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Giving Poker A Shot

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63 posts · member since Jun 2018
2yr ago

Trying to get back into poker. Got into the theory like 5-6 years back, read some books, watched some videos, messed aro

16 March 2024 at 04:26 AM
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2yr ago

Didn't hit previous goals, had some trouble w/ getting the routine down. Also got too in the weeds on one position in a way that was not implementable for me and needed to take a step back, esp cuz I had a couple blastoff sessions ignoring basic fundamental poker. Did get some coaching notes in at least.

Had some up and downs the past week or so. Plan was to get more hands in, got about 2k in on iggy which is decent compared to where I've been at. Ended up having some really good and really bad sessions. My most glaring/problematic issue in my worst sessions continues to be inexplicable bluffs with air. I am working on it, doesn't happen every session but when it does, it seems to happen multiple times over a short span.

Going forward, really want to try and continue to prioritize getting hands in, and reviewing my own hands. I have a tendency to get way off course on conceptual stuff I'm not ready or able to implement. I'm still a bit jumbled as far as "baseline" strategy, don't exactly feel grounded or consistent in what I am doing (sizing, my own range construction), but I do feel like I am making better decisions overall in terms of my hand vs the action/board/opponent.

Other thing I started recently is completely quit looking @ the graph. I think I was 8BI under allin-EV and I couldn't stop checking the graph mid session, so I took any winrate info off my drivehud dashboard and its been really nice. Trying to continue that, may have some infrequent checkin esp for the blog. I think maybe 20k hands like I talked about in the OP. Currently at 6400.

for fun, here's an example of a totally inexplicable hand in one of the bad sessions. I genuinely have no justification.

NL Holdem 0.1(BB)
HERO (112.9BBs)
BTN (75.7BBs) [VPIP: 18.1% | PFR: 14.3% | AGG: 41.2% | Hands: 107]
SB (167.3BBs) [VPIP: 48.3% | PFR: 41.4% | AGG: 26.3% | Hands: 30]
BB (140.7BBs) [VPIP: 18.5% | PFR: 14.8% | AGG: 26.1% | Hands: 81]
HJ (51.9BBs) [VPIP: 35.7% | PFR: 7.1% | AGG: 42.9% | Hands: 14]

Dealt to Hero: 9♥ K♥

HJ Folds, HERO Raises To 2.5BBs, BTN Raises To 7.5BBs, SB Folds, BB Folds, HERO Calls 5BBs

Hero SPR on Flop: [4.13 effective]
Flop (16.5BBs): A♣ Q♠ 6♣
HERO Checks, BTN Bets 4.2BBs (Rem. Stack: 64BBs), HERO Raises To 16BBs (Rem. Stack: 89.4BBs), BTN Calls 11.8BBs (Rem. Stack: 52.2BBs)

Turn (48.5BBs): A♣ Q♠ 6♣ 9♣
HERO Bets 89.4BBs (allin), BTN Calls 52.2BBs (allin)

River (190.1BBs): A♣ Q♠ 6♣ 9♣ 5♦

Spoiler
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BTN shows: 9♠ A♠
SB shows: 4♠ A♦
BB shows: K♠ J♠
HJ shows: 4♦ 6♥

BTN wins: 145.3BBs
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