Moocher returns to form winning $40 and is back in black. A very light black - more charcoal even - but in the black nonetheless.
Poker free for me and likely to stay that way this week with work events on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, the Yau Yee league dinnere where we collect the league trophy on Friday and a kick boxing match in Macau on Saturday.
Squadron, winners of the first division have hired an open topped bus to take them round the streets of wanchai to celebrate their league win. Quality!
Maybe Deadly has some poker tales to relate. Maybe even Bigshotbog will return to the fold after his extended break.
Tuesday, 29 May 2007
Monday, 28 May 2007
Thijno - lessons learned?
Ok after posting so many hands. I thought it worthwhile to take some time to assess his play and see if I could work out his style.
As I mentioned he plays 66% of hands raising with just 0.6%. Poker Tracker shows him as being a big fish yet he has won more from me than any other player I've faced. This may just be that he is catching some big hands against me of course and I reckon I had some tough spots to contend with.
Looking into his stats a bit closer his aggression on different streets was as follows.
Pre-flop - <1
Flop: <1
Turn: 3
River: 10
His tactic seems to be to call anything down to the turn and then bet if checked to on the turn or even min-reraise.
He then follows up with a bet on the river. His overall aggression of 1.75 is actually very misleading. If a fish makes a bet on the river he usually has a big hand and its an easy laydown without the nuts or close to it but this guy has a lot of river bluffs in his range. Maybe all of his river bets were bluffs!
This seems to be very effective against me. I'll only be playing good hand or reasonable hands in position and usually raise and then continuation bet on the flop.
So when he bets on the turn and I've missed he gets some easy money. I tried double barrelling and got called both times and then he bets or calls on the river. If I face aggression on the turn and river and the guy doesn't seem aggressive I really want to showdown a big hand.
I think this guys post-flop skills are very good and suspect he is a winning player. Or maybe he is just a fish that has been getting very lucky.
Very interesting style and I suspect he may be targeting TAG's who are capable of laying down with his cold-calls (I'll look into that). Is it a strategy aimed at beating people with Poker Tracker?!??
After being felted on the last hand I left. I felt after the last hand if I wasn't already tilting then I was about to.
So armed with a good idea of how he plays should I play at his table again given the chance or should I look for easier pickings elsewhere? What do ya reckon?
I think I'd just watch him for a while first and build up a better view of how he plays.
As I mentioned he plays 66% of hands raising with just 0.6%. Poker Tracker shows him as being a big fish yet he has won more from me than any other player I've faced. This may just be that he is catching some big hands against me of course and I reckon I had some tough spots to contend with.
Looking into his stats a bit closer his aggression on different streets was as follows.
Pre-flop - <1
Flop: <1
Turn: 3
River: 10
His tactic seems to be to call anything down to the turn and then bet if checked to on the turn or even min-reraise.
He then follows up with a bet on the river. His overall aggression of 1.75 is actually very misleading. If a fish makes a bet on the river he usually has a big hand and its an easy laydown without the nuts or close to it but this guy has a lot of river bluffs in his range. Maybe all of his river bets were bluffs!
This seems to be very effective against me. I'll only be playing good hand or reasonable hands in position and usually raise and then continuation bet on the flop.
So when he bets on the turn and I've missed he gets some easy money. I tried double barrelling and got called both times and then he bets or calls on the river. If I face aggression on the turn and river and the guy doesn't seem aggressive I really want to showdown a big hand.
I think this guys post-flop skills are very good and suspect he is a winning player. Or maybe he is just a fish that has been getting very lucky.
Very interesting style and I suspect he may be targeting TAG's who are capable of laying down with his cold-calls (I'll look into that). Is it a strategy aimed at beating people with Poker Tracker?!??
After being felted on the last hand I left. I felt after the last hand if I wasn't already tilting then I was about to.
So armed with a good idea of how he plays should I play at his table again given the chance or should I look for easier pickings elsewhere? What do ya reckon?
I think I'd just watch him for a while first and build up a better view of how he plays.
