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....
Showing posts with label Limit Hold 'Em. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Limit Hold 'Em. Show all posts
April 28, 2009
April 7, 2009
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...
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
81 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...
February 23, 2009
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.
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.
November 8, 2008
It Happened Again
If you're a reader here you'll remember my moment of genius in this post. I really need to watch wtf I'm doing when opening up tables at Bodog because it happened once more without even knowing it.
It could've been disastrous but maybe these guys aren't that good? Or I'm just on the better side of variance. I played about 50 hands before I realized I wasn't on a play table and managed to win 10 Big Bets at a $5/$10 Heads Up cash table.
Maybe watching all those Death Donkey HU videos at Deuces Cracked is paying off because I never felt out of control during the (short by choice) match. Or, more than likely, since I didn't know I was playing for real cash I just focused on the opponent's style and how to expoit it? At any rate I think I'll pause for now.
Good luck on the felt and may the good cards hit your hand.
It could've been disastrous but maybe these guys aren't that good? Or I'm just on the better side of variance. I played about 50 hands before I realized I wasn't on a play table and managed to win 10 Big Bets at a $5/$10 Heads Up cash table.
Maybe watching all those Death Donkey HU videos at Deuces Cracked is paying off because I never felt out of control during the (short by choice) match. Or, more than likely, since I didn't know I was playing for real cash I just focused on the opponent's style and how to expoit it? At any rate I think I'll pause for now.
Good luck on the felt and may the good cards hit your hand.
October 6, 2008
Update
One of the parameters set in 2+2 of doing this 15 Big Bet Challenge is to complete it in 3 hours and see how far you can make it up the ladder. That doesn't work too well for me as I may be interrupted with work, which was the case today. But I'll try to stick to the requirements and see how it goes.
I finished off the .05/.10 level in 144 hands. I was really card dead for about 6 orbits and saw a ton of action being thrown around. Needless to say, I was licking my chops and eager to see some hands come my way.
Most of the players are so weak passive it isn't even funny. Patience is key and you'll get paid off with your good hands like this one. I was hoping for some more action after seeing the other guys' hands, but alas.....
Thanks to Deuces Cracked for the hand history converter.
Poker Stars $0.05/$0.10 Limit Hold'em - 6 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter
Pre Flop: (1.4 SB) Hero is MP with 9
9
1 fold, Hero raises, 1 fold, BTN calls, SB calls, BB calls
Flop: (8 SB) 3 9
9
(4 players)
SB bets, BB folds, Hero calls, BTN calls
Turn: (5.5 BB) 8 (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, BTN calls, SB calls
River: (8.5 BB) 2 (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, BTN calls, SB calls
Final Pot: 11.5 BB
BTN mucks Qd Qh
SB mucks Jc As
Hero shows 9s 9h (four of a kind, Nines)
Hero wins 11 BB
(Rake: $0.05)
So I'm on to the next level after playing a little over an hour. I'll be back at it later this evening and hopefully have some good news to report.
Run Good
I finished off the .05/.10 level in 144 hands. I was really card dead for about 6 orbits and saw a ton of action being thrown around. Needless to say, I was licking my chops and eager to see some hands come my way.
Most of the players are so weak passive it isn't even funny. Patience is key and you'll get paid off with your good hands like this one. I was hoping for some more action after seeing the other guys' hands, but alas.....
Thanks to Deuces Cracked for the hand history converter.
Poker Stars $0.05/$0.10 Limit Hold'em - 6 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter
Pre Flop: (1.4 SB) Hero is MP with 9
91 fold, Hero raises, 1 fold, BTN calls, SB calls, BB calls
Flop: (8 SB) 3
9 9 (4 players)SB bets, BB folds, Hero calls, BTN calls
Turn: (5.5 BB) 8
(3 players)SB checks, Hero bets, BTN calls, SB calls
River: (8.5 BB) 2
(3 players)SB checks, Hero bets, BTN calls, SB calls
Final Pot: 11.5 BB
BTN mucks Qd Qh
SB mucks Jc As
Hero shows 9s 9h (four of a kind, Nines)
Hero wins 11 BB
(Rake: $0.05)
So I'm on to the next level after playing a little over an hour. I'll be back at it later this evening and hopefully have some good news to report.
Run Good
March 12, 2008
Wednesday
I've been bouncing back and forth recently between playing Limit Hold 'Em (LHE), Full-Ring No Limit Hold 'Em (NLHE), and 6-max NLHE and seem to be losing focus. I like all three games, as they each have their own merit, but by playing all three I'm seeing a lot of variance now. I think I need to pick one and stick with it and hopefully it'll be soon. I've been talking to NeonBlack about this and he's given me some good advice on Full-ring if I decide to go back to that game, so thanks for that, Neon. Good luck on the felt and may the good cards hit your hand.
Yesterday My daughter was excited to pick the first flower from the phlox plant on our deck and I wanted to get some shots of it with the Raynox lens before it wilted. This is a sign that warmer days will reamin constant, since this perrennial is usually the first to bloom down here. The first shot is kind of close up to show scale. That is whodat's thumb in the top left of the frame. These are all full framed, uncropped shots.
This second one is shot with full 4x optical zoom and 12x digital zoom to get closer.
The third one is taken with 21x digital zoom. The Canon S3IS is capable of 48x digital zoom, but this photographer isn't steady enough to get a good shot. Yet. Hope you enjoy these and leave a comment if you like.
Yesterday My daughter was excited to pick the first flower from the phlox plant on our deck and I wanted to get some shots of it with the Raynox lens before it wilted. This is a sign that warmer days will reamin constant, since this perrennial is usually the first to bloom down here. The first shot is kind of close up to show scale. That is whodat's thumb in the top left of the frame. These are all full framed, uncropped shots.
This second one is shot with full 4x optical zoom and 12x digital zoom to get closer.
The third one is taken with 21x digital zoom. The Canon S3IS is capable of 48x digital zoom, but this photographer isn't steady enough to get a good shot. Yet. Hope you enjoy these and leave a comment if you like.
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