Session went well, but I made some rookie mistakes.
- Folded aces pre because I was multitabling and ran out of time on that table. Need to work on my mouse clicking so I am faster.
- Misread my hand headsup and raised the turn with like 20% equity and just shoveled the money in when the SPR started off low. Embarrassing to make these kind of mistakes still, but we hopefully learn can from them.
From Joe Ingram's Podcast with high stakes mixed game player Jungleman.
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Jungleman's Power Rankings(no order):
Trueteller, Ike Haxton, Ben Sulsky, Luke Schwartz(honorable mention? not sure if troll), Nikita Bodyakovskiy(is just good at tournaments), Scott Seiver, Doyle Brunson(no, but surprisingly sharp for an old guy born in 1933), maybe LLinusLlove?, maybe Oppenheim, Berri Sweet("he is a spice player, for sure")
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What Makes a Good Poker Player according to Jungleman:
Fundamentals, how good they exploit opponents, how exploitable are they, do they tilt?, consistent results, how they have adapted over time.
Final advice: (For poker beginners) Tighten up preflop. (For Life in General) Find ways to get out of your comfort zone, maybe through travel, to figure out what you want to actually do in life.
Sometimes I watch a video before playing to get the brain out of sleep mode. Coffee helps, too.
Some interesting spots JNandez plays at the lower stakes.
BvB, Jnandez opens 99TT from sb and gets 3b by BB. Hero calls. Flop 79Qss and Hero leads half pot. (Interesting lead into PFR. I like it because this texture is going to get checked back a ton). BB calls and turn is an off suit Jack, 79Q J. Hero checks (I usually bet in this spot b/c the board is wet and we have blockers to JT.) BB bets pot and Hero C/R allin. (I think it's an easy check raise all in with stack sizes. Still unsure about Hero's check on the turn, but it worked out well. However, the results didn't agree!
How would you play the hand? Do you like the flop lead into the preflop raiser? Do you like the turn check?
Sickness. For all the **** that tournament players get and how different their life is from cash game grinders, I definitely see the appeal for taking down big prizes in large fields--twice in a row.