Operation - Get Good

Ok, I've kind of wanted to do an operations thread for a while now and decided to do one as I feel it would help me stay focused and reach my current short term goal(s). I think if I have all my posts in one spot and am posting results etc it will keep me on track for getting to where I want to go.

Over the past 4 or 5 SnG's I haven't been playing very well and am making silly mistakes. This comes down to me not stopping and thinking about the hand, where I'm at in the hand, what I hope to achieve with my bets, making silly bets and silly calls when I know I'm more than likely to be behind.

Having this thread running I hope to plug the leaks I have in my current game and hope, at the end of it, I've improved my overall game and improved my push/fold game. I will stop the thread when I feel I have plugged leaks or I hit my target bankroll.

In this thread I will post the following:

1) Full tourney HH's for review.
2) Current stats e.g. - games played, ROI%, ITM%, bankroll,
3) HH's for the bubble part of SnG's.
4) Heads Up HH's
5) Various hands e.g. - Hands I think I played bad, hands I think I played good, hands I have trouble with, post flop hands for review and various
others.

Goals
1) Plug leaks - Think about the whole hand. Use the time I'm given to think about my move.
2) When I bet, think about why I bet and what I'm trying to achieve by betting.
3) Improve my push/fold game. (This is coming on well using SNGWIZ but will hopefully improve more by posting hands)
2) bankroll aim - $300

I aim to play around 20-25 $6.50 Turbos per week as I only play 1 table at a time . I will update my results, ITM%, bankroll and ROI% once a week (lets say every Tuesday as I have time in the mornings to do this before work)

Please let this stay in the SNG forums.

Ok to start here is my current stats over my last 103 SnG's:

Bankroll $118.07
ROI% 33.1%
ITM% 44.7%

here is my placings over the 103 games:
1sts - 21
2nds - 11
3rds - 14
bubbled - 14

I will try to update the thread as often as I can but I don't always have time as I work full time and I play at a high level of Football (soccer) and have to go training twice a week and play games on a Saturday. (Luckily its pre season ATM )

Wish me luck

Good luck sir.

Originally Posted by Random_Hero

Ok to start here is my current stats over my last 103 SnG's:

Bankroll $118.07
ROI% 33.1%
ITM% 44.7%

here is my placings over the 103 games:
1sts - 21
2nds - 11
3rds - 14
bubbled - 14

Wish me luck

Nice stats so far
Good Luck and keep up the hard work!

This sounds good, I've been thinking about becoming more serious as well, maybe watching you will help me as well.

Good Luck chief.

Good Luck. Sounds like you're off to a strong start, what was your initial roll? Did you start off playing $6.50's? $118 seems way to low with that kind of success so far so I figure you must have lost a good chunk of change somewhere or cashed out.

I try not to be too serious, because then I just start to feel bad with my lack of progress and inability to play more than 20 SnG's a weeks, but considering we seem to be in a similar spot goal/skill wise I'll try to follow along with you.

Good luck man. You're more than good enough to beat the $6.50s, I'm sure your success will continue.

Over the past 4 or 5 SnG's I haven't been playing very well and am making silly mistakes. This comes down to me not stopping and thinking about the hand, where I'm at in the hand, what I hope to achieve with my bets, making silly bets and silly calls when I know I'm more than likely to be behind.

A question on this, are you setting up in an environment relatively free of distractions? Its often when your mind isnt 100% on your game that you make these mistakes. One thing I've come to realise is that it often only takes one or two little mistakes to cost you an entire tourney. When I review a losing tourney of my own I can often point to one or two hands and say 'thats the one that lost me this game'.

Also I've thought about a thread like this, but I was thinking I'd make notes in a master thread like this, but still post Hands and Tourneys separately, then add a link to them from here. Just a bit less clutter.

GL, from the games you've posted and your sharkscope graph it mainly looks like variance and the occassional mistake that are holding you back. Knuckle down and you've definately got the game to suceed.

gl I will try to keep up, PM me if you want review or to rail.

Originally Posted by rubixstreub

Good Luck. Sounds like you're off to a strong start, what was your initial roll? Did you start off playing $6.50's? $118 seems way to low with that kind of success so far so I figure you must have lost a good chunk of change somewhere or cashed out.

I have always played the $6.50's with the occasional $16 (I like a gamble now and again lol). I was staked by a certain FTR regular and started with $60. When the stake finished I gave them their original stake back plus half my winnings, thats why the BR isn't as big as it could have been had I started out myself.

Originally Posted by bjsaust

A question on this, are you setting up in an environment relatively free of distractions? Its often when your mind isnt 100% on your game that you make these mistakes. One thing I've come to realise is that it often only takes one or two little mistakes to cost you an entire tourney. When I review a losing tourney of my own I can often point to one or two hands and say 'thats the one that lost me this game'.

When I play I always turn off the TV, I tend not to play when my GF is in as she watches TV, chats, etc etc and I don't have any music etc on so I'm usually completely free from any distractions. Its just now and again I'll make a terrible play which is usually caused by me acting way to quickly.

Originally Posted by FlyingSaucy

gl I will try to keep up, PM me if you want review or to rail.

Thanks Will do...

Thanks for all the positive replies so far.

1st Tourney since I started the thread last night and I came 1st

Think I played pretty solid throughout. Heres the HH for the whole Tourney. Comments please

Start from the bottom as the trimmer always does it upside down

---Tournament Summary---
$6.50 Turbo SNG: Finished 1/9 for $27.00
Data for 83 hands.
You played 25 hands (30.12%)
You raised 14 times preflop (16.87%)

-----Hand 1-----
Hero's M = 12.75
PokerStars Game #10626181390: Tournament #53828206, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/06/26 - 04:07:31 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '53828206 1' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: bmick69 (5213 in chips)
Seat 7: RandomHero83 (8287 in chips)
All players post the ante 25
bmick69: posts small blind 200
RandomHero83: posts big blind 400
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt 5 A
bmick69: calls 200
RandomHero83: raises 7862 to 8262 and is all-in
bmick69: calls 4788 and is all-in
Flop: T 4 8
Turn: 5
River: Q
Showdown:
RandomHero83: shows 5 A (a pair of Fives)
bmick69: shows 2 2 (a pair of Deuces)
RandomHero83 collected 10426 from pot

-----Hand 2-----
Hero's M = 12.10
PokerStars Game #10626180360: Tournament #53828206, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/06/26 - 04:07:21 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '53828206 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 2: bmick69 (5638 in chips)
Seat 7: RandomHero83 (7862 in chips)
All players post the ante 25
RandomHero83: posts small blind 200
bmick69: posts big blind 400
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt K A
RandomHero83: raises 800 to 1200
bmick69: folds
RandomHero83 collected 850 from pot
RandomHero83: doesn't show hand


3 2 BB (M = 12.75; r+F)

-----Hand 3-----
Hero's M = 12.10
PokerStars Game #10626178222: Tournament #53828206, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/06/26 - 04:07:00 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '53828206 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 2: bmick69 (5638 in chips)
Seat 7: RandomHero83 (7862 in chips)
All players post the ante 25
RandomHero83: posts small blind 200
bmick69: posts big blind 400
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt K 3
RandomHero83: raises 600 to 1000
bmick69: folds
RandomHero83 collected 850 from pot
RandomHero83: doesn't show hand

-----Hand 4-----
Hero's M = 13.98
PokerStars Game #10626174160: Tournament #53828206, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/06/26 - 04:06:20 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '53828206 1' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: bmick69 (4413 in chips)
Seat 7: RandomHero83 (9087 in chips)
All players post the ante 25
bmick69: posts small blind 200
RandomHero83: posts big blind 400
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt 7 T
bmick69: raises 800 to 1200
RandomHero83: calls 800
Flop: 4 5 4
RandomHero83: checks
bmick69: checks
Turn: 9
RandomHero83: checks
bmick69: checks
River: J
RandomHero83: checks
bmick69: checks
Showdown:
RandomHero83: shows 7 T (a pair of Fours)
bmick69: shows K 7 (a pair of Fours - King kicker)
bmick69 collected 2450 from pot

-----Hand 5-----
Hero's M = 13.33
PokerStars Game #10626172985: Tournament #53828206, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/06/26 - 04:06:08 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '53828206 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 2: bmick69 (4838 in chips)
Seat 7: RandomHero83 (8662 in chips)
All players post the ante 25
RandomHero83: posts small blind 200
bmick69: posts big blind 400
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt K 7
RandomHero83: raises 8237 to 8637 and is all-in
bmick69: folds
RandomHero83 collected 850 from pot
RandomHero83: doesn't show hand

-----Hand 6-----
Hero's M = 13.98
PokerStars Game #10626171619: Tournament #53828206, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/06/26 - 04:05:54 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '53828206 1' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: bmick69 (4413 in chips)
Seat 7: RandomHero83 (9087 in chips)
All players post the ante 25
bmick69: posts small blind 200
RandomHero83: posts big blind 400
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt 6 8
bmick69: calls 200
RandomHero83: checks
Flop: 4 7 K
RandomHero83: checks
bmick69: bets 800
RandomHero83: folds
bmick69 collected 850 from pot
bmick69: doesn't show hand

-----Hand 7-----
Hero's M = 13.33
PokerStars Game #10626169828: Tournament #53828206, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/06/26 - 04:05:36 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '53828206 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 2: bmick69 (4838 in chips)
Seat 7: RandomHero83 (8662 in chips)
All players post the ante 25
RandomHero83: posts small blind 200
bmick69: posts big blind 400
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt J 9
RandomHero83: raises 600 to 1000
bmick69: folds
RandomHero83 collected 850 from pot
RandomHero83: doesn't show hand


4 3 BB (Folded to RandomHero83.)
J 5 SB (M = 13.33; F)

-----Hand 8-----
Hero's M = 12.67
PokerStars Game #10626167270: Tournament #53828206, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/06/26 - 04:05:11 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '53828206 1' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: bmick69 (5263 in chips)
Seat 7: RandomHero83 (8237 in chips)
All players post the ante 25
bmick69: posts small blind 200
RandomHero83: posts big blind 400
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt T T
bmick69: calls 200
RandomHero83: raises 800 to 1200
bmick69: folds
RandomHero83 collected 850 from pot
RandomHero83: doesn't show hand

-----Hand 9-----
Hero's M = 13.33
PokerStars Game #10626165782: Tournament #53828206, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/06/26 - 04:04:56 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '53828206 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 2: bmick69 (4838 in chips)
Seat 7: RandomHero83 (8662 in chips)
All players post the ante 25
RandomHero83: posts small blind 200
bmick69: posts big blind 400
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt T 6
RandomHero83: calls 200
bmick69: raises 4413 to 4813 and is all-in
RandomHero83: folds
bmick69 collected 850 from pot
bmick69: doesn't show hand

