Operation: Back and here to stay

[nice_aiau]

Third blog, need to sort this shit out and actually accomplish something!
Over the last three or so months, I've been bonus whoring casinos and bookies as well as some kickback poker bonuses(by playing -ev LHE and breakeven SNGS).
Used the money for some real life stuff as well as building up a wee roll. Even paid for a couple of fillings!
But it isn't really getting anywhere... and I'm running out of places to whore.
So I've decided to actually try and develop my game and pick off where I left off.

I'm at the 10NL 6max tables at fulltilt, played about 3k hands over the last like 5days. Planning on playing 10k hands to ensure I'm actually beating the games before giving 25nl a shot. In no rush even though I'm pretty overrolled.
Currently reading PNLHE and following the book club post.
Also studying up my archived DeucesCracked vids.

Goals:
beat 10nl for a reasonable winrate
remain concentrated during sessions, avoiding autopilot mode
learn ranges, board textures, predictable players and exploit them.
Use HEM to find leaks, and review sessions/hands with pokerstove
Move up to 25NL
...keep moving up...

Will update with hands that have given me trouble.
I'll also update stats screenshot and graphs etc when I reach 10k hands.

Currently running at:
24BB/100 - 10BB above EV. I haven't been getting out of line but the races have been kind.
16.3VP
12.4PF
2.3AG

Update soon![/b]

[Illfavor]

First/ Good luck, post lots of HHs and anything you learn along the way!

[nice_aiau]

Just got 10K hands done so I'm posting my stats and checking for obvious leaks.
Any critiquing would be appreciated.



Feeling pretty confident with how things are going.
From the above I see I need to get alot more aggresive from the BU & CO. I'd love to get my NSD winnings going up.
I'm playing nitty as.
I haven't been 3betting light at all. Which is something I need to work on.

I might take a shot at 25nl with a 4buyin stop loss, what are your guys thoughts on that? Is there much of a difference in how they play?

Will upload alot of hands during the next few hours.

[nice_aiau]

Hand 1, Deep OOP with AA vs a loose "any pair is good" passive fish:
31/13/1.1 over 357hands

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (4 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Button ($10.87)
Hero (SB) ($30.40)
BB ($7.50)
UTG ($20.48)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A, A
UTG bets $0.40, 1 fold, Hero raises to $1.40, 1 fold, UTG calls $1

Flop: ($2.90) 6, 6, Q (2 players)
Hero bets $1.80, UTG calls $1.80
I know this should be bigger.

Turn: ($6.50) 9 (2 players)
Hero bets $6, UTG raises to $17.28 (All-In)
Should I have bet a smaller amount on the turn to avoid having nice odds. Or does it not matter, as he is never c/r with a bluff and the times he just calls we're maximising value.




2: OOP AK 3bet pot, whiffed.
villain is either tilting real bad or hes drunk(it is a saturday night)
played with him before and played in-line.
Tonight, hes never folding to 3bets and has dropped 6buyins.
24/16/2.2 over 350hands

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Button ($10.67)
SB ($24.63)
Hero (BB) ($31.71)
UTG ($10)
MP ($52.06)
CO ($17.90)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A, K
1 fold, MP calls $0.10, CO bets $0.45, Button calls $0.45, SB calls $0.40, Hero raises to $2.20, 2 folds, Button calls $1.75, 1 fold

Flop: ($5.40) 7, 9, 6 (2 players)
Are we always leading this flop?
I can't imagine c/fing to his range.





hand 3: tptk oop.
villain 31/27/3.4 over 100.
3.0 river aggression

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

BB ($18.64)
Hero (UTG) ($11.34)
MP ($10)
CO ($10)
Button ($9.70)
SB ($13.03)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A, Q
Hero bets $0.40, 1 fold, CO calls $0.40, 3 folds

Flop: ($0.95) 9, Q, 5 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.80, CO calls $0.80

Turn: ($2.55) 2 (2 players)
Hero bets $2, CO calls $2

River: ($6.55) 8 (2 players)
Hero is leading or check calling?





4. Getting value oop against same drnk villain as hand 2
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

CO ($10)
Button ($8.58)
Hero (SB) ($10.58)
BB ($10)
UTG ($57.17)
MP ($10)

Preflop: Hero is SB with Q, A
UTG calls $0.10, 1 fold, CO bets $0.70, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.65, 1 fold, UTG calls $0.60

Flop: ($2.20) A, A, 4 (3 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks, CO bets $1.24,
If we call here, cause I don't like raising.
whats plan for turn?
leading?
c/c?
c/r looks so faceup its not funny.




I'll be posting more hands soon.

