Originally Posted by euphoricism

9) I post this because I think checking there is giving up the hand. If I raise, I often take it down on the flop (as I did) whereas if I checked, he donks the flop with any two and I have to fold. I've really stopped checking in the BB when it folds to the SB and he completes. I almost always raise, with almost any two.

Originally Posted by elipsesjeff

Could be a leak.

Originally Posted by pokerfanatic

This might not be right but I’ll take a stab...

Hand 1:
Well when you cold called 2 on the flop it's pretty obvious what you have, no deception at all on your hand... I don't really expect you to get called down by any half ass player that is paying any attention...

Hand 2:
umm, 3 betting the BB with KJo, I like to see a flop before I go wild on raising, when he caps meah seems like a set, AK, or A5h or something completely stupid but I think that cap smells funny... when board pairs it really makes me cringe and want to muck the hand... I don't see many hands that you beat here... that would cap the flop I might be wrong...

Hand 3:
One question, what the fuck are you doing? You had to be on tilt to run this fucking line, you bet with no pair but call when you catch? What's your reasoning here? SB c/c the flop then donks the turn OK so he hit the Q that doesn't mean you're beat, at least you raised the river I guess...

Hand 4:
Umm seems like he was thinking along the lines that he either hit this flop or completely missed it if he hit then he calls if he missed he must fold...

Hand 5:
Umm read dependent but with a K and a T out if he doesn't have a pair he is still calling given some sort of SD...

Hand 6:
LOL... I don't even think I see a flop with this let alone 3 bet it...

Hand 7:
Way are you cold calling? If odds is the case that's thin, but on the flop why are you calling hopes and dreams?

Hand 8:
IMO, the PF 3bet is very thin QTo I have grown to hate the damn thing it seems a lot stronger then it is, you have to figure him for at least a pair with him capping PF and 3betting the flop... maybe AT, A9, AK-AJs in diamonds... when turn pairs he might be to worried you have a boat to raise with a flush... was your hand any good even after you hit the straight?

Hand 9:
Meah, I don't mind taking free flops once an awhile... I don't have to defend every bb I play...

Meah, like I said might be wrong but that’s my 2cents, most my issues come from mentally destructing not mathematics and knowledge of the “correct plays”.

Originally Posted by euphoricism

To be honest, I highly doubt it. I generally give up on the turn if I get a flop call (a flop call almost always means a pair.) so I'm checking behind on turn and dumping the river. At most I've put in 1.5 bet (bigblind+1/2sbpreflopraise+1/2sbflopbet) to win 1 bet. I dont have to win often to be +EV, and I take this a LOT.

Originally Posted by |~|ypermegachi

i skimmed the other input, but here's what i think.

1) i would call the turn. check/raise vs aggressive. bet/* vs passive.
2) i sometimes fold this turn cuz of the flush draw.
3) looks good to me. i fold preflop sometimes.
4) fold preflop. otherwise, depending on who it is, i may peel the flop and see if they donk again.
5) why did you donk the river?
6) meh
7) i really don't like that flop call (i fold). you're lucky both players after you folded.
8) that river saved your ass. this hand looks like tilt to me.
9) meh

the stats don't look outta line, although i think your folded to BB steal a bit high.

another big problem i see with this post. where are all the reads???

Originally Posted by pokerfanatic

I want you the next time you play poker to only talk positively about hands, nothing negative… If you say anything negative OTHER then you miss played a hand then you owe me $5 for each occurrence, and I will keep tally…

Originally Posted by ArcticKnight

1. Your VP and PFR overall numbers look good, but the VP position range (in UTG, MP, CO, Buttton) seems tight togther. For example, at 23/16 I'm surprised your UTG is as high as 19 and your button is as low as 25.

I have a 30VP and I'm 20 at UTG...almost the same as you.

I could be way off here (and folks please correct me) but I would think a 23VP player would have a range like

17 UTG
19 MP
22 CO
27 Button

Am I off folks??

Originally Posted by pokerfanatic

Hmmm... Well do you mean something like this...

Of course this is 3/6 stuff but I was wondering if those are the general ranges you're talking about... My Total VP$IP is 21.99 over this sample if you want that...

Originally Posted by elipsesjeff

LOL, articknight, I see you open limp 8% of your hands UTG???? What are you doing that for? Actually, looks like you are running pretty good there what do you limp UTG?

Notice I've open limped .05% of my hands UTG, thats got to be like only once.

Originally Posted by elipsesjeff

LOL, articknight, I see you open limp 8% of your hands UTG???? What are you doing that for? Actually, looks like you are running pretty good there what do you limp UTG?

Notice I've open limped .05% of my hands UTG, thats got to be like only once.

Originally Posted by euphoricism

I'm not going to be the one to tell you you play 'bad', as well, I'm not entirely sold on the whole concept of "gotta be around 23/15 to win!" However, I will say, as you know, most people disagree with limping UTG at all. If you cut out the UTG limping (and as such folded most of the hands you limp UTG with) you'd be another 23/15 like the rest of us.

Not to say thats "better" (because I'm a 23/15 and losing my ass ;]).

I don't think you'll hear any of us telling you that youre playing wrong, or even playing sub-optimally. However, we will tell you you're in for variance hell when your luck turns. As if 23/15 variance wasn't enough. I want to kill myself sometimes ;p

Originally Posted by elipsesjeff

I don't disagree with cold-calling, as long as its with the right hands. Euph cold calling with A8s is so much more nastier than coldcalling with JTs, T9s, or even 76s for that matter. I'm bound to cold call some hands in that situation too articknight, probably any pocketpair and T9s+ and QTs+ and maybe even KTs if the blinds are going to come along.

About the UTG limping, if I'm not raising those hands you mentioned, then I'm folding. I raise 55+ UTG and ATs (maybe A9s if I'm going to gamble), ATo (and feel dirty every time), KQo and JTs as well but again its entirely up to the table. Sometimes I'll catch a hanger and raise with KJo UTG but I hate it when I do. Probably the best limping UTG hands are your low-mid pocket pairs. I just find they play much easier when I raise, I'll bet/fold the turn and check/call the river HU but otherwise give it up on the turn. Suited baby aces are so friggin annoying to play, especially OOP. You hardly ever get the max out of your hand and you're winning small pots and losing big ones when your flush doesnt hit. I'll habitually continuation-limp preflop with 22 after an UTG limper, similar with A6s or so.

Its all up to preference. i was going to tell you you are running good (like 3.5 bb/100?) and anything over 2 bb/100 is killing the game. I even expect to drop some and i don't think I've been running the best. As long as you have intelligence to know you have been running hot and not get all freaked out by dropping 150 BB in like 2 days, then great. But, I would start fixing leaks ASAP (like normal) because you don't know what could happen tomorrow.