Target Acquired

Well the BR has moved from $100 to $160 through a few small MTT's and just under 5k hands of 10nl. As I mentioned before I have never been successful at 10nl yet I used to beat 25nl and 50nl fairly easily. I think this time I can beat 10nl.

One of the things I am doing is being very choosy on table selection. I look for tables with 40%+ avg vpip. I open 10 or so tables and whittle them down to 4 tables with the right potential for profit.

Lets state an obvious note here. THERE ARE FISH AT 10NL ! There... not rocket science but how many tables do I see of people sitting amongst 5 other regs and playing auto poker. Im not going make much money from them and they are not going to make much money of each other. Up and leave. Also when you run into a fishy player dont be stubborn to up and leave if they have position on you. ITS HARD TO MAKE MONEY OUT OF POSITION ! Obvious fact no.2 there. But again I see a lot of player battling against aggro fish when they are out of position, not being able to maximise their good hands and being pushed around every hand.

There are a lot of good tables and a lot of good fish. Patience is a skill needed in poker not just at the table but before you even sit down.

Interesting Start

10nl Monkeys.

so im gonna hit the 10nl table with x10 buyins and see what happens. I used to be able to beat 25nl, smash 50nl and breakeven ish at 100nl but for the life of me I could never show a profit at 10nl.

I dont know what it was. I always thought the way to win at 10nl was brainless tight aggro poker. 12/11 strategy as it would be full of donks but I came to realise that there are a LOT of regs there amongst the fish all doing the same thing.

10nl stills needs a brain. There is still a rock paper scissors game to play with the various styles. I think the main difference is that you way much more passiveness at these levels. Therefore in my opinion the mistake can be cbetting too much.

Im gonna play a few thousand hands to warm up again.. so far tonight 600 hands and im down 2 buyins.. 10nl still finding my feet.... haha who ever would have thought I would say that.

Ill throw it out there... What is the main skill to beat 10nl ?

Building Blocks

Well....

Hmm..

This is like finding an old box on the attic. As you an see from the dates of the previous posts I have not looked in here for a long long while. This is relative to the fact that I have played hardly any poker this year. Jan-Dec I would guess at 2000 hands.

I had to pull all my cash from my online accounts and even sell my dmn car to buy a big house in the country. This therefore left me with no fun money to play with.

Now im feeling the urge to play again. I miss the buzz and in a sick way miss the bad beats. Ive deposited $100 back on FT to get back in the groove. Not sure if this will be my home but lets see what I can do with this for now.

Most people that read this are probably playing at the levels I used to play and higher but for the players that want to watch my success or failure from the low levels please stick around, comment, chat.. Ill be hanging out here a bit from now on, ill be back to reading and posting on 2p2 and ill be looking to learn how to beat the game again in what I am guessing is a more difficult environment than a year ago.

I will put up a plan of action soon.

Wish me luck!

Ryver

Ryverrat, back in da house.

Where the hell have i been ?


Without going into a lot of detail I have spent the past four months looking for a job back in the city. I had a few almost jobs falling through at the last min, one of them being back in Sydney, Australia dammit.

Anyway enough already of that personal sh!te lets talk about poker. I've decided to switch my game to PLO (Pot Limit Omaha for the uneducated), and I seriously love it. I play a little bit of nlh but seeing just 2 cards doesnt get my juices going any more. Ive read some good material including Jeff Hwangs book, watched the CardRunners PLO vids and have started my climb through the low level tables.

I will post some graphs etc soon. This is just a quick mail to see who is still here listening.

The Rat is back.

looking for spots of value no.2

I found this little value spot. I had a relatively tight image but had been stealing a little from the cutoff and button. The big blind was a 24/22 and had a 3bet% of 15%.


I made a standard raise and the button called. The big blind paused. In my mind I thought If I was him I would squeeze here.

