From Walmart Worker to Walmart Wizard
06-18-2017
, 11:54 PM
After my 2 month hiatus, we finally HOME. Shoutout to all the cool people I met during my trip (even though prob 99% of them will never read 
). Now that I'm finally home and my hand is healed, there is no reason why I can't sit down and give a good solid update (been too long since). Week is complete, hour walk is done, Bon Iver chill playlist jammin. From the most comfortable PGC couch in the world, I bring you the weekly update 
https://gyazo.com/481f7aef54e4f204ba7a32fc16b42717
Health:
Workouts Completed this week: (0/4)
Times leaving diet guidelines: 5 (a few small cheats which weren't too bad)
20 Minute Meditation Session: 7/7
Books Read: 1/1
Body Weight +/-: -18 lbs. (since beginning of year)
Wealth:
Training Videos Watched: 0/1
Hours in the lab: 0/2
Sessions played: 4/4
Hours put into researching new avenues of revenue generation: 0
Weekly Proft: +0
Yearly Profit: +32 890
Live Poker Profit This Year: +9 963
Book Review: Finally finished "The Drunkard's Walk". This is a great book for most poker players I reckon. The author makes so much sense of probability and how our minds are skewed to assign causality to randomness. It actually is going to be a good chunk of this weeks rant so I'll leave it for there.
Story of Leaving Comfort Zone: There was quite a few small things but nothing too relevant worth writing about. I have an interesting story that might serve well as a lesson to anyone traveling to WSOP (it's not leaving my comfort zone by choice but it surely was uncomfortable.)
So I was leaving Calgary to head down to WSOP. As I arrived to customs 3/4 asleep I spoke to the agent. "Where are you going? -Vegas" "What's in Vegas?" -WSOP "How much cash are you bringing?" -0$ "So you're going to Vegas to play poker tournaments with 0 cash?" -Yes...."Hey Steve we got a code blue over here. A poker player with 0$ going to Vegas to play poker tournaments." -To the advanced screening room I went.
After waiting around in this institution looking room, an officer finally started to ask me a bunch of questions (basically an interrogation haha). My suit case was pulled off the plane and everything was thoroughly searched. After a long hassle I was finally allowed on the plane and shipped out to Vegas.
For the record, I sent someone PS$ who gave me USD in Vegas. I don't like travelling with a lot of cash and this way I faded all the nonsenical conversion fees from CAD to USD. This all could have been avoided by just saying I was going to for a little vacation to gamble a bit/play some poker/explaining my cash situation right off the hop.
Hands:
https://www.boomplayer.com/24293556_9FF3C39711
cringe...wp Will Kassouf. possibly i should squeeze pre flop or raise flop or something. idk i think my line is fine. sucks to stack off vs a stronger draw or set etc
https://www.boomplayer.com/24286601_A7B806594C
vs poker@duffy or w/e. regs just dont bluff these spots and we need to exploit fold i think. sucks when near top range but I mean if he never bluffs we just beat him by folding.
https://www.boomplayer.com/24285688_9CD031E47C
villain is bigdog09. again, need to exploit by folding. maybe he has some bluffs here he is pretty capable. less bad than the above hand i think but still.
https://www.boomplayer.com/24285417_F886FD0A47
vs german sicko hdglkajl! or w/e his name is. not sure how i feel about it. prob greaet seeing as 109 is in his range.
Random Rant of the Week:
It's been a while since I put a good well thought out/sizeable rant in here. What better time than now? Since I just spent 2 weeks in Vegas and had a lot of time on my own I sort of came up with the idea for this.
This all started when my friend and I were punting a little bit on roulette. I got up and left the table and said we shouldn't be punting too hard and he agreed and we left. As he looked back at the table he saw all of the numbers that he was playing appeared as soon as we left. Tilted, he was tempted to go back to the table because he was thinking that had he been there still playing, he would have won. This is flawed logic for 2 main reasons:
1. That wheel is spinning so fast that any slight change in the spin/timing/or even breath of the dealer will change the outcome of the spin. So had my friend been there still playing, those numbers still had the same 1/36 (I think?) chance of hitting. So had he sat down and chosen say 20 black, the dealer would have had to get him chips, talk to him, look a different way or w/e...so 20 probably wouldn't have come...only 1/36 times.
2. The odds of any roulette number coming are approximately 1/36. The payout is 35:1 and I believe the house edge is around 5%. Thus, if I told you for every dollar you spent on a spin of a wheel would cost you 5 cents...would you do it?
This brings me to the concept of something tossed around frequently in poker: EV or Expected Value. Essentially, this term is used to describe the chance of an event occurring. The larger a sample size, the more likely the average to gravitate towards the EV or mean. If you flip a coin 10 times it could easily land heads or tails 0-10 times. However, if you flip a coin a million times, it is likely the mean will be somewhere around 50% of the flips tails/heads.
Let's apply this way of thinking to a real life scenario. Say you are late to work and you need to park illegally to make it for a meeting on time. The parking officers check the meters once every 10 days randomly (1/10), and assign a 40$ parking ticket upon illegally parked vehicles. However, paying for your parking costs 5$ each time.
Illegally Park: Costs 4$ every time you do it. If you do it 10 times it will cost you on average 40$. Not to mention you might save some EV on things like: your bosses being happy, getting a fresher pot of coffee, obtaining a raise, not run the risk of upsetting people in the meeting etc.
Legally Park: Every time you park it will cost you 5$. Parking 10x will cost you 50$. This is clearly 1$ more per each time you park, although this method has 0 variance.
This way of thinking can be addictive and applied to so many different things in life. Of course, EV calculations can become quite intangible and difficult very quickly. Here's one that might get you thinking: Throw the life of any professional poker player into a life RNG and see how many times out of 100 they become rich af from a card game
Anyways, I wanted to apply this method of thinking to the felts. It's so important to discover +EV decisions and the degree of profitability they entail. This is why we work with solvers. The reason why the career of "professional poker player" exists is because we've found calculated decision paths that others do not take...which in the long run yield profits. We might go through long stretches of statistical variance that make us want to pull our hair out...but we play because we know that with large volume our results will gravitate towards the mean.
The funny thing is that a lot of the time people (myself included) will tell you exactly what is best for themselves...most of us know it deep down. So what is it that stops us from acting optimally on our thoughts? Simply put, I think it's because evolutionarily speaking, we are animals. We do not always think rationally or optimally because we are animals. If we thought rationally we would not see: people withering away on slot machines, Coca Cola being one of the highest sold beverages on the planet, crime and murder, or the career of a professional poker player.
