3000th post.. Warning contains flawed theory and bb's

Macspower

Some rambling thoughts from an online grinder


Well was trying to think of something for my 3000th post and had a few suggestions.... one suggestion was to post all my bad beats with AA... but I didn't want to crash the boards server!!!

So instead I'll post a little longwinded version of my last 18 months and my thoughts on how the game has changed and how to cope with it...

Not exactly by choice but I spent the last 18 months or so playing online poker as my sole source of income. I was kind of thrown in the deepend and tbh I was a winning player live but knowing what I know now ..I really don't know how. I started my online play on tribecca with a br of 2 k and managed to get it to 4 k with a pretty good run playing 100 and 200 nl... setting myself a goal of withdrawing 500 dollars a week for "wages" I set off on my online journey... I managed easily at first but with the falling dollar I soon found that 500 wasn't enough and had to increase this to 650 to live..

I moved to ipoker with a better loyalty programme and set myself goals of moving to 400 nl nearly every month but by the time I withdrew each month/week I never really had enough to move up and every time I would reach 10 k br I'd give it another shot and end up something like this




anyway when i first started playing online it was the old tribecca and we didn't really realise how good we had it. I could successfully play a 40/25 game and beat 200nl back then

with the move to ipoker and the lack of US tallent the game changed considerably... It has become more and more agro and more and more regs sitting waiting on rakeback and bonuses. there are a number of decent regs on there too and I think to beat these you have to think outside the box a bit....

playing a standard 22/18 game agains these guys doesn't seem to work and I found my self in high varaince wars on a regular basis 3/4/5 betting preflop and getting it in with all sorts of stuff against them..

my thoughts on some "outside" the box thinking against these regs...

The floater... with c-betting now the norm a lot of regs call the c bet with the intention of betting if checked to them on the turn. therefore making the second barrell a necessary weapon of choice.. problem I had with this is that the 2nd barrell often committed you to the hand if you got raised on the turn.. so to combat this I often raise a little less preflop 3bb's rather than 3.5 and c bet the flop for 4bb's and then fire the turn for 11 bb's leaving me pleanty of room for play with a 100 bb stack an I could fold the turn to a raise without a strong hand or fire a third barrell... I found this really necessary against regs and a huge ammount of them fold the turn here making it quite a profitable move when varied with normal play...

Facing the aggro preflop reg ( they love 3/4/5 betting)

3 betting became the norm from even the nittiest of regs. even an epidemic at times!! so 4 betting had to become the norm with a wider range than normal again being careful that if I did have a bag of spanners that I hadn't committed myself with my 4 bet... and to follow from there when they 4 bet your 3 bets you had to be prepared to 5 bet all in with a wider range too increasing variance a lot.... So again thinking outside the box a bit I found a way of combating these guys was to min raise preflop in late postition and when they are ready to 3 bet they dont know what to do then.... If they fold will and good and if they 3 bet they often only 3 bet to 7 bb's letting me call in position and play the hand in position with plenty of play left in the hand... or I can 4 bet much smaller again leaving play in the hand with 100bb's.... some others will still 3 bet to their normal ammount of maybe 26/27b's making an easy fold...

anyway enough mad thinking theory.... as a matter of interest anyone like/dislike it? just some rambling thoughts of a grinder..

anyway where would my 3000th post be without some strange hands.....

here are a few of my favs... these guys are blessed with the art of Physic poker..... they know it's coming!!!





gotta love when the shortie 94%er calls your raise and then decides to ship the flop....





Ship the flop obv!!!



Physic poker IMO... ship the flop because you know you'll turn and river quads!!




Ok enough of that.... I'll crash the server!! but i could go on all day

Anyway it's my 3000th post so I can do as I like!!

Let me take this opportunity to thank a few people on here....
big help was HJ for his coaching normally at times of need!
Roadsweeper for listening to me on msn....
DVD fan for some excellent opposition.....
Theresa for some spew helping me through bad times.....
CS/RT/Fuzz/IanMc and others for excellent hand reviews and helping me understand this stupid game....
Excellent mods on here for thier valued time to keep our forum in order.
Thanks to all boardsies in general for the daily entertainment
The regs of the SE for some fun times and affording me a decent standard of living
The regs of the Jackpot for breaking me on a regular basis... again with Physic abilities !!
I miss Lukes and the Merrion!!

I hate beats
I hate AA
I hate trolls

Anyway for now thankfully I'm back in the land of enterprise with my new venture www.failtehotels.ie and www.ebookireland.com which I'm delighted to be a part of. It's an interesting new chalenge for me and gives me the opportunity to take some more shots and enjoy poker again without the grind and pressure of having to make a living from it...

Rant over!!!

wp gg nh gn

rag2gar

Wow

Super post Mac. Really enjoyed it.

a-k-47

nice post macs heres to another 3000 posts

The_Chopper

Nice read - wp and all that

Conbro

Best of luck in your new ventures Paul. Excellent post.

pierce hard

nice post.
tl;dr etc

tylerdurden94

Please get a new hat the old one was class, take it easy!

RoadSweeper

Enjoyed this macs, My MSN recieved file folder is full of your bad beats and im sure the logs can explain what went through your head at the time.

YULETIRED

can you edit this with details of your diet and how you lost so much. It can't all be bad beats.


yours with portly interest
Willie

Dougalinho23

nice post good read

eagle eye

Brilliant Macs and the very best in the future both with your new ventures and Poker.

