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XTR1000
Post Posted: Wed, 19 Mar 2008, 3:13pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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weeeeeee!!!!

Received RB today and u know what?!

BR $10,043
Itīs a celebration, bitches!!! 5 figures look so sweet


So I had a pretty good run at 200NL so far without doing any major adjustements. The most important and most profitable adjustement I made was not to play when I was tired. I only played when I felt on top level and didnīt grind just for the sake of passing time or earning FPPīs or w/e. Iīm gonna fire up my tables now and hopefully get into some tough spots I can post here later on.
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Post Posted: Wed, 19 Mar 2008, 5:20pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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XTR1000 wrote:




BR $10,043

Congrats buddy ! ! ! !
Heres to $10 000 more.

Can i borrow $1 000?????
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Post Posted: Wed, 19 Mar 2008, 5:20pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Bye bye 10k Sad

Bad session, dropped $550

#1 This needs explanation. Villian is 18/6 and I was like 18/16 running over these guys. I took a couple of medium pots from him with marginal hands like JTo and A9s when he started berating me, calling me a poopyhead and megadonk and things. He was so upset and my image so bad that I couldnīt fold.
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($200.00)
UTG+1 ($230.15)
Hero ($369.30)
MP2 ($37.00)
MP3 ($227.45)
CO ($150.00)
BTN ($34.00)
SB ($103.75)
BB ($191.55)
[CO posted $2]

Pre-flop: ($5, 9 players) Hero is MP1 King of Clubs King of Diamonds
2 folds, Hero raises to $7, 5 folds, BB calls $5

Flop: Two of Hearts Ten of Hearts Queen of Diamonds ($17, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $12, BB raises to $24, Hero calls $12

Turn: Five of Diamonds ($65, 2 players)
BB bets $28, Hero calls $28

River: Ten of Spades ($121, 2 players)
BB goes all-in $132.55, Hero calls $132.55

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#2 Happened short after #1. My fault.
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($49.80)
UTG+1 ($227.45)
MP1 ($148.00)
MP2 ($34.00)
MP3 ($105.50)
CO ($373.10)
BTN ($197.00)
SB ($226.15)
Hero ($200.00)

Pre-flop: ($3, 9 players) Hero is BB King of Hearts Queen of Hearts
5 folds, CO calls $2, 1 fold, SB raises to $10, Hero calls $8, CO calls $8

Flop: Five of Spades Five of Clubs Queen of Spades ($30, 3 players)
SB bets $20, Hero calls $20, 1 fold

Turn: Two of Diamonds ($70, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $41, SB goes all-in $196.15, Hero goes all-in $129

River: Jack of Hearts ($436.15, 2 players)

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#3 16/10/4, nothing we can do
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($23.00)
Hero ($239.30)
MP1 ($214.20)
MP2 ($406.44)
MP3 ($201.85)
CO ($293.60)
BTN ($36.00)
SB ($35.30)
BB ($40.00)

Pre-flop: ($3, 9 players) Hero is UTG+1 Seven of Diamonds Seven of Hearts
1 fold, Hero raises to $7, 2 folds, MP3 calls $7, CO calls $7, 3 folds

Flop: Ten of Hearts Seven of Spades Queen of Hearts ($24, 3 players)
Hero bets $20, 1 fold, CO raises to $58, Hero raises to $96, CO goes all-in $228.6, Hero goes all-in $136.3

Turn: Six of Diamonds ($542.9, 2 players)

River: King of Diamonds ($542.9, 2 players)

Final Pot: $539.90
Hero shows: Seven of Diamonds Seven of Hearts
CO shows: Queen of Clubs Queen of Spades

CO wins $539.9 ( won +$246.3 )
Hero lost -$239.30
MP3 lost -$7.00


#4 17/12 2/4 regular who dropped back down after running bad. Weīve tangled a bit, but didnīt play a big pot so far.
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($145.42)
UTG+1 ($41.60)
MP1 ($302.35)
MP2 ($40.00)
MP3 ($45.00)
CO ($210.33)
BTN ($212.50)
Hero ($312.10)
BB ($44.30)
[MP2 posted $2]

Pre-flop: ($5, 9 players) Hero is SB Ace of Hearts Ace of Spades
UTG calls $2, 1 fold, MP1 calls $2, MP2 checks, 3 folds, Hero raises to $14, 1 fold, UTG folds, MP1 calls $12, MP2 folds

Flop: Four of Hearts Nine of Clubs Eight of Hearts ($34, 2 players)
Hero checks, MP1 bets $24, Hero calls $24

Turn: Three of Clubs ($82, 2 players)
Hero checks, MP1 checks

River: Nine of Spades ($82, 2 players)
Hero checks, MP1 bets $55, Hero calls $55

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Post Posted: Thu, 20 Mar 2008, 3:01pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Hand 1) Looks like villain really wants you to raise him on the turn by betting so small, then he shoves river trying to make up for lost value.
That said, I don't think I could fold in that situation with the table chat and all.

Hand 2) If villain is nitty, then I probably fold preflop. His range from the SB is probably very small.

Hand 3) I love how people don't 3bet QQ in full ring.

Hand 4) Why did you check the flop?
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Post Posted: Thu, 20 Mar 2008, 4:16pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Gratz on 10k!!

I don't really understand hand 4 either. You're taggy, he's taggy, it looks like a spot where you stand to win a big pot a lot of the time.
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XTR1000
Post Posted: Mon, 24 Mar 2008, 11:43am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Alright guys,

so I didnīt play any poker the past 3 days. I went snowboarding every day and when I came home I was so tired that playing wasnīt an option.

JL wrote:
Hand 4) Why did you check the flop?


dev wrote:
I don't really understand hand 4 either. You're taggy, he's taggy, it looks like a spot where you stand to win a big pot a lot of the time.


I knew Iīd get comments for this flop. I donīt claim my play to be good, but Iīll give u my reasoning. Our flop play depends on what range we assign to him, and given preflop action I weightened his range towards 22-55, what makes this a "either lose a big pot or win a small pot" situation. I figured he had very few draws in his range and therefore decided to slowplay to let him bluff off chips w/ his missed ppīs, in case weīre ahead heīs drawing to 2 outs mostly.



I gonna get something to eat now and will be on the grind tonight, will post hands later.
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Post Posted: Mon, 24 Mar 2008, 4:38pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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I play bad. Dropped like one and a half buy in due to spewy plays and loose calls.

#1
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
10 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($44.85)
UTG+1 ($49.00)
UTG+2 ($43.00)
MP1 ($153.70)
MP2 ($32.00)
MP3 ($40.00)
Hero ($209.35)
BTN ($206.35)
SB ($223.20)
BB ($213.05)

Pre-flop: ($3, 10 players) Hero is CO Jack of Spades King of Spades
6 folds, Hero raises to $7, 1 fold, SB calls $6, 1 fold

Flop: Four of Clubs Six of Spades Five of Diamonds ($16, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $11, SB calls $11

Turn: Six of Diamonds ($38, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $31, SB calls $31

River: Nine of Spades ($100, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $75, SB folds

Final Pot: $172.00

Hero wins $172 ( won +$48 )
SB lost -$49.00


#2
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
10 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($256.40)
UTG+1 ($200.00)
UTG+2 ($120.80)
MP1 ($70.05)
MP2 ($37.00)
MP3 ($464.87)
Hero ($197.00)
BTN ($154.05)
SB ($198.00)
BB ($280.12)

Pre-flop: ($3, 10 players) Hero is CO Two of Diamonds Two of Spades
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to $7, 4 folds, Hero calls $7, 3 folds

Flop: Two of Clubs Eight of Clubs Jack of Hearts ($17, 2 players)
UTG+1 bets $12, Hero raises to $26, UTG+1 raises to $92, Hero calls $66

Turn: King of Clubs ($201, 2 players)
UTG+1 bets $101, Hero goes all-in $98

River: Seven of Diamonds ($400, 2 players)

Final Pot: $397.00
UTG+1 shows: Queen of Clubs Ace of Clubs
Hero shows: Two of Diamonds Two of Spades

UTG+1 wins $397 ( won +$197 )
Hero lost -$197.00

#3
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
8 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($178.00)
UTG+1 ($145.92)
Hero ($200.00)
MP2 ($182.91)
CO ($34.00)
BTN ($257.35)
SB ($114.33)
BB ($38.00)

Pre-flop: ($3, 8 players) Hero is MP1 Queen of Spades Queen of Clubs
2 folds, Hero raises to $8, 3 folds, SB calls $7, 1 fold

Flop: Ten of Spades Nine of Spades Two of Spades ($18, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $12, SB calls $12

Turn: Three of Clubs ($42, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $37, SB calls $37

River: Five of Spades ($116, 2 players)
SB goes all-in $57.33, Hero calls $57.33

Final Pot: $227.66
Hero shows: Queen of Spades Queen of Clubs
SB shows: Six of Spades Ace of Spades

SB wins $227.66 ( won +$113.33 )
Hero lost -$114.33


#4
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
10 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($214.80)
UTG+1 ($192.00)
UTG+2 ($82.00)
MP1 ($308.70)
MP2 ($85.00)
MP3 ($28.00)
CO ($197.00)
BTN ($199.00)
Hero ($253.70)
BB ($44.85)

Pre-flop: ($3, 10 players) Hero is SB Ten of Spades Eight of Diamonds
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to $8, 1 fold, MP1 calls $8, 3 folds, BTN calls $8, Hero raises to $35, 1 fold, UTG+1 calls $27, MP1 folds, BTN folds

Flop: Ten of Hearts Seven of Diamonds Five of Hearts ($88, 2 players)
Hero bets $62, UTG+1 goes all-in $157, Hero folds

Final Pot: $304.00

UTG+1 wins $304 ( won +$112 )
MP1 lost -$8.00
BTN lost -$8.00
Hero lost -$97.00


#5
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
10 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($438.95)
UTG+1 ($80.00)
UTG+2 ($125.90)
MP1 ($55.40)
MP2 ($38.00)
Hero ($229.35)
CO ($190.00)
BTN ($194.00)
SB ($170.18)
BB ($80.87)

Pre-flop: ($3, 10 players) Hero is MP3 King of Hearts Ten of Hearts
2 folds, UTG+2 calls $2, 2 folds, Hero raises to $9, 3 folds, BB calls $7, UTG+2 folds

Flop: Queen of Clubs Ten of Clubs Seven of Clubs ($21, 2 players)
BB bets $3, Hero raises to $20, BB goes all-in $68.87, Hero calls $51.87

Turn: Nine of Hearts ($164.74, 2 players)

River: Eight of Hearts ($164.74, 2 players)

Final Pot: $161.74
BB shows: Four of Clubs Two of Clubs
Hero shows: King of Hearts Ten of Hearts

BB wins $161.74 ( won +$80.87 )
UTG+2 lost -$2.00
Hero lost -$80.87
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jimmy44
Post Posted: Tue, 25 Mar 2008, 7:03am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Hand 1: I like it if villain is tight. With a loose opp, he would call you down with an overpair/maybe top pair.

Hand 2: Maybe push flop? If villain is pushing any turn, he will call a push on flop as he will get better then 2-1 pot odds. And you might have surprising calls from AJ or TJ who would fold if a flush card comes on turn.

Hand 3: depending on opp, I might check turn behind as we have a good showdown value. By betting turn you're making your hand into a bluff.

Hand 4: I play on Ongame and there a move like this would get very often 1 call and we would be in a very bad spot ... I prefer a hand like T9s.

Hand 5: yup, call is bad ...
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Post Posted: Tue, 25 Mar 2008, 2:10pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Hand 1: I do this too much, too. Even if V is tight, his range gets smaller on the flop and the turn to the point where he's calling the river a really high % of the time.

3: I like it as played, it sucks but I don't think I'd play this any differently without a read.

4 & 5: Yep, spewey.
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Post Posted: Tue, 25 Mar 2008, 2:59pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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dev wrote:
Hand 1: I do this too much, too. Even if V is tight, his range gets smaller on the flop and the turn to the point where he's calling the river a really high % of the time.

