living out of my car in los angeles....
03-13-2021
, 03:55 AM
03-13-2021
, 06:53 PM
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I know why you were doing what you were doing in that tourney, my approach/mindset would have been different in those circumstances. I would have been trying to see/get dealt as many hands as possible before blinds get higher and looking for spots to attack/accumulate in. It worked out for ya in the end and was life changing money for you, congrats again!
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You can be a winning player in poker playing like a "scared nit", especially if you're not playing against the same people all the time, you're just gonna be limited in how much you win though. I don't read every post in your thread but most of the HH'S i see you post are of hands you're basically getting money gift wrapped your way.
You're pretty sure you're beating 200 zone? Over what kind of sample is that? You should know for sure now, don't you have a hud now and as you know you can already see all the wholecards once you download the hands. How much review/study are you doing? If you have a decent sample in that format or any 6 max in general, curious to see what your W/R and stats look like, should tell alot about your play and what ya need to work on.
You're pretty sure you're beating 200 zone? Over what kind of sample is that? You should know for sure now, don't you have a hud now and as you know you can already see all the wholecards once you download the hands. How much review/study are you doing? If you have a decent sample in that format or any 6 max in general, curious to see what your W/R and stats look like, should tell alot about your play and what ya need to work on.
Why do you think the jam with A9hh is a bad play? We have fold equity, a straight and nut flush draw and an overcard. We're out of position so I don't like calling.
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So he has a set or AK "nearly 100% of the time." We have 40.15% equity against that part of his range. We are being asked to pay 44.78% of the pot. If he has just two combos of semi-bluff, we're getting the right price.
I don't play online much anymore, but generally I'm looking to play a big pot when I flop TP and the NFD.
I don't play online much anymore, but generally I'm looking to play a big pot when I flop TP and the NFD.
03-13-2021
, 10:48 PM
03-13-2021
, 10:54 PM
03-17-2021
, 10:02 PM
03-18-2021
, 02:58 PM
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Guys I may be the greatest satellite player in the history of playing poker. For example in the medium stages of the tournament I fold hands that I would be shoving in a regular tournament just because I know that I will be able to steal blinds much easier later. The cards just speak to me and the right play feels intuitive some times. I'm only getting better at poker at this stage. Play sats then, I could say the same of myself! lol
I remember when I was 19 I played in a satellite tournament at the Chumash Casino. It was a $25 buy-in 40 person tournament and top 2 got a $500 ticket for a big tournament they were running. I ran over that field. I started winning chips normally, getting good cards and playing them well in the early stages. But then I just started stealing practically every pot once I had a big enough chip lead. But not just recklessly either, I would know when to fold and slow down my aggression at the exact right times. And even though it was a satellite only 2 people could win a ticket so people were way overfolding. Needless to say I won one of the two tickets. I didn't cash in the tournament and I didn't play very well either, but the next day I saw the other guy who won a ticket and he asked how I did and I told him I didn't cash and he told me he thought I was gonna win the whole tournament. Which is just a funny thing to think really. That based on how I played one satellite that I was going to win a large field tournament. Sometimes I think I was a better player at 19 than I am now, but that can't be true.
Another thousand.
I'm in the money in the $38 30k guaranteed. 135 left we have less than average.
I think I'm gonna buy a 32" UHD (3840x2160 resolution) monitor very soon. I'll let you know how it works out.
I hope it doesn't run well on games actually. I might just end up smoking pot again and playing computer games all day. I think I spent like all of 2015 playing H1Z1 and getting high. And when WoW classic came back in August of 2019 I was just playing all day and smoking weed all day. I like sticking to games that I can just casually play like League of Legends or Among Us with my friends. I've been playing a little Valheim though recently and that game can be pretty intense. The good news is I don't have to grind it I can just play it occasionally and use my friends hand me downs.
That is a real threat, just be smart about it, dont do it.
I shouldn't talk up the thousandaire so much I don't want it getting any harder for me.
