Sort Your $*%&in' Life Out!

Goals
1)Maintain a normal sleeping patter, up around 9am, bed around 1am.

2)Do at least a couple of hours uni work a day. 2.5 weeks with nothing important to do is a great time to catch up.

3)Get some Volume in.

Will update thread with poker results + questions + general life updates. Might even set myself daily goals when I wake up and keep track of how well I do.

2nl Graph so far, started in April.

Already done my uni work for the day, so that's a good start.

Goal # hands today = 3k

So far 729/3000.

Hopefully be at 5nl come the end of next week at the latest.

Thought you were playing hypers?

Originally Posted by jyms

Thought you were playing hypers?

Was starting to get me down, losing and losing and losing.

The experience in dealing with lots of bad beats in terms of running bad and into the top of peoples range was a good one though and it has really made me appreciate how often your hands will hold up.

Bit if I would have shipped another $50 it would have really got me down, so wasn't worth it imo.

That's me done for the day, goal failed obviously. Long downward bit is my housemate annoying me for like an hour. Not in the mood to play anymore.

6max or FR?

Originally Posted by Keith

6max or FR?

6max.

Played a bit of zoom this morning, never again. Rather just play more regular tables. Think I'm going to check out the free 7 days of Deuces Cracked, could do with defining myself some ranges as I'm being a bit nitty.



Happy with EP range, then need to loosen up slightly from MP and a lot from CO and BTN.


Going to aim for around 2k hands of normal poker today. Going to check out DC first though and maybe watch a video about opening ranges and sort that out before I start playing.

Take2 started on Full tilt today .....basically earn 5 bonus points for 9 of the next 10 days and get 25$ or 12 buyins for playing 1 table of rush or 2 ring game tables. Easy to transfer some of your roll over onto FTP from stars as well.

(8:04:35 PM) ImSavy: is there a way to mark hands easily
(8:04:40 PM) ImSavy: on hem2
(8:04:42 PM) ImSavy: whilst you are playing
(8:09:36 PM) DoubleJ: actually, ask Keith
(8:09:49 PM) DoubleJ: he's a HEM expert, and he likes ur blog, rite?
(8:10:28 PM) ImSavy: dunno
(8:10:34 PM) ImSavy: he's posted in it
(8:10:36 PM) ImSavy: that's all i know
(8:11:25 PM) DoubleJ: yeh, yeh, ask him

Do you have the last 3 hands info window on your hud. click on the name of the hand winner to bring up the hand history window and theres a box in the top corner to click in and the hand is then marked.

Nice one. Now I know how to do that I should start marking more hands and hence post more.

So far played about 1.4k hands today (50/50 zoom/normal), will get another hour in before bed which should take it to 2k in total. Will update before bed.

edit - Actually I'm quite tired, so I'm just going to call it a day on poker.



Wasn't a very good day, were a couple of spots I lost in where I should have been able to get away from my hand. The profit comes from winning most of my flips really.

Originally Posted by ImSavy

Goals
1)Maintain a normal sleeping patter, up around 9am, bed around 1am.

Bloody students!

Originally Posted by ImSavy

2)Do at least a couple of hours uni work a day. 2.5 weeks with nothing important to do is a great time to catch up.

Indeed - don't fuck your degree up for the sake of 2nl.

Originally Posted by ImSavy

3)Get some Volume in.

Be careful here. Some of the biggest downswings I've had are where I've been pushing myself to get volume in. Keep the tables down to as low a number as possible when you do play, but enough so that you aren't bored. Also make sure you keep sessions to an appropriate length too and get the conditions for a good session right - it looks like you've already learnt that distractions aren't a good thing!

Good luck with the grind - early signs are that you can crush 2nl pretty quickly.

thanks for the tip guys

comedy-laffs - logged on for a couple of hands to test this out and look what happened:-

$0.05/$0.10 No Limit Holdem
PokerStars
5 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
DoubleJ (UTG) ($10) 100bb
CO ($4.71) 47bb
BTN ($9.70) 97bb
SB ($15.80) 158bb
BB ($9.60) 96bb

Pre-Flop: ($0.20, 5 players) DoubleJ is UTG
[CO posts $0.05]
DoubleJ raises to $0.35, CO calls $0.35, 1 fold, SB calls $0.30, 1 fold

Flop: ($1.15, 3 players)

Post more hands and less graphs! (or both..)

