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Played 1HUSNG yesterday vs a -16%ROI fish and lost in 19 hands... Made a somewhat silly bluff halfway through the match and then ended up getting it AI with K5 on a T5T board (obv he has slowplayed QQ). So, the silly bluff went like this: I raise Ad9d IP he calls. Flop Jh4h5h, pot is 120 and he leads for 60. I raise to 190. I see this donkbet a lot from aggro players on monotone flops and I think that it is often a bluff, but vs this opponent who was pretty passive I should have known better and not raised... he is never folding a heart and often has a pair. I wouldn't say that it is never the right move because I think this is +EV vs a lot of aggro opponents, but not vs this one.

I have a lot of coursework to do so probably going to play very little over the next few weeks, however I am going to do a full review of the last 100 $20 HUSNGs I have played so expect a long post in the next week or so as I go through a thorough analysis of my HU play, something which I hope will really help me improve my game.

Learning about 'soils and foundations' at the moment and my lecturer is the most boring man in the world... seriously, I would rather get slowrolled by Chris May.

Happy learning

Breaking Even

Played 12 $20 HUSNGs yesterday and ended up down 2 BI due to loosing 4
in a row at the end of my session. I think I played pretty well, the
only hand where I kicked myself was when I shoved over a turn donk
with AK on a 4643 board vs a very bluffy oponent and he snapped with
86....

In the other games, I lost 2 flips with AJs and AQo vs 77 and 55 and
also lost with KQ to Q8 on a Q74 flop so not too upset about ending
the session down, but it is frustrating as I have been breakeven over
the last 200 games.

It's 9:15am and I am in a very boring lecture on management.

Stay +EV

Blogging on the move

It seems that not writing blog posts is getting a bit boring, but
whenever I get home and decide to write a post, I either forget what I
was going to write about or just forget to write a post all together.

I have set up my blog so I can publish posts directly from my phone so
hopefully I will be able to make more regular posts from wherever I am
at the time. (Currently it's 9:30am and I am in a lecture on Polution
and Enviromental Sustainability.... Great stuff!)

Note that this has the HUGE advantage that I willbe able to write blog
posts while in klute.

Ah, something really interesting is about to happen in my lecture. I
hope!

Happy New Year

Happy New Year to all.... 2009 should be an interesting year given the current economic situation... tho on the bright side, every time I see the £ loose value I see my $$ increase in value so at lease there is some small compensation.

Not much to report pokerwise, usual story, not had much time to play blah blah... but the HUSNGs are going great. Have moved up to the $20s again and seem to be doing ok, and have started dabbling in the idea of transitioning to turbos which I think will yield a higher $/hour than the regulars.

Also want to say congrats to Paul who seems to be absolutely killing the games now.... no one really knows how he does it but pretty sure that he must have the only PokerStars superuser account in existance.... but seriously... he is doing insanely well!

So... going to try to grind out some turbos between doing some work....

HUSNG Discussion

Since HUSNGs seem to be my main game at the moment I thought I would introduce some concepts for discussion. So as not to make this one massively long post I am going to try to split it into several posts.... however, I am busy this week and away this weekend in Edinburgh watching the rugby so don't hold your breath.... tho I do promise to do my best to post more often.

According to sharkscope I have played 287 HUSNGs to date any my graph looks like this:
According to Holdem Manager I am open raising 57% of buttons, 3 betting 9.9% from the BB and calling around 8% of the time in the BB, though I am pretty sure that these stats are inaccurate as Holdem Manager is a little lacking in tourney support and I can't seperate out the $10 HUSNGs from all the other tournaments I have played...... Not really sure what 'good' stats are so let me know what you think.

The first think I would like to discuss is open shoving/3-bet shoving the first hand of a HUSNG.
Paul (147_star) and I discussed this concept and tried to come up with a sensible range to open shove or 3-bet shove the first hand of a HUSNG on the basis that at these low limits the average player is very bad and is likely to freak out and call with a wide range usually consisting of any pair or A. I think that the range we came up with was 99+ and AJ+ (ATs?) and so far I have had a lot of success with this play. I would be interested to know what people think of this play and what your opening range should be.

Full Tilt Poker Game #8882578617: $10 + $0.50 Heads Up Sit & Go (67968481), Table 1 - 10/20 - No Limit Hold'em - 4:47:36 ET - 2008/11/09
Seat 1: GALZUUD (1,500)
Seat 2: Cafe Creme (1,500)
Cafe Creme posts the small blind of 10
GALZUUD posts the big blind of 20
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Cafe Creme [Jc As]
Cafe Creme raises to 1,500, and is all in
GALZUUD has 15 seconds left to act
GALZUUD calls 1,480, and is all in
Cafe Creme shows [Jc As]
GALZUUD shows [Ah 9c]
*** FLOP *** [Jd Qd 7h]
*** TURN *** [Jd Qd 7h] [5c]
*** RIVER *** [Jd Qd 7h 5c] [5h]
Cafe Creme shows two pair, Jacks and Fives
GALZUUD shows a pair of Fives
Cafe Creme wins the pot (3,000) with two pair, Jacks and Fives
GALZUUD stands up
Cafe Creme stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3,000 | Rake 0
Board: [Jd Qd 7h 5c 5h]
Seat 1: GALZUUD (big blind) showed [Ah 9c] and lost with a pair of Fives
Seat 2: Cafe Creme (small blind) showed [Jc As] and won (3,000) with two pair, Jacks and Fives

