http://www.leggopoker.com/blogs/ LeggoPoker - EVERY Tool You Need To Win en Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:03:00 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.leggopoker.com/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.leggopoker.com/blogs/ http://www.leggopoker.com/blogs/mv88/anyone-read-8498.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:56:37 GMT http://www.pokertableratings.com/blog/2010/07/hr2267-passes-committee-41-22-1/ http://www.pokertableratings.com/blo...ittee-41-22-1/ ]]> MV88 http://www.leggopoker.com/blogs/mv88/anyone-read-8498.html http://www.leggopoker.com/blogs/mythrilfox/dealing-failure-8497.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:23:34 GMT I have never dealt with failure well. When I wasn't doing well in high school, I became fanatical about studying and jumped 60 spots in rankings in a semester. When I start out playing a new computer game I absolutely hate the idea that someone else is doing better than me, and I completely kill myself to become the best. I don't even enjoy the process, and I rarely enjoy the spoils of being "successful" - I just hate failure that much more. I think this is all a very unhealthy way to approach things, but I'll have to deal with that later. What's more important to me right now is exploring the differences between poker (which I haven't been successful at) and the other things in my life I would say I've been successful at.

I think the main frustration for me with playing poker is the inability to easily quantify success in the short-term. Every other endeavor I've had in life up to this point has been easy to approach in the short-term. When you study, you get a good grade. This is a very simple, closed system where short-term success is clearly defined. The same is true with video games. I played an absolute asston of diablo 2. When we'd do baal runs, I knew for certain that every baal run we did brought us one step closer to our goal of being #1. It was easy for me to stay focused then. The sensation of progress and confidence in knowing every step was right kept me constantly encouraged.

None of this is true for poker. You take 3 steps back and 4 forward. You deal with the sensation of failure on a daily basis. You deal with the frustration of not knowing if what you are doing is right (this is a HUGE problem for me). It's also been very hard for me to deal with the idea that I can no longer brute-force things; everything is much murkier and I have to rely on my judgment to navigate them and, inevitably, I will make mistakes. In this way, it's much like life. I'd say everyone's goal in life is to be happy. But how do you get there? Do you follow this belief system or that belief system? Which school do you go to? What do you study? Do you take this job or that job? How can you possibly weigh all the little nuances that will have immense, reverberating effects on the rest of your life? Nothing is defined, nothing is standard. You no longer have the comfort of a system where success is well-defined.

Of course in the long-term success in poker is well-defined: whoever makes the most money is the most successful. To do this, you must make the best decisions in the short-term. But the open-endedness and ambiguity of the short-term is absolutely infuriating to me. ]]> mythrilfox http://www.leggopoker.com/blogs/mythrilfox/dealing-failure-8497.html http://www.leggopoker.com/blogs/robeebee/pretty-productive-july-8496.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:35:52 GMT Well, this month wasn't nearly as fun as last month but it was never really gonna be.

I had a shit load of time to grind, being at home for a month. Aside from that I have had an offer accepted for an apartment about 15 seconds walk away from the pier



All being well, that should go through around the middle of August, then I can start renting it out and go abroad. Currently deciding whether or not to furnish it, and am still pretty unsure.


I also went to see a knee specialist who said I had Patella Tendinitis, but with a couple months physio, should be back and ready to play football again which made me very happy.


As for poker, I put in a lot of volume, in fact, I think I've only ever played more than this once, two years ago. Up until the 20th I couldn't put a single hand in past 8pm because of the state of the internet here, I had a great schedule and was pretty disciplined. I am pretty happy with that, though pretty unhappy with the fact I broke my not looking at results more than once rule. I looked twice this month. Gonna have to keep in the habit of looking once or not at all (ideally).





About 50k hands in I was cursing my luck, I was really running pretty terrible (not in the AIEV way, but standard bad card falls, always top of their range, set over set boat over boat stuff). It obviously picked up towards the end and made my month respectable.

Btw if anyone has any Spotify playlists they could recommend for grinding I'd appreciate it, mine are boring the fuck out of me after 70k hands at the computer. ]]> Robeebee http://www.leggopoker.com/blogs/robeebee/pretty-productive-july-8496.html http://www.leggopoker.com/blogs/tedjam/almost-break-even-then-16bi-tilt-massicare-8495.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:23:47 GMT might be time to give away HU
today I was determeined to get to break even I was 13 dollars away from quitting and posting my break even graph after being a shit load down. I tried forcing my way to the magical zero profit mark against a passive fish, lost a cople of flips then went on monkey spew tilt and lost whole bankroll

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well I suck. not sure what to do, im sure i can beat HU50 butmaybe i should stick to tournys where my tilting tendiencies dont seem to arise as often :( ]]> tedjam http://www.leggopoker.com/blogs/tedjam/almost-break-even-then-16bi-tilt-massicare-8495.html http://www.leggopoker.com/blogs/bobbofitos/havent-done-blog-while-8494.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:33:45 GMT Meant to write a lot. Had one planned called "leaving Las Vegas," which happened more then 10 days ago. Had a video blog I did with my best friend, Bach. But that got erased before I could host it on youtube. Nuts I haven't done a blog in a month - I really like blogs. Either way, I want to make something clear, although it wont make sense:

I am an incredibly competitive person. I do not take losing well. Some could say I hate to lose. If I am playing a game - be it athletic or academic - and I am going to lose, I go a little berserk. I've become quite numb to a lot of things (desensitized, largely, to losing money for example) but losing just will never become apart of my nature.

