Hoopy stops procrastinating

Dude hand #2 I had to take a second look and make sure it wasn't me with the quads. I had a hand yesterday that was so similar.

Couple of hands from last session.

weaktight | Hand | 2As - $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Holdem

Couple of hands in, assuming he's not great due to stack size. I think turn barrel needs to be bigger after I choose to cbet this board. River is probably a call seeing as he can still have air in his range at this point (87, FD's) that he'd bluff with.


weaktight | Hand | AJs - $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Holdem

lolFR hand, fish who is limp calling a ton pre so far. This board with SPTK is usually a check for me given that I have a BDFD and it might be difficult to get 2/3 streets of value from this guy, where as checking flop can maybe induce him to bluff the turn. I'm not really sure tbh as this type of hand comes up all the time. I think the river is fairly close.

Also random philosophical monologue.

<Hoopy>one thing I realized this month in poker
<Hoopy>it doesn't really matter how you run
<Hoopy>ldo simple but still
<Hoopy>once you stop caring about variance
<Hoopy>poker is a lot more relaxing
<Hoopy>like run good/bad is a key part of the game
<Hoopy>but why worry about it?

Originally Posted by HoopyDude

Also random philosophical monologue.

<Hoopy>one thing I realized this month in poker
<Hoopy>it doesn't really matter how you run
<Hoopy>ldo simple but still
<Hoopy>once you stop caring about variance
<Hoopy>poker is a lot more relaxing
<Hoopy>like run good/bad is a key part of the game
<Hoopy>but why worry about it?

Totally awesome. Sure it's important in a sense but you have no influence over the outcome. I stopped looking at aiev. know if you are playing well / why you are better / how you are exploiting / etc.

Also hand 2 I bet flop for value and check back dry turns or bet again if there is a flushdraw / better str8 draw. But I think you can get two streets from worse jacks. As played river kindof sucks but I like your fold as long as he's a passive fish postflop. His sizing / line is really weird though. 4s doesn't really do much for his range. but since he's a fish he will generally suprise you with a slowplayed hand or j4s given his line. or 44.

Originally Posted by dneureiter

Totally awesome. Sure it's important in a sense but you have no influence over the outcome. I stopped looking at aiev. know if you are playing well / why you are better / how you are exploiting / etc.

Also hand 2 I bet flop for value and check back dry turns or bet again if there is a flushdraw / better str8 draw. But I think you can get two streets from worse jacks. As played river kindof sucks but I like your fold as long as he's a passive fish postflop. His sizing / line is really weird though. 4s doesn't really do much for his range. but since he's a fish he will generally suprise you with a slowplayed hand or j4s given his line. or 44.

Yeah or he can have Kx sometimes, probably need to bet this turn for protection as well.

Link to October graphs.

http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerfo...ml#post1984489

Hand played recently, 22/15 over 41 hands. I don't think bet calling this river is good tbh.

weaktight | Hand Poll | AA - $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Holdem

Also need to starting potting/overbetting more against fish who can't fold.

What is he repping? A delayed set? JTdd?

luck hes gonna have a bunch of floated overs like AdJd and shit like that, i doubt he continues on the turn with them though without a flush draw...on the river it obviously looks like he hit his flush...depending on how passive he is this could be QQ...it sucks cause you only need 22% equity...blah id call cause im a station but i doubt your ever good and i doubt hes turning T9 or 88 into a bluff on the scare river card. he could have q9s (like 2 combos), misplayed sets from earlier streets, maybe T8s or something (doubtful though) idk tough spot

Yeah, I wasn't making a comment as if you should call/fold. Also, any particular reason why you chose to never post hands on the form and just link it out?

In game I would prob fold. Or at the very least think that I should fold. Or maybe he is pulling the Mississippi bluff.

-!luck

philly pretty sure you need to win 30%
1.5 / 1.95 + 2(1.5)
1.5 / 4.95 = 30,3%

Originally Posted by dneureiter

philly pretty sure you need to win 30%
1.5 / 1.95 + 2(1.5)
1.5 / 4.95 = 30,3%

....wat?....i dont think your talking about the last hand he posted


he is calling 5.29 (not 1.5 dont know where you got that)...to win 23.93 (8.99x2 + 5.95)....so do the math yourself and youll see im right

Originally Posted by philly and the phanatics

....wat?....i dont think your talking about the last hand he posted


he is calling 5.29 (not 1.5 dont know where you got that)...to win 23.93 (8.99x2 + 5.95)....so do the math yourself and youll see im right

imma tard different hand

Originally Posted by !Luck

Also, any particular reason why you chose to never post hands on the form and just link it out?

Being lazy mostly, I might start posting them using the converter in the future so it's easier for people to view.

Kinda tired but going to try and put some hands in tonight.

Few hands from last session.

No reads, this hand shows up one of my big leaks, making BAD CALLS. Because what is he potting river with that I beat. Also cbet flop?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (4 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB ($10.24)
Hero (BB) ($10)
UTG ($10.15)
Button ($10.20)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q, Q
2 folds, SB bets $0.30, Hero raises to $0.90, SB calls $0.60

Flop: ($1.80) J, 9, K (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($1.80) 10 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $1.30, SB calls $1.30

River: ($4.40) J (2 players)
SB bets $4.60

Total pot: $4.40


Betting turn too thin? Guy is a semi nit, probably should c/f.


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (5 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (UTG) ($10.62)
MP ($11.05)
Button ($9.85)
SB ($10.05)
BB ($8.27)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 6, 6
Hero bets $0.30, 1 fold, Button calls $0.30, 2 folds

Flop: ($0.75) 3, 4, 10 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.50, Button calls $0.50

Turn: ($1.75) J (2 players)
Hero bets $1.30

Total pot: $1.75


25/14 over 57 hands
Don't like the way I played this hand, can't just get it in on the turn, bet flop check/call turn seems better

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (CO) ($10.86)
Button ($6.22)
SB ($16)
BB ($12.21)
UTG ($10.37)
MP ($10.14)

Preflop: Hero is CO with Q, 10
2 folds, Hero bets $0.30, Button calls $0.30, 2 folds

Flop: ($0.75) 9, 3, K (2 players)
Hero bets $0.40, Button calls $0.40

Turn: ($1.55) 8 (2 players)
Hero bets $1.10, Button raises to $3, Hero raises to $6.70, Button calls $2.52 (All-In)

Total pot: $12.59

hand 1 - bet flop, pot turn, fold river
hand 2 - don't cbet
hand 3 - cbet bigger. Obviously check turn, and why 3b with like 20% equity at most and zero fold equity?

So this isn't an update I particularly want to make but it's needed. I've lost 22BI at 10NL in the past 3 months (around 15k hands), granted it's a small sample but it's dented my confidence quite a bit. Not sure if I'm running/playing bad but taking some more time to study would be a good idea, and identify some leaks.

One leak I know already.

• Not paying attention to SPR or my bet sizing.

Edit to add another leak.

• My VPIP from the small blind is 27%, needs to be a lot lower since playing there sucks.

Wow I'm so disappointed with myself, decided to play a bit last night for the first time in a while. Quickly up 2BI's starting tables with donks playing good poker with no FPS. Then just seemed to tilt it for no reason and play bad. I mean misplaying easy hands is so frustrating especially when I'm normally fine tiltwise. Luckily I quit early but still.............

Much more positive update, had more free time recently so sneaked in some 10NL mainly starting tables and playing HU. Currently watching Phil Galfond play Peter Eastgate HU and rereading some of NLHE T+P.

