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Sun, 05/01/2011 - 21:35

impulse

Impulse's thread

Hey guys :)My name is Vadim, I've been around for 5+ years. Started playing online back in 2005, after watching EPT or whatever it was on Eurosport back then. Coming from poor Russian background, I went thru free $50 on Party, making my way into mid-stakes 10max turbo sng, which gave me great profit for a few years, until I started traveling too much :)Crossed the United States, lived for 5 months in the UK, worked for major Hollywood productions, took part in televised Russian poker championship last summer. Can't say the time isnt worth spent. But I love this game too much to just let it go. And HUSNG is what I'm going for nowadays. Started taking it seriously in March, ran like a champ in April (over a small sample, though). Looking to discuss 3bet pots and lame standard spots with the same amount of interest. Here, as an early thread saver, is a screenshot of me in the Green Hornet (I bodydoubled Edward Furlong, shortly before moving out of LA)

Sun, 05/01/2011 - 23:12

mersenneary

I didn't know I was coaching

I didn't know I was coaching a movie star!

Mon, 05/02/2011 - 00:05

impulse

Damn, should've told you

Damn, should've told you before, could've got a discount haha :DAnyway, there's another picture of me. Playing a hand against Eric Seidel on Russian TV (I had AQ).

Mon, 05/02/2011 - 00:08

impulse

To get over the ego rant,

To get over the ego rant, here's one of my favorite quotations from Robert Pirsig's "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance".Absolutely poker-related.

Phaedrus wrote a letter from India about a pilgrimage to holy Mount Kailas, the source of the Ganges and the abode of Shiva, high in the Himalayas, in the company of a holy man and his adherents.He never reached the mountain. After the third day, he gave up, exhausted, and the pilgrimage went on without him. He said he had the physical strength, but that physical strength wasn’t enough. He had the intellectual motivation, but that wasn’t enough either. He didn’t think he had been arrogant but thought that he was undertaking the pilgrimage to broaden his experience, to gain understanding for himself. He was trying to use the mountain for his own purposes and the pilgrimage too. He regarded himself as the fixed entity, not the pilgrimage or the mountain, and thus wasn’t ready for it. He speculated that the other pilgrims, the ones who reached the mountain, probably sensed the holiness of the mountain so intensely that each footstep was an act of devotion, an act of submission to this holiness. The holiness of the mountain infused into their own spirits enabled them to endure far more than anything he, with his greater physical strength, could take.To the untrained eye, ego-climbing and selfless climbing may appear identical. Both kinds of climbers place one foot in front of the other. Both breathe in and out at the same rate. Both stop when tired. Both go forward when rested. But what a difference! The ego-climber is like an instrument that’s out of adjustment. He puts his foot down an instant too soon or too late. He’s likely to miss a beautiful passage of sunlight through the trees. He goes on when the sloppiness of his step shows he’s tired. He rests at odd times. He looks up the trail trying to see what’s ahead even when he knows what’s ahead because he just looked a second before. He goes too fast or too slow for the conditions and when he talks his talk is forever about somewhere else. He’s here but he’s not here. He rejects the here, is unhappy with it, wants to be farther up the trail but when he gets there will be just as unhappy because then it will be “here”. What he’s looking for, what he wants, is all around him, but he doesn’t want that because it is all around him. Every step’s an effort, both physically and spiritually, because he imagines his goal to be external and distant.

Mon, 05/02/2011 - 00:12

impulse

An interesting hand (at least

An interesting hand (at least to me)http://weaktight.com/3517241How would your line here depend on an opponent?

Mon, 05/02/2011 - 00:16

mersenneary

Solid picture :) "He regarded

Solid picture :)"He regarded himself as the fixed entity, not the pilgrimage or the mountain, and thus wasn’t ready for it" I really liked.

