Biggest leak: myself

i am starting this because is weird talking to myself around the house since i have no one at home to talk about poker and also i need a constant reminder that even tho learned a lot from you i am still not a poker player and i still do some really stupid mistakes.

gonna use this thread to post my every day losing hands and analyze them here and maybe some of you will help me with advices on what and where i am doing wrong . also i am gonna post hands where i was unsure to cbet , float flop or fire a second barrel on turn.

most hands will be stupid mistakes i made, i know that very well, still gonna post them so that i will have a constant reminder that i have to fold and that i am still a big donk.

i dont care about results, the only thing i am interested is if my play is ok, no matter i won or lost the hand.


for the beginning losing hands from yesterdays sess, was 3BI down at the end of it, w/o this hands would have been a very good sess:

#1
i have been at the table for about 15 hands, and seen him shove half of them. one time he got called by a short stack and seen him at SD with 44. i called his 3bet AI now cause AK vs 22+,AK ( teh range i gave him) has 43% equity. maybe was better to fold?

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saw flop | saw showdown

BB ($3.17)
UTG ($2)
Hero (UTG+1) ($5)
MP1 ($4.58)
MP2 ($10.34)
CO ($6.95)
Button ($12.67)
SB ($2.45)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with K, A
1 fold, Hero bets $0.20, 1 fold, MP2 calls $0.20, CO raises to $6.95 (All-In), 3 folds, Hero calls $4.80 (All-In), 1 fold

Flop: ($10.27) 10, 2, 7 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: ($10.27) 4 (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($10.27) 2 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $10.27 | Rake: $0.51
Main pot: $10.27 between Hero and CO, won by CO

Results:
Hero had K, A (one pair, twos).
CO had K, A (flush, Ace high).
Outcome: CO won $9.76


#2

here i called pre cause i was getting very good pot odds, 5:1 and also to hit a high equity flop, but i forgot that they have blockers for my hand.

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saw flop | saw showdown

SB ($7.77)
Hero (BB) ($6.59)
UTG ($1.81)
UTG+1 ($1.95)
MP1 ($3.75)
MP2 ($4.32)
MP3 ($1.24)
CO ($5)
Button ($6.28)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q, K
2 folds, MP1 bets $0.20, MP2 calls $0.20, MP3 calls $0.20, CO calls $0.20, 2 folds, Hero calls $0.15

Flop: ($1.02) K, J, 3 (5 players)
Hero checks, MP1 checks, MP2 bets $0.30, MP3 calls $0.30, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.30, 1 fold

at that time, floating flop seemed ok to me, i had TP 3rd kicker, since there were a lot of gutshots and FD in opps ranges besides TPTK. and sets

Turn: ($1.92) K (3 players)
Hero checks, MP2 bets $3.82 (All-In), 1 fold,

here was a deff fold, since he only shoves AK,JJ,33 (even tho was hard for me to put him on 33) and very rare AQss and QQ as a bluff... but i did call ... my mistake.

Hero calls $3.82

River: ($9.56) 4 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $9.56 | Rake: $0.47
Main pot: $9.56 between Hero and MP2, won by MP2

Results:
Hero had Q, K (three of a kind, Kings).
MP2 had 3, 3 (full house, threes over Kings).
Outcome: MP2 won $9.09

#3

another stupid call

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saw flop | saw showdown

BB ($4.20)
UTG ($5.05)
Hero (UTG+1) ($8.62)
MP1 ($4.73)
MP2 ($6.21)
MP3 ($7.56)
CO ($9.84)
Button ($8.32)
SB ($4.83)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with A, Q
1 fold, Hero bets $0.20, 3 folds, CO calls $0.20, 3 folds

Flop: ($0.47) 2, A, 10 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.38, CO calls $0.38

Turn: ($1.23) 6 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $1.17,

so FD is complete here, and i only beat now AJ that he might call flop and i get beat by a lot of AK and flush combos but still i call...

