this one was ugly, and resulted in a 5 minute major and i guess today the league hands down a suspension of 2 games. i think the suspension is because Bergeron got knocked out cold, and it was super-scary for a while there. neck injuries are enough to make your nerves tingle when you see them. [...]
i just finished up a weekend’s worth of poker for me, and in three sessions i’m down 4 buy-ins. so, it’s time to check my big losses and big gains. i already know that this amounts to a whine post, but if i don’t double-check myself after let down’s like this, well, i don’t know.
and [...]
those ideas were kindof the crux of the night, and to be honest, i’m not sure i did such a great job of it. but, paying attention to this in a way that i never did before sure opens up your eyes.
the idea is to get some stats on players at the tables before you [...]
i checked out the better part of the new fruityPro vid, where he reference’s schaffem111’s post on “good table selection.. how is it done?” in the midStakes NL forum of CR. worthy of a read-through, imo.
so, i started datamining last night. couldn’t get the HUD stats to display without being at a table, so i had to [...]
i think i’m done diddling with the $10NL for a while. at first it was fun, but i don’t have the patience lately, and i’ve just been pissing away chips to pass the time. oddly, i’ve seen some iron men at those tables, so there are definitely some folks that play it seriously, and apparently [...]
i hit upon a thread at 2+2 that mentions these two pages:
The Unbelieveably Long Guide to Hand Reading and
VPIP Numbers and Sklansky Hand Groupings
the first of the links is quite comprehensive.
this is my first step in trying to get some hand ranges that correspond to the pokerTracker stats.
the first thing i realized is that there seem to be 169 unique poker hands, but not all of them as equally likely.
for example, a pair of Tens can be created one of 6 possible ways:
T T
T T
T [...]
ok, i think with thursday coming up, i can afford to take a break from playing cards for at least 24 hours and try to get some actual work done. that being said, the self-induced hiatus should last at least until i get a grip on some semi-reliable estimates for VPIP and PFR numbers.
i think [...]
the wife and i were walking the dogs in the woods the other day. i have a 100lb lab that we let roam through the woods, and a beagle that’s leashed because who knows where the hell her nose will take her.
up ahead of us, maybe 30 yards, a bear crosses the path going downhill towards [...]
i played for a bit last night, and got into a hand where i minRaised the turn instead of making a man sized raise, which let a flush draw hit on the river. after he bet out pot i decided to both let the hand go, and go watch the flyers.
they were awesome, except for [...]