-----Hand 10-----
Hero's M = 11.44
PokerStars Game #10626164254: Tournament #53828206, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/06/26 - 04:04:41 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '53828206 1' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: bmick69 (6063 in chips)
Seat 7: RandomHero83 (7437 in chips)
All players post the ante 25
bmick69: posts small blind 200
RandomHero83: posts big blind 400
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt 8 A
bmick69: raises 800 to 1200
RandomHero83: calls 800
Flop: 3 5 J
RandomHero83: bets 6212 and is all-in
bmick69: folds
RandomHero83 collected 2450 from pot
RandomHero83: doesn't show hand

-----Hand 11-----
Hero's M = 13.02
PokerStars Game #10626162381: Tournament #53828206, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/06/26 - 04:04:23 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '53828206 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 2: bmick69 (5038 in chips)
Seat 7: RandomHero83 (8462 in chips)
All players post the ante 25
RandomHero83: posts small blind 200
bmick69: posts big blind 400
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt 9 K
RandomHero83: raises 600 to 1000
bmick69: raises 4013 to 5013 and is all-in
RandomHero83: folds
bmick69 collected 2050 from pot
bmick69: doesn't show hand

-----Hand 12-----
Hero's M = 8.40
PokerStars Game #10626159653: Tournament #53828206, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/06/26 - 04:03:56 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '53828206 1' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: bmick69 (5063 in chips)
Seat 3: jgivg (2770 in chips)
Seat 7: RandomHero83 (5667 in chips)
All players post the ante 25
jgivg: posts small blind 200
RandomHero83: posts big blind 400
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt A 8
bmick69: folds
jgivg: raises 2345 to 2745 and is all-in
RandomHero83: calls 2345
Flop: 3 T 9
Turn: Q
River: J
Showdown:
jgivg: shows T 4 (a pair of Tens)
RandomHero83: shows A 8 (a straight, Eight to Queen)
RandomHero83 collected 5565 from pot


8 9 BU (M = 8.43; F)
K 9 SB (M = 8.77; p+F)

-----Hand 13-----
Hero's M = 9.54
PokerStars Game #10626152604: Tournament #53828206, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level VII (100/200) - 2007/06/26 - 04:02:46 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '53828206 1' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: bmick69 (5738 in chips)
Seat 3: jgivg (1995 in chips)
Seat 7: RandomHero83 (3817 in chips)
Seat 9: ukjw (1950 in chips)
All players post the ante 25
jgivg: posts small blind 100
RandomHero83: posts big blind 200
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt J J
ukjw: raises 1725 to 1925 and is all-in
bmick69: folds
jgivg: folds
RandomHero83: calls 1725
Flop: 8 7 4
Turn: 2
River: 8
Showdown:
RandomHero83: shows J J (two pair, Jacks and Eights)
ukjw: shows J K (a pair of Eights)
RandomHero83 collected 4050 from pot


A 6 UTG (M = 9.61; F)
5 6 BU (M = 9.67; f+F)

-----Hand 14-----
Hero's M = 5.53
PokerStars Game #10626146056: Tournament #53828206, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level VII (100/200) - 2007/06/26 - 04:01:43 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '53828206 1' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 2: bmick69 (5313 in chips)
Seat 3: jgivg (2270 in chips)
Seat 7: RandomHero83 (2352 in chips)
Seat 8: Alaskan_Sol (1440 in chips)
Seat 9: ukjw (2125 in chips)
All players post the ante 25
RandomHero83: posts small blind 100
Alaskan_Sol: posts big blind 200
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt Q Q
ukjw: folds
bmick69: folds
jgivg: folds
RandomHero83: raises 2127 to 2327 and is all-in
Alaskan_Sol: calls 1215 and is all-in
Flop: 9 2 7
Turn: J
River: 4
Showdown:
RandomHero83: shows Q Q (a pair of Queens)
Alaskan_Sol: shows Q K (high card King)
RandomHero83 collected 2955 from pot


A A BB (Folded to RandomHero83.)
7 K UTG (M = 5.12; F)
3 J CO (M = 5.18; f+F)

-----Hand 15-----
Hero's M = 4.74
PokerStars Game #10626136705: Tournament #53828206, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level VII (100/200) - 2007/06/26 - 04:00:10 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '53828206 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 2: bmick69 (5075 in chips)
Seat 3: jgivg (2670 in chips)
Seat 7: RandomHero83 (2015 in chips)
Seat 8: Alaskan_Sol (1640 in chips)
Seat 9: ukjw (2100 in chips)
All players post the ante 25
Alaskan_Sol: posts small blind 100
ukjw: posts big blind 200
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt A K
bmick69: raises 400 to 600
jgivg: folds
RandomHero83: raises 1390 to 1990 and is all-in
Alaskan_Sol: folds
ukjw: folds
bmick69: calls 1390
Flop: 5 5 9
Turn: 5
River: A
Showdown:
bmick69: shows J A (a full house, Fives full of Aces)
RandomHero83: shows A K (a full house, Fives full of Aces)
bmick69 collected 2203 from pot
RandomHero83 collected 2202 from pot


J 4 SB (M = 5.04; f+f+r+F)
T Q UTG (M = 4.81; F)
K T MP1 (M = 4.87; p+F)
2 T CO (M = 4.92; f+f+F)
9 5 BU (M = 7.38; f+f+f+F)

-----Hand 16-----
Hero's M = 6.05
PokerStars Game #10626118848: Tournament #53828206, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level VI (100/200) - 2007/06/26 - 03:57:13 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '53828206 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: bmick69 (3715 in chips)
Seat 3: jgivg (2645 in chips)
Seat 6: IWTFG (1135 in chips)
Seat 7: RandomHero83 (1815 in chips)
Seat 8: Alaskan_Sol (1690 in chips)
Seat 9: ukjw (2500 in chips)
RandomHero83: posts small blind 100
Alaskan_Sol: posts big blind 200
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt A A
ukjw: folds
bmick69: folds
jgivg: folds
IWTFG: folds
RandomHero83: raises 200 to 400 Min raised here, wanted action and I felt he would more than likely fold if I shoved into him. Though about just flat calling. Obviously hoping he'd shove over but meh.
Alaskan_Sol: calls 200
Flop: 6 A K
RandomHero83: bets 1415 and is all-in
Alaskan_Sol: folds
RandomHero83 collected 800 from pot
RandomHero83: doesn't show hand


4 4 BB (Folded to RandomHero83.)
T 2 UTG (M = 5.72; F)
8 5 MP1 (M = 5.72; f+F)
5 2 CO (M = 5.72; f+p+F)
2 3 BU (M = 5.72; f+f+f+F)
A 8 SB (M = 6.05; f+f+f+p+f+F)
K T BB (M = 6.72; p+f+f+f+f+f+F)
J K UTG (M = 6.72; F)
4 8 UTG+1 (M = 8.96; f+F)
T K MP1 (M = 8.96; f+f+F)
2 4 CO (M = 8.96; f+f+f+F)
J 8 BU (M = 8.96; f+f+f+f+F)

-----Hand 17-----
Hero's M = 8.29
PokerStars Game #10626078641: Tournament #53828206, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level V (75/150) - 2007/06/26 - 03:50:35 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '53828206 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: bmick69 (4090 in chips)
Seat 3: jgivg (2270 in chips)
Seat 4: ollie5050 (1000 in chips)
Seat 6: IWTFG (1435 in chips)
Seat 7: RandomHero83 (1865 in chips)
Seat 8: Alaskan_Sol (1615 in chips)
Seat 9: ukjw (1225 in chips)
RandomHero83: posts small blind 75
Alaskan_Sol: posts big blind 150
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt T 9
ukjw: folds
bmick69: folds
jgivg: folds
ollie5050: folds
IWTFG: folds
RandomHero83: calls 75
Alaskan_Sol: checks
Flop: 7 T A
RandomHero83: bets 300
Alaskan_Sol: folds
RandomHero83 collected 300 from pot
RandomHero83: doesn't show hand


A 9 BB (M = 8.96; f+f+r+c+f+f+F)
A 6 UTG (M = 8.96; F)
A 5 UTG+1 (M = 8.96; f+F)
K 9 MP1 (M = 8.96; f+f+F)
4 9 CO (M = 13.43; f+f+f+F)
K 8 BU (M = 13.43; f+f+f+f+F)

-----Hand 18-----
Hero's M = 15.43
PokerStars Game #10626056801: Tournament #53828206, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level IV (50/100) - 2007/06/26 - 03:47:01 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '53828206 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: bmick69 (2765 in chips)
Seat 3: jgivg (3395 in chips)
Seat 4: ollie5050 (1000 in chips)
Seat 6: IWTFG (1435 in chips)
Seat 7: RandomHero83 (2315 in chips)
Seat 8: Alaskan_Sol (1365 in chips)
Seat 9: ukjw (1225 in chips)
RandomHero83: posts small blind 50
Alaskan_Sol: posts big blind 100
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt A 8
ukjw: folds
bmick69: folds
jgivg: folds
ollie5050: folds
IWTFG: folds
RandomHero83: raises 200 to 300
Alaskan_Sol: calls 200
Flop: K 5 Q
RandomHero83: checks
Alaskan_Sol: bets 1065 and is all-in
RandomHero83: folds
Alaskan_Sol collected 600 from pot

-----Hand 19-----
Hero's M = 16.10
PokerStars Game #10626053940: Tournament #53828206, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level IV (50/100) - 2007/06/26 - 03:46:33 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '53828206 1' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 2: bmick69 (2765 in chips)
Seat 3: jgivg (3395 in chips)
Seat 4: ollie5050 (1000 in chips)
Seat 6: IWTFG (1335 in chips)
Seat 7: RandomHero83 (2415 in chips)
Seat 8: Alaskan_Sol (1365 in chips)
Seat 9: ukjw (1225 in chips)
IWTFG: posts small blind 50
RandomHero83: posts big blind 100
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt T 4
Alaskan_Sol: folds
ukjw: folds
bmick69: folds
jgivg: folds
ollie5050: folds
IWTFG: calls 50
RandomHero83: checks
Flop: 8 Q 5
IWTFG: checks
RandomHero83: checks
Turn: 8
IWTFG: checks
RandomHero83: checks
River: J
IWTFG: checks
RandomHero83: checks
Showdown:
IWTFG: shows 3 K (a pair of Eights)
RandomHero83: mucks hand
IWTFG collected 200 from pot


7 Q UTG (M = 16.10; F)
J T UTG+1 (M = 16.10; f+F)
T Q MP1 (M = 16.10; f+f+F)
3 8 CO (M = 16.10; f+f+f+F)
3 9 BU (M = 16.10; f+f+f+f+F)

