getting pwnd by THE SYSTEM

fighting back tho

found out bailiff tried to charge my cz bank account for more than 1k gbp but still managed to play solid 2+h sess afterwards.

no clue whats goin on tho. have to wait till morning

playing terrible today

on some aggro spew monkey mode. no apparent reason.. prolly some subtle life tilt??

or standard after being b/e for 1week+

edit: ok like 1k hands later managed to pulled out quite a decent b/e day learned something and thx to KK>AK at 50nl ended up in greeeen

i swear

no more cashouts till 200nl. last one was in august and it set me back A LOT

when playing LAG style -> biggest challenge is to know WHEN and HOW are they adjusting

just realized

how much I've learned already. about poker, myself, others

solid day

7,5 bi 2k hands 7.5h

misplayed 2 hands at the end tho..

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/927257

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/927255

• the feeling of trying my absolute 100% and watching what transpires
• play, and improve, and u will be rewarded. there are no shortcuts in this game
• if u wanna get better u need to challange urself, dont be a bumhunter, crush the souls of every reg, they all suck, no one is good under 5/10 (no offence), some decent 200NL grinders, and alot of solid 400NL grinders out there for sure, but if they really were good they would have played higher already, and the good ones, that plays lower probably 16+ table to maximise their hourly so they are all just solid nits whom are not much to fear

I dont take drink coffee or redbull, basically if you want something really badly your brain pushes you past these obstacles

On November 09 2011 14:58 eestwood wrote: Show nested quote + wtf how can someone became that good all of a sudden //

he started hanging out with solid winning players and learning from them

10bi swings

every like 40k hands quite common for a 4bb winnar i guess

pretty fucked up day

feeling like shit, but still got some time on my hands so lets put in some quality hands.

lets step my c-game up

change gears

honestly, titen up srsly when u know u wont get credit.

feel the table, vylad se. 

October sum

recent adjustments / improvements I made to my game:

* play more pots with fish

• open wider range when fish in blinds,..

* playing back vs reg who is getting out of line PF

• dont 4bet them light oop, they call too much with gabage
• flat with holdings which flop well, outplay them post flop
• raising their cbets on flops where they cbet wide range works well

* tighten up PF

• this is one of the most important adjustments to my game I guess
• checked which hands I can open profitably in differen PF scenarios (flat from blinds, flat IP, raise 1st,..)
• -> as a result getting into less marginal situations, getting played back less and as a result easier grind (can play more tables), more credit with my bluffs

 * LP feedback on my hands

• thanks guys, I really appreciate everyone who comments on the hands I am posting

* picking GOOD spots for making moves post flop

• pounding on regs when they are obv weak, tighten up when they start playing back, hit them with value and watch epic spew
• no bluffing w/o equity, following my image/credit at a table,..
• having a plan - what cards can I PROFITABLY barrel, BD FDs, gutshots, all that counts. 
• trying to see my whole range in particular spot - no need to play back w pocket deuces on J75 flop, can wait for at least 2 overs and nut BDFD.... -> improve thinking in ranges

* table selection

• getting constantly 3bet oop and having 1 30 VPIP  fish on the right -> gtfo, find better table.

* work on my OWN game

• trying new stuff/ thinking on my own, not just what I saw in some training vid
• trying to find out what WORKS FOR ME
• always trying to hand read and make MY OWN decisions, even tho I'll get berated when I post the hand))

* pay attention to showdowns
- and make notes/adjust your opponent's profile accordingly 
--> 30-40 vpip fish playing "pretty cards" vs fish limp/calling 92s, 43o ?
--> std TAGgish player vs "reg" who flats 64s in blinds vs my MP open

• whats he peeling my cbets with ?

u need to pick ur spots like a ninja !

luv this. credit Longple

rly like my play lately. running quite good obv, but still

dat CW micros 2 vid on Isoing fish is golden. rewatch

yessur

cw micros 1

on folding vs calling down

- Making smallish mistakes (fold to x/r etc) to avoid potentially masive ones is a sign of a solid player

on c-game

so much opportunity when things r tough and u can force urself to think properly n play better than u would normally.

