And here's another one after i played the last one

[wonderland]

So, my win rate is about 35%/40%

The last scenario was typical of about half the reasons i lose, this scenario is common for the other half of the times i lose.

Get an ok stack, things progress, make one crucial mistake and fuck up my M zone, i'm into push fold territory and i get called.


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---Tournament Summary---
$1.10 SNG: Finished 4/9 for $0
Data for 38 hands.
You played 10 hands (26.32%)
You raised 4 times preflop (10.53%)

Q 7 UTG (M = 50.00; F)

-----Hand 1-----
Hero's M = 50.00
PokerStars Game #20354757109: Tournament #107820996, $1.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2008/09/12 17:29:15 ET
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.4w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '107820996 1' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: bachicha602 (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: bosshoss73 (1560 in chips)
Seat 3: ragriffiths3 (1480 in chips)
Seat 4: wonderland08 (1500 in chips)
Seat 5: robertonano (1480 in chips)
Seat 6: Rabufs (1500 in chips)
Seat 7: opus45240 (1480 in chips)
Seat 8: Iena78 (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: mi cuñado (1500 in chips)
ragriffiths3: posts small blind 10
wonderland08: posts big blind 20
Preflop: wonderland08 dealt 9 Q
robertonano: folds
Rabufs: calls 20
opus45240: folds
Iena78: folds
mi cuñado: folds
bachicha602: calls 20
bosshoss73: calls 20
ragriffiths3: calls 10
wonderland08: checks
Flop: 9 5 3
ragriffiths3: checks
wonderland08: bets 100

Rabufs: folds
bachicha602: folds
bosshoss73: folds
ragriffiths3: folds
Uncalled bet (100) returned to wonderland08
wonderland08 collected 100 from pot



-----Hand 2-----
Hero's M = 52.67
PokerStars Game #20354777654: Tournament #107820996, $1.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2008/09/12 17:30:03 ET
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Table '107820996 1' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: bachicha602 (1480 in chips)
Seat 2: bosshoss73 (1540 in chips)
Seat 3: ragriffiths3 (1460 in chips)
Seat 4: wonderland08 (1580 in chips)
Seat 5: robertonano (1480 in chips)
Seat 6: Rabufs (1480 in chips)
Seat 7: opus45240 (1480 in chips)
Seat 8: Iena78 (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: mi cuñado (1500 in chips)
wonderland08: posts small blind 10
robertonano: posts big blind 20
Preflop: wonderland08 dealt A T
Rabufs: folds
opus45240: calls 20
Iena78: folds
mi cuñado: folds
bachicha602: calls 20
bosshoss73: folds
ragriffiths3: folds
wonderland08: calls 10
robertonano: raises 60 to 80

opus45240: calls 60
bachicha602: folds
wonderland08: folds
Flop: Q 3 J
robertonano: checks
opus45240: bets 160

robertonano: calls 160
Turn: K
robertonano: checks
opus45240: bets 180

robertonano: calls 180
River: 4
robertonano: bets 160

opus45240: calls 160
Showdown:
robertonano: shows 5 5 (a pair of Fives)
opus45240: shows T Q (a pair of Queens)
opus45240 collected 1200 from pot


9 J BU (M = 52.00; f+f+c+f+c+f+F)
4 J CO (M = 52.00; f+r+f+f+f+F)
7 8 CO-1 (M = 52.00; c+f+f+f+F)
8 K MP2 (M = 52.00; c+c+f+F)

-----Hand 3-----
Hero's M = 52.00
PokerStars Game #20354933053: Tournament #107820996, $1.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2008/09/12 17:35:59 ET
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Table '107820996 1' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: bachicha602 (1360 in chips)
Seat 2: bosshoss73 (2050 in chips)
Seat 3: ragriffiths3 (1460 in chips)
Seat 4: wonderland08 (1560 in chips)
Seat 5: robertonano (950 in chips)
Seat 6: Rabufs (1410 in chips)
Seat 7: opus45240 (2040 in chips)
Seat 8: Iena78 (1460 in chips)
Seat 9: mi cuñado (1210 in chips)
mi cuñado: posts small blind 10
bachicha602: posts big blind 20
Preflop: wonderland08 dealt K A
bosshoss73: calls 20
ragriffiths3: folds
wonderland08: raises 100 to 120

robertonano: folds
Rabufs: folds
opus45240: calls 120
Iena78: folds
mi cuñado: folds
bachicha602: folds
bosshoss73: folds
Flop: 8 6 3
wonderland08: checks
opus45240: checks
Turn: 5
wonderland08: bets 100

opus45240: calls 100
River: Q
wonderland08: checks
opus45240: checks
Showdown:
wonderland08: shows K A (high card Ace)
opus45240: mucks hand
wonderland08 collected 490 from pot


