Well after a very distressing week in the Winnipeg poker community, it is time to return back to poker. Make sure you are checking out pegcityhustling.com for all that has happened in our little poker community. But it's time to move on, unless there is some support needed like the social they are talking about holding. If we do anything like that count Felter in.
I have returned to solid play, but it has not been very profitable. I think I may have found a leak in my game where I can have sessions that are way under aggressive. Almost as if there are two Felter's. But I have had a couple of sessions where I have noticed it mid session and changed it up. If I can notice it when it is happening it will be solved. I am beginning to understand how Phil Laak uses brainwave monitoring equipment and can see certain patterns in the images when he is playing well. When I am too laid back I bet it would be identifiable (as insane as this sounds, he really does it apparently).
I have had some swingy session and took my $209, down to $75 back to $205 a couple of times in a couple of sessions, but without tilting the solid play will keep you coming around. As I said before unless I run bad, and I just can't worry about that, I don't have the bankroll for it. So if it happens it happens.
Anyway I have about $212 right now and will continue to plug away. The next bonus is coming soon ($100) so that will help inject a little life back into my game.
Nothing else to report other than my thoughts are with the players who were charged in the raids. I hope nothing untoward happens as a result.
--Felter
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Saturday, June 2, 2007
Old ghosts returning
It appears that I am more of a creature of habit than I can control. In the past I have taken a small stake or small tourney cash, run it up to just under or just over a thousand dollars and then something happens, and I can not hold on to that bankroll as it slides through my fingers like a handfull of sand. The harder I grab at it the faster it slips through with only the sound of crushed aspirations as it slides into the abyss of failed dreams.
Sound a bit dramatic, yes it is, but to make a point. The micro grinders like me, the ones that are reading and studying and talking and blogging and posting are not really doing this for fun. We are doing it to beat the game; to prepare like a chess player to become a grand master. Until we can make a real go of it, it is not about the money but about the decisions (yet somehow all those Sklansky dollars ain't paying for this education).
Symptoms of the inevitable slide are:
1) Having a great run - CHECK
I took $25 from a free tourney entry win to $765, cashed out $250 to pay back my staker (from a previous $250 stake that I very nearly went broke on). At my high the remaining $475 was at $575 (mid session)
2) Beginning to play too much - CHECK
on a heater the game pulls you in. My goal of reaching a $2,000 bankroll seems like it will be within reach any minute now, the game gets easy, idiots try to bluff you off the second nuts and life is good
3) Since I am running this well here, at a higher limit I can.... - CHECK
If I am running this well at $1, I can step up to $2 and buy in short and ... yes I shamefully admit I made a return to $2 this week, with a $60 short stack buy in (but just one buy in was all I was going to risk) took a cooler and re bought... I ended this session, up 20 cents. When I doubled up the second buy in, I somehow came to my senses and left a table full of better players, or at least players with a much larger bankroll (and with aggressive poker being good poker, sometimes those two things are not as different as I would like to think)
4) Bad sessions increase in their depth - CHECK
I recovered magically from several sessions that cut my bankroll in half, or WORSE this week
5) Then the bad sessions BUT the recovery doesn't happen and you have two big bad sessions in a row - CHECK
I put back to back sessions together that ran me from $575 down to $98 - literally turning my baby bankroll into liquid shit. The first of these session had NO SHARPS in it at all. I played after coming home late just off the plane from a 19 hour day and lost more than $200 (it is hard to type that sentence and not erase it btw)
6) Playing sessions that are likely to be down - CHECK
(from the above point)
Doctor check me into the hospital, it was all coming to reality too quickly, and I slipped again. In the second large down session I was calling near pot bets with third pair sure he was bluffing, and was never right (funny how when I am on my game, I am sometimes right, when I am not, I am never right). Yes it is absolutely correct that my hands were just not holding up, my continuation bets were always getting called, I wasn't finding tables with the maniacs and LAGs that have built my bankroll up, but all of these things are symptoms of poor play too.
