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March 6, 2010

Drop down a limit

Filed under: Poker | Author: Fumseck | « No Comments » |

OK, so after my disastrous start I decided to drop down a limit. I am playing NL25 6max at the moment.

I am playing solid poker and I made 8 buy-ins today. I have not been running particularly good or hot. It seems that most of the time I put the money in the pot I am the favorite.

In the 5k hands I played today, I think I only went all-in twice when I all the bells were telling me to fold. Both time I had aces and could not let go.

In any case, I know I can still play the game but I will be watching a bit more of Stoxpoker videos

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Playing poker again… Not a such good idea

Filed under: Poker | Author: Fumseck | « No Comments » |

Last month was horrible, this month is horrible.

nuff said.

Fuck poker!

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October 5, 2009

The casual player

Filed under: Poker | Author: Fumseck | « No Comments » |

I made an error today and I am sick of it, I have to write it down so I stop doing it.

Don’t worry it’s not tilt. ;)

The error I made was that I talked too much. Here is what happened.

This is the hand:
Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $1(BB) Replayer
SB ($121)
BB ($35.50)
UTG ($20)
CO ($23.50)
Hero ($143)
Dealt to Hero
fold, fold, Hero raises to $3.50, SB raises to $12, fold, Hero calls $8.50

FLOP ($25)
SB bets $14, Hero calls $14

TURN ($53)
SB checks, Hero checks

RIVER ($53)
SB checks, Hero bets $30.60, SB calls $30.60

Hero shows
(Pre 57%, Flop 18.6%, Turn 11.4%)

SB shows
(Pre 43%, Flop 81.4%, Turn 88.6%)

Hero wins $112

Villain is a 18|16|1.4 over 153 hands. His 3Bet% is 9.8 (but it was higher when the hand played) and his flop cbet is 75%. I think I played the hand fine. Folding to a c-bet against an aggressive 3-better when I have position, a pair and only one over card showing is weak. Raising is an option, but in this case I decided to just call and decide what I will do on the turn.

He checks the turn and I opt to check behind. Since is AF is low, I expect him to check a good portion of his range. If he bets I think I have to fold. I opt to check to keep the pot small. That is a blank and if I was ahead on the flop, I am still ahead on the turn.

The river is the bingo card. I make two pairs. When he checks, I know he wasn’t slow playing a big hand. It’s just a matter of betting an amount he will call. I bet just a little over 1/2 pot and he almost snap called with KQ.

Then he berates me for my play and that is where I make my error. I tell him why I called based on his stats. A player I have 2.4k hands and whom I respect his shortstack game asks me what post flop aggression means and I explain it to him. Then someone else asks me how I know all this and I tell him I use Holdem Manager.

The guy who asked the question (a 32|17|0.6) is the kind of player you want at your table. He says that what I am doing is illegal and he calls the moderator… I tell him that it is legal and that I am ok with the mod coming to chat with us… Obviously the mod blurts out a few sentences about we have to be polite and that while PokerStars does not have any way of knowing what stat gathering program is used, we cannot use those stats to insult other players and blah blah blah.

The player who asked the question says he will email support, I tell him to go look HERE
where it is clearly stated that Holdem Manager is an approved application. And then the obvious happens, he leaves and another fish errr… I mean recreational player leaves. The other good player tells me that I am an idiot and I reply : “I have to agree with you.” he leaves and I leave.

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September 7, 2009

Tilt 2

Filed under: Poker | Author: Fumseck | « No Comments » |

OK, I found my notes. There was not 5 reasons, but 7. Here they are:

1) I don’t give action when I am behind
2) I never tilt
3) I game select
4) I am a good player
5) I am disciplined
6) I play across sites and limits
7) I study the game outside of the tables

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Tilt

Filed under: Poker | Author: Fumseck | « No Comments » |

I watched a Stoxpoker video with Nick Grudzien a few days ago. He always has good stuff but this time he said he would do a monologue about why he his a winning player.

This is what I remmember from the monologue (I thought there was 5 points but I am forgetting one and I don’t have my notes – yes I take notes when I watch a video).

