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Hey guys, well the second session of yesterday was probably my worst 3k hands of poker that I have played in at least the last two years. For some reason whenever I have moved up in stakes in my life I have played far worse than I expect to. There is some weird part of my brain that makes me want to make different plays then what has led me to success in the past. I took so many weird bad lines, made some terrible call downs, was aggro in some terrible spots, just overall a very bad feel for the games. Really disappointed with my play, here are the hands and I will talk about my goals going forward.
http://weaktight.com/4424083
So this line in itself is not necessarily bad, but there are a couple of bad things about it. First of all I am pretty sure all regs are capable at 200nl at this point to 3bet bluff this flop, but I had no specific reads that he would do this more often than not or that I have a very bluffy image in his mind. Secondly I have not made this play in the month and a half since Ive been back. There is no reason to employ a play I haven't tried at lower levels when I am moving up, just doesn't make sense.
http://weaktight.com/4424085
Fuck I am just an idiot, same exact thing as before, not a ton of reads on the opponent, a weird line that I wouldn't normally use. Just fucking stupidity.
http://weaktight.com/4424087
He is too fucking tight to be floating flops against him. Just fucking awful, he might be tight enough with 7% 3bet that I should just be folding preflop, but to then forget about that and float flops like this is simply terrible.
http://weaktight.com/4424088
ughhhh
http://weaktight.com/4424091
I know I got unlucky here, and the hand he ended up with was quite surprising, but again donking a merged sort of range against a player you have absolutely no idea how he will respond is not a great idea. KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID. Once I get far more reads on the players, I can use most of these plays but I am far better with my fundamentals and exploiting basic weaknesses than these other regs are, there is no reason to get crazy fancy with plays.
http://weaktight.com/4424096
http://weaktight.com/4424098
Sort of just situationally unlucky. I definitely could just cold 3bet shove the flop, but I thought both players were capable of checking down turn to let me see two cards. Once two people shoved I think I am getting the right odds to call. I just did pokerstove now, the range I gave the two players were:
UTG: KK,99, 88, K9ss, 98ss, Qjcc, AK, AA, 76cc, 87cc = 30%
CO: 99, 88, 98ss, Qjcc, 76cc, 87cc = 39%
I'm about 30% and I am getting 35% to call so I think I made the right call, I definitely think that it is the right call, and it definitely is the best play if I think that the players will play passively on the turn.
http://weaktight.com/4424099
AK < JJ
http://weaktight.com/4424101
Same guy that I fucked up with KQ. Again I was close to folding pre and I went against my intuition. After he checks the flop I put him on JJ or Tx. I thought that I could rep AQ, KQ or TTT pretty credibly but I think the problem is that 1) I already showed him a crazy play in a 3bet pot in the same situation, and 2) I am not sure he knows that I would barrel AQ or KQ for value.
http://weaktight.com/4424128
Against a mediocre player when every obvious draw in the world misses, this is simply not a triple barrel spot, hell the draws are so obvious that maybe I should be checking against all but the squeeky tightest players. Another bad mistake.
http://weaktight.com/4424103
Fuck fuck fuck fold the river. God I don't have enough reads on these people to think they will triple barrel, just because I move up a level in no way means they are capable of totally insane plays that just one level below are incapable of, especially considering a lot of the players I am playing with at both levels.
http://weaktight.com/4424105
WOW, what are people doing?
http://weaktight.com/4424124
Btw, this is a great line to use for me, but when he shoves the fucking river, it is a great line because I can lose the minimum or get calls from QQ or KK. Fucking awful awful awful call on river, total brainfart, definitely one of those insta calls that I should have thought deeply about and then folded.
http://weaktight.com/4424125
88 < AK
http://weaktight.com/4424131
KK < AA
http://weaktight.com/4424133
Man this was unlucky
http://weaktight.com/4424134
Cooler
http://weaktight.com/4424136
JJ < AK
http://weaktight.com/4424137
I think pretty standard play all around considering I have a great hand to play deep in position and the other guy is a big fish, was quite surprised that he wouldn't shove TT on flop, but happy the way I played this one.
