Is there a word for when something mundane and common suddenly seems alien? I just wrote down the word "broadway" and I stared at it for about 30 seconds thinking "broad" is an impossibly strange spelling and there's no way that's how it's spelt. The o before the a just looks so weird but I've wrote that words at least hundreds of times in my life.
Also when I say a word many times in a row it starts sounding like it's not a real word any more.
I don't think I'm making any sense so I'm just gonna wrap this up
I got jesus seat on a super fish. This guy's beautiful, he'll ship pf with almost anything and is only slighty tighter postflop. Dud'es sick lucky tho, I've lost 8 buyins to him so far and he quickly ships those to the guy on his right.
This is still less tilting than MTTs
-e- Most tilting thing is that I feel obliged to sit when I'd rather go out for a smoke. I just got a a bit under a buyin back though (rake is annoying)
-e- fishy finally left, table instabroke, and damage totals at 7 buyins
Excuse me for a moment, I like to have a cigarette after I get fucked
I just finished playing a session at the 10NL deepstack tables. I play at most 2 tables, try to focus and be give myself strict stop-losses. The last part's necessary because I'm usually not practicing great BR management when I do it, but I think ultimately it's not bad because A) If I lose at most 2 buyins I drop down and get it back from 5NL fishies, B) The player quality is significantly higher (although not too high) so I think and learn more as I play, and C) It's way more fun and some of these people just giving away $25 every once in a while.
It's super likely that I'm getting cocky after a run of positive variance (I think I went from low $200s to $300 today; and this session I ran at 100bb/100). I posted a blog about tilting (not really worth reading in case you're considering) - it definitely affects my game - and I think I'll have to be careful that I don't tilt from this hot streak. One thing I'm worried about is getting too comfortable at the tables. It happens to me if I've been winning and it leads to terrible play. Because of that I'm not sure if I should stay at the 10NLDS tables or not. I think I'll put 2bi to it and reevaluate if I lose those.
I'm going to post some hands in spoilers below in case anyone is interested. I've included commentary/questions/context at the top of each spoiler. If you do check some out and have the time I always appreciate comments on my hands
Believe me you don't need to tell me how bad this is. After the briefest bit of thought I think I fold to his flop raise cuz I'm in super bad shape vs his range. I realised that he's calling my pf 3b super wide though, so I think this means I can 3b wider for value and eliminate most bluff 3bets. Not entirely sure tho.
Submitted by : KoeBawlt
***** Hand History for Game 1111111111 ***** Poker Stars
$10.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, June 08, 08:06:03 ET 2012
Table Parysatis IV Real Money
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 2: Hero $29.35 USD - VPIP: 19, PFR: 16, 3B: 4, AF: 3.3, Hands: 20308
Seat 3: Player3 $26.26 USD - VPIP: 43, PFR: 36, 3B: 12, AF: 1.2, Hands: 112
Player3 posts small blind [$0.05 USD].
Hero posts big blind [$0.10 USD].
Hero posts ante of [$0.02 USD].
Player3 posts ante of [$0.02 USD].
This one I'm super unsure about after looking over. I check flop because I don't think worse is calling. I call turn because I guess he could have Ad and be bluffing? On the river when he bets that small I really doubt he has flush so I raise to make it look like I have Ad. Really unsure about this though and I have a bad feeling about the turn call.
Submitted by : KoeBawlt
***** Hand History for Game 1111111111 ***** Poker Stars
$10.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, June 08, 07:56:37 ET 2012
Table Vaino II Real Money
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 2: Player2 $20.21 USD - VPIP: 27, PFR: 17, 3B: 8, AF: 8.0, Hands: 70
Seat 3: Hero $36.01 USD - VPIP: 19, PFR: 16, 3B: 4, AF: 3.3, Hands: 20308
Seat 4: Player4 $23.73 USD - VPIP: 32, PFR: 20, 3B: 8, AF: 1.7, Hands: 138
Seat 5: Player5 $29.12 USD - VPIP: 33, PFR: 25, 3B: 22, AF: 3.0, Hands: 138
Player4 posts small blind [$0.05 USD].
Player5 posts big blind [$0.10 USD].
Player2 posts ante of [$0.02 USD].
Hero posts ante of [$0.02 USD].
Player4 posts ante of [$0.02 USD].
Player5 posts ante of [$0.02 USD].
On the river I think he's betting A if he has it, and I don't see J taking this line so I figure I should bet for value. I'm iffy on the sizing though. Should it be less than this in general?
