tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40967641774721521122011-07-07T15:02:53.579-07:00Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901586645206399559noreply@blogger.comBlogger351100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096764177472152112.post-59847168149823039642010-09-10T21:32:00.000-07:002010-09-10T21:54:26.431-07:00

Alrighty, I'm finally going to write these down...Super epic hand numbar one:Adam, Ethan, Debby and I are playing 4 handed. I have $50, Adam has $20 and Ethan covers. Debby folds the cutoff, I raise on the button with 4c 6c to $.3. Ethan 3bets from the small blind to $1.50. Adam cold calls in the big blind, I call and we see a flop:3c 7c 5sI think that qualifies as a pretty good hand for me.

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901586645206399559noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096764177472152112.post-82088606988645413942010-08-17T12:46:00.000-07:002010-08-17T12:47:44.053-07:00

Damn, I haven't updated in forever. I've been meaning to put up a post on some ridiculous cold decks that have happened recently, but haven't gotten around to it yet...They are coming soon!

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901586645206399559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096764177472152112.post-80579706208419729072010-01-18T22:13:00.000-08:002010-01-18T22:23:38.768-08:00

Most of you guys have probably already heard about this hand, but since it's the coldest of cold decks that I have been personally involved in, here it is.Last hand of the night, we are down to 4 players. I raise the button and Leyan calls in the big blind.Flop comes down:Kh8h8xI bet $.3 into $.65 and Leyan calls.Turn is 2xLeyan checks, I bet $.75 into $1.25. Leyan check-raises to $2.25, I

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901586645206399559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096764177472152112.post-13654487268731017752009-09-09T10:54:00.001-07:002009-09-09T11:26:05.346-07:00

Hey guys,Wow, I haven't updated this in forever. I guess it's because it's been the same old story: losing, losing... It's hard to get inspired to write about getting repeatedly crushed. Looking back at the last couple of months, I think I haven't been playing super well, but also I have been getting into extremely unlucky situations, always on the bad side of things.I've decided to take a

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901586645206399559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096764177472152112.post-83092289091069957182009-07-07T19:16:00.000-07:002009-07-07T19:37:36.884-07:00

Hey guys,I've been slacking on updating, mainly because I've only played three sessions since the last one and the results have not been great. I took another big hit on the first of the three sessions: -$1680.95, new biggest single session loss. Hurrah. Again nothing went right. I lost at least $200 on each of several hands:• KK vs. TT, T on river for a $450 pot.• KK v. AA and AsJs when an

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901586645206399559noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096764177472152112.post-9354621488539377332009-06-20T14:35:00.000-07:002009-06-20T14:44:31.788-07:00

I played for a while last night (not particularly well either...)I did get very unlucky in a couple of pots against the same guy for two full 200bb buy-ins.In the first pot, I flopped a set and he called my check-raise and turned a bigger set. End of story.In the second, I flopped top pair and turned top two against the same guy who had squeezed from the small blind with 99. I had QsJs, flop

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901586645206399559noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096764177472152112.post-4852720680691379122009-06-16T01:10:00.000-07:002009-06-16T01:13:36.860-07:00

Hey guys,I know I said I would update the blog last Friday. I lied... This is a quick update. I bought Small Stakes No-Limit Hold'Em by Ed Miller, Sunny Mehta, and Matt Flynn. I have liked their previous books a lot, so I thought I would give this one a try. So far it seems interesting, although it focuses on beating the $1-$2 games online, which I am already doing very handily, so I'm not

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901586645206399559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096764177472152112.post-21412506404031478872009-06-12T01:53:00.001-07:002009-06-12T13:13:52.695-07:00

Played a little bit today and had great results. I played well and ran well too: •+$1113.30 •+$9317.94 on the year (46.5% of the way to my goal, pulling ahead of schedule) This will be a quick update (longer update to follow tomorrow while I'm bored at WWDC), but I'll just say that I played my biggest hand so far tonight (and won!) The villain's line makes almost no sense from start

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901586645206399559noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096764177472152112.post-18113034627682796832009-05-27T01:51:00.000-07:002009-05-27T01:52:22.812-07:00

