Well today is the 5th and I m realy starting to believe I m on the biggest downswing I ever had , almost 11 buy ins down and a handful of awful spots ... Here r some of those.
#1st day
http://weaktight.com/1758987 Standard
http://weaktight.com/1759461 Its becoming a tradition flopping a set and loosing a whole stack lol
http://weaktight.com/1759238 Well this lemonlemon guy is the pure ATM , a moronic fish that limp calls every single hand ( playing 78/8 at that time ) and on top of that doesnt even fold midpair strenght hands so i isolated him with a huge 3 bet on AJ after a 3rd player raised ( pretty decent player tbh ) . The original raiser was imo trying to get his odds right on a set mining type play and he didnt concerned me and hell i m not going to fold TPTK vs lemon guy due to the fact that he is a complete ape , well he hited a set 2 bad ( btw great call 22 calling a tight player on a gigantic raise , great odds! Not ... ).
http://weaktight.com/1759296 Same guy same story , crushed and trapped boom miracle running cards for the tie, gz !
http://weaktight.com/1759402 Raiden Winz ! ( This isnt standard just cause this same guy won 4 flips vs me in like 45 mns 3 of them i was ahead the other he had TT i had AKs shit happens ! )
http://weaktight.com/1759803 Now this hand i honestly think i couldnt had played it worse , i mean the only possible hand i could be slightly ahead would be something like A8 with the A of diamonds and still wouldnt be a great spot, he limped from the SB so his range is huge that means a possible 77 ( 99/TT he would isolate i guess ) J8/68/97/T7/T9 and some other funky stuff , my raise is good but calling the shove is just piss poor tbh...
http://weaktight.com/1759635 Classic and priceless! Unavoidable...
http://weaktight.com/1759575 A bit overagressive but he is a 45/26 with a high AGF , doesnt shock me but maybe would be a good idea to wait for a better spot.
#2
http://weaktight.com/1769184 Very very very agressive player 52% limp raise ( average = all positions ) 21% 3 bet and some history ( Shove on ATos and 44 PF vs 4 bet ) and well i get AQ and play it agressively for value and boom he catches KK 2 bad.
http://weaktight.com/1769299 Very discussable turn call ( 15 outs vs a donkey but still such a big bet )
76s OTB i call a raise from an apparently nit player UTG flop comes 774 he has Q7 ( needless to say the outcome ) No Hand History available due to HM error.
sábado, 5 de dezembro de 2009
terça-feira, 1 de dezembro de 2009
Summing up November and December goals !
Well November was all in all a complete wreck of a month , i didnt get to complete any goal whatsoever and i have partially me to blame , its true that i lost a lot of big hands ahead or in those situations where no one would have escaped but still ... I only played 28ks and i didnt even renewed my VIP status ( which i wanted to increase ) so yeap blame the donkey ! I finished the month around 400ish down and i m on the verge of moving a limit down.
December will be a different , better , most focused month ! I ll play more and get back to my winning ways ( i hope ) My goals will be :
> Playing 40ks+ Hands .
> Getting a 4bb/100 winrate.
> Achieving Plat Status and 30ks Points for the Bonus.
> Post at least 12-15 times at the blog.
December will be a different , better , most focused month ! I ll play more and get back to my winning ways ( i hope ) My goals will be :
> Playing 40ks+ Hands .
> Getting a 4bb/100 winrate.
> Achieving Plat Status and 30ks Points for the Bonus.
> Post at least 12-15 times at the blog.
quarta-feira, 25 de novembro de 2009
Hi , I m lucas I m 20 and i currently reside in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil.
I began playing in February 2009 with a 50USD bankroll at NLH 0,02 6 max on Pokerstars. As a poker enthusiast i m slowly climbing the limits ladder and I intend to play High Stakes later on.
When i turned 50USD in 3k i started playing NL50 HU instead of 6max and i had a 30buy ins downswing. Now i m back to 6max and i wanna get into NL100 next year. My stats are VPIP : 21 PFR: 17 3bet: 5% at the moment. I was a bit unconfortable playing with a 26%+ VPIP last month and making to much high risk moves like 4betting light , 3 barrel on air and Check raise river and then i realized it wasnt such a good idea in the active metagame.
This month i m going for a slightly tighter game and i will discuss some hands in the blog.
I began playing in February 2009 with a 50USD bankroll at NLH 0,02 6 max on Pokerstars. As a poker enthusiast i m slowly climbing the limits ladder and I intend to play High Stakes later on.
When i turned 50USD in 3k i started playing NL50 HU instead of 6max and i had a 30buy ins downswing. Now i m back to 6max and i wanna get into NL100 next year. My stats are VPIP : 21 PFR: 17 3bet: 5% at the moment. I was a bit unconfortable playing with a 26%+ VPIP last month and making to much high risk moves like 4betting light , 3 barrel on air and Check raise river and then i realized it wasnt such a good idea in the active metagame.
This month i m going for a slightly tighter game and i will discuss some hands in the blog.
domingo, 1 de novembro de 2009
#6 hand analysis (24th October)
http://weaktight.com/1652184
Good odds SB i call , flop a set , the flop is just fine but the reason i m putting this hand down for analysis is not the fact that i won/lost the hand but how i played it ... I mean where is the value on a check 3 way in that board ? ... A J would have paid an extra bet ... Aswell as hands like TT 88 99 77 55 44 33 22 ... So after the hand went to showdown i just thought " Jeez i missplayed this soooooo bad. Heck , even against a bluff i might been inclined to bet on a paired board cause they r both regs so they might just try to float me ...
Good odds SB i call , flop a set , the flop is just fine but the reason i m putting this hand down for analysis is not the fact that i won/lost the hand but how i played it ... I mean where is the value on a check 3 way in that board ? ... A J would have paid an extra bet ... Aswell as hands like TT 88 99 77 55 44 33 22 ... So after the hand went to showdown i just thought " Jeez i missplayed this soooooo bad. Heck , even against a bluff i might been inclined to bet on a paired board cause they r both regs so they might just try to float me ...
sábado, 31 de outubro de 2009
#5 hand analysis (22nd/23rd October)
http://weaktight.com/1646457
TT MP standard raise 2,5 blinds and surprise surprise the BB ( 41/20 complete chimpy ) calls , the flop presents little threat and he check raises me ( even tho weak ) , i mini 3 bet and he calls . He is quite aggressive but still calling a 3 bet on the flop i thought it was kinda weird , by now i m putting him either on an overpair / set / TPTK type hand and the turn is just awful ... Another 9 ... Great ... Most of the time i ll be ok with this 9 ( not with the flop action anyway but on a "normal" hand its actually a great card ). He checks and i check which in my opinion is my biggest mistake during the hand , the pot is now 24 and he has like 12 behind , if he shoves i would insta call so why do i even check in the first place with this turn that is suposed to help me ( now i have hands like 76 65 78 86 T6 T7 nullified and still the 10 outs redraw vs overpairs ). The last streets gives me a straight and he shoves ,, ofc i call and he shows A8.
http://weaktight.com/1647669
This hand is just a curiosity , is the exact same guy that 5 days before hited a 1 outer vs me for a hole stack ( 87 vs 77 flop 8 turn 7 ) , being that sick enough now he slowplays KK while i have KQ and in the flop comes the case K ( along with a Q ) ... Better lucky than good sometimes ... I know i wish i was lucky this month but hey ... Thats poker , variance is its middle name and we have to put with it ! Pick up the slack and grind some more !
http://weaktight.com/1648847
Now this is one of those hands that gets me really pissed off on losing it ... I just figured it out so well and i ended up on the minus side ! Well happens thats poker for u.
I m up against Smirnoff a pretty good regular in NL50 in Titan Room and one of the most aggressive ones. He is a 21/20/5.5 with 85% flop cbet and 17% 3bet. He raises on the CO but that actualy doesnt matter cause OTB is a shortstack ( Yeap one of those annoying little nabs that fold/shove hands jeez how i hate them ! ) and his range here is pretty much any thing from AA to 45s so given that to account i chose not to 3bet but just to call to induce 1/2 extra streets of value in case i hit. Flop comes T8Q ( 2 spades ) i check he bets roughly the pot size and i reraise him 2,5 times which he mini raises and now things get quite interesting. What could he be doing this with ? A set ? Unlikely. KK AA ? Unlikely. 2 pair ? Unlikely. And why did i thought that ? Well his range pretty much incorporates all this possibilities but a mini raise on such a big pot with so many action ? He wouldnt mini raise for value with a strong made hand for the fact that he would be giving odds to a monster draw, so aside that my read was actually he having that monster draw and trying to get me off cheaply by mini reraising for commitment in later streets and by doing so if he misses turn he probably gets a free card from my due to the display of aggression in the early street , so i m putting him on hands like AT/AJ/JT/J9/T9 of spades and against this range shoving over the top on the flop wouldnt be the best idea so instead i call and if a spade or completing draw card drops on the turn i ll fold.A 5 of clubs helps anyone on the turn , i check to see what he does and he suddenly shoves , well there goes my free card plan but still at this point a player THAT aggressive will turn his semi - bluff into a shove most of the time...I go to the tank and i decide to call... He has T7 of spades and rivers a 7 to take my full stack ... Well played by both that was a really enjoyable hand. Cant win them all !
