Well, my positivity is certainly being tested lately that's for sure!

Made a few mistakes as always, but just had the strangest session today in particular with limp/callers totally crushing me. Then just as I was going to sit out I got QQ v a total aggro maniac... yep you guessed it...stoploss time, that's twice in wo days dammit.

So you'll get no bad beat story here, but that being said I've been hit for 175e in about 9K hands, so how the fuck my winrate is still in the positive - just, at 1.6bb - I have no idea. Sadly for my results it's sent me down into the negative without a blink.

Short term BS fortunately, just a bit diappointing is all. Pretty sure I'll be fine longer term. I am strong minded, my resilience is good and I dont get tilty or spewtardish and all that crap, but I do make a few (probably a few more than 'few') mistakes, which need fixing.
Actually, there're probably so many holes still in my game I might change my screen name to Tetley!

Here's the sad face results anyway, but mind your step it's quite a drop




So, what I'll be doing for the rest of today is studying equilab. I had a nice chat with @Jon-PokerVIP and @fawltyfelix (thank you people) earlier about it and I do need to get it right, so that'll be my plan. If I can find a vid or twelve on it so much the better.

We can rebuild, we have the technology; bigger, better, stronger...oh, wait, that's the zimmer frame, sorry.

March was great, so many positive things came out of it and I learned so much more than before and played so much better taht the results really are a bit irrelevant, but now it's get April off to a flyer by going through it all and fixing theose mistakes -

- and this time we'll hooooollllld - honest.

Run good guys and gals, have a great April and please, don't get all spewy just coz it went tits up for a few hands, stay positive, init!

So I thought I's post this morning and get some study in before my bankroll wakes up and it's game on time.

Yesterday I got outplayed and out-hit, the players were very passive preflop and very aggro postflop. Truth is I didn't know wht to do about it, it didn't help that hitting even part of the board was such a rarety I thought I was playing on a different table to everybody else. Anyway, these weren't the usual suspects playing 28/24 getting all bullyboy, these were the 48/4 guys who limp/called then went berzerk on the flop or turn, raising pot or bombing all in and such. Very difficult to say the least, I have never played versus so many of these types, they were sort of like whales but very very aggressive post.

Suggestion when lost, Sit out button anybody?

So, what could have been wrong? what were my biggest mistakes and what did I learn form these strange games?

Actually, perhaps the way forward is to focus on getting it right, rather than on what I did wrong?

#1. Hands where I have the A blocker to the flush I should take my time with because if I get raised it'll be 2P+ on the turn, not a weaker flush draw - nearly always so don't be stacking off TPTK 3 to a flush you knob, it's a good hand, but it's not fucking Carling is it! Er ok, got it.

#2. Try hitting the flop now and again, that always helps! Sad last couple of days but nothing I can influence so fuck it, move on.


More seriously, these guys were very passive preflop, then started chk/bombing postflop after my lazy 1/2 pot cbet flop, or cbet flop, cbet turn 'standard' stuff.

#3.
Watched a coaching vid with a very good nl10 player, 'LittlePony' getting schooled by the mighty @Jon-PokerVIP last night suggesting they iso-raise more because the limper always called any size anyway so 3X or 4X wasn't winning enough money.

I'd actually forgotten that I make my money iso-raising preflop and what happens after is nearly irrelevant in the short term.
So, given not one of these villains limp/folded once ever, I can iso much bigger preflop to make even more money, and not that I did this but, don't bluff these guys it ain't gonna happen, if you miss give it up a lot of the time, we made our money already so move on.

#4. Don't bluff cbet wet boards, they most likely hit it with thier range - or if they don't they'll tell you they have and you end up either tilt/calling 'because you rep these boards every time mate and I don't believe you', or just having overcards and 'ye but I haz the backdoor str and backdoor top pair and ... 'hoping you have the best hand if you hit' crap - so you call and they ship the turn, more money wasted. Meh, give it up.

#5. Go through the 'Beginner's' course more. I found some really good stuff in there and one or two things I didn't like, as in the nl25 live play. I thought that vid was just too far above nl25 in thinking but maybe I just don't know enough to say.

#6. I was way out of my comfort zone yesterday, so watch more beginner's stuff until I can do it virtually without looking at my cards. I'm not horrid but there're things I saw and read last night that gave me pause for thought.


