bankroll, blinds, information,

Poker is the biggest game in the world. It is a game of cards played with your cards face down and players makes series of bets to win the pot. It is very famous on all parts of the world. Its most known tournaments are the World Series of Poker, World Poker Tour. It made the game of poker very popular all around the world by making it visible on tv, attracting players by showing the glory of winning and thrill of bluffing.

Ive been playing the game for 3 years now, and i can say that im a good player, im a winning player i just need to improve my discipline during my down swings. The greatest player in the world said everyone has his own swings, up swings and down swings. A winning player knows how to control the swings and maximize his winnings. If you are winning, you need to stay playing, these swing doesnt come always and you need to play and be careful not being too greedy. Downswings are difficult specially for a gambler. These are situations where it will test a players discipline, attitude, reaction on the moment. You can see if you have the discpline to stand up if youre having a bad luck, attitude if youre hard-headed or if youre smart and reaction if youll gonna smile or angry on the situation. It will be a test on you as a player. One of my problems in the past why i failed playing poker is my bankroll management, if i lose i tend on playing my whole bankroll just to get even and ending up quitting the day without a big chunk of my bankroll. Poker has swings and managing your bankroll can save your money and give you an opportunity to fight another day. Its just one of the different sides of poker other than the cards you hold in a game. Now i can say compared before that i control my bankroll better. I stand up if i lose more than i can afford to lose that day, and that make me a better player and made me play poker a lil bit longer. It gives me the freedom i have right now to do what i want to do because of the time i have, money i have.

Adjusting your game is very crucial in poker, adjusting your play according to the blinds you play into is key to be a successful player. Playing in the lower blinds 10/20, players tend to call a lot of times. Players call bluffs, value bets, protection bets. Players in these blinds are calling stations. So its stupid to bluff in these blinds. Well its great to make value bets on these blinds, players always call and sometimes think that they are being bluffed off the pot. I used to be a 25/50 player, i prefer 10/20 now because you can control your bankroll more, and control the swings more efficiently. I read on an article on the web that you must have 20 buy-ins as your bankroll to be effective. You wont be pressured because you have a lot of chips to play to, and you can play your best. Higher levels like 25/50, 50/100 are games i used to play. With no bankroll management, i played tight waiting for premium hands and that affected my play. My opponents knew how to play me, they exploit my game and its very frustrating for me. I feel like i cant get any chips and players will only play me if they have the best of it. Bankroll management is very important and its essential to play well.

Make the board your bestfriend. Read and study the board, analyze if opponents hit the board and make the appropriate move. You can analyze by gathering information how the hand was played, was it raised, re-raised. With gathered information, you can know where you stand on the hand. Getting information is an advance side of poker, this move can cost you chips on early but i can save you on the long run. This information will keep you informed on how to move forward on the pot, will dictate your actions should be. Your bets will serve as a information getter whether your opponents have a good hand or not. Imagine how easy poker would be if you could see your opponents hole cards, you can make the best decisions, you will know whether you have to protect your hand, control the pot and make the appropriate value. This can make your poker game efficient by make the correct decisions every time.

TIGIDOINKS

Kung makikita mo si tigidoinks makulit, malaki ang tyan, mtaba, mdaldal. Si jollibee nga. Makulit sya dahil handa sya palaging makipagkulitan sayo makipagharutan. Mlaki ang tyan.. sa inom i doubt it. Ndi sya ung tipo ng taong magiinom dahil sa problema ndi sya ang taong nakikita kong may problema.. seryoso. Kung meron mang taong ganun sya na yta. Ndi mo sya makikitaan ng problema napakasayahing tao, nakakainggit. tawa ng tawa biro ng biro madaldal. Mtaba dahil malakas kumain hehe at madaldal. Napakarami nyang tawag sa isang tao, ispagetti, kamote, tigidoinks. Self amusement, kahit tawagin kang kamote, dahil sa masayahin nyang aura tatawa ka. babaliwalain mo lang.

