DayLee Grinder

Wanted to touch briefly about online tells I have been watching for the ever since I started playing and believe me-EVERY online player has leaks in their game! You might not be able to pick up on someone holding their breath, the way a person swallows, starring at the flop or hands shaking like you in live poker however online poker players are full of tells and the we NEED to take advantage of them!

-Betting in Odd amounts to make the bet look big I find this to be a sign of weakness usually. Let us say blinds are 100/200 and someone bets 499, more than likely they are extremely weak. Betting this way, they are trying to intimidate their opposition while betting as little as possible. Really this bet is only 2.5 times the BB and the player is weak. Someone with AA preflop, or the nuts, will not try to look deceptive. Players betting 2 times to 2.9 times the BB from position are often playing marginal hands and NEED to be triple barreled.
-Pause and then villain bets- They want us to think they have a hand and are deciding whether to bet or not. When they check they expect us to check hehind. Jam that pot now!
-Instant call- They want to portray strength however they are weak or on a draw. Watch out for flush or straight card to hit, if these dont drop-Jam the pot again!
-Quick River Bet- Typically will mean villain has a strong hand as they did not give much thought into the play. A bluff takes some time for them to process. Quick bet on the turn or river, you better have the nuts cause villain has some goods.

There are many more online tells that I have read about or noticed and I will try and keep an ongoing blog about them are some point but time to hop on and play some cards.

dNA

New goal and focus is going to be to log 50,000 hands of 25NL and log 100 $6.50 90-man KOs on Full Tilt Poker. I have played on the majority if sites during my Bonus Whoring days and I still to this day find Full Tilt to be the best site out there! By far the easiest to navigate menu and options plus there is a lot of action. Poker Stars is a great site as far as action but I find it extremely difficult to navigate through.

Been trying to grind through some MiniFtops events on FT but WOW! total donkeyfest 101! I really hope the SCOOP on PS is not a total donkeyfest like this. Seriously do they put down a nice meadow of green grass and a beautiful stream for these donkeys to come feed on? I do realize that we want donkeys in our tournaments however too many makes it difficult which is why playing poker is clearly a game of skill! Anyone plan on playing in some SCOOP events?

Place 22nd in a $42k guarantee over the weekend. Played with absolute confidence and I feel confidence is a part of the game that I am missing for some reason. Been on a pretty awful run of cards for quite a long time. I am not one to complain out my bad luck but feel the tides turning and I MY FAVOR! Was a little upset at the payout only being $180 for 22nd out of 2700 but meh I was more happy to play well and confident.

Until next time, may all your cards be letter of the alphabet!

dNA

Well seems Operation 10k is just not right for my life at the moment so changed the blog to random thought and scribbles about poker, life and everything else. More to come soon