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  1. #1

    Default Operation: Roll to $100NL & building a true TAG game

    Ok, I'm sick of those microstakes $25NL tables. My roll is $900 for now and I feel I have stayed in those microstakes donkfests for too long.

    There are actually two parts of operation:

    1. Stop withdrawing cash and move up after haveing 30BI's for new stakes
    2. Bankroll nit is OK, poker nit is not. Build true, tough unpredictable game.

    So, I'm going to stay in those $25NL until I get $1500 then move up and so on. But before it happens, there will be lot of handz in this thread, I'll try to find those more intresting, than "flop a set, stack a donk". I'd like to improve my turn play - second barrels, pot control, proper laydowns/calldown against turn bets/raises. I'll also try to model mathematically some of aggro moves, just to know I make goot +EV plays even when my hand is air/weak draw.

    Ok that's it for now....I'll play some poker then post.
    "How could I call that bet? How could you MAKE that bet? It's poker not solitaire. " - that Gus Bronson guy
  2. #2
    Hi, I'm also playing 25NL and my roll is for now 1000$, so your post is interesting me a lot, I will follow it and try to do the same.
    So good luck and see you.
  3. #3
    You should play $50NL until you only have $750
  4. #4
    Quote Originally Posted by bigspenda73
    You should play $50NL until you only have $750
    yeah i agree
  5. #5
    When I have less than 30 buyins, I turn into scared weak tight wuss, get pushed around and it's pretty uncomfortable. Also it increases chances of going on tilt. It's psychological thing.When I'm rolled properly (that is 30 buyins, not 15), I am the guy who takes big stabs at pots, executes multistreet bluffs, makes speculative calls to break some deep stack, 3bets with crap, puts most pressure when in hand and tilts the hell out of opponents.

    Today's session: net +$40, 1.5k hands. Fired 2nd barrel twice, got called once. Laid down overpair JJ and QQ twice, against turned trips then another one against flopped straight. Those two folds saved about 100BB total of my cash.

    Started well, I trapped some laggy monkey, when he was pounding at me everytime I check, on turn I put him AI but he folded (he definitely would call with KJish crap or even PP)

    Hand 1:
    I open UTG with AJs, got called with 5(!) spots.

    Pot $5.

    Board J66r. I flopped fairly strong hand but I don't want to play it for stacks against tight players, so I check, repping whiffed AK and see the action, checks around to monkey lagtard who bets $3. I iso-minraise to $6. When I get cold called by some tightass here, I have to put him on strong hand like 6x or QQ, because they slowplay everything. Everyone folded to lagtard who thought and smoothcalled.

    Turn 2, rainbow.
    I check again, like I give up. He bets $7 (standard line for him..."you check? I bet!"), I put him AI, he insta-mucks.

    Against ordinary calling station it would be bet/folding on 3 streets but this guy was very aggro on button and would take a stab at this spot like 80%.

    Another hand I flopped set of Jacks and got pwnt by flopped flush.

    Hand 2:
    UTG I open with JJ, get several calls behind me.
    Flop AhJh3h. I bet 2/3 to build pot and protect. Got smoothcalled by UTG+1 (horrible player, we are both 140BB deep).

    Turn Qs, I c/c $1 from him being worried about completed gutshot and possible flush. I also don't want to get into tough decision when he shoves deep against my turn big bet.

    River blank. I block-bet $8 into $14 pot and he pops me to $24. I puke. I called and he took down huge pot with KhTh. Now I think it was not a great call, I had history with that villain and he won't raise that river that deep without a nuts. He would probably call with 2pair/underset/1pair even straight and fold his weaker holdings.

    Then AA vs KK - villaind smoothcalled my 3bet, AI on q-high flop, river K. Blah.
    ------
    AA vs QQ, I stack other deep villain. Goot.
    ------
    T8s, I open -raise and flop Queen high. I c-bet/call, turned OESD and check/called his weak bet. River completes my straight and I bust his slowplayed set for full buyin.
    -------
    I openraise MP with KsQs. Button calls, BB calls.
    Flop is Ac4d6d. BB checks, I insta-PSB , they both folded.

