OPERATION: Beat 200NL

[I Like Pie]

The goal is simply to make money playing 200NL (6max) by the end of the year. If I can increase by bankroll (now at $8995.23) to around 12-15k while making withdrawals I'll be happy and consider my goal achieved. My long-term goal for poker is to be able to make 30k-40k a year playing part-time.

I want to make this thread to track my progress, post some interesting hands and anything else I'd like to add (tournament results for example).

I've played 200NL for two weeks now and overall I'm happy with the results so far.



My first two weeks would have ended up a lot better if it wasn't for the DISASTER session I ended the week with yesterday. All that in about 40 minutes, I was getting KILLED. I had to end the session short as I felt I was losing my cool at the end.




I played a little FR last week just cause I have not played that in months and just felt like playing it a bit. Played two sessions, session one went great, the play was terrible and people were just paying me off. Session two, as you can see above was just a nightmare. So I want to forget about yesterday and start week three fresh. I'll try to update this thread everyday I play and see how long I keep up with this. I might keep up with this for the rest of the year or let the thread die in couple weeks. Who knows?

[I Like Pie]

I played Monday and today but I'm scared to look at my PT or my balances because Monday seemed as bad as Sunday. Today seems a little better, probably up a buy-in.

I'm guessing I played 3000-4000 hands and I'm down 5-6 buy-ins on the week.

Playing at Party and Everest can be very rewarding when things are going good and very frustrating when they are going bad.

[EzDuzIt]

kinda nitty...

you should post up your position stats too.

[I Like Pie]

Here are my position stats (just from 6max) for my first two weeks at 200NL.



For someone that runs 16/11/3.5 I don't even think I'm that nitty. Maybe because I'm still fairly new to playing 8 tables and it feels like I'm always in the action and always doing something.


One interesting thing I noticed while looking through my PT stats from last weeks was this:



35 for 35 with QQ. I doubt I've won that many in a row with any hand.

[I Like Pie]

Yesterday and today did not go well. I'm still scared to look at my PT. I'll survey the damage at the end of the week.

I had to look at Tuesday (my only good day this week) to make me feel better. It was better than I thought.




Tomorrow I'll try to put in 2,500 to 3000 hands. Hopefully I get hot and bring myself back to even on the week.

[I Like Pie]

Had a crazy day today to say the least. A few of my worst hands to start off.

Party No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (6 handed)

SB ($231.75)
BB ($250)
UTG ($158.30)
Hero ($630.38)
CO ($486.69)
Button ($416.70)

Preflop: Hero is MP with 7, 8.
UTG calls $2, Hero raises to $4, CO calls $4, 1 fold, SB calls $3, BB calls $2, UTG calls $2.

Flop: ($20) 4, 2, J (5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $11.38, CO folds, SB calls $11.38, BB folds, UTG folds.

Turn: ($42.76) T (2 players)
SB bets $30, Hero raises to $90, SB calls $230.75 (All-In), Hero calls $126.37.

River: ($475.50) 8 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $475.50

Results below:
SB has Kd Qd (flush, king high).
Hero has 7d 8d (flush, jack high).
Outcome: SB wins $475.50. Hero wins $44.38.

Party No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (4 handed)

Button ($0)
SB ($190.85)
BB ($91.90)
Hero ($249.43)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A, Q.
Hero raises to $7, 1 fold, BB calls $5.

Flop: ($15) 5, A, 2 (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $12.43, BB raises to $24.86, Hero calls $249.43 (All-In), BB calls $89.90 (All-In).

Turn: ($244.52) 4 (3 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($244.52) 4 (3 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: $244.52

Results below:
BB has 5s 4d (full house, fours full of fives).
Hero has Ac Qc (two pair, aces and fours).
Outcome: BB wins $244.52. Hero wins $147.10.

I can't find a converter for Everest.

Everest Game #1860718490: Table Suva-3 - $1.00/$2.00 - No Limit Hold'em

Seat 1: Muthschos ($495.45)
Seat 2: speldje ($119.55)
Seat 3: __roedi__ ($138.95)
Seat 4: jsb9 ($209.75)
Seat 5: Hero ($331.25)
Seat 6: El-Libanese ($145.40)

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero[8c 8h]
speldje raises to $7.00
__roedi__ calls $7.00
jsb9 folds
Hero calls $7.00
El-Libanese calls $6.00
Muthschos folds

*** FLOP *** [8s Qs 9c]
El-Libanese checks
speldje bets $30.00
__roedi__ calls $30.00
Hero raises to $100.00
El-Libanese folds
speldje raises to $112.55 and is all-in
__roedi__ calls $82.55
Hero calls $12.55

*** TURN *** [8s Qs 9c] [Kc]
__roedi__ bets $19.40 and is all-in
Hero calls $19.40

*** SHOW DOWN ***
speldje shows [9s 9h]
__roedi__ shows [Kd Ts]
Hero shows [8c 8h]
*** RIVER *** [8s Qs 9c Kc] [Jc]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [8s Qs 9c Kc Jc]
__roedi__ collects $366.55
__roedi__ collects $36.90

[I Like Pie]

Tomorrow I'll try to put in 2,500 to 3000 hands. Hopefully I get hot and bring myself back to even on the week.

The amount of fish today I found was incredible. I'll find some mind boggling hands later and post them. It wasn't only the fish that made this day good. I'd say I played pretty well, made some nice bluffs, some good calls and some great folds, like this one:

Everest Game #1860752514: Table Suva-14 - $1.00/$2.00 - No Limit Hold'em
Seat 1: sirius11 ($470.01)
Seat 2: Donkeyplayer ($200.45)
Seat 3: soL-10 ($262.90)
Seat 4: pticharles5 ($450.40)
Seat 5: Hero ($266.40)
Seat 6: Unceasing ($193.00)

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero[As Ah]
soL-10 raises to $7.00
pticharles5 calls $7.00
Hero raises to $28.00
Unceasing folds
sirius11 folds
Donkeyplayer folds
soL-10 calls $21.00
pticharles5 calls $21.00

*** FLOP *** [Qd Jc 5d]
soL-10 bets $34.00
pticharles5 calls $34.00
Hero folds

*** TURN *** [Qd Jc 5d] [9s]
soL-10 bets $90.00
pticharles5 calls $90.00

*** RIVER *** [Qd Jc 5d 9s] [Jd]
soL-10 bets $110.90 and is all-in
pticharles5 calls $110.90

*** SHOW DOWN ***
soL-10 shows [5c 5s]
pticharles5 shows [4d 6d]

*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [Qd Jc 5d 9s Jd]
soL-10 collects $553.80

[I Like Pie]

The donk show...
I guess his master plan was to check/raise the river?

