JamEaze's BR Build

JamEaze · Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 12:31 pm Post subject: JamEaze's BR Build

I deposited £50 on Betfair a few months ago, lost £45 of that playing cash games, and moved to HU with a £5 ($8 ). Managed to grind that up to around £190 ($300) by breaking even but unlocking a ton of deposit and store bonuses, by 4 tabling the $5 games.

Early this year I found TagPoker, switched to Full Tilt (had an old account with Rakeback still activated) and taking the Brokerstars full course at the moment.

Playing the $10 at the moment, initally had no success and dropped back to $250 but switched to deepstacks around the same time as my first lesson,and got it back to $282 (at time of writing). Feel like im learning tons, my game is improving and I am close to really smashing through. Playing sets of 5 $10 (singletabling) at one time before taking breaks. Keep scoring 3 for 2 when I feel like my play in a session deserved more (like a 4 for 1 or even 5 for 0). Just need a touch more end game patience and a touch more luck (taken a few beats, and last night got my read spot on when villain 4bet shoved preflop with Q10, only to suck out on my A10).

Trying to go back over Hand Histories at the end of each set of games, I think from the couple of hands I have posted in the small stakes threads that I have an issue with trying to pick up pots on the turn when the board is arguably too wet, so trying really hard to iron it out.

Would post my SS graph, but its got a load of old SNG results from a few years ago distorting it, and dont have a full subscription to reset my stats.

Playing with kinda conservative BR, moveup level of 35 buyins (so wanna have 735 to play the $21s), move down at 20.

JamEaze · Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:38 pm Post subject:

So only played 4 games tonight. Played 2, one against a trash talking nit, and one against a non trash talking nit. Beat them both. Showed a lot more patience with the tight players than I perhaps have previously (Lesson 2 working well!!)

Stopped, had dinner, went to a mates to watch the football. Came back, played two after. One guy shoved on a KK4 flop with a flush draw and my K9 held. Second guy put it in with second pair on the turn after I smooth called his cbet on the flop with a set then put in a bluffy looking raise on his small turn bet. Always nice when your opponent puts their money in drawing dead! So 4 for 0 for the evening, and gonna stop now as I feel a bit sleepy. Feel like I wanna put some more volume in but trying to avoid playing at less than optimal conditions.

Roll up to $320. ROI is 9% over 63 games at the deepstacks. Wanna push my ROI to more like 15% though.

JamEaze · Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 11:49 pm Post subject:

Today not gone so great. Couldnt get the volume in I wanted as one of my matches took well over an hour. Got in a set of 5 but was 2 for 3. Not overly happy with my play, but was pretty card-dead throughout. Only so many times you can steal before someone starts to wake up to what you are doing. Played some really spazzy opponents, couldnt even classify them let alone adjust.

How do you cope when one minute someone punishes your limp by raising to 25bb, then the next minute folding his small blind?

JamEaze · Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:01 am Post subject:

Decided to switch to playing reg speeds rather than deepstacks this weekend, my thinking being along the following lines:

If you are running bad and gonna take beats/end up in coolers, better for games to be shorter rather than grind through like 45 minutes for the same outcome?

If I can minimise my own mistakes, and exploit my opponents effectively, then I only need 1 or 2 spots where I can outplay them to have them crippled.

Against a complete nit, it takes so long to grind them down at double stacks, that games can take over an hour, this is not good for an hourly rate or more to the point when I also hold down a full time job and only 2-3 hours per evening to play.

Any thoughts?

As for how my weekend went, ended up like 6-7 due to 2 very annoying bad beats, one opponent who ran like god, and one where I completly misplayed a pair of 9s.

kierkegaard1 · Forum Veteran Joined: 10 Jan 2010 Posts: 1074

your variance will increase in reg speed games. switching to a higher variance form of poker when already not running optimally is illogical.
also, luck has no memory. you are not running good or bad right now. just because you ran bad yesterday does not mean you will run badly today.

good luck
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JamEaze · Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:24 am Post subject:

Now you have got me confused kierkegaard - you say I shouldnt switch to a higher form of variance because I am not running optimally, but that luck has no memory.

In which case it purely comes down to my ability to exploit opponents? In which case "running optimally" is referring to my ability to play my A game on a regular basis?

???

kierkegaard1 · Forum Veteran Joined: 10 Jan 2010 Posts: 1074

there is going to be more streaks of 'running bad' in reg speeds compared to deepstacks. if that is what you're trying to avoid then moving to regspeeds is counter-productive
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JamEaze · Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 11:23 am Post subject:

Until I found Tagpoker, I would have said that was exactly what I was trying to avoid. However, I am aiming to a) become less results (i.e. money) orientated and b) learn to deploy the strategies I have learnt from taking the course, and result in better decision making.

Think I might play 2 hours of deepstacks followed by 2 hours of regspeeds tonight and see which is better in terms of my overall play.

JamEaze · Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 12:14 am Post subject:

Deviated somewhat from my plan in that I didnt play any DS tonight. Still at $10 level.

Played 10 reg speeds tonight, winning 7. The 3 I lost, 2 were beats (aces got cracked by 10-9 having got it in on a 10 high flop, and the other one I bluff shoved a pair cos he was taking a very aggro approach, he called on a double belly buster and hit it) and one was a cooler (AQ vs AA on Axx flop)

Happy with how I played, kierkegaard been thinking about wha you said regarding "luck has no memory" helped me stay focussed instead of constantly worrying I my hands werent gonna hold up!

Roll up to $345.

JamEaze · Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:42 am Post subject:

So last night didnt go so great. My first 3 games I took a lovely beat with Aces then ran into two guys who were TP but both were running like a dream - I just really struggle against these kinda guys at the moment.

Ended up 4 for 7. Have a feeling im gonna be stuck in a this kinda up down breakeven stretch for a little while. Feel like there are bits of the course I am still working into my game, that said I really wanna be making some consistent profit.

Dont feel like I played overly badly, but there were a few spots I could have played better against the god mode TPs.

Roll back down to about $310

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