I know I posted some goals and I would love to hit them. I decided to do some math and figure out if they are attainable. I will need to run really well and to win a lot of tournaments in order to make $50k. It's not impossible as I think if I maintain my discipline, I can beat the game up to $5/10.
I figured I will be playing about 2k hands per week which should account for about 96k hands. I am back grinding 2 tables at $2/4, but I know I need to move up in limits if I want to make more money. I know I can probably play more tables, but I want to concentrate and beat the tables I am playing at. Table selection is also something I have been improving and it should translate into more bb/100.
In the past 3 days after reading Low Limit Holdem by Lee Jones, I have been looking at the game a bit different and after 1k hands I have won 5bb/100. I know it's not enough, but I just feel different about the way I am playing, my reads are better and I am no longer a tight aggressive overplayer. I am still tight agressive, but changed to solid. This is very good.
So to start the year I will be playing mostly $2/4, grinding about 12k hands. I have close to 20k hands I winning about 1bb/100 which sucks. I feel like I was over aggressive and attempted to make many plays that players in this level don't grasp. In any case, I will use this as a basis to all my calculations, thus making goals that I can achieve. I want to keep on grinding and move up in limits. I plan to finish the year at $5/10. Here is the breakdown:
$2/4 - 12k hands(1bb/100) + (.5bb/100 in rakeback) = $480 profit + $240 rakeback
$3/6 - 50k hands(1bb/100) + (.5bb/100 in rakeback) = $3000 profit + $1500 rakeback
$5/10 - 34k hands(1bb/100) + (.5bb/100 in rakeback) = $3400 profit + $1700 rakeback
In all my goal should be to make about $10.3k and move up to the $5/10 tables. Ideally I will earn more, and be happy with my play. At the end of each amount of hands that I play I will post how much I won, charts etc.
I have to figure out when I will be playing tournaments as the schedule above is a tough schedule to keep and also play tourneys. I think I can play every other saturday. In addition I will continue to play sgns to make the free rolls for the website Clube do Poker. I think the 50k is possible, if I can make some final tables and win them. In all I would also like to earn 2bb/100 instead of the 1bb/100 which should put me at about $21k and much closer to what I really want to make for the year.
My next post will be on the first with my charts and numbers for sngs, mtts and cash games.
sexta-feira, dezembro 30, 2005
terça-feira, dezembro 27, 2005
2006 Rules and Goals
First of all, I want to be as disciplined as possible about my game in 2006. It will be the year, where I will make or break playing poker. I plan to use my 2006 stats to figure out the type of extra income I can extract from poker. So far whenever I won a big tourney, I take money out, or when I have an extra 1k sitting there I extract. This will be a year to grow my bank roll and to also determine if I am a winning player.
Since September I have had 2 winning months and 2 losing months. My overall winning percentage has staggered around 1bb/100 and although I don't think that's great, I am glad I am still a winning player. Tourney wise I have been able to get about 30% ROI. I will have a post in the beginning of the year with the post about my abilities.
Now I will be setting some rules:
Rule #1:
I will play consecutive days on whatever I did well on the day before, whether it is NLHE Cash, LHE Cash, PLO8 Cash, O8 Cash, SNG or Tourney.
Rule #2:
I will play NL and Limit, never both on the same day. Never play more than 2 tables. This has in mind improving my return.
Rule #3:
Unless in a tourney, never play more than 2 hours. I tend to make a lot of silly mistakes at the end of a session. I seem to lose focus.
Rule #4:
I will play 15 tourneys per month. I need to be selective and play those well. Sometimes I get busted early by another player's luck or by a bad play and I tend to start a new one quickly.
Rule #5:
I will play no more than 2 tournaments per day. This also allows me to concentrate on them and improve my reads. I tend to make a bad play if I am not concentrating or taking notes on the players.
Rule #6:
I will play only 2 tables SNGs at a time. I am not good enough to 4 table or 6 table. When I did try it hurt my ROI.
If I think of anything else I will update these rules later. Now let's set some goals.
* Make $50k overall, but breaking down about $25k in cash games and $25k in tourneys.
* Play 3k NLHE hands per month for a 4bb/100 profit
* Play 3k LHE hands per month for a 1.5bb/100 profit
* Play 1k LO8 hands per month for a profit
* Play 1k PLO8 hands per month for a profit
* Play at least 10 tourneys per month
* Play 30 SNG per month for more than 20% ROI
I think this is very reasonable, if I am capable of abiding by the rules. I will try to become more disciplined and focus on ameliorating my game by sculpting my skills... I hope my game is not as bombastic as this last sentence.
