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Summary of what we know so far on 2plus2

Summary of Bill.

November 2010 Review

I'm going to give credit to Citizenwind (Alvin), Mpethybridge (Matt), and the Tilt Breaker Software for my result's this month and a lot of run good. I have finally put it all together and created my own style of play that I am comfortable with. I won't get complacent and will always be looking to tweak my game. For example, The Poker Theorist on CR posted on his blog that he was going to give a couple of free sessions. I pm him and already got 1 free session completed. I'm looking to see if I can get a second lesson this coming week if he is not busy.

I got coaching from Alvin back in July. He has improved my game tremendously. I'm more confident in my pre flop game and post flop game. He gave me so much new information that it took awhile for me to realize why it worked and how to use it in real time at the tables. Matt looked at my HEM Database and was able to spot alot of leaks and offer ways to plug them. I got a copy of Tilt Breaker Software around late October. It has allowed me to play with a peace of mind that I won't light 10 buy ins on fire because I set it at 2.5 bi stop loss. Once it hits my pre set values, the software kicks me off the tables.

I probably played my A game about 90% of the time. I would like to get this even higher so that I can move up stakes and accomplish my long term goal of beating 1/2 NLHE FR. I'm just mediocre at poker so beating that level would be a dream come true.

Goals for December 2010:

1) Complete Rush week and earn $250 bonus.
2) Play A game 100% of time or just quit for day/session
3) Earn at least Gold for the Iron Man so that I can collect my end of year bonus.
4) Stop being a calling station without solid reads.

October and Tilt Breaker Software Review

Swinging down and then back up. I probably played my B game overall because I made too many hero calls for no reason and made alot of little mistakes that hurt my results at $100 NLHE FR Rush.

I've been talking with Winthrop on Skype. I met him a few years back on CR and we have kept in touch. It's def good for my game to talk to someone like Winthrop who has very interesting views on how to play hands. He use to play higher but is currently playing $25 nlhe SH at Poker Stars.

We also made a prop bet where we have to ship each other $1/hand that we play bad. I need to add them all up. I probably owe Winthrop about $10 or so and maybe even more after I critically review all my hands again.

It's so sick, I know what I need to do but I still can't do it while playing. It's like I'm not in control when I'm playing poker. It's ridiculous and I need to fix this ASAP because the cycle of losing and breaking even will continue forever.

I've been testing out this new software called Tilt Breaker. There is also a post by SuicideKing who is looking for feed back in the software program at 2plus2 Software Forum.

It was easy to install and set up. I basically downloaded it and typed in my screen name so that the software would recognize me. It automatically picked up where my hand history were stored. It works with HEM or PT3 but you don't need either as it is a standalone software. You can try it out for free for 15 days before you decide to buy it.

There are currently 4 different ways of controlling your tilt. You can preset stop loss, stop win, stop time played and/or stop hands played and lock down time for each category. Whatever you hit first, it will activate Tilt Breaker and kick you off your cash tables. I don't play tournaments or sit n goes so I"m not really sure how it works. From what I read, Tilt Breaker will let you finish your session but won't let you enter into new tournaments or rematches.

For example, you can preset Tilt Breaker to kick you off your poker tables by presetting it for $300 stop loss from start of session or session peak. Peak session means that if you win $200 within your first couple of hundred of hands and then proceed to lose $300 to be at negative $100 for the session. Tilt Breaker will kick you off the tables. You can also preset how long you want Tilt Breaker to keep you on lock down. I would recommend 30 minutes to two hours depending on how badly you tilt.

There is also a Rage Quit Button that you can manually activate to kick you off the tables. There are 3 levels of tilt that you can preset it at. For example, level 1 will lock you down for 30 minutes, level 2 for 1 hour and level 3 for 3 hours.

I highly recommend this software if you got tilt issues. I know I do, and it has helped tremendously so far in November. I personally set it up at negative $250 (lock down for 30 minutes), positive $250 (lock down for 5 minutes), 1200 hands (lock down for 30 minutes), and 1 hour per session (lock down for 30 minutes). I notice that these numbers were optimal for me because I'm never playing my best when I'm down 2 1/2 bi or up 2 1/2 bi. After 1 hour, I'm playing bad and probably chasing my losses too.