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (4 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.comUTG ($198.25)Hero (Button) ($611.55)SB ($501.30)BB ($322.95)Preflop: Hero is Button with A, 51 fold, Hero bets $6, SB calls $5, BB raises to $20, Hero calls $14, SB calls $14Flop: ($60) J, 9, 6 (3 players)SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $35, SB calls $35, 1 foldTurn: ($130) 4 (2 players)SB checks,

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901586645206399559noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096764177472152112.post-28347662600899674592009-05-25T02:36:00.000-07:002009-05-25T02:45:35.959-07:00

Well, I just had a relatively detailed description of how I almost died tonight, but wouldn't you know it, Google done gone lost it. Dammit Google, you owe me a blog post. Here is a somewhat shorter and less enthusiastic version:I was driving down South 101, minding my own business and being awesome. Sir Meow was in the car as well. He was also being awesome, as he has a reputation of doing.

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901586645206399559noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096764177472152112.post-62957035116831547392009-05-24T20:17:00.000-07:002009-05-24T20:25:08.190-07:00

I don't really feel like rambling on for very long, so here are my numbers for the last few days:•+$1567.39• +$8094.97 on the year (40% of the way to the goal, slightly behind schedule)I would say that I played OK over the last few days. There were several hands (all against the same player) that were absolutely atrocious and cost me $600 or so. The most embarrassing one was when I misread my

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901586645206399559noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096764177472152112.post-80524707110960444182009-05-05T22:10:00.000-07:002009-05-05T22:46:06.848-07:00

Hey guys,Summary of recent results for those who don't want to read my incomprehensible ramblings:+$6833.29 on the year: 34% of the way way to my goal for the year (slightly behind schedule....)I'm running at 6ptbb/100 over ~25K hands at $1/$2, which is pretty good considering some of my crappy play in the preceding weeks.Long time no post. The main reason for this is just that I haven't been

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901586645206399559noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096764177472152112.post-59523750989291318392009-03-24T00:59:00.001-07:002009-03-24T01:01:22.776-07:00

I played a somewhat short session today and made a decent profit:• +$495.95• Total for the year so far: +$5962.25 (29.8% of the way to my goal)!Gogogo!

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901586645206399559noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096764177472152112.post-40491755414032540582009-03-20T11:44:00.000-07:002009-03-20T11:56:49.706-07:00

Here are a couple of interesting hands from my session last night. I will reserve my thoughts on them until people have commented:Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (6 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.comBB ($227.40)Hero (UTG) ($410)MP ($332.50)CO ($427.55)Button ($416.40)SB ($142.20)Preflop: Hero is UTG with 6, 5Hero bets $6, MP calls $6, CO calls $6, 2 folds, BB calls

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901586645206399559noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096764177472152112.post-73785431794377470282009-03-14T03:43:00.001-07:002009-03-14T04:01:05.619-07:00

I finished off a good session today, up $491. I think I played pretty well overall; I can't think of any hands that I really slaughtered...I did run well below expectation in several big pots that cut into my wins for the evening. If I had won those hands in which I was always a big or a huge monster favorite, I would have been up well over $1K.The first attempted donator was sitting at one of

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901586645206399559noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096764177472152112.post-30293085882213797192009-03-02T00:37:00.000-08:002009-03-02T00:47:46.229-08:00

I was stuck at work this weekend babysitting a test and slow played some poker to pass the time. My first session went well. I ran like god, flopping sets left and right, and playing pretty well overall. I took a break and then played some more. I probably shouldn't have since I almost immediately lost two $800 pots in a row. The latter one was somewhat forgivable. However, the second one

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901586645206399559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096764177472152112.post-70688002185525505702009-02-23T11:15:00.000-08:002009-02-23T11:36:18.414-08:00

I played for a while yesterday while babysitting a test at work.  I was sharp at the beginning of the session and was up ~$200, which I then lost flopping bottom two pair against top two pair in a blind v. blind hand.  Towards the end of the session, I ran into a few unfortunate situations and made one call that was unforgivable.  From being up ~$200, I was down $330 pretty quickly.End result: -

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901586645206399559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096764177472152112.post-37341224953668229332009-02-20T01:53:00.000-08:002009-02-20T02:06:52.661-08:00

