Oh Hiiiiiiiiiiii April, I used to run good when i started these, havent won yet this year, please make me win in April!

GL Mo Fo's!!

Whaddup April

Think that, unless I downswing big, I'm gonna be playing almost exclusively HU this month. I just can't go back to 6-max after experiencing HU lol

I plan on making 5K this month. Cause I'm cool like that. I played 2K hands for March so anything this month will be an improvement.

In.

You people and your crazy timezones. I still have over 4 hours until April.

Originally Posted by marginal

I plan on making 5K this month. Cause I'm cool like that. I played 2K hands for March so anything this month will be an improvement.

What limit are you playing these days?

Originally Posted by slycbnew

What limit are you playing these days?

100. 5k is obviously a very high goal but seeing as I have some huge exams in May and have to start working for EY in June, I can't really see myself playing much later on in the year. Just going to have to grind the hell out of this month.

Wasn't sure if you were still at 50 or had moved up - gogogogo!!!

What do you see as the major diff's between 25, 50, and 100?

Originally Posted by slycbnew

Wasn't sure if you were still at 50 or had moved up - gogogogo!!!

What do you see as the major diff's between 25, 50, and 100?

Tbh, there is not much, just less randoms shipping KKxx preflop and a little less overplaying of weak hands but in general nothing has really changed. The competition is just really soft. I might end up having to move to pokerstars soon though, from what I have heard from 100 up, pokerstars is a hell of a lot softer although right now I see no problem with the fish at ftp. Obvious my opinion can be very biased because I have been running godly for the last 3 months but it is still soft as hell.

hi april, let's get it on

wtf april already? I still have two hours to make silverstar, heh (edit: and done), so that next month I atleast have some kind of multiplier while I play a decent amount of hands for once (obv. hardly played at all in march - basically just the last week)

meh, forget it...

March was a bust. Here's hoping April is better. Take 2 on FTP is a nice start.

Sly, are you still playing PLO?

I download PT3 on my mac and then I realize it doesn't support UB - FML.

Originally Posted by marginal

Sly, are you still playing PLO?

Yeah, played PLO exclusively for the last four days after not touching it for three weeks.

Originally Posted by slycbnew

Yeah, played PLO exclusively for the last four days after not touching it for three weeks.

And are you still a nit? Although I should not talk because I struggle to play above 22/15

Originally Posted by marginal

And are you still a nit? Although I should not talk because I struggle to play above 22/15

Meh, better - running around 23/13, opening 50+ on btn. More confident in handreading postflop, so I'm willing to open a lot more in position. Still too passive tho, pre and post.

Originally Posted by slycbnew

Meh, better - running around 23/13, opening 50+ on btn. More confident in handreading postflop, so I'm willing to open a lot more in position. Still too passive tho, pre and post.

Thats good though. Aggression will come later on. Right now I think I need to tone it down postflop.

April goals

30k hands
Trust my initial reads more
?????
profit

April Goals: Ship lots of titties.

In....

March sucked the big one....

April please be good to me....

So far, April sucks just as much as march....

my start of april was a heater but cooled down eventually. still a good first session tho

Hi, April.

I want to be in this list by the end of the month: Top Online Poker Winners This Month - Full Tilt - 100nl

You know, I coulda sworn that March ****ed me far harder than this playing Stud games... Apparently even winning poker tilts the shit out of me.

An April 1st tip from yours truly:

Observation: Most regs (at 200NL+, at any rate) open well over 30% from the SB.

Question: What's your VPIP and PFR in BB vs an SB open?

Answer: Too low.

Conclusion: Fix that.

New month, New tool. Poker Evolution - Pokerstove on steroids...

Check it - http://pokerevolution.de/downloads

Watch it - YouTube- Equilab, Quick English Walkthrough

Originally Posted by F Paulsson

Observation: Most regs (at 200NL+, at any rate) open well over 30% from the SB.

Question: What's your VPIP and PFR in BB vs an SB open?

Answer: Too low.

Conclusion: Fix that.

QFT.

Also, this is a case where your VPIP/PFR spread can be quite high. Obviously 3betting is going to be profitable, but with many hands flatting can be even more +EV. Because you'll play deeper by flatting and the deeper you play the stronger your positional advantage.

Villains offers you to play in position versus a wide range. That's really an offer you should have a hard time refusing.

Originally Posted by F Paulsson

An April 1st tip from yours truly:

Observation: Most regs (at 200NL+, at any rate) open well over 30% from the SB.

Question: What's your VPIP and PFR in BB vs an SB open?

Answer: Too low.

Conclusion: Fix that.

don't listen to him, it's an april fools joke!! fold your BB 100%!!!

Originally Posted by stubzy11

New month, New tool. Poker Evolution - Pokerstove on steroids...

Check it - http://pokerevolution.de/downloads

Looks awesome.

FWIW, my 3-bet% in BB vs an SB open is 35%. And that's against all opponents, some of which are shorties or fish or just don't open wide in SB. Versus a wide-opening reg, I just don't fold. I flat if I think my hand is strong enough, and I 3-bet if it isn't. The beauty of it is that your stats in BB are "masked" by which I mean that there's no trivial stat available in a HEM popup that shows what you do in BB vs specifically an SB open (at least not that I use, and I don't think most people do) so they're going to suspect your range is wide, but not THAT wide. Similar argument goes for when you 3bet from the BB versus some other position: They're going to see that your BB 3-betting percentage is high, and be wrong about your range. When they're wrong, you gain.

Nifty, yes?

Originally Posted by F Paulsson

I flat if I think my hand is strong enough, and I 3-bet if it isn't.

Your 3bet range is 100% weak? Not polarized with monsters in it too?

In other words, do you really flat with AA?

Originally Posted by F Paulsson

The beauty of it is that your stats in BB are "masked" by which I mean that there's no trivial stat available in a HEM popup that shows what you do in BB vs specifically an SB open (at least not that I use, and I don't think most people do) so they're going to suspect your range is wide, but not THAT wide. Similar argument goes for when you 3bet from the BB versus some other position: They're going to see that your BB 3-betting percentage is high, and be wrong about your range. When they're wrong, you gain.

Nifty, yes?

Yes, as long as they're mindless HUDbots.

Hope to be more active in the April thread compared to March, what with my easter holidays starting tomorrow, hope to pick up where I left off in NL10, and hopefully dabble in some ultra low stakes PLO this month get a few thousand hands in to aid my live game.

GLA!

Originally Posted by BelgoSuisse

Your 3bet range is 100% weak? Not polarized with monsters in it too?

In other words, do you really flat with AA?

Ah, no. I 3-bet for value too, obviously. Typically just TT+,AK at first, and ATs/AJo/99+/KQs once it's clear that he's started calling me light.

Yes, as long as they're mindless HUDbots.

I've yet to come across any reg, mindless or not, who's adjusting well to this. How would YOU adjust to it, even now that you have perfect information about my ranges?