Good luck with all your goals, but may I query #3
2hr sessions of live cash? I know you said a minimum of 2hrs but if you consider that live dealers and, more so, live players struggle to complete more than 30 hands an hour that doesn"t equate to a lot of poker...
You did well to avoid the offer of a lift to G Coventry from me by the way - we took a huge detour when I took the wrong turning out of the hotel car park!!!
I am currently wondering if Mr Lewis can do it tonight. It would be great to see him take this one down but I think Anderson might have the edge.
I am currently wondering if Mr Lewis can do it tonight. It would be great to see him take this one down but I think Anderson might have the edge.
currently 7/4 odds on Lewis, I personally think he can do it.
BTW: Why aren"t you playing the Betfair Live League?
Thanks Darren
I have to admit to being surprised by how dominant England have been in the Ashes tour, they are now pretty sure sure to win the series.
So even though I am from Wales on this occasion I have to say - Well Done England.
Thanks Darren
I have to admit to being surprised by how dominant England have been in the Ashes tour, they are now pretty sure sure to win the series.
So even though I am from Wales on this occasion I have to say - Well Done England.
Erm isn"t it the England & Wales Cricket board...
Ger is doing a great job of managing him.
Ger is doing a great job of managing him.
FFS I can"t manage myself - he"s his own man
Right time to start my spot checks for Spain,
[ ] Book to read on plane
Right time to start my spot checks for Spain,
[ ] Book to read on plane
Every Hand Revealed - What If You Were Able To Get Right Inside The Mind Of World-Famous Poker Pro Gus Hansen--And Learn His Winning Secrets?
Right time to start my spot checks for Spain,
[ X ] Enough Euros
[ X ] Hotel booking confirmation email printed
[ X ] Flight checkin email printed
[ X ] Shuttle Vouchers
[ X ] Travel Letter to carry some medication I have to take
[ ] Book to read on plane
[ ] Started packing or even getting stuff read
[ X ] my precious!!
Right time to start my spot checks for Spain,
[ X ] Enough Euros
[ X ] Hotel booking confirmation email printed
[ X ] Flight checkin email printed
[ X ] Shuttle Vouchers
[ X ] Travel Letter to carry some medication I have to take
[ ] Book to read on plane
[ ] Started packing or even getting stuff read
[ X ] my precious!!
FYP
Liked the post on Leighs blog earlier (the one called A Fish and his Chips) about the "What is Reality" documentary on iPlayer. It"s actually really good and I would recommend watching it.
I always enjoy that sort of thing perhaps I will post my feelings on it one day, then again this was meant to be a blog about poker and I spend to much time talking about other stuff already.
Hmm I wonder if there is a reality where I am good at poker? Nah, it says it in the title really, it has to be a reality, not a fantasy :-)
Oh great! Time for them to be ironed prior to delivery then.
Collected your shirts yesterday. They look quite good.
Collected your shirts yesterday. They look quite good.
"quite good" ???
That"s what my missus said when I was 5th on Coventry. >:(
Collected your shirts yesterday. They look quite good.
"quite good" ???
That"s what my missus said when I was 5th in Coventry. >:(
Collected your shirts yesterday. They look quite good.
"quite good" ???
That"s what my missus said when I was 5th on Coventry. >:(
I wasn"t too sure about Steve"s style choice, and had a greater concern over his colour choice, but he knows best.
I could post up a pic, but wouldn"t want to spoil the surprise.
They"re not exactly "APAT Green" though, Des won"t be happy. ;)
Collected your shirts yesterday. They look quite good.
"quite good" ???
That"s what my missus said when I was 5th in Coventry. >:(
Ger"s Plan..... push ATC every hand in position regardless. It really pisses off the rest of the table ;D
Ger"s Plan..... push ATC every hand in position regardless. It really pisses off the rest of the table ;D
Ger is so much better at plans than me damn it.
The other advantage of Gers plan is I can skip all that silly poker on Friday night (Friday night at an APAT and I have to spend it playing poker !!!)
Ger"s Plan..... push ATC every hand in position regardless. It really pisses off the rest of the table ;D
Ger is so much better at plans than me damn it.
The other advantage of Gers plan is I can skip all that silly poker on Friday night (Friday night at an APAT and I have to spend it playing poker !!!)
Hang on, let me get my violin out. So, you"ve got to spend the Friday night playing poker against 14 others and the winner gets a £20k sponsorship package.
Could be worse, you could have to be there, not get to play poker and just update it. ;D
Should be an awesome evening, whether your playing poker or just enjoying the delights of Bolton.
OK, time for more training in my two table sit n go games. I played one for the first time yesterday but did not cash. Doesn"t matter I have over three days to perfect it.
*lol at the predictions on here 9 people have picked me to come top three not really very likely sorry guys. ANyway to Pokerstars will be back to report on the result.
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I have arrived in Bolton so reporting from "the field" here. I had intended to get a taxi from the station to the hotel but on leaving the station I meet Jon MW who informs me the hotel is walking distance (bonus) so me his and a nice lady called Sam walk to the Holiday Inn, we did did a couple of wrong turns but to be fair to Jon his Sat Nav phone is pretty good.
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I wrote this post then deleted it and this is now this post - What happens on APAT Weekends stays on APAT weekends.
OMFG - I love APAT, thank you season four. Bring on season five.
Rodders (after several beers)
I wrote this post then deleted it and this is now this post - What happens on APAT Weekends stays on APAT weekends.
OMFG - I love APAT, thank you season four. Bring on season five.
Rodders (after several beers)
Don"t make new rules, thats Vegas, not APAT. Tell us..!! Or.. Is it about Jack and I already know by now? LOL at Jack.. Just LOL... Twice..
I win it back a little bit later when I raise it up with J-J and a Jack hits the flop, I bet the flop and get called but the turn makes the board look scary and I have the fire quite big to get paid before it gets even more scary and to price out draws. He makes a good fold.
I win it back a little bit later when I raise it up with J-J and a Jack hits the flop, I bet the flop and get called but the turn makes the board look scary and I have the fire quite big to get paid before it gets even more scary and to price out draws. He makes a good fold.
Am honestly surprised you had JJ here, would have bet my life on you having QQ
Steve, where are you playing your cash games online at the moment ?
Steve, where are you playing your cash games online at the moment ?
Sky Poker
take the advice mr AAroddersAA
Someone much cleverer than me once said.
"If you think you are behind, you probably are"
Don"t force it , breathe etc (ha ha at me giving that advice)
Jesus man, relax. How many thousands did you win last year? Do you think you go from getting back-to-back HU in two tournaments with 400 & 200 runners to being a poor player just like that? Take a break to get your focus if you wish, or else don"t. But don"t come on here pretending you"ve turned rubbish when we know better.
Someone much cleverer than me once said.
"If you think you are behind, you probably are"
Don"t force it , breathe etc (ha ha at me giving that advice)
I don"t think you"re playing badly, I think your game has changed!
I don"t think you"re playing badly, I think your game has changed!
in all seriousness mate, THIS!!!
It is something i discovered about myself, and i am now (hopfully) on the way to rectifying it (not being so insanely aggressive!!)
just have a good think about things pal :)
Well Lewis plays Taylor tonight - so that will be the benchmark.....
wp Rodders, like the Tommy Angelo A,B & C game quotes, wise words. The really tough thing about poker and reviewing a session is that results can be misleading but it seems you got unlucky in some spots, got lucky in others but overall, played well.
I lived in Newport.
Last night I got back from work, it was gone 10pm (I was supposed to finish at 8pm but there we go). I decided I was not tried so would play a little poker. about 2 minutes into the session get AA. Good so I raise from late position to £1.20 and get one caller from a player I consider to be a bit of a calling station but not too bad.
The flop came a very safe looking K-4-2 with two clubs. I bet out £3 into a pot of £2.75. He calls and I now have him on the king, or the draw (the king is more likely I think). Or he could be on some kind of under pair to the king I guess. The turn is a safe card and I bet £9 into a pot of £8.75, he again calls and the river is a 6, which be be fair completes a very unlikely str9 draw but the flush draw misses. I don"t think he is laying down a king so I shove and he calls. He obviously had K-6. GG £30.
Last night I got back from work, it was gone 10pm (I was supposed to finish at 8pm but there we go). I decided I was not tried so would play a little poker. about 2 minutes into the session get AA. Good so I raise from late position to £1.20 and get one caller from a player I consider to be a bit of a calling station but not too bad.
The flop came a very safe looking K-4-2 with two clubs. I bet out £3 into a pot of £2.75. He calls and I now have him on the king, or the draw (the king is more likely I think). Or he could be on some kind of under pair to the king I guess. The turn is a safe card and I bet £9 into a pot of £8.75, he again calls and the river is a 6, which be be fair completes a very unlikely str9 draw but the flush draw misses. I don"t think he is laying down a king so I shove and he calls. He obviously had K-6. GG £30.
Betting less than full pot on the flop and turn will lead to you getting called by a wider range and therefore result in greater long-term profit. If you think his range is Kx and underpairs, you want to bet an amount that will keep the entire range in. With ur turn-betsizing, you pretty much discard air from your range (this betsize with air would be horrendous). Reasonable villains will be folding all underpairs as well as the weaker Kx hands.
Last night I got back from work, it was gone 10pm (I was supposed to finish at 8pm but there we go). I decided I was not tried so would play a little poker. about 2 minutes into the session get AA. Good so I raise from late position to £1.20 and get one caller from a player I consider to be a bit of a calling station but not too bad.
The flop came a very safe looking K-4-2 with two clubs. I bet out £3 into a pot of £2.75. He calls and I now have him on the king, or the draw (the king is more likely I think). Or he could be on some kind of under pair to the king I guess. The turn is a safe card and I bet £9 into a pot of £8.75, he again calls and the river is a 6, which be be fair completes a very unlikely str9 draw but the flush draw misses. I don"t think he is laying down a king so I shove and he calls. He obviously had K-6. GG £30.
Betting less than full pot on the flop and turn will lead to you getting called by a wider range and therefore result in greater long-term profit. If you think his range is Kx and underpairs, you want to bet an amount that will keep the entire range in. With ur turn-betsizing, you pretty much discard air from your range (this betsize with air would be horrendous). Reasonable villains will be folding all underpairs as well as the weaker Kx hands.
To be fair I am pretty happy with how I played this hand. As previous hands I have posted show I rarely do this but felt this was a spot vs this opponent where I should. I would not play it differently. Although in most spots you are 00% correct.
Last night I got back from work, it was gone 10pm (I was supposed to finish at 8pm but there we go). I decided I was not tried so would play a little poker. about 2 minutes into the session get AA. Good so I raise from late position to £1.20 and get one caller from a player I consider to be a bit of a calling station but not too bad.
The flop came a very safe looking K-4-2 with two clubs. I bet out £3 into a pot of £2.75. He calls and I now have him on the king, or the draw (the king is more likely I think). Or he could be on some kind of under pair to the king I guess. The turn is a safe card and I bet £9 into a pot of £8.75, he again calls and the river is a 6, which be be fair completes a very unlikely str9 draw but the flush draw misses. I don"t think he is laying down a king so I shove and he calls. He obviously had K-6. GG £30.
Betting less than full pot on the flop and turn will lead to you getting called by a wider range and therefore result in greater long-term profit. If you think his range is Kx and underpairs, you want to bet an amount that will keep the entire range in. With ur turn-betsizing, you pretty much discard air from your range (this betsize with air would be horrendous). Reasonable villains will be folding all underpairs as well as the weaker Kx hands.
To be fair I am pretty happy with how I played this hand. As previous hands I have posted show I rarely do this but felt this was a spot vs this opponent where I should. I would not play it differently. Although in most spots you are 00% correct.
Last night I got back from work, it was gone 10pm (I was supposed to finish at 8pm but there we go). I decided I was not tried so would play a little poker. about 2 minutes into the session get AA. Good so I raise from late position to £1.20 and get one caller from a player I consider to be a bit of a calling station but not too bad.
The flop came a very safe looking K-4-2 with two clubs. I bet out £3 into a pot of £2.75. He calls and I now have him on the king, or the draw (the king is more likely I think). Or he could be on some kind of under pair to the king I guess. The turn is a safe card and I bet £9 into a pot of £8.75, he again calls and the river is a 6, which be be fair completes a very unlikely str9 draw but the flush draw misses. I don"t think he is laying down a king so I shove and he calls. He obviously had K-6. GG £30.
Betting less than full pot on the flop and turn will lead to you getting called by a wider range and therefore result in greater long-term profit. If you think his range is Kx and underpairs, you want to bet an amount that will keep the entire range in. With ur turn-betsizing, you pretty much discard air from your range (this betsize with air would be horrendous). Reasonable villains will be folding all underpairs as well as the weaker Kx hands.
To be fair I am pretty happy with how I played this hand. As previous hands I have posted show I rarely do this but felt this was a spot vs this opponent where I should. I would not play it differently. Although in most spots you are 00% correct.
Then I got Dealt AK. I raise it up to 50p (I think there had been 1 limper) and get a single caller The flop comes a helpful K-3-4. I like this flop although there is a flush draw so I bet £1 into the pot of about £1.05, the other player raise it to £3. I put him on various weaker kings, maybe a flush draw or a set oe 3"s or 4"s with a vey small chance of an underpair to the King and air.
I therefore call and the flop comes a Queen and does not complete any draws.I check intending to CRAI he bets £3 and I feel he is commited with any of the above hands and shove, he calls me with K-Q. I am happy with how I played the hand as I think it is very against that range.
Apart from that I make on iffy play, I get QQ and somebody raises from early position to 40p, one caller before me and I make it £1.40 the original raiser shoves for £9 and the caller folds. I fold - thoughts? I rarely see shoves with much that QQ beats (calling shoves yes but not actually shoving) - this is where poker tracker would be very useful.
Feel free to comment on the QQ fold by the way (or any of the hands for that matter) I don"t think it is terrible but is very marginal.
Then I got Dealt AK. I raise it up to 50p (I think there had been 1 limper) and get a single caller The flop comes a helpful K-3-4. I like this flop although there is a flush draw so I bet £1 into the pot of about £1.05, the other player raise it to £3. I put him on various weaker kings, maybe a flush draw or a set oe 3"s or 4"s with a vey small chance of an underpair to the King and air.
I therefore call and the flop comes a Queen and does not complete any draws.I check intending to CRAI he bets £3 and I feel he is commited with any of the above hands and shove, he calls me with K-Q. I am happy with how I played the hand as I think it is very against that range.
Though I"m hardly ever folding here (villain dependant) I rather not CR turn, it gives villain opportunity to play perfectly and fold out the weak end of his range, pot size already allows for stacks to go in on the river.Quote from: AAroddersAA
Apart from that I make on iffy play, I get QQ and somebody raises from early position to 40p, one caller before me and I make it £1.40 the original raiser shoves for £9 and the caller folds. I fold - thoughts? I rarely see shoves with much that QQ beats (calling shoves yes but not actually shoving) - this is where poker tracker would be very useful.
Feel free to comment on the QQ fold by the way (or any of the hands for that matter) I don"t think it is terrible but is very marginal.
Very much villain dependent, what is his ep raising range. But if you are going to fold to a 4bet best to not 3bet, doing so you are burning equity. If villain is positionally aware flatting is best usually.
The QQ I am not sure about. You might well be right again, the raise is folding out hands I beat, but I like the three bet as I think plenty worse calls (JJ, 10-10 etc), I just don"t think it raises. For example a hand like 10-10 or 9-9 might call and get married to the hand on a low flop.
Also if I flat and the flop comes Jack high, I still have to call or raise a c-bet and end up making things really complicated don"t I?
If you just flat call in position and the flop comes Jack high how do you play the flop? Are you raising or calling the flop bet.
What if it comes King high?
