Thanks HarleyGuy, Dranger, much appreciated.

I said I wouldn’t play, but I did. Last night was interesting, played about 120 hands. It started well when I stumbled upon a table with 4 LP fish on it. One of them was added to my buddy list within 15 hands, along with the notes "dream fish, will call to river w 3rd pair". Then inevitably the fish busted out and I ended up OOP against two regs who took their place. At this point I usually move tables, but as my session was nearing the end I stuck around, and pretty much broke even from there almost until I left. I had history with these two and I knew I could take them, thankfully I got the opportunity. HH converter isn’t working, but long story short I ran KK into TT, JJ and QQ at the same time, busting out 3 people and taking a $25.76 pot. Happy days.

I am absolutely loving HEM. I was worried that it would distract me from my soulreading or something but actually it’s totally wicked bad awwsumm. I still take plenty of notes on players and I still work on my ranges all the way to the river, but I have definitely taken down a few pots based on the HUD stats that I may not have done without it. This program will surely pay for itself long term.

/session

Vinland, apologies if this is hard to read but here’s one from last night:

***** Hand History for Game 1582540515 *****
$10.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, April 28, 08:12:19 ET 2009
Table Freirina (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 1: MP3 ( $2.93 USD )
Seat 2: CO ( $2.00 USD )
Seat 3: Hero ( $9.70 USD )
Seat 4: SB ( $2.90 USD )
Seat 5: BB ( $10.11 USD )
Seat 6: UTG ( $10.56 USD )
Seat 9: MP1 ( $10.45 USD )
Seat 10: MP2 ( $1.54 USD )
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ T T ]
UTG calls [$0.10 USD] (2 folds)
MP3 raises [$0.40 USD] (1 fold)
Hero calls [$0.40 USD] (3 folds)
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9, 6, K ]
MP3 checks
Hero checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ 2 ]
MP3 bets [$0.60 USD]
Hero raises [$1.50 USD]
MP3 folds
Hero wins $3.05 USD from main pot

To be honest this isn’t a stunning play, for a few reasons. Firstly, your opponent will draw out on you for free approximately 1/8th of the time with missed overs and 1/23 of the time with lower pp’s. Second, the most +ev thing to do on this flop is c-bet if there’s practically any chance (say 25%) they will float their overs here. Many villains will fold to a $0.50 bet (52% of pot) but float a $0.45 bet (47% of pot), so try that first. Third, your opponent needs to bet this turn at least half pot half the time (minimum) to make this more +ev than just taking the flop (because we need to compensate for the times that they catch on the turn and we fold). Fourth, it has to be a rainbow flop with no likely SD given their range. Fifth, you have to be fairly confident in your read that you’re not up against a slow played set. Finally, if they check the turn you have to bet regardless. Short stacks are good for this play, there’s usually one at every table who will shove this turn when his overs miss and you check behind, and then it suddenly becomes much more +ev than c-betting the flop. As a guide, I get the chance to try this once every 100 hands or so, but it’s certainly good for keeping the villains on the back foot.

And for the record, my cbet % is 80ish so don't worry that you're doing it too much.