For example if your continuation bets are "always getting called" guess what, your competition has adapted to you, but you haven't adapted to you. Through playing too much and running poorly from some legitimate nasty river cards, I almost go into auto pilot. This is where I begin to play the game mechanically, I am concentrating and trying to play correct poker (notice I did not say Good poker) so I revert to a very safe, very predictable strategy and almost could sleep while doing it.
Anyway to wake myself up I went to a 25 cent table and played as an absolute LAG. This may look like tilt but absolutely was not. It was intentionally having a session where I intended to shake up my game (not the table, sorry badass23 but it was not about you at all). I opened every pot for the standard 8x blind raise and showed every garbage hand that was not called. Every time I caught a piece I over bet it, I would bet pre flop whatever the guy next to me had left. All of this when I thought I had the best hand or would not get a call. I finished that session at $57 from the $25 buy in... hmmm and I felt mentally alert again. I shook off the autopilot.
Then I returned to the game I have been doing well at. I bought into a $1 table for $20 and through good short stack poker I closed the table at $88 when I felt tired.
Hopefully my math is all correct but my baby bankroll currently sits (stake free) at $209.35 after those small recovery sessions. Unfortunately all it will take is solid good poker play, but on a bad run to eliminate this, but I can't worry about that. All I can do is return to setting as many things in my favour as possible. For example I virtually never win in early AM Sat and Sun sessions... and I am blogging rather than playing right now.
--Felter
Sound a bit dramatic, yes it is, but to make a point. The micro grinders like me, the ones that are reading and studying and talking and blogging and posting are not really doing this for fun. We are doing it to beat the game; to prepare like a chess player to become a grand master. Until we can make a real go of it, it is not about the money but about the decisions (yet somehow all those Sklansky dollars ain't paying for this education).
Symptoms of the inevitable slide are:
1) Having a great run - CHECK
I took $25 from a free tourney entry win to $765, cashed out $250 to pay back my staker (from a previous $250 stake that I very nearly went broke on). At my high the remaining $475 was at $575 (mid session)
2) Beginning to play too much - CHECK
on a heater the game pulls you in. My goal of reaching a $2,000 bankroll seems like it will be within reach any minute now, the game gets easy, idiots try to bluff you off the second nuts and life is good
3) Since I am running this well here, at a higher limit I can.... - CHECK
If I am running this well at $1, I can step up to $2 and buy in short and ... yes I shamefully admit I made a return to $2 this week, with a $60 short stack buy in (but just one buy in was all I was going to risk) took a cooler and re bought... I ended this session, up 20 cents. When I doubled up the second buy in, I somehow came to my senses and left a table full of better players, or at least players with a much larger bankroll (and with aggressive poker being good poker, sometimes those two things are not as different as I would like to think)
4) Bad sessions increase in their depth - CHECK
I recovered magically from several sessions that cut my bankroll in half, or WORSE this week
5) Then the bad sessions BUT the recovery doesn't happen and you have two big bad sessions in a row - CHECK
I put back to back sessions together that ran me from $575 down to $98 - literally turning my baby bankroll into liquid shit. The first of these session had NO SHARPS in it at all. I played after coming home late just off the plane from a 19 hour day and lost more than $200 (it is hard to type that sentence and not erase it btw)
6) Playing sessions that are likely to be down - CHECK
(from the above point)
Doctor check me into the hospital, it was all coming to reality too quickly, and I slipped again. In the second large down session I was calling near pot bets with third pair sure he was bluffing, and was never right (funny how when I am on my game, I am sometimes right, when I am not, I am never right). Yes it is absolutely correct that my hands were just not holding up, my continuation bets were always getting called, I wasn't finding tables with the maniacs and LAGs that have built my bankroll up, but all of these things are symptoms of poor play too.
For example if your continuation bets are "always getting called" guess what, your competition has adapted to you, but you haven't adapted to you. Through playing too much and running poorly from some legitimate nasty river cards, I almost go into auto pilot. This is where I begin to play the game mechanically, I am concentrating and trying to play correct poker (notice I did not say Good poker) so I revert to a very safe, very predictable strategy and almost could sleep while doing it.
