Xptboy from PLO2 to PLO25+
01-02-2015
, 03:00 AM
Sleep schedule is pretty messed up.
I was awake at 10AM, but then I didn't sleep enough, so I ate lunch then went back to bed at like 4PM, woke up at 11AM and grinded. First session went alright. Decided to go for a mid-night 4AM run. Came back to eat, watch a DC vid and then wanted to play. But at 5.30 AM tables are pretty dead. So I hit up the zoom tables.
First real zoom session 4-tabling went really well!
The action is a lot faster and I can't really take notes on players nearly as well as when 6-tabling regular tables. But the hands I got were nice. Still ran below EV and couldn't win with AA when the money got in preflop, but it's all good
Definitely a nice way to rack up volume. And when the regular tables seem dead I think I'll play zoom more. Otherwise I'll stick with 6-tabling regular tables mainly.
I was awake at 10AM, but then I didn't sleep enough, so I ate lunch then went back to bed at like 4PM, woke up at 11AM and grinded. First session went alright. Decided to go for a mid-night 4AM run. Came back to eat, watch a DC vid and then wanted to play. But at 5.30 AM tables are pretty dead. So I hit up the zoom tables.
First real zoom session 4-tabling went really well!
The action is a lot faster and I can't really take notes on players nearly as well as when 6-tabling regular tables. But the hands I got were nice. Still ran below EV and couldn't win with AA when the money got in preflop, but it's all good
Definitely a nice way to rack up volume. And when the regular tables seem dead I think I'll play zoom more. Otherwise I'll stick with 6-tabling regular tables mainly.
01-04-2015
, 02:04 PM
Positives: life was good, NYE was good, food + exercise and all that was good
Negatives: Downswing continues and it's very frustrating. I need to work on mental game.
Graph of last 30k hand downswing, 35BI under EV... Should be winning at 5bb/100, instead losing at 5bb/100
Graph of this week...
Week started off with a horrible session, then I had to make up for it throughout the course of the week. Took 2 days off from poker pretty much because of NYE celebrations.
Then the past two days I tried to make up for lack of volume by just grinding all day until I hit my volume goal. Had to play 8k+ hands in the last 2 days, so +8 hours/day. But I played super tired and bad and tilty in my last session so I ended up just losing all my profits of the week. In retrospect, playing when I didn't feel like it was probably a mistake and it'd probably have been best if I just accepted falling short of volume goals. Or maybe I should've took a nap and played tonight or something. Anyways, what's done is done. Also I should've probably drank some coffee before starting the last session...
Been experimenting with smaller 3bet sizing in position, not sure what to think of it yet. Can see both negatives and positives.
Anyways, this 30k+ hand downswing is really not encouraging for me at all. Sometimes I think I'm the best PLO10 reg and should be moving up to PLO25 already, then I have a bad session like my last one and I think I'm worse than a fish and belong at PLO2. But I think at this point the only thing that will get me out of this downswing is volume and running past my runbad.
Goals of last week
+15,000 hands = success, but it came at a big price in my most recent session where I was playing exhausted/tired/barely able to concentrate.
rebuild my roll, rebuild my confidence, improve my game, all at PLO10 = Failure, I'm just waiting for my to start running good a bit. But the end seems to be out of sight.
keep studying off the tables, etc. = Success, finished with the donkr articles
count calories with MFP everyday, gym at least 3x, cardio at least 2x.= success, except didn't count calories on NYE
Enjoy NYE. = success
Monthly review of December and December graph = success
Goals of next week
15000 hands
Finish watching all DC PLO videos, finish reading all nutblocker strategy articles
Rebuild roll and confidence at PLO10
Gym +3x, cardio +2x, stretch +2x, count calories everyday
Next week I don't plan on taking any days completely off from playing. So hopefully by spreading out my days I won't end up having to rush to complete my volume the final day.
Negatives: Downswing continues and it's very frustrating. I need to work on mental game.
Graph of last 30k hand downswing, 35BI under EV... Should be winning at 5bb/100, instead losing at 5bb/100
Graph of this week...
Week started off with a horrible session, then I had to make up for it throughout the course of the week. Took 2 days off from poker pretty much because of NYE celebrations.
Then the past two days I tried to make up for lack of volume by just grinding all day until I hit my volume goal. Had to play 8k+ hands in the last 2 days, so +8 hours/day. But I played super tired and bad and tilty in my last session so I ended up just losing all my profits of the week. In retrospect, playing when I didn't feel like it was probably a mistake and it'd probably have been best if I just accepted falling short of volume goals. Or maybe I should've took a nap and played tonight or something. Anyways, what's done is done. Also I should've probably drank some coffee before starting the last session...
Been experimenting with smaller 3bet sizing in position, not sure what to think of it yet. Can see both negatives and positives.
