December 01, 2007

Monthly overview

Blog by : Oliver
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Poker wasn't that fun for me this month. Because I ran pretty bad, I made some questionable decisions at the table costing me an extra 300-350$. It is easy to play ur A game when u run normal to good, it get's alot harder when variance is hitting u in the face. So my goal in the next weeks is either play my A game or immediatelly leave the table. I also noticed that there are some situations with mediocre holdings where I don't know the correct play. Tfix this leak (and other that I don't know yet) I will analyse a lot of handranges vs handranges in the upcoming holidays.

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November 02, 2007

Has anyone seen my A-game

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Well, my good mindset to play my A game today did not last very long. I played two opponents who where by no means bad, but I certainly thought I had an edge. After being down by 3 buy-ins I decided to take a brake. 2 buy-ins where in my opinion coolers, but the 3th was just bad play on my part. If you read my blog yesterday you'll remeber that I put some terrible beats on some guys, so the poker gods must have decided to redivide what was not supposed to be mine!

The hands:

Baby flush against nut flush. Villian played tight but I think I have to make the call.

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Seat 1: GypsieChris ($150.65) -
Seat 2: oliver977 ($84) - -


PRE-FLOP:

oliver977 posts small blind $0.50
GypsieChris posts BIG blind $1
Dealt To: oliver977


RAISE oliver977 ($3)
CALL GypsieChris ($2)


FLOP:

Pot: $6.5


CHECK GypsieChris
BET oliver977 ($4)
CALL GypsieChris ($4)


TURN:

Pot: $14.5


CHECK GypsieChris
CHECK oliver977


RIVER:

Pot: $14.5


BET GypsieChris ($5)
RAISE oliver977 ($21)
RAISE GypsieChris ($143.65)
CALL oliver977 ($56)


SHOWDOWN:
GypsieChris:

MUCK oliver977

GypsieChris collected $167.5 from main pot

SUMMARY:
Total pot: $168 Rake: $0.50

Final Board:


Seat 1: GypsieChris big blind showed [As 6s] and won 167.50 with a flush, Ace high - Net Gain/Loss: ($16.85)

Seat 2: oliver977 button small blind mucked [3s 2s] - Net Gain/Loss: ($-84)


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If there was any doubt in my mind with the last hand, here I play for stacks a 100% of the time. Villian made this small reraise quite often, which led me to conclude the AsJs is in the upper part of his range. On two other occasions he reraised to 21$ which is 2.3 times a pot raise. It would be intersting to know what type of hands he likes to play like this

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Seat 1: wesselbink ($152.05) -
Seat 2: oliver977 ($156.70) - -


PRE-FLOP:

oliver977 posts small blind $0.50
wesselbink posts BIG blind $1
Dealt To: oliver977


RAISE oliver977 ($3)
RAISE wesselbink ($8)
RAISE oliver977 ($21)
CALL wesselbink ($13)


FLOP:

Pot: $46.5


CHECK wesselbink
BET oliver977 ($24)
CALL wesselbink ($24)


TURN:

Pot: $94.5


BET wesselbink ($4)
RAISE oliver977 ($111.70)
CALL wesselbink ($103.05)


RIVER:

Pot: $313.25




SHOWDOWN:
wesselbink:

MUCK oliver977

wesselbink collected $303.6 from main pot

SUMMARY:
Total pot: $304 Rake: $0.50

Final Board:


Seat 1: wesselbink big blind showed [As Js] and won 303.60 with a flush, Ace high - Net Gain/Loss: ($151.55)

Seat 2: oliver977 button small blind mucked [Kc Ks] - Net Gain/Loss: ($-157.2)


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My bankroll is not in any danger, but as long as I keep feeling the negative variance in my game, I'll play 50NL. Later

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November 01, 2007

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My apologies I am new to this. The actual hands:

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Seat 1: oliver977 ($102.65) -
Seat 2: AppieMaster5 ($161.45) -
Seat 3: smallframe ($189)
Seat 4: nemeelucas ($199.45)
Seat 5: qwertyman1 ($98.50)
Seat 6: svenskfull ($15.60) -


