[x] win

Poker Stars $1100+$30 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t25/t50 Blinds - 2 players
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BTN/SB: t1695 33.90 BBs
Hero (BB): t1305 26.10 BBs

Pre Flop: (t75) Hero is BB with Q 8
BTN/SB raises to t100, Hero calls t50

Flop: (t200) J A 6 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB bets t150, Hero raises to t300, BTN/SB raises to t550, Hero raises to t1205 all in, BTN/SB folds

Final Pot: t1300
Hero mucks Q 8
Hero wins t1300

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Poker Stars $1100+$30 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t10/t20 Blinds - 2 players
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BB: t1540 77 BBs
Hero (BTN/SB): t1460 73 BBs

Pre Flop: (t30) Hero is BTN/SB with T K
Hero raises to t60, BB calls t40

Flop: (t120) 8 J 4 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t80, BB calls t80

Turn: (t280) 9 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t180, BB raises to t420, Hero raises to t1320 all in, BB calls t900

River: (t2920) T (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: t2920
BB shows J T (two pair, Jacks and Tens)
Hero shows T K (a pair of Tens)
BB wins t2920

VPPs: 61,656

Should def finish 70-75ish for the month. I've been playing higher a lot more the past few days (330-2.2k mostly). When I start feeling a little off/tired, I drop down and play more 200-330. I feel like I've got a pretty good system going at the moment...wouldn't change anything really. I feel I've been playing pretty well...it's just so important that I keep up with studying frequently. It's easy to get lost in the grind and forget to focus on making the best decisions possible, instead of just chasing vpps constantly. If I work hard on my game I'll be able to play 500+ regularly (bc I'll be on my A game more often), then the VPPs will work themselves out - it's amazing how fast vpp's add up at 1k+. Pistons/Micide/Heybude are all 180k+ for the year already...I think Heybude is closer to 300k...unreal.

GL

your graph looks really good man
keep it up!

micide & pistons will be around 200k as they have both raked 36k already this year. Awesome.

Heybude stats are disabled.

http://suited-aces.com/2010/03

^^^ Heybude/Redgrape (twins) blog. it's really fantastic stuff. i highly recommend it.

http://jaredtendlerpoker.com/wp-cont....-Issue.68.pdf

Interesting. I liked the money earned and won. What did you take out of the article Hokie?

I used to be under-confident in my game, so it really hasn't been an issue for me. When I worked with Jared a few months back, confidence issues were a big part of what we discussed. I can definitely relate to the opposite issues of over-confidence though...things like: giving myself too hard of a time when I'm simply running bad, holding my game (and mental game) to an unrealistic standard, etc. Basically the exact opposite of Winner's Tilt. I had Perfectionist's Tilt, I guess you could call it.

Now I am a lot more understanding of myself and hold myself to a realistic standard. I can't make perfect decisions every hand I play, or never tilt, but I can learn from my mistakes and understand what triggered my tilt and do better in the future.

While overconfident players play in games that they can't beat over the long term, an underconfident player like myself would play in games that are too easy and not push myself to higher levels.

Jared has a ton of great stuff on his website http://jaredtendlerpoker.com/, esp his blog. He has a Mental Game book coming out soon..expected release date April 12, 2011.

Hope this answered your question.

Definitely. Thanks for taking the time.

January Final VPP Total: 66,366

In the past, I'd give myself a hard time for not reaching my goal of 75-83kish. I learned a ton of lessons about putting in high volume and worked on my game a ton, I think these lessons will be invaluable in getting me to 1 mil vpps for the year. There is a big difference between working hard and working smart. I can't just grind out endless vpps and let my game go to **** while doing it. I want to make SNE, but also I want to be one of the best husng players eventually. I feel that I worked very smart this month aside from a few days where my focus got misdirected. I've moved up in stakes and the vpps will accumulate much faster now as well. I definitely feel like things are going in the right direction.

February Goals:

83k VPP (not going to try to get caught up to pace during a 28 day month)

3-4 Study sessions with H2olga/MJW/or Helio TYF

Play 90% of my games at 330+

Post more hands itt

Organize the monies for the tax rape in April (wooot)

January Graph (graphs will be more representative of actual results in following months):




January Total Profit including Rakeback: $13,873

First 5.5k of the year. Saw stars pro LeoFernandez sitting and obv insta-sat (never heard of him).

