Sunday, August 27, 2006

Playing party

I set up a new account on party and i've been running pretty good over there. Especially last 2 days, i found the games at my limits (.5/1NL) very beatable so far. I just need to put a fixed stop loss in when i start running bad or take at least 30min break to stop the cold streak. I've had a few very bad days (running bad, playing bad) lately and those days just about wiped out all my previous gains that I've worked so hard for. I know it's such a cliche that everybody talks about it all the time but those bad streaks, swings and variances are inevitable and it's very difficult to implement the stop loss rule at least for someone who's fairly new to this game. I'm thinking of setting a monetary monthly goal or just to set a daily goal to play, say, 1k hands everyday. To me they are almost identical as long as I can bring my A game everytime I sit down. Also set up FullTilt rakeback account but I found the games harder than party and also the traffic is nowhere near the level of Stars or Party. Anyway, here are a bunch of party hands I played last 2 days.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?475016
I've been pushing overpairs a lot in a situation like this. Of course, I'll be facing a set very often but I've been trying to be careful and I dont think this is a losing play. Of course, a reraise could be another very good alternative to a push as well to clarify the situation at minimal cost.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?475023
Pretty standard party callin' station/fish type.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?475025
Ok, this guy stacked me earlier when his KK sucked out on my turning a set against my AA when were all in preflop. The thing is he should have known I had AA, he came raising from the middle, i raised him 3x, he reraised like 2x more and I pushed it all in. Seems kinda standard, but i guess he couldnt lay down his KK. His stats show very tight like 17/6 or something. Anyway, he checkraised me on the flop kinda small/fishy, i just couldnt figure out what he had so i just shoved it over the top and he indeed flopped a set but I rivered my set to even the score.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?475034
This was from the 1st day when i ran very good on this table winning almost 6 buyin' on this one table.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?475037
I wasnt running particulary well on this table getting sucked out left and right but it felt good to stack some1 in a while. The funny thing is this guy got so mad, he had some terrible things to say. It's not even a bad beat or anything, he had nowhere near the nuts when I had the 2nd nuts. The wheel straits are awesome in a way that it's well hidden.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?475043
This guy seemed a decent player, so I didnt mess around i just played my set fast knowing that he had something strong. He went broke with his overpair when i put him all in on the flop.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?475048
The same table i ran so well yesterday, stacking people a lot with setmining and also it helped my big pairs held up often enough.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?475054
I was behind here on the flop but he slowplayed and i made a quad on the river to stack him.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?475057
It was a fun table i was running insanely good and this guy was a little annoyed at how lucky i was. He hung around for a long time and I finally got him this time. Those wheel straights are damn well hidden.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?475062
Another set.

Now the losing hands:

http://www.pokerhand.org/?475064
The same guy from earlier, he sucked out when his KK beat my AA all in preflop. I liked how he just quit all his tables when I stacked him later on. Definitely a good approach to avoid a tilt. Only I could do that. :-(

http://www.pokerhand.org/?475066
This is one big mistake i thought about a long time afterwards. I had no idea where i was in the hand, and shoving it at that point is not hopeless but it's not really a good play. I'll probably need at least QQ to shove in this spot. Folding and reraisng would be a better play but I'll probably gravitate more towards folding. I could call and see what he does on the turn but it's definitely a weak play IMO. I got stacked exactly the same way on stars before too.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?475069
Another hand I screwed up. Only if i thought a little while, it would have been clear as day that I couldnt beat squat on the turn. He min raised me on flop and called my very big reraise as well. At that poitn he had to have at least 2 pair or better and all those hands got there on the turn. I had a bad feeling about it on the turn but I just made crying checkcalls and cost myself big bets.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?475073
Got my AA cracked 2nd time on this table. Had no idea what he had, couldnt put him on any hands,. didnt even try that hard as he had half buyin so i just played my hand fast and doubled him up. Options are very limited when I face a shortstack like that.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?475081
Didnt know what he had, no reads whatsoever since i'm new to party and its players. Turned out he's kinda tight regular there. Probaly I lost min-ish, although I could have pushed him out the pot but that's very unlikely.

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