Posting graphs won't help you get better

Originally Posted by The Bean Counter

Indeed - don't fuck your degree up for the sake of 2nl.



Good luck with the grind - early signs are that you can crush 2nl pretty quickly.

Will be fucking my degree up to play 200nl. Will be there by the end of the month

And more hands will get posted soon, I've not really had any awkward spots. I hated calling in this spot, but I can't really see how I can find a fold.

Poker Stars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (5 handed) - Poker Stars Converter Tool from http://www.flopturnriver.com

Hero (Button) ($2)
SB ($3.29)
BB ($0.99)
UTG ($2.29)
MP ($1.71)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Q, 10
UTG bets $0.04, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.04, SB calls $0.03, 1 fold

Flop: ($0.14) 4, 7, 3 (3 players)
SB bets $0.02, UTG raises $0.11, Hero raises $0.40, 1 fold, UTG raises $2.14 (All-In), Hero calls $1.56 (All-In)

Turn: ($4.08) 7 (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($4.08) K (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $4.08

Results below:

Spoiler: Show

Hero had Q, 10 (flush, Queen high).
UTG had J, K (flush, King high).
Outcome: UTG won $4.23

How many tables are you playing? 3K hands per day is what... 15 hours of 4 tabling?

Pushing for 3k hands per day suggests to me that you're playing way too many tables for a beginner who is trying to pay close attention and learn.

Originally Posted by Pelion

How many tables are you playing? 3K hands per day is what... 15 hours of 4 tabling?

Pushing for 3k hands per day suggests to me that you're playing way too many tables for a beginner who is trying to pay close attention and learn.

Ohh, 3k was too much hence why I didn't make it :P

I play anywhere between 4-8, depending on how I'm feeling.



Non zoom hands.

It's always nice when people make donations to my bankroll.

Poker Stars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (5 handed) - Poker Stars Converter Tool from http://www.flopturnriver.com

UTG ($3.76)
MP ($1.96)
Button ($7.12)
SB ($1.07)
Hero (BB) ($2.63)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 9, A
3 folds, SB bets $0.05, Hero raises $0.16, SB calls $0.12

Flop: ($0.36) A, 9, 9 (2 players)
SB bets $0.16, Hero calls $0.16

Turn: ($0.68) J (2 players)
SB bets $0.32, Hero calls $0.32

River: ($1.32) 9 (2 players)
SB bets $0.41 (All-In), Hero calls $0.41

Total pot: $2.14

Results below:

Spoiler: Show

SB had 6, 7 (three of a kind, nines).
Hero had 9, A (four of a kind, nines).
Outcome: Hero won $2.07

love the lads heart betting the river

QTss hand - what are villain's stats, utg open? If he's tight, I don't mind a fold pre. Standard once you get to the flop.

Originally Posted by griffey24

QTss hand - what are villain's stats, utg open? If he's tight, I don't mind a fold pre. Standard once you get to the flop.

His opening range was pretty tight over a small sample, the reason I called is because he couldn't get away from TP type hands and I figured this is the type of hand that can hit his range and mine so I can stack him off. Knowing I'm more than capable of folding a Q or T if I hit a pair.

The SB was also 70/40 with 0 3bet so I was expecting him to improve my odds.

One of my leaks is that I don't make anywhere near enough notes, as I'm not always really sure what to write and my labelling system is awful. Recently I've just been marking people as nits or fish, which I imagine will stop working well as I move up.

I was wondering if anyone would be kind enough to post some examples of notes that they have made on villains so I can see some examples.

Also if anyone has any suggestions on good 6max videos on DC, I'd be grateful to hear them.

