Took some leftover rakeback and starting playing micro CAP games on FTP to limit my risk of ruin. The funny thing is I found it to be one of the most relaxing ways to play poker, short of getting high (k2o is progressively perking my interest in this). As a loose aggressive player I tend to see a lot of bad beats just from playing so many pots, at least at small stakes games. I feel I'm pretty good at hand reading, although not so great at playing postflop, such as when to value bet and when to not. My sessions usually result in winning lots of small-medium pots, and then losing one huge one to set me all the way back. The beauty of these micro cap games is that fish are still playing them like normal poker, none of that SS strategy you see at higher cap games. This is great because I can get reasonable value from all my 60/40 hands the way I should, and win pot after pot after pot. When that suckout comes around the corner the most I can ever lose is 30BB's. Fuck you variance, how ya gonna get me now? Even if I lost 5 hands in a row I'd probably just end breakeven. If I lose 5 hands in an uncapped game I'm probably in the deep red. Sure I miss out on value, but only from hands I'm likely to make 2% of the time anyway. For all you regs im sure that 2% makes up for all the losses in between. If you lose 180BB's over 400 hands but win 200BB in one glorious moment then you're ahead. Well problem for me is I dont play long enough to reach those pivotal moments. I quite enjoy battling players one at a time through leisurely play until im satisfied and choose to quit. There's also some sick sick fish at the high stakes cap games who just like the thought of playing 5/10, so it doesnt hurt to get used to it and craft my own theories for optimal play as I get there.
Ultimately though, it's simply +EV for me as a person to play these. It really doesnt bother me at all to lose AJs aipf to K9s for 30BB's as it would for 100 which happens quite often. I wish it didnt bother me at regular NL either, but thats another lesson I have yet to learn.
Is he hopeless? Ive tried. by The M Show, October 30
Lately ive been feeling pretty bad for my room mate. Him and I have been grinding for a while now, both with a little bit of success. The difference between us is that I play cash games and he is a donkament player. To his own admission he would probably say he got pretty lucky back in the day when he had two pretty big scores.Since then hes managed to do alright and make ends meat. Lately tho he has been hitting a pretty big rough patch over the past 5 months or so I would say but he is absolutely convinced that it is just a bad run of cards. I am not so sure though.
I dont know how he does it but he still only 1 tables mtt's or sngs, and doesnt use a hud and hes been playing over 4 years probably now. Personally this just sounds so tedious and I would have probably jumped off my balcony a long time ago if I had to do this. He also goes on the sickest tilt I have ever seen. Im not even kidding. I know every time he loses a big pot when Im in my room grinding because I can hear him SCREAMING f bombs etc. He also does the old tilt chat too which is pretty amusing. Id say he has Phil Hellmuth traits haha. Its true though.
So anyways I know his roll is getting really really low and I want to help him out because I think thats what a good friend does but I honestly dont even know if its worth it or what to do anymore because he is just so stubborn and has a huge ego. I have tried telling him everything and anything I can to help him. You name it, Ive probably tried. Still though he doesnt listen because like I said, he thinks he is the best player out there and its just a bad run of cards.
I decided I want to compete on chilean powerlifting, and i'm quite sure I can crush anyone at the 67,5kg weight class, given weights from last chilean powerlifting competition are kinda embarrassing. Btw, Powerlifting = bench press, deadlift, squat.
However, to reach the weight to compete, I need to drop 12 pounds of fat, so I started to taking nutrition REALLY seriously. No booz, no chocolate, no cookies, no bread, no soda, etc.
I took measures/pictures, so will make a nice post by the end of the deadline I self impossed (40 days, 10 days already done)
Depending on how much I can lift being 5kg lighter, i'll evaluate to pursue further progress (AKA compete in Argentinian meetings).
Poker wise,
Gonna end this month a bit earlier, first 10k hands are nl50, rest are n100
Meh, dropped like 10bi in last 5 days, guess it helps as a reality check after crushing nl50/nl100 for so many hands previous to that.
When I moved up to nl100 my redline started to drop again, instead of the horizontal one I had at nl50, guess I can improve there.
So i'll bump my question from my previous blog entry, since only Lemon replied:
The question to all of you good players,
What should I be doing along with putting the volume to increasing my skill level in order to go from nl100 to nl200, 400 and 600?
Do u spend time analizing other players hand/stats etc when u are not playing?
What things DID u specifically do to improve ur game and move up?
What's next?
