Alexos' Adventures in Donkland

Originally Posted by Alexos

Hey guys, I'm gonna revive this thread for at least a bit. Been on a mini downswing lately and what usually happens is I stop playing poker for a while. Butttt, I wanna get in 30k more hands until the end of the month so I'll start a small operating and update DAILY! Maybe put in some hands too.

BTW it's all gonna be at 2/4

Here we gogogoo!!!

The death of interpoker has resulted in a 2/4 partyyyy

gooood luck

gl, make moniezzz

Something went wrong.. just played my first sesh and HEM says i shipped 2k... then I checked my account and im up 4k... hmmmm

I heard stories of money dissapearing then reappearing a cpl days later on ongame, so i guess my mini-downswing wasnt that big:P

Or maybe i won 4k... HEM always messes up my hands

wat

1150/30,000, 4k profit
Bunch of stacks seem to be missing so 4k makes sense..

update HEM to beta version 1.08 or something (latest beta). I had the same thing. Could import them with new version manually

Originally Posted by BigPapi

update HEM to beta version 1.08 or something (latest beta). I had the same thing. Could import them with new version manually

always have to do it manually???

thx ill check it out

nah not always, but the hands it missed up to now. when you have the new version it will import fine again in new sessions (just import the older ones manually)

move up. oh btw, did your msn get hacked? [wish i could call/text]

i got sent some random links to pictures from you and when i clicked them it asked me to login with my msn info which makes no sense, so i didnt do it

Yeah, thats some kind of virus or something, I got the same from a workmate's msn when he was offline.


Yey Alexos, surprise monies!!!

yeah def got some kind of virus... i got the same link from my friend, clicked on it, then i got the virus.. i suggest everyone run their virus scan

Originally Posted by BigPapi

nah not always, but the hands it missed up to now. when you have the new version it will import fine again in new sessions (just import the older ones manually)

thanks ill try that tomorrow... also this might have something to do with it :
http://www.holdemmanager.net/faq/afm...aspx?faqid=148

possibly yeah, anyway if it doesnt work their support is pretty good, so just drop them an email and they'll help you till it works again.

Hands : 4015/30,000
+4045$

I'm not playing very well. I'm still not used to 5max and the overall aggressiveness involved. I think I'm used to run over people and double/triple barrel so much, but its not working here, people will call you down with ANY pair. Time to adjust. I should probably play 18/16 or something, I would totally destroy the games just by having tighter ranges in 3bet/4bet pots. Its very hard for me to tighten up though, it would involve folding suited hands and stuff (gah!) . I should probably drop the tables to <8 to help focus.

Berate me on this one : (Although I feel its pretty close )

1) $2/$4 No Limit Holdem
5 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
CO ($780.20)
BTN ($942.20)
Hero (SB) ($398.50)
BB ($400.00)

Pre-flop: ($6, 5 players) Hero is SB
CO raises to $14, BTN calls $14, los calls $14, Hero calls $12, BB raises to $84, CO folds, BTN calls $70, los calls $70, Hero raises to $398.50, BB calls $314.50, BTN folds, los folds

Flop: ($979, 2 players)

Turn: ($979, 2 players)

River: ($979, 2 players)

[Results Hidden]


And this one:

2) No history whatsoever vs villain. He seems a little more on the passive side but no symptoms of "broken fold button", which is a very contagious disease on this site.

$2/$4 No Limit Holdem
5 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($357.00)
CO ($420.00)
BTN ($1066.90)
Hero (SB) ($378.00)
BB ($418.00)

Pre-flop: ($6, 5 players) Hero is SB
1 fold, CO raises to $13, 1 fold, Hero calls $11, 1 fold

Flop: ($30, 2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $20, Hero calls $20

Turn: ($70, 2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $35, Hero raises to $105, CO calls $70

River: ($280, 2 players)
Hero bets $240, CO calls $240

[Results Hidden]


Running very well though but hopefully I play better when variance turns around. Peace.[/b]

Update..

Hands: 9,666/30,000
+6500$

Played some disgusting sessions, where I would start up 5 buyins then get coolered and tilt like 1-2 buyins at the end of the session, and finally end down (obv). I then decided to play 19/16 12 tabling and see how it goes, and what a relief. It feels so good to actually have premium hands and not always air all the time

20k more hands in 8 days seems do-able...

