gosam's blog, A.K.A the long road to knowledge

[gosam]

I finally decided to start a blog where I could keep track of my progress and get some feeedback.

I began playing in April 08 with a free bankroll program on Titan, ranked well in a hand race, cleared some bonuses, take a shot at NL20 while underrolled, experienced a huge upswing followed by a bigger downswing, then stumbled upon this forum. Since then I've stuck to BR management rules, and started visiting the forums daily.

Last week I won a small MTT for 300$ which put my BR at NL20 levels, and so decided to move up. Bankroll is now at 600$, enough to ride out the inevitable variance.

Today started slow, it seemed as all the nits flopped sets against me, I got kings cracked by a set that I paid off since I was shortstacked, then got aces cracked by quad jacks with KJ. Bad session.
The evenings session was more interesting, I noticed that there were some apparently drunk players in two of the tables (I 4-table FR), and so decided to close the other ones and concentrate on trying to exploit those.
I played three hands for stacks, won two of them and lost the last one.

$0.1/$0.2 No Limit Holdem
7 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG AresV ($31.91)
UTG+1 SharonValerii ($3.70)
MP DxTr9 ($4.00)
CO aidey ($20.68)
BTN TTR68652252 ($3.70)
SB gosam770 ($20.49)
BB Hedg ($20.69)

Pre-flop: ($0.30, 7 players)
3 folds, aidey calls $0.20, 1 fold, gosam770 calls $0.10, Hedg checks

Flop: ($0.60, 3 players)
gosam770 checks, Hedg bets $0.20, aidey raises to $1.20, gosam770 calls $1.20, Hedg calls $1

Turn: ($4.20, 3 players)
gosam770 checks, Hedg checks, aidey bets $1.40, gosam770 calls $1.40, Hedg calls $1.40

River: ($8.40, 3 players)
gosam770 checks, Hedg bets $0.20, aidey raises to $5.40, gosam770 goes all-in $17.69, Hedg folds, aidey calls $12.29

Final Pot: $42.98
aidey shows:
gosam770 shows:

gosam770 wins $42.98 ( won +$22.49 )
Hedg lost -$3.00
aidey lost -$20.49


$0.1/$0.2 No Limit Holdem
10 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG Macaupj ($21.07)
UTG+1 baronesari ($21.12)
UTG+2 phoneoperator ($11.80)
MP1 Jocantaro ($39.75)
MP2 moltisanti87 ($60.07)
MP3 gosam770 ($19.40)
CO busybusy ($3.90)
BTN imawinnababy ($20.38)
SB AllInphokit ($12.02)
BB Puejzmp ($32.62)

Pre-flop: ($0.30, 10 players)
1 fold, baronesari raises to $0.40, 2 folds, moltisanti87 calls $0.40, gosam770 calls $0.40, 4 folds

Flop: ($1.50, 3 players)
baronesari bets $1.80, 1 fold, gosam770 calls $1.80

Turn: ($5.10, 2 players)
baronesari bets $5.10, gosam770 goes all-in $17.20, baronesari calls $12.10

River: ($39.50, 2 players)

Final Pot: $38.50
baronesari shows:
gosam770 shows:

gosam770 wins $38.50 ( won +$19.10 )
baronesari lost -$19.40
moltisanti87 lost -$0.40


$0.1/$0.2 No Limit Holdem
8 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG baronesari ($21.81)
UTG+1 phoneoperator ($21.18)
MP1 DxTr9 ($4.00)
MP2 moltisanti87 ($57.72)
CO gosam770 ($46.15)
BTN busybusy ($22.79)
SB AresV ($21.46)
BB AJL5 ($20.00)

Pre-flop: ($0.30, 8 players)
baronesari raises to $0.40, 3 folds, gosam770 calls $0.40, 1 fold, AresV calls $0.30, 1 fold

Flop: ($1.40, 3 players)
AresV checks, baronesari bets $1.40, gosam770 raises to $5.40, AresV folds, baronesari calls $4

Turn: ($12.20, 2 players)
baronesari checks, gosam770 bets $6.20, baronesari goes all-in $16.01, gosam770 calls $9.81

River: ($44.22, 2 players)

Final Pot: $43.22
baronesari shows:
gosam770 shows:

baronesari wins $43.22 ( won +$21.41 )
gosam770 lost -$21.81
AresV lost -$0.40


Losing that last pot turned a great session into a break-even day. Oh well.