/beg

dunno if this is of any use, but Harrington suggests organizing notes like this:

Notes unrelated to Specific Hands
Number of tables this opponent plays at once
His standard Buy-In amount
Whether or not he auto-rebuys

Preflop Notes
Whether this opponent Limp/Calls
How this opponent makes and responds to 3Bets
How this opponent makes and responds to 4Bets
How this opponent makes and responds to preflop All-Ins

Postflop notes which apply generally to all actions after the flop
How strong a hand does this player need to bet or call a series of bets all the way to the river
What do unusual bet sizes mean for this player

Flop Notes
How strong a hand does this player need to make or call an All-In bet on the flop
Do they slow-play big hands?
How do they play draws?
Do they Donk bet, and what does it mean?

Turn Notes
How strong a hand does this player need to make or call an All-In bet on the turn
Do they play for Pot Control with Medium/Good hands?

River Notes
Does an All-In mean the nuts?
Is he capable of making a big bluff on the river?
Will he check down a strong hand out of fear?

Originally Posted by ImSavy

Recently I've just been marking people as nits or fish, which I imagine will stop working well as I move up

also...do u use the Auto-Rate feature in HM?

Originally Posted by DoubleJ

also...do u use the Auto-Rate feature in HM?

It's their by default yeah, I tend to not look into it a huge amount though, prefer to look at their stats.

edit - & Thanks for the above

Originally Posted by ImSavy

Thanks for the above

ur welcome. must brush up on this myself, too

Originally Posted by ImSavy

I tend to not look into it a huge amount though, prefer to look at their stats.

FWIW - u can customise it - i find it's pretty useful for summarising a bunch of stats into a "type" which u can then combine w/ colour-coding

NoteCaddy is altogether more comprehensive, but that's extra $$$s

Originally Posted by DoubleJ

dunno if this is of any use, but Harrington suggests organizing notes like this:

Notes unrelated to Specific Hands
Number of tables this opponent plays at once
His standard Buy-In amount
Whether or not he auto-rebuys

Preflop Notes
Whether this opponent Limp/Calls
How this opponent makes and responds to 3Bets
How this opponent makes and responds to 4Bets
How this opponent makes and responds to preflop All-Ins

Postflop notes which apply generally to all actions after the flop
How strong a hand does this player need to bet or call a series of bets all the way to the river
What do unusual bet sizes mean for this player

Flop Notes
How strong a hand does this player need to make or call an All-In bet on the flop
Do they slow-play big hands?
How do they play draws?
Do they Donk bet, and what does it mean?

Turn Notes
How strong a hand does this player need to make or call an All-In bet on the turn
Do they play for Pot Control with Medium/Good hands?

River Notes
Does an All-In mean the nuts?
Is he capable of making a big bluff on the river?
Will he check down a strong hand out of fear?

hey this is a really good post. i think after a certain amount of time playing vs someone it's better to start making general profiles though, if you play that much volume vs anybody at 10nl and lower?. so instead of looking up certain reads for certain streets in a list of notes while you play, you'd be playing off something like "loose/passive pre, over-values middle pairs, will call 3 with TP, generally passive postflop unless holding perceived nuts, makes -EV calls with draws on F+T, unlikely to have a bluff range on any street". find it easier to do it that way. you can plan a whole hand vs a villain's tendencies with that info, rather than checking your reads on each street and consequently playing each street in a vacuum

Got 45mins or so in today playing cash games, went ok.

Then lost a bit playing a few hypers (6max and a couple of hu). Bad times.

Had a day off from work too, which was nice. I think Sunday is going to be my day of chilling.

I think I'm going to give some micro stakes HU sngs a try. I've downloaded the free e-book on husng, so will work my way through that whilst playing some hu poker.

I'm currently learning micro headsup SNGs as well, pm me and we can learn together if you want. You might find www.tagpoker.co.uk helpful , i used to have a load of micro heads up sng videos.

No Limit Holdem Tournament
PokerStars
2 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
BTN ImSavy (300) 10bb
BB Player2 (700) 23bb

Blinds: 15/30

Pre-Flop: (45, 2 players) ImSavy is BTN
ImSavy goes all-in 300, Player2 calls 270

Flop: (600, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (600, 2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (600, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: 600
ImSavy shows

Player2 shows


ImSavy wins 600 (net +300)

Player2 lost 300

that must have been after i logged of skype. was it another one tha didn't import into hm2

Originally Posted by Keith

that must have been after i logged of skype. was it another one tha didn't import into hm2

Fortunately that one logged, there have been others that didn't though. All the sngs that only last one hand it seems to be.

