Swingy game!
Hand of the Day:
Villain is 26.26/22.22/3.4
Limit Holdem Ring game
Limit: $5/$10
5 players
Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is Button with ac jh
UTG folds, CO raises, Hero 3-bets, 2 folds, CO calls.
Flop: 7h as 5h (7.6SB, 2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets, CO calls.
Turn: qc (4.8BB, 2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets, CO calls.
River: ad (6.8BB, 2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets, CO raises, Hero ???
Call or 3bet? What's your action and why?
Alright so I guess my last hand wasn't that popular or maybe it was just too easy to figure out. I'm trying to think of a way to structure my blog entries from now on. I figured start out with my rambles, then post the answer to last week, and then a new hand for next time but that's kind of messy huh? Alright, from now on, hand of the day in front! And as I write that, I'm going to go look for a hand I want to post. Found one!
So, remember I wanted to put in like 100k hands, i.e. a 200hr month? Um...I think I've played 10 hours so far....As soon as I wake up from my sleep, I'm going to try and crank out some good sessions :)
Part of the reason why I haven't put in long sessions were due to fear. Yes, I had a 7.7k bankroll (although my 2500 in rb hasn't come yet) but when you play for 3 hours and drop 180bbs, it gets a little scary :/ Especially when that's at 5/10, a higher limit than u're used to playing. But you know what? Despite the big drop in monies, I told myself, it's ok, you're a winning player, keep it nice and simple.
nice and simple...I watched a cardrunner video the other day from a very well respected pro aba20 aka sbrugby (Brian Townsend) who plays high stakes no limit @ mainly full tilt poker. In his first video he says something along the lines of: 90% of high stakes poker is just good, solid ABC poker. I took that line to heart, in fact, that line has helped me a lot recently. If games begin to get out of control, I take a breather and tell myself to just play a good solid game. No reason to get too fancy. Just because someone bluffed me once doesnt' mean I have to 3bet him with A2. Good solid poker. Remember, big hands, big pots! Small hands, small pots!
Oh, 5 hours later I won 120bbs over several sessions. so I'm at 4900, aka 7400 bankroll wise and I'm going to be sticking to 5/10 for awhile. Once I'm over the 10k mark in my acct, I'll start dabbling in the 10/20 games.
Btw, if your game is rusty or going sour, I recommend this. Get a friend who you respect to watch your game and give you advice. Exchange your thoughts on how to play a hand etc. It helps a lot. If you multi-table, drop down to 1 or 2 tables (1 is more recommended) and analyze that game. Focus a lot on feel, how the game flows, feeling out strength and weakness, etc.
Another thing I wanted to mention, and this is not out of disrespect or anything but I feel it's important to talk about, on one of the poker forums I read, this poker player finally went busto. I say finally because I was fairly confident it would happen. In one of my blogs I mentioned someone who gambled his whole br and basically ran it back up over 30k+. Well, his mentality to the game is all wrong. I'm not talking about his poker skills, but the fact that he enjoyed to gamble too much. Sports betting on a low br, hopping in games too big for his br, not having the mindset to drop down in stakes and play accordingly. I recall an IM convo I had w/him about dropping down to lower stakes when he had like 2k, and he just couldn't do it.
Now, that's very very understandable, but you have to adjust to your bankroll at some point. Going from 50/100 to 3/6 is a huge jump down, but in the first place, you shouldn't have let that happen, and unless you can find a staker right away, better start grinding out again.
I'm glad I kept a straight head. Despite hearing about people who run up sums of money into large rolls, it's hard to remember that that same mentality will kill your br and make you go busto. I didn't think of myself as a gambler, as I don't really like to lose money. I'd rather just make a lot and quit/be happy but that's not how it works. I realized over this weekend, while i was visiting my friends @ amherst, that I definitely have some gamble in me. While we were drinking, there was a game on tv (I forget what) and I was willing to bet on either of the teams (I only had $30 cash on me but still...). Kind of a surprise really. I just didn't think I had any worthwhile gamble in me, but I do.
At this point in my life, after struggling so much at low limits, I feel that it would be ridiculous and inexcusable if I started gambling at blackjack again or sports for that matter. Every once in awhile is fine but I know myself as the type who wants to get even when he loses big so for my sake, I'm going to stay away from these for as long as possible...basically until friends take me to a casino to gamble, hah!
