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I am very very thankful for this downswing that I am coming out of because I learned more from it than I learn on
most days.

Things I Learned from this Downswing

1.) It made me analyze my game so much more and it made me study up on spots I was very unsure about.
2.) Figured out a huge CBet leak that was very unnoticed.
3.) Realized after analyzing I am running almost 100 under EV from the last 20k hands.
4.) Color coordinated my HUD with percentages so I can actually just look at colors now and know the type of player that they are.  (This is amazing and I recommend you do it)


I am actually excited now because of the extra knowledge that I have gained and the ability now to close the leak and realize that a majority of what has been going on lately is rotten luck along with improper opponent sizing.

The Downswing.........

I guess it was bound to happen, but I am currently down around $60 for the weekend and I played almost 15k hands.  NL10 is a much more interesting game than I expected and I am not use to the swings that happen in the bankroll.  I have a bunch of learning to do about the new game and regulars, but it sure would have been nice to run a little bit better.

So, I lost around $40 at NL10, so I moved back down to build up confidence and made $20 of it back, but then hit another down swing and I am currently sitting around $450 in the bankroll with two NL5 Rush losing sessions of $15 dollars each.  I got it in good, they just didn't hold.  Such is the game of poker though.

There is a spot that I need to look into that I do not entirely understand about the game and that is simply C-betting.  I think I have a decent three bet game, but C-betting I noticed I may be doing a bit to much.  I have a feeling that I C-bet almost 90% of the time and that is entirely way to much, but in Rush you almost have to because most of the players do not have a read on you at all.  However, when I am playing four tables of Rush you really do start to just play and go through th motions and stop putting people on ranges until the C-bet is called and I think that this is a HUGE problem in my game.  I need to either curve back the tables, and play two tables of Rush for a while and really work on Hand Ranges and take my time with hands, or move back to just regular old Full Ring.  I really think that I am just in the middle of a Down Swing and when this happens we tend to think that we are a problem, but considering these are the first two losing sessions I have had in a row for quite sometime I tend to think that I am doing  just fine.

Anyway, I am going to build the bankroll up again and take another stab at NL10 this weekend if I am at $500.  I should be getting almost $30 back in rake back so I just need to win about 4 buyins by Friday.

Good Luck at the Tables,

Traggy

First night of .05 .10 Rush

Made a bunch of mistakes that I have corrected.  Need to curve back the C-bets, because people will call you down with air in position to steal more was the first thing that I noticed and the other thing I have noticed is there are some solid bluffs that really make you think, but people tend to make plays ignoring their preflop actions.  I made $20 and with all of the mistakes I made I am very happy with the results.  The money I lost making stupid plays on wet boards cost me easily 40, and the KK < AA times 2 that I ran into as well.  I do not feel great about the session, but this is very doable.

 Oh, hit a Royal! 


Full Tilt Poker $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em - 9 players - View hand 1173133
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $6.08
SB: $12.39
Hero (BB): $19.23
UTG: $9.46
UTG+1: $12.08
UTG+2: $17.09
MP1: $5.77
MP2: $22.20
CO: $10.41

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is BB with Q J
4 folds, MP2 raises to $0.70, CO calls $0.70, 2 folds, Hero calls $0.60

Flop: ($2.15) T 6 A (3 players)
Hero checks, MP2 checks, CO bets $1.50, Hero calls $1.50, MP2 calls $1.50

Turn: ($6.65) K (3 players)
Hero bets $1, MP2 folds, CO calls $1

River: ($8.65) 2 (2 players)
Hero bets $6.80, CO calls $6.80


Yeah the dollar bet was dumb, but I really wanted to show lol

Bankroll hit $500 last night.

Just a quick post, made about $25 last night and that my friends means I am officially at $500 and this weekend is going to be the time I move up. 

Tips for myself:

Don't overplay big pocket pairs
Watch for set miners, which I have a feeling is going to be a ton more of, especially the 3 bet callers.
Make the big lay down.
Make the big lay down.
Make the big lay down.
Make the big lay down.
Fold when you are beat.
Make the big lay down.
Fold
Fold

Wish me luck!

Feb. So far

Only been able to play around 20k hands this month, but I am doing pretty well.  I am approaching $500, which I will most likely hit in the next week and I think I will be moving up and try .5 .10 Rush.  I am going to allow myself 8 buy ins of lose before I move back down and hopefully I can play break even until I get my feet wet and know the new players.  Notice the dips, those hands were for huge pots.  Lost KK < AK for a 40 dollar pot and another was a flush over set with the board pairing on the river.

3k hands 6 Bucks later..........

I know people do not care about hearing about every session, but I am writing these to remind myself that I have seen these things before and to shake em off when they pop their ugly heads up. 

I lost with KK for stacks 4 times last night and AA three times.  For a total of over 50 dollars in potential winnings.  I could throw QQ in there too, but I only ran them into AA, who limped once. 

I have never had so many big paired sets hit for my opponents in my life.  JJ > AA; J on flop,  KK > AA; K on flop; QQ > AA; Q on flop, etc.  Statistics went out the damn window last night lol. 

Lessons to be learned;

I can calls these hands before I push, but I still push anyway.  Especially the KK > AA; K on flop.  I decided to see a flop to show that I had maybe AK instead of aces so I smoothed called his 4 bet.  I figured him for QQ, KK, and AK.  Most likely KK since he reraised my three bet from UTG and was a pretty tight player.  I am going to stop doing this smooth call shit, because I overplayed the damn hand because of it. The stacks would have gotten in and I would have lost, but I would have gotten it in good instead of knowing they had a set and getting it in bad.  It just blows your ming though when that miracle card hits and you can not bring yourself to believe it.  The JJ hand was the exact same thing.  Twice in one night I tried to get cute, and instead I cost myself money, and I bet the JJ would of folded if I shoved preflop...  Oh well.  Least I made money.... 

Well, sometimes playing wrong is right???!?!?!

I ran almost 6 buy ins above EV yesterday.  I don't even want to post a graph, but I made terrible decisions and got paid, three of which was runner runner....  for juicy pots too...  See, I feel a bit bad even, but it is definitely nice to be on the other side of the sphere from time to time because it generally puts things in perspective about the game in its entirety.  

HOWEVER,

I am not sorry for people calling my three bets light and flopping unreadable hands.  Those of you that I re-sucked out on can definitely kiss my ass.  Especially, Mr. 44 set miner with an almost 5 times the big blind three bet smooth call from UTG+1.  I am very glad I hit the runner runner straight with the TP TK board, with your pretty little 4 hitting the flop to boot.


Hope it was your entire roll.. ;)

Anyway, played around 3k hands and made about $25.  The only good thing that I can take away from that session in the fact that the times I got it in bad, besides once, I generally could not find away to lay the hand down, but in turn resucked and won it anyway!

Staircase! 400 club!

Yay!  Did a quick 1k hands tonight!  This is why I love rush! 

Made about 15 last night.

Played about 2000 hands last night and made three buy ins.  I keep having these monster pot suck out hands that keep nailing me and it is always that damn 35% flush draw idiot.  Good news however, I have not been running into sets quite as much and have really began learning some upper level ideas for the game. 

I am 5 dollars away from breaking into $400, which is great because I had my highest winning month last month and it was $200 dollars.  $300-$400 went very fast for me and I can tell I needed to move up in stakes a long time ago.  However, I will be moving up again in about another $100 and see how I fair at the .05 .10. Stakes and I have a feeling I am going to have to be a bit more tight in order to make money in rush, but we shall see.  I will let the cards do the talking for me.

Running below EV lol