By three betting I have his range more defined and if he flats me he ALMOST never has AA or KK. *****I think the 3-bet loses less to AA and KK and wins more from JJ and 10-10. OK I might get pushed off by AK or JJ every now and again but still think this is most profitable against an online random. I can see the advantages in flat calling though.
The QQ I am not sure about. You might well be right again, the raise is folding out hands I beat, but I like the three bet as I think plenty worse calls (JJ, 10-10 etc), I just don"t think it raises. For example a hand like 10-10 or 9-9 might call and get married to the hand on a low flop.
It really depends on villains ranges. If he"s tight in ep......
Versus a range of 99+,AJs+,KQs,AKo, QQ does well with ~58% equity.
But think about how your hand does when you isolate versus only the part of his range that does"nt fold to your 3bet, again though, you need to consider how he will react so you can best decide whether or not 3betting is correct.
That you dont include reads maybe suggests room for improvement in that dept???Quote from: AAroddersAA
Also if I flat and the flop comes Jack high, I still have to call or raise a c-bet and end up making things really complicated don"t I?
If you just flat call in position and the flop comes Jack high how do you play the flop? Are you raising or calling the flop bet.
What if it comes King high?
If you flat you play poker ip and get more info on each street and strive to make better decisions than your opponent. By paying close attention to your opponents tendancies you can best recognise what his actions mean and read him better than he reads you.
I suspect from your post that you dont use PT or HM, when you consider almost all your opponents will use these tools, you are definately taking the worst of it before you even start.Quote from: AAroddersAA
By three betting I have his range more defined and if he flats me he ALMOST never has AA or KK. *****I think the 3-bet loses less to AA and KK and wins more from JJ and 10-10. OK I might get pushed off by AK or JJ every now and again but still think this is most profitable against an online random. I can see the advantages in flat calling though.
Some default assumptions in there tbh Steve, some flat with AA & KK at least some of the time imho. My experience is that AK is the one hand they are least likely to flat with and more likely to 4bet jam.
*****This is seriously flawed thinking Steve
Say he raises a range of 99+,AJs+,KQs,AKo from ep and folds 50% to your 3bet.
QQ versus.........
99+,AJs+,KQs,AKo.... has ~58%
QQ+,AKs,AKo...... has ~40%
Might play the Blonde league tournament tonight as well. Why not join in - it"s the take on Tikay at 8:30pm on Sky Poker.
btw @Brendan or whoever else wants to answer, back to the QQ and 3-Bet of flat. What if it is not QQ but AK? Does that make you more inclinded to 3-Bet/fold? I have been trying doing the flatting thing in position with QQ and JJ and it seems good, still not 100% convinced it is optimal though. I think you can be +EV using both methods but suspect the 3-Bet is more +EV.
btw @Brendan or whoever else wants to answer, back to the QQ and 3-Bet of flat. What if it is not QQ but AK? Does that make you more inclinded to 3-Bet/fold? I have been trying doing the flatting thing in position with QQ and JJ and it seems good, still not 100% convinced it is optimal though. I think you can be +EV using both methods but suspect the 3-Bet is more +EV.
The previous discussion and any points made were solely relevent to the very specific scenario......
Early position (ep) unknown raiser, it is wise to give him credit for a tight range until you see evidence to the contrary, likewise expect an even tighter range for continuing versus a 3bet.
That all adds up to flatting over 3 betting and keeping the hands we dominate in the hand.
The other end of the spectrum is the raiser with a wide ep raising range and 3 bet calling range, this is a 3bet spot for sure since he continues with lots of hands we dominate.
Cliff notes:
- 3 bet the hands that do well against his 3 bet calling range
- As their 3 bet calling ranges get tighter, add in 3 bet bluffs
Had a break even session this afternoon. Happy enough with how I played it but right at the end of the session I got it allin with AA on a flop where I was called by the flush draw. The actions went like this. I have £24 and my opponent has about £20. I have AA UTG and raise it to £0.80. He raises it to £1.80 so I make it £4 (probably not enough. The flop comes down Quuen high with two diamonds. I bet out £6 into a pot of just over £8. He shoves and I call. He hits and a £40+ pot goes to him, was a bit annoyed about this so cut the session short.
I might have brought it on myself though by not 4-Betting enough preflop, but reviewing this I am not sure I did too much wrong. Played pretty well in general, will be back later to report on later sessions. I am still £50 down today though, one pretty bad mistake but nothing major other than that.
Had a break even session this afternoon. Happy enough with how I played it but right at the end of the session I got it allin with AA on a flop where I was called by the flush draw. The actions went like this. I have £24 and my opponent has about £20. I have AA UTG and raise it to £0.80. He raises it to £1.80 so I make it £4 (probably not enough. The flop comes down Quuen high with two diamonds. I bet out £6 into a pot of just over £8. He shoves and I call. He hits and a £40+ pot goes to him, was a bit annoyed about this so cut the session short.
I might have brought it on myself though by not 4-Betting enough preflop, but reviewing this I am not sure I did too much wrong. Played pretty well in general, will be back later to report on later sessions. I am still £50 down today though, one pretty bad mistake but nothing major other than that.
You are thinking about the AA all wrong. Why would you want him out of the pot? you want to get max value from aces. Also he made the mistake of shoving the flush draw on the flop, he will lose money in the long run doing this. (Although granted it is better to shove than call.)
Your 3 bet pre flop is fine, again you are being results orientated. You want him to shove with the worst hand. remember you are 85% against any two cards pre flop.
I can"t comment on the percentages after because I don"t know the board, but if he hasn"t connected and is shoving a flush draw under a queen only he is about 30%
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Oh and I have also made a twitter account http://twitter.com/#!/AAroddersAA. Not sure why I need twitter when I have Facebook but it seems to be the in thing to do so why not. I need more followers so please start following :-)
See you tomorrow Steve!
Not that im much good at Omalol. Just my thoughts :)
Not that im much good at Omalol. Just my thoughts :)
just thought i would re itterate this point.
i just think that, through my experience, just ramming all your chips into a pot where you dont have the nuts in omaha is a bad idea lol, would personally just check it back and move on to the next hand. obv dont know how the villain thinks tho.
hmmm not the best move imho guys, are u looking at this in the right way? cash is about extracting value, is just shoving all in going to be the best EV move?
of course it can be player specific, there is always that, but, really [dramatic pause] shove??
hmmm not the best move imho guys, are u looking at this in the right way? cash is about extracting value, is just shoving all in going to be the best EV move?
of course it can be player specific, there is always that, but, really [dramatic pause] shove??
Sorry for taking so long to actually put a response to this together but I wanted to make sure I did a good one. (because Noble has an excellent point here)
Is shoving to go be the most +EV move? I think it is.
He has called a standard raise preflop so I have no idea what he could have at that point. Flop comes down fairly dry (an unlikely straight draw). The King is a good card for me as it hits some of his range.
I "c-bet" for around 3/4 pot and he calls. With so few draws out there, he could have a King or a pair like nines or tens. Yes he could also have a set and if he does it"s nh at this point.
The turn changes nothing but puts a flush draw out there but unless he has something like KQs then it doesn"t help him. We have a pot that is around $5 and he bets $1.50 into it leaving him with about $10 behind. I really do think he has something at this point and calling just seems terrible (there is just not enough air in his range that he is going to barrel on the river). I also think it"s likely he has the king. So I am going to raise. The most sensible raise size is going to be a shove. It would be really unusual for him to call a raise to say $5 but not call an allin. Also even if he does then the river might make the board more scary and even if we are still ahead we may miss value.
I would therefore suggest than in this spot shoving for value is the right play. The only reason to not to raise is if we think he has nothing and will bet the river, I think we lose value with this play.
hmmm not the best move imho guys, are u looking at this in the right way? cash is about extracting value, is just shoving all in going to be the best EV move?
of course it can be player specific, there is always that, but, really [dramatic pause] shove??
Sorry for taking so long to actually put a response to this together but I wanted to make sure I did a good one. (because Noble has an excellent point here)
Is shoving to go be the most +EV move? I think it is.
He has called a standard raise preflop so I have no idea what he could have at that point. Flop comes down fairly dry (an unlikely straight draw). The King is a good card for me as it hits some of his range.
I "c-bet" for around 3/4 pot and he calls. With so few draws out there, he could have a King or a pair like nines or tens. Yes he could also have a set and if he does it"s nh at this point.
The turn changes nothing but puts a flush draw out there but unless he has something like KQs then it doesn"t help him. We have a pot that is around $5 and he bets $1.50 into it leaving him with about $10 behind. I really do think he has something at this point and calling just seems terrible (there is just not enough air in his range that he is going to barrel on the river). I also think it"s likely he has the king. So I am going to raise. The most sensible raise size is going to be a shove. It would be really unusual for him to call a raise to say $5 but not call an allin. Also even if he does then the river might make the board more scary and even if we are still ahead we may miss value.
I would therefore suggest than in this spot shoving for value is the right play. The only reason to not to raise is if we think he has nothing and will bet the river, I think we lose value with this play.
Had a rest from poker yesterday, Back in work on Thursday, had a nice rest but starting to get bored so will be happy to be back. I am currently playing PLO on Sky Poker 10p/20p was doing really well until I got it all in (for a £60 pot) pre with AAJ9 with one of the aces suited and lost to TTQ9 when he made a straight.
Think something must be wrong even though I can"t see what it is, it really looks to me like I am consistently getting the money in good and getting outdrawn. My hands in Poker Tracker seem to back this up and I am not really getting any back in the way of winning hands from behind either. I feel like I am playing really well but keep losing.
EDIT - and I come off 2 buyins down - straight beaten by a rivered full house (90% of the pot in by the turn, I called his small allin on river).
I am starting to think I should give poker a rest period. My live game is shockingly bad at the moment and I can"t see why I am losing here. It might be time to leave this game alone.
Had a rest from poker yesterday, Back in work on Thursday, had a nice rest but starting to get bored so will be happy to be back. I am currently playing PLO on Sky Poker 10p/20p was doing really well until I got it all in (for a £60 pot) pre with AAJ9 with one of the aces suited and lost to TTQ9 when he made a straight.
Think something must be wrong even though I can"t see what it is, it really looks to me like I am consistently getting the money in good and getting outdrawn. My hands in Poker Tracker seem to back this up and I am not really getting any back in the way of winning hands from behind either. I feel like I am playing really well but keep losing.
EDIT - and I come off 2 buyins down - straight beaten by a rivered full house (90% of the pot in by the turn, I called his small allin on river).
I am starting to think I should give poker a rest period. My live game is shockingly bad at the moment and I can"t see why I am losing here. It might be time to leave this game alone.
TBH Steve I"m probably going with villains hand as well (would be keen to know the suits of opponent as well though). Yeah your aces are ahead and yeah one of them is suited but villain has a hand which would be smacked firmly in the face with any reasonably high/paint flop (again would be keen to know were they suited/double suited etc). I had a similar spot when I was all-in pre against Steve Redfern in the PLO at DTD (Think I had a single suited KKxx and he flipped TTJQ double suited) and i commented to Steve that I"d rather have swapped hands before the flop was dealt. Thankfully I doubled up but I"m sure only because we had a really raggy board.
I also had a turned straight in 888 PLO game a couple of nights ago rivered by flush, it"s harsh at the time but you"re favourite with 1 card left so don"t beat yourself up.
Stick at it mate, going through similar running bad spell at the mo myself, so just continue analysing, learning and improving. I"m sure I remember you have a few medals to remind you that you"re generally doing things right 8)
Rod, i thought i told you to stop taking that stuff
Rod, i thought i told you to stop taking that stuff
Well said Rodders. Gutted for you. I think the sending-off decision was technically correct to the letter of the law but surely he could have exercised some discretion and handled it more sympathetically?
I wouldn"t rule out France against the All Blacks either. It"s the French that knocked them out of the 1999 & 2007 World Cups when they were massive underdogs and the All Blacks have gained a reputation (arguably undeserved) of being World Cup "bottlers", not having actually won the thing since 1987.
[ ] Convince Darren Shallis to stop dithering and book Vegas
do this plez x
[ ] Convince Darren Shallis to stop dithering and book Vegas
do this plez x
+ quite a bit
[ ] Convince Darren Shallis to stop dithering and book Vegas
do this plez x
+ quite a bit
i"m definitely NOT going at this moment in time. Of course, if i (or the team) win this weekend in Luton, then i"ll change my mind.... probably
[ ] Convince Darren Shallis to stop dithering and book Vegas
do this plez x
+ quite a bit
i"m definitely NOT going at this moment in time. Of course, if i (or the team) win this weekend in Luton, then i"ll change my mind.... probably
Was great catching up with you again Steve, unlucky finishing just outside the cash mate but well played to get good points for the Blonde Team
Definitely pick a horse with four legs. They run best. No need to thank me. ;D
I have now made 600 post on this forum and need some of you clever people to settle an argument for me. Which of these activities would you stay classifies as a sport?
Football
Formula One
WWF Wrestling
Pool
Bar Billiards
Shove H"penny
Snooker
Darts
Chess
Poker
I have now made 600 post on this forum and need some of you clever people to settle an argument for me. Which of these activities would you stay classifies as a sport?
I have now made 600 post on this forum and need some of you clever people to settle an argument for me. Which of these activities would you stay classifies as a sport?
Football
Formula One
WWF Wrestling
Pool
Bar Billiards
Shove H"penny
Snooker
Darts
Chess
Poker
I have now made 600 post on this forum and need some of you clever people to settle an argument for me. Which of these activities would you stay classifies as a sport?
Football
Formula One
WWF Wrestling
Pool
Bar Billiards
Shove H"penny
Snooker
Darts
Chess
Poker
Sport: Football, Formula One, Pool, Snooker, Darts
Game: Bar Billiards, Shove H"penny, Chess, Poker
Entertainment: WWF Wrestling.
Sport: Football, Formula One
Game: Pool, Snooker, Darts, Bar Billiards, Shove H"penny, Chess, Poker
Entertainment: WWF Wrestling.
IN 14 days time we will be coming into land !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Blog needs to start to revert to be a bit more about the pokers soon also as opposed to random posts.
IN 14 days time we will be coming into land !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Blog needs to start to revert to be a bit more about the pokers soon also as opposed to random posts.
are you as excited as me? its all i can think about now, off to poker tonight with phil and the stockton fossil and it will be all we talk about there i am sure.
The apat being announced has just made it worse!!!
After hours of flying over the Nevada Desert the bright lights will be visible.
After 9.5 hours of flying we will be able to see them getting closer, larger we will start to make out certain places.
The advanced scouts such as Paulie_D and Curlarge on the ground will be considering getting the beers in on the strip for the arrival.
The seat belt signs will come on as they prepare to dim the cabin lights for landing.
I somehow make day two with 15 left but my hopes are not high. The final table would be nice but I doubt it.
Nice work Rodders! That"s a tidy profit indeed.
I"d love to see your HH on here if you don"t mind copy > pasting from Blonde (I couldn"t find your post there).
""Q7ss is alright, can flop top pair, and is, importantly, suited.""
""If you ARE gonna 3bet light though you picked a absolutely fine hand to do it with.""
http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=55829.msg1459072#msg1459072
on the river size your bet so u will get called/paid off by worse, unless of course u have seen villain make hero calls with Ace rag hands or 2 pair on boards like this ip to 3barrels...
he could have A3 A2 33 A4 A5 AT 56 34 45 maybe 67 66 55 Ax or 22
at these stakes villain will either have a monster or a weak Ax which he"ll fold mostly to your river action imo, what do u think he perceived your hand to be on the turn Rodders?... [again if he cant fold top pair ace or 2 pair then shoving is ok, player/read dependent of course]
""Is the limp/call preflop OK""
yes if u think they will stack off light.... if the BB is tight and can make a big folds in multiway pots then the limp call pre is pretty marginal oop ... also depends on how light the 2 limp callers stack off...
