Dos Games > Work productivity

Remember DOS? For any of you that like me grew up playing games on a C64, ZX81, Amiga, Atari and IBM then this post is for you.

With my boredom at work I once again looked into grabbing a few games to pass the time. This lead me onto installing a DOS Emulator with over 1000 games to choose from, all in a small DOS shell window on my pc.

I have already been playing around with the like of Populous II, Xcom, Laser Squad, The SettlersII and havent even touched the surface.

Its quite amusing how these games still hold well. The graphics, lets be honest, are so bad compared to todays software but the nostalgia and great gameplay make the old games worthy of diving back into.

To do this you need.
Dos Emulator, look for D-Fend Reloaded
for games do a search for Abandonware or start somewhere like here http://games.holyfile.com/ This also has a Dosbox download.

Unzip any game to the D-Fend Reloaded ...../virtual HD/ directory and use the add wizard on the profile menu to search for the *.exe file.

Thats it. It is very straightforward after you have got one right. Hours and hours of play.

If you need any help getting this up and running email me or post a message here and ill be glad to help.


A link sent to me.. Seen this drunk highjumper.... ? hahaha

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/2712415/Drunk-high-jumper-Ivan-Ukhov-stumbles-into-trouble-at-Lausanne---Athletics.html

Tweaks

I feel like I have bounced off the bottom of my downswing. I lost $800 at ipoker and went back to my old fishpond at Absolute. I continued my downward spiral, tweaked my game, levelled out, tweaked some more, suffered some beats and have now got back on track.

I've made a solid $500 (profit + rakeback) on the 100nl and the 50nl tables after around 2000 hands this month already.

I have made concious tweaks that I think have helped -

Really tightening up my UTG range. This means dropping 22-33 and trouble hands like AQo, KQo, all suited connectors.

Being very conscious of playing certain ranges vs specific stack sizes. High pair hands vs shorties and suited connectors, set mining vs 100bb - deep.

Not being too trigger happy when out of position cbetting. This really was a big leak that had found its way back in. Position, position, position.

More isolating bad players in position. There are so many limpy mclimp tables at AP that a 3bb +1bb per limper usually takes it down or leaves you in a profitable position on the flop to take it down.

Firing 2 barrels when in position where I believe opponents have missed draws. If you are against a bad player you could be extracting value if they call. Player dependant.

Using my buddylist (58) players to hunt down the weaker players and also finding tables with a lot of donkey stacks.

There is nothing new in any of the above tweaks. Its more like taking your car for its service, getting it back to functioning correctly and getting back in the driving seat. This all seems to be working again and I am feeling confident and comfortable again with my game. There is such a fine line for success and failure in this game that a little lapse in concentration can cost you quite quickly.

Never stop looking at your game. There are always ways to improve.

So now my game is back on track I need to get back to achieving some goals. My current online bankroll is $4720. I have taken out the $500 I used to start this so this is profit only now. I have a target by year end of $10k (revised down from $15k) and I aim to play between 7-10k hands a month. I am being cautious and want to play another 10k hands at 100nl before playing 200nl.

Aiming for a bankroll of $5500-$6000 by end of this month.

Almost my biggest online win and Folding Aces Preflop

Ive been on a nice run the past few days beating both 50nl and 100nl for about 20bb/100 over a smallish sample. I feel like in my head my game is back on track. Ive watched a few CR videos over the weekend and tweaked my game over the past week all showing some good results.

I played a $50 (1rb + 1add) on FT last night. 197 runners. As with any rebuy tourny I bought straight away to make use of any fishy money floating around at the beginning and used to value add on at the break. I played well only flipping once to make the final table.

I get dealt KK utg the gun and get it all in on the flop. Pokerstove shows me an 80/20 favourite here.



Left me short and I bust with a dominated hand a few hands later. 7th place finish.

Im frustrated a little as winning that pot above would have put me in second place. The payouts were...






My biggest online win before I think was $1800 and winning that pot I am confident for finishing in the top 3 here. Oh well, I cant play better than getting it in that far ahead.

Here's a quiz for you. Can anyone work out why I folded AA preflop here ? First hand at the table..

http://weaktight.com/360592

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August Recap

A positive outlook but frustrating. That's the sum up of my month of August. I played 10k hands across nl($0.50) and nl($1) and finished -$250 without rakeback/bonus.

Graph and stats

I have been playing a 21/12 ish style which, regardless of the outcome, has been succesful. The bad play was at the beginning. My first 2500 hands were played bad. I was coming off an $800 loss and playing a loose aggro style in the wrong spots. I pulled my game in, tweaked a little and started to see results.

Then, see notes on the graph

1) Losing with a set of Q's

http://weaktight.com/356292

I cant find any way not to go broke here.

2) My bad hand, calling 220 bb with just top pair. Ryverrat is a fish.

too embarrased to post hand history.

3) This was great. My last orbit before I wrap up my month and I get this.

http://weaktight.com/356291

I cant believe what he turned over. He was a relatively decent player. Had not got out of line in the 300 hands on him and was playing a 23/21/2 style. I dont think that he has much fold equity here by pushing to my 4 bet on the flop. I was about 72% to win this hand. He has no overcards and he must be putting me on atleast AJ here. Damn bad play by this donkey. I never speak to my screen but an 'Oh my God!' followed by an 'Oh my f*cking God!' and an 'Are you f*cking kidding me ?' were announced.

Not the best way to end the month but I am positive for next month. With rakeback and reload bonus I am around breakeven for the month. I know I will not be playing like i did or the first 2500 hands and hopefully the variance will fall my way over then next 10k hands.

Muppet Call.

