Alexos' Adventures in Donkland

Yeh yeh, I've been thinking of doing this for a while, and I think the time is appropriate now. I've been on my worst downswing ever recently (like everyone else except Zook, ya?), having dropped about 33% of my roll (40k downswing, but dont worry ive recovered some:P) at a certain point. I took a break and traveled to Australia for a month, followed by a week in St-Kitts for the Carribean Poker Tourney which was a blast. Now I'm back and I really want to work on my game and turn things around.

My main game has been 6-10 tabling 500nl, and I've been playing/running great over a significant sample size. But as soon as I move up to 5/10 I've just getting destroyed, and im not even kidding you (Stats at bottom of this post). I'm definitly not playing scared money since I'm always decently rolled and have come to the point that losing 5k pots doesnt really bother me that much? I think that is part of the problem, sometimes I just spew so horribly and make utterly dumb plays at lower limits because "I already lost a 10k pot, so 500-1k$ is nothing" which is stupid. Anyways...

My goal are the following:
-Talk more about poker with buddies..I'm probably the guy that talks to least poker through IM's, even though I have plenty of resources available.
-Do sweat reviews or vids/get coaching/coach someone
-Get better at note taking (notes have done me more harm than good)
-PLAY more hands, I want to get in 50k hands/month w/out going over 8tables
-Stop when I feel tilty/Never play tired
-Table select..I dont need to sit with the regs, at least not until my game is back on track
-My monetary goal remains at 20k/month incl. RB + Bonus

Oh, and in case you were wondering, I used the word Donk in the title not only because I want to play vs them and profit, but because I am a donk myself sometimes (often). This thread will be used to post my donkish plays of the day, and hopefully entertain a few of you.

These are most of my hands at those limits:

I withdrew a bunch and I'm left with a 8.4k BR, but I'll still play both 200nl and 500nl for now. Here we go!

oops I just realized Jager's thread has the same name haha...guess ill change it, knew it sounded familiar!!!

edit: wtv, im keeping it..its not his operation and also in a diff. forum. Unless he sues me for copyright infringement..

I guess I could coach you. I'm pretty expensive though.

GLGLGLGL

kick ass and take names, alexos!

You are really beating up the 500NL games for being a fairly heavy multitabler - very impressive!

good luck w/ 1kNL!!!

wait that's bb/100 and not ptbb right?

otherwise that's fucking sick at 500nl

I decided to create a new PT database for the operation, as the old one was lagging badly anyways. I played a mini-session, saw some donks with double stacks at a table and we played 3-handed for a while. Here are the highlights:

1st three hands are almost back to back.

1) Standard
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No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $2/$5
3 players
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Stack sizes:
Button: $763.31
SB: $1121.50
Alexos: $500

Pre-flop: (3 players) Alexos is BB with Seven of Hearts

Button raises to $20, SB calls, Alexos calls.

Flop: Nine of Hearts

($60, 3 players)
SB checks, Alexos checks, Button bets $40, SB folds, Alexos calls.

Turn: Nine of Clubs

($140, 2 players)
Alexos checks, Button checks.

River: Four of Hearts

($140, 2 players)
Alexos checks, Button checks.

Results:
Final pot: $140
Alexos shows 7h 7s
Button mucks Ah 3s

2)Here I figured he saw me call with 77 the hand before and check it down, so he would figure i'd fold to double barrels. On the river I just didnt think he'd value bet Jx this strongly, and he fired pretty quickly. I'm a station.

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No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $2/$5
3 players
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Stack sizes:
Button: $732.56
SB: $1080.80
Alexos: $563

Pre-flop: (3 players) Alexos is BB with Six of Diamonds

Button raises to $20, SB folds, Alexos calls.

Flop: Five of Hearts

($42, 2 players)
Alexos checks, Button bets $30, Alexos calls.

Turn: Jack of Spades

($102, 2 players)
Alexos checks, Button bets $75, Alexos calls.

River: King of Clubs

($252, 2 players)
Alexos checks, Button bets $185, Alexos calls.

Results:

He has A7o

3)I got TP, stackadonk! I got berated for the 66 call obviously, so I figured he could call with worse here
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No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $2/$5
3 players
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Stack sizes:
Button: $422.56
SB: $1080.80
Alexos: $871

Pre-flop: (3 players) Alexos is BB with Queen of Clubs

Button raises to $20, SB calls, Alexos calls.

Flop: Queen of Diamonds

($60, 3 players)
SB checks, Alexos checks, Button bets $45, SB folds, Alexos raises to $165, Button raises all-in $402.56, Alexos calls.

Turn: Three of Diamonds

($865.12, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $865.12)

River: Queen of Hearts

($865.12, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $865.12)

Results:
Final pot: $865.12
Button shows Tc Kc
Alexos shows Qc Kh

4) Villain is a 24/15 reg. It was pretty clear he has an overpair here i think. How is the betsizing, I thought maybe I should make it 200 on river instead.

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No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $2/$5
5 players
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Stack sizes:
UTG: $665.50
Alexos: $500
Button: $125.90
SB: $622.75
BB: $613.25

Pre-flop: (5 players) Alexos is CO with Ten of Clubs

UTG raises to $20, Alexos calls, 3 folds.

Flop: Seven of Clubs

($47, 2 players)
UTG bets $40, Alexos calls.

Turn: Six of Spades

($127, 2 players)
UTG checks, Alexos bets $85, UTG calls.

