whispered words of wisdom

[daven]

Today I feel like I am starting to understand poker. about time. Something about a few things that have been posted the last couple of days has finally got through to me.
I had a quick flick through the forums to try and figure out what made things make sense. Who knows? hope this helps someone - and thanks!!!

Don't fix what's not broken.

be sticky in the pot

zomg check/folding is amazing! Everyone should try it, all the cool kids are doing it!

at the table, don't think about "what the instructor did", fuck himthis is poker after all, not drivers-ed start by understanding poker concepts, and apply them to your individual spot

go fuck a few Asians

Every $ that goes into the pot in big bet poker raises the effective stakes for the next raise or street (assuming there is plenty of money left to bet.)
Stuff to consider: Opening bet size, 3-bet size/frequency. Cold call vs 3-bet range, limp behind vs iso-raise range, c-bet frequency, etc. All spots where you can adjust your range to either exploit people who fold a lot on cheap streets or tighten up to have a stronger overall range when they don't.

its all important, get better at everything

often it boils down to being more aggressive, not more loose
a perfectly played nitty style owns it up

What I'm trying to do right now is focus on one thing at a time, because I'm afraid if I put too much on the table I'm just going to overwhelm myself and do nothing.

no one will get out of the beginner's stakes if they aren't forced to become pro-active about their own journey in poker.

[bigspenda73]

I have to say you def. found my top .01% of advice ever given on FTR. Now if I could only follow my own advice tonight....

[spoonitnow]

Best is last obv.

[d0zer]

Best is last obv.

I think we've already established that spenda is teh win!

[daven]

combine the poker revelations from the lines quoted above with some decent cards, and here has what happened since I made this post... nice weekend imo - still running behind EV on all-in pots tho
Thanks FTR

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[Robb]

vnh

[sarbox68]

combine the poker revelations from the lines quoted above with some decent cards, and here has what happened since I made this post... nice weekend imo - still running behind EV on all-in pots tho
Thanks FTR

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Dude... you only made, like .80 cents... wtf are you talking about?

Oh... and at the risk of self promotion, I still think one of my most frequent phrases defines the need for study and question asking...

"Wait... what does he got?... what do I got... and wtf just happened to my stack?!??!"

well he made a little more at NL 50 though

[kmind]

ty spendizzle

[Jack Sawyer]

excellentamente

[daven]

ten days since i made this post. Thanks FTR.
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[badgers]

supersecret screen-name.

oh wait.

wp daven Move back up already!

[spoonitnow]

Must be nice to run good.

[daven]

Must be nice to run good.

dunno, i'll let you know how it feels if it ever happens...
edit: actually, i am running fairly good - and it is nice. It doesn't feel like it, but when i check out some hands etc, I'll enjoy it while it lasts!

[bjsaust]

Remember HEM actually shows big blinds per 100, not big bets like PT does. So thats the equivalent of 5.9 ptbb/100 which is a good solid winrate without being extraordinary. Looks like solid play rather than running good to me. Nice work Daven.

[Stacks]

Remember HEM actually shows big blinds per 100, not big bets like PT does. So thats the equivalent of 5.9 ptbb/100 which is a good solid winrate without being extraordinary. Looks like solid play rather than running good to me. Nice work Daven.

Just a fwiw, you can change the winrate from bb/100 to BB/100 which is big bets or the equivalent of ptbb/100.

[spoonitnow]

Remember HEM actually shows big blinds per 100, not big bets like PT does. So thats the equivalent of 5.9 ptbb/100 which is a good solid winrate without being extraordinary. Looks like solid play rather than running good to me. Nice work Daven.

Maybe if you play 10nl.

[badgers]

for FR 6ptBB is pretty extaordinary

[DaddyDeez]

Remember HEM actually shows big blinds per 100, not big bets like PT does. So thats the equivalent of 5.9 ptbb/100 which is a good solid winrate without being extraordinary. Looks like solid play rather than running good to me. Nice work Daven.

Just a fwiw, you can change the winrate from bb/100 to BB/100 which is big bets or the equivalent of ptbb/100.

which is more widely used now days bb/100 or ptbb/100?
and what exactly is considered a Big Bet and why is it half of a big blind?

[spoonitnow]

Remember HEM actually shows big blinds per 100, not big bets like PT does. So thats the equivalent of 5.9 ptbb/100 which is a good solid winrate without being extraordinary. Looks like solid play rather than running good to me. Nice work Daven.

Just a fwiw, you can change the winrate from bb/100 to BB/100 which is big bets or the equivalent of ptbb/100.

which is more widely used now days bb/100 or ptbb/100?
and what exactly is considered a Big Bet and why is it half of a big blind?

A big bet is twice the big blind. A ptbb is a big bet, which is twice the big blind. The reason for the standard is that Poker Tracker was originally made for limit hold'em, which typically measures it's winrate in terms of the big bet, not the big blind, and so ptbb literally means Poker Tracker Big Bet to distinguish itself from bb which is big blind.

I hope my explanation clears that up for you.

[Robb]

which is more widely used now days bb/100 or ptbb/100?

Most FTR regs seem to think in terms of ptbb/100 which is also...

Big Bets / 100 , or

2x Big Blind / 100

FWIW, it confused the crap out of me for my first two months on FTR. Good luck!!

[badgers]

yeah i wish everyone just used big blinds but the standard is Big Bets now so I have just configured HEM to show that instead.

Hopefully the standard will change over time because it's a bit nonsensical in no limit.

[DaddyDeez]

I hope my explanation clears that up for you.

makes perfect sense, thx

Most FTR regs seem to think in terms of ptbb/100 which is also...

Big Bets / 100 , or

2x Big Blind / 100

FWIW, it confused the crap out of me for my first two months on FTR. Good luck!!

thx, i guess ill change my HEM to show BB/100 instead of bb/100 then -.-

[bjsaust]

I leave it at bb/100 and just go through the enormously complicated task of dividing by 2 if we're talking BB/100.

[daven]

another week since the revelations, started running meh at 50nl so i moved up... reported in ptBB/100 to keep everyone happy. I'm generating a bunch of rake(back)

[daven]

not getting enough hands in... played 3hrs in the last five days.
those whispered words are starting to sink in though - and when I look at the rake generated and consider that i get about 30% of it back, well, i like how it feels.
I've been a little disconcerted of late that some of the higher volume regs have been calling me daven in chat - means that they've found me here on FTR...

[sarbox68]

I've been a little disconcerted of late that some of the higher volume regs have been calling me daven in chat - means that they've found me here on FTR...

I was sitting on your left for every single one of those $10NL hands... I just didn't know it was you...

[kmind]

Good thing you edited your screen name on the second screenshot

[bjsaust]

Lol, if you want anonymity I'd work on being a little sneakier with your name choices...

[daven]

Lol, if you want anonymity I'd work on being a little sneakier with your name choices...

wonder who will be first to figure out my stars sig...