http://weaktight.com/4424139
Unlucky spot
http://weaktight.com/4424141
Lol of course
http://weaktight.com/4424143
I made a weird bet size on the river and did the classic justification for a call, but this is simply a fold, really bad play here
http://weaktight.com/4424145
Total fish in first 5 or 6 hands at the table, I thought it was a good chance to catch him losing his mind.
http://weaktight.com/4424146
Why the fuck am I calling down here? I mean what the fuck? I know he is an aggro fish but there are so many better spots to call down. Chalk up another awful play for me.
http://weaktight.com/4424148
Weird unlucky spot against a fish, happy I didn't shove river though for value.
http://weaktight.com/4424149
Man why am I barreling turn. There are some very good cards to barrel, but this is one of the nut worst cards, its great to have a plan but deviate from it based on board texture.
http://weaktight.com/4424150
I think calling here is far superior to 3bet bluffing, because if he is bluffing the flop, I think he shuts down turn and I can bluff river, as opposed to here I am just praying he is bluff raising all leads.
Man that was just horrendous, so many weak mental plays, some tilt, some terrible fundamentals, not adjusting well to the image I was creating, and most importantly forgetting what got me to the dance. Alright I need to make some immediate adjustments.
At 200nl, play a max of 12 tables
Do not use lines that you have not experimented with or thought a lot about
The players might be a little more aggro, but its not like all of the sudden I am playing absolutely elite poker players, it is just better to assume they have the same capabilties and limitations as the players at 100nl.
Understand that your image is quite bluffy, so use that to your advantage.
I have far better fundamentals and an overall feel for the game, especially postflop than these players, use those advantages.
If you are tempted to make more advanced plays, make sure you have a good feel for the player, not just his stats.
Remember all in all things have really gone great so far, don't dwell too much on your mistakes or one or two bad days, but learn from them
I am going to grind hard today at 100nl, my goal is to get even from yesterday's -6bi and tomorrow come back strong.
Salud!
Hey guys, well the second session of yesterday was probably my worst 3k hands of poker that I have played in at least the last two years. For some reason whenever I have moved up in stakes in my life I have played far worse than I expect to. There is some weird part of my brain that makes me want to make different plays then what has led me to success in the past. I took so many weird bad lines, made some terrible call downs, was aggro in some terrible spots, just overall a very bad feel for the games. Really disappointed with my play, here are the hands and I will talk about my goals going forward.
http://weaktight.com/4424083
So this line in itself is not necessarily bad, but there are a couple of bad things about it. First of all I am pretty sure all regs are capable at 200nl at this point to 3bet bluff this flop, but I had no specific reads that he would do this more often than not or that I have a very bluffy image in his mind. Secondly I have not made this play in the month and a half since Ive been back. There is no reason to employ a play I haven't tried at lower levels when I am moving up, just doesn't make sense.
http://weaktight.com/4424085
Fuck I am just an idiot, same exact thing as before, not a ton of reads on the opponent, a weird line that I wouldn't normally use. Just fucking stupidity.
http://weaktight.com/4424087
He is too fucking tight to be floating flops against him. Just fucking awful, he might be tight enough with 7% 3bet that I should just be folding preflop, but to then forget about that and float flops like this is simply terrible.
http://weaktight.com/4424088
ughhhh
http://weaktight.com/4424091
I know I got unlucky here, and the hand he ended up with was quite surprising, but again donking a merged sort of range against a player you have absolutely no idea how he will respond is not a great idea. KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID. Once I get far more reads on the players, I can use most of these plays but I am far better with my fundamentals and exploiting basic weaknesses than these other regs are, there is no reason to get crazy fancy with plays.
http://weaktight.com/4424096
http://weaktight.com/4424098
Sort of just situationally unlucky. I definitely could just cold 3bet shove the flop, but I thought both players were capable of checking down turn to let me see two cards. Once two people shoved I think I am getting the right odds to call. I just did pokerstove now, the range I gave the two players were:
UTG: KK,99, 88, K9ss, 98ss, Qjcc, AK, AA, 76cc, 87cc = 30%
CO: 99, 88, 98ss, Qjcc, 76cc, 87cc = 39%
I'm about 30% and I am getting 35% to call so I think I made the right call, I definitely think that it is the right call, and it definitely is the best play if I think that the players will play passively on the turn.