Ndi sya perpekto, maramot sya, mayabang mahangin pa. Masyado na din syang mataba d na maganda. Ndi dahil ndi maganda sa mata ko, pero gusto ko pa syang tumanda. Bumalik tayo sa mga iba nyang ugali. Maramot sya, nagkwento sya sa sakin tungkol sa lipak na salaping napanalunan nya oo tma sya malaki nga yon pero ni isang subo ng ano mang pagkain d ko ipinaramdam nya sa aken. Yan ang isa sa mga gwain na ininiwasan ko, ang magkwento at ndi mamahagi, kung may nagawa ka at ayaw mong mamahagi wag mo nang ikawnto maawa ka naman sa kinukwentuhan mo. Tungkol sa mga panalo nya ndi sya tahimik, alam yata ng buong metro ang panalo nya pero mga katrabaho lang nya ang may grasya. Ganyan yan d matigil ang bunganga pagmay nagawa prang pulitiko.

Ndi ko ginawa itong blog ko pra ipagkalat ang ugali ng kaibigan ko, ginawa ko ito pra lalo ko pa syang ipagyabang. Ndi nya magagawa ung mga nagawa nya kung ndi sya magaling. Marunong sya tsumempo, dun sya mgaling. Alam nya kung kelan sya dapat umatake, umatras. Kelan tumulak kelan susuko. Ugaling kailangan mo kung gusto mo manalo sa poker. Pumili ng tamang oras. "PICKING YOUR SPOTS". Basta alam nya, ndi ko alam kung papaano pero lahat ng gawin nya tama. Npakawais na tao. Wais sya d papatalo. D papagulang. Ayon Magulang. Ang gulang. Aggressive. Ang taong passive, ndi magulang kasi takot. Naninigas. Sya ang swim iba ay sink.

Ok si tigidoinks (ron tunay na pangalan) masayahin, winner. ndi sya stress kaya naman maganda plagi ang laro. matalino. sabi nga ni benjo, maraming naiinis, nayayabangan kay tigidoinks kasi magaling sya. matalino sya. Myabang man may ipagyayabang. Kya kesa maasar ka sa kanya enjoyin mo na lang sya, try ko ding enjoyin buhay ko bka manalo din ako. Langoy howard, Langoy.

Family time, Unwell, Education

Its my second day here staying in the house because of this sickness. I have cough and cold and not feeling well. I hope that this will soon be treated with the medicines i take because i have to move, earn something for my family. Im lucky to have my Mom taking care me, She is still willing to buy me some medicines and buy me food. Thats caring for you. Even how hardass you are, this things happens where you need someone, to help you fasten your recovery. I made my laundry tomorrow and it was sooo hard. I have to do it, i dont want my laundry to be as tall as a mountain. It will only make my laundry much more harder to do. And its not like I can do my laundry anytime i wish, i have to consider if the place is packed with laundry of other people in the house so when I saw that the place is empty I did the laundry.

I don't want to waste my time not doing anything while im recovering, so i tried what i want to do which is to create a online poker account. There is a website that gives you a free $50 start-up that you can use to start online. You just have to read some of their tips and answer their quiz and you'll get your $5o. So to pass the quiz ive written some of the important things discussed:

BankRoll Management:

25bb rule

Make money in poker:

The secret of poker is: avoid making mistakes yourself while taking advantage of your opponents' mistakes.

Playing aggressively puts pressure on opponents, pressure makes them prone on making bad decisions. When they make bad decisions, you win their chips.

Common Mistakes:

They play too many hands and, as a result, many hands that are too weak.

They play too passively.

They have difficulty folding, and end up paying too much for speculative hands, for instance.

They bluff too much and at the wrong times. Often they unnecessarily inflate pots with pure bluffs.

They don't factor in their position at the table.

They don't practise good bankroll management and anxiety about their money dictates how they play.

What you do in contrast to be a winning player:

You only select hands that are worth playing.

You play aggressively.

