starcraft 2
hiems, Aug 28 2010
I'm freaking break-even / slight dog in diamond league 1v1s.
Teach me plz. I play zerg right now.
Counting the Action
hiems, Aug 04 2010
http://www.pokerroad.com/radio/cash-plays/80
Skip to the hand they discuss @ 43:00
When they discuss the preflop action,with the SB potting, BB calling, and the MP guy re-potting, notice the way Rast and Gipson are quickly able to follow the action in terms of the size of the raises, the size of the pot...things like that. Gipson goes to say something like "When I was counting the money in my head," which was interesting to me since he supposedly has a successful background in advantage betting. I would imagine this background helps with this sort of thing.
I have been learning about Stack-to-Pot ratios lately. I believe its a pretty powerful technique. But following the size of the pot quickly is something I need to master to utilize it fully. I read that learning how to advantage bet involves a lot of practice. Similarly I'd like to practice how to follow the pot.
So, I'm looking for people to exchange some ideas on this with. (Pros/Cons of various methods, any specific techniques that might be useful, numbers to remember, things like that)
Send me a PM if you are interested.
Or, if any strong players think this is a waste of time, you can just tell me about it in my blog.
Sit and Go bb/100
hiems, Jun 23 2010
HEM provides this under "reports." Whats normal? How does it differ from cash games?
Wonderful Day.
hiems, Jun 21 2010
Being very sarcastic.
Lost a 1/4 of my bankroll. Feeling gr8. I tilted alot as well. Feel free to comment.
HU SnGs
hiems, Jun 09 2010
Im owning the 10s pretty hard. Made a bunch of adjustments after the first dip...I base most of my strategies against the player and I think thats basically the key to these things. Running like horse shit tho.
I'm not too sure when I should move up to the 20s. A friend of mine suggest 1100 (I should fucking be there already but what can you do...) Also, not too sure what is best for my long-term development. Playing these or sticking with 6-max cash. Any advice would be appreciated.
Also, any HU SnG players that want to discuss strategy lemme know.
****!!!
hiems, Jun 01 2010
http://img706.imageshack.us/i/venting.gif/
Running Bad.
Dabbling in HU SnGs. Some tilt in there I guess.
J6 vs J5
hiems, May 31 2010
edit : nm figured it out
Ranging Ridiculousness
hiems, May 21 2010
So I lost basically all of winnings I made in my past 2 live sessions. Im learning, so I can't really complain.
Anyway, a question I had is...Are any of you able to range limpers in a $1-$2 NL Live Game?
Live Sesh
hiems, May 21 2010
So I played another session of live today.
Some cool hands. I am sitting in the 6 Seat. Guy in the 8 Seat is a Young White Guy.
He has a neat haircut, pretty preppy clothing...A pink polo that is fitted and "nice" pants, a metallic, silver watch. His girlfriend is preppy as well, and is pretty good-looking. He seems like a guy with a decent job that knows a little bit about poker. But I don't think he's very good...I've seen him open to like 4x once or twice, and there was a multiway pot where he led from the blinds. Also, when the waitress asked if anybody wanted a drink, he requested a "Cornoaaa with Lime Pleaaase" in such a girly way haha. He is the baby-face type. Just based on profiling, seems like a person I can run over a bit.
I think Seat 10 was the Button. Anyway I'm dealth AhJh. I open from EPish I guess to 5x. The dude calls and we also get a caller from the Blinds. So the pot is roughly 30. Flop comes 7 5 2 R. Anyway guy from the Blinds Check. I think about it and though its dry I just feel alot of times I'll get called from Ace Highs and Pairs, and I can probably try and show down. I check. The dude Bets like 15. Guy from Blinds Folds. I think about it and I think he is stabbing at the pot a ton of the time here. Im getting 3:1 on a Call. But if I do call I'll be OOP and need a plan. I decide I'll call, and if I hit my A or J I'll just play for my card value. If a good card comes on the turn for me to make a play, I'll do that. If its a bad card, I might Check/Fold. Turn comes a 3 Putting a 2 Flush Out there. I pick up a Gutter, and still have outs on my A and J. I feel like the guy is pretty weak on that flop and If I make a Big Bet I am able to rep some werid hand like 33 or a straight (They probably can't hand read well and I think I have just the image of an aggro online kid). So I decide a check/call Lead Turn line is a cool so I led out for 50 Into 60. He quickly folds. I show the bluffs then head off to lunch! Haha that was a sweet feeling.
