Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Another FT
400 runners. $120 KO - $30k Guaranteed. I was an agrotard for the first few levels because I forgot I had plans that evening... but I kept bluffing until I rivered the nuts. Was just trying to win some bounties before we hit the theatre... ended up with another $2k cash.
I just have to figure a way to incorporate MTT into my daily playing.
I just have to figure a way to incorporate MTT into my daily playing.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Swine Flu + Lying
Been out of commission for the past couple of days. Allowed me to catch up on this year's WSOP. While I hated Moon's CR with KQ against Beg's AQsooted, I don't blame him for folding with 7:1 though. However, I don't like how he lied to his wife about his hand. Not only that, but the lie he made was worse than lying itself:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtuDnKlbaNI#t=5m22s
"Queens. Yeah I put him AK sooted of spades. I had queens. I'm ahead of him but he can draw out. I'm not giving him more chips. Yeah, I know thats what it was."
I don't mind lying about hands to needle opponents. But I've never understood why people lie about their hands to save face. Moon's lie is absurd for a multitude of reasons obviously... and it really caused me to stop liking him as much as I did previously. Was never a Moon fanboy, but I do respect the guy for not having a sponsor. Yes, he turned down a bunch of money, but who knows... perhaps there could have been a bigger payday for him if he waited until after the ME to sign with someone.
I know that if I ever make a televised final table, I'll have a similar demeanor as Moon, Ivey, and a lot of the other boring players to watch. There will never be a soundbite from me worthy of playing in the intro for future WSOP's "Ozzy Ozzy Ozzy" and "This is the greatest tournament of the world!" are like fingernails on a chalkboard, and I'll never contribute to that.
In live games, there is going to be someone every hour saying "Oh man, I knew I shouldn't have folded JTdd." I folded the Td preflop, and I just don't know why someone would make that stupid of a comment on insignificant hands that they weren't involved in."
During the last home game I played at, I raised an EP opener with QQ. BB called, so did the opener. Flop KTd2d. BB checked, opener/villain lead out, I folded, BB shoved, and opener/villain reluctantly called. BB showed KQ and the opener mucked when the river hit. Opener claimed to have QQ, and he and I went back and forth for an hour about why he couldn't have had QQ. I didn't tell him thats what I had though, I just let the guy continue to lie. He and I would get into an email conversation about the hand later:
Villain: when you raised the pot to 30 and ariel and i called what did you have? he called 30 preflop with KQo! which is a horrible call. I had pocket Q's but with a raise and caller i chose to see a flop.
Hero: Sorry Spencer, you didn't have QQ. Maybe you misread your hand?
Villain: considering 3 hours sleep, anything is possible, i was pretty sure i had qq committing the rest of my chips, but fuck, if youre saying you had qq then , i should have stepped out of the game...ugh, tired...not u hae me second guessing, fuck, no more 28 hr shifts
Hero: No, what Im saying is that if you had QQ, you wouldn't have just called preflop, and you wouldn't have lead out in middle position against the preflop aggressor. QQ doesn't make sense. ATdd, PP<9, QJdd, QJ, AdXd, XdXd, make more sense, but not QQ, especially shoving against a check raise there. Maybe even KJ or K9 now that I think about it. Either way, definitely not queens.
Villain: um, i have to disagree, raise, flat, you re-raise to 30, ariel flats, im forced to flat at that point. i don't know what im up against, but leading out from me could also represent AK. I know you play a lot more than me, so perhaps you just see a higher level im missing. thanks again for coming through to the game. it was awesome :) 30 pre with kj or k9....wow, i must really suck in your eyes man. i figure its a learning experience. i appreciate your input though, because it gives me another way to look at playing the hand. With the way I was running, the position, two raises and twice flat called, you are saying you would have open shoved with QQ in my position? If you would, perhaps i need to evaluate the worth of my stack. Maybe you're right, but even still, with being unemployed, every dollar counts, i still lost the pot, so if i would have shoved at least there would have been fold equity. Thanks Allan...i do appreciate the insight
Hero: Open shove is the worst option. Flatting a 3Bet with QQ is always a bad idea. Worse if you flat the 3Bet and lead out on a K high board. If I had your position, I just would have played everything completely differently in that hand. No way QQ should ever be in a 3way pot especially if it is calling that 3Bet as the 2Better. Because of my raise and Ariel's call... QQ needs to get the hands heads up or fold preflop. That's why leading with the K on board is the worst thing to do given the preflop action. But you were right, Ariel shouldn't have been in the pot (hey, I'd tried to get him out of there!!!!), and his play was super super spewy preflop. He read the hand perfectly though post flop, so I gotta give him props for that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtuDnKlbaNI#t=5m22s
"Queens. Yeah I put him AK sooted of spades. I had queens. I'm ahead of him but he can draw out. I'm not giving him more chips. Yeah, I know thats what it was."
