Ambitious Aquarius | 100k Challenge
11-28-2016
, 03:57 PM
The month flew by, what else is new. For the most part, it is a month that I would like to put behind me and move on from. Although, towards the tail end of the month, I straightened out some life leaks (health, mentality, priorities). Therefore, the month may not have been something I'd draw up, but it progressed as it went on, which is positive. Here are some cliffs:
- Mental game was atrocious, tilted big time for first time in ages due to external frustration
- School took a bit of a back seat, but I will be prioritizing it now
- Health wise, cleaned up my diet and have been boozing less frequently (for now)
- Intramural soccer team started up, should be a fun season
- Dipped my toes in the market and tried my hand at some trading (went well)
Now for the poker...
✫ 15$ Hypers ✫
Volume fillers. Irrevelant sample size but there was no justice here.
✫ 24$ Hypers ✫
Not much to say here, tilted off some games at times though.
✫ 36$ Hypers ✫
Same as 24s, except with less volume and more variance (makes up for 15s imo).
✫ All Hypers ✫
Overall graph of what my month looked like.
✫ 50nl Zoom ✫
For some reason, I decided to jump into some cash games at 50nl zoom. I played primarily two tables, but at times I added a third. At times, I would grind two zoom tables and have hypers running as well, and I have concluded that it was sub optimal. It drew away my focus from the hypers to zoom and vice versa. At the beginning of this sample, I played exclusively two tables of zoom with nothing else on my screen and focused hard on each and every decision. I ran well and played well, which created a bit of a sense that I was crushing. Although, I quickly realized it was not the case. I found myself in tough spots constantly and had (and still have) clear leaks in my game. That is to be expected though. I will not even lie, but I absolutely spewed some stacks at certain points trying to be a hero. My stubborness got the best of me and I just bluffed off stacks and made inccorect calls and what not. The result was a bit of tilt. Therefore, I decided that I would just focus hard and get to 15k hands and call it quits for the month. Not sure where my future lies in terms of zoom, but for this sample, I played inconsistently and have no idea what my true winrrate is. At this point, I am just happy I profited from this format considering I played like a complete ape at times haha.
[ ] 2000 Hypers
[ ] 3.5-5% evROI
Monthly Results
Hyper Profit: 925$
Cash Profit: 640$
Rakeback: 201$
Total Profit: 1766$
------------------------
Challenge: 23266$
Volume fillers. Irrevelant sample size but there was no justice here.
✫ 24$ Hypers ✫
Not much to say here, tilted off some games at times though.
✫ 36$ Hypers ✫
Same as 24s, except with less volume and more variance (makes up for 15s imo).
✫ All Hypers ✫
Overall graph of what my month looked like.
✫ 50nl Zoom ✫
For some reason, I decided to jump into some cash games at 50nl zoom. I played primarily two tables, but at times I added a third. At times, I would grind two zoom tables and have hypers running as well, and I have concluded that it was sub optimal. It drew away my focus from the hypers to zoom and vice versa. At the beginning of this sample, I played exclusively two tables of zoom with nothing else on my screen and focused hard on each and every decision. I ran well and played well, which created a bit of a sense that I was crushing. Although, I quickly realized it was not the case. I found myself in tough spots constantly and had (and still have) clear leaks in my game. That is to be expected though. I will not even lie, but I absolutely spewed some stacks at certain points trying to be a hero. My stubborness got the best of me and I just bluffed off stacks and made inccorect calls and what not. The result was a bit of tilt. Therefore, I decided that I would just focus hard and get to 15k hands and call it quits for the month. Not sure where my future lies in terms of zoom, but for this sample, I played inconsistently and have no idea what my true winrrate is. At this point, I am just happy I profited from this format considering I played like a complete ape at times haha.
[ ] 2000 Hypers
[ ] 3.5-5% evROI
Monthly Results
Hyper Profit: 925$
Cash Profit: 640$
Rakeback: 201$
Total Profit: 1766$
------------------------
Challenge: 23266$
Evidently, I am concluding my month a few days early. The reason for this is that I have a big paper to write and two finals coming up shortly and I am unprepared as usual. I think it will be good to take a 2-3 week hiatus from poker in general. It will also be good to focus and prioritize my studies in order to finish off the semester strong. My last final is the 16th, so I do not plan on playing until then. Until then, take it easy!