Good stuff as always but a few comments. In these games the river bet will get paid off by far worse, yes it is possible that we are beaten but we are usually in front here and the shove is the most +EV move. As far what he put me on when I bet the turn. To be honest I don"t think he thought about it, I think he saw his Ax or two pair and was not going away. The river gave me no reason to change that view and I felt he would pay off the shove. In a lot of games your thinking is right, in a live cash game in Vegas, my line is better.
http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=55830.msg1459073#msg1459073
i don"t like your reasoning or your hand selection in this situation...
if the isolator and the limpers folded a lot to 3bets then its marginally ok ish :)
as per post flop i dont mind your line. he can hero call TT JJ or 88 maybe... also u met get him to fold better...
Agree with you the reason for doing it sucks but the hand selection is fine if you are going to do it (which to be honest I should not have been). I also should have 3-bet bigger.
edit [later thoughts] - http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=55830.msg1459073#msg1459073Quote""Q7ss is alright, can flop top pair, and is, importantly, suited.""Quote""If you ARE gonna 3bet light though you picked a absolutely fine hand to do it with.""
when players on a loose passive table open limp then imo u should tighten up your raising standards... your FE preflop has been diminished, even moreso with the isolator who has overall position playing this deep, so oop if you raise its far better to raise for value, widen the top part of your value 3bet range [not your air range against these types oop]
you need a better hand than total bollo#ks, oop in a 3bet pot playing this deep with a hand that plays poorly post flop is a recipe for losing money.... if u feel that the villains [isolator and limpers] will fold more than 70% then Q7s is ok ish [notice the ish part, in fact ATC"s is ok but keep in mind that when villains have position on u they will be more likely to call ]
imo if u feel u have say 55 to 70% FE still keep in mind to widen the top part of your 3bet value range and forget Q7s as the air part, include more flexibility for your air range with high implied odds hands such as 78s 86s or even 42s would be better than Q7s.. this will give u more chance of a +EV situation plus it will make your decisions a lot easier post flop.... big card potential [Q7s the Queen part] is a concept for shorter stacks NOT deep stack poker 150bb+.....
bet sizing - read up on it imho try to keep open minded on as many various views as u can and use sizing that will suit your style and how u think your opponents will react pre and post...
Very happy with my bet sizing in the 44 hand. In the Q7 hand I should have raised more pre, the river bet was too big.
APAT is about craic (for me anyway) the poker is secondary. Live life as it should be lived, make your choice as regards poker but don"t bin APAT tournaments. You are great company and treat the APAT as a chance to meet up with good people and if the poker clicks so be it.
APAT is about craic (for me anyway) the poker is secondary. Live life as it should be lived, make your choice as regards poker but don"t bin APAT tournaments. You are great company and treat the APAT as a chance to meet up with good people and if the poker clicks so be it.
This really ::)
Take some time to chillout after the Vegas trip and reconsider in a few weeks. We"re all knackered and not thinking straight.
Will miss you though mate if you do stick to the decision. Hope its only temporary x
... As I said I have more than less had my life arranged around poker for the last two years and that has probably caused burnout....
ditto to above comments.......
when texas foldem gets boring switch to PLO, PLO8 and stud, play the side events.
Anything to keep your juices flowin man.
Love all the new blogs that are popping up on this site. Hopefully they will survive and keep getting updated in the new year as I really do enjoyed this section of the forum. Jack get back to updating your"s the only way I know how your DIY and things are going is by reading Dawn"s blog :-)
Love all the new blogs that are popping up on this site. Hopefully they will survive and keep getting updated in the new year as I really do enjoyed this section of the forum. Jack get back to updating your"s the only way I know how your DIY and things are going is by reading Dawn"s blog :-)
Why do I get the feeling you say that like it"s a hardship?! Where"s me whip ffs...
Love all the new blogs that are popping up on this site. Hopefully they will survive and keep getting updated in the new year as I really do enjoyed this section of the forum. Jack get back to updating your"s the only way I know how your DIY and things are going is by reading Dawn"s blog :-)
Why do I get the feeling you say that like it"s a hardship?! Where"s me whip ffs...
Not at all as ya know *lol* I learn loads from your diary, who knew ketchup should be kept in the fridge!!!!
Just want to see the blogs on here updated as I find them very interesting.
Gives me something to do whilst clicking fold :-)
Stats for today were:-
Hands = 2016
VP$IP = 11
PFR = 8
3-Bet = 3
Stats for today were:-
Hands = 2016
VP$IP = 11
PFR = 8
3-Bet = 3
Omg Rudders hats off to you sir, I would quickly lose the will to live playing 2016 hands @ 11 / 8.
as an aside, that is decent volume and would net a decent few quid in rakeback on one of the many ipoker skins offering up to 50%.
Something else I was thinking of is what is the best use for FPP"s? I normally just buy the instant bonuses with them but there seems to be more value in buying tournament tickets. If I am +EV in the tournaments and was going to play them anyway then I will get more out of that. A Big $11 ticket is 700 FPP and a $50 bonus costs 4500 so for the same price you are going to get about $70 of tournament buyin"s seems a no brainer as I do play that tournament Saturday"s when I am not doing anything as well as sometimes on a Sunday.
One observation I feel is important Rodders, in both those last two hands your stack wasn"t full @ $23.91 and $22.75, you should strive to not let this happen. You are playing a Tag 11/7 game which is essentially, certainly close to, a nut pedalling type of game where you plan to get full value when you hit a hand. Because of this you should strive to always have a full stack.
Hand 2,
This spot is hugely dependent on reads and even then tough to put down.
How many hands did you have with this guy Rodders and what were his stats for
Vpip
Pfr
3bet
Donk
How many hands did you have with this guy Rodders and what were his stats for
Vpip
Pfr
3bet
Donk
Only 104 hands,
playing 21/18
3-Bet is 8.5%
Donk Lead = 5% (by Donk I assume you mean bet when first to act after calling a pre-flop raise - 1 out of 18)
Check Raise flop 0% (ignoring the above hand)
Only 104 hands,
playing 21/18
3-Bet is 8.5%
Donk Lead = 5% (by Donk I assume you mean bet when first to act after calling a pre-flop raise - 1 out of 18)
Check Raise flop 0% (ignoring the above hand)
Only 104 hands,
playing 21/18
3-Bet is 8.5%
Donk Lead = 5% (by Donk I assume you mean bet when first to act after calling a pre-flop raise - 1 out of 18)
Check Raise flop 0% (ignoring the above hand)
Yea pretty much never folding to that type. One other point though, I kinda feel this is a way ahead way behind spot and when we raise the turn we allow villain to fold some hands we beat that may put another bet in on the river.
***TILTED POST WARNING***
OK, it is fair to say I have had better days :-)
Managed to burn through $125 trying to qualify for the Sunday Million, should probably have just bought in. Anyway thought I won a seat in this rebuy thing where I thought the top 9 got a seat. I am not sure why I thought this I am sure I read it in the lobby but was playing different ones at the same time. Anyway thinking I had qualified I went out.
Having come home to play the thing and some other tournaments I find out that I actually didn"t have a seat (after sorting through some various hand histories and tournament lobbies). Obviously the best thing to do in this situation is play cash and go on tilt. Lucky I was only playing 5c/10c as I managed to tilt my way through 4 Buyin"s fairly quickly on PLO (in 275 hands). The first one was not my fault to be fair.
I clearly should have just turned the PC off and gone and done something else.
Really not happy with myself for this I know much better.
Off Topic post
OK so it appears to be Christmas again here in Swansea.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj3m1hkWCIY (mods delete that if its not allowed, APAT's kinda a respectable forum) **DO NOT CLICK ON THIS IF THERE ARE CHILDREN PRESENT - SERIOUSLY **
So it"s time for peace and goodwill to all men etc etc. Nah run out of goodwill this year, I will get a new lot come new years day and be back to normal. Will lose the negative slant and everything :-)
The Rodders player and community person of the year award goes to.....
Richard "Curlarge" Baker........ for being super duper consistent during APAT this year with more day twos and deep runs than John Murray has cashes at APAT events (well not quite but he was good). He also got some really good results elsewhere. He was also responsible for sorting out the deal we got for the hotel in Vegas and helped sort a venue for the event. As well as playing every event in season five. He doesn"t get a prize or anything but at least I mentioned him in the thread so he kinda like famous now.
The other good thing about Christmas is we can all set poker goals. Like most new year resolution they will be forgotten by about 15th January but we get to set them. I of course will rise above most and keep to mine. I will post them before the end of the year.
Next year I am going to keep this as up to date as I can, it fell apart last year as at the start of the year I had ideas way above my station in the poker world, the game spent a whole year reminding me that I"m still a fish *lol*.
So what would people like to see in the blog next year. I will try and keep monthly profit and loss records for online cash and online tournaments. I will post "interesting" hands from cash sessions from both PLO games and NLHE and lins to hands I think I could have played differently on the PHA board. Anything else people would be interested to see?
*********************************************************************************************
OK I will make one part of a post slightly positive.
The good thing about APAT is you meet lot"s of cool and interesting people, below is a list of people I have met this year. In some cases I kind of knew them before but they were just there and I never really took any notice of them, I am pleased to say I got to meet them properly this past year.
Stuart Ward, Dan Owston, Grant Speirs, JP Round, Steve Bayliff, Max the barman, Craig & Beth MacInnes, James Barber, Mark Gregory (sort of), George Bedi, Michelle Gascoine, Sharon Roberts, Matt McKinlay, Paul Pitchford, Warren Jones, Will Young, Steve Harrison, Dylan Herbert, Rudders, Mary Martin, Glen Lammings, Don Roberts, Don Logan, Brianfrom the Stockton crowd (don"t know his surname)Harland.
I reckon about four of that lot are likely to actually read this *lol*
We need a Llorett Return for APAT this season
Pleasure to meet you too this year Rodders.
Avoid big puddles plz/ty
xx
Lloret this year - Vegas in 2013 please, all plan a massive trip and invade.
Pleasure to meet you too this year Rodders.
Avoid big puddles plz/ty
xx
Damn, you just reminded me I forgot somebody - will edit.
And you would not say that if you were there I"m sure, James, Jack, Des, Sian and Pitchie all confirm it was hilarious. Stupid place to put a puddle, right in the middle of that pavement. Not the funniest thing that happened that weekend of course
Off Topic post
OK so it appears to be Christmas again here in Swansea.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj3m1hkWCIY (mods delete that if its not allowed, APAT's kinda a respectable forum) **DO NOT CLICK ON THIS IF THERE ARE CHILDREN PRESENT - SERIOUSLY **
So it"s time for peace and goodwill to all men etc etc. Nah run out of goodwill this year, I will get a new lot come new years day and be back to normal. Will lose the negative slant and everything :-)
The Rodders player and community person of the year award goes to.....
Richard "Curlarge" Baker........ for being super duper consistent during APAT this year with more day twos and deep runs than John Murray has cashes at APAT events (well not quite but he was good). He also got some really good results elsewhere. He was also responsible for sorting out the deal we got for the hotel in Vegas and helped sort a venue for the event. As well as playing every event in season five. He doesn"t get a prize or anything but at least I mentioned him in the thread so he kinda like famous now.
The other good thing about Christmas is we can all set poker goals. Like most new year resolution they will be forgotten by about 15th January but we get to set them. I of course will rise above most and keep to mine. I will post them before the end of the year.
Next year I am going to keep this as up to date as I can, it fell apart last year as at the start of the year I had ideas way above my station in the poker world, the game spent a whole year reminding me that I"m still a fish *lol*.
So what would people like to see in the blog next year. I will try and keep monthly profit and loss records for online cash and online tournaments. I will post "interesting" hands from cash sessions from both PLO games and NLHE and lins to hands I think I could have played differently on the PHA board. Anything else people would be interested to see?
*********************************************************************************************
OK I will make one part of a post slightly positive.
The good thing about APAT is you meet lot"s of cool and interesting people, below is a list of people I have met this year. In some cases I kind of knew them before but they were just there and I never really took any notice of them, I am pleased to say I got to meet them properly this past year.
Stuart Ward, Dan Owston, Grant Speirs, JP Round, Steve Bayliff, Max the barman, Craig & Beth MacInnes, James Barber, Mark Gregory (sort of), George Bedi, Michelle Gascoine, Nellie Gascoine, Sharon Roberts, Matt McKinlay, Paul Pitchford, Warren Jones, Will Young, Steve Harrison, Dylan Herbert, Rudders, Mary Martin, Glen Lammings, Don Roberts, Don Logan, Brian Harland.
I reckon about four of that lot are likely to actually read this *lol*
Pleasure to meet you too this year Rodders.
Avoid big puddles plz/ty
xx
Damn, you just reminded me I forgot somebody - will edit.
And you would not say that if you were there I"m sure, James,Jack, Des, Sian and Pitchie all confirm it was hilarious. Stupid place to put a puddle, right in the middle of that pavement. Not the funniest thing that happened that weekend of course
Lloret this year - Vegas in 2013 please, all plan a massive trip and invade.
Tallinn
OK I will make one part of a post slightly positive.
The good thing about APAT is you meet lot"s of cool and interesting people, below is a list of people I have met this year. In some cases I kind of knew them before but they were just there and I never really took any notice of them, I am pleased to say I got to meet them properly this past year.
Stuart Ward, Dan Owston, Grant Speirs, JP Round, Steve Bayliff, Max the barman, Craig & Beth MacInnes, James Barber, Mark Gregory (sort of), George Bedi, Michelle Gascoine, Nellie Gascoine, Sharon Roberts, Matt McKinlay, Paul Pitchford, Warren Jones, Will Young, Steve Harrison, Dylan Herbert, Rudders, Mary Martin, Glen Lammings, Don Roberts, Don Logan, Brian Harland.
I reckon about four of that lot are likely to actually read this *lol*
:o nah more I think x
Stone cold. Quick question if you dont mind.
Started playing (mainly) 18man sngs on stard last night, gonna give them a good grind, or so was my intention.
Had success so far, but when you play, do you not find the seemingly very very very small winnings you can have at micro stakes life tilting?
hope you had a good christmas :)
That Ace of Spaces that comes up every time you try to use the word as at the start of a sentence is infinitely more tilting though. Not bother with capital letters from now on :-)
120K hands at 25nl is decent volume and worth about 1k a year rakeback on a euro site offering a decent rakeback deal. Some 50% deals still available (I can point you to a decent affiliate). Playing this volume on Stars is -EV.
You need to consider more than the number of hands though. Looking at what this amount of hands will actually get you from Pokerstars.
12K hands will generate about 1500VPP per month , with Silverstar this equates to 2250FPP
So annually I will make around 27000FPP
Looking at this in it"s most basic form if I exchange this directly for cash it is worth $300
If I exchange it for tournament tickets it is worth around $425
I would also earn $200 in Stellar rewards
So at first glance you are making about twice as much per hand on ipoker.
Pokerstar"s averages about 70 hands/hour and ipoker about 50. So playing 6 tables you will play 420 hands on Pokerstars and 300 hands on ipoker per hour.
When I last played on ipoker playing 6 tables was not that easy (although is has now changed and tables can be re-sized, but on "Stars it is a piece of cake). I am still not convinced that it is as easy to multi-table on ipoker. Pokerstars also offers VIP freerolls (ipoker may also do this I don"t know).
So from a rakeback point of view, it probably is -EV but not by much and you are getting far better software and a server that basically never goes down or drops the connection. It is also much easier to Multi-table and the traffic is FAR better (you can literally play any time night or day - this is not true of ipoker).
I had intended to leave poker for for the evening then got a message on Facebook inviting me to play in a private game. Thought I may as well play whilst watching the darts. It"s a 5c/10c game with a $25 buyin. I obviously buyin for the max. I only open the one table as I don"t want to play a full session.
