fletchdad
Jammin................
Loyaler
Well, after a bad poker 2012 I pretty much stopped in playing last Fall. I did, however, keep coming home after alcohol binges and yell "LETS FIRE UP SOME TABLES,Y'ALL" I cant wait for the day when that works..........:beer:
So I now have completely stopped drinking, since I cannot separate drinking and poker, and the old saying "keep doing the same thing and expecting different results is the definition of insanity" SOOOOO fits me. I can sit at a game and maybe talk myself into not opening a beer - MAYBE, and rarely at that - but I cant drink a beer and convince myself that poker is a bad idea. Along with, I cant drink just one (Hmm, Lays potato chips.....lol) You can see where this is going. I can sadly see where its gone.
Anyway, I have a self imposed drink stop till April. And its all about poker. I wish I could say that since I stopped I have been running hot, but alas, no. But I will now be active here again, posting hands and getting back in discussions.
I will be posting some bigger pot hands today, some big good and some big bad for me.
One thing I have noticed - this at FTP 10nl - there are a handful of regs who always seem to be on evening times (GMT) who play 6-8 tables. And they always seem to be sitting on 2-300 BB stacks on at least half of their tables.I have maybe 3-500 hands on all of them 3 in particular. I encounter them so far pretty much always at these times. Their VPIP and PFR are pretty bad at a glance. like 53/35, 31/12, 45/20 in that direction. Small sample size over all but enough hands so that I can see real crazy players. But they have other stats like 3bet 15% and squeeze 20%. They will 3bet SB and BB real agro and c/r and do a lot of moves, and generally dont seem to care about putting a lot of money in with agro play, and it is hard for me to know how to adjust. I think they must be bad enough that I can target them to exploit. I look for fish - and BTW at FTP fish are plentiful at the micros - but these guys are often at the same tables. SOOOOO, I want to figure out a way to exploit them. I will be pulling them up in my HEM and trying to find their exploitable leaks. But, for me, it is hard to play agains someone who just doesent seem to care. He think aggression is king (cant be too far off there either) but over uses it IMO.
I also saw a reg last night, who play like 18/15 over 300+, who got all in pre vs - for me anyway - 2 different unknowns. This was in about 5 minutes. And both times he was on AQo. And I was real surprised, since both times he was 3 betting and calling the shove. And of course, the unknowns who call a 3 bet with ATC are there, and then my KK on a dry low board is worth what??? Lost a stick to 86o when I bet he calls - he had like 60/8 so I just kept value betting - OC the 6 and 8 flopped. But ok, I can live with that. I just wonder if I should c/f OTR if he just keeps calling, or how to distinguish between a station who stations all the way and a guy who only stations PRE and when he calls OTF onwards, well, am I in trouble?
OK, ramblings. But I am taking 2 months to actively play and improve - if possible. I sometimes wonder if, after 30+ years of sex drugs and R+R, if my brain is too fried to "get it". Seriously. But since I am now doing my first sincere serious try, i.e. without alcohol, (I am saying it so much cause this time I will stick to it, and if I dont, will be open to ridicule and abuse from you all) and TBO am a bit scared that I realty DONT "have what it takes". But how will I know if I dont give it at least one VERY real try. I have done shitloads of studying and practice, hand reading is my weakest spot I think. There are a few. I believe I have a very good grasp on poker as a whole. But in game, I sometimes dont see stuff that is clear upon review. But, even expessing the doubts I have, I still cling to the belief that I CAN beat 10nl, then 25, then 50 then 100. I have a BR and it will either grow or be gone. (am rolled for higher but wont play higher than 10NL till I am crushing it for obvious reasons). If my BR goes, then poker is a hobby and then I can get smashed and donk the FR games. But that is not my goal.
Well, lets rock.
So I now have completely stopped drinking, since I cannot separate drinking and poker, and the old saying "keep doing the same thing and expecting different results is the definition of insanity" SOOOOO fits me. I can sit at a game and maybe talk myself into not opening a beer - MAYBE, and rarely at that - but I cant drink a beer and convince myself that poker is a bad idea. Along with, I cant drink just one (Hmm, Lays potato chips.....lol) You can see where this is going. I can sadly see where its gone.
Anyway, I have a self imposed drink stop till April. And its all about poker. I wish I could say that since I stopped I have been running hot, but alas, no. But I will now be active here again, posting hands and getting back in discussions.
I will be posting some bigger pot hands today, some big good and some big bad for me.
One thing I have noticed - this at FTP 10nl - there are a handful of regs who always seem to be on evening times (GMT) who play 6-8 tables. And they always seem to be sitting on 2-300 BB stacks on at least half of their tables.I have maybe 3-500 hands on all of them 3 in particular. I encounter them so far pretty much always at these times. Their VPIP and PFR are pretty bad at a glance. like 53/35, 31/12, 45/20 in that direction. Small sample size over all but enough hands so that I can see real crazy players. But they have other stats like 3bet 15% and squeeze 20%. They will 3bet SB and BB real agro and c/r and do a lot of moves, and generally dont seem to care about putting a lot of money in with agro play, and it is hard for me to know how to adjust. I think they must be bad enough that I can target them to exploit. I look for fish - and BTW at FTP fish are plentiful at the micros - but these guys are often at the same tables. SOOOOO, I want to figure out a way to exploit them. I will be pulling them up in my HEM and trying to find their exploitable leaks. But, for me, it is hard to play agains someone who just doesent seem to care. He think aggression is king (cant be too far off there either) but over uses it IMO.
I also saw a reg last night, who play like 18/15 over 300+, who got all in pre vs - for me anyway - 2 different unknowns. This was in about 5 minutes. And both times he was on AQo. And I was real surprised, since both times he was 3 betting and calling the shove. And of course, the unknowns who call a 3 bet with ATC are there, and then my KK on a dry low board is worth what??? Lost a stick to 86o when I bet he calls - he had like 60/8 so I just kept value betting - OC the 6 and 8 flopped. But ok, I can live with that. I just wonder if I should c/f OTR if he just keeps calling, or how to distinguish between a station who stations all the way and a guy who only stations PRE and when he calls OTF onwards, well, am I in trouble?
OK, ramblings. But I am taking 2 months to actively play and improve - if possible. I sometimes wonder if, after 30+ years of sex drugs and R+R, if my brain is too fried to "get it". Seriously. But since I am now doing my first sincere serious try, i.e. without alcohol, (I am saying it so much cause this time I will stick to it, and if I dont, will be open to ridicule and abuse from you all) and TBO am a bit scared that I realty DONT "have what it takes". But how will I know if I dont give it at least one VERY real try. I have done shitloads of studying and practice, hand reading is my weakest spot I think. There are a few. I believe I have a very good grasp on poker as a whole. But in game, I sometimes dont see stuff that is clear upon review. But, even expessing the doubts I have, I still cling to the belief that I CAN beat 10nl, then 25, then 50 then 100. I have a BR and it will either grow or be gone. (am rolled for higher but wont play higher than 10NL till I am crushing it for obvious reasons). If my BR goes, then poker is a hobby and then I can get smashed and donk the FR games. But that is not my goal.
Well, lets rock.