Flop : Good ... Turn : Better ... River : Omg suckout 2 outer gz !
Good Call , bad income !
http://weaktight.com/1648111
http://weaktight.com/1648110
http://weaktight.com/1646457
TT MP standard raise 2,5 blinds and surprise surprise the BB ( 41/20 complete chimpy ) calls , the flop presents little threat and he check raises me ( even tho weak ) , i mini 3 bet and he calls . He is quite aggressive but still calling a 3 bet on the flop i thought it was kinda weird , by now i m putting him either on an overpair / set / TPTK type hand and the turn is just awful ... Another 9 ... Great ... Most of the time i ll be ok with this 9 ( not with the flop action anyway but on a "normal" hand its actually a great card ). He checks and i check which in my opinion is my biggest mistake during the hand , the pot is now 24 and he has like 12 behind , if he shoves i would insta call so why do i even check in the first place with this turn that is suposed to help me ( now i have hands like 76 65 78 86 T6 T7 nullified and still the 10 outs redraw vs overpairs ). The last streets gives me a straight and he shoves ,, ofc i call and he shows A8.
http://weaktight.com/1647669
This hand is just a curiosity , is the exact same guy that 5 days before hited a 1 outer vs me for a hole stack ( 87 vs 77 flop 8 turn 7 ) , being that sick enough now he slowplays KK while i have KQ and in the flop comes the case K ( along with a Q ) ... Better lucky than good sometimes ... I know i wish i was lucky this month but hey ... Thats poker , variance is its middle name and we have to put with it ! Pick up the slack and grind some more !
http://weaktight.com/1648847
Now this is one of those hands that gets me really pissed off on losing it ... I just figured it out so well and i ended up on the minus side ! Well happens thats poker for u.
I m up against Smirnoff a pretty good regular in NL50 in Titan Room and one of the most aggressive ones. He is a 21/20/5.5 with 85% flop cbet and 17% 3bet. He raises on the CO but that actualy doesnt matter cause OTB is a shortstack ( Yeap one of those annoying little nabs that fold/shove hands jeez how i hate them ! ) and his range here is pretty much any thing from AA to 45s so given that to account i chose not to 3bet but just to call to induce 1/2 extra streets of value in case i hit. Flop comes T8Q ( 2 spades ) i check he bets roughly the pot size and i reraise him 2,5 times which he mini raises and now things get quite interesting. What could he be doing this with ? A set ? Unlikely. KK AA ? Unlikely. 2 pair ? Unlikely. And why did i thought that ? Well his range pretty much incorporates all this possibilities but a mini raise on such a big pot with so many action ? He wouldnt mini raise for value with a strong made hand for the fact that he would be giving odds to a monster draw, so aside that my read was actually he having that monster draw and trying to get me off cheaply by mini reraising for commitment in later streets and by doing so if he misses turn he probably gets a free card from my due to the display of aggression in the early street , so i m putting him on hands like AT/AJ/JT/J9/T9 of spades and against this range shoving over the top on the flop wouldnt be the best idea so instead i call and if a spade or completing draw card drops on the turn i ll fold.A 5 of clubs helps anyone on the turn , i check to see what he does and he suddenly shoves , well there goes my free card plan but still at this point a player THAT aggressive will turn his semi - bluff into a shove most of the time...I go to the tank and i decide to call... He has T7 of spades and rivers a 7 to take my full stack ... Well played by both that was a really enjoyable hand. Cant win them all !
Flop : Good ... Turn : Better ... River : Omg suckout 2 outer gz !
Good Call , bad income !
http://weaktight.com/1648111
http://weaktight.com/1648110
quarta-feira, 21 de outubro de 2009
NL50 balance first hands
Well i recently moved from NL20 to NL50 and its going so bad i had to take a couple of days off to rethink my strategy so now i m posting every major hand from my last 6ks hands played so i can make a balance out of them and see whats really going on.
Hands +
#1 http://weaktight.com/1612329
#2 http://weaktight.com/1612458
#3 http://weaktight.com/1612837
#4 http://weaktight.com/1612986
#5 http://weaktight.com/1613003
#6 http://weaktight.com/1613219
#7 http://weaktight.com/1613446
#8 http://weaktight.com/1613695
#9 http://weaktight.com/1613841
#10 http://weaktight.com/1613912
#11 http://weaktight.com/1614367
#12 http://weaktight.com/1614396
#13 http://weaktight.com/1614561
#14 http://weaktight.com/1615064
#15 http://weaktight.com/1615139
#16 http://weaktight.com/1615111
#17 http://weaktight.com/1615483
#18 http://weaktight.com/1615472
#19 http://weaktight.com/1615583
#20 http://weaktight.com/1615586
#21 http://weaktight.com/1615767
#22 http://weaktight.com/1615880
#23 http://weaktight.com/1617373
#24 http://weaktight.com/1617770
Hands -
#1 http://weaktight.com/1612198
#2 http://weaktight.com/1612752
#3 http://weaktight.com/1613143
#4 http://weaktight.com/1613359
#5 http://weaktight.com/1613579
#6 http://weaktight.com/1613752
#7 http://weaktight.com/1613960
#8 http://weaktight.com/1614269
#9 http://weaktight.com/1614178
#10 http://weaktight.com/1614338
#11 http://weaktight.com/1614415
#12 http://weaktight.com/1614888
#13 http://weaktight.com/1615106
#14 http://weaktight.com/1615206
#15 http://weaktight.com/1615348
#16 http://weaktight.com/1615477
#17 http://weaktight.com/1615570
#18 http://weaktight.com/1615619
#19 http://weaktight.com/1615714
#20 http://weaktight.com/1615784
#21 http://weaktight.com/1615810
#22 http://weaktight.com/1616003
#23 http://weaktight.com/1617410
#24 http://weaktight.com/1617416
#25 http://weaktight.com/1617372
#26 http://weaktight.com/1617540
Hands +
#1 http://weaktight.com/1612329
#2 http://weaktight.com/1612458
#3 http://weaktight.com/1612837
#4 http://weaktight.com/1612986
#5 http://weaktight.com/1613003
#6 http://weaktight.com/1613219
#7 http://weaktight.com/1613446
#8 http://weaktight.com/1613695
#9 http://weaktight.com/1613841
#10 http://weaktight.com/1613912
#11 http://weaktight.com/1614367
#12 http://weaktight.com/1614396
#13 http://weaktight.com/1614561
#14 http://weaktight.com/1615064
#15 http://weaktight.com/1615139
#16 http://weaktight.com/1615111
#17 http://weaktight.com/1615483
#18 http://weaktight.com/1615472
#19 http://weaktight.com/1615583
#20 http://weaktight.com/1615586
#21 http://weaktight.com/1615767
#22 http://weaktight.com/1615880
#23 http://weaktight.com/1617373
#24 http://weaktight.com/1617770
Hands -
#1 http://weaktight.com/1612198
#2 http://weaktight.com/1612752
#3 http://weaktight.com/1613143
#4 http://weaktight.com/1613359
#5 http://weaktight.com/1613579
#6 http://weaktight.com/1613752
#7 http://weaktight.com/1613960
#8 http://weaktight.com/1614269
#9 http://weaktight.com/1614178
#10 http://weaktight.com/1614338
#11 http://weaktight.com/1614415
#12 http://weaktight.com/1614888
#13 http://weaktight.com/1615106
#14 http://weaktight.com/1615206
#15 http://weaktight.com/1615348
#16 http://weaktight.com/1615477
#17 http://weaktight.com/1615570
#18 http://weaktight.com/1615619
#19 http://weaktight.com/1615714
#20 http://weaktight.com/1615784
#21 http://weaktight.com/1615810
#22 http://weaktight.com/1616003
#23 http://weaktight.com/1617410
#24 http://weaktight.com/1617416
#25 http://weaktight.com/1617372
#26 http://weaktight.com/1617540
terça-feira, 13 de outubro de 2009
#4th Hand analysis
A decade later here are some more hands to discuss.