Anyone out here grinding 50NL Fullring on PokerStars that wants to buy with me
10,000,000 Hands on $225.00 at PTR? Since my BR is not very big that 225$ is pretty
much for me, so If we are 3-4 that buy together it aint very much, 75$ - 56$ p/person
The hands are fresh, played 20sept'10 - 30oct'10, so you get very good read rightaway.
You could transfer on my PS (or I could transfer on s1 solid here) and then I would buy it
with CC at PTR and get the hands in 1 big .rar file, that I would send u guys through msn
or upload it somewhere.
Im not some retard, working for PTR trying to sell u guys some shit, just checking out
if anyone wants some sick read on most of the players like me and find 225$ bit 2 much.
(Ps. If someone wants to buy Absolute/Ultimatebet 50NL FR hands im up for that also,
7milion hands played May 3rd '10 - Oct 30th '10. @ 156$)
Dilemma you've all heard aboutby Gawuss, October 30
Alright so lately I've started thinking a lot more about dropping out and playing poker full time. I met some nice people in the university, even if I decided to quit studying I could still hang out with them on a regular basis. But the problem lies in the idea of me not really being into the whole management thing. I know I don't have that much homework to do and I think I could pretty easily finish the first year but it's not that it doesn't affect my poker playing. During the last month I played only 1300 hands and the reason for it is not only the laziness but also tiredness caused by the parties and university. I didn't really feel like playing/studying poker and I'm not really sure how it is going to look like in the next couple of months if I continued my studies. As a little brag I've gotta add that I met a nice girl which also took some of my time I need some advice, preferably from people who had the same dilemma and decided either to drop out or stay. I'll definitely try to play poker as much as possible and go to the university but right now knowing myself I think it's not gonna work out that well.
Ok people I'm ready to read your comments on it !!
Just made a 80 euro misclick with their "pop up" on action software. It's driving me fucking insane. I am used to being able to type my notes in completion and then go to the action at the new table but as I was typing 80 -> enter somewhere else I was snapped there and overbet shoved into some sick calling station who had Christmas come early.
The hand, for reference:
Submitted by : exalted
PokerStars Game #51895577703: Holdem No Limit (€0.50/€1.00 EUR) - 2010/10/30 20:07:48 CCT [2010/10/30 8:07:48 ET]
Table Seppina V 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: exalted1 (€101 in chips)
Seat 2: aivan80 (€81.20 in chips)
Seat 3: kizza_om (€373.60 in chips)
Seat 5: fullfury (€130.35 in chips)
Seat 6: the clêaner (€116.85 in chips)
the clêaner: posts small blind €0.50
exalted1: posts big blind €1
DavSmith174: sits out
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to exalted1
aivan80: raises €1 to €2
kizza_om: folds
fullfury: folds
the clêaner: folds
exalted1: calls €1
exalted1: bets €80
aivan80: calls €72.10 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (€7.90) returned to exalted1
Showdown exalted1: shows (a pair of Fours)
aivan80: shows (two pair, Kings and Fours)
aivan80 collected €160.90 from pot
Summary Total pot €162.90 | Rake €2
Board
Seat 1: exalted1 (big blind) showed and lost with a pair of Fours
Seat 2: aivan80 showed and won (€160.90) with two pair, Kings and Fours
Seat 3: kizza_om folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: fullfury (button) folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 6: the clêaner (small blind) folded before Flop
. . .
It seems my only options are:
1. ACTIVATE Popup table whenever user action is required. Get fucked everytime typing notes, doing other things, etc.
2. DEACTIVATE Pop up table. Constantly time out when in other hands.
Does "single click table activation" have anything to do with this? How do you SNEs deal with it?!?!??!
This probably looks really bad, what with the "UB Support" thread still high on the list on Main Poker, but I'm looking to move about $100-200 from UB to Stars. If anyone could help me out, I'd be much obliged. Thanks!
So, this is October for me, and I have a lot of questions. Note that I'm playing 100% 5NL right now.
First of all, this is the first time I've gotten really disciplined about playing and winning. About half-way through the month, maybe right at 800 hands played this month or so, I invested in PT3 and WOW, do I notice a difference in my winrate. Just seeing stats like that, paying more attention to tables, and using filters to find some leaks in my game has really changed alot.
As you can see I'm still in the negative for the month but as I almost broke even, I got really excited. I don't think this has been an upswing since the 900th hand played or so, and I certainly hope it's not all attributable to variance, cause I can definitely see my play improving, and I feel like I can definitely continue this rate.
