shadeson blog

I think its been a year since my last post. Unfortunatelly very little changed in my pojer situation. I've bee playing from NL50 to NL100 and back to NL25 now. My biggest problem remains the same, I tilt way too much.  My tilt has two phases, first I bluff opponents I should never bluff and multibarrell in calling stations and than when frustration comes I turn into BIG CS and its over, I lose one BI after another. hink its time for my final last attempt to get better at poker and make some money this way. My plan assumes that:

1) I will play around 1k hands a day

2) I will read books closely related to poker

3) I will shift from playing to learning when tilting or I will be taking breaks in play

As a result I hope to be able to cash out 2k euro in two months (with RB and promos) and have enough of bankroll to contiune playing.

Before I made some plans about my future, and shared them with you so I will also update you on the situation. 

CFA exams - FAIL (I couldn't come up with cash)

Qualifying for masters program in Amsterdam - I am half way there ( accepted but without scholarship)

Actuarial examas - I have completed one of four, and currently I am an intern at big consulting company in actuarial department (as a result it may be hard to find time for poker but I am an optimist in that matter) - so its a SUCCES.

This is it for now. I hope I will have more discipline this time and finnaly I will be able to say that I have accomplished something in poker.

here's a little debut of mine, first time posting something relevant to the game hahaha... For those who don't know I'm playing on power poker (cake skin) and as you know hud is prohibited there. In result notes are getting much more important so I decided to rearenge them to make tem more usefull and transparent. So I present You with a result of 20 sec of mine brain activity:

RANGE:

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TP (as a way they play with top pair)

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TP> -worse hands than TP

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TP< 

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FD

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OESD

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3BET POT

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TENDENCIES

goal for few next sessions is to uppgrade my old notes to new standars... any thoughts regrding note taking appreciated

as far as my game goes   its a typical donky rollercoaster... been up to 5k now down to 3k so for now I'm clenching to nl100, but if things will be going bad im prepared to move back to NL50 

as usual I'm ending my post with some music, today polish productions only ;)

 

 

Congratulations shadeson,

Out of 598 players in Tournament 9128034 (GC - 5d Any Series - $2,000 Cash!), you came in 1st and have won $408.00.

Best wishes,

PowerPoker Support

First 1st place in tournament that big, ofcourse I played like a donkey at least few times my A3 cought wheel vs AK and K3 rivered trips vs pair of eights apart from that I didn't play all that bad. Becouse I dont want to boost my bankroll to much I'll treat myself with new mobilephone 

Apart from that Im trying my best at NL50 with 40BI bankroll but still my impatience is getting in the way, I'll have to listen to Tommy Angelo one more time I think.

cheers  

Im past first 10k hands. Im posting my graph today, later on I'll analyse my preflop and postflop play 

 

as you can see everything went great, I floped hands and opponents paied me of almost everytime. I got pretty lucky twice, I floped set when 3beting low pocket pair from the blinds ( but won stack due to bad bb play becouse he overcalled with KQs), and the other time I made a 3bet with siuted trash to see how my target player will react to 3bet and floped trips of deuces VS his JJ. I'll analize my stats after first 10k hands so you'll have to wait a bit, maby even more than that becuse I have to prepare for my last egzam...  

1. I'll be playing at power poker (cake skin) because it'll allow me to grind 500$ promo at DC

2. I'll be moving to NL50 after successfully closing al least 100k hands at 20NL

3. Tony Angelo FTW

my favorite track latelly:

  

 

... I am messed up, past two months were like a rollercoaster... been up to 2,8k down to 1K up again and now down to 750$ due to the cashout. And that will be my last attempt to succeed in poker. Im starting at 25nl on full tilt. I'll be cahsing out each weak 1 buyin + rakeback. I'll be moving back to 50nl after reaching 1,5k or quitting poker if im busto...

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kick off 

 

I feel like today Is the worst day in my poker career... Im back at 25nl and doubting If I'll be able to achive my goals... I haven't given up yet bu I feel that I play bad, calling poker... hopefully I'll be back to NL50 soon...

I see hardly anybodys reading this blog but thats ok...  

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ok I have two hands for you today

1) whats his 4bet calling range

http://www.deucescracked.com/forums/8-Micro-Stakes-Online-NL/topics/181781-AA-4bet-pot

2) AA three way

http://www.deucescracked.com/forums/8-Micro-Stakes-Online-NL/topics/181791-AA-3way

and heres something that will cheer you up when on a downswing 

and another cool song

 

 

Full Tilt Poker $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 736613
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

MP: $36.60
CO: $52.10
BTN: $50.00
SB: $54.40
Hero (BB): $86.35
UTG: $49.25

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BB with A Q
1 fold, MP raises to $1.50, 3 folds, Hero calls $1

Flop: ($3.25) Q 3 8 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $1.50, Hero raises to $4.50, MP calls $3

Turn: ($12.25) 9 (2 players)
Hero bets $7.50, MP calls $7.50

River: ($27.25) 4 (2 players)
Hero bets $15, MP raises to $23.10 all in, Hero calls $8.10

Final Pot: $73.45
MP shows 6 5 (a flush, Eight high)
Hero mucks A Q
MP wins $70.45
(Rake: $3.00)

villan is a massive CS so I'm jumping with joy when I hit my TPTK :] and I kind'a lost myself and stoppped thinking and as a result I got my money in poorly. How should it be palyed? bigger flop rise for sure , I think sth lik 5,5~6$ would be ok. Now lest look at our possibilities on the turn, one opion is to c/r big  which is ok since he'll call with worse and If he checks the turn and bad card falls we can bet/fold or c/f without investing tones of money into the pot. We can also bet huge on the turn but the river gets tricky than becouse we cant b/f and from time to time we'll have to c/f when opponent has worse Q. And also I think I should never call river rise as played (even if its 8$)

and thats the way to play with passive CS oop

Full Tilt Poker $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 736629
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

UTG: $32.10
MP: $50.00
CO: $50.00
BTN: $59.40
Hero (SB): $54.90
BB: $46.70

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is SB with J J
3 folds, BTN calls $0.50, Hero raises to $3, 1 fold, BTN calls $2.50

Flop: ($6.50) 8 4 2 (2 players)
Hero bets $4, BTN calls $4

Turn: ($14.50) 6 (2 players)
Hero bets $8.50, BTN calls $8.50

River: ($31.50) Q (2 players)
Hero bets $16, BTN calls $16

Final Pot: $63.50
BTN mucks 7 7
Hero shows J J (a pair of Jacks)
Hero wins $60.50
(Rake: $3.00)

ofcourse at the turn and river you have to be ready to fold your hand to the rise. Now I just realized my bet siznig was poor in this hand as well(10$-turn, 20$ river and as a result 5$ more for me). I'll have to work on that.