6:33pm: Well, it took me a while, but I was finally able to upload and post the second tutorial. My cat was being an attention whore for most of the afternoon, and just would not leave me alone. However, I was finally able to break away and upload the second (of many) tutorials to come.

Like I go on to explain in the video, it’s not a very long one, but it’s an important one to me because it’s the one that I tied my previous record 12 straight heads up victories (new record is 18 by the way).  I can honestly say that I believe that the new record will never be broken. It took me 3,000 games to win 13 in a row at the $50 level. I plan on moving up to the $100 matches soon, where I’m sure the skill level is at least slightly higher than that of the $50’s, so I don’t think I’ll be breaking off 19 in a row any time soon, if at all.

Anyways, enjoy the video and let me know if you have any questions.

Start a Clean Slate at a New Room, a New Sharkscope, and Keep HFL Free in the Process

4:27am: Something hit me at one point during a match I played tonight: It had been a while since I had won a pot. No, check that. It had been a long while since I had won a pot. I checked the instant hand history and sure enough, it was true. “I seriously just lost 18 pots in a row”, I said to myself.

But did it matter? Sometimes it does, but a good portion of the time it means nothing at all. In fact, you might be surprised to know that I lose 56% of the hands I play. How can someone who wins so consistently lose so many pots? The answer is simple: it’s not how many pots you win, it’s the size of the ones you do win.

Let’s take a look at the instant hand history for a match I just played:

Three things should jump out like a sore thumb to you: First off, green text. It represents the 4 pots that I won throughout the course of the last 28 hands of the match. The second thing you should notice is that I basically lost the minimum in every pot that I lost. The third thing you should notice is that I basically won the maximum in every pot that I won.

So let this be a lesson in patience for those of you who’ve ever played a heads up match, and thought to yourself: “god am I EVER gonna catch a hand?” If you’re patient enough, and the blinds are still low, odds are you can weather the storm and wait for better spots to put your money in. Granted, it doesn’t always work out this way, but the good news is that when it does there are STILL people out there willing to pay you off when you’ve check/folded most of the last 30 hands you’ve played.

Start a Clean Slate at a New Room, a New Sharkscope, and Keep HFL Free in the Process