As I said, we are animals, and think like animals. When our ancestors roamed the plains of Africa they were not concerned with the GTO check raising frequency on 1083r texture, the toxins/long term side effects of processed food, or how to make a resume. More than likely, our ancestors were faced with more generic issues such as: how to avoid a sabre tooth tiger, how to kill food to eat, or how to win the social status among their tribe.
Here we are in 2017 faced with a big problem: society has advanced so rapidly whilst our instincts have not. We still think with the same instincts that we did 10k years ago. We aren't running from sabre tooth tigers anymore, or hunting wooly mammoths, or needing the social acceptance of our immediate tribe. What's the result of this?
We like to feel good and comfortable in the moment. We gamble because we like the satisfaction it brings when we win. We eat garbage processed food because it tastes good now, our brains send chemical doses of dopamine. We do harmful drugs because they numb us to the noises of everyday life. We act stifled and insecure because we're worried about our tribe rejecting us.
What is the meaning of degenerate? Well in my opinion, it's doing stuff that you know is bad for your well-being willingly. I'm not gonna lie to you guys...it's tough af separating that crocodile brain from the computer brain. The better you can be at it the more successful you will be in poker (imo).
So long story short: find optimal solutions to everyday scenarios and execute them. I suck at this personally but have made drastic improvements in the past year or two. I find meditation and thought control really helps. Discipline is sort of like a muscle. The more you use it and exercise it the stronger it becomes. If you always give into temptation your discipline will become weaker and weaker.
Anyways, how's that for a rant? Hope some guys out there enjoyed. Signing out from PGC laboratories, WalmartCNXN. Much love and GN.
"The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until too strong to be broken." -Warren Buffett
). Now that I'm finally home and my hand is healed, there is no reason why I can't sit down and give a good solid update (been too long since). Week is complete, hour walk is done, Bon Iver chill playlist jammin. From the most comfortable PGC couch in the world, I bring you the weekly update https://gyazo.com/481f7aef54e4f204ba7a32fc16b42717
Health:
Workouts Completed this week: (0/4)
Times leaving diet guidelines: 5 (a few small cheats which weren't too bad)
20 Minute Meditation Session: 7/7
Books Read: 1/1
Body Weight +/-: -18 lbs. (since beginning of year)
Wealth:
Training Videos Watched: 0/1
Hours in the lab: 0/2
Sessions played: 4/4
Hours put into researching new avenues of revenue generation: 0
Weekly Proft: +0
Yearly Profit: +32 890
Live Poker Profit This Year: +9 963
Book Review: Finally finished "The Drunkard's Walk". This is a great book for most poker players I reckon. The author makes so much sense of probability and how our minds are skewed to assign causality to randomness. It actually is going to be a good chunk of this weeks rant so I'll leave it for there.
Story of Leaving Comfort Zone: There was quite a few small things but nothing too relevant worth writing about. I have an interesting story that might serve well as a lesson to anyone traveling to WSOP (it's not leaving my comfort zone by choice but it surely was uncomfortable.)
So I was leaving Calgary to head down to WSOP. As I arrived to customs 3/4 asleep I spoke to the agent. "Where are you going? -Vegas" "What's in Vegas?" -WSOP "How much cash are you bringing?" -0$ "So you're going to Vegas to play poker tournaments with 0 cash?" -Yes...."Hey Steve we got a code blue over here. A poker player with 0$ going to Vegas to play poker tournaments." -To the advanced screening room I went.
After waiting around in this institution looking room, an officer finally started to ask me a bunch of questions (basically an interrogation haha). My suit case was pulled off the plane and everything was thoroughly searched. After a long hassle I was finally allowed on the plane and shipped out to Vegas.
For the record, I sent someone PS$ who gave me USD in Vegas. I don't like travelling with a lot of cash and this way I faded all the nonsenical conversion fees from CAD to USD. This all could have been avoided by just saying I was going to for a little vacation to gamble a bit/play some poker/explaining my cash situation right off the hop.
Hands:
https://www.boomplayer.com/24293556_9FF3C39711
cringe...wp Will Kassouf. possibly i should squeeze pre flop or raise flop or something. idk i think my line is fine. sucks to stack off vs a stronger draw or set etc
https://www.boomplayer.com/24286601_A7B806594C
vs poker@duffy or w/e. regs just dont bluff these spots and we need to exploit fold i think. sucks when near top range but I mean if he never bluffs we just beat him by folding.
https://www.boomplayer.com/24285688_9CD031E47C
villain is bigdog09. again, need to exploit by folding. maybe he has some bluffs here he is pretty capable. less bad than the above hand i think but still.
https://www.boomplayer.com/24285417_F886FD0A47
vs german sicko hdglkajl! or w/e his name is. not sure how i feel about it. prob greaet seeing as 109 is in his range.
Random Rant of the Week:
It's been a while since I put a good well thought out/sizeable rant in here. What better time than now? Since I just spent 2 weeks in Vegas and had a lot of time on my own I sort of came up with the idea for this.
This all started when my friend and I were punting a little bit on roulette. I got up and left the table and said we shouldn't be punting too hard and he agreed and we left. As he looked back at the table he saw all of the numbers that he was playing appeared as soon as we left. Tilted, he was tempted to go back to the table because he was thinking that had he been there still playing, he would have won. This is flawed logic for 2 main reasons:
1. That wheel is spinning so fast that any slight change in the spin/timing/or even breath of the dealer will change the outcome of the spin. So had my friend been there still playing, those numbers still had the same 1/36 (I think?) chance of hitting. So had he sat down and chosen say 20 black, the dealer would have had to get him chips, talk to him, look a different way or w/e...so 20 probably wouldn't have come...only 1/36 times.
2. The odds of any roulette number coming are approximately 1/36. The payout is 35:1 and I believe the house edge is around 5%. Thus, if I told you for every dollar you spent on a spin of a wheel would cost you 5 cents...would you do it?
This brings me to the concept of something tossed around frequently in poker: EV or Expected Value. Essentially, this term is used to describe the chance of an event occurring. The larger a sample size, the more likely the average to gravitate towards the EV or mean. If you flip a coin 10 times it could easily land heads or tails 0-10 times. However, if you flip a coin a million times, it is likely the mean will be somewhere around 50% of the flips tails/heads.
Let's apply this way of thinking to a real life scenario. Say you are late to work and you need to park illegally to make it for a meeting on time. The parking officers check the meters once every 10 days randomly (1/10), and assign a 40$ parking ticket upon illegally parked vehicles. However, paying for your parking costs 5$ each time.