Anyways, this 30k+ hand downswing is really not encouraging for me at all. Sometimes I think I'm the best PLO10 reg and should be moving up to PLO25 already, then I have a bad session like my last one and I think I'm worse than a fish and belong at PLO2. But I think at this point the only thing that will get me out of this downswing is volume and running past my runbad.
Goals of last week
+15,000 hands = success, but it came at a big price in my most recent session where I was playing exhausted/tired/barely able to concentrate.
rebuild my roll, rebuild my confidence, improve my game, all at PLO10 = Failure, I'm just waiting for my to start running good a bit. But the end seems to be out of sight.
keep studying off the tables, etc. = Success, finished with the donkr articles
count calories with MFP everyday, gym at least 3x, cardio at least 2x.= success, except didn't count calories on NYE
Enjoy NYE. = success
Monthly review of December and December graph = success
Goals of next week
15000 hands
Finish watching all DC PLO videos, finish reading all nutblocker strategy articles
Rebuild roll and confidence at PLO10
Gym +3x, cardio +2x, stretch +2x, count calories everyday
Next week I don't plan on taking any days completely off from playing. So hopefully by spreading out my days I won't end up having to rush to complete my volume the final day.
01-07-2015
, 02:48 AM
Yeah gotta agree with Ogwi here. Nothing is really the best indicator of how good or bad someone plays apart from your own personal judgment (unless someone's sweating you or something), but the yellow line is more accurate in the short-term for actual results. Especially on a session by session basis, or even weekly basis.
After starting PLO again on a huge +30BI above EV upswing, I thought I was playing well and yellow line didn't matter. But after the 30+BI below EV downswing I think the yellow line is the best indicator anyone can use to see how well someone is playing+running in the shortterm.
In the longrun, the both merge anyways so that should be a more clear indicator of one's true winrate. But tbh I don't know how long the longrun is... Also there's the fact that over the longrun, you're bound to make some changes to the game, especially a person like me who is a relative beginner to the game. I'm bound to make some rather big changes over the longrun.
01-07-2015
, 10:33 AM
Well I am not sure.
When you go all in, you go all in vs a range not a specific hand. If you judge your play on the outcome of his current holding you might get the wrong idea of your play.
I mean there are so many situations that can f. up your ev over a session:
example 1
you c/r on flop with a set, on turn an unlikely gutter gets there and villain puts in his last 10bb. You ofc call and have 2x% so HEM records you putting in your whole 100bb as an underdog. Yellow line goes down big time but did you play bad?
example 2 - you flop trips on 662 and c/r vs villain who opened Button. The turn is a J, you shove and he has jacks having you drawing for 1 out and your EV line is demolished.
example 3 - you call a 3bet w KQJTds and c/call an all-in on KJx flop w top2+OESD+Khigh fd and are dead vs KKK with the nut flush draw. Its an all in we would be happy to make all day and yet you are crushed.
And these are just the extreme cases. A few hands in a session where you are on the wrong side if the 70/30s or 60/40s and your EV is gone.
Or if we turn it around and look at a session where in all your all ins you have 40% and villain has 60%. You lose them all. Your Ev line is way over your green line (both negative).Did you run bad? Well, kinda.Did you play bad? Who knows without looking at the hands.
Thats why i think that the EV line is not a short time indicator of how you run and especially not an indicator of how you play. For that you have to study and analyze.
Here is a fresh post with some graphs of 230k hands and I wouldnt say that he played bad player only because the ev line goes down or the 2 lines do not meet. We can only be sure that he did not run well.
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/sh...1&postcount=83
Sorry for the long post!
PS. on top of that the EV line is only about a tiny fraction of your hands, so what about the rest?
When you go all in, you go all in vs a range not a specific hand. If you judge your play on the outcome of his current holding you might get the wrong idea of your play.
I mean there are so many situations that can f. up your ev over a session:
example 1
you c/r on flop with a set, on turn an unlikely gutter gets there and villain puts in his last 10bb. You ofc call and have 2x% so HEM records you putting in your whole 100bb as an underdog. Yellow line goes down big time but did you play bad?
example 2 - you flop trips on 662 and c/r vs villain who opened Button. The turn is a J, you shove and he has jacks having you drawing for 1 out and your EV line is demolished.
example 3 - you call a 3bet w KQJTds and c/call an all-in on KJx flop w top2+OESD+Khigh fd and are dead vs KKK with the nut flush draw. Its an all in we would be happy to make all day and yet you are crushed.
And these are just the extreme cases. A few hands in a session where you are on the wrong side if the 70/30s or 60/40s and your EV is gone.
Or if we turn it around and look at a session where in all your all ins you have 40% and villain has 60%. You lose them all. Your Ev line is way over your green line (both negative).Did you run bad? Well, kinda.Did you play bad? Who knows without looking at the hands.
Thats why i think that the EV line is not a short time indicator of how you run and especially not an indicator of how you play. For that you have to study and analyze.
