After yesterday’s rant, i actually ran bad again. And was going through another 8 games, 1 cash session. But my last 3 games has been good, i feel like i am for once really improving in this really high variance game. This is what i improved on.

My earlier strategy is basically

• shove 77+ AQ+ from any position.
• shove Ax in the sb/button/cutoff.
• shove any hand in the sb when im down to 4 big blinds

I find that shoving 77 has been getting me into trouble so now i no longer do that.

I realise that there are similarities with normal SNG strategy in that we should be tight when against 8 other players. But we can open up more when we are down to 5/6. I guess we are against less cards therefore less variance when we get a reasonable hand.

I no longer shove 77, and i’m thinking of not shoving 88 99 AQo too, and just stick with TT+ AKo+

I don’t know.. it really depends. And if guy is loose, i might call with as low as AJ or 66.

But otherwise i think of tightening up my early game a bit, and it’s doing me considerable good so far.

Nowadays i just find myself humming  to Kiss Me by Sixpence None the Richer. “Swing… Swing…” One of my favourite songs. Not only because i like the song, but more because Swing Swing really describes my current poker results. Up $15 in cash games thanks to fishes, down $41 in Super Turbos, morning got back $33. Then proceed to lose $20 back. Crazy swings. Just check out these sessions

1st session

1 1 games.

Buyin $41.80.

Profits: $50.40.

Winnings: $8.60

ROI = 21%

93959164	Jun 04 09:12ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	2	$9.45
93958710	Jun 04 09:05ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	8	–
93957740	Jun 04 08:49ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	4	–
93956263	Jun 04 08:25ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	1	$15.75
93953341	Jun 04 07:31ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	2	$9.45
93952168	Jun 04 07:11ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	5	–
93950729	Jun 04 06:46ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	2	$9.45
93949860	Jun 04 06:32ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	4	–
93948972	Jun 04 06:10ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	3	$6.30
93948112	Jun 04 05:54ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	4	–
93947392	Jun 04 05:39ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	5	–

Then i start donking off my money in high variance 45man…

Buyin $19.00.

Prize 0!!

93965528	Jun 04 10:49ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	45	23	–
93964551	Jun 04 10:34ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	45	17	–
93963433	Jun 04 10:20ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	45	21	–
93961587	Jun 04 09:57ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	45	14	–
93961301	Jun 04 09:48ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	45	35	–

Proceeded to play a 2nd session of 9 man

Played really bad, shoving 66 early game. Lose coinflips. My first ever Misclick… I was looking at hand history and came back clicked all in instead of fold lol.

13 games

Buyin: $49.40

Profit: -$39.00

ROI: -81% !!

OMG i felt like nothing i can do was going to make me win. I was also not focused, tilted, and tried to 2table for the first time and lost all of em.

93981947	Jun 04 13:53ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	7	–
93979916	Jun 04 13:33ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	8	–
93978771	Jun 04 13:21ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	4	–
93976602	Jun 04 12:58ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	2	$9.45
93975358	Jun 04 12:43ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	5	–
93974729	Jun 04 12:37ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	7	–
93974202	Jun 04 12:30ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	5	–
93974147	Jun 04 12:30ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	7	–
93973819	Jun 04 12:28ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	8	–
93973099	Jun 04 12:19ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	6	–
93972380	Jun 04 12:09ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	6	–
93970913	Jun 04 11:52ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	3	$6.30
93967930	Jun 04 11:16ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	2	$9.45

Went to sleep… and the miracle healing powers of “the next day” brings

The first 6 games… and i didn’t even run good, couple of the 3rd should be first.