Hero calls $1.17

River: ($3.57) J (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $2.55, Hero calls $2.55

Total pot: $8.67 | Rake: $0.42
Main pot: $8.67 between Hero and CO, won by CO

Results:
Hero mucked A, Q (one pair, Aces).
CO had K, J (flush, King high).
Outcome: CO won $8.25

#4

villain is unknow, opened raise 2 times and didnt got called and won a small pot in BB with K7o ck to him .

when he limp UTG i gave him 22-TT, Axs, and some small SC

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saw flop | saw showdown

MP2 ($8)
MP3 ($6.30)
CO ($5)
Hero (Button) ($5.17)
SB ($1.95)
BB ($5.07)
UTG ($5.37)
UTG+1 ($5.74)
MP1 ($7.26)

Preflop: Hero is Button with J, J
UTG calls $0.05, 5 folds, Hero bets $0.20, 2 folds, UTG calls $0.15

Flop: ($0.47) 2, 5, 5 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $0.40, UTG calls $0.40

calling flop i give him 22, 56s, 45s, 66-TT, A3s,A4s,A2s,A5s

Turn: ($1.27) 2 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $1.21, UTG calls $1.21

i bet again for value vs 66-TT and A3s,A4s, wich are 38 combos and combos that beat me are 22,55 , A2s,A5s,65s,45s 10 combos

River: ($3.69) 6 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $2.40, UTG calls $2.40

river just gives him another 3combos have me beat, but in my opinion i still have enough equity to win so i bet.

never put him on QQ+, should i ?

Total pot: $8.49 | Rake: $0.41
Main pot: $8.49 between Hero and UTG, won by UTG

Results:
Hero had J, J (two pair, Jacks and fives).
UTG had A, A (two pair, Aces and fives).
Outcome: UTG won $8.08

#5

preflop range i give him 88+,AJs+,AJo+

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saw flop | saw showdown

MP1 ($6)
MP2 ($3.56)
CO ($2)
Hero (Button) ($7.22)
SB ($5.59)
BB ($4.93)
UTG ($1.31)
UTG+1 ($5)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 5, 5
5 folds, Hero bets $0.15, 1 fold, BB raises to $0.30, Hero calls $0.15

Flop: ($0.62) 3, J, 9 (2 players)
BB bets $0.40, Hero calls $0.40

i call flop cause he would cbet all of his range here.

Turn: ($1.42) 4 (2 players)
BB bets $1.35, Hero raises to $2.70, BB calls $1.35

he's betting range here is 99,JJ,AKss,AQss,AJ,TT 24 combos. when i minraise i need him to fold 50% so AJ , TT are 16 combos and that would be enough.

River: ($6.82) 7 (2 players)
BB bets $1.53 (All-In), Hero folds

folded cause there is nothing in his river range that i beat besides AKss, AQss which are just 2 combos.

Total pot: $6.82 | Rake: $0.33
Main pot: $6.82 returned to BB

Results:
BB didn't show
Outcome: BB won $6.49

#6

villain came in with 200bb, he is complete unknown.

when he 3bet AI in SB i just think is a bluff,,,, should i just fold here vs unknowns?

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saw flop | saw showdown

MP2 ($8.13)
MP3 ($3.93)
CO ($5)
Hero (Button) ($5.13)
SB ($10.02)
BB ($8)
UTG ($12.38)
UTG+1 ($1.93)
MP1 ($6.01)

Preflop: Hero is Button with J, J
6 folds, Hero bets $0.15, SB raises to $10.02 (All-In), 1 fold, Hero calls $4.98 (All-In)

Flop: ($10.31) 4, 8, A (2 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: ($10.31) 9 (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($10.31) K (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $10.31 | Rake: $0.51
Main pot: $10.31 between Hero and SB, won by SB

Results:
Hero had J, J (one pair, Jacks).
SB had A, A (three of a kind, Aces).
Outcome: SB won $9.80

#7

UTG is a dumbass ATC limp/call pre, and postflop he calls to SD anything from a pair+ w/o reraising set, 2 pairs.

BUT i dont know much about him, but preflop i give him 22-JJ,89s+,Axs,ATo+

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saw flop | saw showdown

Hero (UTG+1) ($9.32)
MP1 ($2.03)
MP2 ($2)
CO ($4.43)
Button ($4.41)
SB ($6.21)
BB ($4.81)
UTG ($5.11)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with K, K
UTG calls $0.05, Hero bets $0.25, 3 folds, Button calls $0.25, 2 folds, UTG calls $0.20

Flop: ($0.82) 3, 4, J (3 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $0.78, Button calls $0.78, UTG calls $0.78

no one reraised flop, and with a FD on the flop and 3way, i discounted set combos from BUT range, and just gave him Jx,FDs
UTG already told you he just calls any pair+ and folds air... so my range for him is damn wide.