Illegally Park: Costs 4$ every time you do it. If you do it 10 times it will cost you on average 40$. Not to mention you might save some EV on things like: your bosses being happy, getting a fresher pot of coffee, obtaining a raise, not run the risk of upsetting people in the meeting etc.
Legally Park: Every time you park it will cost you 5$. Parking 10x will cost you 50$. This is clearly 1$ more per each time you park, although this method has 0 variance.
This way of thinking can be addictive and applied to so many different things in life. Of course, EV calculations can become quite intangible and difficult very quickly. Here's one that might get you thinking: Throw the life of any professional poker player into a life RNG and see how many times out of 100 they become rich af from a card game
Anyways, I wanted to apply this method of thinking to the felts. It's so important to discover +EV decisions and the degree of profitability they entail. This is why we work with solvers. The reason why the career of "professional poker player" exists is because we've found calculated decision paths that others do not take...which in the long run yield profits. We might go through long stretches of statistical variance that make us want to pull our hair out...but we play because we know that with large volume our results will gravitate towards the mean.
The funny thing is that a lot of the time people (myself included) will tell you exactly what is best for themselves...most of us know it deep down. So what is it that stops us from acting optimally on our thoughts? Simply put, I think it's because evolutionarily speaking, we are animals. We do not always think rationally or optimally because we are animals. If we thought rationally we would not see: people withering away on slot machines, Coca Cola being one of the highest sold beverages on the planet, crime and murder, or the career of a professional poker player.
As I said, we are animals, and think like animals. When our ancestors roamed the plains of Africa they were not concerned with the GTO check raising frequency on 1083r texture, the toxins/long term side effects of processed food, or how to make a resume. More than likely, our ancestors were faced with more generic issues such as: how to avoid a sabre tooth tiger, how to kill food to eat, or how to win the social status among their tribe.
Here we are in 2017 faced with a big problem: society has advanced so rapidly whilst our instincts have not. We still think with the same instincts that we did 10k years ago. We aren't running from sabre tooth tigers anymore, or hunting wooly mammoths, or needing the social acceptance of our immediate tribe. What's the result of this?
We like to feel good and comfortable in the moment. We gamble because we like the satisfaction it brings when we win. We eat garbage processed food because it tastes good now, our brains send chemical doses of dopamine. We do harmful drugs because they numb us to the noises of everyday life. We act stifled and insecure because we're worried about our tribe rejecting us.
What is the meaning of degenerate? Well in my opinion, it's doing stuff that you know is bad for your well-being willingly. I'm not gonna lie to you guys...it's tough af separating that crocodile brain from the computer brain. The better you can be at it the more successful you will be in poker (imo).
So long story short: find optimal solutions to everyday scenarios and execute them. I suck at this personally but have made drastic improvements in the past year or two. I find meditation and thought control really helps. Discipline is sort of like a muscle. The more you use it and exercise it the stronger it becomes. If you always give into temptation your discipline will become weaker and weaker.
Anyways, how's that for a rant? Hope some guys out there enjoyed. Signing out from PGC laboratories, WalmartCNXN. Much love and GN.
"The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until too strong to be broken." -Warren Buffett
06-19-2017
, 03:06 AM
06-19-2017
, 03:44 AM
Solid post! I always enjoy reading your "Random Rant of the Week" and have definitely had my mind opened/learned a lot from them. You have excellent writing skills!
Hands:
87s - I like 3Bing pre here vs loose openers/ones with a high fold to 3B. Postflop plays itself, U got owned by the button.
AK - Gross river spot. I think this is a spot where in game, few people can find a fold as we have top2 pair. The only hands we really beat though are A6/A7/K7/K6 (I think only 1 combo of 76 calls flop and I'm not positive). Villain's sizing also looks super strong, as worse 2 pair's will likely bet smaller to lose less when you have 2pr+.
88 - Yet another gross river spot. In game I likely call cause we have a set/are at the top of our range cause V is repping Tx or air and we don't x/r a ton of Tx besides ThXh. Outside of like, K9/A9 (which are good check back hands) and missed hearts we don't beat much else though.
A8s - Playing same way.
Your hands reminded me of something I think a lot about but rarely discuss with others: Exploiting people by folding. I think by far this is the toughest way to exploit others. In game it's very easy to level ourselves into not folding the top of our range cause we can probably name some worse hands our opponent's can have and feel like we are being exploited if we fold. Folding means surrendering the pot and that can be very hard to do with a strong made hand. It's much easier and feels much better to make an exploitive play that can win us the pot as we know we will be gaining something. Perhaps that is what separates a lot of players in today's game.
Hands:
87s - I like 3Bing pre here vs loose openers/ones with a high fold to 3B. Postflop plays itself, U got owned by the button.
AK - Gross river spot. I think this is a spot where in game, few people can find a fold as we have top2 pair. The only hands we really beat though are A6/A7/K7/K6 (I think only 1 combo of 76 calls flop and I'm not positive). Villain's sizing also looks super strong, as worse 2 pair's will likely bet smaller to lose less when you have 2pr+.
88 - Yet another gross river spot. In game I likely call cause we have a set/are at the top of our range cause V is repping Tx or air and we don't x/r a ton of Tx besides ThXh. Outside of like, K9/A9 (which are good check back hands) and missed hearts we don't beat much else though.
A8s - Playing same way.
Your hands reminded me of something I think a lot about but rarely discuss with others: Exploiting people by folding. I think by far this is the toughest way to exploit others. In game it's very easy to level ourselves into not folding the top of our range cause we can probably name some worse hands our opponent's can have and feel like we are being exploited if we fold. Folding means surrendering the pot and that can be very hard to do with a strong made hand. It's much easier and feels much better to make an exploitive play that can win us the pot as we know we will be gaining something. Perhaps that is what separates a lot of players in today's game.
06-20-2017
, 01:36 AM
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The life strat ITT. Applying your Life EV theory, coming home from Vegas will definitely yield more life EV in the coming months/years as you can get back on the healthy habit grind.
Noticeable quality change in the post, well done.
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Noticeable quality change in the post, well done.
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I read quite a lot of books like this and I found this one of the most difficult to understand. Each chapter covers a different topic, some just don't make a lot of sense to me, BUT more importantly, most are much better explained elsewhere.
For example, on randomness, Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets by Nassim Nicholas Taleb is much better and a great read.
For example, on randomness, Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets by Nassim Nicholas Taleb is much better and a great read.
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Solid post! I always enjoy reading your "Random Rant of the Week" and have definitely had my mind opened/learned a lot from them. You have excellent writing skills!
