The King is presently losing badly and the heads up, play money tables - four days in a row. His balance has not gone done appreciably but losing makes him wonder if his skill level is high enough to beat the game... and at this level. There were days that he won without effort and the good cards just came on and on, but at present the bad beats are nonstop. The same old story, his good hands get cracked by better hands and calling stations catch miracle cards. Straight and flush draws don't complete and his opponent's draws come in. Add to this the tilting.
It is like playing penny poker and his experiencing days of losing and bad beats by players catching miracle cards with garbage hands.
Getting back to reality, the King is still on a long rest from penny poker and organizing his books.
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Play Money 6 max
While still on vacation from real money poker, the King is playing just heads-up and 6 max. The action of heads-up is great for an action junkie, but the variance is big. The problem with heads-up, for the King, is playing against loose players who play well post flop and are not too aggressive.
The future, as to what the King will play when he resumes real money play, is uncertain. It willl probably be full ring and some 6 max down to about 4 players. Also on his mind is to play a lot of freeroll, no-limit hold em to gain experience and then decide later whether to play in ring games, sit n go or tournaments.
U.pressure is doing well, it seems, from her (his) Bluff player profile. She won 1st place once for over a grand. Tournaments take time and require some planning. Tournaments at least in the short term has a smaller limit on losses.
Back to 6 max, these games have pot odds because of the high player to flop percentage. In real micro limit games, the players seeing the flop is much lower. With 6 max, to combat the boredom, muilti-tabling is necessary, but not when the table gets down to 2-3 players.
The King is doing very little studying at this time and his poker reading is limited to bits and pieces of heads-up and some of 6 max books. There is not a lot out on heads-up play.
The future, as to what the King will play when he resumes real money play, is uncertain. It willl probably be full ring and some 6 max down to about 4 players. Also on his mind is to play a lot of freeroll, no-limit hold em to gain experience and then decide later whether to play in ring games, sit n go or tournaments.
U.pressure is doing well, it seems, from her (his) Bluff player profile. She won 1st place once for over a grand. Tournaments take time and require some planning. Tournaments at least in the short term has a smaller limit on losses.
Back to 6 max, these games have pot odds because of the high player to flop percentage. In real micro limit games, the players seeing the flop is much lower. With 6 max, to combat the boredom, muilti-tabling is necessary, but not when the table gets down to 2-3 players.
The King is doing very little studying at this time and his poker reading is limited to bits and pieces of heads-up and some of 6 max books. There is not a lot out on heads-up play.
Monday, July 25, 2011
On Vacation
The King is on vacation and taking a break from real money cash games. Sometimes, he might play in a freeroll and daily he plays in play money heads up limit hold 'em.
Playing low pairs, like deuces, are a problem. When playing 22 heads up in Turbo Texas Hold 'em, they showed a small profit when played by the better computer players. The King was able to play 22 profitably and the greatest profit cam from betting on the flop. Turbo's average lineup is loose compared to micro limit cash games. TTH's setting must be adjusted for tighter play.
The poker players are tighter and play better compared to a year ago. After the King comes back from his vacation, the challenges for the next year will be daunting.
Playing low pairs, like deuces, are a problem. When playing 22 heads up in Turbo Texas Hold 'em, they showed a small profit when played by the better computer players. The King was able to play 22 profitably and the greatest profit cam from betting on the flop. Turbo's average lineup is loose compared to micro limit cash games. TTH's setting must be adjusted for tighter play.
The poker players are tighter and play better compared to a year ago. After the King comes back from his vacation, the challenges for the next year will be daunting.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
No Whining Allowed on 2+2
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While trying to get something on the double or nothing sit and go games, an interesting rule on the 2+2 forum was found. At the bottom of the first post, the moderator wrote something to the effect of bad beat whiners would be given just one warning and they would be expelled from there
That certainly was a startling insight of how they conduct themselvs. Tought guys, cerebral but tough. Losing whether with a bad beat or from getting a lot of trash hands must be more stressfull at the mid and high level games they play. Temper must flare at those limits and more than the micro stakes.
While trying to get something on the double or nothing sit and go games, an interesting rule on the 2+2 forum was found. At the bottom of the first post, the moderator wrote something to the effect of bad beat whiners would be given just one warning and they would be expelled from there
That certainly was a startling insight of how they conduct themselvs. Tought guys, cerebral but tough. Losing whether with a bad beat or from getting a lot of trash hands must be more stressfull at the mid and high level games they play. Temper must flare at those limits and more than the micro stakes.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
El Cortez
Closeby was the craps table and the stickman was barking out the colorfull lingo like centerfield nine, easy eight, new shooter, yo, play the field. The crusty craps dealer was chewing out the new dealer.
The lady who was playing keno had some luck at the hold 'em table and thinking she can't be good to play keno was a mistake. The King was playing craps and altho the house edge is smaller playing with craps than keno - both games are unbeatable. That lady was dumpy and acne scarred and looked like one of the characters from a waterfront bar.
The security guard to the left was sitting so low in his chair, like a disinterested high schooler, he could see flashes of cards that the dealer passed out. He said to the King you have KJ, he was right and he showed the King his cards.
The impetuous kid acroos the table was playing loose and aggressive and taking down the pots. The regulars at the table were not very agro unless they had the nuts. The kid was dressed well in a cheap dress shirt, coat and tie and was talking up a storm, telling to no one in particular, in his self-promoting manner, his great expertise at poker.
Two seats away, this elderly man was comforted by the casino staff because his wife was ill. He was a regular. His day was bad and his cards were not running lucky.
The El Cortez is a dump, way past its prime. But with the old, extravagant style of architecture and interior design, the atmosphere there was nostalgic of times gone by.
The lady who was playing keno had some luck at the hold 'em table and thinking she can't be good to play keno was a mistake. The King was playing craps and altho the house edge is smaller playing with craps than keno - both games are unbeatable. That lady was dumpy and acne scarred and looked like one of the characters from a waterfront bar.
The security guard to the left was sitting so low in his chair, like a disinterested high schooler, he could see flashes of cards that the dealer passed out. He said to the King you have KJ, he was right and he showed the King his cards.
The impetuous kid acroos the table was playing loose and aggressive and taking down the pots. The regulars at the table were not very agro unless they had the nuts. The kid was dressed well in a cheap dress shirt, coat and tie and was talking up a storm, telling to no one in particular, in his self-promoting manner, his great expertise at poker.
Two seats away, this elderly man was comforted by the casino staff because his wife was ill. He was a regular. His day was bad and his cards were not running lucky.
The El Cortez is a dump, way past its prime. But with the old, extravagant style of architecture and interior design, the atmosphere there was nostalgic of times gone by.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Tournaments and Tight Ring Games
Tournaments take time, they are an investment in time and not for the impatient. It seems like a contradiction because tournaments are suited for loose and aggressive players.
You make do with what you have. In the absence of full ring games, adjustments must be made to play in games with 6, 7, and 8 players. And in the absence of loose games, game play strategy must be changed to play in tight games. However, a tight game can have times where many players are in the pot and make small, suited connectors and small pairs worth playing.
You make do with what you have. In the absence of full ring games, adjustments must be made to play in games with 6, 7, and 8 players. And in the absence of loose games, game play strategy must be changed to play in tight games. However, a tight game can have times where many players are in the pot and make small, suited connectors and small pairs worth playing.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
No-Limit
This game is different from limit: more stealing, continuation bets work better, less players seeing the flop, the big hands like straights and flushes do not occur as often, and the loose aggressive players seem to do well. Bets are sized in relation to the pot. Bet sizing according to the other players pot comes into play.
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