rungoodgid
2 points
Cheers bro!!! Big fan of it too, have listened to it religiously since it's birth :D
Tommy Angelo's book sounds awsome!! It's on my list!
Nov. 5, 2015 | 1:50 a.m.
Recently I've noticed that a weird combination of these two flaws are prominent in my mindset mid session.
When bad beats happen I find myself saying "yeah obviously" and in spots where I know someone is never bluffing and has to have got there (usually luckily) I say "he's never bluffing here" and put him on maybe his exact hand and then call off saying again the "yeah obviously! Fuck I run so bad" or some shit like that...
Also it seems like because about 6 months ago I got into a really good flow and zone were I was just crushing my stakes on the euros and felt untouchable there seems to be a kind of entitlement complex for results...
What can I start doing pre, during & post sessions to get to the crux of these habits and mental flaws and get back to enjoying the game, playing my best and crushing.
N.B. I think sometimes after bad beats where I feel like a victim I'm prone to calling off in light spots or being a bit spewy "because obviously I'm not going to win and bust on the FT bubble...." ssssiiiggghhh...
Nov. 5, 2015 | 12:59 a.m.
50% otf... over 50% ott... :s
Nov. 5, 2015 | 12:44 a.m.
^^^ XD
Nov. 2, 2015 | 12:59 p.m.
I've run this through ICMizer with the exact payouts and some pretty wide ranges for btn open and sb 3b. My first instinct in game was that this was a good spot to jam however, on further inspection and looking at the results it seems that we don't make any money jamming here.. I guess because when we do GII we're not in great shape. I'd imagine when we get called it's something like 88+ AJs+ AQo+ which KJs only has 35% vs.
I can run it through again... Can you guys give me some ranges that you think these pretty agg villains are:
i) opening button i) a. r/jam btn
ii) 3b sb ii) b. 3b/c vs our BB jam.
I'll run the it again and post the results here.
Oct. 31, 2015 | 3:47 p.m.
Depends what you have access too and what time of day it is. I think exercise like going for a jog is good for burning off all that excess adrenaline.
Martial arts!!!
Meditating and listening to calming music and reading are all prolly good for quietening down the mind.
Oct. 30, 2015 | 6:26 p.m.
Hey there. Please add me to this group... Been keeping a mental game diary and have read and listened to Jared T, Patricia C & Elliot Roe. skype = gidsta800
Oct. 30, 2015 | 5:04 p.m.
Pacific, $4.55 Buy-in (10/20 blinds) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 9 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.
SB: 6,010 (300.5 bb)
BB: 6,000 (300 bb)
UTG+1: 6,000 (300 bb)
UTG+2: 3,030 (151.5 bb)
MP1: 6,000 (300 bb)
MP2: 5,990 (299.5 bb)
Hero (MP3): 5,940 (297 bb)
CO: 3,060 (153 bb)
BTN: 2,970 (148.5 bb)
Preflop: Hero is MP3 with Ks Ts
4 folds, Hero raises to 60, CO calls 60, 3 folds
Flop: (150) Td 8d 8s (2 players)
Hero bets 75, CO raises to 300, Hero calls 225
Turn: (750) 5s (2 players)
Hero checks, CO checks
River: (750) 9s (2 players)
Hero?
Do you thin we need to value bet river? Can we get called by worse? Do we call vs a river raise.
villain running super spewy laggy fishy stats at like 59/22 3b 18.2 RFI 31 etc... (you know the type)
Oct. 27, 2015 | 5:15 p.m.
Pacific, $22 Buy-in (15/30 blinds) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 9 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.
SB: 4,301 (143.4 bb)
BB: 5,084 (169.5 bb)
UTG+1: 4,948 (164.9 bb)
UTG+2: 9,824 (327.5 bb)
MP1: 5,475 (182.5 bb)
MP2: 5,000 (166.7 bb)
Hero (MP3): 5,243 (174.8 bb)
CO: 4,970 (165.7 bb)
BTN: 5,215 (173.8 bb)
Preflop: Hero is MP3 with Ks Kd
4 folds, Hero raises to 90, CO calls 90, BTN calls 90, SB calls 75, BB folds
Flop: (390) 8h Ts 2h (4 players)
SB checks, Hero bets 195, CO calls 195, BTN calls 195, SB folds
Turn: (975) Js (3 players)
Hero bets 555, CO calls 555, BTN calls 555
River: (2,640) 3c (3 players)
Hero?
CO running 18/13 03b over 39hands
BTN 29/0 over 21
Oct. 27, 2015 | 4:59 p.m.
Playing for quite a quite a while at this FT and SB seemed pretty lag bad who wasn't adjusting, just constant pounding. I really like this jam spot but wasn't sure if I had any FE and also if it might have been spewy given FT??? IDK - KJs seems pretty strong 3 handed.
Pacific, $23 Buy-in (2,250/4,500 blinds, 550 ante) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 3 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.