Your hands reminded me of something I think a lot about but rarely discuss with others: Exploiting people by folding. I think by far this is the toughest way to exploit others. In game it's very easy to level ourselves into not folding the top of our range cause we can probably name some worse hands our opponent's can have and feel like we are being exploited if we fold. Folding means surrendering the pot and that can be very hard to do with a strong made hand. It's much easier and feels much better to make an exploitive play that can win us the pot as we know we will be gaining something. Perhaps that is what separates a lot of players in today's game.
Your hands reminded me of something I think a lot about but rarely discuss with others: Exploiting people by folding. I think by far this is the toughest way to exploit others. In game it's very easy to level ourselves into not folding the top of our range cause we can probably name some worse hands our opponent's can have and feel like we are being exploited if we fold. Folding means surrendering the pot and that can be very hard to do with a strong made hand. It's much easier and feels much better to make an exploitive play that can win us the pot as we know we will be gaining something. Perhaps that is what separates a lot of players in today's game.
06-20-2017
, 06:49 AM
I have read your thread from page 1 and i reallyyyy like the way you write! Got me inspired in some way and felt like we are hanging out 2gether and we just talk 2 each other when i read your updates.
Also, I really like the articles you put in now and then and always enjoy reading them and sharing them with my friends. Please include more
Thank you 4 your analysis in the interesting hands you post and i always find good answers to your hands too from other members, thats why i really like reading this PCG too.
I think it helps me quite a lot
So just wanted to say tnx 4 sharing through this thread, show u my appreciation and wish to you glgl in the future.
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Also, I really like the articles you put in now and then and always enjoy reading them and sharing them with my friends. Please include more
Thank you 4 your analysis in the interesting hands you post and i always find good answers to your hands too from other members, thats why i really like reading this PCG too.
I think it helps me quite a lot
So just wanted to say tnx 4 sharing through this thread, show u my appreciation and wish to you glgl in the future.
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06-20-2017
, 09:32 AM
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Weekly Update:
Hi guys, regretfully, I am not going to do the weekly update in the usual format. I just simply have not had a lot of time or energy here...nor have I made great/any progress towards any of my fitness/health goals. I've decided to just give myself the previous week that I've been in Vegas as a bye week. It sucks that I was so disciplined and had a great routine during SCOOP which has been lost in Vegas. No worries though, I'll get back on the horse...just hit a bit of a rough patch.
Random Rant of the Week
This week I'm going to keep this poker related. First, I want to talk a little bit about opening ranges and starting hand selection and then I want to talk about some poker table etiquette for regs.
The first part of this came to me when I was staring down at 97o in the c/o. I hadn't played a hand in quite some time and ended up opening this hand, and 3 barrel bluffing with it (and losing). In my head before opening it I was thinking "this is not a good open and it's fairly undisciplined." However, I talked myself into some logic that it could be good. Anyways, I lost a big pot that I should never have been involved in.
This brings me to the point that live poker can get very boring if you are card dead for a prolonged period of time (or just bored by only seeing 1 hand every 2 minutes.) It's so important to stay disciplined with preflop hand selection in poker (online and live) and here's why:
-The ranges that you open are the baseline of how villains construct their analysis of your range
-The ranges we begin hands with dictates the baseline of our postflop strategy
-If we are too tight or too loose we will be heavily exploitable either way...a GTO balance is needed vs GTO players
-If we are entering pots with a weaker range in general than our opponents, we need to have a significant edge or else we will be bleeding money. If you think about this in a vaccuum: picture if you have K10 and your friend has KQ...over a million hand sample you will lose a lot of money to him (because he will always have you outkicked/more bluff opportunities/etc). Apply this to poker, although it will be through thousands of combos of hands: it is still the same concept, and it adds up in the long run. (Sorry if that's not clear I'm tired af)
It's funny when I was new in poker I always thought that the elite players were just running everybody over (3 betting all the time, opening relentlessly, barreling relentlessly). Eventually, I realized that the elite players were really just playing solid poker...having solid/disciplined pre flop ranges, and applying sizing/range concepts appropriately. Not to mention, they are good at exploiting inefficiencies in the strategy of villains.
Anyways, other than studying/finding optimal pre flop hand solutions...if you just think logically about your frequencies and how your hands will flop vs different types of villain ranges that is probably a good start. ie KQ might be a better open UTG than A9 because you will flop top pair more often and seldom be outkicked/connected cards flop draws more often which give you better opportunities for barreling...that should be a good start.
The next thing that's on my mind is "professional poker player etiquette". It's so clear that the game of poker isn't nearly as fun as it used to be for recreational players. A few years ago there was tonnes of table talk and a "saloon like atmosphere". Over time, the game has evolved and the ole' Texas cowboy opponents of the past have turned into 20-35 year old kids who wear headphones and hoodies and don't care to ensure their opponents have a good time. There is nothing more cringey than when an old guy sits down at a table and says "hey guys how's it going (or w/e)" and nobody cares to respond or start a conversation. I get it that most poker pros in 2017 are often introverts who don't care to converse, but c'mon we want recreational players to feel welcome and get good entertainment value for their buck. They probably don't feel comfortable either when everyone is mean muggin' and staring them down.
Here's a couple things that I think we can do:
-When a recreational player does something stupid like betting 8x pot or w/e...don't laugh/look at other regs/make a passive aggressive joke etc
-Don't berate them when they suck you out or they own you...just say nice hand wp
-If they bust you say "it was nice playing with you best of luck the rest of the way"
-Don't talk about running sims or balancing your frequencies/or GTO solutions or any other poker jargon that might be over someones head
-If a rec gives you advice on a hand or justifies their line, just listen to it...you don't need to agree or disagree
-Treat everyone with respect
-Try to start the odd conversation with some people..you don't need to talk when you are in a hand or anything but just here and there...hell, maybe you'll even find some good home game or business opportunities out of it...you never know.
Thus far in Vegas I'm probably slightly in the positive from tourneys and cash games. Just gonna have a relaxing night tonight/do some meditation. Gonna bring it the rest of the time I'm here. No prisoners. GN and GL.
"Both poker and investing are games of incomplete information. You have a certain set of facts and you are looking for situations where you have an edge, whether the edge is psychological or statistical." -David Einhorn
Hi guys, regretfully, I am not going to do the weekly update in the usual format. I just simply have not had a lot of time or energy here...nor have I made great/any progress towards any of my fitness/health goals. I've decided to just give myself the previous week that I've been in Vegas as a bye week. It sucks that I was so disciplined and had a great routine during SCOOP which has been lost in Vegas. No worries though, I'll get back on the horse...just hit a bit of a rough patch.
Random Rant of the Week
This week I'm going to keep this poker related. First, I want to talk a little bit about opening ranges and starting hand selection and then I want to talk about some poker table etiquette for regs.
