taarons cash game thread

[taaron]

stats
View attachment Report.csv.pdf

 

[micromachine]

Been playing only 6m at 4nl/ 2nl(euro) for the last couple weeks, only 12k hands atm but am deff. feeling good about how i am playing (for the most part-'cept when i am just spewing on a 1 too many drinky-drinkerton). . .

Graph looks nice man, so you switched to only playing 6-max now?

 

[taaron]

ya only 6m, read a couple good books, and been discussing w/ a bunch of the other 6m guys. plus more table selection options and ppl spew alot more on 6m.

 

[taaron]

quicky little update: study, study, study!!!

studying>playing: This mean HA, stat leak analysis', and actively pursuing feedback.

I just recently read a very good article about how in the pokerz it can be semi difficult to receive PROPER feedback, its not like an american football or proper soccer game where bad plays are all the more easily distinguishable, we are measuring ptbb/100 and WR's but feedback is harder to come by, or at least can be harder to receive.

As such, due diligence is defintely the correct prescription, and is also why study>playing in my daily routines. At present it is my commitment to accomodate a 70%-30%; study vs. play ratio. . . .Hit the books you slacker!

 

[bgomez89]

I have to thank so many of the CC members/ and several that haven't been around lately for their help in understading so much of what I am learning and have learned.
As you can see from these two hands my post flop playing of these was pathetic, these are not coolers but in fact a lack of basic fundemental understanding.

Hand A:
Turn: ($0.90, 2 players) 2♦
SB checks, Hero bets $0.90, SB raises to $1.58, Hero calls $0.68

When the SB checked behind this was tricky, I wanted to rep. a large (or Larger) flush and chase him away w/ potting the turn. . .BIG mistake! When he check/raises this is usually a dead giveaway, at this level, because this is often 1 of only a few plays they know how to make, and one that is sneaky enough to win him a decent 2nl chunk of change.

This is an old hand but this is just not right. You have TPTK and you want to turn chase him away on the turn by repping a bigger flush?

If he has a flush, he's is NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER folding EVER. You cannot rep a bigger flush to make him go away because he won't!

I actually thought you played the hand fine because I thought you gave him a range that includes a lot of weaker aces and since he's not folding those he'd be calling those PSBs.

I actually would have bet maybe around .50-.60 cents on the turn and probably just fold to a turn shove.

 

[taaron]

Wanted to link this in here, concepts are so good.
https://www.cardschat.com/forum/general-poker-13/5k-post-thesis-132867/post-976780.html

 

[KerouacsDog]

Wanted to link this in here, concepts are so good.
https://www.cardschat.com/forum/general-poker-13/5k-post-thesis-132867/post-976780.html

yeah he was a top poster. has his own poker forum now.

 

[taaron]

solid bits of good realizations and leaps forward.
I'm actually doing a good amount more study than i realized and atm closer to 85% study>15%play.
Even though its more fun to play i've actually reached some happy plateau, and i would just rather study instead of play!

This is most likely because I'm a degen. or such. At any rate the last 3 weeks this has been mentally "where I'm at." I'm doing a short 30 minute 4nl session, but studying 2+ hrs. Part of the reason I am studying so much is because i know there is a massive, even copius amount of information that i need to mentally digest and "put together" to then transfer to an actual-pragmatic application in real time at the tables.

I do not doubt at all that eventually my play vs. study time will someday even back out closer to 50/50; but for now i have work to put in, and i doubt i'll regret taking this line.
I'll update a little later today after i've pulled my pt3 data from my other computer, and put it into HM2.

 

[Jurn8]

you suck dont lie

 

[taaron]

you suck dont lie

lol

Officially shot taking; will update today- post session or tomorrow, as there are alot of good games on today. . .

But for now:
Here is an interesting hand and spot, one that we find ourselves in often:

Everleaf, $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 5 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.
BB: $1.45 (72.5 bb)
Hero (MP): $2.26 (113 bb)
CO: $2.50 (125 bb)
BTN: $1.88 (94 bb)
SB: $0.69 (34.5 bb)
Preflop: Hero is MP with A

K

Hero raises to $0.10, CO raises to $0.18, 3 folds, Hero raises to $0.42, CO calls $0.24
Flop: ($0.87) 3

T

J

(2 players)
Hero bets $0.62, CO calls $0.62
Turn: ($2.11) 2

(2 players)
Hero ??????

 

[KerouacsDog]

he has something. only thing you beat is AQ. check/fold.

 

[Jurn8]

c/f, kinda shit board texture which hits his flatting range

 

[taaron]

c/f, kinda shit board texture which hits his flatting range

Thanx Jurn,
ya I agree, w/ that;
villain is 64/21/2 (97 hands) ; cbetflop=100% lol. . .f-cbet=60%
There is a part of me that wants to fire the turn, but realistically, turn card bricks me,
my equities vs. several random villain holdings (averaged)=
Pre 71.1% Flop 85.5% Turn 15.9%

 

[bgomez89]

in 3bet pots it's cool to half-pot it

 

[Pascal-lf]

flop cbet way too big

 

[KerouacsDog]

flop cbet way too big

this, by +1000.

 

[taaron]

in 3bet pots it's cool to half-pot it

ok ya i see that, thanks for bringing that point up^; there is no strain at that point to get it AI, w/ the PF 3bet, it would not be hard to get it AI on later streets if need be.

his flatting my 3bet was so confusing tbh, BUT it did narrow the range i had him on, which is why I wanted to show a bit of extra strength; In hindsight though i like what you say about 1/2 potting.

his flatting range imo given the stats posted above: J8s-JAs/off; PP's 10s+; AQ; AK; as well as a few slightly polar (for calling-flatting 3bets PF) like 109s; Q10s; K10s; he has shown a willigness play a very wide range w/ a VPIP of 64; so a fold, and wait for a better spot looks best here. . .??? thanx all, please correct me if i'm wrong on any of these points of thought process.

 

[Pascal-lf]

from his entire range u beat one hand (AQ), split with one hand (AK) and lose to everything else. if ur going to bet flop then bet way smaller (maybe 35c) but i don't mind c/f

also this is a 4 bet pot not a 3bet pot

 

[taaron]

from his entire range u beat one hand (AQ), split with one hand (AK) and lose to everything else. if ur going to bet flop then bet way smaller (maybe 35c) but i don't mind c/f

also this is a 4 bet pot not a 3bet pot

ya i see what u r saying; and appreciate it, i think i like c/f best tbh;

its just one of those spots that hitting the gut shot woulda been nice, its a tad hard to lat down pretty hole cards like this, lol.
but w/ that board, I'm really not even too terribly excited by a K on the turn though, theres just too much that can crush here given the 4bet, etc. and percieved range.

 

[taaron]

move up is going swimmingly. . .like a water ballet princess. . . .shakin' it from the left, then to the right. . .:willy:

 

[taaron]

realized something yesterday about tilt. I never realized what causes me specifically to tilt and then how to deal w/ the root-cause.

i realized that i get pissed or set off center because I know I'm either playing bad poker, or making dumb mistakes. really hits me hard because I know better in most of the spots. It turns into a major self-loathing issue; and puts me even further off.

Its not becuase of getting outplayed, but that I am playing like a noob, that gets me off my A game. Its not losing a big pot either. It so simple and I'm glad i have been able to catch this finally.

The best thing i can think of is to just tighten up, in session, or end my session early and refocus. Taking a day off to go do something different than normal routine; or just calming down and studying.