Lurch’s Poker Grind

[TXSooner518 2438]

Wait we had KK on this hand: Last hour, guy opens to $35. I make it $125 in SB and he shoves $450. I’ve not seen him before and give him benefit of doubt and fold. ?

[Lurch 5922]

Wait we had KK on this hand: Last hour, guy opens to $35. I make it $125 in SB and he shoves $450. I’ve not seen him before and give him benefit of doubt and fold. ?

No, QQ. Later in he hour, exact same position and villain, we play it the same w KK but call and lose to AJ.

[Stung 6]

How do you keep track of your hands playing live?

[Lurch 5922]

Just the Notes app on my phone. I’ve experimented with capturing more detail (hands dealt count, position, bet sizing etc) but I too easily lose track of play by play of the next hand if I spend too much time with it.

[AUS-97HORN 11756]

so, any updates on your recent status?

[Lurch 5922]

Taking some time away from it to work on my golf game and other pesky things like finding a real job.  I'll be back at it soon and will post updates

[Stung 6]

Understood. I always had trouble keeping any kind of diary while playing live. I used a software tracking program for online play and it was quite informative and really changed the way I play. 

[Lurch 5922]

Yeah, I missed the HUD explosion before Black Friday so I never developed any experience with my own stats or looking at others’ to make optimal plays against them. I think that has set me back a bit

[Stung 6]

It's been several years, but my main takeaway from the online stats I had were that I called pre flop too often. Calling is easy. Raising or folding is hard. I would make conscious efforts to not call, but after every session I would be shocked to see my call % was higher than where I wanted it. You mentioned this may have been an issue for you in some of your later sessions, and I can tell you from the stats that I really struggled with it. There was a pretty distinct correlation between my pre flop call % and my profits. 

[Johnny Chimpo 478]

Very interesting and introspective analysis here