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Brian Townsend : Poker Blog

January 27, 2010

At one point this year I was the biggest loser stuck about 600k. I have been doing well the last few days and I am nearing even for the year.

Here is the largest pot that I played over the past few days. I was lucky to fade the flush.

http://weaktight.com/1947494

I have been doing amazing in Holdem this year, in both NLH and LHE. I have been doing better in LHE though and I have been very very happy with my play.

O8 has been going poorly for me and I think I still have lots more work to do their, particularly shorthanded. I think I overvalue some hands and need to not fight so hard

Stud games have been going well so far. I am winning big at razz this year and breaking even at stud hi. Unfortunately I am losing pretty badly at Stud 8 so I am stuck about 45k on the year in the stud games. I think this is a very good result all things considered. I feel comfortable in ring stud games, but when play is HU or 3 handed my inexperience really begins to show. I think this will just take some time and practice to become stronger in short handed play.

The game I am stuck the most in this year is PLO. So far I have played 10k hands and am down 425k in every single limit I have played. Thats pretty depressing but I am confident things will turn around. PLO is a very sick game.

Other than poker I have finally returned home after a 5 week trip which took me to San Francisco, Canada, and Lake Tahoe. Its really nice to be home and be able to relax. I find traveling for that long very draining I am lucky that I don't have any trips planned and can really focus on poker for the next few months.

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Jan 27, 10 21:32:10

good luck

Hi Brian,i wish you good luck for this year.I think you are a hard worker and you will win alot this year because of that.Im new to cardrunners and i think its fantastic.I want to improve my game and subscribe to cardrunners but is it possible to succeed in poker these day with the games getting tougher than ever??This year i want to put a lot of work and succed is it possible?Or poker is dead a lot of the pro are now playing other game now because their edge arent that big as it was.Does holdem no limit is dead?Gl

RUNSOFAR

Jan 27, 10 23:19:20

Attempting to pu half as much work in as you do

I am going to try to put half the effort that I think you put in and see how it works for me. I am trying to analyze every hand I play, and study as much as I can, watch videos. I am keeping a weekly blog just to get my ideas out and try to make sure I am noticing everything. Hopefully I can run good and stay motivated. Good luck to you as well

whodey0544

Jan 28, 10 03:12:19

That was a nice way to serve your 1 month red pro suspension.
Good luck.

uscjustallin

Jan 29, 10 10:14:07

Sick hand that AQ vs J7, youÂ´re joking about lky to fade the flush right? HeÂ´s making a checkraise with a non nut fd on a paired board where ur likely to have an A or at least just as strong of a draw and his FE is very bad. I dont get that play.

Chiptrade

Jan 29, 10 10:14:19

Chiptrade