I sucked out hardcore one hand. I had AdJd I opened EP. (There was so many fishes at the table I defintitely get called with worse). Anyway, an Asian guy that is slightly over weight to fairly new to the table min-3bets me to 20x. We Pick up a caller from the blinds. I call getting 5:1 odds, hoping to pick up a strong draw or spike an ace. Anyway Flop comes Qx Ts X(Spades). Anyway the guy in the blinds check. And I just decide, I'm going to make a crazy play at this pot, lol. If I give the guy who 3-bet a range of AK+,JJ+, He has 11 nonspade AK, 3 QQ, 6 KK, and 3 AA, and 3 JJ. He has exactly 1 PSB left, $60. I felt if I shove he folds his 11 AA and 3 JJ. So I win the pot like half the time, and I do have an Ace out against KK and I have a gutter against his entire range. I dont have a backdoor flush draw, but whatever! Anyway I just put that guy all-in. He calls. Guy in Blinds fold. Turn comes a Jx and River Ks. I make my straight an announce I have the nuts. Guy turns over Trip Queens.
Karma comes around to bite me back though. Theres a new player to the table. He JUST sat. He is a hispanic guy with "Trendy" Glasses that is slightly overweight. He Opens to about $22 Dollars. He only has about $70 or so behind. Super Fish from Late Middle Position Calls. I wake up in the blinds with AcKd or something like that. And I just figure this guy based on how he looks probably opens pretty wide here. Just the fact that he opens to $22 first hand, I just feel like hes openeing widish there (Since its just a retarded open...Its either he wakes up with a sick strong hand first hand AND is the type that plays super exploitive with his bet sizing on those hands, or he is just clueless...in which case AT LEAST AQ is in his range... Not that even if its a standard opening range I don't ship. But I felt thattt much better about it. I ask how much he has and then I raise to $100. He decides to call with JTcc. The super fish folds. He Spikes a T on the turn and I lose the pot.
The hand I won a bunch of money on was when I opened QTdd really early on in the session. I cbet a Diamond, Ace high board pretty big and I got Called from this old guy. "Post-Game Analysis" of the hand, this guy reallly really really was suspicious of my aggression LOL. Turn was a low card, Heart Brick. And I checked and he checked behind. River was a low card Diamond. I shove like more than $100 dollars or something and he calls with Pocket Deuces LOL.
I won a decent amount of money for the session, which is nice.
Anyway I learned something good today. There was a young online-player that was pretty solid to my direct right. He seemed like a nice guy. Anyway he was really good at paying attention to all the hands at the table. So this motivated me more to do the same. And I realized he was better than me at doing this than I was. So I worked on improving on processing information during observation. I think I develop a decent "technique I guess" to think more efficiently about how the players at the table play. I'll practice this in later sessions, as it seems sort of promising.
Also, I played online for 1 1/2 hours this morning. Strangely my VPIP PFR stats were nittier. 34/28, 13.4% 3-bet over 185 hands. I was just taking what the table was giving me. And I was playing profitably. I'll be honoest I like playing alot of hands. And it makes me sort of sad to see me playing nittier LOL. But of course I will just do what I feel is most profitable at any point in a hand. Anyway my after my blog posts about developing aggressive style, my win-rate at online have been pretty good actually. Esp considering I lost ALOT of "Relative Money" in some seriousssssssss spews that I know I am much much better than. Once I get good enough, I'll start adding more tables, etc. Its going to be hard balancing practicing online and live at the same time, while also making time to study poker. Fwiw my brother is here for the week and once he leaves I'll have alot more peace and quiet to get into a good routine.
Anyway its always nice to blog after live sessions. I love the personal feeling of recounting my hands. Doubt many of you will have read this far. But to those of you who did I hope you enjoyed it somehow. I'll be strangely impressed by anyone who says "FPS on the AdJd Hand"...Just cause they took the time to read that, lol. FWIW I completely forgot about AA being possible when I made the play. (Completely discounted AQ But Iono I thought that was fine. Might be a ranging-leak but Iono Its an aggressive discount but its "Possible" that he never does that with AQ). Anyway yeah. Cool.
Mathmatics of Holdem (Chen, Aman)
hiems, May 18 2010
Probably a tougher read than most. I figure its a good book to discuss with others.
Anyone want to form a study group? Or if your strong at math (and also good at poker) and wouldn't mind me annoying you via msn or aim, I'd really appreciate someone to discuss parts of the book with.
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