-----Hand 20-----
Hero's M = 15.43
PokerStars Game #10626041253: Tournament #53828206, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level IV (50/100) - 2007/06/26 - 03:44:30 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '53828206 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: bmick69 (2765 in chips)
Seat 3: jgivg (3395 in chips)
Seat 4: ollie5050 (1150 in chips)
Seat 6: IWTFG (1285 in chips)
Seat 7: RandomHero83 (2315 in chips)
Seat 8: Alaskan_Sol (1365 in chips)
Seat 9: ukjw (1225 in chips)
RandomHero83: posts small blind 50
Alaskan_Sol: posts big blind 100
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt 8 7
ukjw: folds
bmick69: folds
jgivg: folds
ollie5050: folds
IWTFG: folds
RandomHero83: raises 200 to 300
Alaskan_Sol: folds
RandomHero83 collected 200 from pot
RandomHero83: doesn't show hand


-----Hand 21-----
Hero's M = 10.43
PokerStars Game #10626034469: Tournament #53828206, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level IV (50/100) - 2007/06/26 - 03:43:23 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '53828206 1' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 2: bmick69 (3465 in chips)
Seat 3: jgivg (3395 in chips)
Seat 4: ollie5050 (1150 in chips)
Seat 6: IWTFG (1335 in chips)
Seat 7: RandomHero83 (1565 in chips)
Seat 8: Alaskan_Sol (1365 in chips)
Seat 9: ukjw (1225 in chips)
IWTFG: posts small blind 50
RandomHero83: posts big blind 100
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt 8 8
Alaskan_Sol: folds
ukjw: folds
bmick69: raises 200 to 300
jgivg: folds
ollie5050: folds
IWTFG: folds
RandomHero83: calls 200
Flop: 3 8 T
RandomHero83: checks
bmick69: bets 400
RandomHero83: raises 865 to 1265 and is all-in
bmick69: folds
RandomHero83 collected 1450 from pot
RandomHero83: doesn't show hand


9 7 UTG (M = 20.87; F)
A 5 UTG+1 (M = 20.87; f+F)
4 3 MP1 (M = 20.87; f+f+F)
2 A CO (M = 20.87; f+f+f+F)

-----Hand 22-----
Hero's M = 19.87
PokerStars Game #10626023591: Tournament #53828206, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level III (25/50) - 2007/06/26 - 03:41:39 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '53828206 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 2: bmick69 (3390 in chips)
Seat 3: jgivg (3320 in chips)
Seat 4: ollie5050 (1225 in chips)
Seat 6: IWTFG (1385 in chips)
Seat 7: RandomHero83 (1490 in chips)
Seat 8: Alaskan_Sol (1390 in chips)
Seat 9: ukjw (1300 in chips)
Alaskan_Sol: posts small blind 25
ukjw: posts big blind 50
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt Q J
bmick69: folds
jgivg: folds
ollie5050: folds
IWTFG: folds
RandomHero83: raises 100 to 150
Alaskan_Sol: folds
ukjw: folds
RandomHero83 collected 125 from pot
RandomHero83: doesn't show hand


T 5 SB (M = 20.20; f+f+f+r+c+F)
7 8 BB (Folded to RandomHero83.)
9 J UTG (M = 19.87; F)
8 6 UTG+1 (M = 19.87; f+F)
2 3 MP1 (M = 19.87; f+f+F)
2 J CO (M = 33.11; f+f+c+F)
J 2 BU (M = 33.11; f+c+f+r+F)
6 Q SB (M = 33.44; f+c+f+f+f+F)
Q 5 BB (Folded to RandomHero83.)
6 T UTG (M = 33.11; F)
4 2 UTG+1 (M = 33.11; f+F)
6 Q MP1 (M = 33.11; f+c+F)
Q T CO (M = 33.11; f+f+f+F)

-----Hand 23-----
Hero's M = 48.67
PokerStars Game #10625968723: Tournament #53828206, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level I (10/20) - 2007/06/26 - 03:32:59 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '53828206 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 2: bmick69 (3280 in chips)
Seat 3: jgivg (3020 in chips)
Seat 4: ollie5050 (1470 in chips)
Seat 6: IWTFG (1470 in chips)
Seat 7: RandomHero83 (1460 in chips)
Seat 8: Alaskan_Sol (1420 in chips)
Seat 9: ukjw (1380 in chips)
Alaskan_Sol: posts small blind 10
ukjw: posts big blind 20
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt A J
bmick69: folds
jgivg: folds
ollie5050: folds
IWTFG: folds
RandomHero83: raises 60 to 80
Alaskan_Sol: folds
ukjw: folds
RandomHero83 collected 50 from pot
RandomHero83: doesn't show hand



-----Hand 24-----
Hero's M = 49.33
PokerStars Game #10625962039: Tournament #53828206, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level I (10/20) - 2007/06/26 - 03:31:57 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '53828206 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: chayalkun (1450 in chips)
Seat 2: bmick69 (3280 in chips)
Seat 3: jgivg (1450 in chips)
Seat 4: ollie5050 (1470 in chips)
Seat 6: IWTFG (1490 in chips)
Seat 7: RandomHero83 (1480 in chips)
Seat 8: Alaskan_Sol (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: ukjw (1380 in chips)
RandomHero83: posts small blind 10
Alaskan_Sol: posts big blind 20
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt A 8
ukjw: folds
chayalkun: calls 20
bmick69: folds
jgivg: calls 20
ollie5050: folds
IWTFG: calls 20
RandomHero83: calls 10
Alaskan_Sol: checks
Flop: 9 3 J
RandomHero83: checks
Alaskan_Sol: bets 60
chayalkun: raises 120 to 180
jgivg: raises 1250 to 1430 and is all-in
IWTFG: folds
RandomHero83: folds
Alaskan_Sol: folds
chayalkun: calls 1250 and is all-in
Turn: 2
River: Q
Showdown:
chayalkun: shows J Q (two pair, Queens and Jacks)
jgivg: shows 9 9 (three of a kind, Nines)
jgivg collected 3020 from pot

-----Hand 25-----
Hero's M = 50.00
PokerStars Game #10625957116: Tournament #53828206, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level I (10/20) - 2007/06/26 - 03:31:13 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '53828206 1' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: chayalkun (1400 in chips)
Seat 2: bmick69 (3280 in chips)
Seat 3: jgivg (1470 in chips)
Seat 4: ollie5050 (1470 in chips)
Seat 6: IWTFG (1500 in chips)
Seat 7: RandomHero83 (1500 in chips)
Seat 8: Alaskan_Sol (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: ukjw (1380 in chips)
IWTFG: posts small blind 10
RandomHero83: posts big blind 20
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt 5 K
Alaskan_Sol: folds
ukjw: folds
chayalkun: calls 20
bmick69: folds
jgivg: calls 20
ollie5050: folds
IWTFG: folds
RandomHero83: checks
Flop: 4 4 J
RandomHero83: checks
chayalkun: checks
jgivg: checks
Turn: 7
RandomHero83: checks
chayalkun: bets 80
jgivg: folds
RandomHero83: folds
chayalkun collected 70 from pot
chayalkun: doesn't show hand


9 Q UTG+1 (M = 50.00; f+F)
9 2 MP1 (M = 50.00; c+f+F)
5 A MP2 (M = 50.00; f+r+f+F)

Grats on the win Looks good, well played. The only thing that I would say is that I think the blinds are too high to be limping in hand 17, I would either raise or fold, depending on opp.

Hand 21: I don’t like the check-raise with you set here as this board is pretty tame. I think you could have got more out of him on the turn.

Hand 16: Meh, better to have him not play into your AA than cracking you, I’ve seen too many people get clever with AA and get busted.

QTs UTG: Wonder if you can find a push here 5-handed. It’s a bad spot and I always wonder if I’m being too passive folding these low broadway cards in this spot.

A6o UTG: Looks like it was probably 4 handed here. Not sure if A6 is the cut off for not raising in this spot, but I think you have a healthy enough stack to take a stack at a blind steal- but easier said than done.

Hand 12: A8o, is this a risky call with someone pushing a 6BB stack? You made the money so this is probably correct, but would like to see further discussion.

Hand 10: A8s heads up against a raise… I’d consider pushing over him Pre-flop, but this looks good.

Hand 1: I’m a little worried about this push… seems a little strong and you can still afford a standard raise. Glad it worked out.

Originally Posted by rubixstreub

Hand 12: A8o, is this a risky call with someone pushing a 6BB stack? You made the money so this is probably correct, but would like to see further discussion.

I think it is fine if opp has been seen pushing in this position before, which it looks like he has. Hero still has a decent stack behind if he loses.

Originally Posted by rubixstreub

Hand 21: I don’t like the check-raise with you set here as this board is pretty tame. I think you could have got more out of him on the turn.

Meh, I suppose your right. I think at the time I was quite happy to take down what was already in the pot but I think I maybe could have got more out of him looking back on it.

Originally Posted by rubixstreub

A6o UTG: Looks like it was probably 4 handed here. Not sure if A6 is the cut off for not raising in this spot, but I think you have a healthy enough stack to take a stack at a blind steal- but easier said than done.

Even 4 handed I dont like This hand UTG. its too easily dominated.

Originally Posted by rubixstreub

Hand 12: A8o, is this a risky call with someone pushing a 6BB stack? You made the money so this is probably correct, but would like to see further discussion.

As Zee said, Its fine if he's been pushing in this position before. he had been pushing quite a lot and I was happy to take a shot.

Thanks for the comments

I think instead of me answering all the commented HH's I'll comment on the ones I maybe have questions regarding etc and will take all others on board as it will take me too long to comment on them all, but keep them coming folks

Recent hand, 2nd hand of Turbo. I think I played this ok but just wondering how others may have played it.

Pre flop - getting odds to call the min raise from BB with a potentially good hand.
Flop - should I just check or is the probe bet ok? once both players called I knew I was done with the hand unless a 9 or a heart came on the Turn and even then I may still be done with it.

noted after the hand that Dirttyydugg made a donkish min raise with 10-Jos.

