I remember asking this over a year ago, but I think alot has changed in the coaching world since then. I finally have some free time to play alot of MTTs again during December/Jan. i would like to invest some money into either a Poker Training site that has good current videos of MTTs or into someone who would do some coaching with me. I am rusty, and I do have a small bank roll. (Not playing anything more than $22 buyins)
I would be more inclined to join a training site first, unless someone gave me a very good offer! I ask because I looked up CR and I see some of the reputable names, have not been very active on there at all. Are there better sites out there for MTT players now? Who are the top video coaches out there now?
And regarding personal coaching, if anyone is doing this, what is the structure of it?
Cheers
Edit: Oh and also, if any fellow low stakes MTT players out there wanna discuss stuff, PM me, and we can exchange MSN or something. I need some MTT allies
At least I think it's #3, might actually be #4, i've lost count. NL5 rush, announced the 4 outer gutshot villain needed to hit to make his straight vs my set, allin on flop, boom gutshot on the river. Mike tyson punched the screen, wont turn back on. Although it wasnt snap tilt. I had already lost 5 allin's (one-tabling) in under 100 hands so my hands were already shaking at the keyboard. I think losing a stack every 20 hands or every 2 minutes is enough to rattle anyone. Whats worse I was $2 from hitting my bankroll goal and moving up limits. Told myself I wouldnt take any early shots and that I had to hit the $2 mark before I would try.
Anyway time to go borrow one from work. Nice 24" Dell's though, just hope the refresh rate is high enough so there's no ghosting while playing Team Fortress.
No girls, sorry. Some CON s PIRACYby spets1, December 10
My topic keeps getting closed in general forum. I feel this is unjustified. As the topic is not bringing any harm to anyone. If you don't want to read don't read. If my ideas are whack, the topic will die. BUT WHY CLOSE IT? What is the benefit of closing a topic?
so...
Ok how about this.
1. US wants to build a defense shield in Poland.
2. Poland people strike, Poland says no to shield, the shield is put off.
3. In 2010 the plane that carries the president of poland, president of the bank of poland, minister of foreign affairs and senior polish military officers all die. Plus many other powerful people total of 96. ALl die, all of them, the plane just crashes because the pilot cant see cos of big trees. Yeah right.
4. Recent news: Russia and USA declare to build a joint defence shield.
I hope they dont have the guts to build the shield in friggen poland.
This smells fishy as hell.
Somebody tell me your thoughts on this?
Now, I can hear you saying, blah blah blah. Its such a big thing and so hard to be pulled off.
We are talking about Russia here. The agencies like KGB and CIA specialize in assassinations and other diversions. Just look at history for examples.
"During the morning of the 17th April 1984 an unarmed policewoman by the name of Yvonne Fletcher was gunned down in cold blood while on duty outside the Libyan People's Bureau in St. James Square, London. British accusations that the Libyan Government was responsible were incorrect. Yvonne Fletcher was assassinated on the direct orders of the American CIA in a coldly calculated 'Psyop' (Psychological Operation) designed to generate intense British hatred against Libya. The operation was a complete success. Two years later when the US used British air bases to launch a vicious bombing attack on Libyan civilians, only a handful of British voices were raised in protest." - src - http://www.mathaba.net/info/27a.htm
ANother one:
"The murder in London last week (1996) of KGB defector Alexander Litvinenko takes us back to the horrible memories of Soviet murders during the Cold War. Millions were murdered within the Soviet Union, but well-planned, selected murders took place in the free world." - http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=18406
Other examples include assassinations of leadership of afghanistan when russia was at war with them. Replacing with their own people and running afghanistan. Back when cold war was at full swing.
What about this one:
"The assassination of Anna Politkovskaya, the Russian journalist, writer and human rights activist, took place on Saturday, 7 October 2006. Her murder, which occurred on Vladimir Putin's birthday, was widely perceived as a contract killing, sparking a strong international reaction." - wikipedia
If they are that COCKY to kill her on Putin birthday, then they can do bigger things. Just lift it to a whole new level. Because people will just think its not very feasible. Its too big. Label it a conspiracy. Hell, all you have to do is sabotage a plane with 1 CIA or KGB agent.If you know all of them are travelling in one plane. Why the fuck not? ANd voila, the plane will crash. It's not that hard. It doesnt have to be the pilot kamikazing. It doesnt have to be 1000 people in on the conspiracy. It jsut has to be one order to one dedicated KGB agent to plant a device that will cause plane malfunction.
Doesn't seem so out of the character to me. As wikileaks shown recently, there is no point trusting our leaders, they hide information from us to protect themselves. Just dont assume you know, have a speculation.
All im saying this things line up far too well in favour of the government policies. And its foolish not to question them or have a discussion on such topics.
I would like to ask you for some help.I need to clear some bonus till end of 2010 at stars and need somebody to send me 500$, i'll send to your FTP first... thnx a lot
ofc send some extra $ how much do you want from busto kid ?