My small experience shows that these kind of move, if conditinos apply (i.e. tight opp, your image is tight, 100NL & 200NL) is +EV.
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Post Posted: Tue, 25 Mar 2008, 4:57pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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#1 was just...his line screams 33/77. Vs this type of villian its probably +ev.


Todays session just sucked. I can say I played my A-game and did well. The cards still made me a loser and so Iīm finally back to break even this month. Had a shortie on my tables who flopped 4 (FOUR) sets vs me pf AI where I was never worse than 1:1. Funny stuff happened, it still sucks when u manage to throw villians off their game and they get rewarded. Dont wanna complain, I took a shitload of sklansky$ home tonight lol

#1 Not the best play, I know. SB is 13/11 and we sat next to each other on 5 or 6 tables, stealing and 3betting each other all night. His 3betting range should be wide enough to play him postflop.
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($96.40)
UTG+1 ($140.85)
MP1 ($41.15)
MP2 ($200.00)
MP3 ($105.30)
CO ($37.00)
Hero ($237.15)
SB ($439.70)
BB ($95.70)

Pre-flop: ($3, 9 players) Hero is BTN Ace of Hearts Two of Hearts
6 folds, Hero raises to $7, SB raises to $23, 1 fold, Hero calls $16

Flop: Eight of Hearts Jack of Hearts Three of Spades ($48, 2 players)
SB bets $32, Hero raises to $80, SB goes all-in $384.7, Hero goes all-in $134.15

Turn: King of Spades ($678.85, 2 players)

River: Jack of Diamonds ($678.85, 2 players)

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#2 Marked the end of my session. villian here runs 16/11 and he probably hates me, he got hard out of line before vs me.
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
8 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($200.00)
UTG+1 ($200.00)
MP1 ($34.00)
MP2 ($234.30)
Hero ($249.90)
BTN ($200.00)
SB ($198.00)
BB ($449.75)

Pre-flop: ($3, 8 players) Hero is CO King of Spades Ace of Hearts
4 folds, Hero raises to $7, 1 fold, SB raises to $27, 1 fold, Hero goes all-in $242.9, SB goes all-in $171

Flop: Jack of Diamonds Three of Diamonds Two of Diamonds ($449.9, 2 players)

Turn: Jack of Hearts ($449.9, 2 players)

River: Ten of Clubs ($449.9, 2 players)

Final Pot: $446.90
SB shows: Ace of Clubs Jack of Clubs
Hero shows: King of Spades Ace of Hearts

SB wins $395 ( won +$197 )
Hero wins $51.9 ( lost -$198 )


#3 Fuck the world. I get stacked with sets like every fucking time lately. CO runs 12/8
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
10 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($40.00)
UTG+1 ($77.30)
UTG+2 ($317.30)
Hero ($245.15)
MP2 ($435.20)
MP3 ($88.00)
CO ($200.00)
BTN ($106.40)
SB ($198.75)
BB ($70.40)

Pre-flop: ($3, 10 players) Hero is MP1 Queen of Diamonds Queen of Hearts
3 folds, Hero raises to $7, 2 folds, CO raises to $22, 3 folds, Hero raises to $50, CO calls $28

Flop: Ace of Spades Six of Spades Queen of Spades ($103, 2 players)
Hero bets $75, CO goes all-in $150, Hero calls $75

Turn: Two of Spades ($403, 2 players)

River: Four of Diamonds ($403, 2 players)

Final Pot: $400.00
CO shows: King of Hearts King of Spades
Hero shows: Queen of Diamonds Queen of Hearts

CO wins $400 ( won +$200 )
Hero lost -$200.00
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Post Posted: Wed, 26 Mar 2008, 2:27am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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jimmy44 wrote:
dev wrote:
Hand 1: I do this too much, too. Even if V is tight, his range gets smaller on the flop and the turn to the point where he's calling the river a really high % of the time.

My small experience shows that these kind of move, if conditinos apply (i.e. tight opp, your image is tight, 100NL & 200NL) is +EV.


So this means what I'm kicking myself for at 25nl is what I'll be raking in bb/100 with at 200nl? sweet.
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Hand 1: The thing once you raise flop you cannot fold if villain pushes as you'll get better 2-1 odds ... vs that villain what about calling (you might even even a free turn card) ...

Hand 2: Why not 4bet to $72 and call a shove? Anyway you got the best of hit and were unlucky!!

Hand 3: Unlucky!! Don't worry mate, try to look at the big picture (3 months ago you were playing 100NL, now you have a pretty nice BR for 200NL Wink)
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dev wrote:
jimmy44 wrote:
dev wrote:
Hand 1: I do this too much, too. Even if V is tight, his range gets smaller on the flop and the turn to the point where he's calling the river a really high % of the time.

My small experience shows that these kind of move, if conditinos apply (i.e. tight opp, your image is tight, 100NL & 200NL) is +EV.


So this means what I'm kicking myself for at 25nl is what I'll be raking in bb/100 with at 200nl? sweet.

Just don't do that at 25NL (neither at 50NL), villains cannot find the fold button ...
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Post Posted: Wed, 26 Mar 2008, 8:32pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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How many tables do you typically play?

Do you find that the mini-tables are hard on the eyes?
I am trying to figure out if it's the mini-tables or something else that is bugging my eyes.
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Post Posted: Thu, 27 Mar 2008, 5:59am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Iīm playing between 9 and 12 tables, depending on table conditions and my level of concentration. Actually I love the miniview, it takes some time to get used to it tho. Its the colors that were killing me, so I went buying iBolide and now everything is fine.



On yesterdays session:

Iīm free falling since my 10k post and am now down like 1.6k for this week. Iīm running between 15/13 and 13/12 right now. Iīm running sick cold and hope this ends soon before I have to move down.


#1 Here I got owned hard. Villian is 16/13, on turn I figured I could get him off 88/99/JJ, didnīt expect him to make such a huge call.
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($210.20)
UTG+1 ($37.98)
MP1 ($130.05)
Hero ($204.00)
MP3 ($35.05)
CO ($50.00)
BTN ($346.01)
SB ($141.30)
BB ($255.80)

Pre-flop: ($3, 9 players) Hero is MP2 Eight of Diamonds Nine of Diamonds
UTG raises to $7, 2 folds, Hero calls $7, 3 folds, SB calls $6, 1 fold

Flop: Seven of Clubs Five of Diamonds Five of Hearts ($23, 3 players)
SB checks, UTG bets $17, Hero calls $17, SB folds

Turn: Ten of Diamonds ($57, 2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $38, UTG calls $38

River: Ace of Clubs ($133, 2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $85, UTG calls $85

Final Pot: $300.00
Hero shows: Eight of Diamonds Nine of Diamonds
UTG shows: Nine of Hearts Nine of Clubs

UTG wins $300 ( won +$153 )
Hero lost -$147.00
SB lost -$7.00


#2 Unknown villian
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
10 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($37.00)
UTG+1 ($121.45)
UTG+2 ($312.20)
MP1 ($126.00)
MP2 ($40.00)
Hero ($208.80)
CO ($197.00)
BTN ($139.10)
SB ($162.18)
BB ($64.20)

Pre-flop: ($3, 10 players) Hero is MP3 Queen of Diamonds King of Diamonds
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $2, 3 folds, Hero raises to $9, 4 folds, UTG+1 calls $7

Flop: Ace of Clubs Queen of Clubs Queen of Hearts ($21, 2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $14, UTG+1 raises to $34, Hero calls $20

Turn: Jack of Clubs ($89, 2 players)
UTG+1 goes all-in $78.45, Hero calls $78.45

River: Ten of Clubs ($245.9, 2 players)

Final Pot: $242.90
UTG+1 shows: Ten of Diamonds Queen of Spades
Hero shows: Queen of Diamonds King of Diamonds

UTG+1 wins $242.9 ( won +$121.45 )
Hero lost -$121.45


#3 18/12, Iīm the button monkey and he 3bets me here fairly wide
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
10 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($203.00)
UTG+1 ($162.90)
UTG+2 ($93.00)
MP1 ($204.30)
MP2 ($462.70)
MP3 ($58.25)
CO ($51.00)
Hero ($197.00)
SB ($95.85)
BB ($233.80)

Pre-flop: ($3, 10 players) Hero is BTN Two of Spades Two of Hearts
7 folds, Hero raises to $4, SB calls $3, BB raises to $18, Hero calls $14, SB folds

Flop: Four of Clubs Ten of Diamonds Seven of Clubs ($40, 2 players)
BB bets $30, Hero calls $30

Turn: Jack of Clubs ($100, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $71, BB folds

Final Pot: $168.00

Hero wins $168 ( won +$49 )
SB lost -$4.00
BB lost -$48.00
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Post Posted: Thu, 27 Mar 2008, 9:46am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Hand 1: I think this one depends a lot of how you've been playing and how villain sees you. If you want him to fold turn you're better of betting something like $41 then $38 (From a previous post from Fnord he mentioned and I agree that the $4x is psychologically more difficult to call then $3x (even if the amounts are quite close)). As played, on river, I think you need to bet more like $100 if you want him to fold. By betting 3/5 of pot on river (after betting 2/3 turn) you're saying you don't have the A ...

Hand 2: F*** just plain unlucky!

Hand 3: nh
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Post Posted: Fri, 28 Mar 2008, 7:16pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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jimmy44 wrote:
If you want him to fold turn you're better of betting something like $41 then $38 (From a previous post from Fnord he mentioned and I agree that the $4x is psychologically more difficult to call then $3x (even if the amounts are quite close)).


Thats a very interesting point I havenīt considered in my betsizes yet. Thanks for input, Iīm gonna keep it on my mind.


I havenīt played any NLHE yesterday, since I feared the tilt after free falling 1.7k within 3 or 4 sessions. I will drop back down to 100NL when I lose more than 1.5 buy ins tonight. PokerEV tells me Iīm running horribly bad, so I think my BR should still be the most determining factor which limit to grind.
Opposite to HE Iīm running very well in 5 card draw PL. I gotta thank wes for taking me to tables other than NLHE, itīs very refreshing to play different variants of poker (tho I suck balls at stud8 and PLO). I played 5cd as a kid with my friends, betting sweets instead of money and I forgot how much fun that game is. Iīm gonna stick with 5cd beside NLHE and try to get some strat together, since thereīs very few info aviable around the webs.

So far Iīve practiced in a learning by doing way, some random thoughts so far are:

Position

Position matters even more in draw games. Unlike stud games we have very few information aviable at a draw games table. The only useful info we can get are our opponents betting patterns and the number of discarded cards.

