Well, not really. Cake Poker sent me $10 to my account since I haven't played on Cake for 2 years or so. Now I can finally play real money online poker again! Even though it's a tenth of what I used to play for it's better than playing play money poker to get my fix.
Since I received the gift I started playing $2 husngs until I made $40ish to bring my roll to $50. I then moved up and was planning on using a 10bi rule until I hit 50s again. So I was grinding the $5s until I made it to $100. I tried moving up to $10s but I hit a downswing and kept moving back down. My peak was $110 then went down to $40 I think and decided to use a 20bi rule after the 5s because the variance is too much. So now I'm grinding the 5s again and I made it back to $100 but then hit another downswing which hasn't ended. I'm now back at $70 and hoping I can get my luck back.
Hopefully I can hit $200 soon so I can move up comfortably to the 10s.. I really want to get back to where I was but I'm afraid the traffic at 30s+ is going to be very slow on Cake. I'm just waiting for the next poker boom in the US... it's coming I feel it.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Monday, April 4, 2011
blah
I haven't been able to record any games since I lost the software after the format again. I haven't been playing much anyways since I got sick after getting over being sick. First time I remember that happening to me.
I have been working on my game outside of playing a lot though and feel like my heads up sitngo game has improved recently so I plan to put my skills to work soon and go back to the grind. I might start off slow to not burn myself out and have a goal of 10 games or something small per day. I also have been practicing 2 tabling the 6 dollar turbos (rake is better than 2 dollars' rake) so I might start 2 tabling if I feel comfortable enough which I do so far.
Domino's is almost here. Hand tossed Hawaiian pizza and a crunchy thin crust white sauce chicken pizza. Can't wait.
I will try to remember to download a screen recorder to post a video soon. See ya
I have been working on my game outside of playing a lot though and feel like my heads up sitngo game has improved recently so I plan to put my skills to work soon and go back to the grind. I might start off slow to not burn myself out and have a goal of 10 games or something small per day. I also have been practicing 2 tabling the 6 dollar turbos (rake is better than 2 dollars' rake) so I might start 2 tabling if I feel comfortable enough which I do so far.
Domino's is almost here. Hand tossed Hawaiian pizza and a crunchy thin crust white sauce chicken pizza. Can't wait.
I will try to remember to download a screen recorder to post a video soon. See ya
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
virus :(
My PC was infected with a nasty trojan last night. Only real way to get rid of it is to format so that's what I have been doing all day. It's like my 4th time formatting in a year. It's such a hassle.
At least I'm not sick anymore. Finally feeling better so I SHOULD start playing poker again. It's just difficult getting into the mindset after taking a break. Should go watch some poker videos or something.
At least I'm not sick anymore. Finally feeling better so I SHOULD start playing poker again. It's just difficult getting into the mindset after taking a break. Should go watch some poker videos or something.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
no more video of the days
lol so obviously that won't work. I'll still make random videos but I wont be able to make one every day.
I actually haven't played since last video since I've been feeling sick. I plan on crushing the 30s as fast as I did first time and moving up to 50s again once I get back on.
I actually haven't played since last video since I've been feeling sick. I plan on crushing the 30s as fast as I did first time and moving up to 50s again once I get back on.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Video of the Day #1: $33 vs Pooch1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHDcisUl42Q
any comments are welcome :D
interesting hands:
hand #2 AQo on 334hh flop: I used to raise 4-5x vs limps but lately I have been more comfortable playing with a 3x raise, I don't think they react to the sizing enough for it to matter. The flop brings me some backdoor draws and overs and this is a type of flop I like to play slow on vs unknowns in the beginning before I get better reads. If I suspect him of folding to cbets enough I will be betting here and if I think he's passive/stationy I will check fold. Most players at these stakes are passive so I go for the check fold for my standard.
hand #12 KK on 377hh flop: Sticking to my 3x raise vs limps even with monsters like this. On the flop I used to always cbet my entire range but lately I have been mixing checking/checking back in these types of spots sometimes. I figured he can't have much on this flop and I'm only getting value from ace high and 4x and those hands are never giving me 3 streets of value so I figured slow playing/pot controlling here is good. Now that he checked the turn I think I can get value from ace high and 4x with at least 1 street and that's what happened since the board ran out well for me. If I had a smaller pair where there's more turn cards I don't want to give him for free I tend to value bet it almost every time vs unknowns.