Party - No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (4 handed)

Button ($96.80)
SB ($156.05)
BB ($199.80)
Hero ($436.34)
Preflop: Hero is UTG with J,A.
Hero raises to $8, 1 fold, SB calls $7, 1 fold.

Flop: ($18) 3, 4, A (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $12, SB calls $12.

Turn: ($42) K (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $30, SB calls $30.

River: ($102) 9 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks.

Final Pot: $102

Results below:
Hero has Jc As (one pair, aces).
SB has 8c Qd (high card, ace).
Outcome: Hero wins $102.

This hand was just retarded.

Party - No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (6 handed)

UTG ($73.92)
MP ($214.40)
CO ($366.20)
Hero ($632.80)
SB ($198)
BB ($263.70)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 9, 9.
UTG raises to $4, MP raises to $6, 1 fold, Hero calls $6, 2 folds, UTG calls $2.

Flop: ($21) 2, 3, 6 (3 players)
UTG checks, MP checks, Hero bets $16.8, UTG calls $16.80, MP folds.

Turn: ($54.60) 8 (2 players)
UTG calls $73.92 (All-In), Hero calls $51.12.

River: ($156.84) 7 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $156.84

Results below:
UTG has 7s 8c (two pair, eights and sevens).
Hero has 9s 9c (one pair, nines).
Outcome: UTG wins $156.84. Hero wins $22.80.

Some people just love throwing their money away.

Everest Table Suva-3 - $1.00/$2.00 - No Limit Hold'em

Seat 1: Muthschos ($159.80)
Seat 2: Candoo ($75.90)
Seat 3: __roedi__ ($137.90)
Seat 4: tucker51 ($32.15)
Seat 5: Hero ($198.40)
Seat 6: Florian5488 ($63.10)

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero[Ks Kh]

Hero raises to $8.00, 2 folds, Candoo calls $8.00, 1 fold, tucker51 calls $6.00

*** FLOP *** [Ts 9h 2s]
tucker51 checks, Hero bets $20.40, Candoo raises to $67.90, tucker51 folds, Hero calls $47.50

*** TURN *** [Ts 9h 2s] [7d]

*** RIVER *** [Ts 9h 2s 7d] [6d]

*** SHOW DOWN ***
Hero shows [Ks Kh]
Candoo shows [2c Jc]

*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [Ts 9h 2s 7d 6d]
Hero collects $157.80

[I Like Pie]

Week three at 200NL has come to an end. Here is how this week went for me:








Cash games - $2724.87
Tournaments - ($92.15)
Bonuses/rakeback - $150.00

Up $2782.72 on the week.
Bankroll now sits at $11,806.88.

I got off to a rough start this week but ended very strong. I found a lot of big fish these last three days.


A few hands from the week...

No clue what this guy was thinking, must have been drunk:

Party No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (6 handed)

Hero ($223.90)
MP ($0)
CO ($182.80)
Button ($354.99)
SB ($198)
BB ($271.58)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with T, 8.
Hero raises to $4, CO calls $4, 3 folds.

Flop: ($11) T, Q, 8 (3 players)
Hero bets $6, CO calls $6.

Turn: ($23) K (3 players)
Hero bets $13, CO raises to $52, Hero calls $39.

River: ($127) T (3 players)
Hero bets $121, CO calls $182.80 (All-In).

Final Pot: $430.80

Results below:
Hero has Th 8h (full house, tens full of eights).
MP doesn't show.
CO has 6s Jc (one pair, tens).
Outcome: Hero wins $430.80.

Me fighting against the mini-raise bluff:

Party No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (6 handed)

MP ($254.15)
CO ($670.98)
Button ($197)
SB ($471.17)
Hero ($200)
UTG ($348.80)

Preflop: Hero is BB with T, 3.
4 folds, SB raises to $4, Hero raises to $15, SB calls $12.

Flop: ($32) K, K, 5 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $24, SB raises to $48, Hero calls $198 (All-In), SB folds.

Final Pot: $302

Results below:
No showdown. Hero wins $302.

Gotta mix it up sometimes:

Party No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (6 handed)

Button ($311.25)
SB ($160)
Hero ($210)
UTG ($270.45)
MP ($469.20)
CO ($178.80)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 4, 9.
UTG raises to $8, 1 fold, CO calls $8, 1 fold, SB calls $7, Hero raises to $32, UTG folds, CO calls $25, SB calls $25.

Flop: ($107) 2, K, 6 (3 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, CO checks.

Turn: ($107) 2 (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $57, CO folds, SB folds.

Final Pot: $107

Results below:
No showdown. Hero wins $107.

[mixchange]

I think you should take some shots at 400NL. I started 200NL blog with a goal of moving to 400 and I just took a shot at 400 and 600 for fun, hit a heater and increased my roll pretty welll that I am rolled for 400nl now (you already are!). You have a decent winrate, you can probably increase your winnings by 75% or better moving to 400nl. There are more tough good regs, so table selection is more important but I think you can handle it. Your BR definitely can.

Hand 2 if you really have a read, that's a dope hand. I don't have the balls for stuff like this though, I never make moves like that with air.

Hand 3 seems pointless unless you show... but I think this is just spew

[I Like Pie]

I think you should take some shots at 400NL. I started 200NL blog with a goal of moving to 400 and I just took a shot at 400 and 600 for fun, hit a heater and increased my roll pretty welll that I am rolled for 400nl now (you already are!). You have a decent winrate, you can probably increase your winnings by 75% or better moving to 400nl. There are more tough good regs, so table selection is more important but I think you can handle it. Your BR definitely can.

I think if this week goes well I'll take a couple of shots up there next week.

Hand 2 if you really have a read, that's a dope hand. I don't have the balls for stuff like this though, I never make moves like that with air.