Mon, 05/02/2011 - 00:20

mersenneary

I think against basically

I think against basically everybody I'm jamming over that huge flop raise if we decide to lead. If he has 75/65/strong 7x/overpair we really don't want to just call and see 3/4/8/9 turns which give him the chance ot get away from his hand. We also get a ton of value jamming against his 8x/4x type hands and calling and checking the turn, letting him check behind and realize equity much better, is not an attractive proposition. So I think it's a very clear jam over the big flop raise.Whether to lead or c/c depends on how he reacts with his draws and how often he stabs this flop with air. My default line is to c/r but leading can be good against people who don't bet in position in limped pots much and are likely to raise donks.

Tue, 05/03/2011 - 20:29

impulse

http://weaktight.com/3534912

http://weaktight.com/3534912the guys opens very wide (75%), doesnt limp his buttons. Pretty passive postflop, though...

Tue, 05/03/2011 - 21:09

impulse

My actual problem here is - I

My actual problem here is - I don't know what questions to ask. I mean, I do mistakes, I see most of them (why post a hand then), don't notice the rest of them (means not going to post that hands). I've seen a shitload of videos, read a comparable amount of articles/threads so the whole thought flow looks more important than 5-10 hands to discuss. Tell me I'm wrong :) and I'll start posting hands, trying to figure out how it helps me.

Tue, 05/03/2011 - 21:23

#10

mersenneary

Post hands you think are

Post hands you think are close. If they're not close, you learn something, if they are close, you re-affirm your thinking.I'm jamming river with the 69. What was your thought process behind checking?

Tue, 05/03/2011 - 21:27

#11

impulse

I tried to take a safer line,

I tried to take a safer line, because most of his draws could get there on turn/river

Tue, 05/03/2011 - 21:29

#12

mersenneary

So are you check/folding to a

So are you check/folding to a shove?

Tue, 05/03/2011 - 21:31

#13

impulse

Also, when I was just

Also, when I was just starting playing poker, one of the things that helped me the most was an IRC chat room. People who are now PS pros, FT pros, high-stakes regs also were just low-stakes noobs, shared both interesting and standard spots without having to open a new thread and wait for hours to get a feedback. Do you think our small community here would care about this kind of thing? I could start it up and make easy instructions for everybody how to join it.

Tue, 05/03/2011 - 21:32

#14

impulse

He's quite passive postflop,

He's quite passive postflop, so, yes, I'd fold to a shove there.

Tue, 05/03/2011 - 21:33

#15

mersenneary

I think people have already

I think people have already started a skype chat that's like that - check the "student contact information" thread.

Tue, 05/03/2011 - 21:36

#16

mersenneary

I think with only 705 behind,

I think with only 705 behind, you'd need some pretty significant reads to fold to a shove needing to be good just 26% of the time, so it depends on what happened the rest of the game and just what you mean by "pretty passive" "quite passive". The flush draw and QT did get there, but there's lots of Jx that will call a jam and other pairs that can make crying calls.

Tue, 05/03/2011 - 21:44

#17

impulse

Now that's something, that's

Now that's something, that's probably pointing to a big leak in my game. Another spot:I find myself here a lot of times, when I have a pocket pair with an overcard on board. 30 bb deep, villain's bb vpip is 45, agression 1.7/0.8/8.0 over 72 hand sample, flop c/c 50, flop c/r 38.My logic here was: he's not gonna c/r with an ace or seven here, so he's full of shit.http://weaktight.com/3535071

Tue, 05/03/2011 - 21:47

#18

mersenneary

I think you're wrong about

I think you're wrong about him not c/r with 7x here (or Ax to some extent), it's just tough for him to have those hands with respect to his entire range. It's a really marginal spot, I lead to folding readless (would call if there were a fd on the flop), but it depends what you've seen in the rest of the game and how much he had followed through on previous flop c/r.

Tue, 05/03/2011 - 21:50

#19

impulse

And another spot for 30

And another spot for 30 bb.Villain's OOP vpip is 76%. He's been passive postflop IP, but check/raised me a few times OOP. I decided to get it in, because didn't really want to see a high card turn. Sense / no sense?http://weaktight.com/3535094

Tue, 05/03/2011 - 21:54

#20

mersenneary

I think getting it in is

I think getting it in is fine, just make sure you understand that a AKQJT are not bad turn cards against his range and there's no need to be overly scared by them. If he's c/r a few times I think getting it in is good otherwise I'd flat.

