Deconstructing .... AKQJ10

Ste05

AKQJ10 is up next for this following on from this thread.

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There can be NO flaming, this isn't a chance for people to have a shot at who ever goes in. Entrants to the Deconstructing series will have their thick skins on but forum rule breaches will be dealt swiftly and harshly (1 week ban), so you have all been warned.

Just to spell it out: NO PERSONAL ATTACKS, criticise and critique his game and NOTHING else!

Keep it constructive and good luck AKQJ10.

LuckyLloyd

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AKQJ10

LuckyLloyd wrote:

raise from Bomber OOP with 4d5d while playing a 20BB stack. QUOTE]

This is something im starting to stop in tourney's especially, playing these hands oop against good players gets me in trouble unless were deep

TommyGunne

Lots of respect due...

I really think that that little bit of tightening up has done your game a lot of good too, but with or without it, you always cause people trouble!
Only thing I had noticed was your tendency to call most river bets. Haven't played much with you for a while though so I don't know if this still applies.

Its always been a pleasure playing with you, and good luck.

jbravado

I think maybe you need to cut down on the three barrel bluffs that worked so well for you when started playing-you have aquirred a reputation of the laggiest of the lag and are going to get looked up light a lot.This is something you can use to your advantage also.

I think you know yourself you need to tighten up a little bit oop.

To be honest Mark you main problem imo is managing your bankroll-its great to be able to cover everyone at the table if you think you have an edge but not if you only have a short amount of buyins at that amount.I think you are putting yourself under too much pressure to run well by doing this.You know you are able to beat the games you play so there is no need to risk going busto.

Gholimoli

I think you are aware of what’s going on.
As for your style to be honest I don’t think it’s a good style for the Dublin scene.
Your style is such that in order for it to be profitable in the long run you need a lot of FE .
However you FE will keep and going down the more you play your style.
Also in general people don’t fold that much for what I have seen which again is a bad thing for your laggy style.
I understand that you will get paid when you hit big but trust me I get paid when I hit big and I don’t play LAG at all.
I think you read the game well which is requirement for your style.
All and all I think you are capable player but would be more profitable if you made some adjustments to your game.

cardshark202

From what I have seen, you are far too loose preflop. You seem to have a huge problem with folding to a 3bet. You also call too many raises oop with garbage hands like T8. Calling off 1/6th of your stack with those sort of hands is pretty much never good. You have one gear, and its in overdrive 24/7. If you toned down the aggression sometimes and learned to switch gears and adjust to the table conditions better, you could become very good.

Silver-Tiger

cardshark202 wrote:

From what I have seen, you are far too loose preflop. You seem to have a huge problem with folding to a 3bet. You also call too many raises oop with garbage hands like T8. Calling off 1/6th of your stack with those sort of hands is pretty much never good. You have one gear, and its in overdrive 24/7. If you toned down the aggression sometimes and learned to switch gears and adjust to the table conditions better, you could become very good.

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Sick in the head aggressive that i will try avoid as much as possible especially oop,
In saying that i have picked up a couple of big hands and haven gotten you in the right mood, i.e 3.00am sat 3.00am sun in jackpot, you have been more more than kind enough to put me to the test for most of my stack.

I like reggie's post great potential

thechamp87

I've played with you an awful lot over the past 18 months or so. We both play very different styles and both seem to work well. I think it is very hard to play a solid, consistent controlled LAG game. I've noticed that your game has progressed and improved greatly recently, especially since the summer, and you seem to be able to control the LAG style quite well. From what I gather others would definitely agree that you are beginning to control the style much more effectively.

That said, you still seem to get yourself in awkward spots out of position in big pots. You play position very well and I would absolutely hate to have your button to my big blind. In terms of getting involved out of position with marginal hands, I know this is something you are aware of and are working on but I feel it is the most imortant factor to iron out and this can be done quite quickly and easily. When you are in position it is very hard to put you on a strong hand and this works well for you in terms of getting paid.

I think Lloyd's point is something you need to think about but as I said your game has come a long way even since Drogheda in May so maybe you have addressed this already. He mentions that hand with 4d5d. I think this example illustrates the need to be clear in your head in relation to your cash and tourney games. I can't see you folding 4d5d in a cash game for any amount of money!! But in tourneys your preflop range definitely needs to tighten up. I know you admit yourself that the hand was a mess but I saw you limp under the gun in Luke's a few weeks ago with 5h7h or something like that in the Tuesday scalps and ended up calling an allin for 1/3 of your stack....!