Pre-flop I saw him mini-raise some marginal hand before so I figured it was just his lame attempt to steal my blinds so that's why I re-raised him pre-flop. Now after the flop I just knew he was gonna check/mini-raise me with that board trying to represent the K. I instapushed. Just going with my gut that hand.

Hand 3 seems pointless unless you show... but I think this is just spew

I usually pick my spots here pretty well. UTG has been aggressive and had raised UTG quite a bit. Also, I my image at that table was very nitty, I keep my numbers on the table with my HUD to see how the others might be viewing me so I thought it was a good time for a move.
Didn't work, they both came along. So I just gave up on the flop but no one made a move on the pot so I just took a stab at it on the turn. I showed too.

[I Like Pie]

So yesterday it was taking forever to get on my 200NL tables on Party for some reason so I decided to take a shot and jump on some 400NL tables. Here's my first 3-bet/big pot:

Party No-Limit Hold'em, $4 BB (6 handed)

MP ($524)
CO ($337.60)
Button ($599.30)
Hero ($409.10)
BB ($163.60)
UTG ($555.60)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K, A.
3 folds, Button raises to $14, Hero raises to $40, BB calls $36, Button folds.

Flop: ($94) Q, 6, T (2 players)
Hero bets $74, BB calls $74.

Turn: ($242) 2 (2 players)
Hero bets $50, BB calls $159.60 (All-In).

River: ($342) 8 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $342

Results below:
Hero has Ks As (high card, ace).
BB has 6h 5d (one pair, sixes).
Outcome: BB wins $342. Hero wins $109.60

I guess there are still people throwing around money like nothing at this level too. I should have made it $50 but it doesn't really matter, if he's calling $40 with rags he'd call $50.
I played 3 400NL tables and it went fine other than that hand and two hands where I made stupid calls. But I was only down $116.14 at these tables despite my poor judgement. As for the rest of my day, (my 200NL tables) I'd say I played very poorly for some reason. I was playing too passive. I was doing too much calling when I should have been folding or raising or leading in the first place.

Today did not go well either but I played better. Got in pre-flop with AA vs. KK to get rivered by a K and had a nasty set-over-set deep stacked at one table. But at least I wasn't playing like a fish today (for the most part.)

Looks like last week, I'm off to a terrible start.

[dntpushme]

Woah. A nitty player calling himself "wifesab1tch" joined the tables at iPoker today. 12/8/0 in stats WTF!!

[I Like Pie]

Woah. A nitty player calling himself "wifesab1tch" joined the tables at iPoker today. 12/8/0 in stats WTF!!

I see some tables I run with numbers like that and others I'm 24/24.
Today so far has been terrible, I really caught fuck all and when I tried to make plays I met nothing but resistance.
I'm heading back on in 20 minutes for another session, hopefully things go better.

[I Like Pie]

This session went much, much better...just fantastic [/sarcasm]

These two hands sum up my week:
Same villain both hands, he is 80/4, just horrible

Party No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (6 handed)

UTG ($119.38)
MP ($186.10)
CO ($543.30)
Hero ($202.45)
SB ($336.50)
BB ($200)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 8, 8.
UTG calls $2, 2 folds, Hero raises to $8.9, 2 folds, UTG calls $6.90.

Flop: ($20.80) 7, 5, 6 (2 players)
UTG bets $18, Hero raises to $54, UTG calls $119.38 (All-In), Hero calls $56.48.

Turn: ($131.28) 3 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($131.28) 3 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $131.28

Results below:
UTG has Ah 3c (three of a kind, threes).
Hero has 8s 8d (two pair, eights and threes).
Outcome: Hero wins $137.38. UTG wins $131.28

Party No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (5 handed)

MP ($238.53)
Button ($197)
Hero ($238.35)
BB ($384.23)
UTG ($200.55)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A, A.
1 fold, MP calls $2, 1 fold, Hero raises to $8, BB calls $6, MP calls $6.

Flop: ($24) 6, T, 2 (3 players)
Hero bets $22, BB folds, MP raises to $44, Hero calls $237.35 (All-In), MP calls $186.35.

Turn: ($484.70) T (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($484.70) Q (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $484.70

Results below:
Hero has Ac Ah (two pair, aces and tens).
MP has Th Jd (three of a kind, tens).
Outcome: MP wins $513.70

[I Like Pie]

Today was an up and down day. Session one was one of the most frustrating I 've even had, I would find some 70/14 guy just throwing money around and he's catching hands on me and sucking out. These guys were driving me nuts. And every time I missed a hand it seemed like the villain would know, then I flop quads in a multi-way pot and get nothing. Just one of those sessions.
Then next session I seem to get everything to hold up and get my big hands paid off. It went great, I made back my losses back on the day and some. Only day this week that ended up well. But I still have A LOT to go just to get back to even on the week.

[I Like Pie]

Week four at 200NL has come to an end. Here is how this week went for me:








Cash games - ($1179.13)
Tournaments - ($47.50)
Bonuses/Rakeback - $120.00
Withdrawals - ($15.00)

Down $1106.63 on the week.
Bankroll now sits at $10683.15.

Terrible start to the week. Monday and Tuesday was a combination of bad play and bad beats. I played better the rest of the week but I was still getting beat up quite a bit.


A few hands from the week...

Represent, Represent:

Party No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (6 handed)

MP ($194.75)
CO ($194)
Button ($230.70)
SB ($227.58)
Hero ($213)
UTG ($682.20)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 3, 3.
3 folds, Button raises to $8, 1 fold, Hero calls $6.

Flop: ($17) K, T, 2 (2 players)
Hero bets $10, Button raises to $30, Hero calls $211 (All-In), Button folds.

Final Pot: $268

Results below:
No showdown. Hero wins $268.

Me getting frustrated by constantly getting my c-bets mini-raised:

Party No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (5 handed)

MP ($208.11)
Button ($396.02)
SB ($289)
Hero ($200)
UTG ($237.37)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A, J.
1 fold, Button raises to $4, 1 fold, Hero raises to $13, Button calls $10.

Flop: ($29) 2, K, K (3 players)
Hero bets $21, Button raises to $42, Hero calls $198 (All-In), Button folds.