Simple hand I played yesterday. Op hasn't been playing long but doesn't seem that good. Flop nizzles and get min raised, I figure his range is very polarised (77/22, Kx, air) and since I have blockers Kx is fairly discounted. I decide to call and let him spew on the turn. On the river I don't think he has a K much, should have just shoved for pot as it's probably ≥ EV as $3. Moar hands like this please.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (3 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (SB) ($10)
BB ($10)
Button ($8.14)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K, K
Button bets $0.20, Hero raises to $0.90, 1 fold, Button calls $0.70

Flop: ($1.90) K, 2, 7 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.80, Button raises to $1.60, Hero calls $0.80

Turn: ($5.10) 7 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button checks

River: ($5.10) 8 (2 players)
Hero bets $3, Button calls $3

Total pot: $11.10 | Rake: $0.54

I'm on break for Christmas now so I've got loads more time for poker especially since I'm stuck at home due to the snow.

Managed to have 4 winning sessions in a row (1k) which is great as it lifts me back into the black this month. Obviously a big confidence booster with the hammering I've taken in recent months.

More of the same please!

WP sir.
What do you mean by (1K)? You made a K, or you played 1k hand sessions?

I doubt he made 100 BI

Originally Posted by !Luck

I doubt he made 100 BI

This sadly.

I'm thinking about goals for the next year regarding poker. Here's a few I've thought up so far.

• Studying more coherently.

Instead of just randomly reading a few pages of books and watching bits of videos I need to plan studying around specific areas of the game

• Moving to FR for a while.

At 6 max I'm spewing too much in the blinds and UTG/MP with crappy offsuit hands and in general Auto piloting a lot postflop. FR is a slower/tighter game that should allow me to work on fundamentals more.

• Meditate each day.

Very +EV life for me.

So starting now some short term goals.

- Reread spoon's Blind "Defense" post.
- Ditto Pokey's on 2+2.
- Find a Sauce's post in m2m's thread about 3betting vs calling with KJs oop.
- Watch Renton's FR video on 2+2.
-10 minutes meditation per day for the next 3 days.

Have a good new year everyone!

First update of the month. 10NL FR is going good and I'm finding 6 tabling to be about right for me atm, mainly starting tables since I feel my edge in HU is pretty good + more fish + wait lists are HUGE.

I've done all my short term goals though I slacked off on meditation. Topic of study this week is going to be big pots which I seem to fuck up on a regular basis.

- Review all +/- 60BB pots in the last 10k hands.
- Reread COTW "Valuebetting".
- Meditate every day. (5 mins at least).

Originally Posted by HoopyDude

First update of the month. 10NL FR is going good and I'm finding 6 tabling to be about right for me atm, mainly starting tables since I feel my edge in HU is pretty good + more fish + wait lists are HUGE.

I've done all my short term goals though I slacked off on meditation. Topic of study this week is going to be big pots which I seem to fuck up on a regular basis.

- Review all +/- 60BB pots in the last 10k hands.
- Reread COTW "Valuebetting".
- Meditate every day. (5 mins at least).

Edit : Redone my HUD setup to be more streamlined/useful.

Hoopy it was fun to see you on the felt the other day!

I'll just do a quick update since I've got exams atm and likely won't play much poker until the end of the month since revision is taking up most of my time. Played 7k hands at 10NL and down 4BI overall.

Regarding goals I've meditated each day and reread COTW "Valuebetting". Reviewing all those big pots will have to wait a while.

Also got a 1 month Grinderschool subscription, so I'll try to watch some videos when I get the chance.

Exams finished 3 days ago. I've been celebrating with partying, poker and football (winning combo imo).

Got 2 days to get 77FPP's for silverstar which is actually a decent bit of grinding 6 tabling 10NL FR.

Watched a few more GS videos, I'd recommend them to anyone who wants to get better at poker. In particular Carrotz/m2m/d0zer's videos are excellent.

Well I made silverstar with time to spare, hopefully it should be easier to maintain it now.

In other news January was another breakeven month for me, win 4BI then lose 5BI constantly. Graph reflects this.



Lifetime graph for 10NL (25NL shot/deathrun @62k).



Next couple of days are going to be spent studying red/blue line guides to try and figure out how to improve both. Obviously green is the most important but I figure studying some stuff won't hurt.

hoopy! run better man!! aaagghhh

Originally Posted by Penneywize

hoopy! run better man!! aaagghhh

This.

Only played 2.8k hands this month yet up 8-9BI so yeah game is ez etc etc.

Going to need moar volume to retain silverstar this month.

I'm also reading Phil Galfond's articles he wrote for bluff magazine, great stuff so far as he has a really clear way of explaining concepts.

Some hands.

41/13 over 80 hands
likes Ax, not folding any top pair

Flop bet is ok, if I check I don't know how much he'll stab with air/draws. He reps the nuts because that's what he always has. I can find a fold on the turn.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB ($9.40)
BB ($7.65)
Hero (UTG) ($29.61)
MP ($16.80)
CO ($11.22)
Button ($8.49)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with Q, Q
Hero bets $0.40, 2 folds, Button calls $0.40, 2 folds

Flop: ($0.95) 4, K, J (2 players)
Hero bets $0.70, Button calls $0.70

Turn: ($2.35) 3 (2 players)
Hero bets $1.60, Button raises to $3.20, Hero calls $1.60

River: ($8.75) 2 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $3.50, Hero calls $3.50

Total pot: $15.75 | Rake: $0.76


14/0 over 30 hands and hasn't done much so far. Since he's 3betting me SB vs UTG his range should be fairly strong, say (QQ+,AK). Given this I should 4bet and get it in here, post flop calling is better because he'll turn his hand face up later on. Also vs a really tight range I'm actually behind.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB ($10.37)
BB ($23)
Hero (UTG) ($10.65)
MP ($10.11)
CO ($13.80)
Button ($8.63)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with K, K
Hero bets $0.40, 3 folds, SB raises to $1, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.60

Flop: ($2.10) 10, Q, 7 (2 players)
SB bets $1, Hero raises to $2.90, SB raises to $9.37 (All-In), Hero calls $6.47

Turn: ($20.84) J (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($20.84) 9 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $20.84 | Rake: $1.03

WINNING MONTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (LOL VOLUME)

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Stars 10NL Graph

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Full Tilt 2NL donking around.

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Obviously small volume but it feels pretty good to book a winning month

Got a plan for the next month regarding poker since I'm feeling motivated right now. I'm going to play ~ 600 hands a day to make Silverstar by the 15th, maybe even Goldstar at the end of the month if I grind a ton. In the future I'll move up to 25NL at $750-800 which should allow me to get Goldstar for sure and then buy the $300 bonus.

Roll is $410, lets go biatchs!

Got over 600 hands today, started to spew in last 100 though.

Need to avoid stuff like this.

Guy was 50/36 over 15 hands. I should fold this pre or just call, 3b is wtfumoronbad. Flop is dire as well, am I betting for value or as a bluff vs this mostly unknown guy?

10NL isn't about this kind of hand.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (5 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP ($9.75)
Button ($8.27)
SB ($10.05)
Hero (BB) ($10)
UTG ($9.90)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 6, 8
3 folds, SB bets $0.30, Hero raises to $0.90, SB calls $0.60

Flop: ($1.80) J, 6, K (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $0.90, SB raises to $2.60, Hero folds

Total pot: $3.60 | Rake: $0.17

Overall happy with how I played today.