River: Queen of Diamonds

($297, 2 players)
UTG checks, Alexos bets $165

5) Me getting owned. He was definitly bad, but this was the 1st time he 3bet pre. I should fold pre, but I woulda made a move on many flops, and he was so bad I couldnt resist.

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No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $2/$5
5 players
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Stack sizes:
Alexos: $498
CO: $514
Button: $386
SB: $208.40
BB: $584.90

Pre-flop: (5 players) Alexos is UTG with Nine of Diamonds

Alexos raises to $20, 3 folds, BB raises to $70, Alexos calls.

Flop: Six of Spades

($142, 2 players)
BB bets $95, Alexos raises to $225, BB raises all-in $514.9, Alexos calls all-in $203.
Uncalled bets: $86.9 returned to BB.

Turn: Three of Spades

($998, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $998)

River: Ace of Spades

($998, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $998)

Results:
Final pot: $998

6) Very tricky spot. The initial raiser is a laggy reg, kinda spewy. Against this guy I probably RR AK only 50% here, I know he calls my 3bets like always but is a good hand reader. The shortstack was mad aggro and terrible so I prolly flat AK 80% of the time in this situation. His RR to isolate shorty can mean anything from AJ to something like 88, maybe worse, since he knows SS is bad. I think it's an easy push vs this guy, against others I could fold this.

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No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $1/$2 pounds
6 players
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Stack sizes:
UTG: $71.28
UTG+1: $142.85
CO: $309.05
Alexos: $197
SB: $255.75
BB: $97.25

Pre-flop: (6 players) Alexos is Button with Ace of Diamonds

2 folds, CO raises to $6, Alexos calls, SB folds, BB raises to $28, CO raises to $56, Alexos raises all-in $197

Lucky start, BR = $10,242

Wow, yeah sorry these numbers are all bb/100 for some reason PT fucked up as I always look at ptbb normally...hmm, sorry all, no im not that good!!!! Razz

future #'s will all be Ptbb

1. I bet river pretty much always
2. nice, this is a spot where unless the guy is vbetting thin you're going to own him. If he insta bets the river snap it. Timing is very important here.
3. I threebet here almost always, as played on the flop I lead. C/r overreps your hand a ton.
4. This is just pretty dependent on how you feel about opp.
5. I don't normally see a cbet with air here. there are a lot of slow down cards so i just take my SD value and call the flop.
6. I'd reraise AK here much more often than 50% of the time, especially given description of opp. As played yeah get it in.

ISF:

1) What worse hands do you expect him to call with when we bet river?

3)I 3bet as well, but I just won 2 big pots off of him and didnt want to play OOP but still felt my hand has good value and a good kicker. Very good point about the c/r, I should def lead. Although I still dont mind getting in it he was def tilty.

5)It's just that I hate calling with marginal hands on super drawy flops, there are so many bad cards for me. The only good thing we have is position. This might be a leak of mine right here.

6)Against a decent laggy player I prefer to keep the pot small with a drawy hand...this guy will never 4bet crap, and pretty much always calls cbets. With the aggro donk behind me I still prefer flat calling against that guy. edit: basically i thought it was a good time to mix it up

I played 2k hands today and I won 2.5k, playing 1/3 500nl 2/3 200nl...I played 3.5 hrs and im pretty much burned. I really don't understand how some people play 8hrs+/day Shocked

Interesting hands of the day:

1) Scandies are such big bluffers, I swear I need to let them bluff more often I miss so much value:) Hey Halv!

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No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $2/$5
6 players
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B
Stack sizes:
UTG: $709.31
UTG+1: $438
Alexos: $763
Button: $1089.80
SB: $449
BB: $640.55

Pre-flop: (6 players) Alexos is CO with Ace of Clubs

2 folds, Alexos raises to $20, Button raises to $70, 2 folds, Alexos calls.

Flop: King of Clubs

($147, 2 players)
Alexos checks, Button bets $100, Alexos calls.

Turn: Six of Hearts

($347, 2 players)
Alexos checks, Button bets $220, Alexos calls.

River: Five of Diamonds

($787, 2 players)
Alexos checks, Button checks.

Results:
Final pot: $787
Alexos shows Ac Qc
Button mucks 8s Ts

2) Big pot, coolerville

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No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $1/$2
6 players
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Stack sizes:
UTG: $96
UTG+1: $63.90
CO: $531
Hero: $200
SB: $83.60
BB: $270.88

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is Button with Ace of Hearts

UTG folds, UTG+1 raises to $6, CO raises to $21, Hero calls, SB raises all-in $83.6, 2 folds, CO raises all-in $531, Hero calls all-in $179.
Uncalled bets: $331 returned to CO.

Flop: Five of Diamonds

($-176, 0 player + 3 all-in - Main pot: $258.8, Sidepot 1: $73.6)

Turn: Eight of Hearts

($-176, 0 player + 3 all-in - Main pot: $258.8, Sidepot 1: $73.6)

River: Six of Spades

($-176, 0 player + 3 all-in - Main pot: $258.8, Sidepot 1: $73.6)

Results
: SB had KK, CO had AKs
Final pot: $-176

3)Villain was 3betting me pretty much every single time I was opening. My small 4bet was to induce a shove, I would of obviously snapcalled. As played is this ok?