Originally Posted by ImSavy

Fortunately that one logged, there have been others that didn't though. All the sngs that only last one hand it seems to be.

if u have the HH u can import manually

(just in case u don't know this already )

Originally Posted by DoubleJ

if u have the HH u can import manually

(just in case u don't know this already )

I also tried this and it didn't work. For some reason they just don't appear when you import them. I've emailed them though and sent them the HH and TS of the things that didn't import and hopefully they will fix it.

HM2 people said it doesn't happen enough for them to continue testing

Got loads of work to do over the next week or so, so poker is going on the back burner for a month or so, whilst I sort my degree out. Hence I'm going to have to massively disappoint all of you and not give regular updates.

The Volume and sleep pattern went a bit iffy, however I have caught up on work a little bit. Going to finish two pieces of cw this week (just questions) and then catch up on the learning work. Start back at uni on Monday.

Sleeping Pattern is still going pretty well.

Joined a gym for a couple of months (move back home soon so no point joining for longer) and I've been going 3 times a week on a push/pull/leg split and doing some form of cardio once or twice a week. Also started tracking my diet and eating ok as of today. So should hopefully have gained a few pounds by the time I move back home.

Basically got my last month of university now, so plan on putting in the time with that as I need to pull something out of the bag to get a 2.1, which if I put the learning time in I should be fine. Two small tests to revise for on monday and tuesday and then 4 major tests from the 28th-8th.

As a haven't put in that much volume poker wise, played some 5nl and lost a few dollars through running bad and have moved back down to 2nl but not really put in any volume at all bar the odd 20 minute session where I've been pretty half arsed.

Move back home after I've finished uni in just over a month, so that'll be interesting. Hopefully improve my poker game quite a lot over the Summer, but I'll no doubt find an excuse not to.

We can do it Savy! Nearly done with uni weeeeeeeeee

Two smaller tests both went pretty badly, my own fault for not fully preparing for them and leaving them till last minute. In one case I did an hour which when I needed to learn the majority of the module was pathetically stupid of me.

Gym and Diet has been going well though, put on around 1kg (though I had a fair bit of water in me when I weighed myself, as 2lb in two weeks seems a bit excessive as I've not been pigging out) which is good. Weigh just under 76kg now. Which is good, also should be slightly fitter as I've been playing squash a couple of times a week.

Had a look at some potential careers and I think it looks like I'm going to go down the accounting route (fun fun fun!), which should mean that there will still be opportunities available even if I do end up with a 2.2, which is looking more and more likely. Luckily got an email about a talk at the uni next week, so I should hopefully be going to that and will learn something.

As for poker I'm just dabbling around with the odd 30minutes here and there playing the hypers as when I only have a short amount of time I think they are the best thing for me to play. Also isn't too upsetting that I'm running very well.

Originally Posted by ImSavy

Had a look at some potential careers and I think it looks like I'm going to go down the accounting route (fun fun fun!), which should mean that there will still be opportunities available even if I do end up with a 2.2, which is looking more and more likely. Luckily got an email about a talk at the uni next week, so I should hopefully be going to that and will learn something.

Have PM'd you about counting beans - happy to provide further info if useful. Don't worry about the "boring" stigma attached to any profession though - accounting is changing with the influx of graduates in the past 20+ years, the cash is good and service valued. If you're worried about how women in bars and clubs would react, just tell 'em you work in finance.

Much appreciated, I'm not actually arsed about the boring label attached to accounting. As long as I don't mind the job and I get paid decent money jobs a goodun as far as I'm concerned.

Here's my results playing hypers for the past few days, the downward red line slope coming from me blinding myself out too often when I'm sat to the right of the large stack, but nipped that in the bud hopefully so should continue on a somewhat upward trajectory.



Not that I think I will get the volume in, but I think I'm going to follow a 75BI rule for $3.50s.

Also played against a guy today called "Allin Akhbar" which made me laugh, best name I've seen.

As my time is starting to free up again (two more exams left, looks like a 2.2). So operation clear my overdraft is going to start now.

