OneGreenChip

Ugh. What an awesome weekend.

The poker lately, though, has been up & down.

NL50: 180 Hands / $58.85 / 32.69
NL25: 996 Hands / ($19.94) / (4.00)
NL10: 1688 Hands / ($64.86) / (19.21)

What seems to be the problem here?!! Besides the fact that I logged my first hands at NL50, chasing a tilting fish, who paid me off, and loosened the rest of the table up, also paying me off. Nice. But I am still a losing player. AT 10NL!!!!

Going back over my hands, it looks like I'm either A) stupid (i.e. not paying enough attention because I'm 2- or 3-tabling) or B) falling prey to 'fancy play syndrome'

Even at NL50, the money come when you let people overplay their hands. Stop overplaying yours, Colin!

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profELMO wins $39.30 with full house, threes full of eights.

They had just called my group to board. Last hand syndrome time! I hate my PF call, horrible. I see a suited board! I have the A! YES!! Money goes in!! Drawing dead. There is no thinking to correct here.

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Hand #46805540-10256 at Janesville (No Limit Hold'em)
Started at 09/Oct/07 00:15:18

go4redoak is at seat 0 with $9.83. onegreenchip is at seat 1 with $46.35. riverton75 is at seat 2 with $24.53.ph00man is at seat 3 with $6.98. jodawg is at seat 4 with $8.92. JOBENDER is at seat 5 with $11. The button is at seat 5.

go4redoak posts the small blind of $.10.
onegreenchip posts the big blind of $.25.

go4redoak: -- --
onegreenchip: Ah As
riverton75: -- --
ph00man: -- --
jodawg: -- --
JOBENDER: -- --

Pre-flop:
riverton75 calls. ph00man calls. jodawg folds.JOBENDER folds. go4redoak folds. onegreenchipraises to $1.10. riverton75 calls. ph00man folds.

Flop (board: Jd 8h 3c):
onegreenchip bets $2. riverton75 calls.

Turn (board: Jd 8h 3c Ts):
onegreenchip bets $6.55. riverton75 calls.

River (board: Jd 8h 3c Ts 2h):
onegreenchip bets $19.65. riverton75 folds.onegreenchip is returned $19.65 (uncalled).

onegreenchip opts to show Ah As.
onegreenchip has Ah As Jd 8h Ts: a pair of aces.

onegreenchip wins $18.87.


He was definitely on tilt. We were 3handed previously and I called his 3bet from the button with K8o. The flop came J88 and he got it all in with QQ. LOL. Here, he said he had AJ. My line is strictly for value, and I hammer the pot on all streets. He kinda looks he has a set here, but de-tilted himself on the river. If I made a feeler bet here, I think he comes over the top and represents a flopped set (which I'd have to pay off, due to his not RR the turn).
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Hand #46805802-6442 at Bethany (No Limit Hold'em)Started at 08/Oct/07 17:37:26

Freedy3 is at seat 0 with $23.48.onegreenchip is at seat 3 with $35.04.mad1337ness is at seat 4 with $31.62.white_rice is at seat 5 with $40.83.The button is at seat 3.

mad1337ness posts the small blind of $.10.
white_rice posts the big blind of $.25.

Freedy3: -- --
onegreenchip: Qd 9d
mad1337ness: -- --
white_rice: -- --

Pre-flop:
Freedy3 raises to $.85. onegreenchip calls.mad1337ness folds. white_rice folds.

Flop (board: 8h 3s 7c):
Freedy3 bets $1.50. onegreenchip calls.

Turn (board: 8h 3s 7c Ts):
Freedy3 checks. onegreenchip bets $3.25. Freedy3raises to $6.50. onegreenchip calls.

River (board: 8h 3s 7c Ts 6h):
Freedy3 checks. onegreenchip bets $18.05. Freedy3folds. onegreenchip is returned $18.05 (uncalled).


onegreenchip wins $17.33.