30k hands at 2/4 operation:

14,000/30,000 hands
~+$12k

Just had a ridiculous +11 buyins session in 1k hands and 60 minutes.. think i stacked like 7 ppl in 5min at some point.. it felt good to run like the sun once again.. I'm playing a lot saner than before, and just straight up never bluffing the non-believers and its paying off.

I'm not putting enough hands in, the weather is incredible right now in Montreal which makes it very hard/not worthwhile to grind. Hopefully I can manage like 5k hands/day next week but its not very likely.. happiness EV ftw..

Originally Posted by Alexos

Hands : 4015/30,000
+4045$

I'm not playing very well. I'm still not used to 5max and the overall aggressiveness involved. I think I'm used to run over people and double/triple barrel so much, but its not working here, people will call you down with ANY pair. Time to adjust. I should probably play 18/16 or something, I would totally destroy the games just by having tighter ranges in 3bet/4bet pots. Its very hard for me to tighten up though, it would involve folding suited hands and stuff (gah!) . I should probably drop the tables to <8 to help focus.

Berate me on this one : (Although I feel its pretty close )

1) $2/$4 No Limit Holdem
5 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
CO ($780.20)
BTN ($942.20)
Hero (SB) ($398.50)
BB ($400.00)

Pre-flop: ($6, 5 players) Hero is SB
CO raises to $14, BTN calls $14, los calls $14, Hero calls $12, BB raises to $84, CO folds, BTN calls $70, los calls $70, Hero raises to $398.50, BB calls $314.50, BTN folds, los folds

Flop: ($979, 2 players)

Turn: ($979, 2 players)

River: ($979, 2 players)

[Results Hidden]


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i never do this... i can kinda see your reasoning. i immediately thought this is terrible but it could be ok.

Hey, nice to see you adjusting and winning again. Pretty impressive that you can switch up well like this.

Yeah it kinda seems like spew, but we're repping a super strong range and we're about 30% against a calling range, assuming we get only one caller.

Im too lazy to run the EV of this, but i think its close to 0ev maybe even slightly positive and good for meta


edit: actually its pretty bad.. we do have 30% against a calling range, but we def do NOT rep a strong range lol

any updates since april?
how did the whole crypto -> ongame switch go, how are the players and how has the rise from 2/4 gone?

I heard he's busto

Originally Posted by kmind

I heard he's busto

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lol riiiight...not sure that will ever be possible

That was my lame attempt to be funny/force him to clear it up = make him post more!

Originally Posted by kmind

I heard he's busto

confirmed

Ongame was going well, but they had changed softwares a few weeks ago, and that totally turned me off. I'll wait till they fix it before I return.

Meanwhile, I've switched to Stars mostly for 3/6-10/20 and this is my July up to now, running goood!

very nice graph!!
btw are you still on msn?

Oh man why would you doomswitch yourself like that. You know they look for people posting graph's like that just to doomswitch them.

Originally Posted by meeloche

Oh man why would you doomswitch yourself like that. You know they look for people posting graph's like that just to doomswitch them.

nah this is well thought out

its not a brag post or anything (esp judging by the EV line) I was just asked to give an update so here it is . I'm sure the poker gods are on the same level.


plz


EDIT: fail, session after i posted this was in the negative

Is the girl in your picture the same as griffeys? Do you know her name? Pretty hot.

Yes she is. Ria Antoniou, some greek supermodel

Suppp people,

After starting the month on an absolutely sick heater on stars, things have settled down and I even ended the month on a 20k downswing (not even 20BI though so not too bad). I feel like the regs are adjusting to me infinitely better than on past sites. They are also somewhat nittier on average which is annoying to deal with for me. These aren't really valid excuses, but I just don;t think 5ptbb is achievable for me at 5/10 PS, and having losing sesssions fkin tilt me, I'm just not used to them and it the result of that is bad play usually due to a lack of confidence. /whine

Sooo, idk what to do. I'll prolly just have to settle for a smaller winrate and work on my game a tonnnnnn. This is a fun challenge and I'll get to it right after i come back from vacation on the 19th.

I was looking at my old DB to cheer me up, these r all the hands on crypto from July 08 to April 09. About half is in pounds, and mostly 2/5. I fkin miss crypto. Hopefully I havn't posted this before lol.