--> huge 4 ur confidence, raising the lvl when u play bad will make u much better

read this at least once a week b

On October 06 2011 09:22 longple wrote:

and this is how u always should break down a hand, for a beginner this might seem like much, but i really did all this analysis even before he raised, and this is something that is gonna come faster for a beginner aswell if he practises logical handreading and takes time to think

thats impossible to learn while playing alot of tables, thats why u should play 3-4 tables at most imo while learning

and then after some time, all this will come very natural to you, like this situation i ran through most of the possible outcomes of this hand as soon as i saw this board and was setting up a Cbet

listening to Jared

is always a win

I swear

I am trying.

omg I tiltz !

http://www.pokerhand.org/?6223060

nice 4b bluff shove w zero equity.

edit1: lets try 20min no-tilt sess

edit2: done. even booked a profit. feels good

pre session warmup

Jared T.

solid day

1.8k hands coz je dost na me.

was mad after dropping 4bi, took a break, went out, came back, watched Jared's vid on A-game, pulled out 2 solid sessions, stahnul to -1bi. yay

+ might be on the right way to consistently beat micros, 6 tables, tight solid game, dont put myself in marginal situations.

enjoying

13bi downswing over 20k hands.

no biggie I guess

i still love this stupid game.

thats all

fuck trnys. srsly. sick value there tho


BOOOOM

boss

media je nejhorsi herna. jak sem moh bjet tak tupej a hodit tam znova $$

sw, traffic, win rate na partyp >> RB + bonnuses

+ cashouts, diff sw always throws me off my game
++ i hate mucked cards so much

+ no fkin commission on cashouts on Party
+ weighted contributed rake on Party

" What can be said about NL50 then? The majority of the players are actually regulars, but they seem to be pretty bad most of them. Biggest mistake I see by them is not valuebetting enough, and polarizing there range heavily. Makes it a lot easier to call down with 3rd pair if you know they only valuebet with a thin range of hands. "


" Also, to 3-bet the regulars who just won a big pot probably had a success rate at 95 %."
-> regs who just lost big pot likely to play back 

solid taggish poker player and than there is this "beast" type of player

longple strat post

http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/983957/Simple_pre-flop_spot_question..html


im making assumptions about a player thought process and what he would do/how he would play a hand

keep payin off fish

even tho fish tryin to tell me he's got me beat

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/917285

and than this hand http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/917194

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/917288

and I pay him off again

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/917290

wtf

http://www.pokertableratings.com/party-player-search/dibrbir

new targets

regfish co otvira rly wide ranges. have position on him and abuse

AHA

- is he folding to 3bets? no? ok so hes folding lot of flops than. No?
no problem, so he'll fold to lotsa 2 brls. No?
no problem, so I'll fire 3 brrls on him alot.
still no fold? ok stop bluffing, and value bet him ta death

i like when they snap folding to my riv bluffs

g-bucks

http://www.bluffmagazine.com/magazine/'G-Bucks'-Conceptualizing-Money-Matters.-Phil-Galfond-985.htm

optimal play - math on barreling

to have idea how bad is to cbet and be done w/ the hand - not to have a plan for the turn and riv.

• if u cbet 0.75 flop psb, he risks 0.75 psb to win 1.75 flop psb.
• -> u must double barrel at least 70% of the time to make ur opps floats b/e if u always x/f T ( and never x/c or x/c)

• should be bit more in practise since his floats usually have 15-20% equity.

• if he bets turn with his pure floats when u check to him, he loses much more if u x/c or x/r as when u double barrel!
• -> turn double barrel fq +(2,5 * turn x/continuing fq) > 0.7 for 0.75 psb
• (if he bets 0.75 turn psb when checked to)

and reverse spot - if i float him - 

• if he always dubs or x/f T - my msr is 30%.
• if I bet 0.75 turn psb w my float, I lose 1.875 flop psb (0.75*2.5) when he x/c or x/r
• -> if I want to show a profit than:

T dub fq + (2.5*T check continuing fq) < 70%

• if he x/f turn to a 1/3 T psb than:

T dub fq + (1.1*T check continuing fq) < 70%

on visualizing ur range

cbets OOP:

worst hand u cbet on given board?
min amount of eq you'd cbet on this board?

červenec

25k hands
6,3 bb/100
90hours (HEM)
.
.
.
variance?
SB  -10bb/100
BB  -20bb/100

simple and it seems to work

be aware how wide is their range.

dude steals 50%, cbets 80% -> cbetting 40% of his brute pf range -> can't take heat on any flop

min defending fq

vs a cbet - 60%
vs a aggressive restealer - 35-40%

if u defend less, opp can profitable cbet/resteal any 2

c/r flop vs player types

cally/floaty players

• u want to c/r them on boards where u have some equity - OESD, FD at least
• be prepared to fire multiple brls
• its good to x/call on these boards sometimes as well, and than x/c or c/r when u hit

bet/folder (likes to cbet and GU)

• most boards are good vs this player
• brute force board might be the best - he rarely plays back at ppl

nit (tite cbets)

• obv, c/r good draws
• fire brls on scare cards
• c/r brute force is pretty good play - he might cbet them wider and rarely play back
• if he x/back, u should fire both T and R quite frequently - (might be peeling once with weak pair)

donk bet myth

why is it ok to cbet oop particular board texture, but you would never donk bet the same texture as a cold caller?