Turn: ($3.16) 7 (3 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $3.01, Button raises to $3.38 (All-In), UTG raises to $4.08 (All-In), Hero calls $1.07

on turn, i knew that that UTG will call with his entire range and BUT may call again on his FD and Jx, any bet i make would make them pot commited so i thought i psb myself since i was gonna call any river with the odds i was gonna get. about 12:1 if they were both AI on river.


River: ($14.70) 10 (3 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $14.70 | Rake: $0.72
Main pot: $13.30 between Hero, Button and UTG, won by Button
Side pot 1: $1.40 between Hero and UTG, won by UTG

Results:
Button had J, J (three of a kind, Jacks).
UTG had 3, J (two pair, Jacks and threes).
Hero had K, K (one pair, Kings).
Outcome: Button won $12.65, UTG won $1.33

was it wrong to discount set combos from BUT range on flop?

it would help if you didn't post so many hands at once if you're looking to get comments on how you played them.

1. definitely call the AI pre

2. you played preflop/flop perfectly now call the turn. he could have worse Kx or flush draws. you didn't post any reads so assuming he's an unknown you have to call the turn

3. if you check the turn with AxQs it must be with the intention of calling a PSB or smaller. I like checking the turn to give worse Ax a chance to check behind and maybe pay off a small river bet. as played call turn/re eval river

4. you played it perfectly. i like the bet sizing also

5. the board texture and your equity vs your opponents range on said board texture is more relevant to whether to call/fold to his cbet than the fact that he would cbet 100% -- which isn't an assumption I necessarily agree with. on a J93ss you have 10% equity vs any better pair and ~60% equity versus all overcard + draw hands. additionally without a specific read how often he checks the turn or double barrels (and what hands he is double barreling with) you aren't going to be able to make profitable decisions on the turn.

I think calling preflop was probably fine but I would do with the intention of trying to flop a set or get to showdown without putting more money into the pot.

6. meh I'd call since he's an unknown and it's microstakes.

7. I think you actually know plenty about villain based on the first bit of information you provided.

you played this hand fine too.


don't be so results oriented good luck with your operation!

The 55 hand is the only one that is definitely spew. - I agree with zer0skill about the flop.

Only got to the JJ hand, but that JJ river is definitely a value bet.

haiiiide baii!!

@ Alexos

i am gonna try the most important hands in the sess so they are not gonna be so many.

ty for replying and beeing kind to me... i was expecting something like " damn... quit poker man! " ...

sometimes i am results oriented and that aint good, also i mostly think that any hand lost is spew... this aint good also... gonna try and get better in al aspects of the game...

now, about yesterdays sess, went better, 1BI up over 1k hands... here are some hands:

#1
MP3 preflop range from what i seen him play is 22-TT, Axs.
CO preflop range is 22-JJ, 56s+,97s+, ATo+
BB i really dont know what to say about him.

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saw flop

CO ($1.88)
Hero (Button) ($7.28)
SB ($2.78)
BB ($12.11)
UTG ($6.22)
UTG+1 ($5)
MP1 ($9.18)
MP2 ($1.20)
MP3 ($6.06)

Preflop: Hero is Button with J, 10
4 folds, MP3 bets $0.15, CO calls $0.15, Hero calls $0.15, 1 fold, BB calls $0.10

Flop: ($0.62) J, 2, 9 (4 players)
BB checks, MP3 bets $0.75, CO calls $0.75, Hero calls $0.75, 1 fold

MP3 overbet seemed to me like a scared PP that didnt hit a set, so my range for him here is just PP, but also can be 99,22 scared of the straigh draw or a bigger set.
when CO calls i put him on Jx,QT,8T,9T,89,JJ,99

Turn: ($2.87) 2 (3 players)
MP3 checks, CO checks, Hero bets $2.73, MP3 calls $2.73, CO calls $0.98 (All-In)

when they bot ck here, i thought they ck their full's but also the rest of their range, i decided to value bet my TP since i think MP will call TT and CO will call all of its range since he is pot commited.

