Luco's beginner to winner

By thin value I mean a smallish value bet on the river that gets looked up a lot. I checked back the river several times with the best hand before I realised I didn't have to.

Definitely harder to town yourself IP, but if you don't town yourself once in a while you're doing it wrong imo

Ok but this is a cycle then. If you mean small bet that will get called, then very soon they will realize that your small bets also aren't the flush/straight so they will start c/bombing you... and then what?

Soon your thin value bets will have to be the same size as your flush/straight bets.

Originally Posted by dombo

GL! I liked the read so far.

Thanks

Originally Posted by griffey24

Ok but this is a cycle then. If you mean small bet that will get called, then very soon they will realize that your small bets also aren't the flush/straight so they will start c/bombing you... and then what?

Soon your thin value bets will have to be the same size as your flush/straight bets.

It's not always a small bet, it's situational. I've also shoved my TPTK on the scary card IP and still been ahead when called. Depends on the villain. If you get c/bombed you aren't always folding. Think about the villain's line, put him on a range, evaluate your equity and make your decision right?

I don't get into these spots more than a couple of times a tourney anyway, but I think in general it's just good to be aware of your own image as you play - lines taken, hands shown down... Even at the micros people can adjust if you make the same move repeatedly.

Lol so I ran into a bigger two pair on the river last night and couldn't help but smile. Thanks for the warning griffey

I've taken AF off my HUD, it wasn't really decision-useful. Replaced it with ats and fts (total) and will see how it goes.

Haha no worries!

What stats are you showing on your HUD?

I'm stats crazy on my HUD, if I show ppl my HUD ever they think I'm crazy. I like having all my stats right there, instead of looking for the hover-over stats.

Apart from #hands I have:

VPIP/PFR/3bet/total ATS/total FTS

That's it! Everything else is on hover, the hud almost gets in the way is it is - can't imagine it much bigger tbh although I welcome any suggestions for some more decision-useful tournament stats.

I really love MTTs but volume is a killer... even in a SnG you need your luck to hold in a couple of critical spots to TID, so with a MTT even with a huge edge you are only going to FT a small % of the time - which is a sod when you're playing ~10 MTTs a month.

Let's say 6 critical all in hands as an average 60/40 favourite = 0.60^6 = 4.67%

So in a large MTT where you need 6 big holds to make the FT and your edge is huge (and 60/40 is bloody huge), you still won't make it 19 times out of 20. But that one bink tho...

Recently had someone review an entire MTT of mine, awesome . I can see my game improving as I play, just need to play more ldo.

February was a dry month and tonight has been an unadulterated disaster. Nothing but sklansky bucks so far

fancy some pints in cardiff next week?

next saturday might be best

Oh to be as young and carefree as you would love to meet up at some point though.

Getting my KK cracked in the hotter $4.40 was probably the most painful hand of last night but there were plenty to choose from, my deepest run was a mere 200/2000 for practically mincash. That's poker for you

I've registered for the $11 satty for the SM7A tomorrow, it will be my last big tourney for a while (possibly months) due to real life so I hope I bink, but we'll see...

Good Luck, Luco!

Pokerstars crashed during the satty and blinds were 300/600 before it started working again. Everyone started shoving their 3bbs and I'm done. Not the final night I was hoping for, too tilted to play anything else though

Send an email and ask for a refund, worth a shot

Already have, didn't pay $11 to play less than a hand per level. Hope it gets sorted for the sm7a

I really like this thread Luco. The way you are writing about the variance, make me realize that if you want to be winning in tournaments you gotta put a lot of volume in it and keep sticking to your A game+ as much as you can, then you will have the best chances of being a successful MTT player.

I always had a passion for tournament poker, and my dream is to someday live by playing MTT. My problem is, i always find myself in that stupid spot that i do not know how to get started. I'v kept thinking between depositing 25$ or 50$(and then what would be the best way to grind up a roll), or starting from zero, 0$ and playing as many freerolls as possible each day i have time to play. By that i mean all the BankrollMob, Hubble's(and all other freerolls in the "freeroll" section) PSO freerolls and pretty much anything possible where i can earn a few bucks.

This might seem very boring but actually i think if you are a good poker player, then this would be a very funny and motivating challenge to prove yourself as a good poker player. Well, time will show what i will chose to do but i won't mind getting suggestions.

Thanks again for a nice and motivating thread Luco.

Wow I only just notice my thread got bumped. Yeah, I haven't played a hand since that last post!

Buttt..... I will pick it up again v soon and should be back into the MTTs before xmas

Thanks for the kind words

Originally Posted by Sabr1988

I really like this thread Luco. The way you are writing about the variance, make me realize that if you want to be winning in tournaments you gotta put a lot of volume in it and keep sticking to your A game+ as much as you can, then you will have the best chances of being a successful MTT player.