My final point is that I completely agree with Sam about the bankroll management. I know you are keen on the big spin up but I think you need a base to a certain extent in order to attempt the spin. I think it would be a great (and very profitable) if you said to yourself that you'd play only 1-2 for 4 weeks. I have no doubt that during those 4 weeks you could definitely spin up enough to take a shot at the 2-5 games. I spoke to Sam about this on Saturday and he agreed. Just something to think about.

I'm doing 10 different things here so I've probably waffled on way too much but hope it makes some sense.

valor

you run good

Goodluck2me

Just a huge fish really.
I havent played with you as much as i thought i might have done especially recently, but you do seem to strike fear into the hearts of your opponents due to you image.
Be aware always of your image at the table, its a great tool if you can utilise and manouevure it to your benefit.
The point i agree with above are Bankroll MGMT. You should set aside X amount of your money now for strictly speaking poker only, and then not play above/beyond that level. I also think buying in to cover is all very well and good but as Sam says when its your only shot its -ev Long term.
You should gather together enough for a 1-2 buy in and then work that up and take shots at the 2-5 games, but not until then, that way you might have been able to come to Vegas etc during the year in stead of busto like reggie!
One thing i have learned over the last year too, to my great benefit, is that sometimes the best way to "outplay" someone is simply to fold, or play tight, or w/e that game requires. Treble barrell bluffs are all well and good but when you are getting looked up light they are going to be your biggest losers.
I also remember you telling me about a Hand in CHLS where you checked your option with QQ in the big blind after a few limpers?! seriously WTF? for anyone who thinks im joking im not, he got it in v JJ and 99 on 8 high flop IIRC.
anyway good luck with the spinning! ship et!

Goodluck2me

valor wrote:

i overplay Aces

very honest of you Javine.

BuChan

pretty obvious what needs to be done, less obvious is how to do it.

Trippie

apart from you and ross I think we had probably clocked up the most hours with each other in cash games up until you left for canada but i dont think i have ever played a decent tourney against you so i've no idea what you are like in them

As we all know you can pretty much decimate a 1/2 table on a friday as you're game is suited for that with the buying in deep and seeing flops and getting paid off the morons(and me aswell it seems) but with the exception of last night and even then i think it was because it was such a soft game, i think any time a bigger game comes along you seem out of place and its not because you are not good enough you just dont seem as comfortable in the games as you normally do. The first 2/5 game was an example of this as for once you didnt have the biggest stack at the table and that plus the fact the table was quite tight meant you couldn't play you're natural game and because you couldn't adapt you lost.

also the tilt issues if you lose a hand is something you need to work on and also if you are stuck in a game then maybe you need to start just taking you're losses and getting out and saving whatever cash you have left instead of doing it all. in the long run these will all add up as money saved is worth the same as money won and whatever you save may be enough to jump in the game on the weekend where you can get back you're losses a lot easier than the tougher games like the 2/5,1/2 nl in the emporium. i think it just relates to game selection at the end of the day

also you are missing out on loads of action with not being able to play omaha so maybe that could be something you could work on as that was the only thing that saved me yesterday.

rag2gar

A lot of good points so far. I'd have to re-emphaise the bankroll issues. I've no idea how weak.stong it is but my guess is nowhere near high enough to be playing live 2/5 at optimal standards. You gotta have plenty of room for bad nights as they will come and you know that. Your a laggy player so the last thing you need is to be broke and out of the game altogether...

mickste

Gordon please dont advise people to start learning omaha from the jackpot. there's as much skill in that game as the wheel of fortune.

Tilt issues aside and they are rare, Your one of the few capable consistent lag performers on the Dublin scene.If you don't know who a player is , don't assume you can 3 bet/bluff him for fun though. Some players you haven't seen can play!

You need to learn patience more in tournaments. I know you have been working on this, but it is essential.

Just make sure you teach everybody a really good life lesson..

Trippie

mickste wrote:

Gordon please dont advise people to start learning omaha from the jackpot. there's as much skill in that game as the wheel of fortune..

I never said to learn from the jackpot mick just to learn in general but it is probably the softest game in town so it would be good to know how to play the game and i can remember mark saying something once about wanting to learn about it

mickste

Learning the game is fine but implying that it is some sort of get out clause when holdem isn't going well is not

It's gamble gamble not exactly soft

AKQJ10

if i got into omaha id never have a hope. 2 cards get me in enough trouble for the moment. appreciate the comments, tbh i dont really mind the whole bankroll management thing for live poker, i mean im in college so money comes out for going out and stuff like that, you cannot sustain a good enough living playing live in dublin imo. this way it'll get me through college and maybe i get lucky and hit a big payday along the way. i enjoy those bigger games as they are fun to play and of a better standard. gordon, apart from the first 2/5 game when i played pretty rocky, what other bigger games are you talkin bout, ive never felt uncomfortable at a game apart from a crazy game me and jbravado we're in down in waterford.

