http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/langerz Recent blog comments published at Langerz Grinds on deucescracked.com en-us Comment on Welcome Back Run Good by mitch Now you've activated the doomswitch. Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:48:09 +0000 /blogs/langerz/100511-Welcome-Back-Run-Good#comment150751 /blogs/langerz/100511-Welcome-Back-Run-Good#comment150751 mitch Comment on Welcome Back Run Good by Langerz 4 tables of 6 max, so in the neighborhood of 300-350 hands per hour. The graph is a little misleading in terms of time line. It's been two months since I said I'd starting playing seriously again and the graph shows two months of data. The day it starts though I was in South Korea on business and I learned being in South Korea on business means you aren't sober enough to log into your poker account very often. The next week was China and the internet is frustratingly slow so I didn't play much. So my volume has improved over the last two months, but still needs work (full time job, wife, three boys etc etc) Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:09:03 +0000 /blogs/langerz/100511-Welcome-Back-Run-Good#comment150721 /blogs/langerz/100511-Welcome-Back-Run-Good#comment150721 Langerz Comment on Welcome Back Run Good by aggrosquid How many hands do you play an hour? Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:00:15 +0000 /blogs/langerz/100511-Welcome-Back-Run-Good#comment150701 /blogs/langerz/100511-Welcome-Back-Run-Good#comment150701 aggrosquid Comment on Very Brief Shot at 25NL by ukphoenix I think, if it were me, I would be asking was it my A game. Can I find questions about my play? Thu, 07 Jul 2011 07:50:42 +0000 /blogs/langerz/71571-Very-Brief-Shot-at-25NL#comment90631 /blogs/langerz/71571-Very-Brief-Shot-at-25NL#comment90631 ukphoenix Comment on Very Brief Shot at 25NL by SirPWNsalot Ul man, wd on chrushing the 10nl game btw... Tue, 05 Jul 2011 05:14:35 +0000 /blogs/langerz/71571-Very-Brief-Shot-at-25NL#comment90421 /blogs/langerz/71571-Very-Brief-Shot-at-25NL#comment90421 SirPWNsalot Comment on 10NL!!!! Kind Of by kennycalhoo Congrats. Still haven't seen you at the tables to sweat you, but I'll keep looking! Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:15:27 +0000 /blogs/langerz/68911-10NL-Kind-Of#comment85651 /blogs/langerz/68911-10NL-Kind-Of#comment85651 kennycalhoo Comment on 10NL!!!! Kind Of by Branch10 Nice! Good luck. Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:04:25 +0000 /blogs/langerz/68911-10NL-Kind-Of#comment85641 /blogs/langerz/68911-10NL-Kind-Of#comment85641 Branch10 Comment on Lock 1 Month - Doubled Up by Langerz Don't worry I'm not at all worried about the red line. It's probably optimal to have that red line at this limit. I've also posted every hand I've played vs. aggro players in this blog, there were none of them. Ok I'm exaggerating but the player pool at 4 nl is really bad. I rarely c/b rivers with any kind of hand. I'm fine with the SW and after playing there a month actually like it. The time bank feature could be better and I hated the all in button until I figured out how to hide it. (open shoved something like 93o once before I found it - BB tanked for ever - I was screaming for a fold lol). I think I use normal view - whatever the one that shows the ICON. I wasn't patient enough to search out good bonuses so didn't get the iPAD2 bonus. I got the 200% sign up though which clears ridiculously slow at 4NL. 3.3% cleared after 12k hands. At least there isn't a expiration. See you at 10nl next month. :) Tue, 17 May 2011 22:22:20 +0000 /blogs/langerz/67761-Lock-1-Month-Doubled-Up#comment83801 /blogs/langerz/67761-Lock-1-Month-Doubled-Up#comment83801 Langerz Comment on Lock 1 Month - Doubled Up by McBoyler Langerz, Happy to see you are playing on Lock too! I am currently playing 10nl. I actually think the software is growing on me. Do you like the normal or mini view better? Also did you sign up with the iPAD2 bonus? Tue, 17 May 2011 21:13:35 +0000 /blogs/langerz/67761-Lock-1-Month-Doubled-Up#comment83791 /blogs/langerz/67761-Lock-1-Month-Doubled-Up#comment83791 McBoyler Comment on Lock 1 Month - Doubled Up by hansgeertsma don't worry about the red line until you're at 100NL, further the graph looks ok. what might be really interesting spots to give some extra thought about is when you play vs aggro players whether you should raise, induce or check to see if you can find some extra spots where you can make money from them... Also interesting spots at the micros is spots where you check back on the river... evaluate those spots if you can valuebet small, create a range of hands that might call here (2nd pair type hands, hands with weak kickers