Final Pot: $290

Results below:
Hero doesn't show.
Outcome: Hero wins $290.

[I Like Pie]

I've now played 200NL (6max) for 4 full weeks now, so I'll post a bunch of PT screenshots to see how things are going and what to improve on. Any advice, comments or criticism would be appreciated.



Biggest winners by average:


Biggest losers by net:

[dntpushme]

Loose up your preflop play Especially in late position. Seems like that is where you are too tight. I got around 35% Att. to steal blinds. VP$IP 21%, PFR 17%. I think you lose a lote of value being so tight in position.

[I Like Pie]

I want to see that up to 25% at least. My blind stealing seems to be going well, I just should be doing more of it. I'm happy with my blind defense too.

I feel sometimes at these tables I just don't attempt enough cause I have some guy on my left running 65/10 and I just don't feel I can get him to fold and it's tough to put those guys on hands.

Another thing, I'm going to try to cold call raises less with suited connectors. I seem to do that quite a bit.

Finally, I'm going to continue playing this next month at Party and iPoker and see how it goes after another 35k-40k hands because right now I'm showing a very nice winrate at Party and a very bad one at iPoker. I don't know why that's the case because I can find a lot of bad players at iPoker.
So maybe I'll take my game to Party full-time if this trend continues.

[dntpushme]

I want to see that up to 25% at least. My blind stealing seems to be going well, I just should be doing more of it. I'm happy with my blind defense too.

I feel sometimes at these tables I just don't attempt enough cause I have some guy on my left running 65/10 and I just don't feel I can get him to fold and it's tough to put those guys on hands.

I dont never hasitate to make my preflopsteals. I think it's great that they call with theyre crappy hands OOP cause it's easy turning it to EV+ against 'em. I make my standard CB and if they then have hard to fold any pair it's even more great. Maybe I make a two-barrel sometimes and maybe I just check it down. If they get theyre bad hands to showdown and win the pot they will definately pay me off later when I actually got a hand. And then I will make a big bet at every street making them to pay maybe 60bb's for a showdown instead of 15bb's like last time. They are so stupid that they think that I got a even worse hand those times.

[I Like Pie]

Well I stepped up the aggression in the only session I'll have today:



I did a lot less calling today pre-flop and post-flop. My VP$IP is almost the same as my PFR%.
The results aren't good but it's was a few hands like this that just fucked me:

Party No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (5 handed)

BB ($386.50)
UTG ($132.22)
MP ($329.92)
Hero ($197)
SB ($274.20)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Q, Q.
UTG calls $2, MP raises to $8, Hero raises to $26, 2 folds, UTG folds, MP calls $18.

Flop: ($57) 2, 3, 3 (2 players)
MP checks, Hero bets $41, MP calls $41.

Turn: ($139) 4 (2 players)
MP checks, Hero calls $197 (All-In), MP calls $130.

River: ($399) 8 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $399

Results below:
MP has 8d 8c (full house, eights full of threes).
Hero has Qd Qs (two pair, queens and threes).
Outcome: MP wins $466.

Looks I'm continuing the trend of starting off weeks poorly.

[I Like Pie]

Little update:

Played two sessions yesterday. Down 1 buy-in.
Played two sessions today. Up 6 buy-ins.
So I'm up about $300 on the week right now.

I'm keeping up with my goal of increasing my blind stealing attempts, still keeping it over 30%. And think I'm calling raises less too which is the other thing I wanted to do, gotta check that on my PT.

[silu73]

I have also worked hard to increase my Att.to steal blinds percentage and it worked really well against regulars on Party and on Crypto (sometimes). However, keeping the same steal percentage on Ongame got me into lots of troubles. I checked my PT stats and on most sites other than Ongame my percentage is between 27-35% but on Ongame its below 25%.

Just to say also that on Party I play 22/19 and Ongame I'm 19/12. I think this is just adjustment to the more loose games.

Hope to join you soon at 200nl.

[I Like Pie]

You think the Ongame games are looser than Party? I haven't played at Ongame in months but right now I'm loving Party despite not getting rakeback because of their soft games.

[silu73]

You think the Ongame games are looser than Party? I haven't played at Ongame in months but right now I'm loving Party despite not getting Rakeback because of their soft games.

Its because of the time I'm playing. I am in the GMT+12 timezone when its morning in Europe which means well rested people who obviously play Poker instead of working. When I play the 100nl 6-max games on party the table avg VPIP is almost always below 30%. Nits!!

[I Like Pie]

Finished up some bonuses today, cleared the $100 Party reload and finished my Noble Poker $250 deposit bonus. Also, I reached Party Poker's "Ace" level VIP. I have about 6 weeks to see if I can reach "Deuce" level.

Typical Friday on Party and iPoker. I ran into a lot of mega fish today, but this series of hands and occurred in like 5 minutes just killed me today. I finished only up one buy-in.

This villain here is a 51/7, just spewing as you can see.

Party No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (6 handed)

UTG ($485.81)
MP ($200)
CO ($200)
Button ($197)
SB ($374.65)
Hero ($200)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A, J.
2 folds, CO raises to $8, Button calls $8, 1 fold, Hero raises to $32, CO folds, Button calls $25.

Flop: ($75) J, 9, 9 (2 players)
Hero bets $62, Button raises to $124, Hero calls $198 (All-In), Button calls $197 (All-In).

Turn: ($595) 3 (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($595) 2 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: $595

Results below:
Hero has Ah Jd (two pair, jacks and nines).
Button has Ac 8s (flush, ace high).
Outcome: Button wins $656.

Villain here runs 66/45 and has mini-raised my blinds every time.

Party No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (6 handed)

Button ($197)
SB ($147.48)
Hero ($215.80)
UTG ($41)
MP ($208.85)
CO ($147.55)

Preflop: Hero is BB with , .
4 folds, SB raises to $4, Hero raises to $13.3, SB calls $10.30.

Flop: ($28.60) , , (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $16.5, SB calls $16.50.

Turn: ($61.60) (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $30, SB calls $146.48 (All-In), Hero calls $86.68.

River: ($294.96) (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $294.96

Results below:
SB has 7c Tc (full house, sevens full of tens).
Hero has 2s 9s (flush, ten high).
Outcome: SB wins $294.96. Hero wins $29.80.