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No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $2/$5
6 players
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Stack sizes:
UTG: $434
Hero: $1018.15
CO: $562.65
Button: $1890.70
SB: $111.70
BB: $573

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is UTG+1 with Ten of Clubs

UTG folds, Hero raises to $20, CO raises to $58, 3 folds, Hero raises to $155, CO calls.

Flop: Five of Hearts

($317, 2 players)
Hero bets $175, CO calls.

Turn: Seven of Diamonds

($667, 2 players)
Hero is all-in $708.15.

4) Villain runs 21/16/4 and is a solid reg. He always views me as a solid reg..im never sure what to do in these spots against decent opponents.

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No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $2/$5
5 players
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Stack sizes:
UTG: $629.50
CO: $402.90
Button: $544.30
Hero: $478
BB: $187.05

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is SB with Jack of Diamonds

2 folds, Button raises to $17, Hero raises to $50, BB folds, Button calls.

Flop: Eight of Diamonds

($105, 2 players)
Hero bets $85, Button raises all-in $494.3 ???????.

Hopefully I'll play some more later, InterPoker has a nice rake race for december on top of all the other crazy bonuses. peeace!

Goddamn, someone still plays at Crypto, Poker's equivalent of a rock garden!?

Here my 2 cents worth:

Hand 1: I am surprised button didn't push the river. Unless you have been known to him to check/call with TPTK his bluffing was bad IMHO. Would you have called a river push?

Hand 2: Is that sexy coldcalling here with AA in position? Or was SB a push happy shortstack? But I understand you not wanting to blow CO out of the pot.

Hand 3: TT is right on the edge to take a stance here. If I push this turn is dependent on what my image is here. If you have been playing weakish against his 3-bets I like your line.

Hand 4: If its the first time you have been tangling against this regular in a big pot then I would lean towards a fold. However, isn't your 3-bet a little bit on the small side? OOP I like to make my 3-bets closer to 4x opening raise.

I suck, you know this, so take it for what its worth:

1. I think this is good and the best line. He could show up with a K here but meh you have showdown value.
2. Fold preflop =)
3. I like pre. Flop looks good. With his stack and the pot size I think turn is ok but I think he has a J here a lot. You only really get called by 88 or 99 that you beat and I don't think they do this much. I guess c/f but what about c/c to induce more air?

Holy fuck. I'm so tilted right now, I just dropped about 3k in 15 minutes, putting me at -500 for the day. The tables were insane, with 4 tables running and 3-4 deepstacked fish on each tables running over 50VPIP....Paradise, right?

Nope...As it turns out I lost a 3.5k pot (700BB) with a FH vs quads against a guy running 67/13. In another hand I pushed with QQ on a 2234 board to rep a bluff and go instasnapcalled from a donk with AK, I shoved pot (330$). WTF!!

I'll post some hands tomorrow as im on life tilt now. Nite.

I played a shittton the last 2 days, I cant even believe it. I moved my laptop to my room where I can fully concentrate, and it seems to be working as im focusing a lot more even if im multitabling heavily.

Here are the results of the past 2 days...I think I've run about avg as well, the fish have just been ridiculous. I also shortstacked some 5/10 as regulars were going at each other with deep stacks, but everytime I shortstack I get bad beat so much for some reason...maybe its karma..

I have a lot of hands to post, hopefully ill do it tmr its too late now..GN

asasfasfasfasddd...now i understand why people stop posting in their operation threads when things go bad!!!

ya so I dropped a few buyins during the week including flush over flush vs whale at 2kNL. BR back to 10k now so no more shots at higher limits for a while. I need to get my confidence back and start grinding again...

Too late to post hands now but I'll start updating this thing even if I'm losing $$...promise

zzzzz thanks for caring

I played about 3k hands and down 500$ today...I'm running sooooo bad, i can actually visualize the river fucking me over, and im getting pretty good at it.

Here are some interesting hands:

1) I'm not sure if I like this one. Villain is a mediocre player, like he overvalues AQ pre and stuff like that, but i wouldnt say hes terrible. I'm not sure what to make of his turn lead, but my guess would be AT+, 2 pair, 78, or clubs? When he checks river I'm pretty sure he doesnt have it, so I...value bluff? Likey?

But first, here is the previous hand I played against him:

Game #4651334253: Hold'em NL ($2/$5) - 2007/12/17 - 23:48:00 (UK)
Table "Cheese" Seat 6 is the button.
Seat 1: Hero ($621.30 in chips)
Seat 2: Coli22108 ($550.80 in chips)
Seat 3: axelrodi ($483 in chips)
Seat 4: wood01 ($487 in chips)
Seat 5: Lurifaxx ($581 in chips)
Seat 6: rherman ($199.40 in chips)
Hero: posts small blind $2
Coli22108: posts big blind $5
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Hero [Kd Kh]
axelrodi: folds
wood01: folds
Lurifaxx: folds
rherman: raises to $30
Hero: raises to $80
Coli22108: calls $75
rherman: raises to $199.40 and is all-in
Hero: calls $119.40
Coli22108: calls $119.40
----- FLOP ----- [7h Qc 6d]
Hero: bets $421.90 and is all-in
Coli22108: is all-in $351.40
Returned uncalled bets $70.50 to Hero
----- TURN ----- [7h Qc 6d][9h]
----- RIVER ----- [7h Qc 6d 9h][8d]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Hero: shows [Kd Kh] (A Pair of Kings, Queen high)
Coli22108: shows [Ad Qh] (A Pair of Queens, Ace high)
rherman: shows [5h 5s] (A Straight, Nine high)
Hero collected $702.80 from Side pot #1
rherman collected $595.20 from Main pot