The only thing I accomplished from my original goal was to sort my sleeping pattern out, getting up at 7am. I'm also in the best shape I've been in for ages which I need to make sure I keep up when I get home from uni.

Starting bankroll $50 (little over).

edit - First session played, just under $5 up after a little over 100 hands whilst playing 4 tables.

Tomorrow after squash I shall sit down and filter for positions where could cbet for analysis and will post up some questions.

Interesting thread.
Target 9am to actual 7am is good.

What was the husng e-book you downloaded?
(did you read it, was it any good)?

http://www.husng.com/content/husngco...up-poker-ebook

I never got round to reading it all, only ever heard good things about it though.

Downloaded and glanced through,
quite different to anything else I've seen,
nash charts etc obviously are similar, but the rest of the structure gives new perspectives.
Certainly looks worth a proper read.
The last section is good, where it says Sort Your $*%&in' Life Out!

Read the first chapter just now and made some notes.

Basically gives us an idea about how we should be thinking about everything we do. Questioning everything we do and being able to answer why we are doing it. Explains about mistakes and how to work out how meaningful mistakes can be. Gives us a quick breakdown of GTO vs Exploitative play, how we should develop new information into our game (more in terms of frequencies than adjustments) and some general tendencies of the low stakes population.

Finished uni and moved back home.

New goals in life
1) Keep my fitness up, couple of runs a week and some body weight exercises should do the trick.
2) Get a job
3) Pay off my overdraft.
4) Actually put some work into a form of poker instead of faffing about in different games.

Settled in back home now so putting in a bit more effort on the poker front. Done some work on my C-betting and although I think some of it's down to run good + sample size my red is just better than break even which is fantastic.

Poker Stars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (6 handed) - Poker Stars Converter Tool from http://www.flopturnriver.com

Button ($2.25)
SB ($2.07)
BB ($1.60)
UTG ($1.60)
Hero (MP) ($2)
CO ($3)

Preflop: Hero is MP with Q, Q
1 fold, Hero bets $0.08, 1 fold, Button raises $0.20, 2 folds, Hero calls $0.12

Flop: ($0.43) 2, A, J (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $0.20, Hero calls $0.20

Turn: ($0.83) 9 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $0.42, Hero folds

Total pot: $0.83

Results below:

Spoiler: Show

Button didn't show

At the time he was an unknown. I sometimes flat my QQ to 3bets and I sometimes 4bet. This was just one of the times I decided to flat it, usually lean towards 4betting (probably always should at this level especially when im OOP). Is my call then fold line ok? Or is his range so weighted towards Ax and TT+ that I should just fold the flop? I'm aware that'd make me pretty exploitable but I doubt anyone is going to take note of stuff like that at this level and when they do they try to run you over which makes them play awfully usually.

i prefer 4betting to .44 and cbetting the flop if he calls as you can get his TT JJ to fold pre and KK to fold on flop with an A on flop(ideally you get a Q high flop). if he raises your cbet it's a fold, and if he shoves pre i think its a fold as you're pretty much against flipping with his AK and behind his KK and AA.

Why do you want to fold out TT/JJ?

I'm never calling a 3bet pre at 2NL with QQ. Putting them on AK, AA or KK only is a huge misunderstanding of the stakes. And if you've been 3 betting and playing aggressive enough you will get shoved on by all sorts of shit

at 2nl a 4bet is usually a shove though ,but savvy's said that he's flatting QQ some of the time and i presume AK as well, therefore not 3betting aggressively enough to get shoved on by random shit.

folding TT and JJ is a side effect of 4 betting with nittier players folding them , but its compensated by the fish calling and incorrectly set mining pre , chasing flushs with suited cards, and straights with connected cards which they'd likely fold to a shove.

Originally Posted by jyms

I'm never calling a 3bet pre at 2NL with QQ. Putting them on AK, AA or KK only is a huge misunderstanding of the stakes. And if you've been 3 betting and playing aggressive enough you will get shoved on by all sorts of shit

That makes no sense. If I was putting them on KK+, AK when 3betting QQ would be a fold pre.