So I play a bit, lose a pot to Darren Shallis somehow (how bad can I run *lol* - joking obv). Anyway I win back the $21 I was down earlier, so was pretty happy with that. I decide to stay for a while as the darts was overruning due to all the playing about with the breeze on the stage. I win some more and get myself nearly back to where I was before the last session. I am about 600bb deep and cover the table. The next biggest stack is about 450bb deep. A hand comes up where there is a raise from EP to 40c. The 2nd biggest stack then shoves about $45 into the middle, I have two Aces, which is useful and elect to call. The EP player folds after thinking for ages and I am up against AK. This is a good thing.
PokerStars Home Game #73130738577: {Xtreme Poker} Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10 USD) - 2012/01/02 0:22:58 WET [2012/01/01 19:22:58 ET]
Table "Rostia IV" 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: AAroddersAA ($59.74 in chips)
Seat 3: wansky69 ($14.77 in chips)
Seat 4: Si_player_1 ($19.27 in chips)
Seat 5: DigsyDave ($26.76 in chips)
Seat 8: Dayeface ($20.50 in chips)
Seat 9: bevan147 ($43.53 in chips)
bevan147: posts small blind $0.05
AAroddersAA: posts big blind $0.10
AAroddersAA: posts the ante $0.02
wansky69: posts the ante $0.02
Si_player_1: posts the ante $0.02
DigsyDave: posts the ante $0.02
Dayeface: posts the ante $0.02
bevan147: posts the ante $0.02
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to AAroddersAA [Ac Ah]
wansky69: raises $0.30 to $0.40
Si_player_1: folds
Dayeface said, " haha what an absolute clown"
Si_player_1 said, "lol"
DigsyDave: folds
Dayeface: folds
bevan147 said, "<-------------DONK"
bevan147: raises $43.11 to $43.51 and is all-in
AAroddersAA: raises $16.21 to $59.72 and is all-in
bevan147 said, "gg lol"
wansky69: folds
Uncalled bet ($16.21) returned to AAroddersAA
*** FLOP *** [9d 7s Kh]
*** TURN *** [9d 7s Kh] [9s]
*** RIVER *** [9d 7s Kh 9s] [8s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bevan147: shows [Ad Ks] (two pair, Kings and Nines)
AAroddersAA: shows [Ac Ah] (two pair, Aces and Nines)
AAroddersAA collected $85.54 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $87.54 | Rake $2
Board [9d 7s Kh 9s 8s]
Seat 1: AAroddersAA (big blind) showed [Ac Ah] and won ($85.54) with two pair, Aces and Nines
Seat 3: wansky69 folded before Flop
Seat 4: Si_player_1 folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Seat 5: DigsyDave folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Seat 8: Dayeface (button) folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Seat 9: bevan147 (small blind) showed [Ad Ks] and lost with two pair, Kings and Nines
Actually felt slightly bad about this as the guy I beat is actually a nice guy who had been playing well up until that hand. Still very happy to turn it around and get the pretty good start I had been hoping for. You see what I mean about the swings though.In one day I have been swinging around all over the place losing $60 in two hands then the poker gods decide to just give it back to me. Still happy with how I played this session and over the day.
Hands = 471
VP$IP = 30.79%
PFR = 18.9%
Session profit = $79.80
BB/100 = 86.68
Not bad for one tabling
So my overall result for the day was:-
Hands = 2623
VP$IP = 15.36
PFR = 18.9%
Todays Profit = $60.26
BB/100 = 13.93
VPP = 166
So after one day I am more than one fifth of the way to maintaining Silverstar for the month. No way I am going to do 30K hands and all the rest, will have to review the volume targets.
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.
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.
FYP :)
Liking your early stats btw Steve. Hopefully some form of charts will follow. I really love charts!
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.
FYP :)
Liking your early stats btw Steve. Hopefully some form of charts will follow. I really love charts!
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.
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.
FYP :)
Liking your early stats btw Steve. Hopefully some form of charts will follow. I really love charts!
I also had a hand which I can"t convert but it"s another one I am unsure of but it can be found here. Please feel free to comment either on the PHA thread or in here http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=56312.0
The stats for today so far are:-
Hands = 1028
VP$IP = 9.73%
PRF = 8.07%
3-Bet = 4.09%
Profit = $4.13
bb/100 = 0.8
Where do you get these hourly figures from, it"s a very interesting point if the numbers are reliable. But you might also consider that Stars charge about 8% more rake per 100 hands.
Meant to also answer this. The stats did not come from anywhere reliable just by adding up the average on Genting compared to Stars at the time of the post. I would expect them to be pretty accurate though might try it later though (one table on each for an hour). I had no idea about the 8% difference though which is pretty massive tbh.
You mean lost the minimum right? I find this a difficult one to answer.
I would say the hand where I make the straight against the flush I lost the minimum, or did I just lose value by not raising the river as long term it is profitable to do so? Not sure so, did I really lose the minimum or was just calling bad?
Didn"t really get any other spots like that one today, although the AA hand we were discussing yesterday I do believe I lose less than I am meant to long term in that spot. I am in the middle of responding to you previous post regarding as it takes some doing.
Great reading and some interesting hands there - the QQ fold in hand 2 is one that most players at those stakes could not make IMO.
Apologies if this is covered earlier in this blog but what poker software do you use, what stats do you focus on from that software, and how important is it to your online game? Do you keep other notes on players or is the tracker all you need? I"m interested as I don"t use any software myself, as my online volume is quite low, but am looking to up that this year so may need to prepare properly.
Final question. At what stage would you move up stakes?
i haven"t had time to catch up with all that"s in your blog Rodders, but after a quick scan of that hh :) i"ll give you 2 pointers that may help you...
ONE.
@25nl there are many opponents who will call the flop rather light, my spewy brother ;D has the mindset atm that they are stations so he basically dismisses the idea of ever bluffing them on any street... WRONG TOTALLY WRONG imho... Rodders look for spots/textures where a turn or river bluff will be profitable, look through your database for opponents who call flops light, when they do this they will have a significantly weaker range for the rest of the hand !! [true? do you agree?] with a read like this on these types you have much more fold equity than what most realise [after all there turn and river range will be mostly weak]....
Get into the habit of noting these types [yes even when multi tabling], just make sure to discern between the types who will call you down no matter how weak there hand is.. [note what size bets they call as well for obv reasons, that HH is rife with spewy types] note the fit/fold types also @25nl, obv your FE for bluffing them will be far less.. [there are plenty of them also :)]
TWO.
understand how to exploit others, to help yourself do this look through your database and go through the regs and learn there common tendencies... eg - the lines they take and how they react to differing textures, in that HH a river re-raise is mostly always for value for instance.. the HH also brings up a few spots where the reg/s 3bet and then check flop textures like 89Tssh, there range is mostly weak, look to exploit the buggers :)....
whilst going through others tendencies, look at your own also, by understanding how you play certain situations where you know that you can be exploited it will/should help you understand how to exploit others... [plus it may help you start to understand how they [the regs] think/view various spots]
i just felt you was missing a few spots in that HH.....
http://tworags.com/index.php?ACTION=charts&todo=view&ID=82 - this might help if your relying on HUD stats etc, use them by all means [along with good old fashion notes/reads :)] if you"re going to be tangling with the same mostly mediocre group of regs, the above points should help push your learning curve on Rodders...
basically abuse position and know your victims Rodders, they are making plenty of mistakes.. i"m not saying to suddenly start play LAG etc, just work on adding a few more tricks to your repertoire and observe like a serial killer :)
I would agree with your point that people DO bluff
Your advice on looking through hand histories for opponent who will try to exploit these spots
What would you say is a good hand range to be playing at $25 FR (VP$IP/PFR/3-Bet) and would you always open for a raise or can you limp with some hands?
"can bluff river if checked too"
"will float flop"
"can call down light on dangerous board"
"overplayed top pair"
I probably rely on winning money from bad players to much and don"t exploit regs enough
And take ger up on his offer. I might even tag along if stu comes down the same night as well
If i might say so, and please dont take this the wrong way mate, i think you have kind of brought this on yourself.
In vegas doing stupidly long cash grinds, when you admitted yourself you werent enjoying it....
Playing ALOT online...
It seems like you managed to suck the enjoyment out of it all for yourself to me. I think you are doing the right thing in taking a long break from it, hopefully when you come back you will decide to play some APAT live events, and try and get back to playing the game and having FUN while you do it, hopefully making a bit of cash on the way :)
Good luck with the work thing dude, am ssure you will crush it :)
You need a break..
So... Pick a weekend, stay with me, go to the aquarium, get hammered and get the love back....
If not just relax enjoy your break and come back stronger.....
And take ger up on his offer. I might even tag along if stu comes down the same night as well
Ger and the aquarium is going to be over run soon ... I got an invite tonight as well ?
Haven"t bumped into you in the league yet Steve but lots of strange new usernames for me to figure out as I"m new to Stars. Hope you"re doing well mate, poker seems to be flowing recently :) See you at tables sometime soon hopefully
Off work tomorrow so tonight"s schedule
18:30 $11 - Sunday Storm 1st Anniversary [1M Gtd]
18:35 $3.30 - PL Omaha [1.5K Gtd]
18:45 $11 - Sunday Million Sat 100 Seats Gtd
19:00 $11 - Bigger $11 [150K Gtd]
19:00 $3.30 - NL Hold'em [5K Gtd]
19:00 $11 - APAT League
Was playing some PLO again today, played some Heads up and some 6-max deep stacked. In the 6-Max. The reason I like this game is you can pick up on opponents and exploit things more effectively than you can in holdem.
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/4227420
This hand is between me and two other players. I had been playing in position against the player to my right a fair bit. He was fairly loose and passive who tended to bet big whe he had the hand and small when he did not. He was seeing a lot of flops with a VP$IP of 70% over 132 hands. The original raiser was more aggressive but also fairly straight forward in how he played. I call with the intention of outplaying them on the flop should the chance present itself. The flop is pretty good for me anyway. When the player to my right bets 30c on the flop into a pot of $2.85 I am fairly sure he is weak. I call to see what the original raiser does and when he calls I can"t see him being that strong. The turn is an ace and when they both check all the signs say weakness, somebody could be on a flush draw but I have blockers to that and if they miss they are likely to check to me on the river. The ace is useful as it will allow me to check the river and beat the missed draws most of the time. If somebody does call me as the ace has made them two pair my flush outs are probably live as is my gutshot. I make the bet and as I expect they both fold.
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/4227427
This hand is a really good one to show how you can exploit situations and how important position is (it helps remember to not get involved when you are not in position). Here I am on the button and get raised from the cut off. I call and we get two other callers. The flop gives me a gutshot and some overcards and it checks to the raiser who min bet"s I think he is very weak but call to see what the other players do, they also call so they are not that strong either it seems. The turn gives me another gutshot draw and we again get a weak bet from the original raiser. Everybody on the table now looks weak. I call intending to bluff the river, a raise may be better here, I do expect at least one of the two behind to fold and am pretty sure they will not raised based on the play so far. They both fold which is fine. We again get the little bet on the river. I ignore it and raise to take the pot down.
These are just hands that are examples of why I like this game. I also played a little bit of heads up and won in 2 out of 3 games putting me a total of $103 up for the day. I am not going to do some work on some common spots in the HU game that I am playing to confirm the most profitable move in these spots, alot of people seem to get it wrong which again is a good thing.
However I maybe should fold on the flop? But the pot odds are good, meh I got lucky. The flop is probably a fold but I was just thinking I have 13 outs which is incorrect. What do you think? Make sense? Load of nonsense :-)
I want to play a good structure, maybe I will find one in Swansea or Cardiff soon they don"t seem that common. Any suggestions?
Glad you got a seat reserved for Cardiff mate, would"ve been very strange without you
Good to see you getting back into APAT's Steve fella. Hope that this means you are going to make a showing in Nottingham in August please thankyou!!!!
Good to see you getting back into APAT's Steve fella. Hope that this means you are going to make a showing in Nottingham in August please thankyou!!!!
Yeah, DTD is pretty much nailed on. Not sure what I will play but will be there, time off work is confirmed and everything.
I am thinking about Cork as well, depends on work though to a certain extent, hopefully not too busy in July so may well be OK. You in Wales next weekend mate?
I really want to play Cork at the moment but I am not able to book the time off work until next week annoyingly this should not be a problem though. I just discovered my passport has expired too! (wp me). I don"t need one to go to Cork do I? Anybody know for sure, I don"t trust google.
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I have just survived a heart attack.
As some of you might know I kinda booked this trip up at not quite the last minute but I wasn"t exactly well prepared. One issue I did come across is that my passport was due to expire in January. I quickly checked with Virgin Atlantic and was told this was no problem as long it it was valid for the time I was actually in the USA. I therefore happily booked up and forgot all about it.
So I am on the train today and am happily reading through some threads on the forum. I happen to click on a post by Paulie (who knows about things like this) which states that you need a passport with six months left on it. I get kinda worried for about 10 minutes until I check the government site below
http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/north-central-america/united-states?ta=entryRequirements&pg=4
Which confirms all is OK. That was nearly a legendary fail, to say I would have been unhappy is an understatement.
Anyway I have just gone through Hereford and am speeding into the Midlands towards Manchester. Not long now :-)
Hands: | 356 |
VP$IP: | 30.06% |
PFR: | 21.07% |
3-Bet: | 8.63% |
Profit: | $50.16 |
Played: | 9 |
Cashed: | 0 |
Total Loss | $40.50 |
ROI | 0% |
Rodders my old bean, how the devil are ya?
Decided to play some 180 man $2.50"s on stars tonight (played 2, one 4th place for $32 so far, 24th in the other one)
Any advice? What is expected cashing rates n ROI n stuff?
Cracking post as always Steve fella :)
My first impressions.... early doors is mental, middle bit slows a bit, then people need to know their shoving ranges (which i still struggle with) Its not the most skillfull of games and you HAVE to run good in the early parts of it due to it being a turbo. Mildly tilting but i shall try and stick at it!
There is no $2.50 non turbos lol!
Please pass on good luck to Darren Shallis from all the Rileys boy"s
At the risk of making you come on Saturday... I will be there Friday night. Beeeeeeeeeeeeers!!!
At the risk of making you come on Saturday... I will be there Friday night. Beeeeeeeeeeeeers!!!
Oh FFS, now I gotta come up on the Friday, I assume Matt, Phil, Brian etc etc are also there? What you doing the Friday night, they ain"t for Poker? Will sort it with work tomorrow. Will need to book an extra night at hotel also.
At the risk of making you come on Saturday... I will be there Friday night. Beeeeeeeeeeeeers!!!
Oh FFS, now I gotta come up on the Friday, I assume Matt, Phil, Brian etc etc are also there? What you doing the Friday night, they ain"t for Poker? Will sort it with work tomorrow. Will need to book an extra night at hotel also.
You know it makes sense ;-) Unlike Bolton, there will be no major puddles to avoid ... avoiding Stuart though might bemore of a problemfecking impossible ;D
You know it makes sense ;-) Unlike Bolton, there will be no major puddles to avoid ... avoiding Stuart though might be more of a problem ;D
You know it makes sense ;-) Unlike Bolton, there will be no major puddles to avoid ... avoiding Stuart though might be more of a problem ;D
Have you seem the weather lately, reckon there might be puddles, everywhere. Stu will be no help in avoiding them and Ger is playing the team event. I suggest you come up on the Friday as well to ensure we don"t wander into any zone that might have puddles.
Jack and Dawn should also come (sure do remember the last time I was in Nottingham with them).
Shame Asa can"t make it as well (can"t work cope without you for just a few days?)