You don't have a problem with folding, if the situation becomes unprofitable. You don't get “attached” to your cards.

You don‘t bluff much but when you do, you do it at the right time. You don't bluff when you're playing for a big pot.

You adapt your game according to your position at the table.

You manage your poker bankroll well and can make moves because you know they are profitable, without worrying about the fact that you might sometimes also lose the hand.

Table position

Early, Middle, Late, SBBB.

Everytime a table losses a player, you subtract from the early position i.e. 8 players 1 early postion 3 mid, 2 late, SBBB

STARTING HANDS: choosing the right hands pre-flop and doing the proper action pre-flop can make ur decisions after the flop easier.

Early Mid Late Blinds

BIG PAIRS Raise Raise Raise Raise

AA KK QQ

AK Raise Raise Raise Raise

JJ Raise Raise Raise Raise

Raised Call Call Call Call

Low pairs:

Unraised Fold Call Raise Call

99-22 Called Fold Call Call Call

Raised Fold Call Call Call

Middle Ace

AQ, AJ, Unraised Fold Raise Raise Raise

A10

Called Fold Fold Raise Call

Raised Fold Fold Fold Fold

Low Ace

A9-A2s Unraised Fold Fold Raise Call

Called Fold Fold Call Call

Raised Fold Fold Fold Fold

Suited Fold Fold Raise Raise

Face Cards Fold Call Call Call

KQ KJ K10 Fold Fold Fold Fold

QJ Q10

J10

Fold Fold Raise Raise

Face Cards (o) Fold Fold Fold Call

Fold Fold Fold Fold

Suited Conn, Fold Fold Raise Fold

10-9 9-8 Fold Call Call Call

8-7 7-6 Fold Fold Fold Fold

6-5 5-4

How to play hands pre-flop

When NO ONE has raised you and you have a raising hand, Raise 4x BB + 1 BB for every player that came in. See chart.

When 1 Person raised before you and you have a raising hand, Raised 3x the raise + 1 raise for every player that called the raise. AA KK QQ . For JJ TT call20.

When facing a MULTIPLE raise before you and you have a raising hand, Go All-In. AA KK.

When facing a RAISE AFTER you raised and got a raising hand, Go All-In. AA KK. For AK AQ, fold. For hands lower than AA KK, you can call and see the flop for a set if you and your opponent has more than 20x the raise. Call 20.

For min-raises, call if you already entered the hand.

How to play pre-flop

When NO ONE has raised you and you have a raising hand, Raise 4x BB + 1 BB for every player that came in. See chart.

When 1 Person raised before you and you have a raising hand, Raised 3x the raise + 1 raise for every player that called the raise. AA KK QQ . For JJ TT call20.

When facing a MULTIPLE raise before you and you have a raising hand, Go All-In. AA KK.

When facing a RAISE AFTER you raised and got a raising hand, Go All-In. AA KK. For AK AQ, fold. For hands lower than AA KK, you can call and see the flop for a set if you and your opponent has more than 20x the raise. Call 20.

For min-raises, call if you already entered the hand.

On the Flop

In No-Limit Hold’em the aggressive, thinking player who carefully selects the spots to show aggression, wins. Every bet and every raise should have a purpose.

If you raised pre-flop, you can become the aggressor because you represented a BIG hand. Now, you can put chips on the pot for value. On the flop these bets are called Continuation bets.

Know when a board is good for CBETS or not. Good to CBET when a high card, ace, pair is on the board. Its bad to CBET when the board is draw heavy. Try to bluff extremely tight players if you think the flop did not connected them.

When to bluff, when opponents are comfortable folding.

Protection: Protect your hand if your hand is vulnerable on the flop.

Dont bet if youre not holding the best hand.

Why not to bet

There are a lot of good reasons not to bet or raise, for example, when you have absolutely nothing at all. Three other good reasons not to bet are: pot control, bluff induce, and slowplay.