Here is a fresh post with some graphs of 230k hands and I wouldnt say that he played bad player only because the ev line goes down or the 2 lines do not meet. We can only be sure that he did not run well.
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/sh...1&postcount=83
Sorry for the long post!
PS. on top of that the EV line is only about a tiny fraction of your hands, so what about the rest?
01-07-2015
, 11:17 AM
Yeah but green line tells you even less about your play as it treats losing 100bb 70/30 preflop all-in with AA vs KK the same as losing 100bb on river.
Neither of them tell you if you play correctly in short term, but EV is more accurate
Not exactly merge, if you run 10BI under EV now, the average expected value is that you run 10BI under EV after 3 million hands aswell. The most important part is the direction EV line is heading 
Neither of them tell you if you play correctly in short term, but EV is more accurate
Quote:
Originally Posted by Xptboy
In the longrun, the both merge anyways so that should be a more clear indicator of one's true winrate.
01-07-2015
, 11:53 AM
Quote:
Yeah but green line tells you even less about your play as it treats losing 100bb 70/30 preflop all-in with AA vs KK the same as losing 100bb on river.
Neither of them tell you if you play correctly in short term, but EV is more accurate
Not exactly merge, if you run 10BI under EV now, the average expected value is that you run 10BI under EV after 3 million hands aswell. The most important part is the direction EV line is heading
Neither of them tell you if you play correctly in short term, but EV is more accurate
Not exactly merge, if you run 10BI under EV now, the average expected value is that you run 10BI under EV after 3 million hands aswell. The most important part is the direction EV line is heading
I do not think that any of them are indicators of how you play but i agree the the Ev is closer - over a large sample.
01-10-2015
, 06:04 PM
Wow the heater ****ing continues and I'm on the hugest heater ever!!!
Up almost 40BI this week, BR at 1550 and I got some VIP rewards to use, so I'm gonna be taking shots at PLO25 again. I hope this heater continues over the next week and I can establish myself at PLO25.
Anyways, heater or no heater I'll be more prepared, I've made some changes to my game and I think I'm in general a better player than just 2-3 weeks ago. So this time I'm feeling much more confident for PLO25!
Also I think it's important for me to realize that I'm on a heater this week and that I'm still making spewy plays in some hands. I can't just think I'm a poker god when I'm on this much of a heater because obviously variance has been with me this week. My focus should always be on just making the best decisions on every street of every hand.
Here are a couple hands:
I've got some history with this villain. Actually he always sucks out on me and he stole so much money from me even though he's a weak passive regfish... He basically never bluffs or raises, and he does play weird hands and loves limping. But honestly I can't fold the 2nd nuts here... Can I?
Poker Stars $10.00 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 6 players - View hand 2639721
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter
CO: $9.85 - VPIP: 28, PFR: 20, 3B: 7, AF: 3.3, Hands: 1890
BTN: $10.09 - VPIP: 22, PFR: 16, 3B: 0, AF: 2.3, Hands: 88
SB: $11.41 - VPIP: 19, PFR: 11, 3B: 5, AF: 1.7, Hands: 296
BB: $16.47 - VPIP: 19, PFR: 11, 3B: 2, AF: 2.8, Hands: 549
Hero (UTG): $17.65 - VPIP: 24, PFR: 16, 3B: 5, AF: 2.5, Hands: 82118
MP: $13.97 - VPIP: 47, PFR: 14, 3B: 4, AF: 1.5, Hands: 1297
Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is UTG with A
K 
A 
4
Hero raises to $0.35, MP calls $0.35, 4 folds
Flop: ($0.85) A 4 
7 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.60, MP calls $0.60
Turn: ($2.05) 2 (2 players)
Hero bets $1.50, MP raises to $5, Hero calls $3.50
River: ($12.05) J (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $7.20, Hero calls $7.20
Final Pot: $26.45
Hero mucks A K A 4
MP shows 5 K T 3
MP wins $25.33
(Rake: $1.12)
Hand 2:
CO is LAG, BTN is passive fish. I 3bet because I have a double pair and want to create a bigger pot when I'm so deep.
Cbet flop to try take it down. CO calls, BTN folds. I hit my set OTT and he ships and I sigh fold... Too many KK or 57 in his range.