You know it makes sense ;-) Unlike Bolton, there will be no major puddles to avoid ... avoiding Stuart though might be more of a problem ;D
Have you seem the weather lately, reckon there might be puddles, everywhere. Stu will be no help in avoiding them and Ger is playing the team event. I suggest you come up on the Friday as well to ensure we don"t wander into any zone that might have puddles.
Jack and Dawn should also come (sure do remember the last time I was in Nottingham with them).
Shame Asa can"t make it as well (can"t work cope without you for just a few days?)
Good luck with them!!!
Was great to see you last week-end too. Always a smile on your face and take the manic with the calm. lol
Anyway I had lots of chips at one point but the blinds kept going up so I had to get some 3-bets through which I was able to do made day two with about 22 bigs which I thought would be enough. Find the boys and girls who have made it back to DTD. Phil_TC disappears into thin air which is a great trick. Stuart who has been drinking all day but can strangely still stand and talk drinks Phil"s pint for him. I then stand in the smoking area talking to Stu and Michelle before we get a taxi back.
Another fantastic APAT weekend ... my ribs hurt so much from laughing, esp with the Curly convo"s and Walkabout frebreeze convo. Next time I really should concentrate on the poker ;-)
GLASGOW FLIGHT BOOOOOOOKED ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Pretty uninteresting day today to be honest. I have one semi interesting hand from cash where I most likely make a bad call on the flop.
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/4543853
Not even sure about my preflop play here, I call but I am not really going to be good unless I make a set. I don"t make a set and the flop comes ace high. It checks around so I try to rep an ace on the flop, after calls and I check the river and he bets I am not sure what I beat on the river that could call the turn. Anyway the final stats were
Happy to do a session on teamviewer, probably better to review some hands on HM replayer. I can jabber on and thats distracting when you are playing ;D
Pretty uninteresting day today to be honest. I have one semi interesting hand from cash where I most likely make a bad call on the flop.
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/4543853
Not even sure about my preflop play here, I call but I am not really going to be good unless I make a set. I don"t make a set and the flop comes ace high. It checks around so I try to rep an ace on the flop, after calls and I check the river and he bets I am not sure what I beat on the river that could call the turn.
I might see if noble1 fancies writing Poker"s Ten Commandments :D
Lost a buyin today, played 104 hands of cash and did not play that well if I am honest. Made at least one poor call on the river. I had been folding to a lot of 3-bets this month and decided I should peel one off and got myself into trouble for it (as often happens).
Did not bother with the 180 manners today, likely to play some of those after work tomorrow
Hands Today: 104
Loss Today: $24.71
VP$IP: 25.96
PFR: 24.04
3Bet: 10.34
Lost a buyin today, played 104 hands of cash and did not play that well if I am honest. Made at least one poor call on the river. I had been folding to a lot of 3-bets this month and decided I should peel one off and got myself into trouble for it (as often happens).
Did not bother with the 180 manners today, likely to play some of those after work tomorrow
Hands Today: 104
Loss Today: $24.71
VP$IP: 25.96
PFR: 24.04
3Bet: 10.34
Might join you ... T Viewer later?
EDIT: Just realised it"s the Irish Online ME Sat tonight ... probably will play that so bump TV session to another night if yr free?
AK v AQ hand, I think you can bet more on the turn. I read a decent piece somewhere recently (wish I could remember where) which suggested that betting half pot, half pot on hands like this lost value and that 65-75% was preferred. Tie that view in with the oft-expressed view that at this level we can bet bet bet until we get raised and the hand wins more.
Bet the river too.
His range may include KQ, or an 8 of some flavour (but not many) but the way he"s played it doesn"t suggest he has anything that scary.
99 hand. Are we set-mining? Not sure there"s value in that given an effective stack of $13. Definitely not folding to a very routine c-bet on that flop though.
Love the reports you write and wish I had the discipline to do the same.
Hi i know you don"t know me but hope you don"t mind me commenting.
I think the 10 10 hand in the 10/20 blind level is a little loose, others might disagree but i think in this format this early a call is fine pre flop and then fold to the shove. Obv once you have 3 bet theres too much of your stack in thre to fold. I know you have to finish top 3 for decent money but i don"t think you will be getting it in way ahead very often this early pre.
The TJ hand i am def shoving some of the time but i don"t know if its worth putting your full stack in the pot for what you can win or if its better waiting for a different spot.
The AT hand i think you are going to have him dominated a fair bit and pretty much never be behind from what you said and its his mistake for that *cough amazing call that he made.
I agree about the TJ hand, i just meant that i think open folding is an option but you want to pick up chips to make a top 3 and even when called your probably not going to be dominated too much and be live.
The TT hand as said previously i would rather play the flop this early than get in a raising war but im more used to 18 man/ 9 man sngs.
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/4561167
Just call pre-flop. Once we have EP raise and 4 limpers this early in the 180 we are effectively set-mining in position. Call>Fold>Shove>Raise IMO.
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/4561168
Standard hand :(
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/4561159
Again, standard.
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/4561160
Standard.
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/4561162
Fine IMO. Shove>Fold as effective stacks are 10BB and there are antes.
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/4561169
Cooler.
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/4561166
Cooler - shove is fine and WTF he is doing calling with 53 is beyond me.
Ex chelsea youngster I think and would have thought he"d be in league one or league two (Lenny)
I enjoy reading this blog and I for one hope keep it going
I enjoy reading this blog and I for one hope keep it going
It will definitely keep going but will just do weekly updates rather than daily as the constant ones were basically me trying to make standard sessions look interesting/worth reading about, when they really weren"t, or don"t seem to be when I read back through the month anyway. That way I can make them interesting to the reader and post some hands that are actually worth talking about hopefully.
I enjoy reading this blog and I for one hope keep it going
It will definitely keep going but will just do weekly updates rather than daily as the constant ones were basically me trying to make standard sessions look interesting/worth reading about, when they really weren"t, or don"t seem to be when I read back through the month anyway. That way I can make them interesting to the reader and post some hands that are actually worth talking about hopefully.
I"m enjoying reading it too Rodders and I agree with you 100% here. Don"t let your blog become a slog! You won"t enjoy it if it does and it then becomes a chore.
Shaz -xXx-
I can"t see how you do anything other than stack off here.the stacks are big here so I think flatting pre is ok but given the way villain plays the hand (very well IMO) it is still difficult not to lose 300BB here
I can"t see how you do anything other than stack off here.the stacks are big here so I think flatting pre is ok but given the way villain plays the hand (very well IMO) it is still difficult not to lose 300BB here
I can"t see how you do anything other than stack off here.the stacks are big here so I think flatting pre is ok but given the way villain plays the hand (very well IMO) it is still difficult not to lose 300BB here
+1, set over set is really unlucky :"( set over set versus the only other 300bb stack :"( :"( :"( :"( have you been skipping church??
Hate the 3b pre, what do you think 3b"ing achieves?
Sitting at my desk right now I don"t think it achieves a whole lot. At the time I was thinking that I could end up with a really well disguised monster hand against another big stack that I could win a really big pot with. Like I said I understand the flaws in this but that is what I was thinking.
How you deal with the aftermath can be the difference though, you can look for solace and there is plenty to be had in this instance, or, you can eek out the smallest amount of clues that may just get you to a position where you eventually recognise that folding is a real consideration.
Yes looking back through hands is important. I quite like doing it and getting feedback on the hands. Don"t mind people telling me some plays were really bad either (like the 3-bet in the above hand). It all helps cut down the little leaks I think.
As an aside, it seems to me that you are a little hard on yourself when it comes to your cash game. I read earlier in the blog that you are running at 5bb/100 hands, that would put you in the top 5% bracket afaik. Imho it is important to acknowledge that, it can feed your enthusiasm for the game.
I hear you and you make a great point tbh
Not having problems with enthusiasm for online poker atm. I do sometimes but that"s just how I am and I just stop playing for a while.
I do OK at Hold'em cash, year to date I am running at just over 4BB/100 at $10nl and $25nl put together. I have lost it back at PLO though which is what I am going to be trying to put right when I get around to it, for now I am just leaving PLO until. I also took a couple of "shots" at $50nl which did not go so well so I am losing overall at online cash this year (not by much).
I am up about $500 at tournaments though, according to PT (including the APAT National League on Stars). The bottom line looks OK.
I make too many mistakes though by "clicking buttons". For example played about 500 hands today and won about $15 playing $10nl. This is about ~31BB/100 but I can still think of at least 5 situations where I really should lose less, clear mistakes not hands I am not sure over. I am sure everybody does this but it does sometimes annoy me that I make such basic mistakes (I am much more likely to get "tilted" by this than by getting outdrawn).
Overall I think my game is above average as I can beat $25nl on Pokerstars which I am lead to believe is pretty good. It is certainly a lot harder than beating most live games.
How do you play if you get four bet?
I think I have come up with this
Posting - Never post results in OP fyp ;D ;D
Preflop - Is a fold
Flop - is a bet/God knows (fold, I guess?)
Turn - is a bet/fold
This is the sort of hand that is the difference between a really good player and just an OK player and merits spending some time on.
My opponent who is a zoom reg at $10nl and $25nl also plays the hand really well. My main mistake is not considering the impact of reverse implied odds before getting involved.
Well done on your win last night Steve. Great to see your flying the Welsh flag and posting to encourage more of your team mates. Hope they"re hearing you loud & clear mate, look forward to catching up in Glasgow on friday 8)
^^^^^^^^
tl dr
Cliffs: Got banned, finished 3rd, had a blast - made 4th final table only 2 more needed
The great news is everybody is going, can it get any better? Oh wait a minute..........
JAXIE - thanks for the posts any chance of a guest appearance in Stoke to change it from awesome to the greatest thing ever.
Steve,
I have one question...(with follow-up)
Did you, at any point, feel that the "other" guy (whose name I forget) was laddering?
Adam commented on it in the update thread and it certainly seems as though he was very passive once you got 3 / 4 way.
If the answer is "Yes", did you consider pressuring him rather than playing back against Alan.
I"m not taking anything away from you at all...I just wondered.
Blowing a massive chip lead 3 way and finishing third in an APAT live event
I am off work for a week and half from 31st Oct although I could change this and go to Portugal?
I am off work for a week and half from 31st Oct although I could change this and go to Portugal?
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Other than the QQ hand, are these all zoom poker hands?
What is your fold to 3b stat?
76s: Why would you consider 3 betting light has any value? I haven't played zoom though I did toy with rush poker where ranges were really tight given the immediate access to your next hand.
I'd like to hear your rational for barrelling the turn. Seems spewy to me tbh. I mean the second King changes nothing so say villain's preflop and flop calling range is something like 99+,AQs+,KQs,AQo+ (maybe even tighter), of that 57 combo's I'd expect JJ+,AKs,KQs,AKo, 29 combos to continue for sure and maybe even add 6 more combo's to account for when villain may get stubborn half the time with 99 & TT. So ~60% of the time you get looked up with ~8% equity.
How many tables do you play Steve?
The K2 raise is somewhat spews when you can just early fold stuff like that and see possibly three more pairs of hole cards in the time you wait to raise and get yourself in a tricky spot postflop..
Love the 22 v AA hand for you though, he mangles it by that .10c bet on the flop.
67s another easy fold to a raise I"d suggest, you got away with it, but that"s not going to happen often enough to be profitable long term.
A8s hand - Definitely opening that from the button but fold or 4bet when he raises surely?
Meh - ignore as much of the above as you choose, my zoom play is characterised by getting stacked by set over set and running AA into KK or KK into AA and losing both ways....
1 table of Zoom usually or 4 standard tables, I can go to 2 Zoom or 8 normal though but would not normally do so as I am trying to get good player notes and reads that are a HUGE edge in Zoom.
The K2 hand may be bad (I actually don"t think it is that bad though).
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/4662908
The fact you can insta fold is not really relevant in my opinion. I would be raising the button there a lot in a normal game so I should not be fast folding. I reckon I am +EV on the button with most hands so I should be playing that hand. Players seem to play their hands pretty face up a lot of the time so we should be able to exploit the power of the button plenty.
The 67 hand is a fold pre
The A8 hand, as I said I am not sure that peeling the 3-bet is bad. Conventional wisdom would say it is a 4-bet or fold but I am not 100% convinced by that and with position there may be a way of making it profitable. I have been watching some of the big live games that include Ivey and Dawn and I notice they seem quite happy to raise/call with this kind of hand, maybe that has to do with stack size though? I need to do quite a bit of work on that kind of spot to be honest.
Definitely would never ignore your feedback though David, your record speaks for itself. Will we being seeing you in Stoke? If not I may heave to make an effort to make the trip to Stockton soon.
Shot at MTT"s tonight
16:00 - Bigger $8.80
18:00 - $5.50 NLHE
18:30 - $11 Sunday Storm
19:00 - Bigger $11
19:00 - APAT League
May add some more as well
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/4747871
This one looks fine to me. There are some bluffs in there that float the flop that we beat. i.e. 22-66, AQ,A10 that might float the flop could bet the river. Would play the same but probs betting the river smallish.
Does anybody fancy a small prop bet in 2013. Say $50 (or less if people prefer) on Pokerstars? It can be more than two people but the rules are:-
1) You have to play at least 200 tournaments on Pokerstars in 2013 (any stake), if you play less you lose automatically
2) The winner is the person who OPR says has the highest ROI on Pokerstars at 6pm on 31st Dec 2013
This would help keep us focused during 2013
We could try to do something with cash games but that would have to be done with the use of tracking software as there are no reliable 3rd party trackers, and posting up screenshots which becomes really complicated.
Anybody up for this?
Does anybody fancy a small prop bet in 2013. Say $50 (or less if people prefer) on Pokerstars? It can be more than two people but the rules are:-
1) You have to play at least 200 tournaments on Pokerstars in 2013 (any stake), if you play less you lose automatically
2) The winner is the person who OPR says has the highest ROI on Pokerstars at 6pm on 31st Dec 2013
This would help keep us focused during 2013
We could try to do something with cash games but that would have to be done with the use of tracking software as there are no reliable 3rd party trackers, and posting up screenshots which becomes really complicated.
Anybody up for this?
Yup, tournaments, in for $50.
Does anybody fancy a small prop bet in 2013. Say $50 (or less if people prefer) on Pokerstars? It can be more than two people but the rules are:-
1) You have to play at least 200 tournaments on Pokerstars in 2013 (any stake), if you play less you lose automatically
2) The winner is the person who OPR says has the highest ROI on Pokerstars at 6pm on 31st Dec 2013
This would help keep us focused during 2013
We could try to do something with cash games but that would have to be done with the use of tracking software as there are no reliable 3rd party trackers, and posting up screenshots which becomes really complicated.
Anybody up for this?
Does anybody fancy a small prop bet in 2013. Say $50 (or less if people prefer) on Pokerstars? It can be more than two people but the rules are:-
1) You have to play at least 200 tournaments on Pokerstars in 2013 (any stake), if you play less you lose automatically
2) The winner is the person who OPR says has the highest ROI on Pokerstars at 6pm on 31st Dec 2013
This would help keep us focused during 2013
We could try to do something with cash games but that would have to be done with the use of tracking software as there are no reliable 3rd party trackers, and posting up screenshots which becomes really complicated.
Anybody up for this?
In for bet.
Does anybody fancy a small prop bet in 2013. Say $50 (or less if people prefer) on Pokerstars? It can be more than two people but the rules are:-
1) You have to play at least 200 tournaments on Pokerstars in 2013 (any stake), if you play less you lose automatically
2) The winner is the person who OPR says has the highest ROI on Pokerstars at 6pm on 31st Dec 2013
This would help keep us focused during 2013
We could try to do something with cash games but that would have to be done with the use of tracking software as there are no reliable 3rd party trackers, and posting up screenshots which becomes really complicated.
Anybody up for this?
In for bet.