El Stuntman

I only played with you once when you were locked and kept beating your chest and shouting 'I have a BIG heart!'

That was funny

Killme00

mickste wrote:

It's gamble gamble not exactly soft

I think the opposite Mick. Ive played the game regularly for a while now and can see a huge drop in standard. If anything it has become less gamble gamble but it definitely softer.

BigDragon

Only played with you on the FT of the Grudge Match and by then you had a big stack. Your big stack game and short handed game was impressive which suits your LAG style. Cant really comment further but I was always aware of you and was paying close attention.

LuckyLloyd

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Theresalwaysone

One of the few players on here who I play with regularly.
Nice guy.

On the "deconstructing part"....

Tilt when it happens absolutely destroys you.
You call so light on the river its ridiculous.
Your 3 barrells although fun to watch are going to cost you against some of the better players.


finally:

DONT PLAY DRUNK.

R__J

this says it all! LAGTARD

AKQJ10

look who's finally come out of the closet, well done. i thought you signed up for posting in the personal issues forum.

thechamp87

ha ross

Goodluck2me

R__J wrote:

this says it all! LAGTARD

probably for stealth reason, not the best idea having yourself in the photo too?!

BuChan

LuckyLloyd wrote:

Eamonn, is folding to a 3 - bet or raise when oop and holding the likes of J9 or 107s really that hard?

lol, yeah, it can be. some of us are clearly fighting off a hungry little gamblor and he can be very persuasive.

more lols at that picture, ross you smooth pimp.

Slash/ED

I've played with you a few times and always try to stay out of your way on the cash tables haven't played with you much in tournaments (Except iirc I did bust you on the first hand of the jackpot 50 f/o once And I played you h/u once but it was shallow stacked and short) so can't really comment on your tournament game but your cash game is very, very strong. I'd only repeat what most others have said here but certainly three barrelling stronger players and playing marginal hands oop are going to land you in trouble. I think you've built up such an image at this stage that even if you tighten up considerable it'll take a long, long time before people adjust their calling ranges against you and you'll still get paid off huge without loseing money on as many huge bluffs as you do.

CaptainNemo

I've only played with you a few times but have been impressed. You're consistently aggressive and have lots of moves (painful memories of being floated etc). I've seen you lose money sometimes through figuring that you can force someone to fold their top pair, but this may be a person who you've pushed to breaking point over the session and who has had enough and is going to call you even with 3rd pair! On the other hand chances are that at some point you're going to hit a big hand against that same player later and stack them.

I don't really have any criticisms and would put you as one of the hardest people to play against in my limited experience of playing in Dublin over the last few weeks, because you force me to not play my normal game and instead try to adapt to yours. The best strategy I've found so far is to hit quads and make you bluff at me, it works well but opportunities are scarce...

AKQJ10

CaptainNemo wrote: »

The best strategy I've found so far is to hit quads and make you bluff at me, it works well but opportunities are scarce...

Seemed like a good idea at the time.

The Al Lad

Played with you twice, bluffed your chips off both times !!!:eek:

AKQJ10

The Al Lad wrote: »

Played with you twice, bluffed your chips off both times !!!:eek:

Doesn't sound like me, must be looking for lazare's deconstructing thread

insafehands

Only time I played with you was in the Jackpot a few months ago. I hit a set of 5s on the flop, made 1/2-3/4 sized bet, you called. Bet the turn and you raised me all-in.

I called and you hit your OESD on the river. Can't say I rated you too highly after that; you had no FE and you were drawing to, at best, a 9 outer.

Noticed you bought in pretty deep. Think you limped a lot and saw flops you shouldn't have.

max_power

Value. Nah your a good lag, one of the few players in the jackpot who i don't particularly like at my table, bit of craic though. Most of the advice given long th elines of tightening up is probably a good idea, something which im trying to work on with little success.

mdwexford

I played with you in the Big Slick 500 game in May, i didnt know who you were at the time but i thought you played some savage poker. That crazy aggro style is hard to handle for anyone.
To blow that huge stack at the GJP festival was criminal though.

R__J

you have taught many people a life lesson , this I do respect! when someone is taught a life lesson, it's always one of the great occassions!! mickste and halfbaked will surely aggree! lol

thechamp87

found it...
Ross in his former glory. The t-shirt is even tighter now....

AKQJ10

thechamp87 wrote: »

found it...
Ross in his former glory. The t-shirt is even tighter now....

:D:D

Goodluck2me

thechamp87 wrote: »

found it...
Ross in his former glory. The t-shirt is even tighter now....

thats bloody hidious... he has a fat head to match the big haaart.