http://weaktight.com/1583996
Pretty standard preflop everyone folds to me ( OTB ) except the CO donky 39/9/3.8 that limps , and i obviously raise 5 blinds. The flop presents me an Ace along with 2 7s , he checks i bet close to 1/2 the pot and for my surprise he mini raises , which is ok cause my hand can stand "some" heat... Still not a normal type play from my opponent ( 0% check raise and 93% fold to cbet ). A blank on the turn generates no action and the river shows a 6 of diamonds that completes a runner flush ( no way way he has that given the earlier streets action ) , he bets roughly 1/2 of the pot and i call , now lets see why i chose to check turn and call river. He is just being abused in this table folding every hand on the flop/turn or getting 3bet preflop plus he is loosing more than a buy in at the time, tilt is the L word ! On the flop i was putting him on a range from Ax ( AT , A9 , A2 , A3 , A4 , A5 most likely ) to a middle pair 6s 8s 9s even as high as Ts and he is just fed up of being steamrolled and tried to ( weakly ) steal the pot , if he has nothing on the turn and i bet after being check raised earlier he wont call on air cause is such a strong pattern but if i check i still have the opportunity of getting an extra bet ( even for mid range value like 88/99/AT ) on the river.
http://weaktight.com/1584102
In this hand i m up against a pretty good reg 16/16/11.0 ( Yes 11.0 AGG in a decent sample ) , i get 55 in the SB and everyone folds and i kinda limp with a funky plan , he has 100% Fcbet and 100% Tcbet so lets capitalize on that ( doing ze float oop ) , he also has 90% fold vs steal so if i raised i would have gotten 1 blind 9/10 times. Flop comes a bit heavy for my hand type (K34 2 spades) but still i check call him with the intent of steal it on a later street, he bets 3/4 of the pot and i insta call ( to induce strength ) , a 8 on the turn gives no one nothing the majority of the time and he bets once more after i checked to him ( more than 3/4s this time ) ok ok enough play , i miniraise him and yes it seems a bit donkish play but against a thinking player after insta calling preflop it implies a really strong hand ( a set / TPTK or something in that line ).
http://weaktight.com/1583996
Pretty standard preflop everyone folds to me ( OTB ) except the CO donky 39/9/3.8 that limps , and i obviously raise 5 blinds. The flop presents me an Ace along with 2 7s , he checks i bet close to 1/2 the pot and for my surprise he mini raises , which is ok cause my hand can stand "some" heat... Still not a normal type play from my opponent ( 0% check raise and 93% fold to cbet ). A blank on the turn generates no action and the river shows a 6 of diamonds that completes a runner flush ( no way way he has that given the earlier streets action ) , he bets roughly 1/2 of the pot and i call , now lets see why i chose to check turn and call river. He is just being abused in this table folding every hand on the flop/turn or getting 3bet preflop plus he is loosing more than a buy in at the time, tilt is the L word ! On the flop i was putting him on a range from Ax ( AT , A9 , A2 , A3 , A4 , A5 most likely ) to a middle pair 6s 8s 9s even as high as Ts and he is just fed up of being steamrolled and tried to ( weakly ) steal the pot , if he has nothing on the turn and i bet after being check raised earlier he wont call on air cause is such a strong pattern but if i check i still have the opportunity of getting an extra bet ( even for mid range value like 88/99/AT ) on the river.
http://weaktight.com/1584102
In this hand i m up against a pretty good reg 16/16/11.0 ( Yes 11.0 AGG in a decent sample ) , i get 55 in the SB and everyone folds and i kinda limp with a funky plan , he has 100% Fcbet and 100% Tcbet so lets capitalize on that ( doing ze float oop ) , he also has 90% fold vs steal so if i raised i would have gotten 1 blind 9/10 times. Flop comes a bit heavy for my hand type (K34 2 spades) but still i check call him with the intent of steal it on a later street, he bets 3/4 of the pot and i insta call ( to induce strength ) , a 8 on the turn gives no one nothing the majority of the time and he bets once more after i checked to him ( more than 3/4s this time ) ok ok enough play , i miniraise him and yes it seems a bit donkish play but against a thinking player after insta calling preflop it implies a really strong hand ( a set / TPTK or something in that line ).
sexta-feira, 9 de outubro de 2009
Rest , Pause , Go
First of all i would like to thank Chumbita for joinning our ranks at "microstakesmacrominds" and i m sure he will give a positive contribution to our cause.
Its been 8 days since i ve written in the blog and thats cause i m not at home anyway. I ve taken a week off and i m staying at marios ( vulcanwolfs ) but i m coming back home tomorrow and i ll pick up the pace. Right now i ll just register my monthly goals.
#1 - Play 40ks + hands
#2 - Get at least 8bb/100
#3 - Reach 2.5ks bankroll
#4 - Increase my W$SD 3bet and decrease my AGF
#5 - Start the transition from NL.20 to NL.50
I ll also start a new weakly post with the purpose of analyzing the most ridonkculous plays i ve made during that same week and point out the "when" and "how" to avoid that kind of plays.
Its been 8 days since i ve written in the blog and thats cause i m not at home anyway. I ve taken a week off and i m staying at marios ( vulcanwolfs ) but i m coming back home tomorrow and i ll pick up the pace. Right now i ll just register my monthly goals.
#1 - Play 40ks + hands
#2 - Get at least 8bb/100
#3 - Reach 2.5ks bankroll
#4 - Increase my W$SD 3bet and decrease my AGF
#5 - Start the transition from NL.20 to NL.50
I ll also start a new weakly post with the purpose of analyzing the most ridonkculous plays i ve made during that same week and point out the "when" and "how" to avoid that kind of plays.
segunda-feira, 5 de outubro de 2009
Introduction
First I want to thank both users of this blog the invitation for participating in this project. Right now I don’t have much time to spend playing poker/reading about poker/writing, or any other poker wise stuff. I am taking a degree on Biochemistry, which is stealing a lot of my time ( mentira, aquilo é fácil -_- ). Nevertheless I play whenever I can and try to stay updated. I currently play at Absolute Poker, with a 30% rakeback deal. I play NL10-NL25, deep stack. The deep stack part is actually not an option. All tables at AP are deep. Of course, I can buy in for less, but I always want to buy in for the maximum amount as I find it is +EV playing with everyone covered, especially if I think I have edge over them. I have been out of the poker world for a few months, and came back about a month ago. And I have to say that, from what I observed, the games are getting tougher. Internet poker will always be Internet poker. There will always be a lot of donkfests going on, but I realize that as this world grows, more people is becoming to realize that if you think about this game for a little bit you may learn something, and as a bonus, win some money. The NL25 deep stack tables at AP can be real nitfests sometimes. Actually, that’s what they are the vast majority of the time. A lot of weak tight regs are stealing seats from bad players. Or even worse, bad players are becoming good players. Deep stack poker is very very different from the standart 100bbs poker, and I think I didn’t realize the big difference there is yet. The visible adjustments I have made so far comprehend playing more hands IP. Yet, raising more hands IP. Playing a kind of small ball poker, controlling pot size with my top pair type of hands. Playing more suited connectors IP which play very well against most of TAGs range. I would think there is some kind of adjustment to be made in relation to 3betting but I have kept this part quite intact, 3betting mostly for value and a few times as s bluff. But the fact that stacks permit a bigger maneuver must have some kind of influence in 3betting.
Another interesting aspect of these tables is the fact that most of the times I am the only one actually playing deep. So I guess most of the times I can play the regular type of poker against most opponents.When there is someone playing deep too, they may play the standart 100bbs type of poker without any adjustments which can be a very good point in my favor ( not right now, since I may be playing bad deep stack poker, but I will get there ).
These are the stats of the last days of August and all September. I am still trying to adjust to the deep stack type of Poker as I have already mentioned. I used to play a little bit looser at another site where I played the standart 100bbs poker. The deep stack poker should allow me to play more hands in position but I actually tightened up my game. It was not my plan, it’s just the way it went and I guess it payed off. I think I will have to decrease my AF a little bit as I may be losing a lot of money betting in bad spots ( I often forget people don’t fold at microstakes ). My WTSD value may be a little bit low which means I am only going to showdown with strong hands. Of course that’s not bad. But it may indicate that I am easily pushed off of hands where I am ahead. It is an indicator of weakness. Apart from that I think the other stats are not so bad, I will just try to consolidate my game and move up.