Off to sleep.

[gosam]

I've had an ok week up to now, running at 5.4 ptbb/100. It would have been more if it wasn't for me donking around in a couple of spots.
I've jumped up to 6-tabling instead of 4, and I'm keeping up so far.



I decided that I need some goals to motivate myself into playing more and better, so here's what I thought out :
-play 800 hands a day on average. Last two months were at 600/day.
-keep a winrate of over 5ptbb/100.
-GET THAT PFR UP!!! 16/6 at the moment. Seriously, how was I even wondering that I didn't get paid off my hands??!

I'll be posting on my progress once per week for all of you to have a laugh at me. Seriously WTF was I thinking 6%pfr?????

[gosam]

Cranked those tables up to 8, it went smooth up until the last two days when I had those ugly up and down sessions. I felt like I played to the very best of my abilities and had to balance it out with huge donk moves.



As to the objectives :
-I've averaged at 950 hand per day, which is quite satisfactory.
-winrate for the last week is a puny 1.7ptbb/100. I was doing quite well till the last couple of sessions.
-PFR still needs a lot of work.but I have to say that it works well with the villains I'm playing against. They're the spewy I-want-to-win-every-pot kind, so I just let them bluff their chips to me. gotta love the 2AM drunkards.

I also learned the hard way that when a reg overbets in a small/limped pot, he isn't bluffing.


Here's one of the hands where I'm pretty sure I misplayed.
$0.1/$0.2 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG berni64 ($4.00)
UTG+1 KJerryK ($4.00)
MP1 CappyBeires1 ($31.39)
MP2 GrafEvgeny ($12.60)
MP3 avfc1 ($16.21)
CO gosam770 ($32.70)
BTN playcazry ($25.45)
SB NNNexX ($3.80)
BB howy52 ($25.90)

Pre-flop: ($0.30, 9 players)
5 folds, gosam770 raises to $0.80, 2 folds, howy52 calls $0.60

Flop: ($1.70, 2 players)
howy52 bets $0.20, gosam770 calls $0.20

Turn: ($2.10, 2 players)
howy52 checks, gosam770 bets $0.80, howy52 raises to $4.50, gosam770 calls $3.70

River: ($11.10, 2 players)
howy52 bets $11.10, gosam770 calls $11.10

Final Pot: $32.30
gosam770 shows:
howy52 shows:

gosam770 wins $32.30 ( won +$15.70 )
howy52 lost -$16.60

I somehow didn't shove the river because I wasn't sure I was ahead of his range, but thinking again of the action, he speeds when the 10 hits, so I should have weighted his range more towards the straight than higher boats.
Comments?

Also, this can't be funny without the beats and monsters :

$0.1/$0.2 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG Acinzen ($21.96)
UTG+1 irich101 ($7.22)
MP1 dongano ($3.00)
MP2 balooe07 ($10.00)
MP3 roulis5 ($26.17)
CO jean77000 ($4.00)
BTN luderich50 ($20.00)
SB gosam770 ($20.19)
BB Tommosua ($59.87)
[balooe07 posted $0.2]
[jean77000 posted $0.3]

Pre-flop: ($0.80, 9 players)
3 folds, balooe07 checks, roulis5 calls $0.20, jean77000 checks, 1 fold, gosam770 raises to $1.60, 1 fold, balooe07 calls $1.40, roulis5 folds, jean77000 folds

