TsAgALaGa Blog

[TsAgALaGa]

HELLLLo!


I've played around the clock last week. Almost every day (last 5 at least) I've opened it up like 5k or 7k down, but every time it has been followed by a huge comeback. The most brutal day was Sunday which offered for me first 10k downswing but finally ended up even. So I made my biggest week ever with +25,5k€ of winnings. Last 4 weeks I've gathered ~+90k$ .

There has been some sick badbeats lately, especially last few days. Like 6-7 times I've watched those 2-4 outers coming beautifully on the river and 1k or 2k pots going to villains. It's ok in general, but if villain plays like a monkey it really brings some tilt with it. Luckily almost every time after a badbeat I've been able to bring those monies back home which feels best. I've played mainly plo1k HU and some short-handed plo1k also. I really feel like my game is more passive than ever, but the results are in line so I don't blame. There has been some superaggressive and supercallingstations -players against me so weak-tight is probably best then. In future I will definitely play more on Ongame; there are some regular villains that really give me some nice action.

I don't get why people play so little HU-poker because it definitely brings the best value for good player. It's also much more interesting and developes one as a player. And I planned to take now some time off for poker, so there is plenty of room to make money now .

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Due to € and £ -tables there are not enough dollars on graph. Also I've made like 3-4k via RB. Actually when I see this now I think my up is closer to 95 . I'll add some hands later. I would also like to have some comments about HU-video I made.

[Omaholic]

I watched the video today and also railed you PLO1K HU game in FTP few hours (two different sessions). Although its true that you are great player (there no reason to say something else, the results speaks for themself) you also run very hot. In these sessions there were about 6 hands that all the money goes in and you win 5 out of 6. One with 6 outs and other with 4 outs (board was X543 and you had 432A your opponent had 67XX river 4 - over 300bb pot), also few coinflips etc. Only one that you lose is the last hand after which you instantly sit out with $2k profit. You really handle the trash talk nicely without using any offensive lanquage

About the video: You dont fold any hand even out-of-position unless its like 555J, or similar without any potential. In my mind the style of your playing gives very big variance at least it should bring. Well, in HU the variance is always big but you open 95% of hands with pot and C-bet with pot. Then on the other hand in sit-and-go game you just limp from position even with semi-good hands. I think the later is because you want to overplay your opponent at later streets but shouldn't you just open with pot and be more agressive even in sit-and-go games? Yes, it give you a bigger variance and there's bigger luck factor but even then agressive play with positions should give better edge.

[Winnergambling]

Waiting for Tsagas comments, but of course everyone has to run hot to be able to maintain 20ptBB or so winrate.

What makes Tsagas play special is his ability to make opponents play much worse than usual somehow. I don't personally understand why they start to adapt so bad against him. I sometimes play in same ring games (we never softplay each other), and personally I think it's good for my winrate when Tsaga sits on same table, because opponents start to adapt to his play and I can benefit from it as a third party.

That's something I haven't figured out really. I disagree with Tsaga's strategy decisions at some points, but I can't complain on his results, or can anyone?

[TsAgALaGa]

http://www.pokerihanska.com/?h=396718672 Againts overaggressive villain it's good to play weak. He basically can't put me on that hand.

http://www.pokerihanska.com/?h=678820729 Great way to get pot big, so many times aggressive player bets pot on turn and almost as often chips goes in.

http://www.pokerihanska.com/?h=784809409 Poker is all about doing right bets. It always surprises me how many can't fold set on turn.

http://www.pokerihanska.com/?h=889183330 Not my biggest hand as pot size, but these kind of great places to call does lot in a long run.

Here are some hands for last week. There was plenty of bigger and maybe more interest ones but cannot post them all. I played many big pots also very aggressive, it's all about finding right aggression against certain villain.

Must ask first for Omaholic did we played agains each other yesterday on Poker Room? It just sounds like that a lot Sure I made few mistakes in that video, 2-tabling HU is always a challange. I like to mix my game a lot and maybe there was some views for that like limping good hands and calling bads etc..I put pressure a lot on villain and sometimes I can call with very weak hand if just place feels right. Also I think it's very hard to get value for me. Those may be the reasons why they so many times tilt against me like mr. WG said. Dunno clearly.

On SNG's I change my strategy many times and I think against those villains I just wanted to wait more than push sometimes (didn't raise good hands oop etc.). Sure I did ran nicely in that video, just earlier it was absolutely opposite. We just thought that this would be better for upload. And those "5/6" statistics are so small and makes me hear as luckboxx If I'd post my last AA-preflop-AI's statistics I think the sound would be a bit different: like 7/8 times villains have sucked out nicely. It just the way it goes. I promise that next time I just call that hand preflop

It would be easier to comment individual hands if you like to hear some. Peace.