Lol, I'd miss that too

I don't think you can ever look enough at that graph shit, if that was mine I'd probably have it on my desktop wallpaper :P

the thing i'm most jealous about by far is the redline. that's just sick. so few players are good enough to have a breakeven redline.
awesome.
GL in the coming months @ stars. you prefer it over ipoker/ongame/other sites?

Ehhh I'm soooooooooo much more jealous of the dark green line. The red line is probably my least favorite line nowadays. Ily alexos!

Originally Posted by bspahn

the thing i'm most jealous about by far is the redline. that's just sick. so few players are good enough to have a breakeven redline.
awesome.
GL in the coming months @ stars. you prefer it over ipoker/ongame/other sites?

Tough to say. Having played FTP/Party/Stars/Ongame recently I feel like stars and ongame are the best sites. Stars is prolly the best of them all if u combine RSA security token/fishyness/software/customer support.

Everyone has different priorities though so it depends.

Originally Posted by kmind

Ehhh I'm soooooooooo much more jealous of the dark green line. The red line is probably my least favorite line nowadays. Ily alexos!

red line is def overvalued. Butttt, people with redlines going straight down are definitly doing something wrong, or could be doing stuff a lot better, whichever way u wanna put it.

You can tell a lot about someones game just by seeing their red line.

Dark green line is what matters in the end. All this ptbb dick waving contest and redline bigger than urs contest is all fluff.

Originally Posted by BigPapi

I don't think you can ever look enough at that graph shit, if that was mine I'd probably have it on my desktop wallpaper :P

You can use it as your wallpaper if you want

Happy birthday donk

happy bday alexos!

haha, I might give it a try, perhaps it works motivational

happy b-day man

btw. it's been a while but perhaps we can schedule a session somewhere after your vacation or something?

Man that is just the sickest fucking thing. Awesome Alexos.

[quote="Alexos"]

Originally Posted by kmind

All this ..... redline bigger than urs contest is all fluff.

damnnn.. this was what I was holding onto!

awesome graph, as always!

Originally Posted by BigPapi

haha, I might give it a try, perhaps it works motivational

happy b-day man

btw. it's been a while but perhaps we can schedule a session somewhere after your vacation or something?

I guess I wouldn't mind doing a sesh here and there. Hit me up on msn.



And thanks guys..

Happy birthday donk!

happy bday alexos
almost the same as mine !! (this thu)

Originally Posted by Alexos

red line is def overvalued. Butttt, people with redlines going straight down are definitly doing something wrong, or could be doing stuff a lot better, whichever way u wanna put it.

You can tell a lot about someones game just by seeing their red line.

So if I told you that I have about 120K hands lifetime (still a noob obv), and for the first 60K my redline was breakeven, but for the last 60K it has gone steadily downhill to the tune of well over 30BI, what would that tell you about my game?

I can also tell you that the downward trajectory started right about the time I moved up from 25NL to 50NL, and 50NL has not been a happy experience for me so far.

(Sorry, I don't mean to hijack your op, but I'm really interested in this.)

EDIT: happy b'day!

Tony- I was gonna write a long post, but there are so many things that I'm not sure what applies to you specifically.

But in general ppl with huge red lines compared to their blue lines tend to be spewy and stationny (not folding before showdown can't affect your red line).

And ppl with red lines going 45degrees in the negative are probably weak and do dumb stuff like putting 1/3 of their stack in then folding too much. Or chasing a lot then folding when missing. Or just general leaks in 3bet/4bet pots..

There can be many factors, and I already said the red line is overvalued so why are we talking about it ?:P

I have mentioned before that the redline is a result of your play, You can't change your play just to effect the redline. It's very easy to make the redline even or run up, but if it's not a natural part of your play you will spew a ton of chips

Originally Posted by Alexos

But in general ppl with huge red lines compared to their blue lines tend to be spewy and stationny (not folding before showdown can't affect your red line).

I always feel like you're dissin' me :P

Originally Posted by Alexos

And ppl with red lines going 45degrees in the negative are probably weak and do dumb stuff like putting 1/3 of their stack in then folding too much. Or chasing a lot then folding when missing. Or just general leaks in 3bet/4bet pots..

There can be many factors, and I already said the red line is overvalued so why are we talking about it ?:P

Interesting.

I never took any notice of my red line, so maybe I've been undervaluing it??

Anyway, I'm not going to read too much into it, but the "dumb stuff" you mentioned are all things I tend to lapse into, especially when I'm tired, tilting or otherwise off my A-game. Sometimes I find myself folding the river after missing a draw with a lot of my chips in the middle, and that usually means its time to go and do something else for a while.

