Operation 400NL by 01/08

300 hands, +$50.

6Max is actually a nice change of pace from full ring. Today i played mostly 100NL 6Max, with 1 table of 50NL6Max running for a while.

I will play another small session tonight, though it will probably be full ring.

One hand in particular gave me problems in this session. Usually i give up on the turn in this spot but i figured it was more than likely he was holding a draw.

Good/Bad Bet?

Full Tilt Poker Game #2309066497: Table Bevvie (6 max) - $0.50/$1

Hero: ($133.90)
Villan: ($78.15)
4 other players

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero: [Qs Ah]
3 folds
Villan: calls $1
Player 1: calls $0.50
Hero: raises to $5
Villan: calls $4
Player 1: folds
*** FLOP *** [9d Td 4h]
Hero: bets $7.40
Villan: calls $7.40
*** TURN *** [9d Td 4h] [Th]
Hero: bets $20

that bet is really bad

I would be interested in hearing about why many of the American players on this forum play on PokerStars. Is PokerStars VIP program > most Rakeback offers? Are the players on PokerStars significantly weaker?

Currently i am getting 27% RB on FullTilt, but i threw $450 onto PokerStars today to begin liquidating my ePassporte account. This is because long term i think i am going to want to be able to play on two sites for a larger player base to choose from.

So, since i am planning on playing on PokerStars a little bit to help get my Bankroll up to 200-400NL, i am wondering what % of my hours played i should spend on PokerStars/FullTilt.

To help with that question, i would like to be a Goldstar VIP Member with 10k (depositing ~4k during the year on PokerStars) by 01/08. I plan to start at 50NL, but i will be depositing so i don't think playing underrolled is as big of a concern. Unfortunately, i can't use their deposit Bonus since i used to play there before i began playing on FullTilt/Absolute for the Rakeback.

First session on PokerStars not so good...

Well, i made a huge donk play for stacks. I knew it was bad as i was doing it - i can't believe i didn't stop myself.

Lots of bad players. I am not happy that i didn't walk away with their money. I actually was starting to tilt after my dumb play, so i decided to stop.

200 hands, -$50.

One plus was i got 100 FPP's! Laughing

good news for me, you will be off my tables more lol and i when you play 200nl too.
i thought ive heard that PokerStars points system is better than rb but i think thats once you get to a high level in the vip program... but thats just what i remember hearing so dont take my word for it.
you said that you review a lot of your hand histories... thats something i need to do more, actually just post more hands too.
as for improving your table selection, obviously you want high players per flop and high pot sizes, but i also look at who is on the table too, if theres to many regulars i dont like to sit down and im sure atleast on Full Tilt you know who most of the regulars are.

Played on FullTilt for this tiny session.

Well, i just felt like playing some SNG's. I made +$85 in 2 $33 Turbos.

...While i played around 100 hands of 100NL FR for +$10.

Total profits for this week:
(-$25) + (-$220) + ($20) + (-$10) + ($200) + ($50) + (-$50) + ($95) + ($70 - RB) = $130

Grand Total =$525

In 8 days school will be over and i will be playing closer to 15k hands a week. I don't think i will reach my goal of being at 200NL by 5/07, but i will keep playing and see if i can make it to 4k and give it another shot.

100 hands of 100NL FR, -$50. 9 SNG's, -$20.

I made an absolutely terrible turn bet in my cash game. So bad, i actually turned red when he shoved over me Embarassed

The SNG's i just got drawn out on.

Nothing to report, except that i am going to go see Hot Fuzz tonight!

Might play some poker when i get back.

Good session. 600 hands...

100NL FR on FullTilt: +$150
50NL FR on PokerStars: +$120

I actually got drawn out on several times, but a ton of overbets i made on the river with monster hands got looked up.

Huh. 800 hands, -$100

100NL FR on FullTilt: -$160
50NL FR on PokerStars: +$60

I got stacked 100BB @ FullTilt by a 2 outer on the river.
I got pwned by a fish twice - this was worse than the 2 outer.