Cool. The way I am playing at the moment it is basically free money *lol*
So Dave/Mark are we happy with doing it between the three of us $50 per man highest ROI according to OPR on Pokerstars at the end of the year wins and the other two pay the winner $50?
Morning Rod
You"re going to need your "A" game for our annual cash session this afternoon at Pockets. Lots of sharks/fish about i imagine.
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/4792787
This is an interesting hand as well. preflop is standard, I raise and get two callers. The flop is really good for my hand so I bet out on the flop with a standard cbet. I get min raised and the other caller folds. Now I have a huge hand and I am happy to get it in here so what size should my bet be? His min raise could be great strength but normally means a draw type hand in my experince. It does not really matter what he has now anyway, I make it $4 and he calls. The turn is not the ideal card for me, a Jack. It gives me a pretty useless pair and cuts my equity. If I check and he shoves I will need to call $5.95 to win $14.90 so I will need about 29% equity to call. I am going to have more than that on average. I therefore think that my shove is optimal as him folding is the best result for me. I do think I get a small number of folds here which increases the expected profit in this spot.
I get min raised and the other caller folds. Now I have a huge hand and I am happy to get it in here so what size should my bet be? His min raise could be great strength but normally means a draw type hand in my experience.
I know this is a poker blog but.............
Yay managed to upset three contact centers worth of people today with an email about snow. I think it was more the fact that it said if it snows you still have to come to work.
Apparently snow means you get a free holiday. It also makes your legs fall off and your ability to walk completely ceases. Oh and if the buses stop running do not attempt a 30 minute walk or anything like that, I mean that could cause you to get wet or something equally terrible.
Yeah I will go back to talking about poker now.
I know this is a poker blog but.............
Yay managed to upset three contact centers worth of people today with an email about snow. I think it was more the fact that it said if it snows you still have to come to work.
Apparently snow means you get a free holiday. It also makes your legs fall off and your ability to walk completely ceases. Oh and if the buses stop running do not attempt a 30 minute walk or anything like that, I mean that could cause you to get wet or something equally terrible.
Yeah I will go back to talking about poker now.
We call DVLA to verify driving licenses, the service was suspended today due, it seems, to a lack of staff...
Southern (Welsh) Softies
#YarmInvasion
Worst live update ever - FACT!
Invaders got tired and went to bed. Yarm 1-0 invaders
Invaders got tired and went to bed. Yarm 1-0 invaders
1. Warren Jones
2. Carl Pilgrim and Ger Smyth
3. 11.02.46pm
The main event unfortunately was not good, I didn"t feel great on the day (I seem to have caught a cold, guessing lack of food and sleep during the weekend did not help, maybe there is a lesson there - no I doubt it) and could not concerntrate on the table. I tried to play very tight but just could not see myself lasting a whole day at the table and basically gave up, did 15K chips in one round of the table and went back to the hotel and fell to sleep.
The main event unfortunately was not good, I didn"t feel great on the day (I seem to have caught a cold, guessing lack of food and sleep during the weekend did not help, maybe there is a lesson there - no I doubt it) and could not concerntrate on the table. I tried to play very tight but just could not see myself lasting a whole day at the table and basically gave up, did 15K chips in one round of the table and went back to the hotel and fell to sleep.
You definitely weren"t yourself mate :(
1. Warren Jones
2. Carl Pilgrim and Ger Smyth
3. 11.02.46pm
I am pretty sure this is the winner here.
Well done Ian, please post your Pokersars id and I will xfer you the $10 :-)
1. Warren Jones
2. Carl Pilgrim and Ger Smyth
3. 11.02.46pm
I am pretty sure this is the winner here.
Well done Ian, please post your Pokersars id and I will xfer you the $10 :-)
Many thanks Rodders and great to finally meet you at WCOAP. Sorry I had to dash off after our exit at the Team Event, we flew to Vegas on the Sunday morning for the wife"s 50th birthday, just got back ! ;)
Stars ID : Emeryt309
Thanks again !
Does anybody fancy a small prop bet in 2013. Say $50 (or less if people prefer) on Pokerstars? It can be more than two people but the rules are:-
1) You have to play at least 200 tournaments on Pokerstars in 2013 (any stake), if you play less you lose automatically
2) The winner is the person who OPR says has the highest ROI on Pokerstars at 6pm on 31st Dec 2013
This would help keep us focused during 2013
We could try to do something with cash games but that would have to be done with the use of tracking software as there are no reliable 3rd party trackers, and posting up screenshots which becomes really complicated.
Anybody up for this?
In for bet.
Cool. The way I am playing at the moment it is basically free money *lol*
So Dave/Mark are we happy with doing it between the three of us $50 per man highest ROI according to OPR on Pokerstars at the end of the year wins and the other two pay the winner $50?
The ISPT games are underway and I am hoping to see a few apat players in the mix to Wembley. I did not play any qualifiers for this so will not be taking part but will be watching to see how those of you who are playing do. I will not be heading to Wembley myself for either the ISPT or the APAT Masters
We missed you, but we know you"d have been there if you could. :-*
The ISPT games are underway and I am hoping to see a few apat players in the mix to Wembley. I did not play any qualifiers for this so will not be taking part but will be watching to see how those of you who are playing do. I will not be heading to Wembley myself for either the ISPT or the APAT Masters
Really ?
And the winner of the Facebook APAT Tag & Share is Steve Roderick. Congratulations Steve, contact me with your DTD details, and we"ll get a Day One token into your account. Many thanks to everyone that took part.
Been meaning to update this for ages but never seemed to get around to it. Didn"t win that freeroll into the ISPT so supported Leigh. Well what can we say. The man is a legend and unless somebody is planning on binking the main event in Vegas he has to be favourite to win the best performance by an APAT player this year in the end of year awards. I am going to have to ask Leigh and Paul McGuniess about Leigh making a one time return to ensure England don"t luckbox another win win the world team event (sorry boys the period of much respect etc is over and we are now going back to ripping the proverbial out of the English)
Have not played much cash at all as I have really been poor this year. I am still very slightly up but really think I need to take a break and have a proper look back through my game. This is fine though because it gives me the chance play some tournament games which I have wanted to do for a while. Even though cash is a much better game and has a much smaller luck factor involved tournaments are just lot"s of fun and you have the chance of the big score.
Saying that I am mostly focused on the 180 games this month as per the nice little APAT league I kinda of started on the thread on the main page. I hope everybody who plays enjoys it. I am wondering if there is a way of making it a monthly thing but to play it on the APAT site so we can support APAT whilst playing. I don"t know traffic on the network is obviously the main concern but maybe I can come up with something.
Anyway 180 turbo man sitngo"s. They are great for learning how to handle that squeeze point you get in every tournament, you just have to understand hand ranges to a great level )I don"t as yet btw). The swings in them will force you to accept the way poker works and handle the luck factor a lot better. Also stops you being scared as pushing the money in correctly with 82o becomes second nature. You would be surprised how often this is correct in these as well. Hopefully this will imporave our play in live events when it comes to those spots where you are at the squeeze point in the tournament and you have to shove that 72os (of course if you are on my table in a National Championship please remember I would never do such a thing and probably have aces so you are best of just folding when I do).
But tonight, from a lack of anything better to do (isn"t it time for the football season to start yet FFS) I am going to play on Stars
Some 4.50 sitngo"s (1 table at a time)
Some 2.50 Turbo sitngo"s (3 tables at a time)
16:00 The big $8.80
17:00 $3.30 nlhe
17:30 The Hot $11
18:00 The $5.50 nlhe
19:00 The Big $11
Good luck me.
Anyway let"s have a Rodder"s competition (Just as good as Ger Competitions) first person to post the right answer wins $20 on "Stars.
Who will win the Coventry main event? Who will it be.............
(to the tune of que sera sera)
Will it be Curly, Will it be Ger
We"ll have to wait and see
My bet - Stuart Anthony Ward
I suppose it would only be fair for me to say "Dave Howard", i mean the rest of us in Team Gotham are tired of carrying him since the worlds!!! :)
I suppose it would only be fair for me to say "Dave Howard", i mean the rest of us in Team Gotham are tired of carrying him since the worlds!!! :)
Oh come on at least give yourself a chance :-)
Only joking Dave, good pick obv
I think Coventry is going to be the time Rodders finally wins ;)
I think Coventry is going to be the time Rodders finally wins ;)
This has the potential to be both a great and terrible pick.
If I drive to Coventry on Saturday and sit down with a clear head then at the moment I could easilt run deep and I know how to turn a deep run into a very high finish on day two.
If I go down on Friday night, meet Stu, Darren, Phil, Paulie etc and leave the casino at 5am after we have tried most of the drinks at the bar, well I could well be dead money at that point.
Obviously I just got back from another really fun APAT weekend with all the regs. I made a last minute decision to go on Friday night. Got drunk, played cash, didn"t win but didn"t lose much either so that was OK. Went back to the bar and sat down with Dawn, Jack and Stu. That ended pretty much as you would expect. I vaguely remember having Dawns handbag on my arm for some unknown reason which Stu found hilarious.
Ger has arrived and is busy beating up some locals in the deep and steep event they have going, Stu is also on the final table and getting in trouble, something to do with calling the floor to find out if John Murray has a sock or something like that. The final table seem to like Stu though so all is good. Ger gets bored with him though so knocks him out. I go to bed at 4am, Ger later wins the tournament.
I should really stop being lazy and update this a bit :-)
Played some poker tournaments this month and lost some money in the process. I have a prop bet with Stu and Mark on best ROI this month. I am at 1% Stu is at 220% so he is a bit of a favorite really. I would say his round in Cardiff but seeing as he is not allowed in Wales it will have to be his round in Vegas.
Planning a big session today which will hopefully include the Micro Millions events and the Sunday Storm and Big $11 if I am playing well later. Update here how it is going.
Hands: 544
VP$IP: 32%
PFR: 28%
3-Bet: 13%
Fold to 3-bet: 51.61%
4-Bet: 9%
Total Profit: $25.47
Should have done better really but played this hand very badly
Wow - nice profit Steve :o- is this 10NL ? If so 58bb/100. Very very crushing !!
Not to take anything away from the cracking result, believe you will find the regs playing back a lot more at you as they build their hand histories.
Please keep us posted if you plan to continue your assault !!
Fancy playing some 180"s tonight?
I shall join you then :D Looking forward to a session tonight :)
Played some hands quite well and made a few mistakes as well. I don"t think you are ever going to play it perfect of course. At the end of one session I did play for about half an hour too long which is pretty poor and probably lost about $10 that I should not have lost. I also lost a stack with the 2nd nut straight when he had the nut straight so not much I can do about that.
OK played enough poker for today so I am now going to go and have a beer and watch El Classico (I have £10 on the draw). Stats for today were:-
Hands = 2016
VP$IP = 11
PFR = 8
3-Bet = 3
Todays Loss = $20.34
Bluffs on the river seem to be much harder to get through playing FR than 6-Max.
Longer time readers may remember this not long after we returned from Vegas 2011.
Played some hands quite well and made a few mistakes as well. I don"t think you are ever going to play it perfect of course. At the end of one session I did play for about half an hour too long which is pretty poor and probably lost about $10 that I should not have lost. I also lost a stack with the 2nd nut straight when he had the nut straight so not much I can do about that.
OK played enough poker for today so I am now going to go and have a beer and watch El Classico (I have £10 on the draw). Stats for today were:-
Hands = 2016
VP$IP = 11
PFR = 8
3-Bet = 3
Todays Loss = $20.34
Bluffs on the river seem to be much harder to get through playing FR than 6-Max.
IT COMING BACK ITS COMING BACK VEGAS" COMING BACK. We will be drinking free drinks everywhere, Pai Gowing with the pro"s, doing Downtown, crushing the Ventian, binking at Caesars and a few other things too. Stu said something about wanting to go to the zoo to see hippos and get some polos or something like that. Spending a week in Vegas with some of the best people in the world = EPIC WINNING.
Just reading through this blog, at the time of the last Vegas trip, did I really use to be this much of a nit? The answer to that is yes.
This brings me to an interesting point about poker. Back at the end of 2011 I was quite convinced that playing this kind of style was the only way to play especially at this level. If somebody said different I just basically assumed they were wrong because I was indoctrinated to believe "tight is right" and all those bad laggy players who would insist on calling with hands like 87s just because they happened to be on the button would learn this soon enough. I would never dream of calling in such a spot and three betting and playing in position was a concept that did not even exist in my mind. I also gave far too little credit to how other players play and the regs at the level. I basically played robotically and believed that there was one way of playing against everybody at micro stakes.
It took some doing but I was able to deconstruct and reinvent my game to a stage where it is much stronger now. The other thing I have learned is that it is worth listening to advice and taking it seriously no matter who is giving it. Some of the people from the APAT community who have helped me with this are Brendan, Noble and Stu to name but a few. I started to understand the importance of various concepts that I had never considered before. It was like I had only been seeing part of the game. I knew about board texture and cbetting for example and used them pretty well but I was not good enough at considering stack size, profiling players and making notes on what certain bet sizes meant. My HUD which I thought was excellent at the time missed a lot of important info like how often a player was trying to steal the blinds and how ften they folded to a 3-bet from a stealing position. So I missed a lot of profitable opportunities that could have changed small losing sessions into small winning sessions. At the time I was almost scared to change though, not sure why but I struggled to put the trigger.
I am also now a lot less concerned with being able to play 10 tables at once and play a few thousand hands per day, don"t need to be able to do that. The idea of poker is to beat the game not play as many hands as possible. This year I have only played about 20K cash hands at holdem and about 5K PLO but am up on both. Last year I was down across both games (on Pokerstars, I was up overall just), although a lot of that did have to do the fact I was trying to change my game at the time. I was almost scared to change the game to start with but slowly started to work in extra stuff, just opening up my play from the button taught me a lot about how important it is to steal the blinds and play in position, which helped with playing post flop. I learned when to c-bet the turn after getting floated on the flop against certain player types and board textures. I learned to play back at people who are opening light with 3-bets rather than calls and ending up playing post flop out of position. This was just the start of it and it never stops evolving, you never stop learning in this game. You have to to stay ahead of it.
I can honestly say that I am not only now better at the game but the game is more fun to play. I may well have lot"s of fun with this when I actually get to Vegas as I expect to need to tighten up a bit again there, but having these extra plays in the locker should help ensure another profitable trip. Hopefully before the next Vegas trip I can evolve the game some more and make it more interesting.
Longer time readers may remember this not long after we returned from Vegas 2011.
Played some hands quite well and made a few mistakes as well. I don"t think you are ever going to play it perfect of course. At the end of one session I did play for about half an hour too long which is pretty poor and probably lost about $10 that I should not have lost. I also lost a stack with the 2nd nut straight when he had the nut straight so not much I can do about that.
OK played enough poker for today so I am now going to go and have a beer and watch El Classico (I have £10 on the draw). Stats for today were:-
Hands = 2016
VP$IP = 11
PFR = 8
3-Bet = 3
Todays Loss = $20.34
Bluffs on the river seem to be much harder to get through playing FR than 6-Max.
IT COMING BACK ITS COMING BACK VEGAS" COMING BACK. We will be drinking free drinks everywhere, Pai Gowing with the pro"s, doing Downtown, crushing the Ventian, binking at Caesars and a few other things too. Stu said something about wanting to go to the zoo to see hippos and get some polos or something like that. Spending a week in Vegas with some of the best people in the world = EPIC WINNING.
Just reading through this blog, at the time of the last Vegas trip, did I really use to be this much of a nit? The answer to that is yes.
This brings me to an interesting point about poker. Back at the end of 2011 I was quite convinced that playing this kind of style was the only way to play especially at this level. If somebody said different I just basically assumed they were wrong because I was indoctrinated to believe "tight is right" and all those bad laggy players who would insist on calling with hands like 87s just because they happened to be on the button would learn this soon enough. I would never dream of calling in such a spot and three betting and playing in position was a concept that did not even exist in my mind. I also gave far too little credit to how other players play and the regs at the level. I basically played robotically and believed that there was one way of playing against everybody at micro stakes.