I always had a passion for tournament poker, and my dream is to someday live by playing MTT. My problem is, i always find myself in that stupid spot that i do not know how to get started. I'v kept thinking between depositing 25$ or 50$(and then what would be the best way to grind up a roll), or starting from zero, 0$ and playing as many freerolls as possible each day i have time to play. By that i mean all the BankrollMob, Hubble's(and all other freerolls in the "freeroll" section) PSO freerolls and pretty much anything possible where i can earn a few bucks.

This might seem very boring but actually i think if you are a good poker player, then this would be a very funny and motivating challenge to prove yourself as a good poker player. Well, time will show what i will chose to do but i won't mind getting suggestions.

Thanks again for a nice and motivating thread Luco.

I really think if you have expendable cash and $50 or $100 or whatever that amount is, isn't completely necessary then I would definitely invest something (assuming you have faith in your game) and save the time of needing to grind freerolls.

Played my first poker in a v long time at the weekend - a $1 180 man. Binked 1st

Played a bit more since then, good to see the micros are still super soft.

Finally got a royal

PokerStars - $0.91+$0.09|75/150 Ante 15 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

BB: 5,374.00
UTG: 3,150.00
UTG+1: 8,382.00
MP: 1,925.00
MP+1: 4,698.00
LP: 4,722.00
CO: 3,401.00
BTN: 951.00
SB: 1,395.00

BB posts ante 15.00, UTG posts ante 15.00, UTG+1 posts ante 15.00, MP posts ante 15.00, MP+1 posts ante 15.00, LP posts ante 15.00, CO posts ante 15.00, BTN posts ante 15.00, SB posts ante 15.00, SB posts SB 75.00, BB posts BB 150.00

UTG calls 150.00, fold, fold, MP+1 raises to 450.00, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, UTG calls 300.00

Flop: (1260.00, 2 players) K T 7
UTG bets 2,685.00 and is all-in, MP+1 calls 2,685.00

Turn: (6630.00, 2 players) J

River: (6630.00, 2 players) 8

UTG shows J K (Two Pair, Kings and Jacks) (Pre 39%, Flop 2%, Turn 0%)
MP+1 shows Q A (Royal Flush) (Pre 61%, Flop 98%, Turn 100%)
MP+1 wins 6,630.00

A wild robb appears!

how you keeping mate? Still climbing? back on the poker?

I like playing while intoxicated, shit's funny

Did some fun climbing this summer. Back on the poker, yes, somewhat. Your post above reminds me of a classic FTR post from Pankfish, I believe:

"I got drunk last night and played poker. I would have been better off driving."

Originally Posted by Robb

Did some fun climbing this summer. Back on the poker, yes, somewhat. Your post above reminds me of a classic FTR post from Pankfish, I believe:

"I got drunk last night and played poker. I would have been better off driving."

i was +3bi for the night when i started drinking, finished breakeven and can't remember how i lost it. good times

playing a bit of 2nl zoom, everyone sucks - after 3k hands I'm 7ptbb/100 even with tons of mistakes on my part

good to see check check shove your monsters is still a thing.

Originally Posted by Luco

good to see check check shove your monsters is still a thing.

When they give your crap a free flop...

PokerStars - 100/200 Ante 20 NL - Holdem - 7 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

BTN: 3,646.00
SB: 5,301.00
Hero (BB): 9,803.00
UTG: 113.00
UTG+1: 12,722.00
MP: 10,071.00
CO: 6,735.00

BTN posts ante 20.00, SB posts ante 20.00, Hero posts ante 20.00, UTG posts ante 20.00, UTG+1 posts ante 20.00, MP posts ante 20.00, CO posts ante 20.00, SB posts SB 100.00, Hero posts BB 200.00

Pre Flop: (440.00) Hero has 7 2

fold, fold, fold, CO calls 200.00, fold, fold, Hero checks

Flop: (640.00, 2 players) 6 7 7

Hero chuckles to himself

It's been 2 months since I started playing poker again. Had $16 in my stars account, built it up to $90 or so playing SnGs, lost most of that playing zoom and spin n go (spew n go amirite). BR currently about $26, putting myself on a zoom/spin ban for now.

Your goal should be to get your BR large enough that you can play microstake 5-card triple card when you're drunk without any longterm side-effects. All the better if you can scrounge up an IRC game with JustinSKS.

That's when you know you've made it.

Originally Posted by surviva316

Your goal should be to get your BR large enough that you can play microstake 5-card triple card when you're drunk without any longterm side-effects. All the better if you can scrounge up an IRC game with JustinSKS.