Funny, but I've been staying w/ Dave, and he's seen me play Chess. I've flipped out after some losses, and he's told me he has never seen me get upset in that way about poker. He's right; I think I've outgrown my emotional fits with regard to poker. This was how...

I used to rage with regard to tilt. It wasn't so much the cards that fell ("I cannot control what they do, I can only control what I do") but rather when I misplayed something in poker. In many ways, perfectionism is an undoing, since it's hard to come to terms with the fact that in poker, you are going to make mistakes. It's just not a solved game.

4 years ago (wow, has it really been that long?) I lived in California. At the time I was using a T42, which was an IBM laptop. IBM had a great support staff, where if you "broke" your laptop, you could send it back, and they'd ship you a completely new laptop.

This was probably very negative for my growth in the tilt department. I destroyed - yes, destroyed - 5 laptops. If I had a particularly tough poker day, I would smash my keypad first, then shatter my screen, and maybe throw my laptop against the wall. Or, what was left of it. I often cut up my hands on my keys, since I would just punch right through the computer. On the phone with support, I wondered when I told them "I dropped it," and they got this completely unrecognizable metal chunk, what sort of drop must have occurred. Err, a 50 ft. drop from a mountain onto spikes, maybe?

I cut this behavior out when the warranty ended. And, I nearly scarred my hands because I punched glass and slit them with deep cuts. Essentially, it was a rational decision when I realized that destroying a laptop would cost me ~700$ or so. Was the release of pent up anger worth spending that much to buy a new computer? No, it wasn't. So I stopped acting in that way.

I went to a sleep away camp when I was little - went there for 7 years. I loved it! (8 to 15) It was in the Adirondacks, which is truly upstate NY. There was this game, of sorts, where every camper was integrated into a "tribe". There were 5 tribes (Seneca, Cayuga, Mohawk, Onondaga, and Tuscarora) which were loosely based on the Iroquois tribes. (I believe Tuscarora were actually ~Tennessee or so Indians, but who cares about details when you're 11 years old?) and I was on the Seneca. We wore yellow.

Every ~week there was an indian event. Man, they were fun. (Some, better then others though) After the first event, there would be a tribal council, where you elect officials. There was chieftain, assistant chieftain, medicine man, and treasurer. (Treasurer was called something else) There were also the female equivalents (sages, I believe, although I'm not positive that was the word. Definitely starts with an "S") My final year, I was one of a few seniors, and had been there a while. I had a lot of experience with the strategies for upcoming games, and frankly, deserved to be the chieftain. So I ran for chieftain, of course.

I didn't win. My friend - a person named Chris Reinkeins, probably spelling that poorly, won. He had been there just as long as I had, frankly, and there weren't really any compelling reasons for the random Seneca people (ranging from 8 to 15 in age, I guess, about 40 people) to vote for him over me or vica versa. The main thing I remember about Chris Reinkeins is he had magic cards but didn't play, whereas I used to be into them. Not in the Zeejustin or Polyballer "top 5 in the world" type of way, but in the "I have a bunch and think I'm pretty good at this game" kind of way. He had a mox ruby, which is an incredibly rare, old card. (One of the few that still has value, although I could be wrong about this... I haven't looked at M:TG prices or cards in at least 10 years) At that point, it was worth 150$ or so, and I knew it. I bought it for 10. (To this day, I still have that card)

I was pretty astonished that I lost. Everyone said, "Well, you can just be assistant chief!" That didn't fly. I didn't want to be the assistant. I wanted to be chieftain. I declined. So, a kid named Jacob Itzkawicz won. (Definitely spelling THAT terribly) He was a friend of mine, too. My main memory of him was that he insisted people call him "nature boy". And his gf throughout camp (for like 3 years) was a girl named Zoee. Zoee was OK.

We went on to win that year. I acted like the de facto Chief at every event. I orchestrated who ran which specific legs when there was the race, (forget the name for it, but it was an awesome event) our strategy in the final war game (lots of fun, you throw socks filled with flour at people) etc. But I didn't get any credit for it, because I had lost the actual election.