I also think I've loosened up preflop over time, quicker than my postflop skills have developed to handle it, which leaves me in too many bad spots on later streets. Time to stop opening AJo UTG ...

Thanks man. Oh, and happy b'day!!

man i feel like a loser, 10hrs of play, 22 tabling or so. Played every table available on cake from 1/2 to 3/6 and some 5/10 lolololll im soooo fkin burnt out.

im gonna win this rakerace though

What a loser!

jeeeeeeeezus and i thought i was grinding

Oh man 12k hands in one day, sweet! $6k, not too bad!

How close is the guy in second? two days to go!

holy wow thats sick. how much does the race pay?

Originally Posted by XTR1000

holy wow thats sick. how much does the race pay?

4k for first, and also a vegas trip worth 2kish

Originally Posted by griffey24

Oh man 12k hands in one day, sweet! $6k, not too bad!

How close is the guy in second? two days to go!

1 $4000 spidey201 10834.00
2 $2000 GGGGG youNit 10830.00

I'm the guy in 2nd! But yah when I saw this I'm like grinnnnnnnd on my minddd fk the germans (hi xtr)

do u already have some rolexes and other stuff from all these races?
glgl man and happy new year

Originally Posted by bspahn

do u already have some rolexes and other stuff from all these races?
glgl man and happy new year

yea i won a rolex last month but that was from a freeroll

happy new yr

hello blog, it's been a while. And it's time to bring you back to life.

lol wow.. not one post in ALL of 2010?? ridiculous

can't wait to see this thing return from the grave.

Ok where to start. 2010 has been one of the tough years for me, poker wise and life wise. I won't bore you with all the details of my personal life, but cliff notes will be something like this:

1-prepare for/go to court in january(won't go into details but no I didn't kill anyone)
2-grandma breaks her hand b/c of parkinson issues(going to hospital daily cuz i love my gramma)
3-Landlord troubles all yr, he accuses me of blowing up his car (lol?). Was not fun living in a hostile environment all year.
4-fk up my knee playing hockey
5-grandma breaks her hip (hospital again)
6-Move into new condo, standard delays and other b.s. (still a brag)
7-have ACL reconstructions surgery on my knee in november
8-then basically physiotherapy and learning to walk again in december

Poker wise it was hard to put in hands given all this, but when I did I managed to run >100 BI under EV. Still had an okay year, made more than I would at a "normal job" but way below my expectations. Then again, even if I ran at EV, I would be below my expectations, meaning I have to take a serious look at my game because I'm falling behind as the games get tougher!

+30k on another site where EV calc is useless.

Don't get me wrong, life is def still awesome, and these bumps are nothing big in the grand scheme of things, thank god my friends and family are still healthy, which is def the #1 most important thing. /emo

I need to work on my game and be accountable for my plays, and the best way to do this is to post every terribly played hand, or godlike soul pwnage, in this blog.

New operation: I will play 100k hands at 5/10 with little or no table selection. This will be high variance, as I'm not even sure if I'm a winner at those stakes w/out table selecting, but hopefully I learn something by the end of it and become a better player. My goal is 3ptbb, but realistically even if I break even and learn something along the way it's still a success. VAMOOO!

inb4 robusto

GOGOGOGOGO Alexos, make Montreal proud.

Torn ACL sounds fucking horribad. Do you play in a no-contact league (i.e. no body checking)? A buddy of mine had a sprained (torn?) ACL and now just wears a knee brace. No plans to repair the ligament, but he can get around fine, and he still plays.

GL in the recovery btw.

Good luck!

And you can add on the list: "Not winning the PCA!"

Originally Posted by Penneywize

inb4 robusto

GOGOGOGOGO Alexos, make Montreal proud.

Torn ACL sounds fucking horribad. Do you play in a no-contact league (i.e. no body checking)? A buddy of mine had a sprained (torn?) ACL and now just wears a knee brace. No plans to repair the ligament, but he can get around fine, and he still plays.

GL in the recovery btw.

Yep non-contact league. I didn't even injure it in my league games, was just playing a friendly game, and sorta twisted my knee in a weird way while on a breakaway. fail lol.

Maybe your friend didn't tear it completely. Some people are okay just with a brace, but if the knee is unstable it can create other long-term problems like knee arthritis, so I just decided to go with the operation.