SB: 472,988 (105.1 bb)
Hero (BB): 118,296 (26.3 bb)
BTN: 233,716 (51.9 bb)
Preflop: Hero is BB with Jc Kc
BTN raises to 9,000, SB raises to 27,112,
HERO?
SB running 43/32 w 13.9 3b (session stats over 280)
BB running 35/26 w 11.3 3b (same over 213)
Oct. 27, 2015 | 4:22 p.m.
SB: 4,167 (10.4 bb)
BB: 17,741 (44.4 bb)
UTG+1: 17,003 (42.5 bb)
UTG+2: 5,850 (14.6 bb)
MP1: 8,922 (22.3 bb)
MP2: 6,831 (17.1 bb)
Hero (MP3): 23,201 (58 bb)
CO: 4,104 (10.3 bb)
BTN: 3,430 (8.6 bb)
Preflop: Hero is MP3 with As Kh
UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 calls 400, 2 folds, Hero raises to 1,100, 4 folds, UTG+2 calls 700
Flop: (3,250) Jc 7c Jh (2 players)
UTG+2 checks, Hero?
Can we just rip OTF?
Not many hands on villain but seemed to be limping a lot.
Oct. 27, 2015 | 4:16 p.m.
Pacific, $11 Buy-in (1,250/2,500 blinds, 250 ante) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 9 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.
SB: 116,610 (46.6 bb)
BB: 113,987 (45.6 bb)
UTG+1: 69,085 (27.6 bb)
UTG+2: 30,372 (12.1 bb)
MP1: 69,205 (27.7 bb)
MP2: 61,284 (24.5 bb)
MP3: 36,474 (14.6 bb)
CO: 52,976 (21.2 bb)
Hero (BTN): 93,737 (37.5 bb)
Preflop: Hero is BTN with Ks Ts
6 folds, Hero raises to 5,000, SB calls 3,750, BB folds
Flop: (14,750) 8h Kd 2s (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets 5,611, SB calls 5,611
Turn: (25,972) 2h (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks
River: (25,972) 6h (2 players)
SB bets 12,986, Hero folds
Results: 25,972 pot
Final Board: 8h Kd 2s 2h 6h
SB mucked and won 25,972 (15,111 net)
Hero mucked Ks Ts and lost (-10,861 net)
Villain running 24/13 w 03b over 71 hands. Felt like he has KJ, KQ & 88 also maybe A2s that he can value bet river having taken this line.
What do you guys think? Do we need to call in case he's turning Ax flop floats into a bluff OTR to get me off better Ax & pp's below a K...?
Oct. 27, 2015 | 4:13 p.m.
pocket fives. There is a thread on there atm looking for horses to apply.
June 23, 2015 | 8:16 p.m.
Yes. Got backed somewhere else
June 22, 2015 | 12:51 a.m.
Also. What bankroll should a winning 200PLO grinder have? What range from risky to safe?
Thanks
June 5, 2015 | 2:06 p.m.
NLHE has become tough - near impossible. Not easy money any more anyway. By comparison are PLO games much softer & is there a bunch of easy money to be scooped by hard working good poker players willing to spend the time studying and grinding working up the stakes?
What kind of bb/100 do 200PLO players expect to make? How much volume is required to realise edges? (I've heard the games are much more swingy?
Any thoughts or advice appreciated.
GL
June 5, 2015 | 2:05 p.m.
When you say "your hand doesn't have enough value" what do you mean? I thought that top pair BVB has very high value vs his range. He could x/c turn with loads of worse 1 pair hands thinking I was floating no? Like he would need to x/c turns with worse than Qx to keep me indifferent to floating flop & bluffing turn 100% of the time.
June 5, 2015 | 1:54 p.m.
Dry board? Straighting & flushing?
June 5, 2015 | 1:52 p.m.
I think he thought I could be floating IF he had a hud and was a reggish thinking player. In game anyway is what I thought. The fact he chose to include the nuts in his c/j range here makes me think he wasn't thinking on that level because why would you c/j nuts (virtual) if you think I'm floating to bluff loads? He'd have to think I had Qx enough & better.
But yeah I see what you're saying, Q7o is kind of the top of our pot controlling range here right? Like we'd want to value bet slightly better? I would think with hearts FD on turn villain would bet his sets & better Qx?
May 29, 2015 | 12:09 p.m.
Felt like he would expect me to float and try to steal on the turn fairly often therefore he could be c/jamming really wide like 1pair, 1pair combo & FDs wide wide....
I think for him to have the nuts in his c/j turn range is really bad imo...
May 23, 2015 | 1:37 a.m.
SB: 5,500
BB: 9,040 (Hero)
UTG: 2,921
UTG+1: 2,755
MP: 7,403
MP+1: 3,689
MP+2: 1,800
CO: 4,285
BB lost and shows two pairs, Queens and Fours.
