Memoirs of a Laggy Donk

I've been a long time reader of this forum and finally decided it was time to take initiative with my game and fix my faults and build upon what I've already learned.

A little bit about myself:

I'm a 23 year old Business Major at Wake Forest University in the great state of North By God Carolina. I discovered online poker in 2007 and made my first $50 deposit. Within an hour I had donated that $50 to a 100NL table. Obviously, I felt bad knowing I would never see that money again, but I was intrigued. Over the next year or so I made a string of unsuccesful deposits. In retrospect these vicious acts of donkage can be credited to horrendous bankroll management and outright degeneracy...but at the time it was because "Everybody keeps sucking out on me, NOBODY runs worse that me". So what did I do? I went to where everyone goes to get answers to all of life's important question. Google! That's when I found FTR and started reading strategy articles and threads, I watched videos and realized there was a method to this madness.

I felt like my game grew 700% over that next year of playing, but again playing in games way over my head and funds kept me from building a decent sized bankroll.

I played:I learned
I read:I learned
I went bust:I learned
I 3bet a 54/10 with 68o: I learned
I tripple barrell bluffed a dry A high board: I learned

You get the gist

So this is my attempt to finally do everything right. I recently cashed out my entire roll to fund a keg party and to buy new tailgate equipment for the '09 football season and redeposited $200 on Ful Tilt on Sept. 1. So this thread is going to be part "DUDE WHY THE F%&$ ARE YOU PLAYING 50NLHU ON A $250 ROLL?" and the rest just fun/interesting hands, things I'm picking up, and in general to keep myself on track. I feel like my edge is big enough to play on 20 buyins per level, AS LONG as I stay in those perameters I think I will do just fine.


Here's where I'm at so far for September. I realize my preflop stats are rather "Durrrish" but I feel like I can play SO MUCH BETTER than anyone else postflop in these games. Even though my perceived postflop skill is probably far greater than my actual postflop skill. And as you will see I've already detoured from my bankroll management and this needs to quit. I just get incredibly frustrated at losses and feel the need to chase. My inner degenerate coming out obviously.


# of hands at each level respectively:
-998
-654
-44
-4740
-999
-22






Glad to be here, hopefully I'll learn a lot more and "self actualize" if you will as a poker player.

Originally Posted by Squishy_Fish

but I feel like I can play SO MUCH BETTER than anyone else postflop in these games.

you suck postflop.
That's ok, you aren't that great pre-flop either.
Now stick to brm, get better, and make $$$

hope you've got rakeback

Your stats are kind of rediculous. You run 41/35 ffs which just can't be good at these stakes unless you're a post flop master, which I don't think you are.

I expect you'll likely own youself over a decent sample and be a losing player if you continue like this. You defend blinds far far too much which means you're just playing oop with weak hands all the time. You 3-bet an amount thats just totally uneccessary at these stakes where noone likes to fold preflop. You call too many 3 bets. 3-bet ranges are generally very strong at the micros and light 3-betting is pretty scarce.

That W$SD stat means you're running great. Tighten up your game and stop spewing about before you go busto again.

GL!

sign up for the take 2 promo ASAP and you will stile get some of the free money going

Originally Posted by daven

Originally Posted by Squishy_Fish

but I feel like I can play SO MUCH BETTER than anyone else postflop in these games.

you suck postflop.

That's why I'm here, so I can quit donking off my money, but to your above statement:

Correct me if I'm wrong but a 60% W$WSF for a 41% VPIP player, sustainable or not, is rather good, no?

I feel like I have a good understanding as to which players will call down with 2nd pair and which ones will fold top pair type hands if a 3 flush hits the turn. Also, I feel like I somewhat know when to try to win pots uncontested and when to try to put as much money in the pot as I can knowing Villain X will stack off lighter than I will.

Like I said, my perceived postflop skill is probably a hell of a lot better than my actual postflop skill. Again, that's why I'm here.

I live about 35 minutes down Reynolda/NC-67 from you.

Know any Duke chicks I can bone? I've gotten Wake/UNC/NCSU all under my belt, gotta get a Duke chick to complete the quadruple crown.

As far as poker goes, tighten up ffs.

Originally Posted by Carroters

Your stats are kind of rediculous. You run 41/35 ffs which just can't be good at these stakes unless you're a post flop master, which I don't think you are.

I expect you'll likely own youself over a decent sample and be a losing player if you continue like this. You defend blinds far far too much which means you're just playing oop with weak hands all the time. You 3-bet an amount thats just totally uneccessary at these stakes where noone likes to fold preflop. You call too many 3 bets. 3-bet ranges are generally very strong at the micros and light 3-betting is pretty scarce.

That W$SD stat means you're running great. Tighten up your game and stop spewing about before you go busto again.

GL!

Yeah, my preflop stats are higher than most. But I find it hard to fold my implied odds hands knowing if I flop 2pair or better I'm getting a stack usually and if I miss sooo many players are "hit or quit" I think I can usually take it down applying some pressure. Reverse implied odds are my kryptonite though.


Question about your W$SD comment:

Does the fact that I'm only going to showdown 28% of the time and winning over half of those mean I'm JUST running good or I have selective showdowns?

I'm still learning how to review my game by reviewing stats.

Originally Posted by Keith_MM

sign up for the take 2 promo ASAP and you will stile get some of the free money going

Did this on the 1st
Sadly no rakeback though

Originally Posted by spoonitnow

I live about 35 minutes down Reynolda/NC-67 from you.

Know any Duke chicks I can bone? I've gotten Wake/UNC/NCSU all under my belt, gotta get a Duke chick to complete the quadruple crown.

As far as poker goes, tighten up ffs.

Nice, I don't live on campus but I'm right up the road in an apartment of Reynolda. Swing by sometime, we're always getting into a bunch of crazy shit on the weekends. And always a bunch of random drunk girls running around.

Wake girls are way hotter than Duke's anyways, you dont need those crazy Durham STD's!