Sunday 30 November 2008

November Result- $7971




Decent middle and end to the month after a bad start. Included a $1k winning morning today, after being $1k so that was pleasing.


I've not talked about any hands for a while, so would like opinions on some the following most interesting ones...




Bluff shoving the river. Not something I've been doing as much, villain in this hand is CubbieBlue who is a huge HU winner at 2-4 and 1-2. I decide not to cbet flop as I don't ever fold out a J or 10... while I could still fold out underpairs on the turn, and I may already have the best hand, and if I don't, then I've got overs and a gutshot to the nuts.


Turn is a bet meh, but usually when I check back a hand with showdown value on the flop like this its usually with the intention of calling a turn bet, Cubbie would take a stab here with gutshot, oesd etc.


River- his bet looks like a blocker/ thin value bet with something like A-10, QJ. It definitely doesnt look strong anyway, and I think I can happily represent backing into the flush. Knowing Cubbie as a good player meant he at least had the ability to lay down top pair here, so I shove it in.

laters, Dan

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Sunday 23 November 2008

Heeeeater

So, I've ran at a bb/100 of 10 over the last 15k hands, netting me $6629 in the last 13 days and putting the month at a healthy $5552.




I'm putting this down to a few things: mostly tho believe it or not; riffling these actual poker chips whilst in a hand so I concentrate and don't make daft mistakes. I've also been folding wayyy less in postflop situations when villain reps little. I get crushed sometimes but its working out well.
Get some o these babys......




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Dan

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Thursday 6 November 2008

Go To www.tattielashes.com

Oh, and one other thing. Go to www.tattielashes.com - they sell real funny greetings cards that you can send directly to your friends, save all that time of finding it yourself in a shop!

grog

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So I'm writing a blog post...

Which means one of two things: I'm on an insane heater, or things aren't going well and I need to structure my thoughts a little.

I'm not on an insane heater.

Often I get into the groove, maybe having 14 winning days straight. My mistake in these times is ending them by doing either: a) having a few days off, losing all momentum, b) trying to apply some strategy concept that is either alien to me or I don't complete understand.

Both these things throw me off track. The next time I'm going well, I'm locking myself in a dark room and not letting anything throw me off.

This time around, I need to understand why this month has gone so sour, and how I can sort it out. There's three or four concepts I really need to concentrate on and apply in my upcoming sessions: these are designed to avoid spew whilst remaining aggressive.

a) Building big pots with me as the aggressor, not as the caller: I've been losing a ton of money in these spots. I need to control the pot by sticking to commitment threshold decisions, especially without the initiative.

b) Leverage: What I'm talking about here is the kind of spot where, for example, in a 3bet pot with me oop I have 1010 on 278ss. I cbet 26 into 40, and get raised to 70. This spot simply kills me, as if he's bluffing he's only cost himself $70 should I go all in. On the other hand, if he's not bluffing, he's earned himself $200. Even if I get these spots correct 50% of the time, I'm going to lose money. I need to be on the right side of leverage, applying it, and finding ways to avoid the reverse situation happening to me. In many cases, this may simply mean folding and choosing the low variance path.

c) Don't regret pots: Take a breath in big pots, thats all. Don't get sucked into a bluff vortex. Know when's not a good time to throw in that triple barrell. Don't bluff fish.

I'm also for the next 7 days embarking on a $200 stoploss for any one session. Session defined by a 3 hour gap. Will screenshot results to show how no more than $200 can be lost in any one session over the next 7 days.

Thats all for now.

grog

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Wednesday 5 November 2008

Some thoughts

November- I spent 3 days earning $700, then lost it all in one very frustrating Monday night.

Gameplan for today: keep being extremeley aggressive and keep the red line steady, make good decisions in big pots. Don't tilt.

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