-> when cbetting oop, think donk betting the same spot

adjusting my CO opening range vs BTN

BTN is reg - more SCs stuff - 54s+
BTN is loose pasive - more TP heavy - Q9,K9,J8s

adjusting betting range vs station

depolarize/tighten our betting range:

flop T87r
- instead of cbetting 50% of the time w/ JTo+ all gutters+ and bluffs
- cbet 30% of the time w/ A7o+ and any 8+ out draw

flop value raising

good general rule: if opp has you beat more than 10%, its not good enough to raise for value

tag opens in MP, we flat OTB
flop Jd8s5s

AJ not strong enough to raise - he's got overpair+ more than 11% of the time.

rly love Janda's theory vids.

ok, stop fuckin around

its time for good ol solid grind.

good hands, position, get paid.

god i hate 10k+ b/e stretches

i know the right play, but lack the discipline to execute.

spew mode on - dude yet to 3bet in 40hands. nice level bro

on the other hand, my win rate from blinds is pretty impressive this month over small sample 19k

• SB -9bb
• BB -13bb

wtf is my problem today?

are the games too boring or whut>?

spewing like a monkey

be patient motherfucker! wait for good spots, give up sometimes

butchered bigtime

how can you be sure you are improving with no math or theory?

by checking for contradictions in our thought process

• " I don't think I can get 3 streets of value from AK on A84ss39dd board.
• Then you better go crazy 3-bet bluffing

1st sess - not good, was just clicking buttons in many spots not sure about the best play

monthly goals

100 hours of play (according to HEM )

30k QUALITY hands.
quality = see post below

quality > volume

LP Longple on improvement

"The biggest thing i done so far probably is started thinking on my own, reading hands and ranges from simple logic breaking it down from start to finish what my and villains ranges were"

playin better today

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/912426

1,5x pot seems to be enough to get fish fold TP ))


http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/912428

love the turn check vs 2 competent plrs, hate the riv call. yeah 25% pot odds, but he's almost never vbetting worse/bluffing. bluffing w/ what ??

playing terrible today

solid level
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/912266

his c/r didn't make sense to me, why wouldn't he cbet his value hand 3way + had a note on  him that he raised me w/ a draw once... hmm

sometimes I surprise myself

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/912221

good day

jammed 33 into QQ pre BvB, otherwise decent play )

playin so bad 2day..

http://www.pokerhand.org/?6151445

always try to rake in as much quality volume as possible
so good http://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=964894

FTP license suspended, moving to Party

games lookin juicy & soft so far. good to see 80/10 type fish again

putting in volume is pain tho, so far 1k hands over 4hours of play ://

long day

last hand suckout AK vs A2 on A52

on 4b bluffing

if u think he's 3b bluffing > 60% -> 4b bluff him. otherwise fold

blockers are much more important for 4bets than 3bets.

awesome

MP open, BTN calls. flop T74r.

my range here - 140 combos

cbet bluff - AK (16), Axs w BDFD (9), 55,66,88,99 (24) - 49
value - set (9) ATs (3), JJ+ (24) - 36

Turn - x/f low pp's if unimproved, x/c 99

optimal play at micros

obv exploitive play >>> optimal play

ale

so often are u facing unknown opp
so often are u surprised by his holding - misreads his range

theory videos >>> leakfinder vids / live session vids / replayer vids

on some new shit.. 2 - ur range when 3 barreling

how to play flop IP HU vs PFR - v techle spotech nejsem moc casto. Tohle bych mel vyuzit vic:

OOP as PFR














The general trend with 3 barreling is the same IP or OOP. Keep value betting every street and let some bluffs drop out.

Table dynamics are important, but plrs at 6max will ofte overemphisize their importance and use that as an excuse for taking random lines cos they're not sure what to do.

so true.. on game theory

you'll always make more money exploiting ur opps than trying to balance ur ranges.

you often won't know how to exploit ur opp since he has few glaring weaknesses or ur in a spot you've never seen before, and this is where this thought process (game theory) shines.

lost trying to figure out what other player's thought process is? use theory.

the best players know a combination of theory, general villain tendencies for their stakes, and how to exploit each common opp specifically.

touristy plr 20/6 flats us IP.. he'll have all the "pretty" cards in his range

exploiting specific player types/ their tendencies

* pasive post flop

• dont cbet complete air, they'll tell you if they have it or not

stop seeing monsters..