[sarin n ur head]

I have been checking out your posts. nice
I seems your obvius leak is a severe lack of huge field MTT's:/

[nice_aiau]

lol, I played a MTT today, $1 token frenzy.
600players, top 22 got a $26 token.
Open shoved AAs twice with like 10k chips n got called by all sorts of garbage, lol donkaments.
So I'll play some MTT soonish with that 26er

[nice_aiau]

Used it to play a 45seater SNG.
got 6th, $54. Couldnt race fast enough. Woulda been nice to get better, but from 1buck cant complain. I might fire up the one dollar token frenzy more often.

Flippy to flip flip.
Fuck that variance

[daven]

good to see ya back! and also cool to hear that you paid for stuff with poker/casino $$$

the goals sound good. Add learn to eat the fish...

16-12 is very nitty for 6-max. It works though, e.g. Robb is cruising through even at 100nl playing like that. Perhaps expand your button range, and iso more?

Stats look fine for the game you're playing
I prefer 3-betting button more, and expanding range from mp a little. If villains behind aren't 3-betting wide then you should max up your iso-range.


Hand 1
the c-bet sizing is fine. My default in a 3-bet pot is between 40 and 60% of pot - and seems as though the gurus do the same (i think i started this after a comment from nutsinho or spenda?). Turn sizing is fine too, now snap it!

hand 2
check-call flop, or bet. Both have merit. How is he playing post-flop in these 3-bet flop - that determines which is best.

hand 3
He has a set here about never after the turn makes board 2xtwo to a flush. Bet river for value $6

hand 4
Why the call vs 3-bet pre (this is not a criticism! i'm just interested). I like donking the flop $1.20-ish, or check-call, then check shove turn.

[oskar]

Stats are prolly fine for 10NL... you'd get eaten alive playing like that lowstakes, but I think you're smart enough to adjust... I've seen some of the hands you played at BC, and it looks like you're thinking about what you're doing... which is not that standard at the BC.

Don't steal from the SB unless the BB can be stolen.
You can 3-bet much wider from the button, just because your position is so damn sweet. You could go to the flop with the worst hand most of the time, and still return a profit if you don't completely screw up after the flop.
Start paying attention to people who fold to 3-bets lightly and exploit it.

[nice_aiau]

hand 4
Why the call vs 3-bet pre (this is not a criticism! i'm just interested). I like donking the flop $1.20-ish, or check-call, then check shove turn.

I've played with the villain before, he was acting normal and playing pretty ABC then.
But its a saturday night and I'm pretty sure hes drunk.
He had dropped about 5-6buyins in a hour.
Bluffing like a frikn maniac, so my plan was to c/c all streets if I seen a good flop.
Adding to that, I didn't like 3betting here as he could easily 4bet and put as in a pretty awkward situation, because he wasen't doing much preflop bluffing but we could still be forced to fold the best hand.
As played, I c/c c/c and call his river shove and he shows 67s

Stats are prolly fine for 10NL... you'd get eaten alive playing like that lowstakes, but I think you're smart enough to adjust... I've seen some of the hands you played at BC, and it looks like you're thinking about what you're doing... which is not that standard at the BC.

Don't steal from the SB unless the BB can be stolen.
You can 3-bet much wider from the button, just because your position is so damn sweet. You could go to the flop with the worst hand most of the time, and still return a profit if you don't completely screw up after the flop.
Start paying attention to people who fold to 3-bets lightly and exploit it.

I just done a filter for 3betting from the button and cutoff,
I'm only 3betting AA-JJ and down to AQ.
LOL Nit.
What I need to start doing is 3betting low PP from blinds vs a steal, as I know this is meant to be more profitable then calling and c/f without a set.
But I should probably open up my 3betting range in position first, before I get in over my head
plan for next few sessions:
3bet from BU vs obvious CO steal: A10+, 66+



I've played 2.5k hands at 25NL so far, running 4buyins above +EV.
hmmmm... I'll sort the situations where there is a huge EV difference and post in BC to see if I'm making mistakes.

Edit: Now that I've actually looked the -EV differences are:
1 AI preflop with AK
2 AI preflop with QQ
1 AI call on the FLop with AK, which was terrible - already posted
1 5outer suckout with AQ on Qhigh flop vs KK in 3bet pot - This hand will be posted in BC.

[nice_aiau]

Just linking hands that have been posted in BC that are relevant to my blog.

http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...ds-t85396.html
http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...21.html#888191
And, hands from latest session:
http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...aa-t85466.html

Off to bed I go, Won't get many hands in tomorrow or over the weekend. Got a cash homegame to play tomorrow night and a mates flatwarming on saturday. I Have played 42hours(from 0) over the last two weeks so a breather might be in order.
Should be fun