Missed Value....

I'm playing much better these days although I still suffer frequently from meltdowns. As a result of those meltdowns, my variance is all over the place. However, I think I have it under control now.

Now i am concentrating on getting value out of every hand I'm in. Take this hand:



Villian was a solid TAG player, when he flats second barrell, I put him on KJ for some reason. When 6 comes on river and he comes out firing, I flat for safety. Thinking his KJ had me beat.

Uhm...Dubs...you moron. Paird 6s means you both have two pair. YOU SHOULD HAVE GONE FOR VALUE IF YOUR READ WAS INDEED KJ!!!! I definitely missed some value on that hand.

Of course, it's easy to get value when your hands play out like this:

My best day yet....

About 692BB or a whopping 42BB/100 split evenly at 10NL (.05/.10) and 25NL (.1/.25). Ran well but bigger success was just tilting the piss out of a few people by using position and aggression with relatively marginal starting hands. As you can see from the graph, I was willing to give up a little without showdown in order to gain a lot when it did go to showdown.

Unfortunately, I don't have time for a more detailed post (closing on new home next Tuesday, packing to move the following Friday plus up for promotion at work so having to do all sorts of fun stuff for that). I will eventually get into some details and hands.

But for now I'll squeeze in hands when I can. I am now more or less properly rolled for 25NL with 29 buy-ins. I will continue to mainly play on PokerStars. I believe that if I can build the bankroll to be efficient for 50NL, the FPPs will be a better value than even rakeback at FullTilt...especially since the games appear to be softer. Comments? Suggestions?

Take care,

DubsPoke

The Light Bulb Went Off

Been afraid to post this as I don't want to jinx myself but....



Over the last 5500 hands, I had a light bulb moment.

I'm now playing an effective LAG game with focus on knowing where my money will be coming from. More at a later time, but for now I'm getting back to the tables.

EDIT: I've also purchased Holdem Mgr; I was growing tired of PT3 Hud stats disappearing at the worst times. Hold'em Mgr HUD is performing much better. Just gotta play with the settings to get it just the way I want it to.

I've also started taking shots at 25NL with some success. I'm excited to see my bankroll grow by over 20 buy-ins in just a couple days after struggling for so long. I plan on continuing to play 3 tables of 10NL and 1 table of 25NL until I am fully bankrolled for 25NL (30 buy-ins)

Miracles Do Happen

Interesting SNG

So after getting bad beat on the bubble in two $1 SNGs, I decided to donk it up on my final game of the night.

Actually, it's more like after I loaded the game, I decided the All-Star game and bed sounded more interesting than a $1 SNG.

So I became aggro-donk. Raised any suited, any one-gapper, any ace, any broadway from any position.

And I dominated.

Crushed.

Eliminated all my opponents as they had no idea what to do with me.

My post flop play was ridiculously good for once. I was cbetting the correct dry boards. Passing at the right times. My bet sizes constantly confused my opponents. When I did happen to get played back at, it seemed like I always had a decent hand and would bust my opponent for his foolishnes of messing with me.

The chat box was getting lit up like well....like I was playing with Waffles.

I was that donk that I hate so much.

And I won.

Interesting...very very interesting.