Poker Stars $10.00 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 5 players - View hand 2639722
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter
Hero (BB): $29.84 - VPIP: 24, PFR: 16, 3B: 5, AF: 2.5, Hands: 82118
UTG: $10.00 - VPIP: 22, PFR: 16, 3B: 0, AF: 2.3, Hands: 88
CO: $34.29 - VPIP: 35, PFR: 25, 3B: 9, AF: 3.5, Hands: 101
BTN: $29.65 - VPIP: 88, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 2.2, Hands: 26
SB: $11.65 - VPIP: 23, PFR: 14, 3B: 4, AF: 2.5, Hands: 1018
Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is BB with 8 T 8 T
1 fold, CO raises to $0.30, BTN calls $0.30, 1 fold, Hero raises to $1.25, CO calls $0.95, BTN calls $0.95
Flop: ($3.80) 6 K 4 (3 players)
Hero bets $2.50, CO calls $2.50, BTN folds
Turn: ($8.80) 8 (2 players)
Hero bets $6.50, CO raises to $26.21, Hero folds
Final Pot: $21.80
CO wins $20.87
(Rake: $0.93)
Oh yeah. I also have finished watching every single PLO video on DeucesCracked. They definitely helped me get most of the fundamentals of PLO down. And I've started watching the RIO essential videos from oldest to newest. So far I've only watched Sam Lang's stuff and tbh his videos aren't very interesting and I don't think he's even that great of a player... So ya lol. Anyways, probably going to take a lot longer to go through all the RIO videos since I'm going to focus more a bit on playing, my own session reviews and school's starting up again in a couple weeks anyways. But yeah, I do eventually plan on finishing all the videos on RIO (essential and elite) that'll be a goal for 2015
Anyways for DC the best video series were imo:
2 x 6 by Vannessa Selbst: best series for a complete noob to PLO who has zero experience in the game. Goes over the complete basics and good intro.
Solid State PLO by DJ sensei: Good series to get acquainted with PLO fundamentals. Slightly more advanced than 2 x 6. If someone is moving from NLHE to PLO or something then this would be great for them.
MonoPLOly by Orresto: really nice series going through all the different types of board textures in PLO and talking about different situations like how often someone has a flush draw on a 2t flop, or how often someone has trips on a paired board, or how wraps hit flops, etcetc.
All the recent KasinoKrime videos: The good thing about his videos are that they're all short, concise, brief but cover the topic he wants to cover very well. They're extremely focused short videos on various topics. For example, he has a video on cbetting, another on 3bets IP or 3bets OOP, another on floating, etcetc.
Up almost 40BI this week, BR at 1550 and I got some VIP rewards to use, so I'm gonna be taking shots at PLO25 again. I hope this heater continues over the next week and I can establish myself at PLO25.
Anyways, heater or no heater I'll be more prepared, I've made some changes to my game and I think I'm in general a better player than just 2-3 weeks ago. So this time I'm feeling much more confident for PLO25!
Also I think it's important for me to realize that I'm on a heater this week and that I'm still making spewy plays in some hands. I can't just think I'm a poker god when I'm on this much of a heater because obviously variance has been with me this week. My focus should always be on just making the best decisions on every street of every hand.
Here are a couple hands:
I've got some history with this villain. Actually he always sucks out on me and he stole so much money from me even though he's a weak passive regfish... He basically never bluffs or raises, and he does play weird hands and loves limping. But honestly I can't fold the 2nd nuts here... Can I?
Poker Stars $10.00 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 6 players - View hand 2639721
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter
CO: $9.85 - VPIP: 28, PFR: 20, 3B: 7, AF: 3.3, Hands: 1890
BTN: $10.09 - VPIP: 22, PFR: 16, 3B: 0, AF: 2.3, Hands: 88
SB: $11.41 - VPIP: 19, PFR: 11, 3B: 5, AF: 1.7, Hands: 296
BB: $16.47 - VPIP: 19, PFR: 11, 3B: 2, AF: 2.8, Hands: 549
Hero (UTG): $17.65 - VPIP: 24, PFR: 16, 3B: 5, AF: 2.5, Hands: 82118
MP: $13.97 - VPIP: 47, PFR: 14, 3B: 4, AF: 1.5, Hands: 1297
Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is UTG with A
K A 4 Hero raises to $0.35, MP calls $0.35, 4 folds
Flop: ($0.85) A
4 7 (2 players)Hero bets $0.60, MP calls $0.60
Turn: ($2.05) 2
(2 players)Hero bets $1.50, MP raises to $5, Hero calls $3.50
River: ($12.05) J
(2 players)Hero checks, MP bets $7.20, Hero calls $7.20
Final Pot: $26.45
Hero mucks A
K A 4 MP shows 5
K T 3 MP wins $25.33
(Rake: $1.12)
Hand 2:
CO is LAG, BTN is passive fish. I 3bet because I have a double pair and want to create a bigger pot when I'm so deep.
Cbet flop to try take it down. CO calls, BTN folds. I hit my set OTT and he ships and I sigh fold... Too many KK or 57 in his range.