Here I float the river (due to his 95% Cbet freq) , call a min. checkraise on the turn, and hit my runner-runner gutshot straight on the river. I don't think he's putting another bet in after I call him on two streets.
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Hand #46805540-10307 at Janesville (No Limit Hold'em)Started at 09/Oct/07 00:48:09

uofm_canes is at seat 0 with $13.23.onegreenchip is at seat 1 with $45.80.riverton75 is at seat 2 with $14.28.faccipo is at seat 3 with $8.99.jodawg is at seat 4 with $22.66.CDNDONKK is at seat 5 with $13.59.The button is at seat 0.

onegreenchip posts the small blind of $.10.
riverton75 posts the big blind of $.25.

uofm_canes: -- --
onegreenchip: 6d 6c
riverton75: -- --
faccipo: -- --
jodawg: -- --
CDNDONKK: -- --

Pre-flop:
faccipo calls. jodawg calls. CDNDONKK folds.uofm_canes folds. onegreenchip calls. riverton75checks.

Flop (board: 4h 6s 2h):
onegreenchip bets $1. riverton75 folds. faccipocalls. jodawg calls.

Turn (board: 4h 6s 2h Jh):
onegreenchip checks. faccipo checks. jodawg bets$2.25. onegreenchip calls. faccipo calls.

River (board: 4h 6s 2h Jh 2d):
onegreenchip checks. faccipo checks. jodawg checks.

Showdown:
onegreenchip shows 6d 6c.onegreenchip has 6d 6c 6s 2h 2d: full house, sixes full of deuces.
faccipo mucks cards.(faccipo has 3d 3c.)
jodawg mucks cards.(jodawg has 7c 7s.)

onegreenchip wins $10.33 with full house, sixes full of deuces.

Here I flop top set OOP with 3 others. I bet the flop (two hearts), get a call, and a heart hits on the turn, with a LP player last to act. He represents the flush after we check to him on the turn. I figure I might be good, as this player bluffs, and I have 11 outs on the river, so I call. I hit on the river, and know that I'm good. I expect LP to bet the river if I check/call to him because that's what he does. Doh.
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Hand #46805540-10213 at Janesville (No Limit Hold'em)Started at 08/Oct/07 23:55:22

onegreenchip is at seat 1 with $28.06.riverton75 is at seat 2 with $18.50.JOBENDER is at seat 5 with $10.19.The button is at seat 5.

onegreenchip posts the small blind of $.10.
riverton75 posts the big blind of $.25.

onegreenchip: 6c 7d
riverton75: -- --
JOBENDER: -- --

Pre-flop:
JOBENDER folds. onegreenchip calls. riverton75raises to $.75. onegreenchip calls.

Flop (board: 3s 8h 5h):
onegreenchip bets $1.50. riverton75 calls.

Turn (board: 3s 8h 5h 9d):
onegreenchip bets $4.50. riverton75 calls.

River (board: 3s 8h 5h 9d 5d):
onegreenchip bets $13.50. riverton75 folds.onegreenchip is returned $13.50 (uncalled).

onegreenchip wins $12.96.


3 handed again. I flop an OESD and try to blow my opponents out on the flop. Doesn't work, but I hit the turn. Pot-sized bet is called on the turn. River pairs the board, I fire a pot-sized bet on the river. Villain folds. Same guy as two hands above.
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Hand #46804059-8399 at Addison (No Limit Hold'em)Started at 08/Oct/07 23:59:50

zjxgzl is at seat 0 with $25.87.stolen base is at seat 1 with $5.04.Igotubeattoo is at seat 3 with $0 (sitting out).Crazy Cotzo is at seat 4 with $5.73.onegreenchip is at seat 5 with $26.34.The button is at seat 1.