I saw Fnord tonight, i think. Unless someone copycatted his name...

My reason for writing this is i don't think i am winning nearly enough with J-J/Q-Q. I have won twice as much with A-Ks as i have with both of these pairs combined.

And, before you read this, understand that i am calling preflop with J-J/Q-Q at most 1/3rd of the time, since preflop conditions frequently vary and the following post is revolving around a fairly specific preflop series of actions.

Lately i have been thinking that, when faced with a preflop raise, calling with J-J/Q-Q is better, when...

1). No one has just called the initial raise. Since i don't want to play a multiway pot with a hand that will likely remain just a pair, i would then want to reraise to isolate if anyone else was in the pot besides the raiser.

2). It keeps the pot from getting too big before you know where you are in the hand.

3). You are in the CO or the Button. Otherwise, the likelihood of the pot becoming multiway increases and you allow more players behind you better odds to call preflop.

4). The players in the blinds aren't very loose. Otherwise, you are more likely than usual to end up in a multiway pot. Although i do think a pot played in this way will end up being 3 way at least 1/3rd of the time, since the BB is getting a good price to see the flop.

I still like just calling preflop because then your big pair is well concealed, and (provided you do this only in the CO/BTN against an earlier raiser) you will always have position on your opponent. You want position for all the reasons that position is good, but in this scenario it allows you to build a bigger pot against a hand that stands to be weaker than yours by getting to stick in a raise on the flop. Average players with hands like TPTK will often lose around 50BB's in this situation, while they otherwise would've folded the hand preflop had you raised.

But, there are many other scenarios where raising preflop would be +EV or less -EV.
1). you flop a set against K-K+. It is tough to get good opponents to play for stacks in an unreraised pot. While you likely would have won 100BB's, you will probably only get 50BB's.
2). the board comes out draw heavy and your opponent 4bets the flop/calls your reraise and bets the turn. You probably lose 20BB's in this situation.
3). you are against K-K+ and no overcards come on the board. You probably lose 35-50BB's in this situation.
4). one Ace or King hits the flop, and your opponent sticks with you to the turn if you raised, or you call the flop and he bets the turn again. You probably lose an average of -15BB's in this situation.

All of that and more in mind, is it better to "slowplay" J-J/Q-Q preflop in this situation as opposed to raising?

As a follow up question, if you think raising preflop is better in LP, under what circumstances would you just call with J-J/Q-Q preflop?

I edited this quite a bit since cardsman looked at the post. Things are written and organized a little more clearly now, for future readers Smile

. My apologizies to him.

If I am first in with JJ/QQ I will rarely limp, and only as a change up.

I reraise these in position (as well as other hands).

I don't like to reraise them out of position unless the guy sucks.

If a tight guy raises, I like to call for set value and am quick to dump them if I miss. I think you ask for trouble trying to reraise a tighty because they aren't laying down anything that beats you and likely dump hands you are ahead of like 99/TT.

I wouldn't felt QQ/JJ preflop at $100, but I certainly would at $25 and maybe even $50, and I would consider it at 6max up to $100 depending on how bad the guy sucked.

QQ/JJ are classic "win a small pot lose a big pot hands" like AA/KK. I would expect you would win half as much $ with them as you would with AA/KK.

You will get a flop you don't like at least a third of the time or maybe even more. The times you take it down with a cbet should equal out the times you get outflopped......

I know I am forgetting something but I need to get some sleep....5:30 rolls around too early!

600 hands...

50NL FR on PokerStars: -$100

I got lol pwned. No major mistakes, just a bad run of cards.

My post before this is a much better read btw so check it out plz Very Happy

you could just be running bad with jj/qq? it could also be something like you are paying off too much when you are beat with them postflop.... i dont know, but i dont like just calling preflop unless i feel that just playing for set value would be better than just being aggressive with it.