Wild Jack - Deadly Doug
Took a break. Watched a few Cardrunner vids. Brystmar Small Stakes course (session 5) involved him facing very similar player to my friend at Party with him having some similar decisions to the ones I faced. He grimaced a few times and made a crying call or two but shrugged it off and says he would always sit next to the guy (who took all his money). Avoiding results oriented play is a good lesson to learn I reckon.
I thought I'd take a break from Party as I'm not earning any bonus anyway. I'd tried Paradise Poker and had a terrible experience. Four times since it moved network I've betted 0.60 or .070 and its ignored the decimal point causing me to overbet. I was called with top pair by a short stack and lost. Complained to support who told me there was no problem. They also changed the bonus when they migrated to half as good as it was. I tried to withdraw my funds and can't. They say you can only withdraw the way you have deposited but have removed Neteller as an option. No reply from support as yet.
I decide to sign up for my first prima site Wild Jack and get back on the horse.
US$100 bonus for 500 points. I play for a couple of hours. I win US$40 and start to make amends for my big Party losing session (which ended with me US$68 down) and hardly have a difficult decision to make. My Party PTBB/100 drops into a small negative unfortunately and my Wild Jack looks very healthy albeit with a small sample size.
I cashed out of Stars.
I was only single tabling at Prima but it seems soft - fingers crossed it stays this way. A disappointing end to what was looking like a promising week.
Once again as my alleged ancestor Robert Burns once wrote it is a case of watching 'the best laid plans of mice and men, gang aft agley'. Still I'll keep the faith and at least I still recorded a winning week.
Deadly update
Deadly records the best week of poker results so far and takes a giant leap towards his second grand. After taking down a good win at heads-up he shows he is more than a one trick pony recording a solid win at short handed. He even takes some time out to hone his razz skills. Hats off to you sir!
Moocher
Now playing on Empire - Moocher plays a lot of poker over the weekend! He reaches $417 at his low point where is effectively busted and playing with other peoples money ;-)
He takes Big nose the dog on a walk to clear his head and regain his focus and returns to put together a winning run. He even fits in a winning game before work and gets his bankroll back to US$518. Still another losing week for him although once he clears the empire bonus that might help put him back in the black.
Bigshot
All quiet there.
I thought I'd take a break from Party as I'm not earning any bonus anyway. I'd tried Paradise Poker and had a terrible experience. Four times since it moved network I've betted 0.60 or .070 and its ignored the decimal point causing me to overbet. I was called with top pair by a short stack and lost. Complained to support who told me there was no problem. They also changed the bonus when they migrated to half as good as it was. I tried to withdraw my funds and can't. They say you can only withdraw the way you have deposited but have removed Neteller as an option. No reply from support as yet.
I decide to sign up for my first prima site Wild Jack and get back on the horse.
US$100 bonus for 500 points. I play for a couple of hours. I win US$40 and start to make amends for my big Party losing session (which ended with me US$68 down) and hardly have a difficult decision to make. My Party PTBB/100 drops into a small negative unfortunately and my Wild Jack looks very healthy albeit with a small sample size.
I cashed out of Stars.
I was only single tabling at Prima but it seems soft - fingers crossed it stays this way. A disappointing end to what was looking like a promising week.
Once again as my alleged ancestor Robert Burns once wrote it is a case of watching 'the best laid plans of mice and men, gang aft agley'. Still I'll keep the faith and at least I still recorded a winning week.
Deadly update
Deadly records the best week of poker results so far and takes a giant leap towards his second grand. After taking down a good win at heads-up he shows he is more than a one trick pony recording a solid win at short handed. He even takes some time out to hone his razz skills. Hats off to you sir!
Moocher
Now playing on Empire - Moocher plays a lot of poker over the weekend! He reaches $417 at his low point where is effectively busted and playing with other peoples money ;-)
He takes Big nose the dog on a walk to clear his head and regain his focus and returns to put together a winning run. He even fits in a winning game before work and gets his bankroll back to US$518. Still another losing week for him although once he clears the empire bonus that might help put him back in the black.
