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Tomorrow's Video on Deucescracked.com

Recently I played a "home game" on Poker Stars that consisted of 6 members from Deuces Cracked playing some micro limit hold em.

The bonus to playing against 5 other really tough opponent's was that it was recorded and used in one of the many great series that DC has every season. This game will be part of Passing The Torch, run by PygmyHero who is coaching Adrienne'sRevenge and helping her ascend to higher levels.

The other great thing about this video is DC's awesome technology of the hole card cam, where all our cards will be seen during the entire video. This enables PygmyHero, and his special guest (another coach from DC) to critique all of the players during this session, which will greatly benefit all of us and show us the weak spots to work on in our game. and They are the only poker training site out there with this feature and it is truly cutting edge. So this will be further proof of how much of a donk I really am. I ran pretty good after making some horrendous errors which I'm sure will be pointed out. I hope all my fellow BGLL members get something out of it besides knowing what a fish I can be.

Talk to you all soon....

Hmm... Anyone have some advice here?

Lately I've been having some frustration with my favorite kind of fish.. the loose passive player who NEVER. RAISES. EVER. How does one combat the emotions that come with playing this type of player? I know most of the time I'll amass a nice stack from him but here's a hand I played recently that may sum it up a bit.

Here's the stats for both villains and a bit of a read... ( and sorry, Adri the converter has a 4 color deck... and the spades are yellow, ugh!)

SB is 48/0/0.3 over a smallish sample (75 hands) and has cold called JJ to my EP open, x/c on a Q high flop and call down UI, chases draws and didn't raise a rivered nut flush 3 way;

The BB is 32/20/4.7 after 50 hands and his favorite move is a x/r on the turn and is a bit more aggressive on the later streets. He's won at showdown 5 out of 15 tries so far and seems to rely on fold equity.

Full Tilt Poker $0.25/$0.50 Limit Hold'em - 5 players - View hand 89451

The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter



Pre Flop: (1.4 SB) Hero is CO with A 8

1 fold, Hero raises, 1 fold, SB calls, BB calls



Flop: (6 SB) A T 9 (3 players)

SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets, SB calls, BB calls



Turn: (4.5 BB) T (3 players)

SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets, SB calls, BB raises, Hero calls, SB calls



River: (10.5 BB) 8 (3 players)

SB checks, BB bets, Hero calls, SB calls



Final Pot: 13.5 BB

Hero shows A 8 (two pair, Aces and Tens)

SB shows T A (a full house, Tens full of Aces)

BB shows K 6 (a pair of Tens)

SB wins 12.9 BB

(Rake: $0.30)




First does anyone see a weak spot in my line? Did I over play this on the turn? Do we ever slow down our betting against him? The BB's x/r doesn't really scare that much given the read. According to stove I'm not too bad.

The real question is what is the SB thinking? Why not put in a raise somewhere? Does anyone have a good understanding on what goes through the mind of this type of player? I understand the rationale of "I don't want to lose any customers" but what gives?

Good luck on the felt and may the good cards hit your hand...

The last few sessions have been pretty bad for me and I'm to blame for it. Today I felt like a total spew monkey. I'm value betting really thin in some river spots with nut no pair type hands where it's clear the villain isn't folding with 3rd pair. Consistently.
I'm not focusing at all and I can feel the tilt rising in me. At least I'm recognizing that and quitting well before disaster strikes so I have that as a consolation. Going to do some review in Hold Em Manager and start to fix this crap now. And maybe run a little bit tonight as punishment!

What? A new post?

Well, it's been quite a while for me but feel I must post more now since I've let my fellow Bi Gro Land Lubbers at Deuces Cracked know of this pathetic little thing I call a blog.

I'm feeling a lot more comfortable in my new shoes, aka playing 6-max limit poker. I still don't get a ton of hands in but I'm working on it more every day. This will be a short post to get the juices flowing again so bear with me, dear reader. Here's a hand I got really lucky on because I feel i played the turn about as shitty as possible, imo. I had no reads at all, as this was like the 10th hand, and I was on the phone with Mrs. whodat (or should she be Mrs. Rootbeer 2000 now?). You decide.

Poker Stars $0.25/$0.50 Limit Hold'em - 5 players - View hand 47550
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

Pre Flop: (1.4 SB) Hero is BB with 7 5
UTG calls, CO calls, BTN calls, SB calls, Hero checks

Flop: (5 SB) 7 6 5 (5 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG checks, CO checks, BTN bets, SB folds, Hero raises, UTG calls, CO calls, BTN 3-bets, Hero calls, UTG calls, CO calls

Turn: (8.5 BB) J (4 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks, CO checks, BTN bets, Hero calls, UTG calls, CO raises, BTN calls, Hero calls, UTG calls

River: (16.5 BB) 7 (4 players)
Hero bets, UTG calls, CO raises, BTN 3-bets, Hero caps!, UTG calls, CO calls, BTN calls
Let me know how badly I played this, please. I can take it. Good luck on the felt and may the good cards hit your hand.