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tuuk2

09-03-2009, 02:24 AM

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Join Date: Jan 2009

Location: East Hartford

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Since my last post, I've been on a ridiculous run. I'm up $28 over 851 hands for a monster 66bb/100. And that's with making some seriously bad calls that have left me starting off in the hole in my sessions. I'm up to $78.06 now in my 5nl career. If all goes well and I don't get too unlucky I should easily hit $80 before I leave Friday afternoon.

I'll be gone to Vermont visiting relatives all weekend so there won't be any more chance of playing until Sunday night. Right now, without a job, I'm able to play roughly 250 hands per day. I've decided to play almost all single table 6-max. I am making a killing on it and I can play much more aggressively as well. FR is just too boring when you single table. Why not play more tables? For some reason I do horrible when playing 2 or more tables.

Here's two hands from my last session. I'd like someone's opinion if they care to give it...

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (3 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Button ($5.80)
Hero (SB) ($10.02)
BB ($3.10)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K

, J

Button bets $0.20, Hero calls $0.18, BB calls $0.15

Flop: ($0.60) 4

, K

, 4

(3 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, Button checks

Turn: ($0.60) J

(3 players)
Hero bets $0.30, 1 fold, Button calls $0.30

River: ($1.20) Q

(2 players)
Hero bets $0.70, Button raises to $2.05, Hero calls $1.35

Total pot: $5.30 | Rake: $0.25

Results:
Button had Q

, Q

(full house, Queens over fours).
Hero mucked K

, J

(two pair, Kings and Jacks).
Outcome: Button won $5.05

I was confused and made the call at the end. I did not put him on such a premium hand. Three-handed, I'll call those kind of raises even OOP occasionally because they'll fold to aggression on the flop if they don't hit. I think my biggest mistake was only raising .30 on the turn, although I probably should have raised the flop as well.

Here's a call that I actually won...

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (5 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP ($3.38)
Hero (Button) ($6.81)
SB ($4.50)
BB ($6.60)
UTG ($5.56)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 8

, Q

2 folds, Hero bets $0.15, SB calls $0.13, 1 fold

Flop: ($0.35) 3

, 7

, K

(2 players)
SB bets $0.30, Hero raises to $1, SB calls $0.70

Turn: ($2.35) A

(2 players)
SB bets $0.20, Hero calls $0.20

River: ($2.75) 9

(2 players)
SB bets $3.15 (All-In), Hero calls $3.15

Total pot: $9.05 | Rake: $0.40

Results:
Hero had 8

, Q

(flush, Ace high).
SB had 7

, 10

(one pair, sevens).
Outcome: Hero won $8.65

He had been raising the flop nearly every time so I thought a re-raise would win it right there. When he called I thought I was in trouble. Then his idiotic .20 raise had to be called. I thought about it for a bit before I called his all-in. There's only one card in the deck that beats me and I wasn't sure he'd go all-in with it. I would have thought he would go for the value bet instead.

Honestly, I'm torn on the hand. Does anyone fold this hand?

tuuk2

09-08-2009, 02:33 PM

#52 (permalink)

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My run officially ended today due to some terrible play by me. I kept chasing 4 flushes after the flop and of course I didn't hit a single one. Pretty card dead too and play against callers who didn't know when to fold. But what a run it was! I went from $50 on August 30 to over $103 September 7th. During that time, I played 1171 hands. Just ridiculous.

Hopefully after this reality check this morning, I can get it back over $100 and get up to 10nl by the end of the month. Only $50 more to go!

tuuk2

09-11-2009, 12:46 AM

#53 (permalink)

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Back in the black. It's been pretty mellow right now. I haven't won or lost much. I'm up about $2 more for a total of $105. I can taste the 10nl. I'm doing well single tabling. I know it's taking me much longer than a multi-tabling player, but I am patient. I'm also running around 40bb/100, which I don't think I could ever do if I played several tables at once.