Bigshot
All quiet there.
Hand History Extravaganza #10 - The final chapter.
And the very next hand....
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: petnoy2 ( $4.75)
Seat 2: Phillberto ( $29.30)
Seat 3: FoolsPlayPkr ( $24)
Seat 4: thijno ( $89.74)
Seat 5: huygens11 ( $31.15)
Seat 6: zweibeck ( $41.52)
huygens11 posts small blind (0.10)
zweibeck posts big blind (0.25)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Phillberto [ As, Qs ]
petnoy2 calls (0.25)
Phillberto raises (1.25) to 1.25
FoolsPlayPkr folds.
thijno calls (1.25)
huygens11 folds.
zweibeck calls (1)
petnoy2 calls (1)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 9h, 8s, 3s ]
zweibeck checks.
petnoy2 checks.
Phillberto bets (3)
thijno calls (3)
zweibeck folds.
petnoy2 folds.
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 7h ]
Phillberto bets (8.50)
thijno raises (17) to 17
Phillberto calls (8.50)
** Dealing River ** : [ Ad ]
Phillberto? (8.05 remaining)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: petnoy2 ( $4.75)
Seat 2: Phillberto ( $29.30)
Seat 3: FoolsPlayPkr ( $24)
Seat 4: thijno ( $89.74)
Seat 5: huygens11 ( $31.15)
Seat 6: zweibeck ( $41.52)
huygens11 posts small blind (0.10)
zweibeck posts big blind (0.25)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Phillberto [ As, Qs ]
petnoy2 calls (0.25)
Phillberto raises (1.25) to 1.25
FoolsPlayPkr folds.
thijno calls (1.25)
huygens11 folds.
zweibeck calls (1)
petnoy2 calls (1)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 9h, 8s, 3s ]
zweibeck checks.
petnoy2 checks.
Phillberto bets (3)
thijno calls (3)
zweibeck folds.
petnoy2 folds.
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 7h ]
Phillberto bets (8.50)
thijno raises (17) to 17
Phillberto calls (8.50)
** Dealing River ** : [ Ad ]
Phillberto? (8.05 remaining)
Hand History Extravaganza #9 thijno v phillberto (cont)
This is the very next hand after the last one posted and we clash again.
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: petnoy2 ( $5)
Seat 2: Phillberto ( $36.30)
Seat 3: FoolsPlayPkr ( $24)
Seat 4: thijno ( $82.94)
Seat 5: huygens11 ( $31.40)
Seat 6: zweibeck ( $41.52)
thijno posts small blind (0.10)
huygens11 posts big blind (0.25)
petnoy2 posts big blind (0.25)
** Dealing down cards
**Dealt to Phillberto [ Ts, Ks ]
zweibeck folds.petnoy2 checks.
Phillberto raises (1) to 1
FoolsPlayPkr folds.
thijno calls (0.90)
huygens11 folds.
petnoy2 folds.**
Dealing Flop ** : [ Td, Qh, Th ]
thijno bets (1)
Phillberto raises (3) to 3
thijno calls (2)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 6h ]
thijno bets (3)
Phillberto calls (3)
** Dealing River ** : [ 4h ]
thijno bets (10)
Phillberto?
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: petnoy2 ( $5)
Seat 2: Phillberto ( $36.30)
Seat 3: FoolsPlayPkr ( $24)
Seat 4: thijno ( $82.94)
Seat 5: huygens11 ( $31.40)
Seat 6: zweibeck ( $41.52)
thijno posts small blind (0.10)
huygens11 posts big blind (0.25)
petnoy2 posts big blind (0.25)
** Dealing down cards
**Dealt to Phillberto [ Ts, Ks ]
zweibeck folds.petnoy2 checks.
