An awesome song that everyone should hear has been created from absolute scratch.
Basically it originates from some kid called ch3ckraise creating a 'victory song' in the chat box after he beat people heads up. I haven't read most of the thread where the song originated but the end result is too funny and deserves cash donations to DRybes on Stars for creating the vid.
Thursday, 2 July 2009
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
Think lucky get lucky
Why do some people get all the luck while others never get the breaks they deserve?
That's the question at the start of the article i read the other day on the BBC site.
The gist of it is people who think positively get more luck.
As someone who's played a lot of poker over the years i've had to train myself into always looking on the positive side of things.
Just yesterday i was 3 buy-ins down but stuck at it and ended up 1 buy-in in profit.
However today i'm pretty much at the end of my tether.
5 buy-ins down, 4 buy-ins below all in EV the session can be summed up by:
JJ v QQ (lost)
QQ v AK (lost)
KK v JJ (lost)
& Set vs flush draw that gets there OBV.
& Trip Aces vs rivered full house but i didn't stack off.
This has been normality for me the last 3months i've played (March, April, June)
My stats show i'm playing top quality the last week but i'm 10 buy-ins below all in EV.
Better to be lucky than good i guess.
Ermm ... I don't know where to go from here. It's all pretty fucked up at the moment.
Last 7days
That's the question at the start of the article i read the other day on the BBC site.
The gist of it is people who think positively get more luck.
As someone who's played a lot of poker over the years i've had to train myself into always looking on the positive side of things.
Just yesterday i was 3 buy-ins down but stuck at it and ended up 1 buy-in in profit.
However today i'm pretty much at the end of my tether.
5 buy-ins down, 4 buy-ins below all in EV the session can be summed up by:
JJ v QQ (lost)
QQ v AK (lost)
KK v JJ (lost)
& Set vs flush draw that gets there OBV.
& Trip Aces vs rivered full house but i didn't stack off.
This has been normality for me the last 3months i've played (March, April, June)
My stats show i'm playing top quality the last week but i'm 10 buy-ins below all in EV.
Better to be lucky than good i guess.
Ermm ... I don't know where to go from here. It's all pretty fucked up at the moment.
Last 7days
Thursday, 25 June 2009
I run good at life
Ok so yesterday i moan about running bad on the poker table.
Today i get reminded how damn good i run at life!
Helping my dad cut some glass for his greenhouse today i'm messing about as usual showing off my terrible efforts when the piece of glass i'm tapping against my left hand smashes and a large piece strikes me in the face!
I can feel blood streaming down my face so look in the reflection of a window and see there's a cut about 1cm away from my left eye.
It reminds me of many moments in my life i've come so so close to disaster but somehow got away with it for example falling out of a big tree when i was younger and landing on my ass. Running towards the edge of one of those bridges in france that lifts up to let big ships through not seeing a large hole with some crappy netting covering it until my sister screams STOP, i stop dead, literally 1 foot away from almost certain death.
Nearly been run over a few times, nearly had big car accident a couple of weeks ago when i couldn't see out of a turning and i was about to go but just decided to wait an extra second for whatever reason and a huge lorry comes storming past at least 30mph.
Also been in planes that have dropped out of the sky in turbulence and ferries that have stop working for a long while in storms in the middle of the night in the channel.
So i think yet again someone up there somewhere is telling me to stop being a whiny ass and remember how LUCKY I AM.
Genuinely am so so lucky in life but perhaps because i've appreciated how great life is for many many years.
So appreciate life as you never know when it can just blow up in your face...
Today i get reminded how damn good i run at life!
Helping my dad cut some glass for his greenhouse today i'm messing about as usual showing off my terrible efforts when the piece of glass i'm tapping against my left hand smashes and a large piece strikes me in the face!
I can feel blood streaming down my face so look in the reflection of a window and see there's a cut about 1cm away from my left eye.
It reminds me of many moments in my life i've come so so close to disaster but somehow got away with it for example falling out of a big tree when i was younger and landing on my ass. Running towards the edge of one of those bridges in france that lifts up to let big ships through not seeing a large hole with some crappy netting covering it until my sister screams STOP, i stop dead, literally 1 foot away from almost certain death.
Nearly been run over a few times, nearly had big car accident a couple of weeks ago when i couldn't see out of a turning and i was about to go but just decided to wait an extra second for whatever reason and a huge lorry comes storming past at least 30mph.
Also been in planes that have dropped out of the sky in turbulence and ferries that have stop working for a long while in storms in the middle of the night in the channel.
So i think yet again someone up there somewhere is telling me to stop being a whiny ass and remember how LUCKY I AM.
Genuinely am so so lucky in life but perhaps because i've appreciated how great life is for many many years.
So appreciate life as you never know when it can just blow up in your face...
Wednesday, 24 June 2009
Cursed blog..
Since my last post i've run 7 buy-ins below all in EV.