9 2 UTG+1 (M = 40.67; f+F)
8 4 UTG (M = 40.67; F)
6 7 BB (M = 40.67; f+c+f+r+c+f+r+f+F)
J 2 SB (M = 40.00; f+c+f+f+c+F)
5 9 BU (M = 39.67; c+r+f+F)
5 2 CO (M = 39.67; f+f+F)
8 K MP1 (M = 39.67; c+F)
3 T UTG (M = 23.80; F)

-----Hand 4-----
Hero's M = 23.80
PokerStars Game #20355260361: Tournament #107820996, $1.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2008/09/12 17:48:34 ET
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.4w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '107820996 1' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: bachicha602 (990 in chips)
Seat 2: bosshoss73 (4980 in chips)
Seat 3: ragriffiths3 (3350 in chips)
Seat 4: wonderland08 (1785 in chips)
Seat 6: Rabufs (2395 in chips)
ragriffiths3: posts small blind 25
wonderland08: posts big blind 50
Preflop: wonderland08 dealt 9 J
Rabufs: calls 50
bachicha602: folds
bosshoss73: folds
ragriffiths3: folds
wonderland08: checks
Flop: 6 K K
wonderland08: checks
Rabufs: bets 50

wonderland08: folds
Uncalled bet (50) returned to Rabufs
Rabufs collected 125 from pot
Rabufs: doesn't show hand


6 J SB (M = 23.13; c+f+f+F)
3 8 BU (M = 22.80; f+r+F)
8 J CO (M = 22.80; f+F)
6 7 UTG (M = 22.80; F)

-----Hand 5-----
Hero's M = 22.80
PokerStars Game #20355358143: Tournament #107820996, $1.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2008/09/12 17:52:24 ET
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.4w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '107820996 1' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: bachicha602 (1165 in chips)
Seat 2: bosshoss73 (5130 in chips)
Seat 3: ragriffiths3 (3425 in chips)
Seat 4: wonderland08 (1710 in chips)
Seat 6: Rabufs (2070 in chips)
ragriffiths3: posts small blind 25
wonderland08: posts big blind 50
Preflop: wonderland08 dealt 6 K
Rabufs: calls 50
bachicha602: folds
bosshoss73: folds
ragriffiths3: calls 25
wonderland08: checks
Flop: 5 A 9
ragriffiths3: checks
wonderland08: checks
Rabufs: checks
Turn: T
ragriffiths3: bets 50

wonderland08: folds
Rabufs: raises 50 to 100

ragriffiths3: calls 50
River: J
ragriffiths3: bets 150

Rabufs: raises 150 to 300

ragriffiths3: calls 150
Showdown:
Rabufs: shows 9 A (two pair, Aces and Nines)
ragriffiths3: shows 7 8 (a straight, Seven to Jack)
ragriffiths3 collected 950 from pot



-----Hand 6-----
Hero's M = 22.13
PokerStars Game #20355381600: Tournament #107820996, $1.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2008/09/12 17:53:18 ET
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.4w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '107820996 1' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: bachicha602 (1165 in chips)
Seat 2: bosshoss73 (5130 in chips)
Seat 3: ragriffiths3 (3925 in chips)
Seat 4: wonderland08 (1660 in chips)
Seat 6: Rabufs (1620 in chips)
wonderland08: posts small blind 25
Rabufs: posts big blind 50
Preflop: wonderland08 dealt Q 3
bachicha602: calls 50
bosshoss73: calls 50
ragriffiths3: calls 50
wonderland08: calls 25
Rabufs: checks
Flop: J J 6
wonderland08: checks
Rabufs: checks
bachicha602: checks
bosshoss73: bets 50

ragriffiths3: calls 50
wonderland08: folds
Rabufs: folds
bachicha602: calls 50
Turn: 9
bachicha602: checks
bosshoss73: checks
ragriffiths3: checks
River: 4
bachicha602: bets 50

bosshoss73: folds
ragriffiths3: folds
Uncalled bet (50) returned to bachicha602
bachicha602 collected 400 from pot
bachicha602: doesn't show hand


