4 tabling NL100 6max. nice way to move back up, first time I've run good in a long time. I'm looking to keep this going straight to NL1000.
BHOO YEAH!
Thanks to R_i for his 'help' improving my game there shall be much more sharpening the saw as I bulldoze my way up the poker ladder. atm I'm going for spending as much time studying/analyzing hands as playing
Been pretty lazy with poker lately, mostly playing too much SC and sleeping in too long. Think I’m not as ‘hungry’ as before I cashed out $650 in platinum star bonus. Now I can afford all the instant and takeaway food I want...
sure beats plain bread every meal.
Been trying out Full ring, and it has been going pretty well ( apart from a few sick beats at NL100), I’m starting to realize that its all just poker. Played around with mass multitabling but found it didn’t really work for me, I need to keep tabs on the action at each table. 6 to 8 tables of full ring works nicely I’ve found, just enough to keep busy between making decisions and observing big pots I’m not in.
Heads up is pretty interesting, been doing a lot of thinking about how to best maintain an edge vs different opponents, Think some coaching could be good to help me ‘get it’ faster.
Anyway, feeling good about my ability to play any game type atm.
I’m looking to start working towards going semi-pro ^^
I currently work 4 evenings per week at the local supermarket (which is actually not too bad thanks to my Ipod) but I’d really like to cut it back to 2 nights per week.
Before I do that I want to have enough money in my bank account to live off for half a year.
That would be about US$3000
Current BR ~$7000 need to hit 8000 to move up to NL200
Looking to hit the 10k then celebrate with a cashout
So goal is: I’m going to start putting in at least 4 hours per day wherever is fishiest: HU to 6max to FR, NL50 to NL200. Just going to be focused on making money until I hit the 10k after that I will concentrate on moving up and improving as fast as I can again.
Right, This motivates! Going to earn some time off by playing poker :D
So goal was: “to play 8 hours of good solid poker every day of the Easter break”
Failed this Time
Worked well for the first 2 days but then hit a standard downswing and had to stop playing as much. Probably didn’t stop soon enough and made some spewy plays.
Was up 9 buy-ins but lost 6 on the afternoon of the third day, and 3 more next morning. Finished up only 1 buy-in for the weekend.
I did achieve platinum star (in fact when I achieved that was when lee turned on the doomswitch)
I think I did tilt somewhat after not being able to win a hand for 4 hours:
-after playing loose for a few orbits I did not tighten up as usual
-playing back at regulars, getting 1/3 of my stack in the folding in pissing contests.
This was mostly in 3 bet pots.
-possibly 4betting frequency too high vs regulars who can see through it, and spots where I choose to take a stand vs reshoving on my 4bets.
-some river bet/folds where I only beat a bluff, but opponent may well have been bluffing.
When I’m running bad I just have to take a break from poker, then when I come back make sure to watch some poker vids and read some articles for an hour to get my head on straight before I play.
I’m really trying to figure out bluffing and re-bluffing vs aggressive players, trying to get the frequencies theoretically correct.
Also playing close attention to pots I give up on, I have definitely been getting a lot of money in then folding too often, definitely leaking here vs fearless players.
Not quite sure how to go about doing this, but I’ll start by reviewing hands, calculating some %s and making some adjustments to my overall game plan.
Gotta get to thinking clearly and consistently.
Ok, going to try the same thing next weekend, Till then~
there shall be much more sharpening the saw as I bulldoze my way up the poker ladder. atm I'm going for spending as much time studying/analyzing hands as playing