Anyway to wake myself up I went to a 25 cent table and played as an absolute LAG. This may look like tilt but absolutely was not. It was intentionally having a session where I intended to shake up my game (not the table, sorry badass23 but it was not about you at all). I opened every pot for the standard 8x blind raise and showed every garbage hand that was not called. Every time I caught a piece I over bet it, I would bet pre flop whatever the guy next to me had left. All of this when I thought I had the best hand or would not get a call. I finished that session at $57 from the $25 buy in... hmmm and I felt mentally alert again. I shook off the autopilot.
Then I returned to the game I have been doing well at. I bought into a $1 table for $20 and through good short stack poker I closed the table at $88 when I felt tired.
Hopefully my math is all correct but my baby bankroll currently sits (stake free) at $209.35 after those small recovery sessions. Unfortunately all it will take is solid good poker play, but on a bad run to eliminate this, but I can't worry about that. All I can do is return to setting as many things in my favour as possible. For example I virtually never win in early AM Sat and Sun sessions... and I am blogging rather than playing right now.
--Felter
Friday, June 1, 2007
Poorly Played Session
I am a little mad at myself right now for playing an extended session when I was too tired to do so. My hope was to finish the last 75 points to hit my $100 bonus, and when I hit I was $40 down, so then I decided just to get that flat... you guessed it, I closed $160 down.
Now this is not a huge deal as I was up $100 earlier in a session, and the day ended positive... but there is no way to let myself off the hook, I wasted $160.00 I did not need to waste.
Let's take a step back for a second. It was only two months ago that I pulled myself back to life in a cash from a points entry tourny and nursed that $25 into more than $700... If this is how I am going to play when I get a bit of baby fat on my bankroll I am not impressed.
As I type this ... three handed, AA to JJ he bets $5.50 pre flop I flat call J high flop, of course set of Jacks to AA - ouch... so down again now, but this was pretty tough to get away from not as big a deal... Need to focus and play careful
Now this is not a huge deal as I was up $100 earlier in a session, and the day ended positive... but there is no way to let myself off the hook, I wasted $160.00 I did not need to waste.
Let's take a step back for a second. It was only two months ago that I pulled myself back to life in a cash from a points entry tourny and nursed that $25 into more than $700... If this is how I am going to play when I get a bit of baby fat on my bankroll I am not impressed.
As I type this ... three handed, AA to JJ he bets $5.50 pre flop I flat call J high flop, of course set of Jacks to AA - ouch... so down again now, but this was pretty tough to get away from not as big a deal... Need to focus and play careful
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Like so many library books... I was overdue.
Well I certainly was due for a loosing session. My last few I was down a bunch early and then caught cards to bring me even or positive and didn't get rivered in the process. This time I started up, and then seesawed nicely between even and close to a double up. So a better start. I stayed away from big risks got my money in good all was well.
In the middle of the session I leaked a lot of money on nice drawing hands that never hit and a couple of I thought well placed bluffs that were called (not on easy calls so I am ok with that).
A little later on I let a guy get under my skin. A pet Peeve of mine is aggressive pricks that bet your stack on the river when you were the aggressor getting there. I paid a guy off twice when he hit a 3 and a 5 outer on the river. So for the rest of the session he would bet my stack on the river knowing I would not know where the heck I was in the hand. I had to sit there thinking damn is he betting my stack because he thinks I am too scared to call because he had the goods twice... or is he betting my stack again because he's good and thinks I am a big enough fish to keep calling?! Good on him, it was good poker, I will have to put that in my bag of tricks when the situation presents itself.
Then this hand came - I fished him in and ... nice river!!
In all honesty I had stayed good in the same hand the day before for a nice pot so can't win em all. No biggie
Anyway while writing this article I started at a staggering $180 down... saw a glimpse of hope as I got back to $20 down.. then I Had to made several very tough fold ... and I made them all, and I know they were good folds... my nut flush when the river paired for example. And there were others, but I folded them which is a good sign. this tells me I am improving on my ability to weather a bad turn without tilting. So I can take that away from this session.
