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| Thursday, April 2, 2009 |
| Goals for April |
First off, I think I'm getting addicted to this. I'm finding it quite therapeutic. Things are getting clearer and I feel really focused while I'm playing. I've got my groove on, and April 2009 is going to be a great month. On that note, I started off April 1st not being a fool for the first time in years. I played about 4500 hands and made 6 buyins at 25NL running at 6.5ptbb/100. Not too shabby. Another thing that contributed to the good day was the pokerstars bonus in the vip stores. They had some bogus items listed in the store for April fools day for 1k fpp each. They were actually $16 cash bonuses and I was allowed to get 1 of each so 16x4 = $64. So good day in all and looks like April is starting out great.
Okay so on to the goals. These are going to be pretty high, but I figure by updating my progress regularly here, it'll motivate me to grind more and play better.
1)150k hands.
2)$3k in profit
3)15k vpps
4)Move up to $50NL near the end of the month or early May.
Skill wise, I feel I'm more than ready to hold my own at $50NL. I'm a bankroll nit though, and I really feel like I just play better with a 40+ buyin bankroll. This would probably be different if I was'nt counting on this money to live, and also if I wasnt putting half of my bankroll on 20+ tables too. When I do move up to 50NL Im going to take it slow at first. Just play like 6 tables and build my confidence back up. That way I stand a better chance at logging a couple of good sessions.
Alright now that that is out of the way I just want talk a little bit more about the adjustments I've been making to my game in the blinds. I went on and on about how my 3betting ranges are now more polarized the other day. I also talked a bit about defending blinds a little lighter by simply calling the preflop raise and trying to resteal or get some value postflop. All that has been working pretty good.
I've also been stealing from the SB with ATC. It's been working well. I do get 3bet a lot more often by decent or aggro players, and very little respect is given to my flop cbets but I'm immediately profitable just raising preflop. Against players that try to adjust I'm check folding more flops than I normally would and that is ok because again, I'm turning an immediate profit from raising preflop. Occasionally I'll also hit something or actually have a legitamate hand and am very likely to get action after the flop.
I'm doing pretty much the same thing when I'm in the BB and its folded to the SB who just completes. This is an extremely weak play by the SB and they often dont mind just letting it go preflop because they were trying to see a cheap flop getting 3:1 odds on their money. If they ever paid any attention to what I'm doing they'd realize that raising > folding > completing.
Another thing that I'm doing is looking for spots to raise from the blinds with 1-2 limpers where I would normally just complete in the SB or check from the BB. I'm generally looking for limpers with a high fold to cbet% to pull this off, which there are plenty of at 25NL. Against players with a low fold to cbet% I dont mind doing this with a lot of hands that I would have isolated them with for value, such as any 2 broadway etc. Okay I dont want to get carried away with that especially since I'll be out of position when they call me and I'm not going to be hitting the flop that often, but I'm targeting weaker players who will often not even bet if I check the flop to them so a lot of the time I'm getting free cards when I miss, and valuetowning them when I hit.
So in conclusion, the adjustments to my game to decrease losses in the blinds can be summarized:
1) 3bet premium hands and junk hands.
2) Defend with stuff in the middle that will play well against villains stealing range, and look for spots to check raise flops with air as well as get good value when I hit.
3) Steal 100% of the time from the SB vs BB. Exceptions are of course vs uber fish, especially shortacked calling stations.
4) Same goes for BB vs SB completion.
5) Steal pots away from limpers with more marginal hands than I'm used to.
I expect all these things to turn an immediate profit, but more importantly I will be getting myself into a lot more interesting spots and villains will hopefully make some huge mistakes against me when I flop trips with my 23o.
I think that is all for today. |
posted by TheBowlBoy @ 8:19 AM  |
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