Elliott
12-04-2016
, 05:07 PM
Now, I know I said that I would not play poker until after my last exam, but I was honestly too bored haha. This past week consisted of going to class and seriously working hard on a twelve page paper. The other night, I managed to finish the paper and was very pleased with how hard I worked and how I prioritized school. I currently have two finals left, but thankfully they are spread out one week apart. Therefore, I plan to study hard for them and poker will obviously take the back seat as I originally stated. Although, admittedly, I was extremely bored and felt like I was just wasting time watching tv. I ended up loading up some poker and before I knew it, 3-4 hours had passed. So far so good, feel like I am playing well for the most part!
Just need to grind out the rest of school and then it will be the holidays!
Oh ya, I have been watching a lot of those live poker vlogs, and they have given me the itch to play live. In the new year, I will have to mix in some live for sure.
I recommend watching Andrew Neeme and Jake Cody for anyone wondering! Also Wheydacheese has some good content as well.
Thoughts on this hand?
PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BTN: $72.54
SB: $50.00
BB: $134.17
Hero (UTG): $52.50
MP: $36.00
CO: $45.17
SB posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50
Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has K
A
Hero raises to $1.50, fold, CO calls $1.50, fold, SB calls $1.25, fold
Flop: ($5.00, 3 players) Q
A 4
SB checks, Hero bets $3.00, fold, SB raises to $8.37, Hero calls $5.37
Turn: ($21.74, 2 players) 2
SB bets $13.62, Hero calls $13.62
River: ($48.98, 2 players) 5
SB bets $26.51 and is all-in, Hero calls $26.51,
Just need to grind out the rest of school and then it will be the holidays!
Oh ya, I have been watching a lot of those live poker vlogs, and they have given me the itch to play live. In the new year, I will have to mix in some live for sure.
I recommend watching Andrew Neeme and Jake Cody for anyone wondering! Also Wheydacheese has some good content as well.
Thoughts on this hand?
PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BTN: $72.54
SB: $50.00
BB: $134.17
Hero (UTG): $52.50
MP: $36.00
CO: $45.17
SB posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50
Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has K
A Hero raises to $1.50, fold, CO calls $1.50, fold, SB calls $1.25, fold
Flop: ($5.00, 3 players) Q
A 4 SB checks, Hero bets $3.00, fold, SB raises to $8.37, Hero calls $5.37
Turn: ($21.74, 2 players) 2
SB bets $13.62, Hero calls $13.62
River: ($48.98, 2 players) 5
SB bets $26.51 and is all-in, Hero calls $26.51,
Last edited by Everest17; 12-04-2016 at 05:19 PM.
12-06-2016
, 01:45 PM
Just played a quick 50nlz sesh before heading to class. Managed to three table and play 1k hands and essentially broke even.
Here are a couple hands:
thoughts on this hand readless?
PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BTN: $31.98
SB: $57.12
BB: $85.51
Hero (UTG): $152.81
MP: $73.62
CO: $62.24
SB posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50
Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has Q
Q
Hero raises to $1.50, MP raises to $5.25, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls $3.75
Flop: ($11.25, 2 players) 2 3 2
Hero checks, MP bets $5.50, Hero calls $5.50
Turn: ($22.25, 2 players) J
Hero checks, MP bets $15.85, Hero calls $15.85
River: ($53.95, 2 players) 4
Hero checks, MP bets $47.02 and is all-in, Hero calls $47.02,
me after I 4bet: come on rip it in with some bs and let me hold
villain had 88
PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
Hero (BTN): $71.35
SB: $76.78
BB: $69.01
UTG: $50.00
MP: $50.00
CO: $65.52
SB posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50
Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has K K
fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $1.50, SB raises to $4.50, fold, Hero raises to $13.00, SB raises to $76.78 and is all-in, Hero calls $58.35 and is all-in
Flop: ($143.20, 2 players) K 3 Q
Turn: ($143.20, 2 players) 5
River: ($143.20, 2 players) 4
Here are a couple hands:
thoughts on this hand readless?
PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BTN: $31.98
SB: $57.12
BB: $85.51
Hero (UTG): $152.81
MP: $73.62
CO: $62.24
SB posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50
Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has Q
Q Hero raises to $1.50, MP raises to $5.25, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls $3.75
Flop: ($11.25, 2 players) 2
3 2 Hero checks, MP bets $5.50, Hero calls $5.50
Turn: ($22.25, 2 players) J
Hero checks, MP bets $15.85, Hero calls $15.85
River: ($53.95, 2 players) 4
Hero checks, MP bets $47.02 and is all-in, Hero calls $47.02,
me after I 4bet: come on rip it in with some bs and let me hold
villain had 88
PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
Hero (BTN): $71.35
SB: $76.78
BB: $69.01
UTG: $50.00
MP: $50.00
CO: $65.52
SB posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50
Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has K
K fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $1.50, SB raises to $4.50, fold, Hero raises to $13.00, SB raises to $76.78 and is all-in, Hero calls $58.35 and is all-in
Flop: ($143.20, 2 players) K
3 Q Turn: ($143.20, 2 players) 5
River: ($143.20, 2 players) 4
12-21-2016
, 08:16 PM
Couple spots from 50nlz I'm not sure about and would appreciate some input.
PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BTN: $63.08
Hero (SB): $135.67
BB: $56.23
UTG: $118.83
MP: $59.19
CO: $41.45
Hero posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50
Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has 9 8
UTG raises to $1.50, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls $1.25, BB calls $1.00
Flop: ($4.50, 3 players) T 6 7
Hero checks, BB checks, UTG checks
Turn: ($4.50, 3 players) J
Hero bets $3.50, BB calls $3.50, fold
River: ($11.50, 2 players) A
Hero checks, BB bets $15.00, fold,
PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BTN: $80.17
SB: $57.46
Hero (BB): $85.73
UTG: $50.45
MP: $47.78
CO: $200.14
SB posts SB $0.25, Hero posts BB $0.50
Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has 3 K
fold, MP raises to $1.50, fold, BTN calls $1.50, fold, Hero calls $1.00
Flop: ($4.75, 3 players) T 6 7
Hero checks, MP bets $2.35, BTN calls $2.35, Hero calls $2.35
Turn: ($11.80, 3 players) J
Hero checks, MP bets $5.83, BTN calls $5.83, Hero calls $5.83
River: ($29.29, 3 players) J
Hero bets $10.58, MP calls $10.58, fold,
PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BTN: $103.30
Hero (SB): $61.39
BB: $37.69
UTG: $49.25
MP: $127.45
CO: $81.78
Hero posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50
Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has J J
fold, fold, CO raises to $1.50, BTN calls $1.50, Hero raises to $8.00, fold, fold, BTN calls $6.50
Flop: ($18.00, 2 players) 6 Q A
Hero checks, BTN bets $6.82, Hero calls $6.82
Turn: ($31.64, 2 players) T
Hero checks, BTN checks
River: ($31.64, 2 players) 8
Hero bets $17.43, fold,
PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BTN: $63.08
Hero (SB): $135.67
BB: $56.23
UTG: $118.83
MP: $59.19
CO: $41.45
Hero posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50
Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has 9
8 UTG raises to $1.50, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls $1.25, BB calls $1.00
Flop: ($4.50, 3 players) T
6 7 Hero checks, BB checks, UTG checks
Turn: ($4.50, 3 players) J
Hero bets $3.50, BB calls $3.50, fold
River: ($11.50, 2 players) A
Hero checks, BB bets $15.00, fold,
PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BTN: $80.17
SB: $57.46
Hero (BB): $85.73
UTG: $50.45
MP: $47.78
CO: $200.14
SB posts SB $0.25, Hero posts BB $0.50
Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has 3
K fold, MP raises to $1.50, fold, BTN calls $1.50, fold, Hero calls $1.00
Flop: ($4.75, 3 players) T
6 7 Hero checks, MP bets $2.35, BTN calls $2.35, Hero calls $2.35
Turn: ($11.80, 3 players) J
Hero checks, MP bets $5.83, BTN calls $5.83, Hero calls $5.83
River: ($29.29, 3 players) J
Hero bets $10.58, MP calls $10.58, fold,
PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BTN: $103.30
Hero (SB): $61.39
BB: $37.69
UTG: $49.25
MP: $127.45
CO: $81.78
Hero posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50
Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has J
J fold, fold, CO raises to $1.50, BTN calls $1.50, Hero raises to $8.00, fold, fold, BTN calls $6.50
Flop: ($18.00, 2 players) 6
Q A Hero checks, BTN bets $6.82, Hero calls $6.82
Turn: ($31.64, 2 players) T
Hero checks, BTN checks
River: ($31.64, 2 players) 8
Hero bets $17.43, fold,
12-30-2016
, 01:49 AM
Well, this month was very lackluster to say the least. I am not in the mood to revisit the past month and dwell on things, so I will make this short and sweet with more emphasis on the future. Just to clarify, I prioritized my university finals and papers for the majority of the month and I am still awaiting my results. That is why the poker volume is basically non existent.