Flop: ($3.90, 2 players)
gosam770 bets $2.40, balooe07 calls $2.40

Turn: ($8.70, 2 players)
gosam770 bets $6, balooe07 goes all-in $6

River: ($20.70, 2 players)

Final Pot: $19.70
balooe07 shows:
gosam770 shows:

balooe07 wins $19.70 ( won +$9.70 )
roulis5 lost -$0.20
jean77000 lost -$0.30
gosam770 lost -$10.00


$0.1/$0.2 No Limit Holdem
10 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG Staerks ($20.00)
UTG+1 vingtsix26 ($7.22)


UTG+2 tmatias14 ($15.64)
MP1 Acinzen ($21.88)
MP2 tahouba ($12.99)
MP3 maybeon ($20.89)
CO jacques2001 ($2.58)
BTN gosam770 ($26.00)
SB klingli ($21.83)
BB YacoBWilma ($20.01)

Pre-flop: ($0.30, 10 players)
1 fold, vingtsix26 calls $0.20, 4 folds, jacques2001 calls $0.20, gosam770 calls $0.20, klingli calls $0.10, YacoBWilma checks

Flop: ($1.00, 5 players)
klingli checks, YacoBWilma checks, vingtsix26 checks, jacques2001 checks, gosam770 bets $1, klingli folds, YacoBWilma folds, vingtsix26 calls $1, jacques2001 folds

Turn: ($3, 2 players)
vingtsix26 checks, gosam770 bets $1.60, vingtsix26 calls $1.60

River: ($6.20, 2 players)
vingtsix26 checks, gosam770 bets $4.42, vingtsix26 goes all-in $4.42

Final Pot: $14.29
gosam770 shows:
vingtsix26 shows:

gosam770 wins $14.29 ( won +$7.07 )
jacques2001 lost -$0.20
klingli lost -$0.20
YacoBWilma lost -$0.20
vingtsix26 lost -$7.22


$0.1/$0.2 No Limit Holdem
8 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG schbeb69 ($8.82)
UTG+1 Diegol101 ($19.20)
MP1 Puejzmp ($26.97)
MP2 Moeppi01 ($3.70)
CO jeppy31 ($8.66)
BTN gosam770 ($20.53)
SB plzBEnice ($20.00)
BB Nitram26 ($20.15)

Pre-flop: ($0.30, 8 players)
4 folds, jeppy31 raises to $0.70, gosam770 calls $0.70, plzBEnice calls $0.60, Nitram26 calls $0.50

Flop: ($2.80, 4 players)
plzBEnice checks, Nitram26 checks, jeppy31 checks, gosam770 checks

Turn: ($2.80, 4 players)
plzBEnice checks, Nitram26 checks, jeppy31 bets $1.40, gosam770 calls $1.40, plzBEnice folds, Nitram26 folds

River: ($5.60, 2 players)
jeppy31 bets $5.60, gosam770 raises to $11.20, jeppy31 goes all-in $0.96

Final Pot: $22.43
jeppy31 shows:
gosam770 shows:

jeppy31 wins $17.79 ( won +$9.13 )
gosam770 wins $4.64 ( lost -$8.66 )
plzBEnice lost -$0.70
Nitram26 lost -$0.70

[gosam]

the day started out really great, I was up 2 buyin in a few minutes, then it all went wrong.

That kathryn is one of the rare regulars on ipoker who actually give me trouble. She plays aggressively, steals in late position, and is not afraid of 3-betting light.