I have a lot of work to do this year so I will be playing very few hands. My goals for October are:
- Play 15k hands ( mostly 25NL )
- Winrate >= 6bb/100
- Take shots at 50NL if everything goes well
Another interesting aspect of these tables is the fact that most of the times I am the only one actually playing deep. So I guess most of the times I can play the regular type of poker against most opponents.When there is someone playing deep too, they may play the standart 100bbs type of poker without any adjustments which can be a very good point in my favor ( not right now, since I may be playing bad deep stack poker, but I will get there ).
These are the stats of the last days of August and all September. I am still trying to adjust to the deep stack type of Poker as I have already mentioned. I used to play a little bit looser at another site where I played the standart 100bbs poker. The deep stack poker should allow me to play more hands in position but I actually tightened up my game. It was not my plan, it’s just the way it went and I guess it payed off. I think I will have to decrease my AF a little bit as I may be losing a lot of money betting in bad spots ( I often forget people don’t fold at microstakes ). My WTSD value may be a little bit low which means I am only going to showdown with strong hands. Of course that’s not bad. But it may indicate that I am easily pushed off of hands where I am ahead. It is an indicator of weakness. Apart from that I think the other stats are not so bad, I will just try to consolidate my game and move up.
I have a lot of work to do this year so I will be playing very few hands. My goals for October are:
- Play 15k hands ( mostly 25NL )
- Winrate >= 6bb/100
- Take shots at 50NL if everything goes well
quinta-feira, 1 de outubro de 2009
#September balance
Well i started the blog on the 20th october and since that date i played as u can see around 17.000 hands and made 16 buy ins ( 9.59 bbs ) . Tho its a very small sample i m quite happy with the outcome. I only played 8/10 days i was suposed to due to physical exhaustion ( rugby + gym is a pain in the ass sometimes ) and Titan Poker was down for a whole day. Now lets discuss the stats , 95% of the educated poker people that see those stats will think " wow what a nooby nit " but in fact i m just adjusting my overaggressive gamestyle to the metagame i m inserted. To many shortstacks , to many 3 bets IP of LAGs ( and well lets be honest how many times vs a 3 bet are u likely to be head in a generic flop with anything from 22 to QJ ? ) , to many reshoves preflop , just a number of context plays where is far more profitable to limp call an isolation raise then a 3bet ( and once again people overplay some hands like mid/high pairs and high cards they might be good preflop but if u have an edge why risking playing coinflips ? ) i mean ... Most of my raising range loses some value in MWP so isnt preferable to wait for a better spot to ship it ? I ve been focusing more on getting extra value on decent/solid hands and losing less with medium strength hands or thin draws and i might say my post flop is very solid at the moment ( preflop i m kinda weakish to be honest ). I also decreased my Cbet/2barrel/3barrel and its proving to be a good idea so far. With anything else to say i hope for some question and i will gladly answer.
quarta-feira, 30 de setembro de 2009
#3rd hand analysis
Round 3 here we go.
http://weaktight.com/1550298
I have AJo and i raise 4 blinds standard so far ... I get a call from the villain OTB he is a rather good player 21/16/5.0 very aggressive and unpredictable ( 2nd time i play with him not much history tho big NSD winner ) tho his range is wide the fact that he is OTB makes his hand strength even more concealed due to the fact that he played 65% of his button hands so far. I pot bet the flop ( more as a probe cause his range is so big and he only has a 57% fold to Flop Cbet ) well he calls and now i have to make a turn decision ( with a pairing T board ) , if the board was rainbow i would probably check to either get a call on an extra bet on the river or check call the next two streets but ... It wasnt ... So i decided to slow down a bit and still give him negative odds on a draw by betting 2/3s ... He calls once again and now i m on a pickle. The river is a complete blank ( if he had me crushed the two wouldnt make him fold anything so ... ) . Question : Could i bet here ? Would it be profitable ? I dont think so ... My hand is good but not good enough to escalate the pot that much with a sizable bet. I lose against any stronger ace , a T ( unlikely at least ) or a set of 2s ( no way he has that ) but the bottom line is ... My read was a backdoor flush draw with a weaker A or a mid pair like 99/88 and he wouldnt call a 3 streets action bet however he might bet against a check to steal the pot with any of those , his AGF says so. He bets 2/3s and i call ... AJ proofs best. Ship it !
No link on this one i have it on HM but dunno why no record of it on XML archives.
3 way , a 22/19/2.5 raises to 3 blinds , i have 20cents in the pot so i m 1:2 with a hand that can easily trap Aces ? Hell yeah i m in J9 of spades is good enough ! The flop is AJ4 with two clubs and a spade and he bets 2/3s of the pot which i reraise 3 times from 0.80 to 2.40 he still calls. Another spade comes on the turn ( T ) so my hand suffers an improvement , instead of betting i check behind cause in case a non club comes on the river i can raise bluff the pot and if the final spade to complete my draw appears i want an extra bet out of it. A Q of diamonds drops on the river and is not quite the card i was waiting for... Still he bets 2.60 on a 6.0 pot , i felt weakness and boom reraise to 7. He ends up folding. I was representing the straight cause in my opinion he had either a weak ace or a busted flush draw with a mid weakish pair and if i just called here i would be probably more than 2/3s of the time behind so i rather be aggressive and go for the steal since he showed weakness.
http://weaktight.com/1550298
I have AJo and i raise 4 blinds standard so far ... I get a call from the villain OTB he is a rather good player 21/16/5.0 very aggressive and unpredictable ( 2nd time i play with him not much history tho big NSD winner ) tho his range is wide the fact that he is OTB makes his hand strength even more concealed due to the fact that he played 65% of his button hands so far. I pot bet the flop ( more as a probe cause his range is so big and he only has a 57% fold to Flop Cbet ) well he calls and now i have to make a turn decision ( with a pairing T board ) , if the board was rainbow i would probably check to either get a call on an extra bet on the river or check call the next two streets but ... It wasnt ... So i decided to slow down a bit and still give him negative odds on a draw by betting 2/3s ... He calls once again and now i m on a pickle. The river is a complete blank ( if he had me crushed the two wouldnt make him fold anything so ... ) . Question : Could i bet here ? Would it be profitable ? I dont think so ... My hand is good but not good enough to escalate the pot that much with a sizable bet. I lose against any stronger ace , a T ( unlikely at least ) or a set of 2s ( no way he has that ) but the bottom line is ... My read was a backdoor flush draw with a weaker A or a mid pair like 99/88 and he wouldnt call a 3 streets action bet however he might bet against a check to steal the pot with any of those , his AGF says so. He bets 2/3s and i call ... AJ proofs best. Ship it !
No link on this one i have it on HM but dunno why no record of it on XML archives.
3 way , a 22/19/2.5 raises to 3 blinds , i have 20cents in the pot so i m 1:2 with a hand that can easily trap Aces ? Hell yeah i m in J9 of spades is good enough ! The flop is AJ4 with two clubs and a spade and he bets 2/3s of the pot which i reraise 3 times from 0.80 to 2.40 he still calls. Another spade comes on the turn ( T ) so my hand suffers an improvement , instead of betting i check behind cause in case a non club comes on the river i can raise bluff the pot and if the final spade to complete my draw appears i want an extra bet out of it. A Q of diamonds drops on the river and is not quite the card i was waiting for... Still he bets 2.60 on a 6.0 pot , i felt weakness and boom reraise to 7. He ends up folding. I was representing the straight cause in my opinion he had either a weak ace or a busted flush draw with a mid weakish pair and if i just called here i would be probably more than 2/3s of the time behind so i rather be aggressive and go for the steal since he showed weakness.
domingo, 27 de setembro de 2009
Muay-Thai
Boa tarde. Nesta última semana recomecei com os meus meus treinos de Muay-Thai e fiquei bastante contente com os resultados. Apesar de não ter praticado durante 2 meses, estive muito bem nos treinos e com uma condição física na minha opinião melhor que anteriormente. A razão foi pelo facto de ter vindo a treinar a nível cardiovascular e de força durante os 2 meses de férias. Outro factor positivo foi ter ganho perto d 3kg nesses dois meses.