Absolutely hate spots like this.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (5 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from http://www.flopturnriver.com

Hero (BB) ($2.86)
UTG ($2)
MP ($2)
Button ($0.82)
SB ($3.84)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 10, 10
2 folds, Button bets $0.82 (All-In), 1 fold, Hero calls $0.80

Flop: ($1.65) 2, Q, 8 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: ($1.65) K (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($1.65) K (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $1.65 | Rake: $0.06

Results below:

Spoiler: Show

Button had K, A (three of a kind, Kings).
Hero had 10, 10 (two pair, Kings and tens).
Outcome: Button won $1.59

Villain was 18/9 after 40 or so hands. I'm not sure if calling there is +EV.

A range of 88+, AJ+, KQ is the worst range I can see him shoving to give me >50% equity and I don't see him shoving that wide.

Started recording videos so I can watch myself back, going to post the odd one or two online too.

Nothing particularly interesting in this video, just testing to see if it uploads to youtube, sometime next week I'll be uploading another video hopefully with sound recorded over the top of it.

So this and my next post are just tests and as soon as I see they are working will be deleted.



(If anyone does watch it, that AJ hand around 4:14 is a misclick)

Note to self
One tabling hypers >>>>>>>>>>> profit
More than one table >>>>>>>>>>> loss

Sorted out a few mistakes, was calling peoples stupid early all in shoves slightly too wide, tightened up and seem to be getting the benefits from it. Also have stopped shoving so deep early on in the tournament, much happier to mraise/3x open.

Need to look at stealing, 3betting and flop play. Arguably think that's more important than my bubble and ICM play which although are obviously not perfect are so much better than anyone playing this stake that they are so exploitable that it's fairly obvious adjustments. Whereas when I cock up with the first group of things I mentioned it leaves me short stacked and I'm missing out on lots of stealing pre & post flop imo.


Little goal for next week. Hit my next stellar bonus.

0/198 SNGs

Snap call the TT and be happy enough - he very rarely has AA-QQ there because he raises for value, so he's way more likely to have 88-JJ / AQ/AK and you've got great equity v that range.

Good luck with the goal, keep us updated buddy. You glad to be finished at uni? Are you playing poker full time now or?

Not 100% sure on the uni thing. I had a really good first year and then second year basically my life went completely shit through no fault of my own and I ended up around people I didn't really like and basically didn't do anything in that year, third year I started to snap out of it but I never really caught up with anything I needed to so basically feels like I wasted two years of my life and didn't really learn a huge amount or gain anything from it. Will end up with a 2.2 (although I'll have a resit to do first) and don't really have any idea what I want to do with life. So yeah I'm glad to be finished but the fact I'm not coming out of uni with a first is pretty pathetic on my part tbh.

However doom and gloom that may sound I actually feel as good mentally and physically as I have for years now which is good (getting a bit lazy on the fitness since being back so back running tomorrow). And it's good to be back home, I went to uni miles away from where I lived.

I'm going to wait till august/september and get applying to big companies for jobs I think, whilst keeping an eye out for accountancy and if worst comes to worst I'm just going to be a maths teacher, which the more I think about it I don't think I'd mind. Going to try and find some temporary work for over summer, preferably something that'll help with the job hunt but any office experience is good enough really and tomorrow I'm going to attempt to set myself up with some people to tutor in maths which I think I'll really enjoy.

I intend on playing a lot of poker over the summer too, even when I get a job, because I quite enjoy it and it keeps my brain ticking over. I'd got into the habit of not being that mentally stimulated which is never good and in all honesty I don't see any reason why I can't get quite good if I put the work in so it could be a nice little earner on the side. I can't say I'm playing full time though as I don't win any money

/really long boring post

On a completely random side note, I've not read a book in years. If anyone has any suggestions (no long drawn out series pls) I'd be more than happy to hear them.

Get the feeling I'll get a 2:2 (find out in 4 days) like 90% of the time in this spot. I did much better in 3rd and 4th years than in 2nd, just had no motivation then and my results weren't great and it ended up being too much to try and catch up on in the end.

Glad to hear you're feeling better now you've finished though! I'm absolutely exhausted house hunting haha - don't try and get a house without a full time job More you apply to better you do, but I know from a few friends you normally have to apply for a lot of jobs these days so don't be too put off

If you want a book series that'll keep you busy for a long while, you should read game of thrones!