Originally Posted by HoopyDude

WINNING MONTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (LOL VOLUME)
..............................
Obviously small volume but it feels pretty good to book a winning month
..............................

Roll is $410, lets go biatchs!

Dude great job last month and I'm sure it'll continue on in March as well. Fuck volume win/feel good!

Quick update. I've played 2.1k hands so far this month, off pace for silverstar but overall I'm playing good.

Finally linked my macbook to the tv meaning the tables/stats are much easier to see. Playing 4 6max tables atm which is comfortable for me.

Going to study some GS vids in the next few days. I'll end with a few hands.


23/16 over 31 hands, first 3bet. Never sure in these situations, folding is likely best without history/better reads.


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (5 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

BB ($10.96)
UTG ($8.59)
Hero (MP) ($10)
Button ($10.23)
SB ($8)

Preflop: Hero is MP with 10, 9
1 fold, Hero bets $0.30, 2 folds, BB raises to $1, Hero calls $0.70

Flop: ($2.05) Q, A, 6 (2 players)
BB bets $1.10, Hero folds

Total pot: $2.05 | Rake: $0.10


Readless. The 3bet pre is close without reads/stats, rest of the hand is pretty standard with pair + fd and usually 45% equity vs his range.


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

CO ($5.90)
Button ($9.91)
SB ($12.28)
Hero (BB) ($10)
UTG ($10.42)
MP ($9.85)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 9, 7
3 folds, Button bets $0.40, 1 fold, Hero raises to $1.40, Button calls $1

Flop: ($2.85) 8, 7, A (2 players)
Hero bets $1.35, Button raises to $2.70, Hero raises to $8.60 (All-In), 1 fold

Total pot: $8.25 | Rake: $0.40


Not a reg/unknown. Raise preflop with position + initiative looking to cbet and take it down vs his weak range otf. Cbet of $0.80 is better. Turn is the fish death line, I chose to stick it in though I'm not at all sure this is correct even stoving some ranges.


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP ($8.83)
CO ($8.85)
Button ($10)
SB ($18.10)
Hero (BB) ($10)
UTG ($10)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 6, 3
4 folds, SB calls $0.05, Hero bets $0.50, SB calls $0.40

Flop: ($1) Q, 4, 10 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $0.60, SB calls $0.60

Turn: ($2.20) 5 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $1.70, SB raises to $3.40, Hero raises to $8.90 (All-In), SB calls $5.50

River: ($20) 7 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $20 | Rake: $0.99


57/19 over 63 hands.

Flop cbet 7/7, turn cbet 3/3.

Minraise is his standard, I call getting 7-1 pre. So far he's been cbetting every flop and most turns. Flop is decision time and on this turn calling is +EV imo.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (BB) ($15.27)
UTG ($10)
MP ($9.15)
CO ($15.35)
Button ($13.65)
SB ($3.99)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q, 10
1 fold, MP bets $0.20, 1 fold, Button calls $0.20, SB calls $0.15, Hero calls $0.10

Flop: ($0.80) 7, 6, 10 (4 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, MP bets $0.40, 1 fold, SB calls $0.40, Hero calls $0.40

Turn: ($2) 7 (3 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, MP bets $1.20, 1 fold, Hero calls $1.20

River: ($4.40) 3 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP checks

Total pot: $4.40 | Rake: $0.21

H2) 3b seems bad vs randoms with less than 100bb's because leik everyone is a station etc. on the flop we do have a lot of equity vs like anything, but seriously do we have more than 50%/how much better is folding? im not really sure about cbetting, but i like calling his minraise and c/decide based on sizing a lot more than shipping it because hes like never folding. just because getting it in is +EV because of dead money doesnt mean we should do it, etc.
H3) turn is so gross. its not like hes ever bluffing but you see AA and Qxd here so often along with lolflushes. f'in death lines how do they work?

good luck hoopy

Quick update. Played 400 hands this afternoon and ended up $22. Playing well but putting in no volume.

One of the reasons I've been putting in such little volume is due to a lack motivation in general. This week has been pretty dire in terms of productivity in all aspects of my life, hopefully things will pick up in the near future.

Should be able to get a decent grind in tomorrow evening after 5 hours of lectures. Hurt my ankle playing football so can't play sport for a while hence more free time.

Feeling run down atm due to flu and my ankle taking a while to heal. No grinding for 3 days.

30 hands on everyone.

UTG has just sat down.
MP is 57/17
BTN is 25/6

Squeeze pre? Thoughts on river appreciated.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (SB) ($10)
BB ($10.02)
UTG ($4)
MP ($5.70)
CO ($7)
Button ($7.15)

Preflop: Hero is SB with J, J
UTG (poster) checks, MP bets $0.50, 1 fold, Button calls $0.50, Hero calls $0.45, 2 folds

Flop: ($1.70) 10, 10, 4 (3 players)
Hero checks, MP checks, Button bets $0.77, Hero calls $0.77, 1 fold

Turn: ($3.24) 8 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button checks

River: ($3.24) 10 (2 players)
Hero bets $1.50, Button raises to $3.50,

im sorry i dont see where u posted reads on mp

Originally Posted by Imthenewfish

im sorry i dont see where u posted reads on mp

Edited my post.

Put in more hands over the past few days. I'm 340VPP's away from silverstar. Rough calculation is that I need to play 4000-4500 hands to make silverstar, so that's around 550 hands per day.

Setting that as a short term goal.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (2 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (SB) ($10)
BB ($10)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 5, 7



Hero bets $0.30, BB calls $0.20




Flop: ($0.60) 4, 6, 3 (2 players)



BB checks, Hero bets $0.45, BB raises to $1.40



Hero raises to $3.90, BB raises to $9, Hero raises to $9.70 (All-In), BB calls $0.70 (All-In)



Turn: ($20) 8 (2 players, 2 all-in)



River: ($20) 8 (2 players, 2 all-in)



Total pot: $20 | Rake: $0.50

Results:
Hero had 5, 7 (straight, eight high).
BB had 6, K (two pair, eights and sixes).
Outcome: Hero won $19.50

Here's my graph for March.



+10 Stellar reward
+7.50 FTR Freeroll

BR is currently at $554. Hopefully with a good month I'll be able to move up to 25NL at some point.

Random aside, vs multi tabling nits you don't exploit them by trying to be deceptive postflop. Steal their blinds and 3bet them if they fold most of the time, if lots of money goes in postflop have the near nuts (setmining). I need to remember this.

Only played 700 hands so far this month, I'll study and play more in the next few days.

Update time. April has been a swingy month so far with a little over 4k hands played and net +$15.

I read an old article by Galfond from bluff magazine. Loved it so much I read all the other ones available.

Why by Phil Galfond | Bluff Magazine December-2007

There are two big whys in poker:

Why am I doing what I'm doing?
Why is he doing what he’s doing?

Interesting how many decisions we make overall in a single hand, the why behind those reasons is soooo important. Basically I found it to be a great read and it really inspired me to try to reason through every decision I make.

Also read the intro bog post by this Portuguese guy who has been crushing all stakes up to 100/200 after only playing for like a year. Sick motivation for me to get much better.

Jose [Girah] Macedo

I made the decision to start learning some PLO in addition to NLHE, hopefully they'll have some learning crossover but mainly it's because nano stakes PLO is a potential goldmine.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

CO ($10)
Button ($4.19)
Hero (SB) ($10.49)
BB ($10)
UTG ($6.70)
MP ($12.14)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 10, 10
1 fold, MP bets $0.30, 2 folds, Hero calls $0.25, 1 fold

Flop: ($0.70) 7, 2, K (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $0.40, Hero calls $0.40

Turn: ($1.50) 5 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $0.90, Hero calls $0.90

River: ($3.30) 10 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $2.30, Hero raises to $8.89 (All-In), MP calls $6.59

Total pot: $21.08 | Rake: $1.04

He was 18/9 over 11 hands so lol stats. Turn is interesting and I'd definitely like comments.