K 2 BU (M = 21.47; f+f+F)
T 7 CO (M = 21.47; f+F)
A 3 UTG (M = 21.47; F)

-----Hand 7-----
Hero's M = 21.47
PokerStars Game #20355473946: Tournament #107820996, $1.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2008/09/12 17:56:56 ET
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.4w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '107820996 1' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: bachicha602 (1015 in chips)
Seat 2: bosshoss73 (4955 in chips)
Seat 3: ragriffiths3 (4350 in chips)
Seat 4: wonderland08 (1610 in chips)
Seat 6: Rabufs (1570 in chips)
ragriffiths3: posts small blind 25
wonderland08: posts big blind 50
Preflop: wonderland08 dealt K J
Rabufs: calls 50
bachicha602: folds
bosshoss73: folds
ragriffiths3: folds
wonderland08: raises 100 to 150

Rabufs: calls 100
Flop: 6 A Q
wonderland08: bets 150

Rabufs: calls 150
Turn: A
wonderland08: checks
Rabufs: bets 100

wonderland08: calls 100
River: 4
wonderland08: folds
Rabufs collected 825 from pot
Rabufs: doesn't show hand



-----Hand 8-----
Hero's M = 8.07
PokerStars Game #20355492551: Tournament #107820996, $1.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2008/09/12 17:57:41 ET
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.4w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '107820996 1' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: bachicha602 (1015 in chips)
Seat 2: bosshoss73 (4955 in chips)
Seat 3: ragriffiths3 (4325 in chips)
Seat 4: wonderland08 (1210 in chips)
Seat 6: Rabufs (1995 in chips)
wonderland08: posts small blind 50
Rabufs: posts big blind 100
Preflop: wonderland08 dealt 9 8
bachicha602: folds
bosshoss73: folds
ragriffiths3: folds
wonderland08: calls 50
Rabufs: checks
Flop: J 5 3
wonderland08: checks
Rabufs: checks
Turn: 6
wonderland08: checks
Rabufs: bets 100

wonderland08: folds
Uncalled bet (100) returned to Rabufs
Rabufs collected 200 from pot
Rabufs: doesn't show hand


8 A BU (M = 7.40; f+f+F)
2 9 CO (M = 7.40; f+F)
4 9 UTG (M = 7.40; F)
5 T BB (M = 7.40; f+c+f+r+F)

-----Hand 9-----
Hero's M = 6.73
PokerStars Game #20355561372: Tournament #107820996, $1.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2008/09/12 18:00:23 ET
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.4w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '107820996 1' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: bachicha602 (1065 in chips)
Seat 2: bosshoss73 (4805 in chips)
Seat 3: ragriffiths3 (4425 in chips)
Seat 4: wonderland08 (1010 in chips)
Seat 6: Rabufs (2195 in chips)
wonderland08: posts small blind 50
Rabufs: posts big blind 100
Preflop: wonderland08 dealt 2 J
bachicha602: folds
bosshoss73: folds
ragriffiths3: folds
wonderland08: raises 910 to 1010 and is all-in

Rabufs: folds
Uncalled bet (910) returned to wonderland08
wonderland08 collected 200 from pot


2 3 BU (M = 7.40; f+r+F)
7 8 CO (M = 7.40; f+F)
T 6 BB (M = 7.40; r+f+r+F)
5 2 SB (M = 6.73; f+f+F)

-----Hand 10-----
Hero's M = 6.40
PokerStars Game #20355641596: Tournament #107820996, $1.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2008/09/12 18:03:33 ET
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Table '107820996 1' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 2: bosshoss73 (4605 in chips)
Seat 3: ragriffiths3 (5275 in chips)
Seat 4: wonderland08 (960 in chips)
Seat 6: Rabufs (2660 in chips)
Rabufs: posts small blind 50
bosshoss73: posts big blind 100
Preflop: wonderland08 dealt K J
ragriffiths3: calls 100
wonderland08: raises 860 to 960 and is all-in

Rabufs: folds
bosshoss73: folds
ragriffiths3: calls 860
Flop: T T T
Turn: 5
River: A
Showdown:
ragriffiths3: shows A 2 (a full house, Tens full of Aces)
wonderland08: shows K J (three of a kind, Tens)
ragriffiths3 collected 2070 from pot



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[taipan168]

1. Q9o - fine, I like leading with top pair in this spot. If you're raised, let it go, if you're called, check the turn to keep the pot small since the flop is very drawy.

