playing 17 15 or 16 14 i know thats no way to play for sure . <br /><br />Anyway hopefully i can recover and post a better month this month <br /><br />Apologies for the lack of updates but i just didnt have it in me <br /><br />Anyway Good luck at the tables<br /><br />GrahamUnknownnoreply@blogger.com3