Durante esta última semana de setembro irei treinar duas vezes muay-thai, 4 vezes treino de força e 2/3 vezes cardio, passando em Outubro para 3 treino de thai, 4 de força e matendo os 2/3 de cardio. A partir de Novembro/Dezembro passarei para 4 dias de thai, 3 de força e 2/3 dias de cardio com a possibilidade de aumentar consoante a minha condição no momento. No último treino recebi também a excelente notícia que dentro de 3 meses posso começar a competir, por isso penso agendar o meu primeiro combate para Abril para não prejudicar a minha prestação nas cadeiras práticas que me faltam na Faculdade (Ginástica e Andebol). Aí 2/3 meses antes do combate terei de começar a trabalhar thai 5 a 6 vezes por semana e condição física terei que ponderar no momento e terei que reduzir também o meu peso para -60kg, visto ser essa a minha categoria ideal.
De momento estou a trabalhar combinações muito específicas para a minha estatura e estou a começar também a implementar mais joelhos, cotovelos e treino de clinch. Irei começar a focar-me mais no boxe, visto ser esta a minha maior fraqueza... Ainda não tenho um jogo fluído, visto estar muito tenso e ainda não conseguir aproveitar a rotação do tronco e a força das pernas. Quanto ao trabalho de pernas está porreiro, devido a minha base de Karate e é uma questão de começar a treinar diversas combinações para variar o meu jogo. Espero nestes meses ter uma boa evolução e que tudo corra pelo melhor, de preferência sem lesões.
Cumprimentos a todos
Durante esta última semana de setembro irei treinar duas vezes muay-thai, 4 vezes treino de força e 2/3 vezes cardio, passando em Outubro para 3 treino de thai, 4 de força e matendo os 2/3 de cardio. A partir de Novembro/Dezembro passarei para 4 dias de thai, 3 de força e 2/3 dias de cardio com a possibilidade de aumentar consoante a minha condição no momento. No último treino recebi também a excelente notícia que dentro de 3 meses posso começar a competir, por isso penso agendar o meu primeiro combate para Abril para não prejudicar a minha prestação nas cadeiras práticas que me faltam na Faculdade (Ginástica e Andebol). Aí 2/3 meses antes do combate terei de começar a trabalhar thai 5 a 6 vezes por semana e condição física terei que ponderar no momento e terei que reduzir também o meu peso para -60kg, visto ser essa a minha categoria ideal.
De momento estou a trabalhar combinações muito específicas para a minha estatura e estou a começar também a implementar mais joelhos, cotovelos e treino de clinch. Irei começar a focar-me mais no boxe, visto ser esta a minha maior fraqueza... Ainda não tenho um jogo fluído, visto estar muito tenso e ainda não conseguir aproveitar a rotação do tronco e a força das pernas. Quanto ao trabalho de pernas está porreiro, devido a minha base de Karate e é uma questão de começar a treinar diversas combinações para variar o meu jogo. Espero nestes meses ter uma boa evolução e que tudo corra pelo melhor, de preferência sem lesões.
Cumprimentos a todos
sexta-feira, 25 de setembro de 2009
#2 Hand analysis
Lets get busy ! Hands from the last 3 days of grinding.
http://weaktight.com/1533200
In this hand i m up against the most active loose aggressive player i ever met , he is constantly ramming people away from pots . His stats r ( over 90 mns playing with him 6 max ) 57/41/3.6 with a 76% Flop Cbet 12% 3bet and only 36% Fold to 3bet. So i get AQs on the SB and raise to a standart 4 blinds , he raises be about 2,5 times and i 4bet him to 3+ times his 3bet, he calls. The flop comes K24 with 2 hearts well by now he is either putting me on AA KK AK or QQ , i had 2 options here either to check and quit the hand or shove cause in my opinion doing a 2/3s 1/2 bet in here is just donkish ... Lets see why. I have 12 behind the pot is already 12+ so i come out betting 6 or 8 for value with A high ? he might call me with something as low as KQ ( which i doubt he has ) the turn comes a blank or any figure card or even 9/T i fold with 4 behind ? Nah ... So in my humble point of view the only real choice here is shove , the check shove is the most absurd option ever cause given his huge aggression he might bet 99/TT/JJ//KQ and be compelled to call when i shove due to pot commitment. He ended up saying " AQ no good i guess " so i guess the most aggressive player took the hand down.
http://weaktight.com/1534046
I came to this hand with basically no info what so ever on anyone . I pick up KK OTB , the UTG raises 3 blinds and the shortstack to his left shoves right away , the hijack folds and now i have a choice to make , either i 4bet or just call for extra value ( i was seriously waiting that both blinds fold and the original raiser shoves/calls ) , well that did happen and he calls , i get a 25T generic flop the best i can get pretty much and he checks . The board isnt THAT perfect so i fire a 2/3 value bet cause atm all i can put the UTG raiser is either 2 big cards or a premium pair . He calls ... The turn reveals a 5 of spades that prolly doesnt help anyway , he checks again and i shove again for value. he calls on a dreadful A5 with the A of spades , river no spade " uff winkle winkle ".
http://weaktight.com/1533994
Now this hand is at least weird for me to post it ... I didnt won but i still enjoyed the showdown like i did. This whole table is really tight with 1 exception ... And the villain is a 15/8/1.4 ( weak rock in my opinion ) He limps UTG and i raise OTB with AKos 4 blinds ( yeap i could raised a bit more but i didnt sue me ! ) . Flop comes Q47 with 2 diamonds , he checks , i check aswell cause something is just not feeling right in here ( i bet to a check like 90% of the time on this board ). The turn shows probably the best card i could have got by then , a K of diamonds that gives me TPTK and nutflush draw , he bets the pot and i just call ( Yeah most people raise in this spot for info or even for value but i felt i was so behind i didnt ). River hits a meaningless trey of clubs and he goes to value town , i know i m beat but i still call just to confirm my read for a set or 4/7s and voila i was right . I just ended up saving a loooot of money on this hand and usualy i end up shoving this hand on the river and lose , so i was quite happy with the outcome i showed some discipline ( except for the river call ofc ) .
http://weaktight.com/1534751
Again against a medium skilled opponent 24/16/9.0 , interesting fact is that his Flop Cbet is 0% ... yeap 0% however he check raises 63% of the time and has a 59% turn Cbet. I pick 44 in the hijack and i limp ( which i rarely do with small PPs i prefer to bulk the pot normally ) because this tables average 3bet value is just insane and here i prefer to call a isolation raise and a possible 3rd player 3 bet and go multiway with as a 3bet caller then raising and end up folding due to poor implied odds. The SB raise 5 blinds and i call , now the flop is T2Q rainbow , he checks and i check aswell with the intention of getting an extra bet on later streets or call to a showdown as a bluffcatcher ( depending on the outcome of later streets ofc ). The turn is a 6 he bets 2/3s of the pot and i reraise a bit more than 2 times his previous bet, he ends up folding. I just showed this as an example of how to counter some less orthodox players and their weird plays. Sometimes all u need is a little imagination !
http://weaktight.com/1534799
Now this is the perfect example of the cooler hand where nothing can stop u from getting the opponents full stack. The context of the hand on the other hand is dubious cause both me and the villain have a lot of history from previous sessions. He is the typical weak rock that shoves sure hands and is so tight that ends up being exploited like a chinese hooker. I raise bullets on the hijack seat and he raises me 4 times ( i think to myself hummm time 2 ship it ! ) i smooth call to trap him. Flop comes Q high and i check , he bets virtually the pot , i once again just call him cause at this point if i shove he might fold AK AQ or JJ and if he has one of those i want an extra bet out of him. On the turn we see a T of diamonds that completes a draw that doesnt scare me at all ( i have the A of diamonds so he cant have AKd the Qd is on the board and JJ with the jack of diamonds might call a shove on the river if the K or another diamond comes ). The river doubles a 7 and i simulate i m going to the tank and shove before the time expires ( he caught me a day earlier bluffing a busted monster draw ) he also thinks and calls with KK ( with the K of diamonds ). Hell yeah ! Ship it ! U all asking now " Hey AA vs KK ? Big deal shove preflop and get the same result! " ... Well kinda true but if he had AK AQ JJ TT ( with his 5% 3bet thats all he reraises preflop to be honest ) we might get an extra 1/2 extra bets out of him with the smooth call preflop. Always good to play the same hand different ways to polarize ranges and patterns.
