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Sessions 8 and 9
Sessions 8 and 9
Total 1,000 or more hands dealt - operation concluded!
Started at $62.48
Finished on $62.77
Gain $0.29 = 14.5x bb
Total result for something in excess of 1,000 hands:
Started at $60.00
Finished on $62.77
Gain $2.77 = 138.5x bb
Probably a bit more than a buy-in for the first 1,000 hands.
What have I learned?
My discipline is lacking and that will be the focus of the next operation.
Looking back over my hand histories I can see that here and there I am still drawn into a bet that was simply not justified and way too big. About one such hand per session, typically.
Now, looking at my charts and stuff and removing that single idiot-hand, my results would have been way better. So, there is a clear objective for the next operation; stay away from the big bets unless I am really confident!
At the risk of embarrassing myself, this is the last 'hand of shame':
[1] The Hand of Shame
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (8 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
MP1 ($0.41)
MP2 ($0.97)
CO ($2.07)
binky bee (Button) ($2.50)
SB ($1.83)
BB ($3.53)
UTG ($0.85)
UTG+1 ($2.01)
Preflop: binky bee is Button with J , 10
2 folds, MP1 calls $0.02, 2 folds, binky bee bets $0.10, BB raises to $0.40, 1 fold, binky bee calls $0.30
Flop: ($0.83) 9 , Q , 2 (3 players)
BB bets $0.80, binky bee raises to $2.10 (All-In), BB calls $1.30
Turn: ($5.03) 7 (3 players, 1 all-in)
River: ($5.03) 3 (3 players, 1 all-in)
Total pot: $5.03 | Rake: $0.18
BB showed [Ac As] and won ($4.85) with a pair of Aces
Why did I go all-in? Sure, I was looking at a straight draw. I had three suited cards as well. But the villain had made confident bets, he had something worth it. Was it worth calling BB to see if I got a straight (which I did not, of course)?
But then I also played two hands that were very similar, and this is one of them:
[2] binky bee kicks bottom sometimes
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (9 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
SB ($1.47)
BB ($2.55)
binky bee (UTG) ($2.04)
UTG+1 ($2.24)
MP1 ($0.84)
MP2 ($1.51)
MP3 ($4.35)
CO ($3.02)
Button ($2)
Preflop: binky bee is UTG with K , K
binky bee bets $0.08, 1 fold, MP1 calls $0.08, MP2 calls $0.08, MP3 calls $0.08, 4 folds
Flop: ($0.35) 5 , K , 3 (4 players)
binky bee bets $0.34, 1 fold, MP2 raises to $0.68, MP3 calls $0.68, binky bee raises to $1.96 (All-In), MP2 calls $0.75 (All-In), MP3 calls $1.28
Turn: ($5.70) 8 (3 players, 2 all-in)
River: ($5.70) 3 (3 players, 2 all-in)
Total pot: $5.70 | Rake: $0.20
binky bee showed [Ks Kh] and won ($5.50) with a full house, Kings full of Threes
A very similar hand saw me with pocket 7's and a 7 flopped in with 2 lower cards which were not connected and not suited. I believed I had the nuts, went all-in again, and the (single) villain called me and the pot was mine.
Other than those three hands losses were largely restricted to the blinds. Gains were few and often not very rewarding (stealing the pot with AA in my pockets was particularly galling!).
So, again, I am being hard on myself. I can do it. I only have to hold myself back from the rash big bet that only happens once a session.
If I can crack on with that, my results should get better.
I am also starting to get a small feel for putting a range on people, pot odds and even implied and reverse implied odds, though those ideas are all a bit vaguely applied at the moment, I can see them helping.
The next great development in my game has been three-tabling. The last session was entirely on three tables and wow, what a difference that makes!
Suddenly having a range that gets me putting money in only about 8% of the time was still leaving me with some action. I was not tempted into any more big, rash bets. Losses of the previous session were slowly and systematically recovered.
Poker Tracker, the last development of this operation, made all of that a lot easier.
Right now I am looking at bonus whoring, possibly on Poker770. My only reservation about them is there flash plug-in thingy for the Mac. Yeuch!
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