✫ 24$ Hypers ✫
✫ 36$ Hypers ✫
✫ All Hypers ✫
Overall graph of what my month looked like.
[ ] 2000 Hypers
[x] 3.5-5% evROI
Monthly Results
Hyper Profit: 41$
Rakeback: 121$
Total Profit: 162$
------------------------
Challenge: 23428$
In terms of cash/MTTs that I played, I ended up breaking even due to my cash in the Monday Milly. That shot pretty much saved my month from being negative and then I made sure to grind enough hypers as to not have a losing month as well.
Moving forward, I have set some goals for 2017 and am looking forward to what the year has to bring. The SL forum has a goals thread so I will just copy the goals for the year that I was planning to post there.
2017 Goals
1. Drop weight, get in shape
2. Graduate Political Science Bachelor with a good GPA
3. Have 25k in investments
4. Apply to Law Schools
5. Drop soft drinks unless it's for a mixer
6. Go on two trips/road trips
7. Learn to golf properly
8. Play live and build a cash bankroll
There we have it, if I achieve all of those things then I will personally consider 2017 a success! Thanks for reading and Happy New Year!
Cheers,
Elliott
01-01-2017
, 09:20 PM
I decided to load 100$ into 888 and 100$ into Party in order to try and run it up on the year playing some low stakes MTTs. Was not too hungover today, or at least did not feel as badly as I should have. Ended up playing a sesh that lasted much longer than anticipated because I ended up winning a very minuscule 888 tournament. Regardless of the dollar amount, honestly just felt good to play well today and win something. Was not planning on checking my results for hypers, but saw by accident and day did not go well, but that's just variance. Pretty happy with how the day went and the effort that I put in!
01-03-2017
, 06:37 PM
It was an interesting day of poker today. Admittedly, I was not feeling that great so I eased into the day by playing some small MTTs on 888. Eventually, after talking with some buddies, I decided that I should give spins a try. Maybe today was not the best day to try them out, but I played fewer than 20. At one point, action picked up in hypers so I stopped playing spins. As action died down, I had a splitting headache so I took off my headphones, stopped the music and crushed some Tylenol with water. I decide to load up two more spins and boom 4x and 25x lol. Brick the 4x HU and luckbox the 25x for a solid win. Apart from that, final tabled a 5$ MTT on 888 and came 6th for 85 ish. There was close to 400 up although I ran horribly at FT, but I will spare the details. Overall, a solid day of poker all things considered!
01-12-2017
, 02:21 AM
Most Expensive Chicken Caesar Salad I Ever Bought
Tonight I decided to dive into the live scene to kick it off for the year. At around roughly 6pm I decided to hit the road and drive to Playground Poker for the first time. What should have been a 20-25 minute drive ended up taking closer to 45-50 minutes. This is in part due to me missing my exit and then having to navigate through Montreal's horrible highway construction conditions and detours. Eventually, I was over the Mercier Bridge and swiftly entering into Kahnawake which is a native reservation. Honestly, I was not thrilled to be entering a native reserve, but that is where Playground Poker is located.
By the time I had registered for my player's card and my name was called to sit in a 1/2 game, it was 7:15 pm. The room itself is pretty big and it seems to have two sections, one for MTTs and one for cash games. All the food and drink is free with the exception of gratuity for the bombshell waitresses. Some of these girls were straight up dimes, no joke. I get to my table and a chip runner is called and I exchange my cash for these little monetary tokens. So without thinking, I just throw 200$ into the middle expecting the dealer to give me chips. He starts laughing and quickly gives them back telling me to wait because I had essentially just gone all in preflop without looking at my cards from UTG...woops
Fast forward an orbit or two and I over limp KJo (pretty weak of me, I know) from the B and then the BB pops it to 15 and next thing I know were going to the flop four ways. The flop comes out KK6r.
The young 16 year old looking aggressor cbets 30 into 65ish. The old timer at the table porting a hearing aid and virtually drooling flat calls. I elect to flat call as well. The turn is an irrelevant 3x and the kid checks and then the old timer basically launches his remaining 75 into the pot like...
