Don't bluff fish imo.

Poker Stars $1/$2 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 896277

The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

UTG: $40.00

MP: $868.55

Hero (CO): $123.25

BTN: $219.00

SB: $101.00

BB: $100.00

Pre Flop: ($3.00) Hero is CO with Q J

1 fold, MP raises to $4, Hero raises to $14, 3 folds, MP calls $10

Flop: ($31.00) 3 2 6 (2 players)

MP checks, Hero bets $10, MP raises to $40, Hero raises to $109.25 all in, MP folds

Final Pot: $111.00

Hero mucks Q J

Hero wins $108.00

(Rake: $3.00)

Back Grinding :)

Holiday season is over, wife and baby are away all weekend and I finally find some time to get some hands in!

Played 11 hours in total today and feeling good despite a small loss;

Was looking like a bad day for a while :)

Rusty but refreshed

Not too much happening and haven't played hardly at all this month due to vists from family and friends.

Am also having some computer problems and really hope the new bits I have ordered turn up soon and are a good short term fix. I don't think it will be long before I need a new setup though which sucks.

PC permitting I will be back grinding tomorrow and am excited to start implementing some of the stuff I discussed with Corwin last week. Will start off with some 100nl to blow the cobwebs away and take it from there.

Corwin Cole & Clicking the Right Button

Inspired by my group coaching / profit share experiment, and coupled with the fact that I feel my own game has gone a bit stale lately, I decided to contact Corwin Cole - [vital]Myth on CR - to register my interest in his profit share program.

After some inital discussions by PM, Corwin kindly offered to give me a free lesson to see where I am at, with no obligation to sign up to any of his coaching services. I am extremely grateful for this and was blown away by his coaching style, professionalism and amazing ability to listen to problems and offer innovative solutions instantaneously.

In just over an hour we managed to identify a number of issues in my thought process, discuss the reasons behind these failings, look at ways to make better decisions during game time and set up a daily study/development routine focused on learning (as opposed to putting the time and effort in which has never been a problem for me).

I am not going reveal all his tricks and tips publicy, nor my leaks, but I will give you an example:

Corwin advocates a 4 step thought process:

1. Make a read
2. Consider All Options
3. Calculate EV
4. Click the Right Button

Everyone can improve in all four areas, me included, but I have seen this 4 step process in his videos and am always thinking logically when at the tables.

A problem for me, however, is when my logical thought process is telling me one thing and my insticts (or gut feelings) are telling me another. This presents me with an inner conflict and the logical side usually wins as I can provide reasoning for my decisions rather than 'just knowing' which always sounds vauge and stupid. Or so I thought!

Having explained this to Corwin I was blown away by the discussion that followed. This is getting a bit tl;dr already so I will leave out the nitty gritty details but in short I have been making a big mistake trying to shut out my insticts, which have been developed through almost 1 million hands and hundreds of hours coaching and analysing hands, and I now fully understand how my brain is functioning and why this conflict occurs.

So I have a leak that lies somewhere between steps 3 and 4 and need to start recognising the value of my insticts. I don't think that gives away too much :)

Unfortunatley we didn't have time to iron out the details of future coaching and/or profit share but I sincerely hope we can work something out. I have an opportunity here to take my game to a whole new level and really have to take it!