$0.1/$0.2 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG Lozi1975 ($3.70)
UTG+1 Reservezi ($34.56)
MP1 gosam770 ($20.10)
MP2 Kathryn99 ($20.87)
MP3 7AFE ($22.59)
CO cobrassss ($23.22)
BTN playcazry ($18.50)
SB Pause4age ($20.00)
BB 1BlasT ($21.61)

Pre-flop: ($0.30, 9 players)
2 folds, gosam770 raises to $0.80, Kathryn99 raises to $2.60, 5 folds, gosam770 calls $1.80

Flop: ($5.50, 2 players)
gosam770 bets $3, Kathryn99 raises to $7, gosam770 goes all-in $17.50, Kathryn99 calls $10.50

Turn: ($43.50, 2 players)

River: ($43.50, 2 players)

Final Pot: $39.50
Kathryn99 shows:
gosam770 shows:

gosam770 wins $39.50 ( won +$16.40 )
Kathryn99 lost -$20.10


$0.1/$0.2 No Limit Holdem
10 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG 7AFE ($22.29)
UTG+1 cobrassss ($22.40)
UTG+2 playcazry ($19.44)
MP1 musse12345 ($19.68)
MP2 YoKoHaMa1 ($8.56)
MP3 1BlasT ($20.41)
CO lover88 ($4.18)
BTN Reservezi ($31.44)
SB gosam770 ($39.56)
BB Kathryn99 ($20.53)

Pre-flop: ($0.30, 10 players)
8 folds, gosam770 calls $0.10, Kathryn99 raises to $1, gosam770 calls $0.80

Flop: ($2, 2 players)
gosam770 checks, Kathryn99 bets $2, gosam770 raises to $8, Kathryn99 goes all-in $19.53, gosam770 calls $11.53

Turn: ($43.06, 2 players)

River: ($43.06, 2 players)

Final Pot: $40.06
Kathryn99 shows:
gosam770 shows:

Kathryn99 wins $40.06 ( won +$17.53 )
gosam770 lost -$20.53


$0.1/$0.2 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG SlippyLizard ($4.00)
UTG+1 7AFE ($16.60)
MP1 playcazry ($32.65)
MP2 gosam770 ($21.18)
MP3 Neleap ($3.40)
CO Reservezi ($33.92)
BTN 4AGE ($34.81)
SB cobrassss ($21.16)
BB Kathryn99 ($21.69)

Pre-flop: ($0.30, 9 players)
3 folds, gosam770 raises to $0.80, 4 folds, Kathryn99 raises to $3.20, gosam770 calls $2.40

Flop: ($6.50, 2 players)
Kathryn99 bets $4.80, gosam770 calls $4.80

Turn: ($16.10, 2 players)
Kathryn99 bets $13.69, gosam770 goes all-in $13.18

River: ($42.97, 2 players)

Final Pot: $41.97
Kathryn99 shows:
gosam770 shows:

Kathryn99 wins $41.97 ( won +$20.28 )
gosam770 lost -$21.18


$0.1/$0.2 No Limit Holdem
8 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG chipbreak ($21.78)
UTG+1 orlymite ($18.91)
MP1 j2k3 ($3.80)
MP2 barnabas87 ($3.60)
CO Aurelien29 ($14.14)
BTN Lakuz ($20.81)
SB gosam770 ($19.00)
BB volk85 ($4.00)

Pre-flop: ($0.30, 8 players)
5 folds, Lakuz raises to $0.60, gosam770 raises to $1.80, 1 fold, Lakuz raises to $4.60, gosam770 calls $2.20

Flop: ($8.80, 2 players)
gosam770 checks, Lakuz bets $4, gosam770 goes all-in $15, Lakuz calls $11

Turn: ($38.80, 2 players)

River: ($38.80, 2 players)

Final Pot: $37.20
Lakuz shows:
gosam770 shows:

Lakuz wins $37.20 ( won +$17.60 )
gosam770 lost -$19.00


I then got into this spot against a fish and a short stack.