PRE-FLOP:

oliver977 posts small blind $0.50
AppieMaster5 posts BIG blind $1
Dealt To: oliver977


FOLD smallframe
FOLD nemeelucas
RAISE qwertyman1 ($4)
FOLD svenskfull
RAISE oliver977 ($12)
FOLD AppieMaster5
CALL qwertyman1 ($8)


FLOP:

Pot: $25.5


BET oliver977 ($21)
RAISE qwertyman1 ($86.50)
CALL oliver977 ($65.50)


TURN:

Pot: $198.5




RIVER:

Pot: $198.5




SHOWDOWN:
oliver977:

MUCK qwertyman1

oliver977 collected $195 from main pot

SUMMARY:
Total pot: $198 Rake: $3

Final Board:


Seat 1: oliver977 small blind showed [As Qd] and won 195 with a straight, Ten to Ace - Net Gain/Loss: ($96.5)
Seat 2: AppieMaster5 big blind folded before Flop - Net Gain/Loss: ($-1)
Seat 3: smallframe folded before Flop didnt bet - Net Gain/Loss: ($0)
Seat 4: nemeelucas folded before Flop didnt bet - Net Gain/Loss: ($0)
Seat 5: qwertyman1 mucked [Qs Qc] - Net Gain/Loss: ($-98.5)

Seat 6: svenskfull button folded before Flop didnt bet - Net Gain/Loss: ($0)


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Seat 1: Goofy2701 ($5.80) -
Seat 2: Gege1984 ($100.05) -
Seat 3: oliver977 ($106.50)
Seat 5: nohsib ($34.20) -
Seat 6: Brutefamine ($118.35)


PRE-FLOP:

Goofy2701 posts small blind $0.50
nohsib posts BIG blind $1
Dealt To: oliver977


RAISE Brutefamine ($4)
FOLD Goofy2701
FOLD Gege1984
RAISE oliver977 ($14)
FOLD nohsib
RAISE Brutefamine ($36)
RAISE oliver977 ($106.50)
CALL Brutefamine ($70.50)


FLOP:

Pot: $232.5




TURN:

Pot: $232.5




RIVER:

Pot: $232.5




SHOWDOWN:
oliver977:

MUCK Brutefamine

oliver977 collected $212.5 from main pot

SUMMARY:
Total pot: $214 Rake: $2

Final Board:


Seat 1: Goofy2701 folded before Flop - Net Gain/Loss: ($-0.5)
Seat 2: Gege1984 button folded before Flop didnt bet - Net Gain/Loss: ($0)
Seat 3: oliver977 small blind showed [Kc Ah] and won 212.50 with two pair, Aces and Threes - Net Gain/Loss: ($105.5)
Seat 5: nohsib big blind folded before Flop - Net Gain/Loss: ($-1)
Seat 6: Brutefamine mucked [Kd Ks] - Net Gain/Loss: ($-106.5)



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The first hand the villian's range is wide and my play is 'interesting' as Taylor would say it. Second hand villian had VPIP 20 and VPR 12 meaning his 3-bet range for his UTG raise is crushing my aKo.

It has been some while since I bad beated an opponent, but today I really was ashamed for my 'reading skills'.

Hopefully I catch my A-game tommorow.

Gl at the tables

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November 01, 2007

welcome to my blog

Blog by : Oliver
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Like many Cardrunners I have decided to start my blog. I am a low stakes player (100NL HU & 6max) and by no means will be 'the next prodigy'. I just see the blog as another tool, offered by this site to improve your game. If just once and a while someone lost in the blogs reads mine, I just will have some state of mind like: ' I don't want to look like an ass'. I will try to be as honest as possible in my entries, let's get started!

