Bit of an Update

New to LiquidPoker? Register here for free!

Forum Index > Poker Blogs

Benzooor United States. Mar 28 2008 11:05. Posts 630

Got some time at work today so I figured I'd update with some things going on..

After grinding up a nice roll on stars, I had a night where I came home after a party and probably 8-10 shots of Vodka and played some heads-up. Needless to say, I blew 95% of my roll and left myself with about 300.

As of now I had grinded that up to 3500$, started out 20-tabling .05/.10 FR, and played HU under-rolled on Friday nights and Sat nights -- ended up doing very well and then Moves to .25/.50, now playing 100NL 6max.

I really don't get much time to play online, only putting in maybe 1-3k hands a week. Playing 100NL I will probably end up being about 500 VPP away from GoldStar ><

I cashed out 500$ to pay off a long-overdue debt to my parents when I got fired from my job a year ago, leaving me with around ~3k. I think I'll just keep playing 100NL until 4k and then start taking shots at 200NL. I think my skill level is definitely above 100NL and I'm really looking forward to 200NL and up.

I have had a major revelation in my poker life of late. The biggest thing was that poker is a hobby / game / not a necessity. I only play when I am feeling up to it, when I am in a good mood and feel like playing. This has helped my results 1000% because I have been quitting when I start to tilt or take some bad beats and know I'm not playing well, and when playing I have been 100% focused. I keep a constant check on my emotional and mental state of mind to make sure that I should be playing, and avoid playing when in bad mindset or in a bad environment (too much distractions, talking on phone, aim, etc).

If you play poker on your own terms, instead of feeling like you *have* to put in a session, you WIN.

Realize this is a novel already, but played some live 1/2 NL at a local brick n mortar type card room last night and had an interesting hand. Let me know what you think of this:

Very early in the session, game had just started up and this was maybe the 2nd or 3rd orbit, 8 handed 1/2, UTG limps and I open

to 9 from MP. Folds around to UTG limper who calls.

Need to note that I had been pretty active so far, Raising anything in good position if folded to me, and had taken down almost every one with a cbet -- I had just had to fold to a raise on the flop from a weak/tight donk. My image at this point is fairly aggressive. UTG limper was a decent player, plays the casino often and seemed to be paying attention most of the time.

Flop comes

. UTG checks, I cbet for 12 (small I know), and he C/R to 30. I thought for a while and really didn't think he'd have a solid hand, I put him on the flush draw or something like QT or JT. I call, figuring I have many outs and the backdoor draw + hoping to push him off on a non-heart scare card turn.

Turn is

pairing the board and giving me the nut flush draw. UTG checks again, I think for quite a while and decide to bet 50. He thinks 3-4 seconds and minraises me. I think about it for a while and just absolutely nothing makes sense for him to take this line. I don't think he raises me if he just boated up, and definitely not with a naked T. He's not playing T4 or 43 from UTG so I can safely rule those out. I figure he has something like 77 or air.

I shove for 59$ more than his min-raise and he insta-calls, dealer deals river

which I really thought was a bad card.

I show my flush and he shows

and berates me continously for how bad I played the hand.

However I think I played it very well. Any thoughts on this?

Spose I should wrap it up.

Cheers,
Ben

0 votes

Robinson47 United Kingdom. Mar 28 2008 13:11. Posts 992

i dont like it one bit, cross the fingers and pray hes got flush draw, you do realise you can fold live? dont you, especially after totally missing the flop

KeanuReaver United States. Mar 28 2008 16:40. Posts 2022

bad flop to float
if you think he's making a play reraise him back or just push him in i dunno stack sizes wtv
after all, they say the greatest players in the world are those that put a man to a decision for all of his chips.

and the endurance required for MMA, which has actions like punching and kicking bone and muscle with 1000-2500 PSI. - Taco

Benzooor United States. Mar 29 2008 10:58. Posts 630

Robinson: yes I can fold live. I didn't choose to here.

Keanu: Why would it be a bad flop to float? He almost never has a very strong made hand, and I've got a ton of turn cards that improve my hand dramatically.

I didn't want to push him in if he had a combo draw, I was calling mostly to try to take it away on the turn depending on what came. The turn was obv a good card for my hand.

Appreciate the feedback!