Didn't lose as much here but it happened in within a few minutes of the first two.

Texas Hold'em NL $1.00/$2.00

Seat 3: espana90 ($200.00 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero ($217.00 in chips) DEALER
Seat 6: Ciderlout ($127.62 in chips)
Seat 8: Smokersthewinner ($179.37 in chips)
Seat 10: Rentachip ($80.00 in chips)
Ciderlout: Post SB $1.00
Smokersthewinner: Post BB $2.00
Rentachip: Post BB $2.00

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Rentachip [6c 5d]
Dealt to Hero[Jh Jc]

Rentachip: Check, Hero: Raise $8.00, Ciderlout: Call $7.00, 1 fold, Rentachip: Raise $32.00, Hero: Raise $209.00, 1 fold, Rentachip: Allin $46.00

*** FLOP *** [9h 5s Ah]

*** TURN *** [6d]

*** RIVER *** [Qh]

*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $304.00 Rake $3.00
Hero: wins $137.00
Rentachip: wins $167.00

[I Like Pie]

Played about 2k hands today, got killed by the fishes. I'm frustrated.

The good...

Party No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (6 handed)

Button ($197)
SB ($202.75)
BB ($169)
UTG ($327.65)
MP ($244.30)
Hero ($202.70)

Preflop: Hero is CO with , .
2 folds, Hero raises to $8, Button calls $8, SB raises to $33, 1 fold, Hero raises to $94.7, Button folds, SB folds.

Final Pot: $75.01

Results ibelow:
No showdown. Hero wins $75.99.

the bad...

Party No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (6 handed)

Hero ($203)
UTG ($194)
MP ($319.83)
CO ($189.15)
Button ($105.45)
SB ($121.49)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 9, 9.
3 folds, Button raises to $7, 1 fold, Hero raises to $24.5, Button calls $18.50.

Flop: ($52) 9, 8, A (2 players)
Hero bets $30, Button calls $105.45 (All-In), Hero calls $49.95.

Turn: ($211.90) A (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($211.90) 7 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $211.90

Results below:
Hero has 9s 9h (full house, nines full of aces).
Button has 7h As (full house, aces full of sevens).
Outcome: Button wins $211.90. Hero wins $25.50.

...and the ugly

GAME #624272724: Texas Hold'em NL $1.00/$2.00 2007-08-11 20:58:40
Table Bethal (No DP)

Seat 1: gewinner007 ($53.35 in chips)
Seat 3: sebosleboss ($179.00 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero ($204.70 in chips)
Seat 6: RejsoB27 ($211.35 in chips) DEALER
Seat 8: NLalwaywin ($49.85 in chips)
Seat 10: kringlarn666 ($194.00 in chips)
NLalwaywin: Post SB $1.00
kringlarn666: Post BB $2.00

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [As 3s]
Dealt to NLalwaywin [Qc Jc]

2 folds, Hero: Raise $80.00, 1 fold, NLalwaywin: Allin $48.85, 1 fold

*** FLOP *** [7d 5d 8d]

*** TURN *** [Tc]

*** RIVER *** [4d]

*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $128.85 Rake $3.00
Hero: wins $128.85

[I Like Pie]

Week five at 200NL has come to an end. Here is how this week went for me:







Cash games - ($1218.50)
Tournaments - ($15.00)
Bonuses/Rakeback - $230.00

Down $1003.50 on the week.
Bankroll now sits at $9729.08

I'll start off with the bad because there is more of that. This is two big losing weeks now, I'm down 12 buy-ins over 20k hands in the past two weeks. I'm losing a bit at Party Poker but I'm getting MURDERED at iPoker. I have to get outta this, the biggest problem I can control is I think I'm playing poorly against the iPoker fish. I just have to make better decisions.
The good? Well, this week I as you can see I bumped up the frequency of my blind stealing, I got it to 30% and I'm happy with that. I think I'm getting more aggressive too, I got my VP$IP and PFR% closer together. I'm also happy with my postflop aggression.
Also, hopefully I'm just seeing some bad variance. I got that PokerEV program and unless I'm reading this wrong it looks like I'm unlucky when I 'm all-in:



From that it looks like I should have won 2k but I only won $200. If I'm reading that wrong please let me know.

Here's another one:


I see my VP$IP with AA is just 91.49% too, haha, gotta love having a losing session and getting a walk with AA in the BB.
So in conclusion, I have to get my act together the upcoming week in a big way.


A few hands from the week...

I felt good about this one:

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Hero ($210.05)
SB ($280)
BB ($200)
UTG ($260.10)
MP ($203)
CO ($796.21)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 6, 8.
UTG calls $2, 2 folds, Hero raises to $8, 2 folds, UTG calls $6.

Flop: ($19) J, A, 2 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $17.05, UTG calls $17.05.

Turn: ($53.10) 9 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $35, UTG calls $35.

River: ($123.10) Q (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $90, UTG folds.

Final Pot: $123.10

Results below:
Hero has 6h 8h (high card, ace).
Outcome: Hero wins $123.10.

I felt sick after this one:

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (4 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver Cards)

Button ($201.15)
Hero ($195)
BB ($220.55)
UTG ($479.65)

Preflop: Hero is SB with , .
1 fold, Button raises to $7, Hero calls $6, 1 fold.

Flop: ($16) , , (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $11, Hero calls $11.

Turn: ($38) (2 players)
Hero checks, Button checks.

River: ($38) (2 players)
Hero bets $36, Button raises to $111, Hero calls $194 (All-In), Button calls $66.

Final Pot: $392

Results below:
Hero has Qh 9h (flush, king high).
Button has Jh Ah (flush, ace high).
Outcome: Button wins $445.

[I Like Pie]

So I moved to Prima (Microgaming) to take advantage of a nice 2k bonus for Canadians. I like the site and software. I just wish they had resizable tables because their tables are huge. The big adjustment I had to make was to adapt to the speed. It's the fastest software I've played on and I can't 8 table there, every table seems to be 120+ hands an hour. I can handle 6 at a time.

So I had one session yesterday and it was a BE session. Nothing special.

