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Sólo comunicaros que se cierra el blog porque charlydj23 se ha ido para siempre.

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I'm back again (y van...)

Pues eso mismo, que he vuelto. No sé por cuanto tiempo. Hasta que me venga otro down, me cabree y lo vuelva a mandar todo a la mierda como este verano. En fin, trataré de ir actualizando según vayan las sesiones.

Saludos y suerte en las mesas!

2+2 uNL Holdem Anthology - Volume 1


Hola a todos!
Ya era hora de que volviera a postear algo verdad? Sí, ya iba tocando. Ha pasado bastante desde mi última entrada. En esos momentos estaba pasando por un bajón grande, me sentía decepcionado y pensaba que no podía seguir adelante. Bueno, de momento los malos sentimientos han pasado. He vuelto a las raíces y he decidido dar un giro copernicano a mi aproximación al poker.

En un video que vi hace no mucho mostraron un gráfico que me marcó. Señalaba el tiempo que se suponía debía dedicar a jugar vs estudiar dependiendo del nivel en el que me moviera. Para microlímites marcaba algo así como 70% estudiar, 30% jugar. Oh my LoL! Yo estoy jugando el 90% y estudiando el 10%, puede que esto explique por qué me pasa lo que me pasa...
La explicación que daba era que el winrate/hora en microlímites es pequeño por eso si de las horas que dedicamos al poker empleamos más estudiando que jugando nuestro BR no lo va a notar mucho, sin embargo nuestros conocimientos van a aumentar de forma sustancial. A medida que subimos por los límites el winrate aumenta y por lo tanto aumenta la rentabilidad de las horas que pasamos en las mesas. Si a esto le sumamos que ya tenemos muchos conceptos aprendidos obviamente el tiempo requerido para el estudio disminuye considerablemente.

Y tras este rollo llegamos a donde quería llegar. A mi nuevo plan de estudio. He tomado la decisión de dedicar un tiempo considerable al estudio y un tiempo bastante menor a la puesta en práctica. Va a ser un enfoque bastante academicista, a ver si así consigo mis objetivos. Entre las nuevas "obligaciones" que me he impuesto se encuentran:
- Estudio de teoría.
- Revisión activa de manos.
- Uso de pokerstove y pokerazor.
- Participación en foros.

Con todo esto espero que la curva empiece a ir hacia arriba. Y para que esto ocurra ya he puesto la primera piedra. Me he puesto a buscar los artículos que me habían recomendado, los stickies de 2+2. Por si alguien no lo sabe, los stickies son hilos de un foro que se quedan de forma permanente por ser de "obligada lectura" (la información que hay en ellos es muy valiosa). El caso es que yo me he hecho con una lista (la llamaban anthology, de ahí el nombre) y los estoy recopilando para hacer unos libros con los que pueda estudiar mejor (yo estoy chapado a la antigua, prefiero estudiar sobre papel). Los voy a dividir en varios volúmenes (de momento 3 más uno de extras) de los cuales el primero está ya acabado.

Aquí os dejo la portada y el índice. Espero que este trabajo se vea recompensado en las mesas.



Content



Background

2+2 Lingo and Abbreviations by ajmargarine
BasicTheory: Expected Value by matrix128
How to Put It All Together and be a Winning Player by MikeyPatriot
Where does the money come from? by dbitel & Isura
Controlby quarkncover
When to move up: confidence & skill by BalugaWhale

Fundamentals


6Max fundamentals for SSNL players by Tien
Loose Aggressive Play by BalugaWhale
What matters, what doesn't by cbloom
A Framework For Poker Study by LearnedfromTV
The ABC's of betting in NL by various
How to use Poker Tracker by Pokey

Pre-flop

Why raise 4xBB + 1BB per limper? by various
BasicTheory - Raising Preflop (a discussion) by matrix128
Raising For Information by BobboFitos
AK vs. a reraise by various
The 5/10 Rule by various
Advice on playing SCs from an MSNLer by DJ Sensei
Isolate against the fish very frequently by whitelime
Raising small PPs UTG by various
Some interesting but common preflop situations (reverse implied odds, etc) byjohn kane
You should open-limp...NOT by RichChed



Y tras este pedazo de cacho de post, me despido.