150 hands, +$100

I played 1 table of 6Max and 1Table of FR.

I have one hand for discussion. I think i need to c/f turn, and i wonder about my c/r on the flop. Thoughts?

My opponent is a 100-200NL Regular, who is a very good FR player in my PokerTracker database over a couple thousand hands.

Full Tilt Poker Game #2339196348: Table Old Harbor - $0.50/$1

Villan: ($122.90) (25/20/5)
Hero: ($102)
5 other players

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero: [As Ac]
3 folds
Villan: raises to $3.50
1 fold
Vi-Popsmak raises to $14
1 fold
Villan: calls $10.50
*** FLOP *** [8c 9c Tc]
Hero: checks
Villan: bets $9
Hero: raises to $31
Villan: calls $22
*** TURN *** [8c 9c Tc] [Qh]
Hero: checks
Villan: goes AI
Hero: ?

I remember now...

I want to do a mini operation!

I looked at the other 100NL regs who have operation blogs on this forum, and realized their BB/100's were at least twice as high as mine. I was mostly 6-8 tabling this month, and i know that i was playing like a robot for most of my sessions, since i was running so many tables. I have also realized as of late that my game has a lot of leaks that i didnt even notice, to the point where i am probably spewing literally thousands of dollars over the course of a month that i could probably avoid if i just closed a few tables and focused more on what i was doing. Obviously i win less, but i lose less too when i am playing 3-5 tables instead of 6-8. I hope to accomplish a few things while i decrease the number of tables i am running:

1). Really practice table selection. Fish find before i sit down, FR tables with 20BB+ Average pot and 35%+ players to a flop.

2). Identify and correct many more leaks in my game, since i will be paying more attention.

3). Use reads and notes more effectively while playing.

4). Incorporate new concepts and ideas i am learning from this forum, as well as some stuff i observed while watching some cardrunner videos (i joined last night). I think this will be a lot easier to do while i am running less tables

My goal: at least 15k hands 3-5 tabling with 4BB/100 or higher, alternating between 6Max and Full Ring. Obviously variance can just decide to pwn my mission but i think i will be able to tell if i am running bad or am still playing like a donk.

I mean, with all the basic leaks i still have in my game, i can probably make the same amount of money playing 8 tables as i can doing 4 tables, even though i get a lot more in rb with more tables running. And, if i plan on actually winning at mid stakes, i need to get a lot better.

re: the hand two posts above. I don't mind your line. I probably bet the flop, 3-bet push, but I don't mind the c/r as a change of pace. As played, it looks like you may have induced a bluff on the turn, so call that push. If he does have a K, then you still have 9 clean outs.

700 hands, +$270.

A mix of 100NL 6Max and 100/200NL FR on FullTilt. Pretty much even profits at both limits. I ran 3-4 tables, and found some very weak players and did a good job of taking money off of them. I might post some hands tomorrow - i am going out soon.

I might play some 20 Table tourneys on PokerStars later tonight when i get back.

1000 hands, +$100.

Mix of 100, 200 NL 6Max and some 100, 200 NL FR on FullTilt. I felt like the first half of the session was some of the best poker i have ever played; cardrunners.com is such an awesome teaching tool. The second half was where i started to win money, but i had to luckbox 2 big pots (1 30/70 and 1 40/60 for +$400 total) to get it.

What should i do on the turn in this hand? I don't like my preflop 3bet, and i wonder if i should just fold on the flop but i am unsure of what would be the best way to proceed. Comments on all streets appreciated.

Full Tilt Poker Game #2359425222: Table Elkington (6 max) - $0.50/$1

Seat 1: Hero: ($104.55)
Seat 2: Villan: ($104.6)

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero: [As 8s]
Villan: raises to $3.50
Hero: raises to $13
4 folds
Villan: calls $9.50
*** FLOP *** [Th 5d Ad]
Villan: bets $10
Hero: calls $10
*** TURN *** [Th 5d Ad] [Ah]
Villan: bets $10
Hero: ?

