Official August thread: General Discussion, Goals, Winrates, etc

[viciouspenguin]

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what about that time u played cardshark hu?

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that was a pretty bad few days - i was running bad... dropped 6k at 3/6NL, then dropped HU 18k to CS, then dropped 6k more at 3/6NL before i started running better. that was my biggest downswing ever, but i wasn't running as bad as i am now. back then i was just running pretty bad, playing pretty bad, and tilting a lot. past month or so i've only tilted 1-2 buyins away, generally playing good but just running horrendously.

[Isura]

goals:
- make 2/4 my regular game
- make 10k
- learn to play less than 6 tables. get reads.

[punter11235]

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<---- lifetime loser at 5/10.

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You guys should try 200NL.. 2 first August playing days :



Gotta love monster rake but its still more than 2ptbb/100 at 1knl [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
Btw Yvessaint I have a question for ya. How the hell are you 16/12 ? I am playing like ultra nit, mucking all suited connectors unless I am on the button I even muck low pp's UTG and fold to steal almost everything. I am still 19-13... Where do I find those additional folds ?

[TheWorstPlayer]

Well I'm sure if I played more than 100 hands at 5/10 and if I didn't lose 400bb pots to set over set I would probably be a winner there...

...but I'll consider moving to NL200. If you see someone new 20-tabling NL200 you'll know what happened.

[punter11235]

C'mon I was only joking [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
But one serious point is that I wasted 4 months of playing at 5/10 and 10/20 NLHE and PLO going through some wild swings and finished totally mentally drained with about 20k profit for the year while I could have 8table 200NL all that time and make about 60-80k assuming WR about 5 which is not that hard [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[TheWorstPlayer]

but you're a better player for it...

[FGators]

I need to sack up and start 6-8 tabling NL 200. I have this fear of having a 5 buyin downswing and I cannot mentally handle it.

That being said I read these forums a ton and really think I can beat the game.

I've never been one to 6+ table (usually 2-4 table) but i think I might venture into that.

[goodguy_1]

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exhibit a: how bad yves is running that he drops down to 200 nl and gets pwned


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not in this hand brahaha


***** Hand History for Game 4873673281 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, August 04, 05:48:24 ET 2006
Table Monster #1283009 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: stargazerM31 ( $10.04 )
Seat 5: slsim ( $347.43 )
Seat 4: Lilsecy ( $412.98 )
Seat 3: avatar_by ( $375.40 )
Seat 6: LiNDZaYLoHaN ( $336.10 )
Seat 1: cheesypoo ( $100.71 )
avatar_by posts small blind [$1].
Lilsecy posts big blind [$2].
** Dealing down cards **
slsim folds.
LiNDZaYLoHaN raises [$8].
cheesypoo folds.
stargazerM31 folds.
avatar_by folds.
Lilsecy calls [$6].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qc, 6h, 9h ]
Lilsecy bets [$15].
LiNDZaYLoHaN raises [$50].
Lilsecy calls [$35].
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ts ]
Lilsecy bets [$20].
LiNDZaYLoHaN raises [$100].
Lilsecy calls [$80].
** Dealing River ** [ Tc ]
Lilsecy bets [$150].
LiNDZaYLoHaN calls [$150].
Lilsecy shows [ Jh, 2h ] a pair of tens.
LiNDZaYLoHaN shows [ Ks, Kh ] two pairs, kings and tens.
The time at which hand ended:Aug 04 2006 05:49 ET
LiNDZaYLoHaN wins $613.50 from the main pot with two pairs, kings and tens.

[ahnuld]

Guys 5/10 isnt that hard to beat, you just need better table selection probably. Im sure you can beat it over the long run for way more money than 200nl, but if you wanna stay in the kiddie poolo thats fine too [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[Nielsio]

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I need to sack up and start 6-8 tabling NL 200. I have this fear of having a 5 buyin downswing and I cannot mentally handle it.

That being said I read these forums a ton and really think I can beat the game.

I've never been one to 6+ table (usually 2-4 table) but i think I might venture into that.

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4-tabling is soo boring (usually). To keep focus (especially when you're a little card-dead), you want to be at least 5-tabling. 6-tabling seems like a pretty optimal amount to me. However, I noticed that I've tightened up a lot when I 6-table. And since my opponents never adjust, it seems pretty profitable.