http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/velvia Recent blog comments published at Freaky Styley on deucescracked.com en-us Comment on Break by inavacuum I know this runs are sick, but if you can come out of the otherside you'll be much better equipped to deal with them in the future - because they will happen again. I know you have the technical ability to progress, so this will be your harshest test. Good luck. Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:48:30 +0000 /blogs/velvia/71061-Break#comment89901 /blogs/velvia/71061-Break#comment89901 inavacuum Comment on Steamed by velvia Thanks bro, it always help to hear good words from good people... The bad thing that i've kind of lost my play and started playing too nitty. So it's the time to step down and get back the groove. Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:03:34 +0000 /blogs/velvia/70561-Steamed#comment88991 /blogs/velvia/70561-Steamed#comment88991 velvia Comment on Steamed by Tackleberry Don´t worry, mate, there are days like that. Be glad that it were only 5 BI, if your bankroll management is healthy it shouldn´t bother you. Losing 5 BI in one session is kind of a "regular" experience you should get used to. You will get it back in no time if you keep your head up straight. GL! Wed, 22 Jun 2011 06:59:06 +0000 /blogs/velvia/70561-Steamed#comment88941 /blogs/velvia/70561-Steamed#comment88941 Tackleberry Comment on Switching limits by velvia Thanks for the tip and for the great advices. You're right with the money factor, it seems to be a problem, but i could cope with tilt, it's the next project. The 2BI stoploss is nitty, but if we take the NL30-NL50 transition, this way i had to grind up only cca. 3BI when I dropped down. But if i fail every time i will adjust some way. I hope we will meet soon at SSNL:) Wed, 15 Jun 2011 07:20:07 +0000 /blogs/velvia/70011-Switching-limits#comment87831 /blogs/velvia/70011-Switching-limits#comment87831 velvia Comment on Switching limits by PrickselFish Nice to read that you moveing up. One advice tho, you have to lose respect to money step by step. You cannot think of money value of this. More up you move the less you can think of it.' And this 2BI loss seems little bit too niti. Dont get me wrong, if its working for you then go ahead. But i just think that its better to make lets say 34 BI's and have 4BI stoploss. That way you have liuttle bit more to room to move. But good luck and i hope that soon enoug you will be at SSNL :) Tue, 14 Jun 2011 19:56:28 +0000 /blogs/velvia/70011-Switching-limits#comment87791 /blogs/velvia/70011-Switching-limits#comment87791 PrickselFish Comment on Switching limits by velvia I don't think so, it just gives me some more confidence and it worked for me. But the 2BI stoploss is very good imo. Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:55:35 +0000 /blogs/velvia/70011-Switching-limits#comment87781 /blogs/velvia/70011-Switching-limits#comment87781 velvia Comment on Switching limits by SirPWNsalot Keep climbing sir! Do you think anything under 30bi's is super bad? say stab at 25bi's and drop at 20.. Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:26:56 +0000 /blogs/velvia/70011-Switching-limits#comment87751 /blogs/velvia/70011-Switching-limits#comment87751 SirPWNsalot Comment on Movin' up by SirPWNsalot wd man! Mon, 13 Jun 2011 09:01:07 +0000 /blogs/velvia/69811-Movin-up#comment87511 /blogs/velvia/69811-Movin-up#comment87511 SirPWNsalot Comment on Movin' up by velvia Thanks bro, I hope i can keep it up:) Sun, 12 Jun 2011 18:21:42 +0000 /blogs/velvia/69811-Movin-up#comment87411 /blogs/velvia/69811-Movin-up#comment87411 velvia Comment on Movin' up by Tackleberry Grats on this, that´s nice to hear! Wish you all the very best. Sun, 12 Jun 2011 12:24:29 +0000 /blogs/velvia/69811-Movin-up#comment87351 /blogs/velvia/69811-Movin-up#comment87351 Tackleberry Comment on Music during session by velvia Thanks for the tip, will give it a try