Week 4 Results: (-$70) + ($270) + (-$100) + (-$100) + ($100) + ($270) + ($100) + ($60 - RB) = +$530

Grand Total: +$1055

Almost a 30 Day Period now, and technically i am up +$2155 (I went on a huge rush over 4k hands the night before i started my operation). Most of this was playing 10-15 hours/week. Counting my heater in the earlier part of April i have "averaging" good variance during this period. Still, i am quite happy with the result since i plan on being able to play twice as many hours a week when i am done working. I have also learned a ton about poker since the start of the my operation, which is good because i need to be a much better poker player than i am right now if i want to make a good living playing poker full time.

Long story short, so far so good.

Plan: Make 10k by 9/07

Goal: Play 100k hands by 9/07

Benchmarks:

By September:
I hope to have a 15-17k Bankroll. This puts me in a really good position to begin taking shots at 400NL. If I am below 12k by September, I ought to be planning on either going to school full time.

By November:
I hope to have a 20k Bankroll. This puts me within reaching distance of my 25k Bankroll, and at which point I will have 2 months to make 5k (12.5 buy ins) at 400NL. That is an average of .25 buy ins a day – quite easy playing 15hrs/wk with any win rate. If I am below 17k by November, I ought to be planning on either going to school full time.

By January:
If everything has gone close to plan, I should be anywhere between 22-25k, and be comfortable “rolled” to go full time. If I am below 19k by January, I ought to be planning to go to school full time.

Stop Loss:

Assuming I start with a 25k Bankroll when I begin playing in January:

I figure that a 10 buy in downswing can easily be normal variance. Anything significantly over that is more likely the result of poor play or being at a limit I cannot win at. So, in my mind losing 8k is a reasonable stop loss goal, since that is the equivalent of 20 buy ins at 400NL, the limit I plan to be playing at. Should i drop around 20 buy ins, i will at that point sign up for the fall semester as a full time student.

Well, i tossed out the math i had earlier. The benchmarks still seemed relevant so i left them.

Holy shit.

i like your math.

My only problem with what i see in your thread is that i can sit at a 100nl 6max or full ring game running fairly good and put together a run 0f 10bbs+ on 15k samples.
You dont seem to run much better than 5-6bbs/100 even at bets which suggests you need to work on post flop play.

Theres little doubt you are a winning player, but at the moment i see you as a numbers grinder rather than a player with a much higher skill level than those you play with.
Maybe its just the games you play in, but even on stars when i run good i run 10bbs/100+ good even versus good players...

just my 2cents.

you'll be a winning player upto 400nl fr without much effort IMO. Your postflop game wouldnt need a whole lot of improvement regardless.
My issue is the same as always, how often have you played 1 or 2 tables and really tried to dominate the play?
Also, are you making a lot of thin calls that are maybe just +ev or ~ev that come from reading half decently?

If not id cut down from 6-8 tables and play a few less concentrating on playing goot and dominating tables than actually winning a whole load of money.

Id love to dig out an old post of demipardigm's showing potential semi-taggy opening ranges and compare them to yours to see how predictable you are (not always a bad thing)

500 hands, +$500.

I ran only two tables this session. I almost didn't turn my computer on but after reading some stuff on FTR and watching some vids on cardrunners i felt "inspired" to try to have a winning Sunday. I did it!

This is one of the best pots i have ever played IMO.

Full Tilt Poker Game #2369876235: Table Anthem Club - $1/$2

Hero: ($221.55)
Villan: ($140.85)
Notes on Villan: "Super aggro playing too many hands"
7 other players

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero: [As Jh]
4 folds
Hero: raises to $7
Villan: calls $7
3 folds

Preflop was simply standard.