Un saludo!



Pues va a ser que no

Nada, que no consigo levantar cabeza. Voy un poco "banduendo" y aunque estoy intentando corregir mis leaks la cosa parece que no funciona.

Al aire suelto esta pregunta: All in con AKs desde la ciega grande? sí? no? depende? Hoy ha tocado que no. A ver si otro día hay más suerte...


Cómo hacerse profesional en 3 días

Encontré este artículo navegando por internet (aquí). Si no somos todavía profesionales es porque no seguimos la metodología adecuada.

Esto es lo que hay que hacer para convertirse en pro y no mirar atrás nunca más:

Day One. Go shopping.

First on the list, and probably the most important step in this process, buy a nice pair of sunglasses. Some things to consider when picking out your sunglasses:

1. Does the shape of the glasses fit my head?
2. Do they look equally as good if I just wear them on the top of my head?
3. How do they look if I’m wearing a ball cap or earphones?

Second - Ipod. Almost as important as the sunglasses, an Ipod is a must for any aspiring pro. They add to the table image you are trying to create of being super good. Emphasis on super. Plus - everyone at the table will see the drama unfolding in any hand you’re playing as you take a moment to turn the volume down or pull the earplug out of your ear. Sometimes you can even be tricky and have the earphones in your ears like your listening to music, but you aren’t, and you’ll hear every word at the table as if you didn’t even have them in. And nobody will even know!

One thing to remember about your Ipod and listening at the table: if anybody asks you what you are listening to, no matter what you are really listening to, whether it’s the Beatles or Marley or Modest Mouse, always answer Skynard.

Third, you’ll need at least one really bad hawaiian shirt and at least one poker shirt that says something to the effect of how good you are and how bad your opponents are. Or just have it say something like “I’m all in!” with a picture of some aces or something.

Day Two. Study study study.

You’ll need to read some poker books. There are a lot of books out there, but what you’re looking for is any book by any player that you’ve seen on T.V. A good one to start with is Phil Hellmuth’s Play Poker Like the Pros. See - you can play just like them by reading this book. As you skim through the book - make sure to especially pay attention to any tables or graphs that have any sort of mathematical basis, or the words “Pot Odds” above them. Pot Odds is an important concept to be able to at least seem like you understand. It will show how good of a player you are. Make sure that at least once a session you fold to a bet on the turn, and as you muck your cards say something like “Well I had the flush draw, but I wasn’t getting the right odds, good bet good bet.” Your opponents will be impressed.

Another thing to remember is that quotes are important. Check out the movie Roundersand make sure you know all of the good lines. Be ready to recite them at the table as situations come up that somewhat resemble what happens in the movie. If you can do an impression of John Malkovich as Teddy KGB, even better. You’ll surely get a bunch of smiles from the other guys at the table.

T.V. Watch all of the WPT events on the Travel Channel and be well versed in High StakesPoker on GSN. And of course you should Tivo all of the World Series events on ESPN. Make sure while watching poker on television while you’re at a poker table to point out certain key hands on the t.v. and say something like, “Oh yeah, this hand is sick - this is where that dude hits a two outer on the river and knocks Ivey out. That’s sick. Just sick.”

Day Three. Chip Tricks.

I can’t say enough about chip tricks. The shuffle, the thumb flip, the drop and spin, and the roll. These are the basics, get them down - if you don’t know what I’m referring to - don’t quit your job, you’re definitely not ready. You might have the glasses and ipod, but if you don’t have a good “drop and spin” move down for those moments when you get raised, you’ll never make it.

Never do tricks with both hands while participating in the hand. If you have cards, you should only perform tricks in one hand as you contemplate a bet or a raise. You’ll need at least one free hand to count out chips with while you shuffle chips in the other hand.

Also, practice chip stacking. It’s super important to have a few designs prepared before you go to play at the casino. If you need some help - remember the basics: the wall, the towers, and the pyramid. These are all standard, but you can’t go wrong with any of these.

There you have it - the secrets to become a pro spelled out for you. Start on a Monday, be a pro on Thursday. Good luck and just remember - if anybody beats you in a hand they’re really just another donkey. You can tell them that too as they’re stacking your chips.