Trials, Tribulations

Played some 100NL today after 2 days of no poker (besides playing a 100K tourney yesterday which I busted in 20mins lol. donkaments). First prize was 16k, would have been nice *drool*. Anyways got 200VPPs this session, I need to win 2100 more before the end of the month in order to make Platinum Star (VIP rank). It's going to be quite doable at 100NL and somewhat tough to make at 50NL.

Hope I can make Platinum Star so I can ship massive FPPs next month and buy lots of Futureshop Giftcards rofl. I've been thinking about getting a PS3 or a 360 in order to actually use the dormant HD features of my television.

I think I've got a much better idea now of which boards are cbettable, since before I'm cbetting nearly all boards. Also reading people better I guess and understanding how to play against different types of villains better. Also starting to utilize position a lot more post flop.

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EDIT - Question for you all using HEM. Once you buy it they give you a key which will work twice, in general one for your desktop and one for your laptop. But what happens in the case of your PC crashing/having to format/new computer or anything like that when you have already used both keys? I've looked on their website but they don't seem to have a support e-mail address.. Anyone know how to go about this?

Second session:



Stop at hand 350 obv. I was going to, but I thought why don't I get some more VPPs. Bad idea. 50VPPs < $130. So annoying when this happens. My roll was above 3k so that was pretty cool. Not anymore though.

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So I've been trying to get away from my standard weak/tight standard ABC game. I had a session today where I was experimenting with being more aggressive (my aggression is usually too low on the turn and river, and high on the flop). Here is the graph:



So it starts off well and I take down a few large pots with ungreat hands just by firing multiple barrels. Then at the first steep drop, that was just me gambling like an idiot so don't mind that. That hand was actually quite interesting though because the guy had an overpair, 3bet me from the blinds, and check/shoved the undercard flop. I guess he picked up on my aggression the past few orbits.

This graph is nowhere near what it usually is. Usually my showdown winnings in blue are a steady climb with the odd small drop off, whereas my non-showdown winnings are usually break even or slightly negative. As I said I was experimenting with this, so it's obvious that keeping up aggression can be very profitable, however only at the right times. And knowing when the right time is is something I'm trying to learn. Because I obviously went to showdown too much with the worse hand when I pick wrong spots to do this.

I ended up tightening up towards the end of the session and playing my more standard game in order to get my losses back.



As you can see my flop and turn aggressions are pretty big, whereas my river aggression was still too passive. I think 2-2-2 is a good value for all streets? Usually it's like 4-1.8-1.4 something like that.

I also need to play quite a bit before the end of the month so I can get Platinum Star. I've been slacking off lately.

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I made a 40min video today because I'm getting audio commentary done on it on ballerpoker.com. It currently has no audio but if anyone would want to check it out or critique it that would be awesome.

As you can see I mainly play standard ABC (which is pretty weak tight, I want to fix the weakness) and am pretty tight preflop. I sometimes find it hard to decide when to take a stand vs when to fold with some idiots, as you will see in the bottom right table where in two hands I have TT vs the same guy and one I fold and the other I call his shove. Ran decently, except for the KK hand vs the fish on top left table, standard.

Didn't run into any problems with regs this session which is unfortunate because I think a lot of us have problems dealing with light 3 bets and aggression from regs in marginal spots.

Video (50nl, 6max):
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QIE1N1X7

Also I may be getting coached soon, because I want to go beyond the standard ABC and get better in preparation for higher limits.

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Swings.

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Well shit, maybe the move wasn't such a good idea after all. I think I have grown way too accustomed to Pokerstars that I cannot play on anything else? I played 3 sessions today, 2 4 tabling and 1 2 tabling and I got a collective winrate of -18BB/100. Srsly, wtf? I dunno what it is, those little avatar people make it feel like a joke and and then I play like shit. I tried iBollide too to try and make things better, but same thing. Well, I think I'll move back to Stars. Rakeback must be so nice, but what does it matter when your lose rate makes it look like a mickey mouse joke.



isn't it lovely. /wrists

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I just played my first session on Propaganda Poker (50NL to get used to things) and to sum it up, it was completely /wrists. I really think the aesthetics and layout completely sucks wrinkly old scrotums. Haven't enjoyed it at all so far except for maybe a few moments when my overpair rivered a set vs a flopped set. That was about it. I am going to try playing again later today so hopefully things will work out better and hopefully I can get used to it. I miss stars

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So I decided to take a second, over-rolled shot today at 100NL. It was interesting to say the least. Ran into one cooler and a hell of a lot of tough spots. People seem way more aggressive, it seemed that way last time as well. But as the session went on things cooled down. It was probably all in my head. It was a short session, and I actually ended up +ve this time! Nothing great but at least I was able to hold my own this time. Cool beans.

I've decided 90% that I will move to iPoker. I just calculated that I would have made +16BI this month so far at 50NL with rakeback alone! So I am definitely missing out here... I think I can compromise on the software. Hopefully it won't tilt me hard and moving there will end up very EV+.

First Canadiens game of the season. Going to eat and watch that now. Go HABS go, 100th season --> the cup.

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I currently play on Pokerstars but would like to try iPoker. I want to know what you all use as a medium for transferring money to/from poker sites. I am currently having trouble with this and I cannot use my credit card since it is blocked from online gambling. I've considered moneybookers but atm I only have a pathetic $1300 outgoing limit every month or so. I used instant e-checks to get money on stars but I want something that I can use to manage larger sums online between different sites.

Any suggestions/advice?

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Had some frustrating periods/made a few bad plays but overall played pretty good imo. Very satisfied with the results.





Ship it :D

gl

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Happy Endings



Don't you?

+$450 for the day so far. Ship it.

And I started one of my friend's rolls off with $10. lol gl to him.

EDIT - Oh ya and for your viewing pleasure:

Submitted by : lazymej

PokerStars Game #21052173697: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/10/09 10:36:32 ET
Table 'Crux II' 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Hero ($53.80 in chips)
Seat 2: GilaDenn ($37.85 in chips)
Seat 3: annow2007 ($65.90 in chips)
Seat 4: Hilfo ($24.85 in chips)
Seat 5: Andi19761 ($50 in chips)
Seat 6: JBrar1981 ($84.75 in chips)
Hilfo: posts small blind $0.25
Andi19761: posts big blind $0.50

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
JBrar1981: folds
Hero : raises $1.50 to $2
GilaDenn: folds
annow2007: folds
Hilfo: raises $1.50 to $3.50
Andi19761: folds
Hero : raises $8.50 to $12
Hilfo: raises $12.85 to $24.85 and is all-in
Hero : calls $12.85

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $50.20)

   

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $50.20)

   

River (Pot : $50.20)

   

Showdown
Hilfo: shows (a flush, Queen high)
Hero : mucks hand
Hilfo collected $47.70 from pot

Summary
Total pot $50.20 | Rake $2.50
Board  
Seat 1: Hero mucked
Seat 2: GilaDenn folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: annow2007 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Hilfo (small blind) showed and won ($47.70) with a flush, Queen high
Seat 5: Andi19761 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: JBrar1981 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

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