hand #13 J8o on 92Jss flop: Misplayed this hand imo. When an unknown donks I put them on a weak range. I felt my range was ahead of his but not strong enough to raise for value without better reads. The flat is standard on the flop but when he almost instantly checks the king of spades he almost always has a weak pair. Most of these weak pairs are going to have flush draws and straight draws with it so I definitely need to bet for value here, imo. After checking the turn it's a pretty easy check on the river. If I bet for value on the turn I will also be checking obviously.. and would be in a tough spot if he donks.. pretty sure it's a fold regardless of the sizing? (obviously not to a minbet)
hand #20 T2o on T86hh flop: Another misplayed hand. I really don't know what I was thinking I almost always stab this flop, there's just so many hands to get value from. Same thing with the turn.
hand #22 A3s on 74Ass flop: Preflop is actually closer than you'd think for me. It's at the bottom of my calling range so I usually turn it into a 3bet bluff for some reads in the beginning. I honestly don't know why I didn't decide to do that here but calling is obviously fine against someone raising their button enough which this guy was. Flop is standard and the turn I think is standard too since he's going to bet a pair of kings and usually his flush draws. I could check raise the turn but I think that's just overplaying my hand and I want to snap off a bluff or value bet against a king when he checks to me. He can also value bet his king himself which he did.
hand #32 67o on TT8o flop: It's hard to tell in the video (I'll try to fix that for the next ones) but I 3bet him from his standard 3x raise of 60 to 160 not 180 cbet was also 160. If you would like to discuss the betsizes let me know since there's a lot to talk about with that. I've been trying to find a hand to 3bet this guy all game as u saw me thinking about 3betting the pair of sixes a few hands before this. This is not a hand I usually 3bet oop but I felt like I had enough FE since I didn't 3bet all game and I wanted to get some reads before blinds get too high. Having him fold quickly to that flop gave me the read that he calls too wide to 3bets and didn't think about bluffing
hand #33 J8o on QJ4ccc flop: Man I didn't realize how many hands I misplayed until reviewing it. I guess that's the reason for these videos. Ok so this guy has been 3betting me around 20 percent so far which is a pretty decent amount and I should start thinking of defending of 4bet shoving lighter. That was my thought process and I didn't feel like 4bet bluffing with J8o I decided to call. I think it's a little too light to defend though.. folding > shoving > calling imo. if he was 3betting even more then it would probably be shoving > calling > folding for me. Although I hit a pair on the flop I have no idea about his 3bet cbetting range and since his normal cbetting frequency is pretty low so far I should have assumed it was on the stronger side and just folded. But since I decided to call the flop I felt like I couldn't give up after hitting a pair. THAT's why I should fold preflop. After watching the video I think I should have called the turn. At the time my reasoning was he shoved too quickly to have bluff/draw but he did take a few more seconds than I remembered. This was definitely my worst hand played in awhile.
hand #35 AA winning hand: So I know he has been 3betting me wide and I have no 4betting dynamic going on at all so I think it's a pretty clear call preflop. Since he bet pretty big last 3bet pot I'm hoping he will do that again. The flop was as gross as they get with AA but I didn't care obviously.. I meant to raise him all in, took my time to not look as strong.
any comments are welcome :D
interesting hands:
hand #2 AQo on 334hh flop: I used to raise 4-5x vs limps but lately I have been more comfortable playing with a 3x raise, I don't think they react to the sizing enough for it to matter. The flop brings me some backdoor draws and overs and this is a type of flop I like to play slow on vs unknowns in the beginning before I get better reads. If I suspect him of folding to cbets enough I will be betting here and if I think he's passive/stationy I will check fold. Most players at these stakes are passive so I go for the check fold for my standard.
hand #12 KK on 377hh flop: Sticking to my 3x raise vs limps even with monsters like this. On the flop I used to always cbet my entire range but lately I have been mixing checking/checking back in these types of spots sometimes. I figured he can't have much on this flop and I'm only getting value from ace high and 4x and those hands are never giving me 3 streets of value so I figured slow playing/pot controlling here is good. Now that he checked the turn I think I can get value from ace high and 4x with at least 1 street and that's what happened since the board ran out well for me. If I had a smaller pair where there's more turn cards I don't want to give him for free I tend to value bet it almost every time vs unknowns.