PokerStars Game #10642790724: Tournament #53919112, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2007/06/27 - 05:27:04 (ET)
Table '53919112 1' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Masaa (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: notilt babe (1490 in chips)
Seat 3: pyrolein (1480 in chips)
Seat 4: RandomHero83 (1500 in chips)
Seat 5: Kaspanova (1530 in chips)
Seat 6: theweeple (1500 in chips)
Seat 7: dirttyydugg (1500 in chips)
Seat 8: Lejsing (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: jacobdubbel (1500 in chips)
pyrolein: posts small blind 10
RandomHero83: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RandomHero83 [Ah 9h]
Kaspanova: folds
theweeple: folds
dirttyydugg: raises 20 to 40
Lejsing: folds
jacobdubbel: calls 40
Masaa: folds
notilt babe: folds
pyrolein: folds
RandomHero83: calls 20
*** FLOP *** [Ad Kh 2d]
RandomHero83: bets 80
dirttyydugg: calls 80
jacobdubbel: calls 80
*** TURN *** [Ad Kh 2d] [Qs]
RandomHero83: checks
dirttyydugg: bets 120
jacobdubbel: calls 120
RandomHero83: folds
*** RIVER *** [Ad Kh 2d Qs] [7h]
dirttyydugg: bets 220
jacobdubbel: calls 220
*** SHOW DOWN ***
dirttyydugg: shows [Th Jd] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
jacobdubbel: mucks hand
dirttyydugg collected 1050 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1050 | Rake 0
Board [Ad Kh 2d Qs 7h]
Seat 1: Masaa folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: notilt babe (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: pyrolein (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: RandomHero83 (big blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 5: Kaspanova folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: theweeple folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: dirttyydugg showed [Th Jd] and won (1050) with a straight, Ten to Ace
Seat 8: Lejsing folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: jacobdubbel mucked [Jh Ks]

I think calling a minraise with A9s in the BB is OK but on the flop you're looking for 2 pair or better before putting any chips in. I don't hate your flop bet but I would probably just check here.

Bubble from recent $6.50.

I think I played this well. was pretty solid throughout the bubble. Finished 3rd but thats irrelevant as just posting the bubble period.

1. stpetefan - was playing tight.
2. rui1 - was quite tight but not as tight as stpetefan.
3. GetSmart21 - solid. knew push/fold poker.

---Tournament Summary---
$6.50 Turbo SNG: Finished 3/4 for $10.80
Data for 18 hands.
You played 7 hands (38.89%)
You raised 4 times preflop (22.22%)

8 A BB (M = 9.41; p+f+c+F)
A 4 UTG (M = 9.48; F)
2 8 BU (M = 9.54; f+F)
4 9 SB (M = 9.85; f+r+F)

-----Hand 1-----
Hero's M = 8.41
PokerStars Game #10645209948: Tournament #53930873, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level VII (100/200) - 2007/06/27 - 10:48:32 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '53930873 1' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 2: stpetefan (2225 in chips)
Seat 3: rui1 (4640 in chips)
Seat 5: GetSmart21 (3270 in chips)
Seat 8: RandomHero83 (3365 in chips)
All players post the ante 25
GetSmart21: posts small blind 100
RandomHero83: posts big blind 200
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt 5 5
stpetefan: calls 200
rui1: folds
GetSmart21: folds
RandomHero83: checks
Flop: 5 9 2
RandomHero83: checks
stpetefan: bets 200
RandomHero83: calls 200
Turn: 9
RandomHero83: checks
stpetefan: checks
River: 2
RandomHero83: bets 600
stpetefan: folds
RandomHero83 collected 1000 from pot
RandomHero83: doesn't show hand

3 7 UTG (M = 8.48; F)

-----Hand 2-----
Hero's M = 7.54
PokerStars Game #10645203110: Tournament #53930873, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level VII (100/200) - 2007/06/27 - 10:47:53 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '53930873 1' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 2: stpetefan (2375 in chips)
Seat 3: rui1 (4590 in chips)
Seat 5: GetSmart21 (3520 in chips)
Seat 8: RandomHero83 (3015 in chips)
All players post the ante 25
stpetefan: posts small blind 100
rui1: posts big blind 200
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt 3 A
GetSmart21: folds
RandomHero83: raises 300 to 500
stpetefan: folds
rui1: folds
RandomHero83 collected 600 from pot
RandomHero83: doesn't show hand

-----Hand 3-----
Hero's M = 6.85
PokerStars Game #10645200239: Tournament #53930873, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level VII (100/200) - 2007/06/27 - 10:47:36 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '53930873 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 2: stpetefan (2600 in chips)
Seat 3: rui1 (4615 in chips)
Seat 5: GetSmart21 (3545 in chips)
Seat 8: RandomHero83 (2740 in chips)
All players post the ante 25
RandomHero83: posts small blind 100
stpetefan: posts big blind 200
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt 4 5
rui1: folds
GetSmart21: folds
RandomHero83: raises 300 to 500
stpetefan: folds
RandomHero83 collected 500 from pot
RandomHero83: doesn't show hand

7 5 BB (Folded to RandomHero83.)

-----Hand 4-----
Hero's M = 7.73
PokerStars Game #10645194815: Tournament #53930873, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level VII (100/200) - 2007/06/27 - 10:47:05 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '53930873 1' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: stpetefan (2650 in chips)
Seat 3: rui1 (4765 in chips)
Seat 5: GetSmart21 (2995 in chips)
Seat 8: RandomHero83 (3090 in chips)
All players post the ante 25
rui1: posts small blind 100
GetSmart21: posts big blind 200
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt A 7
RandomHero83: raises 300 to 500
stpetefan: folds
rui1: folds
GetSmart21: calls 300
Flop: 2 8 K
GetSmart21: bets 400
RandomHero83: folds
GetSmart21 collected 1200 from pot
GetSmart21: doesn't show hand

8 7 BU (M = 7.79; f+F)
T K SB (M = 8.10; c+r+F)

-----Hand 5-----
Hero's M = 6.66
PokerStars Game #10645182635: Tournament #53930873, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level VII (100/200) - 2007/06/27 - 10:45:54 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '53930873 1' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 2: stpetefan (3525 in chips)
Seat 3: rui1 (4940 in chips)
Seat 5: GetSmart21 (2370 in chips)
Seat 8: RandomHero83 (2665 in chips)
All players post the ante 25
GetSmart21: posts small blind 100
RandomHero83: posts big blind 200
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt 8 T
stpetefan: raises 200 to 400
rui1: folds
GetSmart21: folds
RandomHero83: calls 200
Flop: T 2 2
RandomHero83: bets 2240 and is all-in
stpetefan: folds
RandomHero83 collected 1000 from pot
RandomHero83: doesn't show hand

8 7 UTG (M = 6.73; F)

-----Hand 6-----
Hero's M = 5.79
PokerStars Game #10645176331: Tournament #53930873, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level VII (100/200) - 2007/06/27 - 10:45:18 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '53930873 1' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 2: stpetefan (3675 in chips)
Seat 3: rui1 (4490 in chips)
Seat 5: GetSmart21 (3020 in chips)
Seat 8: RandomHero83 (2315 in chips)
All players post the ante 25
stpetefan: posts small blind 100
rui1: posts big blind 200
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt K 9
GetSmart21: folds
RandomHero83: raises 2090 to 2290 and is all-in
stpetefan: folds
rui1: folds
RandomHero83 collected 600 from pot
RandomHero83: doesn't show hand


A 8 SB (M = 8.05; f+p+F)

-----Hand 7-----
Hero's M = 7.05
PokerStars Game #10645168823: Tournament #53930873, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level VI (100/200) - 2007/06/27 - 10:44:34 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '53930873 1' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 2: stpetefan (4075 in chips)
Seat 3: rui1 (4490 in chips)
Seat 5: GetSmart21 (2820 in chips)
Seat 8: RandomHero83 (2115 in chips)
GetSmart21: posts small blind 100
RandomHero83: posts big blind 200
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt 5 2
stpetefan: calls 200
rui1: folds
GetSmart21: folds
RandomHero83: checks
Flop: J 3 5
RandomHero83: bets 300
stpetefan: folds
RandomHero83 collected 500 from pot
RandomHero83: doesn't show hand

5 4 UTG (M = 7.05; F)
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Nevermind misread the HH

-looks good

Interesting, in my latest tourney I posted I played the bubble with GetSmart21 and had the same read. Solid player who understood positional play quite well.

Hand 1: So tough to extract value here, but I think I put in a small bet on the turn. If he wont call that, he probably wont call a river bet anyway.

Hand 5: Its these kinds of loose calls I'm trying to remove from my game. Min-raise or not, accept that you steal from position so its ok if they do too.

Hand 6: This is -EV even when villians are very tight. Std raise here.

Hand 7: Obviously nothing wrong here, but if he tries to limp very often I'd reraise him with just about anything to say no at some point.

Originally Posted by bjsaust

Interesting, in my latest tourney I posted I played the bubble with GetSmart21 and had the same read. Solid player who understood positional play quite well.

Yeah I didn't really pick this up until 5 handed when he became more aggressive.

Originally Posted by bjsaust

Hand 1: So tough to extract value here, but I think I put in a small bet on the turn. If he wont call that, he probably wont call a river bet anyway.

Yeah I usually bet as I'm always scared of giving flush draws free cards but the chances he has a FD are very slim.

Originally Posted by bjsaust

Hand 5: Its these kinds of loose calls I'm trying to remove from my game. Min-raise or not, accept that you steal from position so its ok if they do too.

Yeah, I think I need to remove these from my game also, especially this late in the game. I often feel compelled to call min raises from the BB. Something that needs to be addressed.

Originally Posted by bjsaust

Hand 6: This is -EV even when villians are very tight. Std raise here.

Yeah looked at this in SNGWIZ and it becomes a fold when stpetefan calls with 66+, AJ+, ATs+ and rui1 calls with 44+, A9+, A7s+, KQs. Any tighter and it's a push. I think they are calling a lot wider here so this should have been a fold.

Just 2 tabled for the 2nd time in my life!!

was pretty good. finished 1st and 3rd. I started the games 2 levels apart so by the time it got down to the Bubble the games were at the same stage.

The next time I do this I'll start one game then not start the next game until when the 1st game is at around 50/100 or 75/150 so that if I'm on the bubble in one game I'm pretty much in fold mode on the 1st game.

didn't really like it when I saw a flop at the same time on both tables as I felt rushed into making decisions and at one point I missed that I had a straight luckily villain checked down!! lol.

BR update - $139.00
started at - $118.00

was up to $171.00 but like the gambling idiot I am I played 2 $16's and lost both of them. I can't ever seem to finish ITM in these ......... better stop playing them for now

Heh, I'd wait for 20x to start having shots. Losing one $16 is almost as bad as losing 3 6.5s. Losing two is the equivalent of a 6 game losing streak.

Originally Posted by Random_Hero

Originally Posted by bjsaust

Hand 1: So tough to extract value here, but I think I put in a small bet on the turn. If he wont call that, he probably wont call a river bet anyway.

Yeah I usually bet as I'm always scared of giving flush draws free cards but the chances he has a FD are very slim.

It isn't about trying to take away flush odds here, since you have a boat. You should have bet the turn because if he has the 9 you are just building the pot to get it all in on the river, if he doesnt have the 9 you aren't going to get any money out of it anymore.