Well by the time u guys read this u all think ( WTF all he plays is premiums ? ) , i do have to play tighter in this limits i was loosing way to much money by expanding my range and aggression and most times the pots r 3/4 way in 6 max ( Yeah sick like hell ! Callstation land ! ) so there isnt that much space for being ubercreative. I ll try my best in the future to provide some wicked hands.
With my best regards Kurya.
http://weaktight.com/1533200
In this hand i m up against the most active loose aggressive player i ever met , he is constantly ramming people away from pots . His stats r ( over 90 mns playing with him 6 max ) 57/41/3.6 with a 76% Flop Cbet 12% 3bet and only 36% Fold to 3bet. So i get AQs on the SB and raise to a standart 4 blinds , he raises be about 2,5 times and i 4bet him to 3+ times his 3bet, he calls. The flop comes K24 with 2 hearts well by now he is either putting me on AA KK AK or QQ , i had 2 options here either to check and quit the hand or shove cause in my opinion doing a 2/3s 1/2 bet in here is just donkish ... Lets see why. I have 12 behind the pot is already 12+ so i come out betting 6 or 8 for value with A high ? he might call me with something as low as KQ ( which i doubt he has ) the turn comes a blank or any figure card or even 9/T i fold with 4 behind ? Nah ... So in my humble point of view the only real choice here is shove , the check shove is the most absurd option ever cause given his huge aggression he might bet 99/TT/JJ//KQ and be compelled to call when i shove due to pot commitment. He ended up saying " AQ no good i guess " so i guess the most aggressive player took the hand down.
http://weaktight.com/1534046
I came to this hand with basically no info what so ever on anyone . I pick up KK OTB , the UTG raises 3 blinds and the shortstack to his left shoves right away , the hijack folds and now i have a choice to make , either i 4bet or just call for extra value ( i was seriously waiting that both blinds fold and the original raiser shoves/calls ) , well that did happen and he calls , i get a 25T generic flop the best i can get pretty much and he checks . The board isnt THAT perfect so i fire a 2/3 value bet cause atm all i can put the UTG raiser is either 2 big cards or a premium pair . He calls ... The turn reveals a 5 of spades that prolly doesnt help anyway , he checks again and i shove again for value. he calls on a dreadful A5 with the A of spades , river no spade " uff winkle winkle ".
http://weaktight.com/1533994
Now this hand is at least weird for me to post it ... I didnt won but i still enjoyed the showdown like i did. This whole table is really tight with 1 exception ... And the villain is a 15/8/1.4 ( weak rock in my opinion ) He limps UTG and i raise OTB with AKos 4 blinds ( yeap i could raised a bit more but i didnt sue me ! ) . Flop comes Q47 with 2 diamonds , he checks , i check aswell cause something is just not feeling right in here ( i bet to a check like 90% of the time on this board ). The turn shows probably the best card i could have got by then , a K of diamonds that gives me TPTK and nutflush draw , he bets the pot and i just call ( Yeah most people raise in this spot for info or even for value but i felt i was so behind i didnt ). River hits a meaningless trey of clubs and he goes to value town , i know i m beat but i still call just to confirm my read for a set or 4/7s and voila i was right . I just ended up saving a loooot of money on this hand and usualy i end up shoving this hand on the river and lose , so i was quite happy with the outcome i showed some discipline ( except for the river call ofc ) .
http://weaktight.com/1534751
Again against a medium skilled opponent 24/16/9.0 , interesting fact is that his Flop Cbet is 0% ... yeap 0% however he check raises 63% of the time and has a 59% turn Cbet. I pick 44 in the hijack and i limp ( which i rarely do with small PPs i prefer to bulk the pot normally ) because this tables average 3bet value is just insane and here i prefer to call a isolation raise and a possible 3rd player 3 bet and go multiway with as a 3bet caller then raising and end up folding due to poor implied odds. The SB raise 5 blinds and i call , now the flop is T2Q rainbow , he checks and i check aswell with the intention of getting an extra bet on later streets or call to a showdown as a bluffcatcher ( depending on the outcome of later streets ofc ). The turn is a 6 he bets 2/3s of the pot and i reraise a bit more than 2 times his previous bet, he ends up folding. I just showed this as an example of how to counter some less orthodox players and their weird plays. Sometimes all u need is a little imagination !
http://weaktight.com/1534799
Now this is the perfect example of the cooler hand where nothing can stop u from getting the opponents full stack. The context of the hand on the other hand is dubious cause both me and the villain have a lot of history from previous sessions. He is the typical weak rock that shoves sure hands and is so tight that ends up being exploited like a chinese hooker. I raise bullets on the hijack seat and he raises me 4 times ( i think to myself hummm time 2 ship it ! ) i smooth call to trap him. Flop comes Q high and i check , he bets virtually the pot , i once again just call him cause at this point if i shove he might fold AK AQ or JJ and if he has one of those i want an extra bet out of him. On the turn we see a T of diamonds that completes a draw that doesnt scare me at all ( i have the A of diamonds so he cant have AKd the Qd is on the board and JJ with the jack of diamonds might call a shove on the river if the K or another diamond comes ). The river doubles a 7 and i simulate i m going to the tank and shove before the time expires ( he caught me a day earlier bluffing a busted monster draw ) he also thinks and calls with KK ( with the K of diamonds ). Hell yeah ! Ship it ! U all asking now " Hey AA vs KK ? Big deal shove preflop and get the same result! " ... Well kinda true but if he had AK AQ JJ TT ( with his 5% 3bet thats all he reraises preflop to be honest ) we might get an extra 1/2 extra bets out of him with the smooth call preflop. Always good to play the same hand different ways to polarize ranges and patterns.
Well by the time u guys read this u all think ( WTF all he plays is premiums ? ) , i do have to play tighter in this limits i was loosing way to much money by expanding my range and aggression and most times the pots r 3/4 way in 6 max ( Yeah sick like hell ! Callstation land ! ) so there isnt that much space for being ubercreative. I ll try my best in the future to provide some wicked hands.
With my best regards Kurya.
quinta-feira, 24 de setembro de 2009
Rotina
Bem , bem , bem a nova epoca 2009/2010 de rugby vai comecar e como ela uma jornada para o ganho de massa visto que como de costume perdi cerca de 11 kgs durante o verao ... Estou agora no meu peso normal ( inicio da dieta ) 83.9kg tendo ja recuperado 3 dos 11 que perdi. O meu objectivo é chegar aos 95 kg e possivelmente considerar uma mudanca de posicao de ponta para asa. Aqui vai a minha rotina diaria com descricao das refeicoes :
10:00 - Rise and shine ! Corrida de 20 minutos a ritmo moderado ( Isto aqui nao é com o intuito de perda de gordura nem desgaste fisico mas sim para aumentar um pouco a minha condicao cardio vascular e habituar me a fazer cardio com o estomago vazia visto que tenho sentido alguma dificuldade nos treinos em correr apos ter comido , sim sim estou sempre com fome )
10:30 - Pequeno almoço - 100 grs aveia , 300 mls leite , 1 banana
11:00 - Primeira sessao do dia de aproximadamente 2 horas (1000 maos)
13:00 - Almoço - 200 grs galinha , 120 grs arroz
14:00 - Refeicao leve / Gym - 1 banana , 1 iogurte pequeno , 5 grs creatina
16:00 - Refeicao pos treino / Analise de artigos , leitura de varias publicacoes sobre poker - 80 grs dextrose , 50 grs whey , 5 grs creatina
17:00 - Segunda sessao do dia de aproximadamente 2 horas (1000 maos)
18:00 - Lanche - 100 grs batata doce , 160 grs atum
19:45 - Refeicao pre rugby - 50 grs amendoa , 6 ovos ( 3 gemas apenas ) , 50 grs espargos
20:30 - Rugby
22:30 - Refeicao pos rugby - 60 grs dextrose , 50 grs whey , 10 grs glutamina
23:00 - Analise diaria de maos juntamente com actualizacao do blog
00:30 - Jantar - 200 grs galinha , 100 grs feijao , broculos
02:00 - 187,5 grs queijo fresco , 300 mls leite
Acho que deve parecer obvio para qualquer um que leia isto que esta nao é obrigatoriamente a minha rotina todos os dias mas sim uma planificacao que serve como linha de orientacao. Tive tambem que dimunuir o intake calorico das primeiras 2 refeicoes pois representavam 2000+ calorias. Como ponto final gostaria de salientar que esta nao é a versao final do meu regime alimentar pois ainda terei de verificar os valores de proteina/hidratos/gordura e calorias que a soma de todas as refeicoes representam , talvez para a semana.