Today was different.
In session 1, my rough streak continued on. If that PokerEV software supported Prima I'd be able to show an uglier all-in luck graph.
My KK lost to AK pre-flop all-in for stacks. Twice I ended up all-in with big draws (12+ outs) vs. one pair and lost.
Also had a set-over-set
a nut flush on turn and get rivered by a boat
and got stacked in a 3 bet pot with AK on a AQ6 board

All that and I only was down 1.5 buy-ins, I think I played well today.

Session 2 was a little less eventful, thing went better. My big hands held and I even sucked out once.

Finished the day up 1.5 buy-ins.

[I Like Pie]

Week six at 200NL has come to an end. Here is how this week went for me:







Cash games - ($199.40)
Withdrawals - ($2.75)

Down $202.15 on the week.
Bankroll now sits at $9727.05

Now down about 13 buy-ins over the last 30k hands (3 weeks). Three losing weeks in a row. I suck. That is all.


A few hands from the week...

Why I love Party:

Party No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (6 handed)

Hero ($289.68)
SB ($95.05)
BB ($173.70)
UTG ($61.05)
MP ($189.70)
CO ($81.55)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 8, J.
UTG raises to $4, 1 fold, CO calls $4, Hero calls $4, SB calls $3, BB raises to $13, UTG calls $10, CO calls $10, Hero calls $10, SB calls $10.

Flop: ($70) 5, J, J (5 players)
SB checks, BB bets $28, UTG folds, CO calls $28, Hero raises to $75, SB folds, BB folds, CO calls $81.55 (All-In).

Turn: ($248) A (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($248) 7 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $248

Results:
CO has 2c 3c (one pair, jacks).
Hero has 8c Jc (three of a kind, jacks).
Outcome: Hero wins $282.55.

Party No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (5 handed)

BB ($218)
Hero ($247.06)
MP ($192.59)
Button ($263.57)
SB ($44.50)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with , . MP posts a blind of $2.
Hero raises to $8.56, MP (poster) calls $6.56, 1 fold, SB raises to $20, 1 fold, Hero raises to $50, MP calls $41.44, SB calls $43.50 (All-In).

Flop: ($165.50) , , (3 players, 1 all-in)
Hero checks, MP checks.

Turn: ($165.50) (3 players, 1 all-in)
Hero calls $247.06 (All-In), MP calls $190.59 (All-In).

River: ($546.68) (3 players, 3 all-in)

Final Pot: $546.69

Results:
Hero has Jh Jc (full house, jacks full of fives).
MP has 6s 6h (two pair, sixes and fives).
SB has Ac Qs (one pair, fives).
Outcome: Hero wins $603.14.

[I Like Pie]

WARNING

The post below contains some bitching and whining. I don't like to be a whiner but I would just like to let off a little steam.

WARNING


Well I lost another 3+ buy-ins today. I'm just getting killed.
I'm getting increasing frustrated losing like this:

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Hero ($203.55)
CO ($208.80)
Button ($200)
SB ($191.84)
BB ($204.30)
UTG ($299.15)

Preflop: Hero is MP with A, A. UTG posts a blind of $2.
Hero raises to $8, 2 folds, SB raises to $14, 1 fold, Hero raises to $34, SB calls $20.

Flop: ($70) 9, J, 2 (3 players)
SB bets $50, Hero calls $203.55 (All-In), SB calls $190.84 (All-In).

Turn: ($477.10) T (3 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($477.10) Q (3 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: $477.10

Results :
SB has Th 9c (two pair, tens and nines).
BB has (two pair, tens and nines).
Hero has Ac As (one pair, aces).
Outcome: SB wins $514.39.

What in god's name is this guy thinking?:

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver Cards)

UTG ($198.80)
Hero ($208.50)
Button ($87.24)
SB ($182)
BB ($71.35)

Preflop: Hero is MP with , .
1 fold, Hero raises to $7.5, 1 fold, SB calls $6.50, BB calls $5.50.

Flop: ($22.50) , , (3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $16, SB raises to $32, BB folds, Hero raises to $115, SB calls $83.

Turn: ($252.50) (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $60, SB calls $181 (All-In).

River: ($372.50) (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $372.50

Results :
SB has Qc Jh (one pair, tens).
Hero has 7c 4c (one pair, tens).
Outcome: SB wins $372.50. Hero wins $121.

This hand is just a few orbits before the AA hand:

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver Cards)

Hero ($370.75)
MP ($173.80)
CO ($197)
Button ($67.80)
SB ($216.30)
BB ($155.65)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with , .
Hero raises to $8, 3 folds, SB calls $7, BB raises to $22, Hero raises to $100, SB folds, BB calls $153.65 (All-In), Hero calls $55.65.

Flop: ($319.30) , , (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: ($319.30) (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($319.30) (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $319.30

Results below:
BB has Qs As (three of a kind, queens).
Hero has Kh Ks (two pair, kings and queens).
Outcome: BB wins $319.30. Hero wins $21.

I should be happy I'm finding guys willing to stack off pre-flop with AQ or calling $83 re-raises with Q high but it's just so frustrating, I think I'd rather get outplayed like the hand below than the bullshit posted above.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver Cards)

Button ($104.60)
SB ($196)
BB ($283.20)
UTG ($197)
Hero ($197)
CO ($731.33)

Preflop: Hero is MP with , .
1 fold, Hero raises to $8, 3 folds, BB raises to $31, Hero calls $24.

Flop: ($65) , , (2 players)
BB bets $21, Hero calls $21.

Turn: ($107) (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $104, BB raises to $208, Hero calls $197 (All-In).

River: ($523) (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $523

Results:
BB has Kd Ks (two pair, kings and eights).
Hero has Jh Jc (two pair, jacks and eights).
Outcome: BB wins $616.

Really looked like AK or AQ, I fucked up, I can deal with that.

There you go, rant over. I'll try not to make another one of these again. I'll guess I just regroup and start fresh tomorrow and hopefully get through this.

[I Like Pie]

Lost another 3 buy-ins today. Now I'm down 8 buy-ins over 6,300 hands since the weekend.

I don't know how to start winning. I guess I let this go on until I'm down to $6000 and go back to 100NL.

[silu73]

Chin up! Not going too flash either - down nearly 5x buy-ins since the weekend. With good bankroll management those little downswings will be over soon.