Originally Posted by Zee Devee

It isn't about trying to take away flush odds here, since you have a boat. You should have bet the turn because if he has the 9 you are just building the pot to get it all in on the river, if he doesnt have the 9 you aren't going to get any money out of it anymore.

I meant a bet on the flop before I hit the boat sorry. but your right I should have bet the turn

Lately at these low stakes I continualy see people betting weakly on the flop. I am trying to pick spots and steal these weak bets when I think that they wont call a reraise.

Heres 2 hands where I done this. I sit worth a steal if I have a read or if I think the weak bet is just a bad attempt at stealing the pot? or should I just forget about these at these stakes?

I've also noticed these bets are usually the size of the BB.

PokerStars Game #10643014116: Tournament #53919882, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2007/06/27 - 06:07:28 (ET)
Table '53919882 1' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Falito1988 (1577 in chips)
Seat 2: win51888 (2825 in chips)
Seat 3: Megaheiner (2152 in chips)
Seat 5: akacash76 (1345 in chips)
Seat 7: RandomHero83 (2871 in chips)
Seat 8: HIGHIQ74 (2730 in chips)
akacash76: posts small blind 50
RandomHero83: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RandomHero83 [2h 8c]
HIGHIQ74: folds
Falito1988: folds
win51888: folds
Megaheiner: folds
akacash76: calls 50
RandomHero83: checks
*** FLOP *** [Kc 5h Ad]
akacash76: bets 100
RandomHero83: raises 300 to 400
akacash76: folds
RandomHero83 collected 400 from pot
RandomHero83: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 400 | Rake 0
Board [Kc 5h Ad]
Seat 1: Falito1988 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: win51888 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Megaheiner (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: akacash76 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 7: RandomHero83 (big blind) collected (400)
Seat 8: HIGHIQ74 folded before Flop (didn't bet)


PokerStars Game #10643115679: Tournament #53919882, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/06/27 - 06:25:11 (ET)
Table '53919882 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 7: RandomHero83 (5042 in chips)
Seat 8: HIGHIQ74 (8458 in chips)
RandomHero83: posts the ante 25
HIGHIQ74: posts the ante 25
RandomHero83: posts small blind 200
HIGHIQ74: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RandomHero83 [8c 5c]
RandomHero83: calls 200
HIGHIQ74: checks
*** FLOP *** [2h Jc 9s]
HIGHIQ74: bets 400
RandomHero83: raises 800 to 1200
HIGHIQ74: folds
RandomHero83 collected 1650 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1650 | Rake 0
Board [2h Jc 9s]
Seat 7: RandomHero83 (button) (small blind) collected (1650)
Seat 8: HIGHIQ74 (big blind) folded on the Flop

Those are two really good boards to do it on b/c there really aren't any draws he will call you down with and you make him show up with a hand to beat you.

gl man, you could easily play $16 turbos if you had the roll.

Originally Posted by Da GOAT

gl man, you could easily play $16 turbos if you had the roll.

Thanks man.

Hit a bit variance and have finished OOTM the last 6 games. (2 $16's included in that ).

A-K got beat from K-Qs, villain hit runner runner flush.
A-A got cracked by 10's.

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Pretty poor week, down around $5 . However I was up to $171.00 at one point and stupidly played the 2 $16 turbos and then lost every game after that!!

This weeks resluts:
SnG's played - 20 (2x $16's)
1sts - 4
2nd - 0
3rd - 2
the rest - OOTM

BR at start of 1st week - $118.07
BR at end of 1st week - $113.67

OVERALL
SNG's played - 123
ITM% - 42.3
ROI% - 27.5

First time in a while I've been down in a week. Hopefully I'll do better this coming week. playing (and losing) they 2 $16's was pretty dumb.

1st game into 2nd week of operation and finished 1st to end the 6 game OOTM streak.

couple of hands from said tourney:

PokerStars Game #10742783959: Tournament #54441334, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2007/07/03 - 03:49:40 (ET)
Table '54441334 1' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 2: luckyman315 (2610 in chips)
Seat 5: RandomHero83 (2662 in chips)
Seat 7: MichaelF77 (3480 in chips)
Seat 9: Robout (4748 in chips)
luckyman315: posts small blind 100
RandomHero83: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RandomHero83 [Js Jc]
MichaelF77: calls 200
Robout: raises 200 to 400
luckyman315: folds
RandomHero83: raises 2262 to 2662 and is all-in shoving is correct here right?

*********** # 31 **************
PokerStars Game #10742789869: Tournament #54441334, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level VI (100/200) - 2007/07/03 - 03:50:38 (ET)
Table '54441334 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 2: luckyman315 (2510 in chips)
Seat 5: RandomHero83 (3562 in chips)
Seat 7: MichaelF77 (2880 in chips)
Seat 9: Robout (4548 in chips)
Robout: posts small blind 100
luckyman315: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RandomHero83 [Kd Kc]
RandomHero83: raises 300 to 500
MichaelF77: folds
Robout: calls 400
luckyman315: calls 300
*** FLOP *** [Ac 2h 7c]
Robout: bets 200
luckyman315: folds
RandomHero83: folds anyone raise this really weak bet? I think folding is easy here but just wondered if anyone tries a raise here. he's been min raising PF a lot and has showed down mediocre holdings, K-10, A-3, Q-J etc.

WHYYYYYYYY????

now I can take a bad beat and I've never ever posted one but this is the kinda sh*t thats been happening of late...

Oh the joys of poker... lol...

PokerStars Game #10743134256: Tournament #54443164, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/07/03 - 04:49:34 (ET)
Table '54443164 1' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: badbeatsss (1785 in chips)
Seat 2: RandomHero83 (2965 in chips)
Seat 3: FloatyDoty (1845 in chips)
Seat 6: bbsm (3410 in chips)
Seat 9: sukhjit (3495 in chips)
badbeatsss: posts the ante 25
RandomHero83: posts the ante 25
FloatyDoty: posts the ante 25
bbsm: posts the ante 25
sukhjit: posts the ante 25
badbeatsss: posts small blind 200
RandomHero83: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RandomHero83 [As Ad]
FloatyDoty: raises 1420 to 1820 and is all-in
bbsm: folds
sukhjit: raises 1420 to 3240
badbeatsss: folds
RandomHero83: calls 2540 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [Qh 2s 8d]
*** TURN *** [Qh 2s 8d] [3s]
sukhjit said, "OOOOOOOOOOOO"
*** RIVER *** [Qh 2s 8d 3s] [6s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RandomHero83: shows [As Ad] (a pair of Aces)
sukhjit: shows [Qd Qs] (three of a kind, Queens)
sukhjit collected 2240 from side pot
FloatyDoty: shows [Ts Kh] (high card King)
FloatyDoty is sitting out
sukhjit collected 5785 from main pot

Heres another hand from a recent tourney. I clearly should fold this even if oppo has been quite loose. So why did I shove it? I'm an idiot sometimes

PokerStars Game #10743291585: Tournament #54444629, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2007/07/03 - 05:18:20 (ET)
Table '54444629 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Haukka15 (3845 in chips)
Seat 3: ajp504 (2825 in chips)
Seat 5: Hood_88 (4635 in chips)
Seat 6: RandomHero83 (2195 in chips)
Haukka15: posts small blind 75
ajp504: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RandomHero83 [Ac Qd]
Hood_88: raises 300 to 450
RandomHero83: raises 1745 to 2195 and is all-in
Haukka15: folds
ajp504: folds
Hood_88: calls 1745
*** FLOP *** [4d Jh 8h]
*** TURN *** [4d Jh 8h] [8s]
*** RIVER *** [4d Jh 8h 8s] [Ts]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Hood_88: shows [7c 7h] (two pair, Eights and Sevens)
RandomHero83: shows [Ac Qd] (a pair of Eights)
Hood_88 collected 4615 from pot

Hand 1: JJ – Yep, with a limper and a raiser behind I like this push.

Hand 2(31): I like the raise here, probably make it about 700 and see what he does- I think you could push him off a weak ace and certainly a middle pair or a flush draw. If he calls and leads the turn I’d fold. If he calls and checks the turn I wouldn’t fire another barrel. C/F river.

Hand 3: Bad beat. I’m kind of in a karma spiral on these myself. I’ve had my share of my low PP’s suck-out-set over premium PP as well as been sucked out by crap pair calling my overpair push and them spiking trips. It all happens and you just gotta be happy you made the better play. It’s frustrating but I feel worse about sucking out when I made a dumb move than losing when I’m way ahead and some donk makes a bad call.

Hand 4: Man, I’m with you. I’m always lost with how to play these strong broadway cards (AQ especially, but I always get antsy with AJ and KQ aswell) against a raise with semi-healthy stacks. Calling and playing position is probably better, but you always think he could have something you easily dominate. I’d say keep this hand in a word doc and collect similar situations where you face tough decisions with these kind of cards and summit a collection of them for review.

Originally Posted by rubixstreub

Hand 1: JJ – Yep, with a limper and a raiser behind I like this push.

Hand 2(31): I like the raise here, probably make it about 700 and see what he does- I think you could push him off a weak ace and certainly a middle pair or a flush draw. If he calls and leads the turn I’d fold. If he calls and checks the turn I wouldn’t fire another barrel. C/F river.

Hand 3: Bad beat. I’m kind of in a karma spiral on these myself. I’ve had my share of my low PP’s suck-out-set over premium PP as well as been sucked out by crap pair calling my overpair push and them spiking trips. It all happens and you just gotta be happy you made the better play. It’s frustrating but I feel worse about sucking out when I made a dumb move than losing when I’m way ahead and some donk makes a bad call.

Hand 4: Man, I’m with you. I’m always lost with how to play these strong broadway cards (AQ especially, but I always get antsy with AJ and KQ aswell) against a raise with semi-healthy stacks. Calling and playing position is probably better, but you always think he could have something you easily dominate. I’d say keep this hand in a word doc and collect similar situations where you face tough decisions with these kind of cards and summit a collection of them for review.

Thanks for the comments.

Hand 4 - (The AQ hand). This should actually be an easy fold to a raise on the bubble. It only becomes a push if he only calls with AA, KK, QQ, JJ, AK, AKs. Add AQs to his calling range and its a fold!!

At least now I have learned from it and will know what do do next time.

Quick update.

Have only managed 3 games this week (1st and 2 4th's ) as I have been doing loads of overtime in work and my football pre season training started so i've been working and running and running and running lol. Will hopefully get a few games in at some point.

After reading through most of this it seems like you're making good plays to be crushing these limits, but just on a cooler.

Obviously this is unfortunate but you have your head straight so you'll be fine.

Guess I just wanted to post to give some praise for the play.
Probably be seeing you at the $16's very soon.

Originally Posted by topsoyale

After reading through most of this it seems like you're making good plays to be crushing these limits, but just on a cooler.