*** FLOP *** [Js 9c Th] ($16.80)
Hero: checks
Villan: bets $17
Hero: calls $17

I decided that i didn't want to bloat the pot OOP with just TPTK on such a draw heavy board. His flop bet was large, but i wasn't ready to give up on my hand yet. It was entirely possible in my mind that he was just trying to steal with a small PP, or A-x.

*** TURN *** [Js 9c Th] [9h] ($50.40)
Hero: checks
Villan: bets $51
Hero: raises to $130

This is where i feel that i made one of my greatest moves ever (for the right reason). His turn bet was just too large to be any of the hands i was afraid of. I figured if he had two pair/ set on the flop (FH or Quads on turn), he was going to want to bet a lot less to price in drawing hands. I figured if he had K-Q, he would want to value bet/ avoid pot committing himself and so i expected a smaller bet from that hand. I couldn't put him on Q-Q+ since he didn't reraise preflop. All i could put him on was a bluff or a draw.

Villan: calls $65.85, and is all in
Hero: shows [As Jh]
Villan: shows [Jd Qs]
*** RIVER *** [Js 9c Th 9h] [Ah]

When your looking to double barrel, it depends mostly on the turn card. If it is a card that changes the board. Say if the board is:
6c 2s Jh - you c-bet and get called
6c 2s Jh Kd - this is a perfect spot to double barrel, because if he called your flop bet with 77-1010 maybe 10J he will probably let it go and give you credit for the king.

100 hands, +$5.

Really short. I decided to watch the daily show and colbert report.

School is finally over. More time for poker.
Very Happy

500 hands, +$280. I ran 3 tables, 1 200NL FR and 2 100NL 6Max.

I basically broke even at 6Max. I got 2 outered for 70BB's early on, but found a huge fish and basically stacked him to recoup my losses. I think i won $15 or so at 6Max.

Full Ring went well tonight. I flopped top boat, and the fish stacked off for 80BB's with a small straight. In another hand, i made a successful bluff on a paired flop. I decided to do it because my VPIP was 9% and PFR was 5% (mostly card dead after i flopped my boat), and i figured a strong line would get some respect. I figured he probably had 8-8/J-J, based on his call preflop and after he c/r'ed the flop. I had A-8 and reraised him and he instantly folded. Otherwise I just took down pots with c-bets.

No I wouldent, first of all there is not really any draws he could have, a if he has a jack or a mid PP this card does not change anything.

Double or trippel barreling regs on low flops might be a good idea to rep a monster because he can't really put you on any other hand. But on the 100-200NL level I think this is overthinking things.

but when you use it make sure its vs a reg or the table has at least 2 regs that will notice. plus those regs cant be players who multitables more than 8 tables.

I dont think you need to balance much at 200NL, solid play will work IMO. ive learned this hard way i think.

At the risk of appearing weak tight, I do believe that leading flop after being floated is spew. You have to do it once in a while to balance the times you do it after catching on the turn, though, or this becomes easy to read.

FWIW, I don't know that many regulars at $100 that would fold overpairs to three barrels, either, unless the obvious draw comes in. They don't let their pairs go (and yes I am guilty too).

225 hands, +$380 at 4 tables of 200NL FR.

I won a coinflop for stacks against Q-Q with my A-K. I will post the HH to explain why i thought shoving PF was +EV.

Some history: i have only been at the table for 3 orbits but i have raised limpers 3 times previously. Just the hand before i had done it with 7d-6d and folded to a 3bet preflop, though not by anyone in this hand. Both of the players are relatively unknown to me(no notes), though i will include stats (caution: small sample sizes).

My Thoughts: I can easily see Player 1 3 betting me here seeing as my image at the moment is fairly loose and aggressive. Villan(Fish?)'s CC to the 3 bet was pretty scary, but i kind of figured him to be a weaker player so i didn't think he would always have K-K/A-A and might fold a portion of his CC range to a shove. Anyways with the $70 in the pot i figured a shove would be best.

Your Thoughts?