[Omaholic]

Must ask first for Omaholic did we played agains each other yesterday on Poker Room? It just sounds like that a lot

Hi, no we haven't played even in same table as far as know. And playing HU against U is no brainer for me. There a lot softer players I play lower limit games. GL on that mighty run! Ps. video of deep stack HU game would be nice

[TsAgALaGa]

Hi, no we haven't played even in same table as far as know. And playing HU against U is no brainer for me. There a lot softer players I play lower limit games. GL on that mighty run! Ps. video of deep stack HU game would be nice

Okok, I could make a video playing like plo100 or plo200 deep stacked sometime. We'll see. If u railed me last night it really was sicko deep there

Here is one supercall that I made in that session. Just put villain on gutstr8 draw didn't feel str8 or flush to exist It was though very deep read.

http://www.pokerihanska.com/?h=898407960

There was plenty of big hands, in this one I really didn't put villain this strong. He bet millions of times under-pot with any 4 and folded every check-raise by me. That turn was actually a good card for me and it did suck when he turned 85.

http://www.pokerihanska.com/?h=710691941

Finally we ended up that 190mins session hero 4k villain 3k. Definitely gonna play him in future.

Today I've won +3,5k. However this river was not fair.

http://www.pokerihanska.com/?h=296315464

[TsAgALaGa]

Holla,

I'm really good with those poker-pauses: after last post I did play a lot (opposite for my plans), and on Wednesday I did lost -11k$...However I won nicely before and after, and last 3 days I've netted +22k$. Actually I've played now a bit more lower games, like plo600 or plo800 on average. Yes, I've made some great runs but it has been easy to play my best due to these nice results in near past. Specially my valuebets, bluffs and calls on river have rocked. Ongame has been quite rigged for me with one of my aliases, but now it seems that I'm also able to beat games with it. I've played HU there, usually plo1k with 40-100BB BI's. Sometimes I like just buy less amount in, and it has contributed to bring some worse players to challenge me maybe.

After my -23k$ downswing on August, It has been totally different numbers for me that I'm used to. It's kind of hard to believe that I've made now over +100k$ in just seven weeks! I think that the right number is a bit over +110k$. Some hard work has paid off for sure . Only problem is that there ain't always action for me in daytime, and sometimes I can dump a lot in plo400 becouse it's just too small game right now. I overplay there and pretty much my goal is to win every pot . It would need like 2weeks+ off for poker, after that ~plo400 feels again like "big game".

My game is now on line and I think my education would be also best-quality right now. If some of you have thinked to take hours for me I definitely recommendate to contact me now as yours benefit.

Here is a few hands at last, I just post them and If there is something that you wanna know I can try to explain. Also there is the updated graph.


http://www.pokerihanska.com/?h=767599963 Somebody asked to post marginal hands and here is one.

http://www.pokerihanska.com/?h=719597494 A bit of magic

[TsAgALaGa]

Back!

First of all, live poker is rigged and boring. I would never do that professionally - it's just too lame for me. Ok there may be some not-nice beats in near past, which affect my opinion: I've lost there quads under quads, like every flip I play and also otherwise the deck has been in absolute zero degrees Fahrenheit while playing live. It can be fun depending on table mood and amount of alcohol though, but if game is played as weak-tight and too small...then it is not so fun, IMO. I've been in those Hervanta-Live-Games where a few members from this site are also playing from time to time. There has been some good fellows playing.

I've nailed it again online. I made again weekly record with +44k$. Last 9 days I've made +55k$. So now my upswing is ~150k$ since 12th August. I've played basically plo600-plo1k HU. Ipoker and Ongame has offered some nice cash games, I think I have a nice edge there over villains at least up to 1k-games. I've made 70BB or 80BB BI's which has worked. Only negative thing is that some site-regulars not wanna play against me anymore.


Now I take some time off from poker; there has been too much tilting and bad plays that tells about too many gaming hours for me. I may add some hands with analyzes later.

[Winnergambling]

TsAgALaGa's September graph:

[Winnergambling]

It helps a lot that I'm not interested playing casinos

Says a guy, who won over 5,000€ in his first day playing +EV casino bonuses (introduced on this site at Casino Bonuses section) - I had a teaching piece though .

This guy won 12/12 of his first big bet coin flips while playing casino bonuses. Never seen a luckbox run like that ever before or after that! Always from 200€ deposit to 1400€ cash out or so. Was so sick watching that.