I have some questions though. First, about this graph; obviously, amount won is a very easy line. But what exactly do my all-in EV, showdown and nonshowdown winnings tell me about my level of play? The showdown winnings line says to me that I'm getting my money in bad too often on the river. So, I really tightened up that aspect of my play. I stopped rationalizing that hero call, stopped imagining that everyone who bets the river against my TPTK must be bluffing. That really upped my winrate.
I have no idea what the all-in EV line says about my play. If it says anything at all. I've seen debate that it's not a good indicator of variance or 'running bad'. Can anyone explain to me the math behind it and how it relates? I've done a lot of reading here and on 2p2 and I still don't quite understand it.
Secondly, when I play 5NL, or .02/.05, I always buy in for $5, even though the max is 12.50. Why is there such a huge bb cap on these tables, and am I stunting myself by buying in for only 5? I guess I'm just a creature of habit and am accustomed to buying in for 100bb...
My last question is about PS rakeback and VPP stuff. I got my first 750 vpp $10 bonus today, yay free moneys. But obviously I'm more interested in the serious rakeback stuff. Playing 5nl, what kind of volume is really required to get any decent form of rakeback? Should I be moving to a different site if I can't play 40k hands a month?
Can't really go through the bad beats, here's some of the hands from donation guy: + Show Spoiler +
Submitted by : player999
PokerStars Game #51884238654: Tournament #326258863, €50.00+€2.25 EUR Holdem No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2010/10/30 0:46:11 AT [2010/10/29 23:46:11 ET]
Table 326258863 1 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: necoportuga (1720 in chips)
Seat 2: Hero (1280 in chips)
Hero: posts small blind 10
necoportuga: posts big blind 20
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
Hero: calls 10
necoportuga: checks
Showdown Hero: shows (a flush, King high)
necoportuga: mucks hand
Hero collected 2160 from pot
Summary Total pot 2160 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: necoportuga (big blind) mucked
Seat 2: Hero (button) (small blind) showed and won (2160) with a flush, King high
PokerStars Game #51884117783: Tournament #326258388, €50.00+€2.25 EUR Holdem No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2010/10/30 0:41:57 AT [2010/10/29 23:41:57 ET]
Table 326258388 1 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: necoportuga (1510 in chips)
Seat 2: Hero (1490 in chips)
Hero: posts small blind 10
necoportuga: posts big blind 20
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to Hero
Hero: calls 10
necoportuga: raises 20 to 40
Hero: calls 20
necoportuga: bets 750 and is all-in
Hero: calls 730 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (20) returned to necoportuga
River (Pot : $2,980.00)
Showdown necoportuga: shows (high card Queen)
Hero: shows (a flush, King high)
Hero collected 2980 from pot
Summary Total pot 2980 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: necoportuga (big blind) showed and lost with high card Queen
Seat 2: Hero (button) (small blind) showed and won (2980) with a flush, King high
So I made an account on ftp awhile ago, didn't play too much.
Made a new one recently when i wanted to play more, and is the account i went up to 1k with.
when i tried to withdraw, i guess they saw that my old account is still open so they locked my new one (where does the money go??) and i'm left with 32 dollars on my old one that i haven't even logged on for years.
Good month from a poker point of view. Not that many hands but really solid profit. Not that I have much luck trying to figure out how much I'm up this year including rakeback and MTT's, but I think I might even dubble what I did last year if I have two more good months. That'd be nice.
As for music I tried to fall asleep two nights ago and couldn't get some line out of my head; "Perhaps you're smiling now // smiling through this darkness // but all I had to give was the guilt for dreaming" or something like that. It bugged the hell out of me until I woke up and googled it and found out it was the bowie-song "time", which I*ve probably havn't heard in like 3 years. Now I'm sold on Bowie again
I manage, coach, and play for a 1st Division baseball team in Warsaw, the capital of Poland. My team is looking for some help in the 2011 season. We play 28 regular games, 8 playoff games and 8 preseason games. Also, our team goes to Spain every year for spring training (to Madrid and Valencia).
We are looking for experienced coaches/players with college experience to come play for our team from March to mid-July 2011 (regular season), and September 2011 (playoffs).
I’m looking in the poker player community because I know we have a lot of free time and we can do our work any place in the world.
Why come to Warsaw, Poland?
1. This is a great location to travel around Europe, many awesome airline connections.
2. Poland is a beautiful country, full of historical places and interesting sights.
3. It’s a one-time opportunity to play baseball in Europe on a competitive level.
4. It’s a chance to improve your poker game
5. It’s a chance to live in Poland and met new people.
6. Polish girls are the hottest in the world!
In the winter, we practice 3 times a week. In spring and summer, we practice twice a week and play games on the weekends (either 9 innings or 2 7-inning games). Sometimes we play doubleheaders.