94046321	Jun 04 23:29ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	2	$9.45
94043577	Jun 04 23:03ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	2	$9.45
94041991	Jun 04 22:48ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	2	$9.45
94039654	Jun 04 22:27ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	3	$6.30
94037071	Jun 04 22:04ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	3	$6.30
94034956	Jun 04 21:44ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	3	$6.30

Then not bad… had my only first position in a long while

94063805	Jun 05 03:05ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	9	–
94059698	Jun 05 02:02ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	1	$15.75
94058390	Jun 05 01:45ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	5	–
94058097	Jun 05 01:41ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	9	–
94056523	Jun 05 01:19ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	2	$9.45
94054769	Jun 05 00:58ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	2	$9.45
94054613	Jun 05 00:56ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	9	–
94051131	Jun 05 00:18ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	4	–

Then again…

94071139	Jun 05 05:32ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	5	–
94070772	Jun 05 05:22ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	5	–
94068865	Jun 05 04:42ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	5	–
94068775	Jun 05 04:39ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	8	–
94068656	Jun 05 04:36ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	8	–
94068016	Jun 05 04:24ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	2	$9.45
94067590	Jun 05 04:14ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	5	–
94066859	Jun 05 04:03ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	4	–
94066717	Jun 05 03:59ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	7	–

And after miracle healing powers of “afternoon nap”

94080926	Jun 05 08:37ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	3	$6.30
94079757	Jun 05 08:16ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	2	$9.45
94079023	Jun 05 08:04ET	$3.50+$0.30 Sit&Go (Sup Turbo)		$3.50 + $0.30	9	4	–

So this only goes to show one thing.

I only do well in the beginning of a session! After i wake up and i’m really fresh i tend to play well i guess.

Also you can call me superstitious, but i believe not hating on yourself and believing you will lose and get bad beated is the key. When i’m fresh i feel good i want to win. But when i play for long and get tilted, i have no drive anymore and just lose focus. Doing other things like web browsing, stat-ing my opponents, and listening to music. But when i have nothing but the game going, i play well and cash a lot. I am going to set this rule for myself no web browser/music/more than 1 table.

Found some super turbo articles which say we should only be pushing TT+ AQ+ early game. I actually push 88+ AQ+. Late position i push AT AJ. But i really hate KQs, super pretty card that actually is behind any ace. And in a blog, someone was saying how super turbos are very swingy, i totally agree. I am still up playing this, but the good runs are just deceiving to be honest! and i hope the bad runs are equally deceiving too. But all in all i think i have become a better player despite recent breakeven results. It’s only important that we improve in anything we set out to do. But recently i’ve realised it’s more important to be totally one-minded on a task, not even if you think you can handle it while browsing chatting etc. Focus has it’s own miraculous powers, and wins not necessarily goes to the best player, but someone who wants it most and is most focused & dedicated to it. Going to play soccer now, cyas!

Caught 2 quads in SNGs today. Quad Kings and quad Tens. And what are the odds of this, the last time i caught quads, was like 1 month ago, and it was also quad kings quad tens in the same day.

Major suckout! Went all in PF.

Then this happened to me…

Sick hand happened last week. No action until the river everyone shoves. Quads over my J high flush over ace high flush.

I just know the value of fishes in cash games. You are not going to make as much money as when a fish decides to dump you money. I mean i lost 2 big pots yesterday, both from calling even though i know i’m beat. One was QK on Q98 board, check i bet, he check raise. and shove turn. I should’ve known it’s a set/two pair but i keep thinking donks might have QJ QT and doing the same. But i was wrong… I could have layed this down, maybe save 85 cents.

Then there’s this hand where i flop bottom set on a 2AK board. I thought this was gona be fun, turns out not. And i was against a fish who was nice enough to check behind the nuts on the river lol.

https://www.pokertableratings.com/replayer/index.php?site=fulltilt&id=12580267215&hash=1565273751

confused the hell out of me. when he check i thought i was good. then i was like okay… wait wtf.

This major fish accumulated to like $14.00 in chips at one point. 140 BBs.

But i didn’t catch any premium in 100 hands, except JJ which i folded preflop to a 4-bet (i raise 3x in ep, 2 calls, he reraised to 16x) by quite tight player. And wrongly thought he had QQ KK AA. He showed TT which almost made me puke. Also i would’ve flopped set Jacks on the flop which would have raked in all the money!

By this time i was down to about $3.50 ($10 buyin)

Then i four-outered someone. hit a gutshot on the river. doubled up.

https://www.pokertableratings.com/replayer/index.php?site=fulltilt&id=12581453210&hash=1565690599

Then this hand happened.. unbelievable what he shows

https://www.pokertableratings.com/replayer/index.php?site=fulltilt&id=12581490244&hash=1565727465

call 2 streets pot bets with mid pair (shyt kicker)

it’s great to have poker table ratings coz you can smell out the fishes really quick, and not think they are some expert LAG player.

