not a bad turn around

cap plo results:

bankroll now > 14k.

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pretty........pretty......pretty good.

last nites holdem results.

+ about $35 from plo gave me a 1k session. (only a $900 day though due to plo losses earlier)

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cap plo is killing me

after my quick $200 score during lunch yesterday i've dropped close to $700 playing 1/2 $80 cap plo. (down close to $500 overall) i did however make a little over $400 playing holdem last nite but it still stung basically because i know i was donating and playing horribly in the plo games. i played at lunch today again and got stuck even more but made a nice comeback at the end. i enjoy the games though and they are incredibly soft, im just playing as incredibly bad. the good news is that i think i know the adjustments i need to make to absolutely kill the game at this limit.

1. tighten up a smidge pre-flop (i think im around 26% vp$ip right now but closer to 20% is probably optimal)
2. quit 3-betting all but monster hands, especially out of position
3. stop c-betting completely unless i hit
4. zero fps
5. only stack off with top two + re-draws or better

it's a little cookie cutterish but i think it's probably good enough to earn a good buck. most of my losses have come from assuming oponents will fold but im getting called down by just ridiculous shit like top pair and one guy even called my turn c/r cap with a bare nut flush draw when he wasn't even close to being committed. so, stop bluffing, start value betting. i also had a guy call down three streets today with no pair, no straight draw and a 3 hi flush draw. games are good.

i'll play tonite, probably mostly holdem though. i finally got my holdem manager hud stream lined and it's fucking awesome. i feel like a new man with it and it's definitly going to help improve my game.

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break even nite + holdem manager

i actually managed to get a session in last nite that i wasn't supposed to but it ended up not being very productive.

i've been awaiting pokertracker 3 but it seems to be rather flawed and i don't want to deal with the hassle of software bugs. i heard about holdem manager and how sick it was so i dropped the $80 on it and picked it up. so far im pretty impressed with it and the shear volume of info is pretty overwhelming. so instead of playing i ended up tinkering with the hud for a couple hours before firing up 4 tables of 200nl. i was pretty happy with my play but managed to only break even through 750 hands after a few tough hands/beats. pokerhand is down but it was basically AK vs KQ on a KQxx board after i 3-b in position and villain called willing to stack off since i was abusing him, 54 on a 552Tddd board after villain that had abusing me (stacked off w/ A8s once in a bvb 5-b bluff) with villain check/calling all-in on the turn w/ 77 (no diamond) and binking his two outer on the river and lastly KK vs QT on a Q22TQ board after villain c/c pot sized bets on every street and jammed the river offering me 4.5-1 on a call.

i did however hop on two 1/2 cap plo tables ($80 cap) while on lunch today and made about $220 in 20 mins. i got it in with AAxx on a Kxx flop against top set and hit runner runner quads. i think i'll play more cap games when experimenting with plo since the shallowness of the game allows for less mistakes and it's a little more exciting of a game. (gamboool)

might play tonite and tomorrw. who knows.

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quick win

i had a very small window to play yesterday and logged roughly 250 hands of 200nl and 250 hands of 50plo. results were good and i made about $430 in holdem and about $140 in omaha which is far above expectation but also gladly welcomed.

biggest nlhe hand:

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2704963 - i like his play pre-flop but he needs to raise this flop. i made a larger than normal c-bet on this flop since i wanted to maximize my fold equity.

biggest plo hand:

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2704940 - beauty hand pre, flop well and i thinks it pretty easy getting it on this flop although it looks a lot better than it is. with the 3-way action my two pair/trip outs are probably no good and if one of thed villains has a higher wrap (AKJx) im in trouble.

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may results

i sucked big time at putting in hands this month. i was on target to hit 20k hands for the month and then pretty much haven't played the last 1/3 of the month.

im obv very happy with the winrate and look forward to a big june. i'll also be mixing in some plo again to keep things interesting and hope to grow an edge in that game.

pics:

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