***February Fever Poker Chat***

sweet, we can discuss it on MSN or in the micros see if anybody else wants to join in.

Also does anybody know the average winrates for each limit? or is there no such thing

Zach, Is that the spring edition ?

Didn't someone post about it here a couple of pages ago.
Switch said something about playing omaha I believe .

Started 25nl again yesterday.
Feeling good, playing good, solid, nonspew and all that.
Most of it without any software like huds etc, today last session I had installed hem and ran the hud, still played good so I think my game is actually improving, besides an AA < QQ haven't gotten bad beated imo.

Confidence is back as I don't feel like the universe is screwing me over every hand any more. Break from cash for a week did me good.

Now I'm doomswitching myself obv:

zachvac said:

Anyone see the SCOOP for Stars? It's a lot like the WCOOP but they have low-mid-high stakes tourneys for each event.

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https://www.cardschat.com/forum/poker-rooms-10/pokerstars-spring-scoop-schedule-143631/

You're like so last week.

To say that I've been working on my ring game over the last few months would be somewhat of an understatement. I've changed everything at least twice, watched videos, looked at stats and generally done the A-team trapped in the barn thing. Hence my blog silence, which I might break soon. Anyway I've converted the tractor into a tank that fires cabbages and am ready to emerge..

This is the last 35k hands (couple of weeks) during which I think I've finally hit a balance that works. Ran horribly for the first 20k hands but felt great about it as I was playing well. All came together with some decent situations in the last 15k and I think there's more under the hood so to speak.

Don't want to be premature, but very happy about things atm,

Guys, I was thinking about this, just sitting here and breathing.

For every breath that you take, someone, somewhere in the world, is breathing their last breath. As in dying.

If you saw like a huge blown up version of a world map with a little light for every person, every single second there would be a little blip on the map, or more than 1 blip. I'd imagine it would be accompanied by a "ding" sound when a person dies.

Yeah thats about it, I just thought its kind of interesting to think about, nothing too deep.

Yea Jake..I really need to stick to 25nl and play nothing else next month..

I am now officially in profit for February.

F*ck you poker, your 23 buyin downswongs are no much for my skills

switch0723 said:

I am now officially in profit for February.

F*ck you poker, your 23 buyin downswongs are no much for my skills

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lol.

Does anyone else have a glitch in their HEM graph. It doesn't seem that accurate to me. I pretty much always keep a view on my graph to see how I'm playing (I know I know ) but recently it's gone a little goofy. Not sure if it's coz I'm playing different sites but, Meh!

Finally! Get to fire up the tables (I had to work late tonight).

Been a good week..I'm feeling pretty good right now, the coaching is helping tremendously.

Got another session with him tomorrow.

Bleh... This is over the last ~1500 hands lol.... go me! Not sure the fold to flop cbet has ever been that low over that number of hands before... it's been kinda surreal.

wow, what's your cbet % been over that span?

eNTy said:

Zach, Is that the spring edition ?

Didn't someone post about it here a couple of pages ago.
Switch said something about playing omaha I believe .

Started 25nl again yesterday.
Feeling good, playing good, solid, nonspew and all that.
Most of it without any software like huds etc, today last session I had installed hem and ran the hud, still played good so I think my game is actually improving, besides an AA < QQ haven't gotten bad beated imo.

Confidence is back as I don't feel like the universe is screwing me over every hand any more. Break from cash for a week did me good.

Now I'm doomswitching myself obv:

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I haven't been playing much ring lately, but I have had three days in a row with positive results. I think the downswing is finally over.

But I think I'm gonna stick mainly to tourneys now and only play about an hour of ring per day. I ring better, but I feel like I'm better suited tourneys. Plus, I'm just not ready for another near b/r ending downswing.

combuboom said:

wow, what's your cbet % been over that span?

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~68%

I've been getting called and/or raised every.single.time.

It's been a combination of idiots (didn't realize they were idiots at the time) and people hitting a stupid amount of monsters.