[I Like Pie]

I'm taking the day off and just going over some things.

First I just cleaned up and organized my PT databases.
Then I when over my database since July 30 (37k hands) where I've lost 21 buy-ins. Looking over it, things don't seem that bad. I'm very happy to see I actually made money defending my blinds, also I made money stealing blinds. My pairs and suited-connectors are making money overall. I'm losing with 22, 66, 77 & JJ. The times I'm cold-calling with pairs and suited-connectors I'm winning also.
I'm a loser with unsuited connectors and in unraised multi-way pots. I'll look more into that tomorrow morning I think.
I'm playing 17.5/13.5/3.3 over this stretch and 4.5/2.2/2 on the flop/turn/river.

Then I was playing around with the PokerEV software. Prima and Everest aren't supported so it doesn't get the whole picture but I still have 28k hands in there.
I need to play +EV hands in pots 5-20BB. So I need to play better there it seems.
As for the graphs, my all-in luck graph is ugly, my expected winning are $2.5k higher than my actually winnings. My game analysis graph is very ugly, my Sklansky bucks are up over $6k and my other line is obviously a hell of a lot lower.
I'm not all that familiar with that software so I doubt I'm getting all that I could out of it.

I also read Jager's entire operation thread to see the advice he was getting and how he was trying to improve his play.

So I'm done with the analysis today and I'll just leave my computer on for the rest of the day to datamine Party & Prima. I'll get back to work tomorrow and hopefully have a good day.

[I Like Pie]

I went into today feeling confident and ready to turn things around only to drop another 3 buy-ins in 1800 hands. Just fanfuckingtastic.

[I Like Pie]

Week seven at 200NL has come to an end. Here is how this week went for me:







Cash games - ($1519.03)
Tournaments - $54.00
Bonuses/Rakeback - $200.00

Down $1265.03 on the week.
Bankroll now sits at $8227.86

As you can see August is continuing to be a nightmare for me. Four losing weeks in a row and I'm going to try desperately to not make it five. I found it odd that I was playing more from the CO than from the BTN this week, I don't know why that is.
Anyways, I'll probably be playing on Party all week taking part in their "Grindload" promotion and I might play a bit on Everest as I still have to clear a $150 bonus there.

[I Like Pie]

the slide continues, 4 more buy-ins today

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver Cards)

MP ($184.88)
Button ($88.11)
SB ($203.95)
Hero ($318.56)
UTG ($205)

Preflop: Hero is BB with , .
2 folds, Button raises to $8, 1 fold, Hero raises to $27, Button calls $88.11 (All-In), Hero calls $60.11.

Flop: ($175.22) , , (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: ($175.22) (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($175.22) (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $175.22

Results:
Hero has Ac Kc (one pair, aces).
Button has 8s Ks (flush, ace high).
Outcome: Button wins $175.22. Hero wins $10.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver Cards)

Hero ($196)
BB ($195)
UTG ($210.65)
MP ($102.60)
Button ($208)

Preflop: Hero is SB with , . UTG posts a blind of $2.
2 folds, Hero raises to $7, UTG (poster) calls $5.

Flop: ($14) , , (3 players)
Hero bets $13, UTG raises to $42, Hero calls $195 (All-In), UTG calls $147.

Turn: ($392) (3 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($392) (3 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $411

Results:
Hero has As 9d (two pair, aces and nines).
BB doesn't show.
UTG has 6c 8c (flush, nine high).
Outcome: UTG wins $411.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

MP ($329.35)
CO ($153.50)
Hero ($281.52)
SB ($212.05)
BB ($64.75)
UTG ($156.30)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 6, 6.
UTG calls $2, MP calls $2, 1 fold, Hero calls $2, 1 fold, BB checks.

Flop: ($10) 7, 7, 6 (4 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, MP bets $8, Hero calls $8, BB folds, UTG folds.

Turn: ($26) A (2 players)
MP bets $21, Hero raises to $51, MP calls $30.

River: ($128) A (2 players)
MP checks, Hero checks.

Final Pot: $128

Results:
MP has 7s 5s (full house, sevens full of aces).
Hero has 6h 6d (full house, sixes full of aces).
Outcome: MP wins $128

[I Like Pie]

I didn't lose money today!!!


I wonder what this guy was thinking on the river:

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

MP ($413.70)
Hero ($455.89)
Button ($181.80)
SB ($298.20)
BB ($40)
UTG ($195)

Preflop: Hero is CO with 9, A.
2 folds, Hero raises to $8, 1 fold, SB calls $7, 1 fold.

Flop: ($18) T, 6, J (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $12.89, SB raises to $32, Hero calls $19.11.

Turn: ($82) 8 (2 players)
SB bets $50, Hero calls $50.

River: ($182) 8 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $65.89, SB calls $65.89.

Final Pot: $313.78

Results:
SB has Qd Kh (one pair, eights).
Hero has 9s As (flush, ace high).
Outcome: Hero wins $313.78.

[mixchange]

What in god's name is this guy thinking?:

What were YOU thinking? Obviously you are getting called on the turn, take the free card. (flush vs. OESD hand)

JJ hand -- you have to re-raise the flop here to $70. That bet is a sign of extreme strength or weakness. You want to define the hand here by having him fold (goot), re-raise you (sad, but goot cuz we know we have to fold, yes we fold...wtf are we beating) or if you are called, proceed with caution, maybe even give up. JJ is a tough hand, you are RARELY going to win an all in pot with it unless someone is on a draw.


also, stop posting bad beats. Dwelling on that stuff isnt good for anything. Post some ownage hands or big $$ wins instead. Positive motivation is where it's at.

[I Like Pie]

What were YOU thinking? Obviously you are getting called on the turn, take the free card. (flush vs. OESD hand)

I realized that after that hand. But the funny thing is, if I did check and was facing a shove on the river when a 7 or 4 fell I would have folded when my pair would have been good. So it kinda gave me 6 more outs.

JJ hand -- you have to re-raise the flop here to $70. That bet is a sign of extreme strength or weakness. You want to define the hand here by having him fold (goot), re-raise you (sad, but goot cuz we know we have to fold, yes we fold...wtf are we beating) or if you are called, proceed with caution, maybe even give up. JJ is a tough hand, you are RARELY going to win an all in pot with it unless someone is on a draw.