$0.1/$0.2 No Limit Holdem
10 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG KillerKady ($11.47)
UTG+1 gosam770 ($20.45)
UTG+2 NNNexX ($3.40)
MP1 foolsxgold ($20.33)
MP2 ThilliMilli ($19.70)
MP3 Wakou22 ($6.10)
CO willy555 ($16.55)
BTN Gervified ($3.10)
SB badbeatz08 ($38.41)
BB AliAlis ($32.90)

Pre-flop: ($0.30, 10 players)
1 fold, gosam770 raises to $0.80, 3 folds, Wakou22 calls $0.80, 2 folds, badbeatz08 raises to $3.40, 1 fold, gosam770 calls $2.60, Wakou22 goes all-in $6.10, badbeatz08 goes all-in $35.01, gosam770 goes all-in $17.05

Flop: ($65.96, 3 players)

Turn: ($65.96, 3 players)

River: ($65.96, 3 players)

Final Pot: $64.16
gosam770 shows:
Wakou22 shows:
badbeatz08 shows:

Wakou22 wins $17.58 ( won +$10.68 )
badbeatz08 wins $46.58 ( won +$8.17 )
gosam770 lost -$20.45


After cooling down I go play in a 1K guaranteed rebuy, and same story, I get my TT beat by QT allin preflop, and to top it off, I get KK cracked ON THE BUBBLE by QQ.

What started as a +40$ day ended as -80$.
I think it's best if I stop for a couple of days. I'll travel on Wednesday and be back refreshed for another week of grinding.

[gosam]

August over, time for review.


That money won without showdown looks horribly wrong to me.if it was just 75% of what it is now I'd reach a decent winrate. Need to work on that, though I don't see what in my game is so wrong, I don't try to bluff that much, hell I don't think I'm aggressive enough.

- averaged 740 h/day. Ok
-winrate is, well, absent. 0.7ptbb/100.
-pfr still around 7%. I seriously need to give this more attention.

This could have been a good month if it wasn't for a bunch of bad pots. I recall losing 3 15 outers in a row the last session, along with all most coin flips.

biggest losing hands : AK and 99. -120$ and -80$ respectively.
I've ran with AK into AA against donks too many times. Against regulars I could probably have gotten away, but hey.
With, losing was almost inevitable. The biggest pots I had trips, a full house, and 2 straights. Variance is a bitch.

Biggest winners AA, KK and TT. Somewhat expected.
BR now at 700$

So here are my goals for September :
-PFR of around 9% as a first step.
-keep playing at 800 h/day

[gosam]

Another week of grindage!


Things are looking way better this time. I'm not getting in as many hands as before due to Ramadan, but it seems my play has slightly improved as a result.
My PFR issue is still there, but with some progress. It's weird but I can't think of the reason why I'm not raising more! It looks easy, but I still can't do it properly.

Running at 6ptbb/100 so far, which is great.

[cardsman1992]

Nice Sept...

A couple of things from glancing....

KK vs AA hand, you should just shove over his 4bet. He isn't folding KK and maybe not folding some other crap.

If you are looking to raise your PFR, the suited connector on the button isn't bad place to start provided you can play postflop without being married to them.

your TTTQQ full house....you can't assume KK/QQ/KQ there. People will stack off with AK/AQ/QJ and straights. I personally push the turn and if he has a higher boat so be it.

Good luck to you man!

[gosam]

Thanks for the reply man!

Over the last few days I've had to relearn the hard way that regs don't play back at NL20. Villain is 7/3.

iPoker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.20 BB (10 handed) - iPoker Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

saw flop | saw showdown

MP2 ($4.10)
Hero (MP3) ($22.22)
CO ($10.71)
Button ($9.64)
SB ($53.49)
BB ($31.95)
UTG ($19.80)
UTG+1 ($19.70)
UTG+2 ($4)
MP1 ($19.13)

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with A, A
3 folds, MP1 calls $0.20, 1 fold, Hero raises $1, 4 folds, MP1 calls $0.80

Flop: ($2.30) 7, 3, 2 (2 players)
MP1 checks, Hero bets $2, MP1 raises $5.60, Hero calls $3.60

Turn: ($13.50) 7 (2 players)
MP1 bets $6, Hero raises $15.62 (All-In), MP1 calls $6.53 (All-In)

River: ($38.56) 9 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $38.56 | Rake: $1

Results in white below:
MP1 had 3, 3 (full house, threes over sevens).
Hero didn't show A, A (two pair, Aces and sevens).
Outcome: MP1 won $37.56


As soon as I got CRed, I knew he made his set. Problem is I had raised and taken down pots for the last 4 or so hands. It made me lean towards being played back at with a weak overpair. Lesson learned, 7/3 bots don't play back.