Yeah I won the big one on this monitor. Been using it since 2010 it's actually pretty nice and I'm surprised it still works fine after 11+ years.
I'm tech savvy enough to set up a new monitor or a dual monitor display. =þ
I remember playing pokerstars on the same monitor I have now and I could fit 12 tables on my screen at once. Kind of dumb that Ignition won't let me make the tables any smaller.
That dude has an open piss bottle on the table. JFC. Be a decent human being and keep your piss bottle closed and on the floor. Some people got no class.
All of these "cool" setups make me want to be a rebel and somehow downgrade my setup. Like maybe I just start playing on my old laptop. I buy a used CRT monitor and hook that up to it.
Being a rebel might cost you ev, I would even say it will cost you ev almost certainly, since the other guys have an edge on you in that aspect.
Yeah I figured that was you. I could tell by those stats!
I remember when I was 19 I played in a satellite tournament at the Chumash Casino. It was a $25 buy-in 40 person tournament and top 2 got a $500 ticket for a big tournament they were running. I ran over that field. I started winning chips normally, getting good cards and playing them well in the early stages. But then I just started stealing practically every pot once I had a big enough chip lead. But not just recklessly either, I would know when to fold and slow down my aggression at the exact right times. And even though it was a satellite only 2 people could win a ticket so people were way overfolding. Needless to say I won one of the two tickets. I didn't cash in the tournament and I didn't play very well either, but the next day I saw the other guy who won a ticket and he asked how I did and I told him I didn't cash and he told me he thought I was gonna win the whole tournament. Which is just a funny thing to think really. That based on how I played one satellite that I was going to win a large field tournament. Sometimes I think I was a better player at 19 than I am now, but that can't be true.
Another thousand.
I'm in the money in the $38 30k guaranteed. 135 left we have less than average.
I think I'm gonna buy a 32" UHD (3840x2160 resolution) monitor very soon. I'll let you know how it works out.
I hope it doesn't run well on games actually. I might just end up smoking pot again and playing computer games all day. I think I spent like all of 2015 playing H1Z1 and getting high. And when WoW classic came back in August of 2019 I was just playing all day and smoking weed all day. I like sticking to games that I can just casually play like League of Legends or Among Us with my friends. I've been playing a little Valheim though recently and that game can be pretty intense. The good news is I don't have to grind it I can just play it occasionally and use my friends hand me downs.
That is a real threat, just be smart about it, dont do it.
I shouldn't talk up the thousandaire so much I don't want it getting any harder for me.
Yeah I won the big one on this monitor. Been using it since 2010 it's actually pretty nice and I'm surprised it still works fine after 11+ years.
I'm tech savvy enough to set up a new monitor or a dual monitor display. =þ
I remember playing pokerstars on the same monitor I have now and I could fit 12 tables on my screen at once. Kind of dumb that Ignition won't let me make the tables any smaller.
That dude has an open piss bottle on the table. JFC. Be a decent human being and keep your piss bottle closed and on the floor. Some people got no class.
All of these "cool" setups make me want to be a rebel and somehow downgrade my setup. Like maybe I just start playing on my old laptop. I buy a used CRT monitor and hook that up to it.
Being a rebel might cost you ev, I would even say it will cost you ev almost certainly, since the other guys have an edge on you in that aspect.
Yeah I figured that was you. I could tell by those stats!
03-18-2021
, 03:51 PM
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Good Bluff
Hero BB ($217.40) A3dd
Villain CO (covers) ??
UTG+1 limps, UTG+2 opens to $8, villain calls from the cutoff, we 3bet to $32 and only villain calls.
Opener was opening too wide so seems like a good spot to 3bet.
Flop ($71.25) T43xcc
We bet $24 and villain calls.
Turn ($119) 7x
We jam all-in for $161.40 and villain folds.
Straight And Flush Draws
500nl
Hero SB (covers) A9hh
Villain BB ($494.05) 75hh
Folds to us we raise to $15 and villain calls.
