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
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