Hand reading and strength

In 5cd it doesnīt matter all that much, what cards villian might hold, itīs all about Absolute hand strength. The reading process starts with putting them on a one pair/trips/2pr/8-9 outs draw/pat-hand and only if we hold a similar hand we may start thinking about his strength within those type of hand, ie. Jacks up and better, 999 or better and things like that. Once weīve figured out a bad villians opening requirements it becomes surprisingly easy to assign a range to him post draw. For example:

#1
PokerStars Game #16293812875: 5 Card Draw Pot Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/03/27 - 17:07:55 (ET)
Table 'Ueta' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: LOLTY ($41.75 in chips)
Seat 2: XTR1000 ($30 in chips)
Seat 3: Bierkev17 ($22.60 in chips)
Seat 4: jerry-777 ($38 in chips)
Seat 5: Zockerneo ($17.80 in chips)
Seat 6: Michaelnrw72 ($27.45 in chips)
LOLTY: posts small blind $0.25
XTR1000: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to XTR1000 [Four of Hearts King of Clubs Queen of Hearts Seven of Spades Seven of Clubs]
Bierkev17: calls $0.50
jerry-777: folds
Zockerneo: folds
Michaelnrw72: folds
LOLTY: folds
XTR1000: checks
XTR1000: discards 3 cards [4h Kc Qh]
Dealt to XTR1000 [Seven of Spades Seven of Clubs] [Two of Hearts Eight of Spades Seven of Diamonds]
Bierkev17: discards 3 cards
XTR1000: bets $1.20
Bierkev17: folds
XTR1000 collected $1.20 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $1.25 | Rake $0.05
Seat 1: LOLTY (small blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 2: XTR1000 (big blind) collected ($1.20)
Seat 3: Bierkev17 folded after the Draw
Seat 4: jerry-777 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Zockerneo folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Michaelnrw72 (button) folded before the Draw (didn't bet)

Villian limped and discarded 3 cards, so he probably has a weak pair like 77-JJ and maybe worse, I havent seen anybody doing this with AKXXX yet. We checked and discarded 3 cards, too so our range is 22-JJ, AKXXX. We caught trips and bet out hoping he caught 2pr or calls with jacks or tens


#2
PokerStars Game #16294661012: 5 Card Draw Pot Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/03/27 - 17:43:04 (ET)
Table 'Ueta' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: vai cirillo ($44.15 in chips)
Seat 2: XTR1000 ($33.75 in chips)
Seat 3: 2006pops2007 ($2.45 in chips)
Seat 4: jerry-777 ($49.60 in chips)
Seat 5: Elmo_Letsgo ($47 in chips)
vai cirillo: posts small blind $0.25
XTR1000: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to XTR1000 [Ten of Diamonds Seven of Hearts King of Diamonds King of Clubs Queen of Hearts]
2006pops2007: folds
jerry-777: folds
Elmo_Letsgo: raises $1.25 to $1.75
vai cirillo: folds
XTR1000: calls $1.25
XTR1000: discards 2 cards [Td 7h]
Dealt to XTR1000 [King of Diamonds King of Clubs Queen of Hearts] [King of Spades Ace of Hearts]
Elmo_Letsgo: discards 1 card
XTR1000: checks
Elmo_Letsgo: bets $2.50
XTR1000: raises $5 to $7.50
Elmo_Letsgo: calls $5
*** SHOW DOWN ***
XTR1000: shows [Ks Ah Kd Kc Qh] (three of a kind, Kings)
Elmo_Letsgo: mucks hand
XTR1000 collected $17.85 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $18.75 | Rake $0.90


Villian here is solid HE player and he has been very active OTB and in SB vs BB. KKxxx is a great hand to call, since he will attack here with 55xxx+, but a 3bet probably pushes him off anything below AAxxx. Even if we dont catch up, c/c postdraw could be profitable when we discard 3. I choose to discard only 2 for deception and balance. This is a very standard play most players overdo at these tables. Keep notes on guys who discard 2 with hands like QQKxx or AAJxx. We catch trips and c/r river, since he is likely to bet out his obv 2pr.
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Not much poker for me the last days. I gotta finish my term paper in economics until monday 11am and Im kind of stuck. Eceonomists are actually pretty cool guys who write tons of great stuff and while doing research a find myself reading interesting articles rather than topic related.

April will be a brutal and bloody grind war, holding a knife with my teeth and fighting to the bones lol, until then Iīll with drunken 5cd donking with is pretty fun. Iīm recovering my NLHE losses at PL 5cd.

PokerStars Game #16321773093: 5 Card Draw Pot Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/03/28 - 20:09:21 (ET)
Table 'Mathesis III' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: mm4243 ($19.95 in chips)
Seat 2: zoomie45 ($42.50 in chips)
Seat 3: Patunok ($13.50 in chips)
Seat 4: Zockerneo ($20.90 in chips)
Seat 5: djrjns ($24.85 in chips)
Seat 6: XTR1000 ($35.45 in chips)
Patunok: posts small blind $0.25
Zockerneo: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to XTR1000 [King of Spades Ace of Diamonds Ace of Clubs Eight of Diamonds Ace of Hearts]
djrjns: folds
XTR1000: raises $1.25 to $1.75
mm4243: folds
zoomie45: calls $1.75
Patunok: folds
Zockerneo: folds
XTR1000: discards 1 card [8d]
Dealt to XTR1000 [King of Spades Ace of Diamonds Ace of Clubs Ace of Hearts] [King of Hearts]
zoomie45: discards 1 card
XTR1000: bets $3
zoomie45: raises $3 to $6
XTR1000: raises $6.50 to $12.50
zoomie45: raises $28.25 to $40.75 and is all-in
XTR1000: calls $21.20 and is all-in

*** SHOW DOWN ***
zoomie45: shows [9d 5d 5h 9s 5c] (a full house, Fives full of Nines)
XTR1000: shows [Ks Ad Ac Kh Ah] (a full house, Aces full of Kings)
XTR1000 collected $68.65 from pot
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Nice hand sir. Good luck with the term paper.
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March was sick. I had a good run tonight (before iPoker servers broke down lol) and managed to slide back in the green. check out the graph:



Weird. For some reason the regular players were playing back at me very hard. My stats hover around 15/13 and 13/12 atm, I ainīt going all that crazy or whatsoever and havenīt been caught pulling moves more than usually. Itīs just...I feel like Iīm wearing a red shirt in a bulls arena in Toledo. Iīve went thru my first "downswing" at 200NL, dropping 10BI in a row. Not that bad a downer in terms of buy ins, itīs just the doubled amounts that made sleep bad the last nights. Iīm still confident and believe I can beat 1/2NL

PokerEV says I run very bad by the end of March, not counting tonights session


Iīm pretty happy with how close the blue and green line are, the gap between those two and the red line sucks tho




Tonights hands

#1 Villian runs 12/10/3.8, moved up recently after running extremely hot at .5/1NL. He 3bets me light, calls my 3bets light and doesnt ever give up in a 3bet pot.
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
10 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($244.10)
UTG+1 ($81.80)
UTG+2 ($78.00)
MP1 ($200.00)
MP2 ($41.00)
Hero ($254.95)
CO ($180.40)
BTN ($199.00)
SB ($35.00)
BB ($37.00)

Pre-flop: ($3, 10 players) Hero is MP3 Ace of Clubs Ace of Diamonds
5 folds, Hero raises to $7, CO raises to $22, 3 folds, Hero raises to $49, CO goes all-in $158.4, Hero calls $131.4

Flop: Queen of Diamonds Seven of Spades Nine of Diamonds ($363.8, 2 players)

Turn: Eight of Diamonds ($363.8, 2 players)

River: Two of Clubs ($363.8, 2 players)

Final Pot: $360.80
Hero shows: Ace of Clubs Ace of Diamonds
CO shows: King of Clubs Ten of Hearts

Hero wins $360.8 ( won +$180.4 )
CO lost -$180.40


#2 Same opponent, 30 minutes later
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
10 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($334.00)
UTG+1 ($211.20)
UTG+2 ($37.00)
MP1 ($41.00)
MP2 ($234.10)
MP3 ($197.00)
CO ($38.00)
BTN ($206.25)
SB ($46.15)
Hero ($426.35)

Pre-flop: ($3, 10 players) Hero is BB Ace of Spades Ace of Clubs
UTG raises to $8, 6 folds, BTN calls $8, 1 fold, Hero raises to $34, UTG calls $26, BTN folds

Flop: Four of Clubs Jack of Clubs Ace of Hearts ($77, 2 players)
Hero bets $51, UTG calls $51

Turn: Eight of Hearts ($179, 2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $166, Hero goes all-in $341.35, UTG goes all-in $83

River: King of Diamonds ($769.35, 2 players)

Final Pot: $766.35
Hero shows: Ace of Spades Ace of Clubs
UTG shows: Jack of Hearts Queen of Hearts

Hero wins $766.35 ( won +$340 )
BTN lost -$8.00
UTG lost -$334.00

#3 22/6/1.8, calling my raises very light, showed up w/ 73s and other random crap before
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
10 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($37.00)
UTG+1 ($37.00)
UTG+2 ($117.00)
MP1 ($200.00)
MP2 ($211.00)
MP3 ($45.00)
CO ($180.55)
Hero ($200.00)
SB ($35.00)
BB ($183.25)

Pre-flop: ($3, 10 players) Hero is BTN Jack of Clubs Jack of Spades
7 folds, Hero raises to $7, 1 fold, BB calls $5

Flop: Six of Clubs Two of Spades Nine of Diamonds ($15, 2 players)
BB bets $10, Hero calls $10

Turn: Ace of Spades ($35, 2 players)
BB bets $20, Hero calls $20

River: Ace of Hearts ($75, 2 players)
BB bets $55, Hero calls $55

Final Pot: $182.00
Hero shows: Jack of Clubs Jack of Spades
BB shows: Ace of Diamonds Six of Diamonds

BB wins $182 ( won +$90 )
Hero lost -$92.00



#4 Same villian
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
10 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($200.00)
UTG+1 ($320.55)
UTG+2 ($198.90)
MP1 ($204.75)
MP2 ($51.00)
Hero ($196.60)
CO ($66.30)
BTN ($247.75)
SB ($179.10)
BB ($193.00)

Pre-flop: ($3, 10 players) Hero is MP3 Ten of Hearts Ten of Spades
5 folds, Hero raises to $8, 2 folds, SB raises to $21, 1 fold, Hero calls $13

Flop: Ten of Diamonds Eight of Spades Ace of Spades ($44, 2 players)
SB bets $22, Hero calls $22

Turn: Six of Clubs ($88, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $53, SB goes all-in $136.1, Hero calls $83.1

River: Six of Hearts ($360.2, 2 players)

Final Pot: $357.20
Hero shows: Ten of Hearts Ten of Spades
SB shows: Ace of Clubs King of Spades

Hero wins $357.2 ( won +$178.1 )
SB lost -$179.10

#5 18/8/3.3, one of the better regulars, but tonight he jumped right on the "we pull dumb moves on XTR-train"
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
10 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($104.85)
UTG+1 ($199.95)
UTG+2 ($227.00)
MP1 ($721.95)
MP2 ($39.00)
MP3 ($59.40)
Hero ($200.00)
BTN ($257.65)
SB ($233.75)
BB ($167.65)

Pre-flop: ($3, 10 players) Hero is CO Jack of Clubs King of Hearts
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $2, 4 folds, Hero raises to $9, 3 folds, UTG+1 calls $7

Flop: Six of Diamonds Six of Clubs Queen of Clubs ($21, 2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $16, UTG+1 raises to $48, Hero calls $32

Turn: Eight of Clubs ($117, 2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $75, UTG+1 folds

Final Pot: $189.00

Hero wins $189 ( won +$57 )
UTG+1 lost -$57.00


#6 Same villian
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
10 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($106.10)
UTG+1 ($48.00)
Hero ($205.15)
MP1 ($76.15)
MP2 ($239.10)
MP3 ($263.30)
CO ($49.15)
BTN ($148.95)
SB ($210.50)
BB ($37.00)

Pre-flop: ($3, 10 players) Hero is UTG+2 Queen of Diamonds King of Diamonds
2 folds, Hero raises to $7, 2 folds, MP3 calls $7, 4 folds

Flop: Five of Spades Jack of Diamonds Eight of Diamonds ($17, 2 players)
Hero bets $12, MP3 calls $12

Turn: Four of Clubs ($41, 2 players)
Hero checks, MP3 bets $28, Hero goes all-in $186.15, MP3 folds

Final Pot: $252.15

Hero wins $252.15 ( won +$47 )
MP3 lost -$47.00



Summary March

Hands played: 18,235
Poker profit: $119 (NLHE) + $122 (PL 5card draw) = $241
Rakeback received: $442
Bonus cleared: $600
Cashouts: $300

Total earnings: $1,283



2008 totals

Hands played: 83,668
Poker profit: $2,640
Rakeback received: $1,782
Bonus cleared: $1,200
Cashouts: $700

Total earnings $5,622


Lets hope that April goes better, I already stated in "Aprils Accountabilty thread" that Iīm going for 50k hands in April, which is quite a lot for me.

GOGOGOGOGOGO me Wink
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XTR1000 wrote:
Lets hope that April goes better, I already stated in "Aprils Accountabilty thread" that Iīm going for 50k hands in April, which is quite a lot for me.