Granted, I've only played about 5600 hands at 5nl, but I think I'm playing pretty well. It's not just positive variance, I don't believe, although there are many veterans on this site that would of course disagree and they might even be right. All I know is I'm not going to stop what has been pretty successful for me. I think when I hit 15000 hands or 10nl, I'll post my stats for a checkup.

tuuk2

09-13-2009, 02:18 PM

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The run is back! Since Sept 4, I'm up nearly $60. I am absolutely killing 5nl! I've officially topped my bb/100 average from 2nl. In fact over the last 1400 hands, I'm at 1187 bb/100. If only I could keep that level up! Less than $8 from tackling 10nl. I'm ready to go!

daven

09-13-2009, 03:07 PM

#55 (permalink)

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nice work.

consider playing 2 tables.
Easiest way to get comfortable doing this is to spend an hour 7-tabling play money. Then, drop down one level in stakes for the first session you play the extra table. There is a lot to be said for playing less rather than more tables - but I think that this only really starts to apply at >4 tables.

Get in IRC sometime and sweat someone playing 3-4 tables to get a further feel for it.

don't raise with the straight flush bro, nobody ever gonna call that shit
allin, reload, repeat

please read: http://www.philgalfond.com/lets-make-some-changes/

tuuk2

09-16-2009, 01:36 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by daven

Thanks for the advice! I really do want to expand the number of tables, but I totally suck at it. Maybe I should just try to two table 2nl for now. My other problem with it is I use a laptop to play so my screen res is only 1440x900. Makes the tables small if I want to see them all on the screen instead of cascading.

I think I will give 2 table 2nl a try this weekend and see how it goes. as for IRC, I really should do that someday. I'd like to watch others play and see how we differ.

tuuk2

09-16-2009, 01:54 AM

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It took a little longer than I expected, but I am now officially ready for 10nl. I had a good session today in 6-max and I kept running into a pretty decent player. I could tell that he was aware by how he played against me. He would float a flop if I bet and fold when I double barreled. So that meant to me anyway that he wasn't just playing his cards.

Strangely enough though, I took nearly all of my winnings for the session off him. Once with A-J against his QQ and once with Q-J against his JJ. I took the rest of the day off after hitting my goal. I start once again tomorrow and this time at 10nl. I'll probably still play some 5nl for the time being as well, since I'm on such a rush. I don't want it to ever end! Here's my 5nl stats and graph for your enjoyment...

tuuk2

09-17-2009, 12:53 AM

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So the 10nl experiment has officially begun and what a wild ride it was today! From the highs to the lows, it was certainly interesting. My first session ended with me up just .75 but my second session was up and down. At one point due to my own spew, I was down a record (for me) $13.57. It was mostly due to one player who was just owning me.

I kept trying to bluff him out of pots and he couldn't be bluffed if he hit any part of it. It was my own stupidity. I turned it around with this hand:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP ($10.85)
CO ($18.05)
Hero (Button) ($10)
SB ($10.25)
BB ($10)
UTG ($9.90)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 5

, 5

2 folds, CO calls $0.10, Hero calls $0.10, 1 fold, BB checks

Flop: ($0.35) 4

, 8

, 6

(3 players)
BB checks, CO checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($0.35) 5

(3 players)
BB bets $0.40, CO calls $0.40, Hero calls $0.40

River: ($1.55) 6

(3 players)
BB bets $1, 1 fold, Hero raises to $9.50 (All-In), BB calls $8.50 (All-In)

Total pot: $20.55 | Rake: $1

Results:
Hero had 5

, 5

(full house, fives over sixes).
BB had K

, 7

(straight, eight high).
Outcome: Hero won $19.55

I knew I was behind on the turn when I hit my trips, but I also knew that my implied odds were fantastic. If I could get the boat, I could stack one, maybe two players. I overbet all-in because I knew he wouldn't be able to fold the 7 and he would have called any lesser bet I'm sure without re-raising. This was all made possible by my chip re-buy to $10 from $5.50. I normally don't rebuy but I was so sure I could stack one of them that I wanted to keep my stack at the max.