C/r on river is the best play imo with the flush draw bricking off, lets him bet all his value hands (maybe a small % of air) and then potentially make a call with Kx+.


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (5 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

BB ($10.56)
UTG ($10.25)
Hero (MP) ($10.15)
Button ($9.65)
SB ($4.41)

Preflop: Hero is MP with J, 10
UTG bets $0.35, Hero calls $0.35, 3 folds

Flop: ($0.85) 8, J, 4 (2 players)
UTG bets $0.60, Hero calls $0.60

Turn: ($2.05) 10 (2 players)
UTG bets $1.46, Hero calls $1.46

River: ($4.97) K (2 players)
UTG bets $2.60, Hero calls $2.60

Total pot: $10.17 | Rake: $0.49

Guy was 20/15 over 20 hands and insta bet river.

Pre is a standard call for me given we're 5 handed with position and a very playable implied odds hand.

Turn bet is typed and usually for value, so I can raise/fold small to get value but still fold to a shove since most people won't felt overpairs/AJ/KJ on this turn

River decision is close to neutral EV.

Full Tilt Pot-Limit Omaha, $0.02 BB (6 handed) - Full Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

CO ($1.19)
Button ($1.39)
SB ($1.09)
BB ($0.99)
Hero (UTG) ($0.91)
MP ($0.65)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A, A, 5, 6
Hero bets $0.07, MP calls $0.07, CO calls $0.07, 2 folds, BB raises to $0.36, Hero raises to $0.91 (All-In), 1 fold, CO raises to $1.19 (All-In), BB calls $0.63 (All-In)

Flop: ($2.97) 8, 5, 4 (3 players, 3 all-in)

Turn: ($2.97) 7 (3 players, 3 all-in)

River: ($2.97) K (3 players, 3 all-in)

Total pot: $2.97 | Rake: $0.19

Vs 2 very bad players. Ran some equities vs various hands and found out that it's fine to get it in here as I intuitively thought. People tend to overplay QQxx-TTxx from what I've seen, generally I try to limp in and flop a set. In general playing hands that make nut set/straight/flush's or huge draws seems to be working, I'll start probably buy in for like $2 now with a $35 bankroll.

To all who got shafted by the sites being blocked in the US I hope that things work out for you.

Stay strong guys.

Not really a great day, played 850 hands at 10NL and 225 at 2PLO and ended down 3 and 1 BI's respectively.

Just not my day really, lost some preflop all ins as well as a bunch of pots in various situations.

I've got to remember that poker is a long term process, over analyzing short term results is an easy way to make you go nuts.


Guy was 79/26 over 34 hands. I choose to 3bet for value pre rather than call even though I might be in some tricky spots on later streets. Bigger would be better pre

OTF he has $4 left in a $3 pot, I need to bet the flop and whatever size I choose I'm committed to call a shove with my pot odds and I think he can shove Tx/random broadways/pairs and gutters enough to balance out the times he has Kx+.

As played river is meh, what hands check back twice that now need to bluff (maybe value bet from Tx)?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

CO ($10)
Button ($7.60)
Hero (SB) ($10)
BB ($10.79)
UTG ($10.94)
MP ($5.58)

Preflop: Hero is SB with J, J
UTG calls $0.10, MP bets $0.40, 2 folds, Hero raises to $1.40, 2 folds, MP calls $1

Flop: ($3) 10, 6, K (2 players)
Hero checks, MP checks

Turn: ($3) 9 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP checks

River: ($3) 9 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $1.90, Hero calls $1.90

Total pot: $6.80 | Rake: $0.33

Going to make silver star today.

Watched d0zer's ABC TAG series yesterday. I've seen it before but it was good to watch again. It reinforces the idea that beating micro stakes is about playing solid TAG poker and learning the game.

That doesn't mean playing 7/6/1% on 20 tables since that's not going to help you improve much, but trying to play super LAG isn't going to win you money.

Basically value bet strong hands big vs non regs since people call down redic wide. Their calling frequency usually won't change unless you start over betting. Almost never double barrel a fish with air.

Non regs really don't bluff as much as you think especially with draws. Raises on the turn and river are nearly always very strong hands, it's fine to fold most of your range even if it feels exploitable.

Vs regs you need to figure out how they play, most at 10NL tend to be weak passive without the nuts and don't bluff. Regs that seem decent/give you trouble are usually worth studying more using HEM/PT3, you'll improve a decent bit from doing it.

No reads on this guy, he was like 11/0 over 10. Moar on turn, river is an easy fold vs an unknown.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (5 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB ($10)
BB ($6.68)
UTG ($15.59)
MP ($4.57)
Hero (Button) ($12.39)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Q, K
1 fold, MP bets $0.20, Hero calls $0.20, SB calls $0.15, BB calls $0.10

Flop: ($0.80) J, 5, A (4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, MP checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($0.80) 10 (4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, MP checks, Hero bets $0.55, SB calls $0.55, 2 folds

River: ($1.90) 10 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $1, SB raises to $2.90, Hero calls $1.90

Original raiser is 38/24 with 3/3 fold to 3bet over 75 hands. Cold caller is a random who is shaping up to be a fish. His flop lead is interesting as it could mean a lot of things, choose to call since I'm in position getting a decent price + potential implied odds if he's strong here. Rest of the hand plays itself.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (5 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

BB ($10.25)
UTG ($10.35)
MP ($7.70)
Hero (Button) ($10.17)
SB ($6.85)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 4, K
1 fold, MP bets $0.20, Hero raises to $0.65, 1 fold, BB calls $0.55, 1 fold

Flop: ($1.55) 3, 10, 3 (2 players)
BB bets $0.60, Hero calls $0.60

Turn: ($2.75) 8 (2 players)
BB bets $0.70, Hero raises to $2.50, BB calls $1.80

River: ($7.75) Q (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $6.42 (All-In), BB calls $6.42

Total pot: $20.59 | Rake: $1.01

Opponent was playing looser than average but didn't seem terrible. He might be the type to call if he thinks you are bluffing. Betting for value on each street. I made good fold on the river imo since not many hands need to bluff once he calls 2 streets. Q8s/88 and slowplayed sets make up most of his range.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

CO ($12.35)
Button ($11.14)
Hero (SB) ($10.69)
BB ($10)
UTG ($20.18)
MP ($10)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K, K
4 folds, Hero bets $0.40, BB calls $0.30

Flop: ($0.80) 4, 2, Q (2 players)
Hero bets $0.60, BB calls $0.60

Turn: ($2) 5 (2 players)
Hero bets $1.50, BB calls $1.50

River: ($5) 8 (2 players)
Hero bets $3.10, BB raises to $7.50 (All-In), Hero folds


Don't think I had any reads on how this guy played.

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BB ($3.91)
UTG ($10.82)
MP ($10)
CO ($11.54)
Hero (Button) ($18.93)
SB ($6.63)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Q, J
2 folds, CO bets $0.30, Hero calls $0.30, 1 fold, BB calls $0.20

Flop: ($0.95) K, A, 8 (3 players)
BB checks, CO bets $0.60, Hero calls $0.60, 1 fold

Turn: ($2.15) J (2 players)
CO checks, Hero checks

River: ($2.15) A (2 players)
CO bets $1, Hero folds

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Lets forget about April imo.