The turn is a bit spooky, true, but with a fish it's more likely that he turned a flush DRAW than a flush.

C- Game

work on it, dneska to byl uz docela solid tilt

1st thing - titen up. srsly. tvoje cbets nemaj respekt, souperi zvysujou freq  - vic te raisnujou, callujou etc.

biggest challenge - muzes usetrit = vydelat hodne bb's

value oop

you should almost always be planning on betting all 3 streets with your value hand when OOP.

vs some players, if u have specific read, it might be OK to x/c 1 or more streets.

on some new shit..

jak vypada tvoje range v danym spotu?

u flat reg's open IP, its HU to the QRRss flop. he cbets.

• raise AQ+, air w/ decent equity - AK, strong draws
• call reasonable SD value  - pair of Tx
• fold rest

CO open, we flat OTB. flop Q86dd

• raise value AQ,88,66 - 24 combos
• raise bluff AdJx,AdTx,77,99,TJs,T9s - 28 combos

u flat UTG open from BB.  flop J35ss.

• x/fold 66-99 - worst equity vs his range

we flat TAG UTG open IP. flop 986r

1st - good flop 4 us. it hits our range (43-48%, depends if we are ccalling SCs < JTs)  more than his

• fold - everything < overs + nut BD FD. don't need to make moves w/ nothing less

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"3:2" ratio bluffs:value raises OTF when our opp is likely to call. We should be able to follow through and VALUE jam 40% on the riv. Some bluffs will become nuts, some value hands wont be able to jam the riv.

what about Kxx, Axx flops ?

MP open we flat TdTx in the CO. flop AhJd5d.

bluff raise! we need more shitty bluffs in our range, not only KQdd..

MoP - Quotes

aggression is good
near optimal play automatically gets max from opp's mistakes

MoP - Reliance on Analysis

relying on analysis as our basis for poker knowledge is a much more reliable and impartial way of learning about the game. (= better than videos or someone else's word)

how long are your typical sessions?

My typical sessions are probably around ~3 hours, although this is obviously dependant on factors like game quality, my seat, how fatigued I am, how good I think I’m playing, how good I think everyone else is playing etc. Regardless of the length of my sessions, I always take breaks every 30-45 minutes where I sit out on all tables and go outside for a bit, or just lie down a while, go to the kitchen and have an apple, do some push-ups, whatever. The breaks range from 45 seconds to 5 minutes, the key here is that you rest your brain and allow yourself to re-engage when you return. I also sometimes recite mantras during my breaks, my favorite one is a quote from Phil Galfond: “Everytime the action is on you, it’s an opportunity for you to make the perfect decision”.

using stats

let’s say you’re playing 6m and some guy has 16% 3bet but your note says he showed up with AJo and KQo in SR pots. Then you can infer his 3betting range contains a whole lot of air and SC’s and very few broadway hands, because his value range is only 5.5% of hands(TT+,AJs+,KQs,AQo+) meaning there are 10.5% random other hands in his range. You should construct 3bet calling range to be all suited and offsuit broadways and also 4bet him frequently.

adjustment

The number one strategy I always utilise during my sessions is definitely adjustments. I think that’s my big strength in Poker and what I do better than most. I think a lot of people wait too long until they have adjust because they don’t really understand Bayesian probability. Basically, no matter what simple size you have, you can still make adjustments according to what you see, as long as any time you acquire new information, you keep adjusting. For example, I played a hand a few months ago where I had 76s HU, villain raised on the BTN, I flatted in the BB. The flop came down Q86 I c/c’d, turn was a T I checked, he checked behind, river was a 2 and I c/c’d, he had AT. At first I didn’t think much of it, but then I realized the extent of the adjustments I can make from it. I can infer his turn betting range is extremely polarized, as his value range is Qx+, therefore if he’s betting it at a high frequency he’ll be bluffing a lot, and if he’s betting it at a low frequency he will be value betting a lot. Therefore, I can make the adjustment to never raise his turn bet(because raising against a polarized range is mostly pointless; all better calls, all worse folds) and instead, raise his bet/check/bet line a lot, as it will include mostly weak 2nd pair hands he checked behind on the turn. Furthermore, if he’s betting turns polarized at a low frequency, I can c/c flops wider and expect to get to SD more often. This is just one example of the amount of information you can get from one hand.