    Fnord said, that KQ is 3-card hand....agree 100%.
    -----
    I open UTG with 44 on tight table. 2 callers behind.
    Flop is A56r. I c-bet standard 2/3 pot, MP folds, button thinks....and mingayraises. I 3bet rebluff making it $9 and he insta-mucks.
    ------
    JdTd, I open-raise UTG to mixup my play & win some extra pots on very passive weaktight table, button flatcalled.
    Flop 279r, I c-bet my gutshot, he thinks and calls.
    Turn K, making backdoor spade draw. I Insta-fire 2nd barrel.

    He thinks until the time is out and calls. River 3rd spade, check check, his A9 is good. I made note on him "calls turn bets light", it'll help to destack him later.

    Funny hand:
    7d6d OTB, I iso-raise deep weaktight limper. He calls.

    Flop Qd 3c 4s, I flop zilch (backdoor FD and SD)
    check/c-bet/call. I put him on weak queen, some set, draw or pair.
    Turn 8d. Not a good bluffcard but it improved my hand. Now I have combo draw and I check behind, too deep for betting and risking huge CR. I was also pretty aggro on that table, and it's fair chance they are getting sick of my bets and raises and are ready to call me down with total crap. I decided to make my hand and try to outdraw likely pair of set/queens.

    River is 8h, check/ check. He had 75 of spades. MHIG


    Other hand:

    QJo, table broke down to 5 players, I open on button $1. BB calls.

    552 on flop, he check/calls my c-bet.
    K on turn. He checks, I pot, he folds.

    Conclusion:
    Generally A,K,Q are great cards to 2nd-barrel, except against some really stubborn players.
    "How could I call that bet? How could you MAKE that bet? It's poker not solitaire. " - that Gus Bronson guy
  6. #6
    Netted $+37 in 1k hands, bretty boring grind.
    Folded overpair JJ after putting about 25BB in pot (against flopped straight), folded QQ on scary board with no redraw and some nit's heavy betting, busted TP with KK on Q high board and mucked QQ against tightass who repped AA/KK in 3way reraised pot, mucked AK when all draws came on river and some player open pushed deep in 3way pot. Lots of smallball play, and value betting. It's possible, that I folded best hand in some of those spots but I didn't have calling odds because of absurdly low bluffing frequency of today's opponents.


    Hand of the session:
    Deceptive hand, free card and horrible opponent = won stack.

    Villain is a bad LAG, who can't laydown pretty hands and can play back hard with air. I have some history with him, once he called my second barrel with unimproved PP, in other hand I double checkraised him, when he was trying to steal pot from me.

    ***** Hand 644865456 *****
    0.12/0.25 Texas Hold'em (No Limit ) - 9 czerwca 2007 02:21:11
    Turbo TH 97 (Real /Cash Game )
    Seat 1: cadooceus (27.40)
    Seat 2: gunmic2 (24.64)
    Seat 3: luskepeter (22.28)
    Seat 4: johnnyboi (22.38)
    Seat 5: noganouna (25.35)
    Seat 6: toniet2 (23.02)
    Seat 7: its not me (19.81)
    Seat 8: _Vrax_ (36.97)
    Seat 9: MadHatter3 (34.35)
    Seat 10: xorgon3 (27.79)
    johnnyboi post SB 0.12
    noganouna post BB 0.25
    ** Deal **

    _Vrax_ [:Jc:, :Tc:]

    *** Bet Round 1 ***
    toniet2 Fold
    its not me Fold
    _Vrax_ Raise to 1.00
    MadHatter3 Fold
    xorgon3 Fold
    cadooceus Fold
    gunmic2 Fold
    luskepeter Fold
    johnnyboi Call 1.00
    noganouna Fold
    *** Flop(Board): *** : [:Qh:, , ]
    *** Bet Round 2 ***
    johnnyboi Check
    _Vrax_ Check
    *** Turn(Board): *** : [:Qh:, , , ]
    *** Bet Round 3 ***
    johnnyboi Check
    _Vrax_ Bet 2.75
    johnnyboi Raise to 6.50
    _Vrax_ All-in 35.97
    johnnyboi All-in 21.38
    *** River(Board): *** : [:Qh:, , , , :Ac:]
    *** Showdown *** : Rake: 2.25 Total Pot: 42.76
    cadooceus Fold Win: 0.00
    gunmic2 Fold Win: 0.00
    luskepeter Fold Win: 0.00
    johnnyboi [:Ah:, :Qc:] Two pair aces and queens Win: 0.00
    noganouna Fold Win: 0.00
    toniet2 Fold Win: 0.00
    its not me Fold Win: 0.00
    _Vrax_ [:Jc:, :10c:] Straight to the queen Win: 42.76
    MadHatter3 Fold Win: 0.00
    xorgon3 Fold Win: 0.00
    "How could I call that bet? How could you MAKE that bet? It's poker not solitaire. " - that Gus Bronson guy
  7. #7
    Well, after 7k total hands of $25NL (and being up 13 buyins), there are some notes about regular opponents. I think, I was giving them too much credit. They found to be total morons, who don't know what the hell they are doing.

