haha suckers. there is an add right above this.
obv im not doing this for money as im rich and no one reads this blog anyways. i am just experimenting with google adsense. in the finance forum and the old money making forum on 2p2 people were always talking about adsense and getting rich from it. this is my start. i just want to get an idea for how it works and play around with it. then in the future when i start my amazing business or think of a new internet idea i will be good to go. also maybe i can get lucky with this type of thing and strike it rich like this guy.
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Tuesday, July 31, 2007
thoughts on rebuy mtts
so ive been playing some mtts lately. at first i didnt like rebuys just because i dont know the different adjustments. i still dont. i dont play crazy early or anything, but i do adjust to others playing crazy and thats about it. i just dont see why its +EV. if someone could explain it to me that would be great.
anyways there are a few other reasons why i like them.
less rake!! usually 1/3 less at least. thats hugely +EV right there. i dont know why they dont rake the rebuys and addons. i swear they used to.
addons are almost always +EV. ive only done the math twice on what chips are worth after the first hour. since everyone rebuys early most people dont bust in the first hour and chips have close to their starting value. so when you are offered 2000 chips for almost the price of 1500 its awesome. you are getting more than your monies worth.
bad players are deeper. in a $30r or a $10r most of the players are just as bad as in a normal tourney like that. except i think most of those low buyin mtts start out with only 75bb or something. in a rebuy then these bad players are 150bb deep at lvl1 if they rebuy and still cant get away from TPNK. yah
i think thats all i have to say. my thoughts were probably obvious to mtters but im just learning and making sure my thoughts are on the right track
anyways there are a few other reasons why i like them.
less rake!! usually 1/3 less at least. thats hugely +EV right there. i dont know why they dont rake the rebuys and addons. i swear they used to.
addons are almost always +EV. ive only done the math twice on what chips are worth after the first hour. since everyone rebuys early most people dont bust in the first hour and chips have close to their starting value. so when you are offered 2000 chips for almost the price of 1500 its awesome. you are getting more than your monies worth.
bad players are deeper. in a $30r or a $10r most of the players are just as bad as in a normal tourney like that. except i think most of those low buyin mtts start out with only 75bb or something. in a rebuy then these bad players are 150bb deep at lvl1 if they rebuy and still cant get away from TPNK. yah
i think thats all i have to say. my thoughts were probably obvious to mtters but im just learning and making sure my thoughts are on the right track
Sunday, July 15, 2007
read my blog
so ive been drinking a few beers and watching crappy tv when i decided to read my old blog posts. now im not a great writer like my pal omgclayaiken but ive liked my posts lol. i think ive had some interesting thoughts about poker that ive written about.
i believe i forgot to add that today (now yesterday) was my biggest cash for $6277 but really $6102 after the buyin plus I shipped my roommate $99.97 because of that sick bluff he helped me run. i tried to run the equities and extra value of being 2nd in chips on the final table that that bluff gave me and i think thats a fair amount of equity i shipped him. its ironic that the EV amount plus the 3 cents he had in his account equals $100. crazy, hun. i should also note that thats the EV of the situation, in case thats not obvious, lets not be results oriented. currently he is donking it off in O8 haha. oops plus i was up $104 in 50nl today so ...plus RB im at like $6215 for the day. my previous record was $4025 in a live mtt way way way back in the day about 2 yrs 1 month ago. good. i beat it. the sad thing is i dont really care. i dont feel different because im up 6k. but maybe thats good because im used to ~10k months? yes, i hope thats it. dont get me wrong i dont feel bad but its obviously not that big of a cash for most poker players and of course being an mtt player now its not like thats all "money." its just deserved equity.
anyways im gonna sweat the ME final 13 or w/e , go to bed, and grind some mtts and cash tomorrow. also, monday i need to invest, clean my room, and sort thru my PT data. bye
ps here are 2007 stats so far
jan 13.3k feb 2.1k mar 6.1k apr 9k may 2.5k jun 6.7k jul 6.2k. im expecting worse results for the rst of the year due to being new at cash games and playing lower stakes. but gl big mtt scores!