Hm since i got a new computer the auto password remember firefox function can no longer be used
I know what my password is but i am unsure about 1-2 letters in terms of Cap or non Cap
Yay i did manage to do it wrong 3 times in a row and my account is now closed ... ( 330€ still in it)
support@neteller.com does not answer to e-mails
+1 403 451 8020 -> expensive number ?
Live chat support ( i couldnt find any)
Does anyone have any recent phone number ( preferably free)
for contacting their support ?
opening Q5o against weak blinds although in a vacuum may be +ev may or may not be truly ev. there are a lot of intangible concepts here and therefore this entire section may somewhat be neglected, but i'll try to explain. if you are playing over 6+ tables and open a wide range that consists for example Q5o it may be +ev to just fold it and pay more attention to more quality hands or hands currently being played. you may have a hard time keeping up with an aggressive dynamic where the blinds have finally caught on and may be willing to 3 bet light. when playing mass tables there is always a risk of paranoia when you get 3 bet across tables and this may induce retardedness 1 every few thousand hands that will stagnate your winrate. also there is some argument that if you are easily tiltable and have a hard time resisting double barreling you should prob cut back on wide ranges.
hand reading
- accurate hand reading helps you bluff when your behind but more importantly helps you make razor thin vbets. piecing hand ranges together through information from pf, flop and turn is quite hard to do and will take alot of practice. i suggest playing 4 tables max and practice hand reading in uninvolved hands as well.
shot taking
-do it often. do it aggressively. shot taking (for me at leasT) makes you a little bit more desensitized to money (which i think is somewhat neccessary). it helps you play your best game with no consequence for money when you move back down to your own limits. because it's like playing for chump change. it sorta removes a sense of fear and intimidation. also taking shots may help you realize that you aren't so bad after all. that the skill difference is marginal. playing for higher money may also motivate you to reach that limit in the future. when i reached 1/2 i was amazed that stealing the blinds yielded 3 whole dollars. 3 mcdoubles. real substantial monies vs nl25 where you win .35.
horizontal vs vertical learning
-lately i feel that my fundamentals have expanded. like you learn about hand strength. and then position. and then blind play. and then 3 betting from the blinds. and then calling 3 bets in position. and then 3 betting in position. and then how imba and unexploitable position can be. this is what i consider horizontal learning where you are learning somewhat newer information and newer skills. personally, i feel as though there is not that much more for me to learn horizontally. however vertically alot of my skills are laughable, shabby, and exploitable. vbetting includes much more than getting value over 3 streets for instance. i vary my bet sizes so infrequently, i reuse the standard lines i've developed and run them into the ground. i suppose you can consider it "creativity" but what it really comes down to is developing your current skills vertically so you are much better and adept at vbetting, 3 betting, etc. i can tell you for a fact that it still blows my mind how i don't vbet larger. although preflop/cbet sizes should be somewhat standardized there is still so much room to increase winrate through a little bit of thinking about the simplest thing, bet sizing.
although it may be somewhat relaxing to mindlessly grind away over 10 tables and solidify good strong lines and simple ranges, it behooves you to try your utmost hardest to think deeply about the game whenever possible and to try to max out all your current skills while still learning new ones.
lastly, the part no one wants to hear
-there is nothing wrong with playing poker as a hobby. furhtermore there is nothing wrong with being a losing poker player. there is something wrong though if the money matters. if money spent on poker should be spent elsewhere like family, bills and savings. i hope you are either smart enough to know when to quit, or have friends around you who love you enough to put themselves in hard and awkward spot to make it known to you of a potential problem. this is prob a somewhat delicate subject and this is all i have to say about that.
in conclusion, i hope this guide is helpful and having received lots of generous help and tips myself this is my way of paying it forward.
One of the worst calls ever by Negreanu...by Carthac, December 10
Hello again everybody!
The Big Game started up again last week, and it has been fairly entertaining so far. I have really become a fan of the show, even though when I first started, I could not stand even the sight of it, as all I could associate the show with was that gay fuck blogger Jason Calanackis, or w/e the fuck his name is.
Anyways, there was a hand this week with Daniel Negreanu that I found particularly special. Daniel has been known to make some really awful plays, but I personally feel this may have been one of the worst for him in a while. I threw in a little of my own analysis, and you can take that as it is.