Sat, 11 Jun 2011 21:01:06 +0000 /blogs/velvia/69691-Music-during-session#comment87321 /blogs/velvia/69691-Music-during-session#comment87321 velvia Comment on Music during session by ocd193 I downloaded some piano music after watching eightfold path. Its normally not my thing but it seems to keep me calm and focused on the game. Sat, 11 Jun 2011 00:59:28 +0000 /blogs/velvia/69691-Music-during-session#comment87211 /blogs/velvia/69691-Music-during-session#comment87211 ocd193 Comment on Session with a true maniac by ocd193 Thats what i figured. I played with a maniac like that yesterday. Shoved about every 4th hand. Was desperately wanted something to get it in with but went card dead. Sat, 11 Jun 2011 00:57:34 +0000 /blogs/velvia/69301-Session-with-a-true-maniac#comment87201 /blogs/velvia/69301-Session-with-a-true-maniac#comment87201 ocd193 Comment on Polarized day by velvia Thanks for the math Tack, didn't know about this. Against this guy i would be stacking off so deep only with the nuts. I mean, even 2pair could be very risky as they could have any better (or not). Yeah, running bad is a menthal test, just like running good. I'm much better at taking the coolers like the 1st hand and the bad beats. But now I'm bleeding in the leveling preflop AI war against regs. Thu, 09 Jun 2011 09:39:51 +0000 /blogs/velvia/69601-Polarized-day#comment86961 /blogs/velvia/69601-Polarized-day#comment86961 velvia Comment on Polarized day by Tackleberry 1st hand: OUCH :( 2nd hand: Please don´t do it, you are deeper than normal, but not actually deep and there are so damn few flops that really help you. I checked it with StoxEV and even if all stars align and Villain always stacks off with any piece of the board (including A5s on a board of KQ5!!) you´re merely break-even if you wait for a hand like 2p+. As it can´t get any better you almost have no chance to profit from your preflop call. 76s is a slightly different story (although it´s probably thinner than one might think). When running bad (as you obviously do), it´s most important to keep your head clear and not starting to get sloppy. This is like spewing oil into the burning fire. Ah, and after stopping my rant - grats for this huge pot!!! :D Thu, 09 Jun 2011 07:18:19 +0000 /blogs/velvia/69601-Polarized-day#comment86901 /blogs/velvia/69601-Polarized-day#comment86901 Tackleberry Comment on Polarized day by velvia He minopened and we were deep. Wed, 08 Jun 2011 17:09:29 +0000 /blogs/velvia/69601-Polarized-day#comment86691 /blogs/velvia/69601-Polarized-day#comment86691 velvia Comment on Polarized day by HouseofCards IDK, looking at the effective stack sizes and the way that hand played I'd be pretty tempted ;) Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:33:53 +0000 /blogs/velvia/69601-Polarized-day#comment86681 /blogs/velvia/69601-Polarized-day#comment86681 HouseofCards Comment on Polarized day by Jyhani Even if the UTG is a mega fish I still wouldn't flat with 67o. Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:25:57 +0000 /blogs/velvia/69601-Polarized-day#comment86671 /blogs/velvia/69601-Polarized-day#comment86671 Jyhani Comment on Rough day by velvia Thanks Tack, it helps definitely:) Wed, 08 Jun 2011 07:28:28 +0000 /blogs/velvia/69511-Rough-day#comment86521 /blogs/velvia/69511-Rough-day#comment86521 velvia Comment on Rough day by Tackleberry > "The biggest issue which makes me nervous is that i've made big mistakes." I formerly used to get mad at myself when I made mistakes, until a very wise man (and great mental coach) told me this: "You should be grateful for making mistakes, because they show you the topics you didnd´t mastered yet!" Maybe that helps you as much as it did to me. :) Wed, 08 Jun 2011 05:26:07 +0000 /blogs/velvia/69511-Rough-day#comment86501 /blogs/velvia/69511-Rough-day#comment86501 Tackleberry Comment on Session with a true maniac by velvia Yeah, that was the plan exactly. I never openlimp Mon, 06 Jun 2011 07:31:39 +0000 /blogs/velvia/69301-Session-with-a-true-maniac#comment86201 /blogs/velvia/69301-Session-with-a-true-maniac#comment86201 velvia Comment on Session with a true maniac by ocd193 Wow. In the 1st 2 hands are you just limping expecting him to shove. Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:19:57 +0000 /blogs/velvia/69301-Session-with-a-true-maniac#comment86071 /blogs/velvia/69301-Session-with-a-true-maniac#comment86071 ocd193 Comment on First steps at NL30 by Branch10 Nice job! Keep crushing! Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:39:18 +0000 /blogs/velvia/69121-First-steps-at-NL30#comment85941 /blogs/velvia/69121-First-steps-at-NL30#comment85941 Branch10 Comment on Stat help by velvia Thanks for the tips guys, really good points you both mentioned. I play my draws passively it's true and seems that i'm not that aggressive at fighting for pots. I also feel that I'm bluffed a lot. My CO range is fairly tight, The blinds is also a big question how i should play. Thu, 19 May 2011 08:19:40 +0000 /blogs/velvia/67871-Stat-help#comment84011 /blogs/velvia/67871-Stat-help#comment84011 velvia Comment on Stat help by Tonic1223 Thing i noticed are, you are WAYYY to tight in the CO and kind of tight on the btn. Your steal in the CO should be 35-40%, and btn steal could be 50% at least. Also your W$WSF is extremely LOW. You arent fighting for NEARLY enough pots. I suggest watching grindcore's 2 series on red line. You arent cbetting enough at all in the CO or btn after raising preflop, try and get your cbet stat closer to 65-75%. You are also being to weak on the river, valuebet thinner with top pair and 2nd pair hands. Adjust your bet size to compensate for this. Thu, 19 May 2011 06:57:41 +0000 /blogs/velvia/67871-Stat-help#comment83991 /blogs/velvia/67871-Stat-help#comment83991 Tonic1223 Comment on Stat help by Jyhani Uhm, given that it's 5max you are playing somewhat tightly from UTG and CO. Also your fold to 3-bet is only 75% which can be considered on the low side. Maybe you should filter hands where you did call a 3-bet and see if you see some mistakes. Your aggression stats are also on the low side overall. Do you play your draws passively? Those are a few things to consider. I'm no expert to stats so take my advice with caution. Wed, 18 May 2011 12:39:25 +0000 /blogs/velvia/67871-Stat-help#comment83941 /blogs/velvia/67871-Stat-help#comment83941 Jyhani Comment on Hero is crushed by velvia Thanks for your toughts guys. I know that result orientedness is not a great thing, but at some point it affects me. I also know that it's not that good, struggling with this and wo handling these issues i won't improve as a player. It's better than in the past. But i use the blog for some kind of self-cure and won't pour the forums w these hands. I just want to make you feel about the process as i find it interesting how to reach to this point. Concerning the hands Hand 3 is a total bad play, i was tilted and couldn't lay down. Wanted to see a flush draw here from the fish. Hand 4 it's not that easy. Villain is a spewtard 3b monkey and 5b shoving often. Wed, 18 May 2011 07:29:15 +0000 /blogs/velvia/67811-Hero-is-crushed#comment83911 /blogs/velvia/67811-Hero-is-crushed#comment83911 velvia Comment on Hero is crushed by nipper3 hands 1 and 2 are just coolers.....hands 3 and 4 are awful.....just poor play account for these! Wed, 18 May 2011 06:17:29 +0000 /blogs/velvia/67811-Hero-is-crushed#comment83881 /blogs/velvia/67811-Hero-is-crushed#comment83881 nipper3 Comment on Hero is crushed by 9dJhQhKhAh Variance is sick. The only thing I would say is don't be results orientated, and don't post coolers, yes they suck, but if you post hands that were tough decisions, then you can get the community to help you. http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/9djhqhkhah Wed, 18 May 2011 03:57:43 +0000 /blogs/velvia/67811-Hero-is-crushed#comment83861 /blogs/velvia/67811-Hero-is-crushed#comment83861 9dJhQhKhAh