This month reminds me a lot of March this year when i played pretty rubbish for the first couple of weeks of the month then sorted my game out, play great then ran 20 buy-ins below EV (serious i just looked at the graph).
Poker is fun for all the family.
Of course all in EV is a pretty sketchy thing as you can get $99 in ahead and only $1 in behind and it'll say you got all the money in behind so i did another search for how my luck is in all ins pre flop this year on the two main sites i've played. 10 buy-ins below EV in all-ins pre flop.
I remember the days when i could flop a set with 77 on a 78J flop and get three streets of value vs any combination of hands. Not these days. It's EZ game for my opponents these days when they can just call with T9o and flop the straight isn't it.
EZ game folks.
At least the weather is nice.
This month reminds me a lot of March this year when i played pretty rubbish for the first couple of weeks of the month then sorted my game out, play great then ran 20 buy-ins below EV (serious i just looked at the graph).
Poker is fun for all the family.
Of course all in EV is a pretty sketchy thing as you can get $99 in ahead and only $1 in behind and it'll say you got all the money in behind so i did another search for how my luck is in all ins pre flop this year on the two main sites i've played. 10 buy-ins below EV in all-ins pre flop.
I remember the days when i could flop a set with 77 on a 78J flop and get three streets of value vs any combination of hands. Not these days. It's EZ game for my opponents these days when they can just call with T9o and flop the straight isn't it.
EZ game folks.
At least the weather is nice.
Sunday, 21 June 2009
Feelin so high ...
Was up a few hundred the last few days but the last day hasn't been too good and it got me wondering about how to improve my game further.
I've played vs people from all corners of the globe on all sorts of different sites and see a lot of people who just don't tilt. Some people just don't seem to have moments of madness where they spew off a buy-in for no apparent reason. In contrast i'm quite adept at this. So i think it's time to change this bad habit.
Over the last day i lost the profit i made in the 2days previous but looking back on my stats my play didn't change too much at all. The big difference though was in the sessions over the last day i've played whilst distracted and when tired - i used to think it was ok playing when not feeling at my best but in todays games every edge is vital.
Now the aim is to only play when i'm on my 'A' game.
Tommy Angelo is a poker pro and psychologist he strongly advocates making priorities off the felt to aid you on the felt. For example he says sleeping well, taking breaks, focussing fully etc. should be made as strong a priority as making money.
So to try this out i'm going to set my alarm every morning for 10am ! Without an alarm i rarely wake before mid-day so getting into a morning routine should be good. Also going to do an hours daily exercise and maybe try out some yoga which i've been wanting to do for a long time.
A feel good tune i found on my ipod the other day (random) is So High (Martin Roth remix) by Starchaser - this youtube version is 2mins longer than the one off itunes and the quality is a bit tinny compared but as one of the comments below the vids says, if you don't like it "Fuck the song Look at her!"
I've played vs people from all corners of the globe on all sorts of different sites and see a lot of people who just don't tilt. Some people just don't seem to have moments of madness where they spew off a buy-in for no apparent reason. In contrast i'm quite adept at this. So i think it's time to change this bad habit.
Over the last day i lost the profit i made in the 2days previous but looking back on my stats my play didn't change too much at all. The big difference though was in the sessions over the last day i've played whilst distracted and when tired - i used to think it was ok playing when not feeling at my best but in todays games every edge is vital.
Now the aim is to only play when i'm on my 'A' game.
Tommy Angelo is a poker pro and psychologist he strongly advocates making priorities off the felt to aid you on the felt. For example he says sleeping well, taking breaks, focussing fully etc. should be made as strong a priority as making money.
So to try this out i'm going to set my alarm every morning for 10am ! Without an alarm i rarely wake before mid-day so getting into a morning routine should be good. Also going to do an hours daily exercise and maybe try out some yoga which i've been wanting to do for a long time.
A feel good tune i found on my ipod the other day (random) is So High (Martin Roth remix) by Starchaser - this youtube version is 2mins longer than the one off itunes and the quality is a bit tinny compared but as one of the comments below the vids says, if you don't like it "Fuck the song Look at her!"
Wednesday, 17 June 2009
Krantz mode
So i've just managed a winning session for the first time in 4days after losing 8 straight sessions.
That's quite a hefty monkey off my back after days of run bad and play bad but it may come too late to save the month.
Perhaps the most costly mistake i made this month was something i did (or didn't do) away from the felt.
There was a new video on DeucesCracked by jongreenway (a v.good 100nl/200nl reg) that i started to watch. But stopped it after less than 2minutes.
Why?
Because i thought i knew better.
My mindset going into the month was i'm going to play my own style, do what i want and not conform to what the 'right' plays are. This included watching no strat videos.
But today after a brutal week i decided to watch the video DeucesCracked-JonGreenway just to see.
As i was watching whilst 5tabling i didn't take too much notice to his exact actions but one line caught my attention in a big way.
