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Dec. 2nd, 2005 04:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
peterbirks"I waould rather eat my own testicles than read about someone's antics at 5-10 or lower".
Probably a misquote from a 2+2 post "Wny poker bbloggers are gay". But, hell, it makes me smile.
It's incredible how much you can get done when you come home from work and say "right, no time for poker or sleep. You have work to do". What is also incredible is how much remains to be done, even when you have been on the go for three hours non-stop.
An interesting month: Four levels and one unmitigated disastrous weekend at Royal Hold 'em where I either got what I deserved (which I suspect is the case) or was unlucky. Having gone away and thought about it, I have a hunch I know where I went wrong. of course, it might have been an idea to do that before hand. Serves me right for taking Malmuth's ideas as my base camp. I should have been on the other side of the mountain.
I have a feeling that, no matter what the level, I still can't yet hack it at three tables. perhaps that's because I don't really focus. My mind is always on other things as well. So, progress this month. Don't three-table (yet) and don't play Royal Hold'em. Sorted.
Probably a misquote from a 2+2 post "Wny poker bbloggers are gay". But, hell, it makes me smile.
| SITE | $2-$4 | $1-$2 | $3-$6 | $1-$2(RH) | $25 | $5-$10 | $5 | Grand Total | Rate p/h | |
| Stars | $17 | $289 | $306 | $38.25 | ||||||
| Paradise | $300 | $105 | $9 | $414 | $8.40 | |||||
| Ultimate | $34 | $298 | $68 | $228 | $88 | $84 | $2.17 | |||
| Empire | $167 | $84 | $83 | $8.12 | ||||||
| Stan James | $45 | $45 | $13.85 | |||||||
| Betfair | $7 | $7 | $5.48 | |||||||
| Party | $185 | $115 | $42 | $27 | $2.50 | |||||
| Total | $368 | $403 | $38 | $228 | $45 | $242 | $7 | $787 | ||
| Hours | 31 | 26 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 95 | ||
| Avg per Hour | $11.88 | $15.52 | $10.13 | $12.00 | $13.85 | $22.56 | $5.48 | $8.28 |
It's incredible how much you can get done when you come home from work and say "right, no time for poker or sleep. You have work to do". What is also incredible is how much remains to be done, even when you have been on the go for three hours non-stop.
An interesting month: Four levels and one unmitigated disastrous weekend at Royal Hold 'em where I either got what I deserved (which I suspect is the case) or was unlucky. Having gone away and thought about it, I have a hunch I know where I went wrong. of course, it might have been an idea to do that before hand. Serves me right for taking Malmuth's ideas as my base camp. I should have been on the other side of the mountain.
I have a feeling that, no matter what the level, I still can't yet hack it at three tables. perhaps that's because I don't really focus. My mind is always on other things as well. So, progress this month. Don't three-table (yet) and don't play Royal Hold'em. Sorted.
Re: FOCUS
Date: 2005-12-03 09:03 pm (UTC)You are right regarding the majority of the fish, in that taking very detailed notes on them isn't really rewarding but that doing so on good players is. The same goes especially for LAGs (remember how Dr. Al said to watch for when they don't raise for clues to their hands).
I don't play limit anymore, but I do occasionally read some of the limit threads on 2+2 of posters I know are top notch like Ray Zee and J.A. Sucker and Tommy Angelo. Also Ed Miller's posts I would highly recommend to you. Although it is one of the few 2+2 books I don't have yet, Ed's Small Stakes Holdem should be must reading for you if you haven't already. And in some of his threads, he does advocate making the type of raise you made with AJs.
However in those low limit loose games, I think making any continuation bets 5 handed when you miss is a waste of money, and I myself would just quietly check and fold and pray for a free card to spike an A. 3 handed is where I would make a continuation bet and hope that they put me on AK and folded. Even if the K hadn't been on the flop, overcards out of position blow in either limit or no-limit. As to how you played it, Harman's advice is right on and that is the correct way to my mind to play it since with a big pot they simply aren't going to fold anything that beats you. However I would be value betting middle pair in such a case in limit.
BluffTHIS!