My last session of the day was just awesome. Here were my two huge hands.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

CO ($14.20)
Button ($10)
SB ($10.05)
BB ($13.45)
Hero (UTG) ($9.60)
MP ($10.60)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with K

, K

Hero bets $0.30, MP calls $0.30, 2 folds, SB calls $0.25, 1 fold

Flop: ($1) 6

, 3

, 9

(3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $0.80, 1 fold, SB raises to $2, Hero raises to $4, SB raises to $9.75 (All-In), Hero calls $5.30 (All-In)

Turn: ($19.60) Q

(2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($19.60) 10

(2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $19.60 | Rake: $0.95

Results:
SB had J

, J

(one pair, Jacks).
Hero had K

, K

(one pair, Kings).
Outcome: Hero won $18.65

I kept thinking that he had a set, but I couldn't let my hand go. This is the second hand for the villain at the table so absolutely no reads. I breathed a sigh of relief when he turned over JJ there.

Last hand was obviously easy, but I still had to fade a 10 on the river.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (5 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP ($13.25)
Button ($11)
SB ($10.05)
Hero (BB) ($18.15)
UTG ($11)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A

, A

UTG bets $0.40, 1 fold, Button calls $0.40, 1 fold, Hero raises to $1.40, UTG raises to $2.80, 1 fold, Hero raises to $18.15 (All-In), UTG calls $8.20 (All-In)

Flop: ($22.45) A

, 4

, Q

(2 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: ($22.45) J

(2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($22.45) K

(2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $22.45 | Rake: $1.10

Results:
Hero had A

, A

(three of a kind, Aces).
UTG had K

, A

(two pair, Aces and Kings).
Outcome: Hero won $21.35

Always good to be on the winning end of coolers for a change!

tuuk2

09-18-2009, 01:38 AM

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Had my first bit of negative variance at 10nl today when I lost a little over $12 when my AA was cracked by JJ. I wish I could have gotten away since the flop was so bad, but I couldn't. I'm surprised that I'm not as annoyed as I thought I would be. But that's life. Can't win with AA every time. I'll start again tomorrow and hope to do better.

tuuk2

09-20-2009, 02:37 AM

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The verdict since my last post? Meh... It's been been pretty non-eventful. I'm still winning, but the amount has slowed down. I've lost the last couple of times I've had AA, but I think I've done well to lose only small amounts instead of my entire buy-in.

Since it's the weekend, I'm not getting a chance to put in a lot of hands. I played only 117 today, but still made $11.10. Most of it came on this easy hand.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (5 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG ($2.65)
MP ($9.55)
Button ($6.55)
Hero (SB) ($10.45)
BB ($12.55)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K

, K

UTG calls $0.10, 1 fold, Button calls $0.10, Hero bets $0.40, 1 fold, UTG calls $0.30, Button raises to $6.55 (All-In), Hero raises to $10.45 (All-In), UTG calls $2.25 (All-In)

Flop: ($15.85) K

, 6

, 7

(3 players, 3 all-in)

Turn: ($15.85) 2

(3 players, 3 all-in)

River: ($15.85) 9

(3 players, 3 all-in)

Total pot: $15.85 | Rake: $0.75

Results:
Button had Q

, Q

(one pair, Queens).
Hero had K

, K

(three of a kind, Kings).
UTG had J

, Q

(high card, King).
Outcome: Hero won $15.10

I wasn't expecting the short stack to come along, but I guess he felt he was "pot committed" since he had already put some money into the pot.

What's my goal for the coming week? It's to get a job. I've got a phone interview on Monday and if that goes well, I'll get an in-person interview later this week. It's been fun staying home and playing poker, but at my level, I make a lot more working. Wish me luck!

daven

09-20-2009, 02:06 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by tuuk2

I knew I was behind on the turn when I hit my trips, but I also knew that my implied odds were fantastic. If I could get the boat, I could stack one, maybe two players. I overbet all-in because I knew he wouldn't be able to fold the 7 and he would have called any lesser bet I'm sure without re-raising. This was all made possible by my chip re-buy to $10 from $5.50. I normally don't rebuy but I was so sure I could stack one of them that I wanted to keep my stack at the max.