That's when you know you've made it.

oh man, I'd almost forgotten about the IRC days, so much fun

I still play drunk though

wow, full tilt has gone full retard. I logged in to see if I had anything in there ($36 woot) and damn, less than 2k players online and a drastically reduced tournament structure

RIP

2nd in a $0.50 mtt for $23, ran into a flopped fh a couple of hands into hu play

I played the whole thing on mobile via full tilts android app, its very very basic but otherwise not bad

QQ < AA in the full tilt daily dollar, 8th/915 for $19

ah well

On pokertracker website:

"Get poker tracker 4 for free!"

Sounds good...

"By playing on ipoker network!"

so I've made the FT of the full tilt daily dollar twice in a row now, 2nd for $110

I wish I could say I played well hu but its been forever since I got that far. Dude murdered me

Tried a few MTTs and busto'd early every time. At least I got it in good...

AA < 88 aipf, followed by kj < 44 aipf for the rest of my stack
KK < QQ aipf followed by A5 < kq aipf for the rest of my stack

there was also a KK <99 earlier today and an AA vs 44 that flopped a set. All pretty standard stuff but it's clear that the poker gods don't want me playing today so I'm packing it in early and firing up the playstation lol

Holy shit my aces actually held just now for the first time since friday! Some donk called me off 100bb deep aipf with JTo

So there was an aggressive 3bettor sat on my left last night. He was playing exploitatively against me b/c I was folding too much to 3bets, in hindsight I was too tight and too passive in the face of aggression.

Planned adjustments:
- I think next time I run into this situation I need to GII lighter and much sooner, for gameflow if nothing else. Not taking that shit.
- resteal lighter as I'm not the only one at these stakes making this mistake
- look at adding some expanded hover stats to my HUD as it's currently light (vpip/pfr/3bet%/ATS/FTS that's it)

Planned study:
- HoH 1 2 & 3 (again)
- Kill Phil and Kill everyone
- Play with push/fold, resteal/fold, short calling ranges and get a solid feel for them again, something I haven't done for a couple of years.
- From this, explore profitable 3bet bluffing ranges based on tendencies.

3bet bluffing range:
- hands just outside our flatting range (e.g flat with 66, 3bet with 55)
- Blocker hands (Ax / Kxs), especially if we expect them to 4bet/fold not call e.g. they're OOP
- SCs too weak to call
- Aim for 2:1 value combos to bluff combos

a hand from the hot $0.55

PokerStars - $0.50+$0.05|350/700 Ante 85 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

UTG+1: 21,128.00
MP: 18,526.00
MP+1: 15,703.00
Hero (LP): 13,455.00
CO: 8,236.00
BTN: 13,300.00
SB: 26,180.00
BB: 12,189.00
UTG: 2,920.00

UTG+1 posts ante 85.00, MP posts ante 85.00, MP+1 posts ante 85.00, Hero posts ante 85.00, CO posts ante 85.00, BTN posts ante 85.00, SB posts ante 85.00, BB posts ante 85.00, UTG posts ante 85.00, SB posts SB 350.00, BB posts BB 700.00

Pre Flop: (1815.00) Hero has A A

UTG raises to 2,835.00 and is all-in, UTG+1 calls 2,835.00, fold, fold, Hero raises to 13,370.00 and is all-in, fold, fold, fold, fold, UTG+1 calls 10,535.00

Flop: (31390.00, 3 players) 7 A 2

Turn: (31390.00, 3 players) Q

River: (31390.00, 3 players) 5

UTG+1 shows Q J (One Pair, Queens) (Pre 19%, Flop 1%, Turn 0%)
Hero shows A A (Three of a Kind, Aces) (Pre 76%, Flop 99%, Turn 100%)
UTG shows K A (One Pair, Aces) (Pre 5%, Flop 0%, Turn 0%)
Hero wins 31,390.00

PokerStars - $0.50+$0.05|3000/6000 Ante 750 NL - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

MP+1: 43,078.00
CO: 154,342.00
BTN: 55,119.00
SB: 135,943.00
BB: 40,100.00
UTG: 172,613.00
UTG+1: 111,706.00
Hero (MP): 53,485.00

MP+1 posts ante 750.00, CO posts ante 750.00, BTN posts ante 750.00, SB posts ante 750.00, BB posts ante 750.00, UTG posts ante 750.00, UTG+1 posts ante 750.00, Hero posts ante 750.00, SB posts SB 3,000.00, BB posts BB 6,000.00

Pre Flop: (15000.00) Hero has 9 9

fold, fold, Hero raises to 52,735.00 and is all-in, fold, CO raises to 153,592.00 and is all-in, fold, fold, BB calls 33,350.00 and is all-in