Well I think I had better pack it in for this session. I just lost a gem of a hand to put me back at $140 down... He is big pre flop better 5-9 times blind all the time. So I call with K 10... I can smell the continuation bet, so I check raise him, he calls with his KQ miss. Turn comes an A I put him all in for $30 more he call with his miss to hit a Q on the river - WOW!
Anyway, as I said I was due
-- Felter
Post note: MAN I wish I ended the session there.... I was outdrawn NASTY for another $100 after that over several hands where I couldn't get a hand to hold up!! It may sound crazy but I still think I was not hitting the any threshold of misery, I was just outdrawn, and had bet appropriatly ... I hope I still feel that way in a few days when I look back on this session :P Session finished down $265... whoa
Post post note: My evening session was very nice, sat down with $40 left with $210 for a nice $170 recovery. Then while waiting for my Tues night tourny to start another table I am at $107 right now (ususal $40 buy in). Just wanted $50 bucks to cover some tournies I wanted to play tonight ... but it seems I stumbled on a good table
Post post post note: Well I am off to bed, took another table to $100 so I now go to bed down $25 bucks for the day. Considering I spent $35 bucks on tournies, I am up lol
So don't lose heart, keep your cool - AND EXPECT this ride to be a roller coaster ;)
In the middle of the session I leaked a lot of money on nice drawing hands that never hit and a couple of I thought well placed bluffs that were called (not on easy calls so I am ok with that).
A little later on I let a guy get under my skin. A pet Peeve of mine is aggressive pricks that bet your stack on the river when you were the aggressor getting there. I paid a guy off twice when he hit a 3 and a 5 outer on the river. So for the rest of the session he would bet my stack on the river knowing I would not know where the heck I was in the hand. I had to sit there thinking damn is he betting my stack because he thinks I am too scared to call because he had the goods twice... or is he betting my stack again because he's good and thinks I am a big enough fish to keep calling?! Good on him, it was good poker, I will have to put that in my bag of tricks when the situation presents itself.
Then this hand came - I fished him in and ... nice river!!
In all honesty I had stayed good in the same hand the day before for a nice pot so can't win em all. No biggie
Anyway while writing this article I started at a staggering $180 down... saw a glimpse of hope as I got back to $20 down.. then I Had to made several very tough fold ... and I made them all, and I know they were good folds... my nut flush when the river paired for example. And there were others, but I folded them which is a good sign. this tells me I am improving on my ability to weather a bad turn without tilting. So I can take that away from this session.
Well I think I had better pack it in for this session. I just lost a gem of a hand to put me back at $140 down... He is big pre flop better 5-9 times blind all the time. So I call with K 10... I can smell the continuation bet, so I check raise him, he calls with his KQ miss. Turn comes an A I put him all in for $30 more he call with his miss to hit a Q on the river - WOW!
Anyway, as I said I was due
-- Felter
Post note: MAN I wish I ended the session there.... I was outdrawn NASTY for another $100 after that over several hands where I couldn't get a hand to hold up!! It may sound crazy but I still think I was not hitting the any threshold of misery, I was just outdrawn, and had bet appropriatly ... I hope I still feel that way in a few days when I look back on this session :P Session finished down $265... whoa
Post post note: My evening session was very nice, sat down with $40 left with $210 for a nice $170 recovery. Then while waiting for my Tues night tourny to start another table I am at $107 right now (ususal $40 buy in). Just wanted $50 bucks to cover some tournies I wanted to play tonight ... but it seems I stumbled on a good table
Post post post note: Well I am off to bed, took another table to $100 so I now go to bed down $25 bucks for the day. Considering I spent $35 bucks on tournies, I am up lol
So don't lose heart, keep your cool - AND EXPECT this ride to be a roller coaster ;)
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Time out for a little inventory...
I continue to run well and instead of continuing with this positive Sunday morning session (the first early Sunday AM positive session in recent memory) I think it's time to make some notes on what is flying around in my head relating to poker. It may be disorganized... but hey it's a Blog. You want better buy a magazine ;)
1) I highly recommend finding an online community, or "support group" if you will. While talking poker to close poker buddies is essential, a community will give you a whole lot more in the way of concepts and strategies that you can get from your buddies. I am sure there are many, (2+2 being the biggest I know of) but if you don't have one I recommend you check out Pegcityhustling.com. There are a good group of players there that are very open and willing to weather a bunch of dumb questions from hacks like me.