55 hand played perfectly
now go and click the auto-top-up button, you're rolled for the stakes you play, so play them!

and nice work with the aces and kings

oh, and good luck with the job interview. Go and write down some standard interview questions, then write down some good answers = brainstorm what is relevant in your work history etc, then practice saying these out loud.

don't raise with the straight flush bro, nobody ever gonna call that shit
allin, reload, repeat

please read: http://www.philgalfond.com/lets-make-some-changes/

tuuk2

09-20-2009, 11:08 PM

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Thanks again Daven. I think I'll do what you suggested about the auto top-up. I haven't done it in the past because I was always afraid I'd over do it. I can keep track of my losses with HEM and make sure I don't go past my stop-loss (which is usually $10 for this level).

As for the interview, I'm usually pretty good at knowing what to say and impressing them. My BS quotient is pretty good for these things. However, what makes me a little more nervous here is it's a telephone screening interview with one of their Tech guys. I've been told that he'll ask me some technical questions (it's a computer help desk position) so I hope I can get by that. If I can, the in-person interview should be 50-50 that I'll get the job.

tuuk2

09-21-2009, 11:10 PM

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Had another crappy day on the poker front, losing a buy-in. I played ok, mostly just getting whupped by crap hands, like losing KK vs A-9 all-in preflop. I'm not surprised I lost that hand, just can't stand losing to such a bad move on villain's part. Then later I lose with trips 2s to trip js on the river. After that it was small losses here and there. Couldn't get it going today. I think I'll try a 180-man. It's been a long time since I've played one of them.

tuuk2

09-24-2009, 07:55 PM

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After a good few sessions, I went back to crap. Had a good session in the morning where I was up $7.50. Then I decided to play this afternoon. And it was bad as can be. I lost two buy-ins in two hours. That will never happen again. It was mostly just opponents catch cards against me. Chasing draws and hitting them time and time again.

I thought I did a good job of not tilting and I probably saved at least $10 by folding when I knew they got there but it was so frustrating. I was only down about $4 until the last hand when I lost with trip Aces to J-10 (he hit broadway on the river). Of course, I probably let him stay in the hand too long which is my fault.

I'm going to set a new stop-loss. I'm going to play 1 hour sessions only. Whatever happens after that hour, I'm done. Whether I'm up or down doesn't matter, I'm quitting after an hour and coming back to it later. I tend to play better I think if I play in shorter bursts. Let's see how it works when I start it tomorrow.

tuuk2

09-25-2009, 02:41 PM

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The losing continues. I've been running into the type of opponent that gives me the most trouble, the one that can't fold. I keep bluffing into them and losing when they can't fold middle pair or top pair with a crappy kicker. And since I'm not hitting, I try to two barrel and I keep getting called.

What I am proud of though is that I didn't tilt. I eventually adjusted my game and left with a small loss rather than the nearly buy-in I was down near the end of my session. And best of all, I quit after my hour was up instead of trying to win back that last little I was down. Here's a hand that gives an indication of what I was running into. This was practically the only guy I could make money off. I stacked him twice.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (5 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (UTG) ($9.35)
MP ($13.40)
Button ($9.20)
SB ($23.35)
BB ($21.10)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with K

, K

Hero bets $0.30, 1 fold, Button raises to $1, 2 folds, Hero raises to $3, Button raises to $9.20 (All-In), Hero calls $6.20

Flop: ($18.55) 9

, A

, 10

(2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: ($18.55) J

(2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($18.55) K

(2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $18.55 | Rake: $0.90

Results:
Button had J

, K

(two pair, Kings and Jacks).
Hero had K

, K

(three of a kind, Kings).
Outcome: Hero won $17.65

And I still had to fade a damn Queen after that flop. It was a hard table because I'd raise, get re-raised with another caller. I had to fold some pre-flop and then they'd turn over crap like this or worse suited cards.