Full Tilt Poker Game #2390010555: Table Horizon Lake - $1/$2

Villan(Fish?): ($198) (30/0 over 25 hands)
Hero: ($254.65)
Player 1: ($141.50) (31/8 over 75 hands)

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero: [Kc As]
2 folds
Limper 1: calls $2
Vi-Popsmak raises to $10
1 fold
Player 1: raises to $30
1 fold
Villan(Fish?): calls $28
Limper 1: folds
Hero: raises to $254.65, and is all in
Player 1: folds
Villan(Fish?): calls $168, and is all in
Hero: shows [Kc As]
Villan(Fish?): shows [Qc Qh]

*** FLOP *** [4d Kh 7h]
*** TURN *** [4d Kh 7h] [Kd]
*** RIVER *** [4d Kh 7h Kd] [9s]
Hero: shows three of a kind, Kings
Villan(Fish?): shows two pair, Kings and Queens
Hero: wins the pot ($426) with three of a kind, Kings

Other than that, just good poker. I am playing much better in the last week since i:

a). signed up for cardrunners (I recommend this a TON lol)
and
b). shut down a few of my extra tables. (ty miffed for the encouragement Very Happy

)

700 hands, -$270.

100NL FR - -$200
200NL Fr - +$200
100NL 6Max - Break Even
200NL 6Max- -$270

Well, 200NL 6Max pwned me. I made a spewy play for $100 and essentially stayed at a table where the money was no longer soft.

I played Q-Q pretty bad against a 100BB stack. He had K-K.

I got 3bet a lot at 6Max, but i played back at it a little better. The one
time i called a 3bet IP and raised the flop the opponent must have had the goods because he shoved and i had to fold.

Not too worried, since i figure i learned from my mistakes today, and feel that some of it was due to some variance. I might play some more tonight, but may end up just studying HH's and watching vids. Hopefully my nex session is a little "smoother sailing".

130 hands, +$130. I played 200NL 6Max for +$90, 200NL FR for +$80,

... and 1 100NL HU for -$33.65 (bought in weird to make it look like i was a fish/broke Very Happy

). The HU session was basically on a whim; i wonder how much money the HU pros make in Rakeback alone seeing as they play 200+ hands/hr.

-- btw i lost my stack when i shoved a blank turn with my pair + FD and got called by flopped two pair. --

But i actually have one fairly interesting hand from 6Max. I don't know whether calling the turn is good, though i may have as many as 15 live outs. I think that once i called the flop i was going to have to play for stacks on any non Ten turn, so perhaps the flop call is worth more discussion.

I wasn't at the table for very long, but it seemed to me that Villan was at least tilting, if not a bad player. The chat box clued me in to him being a little frustrated -- someone had folded to him when he had a good hand, apparently. No useful stats since villan is unkown to me.

Full Tilt Poker Game #2398251081: Table Comchec (6 max) - $1/$2

Hero: ($197.15)
Villan: ($103.30)

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero: [Js Ks]
Player 1: calls $2
1 fold
Hero: raises to $9
2 folds
Villan: calls $7
Player 1: folds
*** FLOP *** [9h Td 2s]
Villan: checks
Hero: bets $14
Villan: raises to $40
Hero: calls $26
*** TURN *** [9h Td 2s] [6s]
Villan: bets $54.30, and is all in
Hero: calls $54.30

Flop call is WAY worse than turn call.

Plus if he has JT/KT you may have serious reverse implied odds.

You prolly sucked out the flush...amirite?

easy way to calculate straight pot odds without factoring his range into it....

((# of outs)*2)+2 % of hitting with one card.

replace *2 with *4 with two to come if you are seeing the river for free (ie shoving or certain to get free river card in position).

On turn, I wouldn't count your overcards as clean outs, maybe cut them in half. If you are already behind to a set, then you only have 7 flush outs. str8 outs (3) gives you 10-11 outs on turn. So you would have to be getting approx 3:1 on the turn call IMO.