I don't mind lying about hands to needle opponents. But I've never understood why people lie about their hands to save face. Moon's lie is absurd for a multitude of reasons obviously... and it really caused me to stop liking him as much as I did previously. Was never a Moon fanboy, but I do respect the guy for not having a sponsor. Yes, he turned down a bunch of money, but who knows... perhaps there could have been a bigger payday for him if he waited until after the ME to sign with someone.
I know that if I ever make a televised final table, I'll have a similar demeanor as Moon, Ivey, and a lot of the other boring players to watch. There will never be a soundbite from me worthy of playing in the intro for future WSOP's "Ozzy Ozzy Ozzy" and "This is the greatest tournament of the world!" are like fingernails on a chalkboard, and I'll never contribute to that.
In live games, there is going to be someone every hour saying "Oh man, I knew I shouldn't have folded JTdd." I folded the Td preflop, and I just don't know why someone would make that stupid of a comment on insignificant hands that they weren't involved in."
During the last home game I played at, I raised an EP opener with QQ. BB called, so did the opener. Flop KTd2d. BB checked, opener/villain lead out, I folded, BB shoved, and opener/villain reluctantly called. BB showed KQ and the opener mucked when the river hit. Opener claimed to have QQ, and he and I went back and forth for an hour about why he couldn't have had QQ. I didn't tell him thats what I had though, I just let the guy continue to lie. He and I would get into an email conversation about the hand later:
Villain: when you raised the pot to 30 and ariel and i called what did you have? he called 30 preflop with KQo! which is a horrible call. I had pocket Q's but with a raise and caller i chose to see a flop.
Hero: Sorry Spencer, you didn't have QQ. Maybe you misread your hand?
Villain: considering 3 hours sleep, anything is possible, i was pretty sure i had qq committing the rest of my chips, but fuck, if youre saying you had qq then , i should have stepped out of the game...ugh, tired...not u hae me second guessing, fuck, no more 28 hr shifts
Hero: No, what Im saying is that if you had QQ, you wouldn't have just called preflop, and you wouldn't have lead out in middle position against the preflop aggressor. QQ doesn't make sense. ATdd, PP<9, QJdd, QJ, AdXd, XdXd, make more sense, but not QQ, especially shoving against a check raise there. Maybe even KJ or K9 now that I think about it. Either way, definitely not queens.
Villain: um, i have to disagree, raise, flat, you re-raise to 30, ariel flats, im forced to flat at that point. i don't know what im up against, but leading out from me could also represent AK. I know you play a lot more than me, so perhaps you just see a higher level im missing. thanks again for coming through to the game. it was awesome :) 30 pre with kj or k9....wow, i must really suck in your eyes man. i figure its a learning experience. i appreciate your input though, because it gives me another way to look at playing the hand. With the way I was running, the position, two raises and twice flat called, you are saying you would have open shoved with QQ in my position? If you would, perhaps i need to evaluate the worth of my stack. Maybe you're right, but even still, with being unemployed, every dollar counts, i still lost the pot, so if i would have shoved at least there would have been fold equity. Thanks Allan...i do appreciate the insight
Hero: Open shove is the worst option. Flatting a 3Bet with QQ is always a bad idea. Worse if you flat the 3Bet and lead out on a K high board. If I had your position, I just would have played everything completely differently in that hand. No way QQ should ever be in a 3way pot especially if it is calling that 3Bet as the 2Better. Because of my raise and Ariel's call... QQ needs to get the hands heads up or fold preflop. That's why leading with the K on board is the worst thing to do given the preflop action. But you were right, Ariel shouldn't have been in the pot (hey, I'd tried to get him out of there!!!!), and his play was super super spewy preflop. He read the hand perfectly though post flop, so I gotta give him props for that.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Oh...