I've had two pair called down by king high (as in CALLED down..he never raised) and other really bizarre stuff going on.

Oh and for good measure...I wasn't hitting much of anything either (0 sets, etc... I think i missed the flop with all but one AK)

Jurn8 said:

Also does anybody know the average winrates for each limit? or is there no such thing

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average winrates at each limit is minus the average rake paid at each limit.

[x] villain has pair
[ ] villain letting go of pair
[x] villain donates me 1.5 buyins


Stage #1271680937: Holdem No Limit $0.10 - 2009-02-20 01:35:39 (ET)
Table: HOLLYWOOD (real money) Seat #1 is the dealer
Seat 1 - PAYTONDOG ($19.40 in chips)
Seat 2 - WINKS009 ($3.45 in chips)
Seat 3 - VOLANDOG ($9.85 in chips)
Seat 4 - ROCKETCRAKER ($2.75 in chips)
Seat 5 - - ROUNDER - ($20.46 in chips)
Seat 6 - DCRYS1979 ($18.42 in chips)
WINKS009 - Posts small blind $0.05
VOLANDOG - Posts big blind $0.10
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to DCRYS1979 [5h Ah]
ROCKETCRAKER - Folds
- ROUNDER - - Calls $0.10
DCRYS1979 - Raises $0.50 to $0.50
PAYTONDOG - Calls $0.50
WINKS009 - Folds
VOLANDOG - Folds
- ROUNDER - - Calls $0.40
*** FLOP *** [Kh 4s 3h]
- ROUNDER - - Checks
DCRYS1979 - Bets $0.82
PAYTONDOG - Calls $0.82
- ROUNDER - - Folds
*** TURN *** [Kh 4s 3h] [8h]
DCRYS1979 - Checks
PAYTONDOG - Bets $3.29
DCRYS1979 - Raises $6.58 to $6.58
PAYTONDOG - Calls $3.29
*** RIVER *** [Kh 4s 3h 8h] [Jh]
DCRYS1979 - Bets $5
PAYTONDOG - All-In(Raise) $11.50 to $11.50
DCRYS1979 - All-In $5.52
PAYTONDOG - returned ($0.98) : not called
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PAYTONDOG - Shows [6d 6h] (Flush, king high)
DCRYS1979 - Shows [5h Ah] (Flush, ace high)
DCRYS1979 Collects $35.62 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($37.49) | Rake ($1.87)
Board [Kh 4s 3h 8h Jh]
Seat 1: PAYTONDOG (dealer) HI:lost with Flush, king high [6d 6h - B:Kh,B:Jh,B:8h,P:6h,B:3h]
Seat 2: WINKS009 (small blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 3: VOLANDOG (big blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 4: ROCKETCRAKER Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 5: - ROUNDER - Folded on the FLOP
Seat 6: DCRYS1979 won Total ($35.62) All-In HI$35.62) with Flush, ace high [5h Ah - P:Ah,B:Kh,B:Jh,B:8h,P:5h]

dg1267 said:

PAYTONDOG - Bets $3.29
DCRYS1979 - Raises $6.58 to $6.58

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Look ma, I min-raised!

Yesterday's little heater allowed me to complete my own Ferguson challenge.

BRAG: $10k from freeroll winnings

arty: arty: arty:

c9h13no3 said:

Look ma, I min-raised!

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Why did I know you were going to say that?

Seriously, this guy was really aggressive but I didn't want to scare him off. I almost stacked him in an earlier hand with top two pr, but he ran when I ch/raised him 3x his bet. That was my reasoning for the min ch/r.

Anyway, finished the day great! $250 in tourney winnings and up ~4 b/is at 10NL.

BelgoSuisse said:

BRAG: $10k from freeroll winnings

arty: arty: arty:

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Very nice hand, Sir!