I flat call and the young kid folds. The river brings a 10 and I show my hand and the old timer whips down KQs for the better kicker. Okay. Not a big deal just reload and keep playing.
Anyways, I reload back to table maximum at 1/2 which is 200. Not much happens, until an orbit or so later when the old timer opens for 12 UTG and I find myself on the button with KK and pop it to 30. After the dealer explains to him that I have 3bet him, he gets this monkey face and goes ham and just ships for ~175 or whatever he has.
I honestly just snap called him off because folding seemed preposterous to me so then the dealer goes to deal and I reveal my hand and old man jumps up somehow and slams his AA proudly on the table. Board runs out fine for him and he holds and starts racking up my chips like...
So at this point I'm like ****ing A, I should at least get some food here before I go busto. I cannot even be ****ed to see the menu at this point and just tell the waitress that I'd like a Chicken and Caesar Salad and a water. Now, at this point I am already reloading for what is essentially my last money that I brought with me and it has barely been an hour. I proceed to watch the old timer donk off my former chips for about an hour and a half.
A bit more time passes and I am slowly rebuilding my stack when I am dealt QQ and make it 8 from UTG. Sizing was too small and I probably should have made it 12-15. Anyways, this newcomer who was speaking idunno what language to his friend across the table makes it 20 from MP. Him and his buddy had been told to stop speaking their foreign language and it was honestly very clear that they were soft playing each other. The table watched them check to showdown when one had top pair and the other had a boat while they both giggled like little school girls. So now his buddy flats the 20 from the BB and they both have 100-120ish stacks so now I just think I'm ahead and shove on them. The 3better tanks and eventually calls and then the BB looks dazed and confused and decides to call as well. The board ran out like 10108r8x5x or something and I say no 10? They both shake their head and I show QQ, the original 3better mucks and I'm like nice, then the BB shows KK and I'm like...
At this point I'm left with 100 and my ****ing chicken caesar salad comes and I legit contemplated just giving the waitress my full stack and eating my meal then leaving. I was like I might as well give it to her before I punt this off, but I just gave her a redbird instead. I eventually run my little stack back up to 200 before getting fleeced on A83ddKx9x when I had A3o vs A8o in a 5 way limped pot. At this point I think I had 75 left and was just like okay this is my last orbit.
My very last hand I have my coat on and I'm ready to gtfo but wait...I get AxQs, gotta play it so pop it up to 10 fro UTG. Long story short, turn the nuts three ways on KJ410ddss and basically get it in vs Q6dd and river As comes and we chop. I picked up my 78$ and was like...
Result: 4 hours 15 minutes | -522$
Realistically, it is only 2-3 buyins and I'm not actually tilted, was just victim of a cold deck tonight. This is just my way of laughing it off and going back sometime in the future to seek my revenge.
Chicken Caesar Salad was good though, B+. Hell of a price though, 522$.
Last edited by Everest17; 01-12-2017 at 02:33 AM.
01-31-2017
, 07:13 PM
It was a pretty good month overall regardless of poker. With the new year, came new goals and resolutions. Pretty surprised how balanced my life was, I guess social life basically suffered as a result though. I will just list some things that I did this month.
- been eating cleaner
- went cold turkey on soft drinks
- hitting gym 3-4 times/week
- went to most of my classes (taking 4)
- played live poker 3 times
- only drank alcohol twice
✫ 15$ Spins ✫
Finally decided to jump into these and give them a shot. I definitely think I have the skill level for higher stakes, but decided to learn the format at lower stakes first. Definitely a lot of work to do and there were a lot of games I just punted. My mental game needs work in terms of this format and I say that without regards to results. I just find I rush through some games sometimes instead of really focusing on making the best decisions. They are soft af so I will continue to grind them and probably play 30s sooner than later. My chip ev definitely could have been a lot better, but honestly it is not terrible for my first real go at spins despite the lack of a sample size. Hit 2 25x and binked one, lost HU in the other. Also, my first day grinding them the 180k hit while I was playing lol.
✫ 24$ Hypers ✫
✫ 36$ Hypers ✫
✫ 60$ Hypers ✫
Adding these in as a formality as I barely played any.
✫ All Hypers ✫
Overall graph of what my month looked like. Did a lot of reg battling and played sub par during many sessions. I honestly feel like I got worse this month. Just need to focus harder and give more of a ****.
