New site

I have been playing a bit at Carbon poker lately. A small new site that allows US players. I have been taking advantage of some of their free rolls. Including a $10,000 weekly and $50,000 monthly. Very tasty!!

A good coupla weeks

Since I have left poker heaven my cards have improved. Its good to be back on the crypto network. I dunno what it is but I really like playing on the crypto network. I guess its coz its the first network I ever played on. Am getting close to being fully rolled for £1/2. Should be about there once RB comes through.

As I write this the cards have turned on me and |I lost all the sessions profit over about 20 hands. Having said that the tables have turned and I have finished with a nice profit for the day of a couple of hundred quid.

The Chalklenge: I had a bit of a bad session where I was making terrible call and managed to donk my challenge bankroll down to $350. :(

New Balance $10,000 challenge

Another bonus cleared. Currently playing NL50. Graph and stats to be posted at $1,000.

New balance : $678.

Poker chips

I recently ordered some 500 custom clay poker chips. I have got the poker taswegian logo stamped on the inside. Here are the proofs:

Reload Bonus completed.

Completed reload bonus. Balance now swelled by $100 Bonus...whoo!

Current Balance: $477.67

Will move up to NL50 whenever my roll is over $500

$172-$10,000 challenge

Current Balance: $319.74

Donkey Test

Personal Intelligence Profile for
Poker Taswegian

Poker IQ Score

Your General Poker IQ Score is 118 and shows how skilled you are in general. Anyone with a score this high is considered to be a low stakes pro. This score is better than 88.49% of all persons taking this test. You should expect to win in low stakes NL hold'em games.

You scored higher than your average score in 10 individual ability categories. 1 of these better scores could be called statistically significant and may indicate special abilities, or that you were distracted on those parts of the IQ Test that counted more heavily in the other ability categories.

Position

Solving many of the IQ Test's problems required the ability to analyze your position at the table, considering blind levels and stack sizes, the tendencies of your opponents and the strength of your hand.. Many poker situations require analysis of position. The ability to play in and out of position strongly is required for skilled NL Hold"em players.

Your Positional Play score of 117 is not significantly different from your average score. This score is better than 87.15% of all persons taking this test.

Blinds

Understanding what changes occur when out of position but required to put in half a bet are important. By far, the blinds will be any NL Hold"em player's least profitable seats. It is important to play out of the blinds correctly in order to minimize losses over time.

Your Blinds score of 114 is not significantly different from your average score. This score is better than 82.47% of all persons taking this test.

Tournaments

This is the ability to change your strategy, hand strengths, calling and pushing ranges as blinds and antes rise. It is most useful during tournament play, but is useful in dealing with short stacks in deeper stacked cash game play. It is important to learn tournament skills even for cash game specialists. Strong tournament skills should translate to more tournament cashes and deeper finishes.

Your Tournament Play score of 115 is not significantly different from your average score. This score is better than 84.13% of all persons taking this test.

Big Pairs

The ability to play big pairs correctly is important for any successful NL Hold"em player. Although over time big pairs will be the most profitable hands, playing them incorrectly can lead to disastrous results. Beginners get themselves into trouble by slow playing and/or overplaying big pairs, and often try to be excessively tricky with them. Although poor players sometimes play their big pairs correctly, it is rare. In general better players will win more and lose less with JJ+ as they gain skill and experience.

Your Big Pairs score of 99 is significantly lower than your average score. This score is better than 47.34% of all persons taking this test.

Small and Medium Pairs

The ability to play small and medium pairs is typically difficult for beginners. Typically beginners will call too much pre-flop with these hands and overplay overpairs on the flop. Folding a set is rarely correct but sometimes necessary.

Your Small and Medium Pairs score of 112 is not significantly different from your average score. This score is better than 78.81% of all persons taking this test.

Bluffing

Bluffing is big part of NL Hold"em. Bluffing and semi-bluffing at the right times is important. So is recognizing that an opponent is likely to be bluffing and acting accordingly. Balancing your own bluffs and adjusting opponent calling ranges is essential.

Your Bluffing score of 122 is exceptionally higher than your average score. This score is better than 92.88% of all persons taking this test.

Flop Texture

Adjusting your play based on the "texture" of the flop is important. The flop cards should be analyzed in light of your opponent's tendencies, his suspected hand range, and the strength of your own hand. Failing to include the flop texture in your post flop decision making is a typical beginner mistake and is easily disastrous. As you gain experience in NL Hold"em and play against more experienced opponents, it will become second nature and of paramount importance.

Your Flop Texture score of 109 is not significantly different from your average score. This score is better than 72.57% of all persons taking this test.

Pot Odds

Sometimes you are required to call when you know you're losing because the price is right. Sometimes you must fold because you're facing a bet that is too big or because an opponent does not have enough money behind to justify an implied odds call. Failing to make the correct odds calls is a major error. Sometimes it is correct to call in some surprising situations.

Your Pot Odds score of 120 is not significantly different from your average score. This score is better than 90.88% of all persons taking this test.

Logic

Logically analyzing the action during a hand is important. Players with strong logical ability are quicker to see where a given set of conditions is leading, better understand the technical aspects of the game, often move up quickly in stakes and have little trouble with bankroll management.

Your Logic score of 118 is not significantly different from your average score. This score is better than 88.49% of all persons taking this test.

Betting Patterns

An awareness of betting patterns serves a number of purposes. It is useful for analyzing the playing styles of opponents and for finding errors in your own game. Often beginning players have no awareness of common betting patterns. Experienced players are sometimes able to watch a hand, adjust for the skill, experience and tendencies of each player and determine almost exactly what each player holds.

Your Betting Patterns score of 115 is not significantly different from your average score. This score is better than 84.13% of all persons taking this test.

Hand Selection

It is important choose which hands to play by adjusting for position, stack sizes, and the tendencies of your opponents. Beginners often have no awareness of relative hand strength, often play weak hands out of position, or easily dominated hands against tight opponents.

Your Hand selection score of 121 is not significantly different from your average score. This score is better than 91.92% of all persons taking this test.

Aggression

Aggression is important in poker. It increases your equity in most hands by giving you an extra way to win the pot. Your opponent may fold. Playing passively yields only one way to win -- with the best hand at showdown. Beginners typically play too loose and too passive. Excessively aggressive players will lose less than passive players. A balanced tight aggressive strategy is typically best for NL Hold"em depending on game conditions and stack sizes. Loose aggressive style is more difficult to master but can often be extremely profitable.

Your Aggression score of 120 is not significantly different from your average score. This score is better than 90.88% of all persons taking this test.

Computational Speed

Solving problems quickly indicates a combination of experience and card sense. Experienced players can often play most hands automatically, and only require significant thought for the most complex situations. Experienced players should easily answer a good amount of the questions on this test, leaving extra time to focus on the more complex situations.

Your Computational Speed score of 97 is significantly lower than your average score. This score is better than 42.07% of all persons taking this test.

September

My worst month ever cash games. I lost about $8,000. This reflect poor play at higher stakes than I have ever played before. Built my BR up to a massive $18,000 towards the end of July on Poker Heaven and then dropped it down to about $5,0000 this month through bud luck and even worse play. Improved my play, and my luck also improved (surprise, surprise) and now BR is closer to the $10,000 mark at the end of the month.

Am only about $200 worth or rake short from getting the flatscreen TV after raking $5000 in 3 months.

One other poker related item worth noting is that I am in thye process of ordering a set of 500 customk made poker chips which will feature THE POKER TASWEGIAN logo. Will post photos when they arrive.

Goal for September; stop making crappy calls