Jan 2011 Review and Current Poker Plans

I ran really bad and played bad. I have no excuses. I did take one shot at $200 NLHE FR Rush when I was confident with my game and I'm proud that I did that and didn't go up there just to chase losses. I lost about 1 and 1/2 buyin with that shot and had the discipline to drop back down to $100 NLHE FR Rush.

Overall, I basically ran even if you include my black card $1k bonus, $500 end of year bonus and $100 Holiday bonus. Def not happy with my results but I gotta accept that I need to reevaluate my poker game.

I withdrawal all of my FTP money and have about a $5k bankroll at PokerStars. I plan to play less tables to learn the software and pick up better reads. I just played a 8 tabling session of $50 NLHE FR at PS and I felt comfortable. I'll keep grinding $50 NLHE FR until I feel I'm mentally ready for $100 NLHE FR. It'll probably take over 10k hands or so because I took a beating last month. Feels good to be playing regular tables too, it's nice to build history with players and keep your same position at all times.

Going to reevaluate my game and make a strong run for $200 NLHE FR this year. I feel I'm on the brink of beating $100 NLHE and taking another shot at $200 NLHE FR. I'm currently participating in Citizenwind's private forum on CardRunners. I've been trying to be active with posting and responding to hands. It should take my A game to another level if I keep it up.

I'm also going to be watching Nanonoko's poker strategy videos at PokerNews. I gotta see what he is doing because his results are ridiculous.

Also checkout NuteDawg's podcast interview at CR and Nan Ying's podcast at DeucesCracked. If def inspired me to be a better player.

Here are the links for NuteDawg's Podcast and Nan Ying's.


1)CR Podcast NuteDawg


2)Episode 107 Nan Ying


It's all about isolating the fish, playing with logic, and the good old bet/fold, check/fold, and bet bet bet for value. I find that it's very hard to play logically when I'm losing stacks. It's def one of my biggest weakness that I need to work on right now.

Goals for January 2011:

1)Clear my $1k black card bonus, $500 end of year bonus and $100 Holiday Bonus (Completed)
2)Stop Being a Calling Station (Not completed, still not bet/folding in right spots or check/folding)
3)Transition over to Poker Stars (Completed)

Goals for February 2011:

1) Play solid ABC Poker or quit session
2) Learn to bet/fold, check/fold and bet bet bet for value. In other words, stop being a calling station and pot controlling too much.
3) Stop open r/calling preflop trying to hit sets vs unknowns or nits unless very deep, a fish and/or you got solid reads of how they play postflop.
4) Play tighter OOP and looser IP. Take advantage of position more and isolate the fish IP.
5) Be more active in forums by posting/responding to hand history/theory discussion.