May is going pretty fucking dire as I'm down 8.5BI after 5k hands. All coolers and crazy hands like the one below.

3 bettor is bad fish who has been spew 3betting a merged range, other is unknown but looks TAGish.

He has to be folding 6% to make this shove +EV, he's never folding since his range is sets/flushes and calling seems bad because I'm not getting paid on a 4 flush unless he has the Kh. So I actually need to fold.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (4 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

BB ($4.15)
UTG ($6.60)
Hero (Button) ($12.82)
SB ($10.22)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A, Q
1 fold, Hero bets $0.30, SB calls $0.25, BB raises to $0.90, Hero calls $0.60, SB calls $0.60

Flop: ($2.70) 2, 5, Q (3 players)
SB checks, BB bets $1.28, Hero calls $1.28, SB raises to $3.70, 1 fold, Hero says "fml" and raises to $11.92 (All-In), SB calls $5.62 (All-In)

Turn: ($22.62) 3 (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($22.62) 6 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $22.62 | Rake: $1

Even though I don't get too bothered about this stuff I'm currently praying for some run good.

Quick update on the month. It's been swingy with a decent recovery upwards, going to drop 1 table from 5-6 I'm normally playing just to focus a bit more.

Sadly I won't be able to play much at all the rest month since I've got 3 exams and a computing project due in.

One thing I've found fun doing is taking non standard lines with strong value hands vs TAG/LAG/reg opponents. For example leading sets on board that are good for the PFR then betting turn and river when they call. Or c/c c/c ck/jam vs barreling monkeys. The possibilities for exploitation are endless since being balanced doesn't matter at micros.

Originally Posted by HoopyDude

One thing I've found fun doing is taking non standard lines with strong value hands vs TAG/LAG/reg opponents.

It's been widely suggested and proven that being unorthodox is a key to crushing and separates the very best from the good.

inb4inorite

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gl with exams and project

Long time no update amirite?

Life has been very busy and fun recently. Exams went ok but one of them ("Theories of Space, Time and Matter") was much tougher than expected so anxious times ahead until results on Friday.

I turned 21 three weeks back so that obviously resulted in lots of drinking/partying/hangovers. On the actual day we had a BBQ round our house and surprisingly it didn't rain.

Other than that most of the time has been spent playing tennis and football and going places with friends. I enjoy tennis but never really played it until recently. Football was on and off for me when I was younger but at uni I've been playing in goal for the physics team and it's been a good for my fitness + confidence. Saw "The Hangover 2" and "X-Men : First Class" and both were better than I expected.

Today I packed up and left the student house I've been living in with 6 other people. It's amazing how well we've all gotten along over these past 2 years living together. Sadly we're going our separate ways since Claire and Jenni are graduating, Frankie is taking an MA (Engish) from home and Espen is spending a year at CERN. That leaves me, Toby and Aidan living with 2 other guys next year. We'll all stay in touch and see each other though since friendships formed living with people are much stronger than ones made at school/work imo.

May was an uninspiring month pokerwise, stress of exams did not help but should be able to put some hands in now because most of my friends are still away and the weather sucks balls. I'll try to post an update each day for a while.

Today was a lazy day. Weather is still terrible so mostly spent time inside either reading or mucking around on the xbox. Put in 500 hands this evening and will review them tomorrow. Hopefully if I set some good routines early it should help me later on.

Tomorrow I'll head into town to sort a bunch of things out, also need to speak to our new landlord regarding rent and unpack + store my uni stuff.

hey great OP, read through a lot of it and enjoyed it, gonna keep following your progress. GLGLGL

Originally Posted by fulksy

hey great OP, read through a lot of it and enjoyed it, gonna keep following your progress. GLGLGL

Cheers for the support man.

Went into town and got done most of what I needed to do. Tried to contact our new landlord but couldn't reach him Unpacked about half my things. Finally got round to watching Ep1 of Game of Thrones, found it engaging.

Poker is going ok. Feeling rusty though and I feel like I'm missing value bets and possible bluffing opportunities, also need to focus on regs as well as fish. That should improve over time.

This hand is interesting imo. I tend to lead strong hands very often in multi way pots.

UTG is 29/24 over 55 hands, 30% cbet.
BB is 23/11 over 98 hands.

I don't want this to get checked through and this board hits everyone well so i should be able to get value. When he raises jamming over seems like the only real option to me since we're ahead of his stacking off range QQ+/TT-99/KJ/KQ/AQ maybe QT. Other guy isn't great so he'll probably make more mistakes.

Is this too strong a line to take here with this hand? I feel like he might fold AQ/KQ to jam but just calling looks even stronger imo and will probably result in a 3 way turn with an SPR of 1. c/c and c/r don't seem good.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (5 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (SB) ($11.14)
BB ($23.92)
UTG ($7.84)
MP ($10)
Button ($13.06)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 9, 9
UTG bets $0.20, MP calls $0.20, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.15, BB calls $0.10

Flop: ($0.80) 10, Q, 9 (4 players)
Hero bets $0.70, BB calls $0.70, UTG raises to $2.98, 1 fold, Hero raises to $10.94 (All-In), BB calls $10.24, UTG calls $4.66 (All-In)

Turn: ($30.32) K (3 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($30.32) A (3 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $30.32 | Rake: $1.51

June has flown by. Life is like that when you're enjoying it.

I managed to sort out the rent with our new landlord + unpacked my stuff one rainy day. Finished the first 2 books in "A Song of fire and ice" and just started the 3rd. I'd recommend then heavily since the author managed to absolutely nail the characters and pace of the story.

Went sailing out to a lighthouse (15 miles offshore) with my dad in perfect weather, glad I got to spend time with him as he usually has to work a lot. Also got my exam results which were much better than expected, just got the resit in August.

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Poor results really. I'll make up some goals + post hands tomorrow.

Been playing and winning money the past 3 days. Weather is poor so tonight I'll keep revising for this resit by rereading notes.

38/21 over 25 hands, shaping up to be fish, don't know what his minraise means.

Calling pre is probably marginal but it's good to play pots vs fish. Call flop because it misses most of the high cards in his range and I think we have implied odds (5 outs) + can continue on any club/5/8. Basically I think we'll win a big pot when he has Tx/99+ and lose nothing more if we miss. Rest is fine except river can be bigger.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (5 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Button ($11.47)
SB ($7.96)
Hero (BB) ($18.37)
UTG ($8.62)
MP ($12.17)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 4, 6
UTG bets $0.20, 3 folds, Hero calls $0.10

Flop: ($0.45) 4, 10, 7 (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $0.20, Hero calls $0.20

Turn: ($0.85) 4 (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $0.40, Hero raises to $1.70, UTG calls $1.30

River: ($4.25) 8 (2 players)
Hero bets $2.50, UTG calls $2.50

Total pot: $9.25 | Rake: $0.45


No reads. 41/0 over 14 hands.

Preflop is a must call with pot odds and position.

Calling flop + turn >>>> raising either because this guy is unknown and I have no fold equity vs his 3betting range on this board (except TT/99).

