I wish I was in Las Vegas at this moment.
That is all.
Monday 9 July 2012
Sunday 1 July 2012
Fired Up has its backfire
Well done Captain Gee for winning! Gracious behaviour in triumph is a mighty virtue and the Cap'n has it in spades. At his request, the £10 I owe him is going to charity, the Dingle Coast Guard and Rescue team, as opposed to his local. Doubly well done mate.
So here's some of what happened:
Min cashing is a slippery slope for me. On seeing my stats climb so well by the min cashes I'd made, I began to focus on that, rather than on the play that got me there. Playerscope was down for several days, possibly due to my personal stat-checking traffic alone overwhelming the site. It was all downhill from there stats and graphs wise.
I also had some life issues that were more important for the last couple of weeks and weren't conducive to good play. But, as always, the recreational side of poker is balm for what ails me. 8 game mix being the best medicine at those times. 10 game mix is even better (aaah the healing powers of badugi) but we all know that's not around anymore. Yet.
So. Stats tilt. A new one for me. It amazes me how many wrong turns and rocky side roads I can find. Did I say before that my kids' favorite refrain is that I can get lost in a roundabout? In actual fact, sometimes it just takes me a couple of extra orbits to read the signs correctly. And that's what happened here. Of course stats are an important tool in analyzing my game. ... Excuse me one moment.... Ok. Just had to do a spellcheck there. Yep, 'anal' is part of analysis. See, if I'd spotted that before hand I'd have been in a lot less difficulty! I know that I, personally, cannot improve my game by being anal about my stats. It doesn't teach me enough.
Some key issues have been revealed to me in all my floundering around as a stats fish this month:
If the buy-in is too low, I don't take it seriously enough. Too high and I sweat it too much even though it's within my bankroll.
My tournament selection is foggy. More than just the buy-in, I need to take my time reviewing the structures. I played one tournament, the PokerStars $11 R/B $10k guarantee 'Action Hour'. I didn't know that after the rebuy period ended the blinds reverted back to beginning levels. Pretty damn important info strategy wise.
My middle stage tournament game is rotten. On thinking back to the run-deeps I've had, I just magically got from making the money to sitting at the final table. In my mind, that is. Obviously winning those flips and run-good are slices from that nine-piece pie - but the fact that I haven't had awareness of my middle stage play is just wrong. So I've been more intent now minding my play and I've noticed I don't know how to play a good sized to big stack in the middle late stages at all. I'm over active/over confident/and something else as well. I think. This is the real spot for some more analysis.
Best news for me is I'm very excited to be starting 'Home School Poker' with a group of players I respect. It will be good to work on the game in a very focused way with like-minded mates. Much better chance of improving my game than my former group of Sharkscope, Playerscope and me.
So here's some of what happened:
Min cashing is a slippery slope for me. On seeing my stats climb so well by the min cashes I'd made, I began to focus on that, rather than on the play that got me there. Playerscope was down for several days, possibly due to my personal stat-checking traffic alone overwhelming the site. It was all downhill from there stats and graphs wise.
I also had some life issues that were more important for the last couple of weeks and weren't conducive to good play. But, as always, the recreational side of poker is balm for what ails me. 8 game mix being the best medicine at those times. 10 game mix is even better (aaah the healing powers of badugi) but we all know that's not around anymore. Yet.
So. Stats tilt. A new one for me. It amazes me how many wrong turns and rocky side roads I can find. Did I say before that my kids' favorite refrain is that I can get lost in a roundabout? In actual fact, sometimes it just takes me a couple of extra orbits to read the signs correctly. And that's what happened here. Of course stats are an important tool in analyzing my game. ... Excuse me one moment.... Ok. Just had to do a spellcheck there. Yep, 'anal' is part of analysis. See, if I'd spotted that before hand I'd have been in a lot less difficulty! I know that I, personally, cannot improve my game by being anal about my stats. It doesn't teach me enough.
Some key issues have been revealed to me in all my floundering around as a stats fish this month:
If the buy-in is too low, I don't take it seriously enough. Too high and I sweat it too much even though it's within my bankroll.
My tournament selection is foggy. More than just the buy-in, I need to take my time reviewing the structures. I played one tournament, the PokerStars $11 R/B $10k guarantee 'Action Hour'. I didn't know that after the rebuy period ended the blinds reverted back to beginning levels. Pretty damn important info strategy wise.
My middle stage tournament game is rotten. On thinking back to the run-deeps I've had, I just magically got from making the money to sitting at the final table. In my mind, that is. Obviously winning those flips and run-good are slices from that nine-piece pie - but the fact that I haven't had awareness of my middle stage play is just wrong. So I've been more intent now minding my play and I've noticed I don't know how to play a good sized to big stack in the middle late stages at all. I'm over active/over confident/and something else as well. I think. This is the real spot for some more analysis.
Best news for me is I'm very excited to be starting 'Home School Poker' with a group of players I respect. It will be good to work on the game in a very focused way with like-minded mates. Much better chance of improving my game than my former group of Sharkscope, Playerscope and me.
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