2) I am re-reading "Killer Poker Online 2" right now. I like his style and the lack of math is refreshing but I found for the first time that I disagree with a concept in his book. So much so that I am likely going to write an article on it's own about it. What excites me about this is that I feel this shows that I am developing as a player and I know enough to know that every guy who writes a book is not an expert on all topics he chooses to discuss. In this case he discuss the short stack buy in approach and frankly he couldn't be more wrong. He misses all of the things that can make this a very profitable endeavor. It is only a few pages, but if I played it his way I would not be on the trajectory I am now. More on this later
3) The last four sessions have been... dangerous to say the least. Every one of them I end up down, way down, early. I do this through taking chances and playing a loose style that I did not have in my game while I was grinding out my first few hundred. I need to be very careful and monitor myself that I don't loose respect for the dangers of the game because I am running well. I should point out that all but one of the session ended nicely positive, but that was after I tightened down. I am sure the loose image, or frankly in one session, fish image that I gave helped me to get paid later, but I don't have the bankroll for that kind of game. Two of those sessions had me down more than a hundred dollars before grinding it positive. I may not always get the cards to save me from myself. Definitely in two of the sessions I was running bad with a slightly worse hand than my opponent every damn time so it is not all loose play, but I need to keep the discipline that turned my game around (seemingly) to the forefront of my mind.
4) Bonus: I am essentially playing with an overlay on my cash games right now and it is working out very well. I signed up through Rake the Rake to Hollywood Poker and the bonus that you can buy with poker points lets me earn $100 for every 800 points (8x). At short handed $1 tables with a decent amount of hands played will bring in a bonus every week. I am a solid enough player that this injection of cash will bring me to even from a bad session or two during the week. So far I have NOT had to use it to bring me even I am up nicely so the added "fat" this is adding to my young bankroll is essential for when it starts to rain... and I am sure it will.
5) Short handed game (max 5) with a short stack buy in. I mentioned this above and I will come back to how I think I am making this work, but real quick right now, this seems to be my game. While I have modified and advanced my game over the past couple of months, I have also moved to a game that I seem to be able to beat. At first I sat in with $20 into a $1 game and would find the most aggressive table I could find, with at least two shorter stacks so that not everyone would be pushing me all in. Then I try to sit immediately to the left of the most aggressive player at the table. Aggressive players really have a hard time with short stacks, and I think they make an assumption that I am buying in short because I can't afford more. Therefore they use their muscle and I let them. Any LAG player reading this will know that nothing hurts the ego more than a guy with $18 to your $220 check raising you. You put him all in without even thinking. I play aggressively with my short stack as if I had a larger bankroll, but I am careful not to get committed to hands I shouldn't (I blogged a few days ago a good example of when you need to fold if you have opened). Not getting away from hands is death with a short stack as many many pots appear to have you committed.
Generally I come in when I feel I have the best hand, and try to look weak, to get a raise and then hammer the all in back. They can't fold for $14 more right, it would kill their table image. After I double up once or twice I change over to a full stack game. I will add more deception into my play, tighten up as there is more at risk, draw more, change up my play by say, betting a draw heavy this time and checking it down the next. I find that this change in style as my stack grows is very hard for my opponents to adapt to. I want to expand on this more but I also have another A in my pocket... while money not lost is money earned, I only bought in for $20 bucks... so if I do happen to get into a tight spot, I have the option to jam a pot with the worst of it, as I am essentially fre-rolling anyway. This adds another layer of a deceptively loose game for those who came to the table after I was nearing the $100 mark.
The only thing I will add for now is that I am now buying in for $40 and following the above plan, instead of $20. Two reasons, 1) It allows me a little more muscle from the moment I sit down and the returns are greater 2) The growth in my bankroll now allows for me to put $40 at risk as a buy in.
