Heads Up LOL

I sometimes play heads up just for laughs. I'm very new to it and pretty bad but apparently this villain doesn't think so. This comment made me chuckle:

We played about 15 hands or so and he just quit to find a better spot, hehe.

Slow and Steady Wins the Race

I wish I didn't piss my money away playing Omaha. I think I am down over $300 this month playing that nonsense.

I haven't invested in Omaha Manager yet so I don't have any nice graphs or stats to show but I hope to play less and less of the devils game so the bleeding should stop. I ain't touched PLO for a few days now and have been playing exclusively with only 2 cards.

The Happy Hour on Stars has shifted to 9pm UK time this week and has been pretty dam juicy in terms of the NL50 games.

I have just hit a target level for my bankroll on stars so I will now be adding more NL100 games to my schedule.


The worm for the month is looking like this:

Jessica Jane Clement

 

Book Review: Crushing The Microstakes by Nathan Williams

Crushing The Microstakes by Nathan Williams

ISBN: 978-0-9878836-0-5

251 Pages

$19.95 Sale Price (29.95 RRP)

This is a poker strategy book particularly directed at players who play NL2 and NL5 although the concepts learnt can be used at higher levels.


Nathan Williams aka "BlackRain79" is a poker player from Canada who had been playing for around 5 years at this time.

He claims to be the biggest winner at NL2 and NL5 full ring and by looking at his graph (see below) and stats I can confirm that I have never seen anyone with better results at these 2 levels before.

Why he doesn't move up is something I can't understand as he used to play higher. Maybe he is just happy playing at this level.

If you want to find out more about him and his book you can go to his website, located at:
http://www.blackrain79.com

I have just read the book and will give some of my thoughts on the product.

I have talked via email on occasion to Nathan but I have never met him and don't know him personally so I will give a completely unbiased opinion.

The book starts out with a little background about the author along with some notes on why we play poker and the short term / long term results variance.

Nathan makes a few distinctions between NL2 and NL5 before moving on to topics like bankroll, table layouts and tracking software. He also introduces you to pokerstove.

I was particularly impressed with his knowledge on player types, detailed ranges by position and general pre and post flop play. There was quality commentary on bet sizing and playing when IP and OOP.

Something that I don't use too much in my game is the Aggression Factor Stat. In this book I learnt more about this and have just today added it to my already overloaded HUD   : )

There is a lot of good quality information in this book and I don't want to give too much away in this post but if you stick to the concepts you will simply win money at these tables over the long run.

So my conclusion is that this book delivers an excellent guidance on how to beat the micros and is great value at the sale price of $19.95. If you play the micros then get this book..!!

And They Called Me a Nit :)

This one is all for the people that  calling me a nit


Poker Stars $50.00 No Limit Hold'em - 4 players

BTN: $71.90
SB: $52.00
Hero (BB): $50.75
CO: $50.85

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BB with 5 2
1 fold, BTN raises to $1.50, 1 fold, Hero raises to $5.50, BTN calls $4

Flop: ($11.25) 4 3 Q (2 players)
Hero bets $8.00, BTN calls $8

Turn: ($27.25) A (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $12.00, Hero raises to $37.25, BTN calls $25.25

River: ($101.75) K (2 players)

Final Pot: $101.75

BTN shows Q A
Hero shows 5 2

Hero wins $100.75
(Rake: $1.00)

2012 So Far......

After the epic grind of December playing 200k hands in a month for the first time ever 2012 so far has been pretty quiet.

I spent the first week going on a few day trips mainly around London doing some shopping etc. as the missus was off work. Nothing too exciting. I did visit Harrods after many many years though and anyone who hasn't been should check out this store as it is pretty sick, especially the Food Hall.

The last 4 or 5 days have been s*** as I have been sick for the fist time in ages. Flu has hit me and I am still not better. I hope this ends soon.

I am not getting good VPP rates now under the new WC system which is crap but I am hoping that the upcoming scheduled talks with Pokerstars go well and bring some positive changes. This is making me work harder on my game and get less reliant on bonus rakeback.

Jan 2012 so far:

Randy "Nanonoko" Lew sets Guinness World Record

Yesterday Nanonoko attempted to set the world record for the most number of hands played in 8 hrs while showing a profit.

He was able to play up to 40 tables at once and he started at nl50 6max. The first couple of hours were good and he found him self up around $200 while having played around 8,000 hands.

He then began to lose and was down -$1,200 when he switched to 1knl to make up the difference.

As the finish neared he was only playing one table and he turned a small profit.

The final stats:

Hands: 23,493

Hours: 8

Hands per hour: 2936.63

Hands per minute: 48.94

Seconds per hand: 1.23

Hours of live poker (at 30 hands per hour): 783.10

FPPs earned: 22,784

Profit: $7.65

Cooler City

This is just an unlucky hand for the 2 villains. As the MP player posts his blind I decided not to squeeze him out as he may be a fish. I think CO can never put me on KK and is happy to ship with what surely must be the best hand.

Poker Stars $50.00 No Limit Hold'em - 7 players


MP: $20.00
CO: $50.00
BTN: $20.00
SB: $55.55
Hero (BB): $52.35
UTG: $56.60
UTG+1: $49.05

MP posts a big blind ($0.50)


Pre Flop: ($1.25) Hero is BB with K K
2 folds, MP checks, CO raises to $1.75, 2 folds, Hero calls $1.25, MP calls $1.25

Flop: ($5.50) K 9 5 (3 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $2.00, CO calls $2, Hero raises to $7.90, MP raises to $17, CO raises to $48.25, Hero raises to $50.60, MP calls $1.25 all in

Turn: ($120.25) 8 (3 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($120.25) J (3 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $120.25

MP shows 9 K
CO shows 9 9
Hero shows K K

Hero wins $57.25
(Rake: $3.00)

No Pair, No Draw

If you were worried that poker is dead then think again  :D


Poker Stars $50.00 No Limit Hold'em - 7 players


MP: $53.05
CO: $41.90
BTN: $30.00
Hero (SB): $52.50
BB: $50.00
UTG: $50.00
UTG+1: $38.40



Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is SB with 5 5
2 folds, MP raises to $1.50, 1 fold, BTN calls $1.50, Hero calls $1.25, 1 fold

Flop: ($5.00) 5 5 T (3 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $3.30, BTN folds, Hero calls $3.30

Turn: ($11.60) Q (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $7.50, Hero raises to $15, MP raises to $48.25, Hero calls $32.70 all in

River: ($107.00) A (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $107.00

MP shows 6 7
Hero shows 5 5

Hero wins $104.00
(Rake: $3.00)