vrijdag, augustus 27, 2010

The bleeding has stopped

Finally it seems Im running somewhat better on Full Tilt.
It also takes a lot of time getting to know all the regulars and try to find a way to beat/exploit them. Running a little better offcourse helps, but I also have the feeling that im getting to know them and that my change in gameplan helped to improve my game and results.
So far this month (just 2 weeks for me) Im up 30 buyins which is ok.

I also found out that this is my 50th month as 'winning' poker player. In those 50 months I only lost money in cashgames in one month, so im quite happy with those results, hope I can do a little better in the next 50 ;-)

Here's the updated graph with preflop allins:

zondag, augustus 22, 2010

Back to work

Its just been a week since im back from holiday.
As always after a period without poker it gives me a fresh look on my game.
So I tried to adjust some small things about my game again.
The things I changed are mostly about position, which offcourse is one of the most important aspects in poker, but also a lot of players are just terrible at it, although they probably know how important it is, they just don't use it good enough.

As Im playing mostly rushpoker now on FT I think it's even more important as gameflow isn't a factor at these tables it's all about using position to you're best.

To give some examples of regulars who don't use their position I'll give some examples:

1. A FT red pro who plays a ton, his position stats are like this:
UTG: 19/19
EP : 15/14
CO : 16/13
BTN: 16/12
SB : 14/8
BB: 13/4

2. Another random regular who is playing a lot...
UTG: 23/23
EP : 25/22
CO : 24/17
BTN: 23/17
SB : 30/17
BB : 31/7

3. A laggy dutch regular
UTG: 27/27
EP: 32/32
CO: 33/31
BTN: 39/33
SB: 27/23
BB: 23/10

Well you don't have to be a genius to see that thats absolutely terrible.
On first sight these players might look ok to you, but when you study there game for a little bit they just have huge leaks in just their pre-flop game....
To give an idea about my game, I play around 15/15 UTG and 45/40 on the BTN.

Results for this first week have been ok, although im still running bad (especially on those preflop-allins). After 200k hands of rush im still losing money on preflop allins with KK/QQ and AK (KK should obv be a big winner, QQ a small winner and AK is pbb a 0-5bb loser normally). Here's the updated graph and let's hope that it will turn around soon....