Flop: (153820.00, 3 players) 6 2 T

Turn: (153820.00, 3 players) 7

River: (153820.00, 3 players) 5

Hero shows 9 9 (One Pair, Nines) (Pre 18%, Flop 2%, Turn 10%)
CO shows A Q (High Card, Ace) (Pre 36%, Flop 2%, Turn 0%)
BB shows T T (Three of a Kind, Tens) (Pre 46%, Flop 96%, Turn 90%)
BB wins 127,050.00
Hero wins 26,770.00

nononononono


few hands l8r

PokerStars - $0.50+$0.05|3000/6000 Ante 750 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

BB: 40,078.00
UTG: 134,602.00
UTG+1: 98,607.00
MP: 67,869.00
MP+1: 111,943.00
LP: 121,800.00
CO: 160,613.00
BTN: 148,456.00
Hero (SB): 18,520.00

BB posts ante 750.00, UTG posts ante 750.00, UTG+1 posts ante 750.00, MP posts ante 750.00, MP+1 posts ante 750.00, LP posts ante 750.00, CO posts ante 750.00, BTN posts ante 750.00, Hero posts ante 750.00, Hero posts SB 3,000.00, BB posts BB 6,000.00

Pre Flop: (15750.00) Hero has 3 K

fold, fold, fold, fold, LP calls 6,000.00, CO calls 6,000.00, fold, Hero raises to 17,770.00 and is all-in, fold, LP calls 11,770.00, CO calls 11,770.00

Flop: (66060.00, 3 players) Q 2 4
LP bets 6,000.00, fold

Turn: (66060.00, 2 players) 6

River: (66060.00, 2 players) 5

Hero shows 3 K (Straight, Six High) (Pre 34%, Flop 16%, Turn 14%)
LP shows A 6 (One Pair, Sixes) (Pre 66%, Flop 84%, Turn 86%)
Hero wins 66,060.00

Yay for pot odds


few hands l8r

PokerStars - $0.50+$0.05|3500/7000 Ante 875 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

BTN: 72,781.00
SB: 100,524.00
BB: 96,982.00
UTG: 66,244.00
UTG+1: 110,318.00
MP: 102,405.00
MP+1: 141,218.00
LP: 146,831.00
Hero (CO): 65,185.00

BTN posts ante 875.00, SB posts ante 875.00, BB posts ante 875.00, UTG posts ante 875.00, UTG+1 posts ante 875.00, MP posts ante 875.00, MP+1 posts ante 875.00, LP posts ante 875.00, Hero posts ante 875.00, SB posts SB 3,500.00, BB posts BB 7,000.00

Pre Flop: (18375.00) Hero has A A

fold, fold, fold, MP+1 raises to 14,000.00, fold, Hero raises to 64,310.00 and is all-in, fold, fold, fold, MP+1 calls 50,310.00

Flop: (146995.00, 2 players) K Q 8

Turn: (146995.00, 2 players) 2

River: (146995.00, 2 players) K

MP+1 shows 3 3 (Two Pair, Kings and Threes) (Pre 18%, Flop 8%, Turn 5%)
Hero shows A A (Two Pair, Aces and Kings) (Pre 82%, Flop 92%, Turn 95%)
Hero wins 146,995.00

lol this game

kk < A9s aipf and I'm done, 53/4900 sucks but feeling good about my play in general. Much better aggression, less calling, more raising, and some good reads / good folds too. Maybe wasn't restealing enough? will review tomorrow

One thing I noticed is there was a LAG player who was shoving very wide (30% overall) like crazy and he just kept on surviving - he'd get called and lose sometimes, but he just keep shoving and soon he'd be chipped up again, aggression got him through. I need to experiment with seeing how far you can push the aggro factor at these stakes.

Off to bed

Lol didn't put that in his range. 6th hand at new table

PokerStars - $1+$0.10|30/60 Ante 5 NL - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

BTN: 5,088.00
SB: 4,227.00
BB: 5,121.00
UTG: 2,985.00
UTG+1: 2,630.00
MP: 5,172.00
MP+1: 9,000.00
Hero (CO): 3,513.00

BTN posts ante 5.00, SB posts ante 5.00, BB posts ante 5.00, UTG posts ante 5.00, UTG+1 posts ante 5.00, MP posts ante 5.00, MP+1 posts ante 5.00, Hero posts ante 5.00, SB posts SB 30.00, BB posts BB 60.00

Pre Flop: (130.00) Hero has A Q

UTG raises to 180.00, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls 180.00, fold, fold, fold

Flop: (490.00, 2 players) Q 6 A
UTG bets 245.00, Hero calls 245.00

Turn: (980.00, 2 players) 6
UTG bets 490.00, Hero calls 490.00

River: (1960.00, 2 players) 5
UTG bets 2,065.00 and is all-in, Hero calls 2,065.00

UTG shows 5 6 (Full House, Sixes full of Fives) (Pre 39%, Flop 8%, Turn 91%)
Hero shows A Q (Two Pair, Aces and Queens) (Pre 61%, Flop 92%, Turn 9%)
UTG wins 6,090.00

Played 9 tonight, broke even. My deepest run was 32nd, busted out KK < AQ aipf (27bb eff) almost identical to my exit from the hot $0.55 on tuesday. Ah well, my play wasn't terrible just happy to get some decent volume in really.