    "Pushes light preflop"
    "Horrible chaser"
    "Stacks off with top pair, board texture doesn't matter"
    "Donks with piece of board then calls down all streets"
    "Open pushes at PFR with air"
    "c/r flop = TP, insta-calls pushes"
    "minraises PF monsters"
    "Lagtard, overplays everything"

    However I have some notes like:
    "Folds to 2nd barrels too often"
    "Uber nit, huge flop raise= sneaky AA or set"

    Well, regardless of those few squeaky-tight players, I'm generally forced to play patient, conservative "valuetown poker".
    "How could I call that bet? How could you MAKE that bet? It's poker not solitaire. " - that Gus Bronson guy
  8. #8
    Some short-term results:
    $660 -> $1030 after 7,7k hands.
    Net: +$370
    Winrate: $370/7700 hands = 9.61PTBB/100, not that bad.

    I know, that $1k is more than enough to move up, but I wouldn't be able to push around weak players like I did today.

    Standard Hand #126:

    Couple of weak limpers, I pump it up to $1.50 with Q9s on the button. All of them unfortunately call. But it's not that bad, because I still can hit flop hard or represent the board .

    Board is Ace with some rags, rainbow - I flopped air. Weaktight in EP leads $0.75 into $6 pot (lol) and other players fold to me.

    I make it $6.25 repping AK (I have tight image) and he insta-folds. He probably had a pair, even it it was 22, he had huge equity in this particular hand. Folding the best hand in small pot is not much a deal. Folding the best hand in big pot IS a big deal.


    With such a plays here and there (spots carefully) I built my stack from $25 to $40 without showing down even once.
    "How could I call that bet? How could you MAKE that bet? It's poker not solitaire. " - that Gus Bronson guy
  9. #9
    Hi, you post twice the same post.
    Anyway seems to go pretty well for you, unlike me had a pretty tilty day: swing down of 100$ for nearly 4000 hands(2 pairs vs sets, straight vs over straight,calling bets for draws with bad odds...) maybe should I multitable less.
    Do you track your hands? Just wanted to know your VPIF and PFR.
    Wish you good luck and a moove up soon.
  10. #10
    Quote Originally Posted by miky55
    Do you track your hands? Just wanted to know your VPIF and PFR.
    Wish you good luck and a moove up soon.
    Hey, unfortunately I can't use any tracker on site I play and finding hand histories is pain in the ass. That's why I just describe hands from memory, the best I can.

    But generally I play uber-tight preflop, bet my good hands in straightforward way and make some aggro moves here and there. I see around 16% of flops (built-in statistics), and raise probably half of my hands. I rarely get reraised (almost never) and some of my PFR's pick up blinds/limps or fold light hand to reraise. Based on that I'm probably 18/9 or so.

    Some time ago, I was playing 5max tables on old Paradise. I had PT installed and 30k hands. I was rated as TAA 22/11 with total aggro factor 2.60 and 52% won showdowns.

    Statistics:
    Hands played: 7804
    Hands won: 7%
    Flops seen: 16%
    Won w/o SD: 76% (weak tight suckers lol)
    Won with flops seen: 33%
    Showdowns won: 54%
    "How could I call that bet? How could you MAKE that bet? It's poker not solitaire. " - that Gus Bronson guy
  11. #11
    Another 500 hands and up $60.