1) I never tilt.
2) I table select accros limits and accros sites.
3) I study the game outside of the tables.
4) I think am a better poker player than the others.

I am quoting from memory here, but it doesn’t really mater, because it is point #1 that really hit me. I know and everybody knows that you should never tilt (well maybe not Phil Helmuth). But the way Nick said it. It was like a statement, not like something he his trying achieve. The way he said it really hit me and made me think.

I am still trying not to tilt and I think that is the biggest leak in my game right now. I am trying not to tilt, so I still tilt. The last post proves it. Since I viewed that video (beginning of the month) I have been real careful not to tilt (yes it is still trying it’s not a “fait accompli” … for now ;) ) and the results have been there:

Obviously I am running good, when I am running good I don’t tilt, when I don’t tilt I make money. Hopefully I can remain tilt free for a while.

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August 31, 2009

Fuck poker

Filed under: Poker | Author: Fumseck | « No Comments » |

That’s it for me today. I had enough bad beats in one day. Time to take a break.

Oh! and my month was not too bad. I only lost 1278$.

At least I cleared a bonus of 300$ and I got Platinum Star…

Fuck me.

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August 22, 2009

Summer is almost over so it’s time to get back to poker

Filed under: Poker | Author: Fumseck | « No Comments » |

Well, I never really stopped playing, but I did play much less than usual.

I am now back playing NL 6 max and enjoying it. PokerStars just offered a 50% reload up to 300$ (600$ deposit) that I took advantage of. So I ma still grinding at PokerStars.

I am also considering buying TableNinja, which replaces my BetPot AHK script that does not work anymore. I have been using it for only a few days and already I think I could not play without it. It’s that good. ;)

On a side note, I was tired of the simple deck from PokerStars, so I decided to create my own cards (see the image below). I think they are kinda cool. I may post them in a near future on the blog.

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May 17, 2009

I’m back! I’m back! I’m back!

Filed under: Poker | Author: Fumseck | « No Comments » |

Well kinda…

I only played 2 weekends but…

Dear Fumseck,

Congratulations! You have fully earned your Deposit Bonus. Your
PokerStars account has been credited in the amount of $250.00.

Thanks for participating in the PokerStars 25 Billion Bash 25% Reload Bonus, and we’ll see you at the tables.

The PokerStars Cashier
cashier@pokerstars.com

and

Dear Fumseck,

Congratulations! You have achieved GoldStar VIP status.
…snip…

I knew PokerStars had changed the rate at which we earn points, but wow… I have not checked thoroughly Holdem Manager to see how many hands I played but it seems I reached Goldstar quite faster than I used too.

NH PokerStars!

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April 10, 2009

Poker and real life

Filed under: Poker | Author: Fumseck | « No Comments » |

I have not been updating my blog lately… That’s because real life has intruded in poker life. :)

For the past two months I have been on a major project to change our ERP system. Working 60h+/week is something I sometimes do, but only for 1 or 2 weeks at a time and then things usually calm down for a few months and I work 40-45h/week. For the past 2 months I have been on a hectic work schedule (60-70h / week) to make sure this project would succeed with minimal impact to our customers.

Monday was our go live, we had to work all weekend and every night this week (except for today). Everything is not perfect and we still need to iron out some issues, but I am very proud of what my team and I have accomplished.

I hope I can start playing some poker during next week… I will be a little bit rusty.

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February 7, 2009

I’m not dead…

Filed under: Poker | Author: Fumseck | « No Comments » |

I haven’t posted on my blog for a while but I’m not dead :D.

I have had a few very very good months. I can’t post the charts right now, but in terms of buy-ins, I think I never ran so hot.

But I barely played any poker in the past 4 weeks. Why? Because of this absolutely fantastic game: World of Warcraft.

Damn I should have never bought it… I am “waisting” way to much time on it. It is very addictive.

I’ll post some graphs tomorow and I’ll try to write my poker goals for 2009 and recap 2008 at the same time…

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