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MP ($6.91)
CO ($9.66)
Hero (Button) ($10)
SB ($12.31)
BB ($20.45)
UTG ($10.75)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 7, 4
3 folds, Hero bets $0.30, SB raises to $0.50, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.20

Flop: ($1.10) K, Q, J (2 players)
SB bets $0.50, Hero calls $0.50

Turn: ($2.10) 7 (2 players)
SB bets $0.50, Hero calls $0.50

River: ($3.10) 3 (2 players)
SB bets $0.60, Hero raises to $2.40, SB calls $1.80

Total pot: $7.90 | Rake: $0.38


Unknown player

Pretty normal for me to lead very strong hands and draws here, thoughts?

On the river I bet really small to get a call from Qs/9s/slowplayed sets though this might cause him to raise with Qs. Betting seems the right play to me though I'd welcome other suggestions.


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MP ($9.85)
CO ($10)
Button ($14.07)
Hero (SB) ($10.88)
BB ($10)
UTG ($10.42)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 10, K
UTG calls $0.10, 1 fold, CO checks, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.05, BB checks

Flop: ($0.30) Q, J, 6 (4 players)
Hero bets $0.40, 1 fold, UTG calls $0.40, 1 fold

Turn: ($1.10) 5 (2 players)
Hero bets $1, UTG calls $1

River: ($3.10) 7 (2 players)
Hero bets $1, UTG raises to $3, Hero folds

Total pot: $5.10 | Rake: $0.25


Turn is a bad card, maybe c/f?


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Hero (UTG) ($10.80)
MP ($10.15)
CO ($6.55)
Button ($3.43)
SB ($10)
BB ($10)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with Q, K
Hero bets $0.40, 1 fold, CO calls $0.40, 3 folds

Flop: ($0.95) 10, K, 2 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.80, CO calls $0.80

Turn: ($2.55) 9 (2 players)
Hero bets $1.35, CO calls $1.35

River: ($5.25) 4 (2 players)
Hero bets $1.40, CO raises to $4 (All-In), Hero folds

Total pot: $8.05 | Rake: $0.39

i usually raise flop on hand 1 (prob major leak, but i think there's lots of good cards that you can barrel turn with.)

hand 4, yea personally don't like leading turn, i think c/f or c/c are both better.

Originally Posted by fulksy

i usually raise flop on hand 1 (prob major leak, but i think there's lots of good cards that you can barrel turn with.)

hand 4, yea personally don't like leading turn, i think c/f or c/c are both better.

Didn't actually consider raising but it's def a valid option. We'll take him off hands with decent equity against us (overcards, gutters etc) and some stuff like 66/55 better 4x. Can barrel turns that improve our hand (clubs, 5, 4, 6) or cards that make straights. I guess the reason why I'm reluctant to c/r then barrel is that people at this limit tend to not be able to fold made hands.

H4 - Vs a station I think we can still value bet because they should have lots of junk that still calls but yeah against a TAG c/f is best.

Tonight I ended up playing 25NL instead of revising. It went pretty well and I ended up a buyin. Main reason I decided to play higher was because I'm feeling confident about my game + roll is in ok shape.

However I do need to stick to revising, the whole premise of this op was about how I always talked about doing things but never followed through.

yea i jumped straight into 25 nl, but play seems decent and lots of players can find the fold button it seems (not me lol) so not sure how much different 10nl is

Got in 800 hands at 25NL today, won 2BI and roll crept over 600 for the first time. I don't think I played that well, spewed in some smaller pots and missed value in a large one posted in the BC. People seem to determined to donate their stacks though.

Need to avoid doing stuff like this vs unknowns.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (5 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB ($28.21)
Hero (BB) ($25.35)
UTG ($25)
MP ($33.17)
Button ($25)

Preflop: Hero is BB with J, 10
2 folds, Button bets $0.75, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.50

Flop: ($1.60) K, 7, 8 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $1, Hero raises to $3, Button calls $2

Turn: ($7.60) Q (2 players)
Hero bets $4.50, Button calls $4.50

River: ($16.60) 5 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button checks

Total pot: $16.60 | Rake: $0.81

i think here lots of times i rather float flop and bet good turns, you have some equity on flop and because the board is drawy he probably isn't folding anything except absolute air.

as played i don't like betting turn, but i think if i did i'm barreling this river as it completes draws so you might get some Kx's or other pairs to fold and you get clubs that beat you to fold.

Some good life news in that I don't have to do this exam resit! Moar free time ftw.

I've still been playing recently though not that many hands. Lost a bit back at 25NL and have mostly been playing 10NL since. Today I played 2 sessions of 350 hands, first one was good with few mistakes. Second one I was playing too many tables and spewing a bit, decided to quit early but ran KK into AA last hand.

Tomorrow I'm going to play 1k+ hands and also watch bikes videos.

Playing 4 tables is about my optimum number at the moment. With 6 tables on my laptop I end up timing out and auto piloting too much. So 4 tables from now on. Must remember to not draw too many conclusions from a small sample of hands

I'll be away sailing for about 4 days, when I get back plan is to play 25NL for the remainder of the month and hopefully crush.

Well sailing was great (80 miles, 50 downwind). Haven't been crushing 25NL but it's getting better. There's more 3betting/aggression pre but people still make terrible mistakes on every street. I need to 3bet bluff a little more OTB vs CO/MP and blinds vs BTN, nothing too drastic though and only vs the right people (good reads). I'll have a trawl through the internet to find some articles on 3betting.

Funny how poker can be. I had a pretty tilting session for a variety of reasons, but I just took a break and booted a football around for a while then came back and played much better. Ran AK into KK twice (1/2) and got 4 outed for 1/2 a stack, still up real and ev money though.

52/8 over 50 hands. Big thing here is that he insta (< 1sec) shoved the flop so I thought that would eliminate loads of top pair hands since he would usually think about what to do for a few seconds, sets also check always imo. So I figure he has lower pairs that shove because there's no A/K out or air enough of the time to call. Anyway I called and he showed AJ so lolwat. Timing tells are really useful and I'm trying to pay enough attention so I can spot them better.

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SB ($19.36)
BB ($4.24)
Hero (UTG) ($25.70)
MP ($30.64)
CO ($25)
Button ($26.23)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 10, 10
Hero bets $1, 4 folds, BB calls $0.75

Flop: ($2.10) J, 4, 3 (2 players)
BB bets $3.24 (All-In), Hero calls $3.24

Turn: ($8.58) 5 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($8.58) 7 (2 players, 1 all-in)

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Today was a shit day at the tables. Playing 25NL with 20BI (give or take) hasn't worked out again. Always risky as a 4BI swing is pretty big chunk of your roll either way. I'm not going to try another shot with a 20BI as mentally it was always in my head that winning a stack was big deal which at the end of the day isn't a winning mindset.

25NL seemed very beatable though. So many people being crazy aggro preflop but with no adjusting, some were just clicking buttons. I'm going to go through all the hands I played there to try to find leaks and improve.

The hands I lost stacks on were varied. Ran AQ into AK on Axx in a 3bp for half a stack (don't know if I should have 3bet there). Also a retarded hand in a 4bp, TAG opens mega fish 3bets (he does this with 77+, most broadways) I 4bet AKdd and he snaps oop. Flop is J43scd he leads for like 1/5 pot and I call, checks turn and bets river 5BB and he obviously had AJ. That guy demolished me in every pot.

I had 4 great tables going but made myself quit as I was getting tilted. Confidence is low at the moment, I really want to get to small stakes but I must have some fundamental leaks that are holding me back. More study time and HH reviews are needed. I'm going to play 5NL until I've won at least 5BI (takes me back to $500) and reevaluate from there.

Sometimes we are so focused on getting somewhere we forget the actual journey is a reward in itself.

All my play today was at 5NL. Played ok but results were poor, HH reviews tomorrow.