BTW, I tried to submit this to the hands section, and I couldn't get it to show the board cards properly, so ima just copy paste it here. Anyways, here we go
Oh, and heres a link BTW if you would rather watch the hand
PokerStars Big Game: Hold'em No Limit ($200/400, 100 ante USD) - 2010/12/09
Table Strobe Fuck Light 6-max
Seat 2: Doyle Brunson
Seat 3: Scott Seiver
Seat 4: Joe Hachem
Seat 5: Daniel Negreanu (roughly 250k)
Seat 6: Phil Galfond (roughly 470k)
Doyle Brunson: posts small blind $200
Scott Seiver: posts big blind $400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Joe Hachem: folds
Dealt to Daniel Negreanu: [As 2c]
Daniel Negreanu: raises $1200 to $2400
Phil Galfond: [Ks 8d]
Phil Galfond: calls $1200
Doyle Brunson: folds
Scott Seiver: [Jd Tc]
Scott Seiver: calls $1200
Typical garbage raise from the cutoff for Negreanu as he feels that he can play anything from the cutoff and button because he saw an online winner do it once. Galfond makes a very loose call, but with the implied odds to get paid off since Negreanu is a mega station and for how deep the two are, I do not blame him at all. Seiver calls for the same reasons basically
*** FLOP *** [8s Kd Ac]
Scott Seiver: checks
Daniel Negreanu: bets $3000
Phil Galfond: calls $3000
Scott Seiver: folds
Seems pretty standard so far. Negreanu getting value from possible 2nd pair type hands Galfond might have. Not really any draws you can flat with profitably here, so it is expected that Negreanu will slow down and play his hand as a bluff catcher
*** TURN *** [8s Kd Ac]
Daniel Negreanu: checks
Phil Galfond: bets $7000
Daniel Negreanu: calls $7000
Weird spot for Negreanu, as Galfond should be checking behind with K's, any weird 3rd pair type hand, etc. When Galfond bets, I see him as polarizing his range to either an ace+ or complete air. However, air makes no sense as Galfond would typically not 100% air float with Seiver in the hand to act behind him. Seeing as this board has only gutshots to draw to, I feel Negreanu can at most call one more bet, and even that is pushing it a little.
*** RIVER *** [8s Kd Ac Th]
Daniel Negreanu: checks
Phil Galfond: bets $15,500
Daniel Negreanu: Time bank is enabled....
Daniel Negreanu: calls $15,500
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Phil Galfond: shows [Kd 8s] (Two pair, Kings and Eights}
Daniel Negreanu: mucks
You know Negreanu is known for some really bad calls, but this one is just outstandingly horrific. After Galfond bets, he puts him on either QJ or air. Out of all the common two pair possibilities, better ace hands, sets, etc. Negreanu puts him SOLELY on QJ, or A 100% COMPLETE AIR FLOAT THAT DECIDED TO DOUBLE BARREL A STATION THAT LED INTO 2 OTHER PEOPLE. WHAT IN THE FUCK IS GOING THROUGH THIS MANS HEAD?!
He looks at his hand, knows he beats NOTHING BUT A COMPLETE 100% BLUFF THAT RANDOMLY DECIDED TO FLOAT/FIRE 2 BARRELs, and decides 'I think I am good here a high enough % of the time to make this call.'
Idk, maybe I am off on all of this, but when I watched it, my jaw almost hit the floor. Maybe I am wrong? Feel free to comment on anything
About 2-3 weeks ago I told my self that a downswing was inevitable. That surely soon in the future I would run worse than I thought possible. Before I started playing poker again I had already experienced this. I went through 2 downswings over 40 buy ins and another for about 25. Well, it's here. It started off slow - Just barely managing to break even over the sessions I played this week. But today there was no mercy whatsoever. From what I remember over the 4k hands I played today I had 4 sets beaten, trips were no good 3 times, top two lost 3 times, if I made a flush or a straight today I am 100% certain it did not get paid off. I ran my AK into AA/KK 4 times. And ran my QQ/JJ into AA/KK 3 times. And of course AK > my KK FTW! I don't know what to really do or think right now. I am deathly afraid that this downswing will be like the other memorable ones where it lasted over a month. Just a solid 45-60 days of losing in the most disgusting fashion possible. I lost 14 buy ins today - 2 of which I remember I clearly tilted off - I usually use a stop loss but I just didn't think it was possible to keep losing the way I was - But it didn't stop.
Probably gonna take a shot at NL 25 next week after I finish my finals, although I do feel like I'm in my comfort zone right now and like being a consistent winner. I don't really care about the money, I'm just trying to get better.
im ranked 11th in avg profit for the super turbo 6max 11$-35$ games. Below is also my graph for this month so far. That huge dip is playing 125$-250$ husng against regs to keep my game sharp(was down 1.5k then ended the session +400). by january i will be taking epic shots so prepare for a -+5k swings
Alright here is the deal:
I've almost never played S&G or MTTs and i went from 120 to 100 playing exclusively satellites with 2$ fees or lower. Is that bad ? I remember that the BR for playing S&G was like 100bi and mtt is 1000 or something. But that was from a personnal point of view from a LP player. I'd like to try it out and see how far i can go because i got a little tired of cash games and almost everything that's poker related around my country is tournaments only. The live cash games are almost non existant except in big cities where i don't live or too far from where i am. There's also an issue with the rake which here in france is way too high from your standard (2 or 3 times higher (!)).
TLDR : Proper way to play tournaments from a cash game player ? Have no books except harrington's and can't watch videos without subtitles (i'm deaf).
Fuck - it seems like I just turned 19... I blinked and I'm a 23 year old man now :'[
Bleh well anyways gonna party it up hardcore this weekend.
Nothing to really update - been playing a lot of League of Legends.... Fucking awesome game! Also I have been showing my business plan to a few different people looking to get some $$$ backed. So far I have like 5k of my own and another 5k from an investor. The nice thing is I don't really need all that much so another 5k-10k and I'd feel comfortable with starting it up.
Anyways I hope everyone has a great day and an awesome weekend! ^_^
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