I like to think I'm over that bit of disappointment. But it took me a while. ]]> BobboFitos http://www.leggopoker.com/blogs/bobbofitos/havent-done-blog-while-8494.html http://www.leggopoker.com/blogs/luckychewy/online-poker-8493.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:40:22 GMT Now that the summer is over and live poker is done with for the foreseeable future(unless I go to london) I've been back on the online grind. The action isn't what it always was but 6 max games are getting off and plo is booming. I don't really have much experience with plo but it's fun and seems profitable to learn and toy with some midstakes games. There are lots of differences to no limit but there are certainly a few subtle similarities in my opinion thus far. It is definitely a much more complex game, likely because of the added combinations of hands preflop and the vastly different equity match ups in all in situations. I'm sure this is pretty novice plo speak but I'm just learning it now. Post flop stuff is also a lot trickier but the most valuable thing I've learned so far is that you generally have more equity post flop than you think. Anyways, life away from poker is great and I'm happier than I've ever been. Here is a cool hand I played the other day.

Full Tilt, $25/$50 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 2 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

Hero (BB): $13,217
BTN: $20,049

Pre-Flop: dealt to Hero (BB)
BTN raises to $150, Hero raises to $450, BTN calls $300

Flop: ($900) (2 Players)
Hero bets $625, BTN calls $625

Turn: ($2,150) (2 Players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $1,650, Hero calls $1,650

River: ($5,450) (2 Players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $3,750, Hero calls $3,750

Results: $12,950 Pot ($0.50 Rake)
Hero showed and WON $12,949.50 (+$6,524.50 NET)
BTN showed and LOST (-$6,450 NET) ]]> luckychewy http://www.leggopoker.com/blogs/luckychewy/online-poker-8493.html http://www.leggopoker.com/blogs/sauce123/grinding-grinding-8492.html Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:33:50 GMT I'm back grinding, but thankfully I'm at home. Right now that's a little town called Canmore, about 15 minutes outside of Banff in Alberta. It's just a sweet place to be in the summer, with 360 degree views of the rockies from the valley floor and tons of hiking/canoe/whitewater/anythingyoucouldpossiblythinkoftodooutside. There are also some sweet restaurants in town, the best being a bistro called Crazy Weed. I only bring this up as a public service announcement to all you young aspiring food nerds/poker players. Try pork belly next time you see it on any trustworthy menu. It's like bacon's decadent cousin. The dish I had it in was a pork belly salad with watermelon and some kind of sweet Asian inspired vinagrette. mmmmmm. Ditto for sweetbreads, you won't be sorry.

Poker is going reasonably badly lately. I played an ungodly amount of hands in July and won cheeseburger money. I think I ran pretty badly and played pretty well, but then I always think that, though when playing as many hands as I did you aren't going to be playing your A+, well rested, ready-for-anything game. I tried 16 tbling 5/10 one session as well and as usual I got just destroyed, despite game selecting. A tip of the cap to all you multitablers, I just can't do it. I actually had a week straight where I lost every session, which is pretty demoralizing, and during that stretch I only played in very good games. People continually underestimate variance, which isn't surprising given our brains are made to hunt and gather. I'm in a skeptical state of mind with regard to my winrate, my own estimation of my winrate, my BR management, my game selection etc just because I read Fooled By Randomness for the second time. If you haven't read it, I'd check it out as it's a fun read and pretty informative read about qualitative ways to understand randomness. If you aren't scared yet, take a gander at IggyMcfly's thread in BBV where he runs 85bi below EV in PLO in .... 13k hands. Then about 40 other regs chime in and say that the same thing happened to them only it was 120 bi in 40k hands or some other such bonechilling number.

The most fun thing I did during this stretch was do an experiment of 3betting every hand I decided to play from the BB in both NLHE and PLO. There were some strong empirical and theoretical reasons for my trying this, and I might try it again at the slightest provocation. I also love the idea of finding strategies which seem so crazy that people will be wating in line to play me. This strategy led to some unbelievable aggressive dynamics in 3bet pots. This is one of those pots:

***** Hand History for Game 22418760136 ***** (Full Tilt)
$5000.00 USD PL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, July 18, 04:13:12 ET 2010
Table Sands (heads up deep) (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Seat 1: Sauce1234 ( $16073.50 USD )
Seat 2: URnotINdanger2 ( $50101.00 USD )
URnotINdanger2 posts small blind [$25.00 USD].
Sauce1234 posts big blind [$50.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Sauce1234 [ Qs Kc ]
URnotINdanger2 raises [$125.00 USD]
Sauce1234 raises [$338.00 USD]
URnotINdanger2 calls [$238.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9s, As, 4c ]
Sauce1234 bets [$400.00 USD]
URnotINdanger2 raises [$1150.00 USD]
Sauce1234 raises [$1940.00 USD]
URnotINdanger2 calls [$1190.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8c ]
Sauce1234 bets [$2135.00 USD]
URnotINdanger2 calls [$2135.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 8d ]
Sauce1234 checks
URnotINdanger2 bets [$7200.00 USD]
Sauce1234 calls [$7200.00 USD]
URnotINdanger2 shows [7s, Th ]
Sauce1234 shows [Qs, Kc ]
Sauce1234 wins $24125.50 USD from main pot