#7. Watch and read more beginner's ... oh, wait ..., well ok, got the point now no need to nag ffs.

#8. Do it today, not 'after my session' so it before.

There is another plus to all that waffle, it gives me focus. Instead of moaning about 'What might have been this month', I can be more prepared for April, thus increasing my chances of 'What will be' instead!

The tiltless method is strong in this oneLosrd Vader, he will be a worthy opponent!

Ok, sorry for the drivel, I put this here for me.

Work hard but have fun, definitely have fun.

Posting this for myself.

This doesn't look much, it's only a silly little hand v a 40/15 but because I was trying to do some better hand/range reading after watching the might oblio in a vid, it was cheap and straightforward looking enough to start off.

On the turn I had this guy on a Qx weak or a 7x, at best 7xhh when calls the raise. Unfortunately I got the colour wrong but hey, I'm a beginner at this shit, gimme a break ok!?

Betting river a bit larger than I might (usually around 30%) do because the opponent doesnt like folding to small bets - and he has a Q or a 7, right?





Ye, ye, easy one I know blah blah blah.

The point is, I did it by trying it analytically rather than by 'feel', which is a huge step up for me, just mega-huge.

Now Mister Smugarse is going for coffee.

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Nice work man - I may be different and go larger here as if villain is capped at a q or 7 i think we can bet higher to make more as villain won't fold for say 3-6bb more.

Nice end of month report! That drop must have hurt Good to see you're staying positive! I've changed my graph from $ to BB's, doesn't look as bad when you lose a stack at a higher level!

I just turn mine upside down so it looks like I ran bad and made an heroic comeback, easy game.

Not sure what to do for this month's goals/challenges and stuff yet, need to have a ponder (for ponder, read procrastinate) on that.

I did finish the Top500 with my highest position of 254 and 35 buckaroonies! Woohoo! It's along way up from there to the silly money though and some of the big guns have that end locked up, but it's still a fun thing to be in, it's free moneez duh(!) - and of course may just help save my arse at the end of the month to (see graph above for most recent grasping at straws result).

My mrs still isn't very well but is soldiering on without complaint as ever, so humbling. My waste disposal unit is so happy even when her arthritis is hurting her she never stops wagging that tail, even when she can hardly stand sometimes, poor bugger.
So how can I be sad and cry like a kid who just had his last rollo nicked if I lose a BI or three, sitting on my fat arse in an arm chair drinking coffee, clicking buttons and swearing at the screen while my mrs limps 3.5miles each way to work in the pissing rain and my 10yr old dog can hardly walk and never a complaint from either of them?

First goal this month just arrived,
#1 when my poker goes tits up, remember the completely unconditional support I have from Mrs. Mal and stfu and get on on with it with no complaints, no gripes, no tilt, no fkn whinging, no blah blah blah ... ...

A harder goal to achieve than a perfunctory glance might reveal, given I have the patience of a psychotic rottweiler sometimes.

I'll think of some others later, more coffee required for now init.



April, the sun comes out and the place starts to turn green and warm outside, it's is going to be sooooooo much fun!

Aspiring to this kind of a mental game! Looks like perspective is your weapon. Must give it a try

Positive vibes man! Positive vibes! I like it

I'm on 888 so no top 500 for meeeee Do you usually cash in it every month? Might move to Bwin to avail

Let's get down to business though, coffee..... What beans you got going at the moment? I'm a coffee fiend

The Top 500 is automatically paid into your account - You cannot roll it over or save it up for example. Just compete for the month, get paid, boost your bankroll and then instantly onto the next one.

BWIN is a great choice as they have heaps of traffic and nice software. You can create an account [b]Here[/b] or if you are looking for something as soft as 888, nice software and also part of our Top 500 I would suggest giving TonyBet a go. I recently made a 4 part series on there which we will launch soon and just from grinding 5-25nl for 2 hours I won close to 250 euros.......small sample I know but you will see in the video it was just pure gifts.

Not doing posh beans and all that filtered stuff, just bog standard everyday supermarket podwer unfortunately, the nice ones are a bit out of my paygrade.

Looks like JonVIP won a few euros, I'll be looking forward to seeing that. Well done coach, you'll be thinking of moving up soon then!

Taking of moving up, if I can get a few more buyins I'll be back to nl20 again. This month is going ok I suppose, but volume is down and not getting paid as often as I'd like when I have it, but not too worried about either, I can catch up during good games and feeling on the ball.