P.S : Nao aconselho a ninguem seguir a mesma dieta pois estou a segui la a meu proprio risco e responsabilidade , nao estou de todo qualificado para prescrever nem orientar ninguem no que toca a habitos alimentares.
10:00 - Rise and shine ! Corrida de 20 minutos a ritmo moderado ( Isto aqui nao é com o intuito de perda de gordura nem desgaste fisico mas sim para aumentar um pouco a minha condicao cardio vascular e habituar me a fazer cardio com o estomago vazia visto que tenho sentido alguma dificuldade nos treinos em correr apos ter comido , sim sim estou sempre com fome )
10:30 - Pequeno almoço - 100 grs aveia , 300 mls leite , 1 banana
11:00 - Primeira sessao do dia de aproximadamente 2 horas (1000 maos)
13:00 - Almoço - 200 grs galinha , 120 grs arroz
14:00 - Refeicao leve / Gym - 1 banana , 1 iogurte pequeno , 5 grs creatina
16:00 - Refeicao pos treino / Analise de artigos , leitura de varias publicacoes sobre poker - 80 grs dextrose , 50 grs whey , 5 grs creatina
17:00 - Segunda sessao do dia de aproximadamente 2 horas (1000 maos)
18:00 - Lanche - 100 grs batata doce , 160 grs atum
19:45 - Refeicao pre rugby - 50 grs amendoa , 6 ovos ( 3 gemas apenas ) , 50 grs espargos
20:30 - Rugby
22:30 - Refeicao pos rugby - 60 grs dextrose , 50 grs whey , 10 grs glutamina
23:00 - Analise diaria de maos juntamente com actualizacao do blog
00:30 - Jantar - 200 grs galinha , 100 grs feijao , broculos
02:00 - 187,5 grs queijo fresco , 300 mls leite
Acho que deve parecer obvio para qualquer um que leia isto que esta nao é obrigatoriamente a minha rotina todos os dias mas sim uma planificacao que serve como linha de orientacao. Tive tambem que dimunuir o intake calorico das primeiras 2 refeicoes pois representavam 2000+ calorias. Como ponto final gostaria de salientar que esta nao é a versao final do meu regime alimentar pois ainda terei de verificar os valores de proteina/hidratos/gordura e calorias que a soma de todas as refeicoes representam , talvez para a semana.
P.S : Nao aconselho a ninguem seguir a mesma dieta pois estou a segui la a meu proprio risco e responsabilidade , nao estou de todo qualificado para prescrever nem orientar ninguem no que toca a habitos alimentares.
terça-feira, 22 de setembro de 2009
Introduction
Greetings everyone. In the first place i would like to thank Kurya (Carrega) for the opportunity to participate in this project in which i will try to be the most active possible due to the fact that i m still finishing my degree and also training Muay-Thai ( some of the MMA related articles will be coming from me ) with the adjacent physical component.
As poker is concerned I m playing NL25 at the moment , its not going very well to be honest as I have a negative balance of 8 buy ins currently , however I m up 16 in NL10. Recently I have been following a new bankroll management strategy where I move up limits having 35 buyins and get back down if I lose 10 or realize my game is not sharp enough. So as we speak if I lose 6 more buys back to the good old NL10 and grind my way up once again ( lets hope I don’t need to do so )
Now lets analyse some of the hands I played today:
http://weaktight.com/1520019
The UTG raise of 5BBs with ATo was made with the intention of isolating Julmust6 which was by then playing 68/0/0.5 e had a CBet call of over 70% and in I have seen him misplay baby aces , middle pairs and weak top pairs ( resuming … he played most of the hands poorly ). The flop gives me the A and I bet 2/3s of the pot , standard. I end up turning 2 pairs which surely gives me the best hand now, 2/3s once again and here I think I might had got a call from a pot bet as he pays me off with any ace or even middle pair in addiction his call to turn CBet is 100%! The 3rd diamond on the river doesn’t scare me and so for the 3rd time in a row I shoot 2/3s of the pot and once again I think I might had bet the whole pot for the reason above.
http://weaktight.com/1520054
Well preflop nothing to point out. On the flop i decide to lead with my flush draw and i get 2 callers , possibly a pair and another flush draw just like me . The turn is a spade and so i complete my draw , I bet a little bit less than 2/3s and I suppose I should had bet a bit more in here ... A 2,25$ would have kept possible draws and pairs in the hand and bulk the pot some more. I go to value town on the river and get raised ... Now here I go deep down to the tank knowing I might be against a flush , the question is higher or lower , I end up calling , the reason is that the fact the villain is more likely to have a low/mid suited connector than a premium spade . Why ? There was no preflop aggressor.
That’s all for today , my best regards to all of you readers
As poker is concerned I m playing NL25 at the moment , its not going very well to be honest as I have a negative balance of 8 buy ins currently , however I m up 16 in NL10. Recently I have been following a new bankroll management strategy where I move up limits having 35 buyins and get back down if I lose 10 or realize my game is not sharp enough. So as we speak if I lose 6 more buys back to the good old NL10 and grind my way up once again ( lets hope I don’t need to do so )
Now lets analyse some of the hands I played today:
http://weaktight.com/1520019
The UTG raise of 5BBs with ATo was made with the intention of isolating Julmust6 which was by then playing 68/0/0.5 e had a CBet call of over 70% and in I have seen him misplay baby aces , middle pairs and weak top pairs ( resuming … he played most of the hands poorly ). The flop gives me the A and I bet 2/3s of the pot , standard. I end up turning 2 pairs which surely gives me the best hand now, 2/3s once again and here I think I might had got a call from a pot bet as he pays me off with any ace or even middle pair in addiction his call to turn CBet is 100%! The 3rd diamond on the river doesn’t scare me and so for the 3rd time in a row I shoot 2/3s of the pot and once again I think I might had bet the whole pot for the reason above.
http://weaktight.com/1520054
Well preflop nothing to point out. On the flop i decide to lead with my flush draw and i get 2 callers , possibly a pair and another flush draw just like me . The turn is a spade and so i complete my draw , I bet a little bit less than 2/3s and I suppose I should had bet a bit more in here ... A 2,25$ would have kept possible draws and pairs in the hand and bulk the pot some more. I go to value town on the river and get raised ... Now here I go deep down to the tank knowing I might be against a flush , the question is higher or lower , I end up calling , the reason is that the fact the villain is more likely to have a low/mid suited connector than a premium spade . Why ? There was no preflop aggressor.
That’s all for today , my best regards to all of you readers
segunda-feira, 21 de setembro de 2009
First Session
Well here we go , i m currently playing NL0.20 in Titan Poker , cash game 6-max 6 tables trying to play 2000 hands a day separated in 2 session of 2 hours each aprox. This is the report and analysis of some of the hands i think had a bigger impact on the session.
http://weaktight.com/1516012
In this hand the villain is 9/7/4.2 in a 500+ hands sample so should have a pretty good idea where i m standing with him. Preflop my hand is most likely behind of his raising range especially him being UTG but oh well 2 high cards suited in position to the agressor and with some more players to call sounds a pretty good plan.On the flop he bets 1/2 of the pot which i think it was either a Cbet on a medium strength hand ( according to the board ) QQ JJ TT 99 88 or a hand like AK KQ which had me smashed still i decided to reraise has an attempt to probe his hand strength and also trying to get a free river card in case my hands improve in the turn. The turns come to help me and i could have checked but that would be kinda weak giving the case so after he checks i bet more than half of the pot which he quickly mini raises , the hell goes loose and by then i know i m crushed ... But hey ... TPNK and a 2nd nutflush draw, thanks for the odds i think to myself. The moment i see the river i feel like i ve been vasectomized and i never have to wear a condom again " uff at least i get a split vs AK " ... Well not quite ... he has the nuts , flopped quads. nothing i can do nice hand sir and lets move on. In retrospective one thing thats still tickling me is ... If i reraise flop to get a free river card on a hand i thought was crushed why the hell do i bet turn even with improvement ? He has a 31% Turn Cbet and 0% check raise so ... dumb dumb welcome to the wonderland!