Crazy Cotzo posts the small blind of $.05.
onegreenchip posts the big blind of $.10.

zjxgzl: -- --
stolen base: -- --
Crazy Cotzo: -- --
onegreenchip: As 6s

Pre-flop:
zjxgzl calls. stolen base folds. Crazy Cotzo calls.onegreenchip checks.
Flop (board: Qs 4s Ks):

Crazy Cotzo checks. onegreenchip bets $.10. zjxgzlraises to $.60. Crazy Cotzo folds. onegreenchipre-raises to $2.10. zjxgzl calls.

Turn (board: Qs 4s Ks 7d):
onegreenchip checks. zjxgzl bets $2.25.onegreenchip goes all-in for $24.14. zjxgzl folds.onegreenchip is returned $21.89 (uncalled).

onegreenchip wins $8.55.


unraised pot, I flop the nuts against a TAG. I love my line on the flop. It looks like I have the ace of spades. On the flop I put him on K?Xs. THOUGHT he would only call my reraise with a smaller flush, and his turn bet looks like he puts me on a single spade. I thought this meant that he had the flush already. Looks like he had a king. GRRRR
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Hand #46803758-10445 at Westerville (No Limit Hold'em)Started at 08/Oct/07 17:48:36

oldirtybasti is at seat 1 with $6.91.Harvemax is at seat 2 with $4.35.onegreenchip is at seat 3 with $12.51.benze55amg is at seat 4 with $14.56.tozeke is at seat 5 with $5.The button is at seat 4.

oldirtybasti posts the small blind of $.05.
Harvemax posts the big blind of $.10.

oldirtybasti: -- --
Harvemax: -- --
onegreenchip: Kd Jh
benze55amg: -- --

Pre-flop:
onegreenchip raises to $.35. benze55amg calls.oldirtybasti folds. Harvemax calls.

Flop (board: 3s Kc Kh):
Harvemax bets $.10. onegreenchip raises to $.80.benze55amg folds. Harvemax calls.

Turn (board: 3s Kc Kh Th):
Harvemax checks. onegreenchip bets $1.25. Harvemaxcalls.

River (board: 3s Kc Kh Th 9s):
Harvemax checks. onegreenchip bets $5.20. Harvemaxfolds. onegreenchip is returned $5.20 (uncalled).

onegreenchip wins $4.94.


Here I cbet my trips (strong means STRONG), and fire again on the turn. Pot sized bet on the river, and the opponent folds. Incorrectly sized bet?
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Hand #46803758-10180 at Westerville (No Limit Hold'em)Started at 08/Oct/07 14:35:09

duckym is at seat 0 with $8.54.Heist Man is at seat 1 with $12.78.FuglyHand is at seat 2 with $9.69.onegreenchip is at seat 3 with $20.45.unreal32 is at seat 4 with $9.75.jainey is at seat 5 with $10.The button is at seat 1.

FuglyHand posts the small blind of $.05.onegreenchip posts the big blind of $.10.jainey posts out of turn for $.10.

duckym: -- --
Heist Man: -- --
FuglyHand: -- --
onegreenchip: 2d 3d
unreal32: -- --
jainey: -- --

Pre-flop:
unreal32 calls. jainey checks. duckym calls.Heist Man folds. FuglyHand calls. onegreenchipchecks.

Flop (board: 2s Ad 2c):
FuglyHand checks. onegreenchip checks. unreal32bets $.10. jainey folds. duckym folds. FuglyHandfolds. onegreenchip calls.

Turn (board: 2s Ad 2c 4s):
onegreenchip bets $.70. unreal32 raises to $1.40.onegreenchip re-raises to $4.70. unreal32 folds.onegreenchip is returned $3.30 (uncalled).

onegreenchip wins $3.33.


Here I call a min bet on the flop, and 3 bet the turn for value when he minraises. Looks like he folded his small pcket pair..

So yesterday, I came down with a bad case of Monday-itis. can't....make it.... Took the entire day off, and logged about 1600 hands. (mental note: 1600 hands is some pussycat shit for an all-day session).

It didn't go so well at first.



