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I won’t get a chance to play anymore this month, so I thought I’d write a post about my play in September.   Once again, the month started out poorly.  Seems I have a habit of dropping a buyin or so at my current 10NL to kick off the month, then spend the rest of the month trying to get it back.  And this month was more of the same.  Part of the problem is I play so few hands that if I get down a buyin or two, it’s hard for me to turn the month into a positive one.  One bad AA or AK hand to kick off the month and I’m fighting to grind out a profitable month. (more…)

In a future post that I have partially written, I mention how KJ was a favorite hand of mine, but not so much now.  Maybe I should change that post before posting it.  Hee hee. (more…)

Things are going pretty well with Ugi teaching me how to actually play poker. I didn’t want to say anything to jinx it, but after Ugi watched my first video and offered some tips, I immediately went on an 14-session winning streak that recently ended partially due to a misclick on my part. (more…)

I think I’m going to take a break from live poker.  I used to do OK playing live.  Not at the start, but I was getting the hang of it and won more often than I lost.  But lately, I can’t seem to win live.  It’s the same as my online game…I was doing OK, but not anymore.  And now that I’m making adjustments to my online game, thanks to Ugi, you would think I would be making the same adjustments to my live game.  But it doesn’t seem to be working. (more…)

People learn in different ways. Some people do better by reading the subject’s material. Others do better in a classroom setting. Some do better by just doing it and learning as they go while others learn best by watching someone else as they explain things to you. And some do better when taught one-on-one. Most learning is probably a combination of all of the above. But I think it’s important to know which way of learning is best for you. (more…)

As I mentioned, this process is going to be a long one because Ugi and I both agree that we are busy and will work on my game when we can.  It’s more of a casual agreement and that’s fine.  So when Ugi sees something in my game and I work in it, it could be weeks before Ugi sees the change in one of my videos.  For example, he is just now reviewing the first video that shows me raising more with pocket pairs, even though the video he watched that spawned that advice was made in mid July. (more…)