Pot control

Once you see the flop you should more or less know what kind of pot you want to play for. If you have a monster, you want to play for a big pot and go all-in if possible. If you have a weak hand, you don't want to see any big bets and would prefer to play for a small pot.

The saying goes: Big pots are for big hands, small pots are for small hands. When you don't have a really strong hand (top-pair is seldom a very strong hand), you don't want the pot size to get out of control.

This is what we refer to as pot control.

You can play for pot control when the board isn't offering any noteworthy draws and you are in position. In this example the community cards do not allow for any strong draws. You don't need to protect your hand on the turn.

If you check, this is what happens:

If your opponent does have a better hand, you lose less. You keep the pot small.

If your opponent has a weaker hand, perhaps a weaker pair of aces, a pair of eights or some other pair, he will often fold if you bet. When you check, you signal weakness, which might animate him to bet on the river, either as a bluff or because he thinks he has the best hand. Even if he doesn't bet, it is more likely that he will call a river bet that you make.

Slowplay

Whenever you play your hand as though it were much weaker than it actually is, you are slowplaying. Instead of playing as if you had a strong hand, you feign weakness and play the hand “slowly” and wait for later streets to bet or raise.

By under-representing your hand you can animate your opponent to overplay a weak hand or give your opponent the chance to pick up a playable hand.

Let's say you hit a full house on the flop. There aren't many hands your opponent could have that he would continue to play if you show aggression. By not betting, you give him the chance to either pick up something playable on the turn, or go right ahead and do something stupid on the flop itself.

Don't slowplay against too many opponents and don't slowplay on draw-heavy boards. Don't slowplay against passive opponents, either. You should only slowplay when you are certain that your opponent will take the bait and overplay his hand.

For most normal scenarios slowplay is the worst route to take. The reason is that there is a simple rule of thumb on the lower limits that you should never forget: your opponents are more likely to call a bet than to bet themselves. The reason for this was already mentioned: The average player in the lower limits is too loose and too passive.

*Nver slowplay a flush*

The weaker your hand, the more you should focus on pot control. The stronger your hand, the more you should focus on maximizing value. The more vulnerable your hand, the more you should focus on protection.

How should you play made hands?

Playing with made hands is relatively simple. If you have the best hand, you bet or raise. The weaker your hand, the more you need to pay attention to controlling the size of the pot. Try to keep the pot small with weak hands, and if your opponents offer too much resistance or make too much action, fold.

The more opponents you are facing, the stronger your hand needs to be. If there was no raise before the flop or if you called a pre-flop raise, you should have a really good hand before you get involved in any large post-flop pots.

Only slowplay with very strong hands. The more draw-heavy the board, and the more vulnerable your hand, the more important it is to focus on protection. Don’t let your opponents see the next community cards too cheaply.

Always try to find a balance between pot control and protection. You don't have to protect a marginal hand that could already be far behind.

Don't chase draws! If you have a flush draw on the turn, you will complete your flush on the river less than 20% of the time. You're wasting money when you call big bets on the turn. (So try to pressure your opponents by making a big bet on the turn)

If you raised before the flop, you can continue to play aggressively with a lot of draws, as long as you are only facing one or two opponents. You will, for example, almost always place a continuation bet on the flop when you have a strong draw.

When you are facing several opponents, or opponents who call every bet on principle, you can't bluff. The same counts when it comes to playing draws aggressively. You should only play a draw aggressively when you know your opponent(s) can fold.

Understanding the concepts of pot control and protection is very important. You don't want to play for a big pot with a mediocre hand. At the same time, you don't want to let your opponents see the next card for a cheap price when you have a vulnerable hand.

You should by now know that betting is only profitable when weaker made hands call, or when you protect your hand against draws. If you don't have the greatest hand and your opponent is giving you the chance to get to the river cheaply, take him up on it.

In general, the same rules you learned for pre-flop play can be applied to your play on the flop, turn and river:

Play tight and avoid marginal situations.

Play aggressively and take an active part in shaping the action instead of calling opponents' bets.

