Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Live Poker Trip Planning
After a lot of preparation, I have finally figured out my MTT schedule. Logistics (lodging/rental car) are still pending.
In retrospect, if I had planned my vacation a little better, I would have preferred to be in LA for 2 different simultaneous tournament series (NAPT - LA at the Bike & Commerce Casino - LA Poker Open) or possibly USPC - Atlantic City.
It's an interesting schedule for various reasons:
1. PLO8! (enough said)
2. I've never played a live rebuy tourney with a decent structure. They are offering an NLHE version too, but I'm probably only going to play the 6-max NLHE.
3. A couple of my friends will be out in AC as well. Some will get there before me, but I should see all of them and/or play some MTTs together.
I really wanted to play WSOP-Circuit AC's LO8 MTT ($350 LO8 on 12/10), but the "2 day" format of most of the MTTs in NO (specifically 7 game mix on 12/8) would have caused a very undesirable time crunch to get to AC by 12/10.
7 game mix > LO8 > NLHE
"WSOP Satellite" - New Orleans
12/4-12/13: NO
12/4 7:45a CLE -> NO (MSY)
12/4 11:55a arrive in NO
12/5 1p $345 NLHE 6-max
12/6 5p $345 PLO + 100 Rebuys
12/7 5p $345 PLO8
12/8 5p $345 7 game
12/10 5p $345 NLHE
WSOP Circuit - Atlantic City
12/13-12/19: PHI/AC
12/13 1:10p MSY -> PHL
12/13 4:49p arrive in PHL
12/13 6:30p arrive in AC
12/14 11a #7 - $350 NLHE (2 day)
12/16 11a #8 - $570 NLHE (2 day)
12/19 PHL -> CLE (flight still pending)
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Online Poker Update - Draw!
1. FTP recently announced the addition of draw games! (It was almost exclusively PS that had draw games up until now...)
a. The new "10 game mix" (2-7 TD, Badugi, H.O.R.S.E., 2-7 SD, NLHE, and PLO although in a different order than THORSEHA as the PS/WSOP version) should be a welcome change and a lot of new players will probably be experimenting in the game from cash and MTT.
b. I dabbled a bit in some of the draw games on the cash game side when it was introduced on Thursday. One player thought Ace was a good low card in at 200 2-7 TD! I still have problems with PL 5CD though....
c. If time permits, I want to try and play some 10 game MTTs in either the low-mid stakes MTTs or satellites into FTOPS/mini-FTOPS. (This would be in addition to some NLHE/PLO/PLO8 MTTs in preparation for live poker trip in the near future...)
2. Overall, I think my biggest leak is not having a "pre-shot routine" (cite: PLO8 Revealed) which includes things to think about as each hand plays out.
Factors include:
a. opponent type (and how they make mistakes)
b. ranges (preflop and after opponent(s)' actions)
c. turn/river card anticipation (barrel cards, overs, draw fillers, etc...)
d. betting action anticipation (bet/fold, bet/call, etc..)
e. board texture
f. hero handstrength relative to villain
g. appropriate pot size goal planning/streets of value/stack size planning are not always in my immediate thoughts (there's other aspects too).
3. NLHE - For the next month or so, I've changed my NLHE from FR to 6max to try to leak bust. I've historically played full ring since I restarted my online poker career, but have some serious leaks in FR and am a losing player over a significant sample size. I suspect that my mental discipline has been lacking and I'm not thinking about all the different aspects at the time a situation is brought up, am trying to find fold equity that does not exist, or just am generally being too loose aggressive. I may end up switching back to FR (or mixing 6max and FR) in the future, but that would not likely be until 2011. (I usually play 200-300 hands/day).
4. PLO8 cash is going ok, although I feel that there is still plenty for me to learn and improve upon. Learning common equities and situations will help in this regard. I think I need to be more conscious of the regs, TBH, which will helpfully improve my win rate. (I usually play 200-300 hands/day).