The first part of this came to me when I was staring down at 97o in the c/o. I hadn't played a hand in quite some time and ended up opening this hand, and 3 barrel bluffing with it (and losing). In my head before opening it I was thinking "this is not a good open and it's fairly undisciplined." However, I talked myself into some logic that it could be good. Anyways, I lost a big pot that I should never have been involved in.
This brings me to the point that live poker can get very boring if you are card dead for a prolonged period of time (or just bored by only seeing 1 hand every 2 minutes.) It's so important to stay disciplined with preflop hand selection in poker (online and live) and here's why:
-The ranges that you open are the baseline of how villains construct their analysis of your range
-The ranges we begin hands with dictates the baseline of our postflop strategy
-If we are too tight or too loose we will be heavily exploitable either way...a GTO balance is needed vs GTO players
-If we are entering pots with a weaker range in general than our opponents, we need to have a significant edge or else we will be bleeding money. If you think about this in a vaccuum: picture if you have K10 and your friend has KQ...over a million hand sample you will lose a lot of money to him (because he will always have you outkicked/more bluff opportunities/etc). Apply this to poker, although it will be through thousands of combos of hands: it is still the same concept, and it adds up in the long run. (Sorry if that's not clear I'm tired af)
It's funny when I was new in poker I always thought that the elite players were just running everybody over (3 betting all the time, opening relentlessly, barreling relentlessly). Eventually, I realized that the elite players were really just playing solid poker...having solid/disciplined pre flop ranges, and applying sizing/range concepts appropriately. Not to mention, they are good at exploiting inefficiencies in the strategy of villains.
Anyways, other than studying/finding optimal pre flop hand solutions...if you just think logically about your frequencies and how your hands will flop vs different types of villain ranges that is probably a good start. ie KQ might be a better open UTG than A9 because you will flop top pair more often and seldom be outkicked/connected cards flop draws more often which give you better opportunities for barreling...that should be a good start.
The next thing that's on my mind is "professional poker player etiquette". It's so clear that the game of poker isn't nearly as fun as it used to be for recreational players. A few years ago there was tonnes of table talk and a "saloon like atmosphere". Over time, the game has evolved and the ole' Texas cowboy opponents of the past have turned into 20-35 year old kids who wear headphones and hoodies and don't care to ensure their opponents have a good time. There is nothing more cringey than when an old guy sits down at a table and says "hey guys how's it going (or w/e)" and nobody cares to respond or start a conversation. I get it that most poker pros in 2017 are often introverts who don't care to converse, but c'mon we want recreational players to feel welcome and get good entertainment value for their buck. They probably don't feel comfortable either when everyone is mean muggin' and staring them down.
Here's a couple things that I think we can do:
-When a recreational player does something stupid like betting 8x pot or w/e...don't laugh/look at other regs/make a passive aggressive joke etc
-Don't berate them when they suck you out or they own you...just say nice hand wp
-If they bust you say "it was nice playing with you best of luck the rest of the way"
-Don't talk about running sims or balancing your frequencies/or GTO solutions or any other poker jargon that might be over someones head
-If a rec gives you advice on a hand or justifies their line, just listen to it...you don't need to agree or disagree
-Treat everyone with respect
-Try to start the odd conversation with some people..you don't need to talk when you are in a hand or anything but just here and there...hell, maybe you'll even find some good home game or business opportunities out of it...you never know.
Thus far in Vegas I'm probably slightly in the positive from tourneys and cash games. Just gonna have a relaxing night tonight/do some meditation. Gonna bring it the rest of the time I'm here. No prisoners. GN and GL.
"Both poker and investing are games of incomplete information. You have a certain set of facts and you are looking for situations where you have an edge, whether the edge is psychological or statistical." -David Einhorn
this post is gold man, agree with all points i dont play live often but when i do i always talk to the fish and will have a bottle of beer with them make it fun etc not sit and talk about PIO with a reg and swing a dick about the table, and i can relate to opening X hand because, ive not opened in 4 orbits
so stupid but the live goats are the disciplined ones as you say glgl for rest of summer werever u are mate vamooo
06-20-2017
, 05:37 PM
Quote:
I have read your thread from page 1 and i reallyyyy like the way you write! Got me inspired in some way and felt like we are hanging out 2gether and we just talk 2 each other when i read your updates.
Also, I really like the articles you put in now and then and always enjoy reading them and sharing them with my friends. Please include more
Thank you 4 your analysis in the interesting hands you post and i always find good answers to your hands too from other members, thats why i really like reading this PCG too.
I think it helps me quite a lot
So just wanted to say tnx 4 sharing through this thread, show u my appreciation and wish to you glgl in the future.
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Also, I really like the articles you put in now and then and always enjoy reading them and sharing them with my friends. Please include more
Thank you 4 your analysis in the interesting hands you post and i always find good answers to your hands too from other members, thats why i really like reading this PCG too.
I think it helps me quite a lot
So just wanted to say tnx 4 sharing through this thread, show u my appreciation and wish to you glgl in the future.
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this post is gold man, agree with all points i dont play live often but when i do i always talk to the fish and will have a bottle of beer with them make it fun etc not sit and talk about PIO with a reg and swing a dick about the table, and i can relate to opening X hand because, ive not opened in 4 orbits so stupid but the live goats are the disciplined ones as you say glgl for rest of summer werever u are mate vamooo
so stupid but the live goats are the disciplined ones as you say glgl for rest of summer werever u are mate vamooo
thanks all for the posts. just spent a decent chunk of $ on some advanced study material with a friend. gonna be binging lab work for about ~5 hours per day all week. after i 1 table the 109 Super Tuesday to victory ofc...calling it now
06-22-2017
, 01:15 AM
whaddup,
just got home from my first week of ultimate frisbee and a few wobbly pops. perhaps its my slight amount of inebriation that unleashes my desire to make a completely random post in here.
I'm out of shape afff let's get that out of the way first. The game is way tougher than it looks and there is heaps of running...intense running. My team is really cool even though I skipped the first 5 weeks of the season because of my hand. Went out for a few beers afterwards which is nice to extend the social circle a little bit and work on socializing in general.
Actually got the idea for this post during an RSD video a few days ago. One of the concepts that was discussed was "coping vs. thriving". These are two different states that people often find themselves in. The former relates to a person who is just "getting by" each day. Doing what is necessary to survive and get themselves through each day. Inherently, they don't live their lives to the fullest. The glass is always seen as half full and the grass is always greener on the other side. Along with this state comes a tendency to drag other people down and live in perpetual mediocrity.