I'm looking forward to seeing how my results will be this month with Tilt Breaker because in October I had sessions where I couldn't get up off the tables and ended dropping around 4 buy ins or more in a session when I should of stopped down 2 or 3 buy ins.

September Review

Went on a little downswing in the beginning of the month and dropped back down to $50 NLHE FR Rush Poker. I got my confidence back and jumped back up to $100 NLHE FR Rush Poker. Feels good to be winning again but I know I can get better results.

I got so many leaks, it's ridiculous. I'm really happy that I can spot my leaks because that allows me to be a better player.

I'm a Black Card Member but it seems like it's not too much of a boost. I earned it by averaging 500 FTP points in the past 100 days. FTP released a new update on 9/30/10. They basically got rid of Iron Man Plus and changed their rakeback system from dealt to weighted contributed. So instead everyone getting an even share of the rake, they will now split it up evenly to the players who contributed. For Example, if sb and bb got it all in preflop for $100 each. FTP would rake $3. SB and BB would get $1.5 worth of mgr. I'm no math wizard but it looks like it might be hurting us in the short term. I'm just going to wait for HEM to release the new rake update for FTP so I can see how it affects me.

My Goals this month is to just keep playing my A game. I'm still trying to stick to my 1 hour session game plan. I went over a little when i was tilted and down a couple of buy ins. It's still very hard for me to quit when I"m stuck. I need to stick to this plan unless I'm playing ridiculously well or the tables are awesome. It's just a way to stay discipline and not tilt off 10 bi in one session because I've done it in the past.

August Review

I think I played alot better this month than last month but my results don't show it. I was up close to 8 bi over 30k hands then I went crashing the next 20k hands down 1 bi. With rakeback, I'm a very very small winner at $100 NLHE Rush Poker. I also tried experimenting with 5 and 6 tabling by adding a couple of $50 NLHE FR Rush Poker toward the middle. Once I started going downward, I dropped back down to 4 tabling.

In the beginning of the month, I was using Citizenwind's concepts but I sort of got away from it because I was frustrated that I kept getting sucked out on the turn or river. It was either a suckout or action killer card. Overall, I just need to think with a clearer head and not be so result oriented. I gotta think through their range and figure if I can get their whole stack, 1, 2 or 3 streets of value. Use logic and reap the rewards.

I'm going to limit myself to 1 hour sessions no matter what for awhile and see how that works with my new style. I got a pretty bad leak where if I'm losing I start to play too many 3 bets pots OOP. I should just fold and get into a better spot IP or as the preflop aggressor. I also gotta stop being a calling station because that is probably my biggest leak. If I can fix those leaks, I should win atleast 10bi's this month for sure because donks just love giving away their money.

Shoutout to SkinnyBrown at CR. We're in the same boat and aspire to be poker pros. He plays $50 and $100 NLHE FR Rush Poker too and we're going to be sweating/talking poker strategy this month.

10k bankroll (Milestone)

I've been thinking about making this milestone for awhile now. My bankroll will fluctuate but it's nice to see 10k in the bankroll. I always withdraw so it never got this high ever until now. Def feels good.

July 2010 Summary

I finally decided to hire Citizenwind (Alvin Lau) to coach me in $100 NLHE FR Rush Poker. I always liked his CR videos and his style of play. I've gotten 3 of 4 lessons already and will get the last one sometime in August. If your thinking about hiring Alvin, you have to throw your ego out the window because he isn't going to hold back if he thinks you play bad. I read his review on CR so I didn't take any of it personally but it did sting a little :)

I was down 14 bi in early July and then i hired Alvin to coach me. I then went on a 14 bi upswing over about 40k hands or so. So I broke even for the month over 68k hands which is not so bad because I made money from rakeback/bonuses.

I'm really looking forward to August and seeing how this new style will work for me. The sick thing is I think I ran bad on turn and rivers for the past 40k hands. I would easily be up about 10 bi or more. I can remember about 4-6 sets that gut suck out on the turn or river or very scary cards hitting and killing my action.

Good Luck