I’m down three buy ins for the week, but that’s nearly all due to cold cards, so I’m feeling great about my ring game poker.
Especially my fold of top two pair on a KQT unsuited flop. I only got $5 into the pot (in the .10/.25 game) and I folded on the flop correctly. I [...]
Monthly Archives: June 2007
Best Of Times, Worst Of Times
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Become The N00b
Saturday, June 23, 2007
I had an educational HORSE session last night in the home game.
One hand stands out. It was an S hand — seven card stud — a game I don’t actually know very well. Looking back on my own play, I see that I played like a n00b, and have more understanding into the thought processes [...]
Once More Into The Donkey Pen
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
I’m heading back to the low stakes cash tables on Poker Stars right now. Things to remind myself.
The chance that they will fold to my brilliant bluff is 0
Don’t worry about making them make mistakes. They’ll do it for me automatically. Just recognize it when they do.
Don’t worry about them bluffing. I’m ok with a [...]
In Which I Donk Off Two Stacks
Monday, June 18, 2007
I knew it. I just knew it. I knew that after my big win yesterday I would lose big. And I did. I was down 3 buy ins before making 1.5 of them back. I tried to get too tricky in the donkey pen. When you’re in the donkey pen, simple, simple poker is the [...]
Tighen Up After You Look Like A Moron
Sunday, June 17, 2007
I had just made a semi-bluff with an inside straight draw that hit and I stacked a dude. Boy did I sure look like an idiot though! It was a sound play, It turned out that had implied odds as I believed I did, and my blocking bet on the flop got him to just [...]
How Much Profit, Really?
Sunday, June 17, 2007
I wanna break down that hand when I had KK all in against AQ pre-flop and see how much money I actually made.
I had KdKs and he had AcQh. The odds on that are 71.44 for me to win, and .34% to tie. I got ~$30 in and so did he, for a grand total [...]
Back At The Cash Tables
Sunday, June 17, 2007
I’ve been doing nothing but SnGs for a while, but I just sat at a cash table. I love it! This is so relaxing. The blinds don’t go up! I can just sit and wait for a nice hand.
I’m sure at the higher levels the play gets more tricky, but here at my .25/.50 table [...]
Initial Monkey
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
I just took third in the initial Monkey Tourney at Poker Stars. Mike came over, per our usual and made a good time of it.
After I got into the money (the tourney payed three) I got a little pushy and ended up getting pushed back. It’s always hard to gauge when to push and when [...]
Quads
Monday, June 11, 2007
I hope that I can look as relaxed as Alan in the home game on Friday night did the next time I hit quads. For this play you can call him The Bus Driver because he totally took me to school.
I occasional peg Alan for a draw monkey — meaning he will overpay for draws. [...]
Mistakes and Checking
Thursday, June 7, 2007
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about The Theory of Poker by Sklansky.
Sklansky’s Fundamental Theorem of Poker:
Every time you play a hand differently from the way you would have played it if you could see all your opponents’ cards, they gain; and every time you play your hand the same way [...]