Obviously this is unfortunate but you have your head straight so you'll be fine.

Guess I just wanted to post to give some praise for the play.
Probably be seeing you at the $16's very soon.

Hey, thanks man.

I hope your right. and I am just on a bit of a cooler. Still need to tweak a few things before I think I'm ready to move up. Theres plenty poker to be played before I do move up so hopefully I'll be ready by then.

Thanks again. It's nice to get a bit of praise. Very much appreciated

Hand from recent $6.50.

When he called the flop reraise I thought FD or Q with ok kicker.
When 2nd Q comes Im not letting a FD see this for cheap. was the shove ok?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (8 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

MP2 (t1665)
CO (t1425)
Button (t1805)
SB (t1840)
BB (t1380)
UTG (t1400)
UTG+1 (t2615)
Hero (t1370)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with Q, A.
2 folds, Hero raises to t90, 3 folds, SB calls t75, BB calls t60.

Flop: (t270) 5, Q, 6 (3 players)
SB bets t90, BB folds, Hero raises to t330, SB calls t240.

Turn: (t930) Q (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t950 (All-In),

Im cracking up!!

last 15 games finished ITM 3 times!!!!!! down to $92.00.

I'm so pissed off with the beats etc i'm getting!! no cards, no flops, when I shove Im ALWAYS beat!!

doesnt help when I tilt and fire up a $16!! why the fuck do I do this?

AAAAAAGGGGGH!!

rant over!!

Originally Posted by Random_Hero

Hand from recent $6.50.

When he called the flop reraise I thought FD or Q with ok kicker.
When 2nd Q comes Im not letting a FD see this for cheap. was the shove ok?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (8 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

MP2 (t1665)
CO (t1425)
Button (t1805)
SB (t1840)
BB (t1380)
UTG (t1400)
UTG+1 (t2615)
Hero (t1370)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with Q, A.
2 folds, Hero raises to t90, 3 folds, SB calls t75, BB calls t60.

Flop: (t270) 5, Q, 6 (3 players)
SB bets t90, BB folds, Hero raises to t330, SB calls t240.

Turn: (t930) Q (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t950 (All-In),

Played perfectly imo, nh.

Variance is a bitch, i agree. Playing $16s wont help though as you can't let your bankroll drop much more without going to 3.40s GL, I'm sure you'll get through.

doesnt help when I tilt and fire up a $16!! why the fuck do I do this?

Dont do this. Simply cut $16s out of your thinking until you get a $450 BR. If you feel yourself tilting, less games is better than more. Play under optimal conditions. Dont play tired, dont play when drinking, dont play when tilting. Sit down at every single game determined to play your A game, and really try to hang onto this mindset while playing.

Thanks guys.

I'm on a really bad run just now. I only played 1 $16 and it was definately frustration and chasing my losses.

I went against all that I know I shouldn't do. I've got it out my system now.

I've been checking my HH's and I haven't been doing much wrong. Keep telling myself that in the long run the plays I've been making will win me money.

If my push/folds are correct then I can't argue really.

chin up, move on.

Originally Posted by Random_Hero

Im cracking up!!

last 15 games finished ITM 3 times!!!!!! down to $92.00.

I'm so pissed off with the beats etc i'm getting!! no cards, no flops, when I shove Im ALWAYS beat!!

doesnt help when I tilt and fire up a $16!! why the fuck do I do this?

AAAAAAGGGGGH!!

rant over!!

Leave the pc for a few days.
Smell the coffee. Watch sunrise/sunset. Play some videogames.
Get back on your pc when your head cools off.

If you tilt easily:

The moment you lose 3 in a row, on any given buyin, drop.
Once you win a dropped one, then move back up.
Of course, this applies specially to $5~$20 players. $30+ its different.

This way, you will avoid giving away your BR to other player's charities.

I been there, m8. Hang tough.

Originally Posted by Jack Sawyer

The moment you lose 3 in a row, on any given buyin, drop.
Once you win a dropped one, then move back up.
Of course, this applies specially to $5~$20 players. $30+ its different.

This way, you will avoid giving away your BR to other player's charities.

I think this is way too nitty. Provided that you don't move up () to try to chase your losses and you still have the BR to play the level you're at, I don't see a reason to move down just because you've finished 3 OOTM. If you're playing well then this is dudding yourself of a lot of potential winnings.

If you really are on tilt then the only real answer is to stop playing.

I wouldn't say I'm on tilt. I posted the rant thread just after playing a game in which I ran into aces when I shoved on the button with J-Qs when low on chips.

I rarely go on TILT (I guess firing up a $16 is TILT however), and bad beats etc don't bother me in the slightest it's just that this is the worst run I've been on and I f*cking hate it lol

Just need to keep telling myself that if its just variance and I'm playing well then it'll eventually come good.

Typical that I go on a sh*t run when I start up an operations thread lol.

Thanks for the replies. I'm sure i'll come good eventually.

Played 3 SnG's so far today. finished 2nd, 5th and 2nd. Out of the rut I found myself in. Have been hitting flops, cards have been holding out against flush draws etc etc.

Here a full tourney I just played. I think overall its ok. comments?

hand14 - I reraised here as I though villain was trying to steal as he had raised before in sb and had stolen blinds from BTN previously.


---Tournament Summary---
$6.50 SNG: Finished 2/9 for $16.20
Data for 91 hands.
You played 24 hands (26.37%)
You raised 18 times preflop (19.78%)


-----Hand 1-----
Hero's M = 4.90
PokerStars Game #10829875813: Tournament #54896406, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level IX (300/600) - 2007/07/08 - 10:43:13 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '54896406 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 6: peft (8600 in chips)
Seat 8: RandomHero83 (4900 in chips)
All players post the ante 50
peft: posts small blind 300
RandomHero83: posts big blind 600
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt 2 2
peft: raises 1200 to 1800
RandomHero83: raises 3050 to 4850 and is all-in
peft: calls 3050
Flop: 8 8 3
Turn: 3
River: 7
Showdown:
RandomHero83: shows 2 2 (two pair, Eights and Threes)
peft: shows 3 A (a full house, Threes full of Eights)
peft collected 9800 from pot



-----Hand 2-----
Hero's M = 2.45
PokerStars Game #10829872531: Tournament #54896406, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level IX (300/600) - 2007/07/08 - 10:42:55 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '54896406 1' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 6: peft (11050 in chips)
Seat 8: RandomHero83 (2450 in chips)
All players post the ante 50
RandomHero83: posts small blind 300
peft: posts big blind 600
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt 5 4
RandomHero83: raises 1800 to 2400 and is all-in
peft: calls 1800
Flop: Q 5 3
Turn: K
River: 6
Showdown:
peft: shows A 3 (a pair of Threes)
RandomHero83: shows 5 4 (a pair of Fives)
RandomHero83 collected 4900 from pot


Q 2 BB (M = 3.10; r+F)
3 4 SB (M = 3.45; F)
4 5 SB (M = 3.62; r+F)
2 J BB (M = 4.24; r+p+F)
2 Q BU (M = 4.29; F)

-----Hand 3-----
Hero's M = 3.62
PokerStars Game #10829851180: Tournament #54896406, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level IX (300/600) - 2007/07/08 - 10:40:59 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '54896406 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 5: 8 playboy (6880 in chips)
Seat 6: peft (2820 in chips)
Seat 8: RandomHero83 (3800 in chips)
All players post the ante 50
RandomHero83: posts small blind 300
8 playboy: posts big blind 600
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt J 9
peft: folds
RandomHero83: raises 3150 to 3750 and is all-in
8 playboy: folds
RandomHero83 collected 1350 from pot
RandomHero83: doesn't show hand


K 4 BB (Folded to RandomHero83.)
5 Q BU (M = 5.30; F)
T K SB (M = 5.63; p+F)

-----Hand 4-----
Hero's M = 7.05
PokerStars Game #10829830493: Tournament #54896406, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/07/08 - 10:39:06 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '54896406 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 5: 8 playboy (7780 in chips)
Seat 6: peft (960 in chips)
Seat 8: RandomHero83 (4760 in chips)
All players post the ante 25
peft: posts small blind 200
RandomHero83: posts big blind 400
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt T J
8 playboy: folds
peft: raises 535 to 935 and is all-in
RandomHero83: calls 535
Flop: 9 4 7
Turn: 6
River: 9
Showdown:
peft: shows 2 2 (two pair, Nines and Deuces)
RandomHero83: shows T J (a pair of Nines)
peft collected 1945 from pot


T 4 BU (M = 7.09; F)
3 K SB (M = 7.42; f+F)
5 3 BB (M = 8.05; p+f+F)

-----Hand 5-----
Hero's M = 5.39
PokerStars Game #10829817637: Tournament #54896406, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/07/08 - 10:37:56 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '54896406 1' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Drips78 (1010 in chips)
Seat 5: 8 playboy (6655 in chips)
Seat 6: peft (2060 in chips)
Seat 8: RandomHero83 (3775 in chips)
All players post the ante 25
8 playboy: posts small blind 200
peft: posts big blind 400
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt K J
RandomHero83: raises 600 to 1000
Drips78: calls 985 and is all-in
8 playboy: folds
peft: folds
Flop: Q 6 T
Turn: 5
River: 9
Showdown:
RandomHero83: shows K J (a straight, Nine to King)
Drips78: shows T 9 (two pair, Tens and Nines)
RandomHero83 collected 2670 from pot


5 7 BU (M = 5.43; f+F)
3 T SB (M = 5.75; f+p+F)
7 3 BB (Folded to RandomHero83.)

