Had three spots I thought much about today that I marked:

1) So I've done some river bluffraises vs this reg earlier on which got called, so think this should be fine but idk? His cbet % are 47/64/91 so he bets river like 'always' Also, he opens only 80% so don't think he has many straight combos.

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (2 max) - Holdem - 2 players

SB: 118.42 BB (VPIP: 75.94, PFR: 48.26, 3Bet Preflop: 13.93, Hands: 746)
Hero (BB): 100.5 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A 8

SB raises to 2.4 BB, Hero calls 1.4 BB

Flop: (4.8 BB, 2 players) 4 A 2
Hero checks, SB bets 2.78 BB, Hero calls 2.78 BB

Turn: (10.36 BB, 2 players) 8
Hero checks, SB bets 7.12 BB, Hero calls 7.12 BB

River: (24.6 BB, 2 players) Q
Hero checks, SB bets 16.98 BB, Hero raises to 59.56 BB, SB calls 42.58 BB




2) vs recreational w tight pre stats but plays pretty aggro post (probes, xr's, barrels through etc.)

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (2 max) - Holdem - 2 players

SB: 146.88 BB (VPIP: 53.97, PFR: 28.57, 3Bet Preflop: 6.06, Hands: 63)
Hero (BB): 151.72 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has T A

SB raises to 2 BB, Hero raises to 8 BB, SB calls 6 BB

Flop: (16 BB, 2 players) A 2 A
Hero bets 11.3 BB, SB calls 11.3 BB

Turn: (38.6 BB, 2 players) 9
Hero bets 27.82 BB, SB raises to 127.58 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 99.76 BB

River: (293.76 BB, 2 players) 7




3) River card obv sucks, but I still thought about calling. I've seen him xr flop himself w strdraw, then xc turn unimproved w only 9 hi, and x river blanks when we have like a psb left so he can't xr bluff, meaning he takes passive lines w draws. That being said, he prob just has AJ/76/87 or something better when he jams this river. It's same guy as H1, but his river bet % was just 33 in all spots (not just cbets) so I decided against it. Thoughts?

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (2 max) - Holdem - 2 players

SB: 101.5 BB (VPIP: 75.94, PFR: 48.25, 3Bet Preflop: 14.01, Hands: 742)
Hero (BB): 198 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 5 4

SB raises to 2.4 BB, Hero calls 1.4 BB

Flop: (4.8 BB, 2 players) 5 4 J
Hero checks, SB bets 2.78 BB, Hero raises to 12.92 BB, SB calls 10.14 BB

Turn: (30.64 BB, 2 players) 8
Hero bets 21.94 BB, SB calls 21.94 BB

River: (74.52 BB, 2 players) 8
Hero checks, SB bets 64.24 BB and is all-in, fold




4) And just a fun hand to finish off with recreational w donkbet 54% flop

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (2 max) - Holdem - 2 players

Hero (SB): 107.86 BB
BB: 108.7 BB (VPIP: 82.35, PFR: 17.65, 3Bet Preflop: 5.71, Hands: 72)

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 3 6

Hero raises to 2.5 BB, BB calls 1.5 BB

Flop: (5 BB, 2 players) 8 4 5
BB bets 4 BB, Hero calls 4 BB

Turn: (13 BB, 2 players) 2
BB bets 6 BB, Hero calls 6 BB

River: (25 BB, 2 players) 7
BB bets 96.2 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 95.36 BB and is all-in

sick thread man
cool to see a thread be consistent for a year
keep up the good sir

Thanks for the kind words


So, I have some updates before the last month of 2015. Kinda late as we're already in December, but yeah I'm going to quit HU zoom for a while (well, 95% sure) as results have been going downhill for some time now, I'm not gonna blame it all on bad run as I've certainly played pretty poor for the last couple months.

Looking back at the year it certainly hasn't been what I hoped for as I'm still playing NL50, while I was mixing NL50 and NL100 6m at the start of this year, so that doesn't feel too good But now I feel very motivated to get back to 6m and hopefully have some nice results again! November I already played 24k hands of 6max, so the plan is to continue doing that for some time and see where that brings me.

I'm currently at 182k VPPs, so unfortunately not gonna make it to 200k this year which kinda sucks when I'm that close, but I just don't have the time needed in this hectic December month. Hopefully table profits are gonna make up for the lost bonuses. I also deposited some at iPoker on monday and have played 1,6k hands so far, and man there are really some big whales at that site!

I've been thinking about 'deleting' my hotkeys for Stars as I do think I'm auto-piloting too much when I use them, it's just really simple to mash them buttons robotic and not think through decisions, certainly the bet/raise/fold buttons but I might keep the betsizing ones. Same goes for the zoom format in general, so I think I'll play some more regular tables in the future.


Enough rambling, onto November graphs:

HU zoom incl. rakeback:


6max zoom incl. rakeback:



1) vs huge whale, later on he limp/min3b/5b jammed 97s

iPoker - £0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players

MP: 94.8 BB (VPIP: 12.50, PFR: 6.25, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 16)
CO: 126.96 BB (VPIP: 21.62, PFR: 10.81, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 37)
BTN: 181.78 BB (VPIP: 73.33, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 15)
Hero (SB): 100 BB
BB: 141 BB (VPIP: 34.12, PFR: 27.06, 3Bet Preflop: 11.11, Hands: 86)
UTG: 130.5 BB (VPIP: 30.43, PFR: 21.74, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 24)

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A K

fold, MP raises to 3 BB, fold, BTN calls 3 BB, Hero raises to 12 BB, fold, fold, BTN calls 9 BB

Flop: (28 BB, 2 players) 6 7 7
Hero bets 12 BB, BTN raises to 24 BB, Hero raises to 88 BB and is all-in, BTN calls 64 BB

Turn: (204 BB, 2 players) 7

River: (204 BB, 2 players) 5




2) vs another whale. Not sure what happens when we don't bink the 6 otr, but guess it doesn't matter too much

iPoker - £0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players

CO: 122.84 BB (VPIP: 29.55, PFR: 22.73, 3Bet Preflop: 14.29, Hands: 44)
Hero (BTN): 103.72 BB
SB: 287.6 BB (VPIP: 34.58, PFR: 25.23, 3Bet Preflop: 10.81, Hands: 107)
BB: 181.38 BB (VPIP: 35.66, PFR: 24.83, 3Bet Preflop: 4.92, Hands: 293)
UTG: 64.92 BB (VPIP: 61.90, PFR: 4.76, 3Bet Preflop: 6.67, Hands: 21)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has K 6

UTG calls 1 BB, fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, fold, fold, UTG calls 2 BB

Flop: (7.5 BB, 2 players) 5 8 K
UTG bets 6 BB, Hero calls 6 BB

Turn: (19.5 BB, 2 players) 5
UTG bets 13 BB, Hero calls 13 BB

River: (45.5 BB, 2 players) 6
UTG bets 42.92 BB, Hero calls 42.92 BB

sick value jam

Plan on making a 2016 thread? I would definitely follow

Thanks, I'll prob make a PG&C again sometime in the future, but it won't be a yearly one I believe, just posting whenever I feel like it

Results been pretty mehh for quite some time now which is a bit worrying, but it also makes me motivated to study and try to play more A-game sessions.

How do you feel about the new HU changes ?
Would you consider those as good news as you play Zoom already ?

GL