This was another cool one, against a crazy Swede

***** Hand History for Game 22570312726 ***** (Full Tilt)
$2000.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, July 24, 11:47:11 ET 2010
Table Vilberti (heads up deep) (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: Sauce1234 ( $9918.00 USD )
Seat 2: Denoking ( $3113.00 USD )
Sauce1234 posts small blind [$10.00 USD].
Denoking posts big blind [$20.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Sauce1234 [ 8h Ah ]
Sauce1234 raises [$50.00 USD]
Denoking raises [$195.00 USD]
Sauce1234 calls [$155.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2s, Qd, Js ]
Denoking checks
Sauce1234 checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8s ]
Denoking bets [$360.00 USD]
Sauce1234 calls [$360.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 7d ]
Denoking bets [$2538.00 USD]
Sauce1234 calls [$2538.00 USD]
Denoking shows [3c, 5c ]
Sauce1234 shows [8h, Ah ]
Sauce1234 wins $6225.50 USD from main pot

As far as goals go, I'm still working a ton on my game, though I can't say it has shown much in my results recently. I'm still waiting for that magical rush where I can do no wrong and am able to run up my BR enough to lose it again playing nosebleeds. I'm at this strange BR level right now where I feel sorta bad donating to people like URnot and chewy and Ashman as it might make me move down after even a few bad sessions in a row. I just can't wrap my head around how many buy ins I need to be playing tough regulars hu, deep, on multiple tables. It's gotta be like 100+. I'll try to learn my lesson, but realistically, I won't.

GL All

Ben ]]> sauce123 http://www.leggopoker.com/blogs/sauce123/grinding-grinding-8492.html http://www.leggopoker.com/blogs/bw07507/new-car-8491.html Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:08:10 GMT I have been debating whether or not to buy a new car for a couple months now and finally decided to pull the trigger. I really wanted a BMW 335i Coupe or an Audi S4. The problem is that I bought a brand new Civic Si a year and a half ago and it only has 11,000 miles on it. I felt kind of stupid getting a new one when I already had that, but I decided that you only live once and I have the cash to do it so why not. So I have been looking all over the area that I live for one with no luck. My buddy calls me up from North Carolina a couple weeks ago and says that I should come visit. So I fly down there last Tuesday for a few days. When I get there I hear that his fiancée just bought a 2006 Nissan Altima at a CarMax. I had never heard of CarMax, but apparently they are a pretty good used car dealership with a good selection of cars. My buddy says that he thinks he saw a 335i there so we decide to go back and check it out. Sure enough, I walk into the lot and immediately spot the exact car I am looking for. A blue BMW 335i coupe thats a 6 speed and with only 30k miles on it. The price is pretty damn good too. I check the carfax, see its totally clean, then go for a test drive. After that there was no turning back. This thing drives like an absolute dream. Later that day I went back and made the purchase. Just drove it back and got home yesterday.




Haven't played poker in over a week. I'm going to lose SN at stars this month since I really just can't bring myself to play there anymore. Lately I just like FT so much better. Really the only time I play at PS is when I multi site and bumhunt HU. I don't think the RB is that big a deal at HU so I will probably still do that.

Hopefully I will make another HH review video soon and get that up since I have had a bunch of people tell me they like that format better than me just playing 4 tables.

Hope everyone had a great July! ]]> bw07507 http://www.leggopoker.com/blogs/bw07507/new-car-8491.html http://www.leggopoker.com/blogs/toocrispy/i-just-remembered-why-i-play-poker-8490.html Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:34:42 GMT

All at 1/2, all happened in a little over 2 hours. After running michael jackson bad for 1.5 months in vegas, its nice to have a day where you just absolutely crush

-crispy

Edit: hands

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HAND #1
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Absolute, $1/$2 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

Hero (BB): $678
UTG: $312.40
MP: $255.50
CO: $1,426.75
BTN: $299.35
SB: $201

Pre-Flop: T J dealt to Hero (BB)
2 folds, CO raises to $7, 2 folds, Hero calls $5

Flop: ($15) J 3 7 (2 Players)
Hero checks, CO bets $15, Hero raises to $44, CO calls $29

Turn: ($103) 2 (2 Players)
Hero checks, CO bets $103, Hero calls $103

River: ($309) J (2 Players)
Hero checks, CO bets $309, Hero raises to $524 and is All-In, CO calls $215

Results: $1,357 Pot ($3.50 Rake)
Hero showed T J and WON $1,353.50 (+$677.50 NET)
CO showed T 7 and LOST (-$678 NET)




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HAND #2
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Absolute, $1/$2 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

Hero (BTN): $1,261.95
SB: $306.40
BB: $393.80
UTG: $656.60
MP: $568.20
CO: $301.50

Pre-Flop: 8 6 dealt to Hero (BTN)
UTG raises to $7, 2 folds, Hero raises to $24, 2 folds, UTG calls $17