hand #13 J8o on 92Jss flop: Misplayed this hand imo. When an unknown donks I put them on a weak range. I felt my range was ahead of his but not strong enough to raise for value without better reads. The flat is standard on the flop but when he almost instantly checks the king of spades he almost always has a weak pair. Most of these weak pairs are going to have flush draws and straight draws with it so I definitely need to bet for value here, imo. After checking the turn it's a pretty easy check on the river. If I bet for value on the turn I will also be checking obviously.. and would be in a tough spot if he donks.. pretty sure it's a fold regardless of the sizing? (obviously not to a minbet)
hand #20 T2o on T86hh flop: Another misplayed hand. I really don't know what I was thinking I almost always stab this flop, there's just so many hands to get value from. Same thing with the turn.
hand #22 A3s on 74Ass flop: Preflop is actually closer than you'd think for me. It's at the bottom of my calling range so I usually turn it into a 3bet bluff for some reads in the beginning. I honestly don't know why I didn't decide to do that here but calling is obviously fine against someone raising their button enough which this guy was. Flop is standard and the turn I think is standard too since he's going to bet a pair of kings and usually his flush draws. I could check raise the turn but I think that's just overplaying my hand and I want to snap off a bluff or value bet against a king when he checks to me. He can also value bet his king himself which he did.
hand #32 67o on TT8o flop: It's hard to tell in the video (I'll try to fix that for the next ones) but I 3bet him from his standard 3x raise of 60 to 160 not 180 cbet was also 160. If you would like to discuss the betsizes let me know since there's a lot to talk about with that. I've been trying to find a hand to 3bet this guy all game as u saw me thinking about 3betting the pair of sixes a few hands before this. This is not a hand I usually 3bet oop but I felt like I had enough FE since I didn't 3bet all game and I wanted to get some reads before blinds get too high. Having him fold quickly to that flop gave me the read that he calls too wide to 3bets and didn't think about bluffing
hand #33 J8o on QJ4ccc flop: Man I didn't realize how many hands I misplayed until reviewing it. I guess that's the reason for these videos. Ok so this guy has been 3betting me around 20 percent so far which is a pretty decent amount and I should start thinking of defending of 4bet shoving lighter. That was my thought process and I didn't feel like 4bet bluffing with J8o I decided to call. I think it's a little too light to defend though.. folding > shoving > calling imo. if he was 3betting even more then it would probably be shoving > calling > folding for me. Although I hit a pair on the flop I have no idea about his 3bet cbetting range and since his normal cbetting frequency is pretty low so far I should have assumed it was on the stronger side and just folded. But since I decided to call the flop I felt like I couldn't give up after hitting a pair. THAT's why I should fold preflop. After watching the video I think I should have called the turn. At the time my reasoning was he shoved too quickly to have bluff/draw but he did take a few more seconds than I remembered. This was definitely my worst hand played in awhile.
hand #35 AA winning hand: So I know he has been 3betting me wide and I have no 4betting dynamic going on at all so I think it's a pretty clear call preflop. Since he bet pretty big last 3bet pot I'm hoping he will do that again. The flop was as gross as they get with AA but I didn't care obviously.. I meant to raise him all in, took my time to not look as strong.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
videos?
Still not into the poker grind again just yet but I decided to start recording my games and posting random videos on this blog starting tomorrow, I think. They will probably be 1 or 2 table HUSNGs at the $33s and hopefully higher when I move up again. I'm doing this for multiple reasons. The main ones being for me to put more volume in and to better analyze my game.
I probably wont be playing much tonight but I will start recording games tomorrow around 4pm and post one randomly here in the evening.
I probably wont be playing much tonight but I will start recording games tomorrow around 4pm and post one randomly here in the evening.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Trying to get Staked
I uploaded my sharkscope graph to advertise for a stake for higher games. A few people interested in staking have seen my request and have not replied so I don't think it's going to happen. Oh well, back to the grind
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Dead Space 2
Just got Dead Space 2, might not play as much poker as I'd like this week :D
I'll probably get bored with it like every other single player game I have tried in the past few years... we'll see.