Hectorjelly

Thanks Mac, it was always a pleasure dealing with you. I'm sure that whatever you turn your hand to will be a success!

Ste05

Nice post, GL with the new ventures.

SWAR

Excellent read Paul and good luck with your new venture.

bottom feeder

Nice one Paul, GL.

DubTony

Good man, Paul. Good luck with the "9-5 grind".

shoutman

Great read and really liked your thoughts on combatting the regs.

jbravado

Good read Paul-one of the few really genuine punters who plays semi-regularly.
Good luck in your new project.

opr

Nice post. Good luck with new project's Mac.

Opr

Macspower

rag2gar wrote: »

Wow

wow good or wow bad....lol thanks..

Macspower

Deleted User wrote: »

Super post Mac. Really enjoyed it.

thanks Keith.... still my fav dealer/table/room tilter

Macspower

a-k-47 wrote: »

nice post macs heres to another 3000 posts

thanks spinmaster

Macspower

The_Chopper wrote: »

Nice read - wp and all that

thanks chopper .... hero calls FTW!

Macspower

Conbro wrote: »

Best of luck in your new ventures Paul. Excellent post.

thx Conor, I avoided the deconstruction thingey after your flaming...

Macspower

pierce hard wrote: »

nice post.
tl;dr etc

thanks

Macspower

tylerdurden94 wrote: »

Please get a new hat the old one was class, take it easy!

hat was missing presumed stolen but rumour has it the hat has been seen and located...... might be making a comeback for killarney ( cover my ever receeding hairline..... online poker does that to you..... end up pulling it out

Macspower

eagle eye wrote: »

Brilliant Macs and the very best in the future both with your new ventures and Poker.

thanks ee... wp on vegas....

loved the trip report

YULETIRED

Do a Well Macs....

Macspower

RoadSweeper wrote: »

Enjoyed this macs, My MSN recieved file folder is full of your bad beats and im sure the logs can explain what went through your head at the time.

just trying to rub some of it off on you but you continue to run like a jamaican

Macspower

Macspower wrote: »

Keith.... still my fav dealer/table/room tilter

New sig imo.

Macspower

YULETIRED wrote: »

can you edit this with details of your diet and how you lost so much. It can't all be bad beats.


yours with portly interest
Willie

yeah weight loss has been a positive one alright... here's one for you Willie... have a laugh...

March 2007

Macspower

Hectorjelly wrote: »

Thanks Mac, it was always a pleasure dealing with you. I'm sure that whatever you turn your hand to will be a success!

only for you.... i'd be ...ehh ehhh ... a millionaire?..... nah prob busto

Macspower

Ste05 wrote: »

Nice post, GL with the new ventures.

thanks STE excellent modding

Macspower

Dougalinho23 wrote: »

nice post good read

thanks.... sorry no good with your stake....

Macspower

SWAR wrote: »

Excellent read Paul and good luck with your new venture.

Thanks for your gingerosity John

Macspower

bottom feeder wrote: »

Nice one Paul, GL.

thanks Wes...

Macspower

DubTony wrote: »

Good man, Paul. Good luck with the "9-5 grind".

you and me both eh? Will we ever get sense

Macspower

shoutman wrote: »

Great read and really liked your thoughts on combatting the regs.

yeah pwning regs is all about doing something different I believe...

Know I've played with you but cant place you... say hello next time

Macspower

jbravado wrote: »

Good read Paul-one of the few really genuine punters who plays semi-regularly.
Good luck in your new project.

Ahh my favourite degen.... If I only had your talent! thanks for kind words.... anything for a 5er eh??? spin it up

Macspower

opr wrote: »

Nice post. Good luck with new project's Mac.

Opr

thanks for the good wishes..... I need them...

Conbro

Do a Well Macs....

+1

Ste05

That's some pretty impressive posting Macs, you better get something ready for 6k posts at this rate...

Carry on, now I expect an individual reply to this post too...

RedJoker

grrrrr....I was going to post a load of bad beats for my 1000th post, now I'm going to have to come up with something else .

Good luck with the new ventures Mac.

Glowingmind

Good post Mac.

Best of luck with new ventures.

God help everyone when you start giving those bad beats back.

Macspower

RedJoker wrote: »

grrrrr....I was going to post a load of bad beats for my 1000th post, now I'm going to have to come up with something else .

Good luck with the new ventures Mac.

thanks RJ.... will go head to head with you anyday in beat for beat thread.....

sickpuppy

Jesus Paul teh weight loss photos are great but the hat get it back you not the same man without it.
Always a pleasure to play live with you u always seem to attract slowrollers and savage outdraws for some reason,
good luck with the new job and see ya in killarney if u going.

zuutroy

N1 Macs. You always struck me as someone who likes poker too much to play for a living, if ya get me!

Macspower

sickpuppy wrote: »

Jesus Paul teh weight loss photos are great but the hat get it back you not the same man without it.
Always a pleasure to play live with you u always seem to attract slowrollers and savage outdraws for some reason,
good luck with the new job and see ya in killarney if u going.

like bees to honey..... they like their old slowrolls alright.....

Think you were at the table the night of the ultimate one....
my A9 on a 9669 board i bet all in and he calls... i say i presume we're chopping? he says no... turns over a 6 and taps the table and says nh..... i'm shouting for no 6 on the river.... it's a blank and he slowly turns the other 6....... slowrollers shoot them all at dawn

cardshark202

GL macs

Lazare

Great post Paul. One of my favourite players to have at my table, just for social reasons though!!!