Some highlight hands:

He had been cbetting 100%. Really didn't think he would check back a good hand with the dynamic we had, since I should be skeptical of his cbets. He didn't seem tricky enough to try to level me.

Poker Stars $5500+$100 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t15/t30 Blinds - 2 players
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Hero (BB): t1840 61.33 BBs
BTN/SB: t1160 38.67 BBs

Pre Flop: (t45) Hero is BB with T Q
BTN/SB raises to t60, Hero calls t30

Flop: (t120) 3 2 A (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB checks

Turn: (t120) 8 (2 players)
Hero bets t60, BTN/SB raises to t180, Hero raises to t380, BTN/SB folds

Final Pot: t480
Hero mucks T Q
Hero wins t480


Polarizing river vbet size to value hands that will vomit if I shove. I can rep backdoor hands really well. This play has to work a high % of the time, but I think it does vs most people especially when he doesn't know how capable I am of this. Calling my jam here with even a set is a herocall readless.

PokerStars Game #56930384717: Tournament #359759445, $5500+$100 USD Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2011/02/01 10:13:05 ET
Table '359759445 1' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: HokieGreg HU (1590 in chips)
Seat 2: LeoFernandez (1410 in chips)
HokieGreg HU: posts small blind 10
LeoFernandez: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to HokieGreg HU [5h 2h]
HokieGreg HU: raises 40 to 60
LeoFernandez: calls 40
*** FLOP *** [7h Jd Ac]
LeoFernandez: checks
HokieGreg HU: bets 60
LeoFernandez: calls 60
*** TURN *** [7h Jd Ac] [2c]
LeoFernandez: checks
HokieGreg HU: checks
*** RIVER *** [7h Jd Ac 2c] [4c]
LeoFernandez: bets 100
HokieGreg HU: raises 1370 to 1470 and is all-in
LeoFernandez: folds
Uncalled bet (1370) returned to HokieGreg HU
HokieGreg HU collected 440 from pot
HokieGreg HU: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 440 | Rake 0
Board [7h Jd Ac 2c 4c]
Seat 1: HokieGreg HU (button) (small blind) collected (440)
Seat 2: LeoFernandez (big blind) folded on the River

Then I lost the endgame hands after getting a 2:1 lead. A6<AA, then my A7>77 to get back up, then 89s<A3, T9s<QQ.

gg.

really happy with how focused i am in 2k/5k now. granted I'm on a stake, so the $ swings dont effect me nearlya s much as if it were on my own $. regardless of whose money Im playing with, there is just something different about playing 5ks. its the buyin level that from my days at the 6s to the 330s i just couldn't even comprehend playing for that amount of money. its a pretty cool experience to play games at the highest husng level, when i started my career <4 years ago with $40 borrowed from my dad at the $6s. it doesn't make me nervous per say, but it does make me appreciate where I came from - and I think that is very important.

hokie

Nice endgame hands, AA, QQ, 77, A3. rigged.
Btw, second hand, if he bets more on river, something near potsize, does this change anything?

what happened at the end of the graph there? was that february?

just catching up. keep it up dude.

yup, changes it entirely. a 40-50%ish river lead from most thinking (but not great) players is heavily weighted to marginal value. 60%+ will be a lot more weighted to strong value/air. i almost never see thinking players lead this river with hands that would be comfortable calling a jam here.

potsize leads from thinking players will be a lot more weighted to strong value/complete air.

1ks and 2ks. setups and runbad finished off my month at the higher stakes. im fully staked 500+, and i get 50% of my profits there. i lost money at 500+ last month, and am basically breakeven for the stake overall through 460 games (3000 game stake). i have 100% of myself <500, so that's where the majority of my profit came from last month other than rakeback.

I think he just literally plays like a spewtard now. At least he was playing the exact same way against me.

this thread is completely and totally insane

Leo is actually pretty good...

gogogo get sne!

ya he played pretty well, but tbh my general rule is if i see the stars logo sitting 5.5k and its not isildur i'm insta-sitting. works out more often than not.

Do we combine how we play at poker to how we should feel?

Spacegravy is crushing but is he happy?

what a disgrace for them :/

Why would spacegravy not be happy? Maybe it's a fishy question.

i'm not sure i understand your question. clarify plz.

i think a lot of poker players have nothing going on in their life at all other than poker, so their happiness is often defined by their variance.

Heybude stats are not blocked on propokerlabs.com... Fyi