Cash control - perfect example of what not to do

Well well well.. Started my day bad by playing 2-3 tables, and when I didn't hit, I started to make some extreme moves on those Speed tables - Didn't work, as you can see. I was sth like 4 BIN down, and the advise here would be: shut your poker App and F*** off. Jerk off, if you will. This time I made a different choice (which could have ended up pretty bad): I started to play nitty, and used 5-6 tables there. It's perfect example of how not to play. When your down, you quit, and try again tomorrow. This way you usually sign your death assignment, and will regret it tomorrow.

Anyway.. I managed to survive, this time. I even made some winnings today (not much, though). I noticed that playing on speed tables means, that you can't bluff that lot. 1 str maybe, 2 str for semibluff, but with air.. No more than 1 str, never. There's so many stations and maniacs etc, and the worst thing is that you can't make that much reads on them to adjust your play.

ABC poker - that's the key in games there.

Today's gaming... Got my redline on control, meaning that my Non-SD winnings have improved!

When to c-bet?

C-bet? What is it? It is continuation bet, a simple bet, which follows your open raise pre-flop

When to c-bet?


If we only look what the board looks like, you should nearly always fire your c-bet. On a flop, where's A, K, Q, J, draws... Well, c-bet is usually working. By cbetting you can actually make your opponent to fold, but, on the contrary, you can also add some value for your hand (you hit a top pair, aces, and of course, want your opponent to call. That's why you cbet, even if you don't hit.)

Cbetting is easy, but the MOST important question is, when not to c-bet:


- On a multiway pot
You openraise, and there's 2 more players joining the pot. You miss the flop. Don't bet, even if your opponents check. You can make your bet only, if you hit something (top-pair, nut-flush draw, open end straight draw etc.), or if your opponents always fold on a bet without hand.

- Against calling stations
These guys love to play their hands to the end. Whenever you miss the flop, you shouldn't increase the pot, coz they won't fold. Just stay passive and hope for a hit. Of course, if you hit, you can bet 3 streets.


-Against maniacs
You can't cbet with air against them. They will raise you flop or turn, with any two, and then you're in trouble. Add value only with a hit, and let them to give their stack for you!

-On a drawy board (w/o hand)
Flop is 3 hearts, you opponent just called your opening. IF you don't have any hearts there (and your opponent is a thinking player), don't put any money to the pot. If you had sth like Kh there, then you could make one bet.

Less you lose, more you spare part. I

This is one of the biggest truth in poker that isn't that visible for a random player on poker: Every saved penny is worth a dollar in the future. Why? Coz you will lose little by little your dimes on poker, if you don't concentrate on your game. It's not that bad on micro levels, but when playing against better opponents and trying to gain edge against them it is a lot more important. Here's my tips for you to make yourself lose less and win more:

1. Be patient!

Probably the most common problem among new players. When you're not dealt good hands for a while, you start to play with some trash (and some times out of position, OOP!), which makes you to lose more money in the long run. For instance, you play 72 hands on a table. You haven't have any good hands and only stole some money on late position. You have A7o on a loose table, and you decide to make the open raise on MP1 (Full Table). Someone after you 3-bets. What can you do with that hand? Fold it.

So wait for your moment and take advantage of your weak opponents. Steal the blinds, make the cbet.. And you'll do fine. Besides, when you finally manage to hit your good hand, your opponents won't believe you as easily as they would if you had played only 1/72 hands, right?

2. Don't be sleepy

Well.. When your tired or drunk, you shouldn't play at all. You can't play your "A-game", can't make the right reads and usually you're impatient too. So avoid playing in this state. You might win once with a lucky hit, but losing 4 times for that isn't good enough. So be sharp.

Same goes when you're quite energetic, but a bit bored with playing poker. There's the place for a break, and after that you can multitable for a while.

This serie will go on one tip at a time, so here's the opening two. More will come soon!

How to play monster hands

Here's my first poker video. It doesn't tell you much, but quite a lot about good hands.. :)

Incoming: Session on iPoker, 11th June 2012

I'm going to record one of my sessions on iPoker on 11th June. We'll see how good it'll be then.. I will play on 0.01/0.02 and 0.02/0.04 $ tables!

iPoker - network full of FISSHHH!

Well, I've abandoned (mostly) PS for now, because I have found that iPoker and ongame network offer a lot more fishy tables and maybe even more realistic hands. In PS, the application makes you suffer when ur on downswing (everyone makes bad beats for you, srsly). But here's my stats for iPoker:

This was imported by PT3 (which is free to try for 60 days, I'll recommend it!)

So what does this graph show and tell about my play?

It tells the normal: There's been some downswing (like at the mark of 2845 hands), and better times. But the key thing is that the graph line is going up all the time. It means that I'm being good enough at the level I play, so it means that I can go up soon. And I have had good cash control, because I haven't lost that much money even at DS.

Back to the stats. The most important thing isn't how much money I have won (at day or at month or overall), but the Big Blinds per 100 hand (BB/100). Having it close to 10, it means that I am dominating the current level. You can find your own level when your BB/100 is close to 2, when it means that you are winning but not beating the level. But this profit rate tells me that I'm doing well at this level.