Another surprising spot :

iPoker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.20 BB (10 handed) - iPoker Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

saw flop | saw showdown

CO ($8.94)
Hero (Button) ($22.06)
SB ($22.02)
BB ($25.30)
UTG ($26.31)
UTG+1 ($22.36)
UTG+2 ($20.71)
MP1 ($20)
MP2 ($3.28)
MP3 ($7.16)

Preflop: Hero is Button with J, J
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $0.20, UTG+2 calls $0.20, 4 folds, Hero raises $1.20, 2 folds, UTG+1 calls $1, UTG+2 raises $20.71 (All-In), Hero calls $20.86 (All-In), 1 fold

Flop: ($44.47) Q, 8, 7 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: ($44.47) Q (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($44.47) Q (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $44.47 | Rake: $1

Results in white below:
Hero didn't show J, J (full house, Queens over Jacks).
UTG+2 had A, A (full house, Queens over Aces).
Outcome: Hero won $1.35, UTG+2 won $41.92

How retarded is limping behind with AA in hope of getting raised. I really thought better of this reg, but well, I let myself get caught. Won't happen again.

Thankfully the next sessions went quite well, and I recovered those losses with a healthy surplus.

BR now at 873$

[BankItDrew]

kick ass gosam you're doing great.

keep pwning the current level, maintain bankroll management, have patience, become wealthy.

[bikes]

JJ is never good in your last hand.

[gosam]

Same Villain in all the hands, he's running 50/50 after a couple of orbits.

iPoker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.20 BB (9 handed) - iPoker Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Button ($15.01)
SB ($3.40)
BB ($28.52)
UTG ($22.35)
UTG+1 ($8.06)
MP1 ($3.99)
MP2 ($3.80)
MP3 ($15.50)
Hero (CO) ($26.87)

Preflop: Hero is CO with A, J
5 folds, Hero raises $0.80, 2 folds, BB calls $0.60

Flop: ($1.70) 4, A, Q (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($1.70) K (2 players)
BB bets $0.85, Hero calls $0.85

River: ($3.40) 10 (2 players)
BB bets $3.40, Hero raises $10.60, 1 fold

Total pot: $10.20 | Rake: $0.51

Results in white below:
Hero didn't show A, J (straight, Ace high).
Outcome: Hero won $16.89


iPoker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.20 BB (9 handed) - iPoker Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Button ($14.20)
SB ($3.62)
BB ($36.87)
UTG ($19.98)
UTG+1 ($8.56)
MP1 ($4.29)
MP2 ($2.90)
MP3 ($15.80)
Hero (CO) ($20.80)

Preflop: Hero is CO with 3, A
5 folds, Hero calls $0.20, 2 folds, BB raises $0.60, Hero calls $0.40

Flop: ($1.30) J, A, 9 (2 players)
BB bets $1.30, Hero calls $1.30

Turn: ($3.90) A (2 players)
BB bets $1.95, Hero calls $1.95

River: ($7.80) 3 (2 players)
BB bets $3.90, Hero raises $10, 1 fold

Total pot: $15.60 | Rake: $0.78

Results in white below:
Hero didn't show 3, A (full house, Aces over threes).
Outcome: Hero won $20.92



iPoker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.20 BB (8 handed) - iPoker Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG ($19.37)
UTG+1 ($6)
MP1 ($27.61)
MP2 ($20.75)
CO ($3.70)
Button ($2.40)
SB ($15.86)
Hero (BB) ($31.01)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 9, 7
2 folds, MP1 raises $0.40, 4 folds, Hero calls $0.20