GOGOGOGOGOGO me Wink


Good luck with the 50k hands.
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Nice hands! No comments.
I particularly liked hand #5. I have to start to do this shit against regs who regularly check-raise me!
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jimmy44 wrote:
Nice hands! No comments.
I particularly liked hand #5. I have to start to do this shit against regs who regularly check-raise me!


Yea, we definetly have to adjust vs habitual c/r bluffers. In hindsight I believe #5 was bad tho, Iīd like to have at least some sort of equity like two overs or something. Gotta work on that.


April began weird, I got pwned by shortstacks. Gotta work on my counter shortstack play.

#1 Villian runs 22/10/4.6 and I was so lost.
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
10 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($245.05)
UTG+1 ($288.55)
UTG+2 ($260.30)
MP1 ($37.00)
MP2 ($65.60)
Hero ($226.35)
CO ($150.00)
BTN ($231.80)
SB ($217.55)
BB ($37.00)
[CO posted $2]

Pre-flop: ($5, 10 players) Hero is MP3 Ace of Clubs Queen of Diamonds
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to $8, 2 folds, MP2 calls $8, Hero raises to $33, 4 folds, UTG+1 calls $25, MP2 calls $25

Flop: Six of Clubs Two of Clubs Ten of Clubs ($104, 3 players)
UTG+1 goes all-in $255.55, MP2 goes all-in $32.6, $193.35 to Hero ($193.35)?


#2 22/14/2.9
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
10 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($24.75)
UTG+1 ($43.00)
UTG+2 ($388.50)
MP1 ($41.00)
MP2 ($276.58)
Hero ($213.95)
CO ($37.00)
BTN ($195.00)
SB ($88.00)
BB ($220.05)

Pre-flop: ($3, 10 players) Hero is MP3 Queen of Spades Jack of Spades
5 folds, Hero raises to $7, 3 folds, BB calls $5

Flop: Eight of Spades Ten of Hearts Five of Hearts ($15, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: Jack of Clubs ($15, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $9, BB raises to $26, Hero calls $17

River: Seven of Clubs ($67, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

[Results Hidden]


#3 14/8/2.7, pretty solid.
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($32.00)
Hero ($202.00)
MP1 ($46.00)
MP2 ($40.00)
MP3 ($36.80)
CO ($220.00)
BTN ($57.70)
SB ($462.10)
BB ($176.20)

Pre-flop: ($3, 9 players) Hero is UTG+1 Six of Diamonds Five of Diamonds
1 fold, Hero raises to $7, 5 folds, SB calls $6, BB calls $5

Flop: Nine of Clubs Seven of Hearts Jack of Diamonds ($21, 3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: Queen of Clubs ($21, 3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $18, SB calls $18, BB folds

River: Five of Spades ($57, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $41, SB folds

Final Pot: $95.15

Hero wins $95.15 ( won +$29.15 )
SB lost -$25.00
BB lost -$7.00


#4 14/11/3
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
10 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
Hero ($248.80)
UTG+1 ($211.20)
UTG+2 ($43.00)
MP1 ($226.65)
MP2 ($48.00)
MP3 ($194.00)
CO ($261.07)
BTN ($200.00)
SB ($239.85)
BB ($298.10)

Pre-flop: ($3, 10 players) Hero is UTG King of Hearts Ace of Spades
Hero raises to $7, 7 folds, SB calls $6, 1 fold

Flop: Seven of Spades Five of Clubs Six of Hearts ($16, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks

Turn: Jack of Diamonds ($16, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $12, SB calls $12

River: Jack of Spades ($40, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $32, SB folds

Final Pot: $70.00

Hero wins $70 ( won +$19 )
SB lost -$19.00
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Some stuff on draw.
http://www.adamtheexpert.com/viewtopic.php?t=394
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1) Call because of pot odds

2) Good

3) Fold preflop. As played, I am not sure at all.

4) He will call river here a lot with 88-TT type hands. He might even make some hero call with 22-44, putting you on AK. I like this a lot more if river is a Q.
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uh oh, April started so bad, Iīm down 1.2k in less than 5k hands. HOLLA! Dropped back down to 100NL for 10k hands, lets see if I continue to run bad and play even worse.

#1 New table, BB is a bad 14/11 Tag
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
3 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
Hero ($225.00)
SB ($31.80)
BB ($310.25)

Pre-flop: ($3, 3 players) Hero is BTN Nine of Hearts Seven of Hearts
Hero raises to $7, SB calls $6, BB calls $5

Flop: Eight of Hearts Nine of Clubs Two of Hearts ($21, 3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $15, SB goes all-in $24.8, BB raises to $52, Hero goes all-in $203, BB calls $166

Turn: King of Clubs ($481.8, 3 players)

River: Seven of Spades ($481.8, 3 players)

[Results Hidden]


#2 16/9

$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($198.00)
UTG+1 ($53.25)
MP1 ($221.15)
MP2 ($200.00)
MP3 ($33.00)
CO ($205.15)
Hero ($200.00)
SB ($102.55)
BB ($198.45)

Pre-flop: ($3, 9 players) Hero is BTN Ace of Spades Queen of Diamonds
5 folds, CO raises to $8, Hero raises to $32, 2 folds, CO calls $24

Flop: Ten of Spades King of Spades Nine of Spades ($67, 2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $52, CO goes all-in $173.15, Hero goes all-in $116

Turn: King of Diamonds ($408.15, 2 players)

River: Four of Diamonds ($408.15, 2 players)

[Results Hidden]


#3 Unknown opponent
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
10 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($55.85)
UTG+1 ($239.15)
UTG+2 ($200.00)
MP1 ($77.00)
MP2 ($103.00)
MP3 ($401.65)
Hero ($197.00)
BTN ($38.00)
SB ($199.95)
BB ($104.65)

Pre-flop: ($3, 10 players) Hero is CO King of Hearts King of Diamonds
6 folds, Hero raises to $7, 2 folds, BB calls $5

Flop: Eight of Clubs Two of Spades Eight of Diamonds ($15, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $10, BB calls $10

Turn: Nine of Spades ($35, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $27, BB raises to $54, Hero raises to $171, BB goes all-in $33.65

River: Five of Clubs ($293.65, 2 players)

[Results Hidden]


#4 Unknown
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
7 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($150.18)
UTG+1 ($103.75)
MP ($44.00)
CO ($35.20)
BTN ($211.72)
Hero ($196.00)
BB ($40.00)

Pre-flop: ($3, 7 players) Hero is SB Queen of Clubs Queen of Hearts
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to $8, 3 folds, Hero raises to $31, 1 fold, UTG+1 goes all-in $95.75, Hero calls $72.75

Flop: Ace of Hearts Ace of Clubs Five of Hearts ($209.5, 2 players)

Turn: Six of Clubs ($209.5, 2 players)

River: Seven of Spades ($209.5, 2 players)

[Results Hidden]


#5 Another unknown
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($252.17)
UTG+1 ($41.00)
MP1 ($24.20)
MP2 ($208.72)
Hero ($197.00)
CO ($38.28)
BTN ($38.00)
SB ($83.75)
BB ($40.00)

Pre-flop: ($3, 9 players) Hero is MP3 Nine of Spades Eight of Spades
UTG calls $2, 3 folds, Hero raises to $7, 2 folds, SB calls $6, 1 fold, UTG calls $5

Flop: Ten of Spades Jack of Hearts Seven of Spades ($23, 3 players)
SB bets $4, UTG calls $4, Hero raises to $24, SB goes all-in $72.75, UTG folds, Hero calls $52.75

Turn: Six of Hearts ($180.5, 2 players)

River: Seven of Diamonds ($180.5, 2 players)

Final Pot: $177.50
Hero shows: Nine of Spades Eight of Spades
SB shows: Ten of Hearts Ten of Clubs

SB wins $177.5 ( won +$93.75 )
Hero lost -$83.75
UTG lost -$11.00
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Post Posted: Thu, 03 Apr 2008, 5:06pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Full House
Full House

Joined: 12 Jan 2006
Posts: 822
WPP: 76

Man you run bad!
All those hands are super standard.

I just moved up to $1/$2 and you go and move down to $0.50/$1. Sad

No worried though. You'll be back within a week.
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Post Posted: Wed, 09 Apr 2008, 6:29pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
4-of-a-Kind
4-of-a-Kind

Joined: 29 May 2006
Posts: 1892
WPP: 109
Location: surfing in a room
Oh well, what a crazy month so far. I think or hope I broke out of my first serious downswing this year, I was already down 1.6k this month but now am slowly recovering. I had a hard time playing and thinking poker, since I ran really bad, right now as Iīm trying to get in more hands per month than ever before.

Beside poker I participated in my first run this year and finished 5/351 over 5.5km, 23:47:00. Could have been 10 or 20 secs faster, if there wouldnt have been this cute blonde in hotpants running in front of me the first lap. So sexy and so slow Wink

On monday morning I woke up and decided to quit smoking. Bad idea to do this in the middle of a losing streak, but w/e. I bought tons of fruits, Evian water and nicotine chewing gum, which works pretty well. Wish me luck, both on poker and becoming a non-smoker.



#1 Unknown opponent
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
8 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($92.00)
UTG+1 ($206.30)
MP1 ($77.00)
MP2 ($207.00)
CO ($207.00)
Hero ($200.00)
SB ($196.45)
BB ($104.27)

Pre-flop: ($3, 8 players) Hero is BTN Three of Hearts Three of Diamonds
3 folds, MP2 raises to $8, 1 fold, Hero calls $8, 2 folds

Flop: Five of Clubs Seven of Spades Three of Spades ($19, 2 players)
MP2 bets $14, Hero raises to $28, MP2 calls $14

Turn: Ace of Spades ($75, 2 players)
MP2 checks, Hero bets $47, MP2 goes all-in $171, Hero goes all-in $117

River: Six of Spades ($410, 2 players)

Final Pot: $407.00
Hero shows: Three of Hearts Three of Diamonds
MP2 shows: Queen of Spades Queen of Hearts

MP2 wins $407 ( won +$200 )
Hero lost -$200.00


#2 Unknown
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
8 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($237.40)
UTG+1 ($259.35)
MP1 ($267.61)
MP2 ($42.75)
CO ($170.30)
BTN ($35.00)
SB ($127.95)
Hero ($200.00)

Pre-flop: ($3, 8 players) Hero is BB King of Hearts Jack of Diamonds
2 folds, MP1 calls $2, 1 fold, CO calls $2, 2 folds, Hero checks

Flop: King of Diamonds Four of Hearts Jack of Clubs ($7, 3 players)
Hero bets $6, MP1 calls $6, 1 fold

Turn: Eight of Clubs ($19, 2 players)
Hero bets $13, MP1 calls $13

River: Seven of Hearts ($45, 2 players)
Hero bets $34, MP1 raises to $68, Hero calls $34

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#3 Another unknown
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
6 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
Hero ($205.00)
UTG+1 ($195.75)
CO ($89.35)
BTN ($60.50)
SB ($37.90)
BB ($198.00)

Pre-flop: ($3, 6 players) Hero is UTG Ace of Hearts Ace of Spades
Hero raises to $7, 4 folds, BB calls $5

Flop: Four of Hearts Two of Hearts Three of Diamonds ($15, 2 players)
BB bets $10, Hero raises to $24, BB calls $14

Turn: King of Hearts ($63, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $42, BB calls $42

River: Six of Spades ($147, 2 players)
BB bets $68, Hero folds

Final Pot: $212.00

BB wins $212 ( won +$71 )
Hero lost -$73.00


#4 16/11/3
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
10 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($203.00)
UTG+1 ($202.60)
UTG+2 ($36.60)
MP1 ($198.25)
MP2 ($53.15)
MP3 ($296.05)
CO ($104.05)
BTN ($199.00)
Hero ($225.15)
BB ($40.00)

Pre-flop: ($3, 10 players) Hero is SB Ace of Spades Ace of Hearts
4 folds, MP1 raises to $8, 4 folds, Hero raises to $27, 1 fold, MP1 calls $19

Flop: Nine of Diamonds Seven of Clubs Eight of Clubs ($56, 1 players)
Hero bets $38, MP1 raises to $164, Hero goes all-in $160.15, MP1 goes all-in $7.25

Turn: Eight of Hearts ($425.4, 1 players)

River: Nine of Hearts ($425.4, 1 players)

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#5
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($193.00)
UTG+1 ($264.30)
MP1 ($244.60)
MP2 ($129.25)
MP3 ($37.00)
Hero ($200.00)
BTN ($221.65)
SB ($88.60)
BB ($42.00)

Pre-flop: ($3, 9 players) Hero is CO Ace of Clubs Four of Clubs
UTG calls $2, 2 folds, MP2 calls $2, 1 fold, Hero calls $2, 1 fold, SB calls $1, BB checks

Flop: Five of Clubs Ace of Diamonds Three of Clubs ($10, 5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG bets $8, 1 fold, Hero raises to $20, SB folds, BB folds, UTG calls $12

Turn: King of Clubs ($50, 2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $32, UTG calls $32

River: Queen of Diamonds ($114, 2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $72, UTG calls $72

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Post Posted: Thu, 10 Apr 2008, 12:20pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
4-of-a-Kind
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Joined: 29 May 2006
Posts: 1892
WPP: 109
Location: surfing in a room
Things continue to go down. Iīm not whining or whatsoever, I simply suck at grinding. I should have never set a goal for #hands played, Iīd be better off setting goals in terms of quality. Like >2.5ptBB/100 or whatever.