I am not sure whether I am moving my money out of my Party Poker account into Poker Stars. The new player VIP program is quite interesting and I would probably be inclined to play in it. My biggest problem is how to separate my bankrolls for tourneys and cash games since I like to play the $3Rebuys and 180Sngs there. I have to think about that. I like being an all around player in the types of the games that I described and for me this is also an important goal.
Since September I have had 2 winning months and 2 losing months. My overall winning percentage has staggered around 1bb/100 and although I don't think that's great, I am glad I am still a winning player. Tourney wise I have been able to get about 30% ROI. I will have a post in the beginning of the year with the post about my abilities.
Now I will be setting some rules:
Rule #1:
I will play consecutive days on whatever I did well on the day before, whether it is NLHE Cash, LHE Cash, PLO8 Cash, O8 Cash, SNG or Tourney.
Rule #2:
I will play NL and Limit, never both on the same day. Never play more than 2 tables. This has in mind improving my return.
Rule #3:
Unless in a tourney, never play more than 2 hours. I tend to make a lot of silly mistakes at the end of a session. I seem to lose focus.
Rule #4:
I will play 15 tourneys per month. I need to be selective and play those well. Sometimes I get busted early by another player's luck or by a bad play and I tend to start a new one quickly.
Rule #5:
I will play no more than 2 tournaments per day. This also allows me to concentrate on them and improve my reads. I tend to make a bad play if I am not concentrating or taking notes on the players.
Rule #6:
I will play only 2 tables SNGs at a time. I am not good enough to 4 table or 6 table. When I did try it hurt my ROI.
If I think of anything else I will update these rules later. Now let's set some goals.
* Make $50k overall, but breaking down about $25k in cash games and $25k in tourneys.
* Play 3k NLHE hands per month for a 4bb/100 profit
* Play 3k LHE hands per month for a 1.5bb/100 profit
* Play 1k LO8 hands per month for a profit
* Play 1k PLO8 hands per month for a profit
* Play at least 10 tourneys per month
* Play 30 SNG per month for more than 20% ROI
I think this is very reasonable, if I am capable of abiding by the rules. I will try to become more disciplined and focus on ameliorating my game by sculpting my skills... I hope my game is not as bombastic as this last sentence.
I am not sure whether I am moving my money out of my Party Poker account into Poker Stars. The new player VIP program is quite interesting and I would probably be inclined to play in it. My biggest problem is how to separate my bankrolls for tourneys and cash games since I like to play the $3Rebuys and 180Sngs there. I have to think about that. I like being an all around player in the types of the games that I described and for me this is also an important goal.
Color Up Chips - Racing (Portuguese)
Num torneio live longo com a subida dos blinds, algumas das fichas que voce iniciou comeca a acumular muito e eh recomendavel troca-las por fichas de valores maior.
Vamos dizer que voce esta num torneio de 200 pessoas onde cada jogador comeca com 5000 em fichas.
4 cores diferentes:
branca $25,
verde $50,
vermelha $100,
preta $500.
Os blinds sobem da seguinte maneira:
nivel 1
25/25
25/50
50/100
100/200 - color up branca
nivel 2
150/300
200/400
300/600
400/800 - color up verde
nivel 3
500/1000
etc...
Se comecou com 200 jogadores, depois do primeiro nivel metade deve cair, e mais metade depois do outro e assim em diante. Isso eh a natureza de um torneio, sempre acontecerah assim...
O que importa eh que quem vai ficando vai acumulando as fichas de quem vai saindo. Entao eh necessario que em alguns niveis as fichas com denominacoes menores sejam retiradas da mesa para acabar com o acumulo. Como que isso eh feito?
Vamos supor q numa mesa de 10 jogadores, quando chegasse no fim do primeiro nivel os jogadores estivessem com os seguintes stacks.
J1 - 22525
J2 - 18250
J3 - 3850
J4 - 33050
J5 - 5575
J6 - 9000
J7 - 13425
J8 - 20025
J9 - 7050
J10 - 550
No fim desse nivel fichas de cores amarelas com denominacao 1000 irao ser adicionadas. Entao eles fazem o seguinte: eles comecam a trocas as fichas maiores por fichas de denominacoes menores. Se ele tem 201 brancas, que equivale a 5025 em fichas, ele ira receber 5 fichas amarelas e uma sobrara que participara da corrida. Eu vou demonstrar como eles ficariam. O mesmo vai acontecendo com as outras denominacoes. Os proprios dealers vao fazendo essa troca durante o torneio para agilizar mais o processo.
J1 -
15 fichas amarelas
10 fichas pretas
20 fichas vermelhas
10 fichas verdes
1 ficha branca
J2 -
10 fichas amarelas
12 fichas pretas
20 fichas vermelhas
5 fichas verdes
J3 -
4 fichas pretas
15 fichas vermelhas
7 fichas verdes
acho que voces ja entenderam mais ou menos...