Next, the latter, relates to a person who thrives. They make the most of every opportunity given to them, bring others around them up along with themselves, and crush everything. These people resonate with positive energy and are constantly enjoying and improving.
Everyday we're faced with the choice whether we want to cope or thrive. A lot of us might have had ****ty stuff happen to us in life or our youth. A lot of us might be pre-dispositioned to cope or thrive. Just know that the subtle choices we make/actions we take contribute solely to whether we cope or thrive.
Not gonna lie I've definitely coped in the past and I'm glad to say that things are on the up and up and hopefully I can consider myself 100% thriving in the future.
So much of the improvements I've had in the previous year have been 100% due to mindset. If you really listen to the stupid **** you tell yourself every minute of every day...you really begin to believe it...and this story you tell yourself begins to become true to yourself. By looking for facts to support your hypothesis you will eventually find those facts and your story will become true. If you don't have self belief, how do you expect others to believe in you?
Pay attention to the voice in your head and the stupid **** it tries to tell you:
-you're not good enough
-you're not smart enough
-you're not good looking enough
-you're not fit enough
-you're not responsible enough
-you're not cool enough
-you're not enough
-and so much more bs
Try your best to catch yourself when you hear this non-sense. Insert a more positive statement. Eventually, you will find supporting evidence to believe the positive story and your confidence will grow through reference experience. You will definitely encounter people who don't like you for who you are. This is completely normal (with 7 a population of 7 billion, let alone a group of 50 people). I promise though that you will find much more value and authenticity in your relationships when you can be your best self without holding back.
I truly believe that a solid positive mindset is the key to thriving in your environment. Things are improving everyday but still have a long long way to go. I want for us all to be the best versions of ourselves, and improving our mindset is step 1.
Not sure how legible/coherent this post is as quite a few beers tonight. I'll prob just re-read it tomorrow and see how my sober self feels about it
In regards to writing personal stuff in here such as the above I think it's all stuff that a lot of us deal with every day. I'm not shy about it especially if it brings value to a few other guys in the same struggle. Jk about struggle though we play the most interesting game in the world for decent $ and if you are reading this right now, you probably have a computer and an amazing opportunity to thrive.
LEGGO
GN my hombres and thanks very much.
just got home from my first week of ultimate frisbee and a few wobbly pops. perhaps its my slight amount of inebriation that unleashes my desire to make a completely random post in here.
I'm out of shape afff let's get that out of the way first. The game is way tougher than it looks and there is heaps of running...intense running. My team is really cool even though I skipped the first 5 weeks of the season because of my hand. Went out for a few beers afterwards which is nice to extend the social circle a little bit and work on socializing in general.
Actually got the idea for this post during an RSD video a few days ago. One of the concepts that was discussed was "coping vs. thriving". These are two different states that people often find themselves in. The former relates to a person who is just "getting by" each day. Doing what is necessary to survive and get themselves through each day. Inherently, they don't live their lives to the fullest. The glass is always seen as half full and the grass is always greener on the other side. Along with this state comes a tendency to drag other people down and live in perpetual mediocrity.
Next, the latter, relates to a person who thrives. They make the most of every opportunity given to them, bring others around them up along with themselves, and crush everything. These people resonate with positive energy and are constantly enjoying and improving.
Everyday we're faced with the choice whether we want to cope or thrive. A lot of us might have had ****ty stuff happen to us in life or our youth. A lot of us might be pre-dispositioned to cope or thrive. Just know that the subtle choices we make/actions we take contribute solely to whether we cope or thrive.
Not gonna lie I've definitely coped in the past and I'm glad to say that things are on the up and up and hopefully I can consider myself 100% thriving in the future.
So much of the improvements I've had in the previous year have been 100% due to mindset. If you really listen to the stupid **** you tell yourself every minute of every day...you really begin to believe it...and this story you tell yourself begins to become true to yourself. By looking for facts to support your hypothesis you will eventually find those facts and your story will become true. If you don't have self belief, how do you expect others to believe in you?
Pay attention to the voice in your head and the stupid **** it tries to tell you:
-you're not good enough
-you're not smart enough
-you're not good looking enough
-you're not fit enough
-you're not responsible enough
-you're not cool enough
-you're not enough
-and so much more bs
Try your best to catch yourself when you hear this non-sense. Insert a more positive statement. Eventually, you will find supporting evidence to believe the positive story and your confidence will grow through reference experience. You will definitely encounter people who don't like you for who you are. This is completely normal (with 7 a population of 7 billion, let alone a group of 50 people). I promise though that you will find much more value and authenticity in your relationships when you can be your best self without holding back.
I truly believe that a solid positive mindset is the key to thriving in your environment. Things are improving everyday but still have a long long way to go. I want for us all to be the best versions of ourselves, and improving our mindset is step 1.
Not sure how legible/coherent this post is as quite a few beers tonight. I'll prob just re-read it tomorrow and see how my sober self feels about it
In regards to writing personal stuff in here such as the above I think it's all stuff that a lot of us deal with every day. I'm not shy about it especially if it brings value to a few other guys in the same struggle. Jk about struggle though
we play the most interesting game in the world for decent $ and if you are reading this right now, you probably have a computer and an amazing opportunity to thrive.LEGGO
GN my hombres and thanks very much.
06-23-2017
, 04:53 AM
06-23-2017
, 09:08 AM
KQ - Definitely re-raising to like 3600 here pre. Would bet like 2500 on flop, easy call when he x/jams.
A4 - I check turn, we're betting into 3 people here with very little equity, would be sizing smaller otr though, I'd go 999. Optimistic call/call by villain, but if there's a few things I've learned, folding is not allowed in HSMTTs, let alone top pair, if you want to win at HSMTTs.
AQs - Clear 3B pre vs a loose opponent + no one folds to 3bets in the early stages anymore. As played your line looks good, if he's really crazy or a fish I'd x/shove river.
ATs - Playing the same way, flop is an easy bet cause like you said, we can fold out better hands (such as 22-99), and want to build a pot given we have 12 outs to the nuts.
AT - I raise pre here, but that is just my preference. Villain's shove is +EV but probably not the highest EV play compared to checking or iso raising. Unlucky.
gl hf this summer, you'll be back into the flow of things in no time. (y)
A4 - I check turn, we're betting into 3 people here with very little equity, would be sizing smaller otr though, I'd go 999. Optimistic call/call by villain, but if there's a few things I've learned, folding is not allowed in HSMTTs, let alone top pair, if you want to win at HSMTTs.
AQs - Clear 3B pre vs a loose opponent + no one folds to 3bets in the early stages anymore. As played your line looks good, if he's really crazy or a fish I'd x/shove river.