i believe i forgot to add that today (now yesterday) was my biggest cash for $6277 but really $6102 after the buyin plus I shipped my roommate $99.97 because of that sick bluff he helped me run. i tried to run the equities and extra value of being 2nd in chips on the final table that that bluff gave me and i think thats a fair amount of equity i shipped him. its ironic that the EV amount plus the 3 cents he had in his account equals $100. crazy, hun. i should also note that thats the EV of the situation, in case thats not obvious, lets not be results oriented. currently he is donking it off in O8 haha. oops plus i was up $104 in 50nl today so ...plus RB im at like $6215 for the day. my previous record was $4025 in a live mtt way way way back in the day about 2 yrs 1 month ago. good. i beat it. the sad thing is i dont really care. i dont feel different because im up 6k. but maybe thats good because im used to ~10k months? yes, i hope thats it. dont get me wrong i dont feel bad but its obviously not that big of a cash for most poker players and of course being an mtt player now its not like thats all "money." its just deserved equity.
anyways im gonna sweat the ME final 13 or w/e , go to bed, and grind some mtts and cash tomorrow. also, monday i need to invest, clean my room, and sort thru my PT data. bye
ps here are 2007 stats so far
jan 13.3k feb 2.1k mar 6.1k apr 9k may 2.5k jun 6.7k jul 6.2k. im expecting worse results for the rst of the year due to being new at cash games and playing lower stakes. but gl big mtt scores!
A new era
haha I typed "a new ear" but then I had to change it.
jun 12th I decided sngs are dead. my edge keeps getting lower and there is no creativity. i switched to cash games but unfortunatly ive had mixed results the last month and 3 days. but im okay with it. i havent played that much so its just variance. with vegas, camping, and some work at home ive played 5 days this month. speaking of vegas i shipped $4100 there going 2 for 2 with wins in sats. i run good live
back to cash games, i havent had a chance to import PT hhs in awhile but i think ive played like 15k hands almost breakeven. which is nothing. thats like 300 sngs plus cash games have more variance. and probably 6k of those hands i wasnt playing well. when i first started i was overvaluing TPTK and playing OOP was more difficult. also since 6max is so different than sngs i decided to start at full ring. which kinda sucks because today i realized you can only 8 table cash games. 8 tabling 6max would be much more difficult but i kinda like being a robot still even though 8 tabling FR is kinda boring
although ive been a robot playing cash i think ive gotten way better at poker. I am constantly analyzing hand ranges and optimal plays and what i am repping. sadly, and embarrasingly, thru over 20,000 sngs i never did that, nor had to. i have been more confident with basically everything.
one thing that still bothers me about cash games is how boring they are (yes i know im not playing 6max but hold up.) i feel like im only playing small pots. before i switched everyone always talked about stacking people like it happens once every 3 orbits. it is somewhat rare to get all in. i love pushing late game in sngs and i miss that. i understand that 6max is more action and hopefully i will get there soon. but for the time being i have discovered a solution. 1-3 mtts while playing 5-7 cash games!! mtts keep me playing just due to their nature, and i get to push more.
i developed this strategy yesterday and so far its working out. i played for 7-8 hrs straight both days and didnt feel burned out. granted playing that long is a rarity, its nice to play a lot after taking almost 3 weeks off. i obv wont be able to keep this up, or keep running this good at mtts. a big problem ive had with mtts is the time factor. once my gf gets back from ecuador when the f am i gonna have 6 hrs to burn on a tourney when i could be with her? i have no idea.