I might go crazy if I focus on results, getting it in good good good just running so bad rn

Yellow line looks great tho

need to get used to losing

dude snap shoved flop...

Full Tilt - 200/400 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

LP: 5,628.00
CO: 50,824.00
BTN: 21,695.00
SB: 12,328.00
BB: 12,227.00
UTG: 20,177.00
UTG+1: 5,230.00
MP: 6,175.00
Hero (MP+1): 31,402.00

LP posts ante 50.00, CO posts ante 50.00, BTN posts ante 50.00, SB posts ante 50.00, BB posts ante 50.00, UTG posts ante 50.00, UTG+1 posts ante 50.00, MP posts ante 50.00, Hero posts ante 50.00, SB posts SB 200.00, BB posts BB 400.00

Pre Flop: (1050.00) Hero has J J

fold, UTG+1 raises to 800.00, MP calls 800.00, Hero calls 800.00, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold

Flop: (3450.00, 3 players) 6 J J
UTG+1 bets 4,380.00 and is all-in, fold, Hero calls 4,380.00

Turn: (12210.00, 2 players) A

River: (12210.00, 2 players) Q

UTG+1 shows 6 A (Two Pair, Aces and Jacks) (Pre 32%, Flop 0%, Turn 0%)
Hero shows J J (Four of a Kind, Jacks) (Pre 68%, Flop 100%, Turn 100%)
Hero wins 12,210.00

bleh, ran K high flush into A high when we got down to 3 tables, finished 21st. He was playing exactly like he had a big flush and the Q was on the board, why did I call grrrrr

Edit: I read through the NL holdem section of Super/System recently, I really like how doyle approaches the game. Much respect

not my night. KK<55 2 hands in on one MTT, AK < A5 on another, card dead vs loose aggs on two others.

I'm still in on one table w/ 20bbs, will see how it goes. Lookin for anything to YOLO GII with, I'd take J9s right now

Edit: got J9o on the button as soon as I posted this, raised a limper pre, 9 high flop, scooped an ok pot to keep me alive

double edit: AT < A4 aipf and I'm stopping for the night. I just couldn't get out of first gear tonight, nothing went right although I got it in good every time so hey, there's that. Really don't feel like loading up any more though.

Trying some limit 7 card stud. No idea what I'm doing but I seem to be printing money so I guess nobody else does either

dammit 10,000 player donkament AA < JJ aipf with 600 left 30bbs deep I was playing so so well ffffuuuuu

Just lost a 75/25 and a 70/30 within minutes of each other and suddenly i'm down to one table (from three)

ITM on the big $0.55 and sitting on 50bb but a loooong way from FT, still 360 left

edit: 80bb now

PokerStars - $0.50+$0.05|800/1600 Ante 200 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

Hero (MP+1): 76,715.00
LP: 46,428.00
CO: 61,017.00
BTN: 32,076.00
SB: 17,341.00
BB: 25,259.00
UTG: 78,430.00
UTG+1: 51,019.00
MP: 24,544.00

Hero posts ante 200.00, LP posts ante 200.00, CO posts ante 200.00, BTN posts ante 200.00, SB posts ante 200.00, BB posts ante 200.00, UTG posts ante 200.00, UTG+1 posts ante 200.00, MP posts ante 200.00, SB posts SB 800.00, BB posts BB 1,600.00

Pre Flop: (4200.00) Hero has A Q

fold, UTG+1 raises to 3,200.00, fold, Hero calls 3,200.00, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold

Flop: (10600.00, 2 players) 4 8 T
UTG+1 bets 5,830.00, Hero calls 5,830.00

Turn: (22260.00, 2 players) A
UTG+1 bets 12,243.00, Hero calls 12,243.00

River: (46746.00, 2 players) 2
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets 15,000.00, UTG+1 raises to 29,546.00 and is all-in, Hero calls 14,546.00

UTG+1 shows Q K (High Card, Ace) (Pre 26%, Flop 17%, Turn 9%)
Hero shows A Q (One Pair, Aces) (Pre 74%, Flop 83%, Turn 91%)
Hero wins 105,838.00

219th (6600 ish entered), Aces cracked again - this time by another bigstack. Happy with my play, will take a short break and load up some more soon

Going to try to have a week away from poker, it's true what they say that being an MTT player can be soul crushing. I remember reading chardrian's MTT blog from years ago and he was convinced that he was cursed by the poker gods at one point (fortunately his blog has a happy ending ), and something about my exit from the big $0.55 last night got to me more than it should. I've reviewed the HH and honestly I feel like I played it great, more than one hand I can be proud of including the hand I busted out on.