I dropped another $350 and it seems I cant get out of this mess. I might be too result oriented, but I dont feel like Iīm doing well. I must admit, that Iīm not a true grinder. When I recall how well I played last month, when I sticked to my "only play as long as your on top level/not tired"-rule and not to grind just for the sake of grinding and compare my performance to what I do now things become clear. Stamina never was one of my quality attributes.

I mean, whereever I go and whatever I do, I do extremely well over short intervalls and suck when it comes to doing something with less pressure and effort for a long time. At university I easily score Bīs, studying for like 1/10 the time other need to achieve the same result, but I cant manage to double the time and score an A. Same when it comes to work, I perform way above average short term but get lazy long term.

Itīs a good thing I finally (re-)recognized all that. I already stated at the beginning of this OP not grind for the sake of grinding. I paid lots of moniez this month to remind myself. Fortunately Iīm still breaking even when I count Bonus and RB. I Heart iPoker Very Happy

Check out the hands (and please tell me if I suck or am result oriented.

#1 Villian runs a hilarious 22/2/4. havent played enough with him to say if he has KQ here or not, cold call not displayed. If JL jumps in, villian is QIAOQIAO8
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($202.75)
UTG+1 ($215.20)
MP1 ($278.75)
Hero ($203.00)
MP3 ($40.00)
CO ($35.00)
BTN ($211.85)
SB ($99.10)
BB ($200.00)

Pre-flop: ($3, 9 players) Hero is MP2 Ace of Diamonds King of Hearts
3 folds, MP1 raises to $8, Hero raises to $27, 2 folds, BTN calls $27, 2 folds, MP1 folds

Flop: King of Spades Six of Hearts Jack of Hearts ($65, 1 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $22, Hero calls $22

Turn: Two of Spades ($109, 1 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $64, Hero goes all-in $154, BTN calls $90

River: Six of Clubs ($417, 1 players)

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#2 35/24/1.9 opponent. Stats may be screwed up, he shortstacked 5 other tables, heīs probably running fairly tighter full stacked+. In hindsight, I should lead flop and play my draw as long as I have equity, but the flop check is a missed c/r.
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
10 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($64.35)
UTG+1 ($200.00)
UTG+2 ($217.00)
MP1 ($205.70)
MP2 ($38.00)
MP3 ($519.60)
CO ($250.60)
BTN ($59.30)
SB ($198.00)
Hero ($200.00)

Pre-flop: ($3, 10 players) Hero is BB Jack of Clubs King of Clubs
6 folds, MP3 raises to $6, 3 folds, Hero raises to $20, MP3 calls $14

Flop: Nine of Clubs Ace of Diamonds Three of Clubs ($41, 1 players)
Hero checks, MP3 checks

Turn: Four of Hearts ($41, 1 players)
Hero bets $27, MP3 raises to $76, Hero goes all-in $153, MP3 calls $104

River: Seven of Diamonds ($401, 1 players)

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#3 The final spew vs 13/11/4
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
10 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($40.00)
UTG+1 ($200.00)
UTG+2 ($43.35)
MP1 ($200.00)
MP2 ($226.55)
MP3 ($198.00)
Hero ($229.00)
BTN ($252.65)
SB ($266.00)
BB ($91.85)

Pre-flop: ($3, 10 players) Hero is CO Eight of Diamonds Eight of Clubs
2 folds, UTG+1 raises to $8, 4 folds, Hero calls $8, BTN calls $8, 2 folds

Flop: Ten of Diamonds Six of Spades Four of Spades ($27, 2 players)
UTG+1 bets $20, Hero calls $20, 1 fold

Turn: Ace of Diamonds ($67, 1 players)
UTG+1 bets $40, Hero raises to $84, UTG+1 goes all-in $132, Hero folds

Final Pot: $320.00

UTG+1 wins $320 ( won +$120 )
Hero lost -$112.00
BTN lost -$8.00


#4 Unknown
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($150.82)
UTG+1 ($38.00)
MP1 ($192.45)
MP2 ($196.30)
MP3 ($27.00)
CO ($39.50)
BTN ($197.00)
SB ($198.00)
Hero ($223.05)

Pre-flop: ($3, 9 players) Hero is BB Two of Hearts King of Diamonds
1 fold, UTG calls $2, 2 folds, MP2 calls $2, 4 folds, Hero checks

Flop: Two of Spades King of Spades Three of Clubs ($7, 2 players)
Hero bets $6, UTG calls $6, MP2 calls $6

Turn: Nine of Hearts ($25, 2 players)
Hero bets $18, UTG calls $18, 1 fold

River: Four of Clubs ($61, 1 players)
Hero bets $45, UTG goes all-in $124.82, Hero folds

Final Pot: $227.82

UTG wins $227.82 ( won +$77 )
Hero lost -$71.00
MP2 lost -$8.00
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Post Posted: Thu, 10 Apr 2008, 3:10pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Joined: 12 Jan 2006
Posts: 822
WPP: 76

1) I dont have reads on villain, just the same stats as you.
Why are you checking the flop? Are you slowplaying? Or are you thinking that only a better hand calls??
If you are slow playing, then DONT! Never slowplay in a 3bet pot.
If it's the latter, then you are wrong because villain definitely calls flop with worse: KQ, QQ, draws.

2) A high flops are the best flops to cbet on. You have a FD here, not a monster. Cbet and be happy if he folds.
Would you c/r this flop with AA, AK here??

3) Yeah this is probably spew in this particular case. Villain is kinda nitty, and he just cbet into two people on a board that sucks for cbetting. Then he fires the turn. You have very very little fold equity on the turn. Do you think he fires this turn with JJ-KK?
I probably fold flop here because it's 3way

4) This hand is fine I think. Only thing I can think of is maybe bet a little less on the river for pot control because you really don't know where you are at with him being unknown. If he is a donkey, then for sure bet huge every street.
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Post Posted: Mon, 14 Apr 2008, 8:50am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Joined: 29 May 2006
Posts: 1892
WPP: 109
Location: surfing in a room
Thanks for the feedback man.

Seems like Iīm slowly getting back into the game, Iīve grinded a good chunk of my losses back at 100NL and will complete 10k hands there before I move back up.


#1 Look how peopleīs brains become batshit in BvB
18/14/3.4

$0.5/$1 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($23.05)
UTG+1 ($21.40)
MP1 ($117.55)
MP2 ($215.40)
MP3 ($100.00)
CO ($18.50)
BTN ($97.00)
SB ($96.50)
Hero ($100.00)

Pre-flop: ($1.5, 9 players) Hero is BB Eight of Clubs Queen of Clubs
7 folds, SB raises to $3.5, Hero calls $2.5

Flop: Five of Clubs Four of Clubs Five of Diamonds ($7, 2 players)
SB bets $6, Hero calls $6

Turn: Queen of Diamonds ($19, 2 players)
SB bets $14, Hero raises to $32, SB raises to $63, Hero calls $31

River: Ace of Spades ($145, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks

Final Pot: $142.00
SB shows: Jack of Hearts Six of Hearts
Hero shows: Eight of Clubs Queen of Clubs

Hero wins $142 ( won +$69.5 )
SB lost -$72.50

#2 This will be on my mind. I must organize my thoughts before and do some calcs, but I suppose Iīm leaking when Iīm OOP with an okay made hand and a draw comes in.
No reads other than a HUD showing 13/7/4 over 130

$0.5/$1 No Limit Holdem
8 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($144.55)
UTG+1 ($94.50)
MP1 ($108.50)
MP2 ($108.00)
CO ($18.00)
BTN ($16.50)
SB ($110.25)
Hero ($141.35)

Pre-flop: ($1.5, 8 players) Hero is BB Ten of Spades Three of Spades
UTG calls $1, 2 folds, MP2 calls $1, 1 fold, BTN calls $1, 1 fold, Hero checks

Flop: Four of Spades Seven of Spades Five of Spades ($4.5, 4 players)
Hero bets $3, 1 fold, MP2 calls $3, 1 fold

Turn: Six of Hearts ($10.5, 2 players)
Hero bets $7.5, MP2 calls $7.5

River: Queen of Spades ($25.5, 2 players)
Hero ???
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Post Posted: Mon, 14 Apr 2008, 10:18am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Full House
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Joined: 13 Dec 2007
Posts: 651
WPP: 134
Location: Leaf Nation
Hand 2 sucks. I get in this situation all the time and im never sure of the correct move, especially in a limped pot.
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Post Posted: Wed, 16 Apr 2008, 8:45am    Post subject: Reply with quote
4-of-a-Kind
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Joined: 29 May 2006
Posts: 1892
WPP: 109
Location: surfing in a room
What a weird month. Iīm eventually back to even and due to a massive amount of Bonus and RB my BR hit 10k again. Everything will be fine. Check out my PT stats from April 1st - Today:



weirdo. However, Iīm moving back up. I began to split my daily session in 1k hands a.m. and 1.5k - 2k hands in the evening. Since 200NL tables are rare in the morning Iīll still be playing some 100NL, but given my actual run there Iīm quite happy to do so.