Note to self... Learn not to bluff when you find calling stations. It's ok to do it once or twice to be sure they can't lay a hand down, but don't try to force it if it's not there.

Carroters

09-25-2009, 04:19 PM

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Can I suggest an improvement on the last point:

Learn to not bluff anyone at micros until you see that they are solid or competentish at least.

Don't bluff off chips to find out if someone is a station. Bluff rarely and selectively and let other players/your value hands find out if they're a station first.

Here's some proof. Villain is unknown.

No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (6 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

CO ($20.80)
Button ($6.20)
SB ($13.20)
Hero (BB) ($30.35)
UTG ($14.35)
MP ($24.40)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q

, Q

2 folds, CO calls $0.25, 1 fold, SB calls $0.15, Hero bets $1.10, CO calls $1.10, SB calls $1.10

Flop: ($4.05) 2

, 5

, Q

(3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $3.10, CO calls $3.10, 1 fold

Turn: ($10.25) 9

(2 players)
Hero bets $6.50, CO calls $6.50

River: ($23.25) 7

(2 players)
Hero bets $19, CO calls $9.85 (All-In)

Total pot: $42.95

Results:
Hero had Q

, Q

(three of a kind, Queens).
CO had 4

, 4

(one pair, fours).
Outcome: Hero won $50.05

tuuk2

09-26-2009, 02:43 PM

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Thanks carroters. I've lost more money to calling stations than to all bad beats, or coolers combined I'm sure. It's death by a thousand self-inflicted cuts. I try to be aggressive and when it works, it's great, but when it doesn't, I can't stop trying.

So today continues my slide. I'm down another $12. So now I'm down $26 since my previous high and have lost nearly all my 10nl earnings. It's not one thing other than bluffing. I'll probably play another session this afternoon and I'll keep the bluffing down to a minimum, usually only as a c-bet or in position on safe boards. Let's see if I can't change this downturn.

I successfully passed the technical interview I had on Wednesday. Now I have a real one this Wednesday. I probably won't play poker at all from Monday-Wednesday as I prepare for the interview and for my next certification. Maybe the break will do me some good to clear my mind and get me back in the groove. It certainly helped at 5nl.

tuuk2

09-27-2009, 01:45 PM

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I'm done. There's no point in playing anymore right now. I can't win. If I have A-K, I lose to Q-J. If I hit top pair, I lose to two pair. If I hit middle pair, I lose to top pair. It's beyond ridiculous. I've lost everything I earned in 10nl so I'm back to negative 1. I'm not getting outplayed, I'm not spewing, I'm just losing every damn pot of any size.

tuuk2

10-01-2009, 12:18 AM

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After my last whiner post I took a break and didn't play again until today. The job interview went well, although I don't expect to know if I got the job for a couple of weeks. I'm not sure how much poker I'll be getting in over the next few days, but I'll get in a few hands at least.

Today was pretty good. I got in 75 hands over a couple of short 6-max sessions. Up $6.90 for the day and I'll leave it at that. It's my first winning day in about a week so I think it's important to leave on a high note. Analyzing my play over the last week and I think I know where I went wrong for the most part. My table selection was poor I think and I was playing against opponents that are not conducive to my game. It was nice to have opponents actually fold to a c-bet for a change instead of calling with nothing and then hitting runner-runner.

tuuk2

10-02-2009, 08:28 PM

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Since my self-imposed break, I've done pretty well, winning all of my sessions and slowly making back the money I've lost. So far I've won $25 over the last three days. I've been playing well and my opponents aren't hitting their outs (well sometimes they are) as often. Here's an example of a guy I took to value town.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (5 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG ($10)
MP ($23.85)
Button ($10)
Hero (SB) ($10.55)
BB ($16)

