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time to slow down

ciachooooo, Feb 23 2009

yay, there was a moment 2-3 days ago, when i was like "well, finaly after few k of hands i feel nl100 isn't problem, regs are not as good as i thought", but the last 2 days happen after it...
yesterday = -4bi coolered and bb for so many fckin bins (over3k hands)
today = 1k hands and.... -5bi
also lost flips, got coolered, and hit a bad beat, but after it i started playing so bad i'm not sure about most basics plays and make terrible mistakes, really terrible

i guess i stop playing poker untill wednesday, gonna play nl50 to regain confidence, and after few days will be back at nl100

at least i'm not in red, and i know i made few mistakes, so if i keep playing max 6 tables at same time, not 7-8 like i started after 5k hands, it shouldn't be a big problem to have winning march without coming back to nl50

graph or didn't happen:

hands:

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opponent was unknown, do you play it same way?
limp/minraise usually means big hand, but he gives me great odds on both flop and river, he didn't bet turn, so i should have him beat some % of time and these are ez calls both flop and riv?
27.5 pot on flop
53.5 pot on river
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37/16/4
he seemed fishy, when he cold called 3bet oop i put him on 99-tt, and maybe aa, but when he minbet turn after few seconds of thinking before calling flop it looked rather like form of blocking bet, i thought fish won't be smart enough to cold call 3bet oop to trap, minbet to induce bluff etc, so i decided to push for value

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27/16 10%3bet
i just called, because 4betting here looks superstrong, and i think he's folding everything accept for aa,kk, maybe ak but i don't know, while his 3betting range is wide, so i thought i would just call (good spot for 4bet bluffing with t8s, isn't it?). i decided to bet flop/fold flop, or give up if called, but right now i don't think it's best way to play it, i don't feel like it is. prolly should have bet li 17-18, or maybe check behind flop to induce bluff, and call one street, fold if he bets both turn and river?

or if i have problems with such spots its better to just 4bet, get it in pf?

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40/11 over 40hands

do you like my line? small bet on flop as the board is paired, and only draw is fd, check/raise turn as i would do with 9/overpair
does it look as strong as i wanted, so he can continue only with big hands?
or should i give up on turn and check/fold it?
i thought he would float ton on this flop, and can continue with small pp on turn, but not to my ch/r

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opponent is unknown, what are our plans here? bet/fold, bet/get it if raised, bet/call and check/call riv, bet/call and check/fold? maybe check/call to give him chance to bluff?
small pot, common spot, but not sure about

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18/14/3 fold to 3bet 67% but small sample, about 100 hands
also common spot i'm not sure about

he raised utg, when he's tight, so i feel like if we 3bet we turn our hand into bluff (true?)
so i decided to call
and what on flop? he cbet flop 60% of time, do we check/call flop, check/fold blank turn? (it's the option i would choose)
is there any other option? check call 2 streets?
if he cbet like 75% is check/raising good here?

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oryginal raiser is reg tag,so the caller is, i decided to call here his utg raise from time to time so i get value if he has kq,aq,aj,ats and we both hit
should i bet here if checked to me? if i bet here, i should bet any q and j turn right?
or do you prefer checking behind?
or check/slow down unless i hit k or a?
or just bomb any turn?

or you prefer 3beting here pf all the time? (i try to mix it)

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21/18/8(!)
what to do?!
i think his range here is really wide, sets, so many tens, fd, and probably bluffs, but if i call i think i have to check/fold turn most of time, and there are so many scare cards

is it clear bet/fold? or as he is so agro should i check/call flop?