Jesus FTP 1knl tables juicy as hell tonight. Lost small pot after small pot as I could never flop a pair against the fish. Had KK > AQ AIPF vs. shortstack but other than that couldn't seem to win a hand. Ah well can't really complain this month. Also played a bit with leatherass.

I finally actually played a session of 20 tabling 10NL, it was alright played 1,214 hands in about an hour and 15 minutes and won $20. These were my only two big losing hands, I think I probably could've folded the 2nd one but I guess I'm not that good.

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HAND #1
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Poker Stars, $0.05/$0.10 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 8 Players
Hand History Converter by Stoxpoker

BB: $9.85 (98.5 bb)
UTG+1: $26.40 (264 bb)
MP1: $10.15 (101.5 bb)
MP2: $9.90 (99 bb)
MP3: $12.15 (121.5 bb)
CO: $9.90 (99 bb)
BTN: $2.75 (27.5 bb)
SeanyJ (SB): $19.35 (193.5 bb)

Pre-Flop: SeanyJ is SB with A K
UTG+1 calls $0.10, MP1 folds, MP2 raises to $0.50, 3 folds, SeanyJ raises to $1.80, 2 folds, MP2 calls $1.30

Flop: ($3.80) A K J (2 players)
SeanyJ bets $2.50, MP2 raises to $8.10 and is all-in, SeanyJ calls $5.60

Turn: ($20) 8 (2 players, 1 is all-in)
River: ($20) 9 (2 players, 1 is all-in)

Results: $20 pot ($0.95 rake)
SeanyJ showed A K (two pairs, Aces and Kings) and lost (-$9.90 net)
MP2 showed J J (three of a kind, Jacks) and won $19.05 ($9.15 net)



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HAND #2
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Poker Stars, $0.05/$0.10 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 8 Players
Hand History Converter by Stoxpoker

SeanyJ (BB): $9.85 (98.5 bb)
UTG+1: $1.40 (14 bb)
MP1: $10 (100 bb)
MP2: $7.95 (79.5 bb)
MP3: $10 (100 bb)
CO: $19.40 (194 bb)
BTN: $5.05 (50.5 bb)
SB: $20.55 (205.5 bb)

Pre-Flop: SeanyJ is BB with 4 K
UTG+1 calls $0.10, MP1 calls $0.10, 4 folds, SB completes, SeanyJ checks

Flop: ($0.40) T 4 4 (4 players)
SB checks, SeanyJ bets $0.40, UTG+1 folds, MP1 calls $0.40, SB calls $0.40

Turn: ($1.60) 2 (3 players)
SB checks, SeanyJ bets $1.30, MP1 calls $1.30, SB folds

River: ($4.20) 3 (2 players)
SeanyJ bets $3.50, MP1 raises to $8.20 and is all-in, SeanyJ calls $4.55 and is all-in

Results: $20.30 pot ($1.00 rake)
MP1 showed 7 A (a flush, Ace high) and won $19.30 ($9.45 net)
SeanyJ mucked 4 K (three of a kind, Fours) and lost (-$9.85 net)

SeanyJ said:

I finally actually played a session of 20 tabling 10NL, it was alright played 1,214 hands in about an hour and 15 minutes and won $20. These were my only two big losing hands, I think I probably could've folded the 2nd one but I guess I'm not that good.

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Second hand there can be arguments for check calling or bet folding, but bet calling is spewy.

Also, why are you 20 tabling?

BelgoSuisse said:

Second hand there can be arguments for check calling or bet folding, but bet calling is spewy.

Also, why are you 20 tabling?

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Because I have already beat 10NL over a decent sized sample and I'm just trying to build my roll up so 20 tabling gives me the highest hourly rate.

SeanyJ said:

Because I have already beat 10NL over a decent sized sample and I'm just trying to build my roll up so 20 tabling gives me the highest hourly rate.

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The more tables you have generally decreases your winrate as far as I know.

Jurn8 said:

The more tables you have generally decreases your winrate as far as I know.

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My bb/100 is lower yeah, but my $ per hour is higher.