Preflop: Hero is SB with Q

, K

UTG calls $0.10, 2 folds, Hero bets $0.30, 1 fold, UTG calls $0.20

Flop: ($0.70) 2

, 6

, Q

(2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $0.30, Hero calls $0.30

Turn: ($1.30) 8

(2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $0.30, Hero calls $0.30

River: ($1.90) 10

(2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $0.90, Hero calls $0.90

Total pot: $3.70 | Rake: $0.15

Results:
Hero had Q

, K

(one pair, Queens).
UTG had 9

, A

(high card, Ace).
Outcome: Hero won $3.55

I couldn't check/raise on the river like I wanted, because he raised a lot more than previously, and I thought he could have had q-10 in his range. If I c/r or raise myself on any of the streets before the river, I think he folds because he had been doing it pretty consistency. Whenever he was raising .30, he either had a second pair or top pair with a crappy kicker.

I also just got a call and was offered the position I was interviewing for. I start on October 19th if I pass the background and drug test. Shouldn't be a problem. So in the next two weeks, I've got to figure out what to do with the kids. But that's a good problem to have because it means I'll be making da money again!

tuuk2

10-03-2009, 08:54 PM

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The winning continues. After I starting spewing early, I was able to right the ship and start taking back my money. The big hand was this one.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (5 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

BB ($2.20)
UTG ($2.35)
MP ($3.70)
Button ($10.70)
Hero (SB) ($9.90)

Preflop: Hero is SB with Q

, K

UTG bets $0.30, 1 fold, Button calls $0.30, Hero calls $0.25, 1 fold

Flop: ($1) 10

, 9

, 6

(3 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks, Button checks

Turn: ($1) 4

(3 players)
Hero bets $0.40, 1 fold, Button calls $0.40

River: ($1.80) J

(2 players)
Hero bets $1, Button raises to $2, Hero raises to $9.20 (All-In), Button calls $7.20

Total pot: $20.20 | Rake: $1

Results:
Button had 4

, 4

(three of a kind, fours).
Hero had Q

, K

(straight, King high).
Outcome: Hero won $19.20

That was my big hand for the session and the one that made me almost all of my profit. Villain's big mistake was obviously not re-raising with the trip 4s on the turn. By just calling, he game me my inside straight. When he re-raised me on the river, I wasn't exactly sure what he could have, but I knew I had the nuts.

tuuk2

10-04-2009, 03:33 PM

#72 (permalink)

Flush

Join Date: Jan 2009

Location: East Hartford

Posts: 296

Don't call it a comeback! I've regained all of my monies lost over that horrible 4 day period near the end of September. This morning I got to play a 6-max short-handed table, mostly HU or 3-handed and I just straight pwned them. I outplayed them practically every hand, no matter what I had. Here's an example where I read him spot on and crushed his spirit.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (2 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (SB) ($11.35)
BB ($9)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 2

, K

Hero bets $0.30, BB raises to $0.80, Hero calls $0.50

Flop: ($1.60) J

, 2

, 3

(2 players)
BB bets $0.70, Hero raises to $2, BB calls $1.30

Turn: ($5.60) 6

(2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $2, 1 fold

Total pot: $5.60 | Rake: $0.25

Results:
Hero didn't show 2

, K

(nothing).
Outcome: Hero won $5.35

Ok so his raise means a pretty good hand in my opinion, so I just call behind to make him think that I also have a decent hand. I put him on AK-AQ, possibly with a mid pocket pair. His less than half pot raise on the flop is just a typical c-bet, I'm not worried. I raise it to pot size to let him know I'm serious about this hand. I thought I'd win it right there, but his call did concern me a little bit and made me think he could have A-J here.

Then the turn is a blank and he checks. He's not checking here unless he hit trips or is beat, so I throw out another smallish bet. If he comes over the top, the hand is his. However, he folds. I don't think I was bluffing here, I honestly think that my hand was the best. A lot of times, this is either A-K, or perhaps 10-10, something like that.

