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Reader Challenge 1 - Turbo Tourneys - Your Mission

Published on 2010-03-15 14:20:00

Now, it is time for the Challenge - GAME ON!!Fellow bloggers and casual visitors, come one and all, join me (as I would ask nothing of someone else that I wouldn't do myself). Your Mission - should you choose to accept it - is to play Turbo SNG MTT tourneys, perfecting your play, limiting your losses, accepting loss as part of the equation, and make a profit.Reread the following posts to refresh your brain (note, these pop up in separate window, tab):Turbo Tournaments - A Discussion vs. Normal

Pre-Flop Hole Cards Again, Turbo Tournaments, Personal Statistics

Published on 2010-03-15 11:20:00

In this previous post, I mentioned shoving from the small blind with 99, because KK decided to limp in UTG+1 (sometimes a good move, but turned out disastrous in the play). So using Holdem Manager and my last 23 tourneys, plus the Still Being Tweaked Turbo Tournament Strategy, I will discuss certain preferred Hole Cards, how often I have won with them, and how they are best played.Now that I've played more tourneys, my percentage of HM's top cards has increased. Raised from the initial 2.4% to

Repeated Again - WHEN LOSING, STOP PLAYING

Published on 2010-03-14 14:50:00

This post is a more indepth analogy that was posted as a reply on Donkey Thrasher's blog. As mentioned many moons ago, everyone and their dog wants to be pro. Poker is not EASY MONEY, and there is no software out there that protects against bad beats and losing streaks. Ergo, study and analysis, plus learning to read opponents WITHOUT software, is very important to your game.However, we all can't live and breath poker 24/7. Even if spending a great deal of time studying the game, you need tim

Need Guidance in Setting Up a Challenge/Goals?

Published on 2010-03-11 00:00:00

Ran across this thread while surfing.Very good, pick one from the list. Have several with different games (cash, SNG Single, MTT). Different bankrolls (from 2NL to 200NL and beyond). Good read. While visiting forums, why not register, and take a peak in the strategy section? Great info there also.Build a BR 4: Graph Hard with a Vengeance For this forum, Firefox users (and maybe some others), in order to register, may need to click on post, hit the reply button, and then the registration pag

Poker Education, Free Online Coaching, Brought to You By - Web Surfing

Published on 2010-03-10 22:00:00

Yesterday and Today was an Internet surfing forage. Started in the Full Tilt Forums. They are having deposit, withdrawal issues, and someone noted the Regulation Authority (which gets a little confusing on the bottom of the page). So, I went to googling of the actual owners of FTP (whom are supposed to be in the US, hence the crackdown of the Feds more on FTP than the rest of the Poker sites).This led to - indeed, Filco is located in the US. And, they seem to have switched main regulation o

Reviewing Hand Histories as Part of Your Strategy

Published on 2010-03-09 08:10:00

In this post, we will discuss the value of analyzing your own hand Histories, for good play as it pertains to our Turbo Tournament Strategy, and whether you/I made the right call for our Race Rules. I will only be using HHs (that's Hand Histories for those yet learning the lingo), from Tournaments Post my Initial Strategy Development.In my previous posts, I have introduced several concepts that help with the format of Low Buy In Turbos. After creating the initial strategy, I came close to the

ZOMG - Its Snowing Outside

Published on 2010-03-08 14:26:00

Was plugging around the forum and blog land, decided to step outside for a smoke, and walla, those rain drops be WHITE.Nothing stickable (is that a word?), but just a reminder that its STILL FRIGGIN COLD in the Pacific Northwest.Another reminder, for a wayward computer traveler whose tired, that now is a good time to stay inside, watch some of those sci-fi and poker shows (excellent training btw), taking up space on the ole DVR.Will return to Poker and Blogging Tomorrow.

Turbo Tourney - Calculating Your Race Pre Flop

Published on 2010-03-08 06:33:00

The importance of keeping your stack in mind, the size of your opponents stacks, AND your pre flop odds for calling a race, should ALWAYS be the forefront in a Turbo Tourney. It is best to keep in Mind the 60/40 rule as listed in Turbo Tournaments - A Discussion vs. Normal Speed and Play. If you are closer to the 40% mark, then you will want a stack at LEAST 30+BB, while your opponent has a stack of about 12BB (then you can call the all in). On the Short Stack (15BB or less)? Try to be around

Turbo Tourney Statistics, Why Keep Track, Note Improvement

Published on 2010-03-07 20:15:00

Edit, Important: there was a mistake in my Memory Banks (heehee). I did NOT lose the One Hand Wonder Tourney due to QQ on first hand, but Actually AQo, so I will need to re-edit documents to reflect this hand. It wasn't till I pulled up the Hand History for THIS POST, that I realized the mistake).I have blogged statistics after most tourney games for the Stars challenge in many posts. There are various reasons for this. For personal blogging, lets me and others note that the number of hands

Submitted for Your Approval, Turbo Tournament Strategy Development

Published on 2010-03-07 16:30:00

The work on the Turbo Tournament Strategy continues. I have four aspects I am looking at:Writing Up the Pre-flop StrategyObservation of Other Games (and excellent time to take notes on your opponents, snyder321, I've got you noted :-)Playing actual games and analyzing the results (also, time to keep notes on other players, including when you bust out, which is hard to do.)Tweaking the strategy to match the resultsA note on Observation, paying Attention to the Types of Players you are surrounded