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opponent was unknown (yeah despite the stack sizes it was our 6th hand)

what are your bet sizes?
do you 3bet more pf?
i bet like 75% of pot on flop turn, riv, it should be a lil more, so we're getting all in on riv, right? (yeah i know they should be)
general question: raise to how much pf?
betting like 90% of pot is perfect?

fuck i'm posting so basic hand, but made so basic mistakes

OMG i forgot to post tits for Dusty!
thx god for post editing

were named best boobs of UK, so i hope they're good enough

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nl100

ciachooooo, Feb 19 2009

hello everyone

as i wrote in last blog post i decided to play nl100, and actually played 1 table of nl200 when game was really soft (made ~200$)

feelings:
1) there are much less total fishes, like idk 4 time less, usually there is one 40/10 player and rest are regulars or random tag fish
2) regs are much better, at nl50 i used to just crush those nits, here they play wider ranges, they are not so nitty postflop, make moves, 3bet light etc, actually i don't feel like i have enough edge at them to beat the rake, except for some of them
3) i run bad, but it is small sample, hope i will have decent winrate after xxk of hands (like 3-4ptbb/100)
4) i have problems with very common spots, i think i have to improve my game so much, at nl50 i could have played bad and still crush it, but now i see how many leaks do i have

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27/18/3.7 on turn it looked for me like a blocking bet from at+, maybe a9s, but the point is i put him on big ace, i don't think he would have played 87hh or 2p like that, he would have bet bigger, and probably lead or ch/r flop ----> he has an ace
with that thoughts is it obv raise? i planned to call turn and bet small like 40% river to get value
on river by betting 3/4 pot after he bets 1/2 pot on turn it looks like he has aj right?
anyone folds here?
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raiser was 26/10 over small sample, BOUBLI was 25/21, fold to 3bet 2/2 at that moment, 4beting here looks superstrong, i would do it with ak,qq+, jj will depand on timing reads, would you prefer flating here not being result oriented? i thought i dont like playing aa oop in 3 way pot, when or had odds to call for set value, so i 4bet hoping boubli plays for stacks with ak,qq,kk

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34/25/3 fold to 3bet 75%
what do you think about my line? as i remember at the moment when hand was played he either had lower fold to 3bet% or was pissed by me 3beting him all the time, because i remember i gave him wide pf calling range
is it clear fold now? i beat like queens, ak, aj but i don't think he is ever betting them, i think he would like to go to showdown with them, but this might be only me

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random fish like 40/0 after 15 hands
should i give him credit for one of two kings left?
should i bet/fold flop?

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standard play vs short with 100%fold to cbet %?
2 overs, backdoor fd, and nice odds
or someone checks behind flop? or bet like 5 and fold to any raise?

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Neilly=inspiration

ciachooooo, Feb 15 2009

wow, it's so amazing, it looks like this ex-degen will follow bm rules, good work Ryan!

i though, if he can change his bad habbits, it's my turn now.

i haven't treat poker seriously, had like max 3 months when i played 20k hands, just spent few hours a week playing nl50, where games were really soft, where downswings almost don't exist, cashed out from time to time, saying to myself "ok this is last cash-out, from now i move up when have 25bis for next level" but didn't do it

GOALS:
1) play at least 30k hands each month. no matter what. it's half of feb, so in feb at least 15k
2) watch at least 3 cr vids each week. no matter what.
3) no fucking cash outs!
4) analize each session. EACH SESSION!
5) make notes on my blog

question about analizing: what would you recomand?
a) put some hands into blog
b) making threads
c) ask some players on pm if they would help me, and talk to them about playing on msn
d) any other idea?

actually i'm playing nl100 btw

some hands which i thought about, some are very standard, but i'm not 100% sure what is the best way of playing them:

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what do you prefer? beting and trying to take it down here, having many outs when someone call, but giving them chance to check/raise, or taking free card? opponents are running cristianiari: 58/10/3 baitsymbiose: 17/4/1.5

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at this moment i had him like 50/25/1 after 16hands
on flop i made standard cbet, willing to slow down on turn, but ace turn made him holding ace less possible, what should i do on river? bet 30, fold to raise? by betting 20 i was hoping to got called by any 9, maybe 8, and ,maybe sometimes raised by a missed fd, 99 or 88 when he got angry after his monster became weak hand on riv, does my thinking process make sense? (obv i called and he showed at)

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ok vs 30/1/1.5 to get value from pocket pairs which i think he isn't folding (at least on flop and turn) or you think i should slow down at some point? my first thought was to check/fold river, but then i was like "oh its so weak" and pushed riv, what do you think?

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is it fold pf? and what about river, should i reraise it? would i ever get called by worse? or is someone betting flop?

hope i won't fail in my goals, GL everyone

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