    Huge pot
    Flopped set OOP on blank board against tight raiser. Donk flop, checkraise turn, push river, kthx gg. Won 240BB pot.

    Good call:
    Raised ep limper with AA, board JdTdTc, he c/c'd flop and check/pushed brick turn for 70BB. First I thought "insta-fold he has a Ten" but I took some time to think about it. He could do it with quite wide range (semibluffs, lower PP's looking for fold equity, weirdly played QQ/KK, even AJ). If he had Ten, he would probably minraised turn like other donkey. If he was any good, he'd protect his Ten, because of flushdraw, gutshot to AK and possible raise from AA/KK or frisky AK. I called, his 88 was no good.
    Sometimes gotta defend good hands in big pots.


    Misplayed hands:

    AQ TPTK:
    Checking flop multiway after hitting A with AQ with flushdraw. Blank turn, I pot it 1 caller, flush on river, I bet half pot, he raises, I muck. I should've bet flop and make odds-busting bet on turn, he'd pay the same amount but probably folded on turn.

    JJ overpair:
    I open checked low 223 board after raising JJ from BB. With aggro players, who would bet in that spot lots their whiffs and mid PP's but fold when I lead - it'd have more sense. It's bad play, when total passives are in hand. Passives try to hit their hand and then grill me when they outflop/suckout. Easy flop bet.

    Turn blank, I lead for pot, 1 caller. River another brick, check/check MHIG. I should have taken him to valuetown on river and make at least half-pot VB.

    Monster:
    I open with QQ UTG, 1 early call behind. I flop top set on drawing board. c-bet/call. I fill up on turn, bet 60% of the pot - call. Flush and straight came on river, I push (potsized bet) but villain folds.

    Leaks to fix:
    - Don't miss good hefty VB on river against weak player with possible weak hand.
    - Don't check good vulnerable hands on flop to loose, unaggressive players.
    "How could I call that bet? How could you MAKE that bet? It's poker not solitaire. " - that Gus Bronson guy
  12. #12
    Haven't played for a while - I'm finishing my master thesis (operation: graduation hehe).

    But I will post some of my theoretical analysis about firing second barrel in some special situation, something similar to "Floating with gutshot" (Irisheyes, thread "Operation: 1 million").
    "How could I call that bet? How could you MAKE that bet? It's poker not solitaire. " - that Gus Bronson guy
  13. #13
    Got it to only $1185 (which is good win anyway, only 600 hands), because of slow connection and subsequent getting pissed off (peak of my madness was disconnection after I rivered quads and was forced to check it behind with PSB left. The sucker was ready to call any bet and I was ready to push. Fuckers from BossNetwork owe me 18 bucks for missed river bet because of their sucky servers...)


    shortie_respect_lol:

    ***** Hand 651122784 *****
    0.12/0.25 Texas Hold'em (No Limit ) - 14 czerwca 2007 18:03:35
    TH Mini 18 (Real /Cash Game )
    Seat 1: Taraska (25.65)
    Seat 2: petike21 (24.13)
    Seat 3: miyonety (15.03)
    Seat 4: juudasp (27.34)
    Seat 5: Hermes80 (17.66)
    Seat 6: xilax (34.47)
    Seat 7: -szakal- (25.00)
    Seat 8: _Vrax_ (51.63)
    Seat 10: NoNickUsed (4.35)
    NoNickUsed post BB 0.25
    ** Deal **
    Taraska [N/A, N/A]
    petike21 [N/A, N/A]
    miyonety [N/A, N/A]
    juudasp [N/A, N/A]
    Hermes80 [N/A, N/A]
    xilax [N/A, N/A]
    -szakal- [N/A, N/A]
    _Vrax_ [:Ad:, :Kh:]
    NoNickUsed [N/A, N/A]
    *** Bet Round 1 ***
    Taraska Fold
    petike21 Fold
    miyonety Fold
    juudasp Fold
    Hermes80 Fold
    xilax Call 0.25
    -szakal- Check
    _Vrax_ Raise to 1.25
    NoNickUsed Call 1.25
    xilax Fold
    -szakal- Fold
    *** Flop(Board): *** : [:Js:, , :Jh:]
    *** Bet Round 2 ***
    NoNickUsed All-in 3.10
    _Vrax_ Call 3.10
    *** Turn(Board): *** : [:Js:, , :Jh:, ]
    *** River(Board): *** : [:Js:, , :Jh:, , ]
    *** Showdown *** : Rake: 0.45 Total Pot: 8.75
    Taraska Fold Win: 0.00
    petike21 Fold Win: 0.00
    miyonety Fold Win: 0.00
    juudasp Fold Win: 0.00
    Hermes80 Fold Win: 0.00
    xilax Fold Win: 0.00
    -szakal- Fold Win: 0.00
    _Vrax_ [:Ad:, :Kh:] Pair of jacks , ace kicker Win: 8.75
    NoNickUsed [, :Qh:] Pair of jacks Win: 0.00