I'll probably get bored with it like every other single player game I have tried in the past few years... we'll see.
Yawn
I probably played the longest session in the morning/afternoon today than I have in awhile. I decided to change up the games I'm playing once again and I think this one's the best. I'm 1 tabling a 50nl 4max (25nl antes/deep if no ones playing 50nl in the morning) and 1 table HUSNGS $30-$100s. I think I put in a ton of volume this way and it keeps me interested and focused more than playing only one of those games.
My first 3 games in the husngs was against this loose aggro reg that ran like god and I lost all 3 of them. I then won a lil in 50nl 4max and won about 3 sngs since then so I'm actually up a little for the day after starting off stuck 100ish.
Time for a break
My first 3 games in the husngs was against this loose aggro reg that ran like god and I lost all 3 of them. I then won a lil in 50nl 4max and won about 3 sngs since then so I'm actually up a little for the day after starting off stuck 100ish.
Time for a break
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Today So Far...
ugh. I have been single tabling 50nl 4max tables for an hour or two today and these are my big (losing) hands so far:
so far i'm down a couple buyins.. hopefully it'll turn around later. laundry time!
standard but tilting:
I like my bluff, such a horrible line by him:
so far i'm down a couple buyins.. hopefully it'll turn around later. laundry time!
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Another Couple of Hands
i love when this happens
i lol'd at this showdown
I've been losing a bunch at 50nl but these 2 hands saved me. Hard to lose my confidence playing these guys :)
Monday, January 24, 2011
Another Graph
It seems like the last graph I posted had a bunch of heads up hands in it also. I filtered through the hands and made a graph of all hands with 3 or 4 players only since I started and here it is:
I used big blinds since there's a bunch of 2nl hands in there also and it looks weird in winnings. Seems like I'm running pretty terrible as usual but at least I'm still in the black. My red line seems to be crushing also :D
Still a small sample size so I plan on putting in a bunch of volume 2 tabling 25nl-100nl real soon
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I used big blinds since there's a bunch of 2nl hands in there also and it looks weird in winnings. Seems like I'm running pretty terrible as usual but at least I'm still in the black. My red line seems to be crushing also :D
Still a small sample size so I plan on putting in a bunch of volume 2 tabling 25nl-100nl real soon
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
I'm Such a Nit
My plan today was to grind 50nl 4max ...buuut, I basically hit and ran a few tables to start off 50nl with a win booked :\
The good news is I won back my losses from last night which was the ultimate goal, I guess..
The good news is I won back my losses from last night which was the ultimate goal, I guess..
zzzzzzz
played the longest session and lost the most. weee.
135.4 minutes, 475 hands, and -$87.63 later I'm going to bed.
poker sucks.
135.4 minutes, 475 hands, and -$87.63 later I'm going to bed.
poker sucks.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Just a Couple Hands
Started to 2 table 25nl tonight and didn't play my best but I ended up winning a little so whatever. Here's a couple hands if you're interested:
And this guy must have been
fed up with my 100% button raises.
no respect :)
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Double Tabling 4max
I finally started 2 tabling the 25nl 4max tables today and got some decent volume in (for me). Played about 2 sessions and a mini one before dinner earlier and was able to play 685 hands. The first 385 I lost a couple buyins running into a bunch of huge hands but then I played for another couple of hours and won. Today I'm up almost $25.. woot.
I have to admit I played the last 100 hands or maybe less single tabling a deep 4max table because my friend Tim aka DaHang decided to play and I wanted to focus for those two reasons :)
Overall it was enjoyable to play and the variance isn't as frustrating as single tabling at times it seems. And I only have to play a few more sessions like today's before I got 2000 hands 2tabling in so I can move up to 50nl.
I have to admit I played the last 100 hands or maybe less single tabling a deep 4max table because my friend Tim aka DaHang decided to play and I wanted to focus for those two reasons :)
Overall it was enjoyable to play and the variance isn't as frustrating as single tabling at times it seems. And I only have to play a few more sessions like today's before I got 2000 hands 2tabling in so I can move up to 50nl.
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