$0.5/$1 No Limit Holdem
6 players
Converted at weaktight.com


Stacks:

UTG		($51.50)
UTG+1		($92.52)
Hero (CO)		($114.00)
BTN		($114.00)
SB		($109.00)
BB		($106.00)

Pre-flop: ($1.50, 6 players) Hero is CO

2 folds, Hero raises to $3.50, BTN calls $3.50, 1 fold, BB raises to $14.50, Hero raises to $36, BTN folds, 1 fold

Final Pot: $33
Hero shows:

Hero wins $54.50 ( won +$18.50 )
BB lost -$14.50
BTN lost -$3.50


The fact that I thought that he should squeeze made me repop him. He knows now that any bet from him now commits his stack. I, on the other hand, can still fold to any reraise. Im effectively putting the fear of playing for stacks without actually putting my stack at risk.

Fancy play syndrome ? or smart play?

100nl player only.

Well since moving to Wiliam Hill I have been given a beating at 100nl. I am a comfortable winner at 50nl but I am considerably under EV at 100nl.

I have made a decision this morning to stick it out at 100nl and not drop down to 50nl each time to rebuild. I am currently looking to get back into work so have a limited amount if time left playing poker. I have a lump of cash in the bank and am willing to reload if needed.

This will give me a good shot again at 100nl and will hopefully overcome the short term effects of variance.

Another shot, Another sick feeling.

Anyone that has been following me has seen my recent move to William Hill (ipoker). My move from 100nl, down to 50nl, back to 100nl, down to 50nl and my now try again at 100nl.

Well fuck me. Im once again 5 buyins under ev and am forced to yet again drop down to 50nl in line with my bankroll requirements.

The age old saying.. If only 1 would go my way.

I had this guy on my buddy list and was watching him bluff his way through a lot of pots. I was happy how I played this hand knowing his range included a lot of draws and he had been overbet bluffing other players.

http://weaktight.com/1196004
I was 90% on the flop, 78% on the turn when we got it all in for 411bb pot.

Time to beat up the 50nl players again..

This website sums up how i feel. :)
Fuck my life

Looking for Spots of Value

Its not just the big hands that require a lot of thought. By applying logical thought on the smaller hands can increase your winrate significantly.

$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
6 players
Converted at weaktight.com


Stacks:

UTG		($55.20)
UTG+1		($48.50)
CO		($10.00)
Hero (BTN)		($61.77)
SB		($9.75)
BB		($63.35)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 6 players) Hero is BTN

1 fold, UTG+1 raises to $1.75, 1 fold, Hero calls $1.75, 2 folds

Flop: ($4.25, 2 players)
UTG+1 bets $2.50, Hero raises to $7.50, UTG+1 folds

Final Pot: $9.25
Hero shows:

Hero wins $13.79 ( won +$4.54 )
UTG+1 lost -$4.25


Now where this may look a little straightforward there was a lot of thought that went into this. I would like to explain to those that may not think that deep within basic hands.

Villian is 14/11/5 style. He is a tight aggro player raising from UTG+1. We can assume his range is very tight here. TT-AA, AQs+, AKo with a smaller chance of lower pocket pairs. I call for set value here, hoping the blinds will call too.

This flop is super safe. Villain will lead out with 100% of his range here. I dont see any hand that he doesnt lead here. Now the chances of him having a Ten in his hand is very very low. The chances of me, a caller to a pf raise on the button, having a Ten is way higher. So, how would we play a Ten here. Some would say call here. But I think that would give your range as a T or a flush draw, I think that if I had a Ten here I would raise to protect vs any flush draw that he may have. A raise here doesnt seem bluffy as this would be exactly how I would play a Ten. He is a thinking player and there is hardly any chance he can now just call out of position here. With the fact that I am repping a Ten here and the story is viable that my range includes a Ten then I dont see him rereraising here with overpairs.

Position, raising ranges and calling ranges vs a thinking player. Put yourself in their shoes and imagine how you would play in their position.

**Note that if he is a fishy player this play does not work. They will keep raising/pushing with any overpairs**

Just my ramblings.. hope it helps someone.

Ryver