    Another hand:

    "Set no good, you insufferable, slowplaying tight nit!"

    Push it or pot it?
    I made a value-raise, because I figured, he'll shove only with J9 and make a crying call with 2p+. He tanked, so he was probably on some 2pair or set.
    He should have checkraised flop if he caught big, or at least lead strong turn with odds-busting bet. He can't expect second barrel on that kind board from my air.

    Some thoughts about drawing hands in position against nits:

    Widening raising range to sooted connectors is the efficient way to reduce implied odds and bust tight passive, trapping opponents. C-bet folds out missed hands, so it's mandatory because of big folding equity. Tight passive trappers go to turn with big hand in most cases (they don't float), so second barrel against them is a spew (it's checkraised often). If we have solid, "Dan Harrington" image, every tight postflop player will try to play "outflop Aces or fold" style against us. This is the case, where c-bet has good FE (they will fold bottom pairs etc. on the flop) , but second barrel hasn't (their flop call is most likely trap with set or big overpair). This is the best situation to pick a free card with draw. If we hit, we bust or cripple them after they lead VB on river, if we miss then it's just muck.

    The counter of this strategy may be stop'n'go "c/c flop and lead strong turn" then bet strong river when draw misses. It puts strong pressure on missed overs, weak draws and hands with outs against big pair (like bottom pair).

    ***** Hand 651109902 *****
    0.12/0.25 Texas Hold'em (No Limit ) - 14 czerwca 2007 17:51:42
    Turbo TH 35 (Real /Cash Game )
    Seat 1: Dobbelbock (22.83)
    Seat 2: *Phoenix* (24.63)
    Seat 3: maconty (53.47)
    Seat 4: bosniakk (16.05)
    Seat 5: BoelleMiz (21.00)
    Seat 6: _Vrax_ (26.34)
    Seat 7: xilax (23.70)
    Seat 8: Ze_Carica (19.21)
    Seat 9: CGJung1 (31.16)
    Seat 10: miilia (12.60)
    Ze_Carica post SB 0.12
    CGJung1 post BB 0.25
    ** Deal **
    Dobbelbock [N/A, N/A]
    *Phoenix* [N/A, N/A]
    maconty [N/A, N/A]
    bosniakk [N/A, N/A]
    BoelleMiz [N/A, N/A]
    _Vrax_ [, ]
    xilax [N/A, N/A]
    Ze_Carica [N/A, N/A]
    CGJung1 [N/A, N/A]
    miilia [N/A, N/A]
    *** Bet Round 1 ***
    miilia Fold
    Dobbelbock Fold
    *Phoenix* Fold
    maconty Call 0.25
    bosniakk Fold
    BoelleMiz Fold
    _Vrax_ Raise to 1.00
    xilax Fold
    Ze_Carica Fold
    CGJung1 Fold
    maconty Call 1.00
    *** Flop(Board): *** : [, , :Ts:]
    *** Bet Round 2 ***
    maconty Check
    _Vrax_ Bet 2.50
    maconty Call 2.50
    *** Turn(Board): *** : [, , :Ts:, ]
    *** Bet Round 3 ***
    maconty Check
    _Vrax_ Check
    *** River(Board): *** : [, , :Ts:, , ]
    *** Bet Round 4 ***
    maconty Bet 2.25
    _Vrax_ Raise to 7.50
    maconty Call 7.50
    *** Showdown *** : Rake: 1.10 Total Pot: 21.27
    Dobbelbock Fold Win: 0.00
    *Phoenix* Fold Win: 0.00
    maconty Fold Win: 0.00
    bosniakk Fold Win: 0.00
    BoelleMiz Fold Win: 0.00
    _Vrax_ [, ] Straight to the ten Win: 21.27
    xilax Fold Win: 0.00
    Ze_Carica Fold Win: 0.00
    CGJung1 Fold Win: 0.00
    miilia Fold Win: 0.00
    "How could I call that bet? How could you MAKE that bet? It's poker not solitaire. " - that Gus Bronson guy
  14. #14
    I found some spare time and played 800 hands 2-tabling 5max tables.