-----Hand 6-----
Hero's M = 4.39
PokerStars Game #10829808696: Tournament #54896406, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/07/08 - 10:37:07 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '54896406 1' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Drips78 (1710 in chips)
Seat 5: 8 playboy (6655 in chips)
Seat 6: peft (2060 in chips)
Seat 8: RandomHero83 (3075 in chips)
All players post the ante 25
8 playboy: posts small blind 200
peft: posts big blind 400
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt Q J
RandomHero83: raises 600 to 1000
Drips78: folds
8 playboy: folds
peft: folds
RandomHero83 collected 1100 from pot
RandomHero83: doesn't show hand


Q 6 BU (M = 4.43; f+F)
T 8 SB (M = 4.75; r+f+F)
8 2 BB (M = 5.36; f+f+p+F)
6 Q UTG (M = 9.44; F)
T A BU (M = 9.50; r+F)

-----Hand 7-----
Hero's M = 8.81
PokerStars Game #10829783340: Tournament #54896406, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level VII (100/200) - 2007/07/08 - 10:34:49 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '54896406 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Drips78 (2760 in chips)
Seat 5: 8 playboy (4105 in chips)
Seat 6: peft (3110 in chips)
Seat 8: RandomHero83 (3525 in chips)
All players post the ante 25
RandomHero83: posts small blind 100
Drips78: posts big blind 200
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt 2 A
8 playboy: folds
peft: folds
RandomHero83: raises 300 to 500
Drips78: folds
RandomHero83 collected 500 from pot
RandomHero83: doesn't show hand


J 6 BB (Folded to RandomHero83.)
A 3 UTG (M = 8.44; F)

-----Hand 8-----
Hero's M = 11.64
PokerStars Game #10829773047: Tournament #54896406, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level VII (100/200) - 2007/07/08 - 10:33:52 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '54896406 1' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: Drips78 (1280 in chips)
Seat 5: 8 playboy (3880 in chips)
Seat 6: peft (3685 in chips)
Seat 8: RandomHero83 (4655 in chips)
All players post the ante 25
Drips78: posts small blind 100
8 playboy: posts big blind 200
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt A 6
peft: folds
RandomHero83: raises 4430 to 4630 and is all-in
Drips78: calls 1155 and is all-in
8 playboy: folds
Flop: 8 9 4
Turn: 4
River: 2
Showdown:
Drips78: shows J A (a pair of Fours)
RandomHero83: shows A 6 (a pair of Fours - lower kicker)
Drips78 collected 2810 from pot



-----Hand 9-----
Hero's M = 10.95
PokerStars Game #10829770641: Tournament #54896406, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level VII (100/200) - 2007/07/08 - 10:33:39 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '54896406 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Drips78 (1505 in chips)
Seat 5: 8 playboy (3905 in chips)
Seat 6: peft (3710 in chips)
Seat 8: RandomHero83 (4380 in chips)
All players post the ante 25
RandomHero83: posts small blind 100
Drips78: posts big blind 200
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt 6 5
8 playboy: folds
peft: folds
RandomHero83: raises 4155 to 4355 and is all-in
Drips78: folds
RandomHero83 collected 500 from pot
RandomHero83: doesn't show hand


3 4 BB (Folded to RandomHero83.)
2 2 UTG (M = 10.58; F)
J 2 BU (M = 10.64; f+F)

-----Hand 10-----
Hero's M = 6.91
PokerStars Game #10829754133: Tournament #54896406, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level VII (100/200) - 2007/07/08 - 10:32:06 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '54896406 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Drips78 (1305 in chips)
Seat 5: 8 playboy (4605 in chips)
Seat 6: peft (3410 in chips)
Seat 8: RandomHero83 (2935 in chips)
Seat 9: jvxxx (1245 in chips)
All players post the ante 25
RandomHero83: posts small blind 100
jvxxx: posts big blind 200
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt K Q
Drips78: folds
8 playboy: folds
peft: folds
RandomHero83: raises 2710 to 2910 and is all-in
jvxxx: calls 1020 and is all-in
Flop: J K A
Turn: 6
River: A
Showdown:
RandomHero83: shows K Q (two pair, Aces and Kings)
jvxxx: shows 7 7 (two pair, Aces and Sevens)
RandomHero83 collected 2565 from pot


2 A BB (M = 7.44; p+f+f+f+F)
T 8 UTG (M = 7.49; F)
7 6 CO (M = 10.62; f+F)
3 4 BU (M = 10.62; f+f+F)
8 9 SB (M = 10.95; f+c+c+F)
3 7 BB (Folded to RandomHero83.)
2 Q UTG (M = 10.62; F)
2 4 CO (M = 10.62; f+F)

-----Hand 11-----
Hero's M = 9.62
PokerStars Game #10829716544: Tournament #54896406, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level VI (100/200) - 2007/07/08 - 10:28:37 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '54896406 1' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: Drips78 (1655 in chips)
Seat 5: 8 playboy (3930 in chips)
Seat 6: peft (2960 in chips)
Seat 8: RandomHero83 (2885 in chips)
Seat 9: jvxxx (2070 in chips)
jvxxx: posts small blind 100
Drips78: posts big blind 200
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt A 6
8 playboy: folds
peft: folds
RandomHero83: raises 2685 to 2885 and is all-in
jvxxx: folds
Drips78: folds
RandomHero83 collected 500 from pot
RandomHero83: doesn't show hand


9 Q SB (M = 9.95; f+f+r+F)

-----Hand 12-----
Hero's M = 9.28
PokerStars Game #10829709507: Tournament #54896406, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level VI (100/200) - 2007/07/08 - 10:27:57 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '54896406 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Drips78 (1655 in chips)
Seat 5: 8 playboy (3930 in chips)
Seat 6: peft (2860 in chips)
Seat 8: RandomHero83 (2785 in chips)
Seat 9: jvxxx (2270 in chips)
peft: posts small blind 100
RandomHero83: posts big blind 200
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt Q 5
jvxxx: folds
Drips78: folds
8 playboy: folds
peft: calls 100
RandomHero83: checks
Flop: 5 6 4
peft: checks
RandomHero83: bets 400
peft: folds
RandomHero83 collected 400 from pot
RandomHero83: doesn't show hand


Q T UTG (M = 9.28; F)
2 5 CO (M = 9.28; f+F)

-----Hand 13-----
Hero's M = 7.62
PokerStars Game #10829698527: Tournament #54896406, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level VI (100/200) - 2007/07/08 - 10:26:55 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '54896406 1' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: Drips78 (2055 in chips)
Seat 5: 8 playboy (1965 in chips)
Seat 6: peft (4825 in chips)
Seat 8: RandomHero83 (2285 in chips)
Seat 9: jvxxx (2370 in chips)
jvxxx: posts small blind 100
Drips78: posts big blind 200
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt A J
8 playboy: calls 200
peft: folds
RandomHero83: raises 2085 to 2285 and is all-in
jvxxx: folds
Drips78: folds
8 playboy: folds
RandomHero83 collected 700 from pot
RandomHero83: doesn't show hand


6 7 SB (M = 7.95; p+f+f+F)

-----Hand 14-----
Hero's M = 15.27
PokerStars Game #10829687246: Tournament #54896406, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level V (75/150) - 2007/07/08 - 10:25:51 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '54896406 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Drips78 (1755 in chips)
Seat 5: 8 playboy (1965 in chips)
Seat 6: peft (3775 in chips)
Seat 8: RandomHero83 (3435 in chips)
Seat 9: jvxxx (2570 in chips)
peft: posts small blind 75
RandomHero83: posts big blind 150
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt 6 6
jvxxx: folds
Drips78: folds
8 playboy: folds
peft: raises 300 to 450
RandomHero83: raises 600 to 1050
peft: calls 600
Flop: K T J
peft: checks
RandomHero83: checks
Turn: 9
peft: bets 600
RandomHero83: folds
peft collected 2100 from pot


6 3 UTG (M = 15.27; F)
J Q CO (M = 15.27; f+F)
5 J BU (M = 15.27; f+f+F)
6 A SB (M = 15.60; f+r+c+F)
9 T BB (Folded to RandomHero83.)

-----Hand 15-----
Hero's M = 14.27
PokerStars Game #10829660927: Tournament #54896406, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level V (75/150) - 2007/07/08 - 10:23:22 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '54896406 1' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Drips78 (1980 in chips)
Seat 5: 8 playboy (2715 in chips)
Seat 6: peft (3775 in chips)
Seat 8: RandomHero83 (3210 in chips)
Seat 9: jvxxx (1820 in chips)
8 playboy: posts small blind 75
peft: posts big blind 150
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt A T
RandomHero83: raises 300 to 450
jvxxx: folds
Drips78: folds
8 playboy: folds
peft: folds
RandomHero83 collected 375 from pot
RandomHero83: doesn't show hand



-----Hand 16-----
Hero's M = 13.27
PokerStars Game #10829658471: Tournament #54896406, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level V (75/150) - 2007/07/08 - 10:23:08 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '54896406 1' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: Drips78 (2055 in chips)
Seat 5: 8 playboy (2865 in chips)
Seat 6: peft (3775 in chips)
Seat 8: RandomHero83 (2985 in chips)
Seat 9: jvxxx (1820 in chips)
Drips78: posts small blind 75
8 playboy: posts big blind 150
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt 9 A
peft: folds
RandomHero83: raises 300 to 450
jvxxx: folds
Drips78: folds
8 playboy: folds
RandomHero83 collected 375 from pot
RandomHero83: doesn't show hand



-----Hand 17-----
Hero's M = 12.27
PokerStars Game #10829655390: Tournament #54896406, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level V (75/150) - 2007/07/08 - 10:22:51 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '54896406 1' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: Drips78 (2205 in chips)
Seat 5: 8 playboy (2865 in chips)
Seat 6: peft (3775 in chips)
Seat 8: RandomHero83 (2760 in chips)
Seat 9: jvxxx (1895 in chips)
jvxxx: posts small blind 75
Drips78: posts big blind 150
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt A 7
8 playboy: folds
peft: folds
RandomHero83: raises 300 to 450
jvxxx: folds
Drips78: folds
RandomHero83 collected 375 from pot
RandomHero83: doesn't show hand


K 3 SB (M = 12.60; f+f+f+F)
J K BB (M = 13.27; f+f+f+r+F)
J 4 MP1 (M = 13.27; f+F)
8 6 CO (M = 13.27; f+f+F)
8 2 BU (M = 13.27; r+f+f+F)
K 9 SB (M = 20.23; c+r+f+f+F)

-----Hand 18-----
Hero's M = 17.57
PokerStars Game #10829626916: Tournament #54896406, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level IV (50/100) - 2007/07/08 - 10:20:09 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '54896406 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Drips78 (2630 in chips)
Seat 3: brgira (1270 in chips)
Seat 5: 8 playboy (1795 in chips)
Seat 6: peft (3725 in chips)
Seat 8: RandomHero83 (2635 in chips)
Seat 9: jvxxx (1445 in chips)
peft: posts small blind 50
RandomHero83: posts big blind 100
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt A J
jvxxx: folds
Drips78: folds
brgira: calls 100
8 playboy: folds
peft: calls 50
RandomHero83: raises 200 to 300
brgira: calls 200
peft: folds
Flop: 5 J 5
RandomHero83: bets 2335 and is all-in
brgira: folds
RandomHero83 collected 700 from pot
RandomHero83: doesn't show hand


7 4 UTG (M = 17.57; F)
3 5 MP1 (M = 17.57; f+r+F)
T Q CO (M = 17.57; c+f+f+F)
5 8 BU (M = 17.57; r+f+c+f+F)
2 8 SB (M = 17.90; f+r+f+f+c+F)