Full Tilt Poker Game #6543781496: $10 + $0.50 Heads Up Sit & Go (49743015), Table 1 - 10/20 - No Limit Hold'em - 9:21:12 ET - 2008/05/24
Seat 1: Cafe Creme (1,500)
Seat 2: phatBwoi (1,500)
phatBwoi posts the small blind of 10
Cafe Creme posts the big blind of 20
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Cafe Creme [Ah Th]
phatBwoi raises to 60
Cafe Creme raises to 1,500, and is all in
phatBwoi calls 1,440, and is all in
Cafe Creme shows [Ah Th]
phatBwoi shows [5d Ad]
*** FLOP *** [Qs 8d Kc]
*** TURN *** [Qs 8d Kc] [4s]
*** RIVER *** [Qs 8d Kc 4s] [2c]
Cafe Creme shows Ace King high
phatBwoi shows Ace King high
Cafe Creme wins the pot (3,000) with Ace King high
phatBwoi is sitting out
phatBwoi stands up
Cafe Creme stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3,000 | Rake 0
Board: [Qs 8d Kc 4s 2c]
Seat 1: Cafe Creme (big blind) showed [Ah Th] and won (3,000) with Ace King high
Seat 2: phatBwoi (small blind) showed [5d Ad] and lost with Ace King high

Full Tilt Poker Game #6247641712: $5 + $0.25 Heads Up Sit & Go (47553104), Table 1 - 10/20 - No Limit Hold'em - 14:05:02 ET - 2008/05/01
Seat 1: Cafe Creme (1,500)
Seat 2: labo2480 (1,500)
labo2480 posts the small blind of 10
Cafe Creme posts the big blind of 20
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Cafe Creme [Tc Td]
labo2480 has 15 seconds left to act
labo2480 calls 10
Cafe Creme raises to 1,500, and is all in
labo2480 calls 1,480, and is all in
Cafe Creme shows [Tc Td]
labo2480 shows [9s Kc]
*** FLOP *** [Js 4c 2d]
*** TURN *** [Js 4c 2d] [9d]
*** RIVER *** [Js 4c 2d 9d] [5h]
Cafe Creme shows a pair of Tens
labo2480 shows a pair of Nines
Cafe Creme wins the pot (3,000) with a pair of Tens
labo2480 stands up
Cafe Creme stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3,000 | Rake 0
Board: [Js 4c 2d 9d 5h]
Seat 1: Cafe Creme (big blind) showed [Tc Td] and won (3,000) with a pair of Tens
Seat 2: labo2480 (small blind) showed [9s Kc] and lost with a pair of Nines

Full Tilt Poker Game #8807235931: $5 + $0.25 Heads Up Sit & Go (67342490), Table 1 - 10/20 - No Limit Hold'em - 11:19:42 ET - 2008/11/04
Seat 1: Cafe Creme (1,500)
Seat 2: lewismark (1,500)
lewismark posts the small blind of 10
Cafe Creme posts the big blind of 20
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Cafe Creme [9d 9c]
lewismark raises to 60
Cafe Creme raises to 1,500, and is all in
lewismark calls 1,440, and is all in
Cafe Creme shows [9d 9c]
lewismark shows [6h 6d]
*** FLOP *** [9s 7d 2c]
*** TURN *** [9s 7d 2c] [4d]
*** RIVER *** [9s 7d 2c 4d] [6s]
Cafe Creme shows three of a kind, Nines
lewismark shows three of a kind, Sixes
Cafe Creme wins the pot (3,000) with three of a kind, Nines
lewismark stands up
Cafe Creme stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3,000 | Rake 0
Board: [9s 7d 2c 4d 6s]
Seat 1: Cafe Creme (big blind) showed [9d 9c] and won (3,000) with three of a kind, Nines
Seat 2: lewismark (small blind) showed [6h 6d] and lost with three of a kind, Sixes



Going to grab some dinner now but am preparing a slightly more interesting post on playing short stacked in the late stages of a HUSNG.... something which has caused a lot of head scratching on the Durham Uni Poker forums....

Watch this space

Pinch and a punch, first of the month

So.... Looks like its been a while since I last posted. This is almost entirely due to me being lazy but also partly due to me having lots of work to do. Am once again going to make an attempt to keep my blog up to date although I expect my posts will be of the shorter variety (do I hear cheers?).

Having struggled with the HUSNGs on PokerStars I moved back to playing them on Full Tilt with much more success, I think that the longer structure is much more suited to my style of play and I suck at playing short stacked (something which I am working to improve). My current stats for the $10 HUSNGs on full tilt are:

Played: 265
Avg $ per game: $1.6
ROI: 15%
Total $$: $418

I moved briefly up to the $20s when I was running well but quickly dropped $150 and so went back to grinding the $10s.

I have started playing 2 tables now and so am averaging 12 games per hour.... meaning that I should be able to significantly boost my volume..... hopefully will be able to put in the hours. Am planning to make it to about 400-500 games at the $10s before I move up to the $20s but might take a couple of shots before then.

Will try to add some more interesting stuff soon.... but its good to be back blogging.

Ty

Durham Durham

Sorry about the lack of posts recently, only got back to uni yesterday and so have not had much time to play yet, but am now getting back into the swing of things and there should be some more regular updates.

Firstly, big congrats to James for cashing in the WSOPE main event (2 years running)... looks like it was a pretty tough tourney so really well done!

While James has been celebrating his cash of about £20K or so..... I just lost $80 playing HUSNGs loosing 13 out of 16 games. So, going to take a walk now to cool off ;)

Chow