I can't remember my thought process that hand but what you said sounds good. What would you do if he potted it instead? If he bets $65 do you shove or fold? Cause any flop raise on a bigger bet makes you really committed.

also, stop posting bad beats. Dwelling on that stuff isnt good for anything. Post some ownage hands or big $$ wins instead. Positive motivation is where it's at.

I hear ya, I've posted a few like the 86s where I fired every street with air and stupid/funny hands with Party fish spewing (like the guy stacking off with 3 high and no draws). I'll try to mix it up more.

[mixchange]

I'm a conservative player so I probably dump the jacks if potted. In a 4 bet pot if someone bets pot on flop without AKQ out there at all, its normally an overpair defense. If he pots, we only beat a bluff and if we call the pot size bet we might as well re-raise AI right then instead of calling, but I really don't want to do that. Playing AI pots with marginal hands isn't the ticket. Quit the marginal situations 1 or 2 streets early, it saves a LOT of money. For me most of my nights come down to critical play in 5-10 pots. The nights I save extra bets in 3/4 bet pots and proceed with the best hand I make far more.

I really think the #1 leak people have is playing further too loosely without the goods in big pots.

[I Like Pie]

I do the same thing and fold there in that situation. It's a lot easier when you get a flop like this:

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

SB ($217.50)
BB ($49.68)
UTG ($91.38)
MP ($200)
CO ($55.36)
Hero ($207.30)

Preflop: Hero is Button with J, J.
UTG calls $2, MP calls $2, 1 fold, Hero raises to $9, 2 folds, UTG raises to $29, MP folds, Hero calls $20.

Flop: ($63) J, Q, J (2 players)
UTG bets $26, Hero calls $26.

Turn: ($115) 7 (2 players)
UTG calls $91.38 (All-In), Hero calls $36.38.

River: ($187.76) 4 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $187.76

Results:
UTG has Qh Kc (two pair, queens and jacks).
Hero has Jd Jh (four of a kind, jacks).
Outcome: Hero wins $242.76.

JJ was my lone bright spot today. I was 13 for 13 with them for 8.37 BB/Hand. Hopefully my Jacks stay hot at...100NL because that's where I'm heading. I had my worst day ever today, losing just under $1k. So I'll bring back this thread when I make it back to 200NL.

[I Like Pie]

Week eight at 200NL has come to an end. Here is how this week went for me:







Cash games - ($1470.42)

Down $1470.42 on the week.
Bankroll now sits at $6937.88

I have some rakeback coming to me in a week or so and probably another $500 in bonuses from Party and Everest so hopefully I can do a little better at 100NL and be back up at 200NL in a couple of weeks.


A few hands from the week...

I don't think I've had a split pot like this before:

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Button ($206.03)
SB ($63.65)
Hero ($203.25)
UTG ($78.15)
MP ($82.80)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q, 9.
3 folds, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: ($5) Q, K, 9 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $2.75, SB raises to $5.5, Hero calls $2.75.

Turn: ($16) 3 (2 players)
SB bets $12, Hero calls $12.

River: ($40) 9 (2 players)
SB calls $62.65 (All-In), Hero calls $44.15.

Final Pot: $128.30

Results:
Hero has Qd 9d (full house, nines full of queens).
SB has 9h Qc (full house, nines full of queens).
Outcome: Hero wins $82.65. SB wins $64.15

My biggest hand of the week:

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver Cards)

UTG ($200)
Hero ($200)
Button ($129)
SB ($164)
BB ($277)

Preflop: Hero is MP with , .
1 fold, Hero raises to $8, Button calls $8, SB calls $7, BB calls $6.

Flop: ($32) , , (4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $22, Button calls $22, SB raises to $75, BB folds, Hero calls $53, Button calls $129 (All-In), SB calls $46, Hero calls $46.

Turn: ($425) (3 players, 1 all-in)
SB calls $163 (All-In), Hero calls $35.

River: ($495) (3 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: $495

Results:
Hero has Js Jc (three of a kind, jacks).
Button has 8c Tc (one pair, eights).
SB has Ad Kh (two pair, aces and kings).
Outcome: Hero wins $623.

Biggest loss of the week:

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver Cards)

MP ($230.56)
Hero ($233)
Button ($181.40)
SB ($190.15)
BB ($90.70)
UTG ($207.03)

Preflop: Hero is CO with , .
UTG raises to $8, 1 fold, Hero raises to $28, 3 folds, UTG calls $207.03 (All-In), Hero calls $179.03.

Flop: ($416.06) , , (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: ($416.06) (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($416.06) (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $416.06

Results below:
UTG has As Kd (three of a kind, aces).
Hero has Qs Qd (two pair, aces and queens).
Outcome: UTG wins $416.06. Hero wins $9

[Vi-Zer0Skill]

Our stats look quite similar, except that i play a lot more aggressively on the turn. One suggestion i have is to start double barrelling scary turn cards when you are the PFR and your c-bet with air gets called.

Other than that i think you are mostly just running bad. Moving down until you start winning more of those 60/40's is a good idea.

[mixchange]

thats your biggest loss of the week?!? one stack? you should be dropping at least one of those a day, but hopefully picking up 2 or 3

are you mostly just losing a lot of medium pots or something? At 200nl theres enough aggressive play that you should be stacking off and stacking ppl quit a bit

[I Like Pie]

It's only 3 days and 5.5k hands. I had two 150BB loses today (top two vs. top set in 3bet pot & KK vs a donk with AA).
I lost 100BB stacks 6 times in those 3 days and won 5. I was kinda surprised too that that hand was my biggest loss.

I tried to look at that PokerEV software to see if I was fucking up a lot of medium pots. Looks like I'm doing okay in pots 5-30BB. I don't see anything that really stands out. I'm going to really sit down with that program for a while and go through all the filters and every situation.

[I Like Pie]

Our stats look quite similar, except that i play a lot more aggressively on the turn. One suggestion i have is to start double barrelling scary turn cards when you are the PFR and your c-bet with air gets called.

I double barrel when I think it's a good spot or I can get away with it but I probably don't do it enough. Thanks for the advice.