Flop: ($51) 6 6 7 (2 Players)
UTG bets $51, Hero calls $51

Turn: ($153) J (2 Players)
UTG bets $153, Hero calls $153

River: ($459) 3 (2 Players)
UTG bets $428.60 and is All-In, Hero calls $428.60

Results: $1,316.20 Pot ($3.50 Rake)
Hero showed 8 6 and WON $1,312.70 (+$656.10 NET)
UTG showed 9 8 and LOST (-$656.60 NET)




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HAND #3
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Absolute, $1/$2 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

BB: $161
Hero (UTG): $535.55
MP: $259.50
CO: $17.69
BTN: $212.41
SB: $189

Pre-Flop: Q Q dealt to Hero (UTG)
Hero raises to $7, MP folds, CO raises to $17.69 and is All-In, BTN calls $17.69, 2 folds, Hero raises to $47, BTN calls $29.31

Flop: ($114.69) 4 J J (3 Players - 1 is All-In)
Hero bets $30, BTN raises to $60, Hero calls $30

Turn: ($234.69) 3 (3 Players - 1 is All-In)
Hero checks, BTN bets $105.41 and is All-In, Hero calls $105.41

River: ($445.51) 4 (3 Players - 2 are All-In)

Results: $445.51 Pot ($3.50 Rake)
Hero showed Q Q and WON $442.01 (+$229.60 NET)
CO showed Q A and LOST (-$17.69 NET)
BTN showed 8 8 and LOST (-$212.41 NET)




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HAND #4
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Absolute, $1/$2 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

BTN: $175.75
Hero (SB): $349.30
BB: $200
UTG: $88.50
MP: $181.10
CO: $200

Pre-Flop: J Q dealt to Hero (SB)
UTG raises to $7, 2 folds, BTN calls $7, Hero raises to $30, BB folds, UTG calls $23, BTN calls $23

Flop: ($92) 2 K 3 (3 Players)
Hero checks, UTG checks, BTN checks

Turn: ($92) 4 (3 Players)
Hero bets $176, UTG folds, BTN calls $145.75 and is All-In

River: ($383.50) 8 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: $383.50 Pot ($3.50 Rake)
BTN showed K Q and LOST (-$175.75 NET)
Hero showed J Q and WON $380 (+$205.25 NET)




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HAND #5
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Absolute, $1/$2 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

Hero (MP): $408.55
CO: $172.90
BTN: $198
SB: $1,793.60
BB: $304.70
UTG: $241.05

Pre-Flop: T Q dealt to Hero (MP)
UTG folds, Hero raises to $8, 2 folds, SB raises to $26, BB folds, Hero calls $18

Flop: ($54) 8 6 K (2 Players)
SB bets $26, Hero raises to $62, SB calls $36

Turn: ($178) A (2 Players)
SB checks, Hero checks

River: ($178) J (2 Players)
SB checks, Hero bets $172, SB calls $172

Results: $522 Pot ($3.50 Rake)
Hero showed T Q and WON $518.50 (+$258.50 NET)
SB showed Q K and LOST (-$259 NET) ]]> toocrispy http://www.leggopoker.com/blogs/toocrispy/i-just-remembered-why-i-play-poker-8490.html http://www.leggopoker.com/blogs/coachgp/weekend-micro-ballers-apply-leakfinder-vid-8489.html Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:02:51 GMT soooo just got back from U of I. Went down there to chill with a few friends for the weekend. Basically drank a fifth (weird bacardi cherry stuff...) and split a dozen brews, wandered around the seemingly empty campus, and flicked off a bunch of asians (really no clue why) at any chance I could get. At least during this trip I didn't pass out in the closet.

When I returned home, a package from a friend at school was sitting in the kitchen. Her dad is the owner/founder of Travis Mathew's golf apparel- she sent me like 6 golf shirts, how awesome. Courtney Kruger, you are amazing. Thank you.

Golf short game keeps improving, as i'm hittin the range for around 90-120minutes whenever it's nice out. Put up a 41 today on 9, prob should have shot 38/39.

If anyone wants to play a round, i'm 5minutes from Cog Hill and am free quite often, so holla.

Trying to get my friends to go skydiving next tuesday, so pics of that obv if it happens. Should be a good time- never have done it before. Other than that, pretty quiet summer. Ready to rage at USC in roughly 20 days. More of these nights to come.

