Operation-Once A Week Is Plenty

A while back I agreed to wait a week to check my BR. Overall I was about even but I didn't really tilt the entire week. Afterwards I went back to looking at the BR before a session, after a session and sometimes during a session. What a dumbass. Now I'm going to go back to once a week. I'll only look at my BR on Sunday as I don't usually play on Sundays. I need to figure out how to review a session using HEM without seeing the $$ results.

The last time I looked at the BR it was about $833. That was Monday. I'm sure it's less than that now as I've lost a full BI 3 times with a set of Ks but I won't look til Sunday.

I've almost finished "No Limit Holdem T&P" but I haven't really thought about it in great detail yet. This is the first time I've read a poker book as the material on FTR has been enough to help me learn a great deal.

I'm still at 25NL which is an accomplishment in itself.

What I'm gong to do to get better:
-Watch a ton of vids on GS, over and over
-Read T&P again
-Review sessions
-Weekly review on Sundays
-work on them ranges. I think watching vids will help this. I watched one of M2M's vids and he's good about discussing villian's ranges while playing
-Update this Op on Sundays

Previous Ops:

http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerfo...fr-178134.html

http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerfo...er-176675.html

http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerfo...nl-168480.html

I've also re-subscribed to GS as previously I watched all 6-max vids but I need to watch some FR vids. Plus my hero, M2M is now there providing vids and I know he's a FR God but a bit of a luckbox. I do have to remind myself that "oots" means "outs"

I'm playing mostly 20-50bb games and 50-100bb games. I had been playing 6 tables but recently I added 2 or 3 more. This does seem to keep me from playing in hands I don't need to be playing out of boredom but it seems like I fold for 30 minutes and then get a playable hand on 6 out of 8 tables. I'm playing at about 11/8/2 which is a big nit. After vacation I wasn't really motivated to play and I don't know why. Or at least I didn't know then. Now I know that I didn't want to play because I was finally at 25NL and wanted to stay there a while. If I don't play, I can't lose. So when I did play I was looking at the BR alot and tilting when I would lose any hand. That's the main reason for this OP.

Non Poker Related:
Vacation was excellent. Ate alot and drank alot and fished a little. Saw a little oil in the water in Panama City Beach as we were leaving.

Started lifting weights again about 2 month ago. It's been about 15 years since I lifted. I lifted regurlarly during college (all 7.5 years) and for the first few years afterwards. That marriage thing will do it. Anyway, I'm doing lots of reps as opposed heavy weight. I have plenty of bulk but I need some definition as I'm 6'3" and 275 lbs. I'm essentially doing the same workout I did back then but with less weight. When I entered college I weighed 168. After my first year I weighed 220 and after the second year I weighed 240. All from lifting. The additional 35 lbs is NOT from lifting unless you count a fork and a beer.

I'm trying to get better at golf but I'm not playing golf. I seem to enjoy going to the driving range more than actually playing golf. So I'm practicing more than I'm playing. Use this approach to poker?

How about only looking at your bankroll when you think it's time to move up/down or make a withdrawal... since that's really the only time it matters. That may be some nice +EV for you.

Only been looking at stats/BR every week or so. Results are about what I expect. I know I'm not winning so I don't look because looking will only quantify the losses and probably awaken the tilt monster. I start a session up then end up losing it to coolers or I start a session down and almost get back to even by the time I'm done. Or I'll win 2 or 3 BIs one day and lose them the next day (Tuesday and Wednesday were almost the exact amount). June graph looks like a heartbeat and July graph looks like the heart stopped on a downswing. For July I'm running 5 BIs below EV

At the first of the month, I lost 2 BIs in about 5 minutes and went on major tilt and lost 2 more before I quit by shoving small pocket pairs. This has made it difficult to get ahead for July and I will not do that stupid shit again. I went on super tilt because I tilted so bad. What a Dumbass

I think I'm actually playing better than I ever have even though I'm not winning with the exception of what happened above. I've managed to play at 25NL since about April without going busto. Bonuses are bailing me out every few weeks. I put a couple hands in the BC for review and I'm going to try to do this more often.

-Watch a ton of vids on GS, over and over-Watching the same videos over and over from M2M, Jyms, Killsaids, Coderedrules, etc
-Read T&P again-Pass, but I'm going to start reading it once again
-Review sessions-Pass
-Weekly review on Sundays- I have been doing this but I haven't posted anything cause I don't want to keep whining about AA geting cracked and my set losing to oversets
-work on them ranges. I think watching vids will help this. I watched one of M2M's vids and he's good about discussing villian's ranges while playing-Definitely been doing this. M2Ms vids help alot
-Update this Op on Sundays-Fail

No Worries...

Non poker related:
Shot 91 last week in golf with a 42 on the back nine. Best score ever on 9 holes.

Still lifting...

Just like to say it's def +EV in poker and IRL to focus on playing well and not the results. Congrats on the fantabulous back nine score!

Gettin frustrated and need some help. All 25NL FR with 20-50bb and 50-100bb tables. FR is not supposed to be this swongy, right?

Graph for June



Graph for July



Positional stats for June/July





Let me know what other stats you want. I'll post hands too tomorrow.

i want to see some more stuff:

1) fr customised position report that breaks it down to 9 positions
then a standard report (e.g. the 'by stakes' or whatever) with
2) cbet (i'm guessing low)
3) fold to cbet (i'm guessing high)
4) fold to preflop 3b
5) graphs with red line included for lols


initial comments tho
a) it's ok to stack off with hands that aren't the uber-nuts, KK overpairs may not be the ubernuts, but...
b) it's ok to cbet bluff
c) it's ok to call a cbet when ahead of villain's range
d) it's ok to raise a cbet
e) it's not ok to play badly vs the 20bb bots
f) it's ok to call (not raise) with a set sometimes
g) it's important to differentiate the bad fish from the bad regs, and you should play differently against players from each category

get in irc and talk poker. Take your biggest 25 pots (winning/losing both) and post them to weaktight, stopping action at the important decision. Before coming into irc to discuss these hands, note down the reads you have on villain(s) in each of them. These reads are the # of hands you have on villain plus all stats you display on your HUD. Put them to the irc ordeal by fire, one by one.

Keep it up man.

I think I play better without an OP because I'm less results oriented.

A good way to end this OP:

Hell yea! So no more OP? or new OP? Whatev, good luck crushin.

grats on the 1k

this is typically the point where money stars flowin in

niceeee dude congratz!

not bad for an old guy