I want to work very hard. I want to put in a lot of hours at these limits so I can move up fast and play higher stakes while earning more for a less amount of time. Put in some 200hr months now so I can later on work only 40-80 hour months :) Maybe even less!
The answer to the hand I posted last week:
BB is 47.75/9/.08 *LOL (this is out of 111 hands)
UTG+1 is 76.19/14.29/1.5
Limit Holdem Ring game
Limit: $3/$6
6 players
Pre-flop: (6 players) MikeySong is CO with ad ac
UTG folds, UTG+1 raises, MikeySong 3-bets, 2 folds, BB calls, UTG+1 caps, MikeySong calls, BB calls.
Well, I'm not worried about UTG+1 :) I'm putting him on AA, KK, AK, or QQ
Flop: :10c 7c ah (12.67SB, 3 players)
BB checks, UTG+1 checks, MikeySong bets, BB calls, UTG+1 calls.
Oh I think it's so obvious he has QQ Or KK, I was really feeling the KK. And this is where it gets funny, when the turn came, I was BEGGING for a K to hit. And btw, I'm not worried about BB at all, he's probably got pocket pair or Ax.
Turn: kc (7.83BB, 3 players)
BB checks, UTG+1 bets, MikeySong raises, BB calls, UTG+1 3-bets, MikeySong CAPS
Such an easy cap. You HAVE to cap this turn given the way it's played. You've got top set with nut flush draw, what more do you want?!?!?! Let's look at villain's range, could he really have QJ? He can't have Ac Qc nor Ac Jc as we have that Ace. The only real hand he can have for bet/3betting this turn is the 2nd best set, KK, and he played it exactly like it.
River: I forgot what the river was, I think it went check/call. Unfortunate that the Kc hit instead of a different suit..or that the river didn't pair, but i got lotsa moniesssss :D
In Summary: Villain (UTG+1) played his hand exactly like KK. He capped pf and check/called flop, trying to go to showdown for as cheap as possible. If I was villain, I would've led out the flop and then evaluated if I raised, probably resulting in a call down. But you have to realize that I could raise with PP, top pair, a draw, etc. so versus my range, a calldown is probably correct.
I'm tired, gnight!
Michael Song
Villain is 26.26/22.22/3.4
Limit Holdem Ring game
Limit: $5/$10
5 players
Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is Button with ac jh
UTG folds, CO raises, Hero 3-bets, 2 folds, CO calls.
Flop: 7h as 5h (7.6SB, 2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets, CO calls.
Turn: qc (4.8BB, 2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets, CO calls.
River: ad (6.8BB, 2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets, CO raises, Hero ???
Call or 3bet? What's your action and why?
Alright so I guess my last hand wasn't that popular or maybe it was just too easy to figure out. I'm trying to think of a way to structure my blog entries from now on. I figured start out with my rambles, then post the answer to last week, and then a new hand for next time but that's kind of messy huh? Alright, from now on, hand of the day in front! And as I write that, I'm going to go look for a hand I want to post. Found one!
So, remember I wanted to put in like 100k hands, i.e. a 200hr month? Um...I think I've played 10 hours so far....As soon as I wake up from my sleep, I'm going to try and crank out some good sessions :)
Part of the reason why I haven't put in long sessions were due to fear. Yes, I had a 7.7k bankroll (although my 2500 in rb hasn't come yet) but when you play for 3 hours and drop 180bbs, it gets a little scary :/ Especially when that's at 5/10, a higher limit than u're used to playing. But you know what? Despite the big drop in monies, I told myself, it's ok, you're a winning player, keep it nice and simple.
nice and simple...I watched a cardrunner video the other day from a very well respected pro aba20 aka sbrugby (Brian Townsend) who plays high stakes no limit @ mainly full tilt poker. In his first video he says something along the lines of: 90% of high stakes poker is just good, solid ABC poker. I took that line to heart, in fact, that line has helped me a lot recently. If games begin to get out of control, I take a breather and tell myself to just play a good solid game. No reason to get too fancy. Just because someone bluffed me once doesnt' mean I have to 3bet him with A2. Good solid poker. Remember, big hands, big pots! Small hands, small pots!
Oh, 5 hours later I won 120bbs over several sessions. so I'm at 4900, aka 7400 bankroll wise and I'm going to be sticking to 5/10 for awhile. Once I'm over the 10k mark in my acct, I'll start dabbling in the 10/20 games.