Originally Posted by ImSavy

(no long drawn out series pls)

Originally Posted by griffey24

If you want a book series that'll keep you busy for a long while, you should read game of thrones!

:P

May go sign up at the local library tomorrow.

haha oh my bad!

If you want a series that'll keep you busy for 5 days, read Hunger Games :P

I'm unsure if you're trolling or not. Same goes for this guy.

I have been shoving a lot as he folds far too much.

No Limit Holdem Tournament
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2 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
BTN ImSavy (1,833) 12bb
BB Player3 (1,167) 8bb

Blinds: 75/150 Ante 15

Pre-Flop: (255, 2 players) ImSavy is BTN
ImSavy goes all-in 1,818,

He thinks for about 30 seconds then
saiyan18: gl

Player3 calls 1,002

Flop: (2,334, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (2,334, 2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (2,334, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: 2,334
ImSavy shows

Player3 shows


ImSavy wins 2,499 (net +666)
Player3 wins 1,167

The fact we split it


This one is even better, just tried to take the pot down after he checks as he folds too much and I assume I don't have a huge amount of showdown value.

No Limit Holdem Tournament
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2 Players
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Stacks:
BTN Player3 (1,875) 16bb
BB ImSavy (1,125) 9bb

Blinds: 60/120 Ante 12

Pre-Flop: (204, 2 players) ImSavy is BB
Player3 calls 60, ImSavy checks

Flop: (264, 2 players)
ImSavy checks, Player3 checks

Turn: (264, 2 players)
ImSavy bets 120, Player3 calls 120

River: (504, 2 players)
ImSavy checks, Player3 checks

Final Pot: 504
ImSavy shows

Player3 shows


Player3 wins 504 (net +252)

ImSavy lost 252

ImSavy: lol nice call?
saiyan18: openended

Such a strange combination at this level of folding far too much yet calling just about any possible draw that appears.

He won ldo

Isn't the J7 hand a jam pre, once he just calls the BTN? Or has he done this before, and you worried about being trapped?

Originally Posted by griffey24

Isn't the J7 hand a jam pre, once he just calls the BTN? Or has he done this before, and you worried about being trapped?

He wasn't limping very often, he was basically just folding almost everything so I don't really like shoving there as I'd assume his range beats mine. How much of this range he'd fold if I did shove however is a different question but he was so bad that there was no need for me to take a risk because I was shoving a huge amount against him OTB and he was just constantly folding he could very easily be playing a nutty hand like this expecting me to shove.

Housework is so -EV it's untrue, will need to do some calculations to compare that and the equity of being on my mums good side.

Yah it's probably close.

risk 993 for 264 dead money.

needs to fold to shove X%

If we have worst case 25% vs calling range to shove
X(264) - (1-X)(0.5)(993)=0
264x-496.5+496.5x = 0
x = 65% folds

If we have 35% vs calling range to shove
x = 53%

jamming J7 def nottt good, it will certainly be more profitable to check and even if jamming is marginally +EV, you don't know what villains limping range is and if it contains hands that are calling you you're so beyond fucked.

you're better off jamming a hand like 87s fwiw

also I hate leading this turn without also following up on the river... you have little fold equity on turn and as a default villains range is weak/capped but showdown bound (hands like overs, gutters, pairs worse than 8 all in his range) after checking this flop texture, so you either need to check and see sd or bet with the intention of betting a ton of rivers (I don't think you should shove on an ace, or board pair)

its possible he can slow play some nut combos and you will run into that from time to time but thats an exception rather than the norm so when you see that happen, take a note and use it to help build a better picture of how that player thinks about poker. there's a good chance you won't see the guy again because its micro stakes but if you do that knowledge is very useful + building this habit into your game will help you a ton when you start moving up and playing against a smaller pool.

Need to learn how to use my time better and get more poker in during the middle of the day when I'm not tired. Got 30 played today which isn't enough really. Spent far too much time faffing about, must have spent a good couple of hours just doing nothing of any value at all and now I don't feel like playing (my body thinks it's 10/11pm). Sleep pattern will be back into a good routine from tomorrow too which means I won't be wasting a couple of hours in the morning.

