The Well: Aba20

[Luckyz]

aba,
your vpip from SB is 40%, could you explain why that number is so high?
my stats is 20/13 and sb vpip is only 18%
are you reraisng alot of hands to BN raise preflop?

[Dan Bitel]

You say that " I think a monkey could beat the 10/20 game at party". Well obvoiusly all of SSNL/MSNL and half of HSNL can't. What do you feel the reasons for that are?

Are you going to play in the WSOP next year?

You say you coach some1, is he from 2p2? If he is, who is he? (obv you don't have to say if you don't want). How much do you charge? Are you looking to coach others in the future?

You say you played rugby, is it actually big in USA at all? did you ever go on tour to other contries?

[aba20]

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In the above stats from pokertracker, I can see that you almost always raise in a pot.

Do you still do that at a full table (10 players) or do you limp more with hands like 67s+,44+?

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I never limp even in fullring, but I hardly ever play fullring.

[aba20]

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When decidign to post a hand do you have some type of guidline? I often go through old sessions but never find hands that I feel need to be posted. I can usually find the mistake right away but obvioulsy this is after the fact. Any suggestions so I dont flood 2+2 with trivial post?

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I think most hands you look back at and analys yourself and figure out what you need to do diferently. I think reviewing your session is a great tool for improving your play. So if you feel satified with the anaylsis of a hand then you don't need to make a post but when you review a hand and feel lost then posting will defn help you.

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what kind of hands do you look for when you're analysing your sessions? big pots? big losers, big winners? small pots, overall stats, etc.

oh, and thanks to you and everyone else who has hopped in the well. these threads have been invaluable to all SSNLers.

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I analysis everyhand but I defn spend more time on the bigger pots.

[aba20]

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Just out of curiousity, I wondered what you made of H@££INGOL. He seems to dominate the 25-50 NL on stars, but you must feel he has exploitable weakness if you feel he is not one of the strongest players.

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I have said who I think are the top players at stars. I don't want to comment unless I feel the players are top 1-3 in the game.

[aba20]

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aba,
your vpip from SB is 40%, could you explain why that number is so high?
my stats is 20/13 and sb vpip is only 18%
are you reraisng alot of hands to BN raise preflop?

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I play alot of HU and 3 handed. When I am playing with 5-6 players at the table I am a 26/20. Yes I constantly reraise button openers.

[aba20]

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You say that " I think a monkey could beat the 10/20 game at party". Well obvoiusly all of SSNL/MSNL and half of HSNL can't. What do you feel the reasons for that are?

Are you going to play in the WSOP next year?

You say you coach some1, is he from 2p2? If he is, who is he? (obv you don't have to say if you don't want). How much do you charge? Are you looking to coach others in the future?

You say you played rugby, is it actually big in USA at all? did you ever go on tour to other contries?

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I probably trivialized the games. I think the party is a great game and very profitably and very beatable for an experienced player.

I don't really like tournies and when I was playing in the WSOP this year I actually didn't feel like playing because I wanted to get back to the really juicy cash games. I will play next year but probably not with to much enthusiasm.

Yes he is from 2+2, I dont' charge for my coaching I do it as a way to give back to the forum. I once he accomplishes his gaols and no longer needs my coaching I will probably pick someone else to bankroll and coach.

I played high school football and I wasn't good enough for a D-1 scholarship. So when I came to college I wanted something physical to do so I picked up rugby. Rugby is defentily growing in the United States as a buddy who I played with is playing professionally in the states now. Yes we went to many diferent countries with new zealand being my favorite.

[ChipStorm]

aba,

Back to hand reading. Can you recall a couple of recent big hands, one where you feel like you made a spot-on read, and maybe one where afterwards you realized you made a terrible read?

Thanks again

[prinsrob]

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Yes I have read phils book and it is ok but not great. NL theory and practice isn't very good either. I guess they will help your game put the forums are much better.

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What do you think the shortcomings of this book are?

About reraising from the blinds: I am a member of cardrunners and Green Plastic says to be really conservative from the blinds: fold a lot of hands because you are out of position. Do you mostly reraise or fold, and not very much call?

[bottomset]

aba, at most of those limits your W$SD is in the 48ish range, did you have a similar W$SD at the lower stake games?

One thing I have struggled with both in the transition from limit, and when moving to a higher limit, is adjusting to the larger bets. Did have similar struggles? Any advice on how to get past that?

can we see a screenshot of the 10/20 and lower results?

thanks for doing this