Poker Stars $10.00 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 5 players - View hand 2639722
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter
Hero (BB): $29.84 - VPIP: 24, PFR: 16, 3B: 5, AF: 2.5, Hands: 82118
UTG: $10.00 - VPIP: 22, PFR: 16, 3B: 0, AF: 2.3, Hands: 88
CO: $34.29 - VPIP: 35, PFR: 25, 3B: 9, AF: 3.5, Hands: 101
BTN: $29.65 - VPIP: 88, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 2.2, Hands: 26
SB: $11.65 - VPIP: 23, PFR: 14, 3B: 4, AF: 2.5, Hands: 1018
Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is BB with 8
T 8 T 1 fold, CO raises to $0.30, BTN calls $0.30, 1 fold, Hero raises to $1.25, CO calls $0.95, BTN calls $0.95
Flop: ($3.80) 6
K 4 (3 players)Hero bets $2.50, CO calls $2.50, BTN folds
Turn: ($8.80) 8
(2 players)Hero bets $6.50, CO raises to $26.21, Hero folds
Final Pot: $21.80
CO wins $20.87
(Rake: $0.93)
Oh yeah. I also have finished watching every single PLO video on DeucesCracked. They definitely helped me get most of the fundamentals of PLO down. And I've started watching the RIO essential videos from oldest to newest. So far I've only watched Sam Lang's stuff and tbh his videos aren't very interesting and I don't think he's even that great of a player... So ya lol. Anyways, probably going to take a lot longer to go through all the RIO videos since I'm going to focus more a bit on playing, my own session reviews and school's starting up again in a couple weeks anyways. But yeah, I do eventually plan on finishing all the videos on RIO (essential and elite) that'll be a goal for 2015
Anyways for DC the best video series were imo:
2 x 6 by Vannessa Selbst: best series for a complete noob to PLO who has zero experience in the game. Goes over the complete basics and good intro.
Solid State PLO by DJ sensei: Good series to get acquainted with PLO fundamentals. Slightly more advanced than 2 x 6. If someone is moving from NLHE to PLO or something then this would be great for them.
MonoPLOly by Orresto: really nice series going through all the different types of board textures in PLO and talking about different situations like how often someone has a flush draw on a 2t flop, or how often someone has trips on a paired board, or how wraps hit flops, etcetc.
All the recent KasinoKrime videos: The good thing about his videos are that they're all short, concise, brief but cover the topic he wants to cover very well. They're extremely focused short videos on various topics. For example, he has a video on cbetting, another on 3bets IP or 3bets OOP, another on floating, etcetc.
Last edited by Xptboy; 01-10-2015 at 06:19 PM.
01-11-2015
, 09:06 PM
Graph of last week:
As you see, I went on a massive heater. BR hit 1550ish and the last 2000 hands were played at PLO25 where the heater ended.... BR currently 1480ish
I actually find it very annoying how I'm on the biggest heater ever to get my roll up to PLO25 shot-taking levels and then my first session back at PLO25 I have a bad run of cards and run into the top of people's ranges... I hope I can get lucky next week a bit, but I need to realize that in the end, all I can control are my decisions.
I'm so determined to make PLO25 work this time. But at the same time, this time I will allow myself to play PLO10+PLO25 depending on which tables look juicy. That being said, knowing myself, I always seek more challenge and moving up and getting better as efficiently and as fast as I can. So I doubt I'll spend much time at PLO10, at least not unless my Bankroll gets shot down to $1000 again?
My biggest loss kind of tilted me pretty bad. I guess it's a fold. But really idk, I put him on AA or AQ each with the A of diamonds or maybe even KJ the same hand as me just trying to prevent a chop. Of course backdoor flushes are in his range, but considering everything else I don't know if I can really fold. But I guess I have to here. Maybe as I progress as a poker player I will be able to fold in this spot in the future... but tbh I didn't even tank very long, I called pretty fast lol.
BTW I really think there's many ways to play this hand. Maybe I should've just flatted the flop. Maybe I should've potted flop and potted turn, idk...
Poker Stars $25.00 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 6 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter
SB: $25.00 - VPIP: 39, PFR: 25, 3B: 8, AF: 1.4, Hands: 112
BB: $87.62 - VPIP: 53, PFR: 27, 3B: 11, AF: 1.7, Hands: 161
UTG: $17.52 - VPIP: 20, PFR: 6, 3B: 1, AF: 2.3, Hands: 188
MP: $27.88 - VPIP: 27, PFR: 18, 3B: 8, AF: 4.0, Hands: 556
CO: $29.79 - VPIP: 25, PFR: 18, 3B: 12, AF: 3.1, Hands: 554
Hero (BTN): $68.67 - VPIP: 24, PFR: 16, 3B: 5, AF: 2.5, Hands: 84219
Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is BTN with 8 J 7 K
3 folds, Hero raises to $0.75, 1 fold, BB raises to $2.35, Hero calls $1.60
Flop: ($4.80) A T Q (2 players)
BB bets $3.00, Hero raises to $9, BB calls $6
Turn: ($22.80) 8 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $15.50, BB calls $15.50
River: ($53.80) 5 (2 players)
BB bets $44.50, Hero calls $41.82 all in
Final Pot: $137.44
BB shows A J 6 Q
Hero shows 8 J 7 K
BB wins $135.44
(Rake: $2.00)
After this hand I got it in preflop with KKxx vs QQxx and lost, then AAxx vs AAxx and lost again. Sat out, went for a run, came back home to finish my volume for the week and had a decent comeback session but still overall am down in PLO25 today. Hopefully things turn for the better next week, because so far everytime I hit up the PLO25 tables I get crushed.