Phillberto raises (1) to 1
FoolsPlayPkr folds.
thijno calls (0.90)
huygens11 folds.
petnoy2 folds.**
Dealing Flop ** : [ Td, Qh, Th ]
thijno bets (1)
Phillberto raises (3) to 3
thijno calls (2)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 6h ]
thijno bets (3)
Phillberto calls (3)
** Dealing River ** : [ 4h ]
thijno bets (10)
Phillberto?
Hand History Extravaganza #8 thijno v phillberto (cont)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: petnoy2 ( $5)
Seat 2: Phillberto ( $28.95)
Seat 3: FoolsPlayPkr ( $24.10)
Seat 4: thijno ( $90.99)
Seat 5: huygens11 ( $31.40)
Seat 6: zweibeck ( $41.52)
FoolsPlayPkr
posts small blind (0.10)
thijno posts big blind (0.25)
petnoy2 is sitting out.
** Dealing down cards
**Dealt to Phillberto [ Qh, Qd ]
huygens11 folds.zweibeck folds.
Phillberto raises (1) to 1
FoolsPlayPkr folds.
thijno calls (0.75)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Ks, 6d, 7c ]
thijno checks.
Phillberto bets (1.80)
thijno calls (1.80)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Kh ]
thijno bets (5.25)
Phillberto?
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: petnoy2 ( $5)
Seat 2: Phillberto ( $28.95)
Seat 3: FoolsPlayPkr ( $24.10)
Seat 4: thijno ( $90.99)
Seat 5: huygens11 ( $31.40)
Seat 6: zweibeck ( $41.52)
FoolsPlayPkr
posts small blind (0.10)
thijno posts big blind (0.25)
petnoy2 is sitting out.
** Dealing down cards
**Dealt to Phillberto [ Qh, Qd ]
huygens11 folds.zweibeck folds.
Phillberto raises (1) to 1
FoolsPlayPkr folds.
thijno calls (0.75)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Ks, 6d, 7c ]
thijno checks.
Phillberto bets (1.80)
thijno calls (1.80)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Kh ]
thijno bets (5.25)
Phillberto?
Hand History Extravaganza #7 thijno v phillberto (cont)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: Mocreio ( $24.10)
Seat 2: Phillberto ( $25.55)
Seat 3: FoolsPlayPkr ( $25)
Seat 4: thijno ( $91.59)
Seat 5: huygens11 ( $24.90)
Seat 6: zweibeck ( $52.57)
Phillberto posts small blind (0.10)
FoolsPlayPkr posts big blind (0.25)
** Dealing down cards
**Dealt to Phillberto [ Td, 5d ]
thijno calls (0.25)
huygens11 folds.
zweibeck calls (0.25)
Mocreio folds.
Phillberto calls (0.15)
FoolsPlayPkr checks.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Ah, Tc, Th ]
Phillberto bets (0.65)
FoolsPlayPkr folds.
thijno calls (0.65)
zweibeck folds.
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Jh ]
Phillberto bets (1.50)
thijno raises (3) to 3
Phillberto calls (1.50)
** Dealing River ** : [ 4c ]
Phillberto checks.
thijno bets (4)
Phillberto?
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: Mocreio ( $24.10)
Seat 2: Phillberto ( $25.55)
Seat 3: FoolsPlayPkr ( $25)
Seat 4: thijno ( $91.59)
Seat 5: huygens11 ( $24.90)
Seat 6: zweibeck ( $52.57)
Phillberto posts small blind (0.10)
FoolsPlayPkr posts big blind (0.25)
** Dealing down cards
**Dealt to Phillberto [ Td, 5d ]
thijno calls (0.25)
huygens11 folds.
zweibeck calls (0.25)
Mocreio folds.
Phillberto calls (0.15)
FoolsPlayPkr checks.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Ah, Tc, Th ]
Phillberto bets (0.65)
FoolsPlayPkr folds.
thijno calls (0.65)
zweibeck folds.
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Jh ]
Phillberto bets (1.50)
thijno raises (3) to 3
Phillberto calls (1.50)
** Dealing River ** : [ 4c ]
Phillberto checks.
thijno bets (4)
Phillberto?
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