Play in position. Always look for the chance to play with position on your opponent(s), just like you do before the flop.

If you play by these principles you'll already have a considerable advantage over other players who you encounter at the low stakes. There is however a lot more to learn! As you move up in stakes, the games get more challenging. More advanced knowledge is needed to develop into a truly fearsome player.

These are some of the tips, very useful tips i read on the website (pokerstrategy.com) Hope these can help me a better player and more profitable player. Now ill be taking the test goodluck to me!

Pokerflop

Meaning of pokerflop: missed opportunity in poker tournament. (2) playing very poorly in a poker tournament.

Metro 1M guarantee: Labor day special.

May 1. It was a very good day in poker in Metro a lot of great tournament players in the Philippines came out to play this 3k buy in tournament to test their skills. Pokermanila was there covering and documenting the event. In the beginning i didnt plan to play. The tournament was 3 in the afternoon and i woke up 2:30. I arrived there 5 o'clock and a player asked me if i played the tournament. I said no. Then i asked the receptionist if after 2 hours i could still join and they said yes. So i joined the tournament. The notable players in my table are Gia Guison and Emmanuel Gomez. We good good cards are eliminated some of the players in the table. I got lucky with my JJ which setted on the flop vs QQ from the girl whos the wife of Barney Garrido. The players that replaced them namely Janno Alvarez and Mike Takayama are great tournament players and later Mike won the tournament. Mike doubled me up with my KK vs A9 at the end of day 1.

Mike is a very aggressive player, he has a great pre-flop and post-flop game. He silently observes his opponents stacks pre-flop to know how to make a move on them. Thats why he won 2 major tournaments in a row and won dozens of tournaments in metro. He plays like Gus Hansen who is a very aggressive player as well by stealing pots, blinds, antes and has a sick post-flop game. Mike started playing low buy-in tournaments with a stake with his friends. That served as a practice for him for the big buy-in tournaments in the metro. He plays without abandon as he was not playing his own money, raising almost 75% of his hands and offers a sick post-flop game a lot of players cannot handle. I must admit mike outplayed me a lot of times in tournaments and that take me out of the game knowing that i was bluffed (he shows his hands at me everytime) and that my chips will help him win the tournament. Those instances should help me with my game instead of throwing me off my game. Poker is a fast-paced game specially in the high ante tournaments that you have to adjust your game according to your opponent immediately. It must be played with relentless aggression to constantly accumulate chips, build a crazy image and get payed off with your big hands, make your opponents fear your chips. Making them feel reluctant raising you. And I must admit that my tentativeness cost me my tournament. I finished 44th place and got nothing. I was VERY UPSET with the way i played because these are once-in-a-lifetime opportunities that come by in your life and i blew it all away.

With this tournament, i realize not just my game, but my personality as well. I grew up avoiding fights, confrontations and messing people up. That sometimes makes me unassertive on the things I want to do or not doing what i want to do just to please people. I always put myself on the defense: with reasoning i tend to defend myself instead of saying what i really want to be, do, what im trying to do. With defense, you forget to think forward. You just stuck yourself at the moment, thats what you do when you defend. Thats not what i want to be, i want to make something out of myself. I want to be aggressive, creative, assertive. I dont want to be stuck up where i am now and regret the rest of my life not being aggressive on the things i wanted to be.

I can say this came from what i was raised. I was raised by a single parent and She was being dominant on the things that She was us to do. Shw wants us to obey everything that she orders and that made me scared most of my childhood and wary that shell be upset. I carry that out from my childhood and now im on the defensive most of the time. I dont want to upset people up, always worried about the troubles of my actions and that somewhat made me tentative on doing the things i must do to succeed. Now I must get out of this slump before its too late for me. I must start being aggressive, always be on the offensive and be creative. Be brash, not worrying what may happen to me when things go wrong because by being smart, logical makes you on the defensive. Aggressive, Offensive, Creative. I hope i can be that. I hope this experience and this blog will help me change to what i want to be and let me live with success and without regrets.