So for the players who know better (and I DO NOT know better) when they tell you to drop in limits so you can afford the buy in, you don't necessarily have to. To challenge yourself you can step up in limits if you like, but try a short stacked buy in. It requires a decent level of skill and a lot of discipline but it can be done without playing BINGO at the quarter tables. I got this idea from a local pro who told me I needed to make a proper buy in of about 2 grand and play nothing but one dollar tables with it until I hit 10 grand, as the lower limits are less like real poker and may even help you develop a few bad habits. So I found a middle ground and it is working so far.
-- Felter
1) I highly recommend finding an online community, or "support group" if you will. While talking poker to close poker buddies is essential, a community will give you a whole lot more in the way of concepts and strategies that you can get from your buddies. I am sure there are many, (2+2 being the biggest I know of) but if you don't have one I recommend you check out Pegcityhustling.com. There are a good group of players there that are very open and willing to weather a bunch of dumb questions from hacks like me.
2) I am re-reading "Killer Poker Online 2" right now. I like his style and the lack of math is refreshing but I found for the first time that I disagree with a concept in his book. So much so that I am likely going to write an article on it's own about it. What excites me about this is that I feel this shows that I am developing as a player and I know enough to know that every guy who writes a book is not an expert on all topics he chooses to discuss. In this case he discuss the short stack buy in approach and frankly he couldn't be more wrong. He misses all of the things that can make this a very profitable endeavor. It is only a few pages, but if I played it his way I would not be on the trajectory I am now. More on this later
3) The last four sessions have been... dangerous to say the least. Every one of them I end up down, way down, early. I do this through taking chances and playing a loose style that I did not have in my game while I was grinding out my first few hundred. I need to be very careful and monitor myself that I don't loose respect for the dangers of the game because I am running well. I should point out that all but one of the session ended nicely positive, but that was after I tightened down. I am sure the loose image, or frankly in one session, fish image that I gave helped me to get paid later, but I don't have the bankroll for that kind of game. Two of those sessions had me down more than a hundred dollars before grinding it positive. I may not always get the cards to save me from myself. Definitely in two of the sessions I was running bad with a slightly worse hand than my opponent every damn time so it is not all loose play, but I need to keep the discipline that turned my game around (seemingly) to the forefront of my mind.
4) Bonus: I am essentially playing with an overlay on my cash games right now and it is working out very well. I signed up through Rake the Rake to Hollywood Poker and the bonus that you can buy with poker points lets me earn $100 for every 800 points (8x). At short handed $1 tables with a decent amount of hands played will bring in a bonus every week. I am a solid enough player that this injection of cash will bring me to even from a bad session or two during the week. So far I have NOT had to use it to bring me even I am up nicely so the added "fat" this is adding to my young bankroll is essential for when it starts to rain... and I am sure it will.
5) Short handed game (max 5) with a short stack buy in. I mentioned this above and I will come back to how I think I am making this work, but real quick right now, this seems to be my game. While I have modified and advanced my game over the past couple of months, I have also moved to a game that I seem to be able to beat. At first I sat in with $20 into a $1 game and would find the most aggressive table I could find, with at least two shorter stacks so that not everyone would be pushing me all in. Then I try to sit immediately to the left of the most aggressive player at the table. Aggressive players really have a hard time with short stacks, and I think they make an assumption that I am buying in short because I can't afford more. Therefore they use their muscle and I let them. Any LAG player reading this will know that nothing hurts the ego more than a guy with $18 to your $220 check raising you. You put him all in without even thinking. I play aggressively with my short stack as if I had a larger bankroll, but I am careful not to get committed to hands I shouldn't (I blogged a few days ago a good example of when you need to fold if you have opened). Not getting away from hands is death with a short stack as many many pots appear to have you committed.
Generally I come in when I feel I have the best hand, and try to look weak, to get a raise and then hammer the all in back. They can't fold for $14 more right, it would kill their table image. After I double up once or twice I change over to a full stack game. I will add more deception into my play, tighten up as there is more at risk, draw more, change up my play by say, betting a draw heavy this time and checking it down the next. I find that this change in style as my stack grows is very hard for my opponents to adapt to. I want to expand on this more but I also have another A in my pocket... while money not lost is money earned, I only bought in for $20 bucks... so if I do happen to get into a tight spot, I have the option to jam a pot with the worst of it, as I am essentially fre-rolling anyway. This adds another layer of a deceptively loose game for those who came to the table after I was nearing the $100 mark.