5. PLO - I'm also learning to play PLO cash. I logged about 80-100 hands/day, although I've increased volume to 200-300 now. I originally 2 tabled, but am trying to add more tables or mix with PLO8 cash.
6. Current plan is to shoot for Iron level this month by 2 tabling RUSH 50PLO8/6m and RUSH 25PLO/6m and adding 25plo8 or 50plo8 ring games (about 1 hour/day). I'd save about 15-25% of my quota for NLHE 6m (2-4 table).
7. Education:
1. I've come up with a couple routines to help with the mental aspect to make sure I'm thinking about various aspects as hands progress (point 2).
2. I'm trying to consistently review my sessions...although I need to probably try to spot bigger trends.
3. I've also been reviewing a bunch of info/doing homework regarding NLHE ranges and reviewing stuff in some of the PLO and PLO8 literature.
4. I've also trying to be more active reading/posting on 2+2 and watching some BlueFire poker videos on NLHE and PLO. I am considering getting coaching to leak bust.
a. The new "10 game mix" (2-7 TD, Badugi, H.O.R.S.E., 2-7 SD, NLHE, and PLO although in a different order than THORSEHA as the PS/WSOP version) should be a welcome change and a lot of new players will probably be experimenting in the game from cash and MTT.
b. I dabbled a bit in some of the draw games on the cash game side when it was introduced on Thursday. One player thought Ace was a good low card in at 200 2-7 TD! I still have problems with PL 5CD though....
c. If time permits, I want to try and play some 10 game MTTs in either the low-mid stakes MTTs or satellites into FTOPS/mini-FTOPS. (This would be in addition to some NLHE/PLO/PLO8 MTTs in preparation for live poker trip in the near future...)
2. Overall, I think my biggest leak is not having a "pre-shot routine" (cite: PLO8 Revealed) which includes things to think about as each hand plays out.
Factors include:
a. opponent type (and how they make mistakes)
b. ranges (preflop and after opponent(s)' actions)
c. turn/river card anticipation (barrel cards, overs, draw fillers, etc...)
d. betting action anticipation (bet/fold, bet/call, etc..)
e. board texture
f. hero handstrength relative to villain
g. appropriate pot size goal planning/streets of value/stack size planning are not always in my immediate thoughts (there's other aspects too).
3. NLHE - For the next month or so, I've changed my NLHE from FR to 6max to try to leak bust. I've historically played full ring since I restarted my online poker career, but have some serious leaks in FR and am a losing player over a significant sample size. I suspect that my mental discipline has been lacking and I'm not thinking about all the different aspects at the time a situation is brought up, am trying to find fold equity that does not exist, or just am generally being too loose aggressive. I may end up switching back to FR (or mixing 6max and FR) in the future, but that would not likely be until 2011. (I usually play 200-300 hands/day).
4. PLO8 cash is going ok, although I feel that there is still plenty for me to learn and improve upon. Learning common equities and situations will help in this regard. I think I need to be more conscious of the regs, TBH, which will helpfully improve my win rate. (I usually play 200-300 hands/day).
5. PLO - I'm also learning to play PLO cash. I logged about 80-100 hands/day, although I've increased volume to 200-300 now. I originally 2 tabled, but am trying to add more tables or mix with PLO8 cash.
6. Current plan is to shoot for Iron level this month by 2 tabling RUSH 50PLO8/6m and RUSH 25PLO/6m and adding 25plo8 or 50plo8 ring games (about 1 hour/day). I'd save about 15-25% of my quota for NLHE 6m (2-4 table).
7. Education:
1. I've come up with a couple routines to help with the mental aspect to make sure I'm thinking about various aspects as hands progress (point 2).
2. I'm trying to consistently review my sessions...although I need to probably try to spot bigger trends.
3. I've also been reviewing a bunch of info/doing homework regarding NLHE ranges and reviewing stuff in some of the PLO and PLO8 literature.
4. I've also trying to be more active reading/posting on 2+2 and watching some BlueFire poker videos on NLHE and PLO. I am considering getting coaching to leak bust.
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