Wed, 05/04/2011 - 01:32

#21

impulse

Is there any good info

Is there any good info floating around on playing Ax/Kx OOP?

Wed, 05/04/2011 - 01:45

#22

mersenneary

50-75bb deep, it's generally

50-75bb deep, it's generally going to be best to call those hands preflop. Then on the flop, you want to continue on dry boards for the most part, but pay a lot of attention to your opponent's c-bet and double barrel frequency. In general:Low c-bet frequency, will check back air: Fold more flops.High c-bet frequency, low double barrel frequency: Call more flops.High c-bet frequency, high double barrel frequency: Consider check/raising the flop with these hands or continuing with ace high to two barrels on certain board. c/r can be a really good option especially when you hit bottom pair against these opponents. It needs to be the case that they're not crazy loose and will 3bet flop a lot though.

Thu, 05/05/2011 - 01:42

#23

impulse

http://weaktight.com/3538787

http://weaktight.com/3538787is it alright against a reg? http://weaktight.com/3538791 same villain, his pfr is 71, cbet 82, turn cbet 50http://weaktight.com/3538796 same villain, he attacked my limps all the time, is QT still +EV here? If not, what about QJ, K5

Thu, 05/05/2011 - 08:35

#24

mersenneary

http://weaktight.com/3538787

http://weaktight.com/3538787Yeah, fine by me, I'd jam any king.

Thu, 05/05/2011 - 08:39

#25

mersenneary

http://weaktight.com/3538791

http://weaktight.com/3538791Hmm. We're trying to fold out a pretty thin range - 3x/Kx/Qx, if he can handread at all he knows we never have Ax. I'm torn between the options and think it's legitimately close.

Thu, 05/05/2011 - 08:42

#26

mersenneary

"http://weaktight.com/3538796

"http://weaktight.com/3538796 same villain, he attacked my limps all the time, is QT still +EV here? If not, what about QJ, K5"I think QT is generally going to be too weak for this. I'm fine with calling it off but I don't think the initial limp is best. When you limp you allow his weak Kx to jam over which is a bad result because some of that will fold to a jam, and against his entire checking behind range it's worse. We also have to believe that limping induces much more than minraising. I think minraise or openjam is going to be best the vast majority of the time here.

Fri, 05/06/2011 - 05:32

#27

impulse

1) This villain had been on

1) This villain had been on agressive side, with c/r tendencies. Not sure if this description helps, but let me know the point where the hand stops nbeing so-standard and gets really villain dependent. On the river he repped flush/Q6/Q7, which I decided to be too narrow of a range to fold against.http://weaktight.com/3541914 2) Alright, this one's retarded, I guess. But the villain'd been 3betting me 30%+, floating all the time and c/r'ing cbets 27%. He 2 barelled a reasonable amount also. While turn didn't really give me much for barreling turn/river, I still didn't see much he could represent there, given his 3betting range. Did I level myself into the void?http://weaktight.com/3541918 3) Is it standard against a passive donkish opponent?http://weaktight.com/3541919 I really enjoy your answers so far. And great read/view lists, thanks so much for compiling them.

Fri, 05/06/2011 - 23:27

#28

mersenneary

http://weaktight.com/3541914

http://weaktight.com/3541914Looks good. This is going to be Qx enough that I think we have to call river. http://weaktight.com/3541918 Yeah, I'm not a fan. It depends a bit on his flop c-betting percentage but I think most people are betting this flop or turn with their no showdown value hands and you don't rep a lot. http://weaktight.com/3541919 I'd bet more on the river, but other than that, nh.

Thu, 05/19/2011 - 19:02

#29

impulse

http://weaktight.com/3584515

http://weaktight.com/3584515does it make sense?

Thu, 05/19/2011 - 19:39

#30

mersenneary

I'd check the turn, it's a

I'd check the turn, it's a pretty thin value jam.

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