I wouldn't make air a large part of his range in most cases though......even shortstacked.

Thoughts?

just let him have the pot, you cant break a poor player every hand. this hand isnt even marginal on the flop, its bad IMHO.

GOAT is right....

I forgot to mention also that his "air" can be Ax a lot of times and you can be behind to it too.....

Thanks for the responses guys -- i agree now that a flop fold is the best option.

225 hands, +$150, 3 100NL FR and 1 200NL FR.

I was over at my friends tonight, and we took turns ghosting each others 1 hr sessions. He was playing 10NL and won +$13 so i figured we probably had similar winrates tonight, seeing as we both ran the same number of tables.

Nothing to post really. I hope to play 2-3k hands this weekend and have a lot more questions for you guys Laughing

250 hands, -$150, 1 200NL 6Max, 1 200NL FR.

Dropped a buy in at 200NL 6Max. I need to stop playing at that limit lol -- the regulars > me atm. This is the hand i lost it on. I played this horribly so i won't post what i did, i just wonder what the optimal line would be. I feel too lazy to go through PT so i just wrote the HH myself. Stack sizes are approximate

Hero: ($220)
Villan: ($370)
4 other players

***PREFLOP***
Dealt to Hero: [Ac] [Kd]
Hero: raises $6 to $8
Villan: calls $8
4 folds
***FLOP***
As Qs 3c
Hero: bets $18
Villan: raises $22 to $40
Hero: ?

First, a non session related post...

Well, i ordered some datamining software for FullTilt on Wednesday. I am looking forward to using that to solidify my stats, and to help me find some weaker players. I am really happy with this week overall. Shutting down some of the extra tables i was running proved to be very beneficial. I also feel like i added a lot of new knowledge to my game this week - my thanks to anyone who has posted in this thread.

200NL Full Ring has been really good to me this week. While i dropped 2 buy ins at 200NL 6 Max, i won 6.5 buy ins at 200NL Full Ring. I am determined to become a winning 6 Max player, but for now at least i think i am going to really force myself to play 50-100NL 6Max until i can log enough hands to see if i am winning or not and develop some more serius postflop skillz Cool

. I am not denying that i had some good variance this week, but i also feel like i played significantly better this week than i ever have before.

Things That Went Well This Week:(no particular order):

1). Watching Cardrunners Videos
2). Posting HH's on FTR
3). Reading/Studying Poker, on FTR and PT
4). Utilizing my HUD
5). Testing Hand Ranges Using Pokerstove
6). Good Variance
7). Reducing my Number of Tables from 6-8 to 2-4
8). Obvious Improvement on Flop Play - particularly a better balanced c-bet %
9). Good Use of the Double Barrell
10). Tighting up OOP, 3betting More IP

Most of these things i was not doing 2 weeks ago, or at least not doing them enough.

I hope to get in a pretty decent session 4 tabling tonight, somewhere between 3-5 hours. I doubt i will be playing 6Max, so hopefully things continue to go well at Full Ring.

350 hands, +$200, 3 200NL FR

I lost a 90/10 for $120 and a 70/30 for $200 in this session, and won 0 coinflips. I think this was another session where i played some of my best poker ever.

I made what i thought was a good c/r on the turn. Thoughts?

Full Tilt Poker Game #2409313349: Table Orange Vale - $1/$2

Hero: ($205.75)
Villan: ($170) (26/8/4 over 600 hands)
6 other players

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero: [7d 7c]
2 folds
Hero: raises to $8
1 fold
Villan: calls $8
3 folds
*** FLOP *** [6s 9c 8c]
Hero: bets $14
Villan: calls $14
*** TURN *** [6s 9c 8c] [9h]
Hero: checks
Villan: bets $25
Hero: goes AI

I could have value bet my A-A flopped set a little better, but i still nearly doubled up against an A-Q played c/c all 3 streets.

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