It was that kind of session. It's so good to be back!

tuuk2

10-06-2009, 01:46 AM

#73 (permalink)

Flush

Join Date: Jan 2009

Location: East Hartford

Posts: 296

Another good day, up $8.40 on the cash front and won another $9.70 playing a $6.50 9-man Turbo. It was actually nice to finish ITM in a SNG for the first time in a long while. Everything's clicking right now and I'm at my all-time high bankroll. If I'm lucky, I might even hit $500 before the end of the week.

Here's a hand from yesterday that I was particularly happy with. I typically play a hand very aggressively, betting on all streets. But this time, I found someone who was willing to spew with nothing so I thought calling was the best line.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB ($5.25)
BB ($9.60)
UTG ($10.60)
MP ($26.65)
CO ($10.55)
Hero (Button) ($8.75)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 9

, A

3 folds, Hero bets $0.30, 1 fold, BB raises to $0.70, Hero calls $0.40

Flop: ($1.45) 5

, K

, 2

(2 players)
BB bets $0.90, Hero calls $0.90

Turn: ($3.25) 4

(2 players)
BB bets $1.90, Hero calls $1.90

River: ($7.05) J

(2 players)
BB bets $6.10 (All-In), Hero calls $5.25 (All-In)

Total pot: $17.55 | Rake: $0.85

Results:
Hero had 9

, A

(flush, Ace high).
BB had 4

, 7

(one pair, fours).
Outcome: Hero won $16.70

I thought I had pretty good implied odds to call his 2/3 pot bet. I needed to call .90 into 2.35. That's about 2.5 to 1, but I think if I hit the flush, he'll try to rep it. Once I did hit the flush, the call was the obvious choice in this case. I tried a timing tell on the turn, taking a long time to think before I called his $1.90 bet.

No need to think about the river. That was a snap call. Only hand that beats me is very unlikely straight flush.

tuuk2

10-09-2009, 01:59 PM

#74 (permalink)

Flush

Join Date: Jan 2009

Location: East Hartford

Posts: 296

Half-way there! After a good half hour session, I've finally cracked the $500 in earnings barrier. Only $500 more to go and this op is done. I reached the halfway mark with this hand against a total donk. This one's for all those people who think that there's a huge difference between 5nl and 10nl. There's not, except maybe a larger willingness to bluff off all their money.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (5 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP ($9.25)
Button ($10.10)
SB ($6.25)
Hero (BB) ($12.90)
UTG ($7.40)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 2

, J

1 fold, MP calls $0.10, 1 fold, SB calls $0.05, Hero checks

Flop: ($0.30) K

, 2

(3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $0.30, MP raises to $9.15 (All-In), 1 fold, Hero calls $8.85

Turn: ($18.60) A

(2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($18.60) 8

(2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $18.60 | Rake: $0.90

Results:
Hero had 2

, J

(three of a kind, twos).
MP had 5

, K

(two pair, Kings and twos).
Outcome: Hero won $17.70

I put him on a Kx with his push. I knew I had him so it was a snap-call. I'll be gone to Vermont this weekend for some leaf peeping and photography so I hope the colors are great!

tuuk2

10-15-2009, 03:59 PM

#75 (permalink)

Flush

Join Date: Jan 2009

Location: East Hartford

Posts: 296

The last week has been just slow. I'm playing a lot of hands (for me anyway) but the results aren't there. I'm into the grind phase now. Over the last week, I'm up about $20 with half of that coming yesyerday. I keep losing to sets or coolers and then I'm having to grind out a small loss or gain for the remainder of the day.

I guess the good thing is that I'm not tilting, but it's still frustrating. The other thing is I start work on Monday so my volume will be falling off to about 100 hands per day.

So in the upcoming weeks, I need to start recognizing sets better. And I also need to run better. That would help a lot.

tuuk2

10-23-2009, 01:20 AM

#76 (permalink)

Flush

Join Date: Jan 2009

Location: East Hartford

Posts: 296

10nl is not being kind to me. I'm down about 6 buy-ins since my last post. I've started my new job which is very meh. I think I'm going to keep looking and try to find something else. But at least I'll be making some money while I conitnue to look.