If anyone is interested in coming to Poland next year, my teammates and I would take good care of him. Outside the baseball diamond, we are group of close friends who enjoy partying and having fun together. Almost all of our players speak English so there would not be any communication issues.
We can work out all details in person, and we do offer some benefits for experience players. .
If you are interested, please contact me at: centaury.wwa@gmail.com
I have been playing poker for 2 years, in Sep 2009 I gave up work at the world-class company Ernst & Young and began playing poker professionally. Currently I play FR NL200/100 on Ongame and BossMedia. I have a few friends who also play poker, MTT and SH. I coached my brother and taught him to play online. In 6 months he moved up from nl2 to nl50 and is a big winner there.
The average cost of living in Warsaw, with good standards is $1500 per month.
You can find some more information about our team at the following links:
Ok so I've been thinking for a while about tuning my play to the 2/5c games and about cbetting and all that, so rather than just thinking about it I just cranked out some HEM to look at a few things.
I am just wondering if these stats are reasonable to draw conclusions from because I know that some can be extremely misleading by not understanding the filters properly.
So I wanted to know about cbetting primarily to start with, and filtered for cbet made = true which looks fine and up. I changed it to vpip = true (so it doesn't get raped by the blinds) and searched for flop cbet = false, which also looked fine. At this stage I don't particularly care what is going on in the graph as long as the slope is in the up direction.
Next I wondered how cbetting without a hand was, and so I again set cbet made = true, along with the 'hand values' tab set to any high card, and then any high card and low pairs. Both of these graphs sucks massive ass, with a lot of money lost, so I set cbet made = false and this one also has loads of money lost, but a little more than cbetting.
Just now I quickly had a look at (again with high card + low pp) cbetting the flop and then cbetting/not cbetting the turn. Its an incredibly small sample where I've cbetted both (57 hands or so), but I'm actually up there but as I said that could be due to the number of hands. Not surprisingly, hands where I cbetted the flop and then didnt cbet the turn also have masses of losses.
I'm not really sure what this tells me, the only thing I can see is that it is marginally better to make a cbet with air in the spots that I have been choosing as opposed to not bothering and just giving up, and possible I need to cbet the turn more even when called on the flop on good boards.
How do you guys check for really simple and obvious leak spots?
Age Old Question! Tournament pros vs Cashgame prosby wobbly_au, October 28
Been I while since I've contributed my thoughts to this forum besides the random handhistory commenting. I'd like to share my thoughts on why I think cashgame pros are on average far better than tournament pros. There will always be outliers tho.
I'm going to stay as objective as I can be but since I am a cash game player my argument may come off as one sided. But I invite you to debate/flame/argue your point so I can once and for all know If I'm on the right path.
As a cash game player, I can play up to 1.5mil hands a year and If I am up a significant amount steadily over those 1.5mil hands it is pretty much definitive proof that I am a winner. However for a tournament player to definitively say they are a winner it is much more difficult, lets work on some simple math.
Lets say a super dedicated tournament pro who plays only online (We'll get to live tournament players later) can get about 40 tournaments in a day with an average stake of 50$ and avg field size of 500 (my numbers may be off, if someone here is a tour pro please comment on a more realistic figure) so over the course of one year using 6day work weeks, and 50week work year...
40 X 6 X 50 = 12000 tournaments a year for a super hardworking pro.
Now lets say this pro is super GG at cards like resident hero mig.com and cashes 15% of tournaments and Final tables 6% of tournaments. This is going to be the biggest leap in my argument in saying the hands that REALLY matter are the hands in the final table. Lets say due to the table getting shorter and shorter we get an avg of 80hands/hour at the final table (including break time) and a final table on avg lasts about 2hours at most from my limited MTT experience. Some more simple math we get......
12000 * 6% * 80 * 2 = 115200 hands of significant worth over one year of every day grind.
We all know MTT variance is sick, but if the most amount of volume you can achieve in one whole year is less than what a good cash game player plays in a month or two how can we justify calling them a pro??
I think there are very few pure MTT players out there that have proven themselves, as most of them are young and as my simple math shows it probably would take them a lifetime of playing to play what a cashgame player would in a year.
Now I'm not saying you suck at poker if you've won a tournament, I'm just saying you haven't proven anything.
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I need some advice, preferably from people who had the same dilemma and decided either to drop out or stay. I'll definitely try to play poker as much as possible and go to the university but right now knowing myself I think it's not gonna work out that well.
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