Three month into the fresh start and I'm moaning I'm not winning enough. Stfu you tit.

So, goals for April,

#1. See above

#2. Get the 'standard moves' stuff ingrained so I don't even have to think what to do.

#3. Take a look at Poker Snowie and see if might be of use at my stage of development.

#4. Get to +10BI at nl10, move to nl20 with a 5BI stab.

#5. Try not to get owned and have to drop back down in 2 days this time ya muppet.

#6. More off table learning. Plenty of time in the a.m. and gets the flow going ready for battle.

That's should do it for now, if I can think of anything better I'll change them.

Ok, so I won enough to take another stab at nl20. I don't think I played very good but then the rng was a bit iffy imo. That's my excuse for being outplayed anyway.

Here's 15 minutes or so of me managing to donk off an early double up. No sound because I forgot. Go me.

Sickkkkkk love seeing some 20nl action! What is the reason for 2.5x opens in CO? I don't think it is bad or anything just wondering.

0:30 - 99 - Standard call vs min 3b and overcall. Flop would be an easy call but turn you made a good fold.

1:30 - would go for 4x when it comes it iso's vs one opponent.

2:22 - AQ I would say river is a call. We block hands which villain is repping like A7 and also it seems a bit to spazzy to me.

@Jon-PokerVIP Yes, can't argue with anything there, I'll make another one and see if I can do better. Thank you for taking a peek.

I 3X from UTG/MP/SB 1st in but 2.5X from CO because regs tend to be aggro often and I get 3bet a fair amount from later positions. Haven't got sensible stats on that yet though. BU is 2X for the same reason.

Tough getting good games at nl20, seems the regs from PKR nl25 have turned up and can be very aggro, so maybe a bit of improvement to do before I can say I'm comfortable there. Aslo, still got the leak of not getting folds pf after 3betting then totally whiffing the flop.
Need to find more help on that one, AK is getting costly lately!

The lack of good games means I'm reduced to nl10 quite often but it's not hard there anymore as we know.

Can't get the Screen - O - Matic to do more than 15 minutes so trying to fix that before I send a vid to you.

This was supposed to be a test vid but whatever, I can win while I'm doing something else, fk I can eat souls when I run good!

So one more of around 15 minutes or so of me being a microstakes player again at nl20.

Try not to laugh please I need some help here as you can see.

I'd like to know when I think I'm betting for (in my little mind at least) value, was it EV, +EV (or bloody -EV ( ) or MAX EV ( ) at the time? These are anon tabs btw so no proper info and I don't really know much of what I'm talking about so take it easy, it's my first time!



If you laugh I'll set my mrs onto you and she'll eat anything. You have been warned!

Sometimes, you just have to set these cheeky bastads up for a fall, y'know?

I call this one, getting past the money block and playing a little poker finally.



Successfully did to or three of these but it's still difficult to judge unless our friend is patently obvious like this guy.

Run good, it's shopping time again. Woo..hoo...go go gadget lifestyle.

It's possible I was player table one in your first video....

I have found the 20nl games a lil aggro pre, but post they are so soft! Very easy money at 20nl if you don't over think lol.

Hopefully my 50nl return will go well this week and I will leave the 20nl tables alone for you

Player 3 on table one **

@CrazyCookie Haha, nice job with the K4dd then!
Good luck with nl50 and hurry up please(!), I could use a little room to get acquainted with these guys without you bashing me over the head with 3bets!

I do agree the regs can get pretty aggro preflop from what little experience I have yet, especially IP or to a steal. I just have to get used to that; that and how to play bigger pots. Folding a BI for nl10 on the turn still grinds my gears a bit!

All things going well enough and the rng being kind to me I want to get nl50. We'll see.

It may not have been, depends in when you shot it. I recognised one hand but it may well not be :')

I wouldn't say they are stupidly agro, like they do silly things with getting in 3b 4b wars and my ranges are designed to not really be exploitable soooo they end up 4b folding a huge chunk of the time or 3b a lot of crappy hands that they then don't know how ton lay postflop :')

I wouldn't get too far ahead of yourself BTW if it's like what pjr was like then the jump to 50nl will be quite big, games did get more spewy but fair few regs who mixed 100nl and 200nl in with 50nl