Now the hand in question:
1) Game #4651605673: Hold'em NL ($2/$5) - 2007/12/18 - 00:00:09 (UK)
Table "Cheese" Seat 1 is the button.
Seat 1: Hero ($743.80 in chips)
Seat 2: Coli22108 ($543.90 in chips)
Seat 3: axelrodi ($473.50 in chips)
Seat 4: wood01 ($571 in chips)
Seat 5: Lurifaxx ($563 in chips)
Seat 6: rherman sits out
Coli22108: posts small blind $2
axelrodi: posts big blind $5
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Hero [Kh As]
wood01: folds
Lurifaxx: folds
Hero: raises to $20
Zoomby joins the table at seat #6
Coli22108: calls $18
axelrodi: folds
----- FLOP ----- [6h 9c Ac]
Coli22108: bets $35
Hero: raises to $100
Coli22108: calls $65
----- TURN ----- [6h 9c Ac][5h]
Coli22108: bets $123
Hero: calls $123
----- RIVER ----- [6h 9c Ac 5h][3c]
Coli22108: checks
Hero: bets $305

2)I had just won a 3bet pot on the flop vs this guy on another table. How's this?

Game #4650466363: Hold'em NL ($1/$2) - 2007/12/17 - 22:46:36 (UK)
Table "Keller" Seat 6 is the button.
Seat 2: corinna1 ($221 in chips)
Seat 3: grandandr ($178 in chips)
Seat 4: Ixchltryx ($388.59 in chips)
Seat 6: Hero ($283.25 in chips)
corinna1 sits out
grandandr: posts big blind $2
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Hero [Jc Jd]
Ixchltryx: folds
Hero: raises to $6
grandandr: calls $4
----- FLOP ----- [6h 3d 7d]
grandandr: checks
Hero: bets $9
grandandr: raises to $24
Hero: calls $15
----- TURN ----- [6h 3d 7d][8h]
grandandr: bets $40
Hero: calls $40
----- RIVER ----- [6h 3d 7d 8h][7c]
grandandr: bets $108 and is all-in
Hero: calls $108

3)Vs 18/8/1, how bad is this?
Game #4646023383: Hold'em NL ($1/$2) - 2007/12/17 - 18:48:05 (UK)
Table "JohnnyB" Seat 4 is the button.
Seat 1: treasure ($205.05 in chips)
Seat 2: Pasajlic ($474.18 in chips)
Seat 3: Hero ($269.35 in chips)
Seat 4: danduAA ($168.75 in chips)
Seat 5: peppes32 ($81.55 in chips)
Seat 6: Lang_56 sits out
peppes32: posts small blind $1
treasure: posts big blind $2
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Hero [Ad Jc]
Pasajlic: folds
Hero: raises to $8
danduAA: calls $8
peppes32: calls $7
treasure: folds
----- FLOP ----- [9c 4h Js]
Lang_56 sits back
peppes32: checks
Hero: bets $18
danduAA: raises to $36
peppes32: folds
Hero: raises to $125
danduAA: raises to $160.75 and is all-in
Hero: calls $35.75

Rest are just the biggest hands of the day/bonus badbeats:

4)STD
Game #4645892453: Hold'em NL ($1/$2) - 2007/12/17 - 18:52:11 (UK)
Table "Kenny" Seat 3 is the button.
Seat 1: Lang_56 ($290.20 in chips)
Seat 2: treasure ($185 in chips)
Seat 3: logicbomb ($195 in chips)
Seat 4: Line_1987 ($270.80 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero ($537.40 in chips)
Seat 6: Hitchiker ($208 in chips)
Line_1987: posts small blind $1
Hero: posts big blind $2
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Hero [Kd Ad]
Hitchiker: folds
Lang_56: folds
treasure: raises to $7
logicbomb: folds
Line_1987: raises to $27
Hero: raises to $72
treasure: folds
Line_1987: raises to $270.80 and is all-in
Hero: calls $198.80
----- FLOP ----- [Ah 9s 5h]
----- TURN ----- [Ah 9s 5h][Qh]
----- RIVER ----- [Ah 9s 5h Qh][7s]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Line_1987: shows [Qs As] (Two Pairs, Aces and Queens, Nine high)
Hero: shows [Kd Ad] (A Pair of Aces, King high)
Line_1987 collected $545.60 from Main pot

5)cooler i guess
Game #4645001503: Hold'em NL (£1/£2) - 2007/12/17 - 17:39:51 (UK)
Table "Friends" Seat 3 is the button.
Seat 1: Aagaards1 sits out
Seat 2: Blu_Blood (£251.80 in chips)
Seat 3: tojen2 (£40.60 in chips)
Seat 4: NLKeyser (£455.38 in chips)
Seat 5: UNVETO (£182.30 in chips)
Seat 6: Hero (£244 in chips)
NLKeyser: posts small blind £1
UNVETO: posts big blind £2
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Hero [Kd Kh]
Hero: raises to £8
Blu_Blood: folds
tojen2: calls £8
NLKeyser: calls £7
UNVETO: folds
----- FLOP ----- [5c 6s Qd]
NLKeyser: checks
Hero: bets £18
tojen2: folds
NLKeyser: calls £18
----- TURN ----- [5c 6s Qd][6c]
NLKeyser: checks
Hero: bets £45
NLKeyser: raises to £429.38 and is all-in
Hero: is all-in £173
Returned uncalled bets £211.38 to NLKeyser
----- RIVER ----- [5c 6s Qd 6c][Tc]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
NLKeyser: shows [Kc Qc] (A Flush, King high)
Hero: shows [Kd Kh] (Two Pairs, Kings and Sixes, Queen high)
NLKeyser collected £495 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot £498 Main pot £495 Rake £3
Board [5c 6s Qd 6c Tc]