http://weaktight.com/4424099
AK < JJ
http://weaktight.com/4424101
Same guy that I fucked up with KQ. Again I was close to folding pre and I went against my intuition. After he checks the flop I put him on JJ or Tx. I thought that I could rep AQ, KQ or TTT pretty credibly but I think the problem is that 1) I already showed him a crazy play in a 3bet pot in the same situation, and 2) I am not sure he knows that I would barrel AQ or KQ for value.
http://weaktight.com/4424128
Against a mediocre player when every obvious draw in the world misses, this is simply not a triple barrel spot, hell the draws are so obvious that maybe I should be checking against all but the squeeky tightest players. Another bad mistake.
http://weaktight.com/4424103
Fuck fuck fuck fold the river. God I don't have enough reads on these people to think they will triple barrel, just because I move up a level in no way means they are capable of totally insane plays that just one level below are incapable of, especially considering a lot of the players I am playing with at both levels.
http://weaktight.com/4424105
WOW, what are people doing?
http://weaktight.com/4424124
Btw, this is a great line to use for me, but when he shoves the fucking river, it is a great line because I can lose the minimum or get calls from QQ or KK. Fucking awful awful awful call on river, total brainfart, definitely one of those insta calls that I should have thought deeply about and then folded.
http://weaktight.com/4424125
88 < AK
http://weaktight.com/4424131
KK < AA
http://weaktight.com/4424133
Man this was unlucky
http://weaktight.com/4424134
Cooler
http://weaktight.com/4424136
JJ < AK
http://weaktight.com/4424137
I think pretty standard play all around considering I have a great hand to play deep in position and the other guy is a big fish, was quite surprised that he wouldn't shove TT on flop, but happy the way I played this one.
http://weaktight.com/4424139
Unlucky spot
http://weaktight.com/4424141
Lol of course
http://weaktight.com/4424143
I made a weird bet size on the river and did the classic justification for a call, but this is simply a fold, really bad play here
http://weaktight.com/4424145
Total fish in first 5 or 6 hands at the table, I thought it was a good chance to catch him losing his mind.
http://weaktight.com/4424146
Why the fuck am I calling down here? I mean what the fuck? I know he is an aggro fish but there are so many better spots to call down. Chalk up another awful play for me.
http://weaktight.com/4424148
Weird unlucky spot against a fish, happy I didn't shove river though for value.
http://weaktight.com/4424149
Man why am I barreling turn. There are some very good cards to barrel, but this is one of the nut worst cards, its great to have a plan but deviate from it based on board texture.
http://weaktight.com/4424150
I think calling here is far superior to 3bet bluffing, because if he is bluffing the flop, I think he shuts down turn and I can bluff river, as opposed to here I am just praying he is bluff raising all leads.
Man that was just horrendous, so many weak mental plays, some tilt, some terrible fundamentals, not adjusting well to the image I was creating, and most importantly forgetting what got me to the dance. Alright I need to make some immediate adjustments.
At 200nl, play a max of 12 tables
Do not use lines that you have not experimented with or thought a lot about
The players might be a little more aggro, but its not like all of the sudden I am playing absolutely elite poker players, it is just better to assume they have the same capabilties and limitations as the players at 100nl.
Understand that your image is quite bluffy, so use that to your advantage.
I have far better fundamentals and an overall feel for the game, especially postflop than these players, use those advantages.
If you are tempted to make more advanced plays, make sure you have a good feel for the player, not just his stats.
Remember all in all things have really gone great so far, don't dwell too much on your mistakes or one or two bad days, but learn from them
I am going to grind hard today at 100nl, my goal is to get even from yesterday's -6bi and tomorrow come back strong.
Btw, please check out my recent video, I think it will offer a lot of really good content and am quite happy with the final product, it took a lot of work but I think it was definitely worth it.
Salud!
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