Well I have to say that the move up to 50NL has been very frustrating. I have so far played ~37,000 hands and only have a 0.21 ptbb/100 winrate. Over these hands I have played 12/8.5 with 3% 3Bet. I think my biggest problem is my postflop aggression. I see stats posted by FTR'ers and stuff and their aggression factors are like 3.5+ whereas mine is only 2.20 over this sample which implies that I am calling too much which sucks.
Here's some of my biggest losers from last 1200 hand session, maybe you guys could comment on some of these:
HAND 1:
I'll post this hand first b/c man I hate how I played it. Villain was a a 9/9 nit and I suppose it's fair to assume he 5B's KK so I mean I'm sure I could have gotten away from this at some point. His flop donk was obv to induce but man wtf am I suppose to do here? I think the only street I could've gotten away from this was on the riv but idk maybe just a cooler.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
SB ($25.10)
BB ($20.50)
UTG ($22.50)
UTG+1 ($64.15)
MP1 ($50.50)
MP2 ($35.30)
CO ($42.55)
Hero (Button) ($50)
Preflop: Hero is Button with,
UTG bets $1, 3 folds, CO raises to $4, Hero raises to $10, 3 folds, CO calls $6
Flop: ($21.75),
,
(2 players)
CO bets $3, Hero calls $3
Turn: ($27.75)(2 players)
CO bets $11, Hero calls $11
River: ($49.75)(2 players)
CO bets $18.55 (All-In), Hero calls $18.55
HAND 2:
Here villain just sat and was 48/14 over 29 hands. I guess this is just a cooler since I could see him showing up with Jx or underpairs I guess IDK
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
MP2 ($37)
CO ($16.75)
Button ($40.95)
SB ($57.40)
BB ($70.35)
UTG ($18.75)
UTG+1 ($46.70)
Hero (MP1) ($100.45)
Preflop: Hero is MP1 with,
2 folds, Hero bets $1.75, MP2 calls $1.75, 1 fold, Button calls $1.75, 2 folds
Flop: ($6),
,
(3 players)
Hero bets $4, MP2 calls $4, 1 fold
Turn: ($14)(2 players)
Hero bets $10, MP2 calls $10
River: ($34)(2 players)
Hero bets $22, MP2 calls $21.25 (All-In)
HAND 3:
Everytime I try and experiment with something new I get wtfowned. I mean I rarely triple barrel bluff but I thought this was a decent spot to do it in. The villain here got his $$$ by sucking out on someones AA's so I guess he isn't the best opponent to try and take off the hand. Before I try this again I'm going to make sure I have a read that he's capable of folding. he was playing like 53/14 over 100. I thought a shove on the river was overkill and needed to work more often, and I figured betting what I did would have the same effect but I'm not sure.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
UTG ($50)
UTG+1 ($50)
MP1 ($29.40)
MP2 ($122.45)
MP3 ($50)
CO ($12.50)
Hero (Button) ($52.75)
SB ($46.25)
BB ($78.05)
Preflop: Hero is Button with,
3 folds, MP2 calls $0.50, 2 folds, Hero bets $2, 2 folds, MP2 calls $1.50
Flop: ($4.75),
MP2 checks, Hero bets $3, MP2 calls $3
Turn: ($10.75)(2 players)
MP2 checks, Hero bets $7.50, MP2 calls $7.50
River: ($25.75)(2 players)
MP2 checks, Hero bets $19, MP2 calls $19
HAND 4:
Really interested about what you guys have to say about this one. Villain in the blinds is a fish who donk/calls all sorts of crap. Villain OTB plays 19/15 over 100 and seems pretty straightforward to me. I'm thinking he's only flatting monsters when I raise the fish, and if he was on the flush draw he just got there so.....ya
I think we still have to bet a non-club turn though no?
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
UTG+1 ($24.05)
MP1 ($11.75)
MP2 ($43.10)
MP3 ($60.70)
CO ($47.50)
Button ($50)
SB ($55.20)
BB ($40)
Hero (UTG) ($54.25)
Preflop: Hero is UTG with,
Hero bets $2, 5 folds, Button calls $2, SB calls $1.75, 1 fold
Flop: ($6.50),
,
(3 players)
SB bets $1.50, Hero raises to $6.50, Button calls $6.50, 1 fold
Turn: ($21)
Hero checks, Button bets $10, Hero folds
Anyways I've lowered the amount of tables I have been playing from 9 to 6 in order to focus more on my thought processes and to avoid auto-piloting. It's good b/c I don't think I can get enough volume in to achieve platinum star just yet but can easily attain gold star each month 6-tabling.
I saw that M2M had like a 65K hand break-even stretch in his garph he posted but i think he was mass tabling... its still encouraging to know it can happen. Goals for the next little while are to stop being a station and focusing on stepping up the aggression post-flop in proper spots vs proper opponents.
Life update: I have been to the Emergency room 3 times in the past 2 weeks due to a high pressure feeling on my chest. I basically passed out at my girlfriends place in Toronto due to lack of oxygen. She took me to the hospital and she took very good care of me
They tested for heart-attacks, collapsed lungs, whooping cough, blocked arteries (ct scan) and it all came black clean. They think I just have a viral chest infection which is making my chest very inflamed. Got drugs and am going back to supply teaching tomorrow.
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