I'm trying to figure out what I like best in poker blog content. Trip reports, mental game talk, game theory, and lolvideos are my fav. I'm going to start recording a few sessions just to create some laughable videos - I promise not to include anything remotely resembling a bad beat (unless it was a tough call that turned out to be a not so tough call).
I may add some GOOD videos, just to see if I have what it takes to adequately express my thought process via videos. Some coaches/players are good at it, but most video creators have serious deficits in their ability to relay information well. By the way, why is it that every poker player that creates a video has that really lazy lisp? A couple of the younger kids at the local club have the same sort of lazy speech as durrr - and they've had it before durrr was ever a household name. Its like ebonics for lazy rich white kids.
Rules
Ever play so bad during a grind, that you want to leave your tables BEFORE you hit the BB? I have a lot of mandatory rules when I play, and one is "never leave a table unless you are UTG." I had to break that rule last night because of how poorly I was playing.
One rule I'd like to create, is to figure out what TP or an overpair is worth against a 40/20 fish that is smashing the pot button. I call one or two barrels, but three smashes is either the nuts, or AK/air. I'd like to set a fairly liberal range of BB to risk in those situations... and I'm just not sure how large that number is.
One rule I'd like to create, is to figure out what TP or an overpair is worth against a 40/20 fish that is smashing the pot button. I call one or two barrels, but three smashes is either the nuts, or AK/air. I'd like to set a fairly liberal range of BB to risk in those situations... and I'm just not sure how large that number is.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Payday
Even though I was short stacked early on, I came back to take 1st place with my biggest tourny entry ever. Once I was back to my starting chip count, I min-bet virtually anytime no one limped/opened. Its a strategy I've never understood, until I saw just how tight people were playing preflop.
I'll take a look at the tourny HH later, but my guess is that 90% of my min-bets preflop resulted in a successful steal. I think I was 3bet three times the entire tourny until things got heads up. Just not sure if I'm going to use the $ from the satellite to play in a big MTT... or just use it to pad my bankroll. I'm psyched non the less.
I'll take a look at the tourny HH later, but my guess is that 90% of my min-bets preflop resulted in a successful steal. I think I was 3bet three times the entire tourny until things got heads up. Just not sure if I'm going to use the $ from the satellite to play in a big MTT... or just use it to pad my bankroll. I'm psyched non the less.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Value Of Time
I'm not sure if poker has skewed my sense of how valuable time is, or if it makes me finally value it to the right degree. Was supposed to help someone move today. If I was moving, I'd hire some professionals, but not all of my friends can afford it. I volunteer because I know how stressful moving can be. She knows I postponed a big tournament because of it (I'll play in the one next week instead), and she knows that I always schedule my day 24 hours in advance - I work a 9-5 job as well as playing poker. Apparently I just didn't stress how wasting my time is unforgivable.
I show up 2pm, call her from downstairs - apparently she's in Gary Indiana in the UHaul stuck in traffic. This girl doesn't use text messaging, and she says she's sorry for not calling me earlier when she knew she was running late.
Its a deal breaker. I can't hang out with this girl again under any circumstances after she wasted my time this afternoon. Half an hour train each way, plus buffer time. If she were to work out my poker $/hr and realize that any individual mover she hired would be a FRACTION of that... she'd realize its -EV for me to be manual labor.
I show up 2pm, call her from downstairs - apparently she's in Gary Indiana in the UHaul stuck in traffic. This girl doesn't use text messaging, and she says she's sorry for not calling me earlier when she knew she was running late.
Its a deal breaker. I can't hang out with this girl again under any circumstances after she wasted my time this afternoon. Half an hour train each way, plus buffer time. If she were to work out my poker $/hr and realize that any individual mover she hired would be a FRACTION of that... she'd realize its -EV for me to be manual labor.
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