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AAroddersAA:
I can"t believe it"s a week since I last played. Had a really good week away from poker though so that is good. I have been offered that job that I mentioned somebody was coming to speak to me about, it"s not a great deal different to what I do now but does extend my area of responsibility a bit further so means life would be more interesting and busier. Going to be having a closer look at what the job involves before saying yes or no. .

Anyway back to a weekend of hard work on the old poker game. I might need a day off to watch the football tomorrow but hey ho. Going to have a little game now going to try and make some interesting hands which involve plays properly trying to exploit certain players. I don"t feel I did it very well last weekend but that could be a bit results orientated .

Will post here so Noble/Brendan/anybody else who wants to can make their ever welcome comments.

Inb other news APAT is hosting the final event of season five in Brighton this weekend. Good luck to everybody playing in it.

AAroddersAA:
Short session played tonight with another poor result. I really do feel like I am running really bad but don"t know if it is really down to that or down to playing badly. Lost $33.78 tonight. $10 of it I can put down to bad play. This hand was the first hit I took.

Opponent is playting 41/15 and I have seen him slow play a FH when he hit it on the turn. He seems to call too much.

http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/3996490

Preflop is pretty standard and the flop is a good one for me. He unexpectedly leads into me. I could flat call here but I likely have the best hand and have seen him calling down light so opt for the raise which I think is best. I am not that surprised when he calls and still believe I have the best hand. The turn card is pretty much a blank (unlikely str8 draw got there) I then bet the turn and he min raises. As I know he has slow played in the past this feels really strong. The only hand I have seen him raise post flop is the full house. The pot odds are really good but mu hand can"t improve and there are loads of bad rivers which put me in a tough spot. It seems very likely he will shove the river so I fold.

Not long after this hand happens

http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/3996493

Preflop is again standard and given the stack sizes I don"t see a way of getting away from it on the flop. Can I just call the raise and see what happens on the turn if a safe card comes down?

At times I can see what some people in the thread have said about flop texture and the way certain opponents play but it is very hard at the moment and I seem to make a lot of mistakes. I am finding it very annoying as I consistently seem to get decisions wrong when trying to base them on what a player should do. Most of the time it turns out bthey were just playing their cards and nothing more. I suppose I need to improve on identifying different types of player though.

Hands Played = 248
VP$IP = 17%
PFR = 15.25%
3-Bet = 3.23%
Total Loss = $33.78

Fatcatstu:
First hand i probably play the same way, is definately a fold for me to the min raise.

Second hand is tricky, cause that flop smacks his BB hand right in the kisser, but then you cant give up on a 9 high bored with AA there really.

I have always found that min raises at this level are just Uber strong, they have it 1000000% of the time and i have done so much money in these spots!!

Like you have said, players generally play their cards at this level, so thinking about how they "should" play is very very dangerous IMO. There actually could be such a thing as being too good for them!!!!

AAroddersAA:
Skipped playing poker yesterday in the end, went to the football instead. It was PROPER Saturday afternoon football, watching a Blue Square Premiership game (with the associated standard of reffing) in the freezing cold then all gathering in the bar after to warm up and dissect the game. Obviously we have smart phones these day which contributed to me and my mate doing £50 gambling on random games at half time and after the game. Some of the guy"s over there are pretty much summed up by this song (unsure if I have posted it before) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYPWwuRFdjw

AAroddersAA:
Mini session tonight, not worth writing about as nothing happened, I won nearly two buyin"s by getting AA when my opponents had KK. Easy Game

Hands: 142
VP$IP: 7.9%
PFR: 5.2%
Profit: $42.21

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