Lastly, if someone that actively posts in the micro forums would like to do a video at 25 or 50nl, record 30minutes of 4 tables, without commentary and get at me. I'll prob do a leakfinder for you. I'm feeling generous. ]]> coachgp http://www.leggopoker.com/blogs/coachgp/weekend-micro-ballers-apply-leakfinder-vid-8489.html http://www.leggopoker.com/blogs/lwrunner103/ouch-8488.html Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:45:51 GMT Lately I've been receiving a lot of pain from poker and gambling. I did not react well for a few days and played in a manner where I was going to lose 5bb/100 vs everyone I played. It involved anger and not having control or being sharp. Times like these seperate mediocrity from greatness. The good decision is almost always to swallow the pain, drop down, or take a break. All of which are very tough to do in the heat of the battle. And of course everyone has been through this cycle, but it's good to reflect through words for sanity purposes. Then I got my game together and continued to lose. : p

I had a talk with someone today about what the average 'worst act of doing' would be in one's life. I came up with purposefully running over a squirrel and my friend said cheating on spouse. A lot of these acts are only going to be known by a few people, if that. Opinions in comment box!! ]]> lwrunner103 http://www.leggopoker.com/blogs/lwrunner103/ouch-8488.html http://www.leggopoker.com/blogs/tedjam/some-hu-hands-8487.html Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:11:43 GMT ok this year ive tried to concntrate on cash, specifically HU, The reason being was that I couldnt put the volume into tournys and wanted to be able to play shorter sessions so I choose a less volitile form of poker..... HU lol HU50 to be accurate.

My first 28k hands im down 1200 or 4bb(was down 8bb at one stage), Ive ran pretty badly early and also I didnt know how to play. few weeks ago I bougt HEM and renewed my vid subscription and preceded to lose about 600 in 3500 hands although I now have 7000 hands in HEM and am down about 120. therefore im pretty much a novice. anyway here are some hands against a really big winner

never played villan b4 but hes a big winner on stars 7bb nearly 200k hands(babormor?)

hand 1
Poker Stars, $0.25/$0.50 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 2 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

Hero (BTN): $104.90
BB: $52.35

Pre-Flop: 5s 5c dealt to Hero (BTN)
Hero raises to $1.50, BB calls $1

Flop: ($3) Kd 3h 9s (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero bets $2, BB calls $2

Turn: ($7) Td (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero checks

River: ($7) 5h (2 Players)
BB bets $5.50, Hero raises to $15, BB raises to $48.85 and is All-In, Hero
what do i do on river should i have not c/r?



Hand 2
Poker Stars, $0.25/$0.50 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 2 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

Hero (BTN): $127.05
BB: $50.50

Pre-Flop: Kd Ks dealt to Hero (BTN)
Hero raises to $1.50, BB raises to $5, Hero calls $3.50

Flop: ($10) Jh Ah As (2 Players)
BB bets $6.50, Hero calls $6.50

Turn: ($23) 3d (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero checks

River: ($23) Td (2 Players)
BB bets $15, Hero??????????????

he was 3 betting 11% over 200 hands pre
I guess I should have 4 bet pre
what do i do on river


hand 3
and finally
Poker Stars, $0.25/$0.50 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 2 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

Hero (BTN): $122.10
BB: $54.50

Pre-Flop: Ah Qh dealt to Hero (BTN)
Hero raises to $1.50, BB raises to $5, Hero calls $3.50

Flop: ($10) 9c Qs 6c (2 Players)
BB bets $6.50, Hero raises to $19, BB raises to $49.50 and is All-In, Hero calls $30.50

Turn: ($109) Jc (2 Players - 1 is All-In)


River: ($109) 5d (2 Players - 1 is All-In)




should I have 4bet pre
is flop ok

all comments aprreciated ]]> tedjam http://www.leggopoker.com/blogs/tedjam/some-hu-hands-8487.html http://www.leggopoker.com/blogs/twoshae/new-whip-8486.html Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:24:27 GMT Image: http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/9990/car025h.jpg Discuss

Discuss ]]> TwoSHAE http://www.leggopoker.com/blogs/twoshae/new-whip-8486.html http://www.leggopoker.com/blogs/preflopjitters/catching-some-bluffs-8485.html Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:43:28 GMT My poker results have been extremely good. I have been working on trying to improve how I handle adversity, be it a bad beat or my own bad play. Last night was typical of so many of my sessions except in how I handled it. I started off jumping up 2 BI playing with some big donks. I consider just calling it a night and booking a win. (I try not to get too caught up in that as I know being a winning poker player is measured over a long period of time. All the same, it seems like booking a winning session, no matter how short, has done a lot to improve my overall outlook on poker recently, so maybe it is positive EV for the moment.) I did not quit. I continue to play and to lose almost all of it back. Normally that is when I quit. It was getting late, but I decided I had to pull myself together, take a few deep breaths, and play my A game since there were some big donks at the tables. And I did. I think the skill of noticing when I am playing marginally and turning it around is going to be a key component of my success as a poker player, so when I have been playing less than my best, I have forced myself to continue playing and try and turn it around.

Seems like I have been calling a lot of bluffs lately, so I wanted to post some of those hands.

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Hand 1
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Only four hands at the table with villain where he limped twice. He does not have a full stack, seems to be a donk.

