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Keeping Warm in Winter
Paulie_D:
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AAroddersAA:
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Vegas not as good without you mate please come inJune
AAroddersAA:
Good Morning Ladies and Gentlemen
Never thought I would update this again but times are strange. COVID19 has resulted in normality being put on hold for a little while. Hopefully everybody out there is doing their bit and staying home to prevent the spread.
In recent years I have stepped away from Poker, I have still played the odd APAT and had the odd run but my last live cash was Belgium in 2017, I have only played about 5 since though which I have not taken seriously. I have been doing a lot more sports betting and matched betting than poker. However, the competition element is not there for this like it is with poker. There have been a few half-hearted attempts at comebacks but these have usually involved me playing for a month or so (usually still doing OK to be fair) but then getting bored and giving up for a few months due to the lure of the sports betting markets. Some nights a literally dream about numbers on betting exchanges lol. My main issue with poker is motivation to actually play. Towards the end of last year for example I started playing, had some OK results at $10nl and was up about £100 then had a weekend where I lost £40 and completely lost motivation and since then the only games I have played (before the lockdown started) were a couple of Christmas and the APAT Team Event at DTD. Posting here again is hopefully going to help with that as back in the day I use to like keeping this up to date.
With no sport to bet or even watch this seems like a good opportunity to try and play some useful poker and with the lockdown there are really no distractions, I am still working full time from home but really don't have much else to do. We can expect this to go on for a few months yet I have decided to make another half decent effort at poker. This has been partly inspired by some mates picking the game up again and partly by the fact the games seem to have got better.
I have played a few and my first observations are my cash game is still OK, as I really expected it to be but I am well out of my depth in the tougher tournaments at the moment. The good thing is this is much easier to fix than the other way around. I am starting very small of course, even though my bankroll is very healthy I am sure I would get smashed up in the games I was previously playing although maybe not based on the way the game is playing at the moment.
So there will be videos and updates posted. The goal being to move towards a decent performance at this years WCOAP. It's not until August so has a good chance of going ahead, I hope and I (currently) fully intend to go for the first time since 2016. Maybe Malta will also be a thing again this year. I am also targeting the Summer Sizzler as an option to play some good live poker. Will I actually do any of this. I would say it's below 2.0 on Betfair I go to the WCOAP this year and about even money I play the Sizzler. A lot depends on what happens when life returns to normal and if I can maintain motivation for poker.
For now, though, we will give it a go and see what happens. We have some fairly modest goals for the next week. We are going to start focusing on NLHE cash at low limit so we will just be going with $10nl on Stars.
Saturday - 1500 Hands
Sunday - 1500 Hands
Monday - 1000 Hands
Tuesday - 200 Hands
Wednesday - 200 Hands
Thursday - 200 Hands
Friday - 200 Hands
This will create a small sample of 5000 hands to see how we are doing. Whilst doing this I might flick in for a few APAT games (probably going to play the game tonight for fun not expecting to do that well) and also a few home games setup by one of the members.
Updates of course will follow. So Until then, Stay safe, stay at home, protect the NHS and run golden.
duke3016:
Watched your couple of videos last night and to be fair you give a nice commentary and it was interesting. Stu also gives entertaining interactive commentary on Twitch - maybe you should try that and we can abuse you in the commentary box ;D
AAroddersAA:
The first day back ends in a profit on the cash games. The games are certainly playing differently to how they normally do in the last year or so. I think that we might have a lot of players coming back into the pools just because they are in the house with not a lot to do. The results was:
Hands: 1500
Profit: $33.64
All-in EV: $17.81 (better to be lucky than good)
VPIP: 22.27
PFR: 17.83
3Bet: 8.39
Fold to 3bet: 80.46
I do think I maintained focus quite well and played most of my spots OK, although being rusty from months of inactivity did mean that some decisions were not as good as they really should be. Here are some interesting hands. This was the biggest pot of the day.