Submitted by : KoeBawlt
***** Hand History for Game 1111111111 ***** Poker Stars
$10.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, June 08, 07:50:33 ET 2012
Table Vaino II Real Money
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 2: Player2 $20.00 USD - VPIP: 27, PFR: 17, 3B: 8, AF: 8.0, Hands: 70
Seat 3: Hero $28.59 USD - VPIP: 19, PFR: 16, 3B: 4, AF: 3.3, Hands: 20308
Seat 4: Player4 $25.84 USD - VPIP: 32, PFR: 20, 3B: 8, AF: 1.7, Hands: 138
Seat 5: Player5 $27.79 USD - VPIP: 33, PFR: 25, 3B: 22, AF: 3.0, Hands: 138
Seat 6: Player6 $25.87 USD - VPIP: 24, PFR: 19, 3B: 6, AF: 2.3, Hands: 42
Player2 posts small blind [$0.05 USD].
Hero posts big blind [$0.10 USD].
Player2 posts ante of [$0.02 USD].
Hero posts ante of [$0.02 USD].
Player4 posts ante of [$0.02 USD].
Player5 posts ante of [$0.02 USD].
Player6 posts ante of [$0.02 USD].
I think I can call his 3b np because of position and his high 3b stat (it's over a small sample though). After he checks on the flop I think he's weak so I bet. I think it's a good bet because he potentially has lots of riffraff in this 3b range that will just give me the pot there. I'm not entirely certain about this though as this flop hits his value 3b range pretty hard.
Turn and riv are obv and silly man loses his stack.
Submitted by : KoeBawlt
***** Hand History for Game 1111111111 ***** Poker Stars
$10.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, June 08, 08:37:06 ET 2012
Table Vaino II Real Money
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 2: Player2 $38.99 USD - VPIP: 36, PFR: 14, 3B: 0, AF: 0.5, Hands: 28
Seat 3: Hero $35.77 USD - VPIP: 19, PFR: 16, 3B: 4, AF: 3.3, Hands: 20308
Seat 4: Player4 $24.88 USD - VPIP: 32, PFR: 20, 3B: 8, AF: 1.7, Hands: 138
Seat 5: Player5 $32.71 USD - VPIP: 33, PFR: 25, 3B: 22, AF: 3.0, Hands: 138
Player4 posts small blind [$0.05 USD].
Player5 posts big blind [$0.10 USD].
Player2 posts ante of [$0.02 USD].
Hero posts ante of [$0.02 USD].
Player4 posts ante of [$0.02 USD].
Player5 posts ante of [$0.02 USD].
This one I called pf cuz I have button and good pot odds (I guess? This may be a leak). OTF after it checks around I'm pretty sure pfr has a weak hand, and the other two checkers as well based on their pf call and flop check. My thoughts on the bet were that I'd win it outright some of the time, and some of the time when I didn't I'd get cards to help me continue bluffing (3, 6, T, A). This hand I'm really unsure about.
Submitted by : KoeBawlt
***** Hand History for Game 1111111111 ***** Poker Stars
$10.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, June 08, 09:03:55 ET 2012
Table Aldhibah IV Real Money
Seat 5 is the button
Seat 1: Player1 $24.22 USD - VPIP: 24, PFR: 17, 3B: 6, AF: 2.7, Hands: 214
Seat 2: Player2 $34.36 USD - VPIP: 32, PFR: 27, 3B: 14, AF: 2.0, Hands: 22
Seat 3: Player3 $25.00 USD - VPIP: 16, PFR: 11, 3B: 10, AF: 0.3, Hands: 37
Seat 4: Player4 $25.00 USD - VPIP: 17, PFR: 11, 3B: 0, AF: 1.2, Hands: 64
Seat 5: Hero $36.44 USD - VPIP: 19, PFR: 16, 3B: 4, AF: 3.3, Hands: 20308
Seat 6: Player6 $19.17 USD - VPIP: 55, PFR: 8, 3B: 0, AF: 2.1, Hands: 38
Player6 posts small blind [$0.05 USD].
Player1 posts big blind [$0.10 USD].
Player1 posts ante of [$0.02 USD].
Player2 posts ante of [$0.02 USD].
Player3 posts ante of [$0.02 USD].
Player4 posts ante of [$0.02 USD].
Hero posts ante of [$0.02 USD].
Player6 posts ante of [$0.02 USD].
Player2 checks
Hero bets [$2.30 USD]
Player2 folds
Hero wins $2.30 USD
Hero wins $3.31 USD from main pot
I think I'll summarise by saying that I definitely ran super godly well over these few hundred hands. I'm trying to work aggression into my game at these tables as well. Not too aggressive (I'm not looking to try to 4b light pf), but it seems that the players fold (a bit) more than at 5NL.
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