Another good session.  It started out poorly, with me leaking as usual (calling too much) and got better after I encountered a few good situations.Here are the details of the session:• 4 hours played• 891 hands played• +$774.90• +$5114.15 on the year (25.5% of the way to my goal after 13% of the year has gone by)And as an added bonus, here's my biggest pot to date:Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em,

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901586645206399559noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096764177472152112.post-71935376563061588672009-02-19T00:46:00.000-08:002009-02-19T10:39:45.848-08:00

Here is the response from one of the guys on the thread:From: Responder 6----------------------------------------Define p as % of time won before the flop with the 3-betDefine c as % of time won after the flop with a continuation bet shoveEV = p*(25+25+2+3+5) + (1-p)*(EV when called before the flop) = p*60 +(1-p)*(c*(135)+(1-c)*(-250))EV = +$1.25Note that the parameters are here are extremely

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901586645206399559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096764177472152112.post-29133322815405108132009-02-19T00:11:00.000-08:002009-02-19T00:46:47.070-08:00

The problems with the thinking presented by the people in this thread are a thinly veiled results oriented mindset and a total disregard for several very important factors:• Position• Stack sizes• Player tendencies• Dead money in the pot• Strength of the button's hand• Fold equityAlthough they don't say it directly, many of the responses on this thread are basically saying:"I don't want to get my

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901586645206399559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096764177472152112.post-11382850274535753402009-02-19T00:07:00.000-08:002009-02-19T00:11:17.920-08:00

My brother just sent me the following thread.  I think most of the responses demonstrate a severe flaw in poker thinking:Forwarded conversationSubject: A hand over the weekend------------------------From: HeroSo you're playing 2-3-5 NL in Lucky Chances over the weekend.  No raise to you in the middle position.  You see 7c8c and raise to 25.  1 call, folds all the way to button who raises to 100 (

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901586645206399559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096764177472152112.post-86024240382790155182009-02-16T00:28:00.000-08:002009-02-16T00:32:36.160-08:00

I had another good session today: • ~3.5 hours played• ~750 hands played• +$994.05Total on the year: $4339.25 (21.6% of the way to yearly goal)W00t!

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901586645206399559noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096764177472152112.post-87172448196255297172009-02-15T22:54:00.000-08:002009-02-15T23:20:25.630-08:00

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (6 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.comButton ($617.20)SB ($169.25)Hero (BB) ($491.80)UTG ($100)MP ($408.85)CO ($119.25)Preflop: Hero is BB with J, J1 fold, MP raises to $8, 3 folds, Hero calls $6Flop: ($17) Q, J, 4 (2 players)Hero checks, MP bets $12, Hero raises to $45, MP calls $33Turn: ($107) 4 (2 players)Hero bets $80, MP raises to

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901586645206399559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096764177472152112.post-37231969442364342782009-02-15T15:19:00.001-08:002009-02-15T15:59:36.781-08:00

I thought I would describe a couple of hands from my session last Monday.  Overall, the session went pretty well.  I got pretty good cards and played well overall.  In fact, I lost a $400 pot to a 2-outer on the river (bottom set vs. AA, all the money in on the turn, A on river, booo).  If I had won that pot, it would have been a $1400 session (if all the other hands played out the same that is..

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901586645206399559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096764177472152112.post-52662677304005105662009-02-10T16:21:00.000-08:002009-02-10T16:22:58.947-08:00

I had a very successful $1/$2 session last night and logged my single largest win so far!  Up $1049.50!  More details to follow in a later post when I get the chance.

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901586645206399559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096764177472152112.post-70086661670555456262009-02-09T10:30:00.001-08:002009-02-09T10:33:16.742-08:00

I played another $1/$2 session last night.  Cards did not fall my way and I was spewier pre-flop in a couple spots than was called for.  I also made one bad call down for about 60BB that could have been avoided.  I did fold a full house pretty early in the session and was shown to be right, which was cool.  Net for the session was down $430.  Booo.  I'll probably play again tonight, but more

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901586645206399559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096764177472152112.post-47508898192730855792009-02-03T01:24:00.000-08:002009-02-03T01:27:07.463-08:00

