PokerTracker

I've been meaning to touch on this for months. If you don't have pokertracker, get it. It's a must for any serious player. It's got some incredible features. I swear that everytime I use it, I discover something new. One of the biggest assets is that it shows +/-$ per position. I knew for a while that I'd been spewing from the SB because my VP$P was too high(upper %40's in 6 max), but I didn't realize how bad it was until I found the money per position tab. Over a little more than 10K hands, I was down almost $300! WTF! That's a ridiculous sum to have to make up from the other positions. Couple that with about $100 down in the BB and the rake, I don't know how I was in the black. It certainly does make sense as to why I wasn't gaining ground to quickly. If I'd only had rakeback then.

The other feature, which I just found last week, is actually something that I'd been asking Full Tilt for in the FullTilt Forum a few months back. It's an auto hand replayer. It takes any hand played and shows how the action went down at the table, with percentages available for each street. It's sooo much better than just reading a HH. Now I go through at find hands that I lost big on and replay them. Alot are just plain old badbeats, but I've found many that were played absolutely horribly. The replayer makes it even that much more obvious. If you haven't discovered it, check it out.

Playing a little more 5card on Pokerstars again. Hadn't played in a bit because of a nasty cooler run, but also renewed interest in other games. I swear the 1/2 game is easier than the .5/1 with my playing style. I'm able to pick up many more uncontested pots and have fewer people targeting my BB in 1/2. Makes a big difference. Granted, when someone contests me, I'm usually behind, but when I lose a pot here it's usually $3max where when I win it's usually $6min. 1 win in 3 will break even or more, about average for most underdog %'s. That's why those extra blinds are so important.

Also signed up for UltimateBet for rakeback and some new games. I sorta like the CrazyPineapple game, still trying to figure it out. It's hard though because there's rarely a cash game running and the play chip games will teach the basics, but nothing else. Hard to learn any more advanced stuff. They also have 2-7 and A-5 triple draw. This has been a little more active. I definitely prefer to play these games HU I've found(along with just about anything now except 5card draw) because of my style of play. I play my best when it's a marginal vs. marginal situation. The NLHE games are pretty fun to poke around in too. So soft.

Time to go deal with leaves. Ugh.

Tooooooo busy

I better get caught up here, haven't posted anything for quite some time(sorry JB). Between work, family and poker, I've had little time for anything else. Even my Forum participation has been lacking. I see a few threads that I want to get into, but then just don't have the time.

I've started to get back into NLHE again and it has definitly been fun. I've been digging through alot of the archived 2+2 small stakes material and have absorbed some great stuff. Some new, some old and alot of refreshing of idea's, but very helpful for sure. Coupling that with my increased player reading ability which has grown fairly strong, I've had some great success.

Constant aggression has been the key. Almost no limping preflop, reraises in position, postflop reraises w/air, and river valuebets have all contributed to a 20bb/100 in 25NL. I know it's micro, which makes it much easier to control, but I feel good about it regardless.

I had an awful PLO8 session last night multitabling $25's. I was down 4 buyins! I never drop 4 buyins for crissake. But I couldn't buy a draw. One player in particular was frusterating the hell out of me. No matter what, he was in a hand. I'd raise in the CO w/AA310s, he'd call in the SB. Flop would come 269. I'd have aces, nut low draw and nut flush draw. We'd get it all in on the flop. He'd have 668Qrainbow. Turn and river would come runner runner JJ. Not just once did a similar scenario occur, but countless. No matter what, he'd be involved, and his absolute garbage hands would turn into the nuts. Value betting would turn into counterfeiting. It was endless and excrutiating.

Another hand that I got super pissed about, and unfortunately kept me at the tables longer(thinking I could catch up because they were awful and I was running cold), was something that was mind boggling to me. How does he make this call. It's barely correct, but he doesn't know that. 1 of 4 buyins.

FullTiltPoker Game #3999823681: Table Durell (6 max) - $0.10/$0.25 - Pot Limit Omaha H/L - 23:40:27 ET - 2007/10/28
Seat 1: Bad Bob 14 ($15.35)
Seat 2: aquentins ($4.85)
Seat 3: derfj11 ($22.85)
Seat 4: mrdecals ($7.35)
Seat 5: Zophar ($22.15)
Seat 6: LSWwzn100 ($27.70)
Zophar posts the small blind of $0.10
LSWwzn100 posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Zophar [6d Tc 2h Ac]
Bad Bob 14 folds
aquentins folds
derfj11 calls $0.25
mrdecals calls $0.25
Zophar raises to $1.25
LSWwzn100 has 15 seconds left to act
LSWwzn100 raises to $2.25
derfj11 calls $2
mrdecals folds
Zophar raises to $9.25
LSWwzn100 calls $7
derfj11 folds
*** FLOP ***
[Th 8c Kd]
Zophar bets $12.90, and is all in
LSWwzn100 has 15 seconds left to act
LSWwzn100 calls $12.90
Zophar shows [6d Tc 2h Ac]
LSWwzn100 shows [Ah Qh 9h 2c]
*** TURN *** [Th 8c Kd] [Jh]
*** RIVER *** [Th 8c Kd Jh] [7h]
Zophar shows a pair of Tens, for high
LSWwzn100 shows a flush, Ace high, for high
LSWwzn100 wins the pot ($44.50) with a flush, Ace high
Zophar is sitting out
No low hand qualified
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $46.80 Rake $2.30
Board: [Th 8c Kd Jh 7h]
Seat 1: Bad Bob 14 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: aquentins didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: derfj11 folded before the Flop
Seat 4: mrdecals (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: Zophar (small blind) showed [6d Tc 2h Ac] and lost with HI: a pair of Tens
Seat 6: LSWwzn100 (big blind) showed [Ah Qh 9h 2c] and won ($44.50) with HI: a flush, Ace high