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Keeping Warm in Winter
AAroddersAA:
Working over Christmas was a REALLY good idea, it seems everybody else has to go back to work today and I am still of for the rest of the week. I see Des has given a clue that the first event of season 6 may be the last weekend of Feb.
Going to play online today of course, hopefully get a good few hands in but not at home so playing on my laptop without my main setup so volume might be a little lower. Will start off with cash games but likely to switch to the MTT"s later today to start on the aim of 30.
AAroddersAA:
Played a bit of poker today, still not 100% happy with myself but maybe I am over-rating my own ability. I am going to make mistakes. Today I logged on, got lucky and got ahead by binking a house on the river when I got allin (only for effective stacks of $10) with AK on an A-A-J-7 board against JJ. A seven hit the river and I win the pot. Then I get JJ myself in the SB, I 3-bet a 3x raise from the button and a flop of A-J-8 looks great for me. I bet, he raises, I shove and he calls with AJ, I win about $18 on that hand so am off to a good start. I get to being about $35 up.
I then lose $19 when my AA runs into a set of fours, standard hand and nothing I can do about that. Then I make what I think was a good fold, it won"t look like it as a hand history but I think it was.
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/3938041
My opponent who seemed quite capable was playing 21/19. Pretty aggressive but I have seen him hit a set and check it already. Only had 41 hands on him but this spot just felt bad and I am glad I had the disciple to fold it, maybe shoving the flop is a better play but I really think I was right in this specific spot.
Needless to say I am a long way from perfect and this is a hand played badly
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/3938045
Basically this was only the other players second hand at the table. I see a flop with my 77 (this is fine). The flop is a good one for me and I do have position on my opponent. He bets $2 into the $2.75 pot. I call this as it can easily be a c-bet. The king lands on the turn. He bets $2.75 which looks weak. I get fancy play syndrome and decide that he could have the bare Ace of hearts and I am winning, after all the king is a great card to fire the second shot with and it does complete a flush draw. The bet also looks a little weak to me so I call it not really having a plan of what to do OTR. I think I was going to hope he checked and fold if he showed any real strength. The river is a heart. He checks and I think he can"t have a good heart. This is reasonable enough of course. I think I can therefore steal the pot. There is a pot of $12 so I bet $8 ($6 would actually have accomplished the same thing). I have not played the hand like I have a high heart so I think his call on the river is a good one. I have not played the hand well though and my story is inconsistent.
I then call a couple of raises and miss sets and some c-bets don"t get through and I am suddenly $15 down less than half an hour after being $35 up. SIGH.
The good news is I do not tilt. Not that I am going too at the moment I don"t think, I am not in that mindset. I take a break for an hour and get back to it. I run pretty good with some of the below hands being totally standard imo.
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/3938059
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/3938236
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/3938240
I also play it fairly well at this stage and am making good bets at the right times and make a good comeback. I also manage to stay away from the kind of marginal spots I am great at losing money in. I"ll give myself a B+ for today, it was not perfect but I am still happy enough with my game.
Overall today
Hands = 1630
VP$IP = 10.49%
PFR = 7.12%
3-Bet = 3.31%
Today"s profit = $29.18
bb/100 = 3.58
VPP = 92
I will play some Sitngo MTT"s later and post results
Des:
--- Quote from: AAroddersAA on January 03, 2012, 09:42:08 AM ---
Working over Christmas was a REALLY good idea, it seems everybody else has to go back to work today and I am still of for the rest of the week. I see Des has given a clue that the first event of season 6 may possibly be the last weekend of Feb.
Going to play online today of course, hopefully get a good few hands in but not at home so playing on my laptop without my main setup so volume might be a little lower. Will start off with cash games but likely to switch to the MTT"s later today to start on the aim of 30.
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FYP :)
Liking your early stats btw Steve. Hopefully some form of charts will follow. I really love charts!
AAroddersAA:
--- Quote from: Des on January 03, 2012, 17:54:40 PM ---
--- Quote from: AAroddersAA on January 03, 2012, 09:42:08 AM ---
Working over Christmas was a REALLY good idea, it seems everybody else has to go back to work today and I am still of for the rest of the week. I see Des has given a clue that the first event of season 6 may possibly be the last weekend of Feb.
Going to play online today of course, hopefully get a good few hands in but not at home so playing on my laptop without my main setup so volume might be a little lower. Will start off with cash games but likely to switch to the MTT"s later today to start on the aim of 30.
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FYP :)
Liking your early stats btw Steve. Hopefully some form of charts will follow. I really love charts!
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Cheers Des, obviously quite happy with the start I have made, much better than last year.
What kind of chart are you thinking of? I could export the session stats from Poker Tracker at the end of each month. This would allow people to see how I have done each day of the month and what the daily stats were.
Des:
--- Quote from: AAroddersAA on January 03, 2012, 18:36:26 PM ---
--- Quote from: Des on January 03, 2012, 17:54:40 PM ---
--- Quote from: AAroddersAA on January 03, 2012, 09:42:08 AM ---
Working over Christmas was a REALLY good idea, it seems everybody else has to go back to work today and I am still of for the rest of the week. I see Des has given a clue that the first event of season 6 may possibly be the last weekend of Feb.
Going to play online today of course, hopefully get a good few hands in but not at home so playing on my laptop without my main setup so volume might be a little lower. Will start off with cash games but likely to switch to the MTT"s later today to start on the aim of 30.
--- End quote ---
FYP :)
Liking your early stats btw Steve. Hopefully some form of charts will follow. I really love charts!
--- End quote ---
Cheers Des, obviously quite happy with the start I have made, much better than last year.
What kind of chart are you thinking of? I could export the session stats from Poker Tracker at the end of each month. This would allow people to see how I have done each day of the month and what the daily stats were.
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I"m a bottom line man. Culmulative profitability on a daily or weekly basis is something that would always be of interest. Perhaps against a forecast line that reflects your projected winnings based on your targeted ROI. But crikey, don"t start adding work - sounds like you have enough on your plate already to get your hands in.
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