The only thing I will add for now is that I am now buying in for $40 and following the above plan, instead of $20. Two reasons, 1) It allows me a little more muscle from the moment I sit down and the returns are greater 2) The growth in my bankroll now allows for me to put $40 at risk as a buy in.
So for the players who know better (and I DO NOT know better) when they tell you to drop in limits so you can afford the buy in, you don't necessarily have to. To challenge yourself you can step up in limits if you like, but try a short stacked buy in. It requires a decent level of skill and a lot of discipline but it can be done without playing BINGO at the quarter tables. I got this idea from a local pro who told me I needed to make a proper buy in of about 2 grand and play nothing but one dollar tables with it until I hit 10 grand, as the lower limits are less like real poker and may even help you develop a few bad habits. So I found a middle ground and it is working so far.
-- Felter
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Running well
I have been running well for the last couple of days. After I withdrew $250 to pay back Slurpee I have replaced half of it in my first session since.
My challenge now is to stay grounded. I have been hitting nice and playing well, but RESPECT THE GAME and don't get caught up in it. I think this is abut where my game usually changes and I run bad... after getting too aggressive or too high in limit.
I am sticking to my $1 40$ buy in game plan that has been working.
Now it's about Discipline.
After paying Slurpee back and this good session I have about $320.00 (note that is a $610.00 recovery from where I was)
--Felter
My challenge now is to stay grounded. I have been hitting nice and playing well, but RESPECT THE GAME and don't get caught up in it. I think this is abut where my game usually changes and I run bad... after getting too aggressive or too high in limit.
I am sticking to my $1 40$ buy in game plan that has been working.
Now it's about Discipline.
After paying Slurpee back and this good session I have about $320.00 (note that is a $610.00 recovery from where I was)
--Felter
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeedom
I have been struggling for too long to get Slurpee Dude paid off from his stake. And dammit I have done it. Put together a couple of solid sessions and withdrew the full amount plus interest.
Just now I am still feeling the buzz of a session that I can say I absolutely destroyed! I bought in to a $1 table for $40 rather than 20 to try the agressive short stack game I have been commenting on. Took some early pots then re-invested that money into getting "caught" a couple of times, started a little friendly trash talk and I tightened down as soon as they started firing back. All of that and positive $5... golden....
then some hands came my way and did I ever get PAID. King of the world time.
Only one poker thought here really - I think I was too aggressive with the complete nuts on one hand leaving some money on the table. He bet 10 on flop, 30 on turn so I pushed for 20 more and he was able to get away from it. Likely I should have just called. After some discussion with SD I would have to say that likely there is a hole in my game where I don't get the max pay out of hands when I hit them. It is a higher level but I need to get to the point where I can judge what is in the hands of my opponents to allow those strong and semi strong holdings to pay me off that much more... "rounding out the corners of a building game" I would call it
It's Miller time Byatch!
-- Felter
That's enough for now
Just now I am still feeling the buzz of a session that I can say I absolutely destroyed! I bought in to a $1 table for $40 rather than 20 to try the agressive short stack game I have been commenting on. Took some early pots then re-invested that money into getting "caught" a couple of times, started a little friendly trash talk and I tightened down as soon as they started firing back. All of that and positive $5... golden....
then some hands came my way and did I ever get PAID. King of the world time.
Only one poker thought here really - I think I was too aggressive with the complete nuts on one hand leaving some money on the table. He bet 10 on flop, 30 on turn so I pushed for 20 more and he was able to get away from it. Likely I should have just called. After some discussion with SD I would have to say that likely there is a hole in my game where I don't get the max pay out of hands when I hit them. It is a higher level but I need to get to the point where I can judge what is in the hands of my opponents to allow those strong and semi strong holdings to pay me off that much more... "rounding out the corners of a building game" I would call it
It's Miller time Byatch!
-- Felter
That's enough for now
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