6)Vs a 1st lvl thinker that I pushed around the previous hand
Game #4650594923: Hold'em NL ($1/$2) - 2007/12/17 - 22:49:41 (UK)
Table "Gas" Seat 5 is the button.
Seat 1: corinna1 ($264.25 in chips)
Seat 3: grandandr ($429.65 in chips)
Seat 4: Thinkpink ($261.50 in chips)
Seat 5: Hero ($203 in chips)
Seat 6: lurcher67 ($132 in chips)
lurcher67: posts small blind $1
corinna1: posts big blind $2
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Hero [Qd Ts]
grandandr: folds
Thinkpink: raises to $7
Hero: raises to $23
lurcher67: folds
corinna1: folds
Thinkpink: calls $16
----- FLOP ----- [Qh 4d 5d]
Thinkpink: checks
Hero: bets $32
muppup joins the table at seat #2
Thinkpink: raises to $238.50 and is all-in
Hero: is all-in $148
Returned uncalled bets $58.50 to Thinkpink
----- TURN ----- [Qh 4d 5d][9d]
----- RIVER ----- [Qh 4d 5d 9d][8c]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Thinkpink: shows [8d 8h] (Three of a kind, Eights, Queen high)
Hero: shows [Qd Ts] (A Pair of Queens, Ten high)
Thinkpink collected $406 from Main pot

2. yep I like that, you should be good after that river card imo.
3. I think I just call his minraise on flop and re-evaluate turn.

hand 1) i think i just check through river, he has two pair a lot

hand 2) I think i either push or fold turn, with pushing being more often. too many draws out

hand 3) he's so passive, how many hands? Just call min raise on flop and revaluate turn. donk lead maybe and fold to raise, given how passive he is.

Hand 1: Can he not fold better hands if we bet river, but also potentially call with worse? Hence the value bluff..

Or am i wrong and should just check back?

*Last edited by Alexos on Wed, 19 Dec 2007, 5:34am; edited 1 time in total*

I played a bit more yesterday and ended up ~300$ for the day which is good considering how I ran.

Today I grinded out 1.5k hands for a profit of 2.1k dollaz! There was a mega mega whale that started out with 400$ at 2/4, luckboxed it to 4k on that table. Then he moved up to 80/160NL and won another 20k or so. Then he started with 800$ on 20/40 table and cashed out 30k, for a total profit of about 50k in a few hours. He was playing 78/10/1 and just the sickest sickest plays ever, god I love InterPoker sometimes. I played 20/40 for a bit shortstacking, and would have continued if my BR was what it
used to be. Here is how crazy he was:

1)Whale is UTG
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No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $10/$20 POUNDS!
6 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $3534.12
Hero: $1042
CO: $500
Button: $3678
SB: $380
BB: $1376.07

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is UTG+1 with Five of Hearts

UTG raises to $40, Hero folds, CO raises to $60, 3 folds, UTG raises to $120, CO raises to $160, UTG raises to $240, CO raises to $300, UTG raises to $400, CO raises to $480, UTG calls $20 (pot was $-10).

Flop: Five of Diamonds

($990, 2 players)
UTG checks, CO is all-in $310, UTG calls.

Turn: Eight of Clubs

($1610, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $1610)

River: Six of Hearts

($1610, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $1610)

Results:
Final pot: $1610
CO shows Ace of Hearts

UTG shows

sick!!!

2) I know all of you will switch to Crypto after these hands:P Whale is SB, UTG is Moby Dick
CryptoLogic
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $10/$20
5 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $370
CO: $1878
Button: $1291.19
SB: $2786
Hero: $1297

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is BB with Four of Clubs

UTG calls, CO calls, Button raises to $100, SB raises to $180, Hero folds, UTG raises to $280, CO folds, Button raises all-in $1291.19, SB calls, UTG calls all-in $110.

Flop: Six of Hearts

($2272.38, 1 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $1210, Sidepot 1: $1062.38)

Turn: Three of Diamonds

($2272.38, 1 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $1210, Sidepot 1: $1062.38)

River: King of Clubs

($2272.38, 1 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $1210, Sidepot 1: $1062.38)

Results:
Final pot: $2272.38
Button shows Queen of Hearts

UTG shows

SB shows

3)Here's the pot I won, weee quadruple up and cashout
CryptoLogic
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $10/$20
5 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $2840
CO: $1381.19
Button: $1244
Hero: $288
BB: $500

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is SB with Ace of Hearts

UTG raises to $60, CO folds, Button raises to $100, Hero raises all-in $288, BB raises all-in $500, UTG raises all-in $2840, Button calls all-in $1144.
Uncalled bets: $1596 returned to UTG.