2. ATo - fine, I complete the SB too rather than raising and fold to the raise. BTW on this hand, don't look at the board and see that you would have made a straight and curse yourself for folding - once you fold, what comes on the board is irrelevant.

3. AKo - I raise just a little bit less, 100 is plenty to clear out subsequent callers and try to get HU on the flop whilst not bloating the pot. As played, I definitely c-bet the flop for 150 or so. You bet less on the flop than you raised preflop, why is this? If you are c-betting the flop, bet at least 1/2 pot since you'd really like to take it down without a fight.

6. Q3s - I usually just ditch this once blinds hit 25/50, but calling isn't a huge leak PROVIDED that you don't go broke on a Q high flop.

7. KJs - ok, this needs some comment. Firstly, I would not have raised preflop, I would have just checked the BB. If you're called, you're playing this hand OOP postflop. As played, I DEFINITELY check the flop rather than betting - you have a gutshot straight draw but that is a very dangerous flop for you with the A and spade draw on the flop (which also means that not all your outs are good. On the turn, despite getting 7:1 I fold, for two reasons: a) you only have 6-8 outs which means you're odds are marginal to chase your straight and b) you may already be dead if opp has a full house.

8. 98o - completing is OK here provided you don't have a read that opp is aggressive and raises. Personally, if I completed here, I would bet the flop for 80 or so to try to steal.

8 A BU (M = 7.40; f+f+F) (between 8 and 9) - I would raise this 2.5x BB

9. J2o - shove is fine

10. KJo - shove is no good. In fact, it wouldn't even be a good shove if it was folded to you. Patience is a real virtue in poker - with just under 10x BB you are short but not yet totally desperate so you can afford to eat the blinds again. I would rather shove 32 offsuit if it was folded to me in the SB than shove over with KJo in this spot.

[wonderland]

thanks for all this.

Wow, i'm still not 100% sure of things. I would have thought a shove with KJ would be good if my chips are down. But also, A8 is not supposed to be a playable hand?

I guess what i'm learning, i think, is that position is still vital when shoving, even if it's a pretty shovable hand.

Thing is, i do wonder when my spots will be, sometimes like 20 hands will go by with nothing but 10 4, 8 3, Q 2 etc.

Neet to work on my push fold stuff.

Also, my bubble game is terrible. I always piss chips when i'm in the bubble fighting for 4th place. Everyone's stealing, i'm missing flops, i'm getting re-raised when i show aggression, big stack happily calls nearly dead stack with nothing and ends up donating chips that take nearly dead stack up to my level or higher.

Any good videos on this?

cheers again!

[fjuanl]

for the most part I end up typing exactly what taipan posts, but I said I'd give some feedback so here ya go

Hand 2 - Very nice, a lot of players will call here and get themselves in some trouble. AT is a good hand but often in raised pots your up against a better ace so its difficult to really have any confidence in your hand postflop

Hand 3 - At the $1 level this is probably an ok flop check...but in general this is a great flop to cbet for 2/3'rds pot. After you check the flop I'd check the turn also and get to showdown cheaply

Hand 7 - Definetly don't raise preflop. I've skimmed through your other HH and it seems like you overvalue broadway hands like QJ/KJ. The main reason you should check is because you'll be out of position and a UTG limp range could already be ahead of KJs. Your flop cbet should be at least 200 and to be honest I would just check/fold that flop. The turn check/call is not good even though its such a small bet. Really the only river you want to see is a non-spade ten...any other card and your still likely beat. As far as preflop goes, I'd often check there with 22-99, AJ and sometimes AQ.

A8s btn - on the button I think it would be fine to raise this

Hand 9 - This is definetly profitable against someone who is calling your shove with a tight range, so this is probably good

Hand 10 - Again, KJ is not a great hand, especially with a UTG limp in front. If it was folded to you its still probably correct to fold.