SB ($60.70)
BB ($50.95)
UTG ($38.62)
UTG+1 ($128)
Hero ($50)
BTN ($50.20)

Dealt to Hero A:heart: Q:heart:

UTG calls $0.50, fold, Hero raises to $2.50, fold, fold, fold, UTG calls $2

FLOP ($5.75) 3:club: 4:heart: 5:club:

UTG bets $0.50, Hero calls $0.50

I decide to just call his weak donk out because I feel like my hand is pretty vulnerable on this board and I wouldn't be able to call a 3bet. He is giving me a great price.

TURN ($6.75) 3:club: 4:heart: 5:club: Q:diamond:

UTG bets $1.50, Hero raises to $5.50, UTG calls $4

With a made hand, it is an easy raise. I feel like he is trying to price himself in to hit a draw of some sort but will not fold too my raise.

RIVER ($17.75) 3:club: 4:heart: 5:club: Q:diamond: K:spade:

UTG bets $17.75, Hero calls $17.75

Instant psb by him on the river. I just don't think he has a lot of Kings in his range, and it is effectively a blank.

UTG shows 7:spade: J:spade:
(Pre 36%, Flop 31.7%, Turn 9.1%)

Hero shows A:heart: Q:heart:
(Pre 64%, Flop 68.3%, Turn 90.9%)

Hero wins $50.10


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Hand 2
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This is only my 3rd hand with villain.

Hero ($129)
BB ($51.40)
UTG ($52.05)
UTG+1 ($116)
CO ($53.60)
BTN ($50.20)

Dealt to Hero K:diamond: J:diamond:

UTG calls $0.50, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $3, fold, UTG calls $2.50

FLOP ($6.50) T:heart: J:heart: 3:spade:

Hero bets $4, UTG raises to $8, Hero calls $4

I think he has a draw here most of the time, and he is representing 33, JJ, or TT, maybe JT. I think he doesn't limp anything but 33 preflop.

TURN ($22.50) T:heart: J:heart: 3:spade: 6:spade:

Hero checks, UTG bets $11, Hero calls $11

With a half pot bet, I don't think he has a big value hand. I debate raising, but I don't absolutely know he calls with an oesd or flush draw, so i just call and give him room to bluff.

RIVER ($44.50) T:heart: J:heart: 3:spade: 6:spade: 4:diamond:

Hero checks, UTG bets $30.05 (AI), Hero calls $30.05

Pretty much a blank, and I snap called this even as I was involved with a hand at another table.

Hero shows K:diamond: J:diamond:
(Pre 44%, Flop 82.4%, Turn 72.7%)

UTG shows 8:spade: A:spade:
(Pre 56%, Flop 17.6%, Turn 27.3%)

Hero wins $101


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Hand 3
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Just 53 hands on villain here, but he is playing 35/8 and seems to be playing fairly aggressively post flop for having such a wide preflop range.

SB ($50.80)
Hero ($51.50)
UTG ($48.95)
UTG+1 ($112)
CO ($105)
BTN ($85.31)

Dealt to Hero Q:spade: Q:diamond:

fold, fold, fold, BTN calls $0.50, fold, Hero raises to $3, BTN calls $2.50

FLOP ($6.25) 8:spade: 8:club: J:diamond:

Hero bets $4.50, BTN raises to $9, Hero calls $4.50

Makes no sense, tbh. There is no flush draw, and I think he tries to get more value than a minraise out of an 8. I think he probably has a J or some kind of underpair he is turning into a bluff. Maybe 9Ts with a backdoor flush draw, but that is only 4 combos of hands.

TURN ($24.25) 8:spade: 8:club: J:diamond: A:club:

Hero checks, BTN bets $24.25, Hero raises to $39.50 (AI), BTN calls $15.25

I figure he either luckboxed an A or is full of it. Once I decide I am calling, I can't leave myself $15 on the river with a $75 pot. I don't think he is folding a J here anyway.

RIVER ($103) 8:spade: 8:club: J:diamond: A:club: J:club:

BTN shows 7:diamond: 7:heart:
(Pre 19%, Flop 8.0%, Turn 4.5%)

Hero shows Q:spade: Q:diamond:
(Pre 81%, Flop 92.0%, Turn 95.5%)

Hero wins $99.75


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Hand 4
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Again, not a lot of reads on villain since it is a relatively small sample size, but he has been involved in 8 or so of the dozen hands I have seen since joining the table.

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $0.50(BB) Replayer
SB ($41.83)
BB ($87)
Hero ($52.60)
BTN ($74.20)

Dealt to Hero Q:diamond: Q:heart:

Hero raises to $1.75, fold, fold, BB calls $1.25

FLOP ($3.75) T:club: T:spade: J:club:

BB checks, Hero bets $3, BB calls $3

TURN ($9.75) T:club: T:spade: J:club: 7:club:

BB bets $3.50, Hero raises to $11, BB calls $7.50

Looks like he is trying to buy a cheap river and hit his draw. He doesn't seem like the type of player to fold a draw, any draw, at this point. I think I could have made it a little more than $11, tbh.

