A Time for Reflection

I'm actually just going to review a bit between some differences in my play between diff PT Databases. I can simply say that I ran better and had less tilt in January (my big winning month) than I did in the other months, and that I had some better roll management. However, I feel the restless play often resulting from frustration/tilt should be looked at. I will now compare my stats by month and go over a big hand I was proud of and a big hand I was ashamed of, and walk through it.

Stats from Jan Database for All 6max nl/pl...
33k hands playing 28/24/4.5 winning $14.3k @ 7BB/100

Liked the somewhat tricky line I took with this overpair by overbet shoving turn vs a VERY SOLID good winner. http://www.pokerhand.org/?1200588

Huge call vs a maniac that I planned even in the video that I would c/cai on him, where I won a 300BB+ pot with 2nd pair? Yea, sick...http://www.pokerhand.org/?1200591

These kinds of hands make me want to throw up. I now realize that calling the flop with these small pairs, especially in reraised pots is floating. Yes, it was a min fckin reraise, so I should assume big pair more often than a stupid suited connector or AK/AQ. Stupid play, I'm glad I lost this to learn my lesson that these hands suck. Perhaps a better line is to raise/fold the flop vs an unknown because they won't normally shove in air. http://www.pokerhand.org/?1200595

Next Database... this is where I started having real roll management/tilt problems.
Stats...1800 hands, playing 25/20/4 winning $475 @ 3.16BB/100
Love my play here this guys VERY aggro. http://www.pokerhand.org/?1200601

I honestly think this is the first time in like 4 months I have ever flatcalled a reraise preflop with AJ. I did it because villain just lost a buyin getting coolered, and I thought would be sorta steaming. I figured I wuz ahead of his range, and after flatcalling flop and turn, for the price I was getting on the river and the possibility it was a desperate bluff, I felt I had to call. http://www.pokerhand.org/?1200603

Last PT Database... playing 30.6k hands running at 25/21/3.65 winning $2100 @ 3.19BB/100

Rele proud of this hand that I decided to shove after tanking just because of all the action...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1200613

Disapponting hand- bad shove here that had little fold equity vs his range (JJ-AA, AK), but it wuz very big so it looked like a squeeze, but even so, I mean, just bad play. I guess I coulda stop n goed him if I RELE thought it was a squeeze. Yea so, w/e...http://www.pokerhand.org/?1200613


*After looking at these hands, I have a lot of confidence now in my game. I realize that if my roll management was better, I would be crushing. That's y I'll try to get that stake from friend for $2/$4 nl or $1/$2 nl and play once in a while to accumulate decent rakeback and just grind the limits playing a thinking style, and adjusting between LAG and TAG. I definitely like how solid I've been with calling raises and reraises preflop, and I'm playing deceptively tight/solid, with a pretty good 3betting range (either live cards or very strong hands themselves). I think I should succeed at 1/2 or 2/4 games playing my style and not tilting, and rele feel good going into this. However, I have determined I will be a bit more aggressive and not really rely on people bluffing off all of their chips, so I have to really set them up... I have been checking too many fairly strong or strong hands on the riv when the draws missed, realizing I am missing value. I like to c/rai on river with strong hands as well as air, but I've found it's just not been working. I should go a bit more for value instead of letting people bluff off, since it's getting more rare these days that people will take the bait. Wish me luck on my conquest to retake the MSNL games by storm and really fuck others up badly by exploiting their styles and hand ranges effectively.

To end, I will add a little comic relief with a hilarious show online, called "I Bet You," starring Antonio Esfandiara and Phil Laak (both successful tourney and high stakes live cash game players). The show's episodes can be found on http://www.mojohd.com/video/ under the "I Bet You" section. I think the series is very creative and hilarious, especially for gambling degen poker players such as myself. Headin out- PCE!