Need to find a way to separate my play from the results.

I like the AQ hand. It's only recently that I'd find myself making this flop call, in the past I'd have been too easy to run over. And the river bet is excellent, it would be easy to shove this considering the size of the pot, which gives him no raise button. I'm not even sure I can make this bet all that often rather than shoving river.

I sized the river slightly too big I think. About 13.5k is more likely to get calls /shoves from his range because it would give a better sense of fe if shoving and leave >10bb behind if calling.

But yeah ive been playing with bet sizing to get villains chips in and not just my own, with ^ some good results

Haven't had a FT all december

BUTTT I'm down to final 18 on a $1 over at full tilt right now. I'm also quite drunk on JD tho so may not make it

Checking turn to induce... so hot right now

Full Tilt - 600/1200 NL - Holdem - 7 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

Hero (UTG): 19,735.00
UTG+1: 11,355.00
MP: 33,886.00
CO: 54,510.00
BTN: 8,538.00
SB: 9,725.00
BB: 23,846.00

Hero posts ante 150.00, UTG+1 posts ante 150.00, MP posts ante 150.00, CO posts ante 150.00, BTN posts ante 150.00, SB posts ante 150.00, BB posts ante 150.00, SB posts SB 600.00, BB posts BB 1,200.00

Pre Flop: (2850.00) Hero has J A

Hero raises to 2,400.00, fold, MP calls 2,400.00, fold, fold, fold, BB calls 1,200.00

Flop: (8850.00, 3 players) 5 3 J
BB checks, Hero bets 3,900.00, MP calls 3,900.00, fold

Turn: (16650.00, 2 players) 8
Hero checks, MP bets 16,650.00, Hero calls 13,285.00 and is all-in

River: (43220.00, 2 players) J

MP shows 9 9 (Two Pair, Jacks and Nines) (Pre 55%, Flop 9%, Turn 5%)
Hero shows J A (Three of a Kind, Jacks) (Pre 45%, Flop 91%, Turn 95%)
Hero wins 43,220.00

History: I'd been aggro and cbet a lot, always a bit short of 1/2 pot. Cbet villain off pot an orbit previous

12 left, also this

Full Tilt - 1200/2400 NL - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

UTG: 19,112.00
MP: 64,826.00
CO: 42,777.00
Hero (BTN): 45,180.00
SB: 52,528.00
BB: 90,733.00

UTG posts ante 300.00, MP posts ante 300.00, CO posts ante 300.00, Hero posts ante 300.00, SB posts ante 300.00, BB posts ante 300.00, SB posts SB 1,200.00, BB posts BB 2,400.00

Pre Flop: (5400.00) Hero has 7 9

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 4,800.00, SB calls 3,600.00, fold

Flop: (13800.00, 2 players) 3 7 5
SB bets 7,200.00, Hero raises to 40,080.00 and is all-in, SB calls 32,880.00

Turn: (93960.00, 2 players) 2

River: (93960.00, 2 players) J

Hero shows 7 9 (One Pair, Sevens) (Pre 36%, Flop 49%, Turn 68%)
SB shows K Q (High Card, King) (Pre 64%, Flop 51%, Turn 32%)
Hero wins 93,960.00

dude had been donking flops all night to great success. My steal turned awesome here

edit: FINAL TABLE!

Double edit: 7th, not bad for a drunk and a bit fo a confidence boost to finally FINAL TABLE this month. made a godawful call with top pair to a turn shove and then a good ol fashoned suckout took the rest, but w/e moar drink then bed lol

Haven't played too much the last couple of weeks, although I have been playing some $1.50 turbo STTs whenever I get a bit of free time. BR is expectedly stagnant as a result, hope to get a bit more free time this weekend.

3rd in the velociraptor for $220, I made a misclick shove 4 handed that cost me a lot of my stack and never really recovered, oopsie but 88 buyins aint bad I guess

How do you do at the 180's luco. I used to love them when I could play on stars, If i remember right thry take about 2.5 hours?

Originally Posted by WeldPhaser

How do you do at the 180's luco. I used to love them when I could play on stars, If i remember right thry take about 2.5 hours?