Dipped down into the -300 BB region, and was starting to stage a comeback -- built myself up a 200 BB stack at 25NL, and then flopped an underset in a RRd pot to an even bigger stack. Bye bye, money.

Did the best possible thing, once I realized that I had A) gone on tilt B) gone off tilt C) got coolered. I went to the gym. And I threw up at the gym, twice, for the first time in six months. Brutal, brutal leg workout gave me no mercy. Pounding music gave me no chance to think. Hot gym bunnies gave me a chance to think about something other than must win back money must win back must get unstuck must must.

So nice.

Came back, thought three times about it, and re-fired up UB. Started chasing my fish. And catching them.

Sat down for a session early yesterday evening, standard, 2-tabling 10NL. Ran awful, but stayed afloat for the most part. Then decided to take a shot at 25NL for an hour. The table I sat at had 3 TAGs, one LAG with a 500BB stack, and myself. The LAG guy was easily the best person at the table, using his stack to force people to lay down the best hand again and again, while hitting just enough ridiculous two pairs, draws, or premium hands to keep the rest of us in line.

In retrospect, it was really a mistake to stay there, as I was A) taking a shot and B) playing LAGs is high variance. Maybe it would have been profitable to stay if BRM supported it. Goddamn Tuesday morning quarterbacking.

Got home after the gym and fired up two more tables of 10NL, where I ran into a superLAG, who proceeded to destroy me. I know I stopped playing 'my game', but I need to get back to CR and see how to adjust for these players that use the LAG style effectively. This is now 3 sessions in a row where I get no respect, and it makes the rest of my game fall apart. I think if I had a normal night's sleep, I would have had patience, which is the best weapon against a LAG. I mean, he shows down wins by filling gutshot straights / random two pairs, puts a player on tilt, and ends up stacking them when they emotionally shove their 2nd best hand. I fell in the bear trap. Doh.

Patience, young Skywalker. Maybe I should wear my Mexican wrestling mask while I play. And since I'm waiting on people to call me back for work stuff, I can post hands old school style today. I love this part.

P.S. Check it out. Perific Ergonomic Mouse. Been getting wrist issues from work + laptop use. This lil beastie will let me use my mouse from anywhere, in a number of different positions. Because we all know you gotta switch up those positions to keep it fresh, and a REAL player never falls out during -- what, wtf am i talking about.





Hand #45623297-59134 at Pinellas Park (No Limit Hold'em)
Started at 01/Oct/07 20:34:06

ysleeves is at seat 0 with $14.67.
CHiLLu is at seat 1 with $9.32.
D7Reade is at seat 2 with $2.78.
GoldsChips is at seat 3 with $5.38.
cantholdon1 is at seat 4 with $8.30.
onegreenchip is at seat 5 with $20.27.
The button is at seat 4.

onegreenchip posts the small blind of $.05.
ysleeves posts the big blind of $.10.

ysleeves: -- --
CHiLLu: -- --
D7Reade: -- --
GoldsChips: -- --
cantholdon1: -- --
onegreenchip: 8h 8s

Pre-flop:
CHiLLu folds. D7Reade raises to $.35. GoldsChipscalls. cantholdon1 calls. onegreenchip calls.ysleeves calls.

Flop (board: 3c Th 3s):
onegreenchip checks (early to act, multiple callers, probably not good). ysleeves checks. D7Readechecks. GoldsChips checks. cantholdon1 checks.

Turn (board: 3c Th 3s 4d):
onegreenchip bets $1.75 (nobody wants it?). ysleeves folds. D7Readegoes all-in for $2.43. GoldsChips folds. cantholdon1 folds. onegreenchip calls. (i'm sure I'm not good. but i have to call)

River (board: 3c Th 3s 4d 2c):
(no action in this round)

Showdown:
D7Reade shows 2h 3h. <--- ridiculously bad.
D7Reade has 2h 3h 3c 3s 2c: full house, threes full of deuces.
onegreenchip mucks cards.
(onegreenchip has 8h 8s.)