Flop: Ten of Spades

($1364, 0 player + 4 all-in - Main pot: $1152, Sidepot 1: $636, Sidepot 2: $1276)

Turn: Jack of Hearts

($1364, 0 player + 4 all-in - Main pot: $1152, Sidepot 1: $636, Sidepot 2: $1276)

River: Ace of Diamonds

($1364, 0 player + 4 all-in - Main pot: $1152, Sidepot 1: $636, Sidepot 2: $1276)

Results:
Final pot: $1364

Donk1: shows [Td Th] (Three of a kind, Tens, Ace high)
Moby: shows [9s 8s] (A Straight, Queen high)
Shark: shows [Ah Kd] (A Straight, Ace high)
Whale: shows [Qh 2s] (A Pair of Queens, Ace high)

4) Big calldown of the night vs 27/20/6 reg 96% cbet
CryptoLogic
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $2/$5
5 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $615.15
CO: $240.90
Hero: $650.57
SB: $874.90
BB: $442.40

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is Button with Ten of Clubs

UTG raises to $17, CO calls, Hero calls, SB folds, BB calls.

Flop: Ten of Diamonds

($70, 4 players)
BB checks, UTG bets $45, CO folds, Hero calls, BB folds.

Turn: Three of Spades

($160, 2 players)
UTG bets $103, Hero calls.

River: Nine of Clubs

($366, 2 players)
UTG bets $229, Hero calls.

Results:
Final pot: $824
UTG shows Ks Qc
Hero shows Tc Jd

BR is 11k, also added 500$ to my stars roll, and i still believe stars is one of the softest sites for 200nl

cheers

Also if anyone can teach me how to link my operation to my signature that would be great, i tried viewing source and copying what zook did but doesnt work:( ty

you gonna start playing at Stars now?

why would i do that now..did u see the hands in my last post? Shocked

haha yeah but the whole added $500 to my stars roll/stars 200nl is softest stuff

Alexos has gotta stay at InterPoker so we can tangle some more.... and make our bb/100 bet and play against the same competition Smile

that's a good enough reason, i hope we start our bet soon after the holidays:P

In other news, I played a small session yesterday and made 4 buyins. BR still around 11k since I had drop some the previous sessions.

Cooler of the day:

Game #4725647173: Hold'em NL ($2/$5) - 2007/12/24 - 02:45:24 (UK)
Table "Chomsky" Seat 4 is the button.
Seat 1: Mairyhuff ($718.29 in chips)
Seat 2: mremania ($477.90 in chips)
Seat 3: loibedo ($608.25 in chips)
Seat 4: z4muz ($983.50 in chips)
Seat 5: KWR460 ($478.53 in chips)
Seat 6: Hero ($920.20 in chips)
KWR460: posts small blind $2
Hero: posts big blind $5
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Hero [Jh Jc]
Mairyhuff: calls $5
mremania: folds
loibedo: folds
z4muz: raises to $25
KWR460: folds
Hero: calls $20
Mairyhuff: folds
----- FLOP ----- [Jd 6h 9d]
Hero: bets $45
z4muz: raises to $140
Hero: raises to $400
z4muz: raises to $958.50 and is all-in
Hero: is all-in $495.20
Returned uncalled bets $63.30 to z4muz
----- TURN ----- [Jd 6h 9d][2h]
----- RIVER ----- [Jd 6h 9d 2h][Qh]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
z4muz: shows [Js 9s] (Two Pairs, Jacks and Nines, Queen high)
Hero: shows [Jh Jc] (Three of a kind, Jacks, Queen high)
Hero collected $1844.40 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot $1847.40 Main pot $1844.40 Rake $3
Board [Jd 6h 9d 2h Qh]
Seat 1: Mairyhuff folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: mremania folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: loibedo folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: z4muz (button) showed [Js 9s] and lost with Two Pairs, Jacks and Nines, Queen high
Seat 5: KWR460 (small blind) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Hero (big blind) showed [Jh Jc] and won ($1844.40) with Three of a kind, Jacks, Queen high
****HAND ENDS****

Merry christmas all!

nh...Merry Christmas Alexos

Yep, we're starting in january! 2008 is the year of me NOT spewing anymore Smile

have a good holidays man!

Just finished another 500 hands session for 1.9k. Obv I broke my rules and played some 1knl but its hard to resist when the tables are soooo soft.

Nothing interesting, just value betting the hell out of them for the most part. Going to a christmas party, peaace and gl.

Played a good session today of 1.5k hands and won 1$/hand. I never thought online poker is rigged, but sometimes its so sick the amount of beats you can take/or give in only 1 session.

1)Guy was playing 40/15/1, i think river is an easy bet.
CryptoLogic
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $1/$2 POUNDS
5 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $184.40
CO: $175.75
Hero: $208.10
SB: $212.45
BB: $267.90

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is Button with Jack of Diamonds

2 folds, Hero raises to $8, SB calls, BB folds.

Flop: Ace of Hearts

($18, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $12, SB calls.

Turn: Jack of Spades

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

River: Ace of Spades

($102, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $50, SB raises to $100, Hero folds.
Uncalled bets: $50 returned to SB.

Results:
Final pot: $202

2)I guess he took a stand?
CryptoLogic
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $2/$5
5 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $466.37
Hero: $627.15
Button: $563
SB: $290.35
BB: $1474.70

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is CO with Ace of Spades

UTG raises to $25, Hero raises to $80, Button calls, 3 folds.