i guess every type of poker has its pros and cons. sngs were ideal timewise but are lacking the money. mtts arent any harder but take forever. cash games require much much more knowledge and experience but can be very rewarding. ideally i will be playing cash games exclusivly in a few months but its nice to know i am developing the skills to pwn sngs, mtts, and cash games for the rest of my life. if i ever randomly end up at a casino i can be 100% confident in all areas. (not that i wouldnt be anyways vs casino nits but im a huge variance/edge nit to begin with)
ive been kinda ranting but i just got 2nd in a 587 man 25k guar on FT and have been celebrating with beers. since i started my strat yesterday im like 5-8 on cashing in mtts lolol. props to my roommate runner4life7 for a sick (probably standard by mtt pros) bluff that gave me a good stack at the final table:
10 left so 5 handed at my table and it folds to SB who is good and aggro with a lot of chips like me. we are dead even in chips with ~20bbs i think. he completes???? its either a trap or he doesnt wanna mess with me. ive restold a few times already. i have 86o and contemplate a raise but i dont wanna get pushed on so i check. flop is J6x two hearts. he checks i bet 2/3 pot and he raises a medium size amount. i should probably mention we are like 3 and 4th in chips ish and there are about 4 stacks pretty short. i think for a bit and push. standard with a good read? probably. i wasnt sure but props to Evan for helping me out there.
jun 12th I decided sngs are dead. my edge keeps getting lower and there is no creativity. i switched to cash games but unfortunatly ive had mixed results the last month and 3 days. but im okay with it. i havent played that much so its just variance. with vegas, camping, and some work at home ive played 5 days this month. speaking of vegas i shipped $4100 there going 2 for 2 with wins in sats. i run good live
back to cash games, i havent had a chance to import PT hhs in awhile but i think ive played like 15k hands almost breakeven. which is nothing. thats like 300 sngs plus cash games have more variance. and probably 6k of those hands i wasnt playing well. when i first started i was overvaluing TPTK and playing OOP was more difficult. also since 6max is so different than sngs i decided to start at full ring. which kinda sucks because today i realized you can only 8 table cash games. 8 tabling 6max would be much more difficult but i kinda like being a robot still even though 8 tabling FR is kinda boring
although ive been a robot playing cash i think ive gotten way better at poker. I am constantly analyzing hand ranges and optimal plays and what i am repping. sadly, and embarrasingly, thru over 20,000 sngs i never did that, nor had to. i have been more confident with basically everything.
one thing that still bothers me about cash games is how boring they are (yes i know im not playing 6max but hold up.) i feel like im only playing small pots. before i switched everyone always talked about stacking people like it happens once every 3 orbits. it is somewhat rare to get all in. i love pushing late game in sngs and i miss that. i understand that 6max is more action and hopefully i will get there soon. but for the time being i have discovered a solution. 1-3 mtts while playing 5-7 cash games!! mtts keep me playing just due to their nature, and i get to push more.
i developed this strategy yesterday and so far its working out. i played for 7-8 hrs straight both days and didnt feel burned out. granted playing that long is a rarity, its nice to play a lot after taking almost 3 weeks off. i obv wont be able to keep this up, or keep running this good at mtts. a big problem ive had with mtts is the time factor. once my gf gets back from ecuador when the f am i gonna have 6 hrs to burn on a tourney when i could be with her? i have no idea.
i guess every type of poker has its pros and cons. sngs were ideal timewise but are lacking the money. mtts arent any harder but take forever. cash games require much much more knowledge and experience but can be very rewarding. ideally i will be playing cash games exclusivly in a few months but its nice to know i am developing the skills to pwn sngs, mtts, and cash games for the rest of my life. if i ever randomly end up at a casino i can be 100% confident in all areas. (not that i wouldnt be anyways vs casino nits but im a huge variance/edge nit to begin with)
ive been kinda ranting but i just got 2nd in a 587 man 25k guar on FT and have been celebrating with beers. since i started my strat yesterday im like 5-8 on cashing in mtts lolol. props to my roommate runner4life7 for a sick (probably standard by mtt pros) bluff that gave me a good stack at the final table:
10 left so 5 handed at my table and it folds to SB who is good and aggro with a lot of chips like me. we are dead even in chips with ~20bbs i think. he completes???? its either a trap or he doesnt wanna mess with me. ive restold a few times already. i have 86o and contemplate a raise but i dont wanna get pushed on so i check. flop is J6x two hearts. he checks i bet 2/3 pot and he raises a medium size amount. i should probably mention we are like 3 and 4th in chips ish and there are about 4 stacks pretty short. i think for a bit and push. standard with a good read? probably. i wasnt sure but props to Evan for helping me out there.
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