O que importante eh quando fica fichas sobrando. No caso do jogador 1, 5, 7 e 8.
Nesse caso eles tem 1 ficha cada sobrando. Entao acontece a corrida pela ficha de denominacao maior. Essas 4 fichas de $25 sao trocadas por uma de $100. O dealer solta uma carta para cada jogador e quem tiver a maior carta entre os 4 jogadores fica com a ficha de $100.
Isso que eh color up e race the chips durante um torneio. No caso de fazer os color up das fichas de $100 eh possivel que um jogador tenha mais de uma ficha para ser trocada por uma denominacao maior. Exemplo 2:
J2 50300
J3 61100
J4 75700
vamos dizer que todas as fichas dos outros jogadores foram divididas corretamente. Mas esses jogadores nao puderam fazer essa divisao desde que tem umas denominacoes que nao quebram bem. Entao faz-se o seguinte:
J2 tem 3 fichas de 100, j3 tem 1 ficha de 100, e J4 tem 2 fichas. Nesse caso duas fichas de 500 seriam introduzidas. Os jogadores iriam correr por essas duas fichas. O dealer distribui 3 cartas consecutivas para o J2 e 1 carta para o J3 e duas cartas para o J4. O primeiro jogador com a maior carta recebe uma ficha e o segundo recebe a outra.
Vamos dizer que voce esta num torneio de 200 pessoas onde cada jogador comeca com 5000 em fichas.
4 cores diferentes:
branca $25,
verde $50,
vermelha $100,
preta $500.
Os blinds sobem da seguinte maneira:
nivel 1
25/25
25/50
50/100
100/200 - color up branca
nivel 2
150/300
200/400
300/600
400/800 - color up verde
nivel 3
500/1000
etc...
Se comecou com 200 jogadores, depois do primeiro nivel metade deve cair, e mais metade depois do outro e assim em diante. Isso eh a natureza de um torneio, sempre acontecerah assim...
O que importa eh que quem vai ficando vai acumulando as fichas de quem vai saindo. Entao eh necessario que em alguns niveis as fichas com denominacoes menores sejam retiradas da mesa para acabar com o acumulo. Como que isso eh feito?
Vamos supor q numa mesa de 10 jogadores, quando chegasse no fim do primeiro nivel os jogadores estivessem com os seguintes stacks.
J1 - 22525
J2 - 18250
J3 - 3850
J4 - 33050
J5 - 5575
J6 - 9000
J7 - 13425
J8 - 20025
J9 - 7050
J10 - 550
No fim desse nivel fichas de cores amarelas com denominacao 1000 irao ser adicionadas. Entao eles fazem o seguinte: eles comecam a trocas as fichas maiores por fichas de denominacoes menores. Se ele tem 201 brancas, que equivale a 5025 em fichas, ele ira receber 5 fichas amarelas e uma sobrara que participara da corrida. Eu vou demonstrar como eles ficariam. O mesmo vai acontecendo com as outras denominacoes. Os proprios dealers vao fazendo essa troca durante o torneio para agilizar mais o processo.
J1 -
15 fichas amarelas
10 fichas pretas
20 fichas vermelhas
10 fichas verdes
1 ficha branca
J2 -
10 fichas amarelas
12 fichas pretas
20 fichas vermelhas
5 fichas verdes
J3 -
4 fichas pretas
15 fichas vermelhas
7 fichas verdes
acho que voces ja entenderam mais ou menos...
O que importante eh quando fica fichas sobrando. No caso do jogador 1, 5, 7 e 8.
Nesse caso eles tem 1 ficha cada sobrando. Entao acontece a corrida pela ficha de denominacao maior. Essas 4 fichas de $25 sao trocadas por uma de $100. O dealer solta uma carta para cada jogador e quem tiver a maior carta entre os 4 jogadores fica com a ficha de $100.
Isso que eh color up e race the chips durante um torneio. No caso de fazer os color up das fichas de $100 eh possivel que um jogador tenha mais de uma ficha para ser trocada por uma denominacao maior. Exemplo 2:
J2 50300
J3 61100
J4 75700
vamos dizer que todas as fichas dos outros jogadores foram divididas corretamente. Mas esses jogadores nao puderam fazer essa divisao desde que tem umas denominacoes que nao quebram bem. Entao faz-se o seguinte:
J2 tem 3 fichas de 100, j3 tem 1 ficha de 100, e J4 tem 2 fichas. Nesse caso duas fichas de 500 seriam introduzidas. Os jogadores iriam correr por essas duas fichas. O dealer distribui 3 cartas consecutivas para o J2 e 1 carta para o J3 e duas cartas para o J4. O primeiro jogador com a maior carta recebe uma ficha e o segundo recebe a outra.
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