After dropping so hard (recent swing was the largest consecutive net loss Iīve ever experienced) itīs surprising, how I didnīt only had a hard time getting back into playing, but into thinking poker as well. You may have noticed, that I didnīt post much at all while getting river raped and didnt update my OP. I know, that particularly during bad times we should discuss and review our games even more and absorb every critic and comment we could get, but for some reason my mind was completely blocked. Right now Iīm slowly getting back into thinking-mode and begin to work on my game again. Iīm gonna focus on my turn- and riverplay the next weeks and go leak hunting. Hopefully I can fix some and share it with all you dudes Wink


#1
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
8 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($39.00)
UTG+1 ($130.50)
MP1 ($73.70)
MP2 ($125.15)
Hero ($318.35)
BTN ($24.00)
SB ($212.80)
BB ($203.50)

Pre-flop: ($3, 8 players) Hero is CO Seven of Hearts Eight of Hearts
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $2, MP1 calls $2, MP2 calls $2, Hero raises to $11, 3 folds, UTG+1 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 calls $9

Flop: Ace of Clubs Queen of Diamonds Nine of Hearts ($29, 2 players)
MP2 checks, Hero bets $21, MP2 calls $21

Turn: King of Hearts ($71, 2 players)
MP2 checks, Hero checks

River: Five of Hearts ($71, 2 players)
MP2 checks, Hero bets $42, MP2 goes all-in $93.15, Hero calls $51.15

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#218/14/3.6

$0.5/$1 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($26.40)
Hero ($109.50)
MP1 ($99.80)
MP2 ($21.00)
MP3 ($62.55)
CO ($22.00)
BTN ($67.75)
SB ($40.15)
BB ($20.00)

Pre-flop: ($1.5, 9 players) Hero is UTG+1 King of Hearts Ace of Hearts
1 fold, Hero raises to $3, MP1 calls $3, 6 folds

Flop: Seven of Spades Jack of Spades Two of Spades ($7.5, 2 players)
Hero bets $5, MP1 calls $5

Turn: Five of Spades ($17.5, 2 players)
Hero bets $12, MP1 calls $12

River: Three of Diamonds ($41.5, 2 players)
Hero bets $34, 1 fold

Final Pot: $73.45

Hero wins $73.45 ( won +$19.45 )
MP1 lost -$20.00

#3
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
10 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($231.15)
UTG+1 ($37.00)
UTG+2 ($197.00)
MP1 ($70.80)
Hero ($200.00)
MP3 ($40.00)
CO ($195.80)
BTN ($209.30)
SB ($39.00)
BB ($220.55)

Pre-flop: ($3, 10 players) Hero is MP2 Jack of Spades King of Clubs
4 folds, Hero raises to $6, 2 folds, BTN calls $6, 2 folds

Flop: Seven of Clubs Jack of Clubs Four of Diamonds ($15, 2 players)
Hero bets $10, BTN raises to $24, Hero raises to $64, BTN raises to $104, Hero folds

Final Pot: $180.00

BTN wins $180 ( won +$70 )
Hero lost -$70.00


#418/10/3.8

$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
Hero ($201.60)
UTG+1 ($75.16)
MP1 ($40.00)
MP2 ($200.00)
MP3 ($344.85)
CO ($200.00)
BTN ($55.55)
SB ($35.75)
BB ($230.80)

Pre-flop: ($3, 9 players) Hero is UTG Two of Clubs Two of Hearts
Hero calls $2, 7 folds, BB checks

Flop: King of Spades King of Hearts Eight of Clubs ($5, 2 players)
BB bets $4, Hero calls $4

Turn: Nine of Spades ($13, 2 players)
BB bets $10, Hero calls $10

River: Six of Hearts ($33, 2 players)
BB bets $24, Hero folds

Final Pot: $55.35

BB wins $55.35 ( won +$15.35 )
Hero lost -$16.00
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Full House
Full House

Joined: 13 Dec 2007
Posts: 651
WPP: 134
Location: Leaf Nation
Congrats dude. Im glad to see you are back on track.
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4-of-a-Kind
4-of-a-Kind

Joined: 29 May 2006
Posts: 1892
WPP: 109
Location: surfing in a room
Thanks man! Iīm gonna celebrate getting even now with some Absolute Smile

Session #2

#1 Kinda Lagtag villian, likes to float
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
10 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($38.00)
UTG+1 ($114.97)
UTG+2 ($219.20)
MP1 ($331.50)
Hero ($205.00)
MP3 ($200.00)
CO ($183.30)
BTN ($34.00)
SB ($56.10)
BB ($238.85)

Pre-flop: ($3, 10 players) Hero is MP2 Ten of Spades Ten of Hearts
4 folds, Hero raises to $7, MP3 calls $7, 4 folds

Flop: Two of Clubs Five of Spades Eight of Spades ($17, 2 players)
Hero bets $12, MP3 calls $12

Turn: Six of Diamonds ($41, 2 players)
Hero checks, MP3 bets $27, Hero calls $27

River: Two of Hearts ($95, 2 players)
Hero checks, MP3 bets $70, Hero calls $70

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#2 Well....I has an Ace Twisted Evil Villian runs 14/10/3 and likes to fight in BvB
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
8 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($272.70)
UTG+1 ($144.05)
MP1 ($45.00)
MP2 ($77.80)
CO ($194.10)
BTN ($235.00)
SB ($197.00)
Hero ($207.30)

Pre-flop: ($3, 8 players) Hero is BB Ace of Diamonds King of Clubs
6 folds, SB raises to $7, Hero raises to $27, SB raises to $65, Hero goes all-in $180.3, SB goes all-in $132

Flop: Queen of Diamonds Jack of Spades Two of Spades ($404.3, 2 players)

Turn: Nine of Spades ($404.3, 2 players)

River: Ten of Clubs ($404.3, 2 players)

Final Pot: $401.30


#3 This guy makes XTR go nuts. He runs 16/4/2.1 and seems to cold call a fucking shitload. Idk if heīs aware of this, but heīs well balanced and it makes me sick. I know that some will yell "bet turn ffs" and youīre probably right.
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
7 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($40.00)
UTG+1 ($198.00)
MP ($214.90)
Hero ($397.25)
BTN ($314.45)
SB ($43.50)
BB ($251.87)

Pre-flop: ($3, 7 players) Hero is CO Ace of Hearts Ace of Clubs
3 folds, Hero raises to $7, BTN calls $7, 2 folds

Flop: Ten of Spades Seven of Clubs Queen of Hearts ($17, 2 players)
Hero bets $12, BTN calls $12

Turn: Ten of Hearts ($41, 2 players)
Hero checks, BTN checks

River: King of Spades ($41, 2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $38, Hero calls $38

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#4 Same villian
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($427.05)
UTG+1 ($194.20)
MP1 ($236.05)
MP2 ($200.00)
MP3 ($40.00)
Hero ($201.00)
BTN ($241.35)
SB ($43.00)
BB ($205.15)
[MP3 posted $1]

Pre-flop: ($4, 9 players) Hero is CO King of Spades Ace of Clubs
UTG calls $2, UTG+1 calls $2, 2 folds, MP3 calls $1, Hero raises to $12, 3 folds, UTG folds, UTG+1 calls $10, MP3 folds

Flop: Ace of Diamonds Five of Hearts Six of Clubs ($31, 2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero checks

Turn: Five of Diamonds ($31, 2 players)
UTG+1 bets $24, Hero calls $24

River: Three of Diamonds ($79, 2 players)
UTG+1 bets $68, Hero folds

Final Pot: $144.00

UTG+1 wins $144 ( won +$40 )
Hero lost -$36.00
UTG lost -$2.00
MP3 lost -$2.00


#5 And again this guy
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($34.00)
Hero ($200.00)
MP1 ($233.35)
MP2 ($45.00)
MP3 ($37.00)
CO ($205.15)
BTN ($425.05)
SB ($227.20)
BB ($276.90)

Pre-flop: ($3, 9 players) Hero is UTG+1 Jack of Diamonds Jack of Hearts
1 fold, Hero raises to $7, 5 folds, SB calls $6, 1 fold

Flop: Ten of Hearts Three of Spades Ten of Spades ($16, 2 players)
SB bets $14, Hero calls $14

Turn: Ace of Hearts ($44, 2 players)
SB bets $38, Hero folds

Final Pot: $79.80

SB wins $79.8 ( won +$20.8 )
Hero lost -$21.00
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Post Posted: Wed, 16 Apr 2008, 5:04pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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I'll take these in reverse order:
#5, I love.
#4, I'm not sure, but a flop bet makes this so much easier. This guy just seems to have you psyched out.
#3, I call river and don't hate the line. Probably b/f turn if his AF is low.
#2, is right. His range is wide here.
#1, with your read this is super tight. Some guys just don't know how to give up.

Good to hear about your roll. You'd have had it back faster if you just had more time to play lately. I am suffering some fluctuations myself lately.
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Post Posted: Wed, 16 Apr 2008, 5:27pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Hand #1 I like. You bet or raise he might fold a worse hand but definitely wont fold a better hand.
Hand #2 I play same way a lot of the time vs an aggro steal.
Hand #3 I probably pay off. If he has like AJ or J9 or a T oh well. And ya I probably bet/fold the turn or fold the river if he calls a turn bet.
Hand #4 I don't mind a check on the flop to induce a bluff, which he did (bluff or not, induced a bet), so I think you gotta call the river. If you're worried about a flush draw on the turn then raise there.
Hand #5
I usually raise this flop bet when I'm the pfrer. Idk if that's the right thing to do or not, but it usually makes the rest of your decisions a little easier. (edit) But I like the fold on the turn as played.
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Post Posted: Fri, 18 Apr 2008, 5:56am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Thanks for the feedback guys, itīs well appreciated.

Hows it going SillyString, havenīt heard from you for a while?


Just finished 800 hands of 200NL fr and playing in the a.m. was a great strategic decision of mine Smile Tho I have a hard time getting 10 tables together, there are still enough bad players spread over the few tables and not a single good regular shows up in the morning. Got to force myself to get up around 7:30 so I have enough time to earn some $$$ without getting into trouble too much.


#1 Villian runs 22/19/2.1, former nit gone wild. I played back at him with success before.
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($322.80)
UTG+1 ($202.20)
MP1 ($112.75)
MP2 ($372.57)
MP3 ($232.10)
CO ($97.95)
Hero ($301.87)
SB ($49.00)
BB ($130.79)

Pre-flop: ($3, 9 players) Hero is BTN Nine of Hearts Ace of Hearts
3 folds, MP2 raises to $6, 2 folds, Hero calls $6, 1 fold, BB calls $4

Flop: Eight of Hearts Three of Diamonds Three of Hearts ($19, 3 players)
BB checks, MP2 bets $8, Hero raises to $19, BB folds, MP2 raises to $38, Hero calls $19

Turn: Ace of Spades ($95, 2 players)
MP2 bets $48, Hero calls $48

River: Nine of Spades ($191, 2 players)
MP2 checks, Hero bets $125, MP2 folds

Final Pot: $313.00


#2 Same villian as above. Us nits click it back, too Smile
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
10 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($200.00)
UTG+1 ($266.00)
UTG+2 ($339.70)
Hero ($201.30)
MP2 ($69.65)
MP3 ($253.35)
CO ($84.95)
BTN ($37.00)
SB ($276.60)
BB ($41.15)

Pre-flop: ($3, 10 players) Hero is MP1 Ace of Diamonds Seven of Diamonds
3 folds, Hero raises to $6, 1 fold, MP3 calls $6, 4 folds

Flop: Eight of Hearts King of Diamonds Seven of Clubs ($15, 2 players)
Hero bets $10, MP3 raises to $20, Hero raises to $30, MP3 folds



#3 Loose passive guy, not overly aggro or passive postflop.
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
8 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($200.00)
UTG+1 ($165.50)
Hero ($352.90)
MP2 ($99.75)
CO ($308.00)
BTN ($38.00)
SB ($218.00)
BB ($179.36)

Pre-flop: ($3, 8 players) Hero is MP1 Ace of Clubs Ace of Diamonds
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $2, Hero raises to $9, 2 folds, BTN calls $9, 1 fold, BB calls $7, UTG+1 calls $7

Flop: Two of Spades Ten of Hearts Three of Clubs ($37, 4 players)
BB checks, UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $28, 1 fold, BB folds, UTG+1 raises to $60, Hero raises to $262, UTG+1 goes all-in $96.5

Turn: Ten of Diamonds ($455.5, 2 players)

River: Nine of Spades ($455.5, 2 players)

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#4 Same type of player as above
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
10 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($37.00)
Hero ($208.75)
UTG+2 ($198.00)
MP1 ($269.93)
MP2 ($70.00)
MP3 ($285.05)
CO ($268.95)
BTN ($215.60)
SB ($162.31)
BB ($379.00)

Pre-flop: ($3, 10 players) Hero is UTG+1 King of Spades King of Hearts
1 fold, Hero raises to $6, 4 folds, CO calls $6, 1 fold, SB calls $5, 1 fold

Flop: Seven of Hearts Seven of Diamonds Five of Hearts ($20, 3 players)
SB bets $10, Hero raises to $22, 1 fold, SB raises to $40, Hero goes all-in $180.75, SB goes all-in $116.31

Turn: Five of Diamonds ($379.06, 2 players)

River: Five of Spades ($379.06, 2 players)

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#5 23/15/2.5 type of guy.
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
10 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($248.95)
UTG+1 ($213.00)
UTG+2 ($259.62)
MP1 ($493.55)
MP2 ($34.00)
Hero ($189.00)
CO ($190.00)
BTN ($266.93)
SB ($136.00)
BB ($269.05)

Pre-flop: ($3, 10 players) Hero is MP3 Six of Spades Seven of Spades
5 folds, Hero raises to $6, 3 folds, BB raises to $16, Hero calls $10

Flop: Nine of Clubs Ace of Spades Jack of Spades ($33, 2 players)
BB bets $14, Hero raises to $38, BB calls $24

Turn: Eight of Hearts ($109, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $135
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Post Posted: Fri, 18 Apr 2008, 11:55am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Hand 1: So he had KQh Wink Unlucky your flush didn't hit Wink

Hand 4: Why do you overbet on turn?
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Post Posted: Fri, 18 Apr 2008, 12:11pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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jimmy44 wrote:


Hand 5 : Why do you overbet on turn?