https://www.boomplayer.com/32868655_847101DC0D
I think this is an interesting hand even though I think it is fairly standard. I obviously get lucky but quite like how I play it. Pre flop is quite easy. We get a raise from EP and then a 3bet from the button. I have to 4bet my AA there and choose the sizing to try and get to a point where I can shove the flop. I maybe should make it more like $4 as we are very slightly deep. Playing 130 BB rather than 100. It's OK though. He makes the call and the flop is 6s - Jc - Jd
This flop feels OK as one of the hands he can have here is definitely JJ and two jacks on the flop makes that a lot less likely. I think he can have QQ, KK and even some lower pairs here. He can also have a AK and maybe AQ. I don't feel he has a jack all that often. I have got AA, KK and QQ all in my range here as well as AK and maybe some other random hands that decided to 4bet. Feels like a much better flop for me than him, even though he does have slightly more jacks than me, and I only have just over a pot sized bet behind. I can bet small and hope he does something crazy with AK or I can shove and maybe get called by a KK or QQ type hand maybe even a stubborn AK or a smaller pair that is a non-believer.
So I shove it in, he makes the call and shows up with the TJ suited which surprises me, however we bink the river. I am not sure how much I like his call of my 4bet but I suppose it can't be that bad as he will flop enough equity to continue often enough and can sometimes get me off my AK there or maybe even QQ if the flop contains an Ace. I guess this is a pretty standard hand.
https://www.boomplayer.com/32868648_3D83F2C3F7
This hand is a spot where a few decisions could be good or bad. I have AQs in the BB. The button raises just slightly over min and I 3bet and get called by the button. The flop is not too good for me and also brings a flush draw I choose to make a half pot sized bet which gets called. The turn brings a queen giving me TPTK and also complete the club flush draw. I bet half the pot to protect my hand against hands that have a single club and again get called. The river could be a bet/fold or a check/call I go with the bet fold option betting $2 as a bit of a blocker bet. Unfortunately, I get shoved on and have to fold. Not 100 sure how well I played this spot. Should the river be a check/call maybe?
https://www.boomplayer.com/32868460_5FBCDA145C
Not much to say about this hand as it is an obvious cooler that went my way. I choose not to shove the flop in case he has like a bad 10 or a pair that he can fold and to keep some bluffs in his range. I could just call the tune a suppose but it makes the monster a bit obvious. This was quite early in the session (yes, I have now turned on the auto top-up in case anybody was wondering why I start the hand with $9.60).
https://www.boomplayer.com/32869400_65445D5049
Another pair of Jacks this time in the small blind. I raise and get 3bet by the BB. I choose to call as Jacks don't really love 4betting and getting 5bet of even getting called when they 4bet as they tend to end up playing against a range which is heavy with QQ and AK. We get a great flop about as good as we can get without having a Jack on the board and we check call intending to assess the turn and try and get it in on lots of safe turns. Then a Jack hits the turn, as we no longer need protection, I just call to keep bluffs in his range. The river I a blank and I decide to shove. I really don't know why as all through the hand I felt his range was wide and I should keep it like that so the correct play is check raise. I just decided I did not want his AA or KK hands to check behind however when I shove they can sometimes fold anyway. Don't like how I play the river here we win the hand but might have lost money.
I did record some live stuff as it is easy to just pick out big hands and not give a real idea of how I am playing most of the spots I come across and how I try to think about them. The session is in two parts and it is my thoughts during the games. Hopefully it adds some interest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG8YjWBg9aQ - Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77S86CmxIzA Part 2
So, at the end of the day we are very happy with the result of course. Ran good so it is important to remember that on days where I run bad. I aimed to get the sessions and update done by 5pm to be able to take a break before seeing f I feel like playing tonight. That is the most hands I have played in a day for a while so we will see how I feel later and if I jump in or not.
Want to try and do the same kind of thing tomorrow hopefully won't give all the profit back. Swing 3 buy-ins in a day is easy either way.
OK ladies and gents stay at home, stay safe, protect the NHS and run golden.
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