Flop: Seven of Spades

($192, 2 players)
Hero bets $125, Button raises to $480, Hero raises all-in $547.15, Button calls all-in $3.
Uncalled bets: $64.15 returned to Hero.

Turn: Four of Diamonds

($1158, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $1158)

River: Eight of Hearts

($1158, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $1158)

Results:
Final pot: $1158

Villain shows Five of Spades

FTW

3)Vs tag reg who rarely 3bets
CryptoLogic
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $1/$2 POUNDS
6 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
Hero: $346.90
UTG+1: $178.20
CO: $85
Button: $496.30
SB: $206
BB: $200

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is UTG with Queen of Hearts

Hero raises to $8, 3 folds, SB calls, BB calls.

Flop: Six of Hearts

($24, 3 players)
SB bets $18, BB folds, Hero raises to $50, SB calls.

Turn: Two of Clubs

($124, 2 players)
SB is all-in $148, Hero ??

4)Villain is 40/17/3, previous orbit he shoved a flush river card after c/c flop and checking turn, I folded.
CryptoLogic
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $2/$5
5 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
Hero: $604
CO: $513.50
Button: $488
SB: $1571.20
BB: $333

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is UTG with Jack of Diamonds

Hero raises to $20, CO calls, Button folds, SB calls, BB folds.

Flop: Seven of Diamonds

($65, 3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $50, CO folds, SB calls.

Turn: Ace of Hearts

($165, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks.

River: Six of Diamonds

($165, 2 players)
SB bets $125, Hero

5)I'm not sure what the best line is here against a 26/24/2, b/c or c/r since I assume we're never folding?...turn AF is 0.5. He would raise a flush draw on the flop here.
CryptoLogic
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $2/$5
3 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
Button: $520
Hero: $1045.05
BB: $589

Pre-flop: (3 players) Hero is SB with Queen of Clubs

Button raises to $15, Hero raises to $55, BB folds, Button calls.

Flop: Six of Clubs

($115, 2 players)
Hero bets $85, Button calls.

Turn: Four of Hearts

($285, 2 players)
Hero

BR up to 15.1k and i expect about at least 5k in extra Bonus + rb at the end of the month, hopefully i'll be at 1000nl next month for good?

Hand 1 - weird... I guess you're beat with his min c/r. I call here too often though cause im a station.. but I'd imagine im almost always beat here.. but want to get shown the quads

Hand 2 -ul

Hand 3 - I think I fold this turn. He expects you to call, so I'd imagine you're beat with a flopped set/two pair

Hand 4 - I think you're beating 8x hands, but losing to flushes obviously. Flip a coin I feel like

Hand 5 - check/bomb if you think he'll bet a mid pair, bet if you think he'll check through

My last 3 sessions went something like +3k, +3.7k, +1.5k...i feel like im playing good, but most of the profit is due to great table selection.

I realize I'm having such a hard times playing good LAGS that have position on me. They totally own me most of the time, and this is part of my game I really really need to work on. BR up to 22k, I expect 5k in rb as well.

Today's biggest pots:

1)Game #4788616543: Hold'em NL ($2/$5) - 2007/12/29 - 16:06:58 (UK)
Table "Cheese" Seat 6 is the button.
Seat 1: Hero ($478 in chips)
Seat 2: Forrest1 ($572.65 in chips)
Seat 3: Swiftnick ($692.30 in chips)
Seat 4: Blu_Blood ($741.50 in chips)
Seat 5: Dean037 ($1371.80 in chips)
Seat 6: stickybil ($597.16 in chips)
Hero: posts small blind $2
Forrest1: posts big blind $5
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Hero Jack of Clubs

Swiftnick: folds
Blu_Blood: raises to $20
Dean037: folds
stickybil: calls $20
Hero: raises to $90
Forrest1: folds
Blu_Blood: folds
stickybil: calls $70
----- FLOP ----- Two of Clubs

Hero: bets $125
stickybil: calls $125
----- TURN ----- Ace of Hearts

Hero: bets $263 and is all-in

2)Game #4788662183: Hold'em NL ($2/$5) - 2007/12/29 - 16:14:39 (UK)
Table "Claire" Seat 5 is the button.
Seat 1: erram ($735.20 in chips)
Seat 2: Simple005 ($170.56 in chips)
Seat 3: Forrest1 ($507 in chips)
Seat 4: Hero ($811.50 in chips)
Seat 5: upquark ($497.95 in chips)
Seat 6: Dhillon1 ($824.60 in chips)
Dhillon1: posts small blind $2
erram: posts big blind $5
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Hero King of Diamonds

Simple005: calls $5
Forrest1: folds
Hero: raises to $20
upquark: calls $20
Dhillon1: calls $18
erram: folds
Simple005: calls $15
----- FLOP ----- Two of Spades

Dhillon1: checks
Simple005: checks
Hero: bets $65
upquark: raises to $189
Dhillon1: folds
Simple005: folds
Hero: raises to $791.50 and is all-in

that JJ play makes little sense unless u think he folds Q2 which he wont

Yea, for some reason i thought htey could fold a Q there, but in retrospect it`s just spew

Hey man glad to see you're grindpwning. Somehow I just noticed this thread...

I'll try to follow/comment more after I get back to mtl.

glgl

This was a sick sick month. I started with 8.3k on Dec 4th, got it up to 19k within a week, only to drop most of it the following week. Went to NY for a few days to freshen up, came back and had my best week ever.