-----Hand 19-----
Hero's M = 32.47
PokerStars Game #10829579015: Tournament #54896406, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level III (25/50) - 2007/07/08 - 10:15:37 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '54896406 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Drips78 (2880 in chips)
Seat 3: brgira (2035 in chips)
Seat 4: Gauv Gold (1290 in chips)
Seat 5: 8 playboy (1245 in chips)
Seat 6: peft (1820 in chips)
Seat 8: RandomHero83 (2435 in chips)
Seat 9: jvxxx (1795 in chips)
peft: posts small blind 25
RandomHero83: posts big blind 50
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt 6 A
jvxxx: folds
Drips78: folds
brgira: raises 50 to 100
Gauv Gold: folds
8 playboy: folds
peft: calls 75
RandomHero83: calls 50
Flop: A K 5
peft: checks
RandomHero83: checks
brgira: bets 50
peft: folds
RandomHero83: calls 50
Turn: T
RandomHero83: checks
brgira: checks
River: A
RandomHero83: bets 250
brgira: folds
RandomHero83 collected 400 from pot
RandomHero83: doesn't show hand



-----Hand 20-----
Hero's M = 42.93
PokerStars Game #10829572192: Tournament #54896406, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level III (25/50) - 2007/07/08 - 10:14:58 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '54896406 1' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Drips78 (2880 in chips)
Seat 3: brgira (2185 in chips)
Seat 4: Gauv Gold (1290 in chips)
Seat 5: 8 playboy (1270 in chips)
Seat 6: peft (1870 in chips)
Seat 8: RandomHero83 (3220 in chips)
Seat 9: jvxxx (785 in chips)
8 playboy: posts small blind 25
peft: posts big blind 50
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt Q A
RandomHero83: raises 100 to 150
jvxxx: calls 150
Drips78: folds
brgira: calls 150
Gauv Gold: folds
8 playboy: folds
peft: folds
Flop: A 2 3
RandomHero83: bets 600
jvxxx: raises 35 to 635 and is all-in
brgira: folds
RandomHero83: calls 35
Turn: 7
River: 5
Showdown:
RandomHero83: shows Q A (a pair of Aces)
jvxxx: shows 9 8 (a flush, Ace high)
jvxxx collected 1795 from pot


7 J UTG+1 (M = 42.93; r+F)
A 4 MP1 (M = 42.93; c+f+F)
6 3 CO (M = 42.93; f+f+r+F)
3 4 BU (M = 42.93; c+c+f+f+F)

-----Hand 21-----
Hero's M = 43.60
PokerStars Game #10829540805: Tournament #54896406, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level III (25/50) - 2007/07/08 - 10:11:53 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '54896406 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Drips78 (2955 in chips)
Seat 3: brgira (1485 in chips)
Seat 4: Gauv Gold (1465 in chips)
Seat 5: 8 playboy (1370 in chips)
Seat 6: peft (1370 in chips)
Seat 8: RandomHero83 (3270 in chips)
Seat 9: jvxxx (1585 in chips)
RandomHero83: posts small blind 25
jvxxx: posts big blind 50
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt T Q
Drips78: folds
brgira: calls 50
Gauv Gold: folds
8 playboy: folds
peft: folds
RandomHero83: calls 25
jvxxx: raises 100 to 150
brgira: calls 100
RandomHero83: folds
Flop: 8 A 6
jvxxx: bets 100
brgira: calls 100
Turn: J
jvxxx: bets 100
brgira: calls 100
River: 7
jvxxx: bets 150
brgira: calls 150
Showdown:
jvxxx: shows Q K (high card Ace)
brgira: shows 7 6 (two pair, Sevens and Sixes)
brgira collected 1050 from pot



-----Hand 22-----
Hero's M = 73.33
PokerStars Game #10829530807: Tournament #54896406, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level II (15/30) - 2007/07/08 - 10:10:54 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '54896406 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Drips78 (2955 in chips)
Seat 3: brgira (1515 in chips)
Seat 4: Gauv Gold (1255 in chips)
Seat 5: 8 playboy (1490 in chips)
Seat 6: peft (1400 in chips)
Seat 8: RandomHero83 (3300 in chips)
Seat 9: jvxxx (1585 in chips)
peft: posts small blind 15
RandomHero83: posts big blind 30
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt 7 6
jvxxx: folds
Drips78: folds
brgira: calls 30
Gauv Gold: calls 30
8 playboy: calls 30
peft: calls 15
RandomHero83: checks
Flop: 3 Q 4
peft: checks
RandomHero83: checks
brgira: checks
Gauv Gold: bets 90
8 playboy: calls 90
peft: folds
RandomHero83: folds
brgira: folds
Turn: K
Gauv Gold: bets 90
8 playboy: folds
Gauv Gold collected 330 from pot
Gauv Gold: doesn't show hand



-----Hand 23-----
Hero's M = 36.67
PokerStars Game #10829521702: Tournament #54896406, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level II (15/30) - 2007/07/08 - 10:10:01 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '54896406 1' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Drips78 (2955 in chips)
Seat 3: brgira (1575 in chips)
Seat 4: Gauv Gold (1255 in chips)
Seat 5: 8 playboy (1550 in chips)
Seat 6: peft (1460 in chips)
Seat 7: Buzzlight (1470 in chips)
Seat 8: RandomHero83 (1650 in chips)
Seat 9: jvxxx (1585 in chips)
8 playboy: posts small blind 15
peft: posts big blind 30
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt 5 5
Buzzlight: raises 30 to 60
RandomHero83: calls 60
jvxxx: folds
Drips78: folds
brgira: calls 60
Gauv Gold: folds
8 playboy: calls 45
peft: calls 30
Flop: J 4 5
8 playboy: checks
peft: checks
Buzzlight: bets 240
RandomHero83: raises 510 to 750
brgira: folds
8 playboy: folds
peft: folds
Buzzlight: raises 630 to 1380
RandomHero83: raises 210 to 1590 and is all-in
Buzzlight: calls 30 and is all-in
Turn: 3
River: Q
Showdown:
Buzzlight: shows J A (a pair of Jacks)
RandomHero83: shows 5 5 (three of a kind, Fives)
RandomHero83 collected 3120 from pot


7 K MP1 (M = 36.67; f+f+F)
J Q MP2 (M = 36.67; c+f+f+F)
8 5 CO-1 (M = 36.67; f+f+f+f+F)
2 4 CO (M = 36.67; c+r+f+f+f+F)
4 Q BU (M = 36.67; f+c+c+c+f+f+F)
A 4 SB (M = 55.33; f+c+c+c+f+f+f+F)
5 4 BB (M = 56.00; r+f+f+c+f+c+f+f+F)
9 K UTG (M = 56.00; F)

-----Hand 24-----
Hero's M = 50.00
PokerStars Game #10829447121: Tournament #54896406, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit
- Level I (10/20) - 2007/07/08 - 10:02:36 (ET)
Condensed history provided by the Tournament Trimmer (v1.1.2w) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com
Table '54896406 1' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Drips78 (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: christyyyy (1490 in chips)
Seat 3: brgira (1410 in chips)
Seat 4: Gauv Gold (1660 in chips)
Seat 5: 8 playboy (1480 in chips)
Seat 6: peft (1500 in chips)
Seat 7: Buzzlight (1500 in chips)
Seat 8: RandomHero83 (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: jvxxx (1460 in chips)
8 playboy: posts small blind 10
peft: posts big blind 20
Preflop: RandomHero83 dealt Q A
Buzzlight: folds
RandomHero83: raises 60 to 80
jvxxx: folds
Drips78: folds
christyyyy: folds
brgira: calls 80
Gauv Gold: folds
8 playboy: calls 70
peft: folds
Flop: 7 9 A
8 playboy: checks
RandomHero83: bets 160
brgira: folds
8 playboy: folds
RandomHero83 collected 260 from pot
RandomHero83: doesn't show hand


T 7 MP1 (M = 50.00; f+f+F)
9 J MP2 (M = 50.00; f+f+f+F)
T K CO-1 (M = 50.00; f+f+f+f+F)

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History is backwards, hands count down

Hand 19: (A6s) I don't like this call, even if you are in the BB facing a min-raise with the SB completing. You hit your ace but you really can't feel comfortable with it.

Hand 18: (AJo) Bit of an overbet hitting that flop

Hand 14: Tough Spot.. I think I'd let him have this PF as you really can't feel that comfortable with just about any flop. Reraise seems a little low. If you're playing blind defense isn't better to shove? (although last time I defended my blinds with 66 it didn't turn out so well).

Hand 9: Nice

Overall Solid. Nice work.

Originally Posted by rubixstreub

History is backwards, hands count down

Hand 19: (A6s) I don't like this call, even if you are in the BB facing a min-raise with the SB completing. You hit your ace but you really can't feel comfortable with it.

Hand 18: (AJo) Bit of an overbet hitting that flop

Hand 14: Tough Spot.. I think I'd let him have this PF as you really can't feel that comfortable with just about any flop. Reraise seems a little low. If you're playing blind defense isn't better to shove? (although last time I defended my blinds with 66 it didn't turn out so well).

Hand 9: Nice

Overall Solid. Nice work.

Thanks for the reply.

Yeah hand 19 I think I prob should have folded. It's a habit I need to break as I could have been easily dominated there.

Hand 18. I should have just made a standard bet here your right. This was me making a decision too quickly (probably my worst leak )

Hand 14 - I expected him to fold based on him doing this before and also from stealing from the BTN a few times.

Originally Posted by Random_Hero

Hand 14 - I expected him to fold based on him doing this before and also from stealing from the BTN a few times.

but I think you priced him in raising only 1.75(ish?). Around 3x his raise is usually stand for a reraise, no? (unless you want him to call and then you bait with a lower bet). Perhaps all the more reason to push given he's a repeat offender.

Originally Posted by rubixstreub

Originally Posted by Random_Hero

Hand 14 - I expected him to fold based on him doing this before and also from stealing from the BTN a few times.

but I think you priced him in raising only 1.75(ish?). Around 3x his raise is usually stand for a reraise, no? (unless you want him to call and then you bait with a lower bet). Perhaps all the more reason to push given he's a repeat offender.

Yeah I suppose it was either a shove or a fold. Again this is me not thinking about the whole hand. i.e. if he calls my raise then what do I do on the flop etc.

I guess as I have a big stack then I prob should have just let it go PF.

I'll be blunt for a second here.

You've identified 3 obvious leaks so far:

1 - Not thinking before making actions.
2 - Playing out of your BR
3 - Calling raises with crap hands from the BB.

What we havnt seen a lot of is you taking much action to plug those leaks. You're not going to improve just acknowledging them, you have to come up with ways to address them. If just wanting to isnt enough, then try to come up with some kind of system. Maybe you always take 2 or 3 deep breaths before pressing any button after making a decision. Maybe you write down exactly what hands you will call a raise with from the BB and keep it next to your computer. You've got to do something about them though.