SB wins 11,000
May 21, 2015 | 4:42 p.m.
888poker Hand History for Game 535643013
$4,500/$9,000 Blinds No Limit Holdem - * 21 05 2015 01:13:32
Tournament #69133440 $10 + $1 - Table #32 9 Max (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 8
Seat 1: alexos888 ( $261,599 )
Seat 2: ShipWreck1 ( $214,775 )
Seat 3: mikelezedim ( $331,294 )
Seat 4: realtime123 ( $172,310 )
Seat 5: RoyalSpin ( $137,139 )
Seat 6: AlmostWinnin ( $580,682 )
Seat 9: rungood2much ( $749,461 )
Seat 10: PlsWinByTwo ( $573,740 )
mikelezedim posts ante [$1,125]
realtime123 posts ante [$1,125]
rungood2much posts ante [$1,125]
ShipWreck1 posts ante [$1,125]
alexos888 posts ante [$1,125]
RoyalSpin posts ante [$1,125]
AlmostWinnin posts ante [$1,125]
PlsWinByTwo posts ante [$1,125]
RoyalSpin posts small blind [$4,500]
AlmostWinnin posts big blind [$9,000]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to rungood2much [ Ts, Ah ]
rungood2much raises [$18,000]
PlsWinByTwo folds
alexos888 folds
ShipWreck1 folds
mikelezedim calls [$18,000]
realtime123 folds
RoyalSpin folds
AlmostWinnin folds
* Dealing flop * [ Tc, 2h, 3h ]
rungood2much bets [$21,110]
mikelezedim raises [$60,915]
rungood2much calls [$39,805]
* Dealing turn * [ As ]
rungood2much checks
mikelezedim bets [$135,247]
rungood2much raises [$669,421]
mikelezedim calls [$116,007]
* Dealing river * [ 7h ]
* Summary *
mikelezedim shows [ 3c, 3s ]
rungood2much shows [ Ts, Ah ]
mikelezedim collected [ $682,838 ]
http://gyazo.com/3af1d4618077a029d0c86fb539fbd9a0
Is like within 10 hands of FT. Villain is competent long term winner.
Generally speaking about opening range, dynamics of table & stack size, what should we be opening here?
Also what line should we be taking post flop? Just feels SOOOO spewy to punt off 40 watever BBs here... Rather than get a "don't do that" I'm trying to get the coneptual understanding of why not to do things and why TO do things.
N.B. stats = vpip/pfr/3b top line. bottom right blue is hands. Top right yellow is BB.
May 21, 2015 | 4:26 p.m.
Hi guys.
After some general discussion & advice about how to approach final tables when we have a top 3 60bb+ stack.
I feel like I'm not clear enough on what our strategy should be. Obviously it's going to be different depending on who's on the FT with us i.e. if the FT is a bunch of fish then it's going to be pretty easy to just open loads put loads of pressure on & run the table over in my experience. Also they just seem to make so many ridic mistakes like 8xing buttons or whatever that we can just wait for golden spots & capitalise.
But what should we be thinking when we get to a final table full of competent reggish types, winning players with lot's of experience and abi's of $30 avg over 1000's of games?
Should we be prepared to just kick back, play passively & try to ladder up as much as possible before we need to change gears again say around 4 handed?
Is our aim to avoid all confrontation, avoid marginal spots like opening ATo UTG for instance, even AJo - What would be your widest range for opening UTG?
My image up to this point for those who were with me on the final 2 table stage was pretty LAG. I know each hand, spot & table is going to be different & we can't apply general rules. But what would be your default foundation thinking/approach/strategy when arriving at a FT as CL w 97bb. Is it leaning more towards NIT NIT NIT & watch the villain's bust one after another while we can patiently wait for clear calling or 3b jamming spots or are you going to open more & try to keep applying pressure?
Any thoughts or feedback appreciated.
GL
May 21, 2015 | 12:36 p.m.
I'm always calling off in these spots. I feel like they are perfect spots for some analysis looking at villain's BB defend range & then what he's jamming. Ranging from villains who will jam their entire range being all FD's, pairs (that they don't 3b pre) & all the 9x they defend & then narrowing the range to villain's who's tendancies get more flatty & passive.
My first instinct is that villains running 21/7 type stats are more of the type to jam their nutted hands. If he had more aggro stats 21/20 type then I think he's more the villain to jam a wider range. Will definitely be interesting see what our equity is like vs 9x only ranging to semibluff & lower pair ranges.
May 21, 2015 | 12:18 p.m.
Why are we checking behind on the flop?
May 18, 2015 | 1:52 p.m.
Pretty sick!
March 25, 2014 | 11:02 p.m.
Can anyone stake me to play some events?
Thanks for that. Seems like an innate part of being human is wanting quick fixes and work arounds to avoid long drawn out hard work processes. Good to be reassured that the latter is normally the only solution...
Jan. 20, 2016 | 2:16 p.m.