I haven't really played them this time around, although this comment made me load up a couple today. They seem to be full of wannabe regs who

a/ play far too tight and then at around 5bb they
b/ get their chips in bad on some obvious steal

Not so many loose fish as there used to be, but still not many 'good' players

LOL, early night for Luco here

Full Tilt - 60/120 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

CO: 6,750.00
Hero (BTN): 6,110.00
SB: 4,867.00
BB: 4,781.00
UTG: 4,004.00
UTG+1: 8,622.00
MP: 8,983.00
MP+1: 1,682.00
LP: 3,728.00

CO posts ante 15.00, Hero posts ante 15.00, SB posts ante 15.00, BB posts ante 15.00, UTG posts ante 15.00, UTG+1 posts ante 15.00, MP posts ante 15.00, MP+1 posts ante 15.00, LP posts ante 15.00, SB posts SB 60.00, BB posts BB 120.00

Pre Flop: (315.00) Hero has A A

UTG raises to 360.00, fold, MP calls 360.00, fold, fold, CO raises to 1,755.00, Hero raises to 6,095.00 and is all-in, fold, fold, UTG calls 3,629.00 and is all-in, fold, CO calls 4,340.00

Flop: (16854.00, 3 players) T J 9

Turn: (16854.00, 3 players) K

River: (16854.00, 3 players) 8

Hero shows A A (One Pair, Aces) (Pre 79%, Flop 3%, Turn 7%)
UTG shows Q K (Straight, King High) (Pre 11%, Flop 85%, Turn 71%)
CO shows K K (Three of a Kind, Kings) (Pre 10%, Flop 12%, Turn 21%)
CO wins 4,212.00
UTG wins 12,642.00

no big cashes but I at least broke even tonight thanks to a 2nd in a 45 man. I made an iffy call pre with AK in one mtt, but calling pre with AK is never a massive leak. Other than that I was mostly happy with my play and I'm looking forward to playing again friday

Yeah, no luck tonight. Lost a 75/25 in both of the first two I loaded up, just couldn't get off the ground in the other three. I still don't know how to play when I'm card dead at a loose table - I end up just picking a half decent hand and gamb00l in the end...

Still alive in one MTT, don't feel like loading any more. Might watch a film instead

Originally Posted by midnightace

Hang in there

190 left

Edit: busto 131st A6 < AK BvB, watching making a murderer instead

ffs

maniac to my left has been coming over the top of people like crazy, including me. Then I get AA, make a std raise and he bloody folds. The cheek of it...

sick turn, should I have called?

888 Poker - $0.90+$0.10|50/100 NL (8 max) - Holdem - 7 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

MP: 6.04 BB (VPIP: 10.53, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 19)
CO: 23.2 BB (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 4)
BTN: 9.8 BB (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 4)
SB: 29.73 BB (VPIP: 42.86, PFR: 3.70, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 29)
BB: 27.25 BB (VPIP: 50.00, PFR: 30.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 10)
Hero (UTG): 24.57 BB
UTG+1: 6.65 BB (VPIP: 5.56, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 18)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has J J

Hero raises to 2 BB, fold, fold, CO calls 2 BB, fold, fold, BB calls 1 BB

Flop: (6.5 BB, 3 players) J T K
BB checks, Hero bets 3.25 BB, CO calls 3.25 BB, BB calls 3.25 BB

Turn: (16.25 BB, 3 players) Q
BB checks, Hero checks, CO bets 8.12 BB, fold, fold

CO wins 16.25 BB

Decided to finally upgrade from PT3 to PT4, I used winnings to fund it so BR is down to about $380 now. Totally worth it so far

888 have a no deposit bonus, $20 in tournament tickets but they expire 24 hours after you join (!)

So after grinding through the TT I now have $10 in TT and $60 cash, with the new TT expiring in 2 weeks.

ouch, just lost an 85/15 in the raptor for most of my stack, down to 15bb from 50

Edit: and I'm out, mincash

My luckbox is on the blink again, gonna give it a reboot. Or a kick. Or both.

Still, bad luck doesn't get to me nearly as much as bad play does. I got my aces cracked as a 90/10 tonight but I'm sat here dwelling on that value I lost by 3bet shoving AK IP for 30bb...

Got a ticket to a "deal freeroll" on tilt, it's insanely soft. Then I get JJ utg and this happens:

Full Tilt - |80/160 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 9,070 (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 25.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 4)
Hero (UTG): 1,530
UTG+1: 75 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 5)
MP: 130 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 34)
MP+1: 975 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 1)
MP+2: 3,910 (VPIP: 17.65, PFR: 15.15, 3Bet Preflop: 7.69, Hands: 34)
CO: 2,910 (VPIP: 7.41, PFR: 5.56, 3Bet Preflop: 14.29, Hands: 30)
BTN: 255
SB: 7,930 (VPIP: 37.50, PFR: 32.26, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 34)

9 players post ante of 20, SB posts SB 80, BB posts BB 160

Pre Flop: (pot: 420) Hero has J J

Hero raises to 1,510 and is all-in, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, BB calls 1,350

Flop: (3,280, 2 players) 8 8 8

Turn: (3,280, 2 players) K

River: (3,280, 2 players) K

Hero shows J J (Full House, Eights full of Kings)
(Pre 82%, Flop 98%, Turn 95%)
BB shows 6 7 (Full House, Eights full of Kings)
(Pre 18%, Flop 2%, Turn 5%)
BB wins 1,640
Hero wins 1,640

Flop: fuck yeah I win
Turn: fuck yeah I win
River: ok, what the fuck lol

My tens are still good here, right?

right?