I reviewed some of the 25NL hands, first thing I noticed was my BTN 3bet was 1.7% which is really bad as it should be like 4-5%. My fold to 3bet was 89%, a lot of the time what would happen is someone mostly unknown would 3bet me (ip or oop) and I didn't know what their range was so I made a lot of nitty folds (AQ/TT/JJ). Idk maybe its fine to fold loads until you have better reads. People seemed to be 3betting enough that 4bet bluffing was possibly viable though I never did it.

There were hands like when I had AK in MP vs a 26/20 over 50 opener, he raised to 4BB, I made it 12 he 4bets to 27 and I could probably fold since he almost always has KK+ with no history but LOL IT'S AK!

44-22 were losing money for me. Too much calling vs wide ranges and folding on most flops. Stuff like the hand below were I decide to 3bet vs an unknown and turn a +EV flat into a marginal situation.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (6 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG ($28.35)
MP ($23.05)
CO ($37.92)
Button ($12.99)
SB ($13.44)
Hero (BB) ($25)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A, Q
3 folds, Button bets $0.75, 1 fold, Hero raises to $2.50, Button calls $1.75

Flop: ($5.10) 8, 3, A (2 players)
Hero bets $3, Button raises to $10.49 (All-In), Hero calls $7.49

Turn: ($26.08) 6 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($26.08) A (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $26.08 | Rake: $1.29

random comment: Remember - the preflop 4bet is the new 3bet!

Originally Posted by Penneywize

random comment: Remember - the preflop 4bet is the new 3bet!

next you'll be telling me people 5bet shove with air.

I went through some more 25NL hands, got sick of it after it became apparent I was playing my C game constantly. So many medium pots of moderate spew, autopiloting and poor decision making. I'll finish looking through them properly before I play another hand.

Played about 1k hands today at 5NL. One thing to remember is bet big for value vs these fish, pot and overbet are fine. I tend to have a weird thought process were if I'm not up a stack after like 150-200 hands it feels like something is wrong, stomping that out right now.

Sat at a fun table for a while, 3 fish 1200/550/450BB stacks each and 2 nitty players. I obviously bought in for 250BB and was playing super loose ip with calling and 3betting a wide value range. Ended up 60BB once they were all gone/busted, just never had a spot where they had something significant when I had strong value. Still very +EV though.

Originally Posted by Hoopy

next you'll be telling me people 5bet shove with air.

It's really not bad, so long as you have some FE. you really just need them to fold a relatively small % of the time to make a 5bet shove with like T9o profitable

then again all I do nowadays is play omaha so wtf do I know? I need the nuts to make 3 big blinds and up off a hand

also: please put in some fucking volume. it's mega VIP month at stars! no excuse not to imo

I've been sailing, playing sport and generally spending loads of time outside in the sun relaxing and meditating. Not very conducive to playing poker but I love being outside.

Bought + read "Elements of Poker" and "Theory of Poker", will post thoughts on them in a few days.

Originally Posted by Hoopy

I've been sailing, playing sport and generally spending loads of time outside in the sun relaxing and meditating. Not very conducive to playing poker but I love being outside.....

Sounds like Hoopy's been procrastinating

Originally Posted by Sasquach991

Sounds like Hoopy's been procrastinating

That few days turned into a month somehow.

Life has been hectic recently (for me at least). I moved back to uni about 2-3 weeks ago and have gotten nicely settled in the new house. Seems decent bar a few minor things though I think it's going to be cold in winter due to not having much insulation.

Tried some different society's during freshers week but I'll probably stick to badminton and football and start going to the entrepreneurs society. There is a poker society though it only runs a turbo gamblefest MTT (40BB stack, 20min blinds and bad players). Hopefully they'll be some home games set up soon.

Also promised a friend I'd try to learn bass over the course of a year as they really need a bassist for the band, not exactly sure how it's going to go but I managed to pick up a surprisingly decent acoustic dirt cheap. If it goes well I'll look at buying a good electric + amp.

This year I'll need to have self discipline as I only have 9 hours weekly +Mon/Frid off. Big project this year all to do with Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation.

Anyway I played some poker today, one interesting hand, guy is a random unknown. 2 streets is too thin here? Sizing?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (3 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (SB) ($5.04)
BB ($4)
Button ($3.94)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 9, 9
Button calls $0.05, Hero bets $0.30, BB calls $0.25, 1 fold

Flop: ($0.65) 4, K, 2 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.40, BB calls $0.40

Turn: ($1.45) 4 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.90

Promise I'll update tomorrow as well kthnxbai.

Feeling very tired after today, was in Uni doing some reading for various courses for 3 hours then had an hours lecture on Cosmology which was really math heavy. I really need to keep reading this book I got for my project.

Ended up playing FR tonight for 200 hands and will definitely be increasing volume in the coming days.

Tomorrow I've got 9-10 and 2-6 lectures. I'll try to get some stuff done in the 4 hours in between then take the evening off.

Hoopy's going to Uni to become a hairdresser?

Originally Posted by supa

Hoopy's going to Uni to become a hairdresser?

*Hoopy slaps supa around a bit with a large trout

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It's tricky to find time to play on stars at the moment with badminton and football on Saturday/Sunday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Friday for 2 hours each of those days. Add in uni work and it's a very full week (good thing I guess).

Played 1.5k hands this month so far at 5NL full ring, made one slightly iffy call with QQ vs an 80BB stack shove after I raised. We had a small cash game at home with 5 people (usually 8-9) playing 1/2p 250BB deep. I ran good and didn't make any significant mistakes ending up £4, one hand I might post in the live poker forum.

Tomorrow I don't have any lectures, will be doing lots of work early then friends are coming down later. I'll try and optimize my timetable as well so I don't have to work late in the evenings which would be great.

Setting a simple goal for today.

Play 500 hands.

Might sound like nothing for some of you but relatively it's a lot for me atm. I'll edit this post later to include any interesting hands + results.

Edit:

Played 550 hands for -$4.20, feels good to actually follow through on this small goal.

Overall I think my play was decent, a little sloppy in places. I was starting tables at full ring, mostly no reads on these guys.

Got in QQ vs AA 40BB short stack and won.
100BB 4bet jam AA vs 6BB iso and 20BB 3bet, looked very strong but can't really 4bet small there.

Standard value line.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (9 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP3 ($7.03)
CO ($1.78)
Button ($3.93)
SB ($7.45)
BB ($4)
UTG ($1.90)
Hero (UTG+1) ($5)
MP1 ($1.95)
MP2 ($12.75)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with K, K
1 fold, Hero bets $0.20, 2 folds, MP3 calls $0.20, CO calls $0.20, 3 folds

Flop: ($0.67) J, 10, 6 (3 players)
Hero bets $0.60, MP3 calls $0.60, 1 fold

Turn: ($1.87) 2 (2 players)
Hero bets $1.40, MP3 calls $1.40

River: ($4.67) 8 (2 players)
Hero bets $2.80 (All-In), MP3 calls $2.80

Total pot: $10.27 | Rake: $0.50

Maybe cbet bigger, I'm ok folding turn here.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (3 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (SB) ($5.05)
BB ($4)
Button ($5)

Preflop: Hero is SB with J, J
Button bets $0.15, Hero raises to $0.55, 1 fold, Button calls $0.40

Flop: ($1.15) 10, A, 9 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.55, Button calls $0.55

Turn: ($2.25) 4 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $1.35, Hero folds

Total pot: $2.25 | Rake: $0.11

Barreling with equity vs some random 70BB stack.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (4 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (SB) ($5)
BB ($3.74)
UTG ($2.37)
Button ($9.08)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K, Q
2 folds, Hero bets $0.20, BB calls $0.15

Flop: ($0.40) 3, 4, 8 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.30, BB calls $0.30

Turn: ($1) 2 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.60, BB calls $0.60

River: ($2.20) 4 (2 players)
Hero checks, BB checks

Total pot: $2.20 | Rake: $0.10

Read daven's session review post from the "ftr threads" thread by rpm, I'll put it into practice for the 1118 hands I played today at 5NL.