DO NOT CALL 220 BIG BLINDS WITH JUST TOP PAIR AGAINST ANYONE, EVEN THE WORST PLAYER YOU KNOW!!!

I want to punch myself in the face. For all the books ive read, for all the strategy posts, for the tens of thousands of hands ive played I still make stupid calls. I am too embarrassed to post the hand history.

I had won 200 bb from him in the previous 30 mins and he was pushing 220 bb either pf or on the river. I was getting frustrated I could not get a hand good enough to call and finally called with AQ on an A4395 board. He turned over A5.

Seeing how often he did this I could have waited for a better spot.

I will be posting graphs/stats for this months play soon. Around 8k hands at the moment and only $100 profit which is mainly from Rakeback.....

Here's a hand to make me feel better. Please please have a Queen. http://weaktight.com/351135
Trappy McTrapson !!

Pocket Pairs vs Overall Profit

$6300 profit from pocket pairs yet my overall profit is $4500 ish...

Anyone else have this ratio ?

Solid Ground

I think Ive turned a corner. My recent downswing has stopped and i am slowly climbing back up. I will post graphs and stats up here soon. I took a step back and looked at my game. I was 4-5 tabling which is usual but it was allowing leaks to come in and I wasnt noticing them.

Things I have changed.

Tighten up a lot more UTG. I was raising most suited connectors and A9+. With a laggy image this would get me in trouble. My early raises would not have a lot of respect so I would be often called. Unless I hit the flop hard this would be difficult to play. Im out of position with a marginal hand and most of the time missed the flop. This would lead to my second problem.

Cbetting out of position on drawy boards. Chasing losses would have me cbetting a lot more. I had a look at some of the boards I was cbetting and they were full of danger for my hand. Now I am only cbetting dry flops, villain dependant and where I can improve my hand. Otherwise, check fold the hand. After tightening up in early position I am finding less of these situations.

Dropping 22-33 completely from early and mid position. I need to look at this one. I dont think I can lay down sets for 100bb at 6max and there were a few times I was caught set over set with these hands. I will take a look back at all my hands from Feb until now and see if these have been profitable for me before my downswing.

Graphs and stats coming soon.

Anyone see the new move used by the Olympic female wrestlers ?? The Power Finger

Where is the bottom ?

Well im still in the midst of the biggest downswing in this poker challenge. Admittedly I am only down 5 buyins at $0.50/$1 and 1.5 buyins at $1/$2 but the fact that majority of this has happened over the past 2,000 out of a total of 8,000 hands has me a little worried.

I stepped back a little from the 4 tabling 22/18 style and fired up 2 tables with the idea of playing a little tighter to regain my composure and to stem the outflow of money. After 400 hands playing 15/12 I was down another 1.5 buyins. I played AA a little slow and was betting half pot all the way and got beat by JJ on the river for a straight. I played it bad and looking back shouldnt have called the river bet for the rest of my chips. Ugh!

Im now playing weak tight. I have moved into fishy territory and the sharks are circling.

I requested a cash out from ipoker and am taking a few days off to collect my thoughts. I can beat this game but I think the psychology of a recent downswing is affecting my play. I need to rebase and start again fresh in my game. I need to shake the weak/tight play and maybe step down to $0.25/$0.50 to get the winning mentality back.

My online bankroll is now around $4700, down -$800 from its high. I am still easily rolled for $0.50/$1 and even $1/$2 but I will just step back a bit for a few days. I have also started wondering whether my move from Australian timezone has made any difference. I play in the evening UK time which means I am facing US daytime players. While in Australia I was playing Oz evening which was US early hours. This i believe put me in front of a lot more tired and/or drunk players than I play against now. Just a thought...

Recommended reading - Gus Hansen's Every Hand Revealed.

Downswing.........

Just under 7500 hands and im down $561 (-2.97 bb/100)

It would be easy to use the excuse that its a small sample and its just down to variance but to be honest im not sure. I should be winning. I took a very short lasting shot at $1/$2 and dropped $308 in just 51 hands. I retreated pretty quickly back to my comfort zone of $0.50/$1. Taking the $308 out of the $561 = $253 loss, only 2.5 buyins. But the fact that this is over 7.5k hands makes me wonder if I have some serious leaks in my game.

Absolute Poker seemed so much softer. I am tempted to deposit some cash back there and continue the run. There were usually 2-3 players at a table with $vpip 40+, on the iPoker network I struggle to find more than 1. I cant see a lot of profit being made when everyone is playing a 22/16 strategy. Top it off with actually finding an 88/18 fish last night and not being able to beat him has dented my confidence a little. This guy would call my pf raises with any two cards and constantly hit 2 pairs on boards like A26. Me AK, him 2 6. I made $300 from him but paid him $280 for a $20 profit. I should have made more from this guy.

I notice a LOT of shortstackers at iPoker. I need to make sure i am playing optimally against these guys. Shortstacking is a very hard strategy to exploit but I have noticed that there are some bad shortstackers here aswell so there may be room for some profit.

I will take the $0.50/$1 to 10k hands and then review. I am playing a 22/15/3 style and dont see too much wrong. I have made 2 obvious mistakes for 100bb stacks that I hopefully wont make again. I also feel that im playing from the blinds a little too much.
Fold BB to steal 77%
Fold SB to steal 85%
I may look to tighten up there.

My AP stats at this level were
19/13/3.4
Fold BB to steal 87%
Fold SB to steal 89%

Most other stats W$WSF, WTSD, W$SD are mostly the same.

I am quietly confident about my game but it doesnt hurt to keep an eye out for any leaks and tweak your game here and there.


Heres a little overbetting for value hand. Villain was a bad player and he never bluffed but couldn't lay down a hand.
http://weaktight.com/304823