Back to Poker though... I'm characterizing my last downturn as 75% bad luck (coolers, ridiculous beats, that sort of thing) and 25% spew (playing too many hands and donk betting on bad flops). As I play right now and lose even more money, it's just sickening to see two players at the table winning $40 in 40 hands playing absolute crap and catching.

There's no justice.

tuuk2

10-25-2009, 02:33 AM

#77 (permalink)

Flush

Join Date: Jan 2009

Location: East Hartford

Posts: 296

I'm moving back down to 5nl. I can't stand the losing. It's ridiculous how often I flop top pair and lose to flopped trips. I'm down over $70 the last two weeks and I'm done for now. I need to build up some confidence and it's impossible to do if I can't win any big pots.

tuuk2

10-31-2009, 12:00 AM

#78 (permalink)

Flush

Join Date: Jan 2009

Location: East Hartford

Posts: 296

After my self-imposed drop down to 5nl, I've done much better and maybe learned a few things as well. I'm playing fewer hands and bluffing much less. So over the past 6 days, I've made back about 1/4 of my losses. I've also started playing some more 10nl. I think I'm getting back into it. Now I just need to avoid the vicious beats I'm been taking lately and it will all be good. Two more bad beats by the same guy. That ain't right.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

BB ($10.10)
UTG ($11.80)
MP ($3.75)
CO ($8.40)
Button ($15.05)
Hero (SB) ($10.65)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A

, A

1 fold, MP bets $0.90, 2 folds, Hero raises to $10.65 (All-In), 1 fold, MP calls $2.85 (All-In)

Flop: ($7.60) 7

, Q

, 3

(2 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: ($7.60) 9

(2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($7.60) 10

(2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $7.60 | Rake: $0.35

Results:
Hero had A

, A

(one pair, Aces).
MP had 10

, 9

(two pair, tens and nines).
Outcome: MP won $7.40

PokerStars Game #34711221106: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10 USD) - 2009/10/30 18:43:44 ET
Table 'Sadachbia' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: mate_tovar ($23.50 in chips)
Seat 2: alexxis-alt ($11.55 in chips)
Seat 3: Uragan8 ($6 in chips)
Seat 4: Gamen1 ($27.25 in chips)
Seat 5: Dz2nutsR4u ($10 in chips)
Seat 6: tuuk2 ($10.40 in chips)
tuuk2: posts small blind $0.05
mate_tovar: posts big blind $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to tuuk2 [Kc Ah]
alexxis-alt: folds
Uragan8: calls $0.10
Gamen1: raises $0.30 to $0.40
Dz2nutsR4u: folds
tuuk2: raises $0.70 to $1.10
mate_tovar: folds
Uragan8: calls $1
Gamen1: calls $0.70
*** FLOP *** [As 4d Td]
tuuk2: bets $4
Uragan8: raises $0.90 to $4.90 and is all-in
Gamen1: folds
tuuk2: calls $0.90
*** TURN *** [As 4d Td] [6h]
*** RIVER *** [As 4d Td 6h] [9c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
tuuk2: shows [Kc Ah] (a pair of Aces)
Uragan8: shows [9s Ad] (two pair, Aces and Nines)
Uragan8 collected $12.55 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $13.20 | Rake $0.65
Board [As 4d Td 6h 9c]
Seat 1: mate_tovar (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: alexxis-alt folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Uragan8 showed [9s Ad] and won ($12.55) with two pair, Aces and Nines
Seat 4: Gamen1 folded on the Flop
Seat 5: Dz2nutsR4u (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: tuuk2 (small blind) showed [Kc Ah] and lost with a pair of Aces

tuuk2

11-16-2009, 11:05 PM

#79 (permalink)

Flush

Join Date: Jan 2009

Location: East Hartford

Posts: 296

Basically I can't win at 10nl. I'm only breaking even. I can't get out from under all the bad beats and top pair top kicker losses to trips. It sucks. I'm not playing much now that I'm working again. I won't be updating this OP much in the future unless something happens. Right now I'm just spinning my wheels.

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