I decided that I have been putting it off for long enough and dipped my toe into the $1/$2 pool tonight on a whim.  I played two tables for a few hours and ended up $276.90.  I would say that I played OK towards the end of the session, but made some questionable plays earlier in the session.  For the most part, I made bad calls where I really should be folding.  I would say that this cost me ~

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901586645206399559noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096764177472152112.post-6466047300986632462009-02-01T01:25:00.000-08:002009-02-01T02:02:23.506-08:00

Now that January is over, here are my results so far this year:• 7 sessions (6 winning sessions)• 15,171 hands• Win rate of 8.05ptbb/100 hands• +$2,446.30Looking good to hit my goal of $20K so far.I was disappointed that the hand that I posted on 2p2 didn't generate any decent discussion.  Oh well, I can't say I expected brilliance from the small stakes forum.Sir Meow approves of the progress so

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901586645206399559noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096764177472152112.post-4240257911504881532009-01-25T23:40:00.000-08:002009-01-26T20:59:49.903-08:00

This hand annoyed me.  I think this is a good fold most of the time, since a good chunk of the time the villain has 67 exactly.  The main problem here is that I am not ahead of any of the villain's value flop 3-betting range, especially since he did not raise before the flop.  Still it sucks to fold bottom two.  Any comments guys?Edit: posted the hand to 2+2:LinkFull Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901586645206399559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096764177472152112.post-54115881482849051232009-01-21T23:21:00.000-08:002009-01-22T00:11:51.821-08:00

A very common situation in short-handed NLHE is playing from the blinds against an aggressive player opening from the button.  Something to keep in mind from the outset in these spots is that especially with deep stacks, the button has a BIG advantage.  Unless you have a very good read on your opponent (good enough to offset the positional disadvantage), you should often be just giving up your

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901586645206399559noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096764177472152112.post-32807355730145871822009-01-20T11:55:00.000-08:002009-01-20T12:03:08.544-08:00

There are a few things that you need to make sure that you do if you want to create an account to play poker online:1.  Get referred by someone who already has an account.  This will get both you and the other person a referral bonus.2.  Make sure you sign up for rakeback BEFORE you deposite any money!  raketherake.com is a good place to go for this.  Rakeback programs give you back some percent

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901586645206399559noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096764177472152112.post-26335020634108047142009-01-19T12:28:00.000-08:002009-01-19T12:40:34.236-08:00

It seems some explanation of terminology is in order.VP$IP = Voluntarily Put Money In Pot.This is a measure of how often a given player choses to play a hand before the flop.  Any time a player takes an action that puts money into the pot (i.e. limps, raises, completes small blind, calls a raise) it counts towards his/her VP$IP.  In 6-handed games, tight players will have a VP$IP of around 20% or

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901586645206399559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096764177472152112.post-69830196450744712862009-01-19T00:24:00.000-08:002009-01-19T01:37:10.586-08:00

Something that I see very frequently at $.5/$1 at the deep tables is players greatly overestimating the strength of their good one pair hands:Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (5 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.comMP ($125.85)Button ($287.70)Hero (SB) ($546.30)BB ($106.90)Preflop: Hero is SB with A, 41 fold, Button raises to $3.50, Hero calls $3, 1 foldFlop: ($8) 2, 3, 8

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901586645206399559noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096764177472152112.post-33973885664054192362009-01-18T15:56:00.000-08:002009-01-18T22:24:02.078-08:00

I keep pretty detailed records of all of my play online. I use PokerTracker on my PC (where I play most of my hands), which creates a database of all hands that I play. On top of that, I have a spreadsheet where I track the overall results of each session. This is somewhat redundant, since PokerTracker also has this capability, but synchronizing on a spreadsheet is easier than having PT on

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901586645206399559noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096764177472152112.post-11129707809526184542009-01-18T14:39:00.000-08:002009-01-19T01:51:04.736-08:00

Hey all,This year, I've set a goal for myself of making at least $20K playing poker on the intertubes.  I think it might be fun to chart my progress and so I have created this blog to do just that.  It would also be cool if I can use this to discuss hands and spur conversation.  E-mail me if you want me to post and discuss any hands!  I should take this opportunity to say that my word is

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00901586645206399559noreply@blogger.com0