I'm not completely sure on how much tougher the regs at PLO25 are, and IDK if I should make many adjustments. But one thing I do know is that I can lose 6BI at PLO10 and be completely fine, no tilt at all. But then at PLO25, my first session today I lost 6 BI before I came back to win some back, that's 15BI at PLO10. It's a big difference in monetary value and although it's still really nothing compared to higher stakes, I find the difference large enough to make me tilt a bit if things don't go well. I can only imagine how much tougher it gets as the stakes get higher.
I've also started listening to Jared Tendler's podcasts which are really interesting. I plan on finishing them next week. Also taking the personality test and finding that I am INTJ was pretty interesting to do during some free time, it spoke to me about my personality a lot and I learnt a bit about how to cater to the strengths of my personlity type. Definitely recommend anyone to take a personality test and figure themselves out a bit more.
Goals of last week
15000 hands = completed
Finish watching all DC PLO videos, finish reading all nutblocker strategy articles = completed
Rebuild roll and confidence at PLO10 - Completed and crushed, moved up to PLO25 again
Gym +3x, cardio +2x, stretch +2x, count calories everyday = Completed, tricep tendonitis starting to hit a bit... Gonna have to watch myself a bit. Also, even though I counted calories, my diet has been off, eating too many cookies lol...
Goals of next week
15000 hands
Gym as usual, counts calories
Game select properlly at PLO25+PLO10 and play as well as I can
Finish listening to Jared Tendler's podcasts
Watch some RIO essential vids
As you see, I went on a massive heater. BR hit 1550ish and the last 2000 hands were played at PLO25 where the heater ended.... BR currently 1480ish
I actually find it very annoying how I'm on the biggest heater ever to get my roll up to PLO25 shot-taking levels and then my first session back at PLO25 I have a bad run of cards and run into the top of people's ranges... I hope I can get lucky next week a bit, but I need to realize that in the end, all I can control are my decisions.
I'm so determined to make PLO25 work this time. But at the same time, this time I will allow myself to play PLO10+PLO25 depending on which tables look juicy. That being said, knowing myself, I always seek more challenge and moving up and getting better as efficiently and as fast as I can. So I doubt I'll spend much time at PLO10, at least not unless my Bankroll gets shot down to $1000 again?
My biggest loss kind of tilted me pretty bad. I guess it's a fold. But really idk, I put him on AA or AQ each with the A of diamonds or maybe even KJ the same hand as me just trying to prevent a chop. Of course backdoor flushes are in his range, but considering everything else I don't know if I can really fold. But I guess I have to here. Maybe as I progress as a poker player I will be able to fold in this spot in the future... but tbh I didn't even tank very long, I called pretty fast lol.
BTW I really think there's many ways to play this hand. Maybe I should've just flatted the flop. Maybe I should've potted flop and potted turn, idk...
Poker Stars $25.00 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 6 players
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SB: $25.00 - VPIP: 39, PFR: 25, 3B: 8, AF: 1.4, Hands: 112
BB: $87.62 - VPIP: 53, PFR: 27, 3B: 11, AF: 1.7, Hands: 161
UTG: $17.52 - VPIP: 20, PFR: 6, 3B: 1, AF: 2.3, Hands: 188
MP: $27.88 - VPIP: 27, PFR: 18, 3B: 8, AF: 4.0, Hands: 556
CO: $29.79 - VPIP: 25, PFR: 18, 3B: 12, AF: 3.1, Hands: 554
Hero (BTN): $68.67 - VPIP: 24, PFR: 16, 3B: 5, AF: 2.5, Hands: 84219
Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is BTN with 8
J 7 K3 folds, Hero raises to $0.75, 1 fold, BB raises to $2.35, Hero calls $1.60
Flop: ($4.80) A
T Q (2 players)BB bets $3.00, Hero raises to $9, BB calls $6
Turn: ($22.80) 8
(2 players)BB checks, Hero bets $15.50, BB calls $15.50
River: ($53.80) 5
(2 players)BB bets $44.50, Hero calls $41.82 all in
Final Pot: $137.44
BB shows A
J 6 QHero shows 8
J 7 KBB wins $135.44
(Rake: $2.00)
After this hand I got it in preflop with KKxx vs QQxx and lost, then AAxx vs AAxx and lost again. Sat out, went for a run, came back home to finish my volume for the week and had a decent comeback session but still overall am down in PLO25 today. Hopefully things turn for the better next week, because so far everytime I hit up the PLO25 tables I get crushed.