    Tried smallball poker, because I found out I suck at small/medium pot play.

    Set over set + 3 barrels with crap + running into set + cold-ass deck = -2 buyins.

    At first I got stuck $100, after cooler combo and some tilty spews, then tightened up postflop and made back half of my losses, mostly in small and medium pots without showdown.

    Gotta find some HH's of other players, how they play medium pots with some decent but not great hands.

    hand #1:
    I raise TT in the SB, UTG limp-folds, BB calls.

    Flop A95r, checked through
    Turn 4, I bet 2/3, he calls
    River 4, I bet half pot, he tanks and calls. MHIG

    Smallball goot?
    "How could I call that bet? How could you MAKE that bet? It's poker not solitaire. " - that Gus Bronson guy
  15. #15
    Variance: Since the start of operation, I have made only $400.
    Brag: I defended my master's thesis and now I have time for more poker.

    Now, it's time for winning 4 more buyins in $25NL and I'm moving up to $50NL. I hope, $1500 of roll will be enough to prevent balls-shrinking effect of new stakes.
    "How could I call that bet? How could you MAKE that bet? It's poker not solitaire. " - that Gus Bronson guy
  16. #16
    Had a good run on 5max tables and upped roll to hefty 1.5k.

    Now, it's time to move up.

    I hope, I will finally overcome my psychological blocker regarding money and play good aggro poker.
    "How could I call that bet? How could you MAKE that bet? It's poker not solitaire. " - that Gus Bronson guy
  17. #17
    Had a bad run in $25NL 5max plus played like total spewtard donk and lost (!) 20 (TWENTY) buyins. This sets me back to bankroll of $1060.

    In the last few days I played like fucking monkey on crack. I don't know, how to comment it, yeah, there were couple of deep stack bad beats and "coolers", but my general game was totally off. I tried to learn some lagg play but it I totally sucked at it.

    I'm going to draw some conclusion from this expensive lesson.

    1. Don't squeeze on low stakes. It can get folds around some times but generally is -EV.
    2. Don't 3bet flop with air anymore, when someone checkraise potsized c-bet. Yes, he could have draw but he won't go anywhere with it. 3betting flop with air is huge leak of mine. I get shitload of action, and my unimproved Aces are almost always good, when someone calls my flop all-ins but it'd be the same without that obscene aggression with nothing.
    3. Be fanatical folder of SB when stacks are deep. Getting overflushed or overfulled in 520BB pot is very costly.
    4. DONT SPEW. Repeat ir 20x and apply.
    5. Don't lagg it up when Aces don't get action. If on 25NL/50NL you don't get action, it's because opponents had total crap and were willing to fold PF anyway. With any limping hand they would call a raise as well.

    Big spew:
    3-betting check-raiser with J4 on Axx board and open pushing blank turn. His flop c/r was semibluff KQ flushdraw, he didn't even have to improve to win. I got owned.

    Sickest tilt monster spew :
    I 5-bet all-in (PUTTING FIFTH RAISE FOR 160BB WITH TOTAL J4s AIR) on A99 board against total lagtard. I thought he plays back at me. He had that 9, I got pwnt. I was on total monkey tilt, because I in recent hands lost two or three huge pots against him by getting sucked out. But this time he owned me like total maniac fish.

    Biggest successful bluff:
    Squeeze from SB with 53o (squeezing on $25NL LOL) and getting single caller. Checked down Axx board, I checked called PSB on turn against aggro players with total air. River A, I check-raise him all-in, he tanks and mucks. 100BB pot is shipped to me.

    I won pretty big pot with total air, but the best move was to FOLD preflop. Period.