He said at 100nl and 200nl there's no need to go aggro-tard or tag-fish like a lot of players do. Just playing normal solid poker will make money. This sounds pretty obvious of course but it's coming from one of the top winners over the past year and just shows you don't have to get fancy, don't have to read too much into things just play solid poker keep grinding away and you will make money.
His exact term was going in to "krantz mode" i.e. being over-aggro leading you to level yourself against other aggressive players. But as none of us at that level are as good as Krantz we don't know how to react to people being aggressive back at our aggressiveness. Leading to mistakes and losing money.
I'm sure i've been in Krantz mode this year when it's just a lot easier to make money playing normal solid poker. I guess i knew this in the back of my mind but having it re-affirmed by a top low/mid stakes player has brought it to the forefront.
That's quite a hefty monkey off my back after days of run bad and play bad but it may come too late to save the month.
Perhaps the most costly mistake i made this month was something i did (or didn't do) away from the felt.
There was a new video on DeucesCracked by jongreenway (a v.good 100nl/200nl reg) that i started to watch. But stopped it after less than 2minutes.
Why?
Because i thought i knew better.
My mindset going into the month was i'm going to play my own style, do what i want and not conform to what the 'right' plays are. This included watching no strat videos.
But today after a brutal week i decided to watch the video DeucesCracked-JonGreenway just to see.
As i was watching whilst 5tabling i didn't take too much notice to his exact actions but one line caught my attention in a big way.
He said at 100nl and 200nl there's no need to go aggro-tard or tag-fish like a lot of players do. Just playing normal solid poker will make money. This sounds pretty obvious of course but it's coming from one of the top winners over the past year and just shows you don't have to get fancy, don't have to read too much into things just play solid poker keep grinding away and you will make money.
His exact term was going in to "krantz mode" i.e. being over-aggro leading you to level yourself against other aggressive players. But as none of us at that level are as good as Krantz we don't know how to react to people being aggressive back at our aggressiveness. Leading to mistakes and losing money.
I'm sure i've been in Krantz mode this year when it's just a lot easier to make money playing normal solid poker. I guess i knew this in the back of my mind but having it re-affirmed by a top low/mid stakes player has brought it to the forefront.
Monday, 15 June 2009
Is every player a superuser?
That is what it feels like at this moment from what i've seen the last few days.
To put it into context i 3bet this guy with AK, flop comes Q high we both check, i big barrel turn and river blanks to put him all in he insta calls with QJ. (who ever stacks off with one pair Q Jkicker at 100NL these days??)
Later on its the same again with AK, this time the flop is KQx we check again so i'm staying in pattern for how i big bluffed earlier except i have a big hand now. I bet the turn and river again all in he insta calls again the river this time he has 89s for the back doored flush.
Seriously no matter what i do the last 4days i get soul owned. If i choose to 3barrel bluff (incredibly rare) they call down with rags or have the nuts if i check raise bluff (even rarer) they go all in, if i go for value i valuetown myself. It's that kind of days weeks and month.
Actually starting to think ipoker 100nl 6max may be unbeatable.
The irony is as they call down light it seems so so often they are exploitable but if you never bluff then you'd expect in turn they'd tighten up.
As i have unfortunately showndown a lot of bluffs now you'd think i'd have made a lot of money getting value from big hands, yes i've won big pots vs people calling down light, but haven't stacked anyone in over 2days and 4,000 hands.
The next step?
Pray to run better. If these people keep calling down with rags i MIGHT actually make a hand once in a while paying me off big style as i'm running the bluffs just as i would the big hands as shown at the beginning of this post.
The wider picture is europeans are just bloody crazy.
To put it into context i 3bet this guy with AK, flop comes Q high we both check, i big barrel turn and river blanks to put him all in he insta calls with QJ. (who ever stacks off with one pair Q Jkicker at 100NL these days??)
Later on its the same again with AK, this time the flop is KQx we check again so i'm staying in pattern for how i big bluffed earlier except i have a big hand now. I bet the turn and river again all in he insta calls again the river this time he has 89s for the back doored flush.
Seriously no matter what i do the last 4days i get soul owned. If i choose to 3barrel bluff (incredibly rare) they call down with rags or have the nuts if i check raise bluff (even rarer) they go all in, if i go for value i valuetown myself. It's that kind of days weeks and month.
Actually starting to think ipoker 100nl 6max may be unbeatable.
The irony is as they call down light it seems so so often they are exploitable but if you never bluff then you'd expect in turn they'd tighten up.
As i have unfortunately showndown a lot of bluffs now you'd think i'd have made a lot of money getting value from big hands, yes i've won big pots vs people calling down light, but haven't stacked anyone in over 2days and 4,000 hands.
The next step?
Pray to run better. If these people keep calling down with rags i MIGHT actually make a hand once in a while paying me off big style as i'm running the bluffs just as i would the big hands as shown at the beginning of this post.
The wider picture is europeans are just bloody crazy.
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