I'm not completely sure on how much tougher the regs at PLO25 are, and IDK if I should make many adjustments. But one thing I do know is that I can lose 6BI at PLO10 and be completely fine, no tilt at all. But then at PLO25, my first session today I lost 6 BI before I came back to win some back, that's 15BI at PLO10. It's a big difference in monetary value and although it's still really nothing compared to higher stakes, I find the difference large enough to make me tilt a bit if things don't go well. I can only imagine how much tougher it gets as the stakes get higher.
I've also started listening to Jared Tendler's podcasts which are really interesting. I plan on finishing them next week. Also taking the personality test and finding that I am INTJ was pretty interesting to do during some free time, it spoke to me about my personality a lot and I learnt a bit about how to cater to the strengths of my personlity type. Definitely recommend anyone to take a personality test and figure themselves out a bit more.
Goals of last week
15000 hands = completed
Finish watching all DC PLO videos, finish reading all nutblocker strategy articles = completed
Rebuild roll and confidence at PLO10 - Completed and crushed, moved up to PLO25 again
Gym +3x, cardio +2x, stretch +2x, count calories everyday = Completed, tricep tendonitis starting to hit a bit... Gonna have to watch myself a bit. Also, even though I counted calories, my diet has been off, eating too many cookies lol...
Goals of next week
15000 hands
Gym as usual, counts calories
Game select properlly at PLO25+PLO10 and play as well as I can
Finish listening to Jared Tendler's podcasts
Watch some RIO essential vids
Last edited by Xptboy; 01-11-2015 at 09:12 PM.
01-13-2015
, 09:24 PM
Hand 1: SHIP ITTTTTT!
Poker Stars $25.00 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 6 players - View hand 2641733
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SB: $63.65 - VPIP: 91, PFR: 76, 3B: 60, AF: 5.0, Hands: 46
BB: $25.00 - VPIP: 19, PFR: 13, 3B: 2, AF: 2.6, Hands: 556
Hero (UTG): $71.62 - VPIP: 24, PFR: 16, 3B: 5, AF: 2.5, Hands: 88692
MP: $10.82 - VPIP: 79, PFR: 7, 3B: 3, AF: 0.8, Hands: 144
CO: $12.75 - VPIP: 34, PFR: 3, 3B: 0, AF: 0.9, Hands: 61
BTN: $36.25 - VPIP: 28, PFR: 20, 3B: 7, AF: 4.2, Hands: 2142
Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is UTG with T 8 9 J
Hero raises to $0.85, 3 folds, SB raises to $2.80, 1 fold, Hero raises to $8.65, SB calls $5.85
Flop: ($17.55) 6 T 2 (2 players)
SB bets $16.80, Hero calls $16.80
Turn: ($51.15) 8 (2 players)
SB bets $38.20, Hero calls $38.20
River: ($127.55) 7 (2 players)
Final Pot: $127.55
SB shows A K A Q
Hero shows T 8 9 J
Hero wins $125.55
(Rake: $2.00)
Hand 2: Note to self, don't try to bluff a fish off a hand exactly like he had when I can easily rep a straight...
Poker Stars $25.00 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 4 players - View hand 2641735
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CO: $25.90 - VPIP: 27, PFR: 18, 3B: 7, AF: 4.7, Hands: 1747
Hero (BTN): $25.00 - VPIP: 24, PFR: 16, 3B: 5, AF: 2.5, Hands: 88692
SB: $27.68 - VPIP: 40, PFR: 12, 3B: 3, AF: 2.3, Hands: 622
BB: $59.82 - VPIP: 75, PFR: 22, 3B: 0, AF: 1.5, Hands: 32
Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is BTN with T 5 6 7
1 fold, Hero raises to $0.75, 1 fold, BB calls $0.50
Flop: ($1.60) 4 8 9 (2 players)
BB bets $1.53, Hero calls $1.53
Turn: ($4.66) A (2 players)
BB bets $2.50, Hero calls $2.50
River: ($9.66) 2 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $6.50, BB calls $6.50
Final Pot: $22.66
Hero shows T 5 6 7
BB shows J 8 A 4
BB wins $21.70
(Rake: $0.96)
Poker Stars $25.00 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 6 players - View hand 2641733
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter
SB: $63.65 - VPIP: 91, PFR: 76, 3B: 60, AF: 5.0, Hands: 46
BB: $25.00 - VPIP: 19, PFR: 13, 3B: 2, AF: 2.6, Hands: 556
Hero (UTG): $71.62 - VPIP: 24, PFR: 16, 3B: 5, AF: 2.5, Hands: 88692
MP: $10.82 - VPIP: 79, PFR: 7, 3B: 3, AF: 0.8, Hands: 144
CO: $12.75 - VPIP: 34, PFR: 3, 3B: 0, AF: 0.9, Hands: 61
BTN: $36.25 - VPIP: 28, PFR: 20, 3B: 7, AF: 4.2, Hands: 2142
Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is UTG with T
8 9 J Hero raises to $0.85, 3 folds, SB raises to $2.80, 1 fold, Hero raises to $8.65, SB calls $5.85
Flop: ($17.55) 6
T 2 (2 players)SB bets $16.80, Hero calls $16.80
Turn: ($51.15) 8
(2 players)SB bets $38.20, Hero calls $38.20
River: ($127.55) 7
(2 players)Final Pot: $127.55
SB shows A
K A Q Hero shows T
8 9 J Hero wins $125.55
(Rake: $2.00)
Hand 2: Note to self, don't try to bluff a fish off a hand exactly like he had when I can easily rep a straight...