    Another bluff:
    I call a raise with 57s. Raiser is sicko aggro bully, who fires bullets in all hands he plays but folds if he has nothing, not much of anything or something moderate on gross board.

    He pots KdKh4d board, I call with total air with plan of repping flush or King on turn. Turn is 7d, he pots $5, I make $12, he thinks and mucks, I show.

    Couple of orbits later I get AA in SB and 3bet big PFR of button (who saw that 57s hand and told me in chat I play fucking sick poker), he calls. I bet/3bet AI (180BB, pretty deep but I have total lagtard image and put him on lower overpair) on 356 board and he INSTA-SNAP-IGOTYOURASS-calls with POCKET NINES. Turn and river 7,8 ad I get donkey-kicked in 420BB pot.

    FR tables are really passive and weak, but 5max found to be bunch of total psychos. I'm going back to FR in order to rebuild. I'm glad, that my nit instincts told me not to move up yet, on $50NL it'd probably end up by going busto.

    Summary:
    I was on biggest tilt I have EVER experienced in my life. It sucks to get set back by losing 1/3 of roll, but at least my roll was very deep.

    I'm going to read Aokrongly's psychology posts again and Newb's Circle of Death. In last 10k hands, all points fully applied to me (except maybe moving up). I made all mistakes pointed there and have no excuses.

    As SmackinYaUp said in his "SH hands dump" thread: "ABC poker till $100NL".

    I will take some break (2 days) in order to regain my good ole nit discipline.
    "How could I call that bet? How could you MAKE that bet? It's poker not solitaire. " - that Gus Bronson guy
  18. #18
    Unlimited hold them rewards bold and aggressive play.

    That was the only one hand in entire session, where I allowed myself to make loose bet and loose call. I had very sstrong feeling that my AK high is good regardless of my big bets getting called.

    I figured, on river he'll call with any bet with made hand but fold his busted draws so I check. He'd check back with any pair & Ace high diamond draw but push-spew lower busted draw which I beat with AK high.

    ***** Hand 704311441 *****
    0.12/0.25 Texas Hold'em (No Limit) - 1 sierpień 2007 14:01:34
    Turbo TH 20 (Real/Cash Game)
    Seat 1: maros12 (36.24)
    Seat 2: helli_ (23.93)
    Seat 3: _Vrax_ (29.86)
    Seat 4: Sopamastr (12.59)
    Seat 5: tomcat 19 (20.84)
    _Vrax_ post SB 0.12
    Sopamastr post BB 0.25
    ** Deal **
    maros12 [N/A, N/A]
    helli_ [N/A, N/A]
    _Vrax_ [:As:, :Ks:]
    Sopamastr [N/A, N/A]
    tomcat 19 [N/A, N/A]
    *** Bet Round 1 ***
    tomcat 19 Fold
    maros12 Call 0.25
    helli_ Call 0.25
    _Vrax_ Raise to 1.50
    Sopamastr Fold
    maros12 Call 1.50
    helli_ Call 1.50
    *** Flop(Board): *** : [, , ]
    *** Bet Round 2 ***
    _Vrax_ Bet 3.00
    maros12 Call 3.00
    helli_ Call 3.00
    *** Turn(Board): *** : [, , , :Qs:]
    *** Bet Round 3 ***
    _Vrax_ Bet 9.50 classic 2nd barrel at overcard
    maros12 Fold
    helli_ Call 9.50
    *** River(Board): *** : [, , , :Qs:, ]
    *** Bet Round 4 ***
    _Vrax_ Check he's donkish spewtard, he'll bet here only boats, 6x, busted draws.
    helli_ All-in 9.93
    _Vrax_ Call 9.93

    *** Showdown *** : Rake: 2.60 Total Pot: 50.01
    maros12 Fold Win: 0.00
    helli_ [, :Kd:] Pair of sixes Win: 0.00 ship it
    _Vrax_ [:As:, :Ks:] Pair of sixes, ace kicker Win: 50.01
    Sopamastr Fold Win: 0.00
    tomcat 19 Fold Win: 0.00
    "How could I call that bet? How could you MAKE that bet? It's poker not solitaire. " - that Gus Bronson guy

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