RIVER ($31.75) T:club: T:spade: J:club: 7:club: 6:diamond:

BB bets $21.50, Hero calls $21.50

This was a super quick river donk out. He didn't even have a chance to process the river card, imo. I think he donks bigger on the turn and 3bets my raise with a made flush or 89, so I am treating this as a blank

BB shows 8:diamond: K:club:
(Pre 28%, Flop 15.8%, Turn 31.8%)

Hero shows Q:diamond: Q:heart:
(Pre 72%, Flop 84.2%, Turn 68.2%)

Hero wins $72.25


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Hand 5
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Villain is 69/20/3.1

SB ($123)
BB ($25)
UTG ($53.60)
UTG+1 ($50.71)
CO ($73.33)
Hero ($71.35)

Dealt to Hero Q:spade: 8:spade:

fold, fold, CO calls $0.50, Hero raises to $2.50, fold, fold, CO calls $2

I ended up playing really loose at this table, but it is because villain is limp/calling such a wide range that I chose to isolate, and the blinds have been giving me zero problems preflop.

FLOP ($5.75) A:spade: Q:heart: K:club:

CO checks, Hero bets $3, CO calls $3

I actually don't like this bet as it is for super duper thin value and I only have 3rd pair and a backdoor flush draw. I think the sizing leaves a little to be desired as well.

TURN ($11.75) A:spade: Q:heart: K:club: 8:heart:

CO checks, Hero bets $8.50, CO calls $8.50

Happily, I hit two pair and I don't think villain is folding an A or K or Q, so I bet for value.

RIVER ($28.75) A:spade: Q:heart: K:club: 8:heart: 4:diamond:

CO checks, Hero bets $11, CO raises to $22, Hero calls $11

I think I should be betting bigger for value and folding to a raise. I wanted to price in a call from a weak ace or a K, but in reality, villain isn't looking at the size of my bet and making a decision. Now when minraised, I can't tell if it is because I induced it with a small bet or villain has me beat. I figure I am priced in to call and villain is bad enough to do this with hands that I beat once in a while.

CO shows A:diamond: 4:heart:
(Pre 56%, Flop 76.3%, Turn 18.2%)

Hero shows Q:spade: 8:spade:
(Pre 44%, Flop 23.7%, Turn 81.8%)

CO wins $69.25


Play well. Do good work. Keep in touch.

PFJ ]]> preflopjitters http://www.leggopoker.com/blogs/preflopjitters/catching-some-bluffs-8485.html http://www.leggopoker.com/blogs/jackson-kings/pokerupdate-hu-hand-8484.html Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:19:31 GMT It's strange, after I just typed in this title for this update, I thought that the title would suck in order to get Leggoguys to read this. At least, I personally don't get warm for a 'pokerupdate + HU hand' by some random dude who has decided to make a blog on Leggo. The "TR with pics MUST READ's" do way better in being readermagnets. But anyway, here it goes...

Played a few HU SNG's the last couple of days. Most were 2 players, some 4 players shootout. Haven't been mass multitabling them, but usually 1 or 2 at the same time. I was defenitly very zeroed in into some oponents, and I think I played particulairy well versus the passive players (95% donks) I faced.

I think I ran pretty good overall, wasn't getting great startinghands, but defenitly got lucky in some all-in spots when the blinds were getting higher.

Sample is obviously way way way to small to see what my actual ROI would be, but I plan to play a lot of these this summer and see what happens!


This hand I probably misplayed a little bit. Villain was decend, but tight preflop. He had limped 3 times this far and called my raise every time, so I didn't raise him here. I think his limping range has a lot of medium strenght hands like Qx and 54, 65, 76, 87 etc.
Flop C/R is probably not great, given the awkward stacksizes (?). I think i'd better lead out, here, which would not put me in a meh-spot.
River was close I guess. Decided to C/C, since i thought he would jam most of his 8x+ hands on the turn. His line didn't really make a lot of sense I thought.


Poker Stars $55.00+$2.50 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t15/t30 Blinds - 2 players

Keuftedjian (BTN/SB): t1950 M = 43.33
Hero (BB): t1050 M = 23.33

Pre Flop: (t45) Hero is BB with 6 :heart: 8 :diamond:
Keuftedjian calls t15, Hero checks

Flop: (t60) 6 :diamond: 5 :heart: 7 :spade: (2 players)
Hero checks, Keuftedjian bets t60, Hero raises to t180, Keuftedjian calls t120

Turn: (t420) Q :spade: (2 players)
Hero bets t260, Keuftedjian calls t260

River: (t940) Q :club: (2 players)
Hero checks, Keuftedjian bets t1440, Hero calls t580 all in

Anyway, that's it for now. ]]> Jackson Kings http://www.leggopoker.com/blogs/jackson-kings/pokerupdate-hu-hand-8484.html