Btw, if your game is rusty or going sour, I recommend this. Get a friend who you respect to watch your game and give you advice. Exchange your thoughts on how to play a hand etc. It helps a lot. If you multi-table, drop down to 1 or 2 tables (1 is more recommended) and analyze that game. Focus a lot on feel, how the game flows, feeling out strength and weakness, etc.
Another thing I wanted to mention, and this is not out of disrespect or anything but I feel it's important to talk about, on one of the poker forums I read, this poker player finally went busto. I say finally because I was fairly confident it would happen. In one of my blogs I mentioned someone who gambled his whole br and basically ran it back up over 30k+. Well, his mentality to the game is all wrong. I'm not talking about his poker skills, but the fact that he enjoyed to gamble too much. Sports betting on a low br, hopping in games too big for his br, not having the mindset to drop down in stakes and play accordingly. I recall an IM convo I had w/him about dropping down to lower stakes when he had like 2k, and he just couldn't do it.
Now, that's very very understandable, but you have to adjust to your bankroll at some point. Going from 50/100 to 3/6 is a huge jump down, but in the first place, you shouldn't have let that happen, and unless you can find a staker right away, better start grinding out again.
I'm glad I kept a straight head. Despite hearing about people who run up sums of money into large rolls, it's hard to remember that that same mentality will kill your br and make you go busto. I didn't think of myself as a gambler, as I don't really like to lose money. I'd rather just make a lot and quit/be happy but that's not how it works. I realized over this weekend, while i was visiting my friends @ amherst, that I definitely have some gamble in me. While we were drinking, there was a game on tv (I forget what) and I was willing to bet on either of the teams (I only had $30 cash on me but still...). Kind of a surprise really. I just didn't think I had any worthwhile gamble in me, but I do.
At this point in my life, after struggling so much at low limits, I feel that it would be ridiculous and inexcusable if I started gambling at blackjack again or sports for that matter. Every once in awhile is fine but I know myself as the type who wants to get even when he loses big so for my sake, I'm going to stay away from these for as long as possible...basically until friends take me to a casino to gamble, hah!
I want to work very hard. I want to put in a lot of hours at these limits so I can move up fast and play higher stakes while earning more for a less amount of time. Put in some 200hr months now so I can later on work only 40-80 hour months :) Maybe even less!
The answer to the hand I posted last week:
BB is 47.75/9/.08 *LOL (this is out of 111 hands)
UTG+1 is 76.19/14.29/1.5
Limit Holdem Ring game
Limit: $3/$6
6 players
Pre-flop: (6 players) MikeySong is CO with ad ac
UTG folds, UTG+1 raises, MikeySong 3-bets, 2 folds, BB calls, UTG+1 caps, MikeySong calls, BB calls.
Well, I'm not worried about UTG+1 :) I'm putting him on AA, KK, AK, or QQ
Flop: :10c 7c ah (12.67SB, 3 players)
BB checks, UTG+1 checks, MikeySong bets, BB calls, UTG+1 calls.
Oh I think it's so obvious he has QQ Or KK, I was really feeling the KK. And this is where it gets funny, when the turn came, I was BEGGING for a K to hit. And btw, I'm not worried about BB at all, he's probably got pocket pair or Ax.
Turn: kc (7.83BB, 3 players)
BB checks, UTG+1 bets, MikeySong raises, BB calls, UTG+1 3-bets, MikeySong CAPS
Such an easy cap. You HAVE to cap this turn given the way it's played. You've got top set with nut flush draw, what more do you want?!?!?! Let's look at villain's range, could he really have QJ? He can't have Ac Qc nor Ac Jc as we have that Ace. The only real hand he can have for bet/3betting this turn is the 2nd best set, KK, and he played it exactly like it.
River: I forgot what the river was, I think it went check/call. Unfortunate that the Kc hit instead of a different suit..or that the river didn't pair, but i got lotsa moniesssss :D
In Summary: Villain (UTG+1) played his hand exactly like KK. He capped pf and check/called flop, trying to go to showdown for as cheap as possible. If I was villain, I would've led out the flop and then evaluated if I raised, probably resulting in a call down. But you have to realize that I could raise with PP, top pair, a draw, etc. so versus my range, a calldown is probably correct.
I'm tired, gnight!
Michael Song
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5:03 AM
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