Comment on 3b or not? by velvia ready for discussion Wed, 11 May 2011 17:02:46 +0000 /blogs/velvia/67151-3b-or-not-#comment82811 /blogs/velvia/67151-3b-or-not-#comment82811 velvia Comment on 3b or not? by nipper3 ur reasoning is why u play nl 20 Wed, 11 May 2011 12:37:22 +0000 /blogs/velvia/67151-3b-or-not-#comment82781 /blogs/velvia/67151-3b-or-not-#comment82781 nipper3 Comment on Tilting a good reg by velvia Thanks Tack, btw it would be cool to read your blog:) Sun, 08 May 2011 15:17:59 +0000 /blogs/velvia/66981-Tilting-a-good-reg#comment82521 /blogs/velvia/66981-Tilting-a-good-reg#comment82521 velvia Comment on Tilting a good reg by Tackleberry LOL - nice hand, well played. :) Sun, 08 May 2011 13:31:09 +0000 /blogs/velvia/66981-Tilting-a-good-reg#comment82511 /blogs/velvia/66981-Tilting-a-good-reg#comment82511 Tackleberry Comment on Life after FTP by velvia Thanks for the tip. I'm experimenting with smaller ISO raise sizes and to be more selective with my cbets. Will see Thu, 21 Apr 2011 09:39:05 +0000 /blogs/velvia/65471-Life-after-FTP#comment79981 /blogs/velvia/65471-Life-after-FTP#comment79981 velvia Comment on Life after FTP by eminemead sounds like what happens to me on 888poker...lol against limpers, i would suggest tightening up a little bit your iso value range.... Thu, 21 Apr 2011 01:18:52 +0000 /blogs/velvia/65471-Life-after-FTP#comment79941 /blogs/velvia/65471-Life-after-FTP#comment79941 eminemead Comment on Regfishes by velvia What does the sample size matter if somebody is calling 3bets with any junk and clearly playing without any clue postflop? Anyway, I've played enough hands on my limit to stick to my observations. Tue, 12 Apr 2011 20:19:31 +0000 /blogs/velvia/64391-Regfishes#comment77811 /blogs/velvia/64391-Regfishes#comment77811 velvia Comment on Regfishes by AshThePro Oh. Well it would be interesting to see if these observations persist over a larger sample size? Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:07:32 +0000 /blogs/velvia/64391-Regfishes#comment77741 /blogs/velvia/64391-Regfishes#comment77741 AshThePro Comment on Regfishes by AshThePro Oh. Well it would be interesting to see if these observations persist over a larger sample size? Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:07:32 +0000 /blogs/velvia/64391-Regfishes#comment77751 /blogs/velvia/64391-Regfishes#comment77751 AshThePro Comment on Regfishes by velvia Not enough Tue, 12 Apr 2011 08:51:24 +0000 /blogs/velvia/64391-Regfishes#comment77681 /blogs/velvia/64391-Regfishes#comment77681 velvia Comment on Regfishes by AshThePro How many hands did you play before coming to this conclusion? Tue, 12 Apr 2011 06:11:12 +0000 /blogs/velvia/64391-Regfishes#comment77641 /blogs/velvia/64391-Regfishes#comment77641 AshThePro Comment on Regfishes by pavman this is why I prefer to start new tables than to join waitlists for tables with 'fish' on them Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:05:17 +0000 /blogs/velvia/64391-Regfishes#comment77541 /blogs/velvia/64391-Regfishes#comment77541 pavman Comment on Regfishes by ravenjetbyrne i fear im a regfish,,ahhhh Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:06:51 +0000 /blogs/velvia/64391-Regfishes#comment77481 /blogs/velvia/64391-Regfishes#comment77481 ravenjetbyrne Comment on Groups, buddies, poker rooms, micro challenge by eminemead nice post, Velvia... im playing 10nl on FT as well. Add me on skype so that we can talk more poker if u dont mind. im eminemead on skype. Wed, 23 Mar 2011 03:10:41 +0000 /blogs/velvia/61701-Groups-buddies-poker-rooms-micro-challenge#comment73781 /blogs/velvia/61701-Groups-buddies-poker-rooms-micro-challenge#comment73781 eminemead Comment on NoteCaddy review by easyoffbam Check out another review at www.pokerutility.com, they also have an interview with the developer of NoteCaddy. Thu, 04 Nov 2010 03:37:12 +0000 /blogs/velvia/42521-NoteCaddy-review#comment48811 /blogs/velvia/42521-NoteCaddy-review#comment48811 easyoffbam