And thanks.

Originally Posted by jimmy44

Good luck!

And you can add on the list: "Not winning the PCA!"

Yep, I can add "Not cashing in a single live tourney" to the list. Thanks for reminding me of that, haha!!!

That graph is gross, but this operation should be awesome to rail. Gogogo

Congrats on ACL surgery! I had mine last Christmas (09) and have made a full recovery. Don't get frustrated, just keep working at it and doing your exercises. I don't think you ever get full feeling back on the outside of the knee (assuming they took part of your patellar tendon). After 5-7 months I could play sports with poor mobility, but after about 9-10 months I felt about good as new!

Originally Posted by CBAT

Congrats on ACL surgery! I had mine last Christmas (09) and have made a full recovery. Don't get frustrated, just keep working at it and doing your exercises. I don't think you ever get full feeling back on the outside of the knee (assuming they took part of your patellar tendon). After 5-7 months I could play sports with poor mobility, but after about 9-10 months I felt about good as new!

glad to see you made a full recovery! Nah I actually did the hamstring tendon, I have no knee discomfort, just the (std?) numbness below my knee in the tibia area. My knee sometimes cracks, but hopefully this is just my patella not being perfectly aligned, and not some meniscus damage.

Do you wear a brace when playing sports?

Update: Pretty bad start, 800 hands, down 6k. I definitely butchered some hands.


1) Not many reads other than he's not a reg.Timing was really quick on turn and river, I just didn't think he had any hand.

$5/$10 No Limit Holdem
OnGame
4 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
CO ($3,651.75)
BTN ($1,000)
SB ($869.50)
Alexos ($1,037)

Pre-Flop: ($15, 4 players) Alexos is BB
1 fold, BTN raises to $25, SB calls $20, Alexos raises to $100, BTN folds, SB calls $75

Flop: ($225, 2 players)
SB checks, Alexos checks

Turn: ($225, 2 players)
SB bets $170, Alexos calls $170

River: ($565, 2 players)
SB bets $425, Alexos calls $425

Final Pot: $1,415
SB shows


SB wins $1,413 (net +$718)

Alexos lost $695
BTN lost $25


2) Same donk as in 1. It's played okay up to the turn I think. River I snap called this since I was down 4k+ on the sesh, when I should have definitely thought it through AT LEAST!

$5/$10 No Limit Holdem
OnGame
5 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($945)
CO ($1,668.50)
Alexos ($980)
SB ($3,784.75)
BB ($1,000)

Pre-Flop: ($15, 5 players) Alexos is BTN
1 fold, CO raises to $30, Alexos calls $30, 2 folds

Flop: ($75, 2 players)
CO checks, Alexos bets $50, CO calls $50

Turn: ($175, 2 players)
CO checks, Alexos bets $120, CO raises to $240, Alexos calls $120

River: ($655, 2 players)
CO bets $655, Alexos calls $655

Final Pot: $1,965
CO shows


CO wins $1,962 (net +$987)

Alexos lost $975

3)SB 3bets 15%, BB is a TAG reg with 14% 4b, but def felt he would 4b alot more in this spot since I open 50%+ of BTNs . I think this is fine.

$5/$10 No Limit Holdem
OnGame
4 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
CO ($1,098)
Alexos ($1,005)
SB ($957)
BB ($920)

Pre-Flop: ($15, 4 players) Alexos is BTN
1 fold, Alexos raises to $25, SB raises to $80, BB raises to $230, Alexos goes all-in $1,005, SB calls $877, BB folds

Flop: ($2,192, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: ($2,192, 2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($2,192, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $2,192
SB shows

Alexos shows


SB wins $2,142 (net +$1,185)

Alexos collects $48 (net -$957)
BB lost $230

4) Big fish. Obv he has it by river, I would prob fold any other card than a Q river.