http://weaktight.com/1516503
This hand i isolate raise AJs with a bunch of limpers , the flop is kinda brutal giving me a gutshot + nutflush draw + overcard so i obviously bet , i have a caller OTB that is playing 17/6/1.2 and with a 79% Fold to Cbet so his call is kinda worrying atm. The turn reveals another queen and now i m really worried so i decided to check and thats cause that Q either hits him brutally or just improved the odds of me not having a Q , another factor that led to my check was the fact that i can call a value bet in this turn however if i bet and get reraised i loose all my calling odds and therefore end up putting more money into the pot and loosing an extra opportunity of completing my monster draw. A river blank shuts down my hand and i have to C/F.
http://weaktight.com/1517160
Now this lad is a 46/0/3.7 uberagressive and apparently has no idea of the existence of the possibility of choosing the hands that he can/canot play. So he limps i raise pretty straight forward i could had raised more to juice up the pot but hell i didnt want him to get away so 4 blinds was enough. Post flop he bets significantly strong and i raise him for value due to the fact that he has a 75% donk bet and 0% fold to total check raise ( if he doesnt fold to a check raise a standard strong play in most cases why the hell would he fold to a 2,5 times raise ). A 4 on the turn doesnt sound like a card that would make his hand and still he bets. at this point i think " he prolly has a weaker hand like QJ/QT/Q9 ( or a mid pair that missed so i ll let him bet and shove river since his SPR was negative i thought that was he was going to do since he is SOOO agressive", and with a J on the river was exactly what happened. Kudos to me i gave myself a hug.
http://weaktight.com/1517656
In this case my opponent is playing 77/46/2.2 ( Yeap his range is pretty much from a Holocaust jew kid with a limp leg that discovers that he has cancer while his puppy dog dies from being Hugh Heffner 40 years a go with a 5 hours erection standing in the middle of 7 uber hot virgins ).
I begin limping for pot odds he raise i have an extra player already coming along so why not... A K high flop gives me probably the best hand and the original raiser has a 89% Cbet and the 3rd LP caller has a 0% fold to Cbet so here i decide to sneak on them and check raise both OOP with my TPDK , he calls ... alright . A 2 on the turn gives no1 nothing and here instead of betting which would be a very strong play after check raising turn i just check with the intention of raising again his bet or in the worst chance C/C river if an apocalyptic card doesnt come , he checks aswell and the board boards on the river ( another 2 ) suddenly he bets 1/2 of the pot and now i wonder if my hand has enough SDV for a raise here or it would be better just to call , i choose door number 2 and he shows AJ.
http://weaktight.com/1516012
In this hand the villain is 9/7/4.2 in a 500+ hands sample so should have a pretty good idea where i m standing with him. Preflop my hand is most likely behind of his raising range especially him being UTG but oh well 2 high cards suited in position to the agressor and with some more players to call sounds a pretty good plan.On the flop he bets 1/2 of the pot which i think it was either a Cbet on a medium strength hand ( according to the board ) QQ JJ TT 99 88 or a hand like AK KQ which had me smashed still i decided to reraise has an attempt to probe his hand strength and also trying to get a free river card in case my hands improve in the turn. The turns come to help me and i could have checked but that would be kinda weak giving the case so after he checks i bet more than half of the pot which he quickly mini raises , the hell goes loose and by then i know i m crushed ... But hey ... TPNK and a 2nd nutflush draw, thanks for the odds i think to myself. The moment i see the river i feel like i ve been vasectomized and i never have to wear a condom again " uff at least i get a split vs AK " ... Well not quite ... he has the nuts , flopped quads. nothing i can do nice hand sir and lets move on. In retrospective one thing thats still tickling me is ... If i reraise flop to get a free river card on a hand i thought was crushed why the hell do i bet turn even with improvement ? He has a 31% Turn Cbet and 0% check raise so ... dumb dumb welcome to the wonderland!
http://weaktight.com/1516503
This hand i isolate raise AJs with a bunch of limpers , the flop is kinda brutal giving me a gutshot + nutflush draw + overcard so i obviously bet , i have a caller OTB that is playing 17/6/1.2 and with a 79% Fold to Cbet so his call is kinda worrying atm. The turn reveals another queen and now i m really worried so i decided to check and thats cause that Q either hits him brutally or just improved the odds of me not having a Q , another factor that led to my check was the fact that i can call a value bet in this turn however if i bet and get reraised i loose all my calling odds and therefore end up putting more money into the pot and loosing an extra opportunity of completing my monster draw. A river blank shuts down my hand and i have to C/F.
http://weaktight.com/1517160
Now this lad is a 46/0/3.7 uberagressive and apparently has no idea of the existence of the possibility of choosing the hands that he can/canot play. So he limps i raise pretty straight forward i could had raised more to juice up the pot but hell i didnt want him to get away so 4 blinds was enough. Post flop he bets significantly strong and i raise him for value due to the fact that he has a 75% donk bet and 0% fold to total check raise ( if he doesnt fold to a check raise a standard strong play in most cases why the hell would he fold to a 2,5 times raise ). A 4 on the turn doesnt sound like a card that would make his hand and still he bets. at this point i think " he prolly has a weaker hand like QJ/QT/Q9 ( or a mid pair that missed so i ll let him bet and shove river since his SPR was negative i thought that was he was going to do since he is SOOO agressive", and with a J on the river was exactly what happened. Kudos to me i gave myself a hug.
http://weaktight.com/1517656
In this case my opponent is playing 77/46/2.2 ( Yeap his range is pretty much from a Holocaust jew kid with a limp leg that discovers that he has cancer while his puppy dog dies from being Hugh Heffner 40 years a go with a 5 hours erection standing in the middle of 7 uber hot virgins ).
I begin limping for pot odds he raise i have an extra player already coming along so why not... A K high flop gives me probably the best hand and the original raiser has a 89% Cbet and the 3rd LP caller has a 0% fold to Cbet so here i decide to sneak on them and check raise both OOP with my TPDK , he calls ... alright . A 2 on the turn gives no1 nothing and here instead of betting which would be a very strong play after check raising turn i just check with the intention of raising again his bet or in the worst chance C/C river if an apocalyptic card doesnt come , he checks aswell and the board boards on the river ( another 2 ) suddenly he bets 1/2 of the pot and now i wonder if my hand has enough SDV for a raise here or it would be better just to call , i choose door number 2 and he shows AJ.
domingo, 20 de setembro de 2009
HUD and short-therm goals
This is the HUD i m using at the moment and i ll post the stats in display bellow.
PlayerAlias / Number of Hands
VPIP / PFR / AGF
Flop CBet / Fold Flop CBet / Donk Bet Flop / Flop Check Raise
Turn CBet / Fold Turn CBet / Fold vs Turn Raise
3Bet / Fold to 3Bet / ATTSteal / BB Fold vs Steal / WTSD / W$SD
My short-therm goal is to do a sample of 20k hands until the end of the month playing aprox 2k hands a day and , analyse that sample ( even tho small ) and do a full report at the end of october . I will be posting hands for discussion and other interesting topics regarding the game.
sábado, 19 de setembro de 2009
Genesis
Why bother ?
That is in fact the question that most of us when going through a bad time ask ourselves ( in this case a bad run ) , well ... I decided instead of bitching and moaning about how bad i m running and how variance is fu**ing me from behind start this blog and use it as a tool to improve and evolve my game.
In order to do so i ask the help of everyone that reads this blog to contribute in an orderly and fashion way , not flaming , not judging or criticizing in unnecessary rude tone but to correct and explain your own point of view so the rest of us can learn from that same intervention.
In spite of the fact that i m portuguese i will be writing in english in every post so that more people can interact on it. As a last reminder to everyone this blogs purpose is to discuss poker strategy in all its complexity , however we will be posting about a lot of different topics aswell . As this first introduction is coming to an end i would like to express in advanced my gratitude to vulcanwolf (Mario) for helping me in the blog.
With no further ado i declare this blog open.
That is in fact the question that most of us when going through a bad time ask ourselves ( in this case a bad run ) , well ... I decided instead of bitching and moaning about how bad i m running and how variance is fu**ing me from behind start this blog and use it as a tool to improve and evolve my game.
In order to do so i ask the help of everyone that reads this blog to contribute in an orderly and fashion way , not flaming , not judging or criticizing in unnecessary rude tone but to correct and explain your own point of view so the rest of us can learn from that same intervention.
In spite of the fact that i m portuguese i will be writing in english in every post so that more people can interact on it. As a last reminder to everyone this blogs purpose is to discuss poker strategy in all its complexity , however we will be posting about a lot of different topics aswell . As this first introduction is coming to an end i would like to express in advanced my gratitude to vulcanwolf (Mario) for helping me in the blog.
With no further ado i declare this blog open.
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