First Lesson with Teamviewer 3

I had my first lesson using TeamViewer 3 yesterday, I think it went really well. Hooooof said he could see my screen at the same resolution I see it.

I played for two hours mainly on my own with Luke watching me, looking for mistakes, better lines and where I was going wrong. He also occasionally couldn't hold back and told me where I was going wrong as I played.

I have a...sort of diary...called 'The Gospal by Muan', Which is basically a note of all the comments and critiques Hooooof makes when we go through my hands from each session. Its a way of recording where I need to improve to hopefully help me develop into a better poker player. Anyway... I made notes on his summary after my TeamViewer session, they are as follows:

• Try and bluff/win pots that no villains seem bothered about, if there is a lot of checking going on make a bluff and take down the pot. (The Turn is the best place).

• When I have 0 showdown value it is more important to try and take down a pot when bluffing spots are available.

• Raise a lot more when its BB vs SB, Any two cards!

• Adjust ranges depending on villains, the tighter the blinds the more button raises. With a very aggressive player to your left play tighter from SB and cutoff and looser on button.

• Play under the gun range in the small blind.

• When someone donk bets into me, think about their range not my hand strength. AK could be good on 886, and are their small pairs and 6’s calling a bluff?

So.....

Ok, so...This is my first post on my brand new shiny blog! My very own blog... can you believe it!
I'm Joe, I'm 22 and I'm from England. Ive just recently finished my degree and because of this have been in a state of limbo for the past few months.

I started my new leash on life with a couple of Holidays, first...to Ayia Napa with my friends, Which I can say is great destination for all things fucked up and crazy in life, especially with a group of 10 fully grown men acting how 9 year old would with loads of money and alcohol.
The second departure was to Barcelona, This trip was slightly more civilised, I was with the family and so all aspects were a lot more...down to earth. I can say however that Barcelona is the best holiday destination I've ever been to and would recommend it to anyone wanting to get away.

On return to England I still couldn't bring myself to dive into working life, and so decided to take another break/holiday and stay with my friends in their uni house. This holiday initially planned on being two weeks. It turned into 3 months and I have only recently moved home at the start of December.
During my stay I made a big decision. With the help of my friend/coach/mentor/Minotaur/god Luke AKA Hooooof. It was to start taking my, already established, love for poker more seriously. This time living and learning with Luke inspired me to start playing regularly and I am now playing 6 hours a day, 5 days a week minimum.

I started with $600 back in September playing 25nl, In the pass 3 months I have managed to increase my bankroll enough to allow me to be playing 200nl.

December Has been my best month by far. I've made just over $5500, My second shot at 200nl went well enough for me to be playing here regularly. I haven't played nearly as many hands as I would have liked but its Christmas and all that so I've let myself off!
I had a down swing towards the end of the month, mainly due to running bad and then some tilt which I haven't overcome fully, I am however remarkably better with tilt than I was when I first starting playing regularly but I think I can still improve a lot.

OK so here is my graph for December:


There are a few hands I must share with you, This first one nearly made me cry, I cant actually believe I did it to this day. I shove this turn thinking it is just me and the short stack with 4 pittance dollars, How I missed the other Villain I don't know, The fact that he was the only one that covered me and happened to have flopped a set made me sick to my stomach when he snap called.

***** Pacific Hand History for Game 54586489 *****
$1/$2 Blinds No Limit Hold'em - *** 12 27 03:31:19 2007
Table Brandy Highball (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 4: doc153 ( $73.7 )
Seat 5: gyshenk1 ( $12 )
Seat 7: LosePas ( $586.67 )
Seat 8: Monaez ( $577.85 )
Seat 9: ps890 ( $196.42 )
gyshenk1 posts small blind [$1].
LosePas posts big blind [$2].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Monaez [ As Jh ]
Monaez raises [$8].
ps890 folds.
doc153 folds.
gyshenk1 calls [$7].
LosePas calls [$6].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3c, 7d, 10h ]
gyshenk1 checks.
LosePas checks.
Monaez bets [$569.85].
gyshenk1 calls [$4].
LosePas calls [$569.85].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5c ]
** Dealing River ** [ 5h ]
** Summary **
gyshenk1 shows [ 2d 4d ].
LosePas shows [ 3d 3h ].
Monaez shows [ As Jh ].
LosePas shows [ 3d 3h ].
LosePas collected [$34.2].
LosePas collected [$1129.5].

This second hand happened today, and is my biggest ever pot, I was also nearly sick when i saw what this bloke showed up with, I couldn't believe my eyes!:

***** Pacific Hand History for Game 89235102 *****
$1/$2 Blinds No Limit Hold'em - *** 12 27 18:33:57 2007
Table J-R Ultimate (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 10: vinny76 ( $227.9 )
Seat 1: NatAllin ( $440.2 )
Seat 5: brettnr1 ( $477.99 )
Seat 6: Rolle72 ( $199 )
Seat 8: Monaez ( $835.71 )
Seat 9: slowmen ( $276.35 )
brettnr1 posts small blind [$1].
Rolle72 posts big blind [$2].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Monaez [ 10s 10d ]
Monaez raises [$8].
slowmen calls [$8].
vinny76 folds.
NatAllin folds.
brettnr1 calls [$7].
Rolle72 calls [$6].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 10h, 8h, 6s ]
brettnr1 checks.
Rolle72 checks.
Monaez bets [$18].
slowmen calls [$18].
brettnr1 raises [$40].
Rolle72 folds.
Monaez raises [$100].
slowmen calls [$100].
brettnr1 calls [$78].
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qs ]
brettnr1 checks.
Monaez bets [$160].
slowmen folds.
brettnr1 calls [$160].
** Dealing River ** [ Ks ]
brettnr1 checks.
Monaez bets [$549.71].
brettnr1 calls [$191.99].
** Summary **
brettnr1 shows [ 8d 9h ].
Monaez shows [ 10s 10d ].
Monaez shows [ 10s 10d ].
Monaez collected [$1085.98].
Monaez collected [$357.72].