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