FYP.
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Iīm commited anyway, no point in leaving some change behind
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Post Posted: Fri, 18 Apr 2008, 1:57pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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XTR1000 wrote:
Iīm commited anyway, no point in leaving some change behind

Oh it was all in?
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Post Posted: Mon, 21 Apr 2008, 11:34am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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iirc that turn overbet was AI.

Todays morning session became an afternoon session since I had class this morning. I ran okay and made $$$. Nothing spectacular tho, but I must say I played really well. If I only could maintain this level of focus and thinking/analyzing for more than 2 hrs I could start livin soon Smile

#1 U can find this hand in FR section as well. The more I think about it, the more obv b/f on river becomes. During the hand I felt like c/c or even c/f could be the better option. Villian runs 28/5/0.6 over a smallish 120 hands sample.
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
10 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($209.85)
Hero ($238.65)
UTG+2 ($185.15)
MP1 ($201.40)
MP2 ($43.00)
MP3 ($127.55)
CO ($196.00)
BTN ($406.00)
SB ($196.00)
BB ($40.00)

Pre-flop: ($3, 10 players) Hero is UTG+1 Queen of Clubs Queen of Diamonds
1 fold, Hero raises to $8, UTG+2 calls $8, 7 folds

Flop: Ten of Spades Three of Spades Five of Diamonds ($19, 2 players)
Hero bets $15, UTG+2 calls $15

Turn: Five of Clubs ($49, 2 players)
Hero bets $37, UTG+2 calls $37

River: Ace of Hearts ($123, 2 players)
Hero bets $61, UTG+2 calls $61

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#2 This is meh, 4bet size sucks. Villian runs 14/13/6.5 and really likes to 3bet. I 3bet him quite often as well, so our ranges are expanded enough to take a flop, since we had been 4betting very tight I decided to 4bet bluff, figuring a good chance to get him off AQ/88-JJ. Didnt work, nh.
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
7 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($198.00)
Hero ($200.50)
MP ($40.00)
CO ($273.00)
BTN ($137.75)
SB ($200.10)
BB ($40.00)

Pre-flop: ($3, 7 players) Hero is UTG+1 King of Diamonds Queen of Diamonds
1 fold, Hero raises to $8, 1 fold, CO raises to $24, 3 folds, Hero raises to $57, CO calls $33

Flop: Three of Clubs Seven of Diamonds Two of Spades ($117, 2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $80, Hero folds

Final Pot: $194.00

CO wins $194 ( won +$57 )
Hero lost -$57.00



#3
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($107.31)
UTG+1 ($235.20)
MP1 ($220.20)
MP2 ($34.00)
MP3 ($49.65)
Hero ($197.00)
BTN ($178.55)
SB ($187.85)
BB ($161.45)

Pre-flop: ($3, 9 players) Hero is CO Five of Diamonds Five of Clubs
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to $8, 3 folds, Hero calls $8, 1 fold, SB calls $7, 1 fold

Flop: Six of Spades Five of Hearts Queen of Hearts ($26, 3 players)
SB checks, UTG+1 bets $20, Hero calls $20, SB folds

Turn: Seven of Clubs ($66, 2 players)
UTG+1 bets $42, Hero raises to $90, UTG+1 goes all-in $165.2, Hero goes all-in $79

River: Ace of Diamonds ($442.2, 2 players)

Final Pot: $439.20
Hero shows: Five of Diamonds Five of Clubs
UTG+1 shows: Queen of Diamonds Queen of Spades

UTG+1 wins $439.2 ( won +$204 )
Hero lost -$197.00
SB lost -$8.00


#4
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
10 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($272.25)
UTG+1 ($39.00)
UTG+2 ($201.05)
Hero ($267.20)
MP2 ($198.00)
MP3 ($195.00)
CO ($60.00)
BTN ($54.05)
SB ($112.40)
BB ($118.00)
[CO posted $2]

Pre-flop: ($5, 10 players) Hero is MP1 King of Clubs King of Hearts
3 folds, Hero raises to $8, 3 folds, BTN calls $8, SB calls $7, 1 fold

Flop: King of Spades Ace of Diamonds Three of Diamonds ($28, 3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $23, BTN goes all-in $46.05, SB folds, Hero calls $23.05

Turn: Three of Hearts ($120.1, 2 players)

River: Queen of Diamonds ($120.1, 2 players)

Final Pot: $117.10
Hero shows: King of Clubs King of Hearts
BTN shows: Three of Spades Three of Clubs

BTN wins $117.1 ( won +$63.05 )
Hero lost -$54.05
SB lost -$8.00



#5 Preflop craziness. UTG+1 is 54/29, CO unknown, BTN 51/9.
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
10 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
Hero ($330.55)
UTG+1 ($197.00)
UTG+2 ($412.35)
MP1 ($228.97)
MP2 ($34.00)
MP3 ($186.00)
CO ($37.00)
BTN ($173.25)
SB ($212.10)
BB ($34.00)

Pre-flop: ($3, 10 players) Hero is UTG Ace of Spades Queen of Clubs
Hero raises to $8, 1 fold, UTG+2 calls $8, 3 folds, CO goes all-in $37, BTN calls $37, 2 folds, $29 to Hero ($322.55)?



#6
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
10 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($36.45)
UTG+1 ($36.00)
UTG+2 ($202.95)
MP1 ($192.40)
MP2 ($231.40)
MP3 ($200.25)
CO ($236.50)
BTN ($190.00)
Hero ($248.20)
BB ($401.70)

Pre-flop: ($3, 10 players) Hero is SB King of Diamonds Ace of Diamonds
6 folds, CO raises to $6, 1 fold, Hero raises to $20, 1 fold, CO calls $14

Flop: Five of Clubs Jack of Spades Eight of Spades ($42, 2 players)
Hero checks, CO checks

Turn: Three of Clubs ($42, 2 players)
Hero checks, CO checks

River: Ten of Clubs ($42, 2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $26, Hero calls $26

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#7
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Post Posted: Mon, 21 Apr 2008, 3:44pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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#5 what a weird spot. All options seem pretty gross really.
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reprisal wrote:
#5 what a weird spot. All options seem pretty gross really.


Well yea, itīs a mess. All factors considered and after getting some feedback Iīm okay with my laydown.


On poker: I swing so hard at 200NL. I made a 10k hands killing at 100NL this month, but cant get my feet on the ground at 200NL. Itīs like....idk, itīs not that I fell getting ran over or outplayed conatantly, itīs a mix of running cold, misinterpreting my opposition/outleveling myself and experimenting on later streets. I bought a subscription at LeggoPoker and have tons of new ides running around my head, and implementing new ideas/strats/concepts is usually expensive. I spend this afternoon in the next larger city and our way there I talked a lot with my neighbour about poker. Always surprising, how I generate most insights while Iīm physically talking. A few random thoughts:

- Itīs so sick how bad actually full ring regulars play turn and river (me included). If youīre facing the standard 12/10 type of guy, what is his range for raising the turn after calling pre- and flop? Do they ever bluff raise a river?

- FU pot control. Seriously, stop it. How often do we check a turn for pot control, figuring we can put in one more bet, but not two and want to see a showdown? Stop checking. If we are ahead we want value, if we are behind weīre better off to know it NOW and not on river and let villian dictate the price. Pot control rivers, stop doing that shit on turn.

- Learn to 2 barrel/float/bluffraise/4bet bluff a decent amount of the time.


Hands:


#1 19/11/3. It was so obvious what he had on turn.
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
10 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($179.65)
UTG+1 ($276.20)
UTG+2 ($295.60)
MP1 ($30.30)
MP2 ($248.84)
MP3 ($61.00)
Hero ($199.00)
BTN ($36.55)
SB ($34.75)
BB ($117.00)

Pre-flop: ($3, 10 players) Hero is CO Ace of Spades Ace of Hearts
UTG raises to $6, 5 folds, Hero raises to $19, 3 folds, UTG calls $13

Flop: King of Spades Jack of Clubs Three of Clubs ($41, 2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $34, UTG calls $34

Turn: Two of Clubs ($109, 2 players)
UTG bets $76, Hero goes all-in $146, UTG goes all-in $50.65

River: Seven of Clubs ($381.65, 2 players)

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#2 Terrible.
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
8 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($248.52)
UTG+1 ($211.80)
Hero ($329.00)
MP2 ($198.30)
CO ($196.65)
BTN ($111.45)
SB ($227.00)
BB ($71.50)

Pre-flop: ($3, 8 players) Hero is MP1 Ace of Spades Jack of Spades
2 folds, Hero raises to $8, MP2 calls $8, 3 folds, BB calls $6

Flop: Six of Diamonds King of Diamonds Seven of Diamonds ($25, 3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $15, MP2 calls $15, BB folds

Turn: Ace of Clubs ($55, 2 players)
Hero bets $37, MP2 calls $37

River: Six of Clubs ($129, 2 players)
Hero checks, MP2 bets $70, Hero calls $70

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#3
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($134.60)
UTG+1 ($44.00)
MP1 ($263.75)
Hero ($197.00)
MP3 ($91.40)
CO ($50.00)
BTN ($99.10)
SB ($38.00)
BB ($223.60)

Pre-flop: ($3, 9 players) Hero is MP2 Nine of Spades Nine of Clubs
3 folds, Hero raises to $6, 4 folds, BB raises to $20, Hero calls $14

Flop: Jack of Clubs Ten of Hearts Queen of Spades ($41, 2 players)
BB bets $22, Hero calls $22

Turn: King of Spades ($85, 2 players)
BB bets $58, Hero goes all-in $155, BB calls $97

River: Seven of Diamonds ($395, 2 players)

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#4 Active villian
$0.5/$1 No Limit Holdem
10 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($102.45)
UTG+1 ($94.50)
UTG+2 ($223.80)
MP1 ($21.50)
MP2 ($100.00)
MP3 ($102.90)
Hero ($98.50)
BTN ($17.05)
SB ($150.50)
BB ($27.95)

Pre-flop: ($1.5, 10 players) Hero is CO Queen of Spades Jack of Clubs
2 folds, UTG+2 calls $1, 3 folds, Hero raises to $4, 3 folds, UTG+2 calls $3

Flop: Six of Hearts Ace of Diamonds Four of Diamonds ($9.5, 2 players)
UTG+2 checks, Hero bets $7, UTG+2 calls $7

Turn: Four of Hearts ($23.5, 2 players)
UTG+2 checks, Hero checks

River: Three of Hearts ($23.5, 2 players)
UTG+2 bets $12, Hero raises to $30, UTG+2 folds

Final Pot: $63.15

Hero wins $63.15 ( won +$22.15 )
UTG+2 lost -$23.00



#5 Another loose tricky dude
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
10 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($60.00)
UTG+1 ($229.15)
UTG+2 ($209.75)
MP1 ($72.65)
MP2 ($199.00)
MP3 ($35.00)
CO ($356.85)
BTN ($80.55)
Hero ($196.05)
BB ($40.00)

Pre-flop: ($3, 10 players) Hero is SB King of Spades Queen of Diamonds
6 folds, CO raises to $6.5, 1 fold, Hero raises to $19, 1 fold, CO calls $12.5

Flop: Three of Spades Five of Diamonds Six of Diamonds ($40, 2 players)
Hero bets $34, CO calls $34

Turn: Ace of Hearts ($108, 2 players)
Hero bets $143.05, 1 fold

Final Pot: $248.05

Hero wins $248.05 ( won +$52 )
CO lost -$53.00


BR hovers around 10.5k
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Post Posted: Tue, 29 Apr 2008, 12:47pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Let this month end. After dropping another couple buy ins Iīm now around break even at 1/2NL over 55k hands. It seems like thereīs a hidden difference between 100NL and 200NL that makes me become a be or maybe even slight losing player after I beat 100NL. I gotta improve, study more and stop spewing, I several buy ins were just burning money.