etc) and see how often you're beat (less then 50%, valuebet!). I often see players valuebet pretty good on flop and turn and then slow down on the river where most value can be made.. gl langerz Tue, 17 May 2011 11:46:12 +0000 /blogs/langerz/67761-Lock-1-Month-Doubled-Up#comment83691 /blogs/langerz/67761-Lock-1-Month-Doubled-Up#comment83691 hansgeertsma Comment on Week 1 at Lock Poker - Ouch by veloblank gl Langerz. If anything, this Black Friday stuff has helped me to stop dicking around with poker. Meaning, we should be learning and adapting quickly. Hit it hard imo. Grind up fast and furious. Play your best game. Especially if we're to hit and quit these sites. DoJ and FBI have turned us into a group of shortstackers.... Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:32:11 +0000 /blogs/langerz/66011-Week-1-at-Lock-Poker-Ouch#comment80761 /blogs/langerz/66011-Week-1-at-Lock-Poker-Ouch#comment80761 veloblank Comment on Week 1 at Lock Poker - Ouch by eloso +1 on the play money poker. I recently played it to see what it was like and it just is no challenge. A reasonable profitable strategy shows up in no time and that at 20000NL (no... not a typo) :D. Pretty gangsta :-/ 2 years back i built my fake roll over like 6 months... Once i was comfortably crushing the 'highest' stakes (like a gangsta :-/ ), I deposited and played 2NL and got a bit schooled. I sucked hard, obviously, but still... 2NL was already better than 20000NL play money... it's that bad. Wed, 27 Apr 2011 01:32:12 +0000 /blogs/langerz/66011-Week-1-at-Lock-Poker-Ouch#comment80681 /blogs/langerz/66011-Week-1-at-Lock-Poker-Ouch#comment80681 eloso Comment on Week 1 at Lock Poker - Ouch by Langerz I have no idea, but at least I can play. Honestly making money has also just been a nice benefit to poker for me. I make a good living working and just play poker for fun/the challenge. Playing free money is no fun though and definitely not a challenge. Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:50:42 +0000 /blogs/langerz/66011-Week-1-at-Lock-Poker-Ouch#comment80671 /blogs/langerz/66011-Week-1-at-Lock-Poker-Ouch#comment80671 Langerz Comment on Week 1 at Lock Poker - Ouch by TtheAntlers Do you think you'll be able to cash out from Merge? Tue, 26 Apr 2011 23:42:49 +0000 /blogs/langerz/66011-Week-1-at-Lock-Poker-Ouch#comment80651 /blogs/langerz/66011-Week-1-at-Lock-Poker-Ouch#comment80651 TtheAntlers Comment on Fuck it Dude, Let's Play Poker. by HouseofCards @soleztis if other people don't want to hear it, they can always not read it ;) I like reading other people's poker blogs. It's nice to confirm your run-bad frustrations are shared by others when reading about another member's downswing (not that I'm glad about it lol), but also be inspired to work harder reading about someone's sick month @ 100NL. Plus the ones with a good strat:rambling ratio are yet another useful resource here. I blog whenever I'm playing poker regularly so that maybe one day in a few years when/if I'm playing higher I can look back at it and think 'so that's how I got here!' :) Mon, 18 Apr 2011 22:27:38 +0000 /blogs/langerz/65191-Fuck-it-Dude-Let-s-Play-Poker-#comment79531 /blogs/langerz/65191-Fuck-it-Dude-Let-s-Play-Poker-#comment79531 HouseofCards Comment on Fuck it Dude, Let's Play Poker. by Langerz I wouldn't say therapeutic. Holding myself accountable is a better way to say it. If I type on here that I'm going to post a video each week then damn it I'm going to do it. I missed a couple things too. I'm not going to play distracted. If I start surfing the net or whatever I'm sitting out. I'm also going to post hands. My goal at least in the beginning is to post one hand per session. Mon, 18 Apr 2011 02:28:47 +0000 /blogs/langerz/65191-Fuck-it-Dude-Let-s-Play-Poker-#comment79401 /blogs/langerz/65191-Fuck-it-Dude-Let-s-Play-Poker-#comment79401 Langerz Comment on Fuck it Dude, Let's Play Poker. by soleztis I'm pretty much in your boat. I have $40 on AP that I never really played with. I'm thinking about just trying to grind it up, and if I never see the money, then I'm in the same spot I'm in now. I have always wanted to start blogging about my poker life, but I don't feel that it is that interesting, or that people want to hear about it. I feel like I say what I need to on the forums. Do you find it therapeutic in a way? Mon, 18 Apr 2011 02:09:32 +0000 /blogs/langerz/65191-Fuck-it-Dude-Let-s-Play-Poker-#comment79391 /blogs/langerz/65191-Fuck-it-Dude-Let-s-Play-Poker-#comment79391 soleztis Comment on Refocus by Langerz Ok you win (even if you are kidding) I owe you one sweat (I'm not good enough to call it coaching). I don't have you on Skype do I? (I have trouble remembering who is who between DC and skype names). Langerzgrinds on skype - no promises when. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:19:34 +0000 /blogs/langerz/37201-Refocus#comment41491 /blogs/langerz/37201-Refocus#comment41491 Langerz Comment on Refocus by ron0914 Hah hah - Don't worry, I read it as you intended. You were just affirming the real value of something I had put a bit of cheeky spin on. Erm... I mean: - Wow I'm mortally offended, I demand you dedicate and hour of your precious time towards coaching me to make amends for this incorrigible slight! ;) Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:57:53 +0000 /blogs/langerz/37201-Refocus#comment41391 /blogs/langerz/37201-Refocus#comment41391 ron0914 Comment on Refocus by Langerz Oops I didn't mean the first line of my last comment to come across as "Dang you are never right, but you actually are this time ron". Just meant you're right I need to do that. Sorry ron. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:28:43 +0000 /blogs/langerz/37201-Refocus#comment41331 /blogs/langerz/37201-Refocus#comment41331 Langerz Comment on Refocus by Langerz You are actually right ron. Doing sweats is something I'd really like to start doing more. Just been one I can't find the time for. I'll see what I can do when it starts getting cold around here and there is nothing better to do then sit around behind a computer. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:07:01 +0000 /blogs/langerz/37201-Refocus#comment41241 /blogs/langerz/37201-Refocus#comment41241 Langerz Comment on Refocus by ron0914 Good luck, you definately have the skills. - You forgot one thing from your list though: "Do a sweat session for a player at lower limits" ... ;) Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:21:37 +0000 /blogs/langerz/37201-Refocus#comment41211 /blogs/langerz/37201-Refocus#comment41211 ron0914 Comment on Refocus by irtoast nice graph at 25nl Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:03:46 +0000 /blogs/langerz/37201-Refocus#comment41121 /blogs/langerz/37201-Refocus#comment41121 irtoast Comment on Good Weak/Bad Session by Langerz Fixed the bad links. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:17:58 +0000 /blogs/langerz/10531-Good-Weak-Bad-Session#comment10731 /blogs/langerz/10531-Good-Weak-Bad-Session#comment10731 Langerz Comment on January Review by Langerz My BR requirement is crazy frisky and I wouldn't recommend it in most cases. The reason it works here is I'm fully rolled for 25 NL at Stars so if I go bust at FTP I just go back to Stars and its no big deal. I didn't really want to transfer money to FTP, but at the same time I didn't want to spend months playing 5 NL. So I went with either build the roll quickly or just go back to Stars. I know some people think 20 BBs for a roll is a little frisky too, but poker is far from a living for me and I have no problem moving down if I hit a bad streak. I acttually think lots of micro players are over rolled. If you are commonly going on 10+ BI downswings you probably have some big leaks and would be better off moving down and fixing them. When you play higher the edges are smaller, variance is higher and you need a bigger roll. I'm excited about the uBaller group. With work and 3 little kids my time can be scarce but I'm going to try to be active. See ya there. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:14:08 +0000 /blogs/langerz/9201-January-Review#comment9821 /blogs/langerz/9201-January-Review#comment9821 Langerz Comment on January Review by isacsen Second that! Nice blog. Your BR requirement seem a little frisky though.. :-P But otoh, if you've already been playing at the higher stakes then you probably can take shots with a smaller roll. I've recently joined the uBallers group and would love to comment on one of your live sessions. I'm at 10NL right now, but have been taking shots at 25NL. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:31:58 +0000 /blogs/langerz/9201-January-Review#comment9811 /blogs/langerz/9201-January-Review#comment9811 isacsen Comment on Blogs are +++++EV by Richard Lol. I think its a lot about mentally clearing the slate at the end of the month/week whatever. After that you just tend to play with a renewed and sharper focus IMO. Nice little run btw;) Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:41:03 +0000 /blogs/langerz/9371-Blogs-are-EV#comment9651 /blogs/langerz/9371-Blogs-are-EV#comment9651 Richard Comment on January Review by Niklius Awesome post. Like your schedule. P.S. - You have great posts in the Micro Forum, no worries :) Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:16:27 +0000 /blogs/langerz/9201-January-Review#comment9601 /blogs/langerz/9201-January-Review#comment9601 Niklius