Poker Stars $25.00 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 4 players - View hand 2641735
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter
CO: $25.90 - VPIP: 27, PFR: 18, 3B: 7, AF: 4.7, Hands: 1747
Hero (BTN): $25.00 - VPIP: 24, PFR: 16, 3B: 5, AF: 2.5, Hands: 88692
SB: $27.68 - VPIP: 40, PFR: 12, 3B: 3, AF: 2.3, Hands: 622
BB: $59.82 - VPIP: 75, PFR: 22, 3B: 0, AF: 1.5, Hands: 32
Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is BTN with T
5 6 7 1 fold, Hero raises to $0.75, 1 fold, BB calls $0.50
Flop: ($1.60) 4
8 9 (2 players)BB bets $1.53, Hero calls $1.53
Turn: ($4.66) A
(2 players)BB bets $2.50, Hero calls $2.50
River: ($9.66) 2
(2 players)BB checks, Hero bets $6.50, BB calls $6.50
Final Pot: $22.66
Hero shows T
5 6 7 BB shows J
8 A 4 BB wins $21.70
(Rake: $0.96)
01-14-2015
, 02:43 PM
Hmm think I'm getting better at not tilting. Lost 4 BI stack in one hand that I played pretty horribly (2nd nut flush vs nutflush) and then was down 8BI for the session, kept grinding, ended up only down 2BI. Not happy with my play in certain hands. But very happy that I'm not tilting too hard and I'm really getting used to the money difference from PLO10 to PLO25.
This week is very swingy so far. Not gonna say whether up or down but it's a fun ride.
This week is very swingy so far. Not gonna say whether up or down
but it's a fun ride.
01-14-2015
, 09:31 PM
It's going "ok". Every session has 10BI swings and it can be quite stressful. I'm down for the week 4 BI, which is nothing and it can change drastically every session depending on how I run... Actually it's kind of ridiculous how like 80% of sessions in PLO are determined simply by how well you run. Obviously if I run good then I win a ****ton, but when I run bad it doesn't matter how well I play I'm going to lose if the poker gods are against me. I can feel like I'm playing well, but what if I'm actually just playing horribly!
I become such a whiny little bitch when things don't go well in my sessions. Whenever I lose multiple flips in a row I start saying things like "Oh gonna lose another flip". Whenever I play a hand well and the other player plays it wrong but still wins the hand because he rivers me or something I start calling him "an idiot fish". I start asking "Why can't I get some rungood please?". Stuff like that.
These are all thoughts that I say outloud while I'm playing and I'm running bad, or at least not running good. I like to think that it's not really affecting my decision-making but I'm pretty sure it is in some subconscious way and it's definitely a form of soft tilt. I find that I never go on monkey tilt anymore and just like become hyperaggressive and shove everything, etc. But this is definitely soft tilt. Funnily enough, I think I'm actually getting quite good at playing decent poker whilst I'm in this state of tilt lol...
And I need to just stop thinking about useless stuff like this and focus more on the game because I noticed when I talk out loud like that, the game goes by a lot faster at a pace where I find it hard to keep up with all the hands and I may time-out, where-as when i'm truly focused I"m basically "in the zone" or in a state of "flow" or whatever you want to call it and I feel like hands go by so much slower and I got infinitely more time to make my decisions.
I become such a whiny little bitch when things don't go well in my sessions. Whenever I lose multiple flips in a row I start saying things like "Oh gonna lose another flip". Whenever I play a hand well and the other player plays it wrong but still wins the hand because he rivers me or something I start calling him "an idiot fish". I start asking "Why can't I get some rungood please?". Stuff like that.
These are all thoughts that I say outloud while I'm playing and I'm running bad, or at least not running good. I like to think that it's not really affecting my decision-making but I'm pretty sure it is in some subconscious way and it's definitely a form of soft tilt. I find that I never go on monkey tilt anymore and just like become hyperaggressive and shove everything, etc. But this is definitely soft tilt. Funnily enough, I think I'm actually getting quite good at playing decent poker whilst I'm in this state of tilt lol...
And I need to just stop thinking about useless stuff like this and focus more on the game because I noticed when I talk out loud like that, the game goes by a lot faster at a pace where I find it hard to keep up with all the hands and I may time-out, where-as when i'm truly focused I"m basically "in the zone" or in a state of "flow" or whatever you want to call it and I feel like hands go by so much slower and I got infinitely more time to make my decisions.