Friday, October 10, 2008
Positive Mistakes
Made some errors getting max value out of my hands.
Straight fail. - Hate my bet sizing OOP. Should have an OOP betting progression of 3x -> 12x -> 36x. Then when he flats I can jam my remaining 64bb into the 72bb pot and get a call. Instead I panic and bet by the IP progression (3x -> 12x -> 24x). Then I Cbet the only type of flop I'm afraid of!! Villain was 26/22/4, and must have been 3betting light?
Aces again. Need to lead this flop, even sandwiched between two people. Got trappy and it could have cost me a nice pot. Don't mind the check on the flop as a "<10% of the time" play, but I need to bet this river for value 100% of the time, when check flop and bet turn.
If I just flat call this turn, I probably stack this guy. doh.
still ran at 90bb/100, but I wasn't thinking in hands 2 or 3. Guess it was time to quit, even after a mere 250 hands....
Straight fail. - Hate my bet sizing OOP. Should have an OOP betting progression of 3x -> 12x -> 36x. Then when he flats I can jam my remaining 64bb into the 72bb pot and get a call. Instead I panic and bet by the IP progression (3x -> 12x -> 24x). Then I Cbet the only type of flop I'm afraid of!! Villain was 26/22/4, and must have been 3betting light?
Aces again. Need to lead this flop, even sandwiched between two people. Got trappy and it could have cost me a nice pot. Don't mind the check on the flop as a "<10% of the time" play, but I need to bet this river for value 100% of the time, when check flop and bet turn.
If I just flat call this turn, I probably stack this guy. doh.
still ran at 90bb/100, but I wasn't thinking in hands 2 or 3. Guess it was time to quit, even after a mere 250 hands....
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Back on Track
so.
in my interim, I gave up posting in 2p2's BBV and OOT. Funny places, but they don't advance my understanding of the game. Have played live a bit, and my problems with live play remain the same: maintaining focus / extending mental duration / avoiding tilt.
having internet colleagues and coaches makes for an interesting glimpse into the world of +25nl stakes. i've given up on chastising myself for mistakes that i shouldn't make -- instead, i'm just going to stop making them instead of beating myself up over it. should i come to the realization that i simply cannot stop making mistakes when i know better, then i'll realize this game isn't for me and switch to limit.
lol, unlikely.
having a job i really like, a great girlfriend, family i can talk to, social life, etc...really makes for great anti-tilt. my goal over the next week is to continue the pattern i've been on: work, come home, play 1k hands, work out, pass out. I bet I can get about 4k hands in per week doing this. in addition, i'm really going to work at defining the moment where the wheels come off. knowing when i'm going from THINKING PLAY to AUTOMATIC PLAY. not tilt, but the autopilot that leads to mistakes that leads to tilt.
it's this non-thinking state that i type to you from now -- and i don't feel bad about it. there is a finite amount of willpower in the brain, and i've spent mine on learning some reverse engineering software, lifting heavy weights (harder on the brain than one might think) and getting in about 800 hands.
It's really nice to be back. I'll be sure to update my 'about me' portion of the blog tomorrow -- just want to find some hands to discuss for now.
- not to be results oriented, but I'm kinda happy that this guy made this play. setting up this image with him resulted in 2 buy ins later down the line.
- this is a habit i've since broken. Fold preflop! I am soooo fucked against this cat's range as a TAG. And there isn't a line that I really like. flat the flop, fold the turn if I miss? don't have odds for it. Better to stay out of trouble with this suited connector. MAYBE flat the flop, fold the turn...
- villain here is 32/17/3, and this is just about the bottom of my calling range. was surprised to NOT see a boat. I won't call off here against a nit, but this player was tilty and laggy....
- LOVE my line on this hand. I feel like it maximizes return from TP-type hands, and villains that are scared of the flush draw. almost stabbed my eyeballs in at showdown :) don't be results-oriented!!
- free monies ftw
- kind of a light river call. villain was 40/17/5 over 500 hands. Standard reraise of a perceived poorly playing LAG PF. Not sure whether leading out is a good idea, as he is capable of RR'ing with air here, but when he flats IP, I think I have the best hand. was more worried about 99 on the turn, but i was pot committed at that point.
more later? maybe i should blog more from work, now that i can.
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in my interim, I gave up posting in 2p2's BBV and OOT. Funny places, but they don't advance my understanding of the game. Have played live a bit, and my problems with live play remain the same: maintaining focus / extending mental duration / avoiding tilt.
having internet colleagues and coaches makes for an interesting glimpse into the world of +25nl stakes. i've given up on chastising myself for mistakes that i shouldn't make -- instead, i'm just going to stop making them instead of beating myself up over it. should i come to the realization that i simply cannot stop making mistakes when i know better, then i'll realize this game isn't for me and switch to limit.
lol, unlikely.
having a job i really like, a great girlfriend, family i can talk to, social life, etc...really makes for great anti-tilt. my goal over the next week is to continue the pattern i've been on: work, come home, play 1k hands, work out, pass out. I bet I can get about 4k hands in per week doing this. in addition, i'm really going to work at defining the moment where the wheels come off. knowing when i'm going from THINKING PLAY to AUTOMATIC PLAY. not tilt, but the autopilot that leads to mistakes that leads to tilt.
it's this non-thinking state that i type to you from now -- and i don't feel bad about it. there is a finite amount of willpower in the brain, and i've spent mine on learning some reverse engineering software, lifting heavy weights (harder on the brain than one might think) and getting in about 800 hands.
It's really nice to be back. I'll be sure to update my 'about me' portion of the blog tomorrow -- just want to find some hands to discuss for now.
- not to be results oriented, but I'm kinda happy that this guy made this play. setting up this image with him resulted in 2 buy ins later down the line.
- this is a habit i've since broken. Fold preflop! I am soooo fucked against this cat's range as a TAG. And there isn't a line that I really like. flat the flop, fold the turn if I miss? don't have odds for it. Better to stay out of trouble with this suited connector. MAYBE flat the flop, fold the turn...
- villain here is 32/17/3, and this is just about the bottom of my calling range. was surprised to NOT see a boat. I won't call off here against a nit, but this player was tilty and laggy....
- LOVE my line on this hand. I feel like it maximizes return from TP-type hands, and villains that are scared of the flush draw. almost stabbed my eyeballs in at showdown :) don't be results-oriented!!
- free monies ftw
- kind of a light river call. villain was 40/17/5 over 500 hands. Standard reraise of a perceived poorly playing LAG PF. Not sure whether leading out is a good idea, as he is capable of RR'ing with air here, but when he flats IP, I think I have the best hand. was more worried about 99 on the turn, but i was pot committed at that point.
more later? maybe i should blog more from work, now that i can.
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