$5/$10 No Limit Holdem
OnGame
4 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
CO ($515)
BTN ($2,327)
Alexos ($1,706.10)
BB ($973)

Pre-Flop: ($15, 4 players) Alexos is SB
2 folds, Alexos raises to $30, BB calls $20

Flop: ($60, 2 players)
Alexos checks, BB bets $10, Alexos calls $10

Turn: ($80, 2 players)
Alexos checks, BB bets $15, Alexos raises to $85, BB raises to $155, Alexos calls $70

River: ($390, 2 players)
Alexos checks, BB bets $295, Alexos calls $295

Final Pot: $980
BB shows


BB wins $978 (net +$488)

Alexos lost $490

5) Again a whale. Games were good I guess? Third time he pots turn when flop checks through so obv my ace hi is the nuts here :P

$5/$10 No Limit Holdem
OnGame
5 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($1,916)
Alexos ($1,005)
BTN ($1,767.25)
SB ($1,120.50)
BB ($1,000)

Pre-Flop: ($15, 5 players) Alexos is CO
1 fold, Alexos raises to $30, BTN calls $30, 2 folds

Flop: ($75, 2 players)
Alexos checks, BTN checks

Turn: ($75, 2 players)
Alexos checks, BTN bets $75, Alexos calls $75

River: ($225, 2 players)
Alexos checks, BTN bets $200, Alexos calls $200

Final Pot: $625
Alexos shows

BTN shows


Alexos wins $622 (net +$317)

BTN lost $305

6) My only big winning hands, vs a whale.

$5/$10 No Limit Holdem
OnGame
5 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($655)
CO ($393)
Alexos ($1,102)
SB ($691.10)
BB ($953.90)

Pre-Flop: ($15, 5 players) Alexos is BTN
2 folds, Alexos raises to $25, SB calls $20, BB calls $15

Flop: ($75, 3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Alexos bets $50, SB raises to $100, BB folds, Alexos calls $50

Turn: ($275, 2 players)
SB checks, Alexos bets $200, SB calls $200

River: ($675, 2 players)
SB bets $366.10, Alexos calls $366.10

Final Pot: $1,407.20
SB shows

Alexos shows


Alexos wins $1,404.20 (net +$713.10)

SB lost $691.10
BB lost $25


Posted the results here but will prolly mix it up in the future to generate a little more discussion on these. I have not done any studying today, hopefully tmr I get on it.

Originally Posted by Alexos

glad to see you made a full recovery! Nah I actually did the hamstring tendon, I have no knee discomfort, just the (std?) numbness below my knee in the tibia area. My knee sometimes cracks, but hopefully this is just my patella not being perfectly aligned, and not some meniscus damage.

Do you wear a brace when playing sports?

Nope, no brace. Only time I actually wore a brace on my knee was for the first 2 weeks or so after surgery. Ever since I've been brace free. It's better than way in my opinion so you don't rely on it as a crutch and can actually make a full recovery. I honestly don't play sports like I used to anymore, since I've recently graduated from college, but I do lift and run hills. Thinking about getting back into basketball in the coming months since its so damn cold and weights get boring (and I'd like to dunk again).

Good luck to you, and the hard work definitely pays off!

874 hands, -480$. Played great today, only 6 tabling. Made one bad call that I sorta regret, but have to say I went with my reads today and tried to maximize value each and every hand instead of autopiloting a few

1) Villain cold 4bets in steal spots super often, he's also seen me 3b BTN a few times now because he's rather loose, so I figured I have a decent hand to shove with.

$5/$10 No Limit Holdem
OnGame
4 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
CO ($990)
BTN ($1,816)
Alexos ($1,307)
BB ($1,000)

Pre-Flop: ($15, 4 players) Alexos is SB
1 fold, BTN raises to $30, Alexos raises to $100, BB raises to $230, BTN folds, Alexos goes all-in $1,307, BB calls $770

Flop: ($2,337, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: ($2,337, 2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($2,337, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $2,337
Alexos shows

BB shows


Alexos wins $2,335 (net +$1,028)

BB lost $1,000
BTN lost $30

2) No particular reads other that he's loose and on the passive side. I'd definitely expect people to lead 5x, FDs, QK on turn. And I can't have QK or flush almost ever since I didn't cbet flop. I get owned a lot in spots like these because villains aren't thinking about my range and aren't turning hands into bluffs here, but I expect ppl to play better at 5/10 than 2/4.