Last week (mega-tabling):

Got 2nd in a rakerace for 3k, and 6k Rakeback on top of that for my best month ever +$28k.

BR 36.5k

My goals for the next few months is to get better reads on the regs and own them in 3bet pots. I will play a lot more 5/10 as I am now comfortably rolled for it. Happy new year!

Somehow I keep winning. I've been table selecting the 5/10 games and ive been doing good. I did a prop bet with Griffey24 that the first to get to a BR of 100k gets 1% of the loser's BR at that point in time. He started at 61k and I started at 39k, even though he plays alot more 5/10 and 10/20 than I do. I think I got owned by taking this bet, but ill try to put in some more volume and somehow catch up. After today my roll is 50.4k and his is around 70k i think, so we're both benefiting.

Stats from january 1st! Wheeeee heater

Peeeace!

Sup guys,

Poker is going steady, up another 2k today in a non-eventfull session. I almost feel bad that I got ahead of Griffey24 in our 100k bet, its never fun to see someone lose that much, especially since i know how it feels like to be in a sick downswing. Oh well, I hope I win our bet by like only a few thousands, 1% of 99k is better than 1% of 50k anyways,,,heheh!

I also found out about GrinderSchool today while talking to Jyms. Although training sites are nothing new, i still think its a good business idea and wish them the best of luck. I always wanted to start a business and the money gained from poker certainly gives me more options, hopefully i get some bright ideas in the near future:)

I'm off to bed, gluck all.

Things have been shaky since the last update, i think ive been breakeven in poker, thx to winning a VIP freeroll for about 2k. I shortstacked 10/20 a bit yesterday and lost two 70/30 "flips", then lost another 1k playing full stacked:P I don't think I'm ready to play those Scandinavians at 1o/20 yet, they're just way too crazy for me.

BR 54k, so its still good..my goal is to be at >60k at the end of the month.

ship da cheddu!!!!!!!!!

Kinda got bored with poker these days, maybe it's because of the sick amount of hands ive been putting up last month. Anyways, I started playing HU 100 and 200nl on PS just for fun, and the games are so good its amazing. Maybe it's because I havnt played any regulars up to now, but the play seems very bad even for a HU noob like me. HU is just a sick sick game though, i think this is the REALest form of poker ever.

My stats seem insane but I was playing this guy HU and the match was totally nutz.

Proof that the HU match was completly insane:P Comments welcome, i'm not sure whats standard and whats not. I'll try to post more interesting spots in the future, these are just some allin pots.

1) I know turn is horrible, but obv I was planning a river c/r but maybe i was tilting or something:P

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (2 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Button ($711.50)
Hero ($1037.30)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 6

, 5

.
Button raises to $8, Hero raises to $28, Button calls $20.

Flop: ($56) 9

, 2

, Q

(2 players)
Hero checks, Button checks.

Turn: ($56) 4

(2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $42, Hero calls $42.

River: ($140) T

(2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $100, Hero raises to $250, Button calls $150.

Final Pot: $640

Results in white below:
Hero has 6s 5s (high card, queen).
Button has 7d 2d (one pair, twos).
Outcome: Button wins $640.

2) PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (2 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Button ($318)
Hero ($1438.80)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 7

, 8

.
Button raises to $8, Hero raises to $26, Button calls $18.

Flop: ($52) 3

, J

, 9

(2 players)
Hero bets $40, Button raises to $292, Hero calls $252.

Turn: ($636) 7

(2 players)

River: ($636) 6

(2 players)

Final Pot: $636

3)PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (2 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Hero ($207.30)
BB ($243.20)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 5

, 4

.
Hero raises to $6, BB calls $4.

Flop: ($12) 3

, 2

, 5

(2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $8, BB raises to $16, Hero raises to $55, BB calls $39.

Turn: ($122) 5

(2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $75, BB raises to $182.2, Hero calls $71.30 (All-In).

River: ($414.60) 7

(2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $414.60

4)PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (2 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Hero ($583.60)
BB ($170)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 4

, 9

.
Hero raises to $6, BB calls $4.

Flop: ($12) 9

, 8

, 9

(2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $8, BB raises to $18, Hero raises to $66, BB raises to $164, Hero calls $98.

Turn: ($340) T

(2 players)

River: ($340) Q

(2 players)

Final Pot: $340

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

Button ($339.30)
Hero ($257.50)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 4

, 6

.
Button calls $1, Hero checks.

Flop: ($4) 6

, 6

, 8

(2 players)
Hero bets $4, Button calls $4.

Turn: ($12) A

(2 players)
Hero bets $8, Button raises to $24, Hero raises to $81, Button calls $57.

River: ($174) T

(2 players)
Hero bets $170.5 (All-In), Button calls $170.50.

Final Pot: $515

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

Button ($202.20)
Hero ($265.30)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 6

, K

.
Button raises to $4, Hero calls $2.

Flop: ($8) K

, J

, 3

(2 players)
Hero bets $4, Button raises to $22, Hero calls $18.

Turn: ($52) 5

(2 players)
Hero bets $35, Button raises to $176.2, Hero calls $141.20.

River: ($404.40) 2

(2 players)

Final Pot: $404.40

looks like a crazy match. im interested in teh results of the last couple of hands.

how much are you playing at stars now?

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