River: ($9.31) 3 (3 players, 1 all-in)
MP3 bets $2.43 (All-In),

i am getting here 6:1 odds if i call, that means that i have to be good like 15% to be a +EV call... his betting range is 99,22,TT.
the 3 doesnt complete any draws, so i think i am also good vs CO's range for calling the turn.

so i called.

#2

MP2 preflop: 22-AA, AJs+,
CO preflop: AJ,AQ, 22-JJ, 78s+

i should have 3 bet pre... but i didnt.


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saw flop

UTG+1 ($6.29)
MP1 ($5.05)
MP2 ($3.63)
CO ($15.29)
Button ($2.95)
SB ($6.02)
Hero (BB) ($5)
UTG ($4.98)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q, Q
3 folds, MP2 bets $0.20, CO calls $0.20, 2 folds, Hero calls $0.15

Flop: ($0.62) 7, 10, 10 (3 players)
Hero bets $0.50, 1 fold, CO raises to $1.15, Hero raises to $4.80 (All-In), CO calls $3.65

first i make a value bet, hoping to be called by JJ,89,99,88,AK non believer.

when CO raises me i put him on 77,9T,TJ,99,88,JJ,89 and vs this range i am good and i think he will call me here with all of his range, cause i seen him calling flop AI on OESD, NFD.

Turn: ($10.22) J (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($10.22) J (2 players, 1 all-in)

#3

dont know opps here but giving stack size and position i put them pre on SC, PP up to JJ, Axs, suited boradways.

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saw flop

SB ($2.42)
BB ($3)
UTG ($17.57)
Hero (UTG+1) ($8.92)
MP1 ($5.14)
MP2 ($3.88)
MP3 ($8.44)
CO ($3.78)
Button ($12.83)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with A, A
1 fold, Hero bets $0.20, 3 folds, CO calls $0.20, 2 folds, BB calls $0.15

Flop: ($0.62) 2, 6, 9 (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.50, CO calls $0.50, 1 fold

when CO called i put him on set 22,66,99 ( i would expect a set to reraise on FD flop, but some dont), 78s,89s,9Ts,88,TT,JJ, JTdd+ w/o Ad wich i have.

Turn: ($1.62) 8 (2 players)
Hero bets $1.31, CO raises to $2.62, Hero raises to $4.30, CO calls $0.46 (All-In)

when he minraises i think he does it with sets of course and 89, but also with the rest of his range like FD, TP+FD, TP+gutshot, OESD+FD, gutshot+FD, OESD since just calling will make him pot comitted. so i put him all in.

my question here is: did i gave him a too wide range? was this turn a fold?

River: ($7.78) Q (2 players, 1 all-in)

#4


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saw flop

MP2 ($4.86)
CO ($5)
Button ($3.92)
SB ($3.95)
Hero (BB) ($6.02)
UTG ($5.16)
UTG+1 ($3.97)
MP1 ($2.16)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q, K
4 folds, CO bets $0.20, Button calls $0.20, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.15

Flop: ($0.62) 9, 2, 10 (3 players)
Hero bets $0.35, CO raises to $4.80 (All-In), 1 fold, Hero folds

i called preflop hoping for something like this... when he goes AI i get about 40% pot odds and have like 45% equity vs a range like sets, overpairs and AJdd.... and i folded.... dont know why...was this a call?

so tuesdays morning is when i do my weekly balance from monday to monday.... as money goes i am ok....

made 30$ in cash FR 5nl in 10k hands... not a good winrate but i will explain it later in the post
4000VPP made so another 10$
2500 FPP cash reward 25$
total 65$ this week...


i am totatlly disappointed tho in the way i played last 4 day ( friday to monday).... i went from 6 tables to 8 tables... that totally messed up my attention to opps, reads taking and started beeing a robot in smashing fold/bet/raise... that didnt work out well... gonna go back to 6 tables.... last 4 days i was breaking even every sess.

also, last 4 days i tried a little diff playing style that also made my win rate go down.

i mean i started defending my blinds more often with SC'c, Axs, suited and unsuited broadways and this also made me lose money... for now and for 5nl gonna stick to a tight range in blinds.

also tried a wider calling range in BUT and CO and started floating a lot of flops with second pair and weak draws, floating with TT-KK on board with overacards.
bad move for me.