Full Tilt - |40/80 NL - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 7,936 (VPIP: 18.57, PFR: 12.95, 3Bet Preflop: 3.77, Hands: 140)
Hero (UTG): 4,110
UTG+1: 10,353 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 1)
MP: 2,225 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 2)
MP+1: 5,789 (VPIP: 51.52, PFR: 18.18, 3Bet Preflop: 10.53, Hands: 33)
CO: 15,272 (VPIP: 34.21, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 38)
BTN: 6,374 (VPIP: 14.61, PFR: 8.14, 3Bet Preflop: 5.88, Hands: 90)
SB: 19,395 (VPIP: 18.18, PFR: 4.55, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 22)

SB posts SB 40, BB posts BB 80

Pre Flop: (pot: 120) Hero has T T

Hero raises to 180, fold, MP raises to 565, MP+1 calls 565, fold, BTN raises to 1,040, fold, fold, Hero folds ldo

MP: KK
MP1: AQ
BTN: AK

It's hard to get value when you have the deck crippled

Full Tilt - |50/100 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

MP: 7,806 (VPIP: 17.93, PFR: 12.50, 3Bet Preflop: 3.70, Hands: 145)
Hero (MP+1): 4,220
MP+2: 6,280 (VPIP: 100.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 1)
CO: 6,545 (VPIP: 28.57, PFR: 28.57, 3Bet Preflop: 25.00, Hands: 7)
BTN: 6,498 (VPIP: 55.26, PFR: 18.42, 3Bet Preflop: 9.52, Hands: 38)
SB: 14,662 (VPIP: 32.56, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 43)
BB: 635 (VPIP: 15.96, PFR: 9.89, 3Bet Preflop: 8.57, Hands: 95)
UTG: 19,465 (VPIP: 18.52, PFR: 7.41, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 27)
UTG+1: 4,990 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 3)

9 players post ante of 10, SB posts SB 50, BB posts BB 100

Pre Flop: (pot: 240) Hero has J A

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 220, MP+2 calls 220, fold, fold, fold, fold

Flop: (680, 2 players) A 3 A
Hero checks, MP+2 bets 300, Hero raises to 900, MP+2 calls 600

Turn: (2,480, 2 players) J
Hero checks, MP+2 checks

River: (2,480, 2 players) 2
Hero bets 1,100, MP+2 calls 1,100

Hero shows J A (Full House, Aces full of Jacks)
(Pre 28%, Flop 89%, Turn 100%)
MP+2 mucks Q Q (Two Pair, Aces and Queens)
(Pre 72%, Flop 11%, Turn 0%)
Hero wins 4,680

When villain's raise sizing screams "PLEASE FOLD"

Full Tilt - |80/160 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 4,960 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 2)
Hero (UTG): 6,315
SB: 11,065 (VPIP: 17.39, PFR: 4.35, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 23)

9 players post ante of 20, SB posts SB 80, BB posts BB 160

Pre Flop: (pot: 420) Hero has J J

Hero raises to 350, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, SB calls 270, BB calls 190

Flop: (1,230, 3 players) Q 5 2
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets 540, fold, BB raises to 2,850, Hero raises to 5,945 and is all-in, BB calls 1,740 and is all-in

Turn: (10,410, 2 players) K

River: (10,410, 2 players) T

Hero shows J J (One Pair, Jacks)
(Pre 82%, Flop 91%, Turn 100%)
BB shows 8 7 (High Card, King)
(Pre 18%, Flop 9%, Turn 0%)
Hero wins 10,410

I thought for a while before shoving (as you should 40bb deep with a mid pair). I was expecting a combo draw like FD+ gutshot, maybe a weak queen, I mostly discounted sets because of the dumbass raise sizing, but in the end it was a stone cold bluff lol

I didn't bring my A game last night. I made a profit, but I could have gone much deeper. Some notes to myself:

- Don't call a 3bet from a tight player with AQ
- Just because a player sucks doesn't mean they don't have you beat
- Be careful stacking off light multiway (eg tp / overpair)

Won't get much time for poker today.

Super card dead tonight, 100 hands with no pairs sucks and made it harder to let go when I finally got something. Ah well