ATs - Playing the same way, flop is an easy bet cause like you said, we can fold out better hands (such as 22-99), and want to build a pot given we have 12 outs to the nuts.
AT - I raise pre here, but that is just my preference. Villain's shove is +EV but probably not the highest EV play compared to checking or iso raising. Unlucky.
gl hf this summer, you'll be back into the flow of things in no time. (y)
06-25-2017
, 07:53 PM
06-25-2017
, 08:15 PM
Why can't I ever find a balance between having fun/enjoying life and managing my health and well-being? I know it's been a few months since I've chilled with some of my good friends and the Arkells/July Talk are awesome bands but ****...why can't I just control myself a little better? Anyways, had an awesome time in Toronto and did a good amount of life loving this weekend. It sucks that I sacrificed my Sunday grind and did so little volume this week. On the bright side, the weather here is beautiful this time of year and it's nice to see a visible improvement in moods. My week from a work standpoint is pretty embarrassing (other than a lot of lab work). Anyways, this thread is about telling the truth and holding myself accountable through my successes and failures. Here's the weekly update:
Health:
Workouts Completed this week: (1/4)
Times leaving diet guidelines: 2 nights of heavy drinking, and pretty terrible diet all week. easily 10x. disappointing but need to improve this week and i will.
20 Minute Meditation Session: 5/7
Books Read: 0/1
Body Weight +/-: -17 lbs. (since beginning of year)
Wealth:
Training Videos Watched: 5/1
Hours in the lab: 15/2
Sessions played: 2/4
Hours put into researching new avenues of revenue generation: 2
Weekly Proft: -1475
Yearly Profit: +31 415
Live Poker Profit This Year: +9 963
Book Review:
Didn't read this week. I might try something a little bit new this week and read a fiction book. Something that I never do and I consider it a waste of time. Basically, I feel that I don't obtain any practical information from it (and don't enjoy reading that much to begin with). However, the concept seems peaceful and relaxing.
Story of Leaving Comfort Zone: Nothing relevant this week.
Hands:
Haven't played since the last time I posted hands. Gonna grind hard this week and will post some good ones to make up for it.
Random Rant of the Week:
Feels like I've ranted about so much random **** in here in 2017. Wasn't really sure what to write about this week. I decided to just talk a little bit about a random epiphany that I had a while ago.
I was thinking about how much of a blessing that the struggle can be. It really came to me that if everything I wanted was handed to me in life and came easy, I never would have found: poker, self-development, knowledge, empathy, or ambition. This is obviously a very optimistic view point but it makes sense to me. I'm actually quite thankful for the struggle in quite a few ways. Could you imagine being born extremely rich and everything handed to you? You would never have a reason to learn, to grow, or to hustle. Embrace the struggle and enjoy the process more than you enjoy the prize.
That's it for a rant this week guys. Gonna keep it short and sweet because I'm hungover and tired. Canada Day weekend is next weekend and I'm going to my friends cottage and a Toronto Blue Jays game thursday (will be gone 4 ish days). Due to the nature of cottage weekends, gonna go GTO AF all week until I leave. Will celebrate my country's 150th birthday and enjoy..need to grind my ass off until then.
TO DO THIS WEEK:
-finish MTT course
-play 4 heavy sessions before mini vacation
-hit the gym 4 times
-don't deviate once from diet until the weekend. will allow a few cheats for the weekend.
-go on 1-2 hikes and a daily walk.
-Contact mentor
-Look at income properties for sale
I really need to get the grind back on track guys. Been thrown off for a few weeks. Might get a session with Elliot this week, to get some accountability to get this back on track.
Here's one of my favourite motivational videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASIT7U463Q0&t=272s
"Everybody wanna be a beast, until it's time to do what beasts do." -ET
I'll be back this week with lots of hands. I wish y'all luck if you are still grinding today...if you were responsible enough to put in the grind
Health:
Workouts Completed this week: (1/4)
Times leaving diet guidelines: 2 nights of heavy drinking, and pretty terrible diet all week. easily 10x. disappointing but need to improve this week and i will.
20 Minute Meditation Session: 5/7
Books Read: 0/1
Body Weight +/-: -17 lbs. (since beginning of year)
Wealth:
Training Videos Watched: 5/1
Hours in the lab: 15/2
Sessions played: 2/4
Hours put into researching new avenues of revenue generation: 2
Weekly Proft: -1475
Yearly Profit: +31 415
Live Poker Profit This Year: +9 963
Book Review:
Didn't read this week. I might try something a little bit new this week and read a fiction book. Something that I never do and I consider it a waste of time. Basically, I feel that I don't obtain any practical information from it (and don't enjoy reading that much to begin with). However, the concept seems peaceful and relaxing.
Story of Leaving Comfort Zone: Nothing relevant this week.
Hands:
Haven't played since the last time I posted hands. Gonna grind hard this week and will post some good ones to make up for it.
Random Rant of the Week:
Feels like I've ranted about so much random **** in here in 2017. Wasn't really sure what to write about this week. I decided to just talk a little bit about a random epiphany that I had a while ago.
I was thinking about how much of a blessing that the struggle can be. It really came to me that if everything I wanted was handed to me in life and came easy, I never would have found: poker, self-development, knowledge, empathy, or ambition. This is obviously a very optimistic view point but it makes sense to me. I'm actually quite thankful for the struggle in quite a few ways. Could you imagine being born extremely rich and everything handed to you? You would never have a reason to learn, to grow, or to hustle. Embrace the struggle and enjoy the process more than you enjoy the prize.
That's it for a rant this week guys. Gonna keep it short and sweet because I'm hungover and tired. Canada Day weekend is next weekend and I'm going to my friends cottage and a Toronto Blue Jays game thursday (will be gone 4 ish days). Due to the nature of cottage weekends, gonna go GTO AF all week until I leave. Will celebrate my country's 150th birthday and enjoy..need to grind my ass off until then.
TO DO THIS WEEK:
-finish MTT course
-play 4 heavy sessions before mini vacation
-hit the gym 4 times
-don't deviate once from diet until the weekend. will allow a few cheats for the weekend.
-go on 1-2 hikes and a daily walk.
-Contact mentor
-Look at income properties for sale
I really need to get the grind back on track guys. Been thrown off for a few weeks. Might get a session with Elliot this week, to get some accountability to get this back on track.