In the past year I searched for the right kind of game for me. My conclusion: my best game is heads-up NL hold'em followed by the 6-max games. As from last month I decided to fully dedicate myself to those games. My results for last month are:

I played arround 15k hands and ran pretty good. I am pretty satisfied by this month and hope to keep progressing in this fashion. My first goal is to be a significant winner at NL 2/4 heads up by the end of next year. (I do not like to set my goals to specific and narrowed)

Today I had some 6max sessions and the end of my good run has be reconfirmed. (ran bad for 3 days) What disturbed me most was my terrible decisions in two hands where I bad beated my opponents horrendously. The hands:

Free hand converter brought to you by [url]http://www.cardrunners.com[/url] Seat 1: [b]oliver977[/b] ($102.65) - [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/images/sb.gif[/img] Seat 2: AppieMaster5 ($161.45) - [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/images/bb.gif[/img] Seat 3: smallframe ($189) Seat 4: nemeelucas ($199.45) Seat 5: qwertyman1 ($98.50) Seat 6: svenskfull ($15.60) - [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/images/db.gif[/img] [size:14pt][color:#000000][b]PRE-FLOP:[/b][/size][/color] [b]oliver977[/b] [color:#272BA6]posts small blind $0.50[/color] AppieMaster5 [color:#272BA6]posts BIG blind $1[/color] [b]Dealt To: oliver977[/b] [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/s1.gif[/img] [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/dq.gif[/img] [color:#000000]FOLD smallframe[/color] [color:#000000]FOLD nemeelucas[/color] [color:#272BA6]RAISE qwertyman1[/color] ($4) [color:#000000]FOLD svenskfull[/color] [color:#272BA6]RAISE [b]oliver977[/b][/color] ($12) [color:#000000]FOLD AppieMaster5[/color] [color:#B93238]CALL qwertyman1[/color] ($8) [size:14pt][color:#000000][b]FLOP:[/b][/size][/color] [b]Pot:[/b] $25.5 [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/hj.gif[/img] [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/hq.gif[/img] [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/s4.gif[/img] [color:#272BA6]BET [b]oliver977[/b][/color] ($21) [color:#272BA6]RAISE qwertyman1[/color] ($86.50) [color:#B93238]CALL [b]oliver977[/b][/color] ($65.50) [size:14pt][color:#000000][b]TURN:[/b][/color][/size] [b]Pot:[/b] $198.5 [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/hj.gif[/img] [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/hq.gif[/img] [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/s4.gif[/img] [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/images/hhtools/spacer_white.gif[/img] [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/ck.gif[/img] [size:14pt][color:#000000][b]RIVER:[/b][/color][/size] [b]Pot:[/b] $198.5 [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/hj.gif[/img] [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/hq.gif[/img] [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/s4.gif[/img] [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/ck.gif[/img] [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/images/hhtools/spacer_white.gif[/img] [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/h10.gif[/img] [color:#000000][size:14pt][b]SHOWDOWN:[/b][/size][/color] [b]oliver977:[/b] [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/s1.gif[/img][img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/dq.gif[/img] MUCK qwertyman1 [color:#007F11][b]oliver977 collected $195 from main pot[/b][/color] [size:14pt][color:#000000][b]SUMMARY:[/b][/color][/size] [b]Total pot:[/b] $198 [b]Rake:[/b] $3 [b]Final Board:[/b] [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/hj.gif[/img] [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/hq.gif[/img] [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/s4.gif[/img] [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/ck.gif[/img] [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/h10.gif[/img] Seat 1: oliver977 small blind showed [As Qd] and won 195 with a straight, Ten to Ace - Net Gain/Loss: ($96.5) Seat 2: AppieMaster5 big blind folded before Flop - Net Gain/Loss: ($-1) Seat 3: smallframe folded before Flop didnt bet - Net Gain/Loss: ($0) Seat 4: nemeelucas folded before Flop didnt bet - Net Gain/Loss: ($0) Seat 5: qwertyman1 mucked [Qs Qc] - Net Gain/Loss: ($-98.5) [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/sq.gif[/img] [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/cq.gif[/img] Seat 6: svenskfull button folded before Flop didnt bet - Net Gain/Loss: ($0) Free hand converter brought to you by [url]http://www.cardrunners.com[/url] His range is a lot wider than QQ and thus I can't blame myself too much here (although it was bad). The second hand however villian raise UTG with VPIP arround 21 and an VPR about 12. His range is crushing me and I still 4-bet all in.

