Looking Good!
Current mood: smart
After my session the other night, I sat in front of my computer looking at my charts for the month of June. I was in awe. The results so far have been stunning. It's not that I'm this incredible player (though I like to think I'm pretty decent) but the variance has taken an upswing of epic porportions.
More than a few times I've gotten the money in, in ABC spots, and sucked out when they held the top of their range. Even without those hands though, I'd still be having a great month. If I keep this winrate on pace for the rest of the month, I'll have my best month ever. (Including when I was playing 5/10.) Of course, I don't actually expect to keep it up for that long. It's nice to dream however!
I've played a little bit of 5/10 as well when the games are decent. I haven't seen much in the way of results on that side, but the games seem very beatable. That's an encouranging sign for me. I only wonder when I'll actually be comfortable enough with my bankroll to play it full-time. It's not like I'm short at all. Maybe when I get 50 buyins. We'll see how I feel at that time.
I'm enjoying this while I can. Let the good times roll!
Statistics: Posted by kennyg — Tue Jun 17, 2008 8:19 am
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mood: ecstatic
Just pulled in two awesome sessions for my normal Thursday start of the weekend poker madness. It's amazing how despair can change so quickly into euphoria in this sweet game. The pots are coming easy lately, I'm even sucking out! Granted there all standard spots where the money goes in... so even my decisions aren't bad. Everything is going well so far this June.
My second session today I made $2400 on a single 2/4 Full Ring table. haha In only two hours! Too bad I lost on the other tables. But I'll take it! I'm not too greedy.
My game is looking good right now. I'm putting opponents in much tougher spots. I certainly need to tweak it, but I'm putting in a lot of study to help. I haven't been this excited or this focused about my poker game in a long time.
Here's the graph for the month so far:
Keep it up Kenny!
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Hands:
lol. notice the small lead to entice a river raise. if i pot it, alot of times they just call with the flush. https://cakepoker.com/HandHistory/?Hand ... wcLCxMA%3d
Using my good image against a donk
https://cakepoker.com/HandHistory/?Hand ... wcLCxMA%3d
He bets the river I throw the hand away:
https://cakepoker.com/HandHistory/?Hand ... wcLCxMA%3d
Statistics: Posted by kennyg — Fri Jun 13, 2008 6:45 am
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mood: sore from the gym
Sorry for the lack of updates. I was on vacation with the family in NC, gearing up for the summer months. Last month was tough as hell. I had to fight tooth and nail to have any sort of winnings. Luckily I survived and had a good run the last week I played.
This month started out badly as well. Had a couple of rough sessions. I keep getting in these very difficult spots. My last session Scott was watching and was laughing at how many times I was being checkraised. Hard to fight back when you can't flop a hand.
The good thing is I had a monster session early yesterday for about $3k. I WAS flopping hands and getting significant action. I lost a couple of buyins to start but after that I steamrolled everyone. That session had been a long time coming.
I've decided my play is too standard to win a significant amount. My play didn't use to be standard at all. I would pride myself on big calldowns, big bluff raises etc etc. After decimating my bankroll on strippers (obv) and playing too much live poker, I had to move all the way down to 1/2 and change my game up. Well the 2/4 and above has improved so much that I have to make moves to have a solid win rate. It's something I've been working on my last few sessions.
It's not easy to abandon the gameplan I've had since July of '07. It's been very successful for me. I realize now that it just isn't as profitable as it once was. While solid TAG will still win, it won't come close to the maximum equity. I don't get paid off anymore.
I think my game will be better for all of this. If I can bring back some of the old Kenny style, and merge it with my more standard good play, the sky is the limit.
We'll see what the future brings.
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An example of a play I wouldn't have even considered making 3 months ago:
https://cakepoker.com/HandHistory/?Hand ... wcLCxMA%3d
I had KQo. The preflop raiser is a decent player. He checked through the flop of J66 4 handed with only one player to act behind him. When the rainbow 9 hits, he bets. Well, what can I discern from this information? It's very unlikely he has an overpair or a big jack. Those types of hands are a must bet for him 4 handed. He might have slowplayed a 6, but he's fairly aggro so that's probably not the case either. That leaves a bluff, a weak jack, a 9, some kind of draw like QT. There are some good hands, but mostly his range is polarized towards a marginal holding. I decided to raise and represent a 6. It's not much to represent, but it's still going to be very hard for him to continue. It also helps that I have two overs and a gutter. I took it down this time.
I had a few other cool hands like this, but forgot to save them. Next time I will try to have more. All I have left is a runner runner bad beat lol:
https://cakepoker.com/HandHistory/?Hand ... wcLCxMA%3d
Statistics: Posted by kennyg — Sun Jun 08, 2008 4:56 pm
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mood: Physically tired from a 3 hour session at the gym.
So far May has been incredibly frustrating. At the start of the month I was hoping to make a big run to be able to move up to the 5/10 by June or July. At this point I'm hoping I can have a decent last weekend to pay my bills.
I've been on a solid losing stretch at the 2/4 the last two months. The only reason I'm up at all is because I'm winning on the 3/6, 5/10, and some live games. I haven't played very many hours of those higher games though so it's only keeping me afloat.
Picture time!
That's my year to date playing the 2/4 on Cake. The overall winrate is still decent but I'm disappointed about this streak. It's been affecting my play. I've been playing passively and my holdings are a lot more polarized. Decent players can figure out what I have. I'm working on it.
Mathematical correction or not, it's in my head. The other night I started screaming at the computer monitor and probably scared my neighbor. Venting vehement I like to call it. If it wasn't for the fact that I'm going to the gym regularly, I think I might lose it entirely. The physical effort at the gym always helps to clear my mind. It's amazing the difference it makes.
I find during this streak that I can rarely hit a flop. I don't remember ever flopping so bad for so long. It's hard to represent something to opponents when you never have a worthwhile hand at showdown. Every move I make seems to backfire in my face. My sets are also losing at a good pace. Not exactly the most winning attributes.
I have a plan to get out of this mess. I will drop a table or two and try to focus more on individual hands. I'm also watching more CR videos and reading different books. I've dropped reading the Harrington tournament books though, as they're teaching me to be more of a nit and that's not what I need right now.
I'm going to stay with my parents the last weekend of May. That mean this weekend is my last time to shine for the month. Here's hoping things turn around.
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Funny Hand:
https://cakepoker.com/HandHistory/?Hand ... wcLCxMA%3d
More Funny:
https://cakepoker.com/HandHistory/?Hand ... wcLCxMA%3d
I had A8.
And yes my name is Xaston. I was hoping that name would increase my running hot percentage, alas, it hasn't yet.
Statistics: Posted by kennyg — Thu May 22, 2008 11:27 am
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