Here's one of my favourite motivational videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASIT7U463Q0&t=272s
"Everybody wanna be a beast, until it's time to do what beasts do." -ET
I'll be back this week with lots of hands. I wish y'all luck if you are still grinding today...if you were responsible enough to put in the grind
06-25-2017
, 08:21 PM
06-26-2017
, 07:28 AM
06-27-2017
, 12:34 AM
@ re8: ty for your thoughts i appreciate that and agree with all. i'll send u the info of the course on skype.
@scarecrow: thanks for the post sir. i think the merits to check calling would be that we allow him to bluff with all of his missed draws. in the moment i felt like he will have lots of Kx in this spot (figured almost everything else would bet flop, potentially he has some A high.) so decided that i will have plenty of bluffs here so i need to find some value bets as well. whether or not this is too thin or not is up for debate
@scarecrow: thanks for the post sir. i think the merits to check calling would be that we allow him to bluff with all of his missed draws. in the moment i felt like he will have lots of Kx in this spot (figured almost everything else would bet flop, potentially he has some A high.) so decided that i will have plenty of bluffs here so i need to find some value bets as well. whether or not this is too thin or not is up for debate
06-27-2017
, 12:54 AM
hey guys, as promised i'll post a few hands and thoughts from my session today.
overall, i'm very happy with my level of focus and quality of play throughout the day. ran absurdly bad but ended up saving the day with a bowl comp (27 prog 12k gtd or w/e the gtd is). got 2nd in it and lost hu vs a terrible villain which never feels great. he coolered/sucked me out a few times and i feel like i couldnt have played much different (other than a few hands).
these small tourneys are sometimes difficult to focus in and are way more boring than big tourneys...however, they are super important in the long run nonetheless. they can cut swings quite a bit and obviously having a 27$ tourney where i make prob ~5$/game is very +EV (as long as my table landscape allows for it, and its not cutting into ROI of other games).
https://www.boomplayer.com/24379234_31D7A806E5
fairly thin and i definitely think i'll be value cutting myself quite a bit with this sizing. will definitely have a lot of bluffs here and i think its good to value bet with a larger sizing with other value bets than just 10x and boats. (villain may perceive my range as 10x or nothing, and given that so many draws missed he might hero with a high frequency)
https://www.boomplayer.com/24378707_4D549636F7
villain is loose opener/aggro...that being said i still dont think i can call turn here. equity realization is very important and i don't think i can call a river jam/he does have a lot of value bets on turn. i find myself stationing way too hard vs aggro guys OOP sometimes haha. its just tough when im not really protected on the turn, the only Ax i have is prob 2 pairs, i dont have many/any flushes, and most of my 2 pairs/strong draws prob raise flop. meh idk, seems close, what u guys think? obv having a heart in my hand is far better for bluff catching purposes.
https://www.boomplayer.com/24378612_F9F44C6086
can i raise for value at any point in this hand? limping button when there's aggro guys with jamming stacks in blinds is something i've started doing again. i got away from it before but i've had some reasoning to maybe start implementing it again. it's just tough to balance.
https://www.boomplayer.com/24378601_9CC872F0B7
find these spots v difficult, is it best just to jam on flop? river is an obligatory bluff i think even tho im narrowed to like Kx and good Jx prob
https://www.boomplayer.com/24376413_A211F7031A
puke, maybe could exploit fold. tilts me when guys take such tilting lines and i reward them thought maybe he can just be blocker betting Jx/Qx sometimes/maybe just a random airball but highly unlikely.
https://www.boomplayer.com/24376123_9C79D14A36
lol, wp i guess sir
https://www.boomplayer.com/24375237_49E28E928F
surely we cant fold this high in our range, even though its nit bulgarian right?
https://www.boomplayer.com/24374975_F237C1C265
pwn3d
Anyways, decided I'd post quite a few hands in here today to make up for the lack of them lately. Not sure how I feel about posting hands in a public forum like this all the time but I don't feel I'm giving away too much and I'm fairly comfortable in my balance. I appreciate you guys giving me good feedback which adds some EV for me
overall, i'm very happy with my level of focus and quality of play throughout the day. ran absurdly bad but ended up saving the day with a bowl comp (27 prog 12k gtd or w/e the gtd is). got 2nd in it and lost hu vs a terrible villain which never feels great. he coolered/sucked me out a few times and i feel like i couldnt have played much different (other than a few hands).
these small tourneys are sometimes difficult to focus in and are way more boring than big tourneys...however, they are super important in the long run nonetheless. they can cut swings quite a bit and obviously having a 27$ tourney where i make prob ~5$/game is very +EV (as long as my table landscape allows for it, and its not cutting into ROI of other games).
https://www.boomplayer.com/24379234_31D7A806E5
fairly thin and i definitely think i'll be value cutting myself quite a bit with this sizing. will definitely have a lot of bluffs here and i think its good to value bet with a larger sizing with other value bets than just 10x and boats. (villain may perceive my range as 10x or nothing, and given that so many draws missed he might hero with a high frequency)
https://www.boomplayer.com/24378707_4D549636F7
villain is loose opener/aggro...that being said i still dont think i can call turn here. equity realization is very important and i don't think i can call a river jam/he does have a lot of value bets on turn. i find myself stationing way too hard vs aggro guys OOP sometimes haha. its just tough when im not really protected on the turn, the only Ax i have is prob 2 pairs, i dont have many/any flushes, and most of my 2 pairs/strong draws prob raise flop. meh idk, seems close, what u guys think? obv having a heart in my hand is far better for bluff catching purposes.
https://www.boomplayer.com/24378612_F9F44C6086
can i raise for value at any point in this hand? limping button when there's aggro guys with jamming stacks in blinds is something i've started doing again. i got away from it before but i've had some reasoning to maybe start implementing it again. it's just tough to balance.
https://www.boomplayer.com/24378601_9CC872F0B7
find these spots v difficult, is it best just to jam on flop? river is an obligatory bluff i think even tho im narrowed to like Kx and good Jx prob
https://www.boomplayer.com/24376413_A211F7031A
puke, maybe could exploit fold. tilts me when guys take such tilting lines and i reward them
thought maybe he can just be blocker betting Jx/Qx sometimes/maybe just a random airball but highly unlikely.https://www.boomplayer.com/24376123_9C79D14A36
lol, wp i guess sir
https://www.boomplayer.com/24375237_49E28E928F
surely we cant fold this high in our range, even though its nit bulgarian right?
https://www.boomplayer.com/24374975_F237C1C265
pwn3d
Anyways, decided I'd post quite a few hands in here today to make up for the lack of them lately. Not sure how I feel about posting hands in a public forum like this all the time but I don't feel I'm giving away too much and I'm fairly comfortable in my balance. I appreciate you guys giving me good feedback which adds some EV for me
06-28-2017
, 04:34 AM