Free hand converter brought to you by [url]http://www.cardrunners.com[/url] Seat 1: Goofy2701 ($5.80) - [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/images/sb.gif[/img] Seat 2: Gege1984 ($100.05) - [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/images/db.gif[/img] Seat 3: [b]oliver977[/b] ($106.50) Seat 5: nohsib ($34.20) - [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/images/bb.gif[/img] Seat 6: Brutefamine ($118.35) [size:14pt][color:#000000][b]PRE-FLOP:[/b][/size][/color] Goofy2701 [color:#272BA6]posts small blind $0.50[/color] nohsib [color:#272BA6]posts BIG blind $1[/color] [b]Dealt To: oliver977[/b] [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/ck.gif[/img] [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/h1.gif[/img] [color:#272BA6]RAISE Brutefamine[/color] ($4) [color:#000000]FOLD Goofy2701[/color] [color:#000000]FOLD Gege1984[/color] [color:#272BA6]RAISE [b]oliver977[/b][/color] ($14) [color:#000000]FOLD nohsib[/color] [color:#272BA6]RAISE Brutefamine[/color] ($36) [color:#272BA6]RAISE [b]oliver977[/b][/color] ($106.50) [color:#B93238]CALL Brutefamine[/color] ($70.50) [size:14pt][color:#000000][b]FLOP:[/b][/size][/color] [b]Pot:[/b] $232.5 [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/h2.gif[/img] [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/dq.gif[/img] [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/h3.gif[/img] [size:14pt][color:#000000][b]TURN:[/b][/color][/size] [b]Pot:[/b] $232.5 [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/h2.gif[/img] [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/dq.gif[/img] [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/h3.gif[/img] [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/images/hhtools/spacer_white.gif[/img] [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/s1.gif[/img] [size:14pt][color:#000000][b]RIVER:[/b][/color][/size] [b]Pot:[/b] $232.5 [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/h2.gif[/img] [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/dq.gif[/img] [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/h3.gif[/img] [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/s1.gif[/img] [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/images/hhtools/spacer_white.gif[/img] [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/s3.gif[/img] [color:#000000][size:14pt][b]SHOWDOWN:[/b][/size][/color] [b]oliver977:[/b] [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/ck.gif[/img][img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/h1.gif[/img] MUCK Brutefamine [color:#007F11][b]oliver977 collected $212.5 from main pot[/b][/color] [size:14pt][color:#000000][b]SUMMARY:[/b][/color][/size] [b]Total pot:[/b] $214 [b]Rake:[/b] $2 [b]Final Board:[/b] [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/h2.gif[/img] [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/dq.gif[/img] [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/h3.gif[/img] [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/s1.gif[/img] [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/s3.gif[/img] Seat 1: Goofy2701 folded before Flop - Net Gain/Loss: ($-0.5) Seat 2: Gege1984 button folded before Flop didnt bet - Net Gain/Loss: ($0) Seat 3: oliver977 small blind showed [Kc Ah] and won 212.50 with two pair, Aces and Threes - Net Gain/Loss: ($105.5) Seat 5: nohsib big blind folded before Flop - Net Gain/Loss: ($-1) Seat 6: Brutefamine mucked [Kd Ks] - Net Gain/Loss: ($-106.5) [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/dk.gif[/img] [img]http://www.cardrunners.com/members/hand_history/playingcards-images/sk.gif[/img] Free hand converter brought to you by [url]http://www.cardrunners.com[/url] It has been a while I put i beat on someone, but today i made up for it! Hopefully I catch my A-game tommorow. Gl at the tables!

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