Moving.

August 28, 2009 by Brian Townsend

I have been really busy the past month moving back to Santa Barbara. It’s been a lot of work getting everything sorted out and in order. We had a house warming BBQ last night which was a lot of fun, but suprisingly a lot of work to get set up. There is a great outdoor firepit and the hot tub was very popular. I had some good friends in town from the east coast and it was great to reunite with everyone back here in Santa Barbara.

Since the 11th I have played some mixed games, but not as much as I would like. The next two months I am going to have alot of free time, and I expect to grind alot. I hope I can get 50k hands in next month.

So far I have had results which you might have expected. In total since the 11th I have played 19k hands of the mixed games and I am up 26k. As you might expect I am making the most money in PLO and holdem. In the three stud games I am up 1.5k over 9k hands. So basically it seems I am breaking even, which is fine since those are the games where I have the most learning to do. I feel like I have come a long long way already in my stud knowledge.

My hand reading in Stud high is getting very good. I am able to put people on very accurate ranges and play them accordingly. I also feel comfortable in Razz as a basic strategy seems easy to implement. I think I have a long way to go in many of the finer points of Razz though. Stud 8 is by far my worst game, though my results have been okay. I have no concept of my equity in pots and have alot of trouble with hand reading and applying equities to make my decisions. In the past week I watched almost everyone of Eric “chipsahoya” Rodawig’s stud 8 videos which has helped a lot.

The game where I have had the worst results thus far is omaha 8. I thought I would do really well in it since I had played it more than the stud games in the past. I feel like I am playing well, so it may just be a normal downswing as I have only played 3k hands.

I haven’t been focusing much on 2-7 triple draws since it is only on Stars and I am unable to track my results. I feel like I am probably a slight loser or break even in it right now.

I think the games I’ve been playing in have been great. I think most people play NLH pretty well but suprisingly enough the game I think people are weakest at so far is limit holdem. I see a lot of bad plays like bluffing with bluff catching type hands. An example would be turning ace high into a bluff on a JT742ss board. I would guess that there is some bad play in stud games that I am unaware of, but I have been shocked at the poor play in limit holdem.

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