It took some doing but I was able to deconstruct and reinvent my game to a stage where it is much stronger now. The other thing I have learned is that it is worth listening to advice and taking it seriously no matter who is giving it. Some of the people from the APAT community who have helped me with this are Brendan, Noble and Stu to name but a few. I started to understand the importance of various concepts that I had never considered before. It was like I had only been seeing part of the game. I knew about board texture and cbetting for example and used them pretty well but I was not good enough at considering stack size, profiling players and making notes on what certain bet sizes meant. My HUD which I thought was excellent at the time missed a lot of important info like how often a player was trying to steal the blinds and how ften they folded to a 3-bet from a stealing position. So I missed a lot of profitable opportunities that could have changed small losing sessions into small winning sessions. At the time I was almost scared to change though, not sure why but I struggled to put the trigger.
I am also now a lot less concerned with being able to play 10 tables at once and play a few thousand hands per day, don"t need to be able to do that. The idea of poker is to beat the game not play as many hands as possible. This year I have only played about 20K cash hands at holdem and about 5K PLO but am up on both. Last year I was down across both games (on Pokerstars, I was up overall just), although a lot of that did have to do the fact I was trying to change my game at the time. I was almost scared to change the game to start with but slowly started to work in extra stuff, just opening up my play from the button taught me a lot about how important it is to steal the blinds and play in position, which helped with playing post flop. I learned when to c-bet the turn after getting floated on the flop against certain player types and board textures. I learned to play back at people who are opening light with 3-bets rather than calls and ending up playing post flop out of position. This was just the start of it and it never stops evolving, you never stop learning in this game. You have to to stay ahead of it.
I can honestly say that I am not only now better at the game but the game is more fun to play. I may well have lot"s of fun with this when I actually get to Vegas as I expect to need to tighten up a bit again there, but having these extra plays in the locker should help ensure another profitable trip. Hopefully before the next Vegas trip I can evolve the game some more and make it more interesting.
Interesting read Steve. Good luck at Vegas - wish I was going too ! We"ll have to organise that Team Viewer session at some point soon.
I would be very interested with doing sessions with anyone interested.
Omaha cash or 180 man tournies are my areas at the minute
I then lose this hand, I think this is standard but interestingly I think others may disagree.
PokerStars Zoom No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (9 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from http://www.flopturnriver.com/
Button ($4.72)
SB ($9.73)
BB ($6.87)
UTG ($9.47)
UTG+1 ($8.74)
MP1 ($11.71)
MP2 ($5.20)
MP3 ($11.21)
Hero (CO) ($14.39)
Preflop: Hero is CO with A(http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/heart.gif), K(http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/diamond.gif)
2 folds, MP1 raises to $0.30, 2 folds, Hero raises to $1.10, 2 folds, BB calls $1, MP1 raises to $3, Hero raises to $14.39 (All-In), BB calls $5.77 (All-In), MP1 calls $8.71 (All-In)
Flop: ($30.34) 8(http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/heart.gif), 3(http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/club.gif), 8(http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/club.gif) (3 players, 3 all-in)
Turn: ($30.34) Q(http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/diamond.gif) (3 players, 3 all-in)
River: ($30.34) J(http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/club.gif) (3 players, 3 all-in)
Total pot: $30.34 | Rake: $1.37
Results below: [spoiler]
BB had 10(http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/club.gif), K(http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/club.gif) (flush, King high).
MP1 had A(http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/club.gif), A(http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/diamond.gif) (two pair, Aces and eights).
Hero didn"t show A(http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/heart.gif), K(http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/diamond.gif) (one pair, eights).
Outcome: BB won $19.73, MP1 won $9.24[/spoiler]
I think the problem at these stakes is if he is 4 betting for value after you 3 bet is he doing that with anything that you are beating. Could be wrong but i think he probably peels with AQ and most pairs especially full ring zoom. Also comes down to how many times he"s going to raise fold (again speculating but not sure he will be 4 betting folding a lot at all).
Pretty sure he is almost never 4-bet folding really. OK it might happen maybe 5% of the time tops but it is not happening often enough to even take into consideration. His range is likely to be AK and JJ+. There will also be a small percentage of silly hands as well.
I think the problem at these stakes is if he is 4 betting for value after you 3 bet is he doing that with anything that you are beating. Could be wrong but i think he probably peels with AQ and most pairs especially full ring zoom. Also comes down to how many times he"s going to raise fold (again speculating but not sure he will be 4 betting folding a lot at all).
we get considerably more value with QQ+ because! AK and worse are in our 3b range.
Any advice for getting hud to work with zoom :\
Mine seems to be importing hands but not showing up
Will try and keep this updated for this month and during the lead up to Vegas.
Don"t know if it is due to the approach of Vegas (I suspect it probably is) but I actually feel like a game of live poker again. Even though I have played a few non apat sessions since I last came back from Vegas it has been almost never I have felt like playing poker just for the reason I wanted to play poker. It would be good if I can actually re-capture the desire to play again, I know it is unlikely and I will probably play in Vegas then come back and not want to play any more but might be good if I can start to get some live games in from next month onward. If Vegas goes well, even though I am not even sure if I will spend much time playing poker I will hopefully start playing live again soon after. Pretty sure I will do well as long as I actually want to play. Need something to motivate me though, any suggestions?
Hopefully have a good month to get good confidence leading up to Vegas.
Will try and keep this updated for this month and during the lead up to Vegas.
Don"t know if it is due to the approach of Vegas (I suspect it probably is) but I actually feel like a game of live poker again. Even though I have played a few non apat sessions since I last came back from Vegas it has been almost never I have felt like playing poker just for the reason I wanted to play poker. It would be good if I can actually re-capture the desire to play again, I know it is unlikely and I will probably play in Vegas then come back and not want to play any more but might be good if I can start to get some live games in from next month onward. If Vegas goes well, even though I am not even sure if I will spend much time playing poker I will hopefully start playing live again soon after. Pretty sure I will do well as long as I actually want to play. Need something to motivate me though, any suggestions?
Hopefully have a good month to get good confidence leading up to Vegas.
More $$$ for Vegas not a motivation?
Actually, I"ve got one. Try and win enough for the $600 2 day 1"s Venetian Deepstack event with $150k gtd prize pool that runs just after we land!
Last time, you went and sat and forced yourself to play poker for hours and hours on end.
Can i suggest that this time, we play a few tournies here and there, but also just play alot of paigow and generally get drunk and enjoy ourselves. Im sure this will help the overall mindset.
Last time, you went and sat and forced yourself to play poker for hours and hours on end.
Can i suggest that this time, we play a few tournies here and there, but also just play alot of paigow and generally get drunk and enjoy ourselves. Im sure this will help the overall mindset.
If Carlsberg did suggestions - they would probably be like this one.
I will play a couple of small cash sessions as well but basically that is the plan this time. Definitely want to go and play Pai Gow in The Quad as one of the first thing we do.
If you find me playing too much poker feel free to kick me in the balls.
Ger / Stu if you are reading this taking your advice this evening chaps :)
Ger / Stu if you are reading this taking your advice this evening chaps :)
Just fecking do it
Ger / Stu if you are reading this taking your advice this evening chaps :)
Just fecking do it
+1
how has it gone mate?
2013 ROI
Rod = 8%
Mark = -20%
Dave = -29%
Its not over untill the fat lady sings.
In for $50 for next year too.
Played again for the first time in a while today. Only played 2 and got 5th in one. Below are some of the decisions I had to make and what my shoving and calling ranges were. Thought this might be of interest to some.
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/6143407_7EAAB33379 - in early position, easy fold
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/6143367_CF71F2F268 - great fold, I may have struggled folding
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/6143371_9F7662BCE6
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/6143379_826FFA49F8 -I think I JUST find a fold here, but only just.
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/6143401_07064005BE - dependant on how aggro sb is, like it though
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/6143407_7EAAB33379 - as before
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/6143433_58C8B46CA4 - I"d have called to see a flop/shoved pre depending on stack sizes/opponents
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/6143474_CE45C8295A - nice bink, never folding there
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/6143515_6CFF69A9B8 - toughest decision so far, I either fold/shove
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/6143573_FD68C863D8 - standard UTG fold
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/6143586_1E038730F0 - I had one of them on the 3, another on a pp. Bad play by them both imo. Never limping with their hands. I"m also not doing anything different with 2 limpers.
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/6143622_2609167522 - standard spot, bottom of my range here
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/6143631_6D35B91B27 - again pretty standard, with 8bbs I"m never calling. Shove/fold depending on opposition
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/6143679_A4611E4B35 - nice flop, shame no more action
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/6143692_4E49C195A1 - fold spot on, nothing to gain in that position by calling/shoving
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/6143708_F65E5766BA - pretty standard & never folding
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/6143752_B3EF19D502 - again pretty standard spot, they"re looking to ladder/need a hand to double
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/6143755_B35A1E594E - again standard, unsure if I"m raising/shoving with your stack size though
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/6143928_2F5466EE54 - if you fold here, give up playing ;)
Loving the hands fella, am off work 2moro so will have a go at something similar
Played again for the first time in a while today. Only played 2 and got 5th in one. Below are some of the decisions I had to make and what my shoving and calling ranges were. Thought this might be of interest to some.
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/6143407_7EAAB33379 - in early position, easy fold
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/6143367_CF71F2F268 - great fold, I may have struggled folding
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/6143371_9F7662BCE6
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/6143379_826FFA49F8 -I think I JUST find a fold here, but only just.
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/6143401_07064005BE - dependant on how aggro sb is, like it though
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/6143407_7EAAB33379 - as before
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/6143433_58C8B46CA4 - I"d have called to see a flop/shoved pre depending on stack sizes/opponents
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/6143474_CE45C8295A - nice bink, never folding there
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/6143515_6CFF69A9B8 - toughest decision so far, I either fold/shove
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/6143573_FD68C863D8 - standard UTG fold
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/6143586_1E038730F0 - I had one of them on the 3, another on a pp. Bad play by them both imo. Never limping with their hands. I"m also not doing anything different with 2 limpers.
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/6143622_2609167522 - standard spot, bottom of my range here
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/6143631_6D35B91B27 - again pretty standard, with 8bbs I"m never calling. Shove/fold depending on opposition
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/6143679_A4611E4B35 - nice flop, shame no more action
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/6143692_4E49C195A1 - fold spot on, nothing to gain in that position by calling/shoving
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/6143708_F65E5766BA - pretty standard & never folding
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/6143752_B3EF19D502 - again pretty standard spot, they"re looking to ladder/need a hand to double
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/6143755_B35A1E594E - again standard, unsure if I"m raising/shoving with your stack size though
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/6143928_2F5466EE54 - if you fold here, give up playing ;)
Loving the hands fella, am off work 2moro so will have a go at something similar
Played a little bit of cash and won a little bit, did have an interesting hand here on the PLO table. I know there are some good PLO players on here (much better than me at least) so any comments are welcome.
http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?board=24.0
Yeah, just see a flop here and unless you flop a set or flush then you are done.
I would probably call the turn and then insta fold the river as he wins roughly 164% of the time.
What would you have done with the hand if the OR had repotted over the top of the 3-bet and you are left having to either shove or fold? I am guessing it is a fold? I can"t see what range of hands shoving would be profitable against in a spot such as this.
I wouldn"t fold no pre-flop. I would pretty much always just 3bet the opener here, they"ve opened UTG so usually have a pretty high card heavy/big pair range themselves and we do pretty well (even with terrible AA) vs that, we"ll very likely get it HU (although deeper stacks mean there is a little more chance of getting over-called PF) and we"re deep stacked, IP and the hand won"t be difficult to play for us really, 2 NF blockers, some connectiveity (A 3 7) and the hand which is often one of the better bluff catchers for later streets.
The other option to 3betting would be to play how you played and just set-mine with it, there is a lot of value to set-over-set people and obviously if you have AA you will never be on the wrong side of a set-over-set, so taking some rubbish AA multi-way is often quite good.
Once you been 4bet behind you can pot to $4.60 I think, which is what I would do now the action is back on me, pot will be like $14 OTF and stacks only a bit deeper than that - I think you"ll get calls pre-flop from hands that should really fold AKQ* and KK** etc which is a really good spot for you.
3betting defo the best option here though IMO, Iknow your AA is really bad but you are a good equity favorite over UTG right now and you have to hammer home that advantage, we can"t just wait to be dealt AA78ds every time before we start moving our chips about.
Surprised by the responses on Blonde. The general opinion was 3-bet and try to get it in. Still find it surprising how many levels of poker there are that I do not understand.
Below post from Blonde Poker
I wouldn"t fold no pre-flop. I would pretty much always just 3bet the opener here, they"ve opened UTG so usually have a pretty high card heavy/big pair range themselves and we do pretty well (even with terrible AA) vs that, we"ll very likely get it HU (although deeper stacks mean there is a little more chance of getting over-called PF) and we"re deep stacked, IP and the hand won"t be difficult to play for us really, 2 NF blockers, some connectiveity (A 3 7) and the hand which is often one of the better bluff catchers for later streets.
The other option to 3betting would be to play how you played and just set-mine with it, there is a lot of value to set-over-set people and obviously if you have AA you will never be on the wrong side of a set-over-set, so taking some rubbish AA multi-way is often quite good.
Once you been 4bet behind you can pot to $4.60 I think, which is what I would do now the action is back on me, pot will be like $14 OTF and stacks only a bit deeper than that - I think you"ll get calls pre-flop from hands that should really fold AKQ* and KK** etc which is a really good spot for you.
3betting defo the best option here though IMO, Iknow your AA is really bad but you are a good equity favorite over UTG right now and you have to hammer home that advantage, we can"t just wait to be dealt AA78ds every time before we start moving our chips about.
Think this one is a pretty easy fold tbh :)
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/6626986_F7017BCCEE
Think this one is a pretty easy fold tbh :)
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/6626986_F7017BCCEE
Nice swerve. If you don"t get out at that point, you can"t avoid doubling him up by the end of the hand after he flops well.
Does anybody fancy a small prop bet in 2013. Say $50 (or less if people prefer) on Pokerstars? It can be more than two people but the rules are:-
1) You have to play at least 200 tournaments on Pokerstars in 2013 (any stake), if you play less you lose automatically
2) The winner is the person who OPR says has the highest ROI on Pokerstars at 6pm on 31st Dec 2013
This would help keep us focused during 2013
We could try to do something with cash games but that would have to be done with the use of tracking software as there are no reliable 3rd party trackers, and posting up screenshots which becomes really complicated.
Anybody up for this?
Yup, tournaments, in for $50.
Does anybody fancy a small prop bet in 2013. Say $50 (or less if people prefer) on Pokerstars? It can be more than two people but the rules are:-
1) You have to play at least 200 tournaments on Pokerstars in 2013 (any stake), if you play less you lose automatically
2) The winner is the person who OPR says has the highest ROI on Pokerstars at 6pm on 31st Dec 2013
This would help keep us focused during 2013
We could try to do something with cash games but that would have to be done with the use of tracking software as there are no reliable 3rd party trackers, and posting up screenshots which becomes really complicated.
Anybody up for this?
In for bet.
Had a pretty bad day at the tables today. Did 10 buyins most of which were totally my own fault (I should have stopped playing).
Had a pretty bad day at the tables today. Did 10 buyins most of which were totally my own fault (I should have stopped playing).
Bugger, had those days myself, hard to take but we move on. Feel free to call if and when you feel like reviewing.
So I assume Portugal in June isn"t happening then?*
Oh well, it will be just me "n" Ger trying to drink the place dry.
