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Grantiferus
Rising Star
Silver Level
There are several good poker authors out there suggesting that you keep a book on your play, the people you play against, and the type of games where you win and when do you lose.
I kinda went nuts with it and developed a short hand that allowed me to quickly put a detailed sanario on the style of nearly every player I was up against. That was when I played a minimum of three cash games a week no limit holdem, Omaha, and Horse all with in minutes of my house in Boulder Co.
Many were real tough players who played six days a week and could lose a couple of grand and still play a sober game the next day.
There seem to always be some body who was having a good night or even a good week. It was rare that we all did about the same. You know, just passed the money in a circle. There were many games when the worse player walked off with the most money.
I saw a lot of patterns and even started to pick up on who I was likely to make bad plays against. Seemed like they could read me like a road sign and even when I had the nuts on the flop they would out draw me.
I had three tough months of bad beats that broke my bankroll.
I got out of the loop of live games and started to play low stakes no limit holdem on the internet. WOW, the potiential to keep book on patterns of personal play and how poker was playing me is amazing. When I was winning, I could play three tables at once and although I could not possibly keep book on the players I could mark the exact time I was winning and when I started losing.
If I was winning at two tables and losing at the third it was usually due to one player who kept getting the nuts at that table especially against me. You know, I would get AA and he would have AA, four people would be all in, and he would draw the flush.
I started keeping a new book which is still in a development process that overlaps what I was learning from my first book but now it is more about noticing when I'm catching cards and what others are catching when I'm in the hand.
I would bet that most of you internet players have stories to tell of how you had days when you could not win more than the blinds with pocket aces and time after time if your Bullets did get called they would outdraw you with no matter what they had in their hand.
Well I had three months of that in my last days of those live games I use to play but kept thinking it was me, my attitude, or my karma. But on line, you can play so many hands in an hour that the patterns become obvious. If you know the basics and play above average you should generally make money. Thats the main reason I play and generally made money. It was not untill my losing streak that I decided to play around with my style and keep track of other things.
Only a small percentage of people regularly malke money at poker and even the really good players have losing streaks.
If anyone is interested in stuff that I am learning from keeping book on these patterns let me know. I warn you that its seems a little wierd at first but there is no doubt that I'm onto something here.
I'm on the road for the next couple of days so be patient for me to answer any request.
Play like it matters,
Grantiferus
I kinda went nuts with it and developed a short hand that allowed me to quickly put a detailed sanario on the style of nearly every player I was up against. That was when I played a minimum of three cash games a week no limit holdem, Omaha, and Horse all with in minutes of my house in Boulder Co.
Many were real tough players who played six days a week and could lose a couple of grand and still play a sober game the next day.
There seem to always be some body who was having a good night or even a good week. It was rare that we all did about the same. You know, just passed the money in a circle. There were many games when the worse player walked off with the most money.
I saw a lot of patterns and even started to pick up on who I was likely to make bad plays against. Seemed like they could read me like a road sign and even when I had the nuts on the flop they would out draw me.
I had three tough months of bad beats that broke my bankroll.
I got out of the loop of live games and started to play low stakes no limit holdem on the internet. WOW, the potiential to keep book on patterns of personal play and how poker was playing me is amazing. When I was winning, I could play three tables at once and although I could not possibly keep book on the players I could mark the exact time I was winning and when I started losing.
If I was winning at two tables and losing at the third it was usually due to one player who kept getting the nuts at that table especially against me. You know, I would get AA and he would have AA, four people would be all in, and he would draw the flush.
I started keeping a new book which is still in a development process that overlaps what I was learning from my first book but now it is more about noticing when I'm catching cards and what others are catching when I'm in the hand.
I would bet that most of you internet players have stories to tell of how you had days when you could not win more than the blinds with pocket aces and time after time if your Bullets did get called they would outdraw you with no matter what they had in their hand.
Well I had three months of that in my last days of those live games I use to play but kept thinking it was me, my attitude, or my karma. But on line, you can play so many hands in an hour that the patterns become obvious. If you know the basics and play above average you should generally make money. Thats the main reason I play and generally made money. It was not untill my losing streak that I decided to play around with my style and keep track of other things.
Only a small percentage of people regularly malke money at poker and even the really good players have losing streaks.
If anyone is interested in stuff that I am learning from keeping book on these patterns let me know. I warn you that its seems a little wierd at first but there is no doubt that I'm onto something here.
I'm on the road for the next couple of days so be patient for me to answer any request.
Play like it matters,
Grantiferus