Here's a graph of how they have been going since I started playing.


Week goal 70/198.
Goal for tomorrow 0/50 (mostly 2 tabling, although if going well can 3 table.

Also going to start reading a book tonight after I've created a bodyweight circuit for me to do tomorrow morning.

Gone on a streak where I'm just not winning my flips and running into the top of peoples ranges and my roll has been cut in half in the space of like 3 days.

Which leaves me playing a game with like 25BIs where the swings can be horrid. I get a $10 bonus in like 15 games time but if I drop below 20BI's I may have to look at grinding 2nl to build up my bankroll again, or alternatively just become one of them "poker is rigged" people, I'm still undecided.

Cleared my third $10 stellar bonus of the year, wooooo!



Having tomorrow off from playing poker, may do a bit of studying but probably not.

Next months goal.

Reach silver 0/500VPP (30 1.50s a day, preferably more during the week less on the weekend)

Will break it down into weekly targets from Monday.

Played quite well today, ran good and got just over 50 played. I see no reason why I can't get miles more than this actually played as I only played for a couple of hours today.

Also won a Sunday Storm sat (235FPP) which was a nice $11.

Am I right in thinking that until I can hit decent VIP levels on stars (At best will scrap gold when I start 3.50s) that they are the best thing to spend my FPP on? People who play them tend to be awful so I seem to have a decent edge, 2/6 get paid. Seems too +EV in my head though so I must be wrong somewhere.

nice graph, are you +Ev with that

Originally Posted by alexandrel

nice graph, are you +Ev with that

This is my up to date graph, the $10 stellar bonus and $11 sat I won are included in rakeback and bonuses, not in the green line.



I think when I get to 50BI's for the 3.50s I'm going to give them a 20 BI shot so I move back down when I hit 70BI's for the $1.50s.

That seems aggressive enough to move up quickly but not go bust.

Also as I am still a noob I always get excited when this happens.

No Limit Holdem Tournament
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4 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
CO Player4 (273) 7bb
BTN ImSavy (293) 7bb
SB Player6 (1,830) 46bb
BB Player3 (604) 15bb

Blinds: 20/40 Ante 4

Pre-Flop: (76, 4 players) ImSavy is BTN
1 fold, ImSavy goes all-in 289, 1 fold, Player3 calls 249

Flop: (614, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (614, 2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (614, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: 614
Player3 shows

ImSavy shows


ImSavy wins 614 (net +321)

Player3 lost 293

hmm poker

So tempted to play cash games, as I feel I could grind up my roll so much quicker. I also feel that there is so much more information out there that is so easy to find and learn and digest. It's not even like I'm having problems with hypers they're going fine.

I dunno, just a loser doomed for failure due to lack of being able to commit himself to get good at something properly.

inb4 I lose 2 BI's at 5nl and start playing MTT's.

$0.02/$0.05 No Limit Holdem
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6 Players
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Stacks:
UTG Player5 ($8.83) 177bb
UTG+1 Player6 ($12.72) 254bb
CO Player1 ($1.45) 29bb
BTN Player2 ($6.52) 130bb
SB Player3 ($5) 100bb
BB ImSavy ($5) 100bb

Pre-Flop: ($0.07, 6 players) ImSavy is BB
Player5 raises to $0.15, 4 folds, ImSavy calls $0.10

Flop: ($0.32, 2 players)
ImSavy checks, Player5 bets $0.15, ImSavy raises to $0.45, Player5 calls $0.30

Turn: ($1.22, 2 players)
ImSavy checks, Player5 checks

River: ($1.22, 2 players)
ImSavy bets $0.80, Player5 folds

Final Pot: $1.22

ImSavy wins $2.77 (net +$1.37)

Player5 lost $0.60

Villain is 22/11, but not positionally aware (has actually opened most from EP, but small sample size). Preflop I'm unsure what I should be doing tbh.

c/r the flop because I have a gutshot + bdfd, probably not a fantastic idea because his range is probably quite strong in this spot.

Decent place for a bluff? I hold Ac and would have played flushes in the exact same way. I'd be amazed if he wouldn't have reraised his sets on the flop, so I'm putting him on like AA, AK, KQ, KJ, QQ, JJ?