Tried to play cash game after listening to Pokercast with Phil Galfond. He said one thing which is really true. No where else can you play such multi-street action which your only focus will be on maximising EV. Not like in tourneys where you have to think of your stack and your position in the tournament, which leads to a lot of scared playing?? I’ll try to play a few hundred hands again tonight. But oh no im staying over at Mg Besar so i prolly can’t, internet is shit there.

Finished well again in 9+ tournaments.

But this just threw me off…

PokerStars Game #28586332592: Tournament #166428737, $1.00+$0.20 Hold’em No Limit – Level IX (300/600) – 2009/05/24 23:37:22 ET

Table ‘166428737 1′ 9-max Seat #1 is the button

Seat 1: ForMyTiaras (20494 in chips) 

Seat 2: meeka_malibu (20006 in chips) 

ForMyTiaras: posts the ante 50

meeka_malibu: posts the ante 50

ForMyTiaras: posts small blind 300

meeka_malibu: posts big blind 600

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to ForMyTiaras [Jh Jd]

ForMyTiaras: raises 600 to 1200

meeka_malibu: calls 600

*** FLOP *** [5s 5h 4c]

meeka_malibu: checks 

ForMyTiaras: bets 1200

meeka_malibu: calls 1200

*** TURN *** [5s 5h 4c] [Th]

meeka_malibu: bets 17556 and is all-in<———–he open shoves three times the pot after i raise preflop and on the flop!

ForMyTiaras: calls 17556 <——- i seriously thought he had TT here. I don’t know what he was raising with but i don’t give him credit so i call.

*** RIVER *** [5s 5h 4c Th] [7h]

*** SHOW DOWN ***

meeka_malibu: shows [8h 6h] (a flush, Ten high) <——— donkey shove on turn with 12 outs (25%)!! SO BAD

ForMyTiaras: shows [Jh Jd] (two pair, Jacks and Fives)

meeka_malibu collected 40012 from pot

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot 40012 | Rake 0 

Board [5s 5h 4c Th 7h]

Seat 1: ForMyTiaras (button) (small blind) showed [Jh Jd] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Fives

Seat 2: meeka_malibu (big blind) showed [8h 6h] and won (40012) with a flush, Ten high

PokerStars Game #28586344681: Tournament #166428737, $1.00+$0.20 Hold’em No Limit – Level IX (300/600) – 2009/05/24 23:37:55 ET

Table ‘166428737 1′ 9-max Seat #2 is the button

Seat 1: ForMyTiaras (488 in chips) 

Seat 2: meeka_malibu (40012 in chips) 

ForMyTiaras: posts the ante 50

meeka_malibu: posts the ante 50

meeka_malibu: posts small blind 300

ForMyTiaras: posts big blind 438 and is all-in

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to ForMyTiaras [Kh 7d]

ForMyTiaras said, “great” <—— i was still looking at the last hand in the hand history and making sense of how absurb it was.

meeka_malibu: calls 138

*** FLOP *** [Jc 2h 9d]

*** TURN *** [Jc 2h 9d] [Qc]

*** RIVER *** [Jc 2h 9d Qc] [6d]

*** SHOW DOWN ***

ForMyTiaras: shows [Kh 7d] (high card King)

meeka_malibu: shows [Qh 4s] (a pair of Queens)

meeka_malibu collected 976 from pot

meeka_malibu said, “gg” <—–still had the cheek to say GG. word of advice, if you suckout for the win don’t ever say gg, say sorry/i got lucky.

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot 976 | Rake 0 

Board [Jc 2h 9d Qc 6d]

Seat 1: ForMyTiaras (big blind) showed [Kh 7d] and lost with high card King

Seat 2: meeka_malibu (button) (small blind) showed [Qh 4s] and won (976) with a pair of Queens