It"s a dirty job but someone"s gotta do it.....
<*quitter/>
Playing really badly at the moment by the way. Just went out of the Omaina just inside the money with the average stack of just under 30k I start the hand with 48k with a good shot of hitting the final table. I call a raise with 4 cards, the flop comes down 8-8-9r he cheats, I raise. He then 3 bets my raise so I should fold and still have an above average stack. I don"t fold I call with no good reason and no plan. He shoves the turn so I call for no reason knowing there is no way I can win gg lol.
Playing really badly at the moment by the way. Just went out of the Omaina just inside the money with the average stack of just under 30k I start the hand with 48k with a good shot of hitting the final table. I call a raise with 4 cards, the flop comes down 8-8-9r he cheats, I raise. He then 3 bets my raise so I should fold and still have an above average stack. I don"t fold I call with no good reason and no plan. He shoves the turn so I call for no reason knowing there is no way I can win gg lol.
No wonder you lost the hand :D :D :D
NH, wp :) :)
Some interesting opinions on the above hand, I will post my thoughts when I turn from Portugal if I am still alive.
Currently on my way to get a flight out as luck would have it it is the same one Ger is on, what could possibly go wrong? Then later we are meeting up with Stu and Matt and Phil, nope can"t see any potential issues here. Tomorrow sees the arrival of Curly and JP and Karen and Deb and Sue along with Benda and Ken. Yeah should be a nice quiet week by the looks. Stu, Matt and Phil are already in the pub, on this thread it is even money with a max bet of a tenner they all makt it through to our arrival in 8 hours.
Please post bets winnings to be paid at an APAT event.
Some interesting opinions on the above hand, I will post my thoughts when I turn from Portugal if I am still alive.
Currently on my way to get a flight out as luck would have it it is the same one Ger is on, what could possibly go wrong? Then later we are meeting up with Stu and Matt and Phil, nope can"t see any potential issues here. Tomorrow sees the arrival of Curly and JP and Karen and Deb and Sue along with Benda and Ken. Yeah should be a nice quiet week by the looks. Stu, Matt and Phil are already in the pub, on this thread it is even money with a max bet of a tenner they all makt it through to our arrival in 8 hours.
Please post bets winnings to be paid at an APAT event.
Some interesting opinions on the above hand, I will post my thoughts when I turn from Portugal if I am still alive.
Currently on my way to get a flight out as luck would have it it is the same one Ger is on, what could possibly go wrong? Then later we are meeting up with Stu and Matt and Phil, nope can"t see any potential issues here. Tomorrow sees the arrival of Curly and JP and Karen and Deb and Sue along with Benda and Ken. Yeah should be a nice quiet week by the looks. Stu, Matt and Phil are already in the pub, on this thread it is even money with a max bet of a tenner they all makt it through to our arrival in 8 hours.
Please post bets winnings to be paid at an APAT event.
10 please
Some interesting opinions on the above hand, I will post my thoughts when I turn from Portugal if I am still alive.
Currently on my way to get a flight out as luck would have it it is the same one Ger is on, what could possibly go wrong? Then later we are meeting up with Stu and Matt and Phil, nope can"t see any potential issues here. Tomorrow sees the arrival of Curly and JP and Karen and Deb and Sue along with Benda and Ken. Yeah should be a nice quiet week by the looks. Stu, Matt and Phil are already in the pub, on this thread it is even money with a max bet of a tenner they all makt it through to our arrival in 8 hours.
Please post bets winnings to be paid at an APAT event.
10 please
10 for Matty too.
Some interesting opinions on the above hand, I will post my thoughts when I turn from Portugal if I am still alive.
Currently on my way to get a flight out as luck would have it it is the same one Ger is on, what could possibly go wrong? Then later we are meeting up with Stu and Matt and Phil, nope can"t see any potential issues here. Tomorrow sees the arrival of Curly and JP and Karen and Deb and Sue along with Benda and Ken. Yeah should be a nice quiet week by the looks. Stu, Matt and Phil are already in the pub, on this thread it is even money with a max bet of a tenner they all makt it through to our arrival in 8 hours.
Please post bets winnings to be paid at an APAT event.
10 please
10 for Matty too.
And 10 for Phill too
Ten english pounds for me too.
Ten english pounds for me too.
Oh rodders.
Go on then put me down for 10.. But give you a double or quits if another prop bet regarding Stu arises.
will take mine on stars mate :)
will take mine on stars mate :)
Shall I send Matty and Phils as well to you as I may not see them at poker events in the near future?
;D
Main is a minefield so VBOL with predictions on that!
Would rather see some 8game predictions, that"s the true test! It"s the APAT version of the Chip Reese comp!!
I think that is the bracelet the hardcore wanna win!!
Main is a minefield so VBOL with predictions on that!
Would rather see some 8game predictions, that"s the true test! It"s the APAT version of the Chip Reese comp!!
I think that is the bracelet the hardcore wanna win!!
Carl Pilgirm, Steve Redfern, Matt Carter and John MUrray
Think the cash champs has lost some appeal. I know that Chris, Simon, Dwayne and I are all playing 8G over cash now.
Gonna be fun!!
Carl Pilgirm, Steve Redfern, Matt Carter and John MUrray
Save your money Rodders!! It"s the same day as my birthday party, I"ve tried to get out of it but SWMBO is having none of it.
I"ve seen Dann crush mixed games.... def my pick for FT.
I"ve seen Dann crush mixed games.... def my pick for FT.
Still sore?!
Just picked up on this thread...
Thanks Rodders for the lovely words, esp from the GOAT himself.
Im really looking forward to 8 game has some of my fav games, Stud, PLO8, Stud h/l and PLO.. mixed with my weakest RAZZ!..
Predictions for possible ME FT..
Tristan Chaplin.. former Champ and a helluva of player
Warren obv..
The GOAT himself feels at home on the 2nd day
Chris Webber.. always runs deep
8 game possibles..
John M
Mark Lassman
Steve Redfern
Dann as he will moan his way there x
Looking forward to more predictions and looking forward even more meeting you all for what will be a superb festival
Fancy my chances in the 8 game more than the main...interesting to see how many runners it gets
Fancy my chances in the 8 game more than the main...interesting to see how many runners it gets
i say it gets 134 runners
Fancy my chances in the 8 game more than the main...interesting to see how many runners it gets
Fancy my chances in the 8 game more than the main...interesting to see how many runners it gets
Fancy my chances in the 8 game more than the main...interesting to see how many runners it gets
I"ll be surprised if it fills 4 tables, which would be a shame.
Fancy my chances in the 8 game more than the main...interesting to see how many runners it gets
i say it gets 134 runners
Il take the under for a pint
Fancy my chances in the 8 game more than the main...interesting to see how many runners it gets
I"ll be surprised if it fills 4 tables, which would be a shame.
I think that would be great, actually. Firstly, very few players would have the confidence to take on an 8 game live and secondly, it should guarantee a high quality field with a sensible pace to it.
This should be the toughest bracelet to win imo
No one is gonna play NLH vs Chris
No one is gonna play NLH vs Chris
Lol, everyone will play nlh! cant wait for the 2-7 and Omaha variants in particular
All Steve needs to do now is learn how to post youtube clips in his thread properly ;)
Really looking forward to seeing how Paresh Doshi does this WCOAP. I have it on good authority he"s planning a big schedule, starting with the 8 Game in.....less than a week!
The Don (Roberts, obv)
There are less than 100 hours until the WCOAP begins
The opinions in this thread are indicating that people are liking the mixed game at the start of the WCOAP. I would be interested in hearing if anybody has a different opinion on this one. I think, in one way, a two day event is not required for a game that is likely to attract less than 40 players. I am more playing Devils advocate here (Devils advocate - that phrase makes no sense) but I think there is an argument that a one day event would have attracted more people to the mixed game and not taken anything away from it. I am also inclined to say that a £55 or £82.50 entrance would have been fine. I may well have flicked in £55 and spent a day playing it. On Saturday I am going to watch the football but if the opening event had been a two day PLO I would have at least considered going to Stratford instead. Would APAT have benefited more from a large 6-max NLHE event given that passing trade for this game is very unlikely. The people playing it will argue that is a good thing but would a bigger event not have been better for APAT?
Onto the main event, I still need to pick FIVE final tablers and I still don"t know who they all are. My next player is an APATer in every way. He can be seen out and about on almost every APAT weekend usually with a pint of cider in hand. He has cashed 8 times at APAT events with 3 final tables to his name, a Glasgow Rangers fan and Captain of Team Scotland it is Tom Clark.
A new game
To celebrate the WCOAP today is the start of my new game - guess the apater. The first person to correctly guess the apater wins $10 on Stars at the start of the WCOAP. Basically post your guess (only your first guess will count). Anyway here is the first clue. After today there will be two tomorrow, two on Thursday and two on Friday.
This apater has won an APAT gold medal.
me!
So busy getting everything wrapped up in work for my TWO WEEKS OFF LOL I missed some clues. Nobody has guesse correctly yet
Here is another one
This player made his first national final table in season 3
How has nobody got it yet?
This APATer drinks Guniness, a lot of Guniness.
. But can he fall off a chair and have a pint in his hand and not spill a drop....
How has nobody got it yet?
This APATer drinks Guniness, a lot of Guniness.
I"ve got it!
It"s the man who leads others to exciting poker destinations like Vegas, Portugal, Dublin and Luton.
Richard Baker.
My go now?
Report for today, played like an idiot. Failure to improve over the next couple of days could lead to an early end to this festival as I am certainly not here to make the numbers up and playing like that it is all I am going to be doing.
Hopefully will be on much better form tomorrow as cannot justify playing that badly again.
Run good.
The KK hand. I don"t think you should be folding to this bet size, KK is the best hand here often enough.
NB I am officially not very good at cash games, nor online.
PLO8 at 3pm today, hopefully do ok but not really my game so will see how it goes.
PLO8 at 3pm today, hopefully do ok but not really my game so will see how it goes.
LOL, just LOL. I see what you did there....
:o :o :oRodders OMG what are you doing!!!
I cannot believe you are giving this information out freely
Give them your link :o :o
This is me winning a big pot with and eight and a three
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/20957940_727D1D3734
Better to be lucky than good that"s what I always say
This is me winning a big pot with and eight and a three
http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/20957940_727D1D3734
Better to be lucky than good that"s what I always say
Hello worlds greatest people
Hello worlds greatest people
Hello
Hello worlds greatest people
Hello
So looking forward to my last day in Vegas and particularly with you guys in Franks Tiki bar,
If I remember it, things will have gone slightly awry ;D ;D ;D
Will you STFU about Vegas!
;D
Will you STFU about Vegas!
;D
Probably on November 16th until June at least.
I very much doubt I will play any poker that day!!!
Love your blog Rodders. Suffice to say that I am already unbelievably excited!
Can"t wait to come and meet you all on Wednesday. I should hopefully be on Vegas time by then, as I"m normally a 11pm - 7am kinda girl UK time!
To answer your question, I"m going with 1,2,3,6,7,8,9
See you a week on Wednesday. I actually cannot wait for this ;D ;D ;D ;D
POTENTIALLY BORING POST TLDR UNLESS YOU ARE INTERESTED IN HOW SIMPLE MATCHED BETTING WORKS
OK guy"s the goal here is to make £33 to play the APAT games tomorrow night. This will be done with simple offers that anybody can do. I can also explain some far more complex stuff if people are interested (up to and including finding and using each way arbs) anyway. Lets go with our bets and see how we do. I will edit this post as I go with the bets I do. The goal is not to gamble but to win money whatever the result using bookie free bet offers and price boosts.
1) Offer One - Coral 1:50pm at Doncaster - Bet £20 get £10 to use on UK Racing today
£20 Back Withernsea on Coral £20 @ 10.0
£17.41 Placed on Smarkets Exchange @ 11.5 Layed Withersea
Either way this bet will lose £2.92 and gain a £10 Free bet
2) Offer Two - Ladbrokes Bet £20 in play on Chelsea Vs Everton (Min odds 1.5) get £10 free to use on Arsenal Vs Tottenham
(must be done on mobile)
3) Bet365 (get free bet equal to Stake if your horse wins) 3pm Doncaster
£50 Entsar - Placed on Bet365 @ 5.5 - Backed Entsar to win
£49.28 - Place on Smarkets exchange @ 5.6 Layed Entsar
Either way this bet will lose £1.70 but if the horse wins I will gain a £50 free bet
4) Bet365 (get free bet equal to Stake if your horse wins) 2:10 Wincaton
£50 Zubayr - Placed on Bet365 @ 5.0 - Backed Zubayr to win
£48.26 - Place on Smarkets exchange @ 5.6 Layed Zubayr
Either way this bet will lose £2.70 but if the horse wins I will gain a £50 free bet
Target £33
Current Profit £0
POTENTIALLY BORING POST TLDR UNLESS YOU ARE INTERESTED IN HOW SIMPLE MATCHED BETTING WORKS
OK guy"s the goal here is to make £33 to play the APAT games tomorrow night. This will be done with simple offers that anybody can do. I can also explain some far more complex stuff if people are interested (up to and including finding and using each way arbs) anyway. Lets go with our bets and see how we do. I will edit this post as I go with the bets I do. The goal is not to gamble but to win money whatever the result using bookie free bet offers and price boosts.
1) Offer One - Coral 1:50pm at Doncaster - Bet £20 get £10 to use on UK Racing today
£20 Back Withernsea on Coral £20 @ 10.0
£17.41 Placed on Smarkets Exchange @ 11.5 Layed Withersea
Either way this bet will lose £2.92 and gain a £10 Free bet
2) Offer Two - Ladbrokes Bet £20 in play on Chelsea Vs Everton (Min odds 1.5) get £10 free to use on Arsenal Vs Tottenham
(must be done on mobile)
3) Bet365 (get free bet equal to Stake if your horse wins) 3pm Doncaster
£50 Entsar - Placed on Bet365 @ 5.5 - Backed Entsar to win
£49.28 - Place on Smarkets exchange @ 5.6 Layed Entsar
Either way this bet will lose £1.70 but if the horse wins I will gain a £50 free bet
4) Bet365 (get free bet equal to Stake if your horse wins) 2:10 Wincaton
£50 Zubayr - Placed on Bet365 @ 5.0 - Backed Zubayr to win
£48.26 - Place on Smarkets exchange @ 5.6 Layed Zubayr
Either way this bet will lose £2.70 but if the horse wins I will gain a £50 free bet
Target £33
Current Profit £0
I have absolutely no idea what that man just said ??? ??? ???
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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
Nice one Steve, great read (if I understood the maths I would be dangerous). Watched the APAT live commentary last night and have decided to play all the squad games this week as an individual for the craic 8)I will also be playing the squad games for Raise for Jack with a percentage of our winnings (lol winnings like that is gonna happen) going to the charity. So will see you at the table I am sure.
So here I raise UTG with pocket threes which may not be the best of plays but I still think it's OK. UTG+1 min raises (wtf) and there are two callers. I therefore have good odds to call.I'd drop a set of threes, too. I don't like such small sets. There are chances, of course, but this hand is more likely to lose if the flop is the same suit.
The flop is 3-4-5 all clubs. I could bet here but into 3 players I am not sure how much I love bottom set. So it checks around. The turn is an off suit jack so nothing that was not already there gets there. The Small blinds make a 2/3 pot bet and I call and UTG1 calls. The river is a blank and the SB makes a good bet of 2/3 of pot again, this feels strong and I think bottom set is not going to play ell so I fold.
https://www.boomplayer.com/32960104_F3574B5F92
This (https://sloteire.com) one is OK I think maybe I should fold the river.
Hands: 999
VPIP: 20.35
PFR: 17.58
3Bet: 6.8
Fold to 3bet: 82.98
Total Profit: $28.25
Allin EV: $16.38