Girah owns

Bluffing against amateur players in notoriously hard. Did you ever do this and how?
I think categorizing all amateur players as loose-passive calling stations is fairly dangerous and leads to sub-optimal lines and adjustments. When I play against amateur players, I generally shy away from broad, overreaching classifications like “calling station” or “aggro-fish” and try and make my reads more individualised and specific. I think fish playing styles vary a lot, and what I try to do is get inside their head/mind and try to understand the underlying thought process behind their “dumb” moves. So if they calldown my 3barrel in a 3b pot on T7892 with ace-high, rather than just getting frustrated and calling them loose-passive donks, I would try and make inferrences about how they think about Poker. In this case, they probably like the feeling of Hero-calling someone and that’s why they play so cally, so I want to give them the opportunity to make big calls for a lot of $: I might start overbetting more for thin value, and bluffing mostly in small pots. I can also infer they consider me to be aggressive, and they probably percieve my 3betting range to be mostly broadway cards, and my betting range on connected boards to be polarized. Immediately therefore, I can start to construct my ranges to exploit him, by flatting more broadway hands pre and 3betting more T8s 67s type stuff. I can also start depolarizing/tightening my betting ranges so that instead of my betting range on that board being JT+ and all gutters+, it becomes, A7+ and any 8+ out draw.

feels good

nothin special compared to other sickos tho

play your equity

kdyz mas dobrou handu, tak ji nepokladej bez solid readu. / hero folds
a opacne /hero calls

somebody testing me?

the run bad is just too long and its not getting any better. enjoying 80k+ b/e stretch. 75% FR, 25% 6max rush

feelin like tilting today, will try to stay strong

edit: tilt killer -> gym/run.. watch sum vid, 1 table rush. life's good again

+ micro's win rate killer -> spew

wtf happened to RUSH ?

is it just my impression/small sample ( couple weeks play though) that since black friday the games tightened up significantly?

if the meta-game is not very clear, dont out level yourself

back to 6max

after 3months grinding FR Rush. Dunno what happened, but the games just dried up. Most of the time i am siiting at the table w/ 7 regs and one 20/5 fish. Fuck that, i want some fat value.

6max looking good so far, regs overly spewy, have to table select alot but some fish is there.

1st 1k hands at 16:00 WET - regs i fish daleko vetsi donors nez FR rush poslednich par tejdnu.

yo, kids

INET POKERS:


there are three things that separate a mediocre player from a great player in this respect. The first of these three things is that that the great player has habitualized many of the decisions that a mediocre player has to rationalize (that is, for a great player the ghost in the machine is called upon less often), which indicates that the great player has much more experience and can use his poker logic to generate solutions to more situations. The second thing is that a great poker player's poker logic will be finer attuned to making precise and optimal plays than the mediocre player's. His habits will be closer to optimal and will have fewer sloppy habits. But the last and most important difference is that the great player is capable of re-rationalizing many of the spots which approximate habitualized spots; that is, where a more mediocre player might be inclined to treat different variations on the same theme exactly the same, a great player will see a subtle difference in these spots, call upon his ghost in the shell, and let it decree a variation upon the habit already in place.

takin it 1step further.

knew he's gonna flip, so why not. ideal spot

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/903254

http://cudlife.tumblr.com/post/4251526770/i-dont-smoke-weed-anymore-ill-leave-it-to-the

dneska je k dispozici tolik informaci k NLHE, ze killuje ten, kdo ma VLASTNI GAME. Vi co pro nej funguje nejlip, dostava se do +$$ situaci pre flop a dokaze S JISTOTOU manevrovat post flop.

this shit cracks me up

Captain Bluff Catcher... "Yo he's def polarized here SNAP CALL"


Bonus Whore "Will blow for rake-back"


Bored At Work Man - Reading poker forums like it's my job


Tampon Man "Removing tampons from fat women since 86" vs FlushMan - 'But it was suited!'


Average Man "I'm ok." vs Leopold Stotch

4 Rush On Demand SNGs

pocet picovin/pocet hands prekonava vsechno ostatni. - sick value, gonna grind em for a while

suverenne nejhorsi player pool ever. skill 10NL hracu na bossu je o nekolik urovni vejs

 http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/896004

everyone is solid

  http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/895931

  http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/895975

marked hands

A game fold
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/895723

everyone is solid
http://www.pokerhand.org/?6015664

greed is good, but there are exceptions
http://www.pokerhand.org/?6015679

bet sizing skills
http://www.pokerhand.org/?6015684

omgomg

ownage

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/895282

wp by him

marked hands

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/893968
haha nice peel bro. ur not gettin paid though. thanks 4 lettin me kno on the riv

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/893969
tite fold. ryby at RUSH FR maj o dost silnejsi ranges tady nez v 6 max

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/893970
dunno. kazdopadne delayed cbets zatim fungujou velice dobre

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/893971
what. nejak se mi nedari max value z flopnutejch monsters. ale slowplay OOP suxx

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/893972
fuck

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/893973
who's the fish