Flop ($28.50) T86hxh
We bet $20, villain raises to $60, we rip it in for $420 more and villain calls.
Turn ($984.10) 9x
River ($984.10) Tx
Makes sense the first time I play 500nl in a while I get stacked as a big favorite. I can't complain about bad luck though.
Hero BB ($217.40) A3dd
Villain CO (covers) ??
UTG+1 limps, UTG+2 opens to $8, villain calls from the cutoff, we 3bet to $32 and only villain calls.
Opener was opening too wide so seems like a good spot to 3bet.
Flop ($71.25) T43xcc
We bet $24 and villain calls.
Turn ($119) 7x
We jam all-in for $161.40 and villain folds.
Straight And Flush Draws
500nl
Hero SB (covers) A9hh
Villain BB ($494.05) 75hh
Folds to us we raise to $15 and villain calls.
Flop ($28.50) T86hxh
We bet $20, villain raises to $60, we rip it in for $420 more and villain calls.
Turn ($984.10) 9x
River ($984.10) Tx
Makes sense the first time I play 500nl in a while I get stacked as a big favorite. I can't complain about bad luck though.
03-19-2021
, 12:24 AM
03-19-2021
, 02:18 AM
03-20-2021
, 02:22 AM
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I thought you said tournaments are stupid. And you still decide to play them?
I dunno but I don't see alot of upsides to playing cash really. Yeah you might be able to grind out $30 a hour at it. Tournaments you can rip it in and win $100000+ and then decide to just to play a 25k or higher and win millions perhaps.
If live comes back in full force i think i will focus on the big tournments to be honest and have a job. Even guys who grind cash since 1992 say its a better side gig than full time gig and its better to have another income source.
I dunno but I don't see alot of upsides to playing cash really. Yeah you might be able to grind out $30 a hour at it. Tournaments you can rip it in and win $100000+ and then decide to just to play a 25k or higher and win millions perhaps.
If live comes back in full force i think i will focus on the big tournments to be honest and have a job. Even guys who grind cash since 1992 say its a better side gig than full time gig and its better to have another income source.
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I can't believe I'm defending Rick here especially after being in "get a job" camp for a while.
But let's get serious for a sec. Whether by a pure luckbox, divine intervention or some combination of deus ex and COVID-softened games he binked it.
I don't see any reason not to believe him when he says he's up quite a bit in nl200, and even if he's a small loser he essentially has unlimited buyins in his account.
Rick will not stop playing poker any time soon so might as well try and beat the level where there's some financial incentive for him to do well, its not like he's taking shots at $5K buyin tournaments or something. Even if he crashes and burns at 200 ultimately it's nbd.
He has near zero obligations, why not have fun with it. Life is too short to worry about some arbitrary cutoffs.
But let's get serious for a sec. Whether by a pure luckbox, divine intervention or some combination of deus ex and COVID-softened games he binked it.
I don't see any reason not to believe him when he says he's up quite a bit in nl200, and even if he's a small loser he essentially has unlimited buyins in his account.
Rick will not stop playing poker any time soon so might as well try and beat the level where there's some financial incentive for him to do well, its not like he's taking shots at $5K buyin tournaments or something. Even if he crashes and burns at 200 ultimately it's nbd.
He has near zero obligations, why not have fun with it. Life is too short to worry about some arbitrary cutoffs.
I've been winning at online cash for a long time and getting a HUD recently I'll be able to confirm it. My winrate has returned to the mean a little bit since running at 12bb/100 for the first 20k or so hands but I'm still definitely a winner at 200nl full ring. I was winning when I was smoking weed all day and had no HUD. It's not that hard.
Yeah losing a few buy-ins at 500nl is no big deal. Losing a few buy-ins at 200nl is an even smaller deal. But yeah I needed a bit of a break. Gonna go into the monthly milly this Sunday fresh!