Flop: ($0.90) 8, 6, 10 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP1 bets $0.45, Hero calls $0.45

Turn: ($1.80) 7 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP1 bets $0.90, Hero calls $0.90

River: ($3.60) K (2 players)
Hero checks, MP1 bets $1.80, Hero raises $7, MP1 calls $5.20

Total pot: $17.60 | Rake: $0.88

Results in white below:
Hero didn't show 9, 7 (straight, ten high).
MP1 had Q, Q (one pair, Queens).
Outcome: MP1 won $17.60


iPoker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.20 BB (9 handed) - iPoker Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

CO ($21.08)
Button ($20.70)
SB ($30.47)
BB ($20)
UTG ($6.35)
UTG+1 ($3.40)
MP1 ($3.69)
MP2 ($16.48)
Hero (MP3) ($38.18)

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with A, Q
4 folds, Hero raises $0.80, 2 folds, SB calls $0.70, 1 fold

Flop: ($1.80) Q, A, 6 (2 players)
SB bets $0.90, Hero calls $0.90

Turn: ($3.60) 5 (2 players)
SB bets $1.80, Hero calls $1.80

River: ($7.20) 5 (2 players)
SB bets $3.60, Hero calls $3.60

Total pot: $14.40 | Rake: $0.72

Results in white below:
SB had A, 8 (two pair, Aces and fives).
Hero didn't show A, Q (two pair, Aces and Queens).
Outcome: SB won $14.40


I could have probably extracted more from the straight hand by raising earlier, but I had no idea how strong he was, so I decided to let him do the betting.
And that AQ hand is horrible! I have absolutely no idea why I didn't raise there.

[cardsman1992]

Why no cbet in AJ hand?

[gosam]

Table history. He usually folded when bet into on the flop, but if checked to he went 1/2 PSBs on all streets with stuff like 2nd pair no kicker

[gosam]

Another nice week for 5ptbb/100. Nice overall, lost more money to donks than to regs.
I also dabbled in some PLO8 and stud at micro levels for a little change, it was fun, and profitable!

BR at 960$

[cardsman1992]

Nice work.

I think playing different games is good for your main game, so glad you threw some extra inthere.

[gosam]

woot woot! third consecutive week with a good winrate 7.4ptbb/100 this time.
I also broke the 1k mark, achievements achievements! With the BR at 1160$ total, I'm approaching the time to move up to 50NL.
I also finally managed to get a friend to deposit for me on Neteller, but it should still be a couple of days till it gets through, so I'm thinking of changing sites. I feel ipoker is very detrimental to my leaning since I'm almost never put in tough spots, the regs are as predictable as clockwork, and my CR bluffs work too much.

So what would be your advice regarding a new site? I got an account with rakeback at tilt, but I still didn't deposit there (the free bankroll I busted), so I think I'm still eligible for the 100% bonus.

[cardsman1992]

I'm kinda partial to Tilt myself...

[daven]

So what would be your advice regarding a new site? I got an account with rakeback at tilt, but I still didn't deposit there (the free bankroll I busted), so I think I'm still eligible for the 100% bonus.

you must be playing well - nice work.
Go clear the Full Tilt bonus now, but don't knock i-poker. If you can keep running like that then why not go back there after the FT bonus is cleared?

[gosam]

Don't you love when donks make huge donk moves? I sure do.

$0.1/$0.2 No Limit Holdem
7 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG pokercan ($4.00)
UTG+1 Anubis346 ($8.19)
MP Edifierss ($23.38)
CO Hero ($26.31)
BTN rambow55 ($27.45)
SB Aodesai ($24.56)
BB ivrbigun ($7.86)

Pre-flop: ($0.30, 7 players) Hero is CO
3 folds, Hero raises to $0.80, rambow55 raises to $1.40, 2 folds, Hero raises to $3.80, rambow55 calls $2.40

Flop: ($7.90, 2 players)
Hero bets $6, rambow55 raises to $23.65, Hero calls $16.51