Beside posting here more frequently and make a habit of reviewing my hands after each session Iīm experiment the next weeks with playing less tables, no HUD and then lagging it up. I already played 2 sessions of 5 to 6 tables running around 22/19/4 and it was great. Table/seat selection becomes way more important and I wonīt get in as many hands as I used to, but it seems when the tables are good this will be my way to go.

The adjustements Iīve made/am aiming to make are:

- Isolate more. This is the main adjustement to exploit the nits who limp/call 22-99 and play fit or fold on flop. Obv, cbet 100% and shut down on any turn where we canīt beat a set. Beside kicking 10/6-butts I get more value from the bad players, vs whom Iīll be valuebetting more. I recently read an article, that said "missing value at small stakes is criminal" and itīs true. I think I wrote it before, pot control is one of the most misunderstood concepts in NLHE. Since nits and fish require different game plans on later streets I canīt play this style with more than 6 tables.


- Steal more. Att.2 steal gets above 40%. Nowadays 25% - 35% is considered a solid att.2 steal in full ring, while 40% - 45% is considered good at 6max. Actually, in a blind steal situation, ie folded to CO/BTN, the isnīt or at least shouldnīt be any difference in stealing and defending ranges. Considering that the average full ring player 3bets less frequently than a 6maxer we should aim for a higher att.2 steal.

- No HUD. Well, what can I say? I donīt miss it. I read hands and figure out hand ranges in my head. I have enough time to look people up in PT. I pay more attention to postflop tendencies, which was a huge flaw in my game - Looking at HUD stats and pulling conclusions regarding postflop plays. While there usually are certain correlations between preflop numbers and postflop tendencies and the VPIP/PFR/TAF sign gives us a general idea of what type of villian we are facing, I donīt pay all that much attention to sizing/timing tells or search for patterns in their game

#1 Iīd like to hear your opinions on my turn bet, I guess this could be too thin. Our villian here limp/calls wide and likes to call flops. He calls us with diamonds/J8-AJ/T8/Ad9x/55/99. I really hate checking back this turn
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($200.00)
UTG+1 ($49.00)
MP1 ($43.00)
MP2 ($234.90)
MP3 ($23.00)
Hero ($301.30)
BTN ($58.35)
SB ($397.55)
BB ($44.70)

Pre-flop: ($3, 9 players) Hero is CO Jack of Spades Queen of Spades
UTG calls $2, 4 folds, Hero raises to $9, 3 folds, UTG calls $7

Flop: Jack of Clubs Nine of Diamonds Five of Diamonds ($21, 2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $14, UTG calls $14

Turn: King of Diamonds ($49, 2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $32, UTG calls $32

River: King of Spades ($113, 2 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks

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#2 Another loose-passive guy. This hand kinda sucks, I isolated him with almost any two before and he played flops very straight forward, folding a ton to my cbets. His range consists of almost any pp and given his looseness we canīt discount straights or straight draws
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($202.05)
UTG+1 ($37.75)
Hero ($228.65)
MP2 ($212.30)
MP3 ($200.00)
CO ($203.40)
BTN ($44.60)
SB ($38.00)
BB ($280.00)

Pre-flop: ($3, 9 players) Hero is MP1 Jack of Hearts Jack of Clubs
2 folds, Hero raises to $8, 5 folds, BB calls $6

Flop: Five of Spades Three of Hearts Four of Clubs ($17, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $12, BB calls $12

Turn: Six of Clubs ($41, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $28, BB calls $28

River: Six of Hearts ($97, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

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#3 This guy is sooooo tight.
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
8 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($88.25)
UTG+1 ($242.85)
MP1 ($193.00)
MP2 ($233.65)
Hero ($229.00)
BTN ($44.00)
SB ($36.00)
BB ($40.00)

Pre-flop: ($3, 8 players) Hero is CO Queen of Hearts Ten of Spades
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $2, 2 folds, Hero raises to $8, 3 folds, UTG+1 calls $6

Flop: King of Spades Nine of Clubs Jack of Clubs ($19, 2 players)
UTG+1 bets $9.5, Hero raises to $32, UTG+1 calls $22.5

Turn: Three of Hearts ($83, 2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $189, UTG+1 calls $189

River: Five of Hearts ($461, 2 players)

Final Pot: $458.00
UTG+1 shows: Ace of Spades Ace of Hearts
Hero shows: Queen of Hearts Ten of Spades

Hero wins $458 ( won +$229 )
UTG+1 lost -$229.00


#4
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
10 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($207.00)
UTG+1 ($53.00)
UTG+2 ($66.75)
MP1 ($153.70)
MP2 ($186.60)
MP3 ($39.00)
CO ($197.00)
BTN ($306.45)
SB ($152.25)
Hero ($267.00)

Pre-flop: ($3, 10 players) Hero is BB Ace of Diamonds King of Spades
2 folds, UTG+2 calls $2, 4 folds, BTN calls $2, SB calls $1, Hero raises to $10, UTG+2 goes all-in $64.75, BTN folds, SB folds, Hero calls $58.75

Flop: Eight of Diamonds Queen of Spades Jack of Clubs ($139.5, 2 players)

Turn: Ace of Clubs ($139.5, 2 players)

River: Eight of Hearts ($139.5, 2 players)

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daven
Post Posted: Wed, 30 Apr 2008, 3:43am    Post subject: Reply with quote
4-of-a-Kind
4-of-a-Kind

Joined: 10 Aug 2007
Posts: 3392
WPP: 82
Location: the ether
hand 1: check turn. all the draws hit, plus an overcard - i think qt is also in villain's range. that sets you up to be able to call a river bet

hand 2: most likely A6,A2, or 77-TT. I like your play on every street.

hand 3: not sure about pushing the turn, what are you trying to rep - a draw? if villain is fishy then you're forcing a lot of hands to fold that would probably call pot and then never be able to fold their top-pair or whatever - then again, you can't fold river either and implied odds, dunno. funny to see a villain limp-call aces and get stacked though
hand

hand 4: any reads? i fold, but it's close. sometimes you're 50-50, sometimes behind and only rarely against AQ etc.
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Post Posted: Wed, 30 Apr 2008, 6:46am    Post subject: Reply with quote
4-of-a-Kind
4-of-a-Kind

Joined: 29 May 2006
Posts: 1892
WPP: 109
Location: surfing in a room
I fucked things up this month. Iīm taking a few days off poker, Iīm leaving to spend a few days with my family and participate in a 1/2 marathon on sunday. Prolly no poker until then, I need to free my mind and think about switching sites.


April Summary

Hands played: 38,174
Poker Profit: $-198
Rakeback received: $303
Bonus cleared: $1,815
Cashouts: $300

Total earnings: $1,920


2008 totals

Hands played: 121,842
Poker profit: $2,442
Rakeback received: $2,085
Bonus cleared: $3,015
Cashouts: $1000

Total earnings $7,542


BR $10,749
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Post Posted: Tue, 06 May 2008, 9:20am    Post subject: Reply with quote
4-of-a-Kind
4-of-a-Kind

Joined: 29 May 2006
Posts: 1892
WPP: 109
Location: surfing in a room
Todayīs headline:

Iīm stuck


I dont know whats going on, but I feel like Iīm running around in circles. Itīs like....the swings are larger and longer than my graphs are showing. I feel like a year ago when I was stuck at 50NL 6max and seriously considered quitting poker. I donīt think about quitting now, but I hate the feeling of not progressing and doing huge mistakes. Good thing when u run bad for an extended time is, your senses for your own mistakes sharpen. Just like economy my/our evolution as a player revolves around 4 states of mind over and over again. Wait. I just had a great insight and deleted a long rambling about swings and whining and what a bitch I am and whatnot. Iīm going through the newbieīs circle of death. Again and again and again. That is all. Doing well - Running hot - Running cold - Getting desperate, considering quitting. The symptomes are less visible, since we practice proper BRM and our game rests on a solid foundation of experience, knowledge and skill. Still, itīs the same story, where I need to run bad and lose money to sharpen my senses and motivate myself to get over the next hump and become a less bad player one day.

I didnīt play all that much lately, the sun is shining and we have >20°C for the first time in months. Iīm rather out riding BMX, running or just chilling in a café watching the world go by. I participated in my first 1/2 marathon and finished 812/7899 at 01:46:21. Feels great.

Last 2k hands I played were 100NL HU, where I felt comfortable. This afternoon I played 2 tables vs a pretty good regular. I played my best didnīt feel like I got ran over or something. The guy told me Iīm "unusual good good for these stakes" and kept playing me for 2 hrs, so I think he figured to have an edge over me.

#1 Early, but villian doesnt appear to be very good.
$0.5/$1 No Limit Holdem
2 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
BTN ($131.50)
Hero ($139.80)

Pre-flop: ($1.5, 2 players) Hero is BB Five of Hearts Six of Hearts
BTN raises to $3.5, Hero raises to $11, BTN calls $7

Flop: King of Hearts Nine of Hearts Ace of Hearts ($21.5, 2 players)
Hero bets $10, BTN raises to $30, Hero calls $20

Turn: King of Spades ($81.5, 2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $91.5, Hero calls $91.5

River: Eight of Diamonds ($264.5, 2 players)

#2 Named solid regular. Both of us were opening almost 100% of their buttons, with semi tight and polarized 3betting ranges and very few 4betting going on.
$0.5/$1 No Limit Holdem
2 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
Hero ($94.00)
BB ($141.60)

Pre-flop: ($1.5, 2 players) Hero is BTN Queen of Diamonds Queen of Clubs
Hero raises to $3.5, BB raises to $11, Hero calls $7

Flop: Three of Hearts Two of Clubs Four of Clubs ($21.5, 2 players)
BB bets $14, Hero raises to $32, BB goes all-in $131.6, Hero goes all-in $52

Turn: Two of Spades ($251.1, 2 players)

River: Eight of Diamonds ($251.1, 2 players)

#3 Same villian
$0.5/$1 No Limit Holdem
2 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
Hero ($163.80)
BB ($101.00)

Pre-flop: ($1.5, 2 players) Hero is BTN Nine of Diamonds Ten of Diamonds
Hero raises to $3.5, BB raises to $11, Hero calls $7

Flop: Four of Diamonds Six of Diamonds Three of Clubs ($21.5, 2 players)
BB bets $14, Hero raises to $36, BB goes all-in $91, Hero calls $55

Turn: Four of Spades ($217.5, 2 players)

River: Ten of Spades ($217.5, 2 players)

#4 Weak-donkish opponent, straight forward postflop. Pure spew, I figured the turn to be raise/fold to 3b and called anyway.
$0.5/$1 No Limit Holdem
2 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
Hero ($244.85)
BB ($110.60)

Pre-flop: ($1.5, 2 players) Hero is BTN Jack of Diamonds Jack of Clubs
Hero raises to $3.5, BB calls $2

Flop: Four of Hearts Six of Clubs Eight of Hearts ($6.5, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $4, BB raises to $12, Hero calls $8

Turn: Three of Diamonds ($30.5, 2 players)
BB bets $15, Hero raises to $35, BB goes all-in $95.6, Hero calls $60.6

River: Eight of Spades ($236.7, 2 players)
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