D7Reade wins $6.28 with full house, threes full of deuces.
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a few hands later, I was done with that particular dual session of 10NL. I had made about $10, so I decided to take a shot at 25NL. Ran into the aforementioned LAG player with the big stack. He had no respect for anyone. I probably fckd myself by getting caught Cbetting very early in the session, which made him float me all the more in position, and then bet me off the air in my hand. But here? He said he had 77. I don't think I can call very often here.



razorthin mucks cards.(razorthin has 8h Ts.) <--- omg ur terrible (bookmark) onegreenchip wins $18.67 with flush, queen high
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it is morally imperative to separate an idiot from his or her money.

Easily applicable to poker, no? I always thought so. Learn the game or get run over. But not everybody agrees.

Got a buddy who WILL NOT play $1/$2 NL with us. He 'doesn't like taking money from friends'. He softplays. (still not sure if it's because he's not a strong player or it's his allegation that he 'just likes the game and not the money'.

I am the opposite. When I'm at the table with people I know, (Chad/Mike/Amir/Josh/Bert/etc you know who you are) the money won is sweeter. It just feels better to know I outplayed somebody on a flop, and I know my friends can play.

Amir and I would play 1/2NL at a local cardroom, and one fine evening, a newcomer saw that we (randomly) sat next to each other in the $50 weekly tournament, talked to each other (looking for tells), and generally had more fun than our stone-faced opponents. He accused us of collusion/softplaying. Before either of us could speak up, the rest of the regulars laughed at him and told him that we competed harder than anybody when it came to poker. Truth.

I can't count the number of time in cash games we get in blind-on-blind battles, stealing and restealing with TRASH hands, and shoving with bottom pair when we smelled blood in the water. Those are my FONDEST memories of this game. Not the robotic nature of online SSNL, but playing people I know well, knowing their reactions, getting reads, and using body language to make borderline calls or folds. It also why I make sure to always talk to my live opponents when I've folded a live hand, just to get a baseline read on how they handle themselves. I guess that's what you have to do when you're 'Breathing In' (vorhaus again) to a new game, which is the perpetual state online.

Anyway, I miss live poker. And I would never, ever softplay people in a game. Dammit, I guess I would hesitate to make excessive value bets with the nuts against a good friend whom I knew was a rookie. Shit. Gotta crush out that last twinge of compassion. :D

Ughhhhhhhh. Fun weekend. Was supposed to end it with a BBQ last night, but a friend needed an airport pickup. And I had to be in here at 6.30am. So I picked him up, drove back to Fort Worth (40m), and crashed out on his couch, where his cat slept on me.

I'm allergic to cats.

I wake up in the morning, super itchy and grouchy, only to find -- I have forgotten my work pants and shoes. Jesus. I remember my gym stuff, work shirt, toiletries, but forget the fucking pants? Priorities, Colin.

Thank god for $20 jeans from Wal Mart. The downside is that my balls are crushed by these sweatshop jeans from China. They're made for dudes with smaller balls (read: everybody else), so I don't plan on smiling at anybody until these nutcrushers come off. Scowly McGrimace reporting for duty, boss.

I got a few more hands in this weekend and figured I keep update my stats:

• Pros: I am getting players to lay down better hands, based on my image, and I am consistent outflopping worse players and getting them to call with dominated hands
• Cons: I still have problems handling loose/passive players. Loose aggressive players are a secondary concern: they end up overbetting their hands and eventually go busto, but players that are unaffected by my shown aggression remain an issue.

• successful players should make use of many styles.
• i shouldn't be thrown off my game by donkeys. my game makes money.
• this is 10NL/25NL, not 200NL or 400NL
• play the fish, not the sharks
• make the long term plays, and let the donkeys with their crazy hands, THAT'S PROFIT.

Don't think any of Saturday's/Sunday's hands are worthy of posting. Most of the high BB hands were against L/P or L/AG players.