Tilt control was excellent, got shafted a few times with 2 outers and made a good quit when I felt frustrated. Session was split into 300/350/300/150 hands roughly.



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Might be playing too loose for FR (16/13ish would be better), BTN ATS could be 5% higher even at these stakes. UTG+1 is weird (11% is high), SB stats are skewed because I start tables and play HU a bunch. Maybe cbet more turns?

Filter for VPIP(true) and NOT(Saw Flop)

Hardly any wide 3betting going on at 5NL, I had 1/2 good spots for it. Only one hand of any interest.

Vs a 40BB random, jamming looks good since he'll probably call 88+, AJ+. Even with the great price calling seems worse.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (7 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (MP2) ($5)
CO ($3.23)
Button ($4.93)
SB ($2.01)
BB ($2)
UTG ($3.13)
MP1 ($2.40)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Q, Q
2 folds, Hero bets $0.20, 2 folds, SB raises to $0.35, 1 fold, Hero raises to $2.05, 1 fold

Total pot: $0.75 | Rake: $0

On to postflop, one hand I posted in the BC (AQ vs a spewtard) which was bad. Also had QQ<A9hh on 542hh and KK<AK vs half stacks. Need to pay attention to how I'm sometimes overplaying good top pair hands vs regs/semi-fish, bet/check/bet can be a good line as 2 streets is ok.

6/6 over 20 hands, 4bet can be big as he's not folding much, rest is standard with teh overpair.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (9 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB ($12.50)
BB ($5)
UTG ($3.61)
UTG+1 ($7.08)
Hero (MP1) ($5)
MP2 ($5)
MP3 ($5.80)
CO ($5)
Button ($4.58)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with K, K
2 folds, Hero bets $0.20, 2 folds, CO raises to $0.40, 3 folds, Hero raises to $1.25, CO calls $0.85

Flop: ($2.57) 4, J, 10 (2 players)
Hero bets $1.45, CO calls $1.45

Turn: ($5.47) 3 (2 players)
Hero bets $2.30 (All-In), CO calls $2.30 (All-In)

River: ($10.07) Q (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $10.07 | Rake: $0.49


RAGE AT POKER GODS DENYING ME 95%!!!!!! (A2o)

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (7 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB ($1.81)
BB ($2.85)
UTG ($2.13)
MP1 ($5.30)
MP2 ($2.88)
Hero (CO) ($5.26)
Button ($5)

Preflop: Hero is CO with A, A
UTG bets $0.10, 2 folds, Hero raises to $0.40, 3 folds, UTG calls $0.30

Flop: ($0.87) K, 2, J (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $0.55, UTG calls $0.55

Turn: ($1.97) 8 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $1.20, UTG calls $1.18 (All-In)

River: ($4.33) 2 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $4.33 | Rake: $0.21


43/11 over 37 looking fishy. Would like opinions on the cbet, maybe it's ok to c/f here vs a fish with just an over + backdoors? Turn I check thinking he'll only bet Qx and ck back 8x/5x/76, so I should really follow my plan and fold.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (8 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG ($9.75)
UTG+1 ($5.26)
MP1 ($2.50)
Hero (MP2) ($5.35)
CO ($5)
Button ($4.48)
SB ($5.47)
BB ($12.50)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with K, 10
2 folds, MP1 calls $0.05, Hero bets $0.25, 1 fold, Button calls $0.25, 3 folds

Flop: ($0.62) 8, Q, 5 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.40, Button calls $0.40

Turn: ($1.42) 10 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $0.40, Hero calls $0.40

River: ($2.22) 8 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $0.40, Hero calls $0.40

Total pot: $3.02 | Rake: $0.14


Queens hold up in a 3 way all in.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (9 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

CO ($8.56)
Button ($2.27)
Hero (SB) ($5.20)
BB ($2)
UTG ($1.47)
UTG+1 ($2.50)
MP1 ($4.60)
MP2 ($2)
MP3 ($3.70)

Preflop: Hero is SB with Q, Q
UTG calls $0.05, 1 fold, MP1 calls $0.05, 1 fold, MP3 bets $0.28, 2 folds, Hero raises to $0.75, BB raises to $2 (All-In), 2 folds, MP3 calls $1.72, Hero raises to $5.20 (All-In), MP3 calls $1.70 (All-In)

Flop: ($9.50) 2, 3, 7 (3 players, 3 all-in)

Turn: ($9.50) 10 (3 players, 3 all-in)

River: ($9.50) A (3 players, 3 all-in)

Total pot: $9.50 | Rake: $0.47


Calling down vs a 12/5, given the price I think this is ok. He showed 87s which surprised me.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (9 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG+1 ($4.67)
MP1 ($6.98)
MP2 ($7.91)
MP3 ($2.29)
CO ($6.07)
Hero (Button) ($5)
SB ($4.03)
BB ($2.93)
UTG ($1.76)

Preflop: Hero is Button with J, J
3 folds, MP2 bets $0.15, 2 folds, Hero calls $0.15, SB calls $0.13, 1 fold

Flop: ($0.50) 3, 7, 10 (3 players)
SB checks, MP2 bets $0.20, Hero calls $0.20, 1 fold

Turn: ($0.90) 5 (2 players)
MP2 bets $0.35, Hero calls $0.35

River: ($1.60) 6 (2 players)
MP2 bets $0.50, Hero calls $0.50

Total pot: $2.60 | Rake: $0.12

One thing I need to study/think about/do more is double barrel more turns vs regs/TAGs, not a huge amount more but there's a few spots where I just seem to auto think "he called flop so he's not folding anything" when I need to be thinking about his range, tendencies, my equity, how the board is developing etc etc. I'll focus on it next session.

Played in the uni poker society HU tournament, drew one of the few competent players there first round and went out in a very close with some interesting dynamics. Will post a match report later.

LOL hand of the day vs 2 mega fish.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (8 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (UTG+1) ($5)
MP1 ($3.51)
MP2 ($5.04)
CO ($14.09)
Button ($3.14)
SB ($5)
BB ($4.81)
UTG ($8.09)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with K, A
UTG calls $0.05, Hero bets $0.30, MP1 raises to $0.55, 5 folds, UTG calls $0.50, Hero raises to $5 (All-In), MP1 calls $2.96 (All-In), UTG calls $4.45

Flop: ($13.58) J, 6, Q (3 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: ($13.58) 2 (3 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($13.58) 8 (3 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $13.58 | Rake: $0.67

Results:
UTG had Q, K (one pair, Queens).
Hero had K, A (high card, Ace).
MP1 had 10, A (high card, Ace).
Outcome: UTG won $12.91

I will crush micros and play small stakes some day.

Super standard shittyness. Been losing AK vs AT, A7 bullshit for 2 days.

I folded a flop the other day and the guy says "lol fold the flop?". I asked if he never folds the flop and he says no. So obv barreling the turn on that fucker like 100% now.

Hey, what kind of conditioner should I use for my dry hair?