i knew this for a while , but now i know it even bettter, FE vs 5nl players is really low since just 10% are able to fold overpairs, TPTK, TP on flop/turn reraises. this is a good thing cause i get value from their hands when holding set, 2 pairs or even better, but it means i got to stop bluffing and reraising my 8 out draws. this is a fact, i got to get back at playing ABC poker since i am making money playing that way.

another leak i have is that i still tilt pretty often and quick after one or two bad beats. have to discipline my self in not doing that. its pretty frustrating for me still, tho it shouldnt be .

i am writing random, maybe with no sense, but its a blog and i can just put down my thoughts, right?

gonna post hands in BC section, here i am just gonna say things that are not ok for that part pf the forum.

wasnt up to write last 3 days, had a bad run in 10k hands i had, by running bad i mean that i rarely hit flops, no more set to my PP, TPTK getting reraised on flop/turn, bid draws never getting my outs, hitting fishes top range and some bad beats.

i talked in IRC also about this and i know its normal to have bad runs in poker, its part of the game, just that its my first time when its been so long, for 10k hands. a good aspect of things, at least in my opinion, is even if that i did run bad, i was breaking even and not losing, this makes me happy, a little bit more confident about my game, cause in the past, a 10k run bad would have mean i was broke

also happy that my cab licence got aproved again so i wount be cashing out anymore and hopefully i will get back to 10nl soon, since i can get back to work now.


this hand, raised a few questions for me.

#1

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saw flop

MP1 ($6.21)
MP2 ($5)
CO ($5)
Button ($12.74)
SB ($5.17)
Hero (BB) ($7.63)
UTG ($2.80)
UTG+1 ($2)

Preflop: Hero is BB with ,
UTG calls $0.05, 2 folds, MP2 bets $0.15, 1 fold, Button calls $0.15, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.10, UTG calls $0.10

Flop: ($0.62) , , (4 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks, MP2 bets $0.44, 1 fold, Hero raises to $1.91, 1 fold, MP2 raises to $4.85 (All-In), Hero calls $2.94

Turn: ($10.32) (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($10.32) (2 players, 1 all-in)



first question : calling with suited broadways, SC in BB is bad in 3 way pots?

i had UTG left to act after, if he would have 3bet i would have folded, but i called hoping for a high equity flop just like this.

2nd question: is ok to raise flop here?

the only read i have is on MP2 who i know is not folding TPTK. so i have no fold equity.
vs AA,QQ,AQ i have 40% equity on flop.

Surviva said in IRC he prefers flatting since we aint folding any better hands and we are not getting called by any worse. that seemed very logic to me, also, now, 40% equity with no FE doenst seems such a good raise on the flop , but when i played the hand seemed the best choice.


#2

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saw flop

UTG+1 ($5.08)
MP1 ($8.45)
MP2 ($5)
MP3 ($4.60)
CO ($6.94)
Button ($3.84)
Hero (SB) ($5.07)
BB ($2.07)
UTG ($4.98)

Preflop: Hero is SB with ,
UTG bets $0.10, 2 folds, MP2 calls $0.10, MP3 calls $0.10, 2 folds, Hero raises to $0.70, 1 fold, UTG raises to $1.90,

UTG i dont know
MP2,MP3 range is small PP, SC,Axs.

i am raising them cause i dont like to see a flop 3 way with QQ and for value vs their ranges.

UTG unknown, and now he 4bets me , giving him 99+, AK is a too wide range?


#3

if i would have a HUD, villain stats would be 80/10 or something and i have reads he limps/call 93s,A2o,K7o, c/r sets and 2 pairs., chases any draws.

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saw flop

Hero (Button) ($6.12)
SB ($2.23)
BB ($5.07)
UTG ($2.08)
UTG+1 ($2.44)
MP1 ($4.74)
MP2 ($4.04)
MP3 ($4.55)
CO ($4.61)

Preflop: Hero is Button with ,
2 folds, MP1 calls $0.05, 3 folds, Hero bets $0.20, 2 folds, MP1 calls $0.15

Flop: ($0.47) , , (2 players)
MP1 bets $0.15, Hero raises to $0.45, MP1 calls $0.30

here he calls any Qx, any FD

Turn: ($1.37) (2 players)
MP1 checks,

the 9 gives him 2pairs (Q9) and a flush.

whats best here, b/f or check back and c/c a non diamond, non A river?