May 20, 2010
Rebuilding
Ok so I spent some time at a friends place last night… after ranting my frustrations at life, I think I’m ready to start rebuilding. Spent the morning doing some things I’d been putting off for ages – setting up my business properly (I do multimedia design/3D animation so if anyone is interested in offering me work, send me a message). Lots more to do but its a start.
Yesterday on one of my toughest days, I gave the Turbo Fiddy a go on FT, ended up final tabling but busting in 8th for like $500. Not a bad BR buffer but first place was much higher, and I played it poorly I must admit. I was middle stacked, and on the button with A8, shipped my stack to try and run over the blinds, and BB tanked, and called with A9 with equal stack sizes (would’ve left him with around 2k chips if he lost!). Course a 9 was on the flop which ended my run.
I was dissapointed with the play because I think a simple 3 or 4 bet would have done the job if he didn’t hold A9, and I could have released the hand on the flop or had more bluff control. But hey, it happens. Should’ve got the proper HH and posted it. It happens…
So i’ve been grinding out $5 6 max SNG over the past few weeks and had a 25% ROI over 400ish games. I think 6 max SNG’s are my grinding point instead of ring games because I seem to have a less spewy tendancy when I know its win or bust. I haven’t played much today but due to my increase on BR, I decided to give the $10 6 max’s a go. Played only 6 (6 tabling, I can play more but not as profitably, I tend to miss reads if I play more), and cashed 1st in 3 and 2nd in 1. So I definitely think they are beatable (I know sample size is non existant, but can’t be much harder than $5??).
I will stick at this new limit until I either drop to 100 BI on $5’s ($500), or pump $10’s up to 200 BI’s ($2000). My plan is to have a 50 BI drop down level and a 200 BI step up level. I think this would be the best BRM I can think of right now. That way I’m stepping up at 150BI of the next level. It’s very conservative but I’m not really in the mindset of going busto at the moment! (disclaimer: this is obviously dependant on stages and steps, $5, $10, $20, $30 etc, so rough estimations).
I’ll leave it at that, hopefully will do some more grinding later today. So currently my BR is at: $800…
EDITTried to play some 25nl, played for an hr and a 1/2 mainly 2 tableing, trying to table select 6max games with the highest players/flop % in the FT lobby. Also kept an eye out for shortstack players. I used my HEM HUD (This is rare for me, honestly) to keep an eye out for those high VPIP and low PFR players. When they busted or left, I left the table. Started off quite aggressive, and hit a few snags hence the downswing. At the bottom, I started making sure I was playing the fish more and climbed back up. Only a small sample but I’m done with poker for tonight…
Feel free to comment on this strange hand. I was thinking after I put out that feeler bet that someone would have a higher Kx combo, then I thought possibly flush draw? Ace sealed the fold on the river, should I have double barreled?
Full Tilt Poker $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold’em – 6 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter
UTG: $17.50
MP: $36.37
CO: $20.00
Hero (BTN): $33.74
SB: $38.23
BB: $36.45
Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is BTN with K 
8 
UTG raises to $0.85, MP calls $0.85, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.85, 2 folds
Flop: ($2.90) K 
6 
3 (3 players)
UTG checks, MP checks, Hero bets $1.75, UTG calls $1.75, MP calls $1.75
Turn: ($8.15) 5 (3 players)
UTG bets $2, MP calls $2, Hero calls $2
River: ($14.15) A (3 players)
UTG bets $6, MP calls $6, Hero folds
Final Pot: $26.15
UTG shows T A (a pair of Aces)
MP shows A Q (a pair of Aces)
MP wins $24.85
(Rake: $1.30)
BR: $812 (rounded to nearest 100 before was really around $787)
Garfs:
6 Comments:
swiiftx posted on May 20, 2010 at 09:58 AM
The thing with sng's is that there is already a worked out mathematically correct play preflop at the later stages and the higher you get, the more ppl are playing correct and your edge over most of the people who play 50$ will be very marginal or even nonexistent. Another thing with sng's is that the downswings are going to be mucher higher than cash games and the variance is more noticeable at sng's than cash games for the simple reason that you are going to be flipping so many times.
However, if you are going to play sng's serious, which I advise you not to do, is to switch to a different site who offers better rb because sng players are pretty much rb depedent.
There is simply more cash to be made at cash games.
IWinrarrr posted on May 20, 2010 at 10:12 AM
Thanks for the reply swiiftx. I see your point. I guess my mentality was "$5/$10 = ezgame, can't be too hard further up the ladder" but this thinking is flawed. What's your stance on using SNG to build a solid roll, and then swapping to cash games? I've played NL100+ a bit (as previous degen post) and I feel most comfortable in these limits as lower limits people don't seem to "respect my raises"...
I just can't seem to get my head around cash games as well as SNG's, folds are so much harder since you can always reload. Also with cash I see the more recreational player spewing more money so its definitely juicier. Ultimately I most likely want to become a winning MTT player so I guess SNG's are the closest to that?
swiiftx posted on May 20, 2010 at 10:34 AM
If you want to become a winning MTT player then you should obviously play a huge number of MTT's and read all stuff concerning that area. There are some similarities between sng's and mtt's seeing as both are of tournament format but in order to be a succesful MTT player you don't have to play sng's and vice versa. I know a lot of people who play cash games succesfully and MTT's as well. The later stages of MTT's are more similar to sngs but the earlier are more similar to cash games etc.
If you are looking to move up fast with an aggro br, +25 bi's are enough for a limit at lower stages such as 25-100nl as long as you have a good mental game and can move down when necessary. U said u had 800$br, that's enough to play 25nl till u get to about 1.1-1.2k and then u can start 3 tabling 50nl.
I guess it's okey to play sng's to build your roll to a certain stake but since u already have 800$ I'd go with 25nl right away.
You have the wrong mindset for poker in general it seems. Why are you playing in the first place? For entertainment? Money? Ego?
IWinrarrr posted on May 20, 2010 at 12:24 PM
"You have the wrong mindset for poker in general it seems. Why are you playing in the first place? For entertainment? Money? Ego?"
What do you believe my mindset is? I'm interested to hear before I respond. I'll give 25nl a shot and i'll post results. Good way to put myself to the test!
GingerViking posted on May 20, 2010 at 16:27 PM
In that hand should be an insta fold with K8o after an UTG raise and a call.
You bet bit small on the flop, the pot was $2.90 and you bet $1.75 a bigger bet would be better at least $2.
That turn bet definitely isn't strength, I might have been tempted to raise it however with hindsight I very much doubt he would fold nut flush draw.
Very unfortunate river, good fold.
Even with the cards face up it looks like UTG has a mid pocket pair 77-TT and MP has either low connector hand or club flush draw.
IWinrarrr posted on May 21, 2010 at 00:59 AM
Thanks for the feedback Ginger. I should have mentioned UTG's stats were 40/0 so the total fish and since I had position, I was willing to play in the multiway pot. I definitely saw the turn bet as weak, but since MP was involved in the pot I was a little hessitant on playing back too much. Plus I figured $2 wasn't much to pay to see what shape I was in on the river - I couldn't see them betting on the river if it bricked unless they had me beat. Is this the correct thought process if UTG was a fish?
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