$5/$10 No Limit Holdem
OnGame
5 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($1,000)
CO ($1,182.50)
Alexos ($1,062)
SB ($2,642)
BB ($1,021.50)

Pre-Flop: ($15, 5 players) Alexos is BTN
2 folds, Alexos raises to $25, 1 fold, BB calls $15

Flop: ($55, 2 players)
BB checks, Alexos checks

Turn: ($55, 2 players)
BB checks, Alexos bets $40, BB calls $40

River: ($135, 2 players)
BB checks, Alexos bets $100, BB raises to $435, Alexos calls $335

Final Pot: $1,005
BB shows

Alexos shows


Alexos wins $1,002 (net +$502)

BB lost $500

3)Same villain as the 44 hand. He'd 4b AQ/AK pre, most likely bet TJ, diamonds on turn. Seems like a perfect spot to get him off his most likely holdings AT/AJ. I only rep 55, combo draws that were going to c/r turn, and AQ, but it's okay to focus more on his range until he proves otherwise.

$5/$10 No Limit Holdem
OnGame
4 Players
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Stacks:
CO ($1,188)
BTN ($928)
SB ($2,822.25)
Alexos ($1,256.25)

Pre-Flop: ($15, 4 players) Alexos is BB
1 fold, BTN raises to $25, 1 fold, Alexos raises to $90, BTN calls $65

Flop: ($185, 2 players)
Alexos bets $100, BTN calls $100

Turn: ($385, 2 players)
Alexos checks, BTN checks

River: ($385, 2 players)
Alexos checks, BTN bets $195, Alexos goes all-in $1,066.25, BTN folds

Final Pot: $1,646.25

Alexos wins $1,644.25 (net +$388)

BTN lost $385

4) My questionnable call. Villain is rather loose and 3bets 17% from SB, but rather passive postflop. A lot of draws missed and you can think it's probably exploitable to always fold Kx here (We'd raise alot of good draws on flop, so Kx makes up most of our range), but vs him it's probably okay to muck on river. Not too happy about this.

$5/$10 No Limit Holdem
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5 Players
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Stacks:
UTG ($1,047)
CO ($1,254)
Alexos ($1,334)
SB ($1,267)
BB ($1,048)

Pre-Flop: ($15, 5 players) Alexos is BTN
2 folds, Alexos raises to $25, SB raises to $95, 1 fold, Alexos calls $70

Flop: ($200, 2 players)
SB bets $100, Alexos calls $100

Turn: ($400, 2 players)
SB bets $200, Alexos calls $200

River: ($800, 2 players)
SB bets $872, Alexos calls $872

Final Pot: $2,544
SB shows


SB wins $2,541 (net +$1,274)

Alexos lost $1,267



5) Aggro reg villain. New sn so don't know much about his game. I'd say his range is pretty strong, 66,99,TT,JJ,KJs,KQ,KTs. I thought this was okay but looking at this range I don't even think sets fold on river, but I'd expect KT KJ JJ TT to fold. It has to work about 40% of the time i think so it can't be that bad though if we start counting combos, plus the fact we can discount some sets. Guess he had KXdd or TJdd?

$5/$10 No Limit Holdem
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5 Players
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Stacks:
UTG ($2,104)
Alexos ($1,072)
BTN ($1,000)
SB ($2,613.90)
BB ($1,229)

Pre-Flop: ($15, 5 players) Alexos is CO
UTG raises to $30, Alexos calls $30, 2 folds, BB calls $20

Flop: ($95, 3 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, Alexos bets $65, BB calls $65, UTG folds

Turn: ($225, 2 players)
BB checks, Alexos bets $170, BB calls $170

River: ($565, 2 players)
BB checks, Alexos bets $440, BB goes all-in $964, Alexos folds

Final Pot: $1,969

BB wins $1,966 (net +$737)

UTG lost $30
Alexos lost $705


Gonna play some more later.

1k hands, up 3.6k. Again playing very well, regardless of results. I know I'm playing well because I'm:

1) Thinking about ranges every hand
2) Trying to apply whatever I studied about my opponents, every hand
3) Going with my reads every hand
4) Taking 5-10 seconds to think things through before making a decision

It's so damn easy to fall into autopiloting, and I feel like even if I felt I was playing my A-game in the past, I just wasn't, because A-game can have many definitions. I finally refined my definition of what A-game should be, and eventually it will show up in my results.

I really don't like that 99 hand. I don't think its true that people will mostly bet JT/diamonds etc on turn. Lots of ppl will try a delayed steal, and bet river when checked to again.

Especially when a huge portion of our made hands will check this turn,most ppl will try to be balanced by checking draws too. I mean, how much of our range is really betting this turn?

Meh about the AJ on K69. But I do think that if you fire turn you gotta fire river. Most of his range will always call down to the river and re-eval.