****July Poker Chat Thread****

[c9h13no3]

Pre-Flop: Hero is CO with K

J

Hero raises to 4 bb, 2 folds, BB calls 3 bb

Flop: (8.4 bb) 5

7

9

(2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets 7 bb, BB calls 7 bb

Turn: (22.4 bb) 8

(2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets 10 bb, BB raises to 20 bb, Hero should have folded, but is stupid.

Fixed yer play. And why in god's name raise the river?!

 

[vanquish]

Fixed yer play. And why in god's name raise the river?!

yea but its 2c/5c

 

[Lemlywinks]

Ahhh..so now we know why I love MTT's. Cash doesn't make more money for me lol.

Well.... yea

Plus, It's nice winning a huge pot and such, but there is no better poker feeling (for me at least) than winning an MTT. You get to stare at the screenshot and aside from getting a large sum of $, its supremely satisfying when you see how many people you beat out to do it.

 

[blankoblanco]

Fixed yer play. And why in god's name raise the river?!

i mean it obviously would be very bad against anyone with any semblance of a clue but i guess a really awful player at .02/.05 might c/minraise the turn with a Qs or Js to "see where they're at" and ofc not be able to fold the river. it'd still be really iffy but depending on how retarded they are it might not be the worst thing ever

but if you don't have some sort of indication that he's brain-dead or just plays reeeeally silly, then yeah, the play doesnt make sense. given that kleitches didn't justify it with any details on his opponent, i imagine he thinks it was some huge cooler, and the point is that it's really not at all (you know he can't have the As or Ks, therefore...)

 

[slycbnew]

lol, I didn't know Chicago Joey's PS online name until now, I've played 1.5K hands with him this month.

 

[Emperor IX]

WTF I lose $70 (20% of br) yesterday due to tilt/playing bad/spewing and today, after I get my head cleared, i watch a few stox videos and sit down at 6max .5/1 limit, and in 9 hands I get AJs, 99, TT (pf cap), JTs v. steal, A3s bb special flop flush draw that never hits in multiway pot, and KQss with KhQhJh flop and 4h turn against two opponents. Say goodbye to another $20. Really getting sick of this ****ing game.

 

[S93]

Emperor, u allways check your cashier when/after playing?
Not doing that for like a week might help some of that tilt imo.
Any way hope u bounce back mate.

 

[Emperor IX]

Emperor, u allways check your cashier when/after playing?
Not doing that for like a week might help some of that tilt imo.
Any way hope u bounce back mate.

Well I sat with $30 and ten hands later only had $10 It's hard to miss that lol

I do need to work on checking the cashier though for sure. I do it a lot midsession.

 

[Tygran]

Emperor, u allways check your cashier when/after playing?
Not doing that for like a week might help some of that tilt imo.
Any way hope u bounce back mate.

^ qft

 

[TheWall]

yeah i definitely check the cashier too often--and while its fun when your winning--its deadly to your head when your losing a bundle. just gotta stick to your game and know that it will turn around.

 

[Emperor IX]

Ok I feel a little better, because yeah, the money graph looks terrible:

But the bb graph looks pretty good.

So the money drop at the end looks like a much more manageable bb downswing. And by downswing, I mean horrible play and tilt.

But seriously, it does make me feel a bit better.

 

[kleitches]

i mean it obviously would be very bad against anyone with any semblance of a clue but i guess a really awful player at .02/.05 might c/minraise the turn with a Qs or Js to "see where they're at" and ofc not be able to fold the river. it'd still be really iffy but depending on how retarded they are it might not be the worst thing ever

but if you don't have some sort of indication that he's brain-dead or just plays reeeeally silly, then yeah, the play doesnt make sense. given that kleitches didn't justify it with any details on his opponent, i imagine he thinks it was some huge cooler, and the point is that it's really not at all (you know he can't have the As or Ks, therefore...)

Villian was pretty bad (obv if he's calling with K6o pf). I'd seen him showdown with crap, but one thing I didn't really take into account was his AF. I figured he could show up with the J of spades there or something retarded like that. But obv with him leading that's probably not going to be the case. Just spew, not really a huge cooler seeing as how he pretty much repped the hand and he had it, but it still sucks to see that A on the river and me facing a bet from a retard when I have the 2nd (or I guess 3rd) nuts.

 

[orangepeeleo]

Just went and donked off half my roll

I don't think i can ever play this game long term for a profit, my regular cycle of play goes something like,grind the shit out of 5nl, move up to 10nl, get abused by the deck for a session, lose focus completely and play all sorts of different games, non of which i'm any good at, go back to 10nl thinking i've got my focus back, get sucked out on, tilt like shit and -$60 later realise i'm a tool.

 

[Jurn8]

you can and will peel!

 

[KingCurtis]

where did you guys get those sweet cartoon avatars of yourself, I see BS, pantin and Enty have them pm me or link please?

 

[GeoffLacey]

where did you guys get those sweet cartoon avatars of yourself, I see BS, pantin and Enty have them pm me or link please?

http://www.faceyourmanga.com/welcome.htm

 

[orangepeeleo]

where did you guys get those sweet cartoon avatars of yourself, I see BS, pantin and Enty have them pm me or link please?

Was gonna ask this exact question, i want one lol

 

[Jurn8]

lol these things are class!

 

[orangepeeleo]

you can and will peel!

Cheers man, I'm gonna grind out the 3.25 6max sngs on stars for now i think, i've done pretty well in them before and they run the battle of the planets thing so if i aim to get in the top 100 there i've got something to aim for.

I'm not sure yet but i think part of my spewyness has to do with having goals for myself, i like to think i've achieved something and grinding the micro cash games is just endless lol

 

[KingCurtis]

thanks Geoff

 

[slycbnew]

I'm not sure yet but i think part of my spewyness has to do with having goals for myself, i like to think i've achieved something and grinding the micro cash games is just endless lol

Goals are good dude!

Maybe set goals in terms of the way you play, rather than money targets - not saying you necessarily do, I just think it's a common thing to set goals in terms of money. We all know variance will screw even the best players.

For example, my current goals have to do with increasing my VPIP/PFR/AF, ATS, and 3bet%, all of which are low for 6max. I expect at some point to see an increase in winrate as a result, but I'm also expecting short term variance and learning curve to screw my winrate for a while as I experiment.

 

[orangepeeleo]

i really want my avatar pic on stars now but i've already changed it too many times n had to email them to let me change it again the last time lol

 

[slycbnew]

whee avatarments!

 

[Lemlywinks]

haha these avatars are Sa-weeet!

 

[BelgoSuisse]

lol copycats.