Turn: ($54.06, 2 players)

River: ($54.06, 2 players)

Final Pot: $54.06
rambow55 shows:

Hero wins $51.92 ( won +$25.61 )
rambow55 wins $1.14 ( lost -$26.31 )



$0.1/$0.2 No Limit Holdem
10 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG Anubis346 ($3.80)
UTG+1 mizone600ml ($16.84)
UTG+2 Kathryn99 ($19.80)
MP1 saltired ($17.69)
MP2 hexianzhang ($4.52)
MP3 4v3ng3r ($19.80)
CO Hero ($20.00)
BTN BARBATOR ($16.57)
SB LoveletterX ($45.78)
BB hapkotuka ($19.21)

Pre-flop: ($0.30, 10 players) Hero is CO
6 folds, Hero raises to $0.80, 1 fold, LoveletterX calls $0.70, 1 fold

Flop: ($1.80, 2 players)
LoveletterX bets $1.80, Hero calls $1.80

Turn: ($5.40, 2 players)
LoveletterX bets $43.18, Hero calls $17.40

River: ($65.98, 2 players)

Final Pot: $65.98
LoveletterX shows:

Hero wins $39.20 ( won +$19.20 )
LoveletterX wins $25.78 ( lost -$20 )

[gosam]

Month over! ended up on a slightly sour note though.
Once my BR reached 1.3k, I've taken a little shot at 50NL, but ran horribad, I under 1000 hands, I flopped 4 sets and was down 2.5BIs.
I've decided to take it slow and stay at 20NL a little longer, but negative variance stayed with me , losing with KK to AA, JJ and AK AIPF in quick succession.

This night's session was bad too with a lot of donks and their wish a frush syndrome. But well, +EV move is still +EV move.

So I end the month with a little over 1100$ in the BR. not bad.

[bjsaust]

You started this op thread 2 months ago with a $600 roll, so in that time you've almost doubled the roll. Thats pretty nice progress man. Good stuff.

[gosam]

Uni starts, and along with it the whole slew of projects to give back on time and classes to attend to. Less time for poker, but I only have to take it for a couple more months, after it, it's ZOMG RLF !!!

October was low on the number of hands, but good in results. I took another shot at NL50 and moved back down again. Grinded the BR back up some, then tried a different approach, I played only one table of NL50 + 9 of NL20, and it went quite well! Played a another session with 2 tables of NL50 with good results.
I think this approach suits me better when it comes to moving up. I'll keep adding one table at a time until I'm finally ready for the big jump.



BR at 1280$

[XTR1000]

Hey man,

thats a nice progress in here!

MP3 4v3ng3r ($19.80)

I am almost positive that I have played 1/2nl with this guy around May, thats weird.

I dont know how it looks like on 20nl/50nl tables, but once you get to 100nl on ipoker I recommend moving to 6max. nitrings higher than 50nl are almost unplayable during shortstack peak times.

[cardsman1992]

I find that starting with 1/2 tables at a higher level, then gradually adding more, is by far the best way to move up.

Nice work!

[gosam]

Finally got it done!! I've withdrawn my roll from ipoker and deposited on FT. Couldn't get the 100% bonus because it turns out the free 50$ I received there counts as the first deposit, but still, playing with rakeback will be awesome.

I got 675$ deposited there and waiting on 500$ to come from another ipoker skin. I'll first start at 25NL to get my feet wet, then start taking shots at 50NL.

BR starts at 1175$. Lets do this!

[gosam]

Long time no post!
So let's see, I went to FTP for rakeback, but I just couldn't stand playing there, the software just sucked when compared to Stars. I struggled playing 10 tables there while I could do 16 comfortably on stars.

So I moved the roll to stars, grinded 25NL for a while, withdrew a around 120$ to pay for HEM and a couple of games. I also took a shot at 50NL last night and it finally went well. Though I'll wait for the next couple of sessions to move up permanently.

BR at 1270$