[ ] 2000 Hypers
[ ] 3.5-5% evROI
Monthly Results
Spin Profit: 1605$
Hyper Profit: 909$
Rakeback: 322$
Total Profit: 2836$
------------------------
Challenge: 26264$
I should also mention that I basically stopped playing low stakes MTTs on other sites because even though I wanted to run it up, it did not work well with my schedule and was a distraction from my regular grind. Therefore, I basically scrapped that idea. Additionally, rather than add my live results to this thread on a monthly basis, I will just add it at the end of the year because no point in really totaling up 15 hours of live play. I am keeping track on my phone so I have the data anyways.
Moving forward, I have a lot of school work piling up and deadlines quickly approaching. Therefore, I will have to be more efficient with my time and poker will take a backseat like usual.
Thanks for reading,
Elliott
02-02-2017
, 07:05 PM
Quote:
Played live tonight after class at playground poker and it didn't go that great. Played some 2/5 for a brief moment also.
1/2 was basically good for a bit before it turned into a nitfest and I couldn't connect or getting anything going so after a while I met up with a buddy from the forums who grinds 2/5 and I ended up leaving 1/2 to play 2/5 but very briefly as I was tired
I'll just post the notes I had from my phone here and the net result.
6:20
200
Another 70 add on
Got stacked J10ss on 1072ss turn 9c river 4s vs AKss on flop
Bought in another 200
Lost AKo vs JJ 120$ pot pre
In for 470 total
10:00 cashed out 168
And then 2/5 there was a complete maniac literally watched him torch 500$ 4 times within the hour but couldn't get anything going when he was involved (which was almost always). Anyways here's the only hand of note.
Had A5o on AJ6r I can't remember exact action but Chinese guy led 20 on flop I was only caller in a 6 way limped pot and turn was 7x and he checked I bet 35 trying to get to showdown and get thin value he called then river was Ax he checked I decided to bet 55 now and he raised to 150ish and I folded thinking he had 66
Result: 4 hours 40 minutes | -406$
1/2 was basically good for a bit before it turned into a nitfest and I couldn't connect or getting anything going so after a while I met up with a buddy from the forums who grinds 2/5 and I ended up leaving 1/2 to play 2/5 but very briefly as I was tired
I'll just post the notes I had from my phone here and the net result.
6:20
200
Another 70 add on
Got stacked J10ss on 1072ss turn 9c river 4s vs AKss on flop
Bought in another 200
Lost AKo vs JJ 120$ pot pre
In for 470 total
10:00 cashed out 168
And then 2/5 there was a complete maniac literally watched him torch 500$ 4 times within the hour but couldn't get anything going when he was involved (which was almost always). Anyways here's the only hand of note.
Had A5o on AJ6r I can't remember exact action but Chinese guy led 20 on flop I was only caller in a 6 way limped pot and turn was 7x and he checked I bet 35 trying to get to showdown and get thin value he called then river was Ax he checked I decided to bet 55 now and he raised to 150ish and I folded thinking he had 66
Result: 4 hours 40 minutes | -406$
Live is pretty different to say the least... in terms of technical skills besides exploiting/maxing EV per hand, knowing how to play MW pots & deepstacked play like 200bb+ is crucial, that's the biggest difference between live & online you aren't going 5-way to the flop every hand and playing 300-400bb effective.
Live is slow for sure but i like the slow pace (as long as there is action tbh) because it gives me no excuse to play my absolute best/A-game and i don't get overwhelmed as easily like it'll give me time to think about how to play every single hand in my range vs. diff villain's who have obvious leaks/poorly constructed ranges etc...
02-03-2017
, 12:12 AM
tyty
nice to meet you too man!
multi way definitely a bit difficult at times but I'll just crank out the long term hours and quit whining haha
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It was nice meeting u elliot, always interesting/fun meeting a fellow 2+2er irl
Live is pretty different to say the least... in terms of technical skills besides exploiting/maxing EV per hand, knowing how to play MW pots & deepstacked play like 200bb+ is crucial, that's the biggest difference between live & online you aren't going 5-way to the flop every hand and playing 300-400bb effective.
Live is slow for sure but i like the slow pace (as long as there is action tbh) because it gives me no excuse to play my absolute best/A-game and i don't get overwhelmed as easily like it'll give me time to think about how to play every single hand in my range vs. diff villain's who have obvious leaks/poorly constructed ranges etc...
Live is pretty different to say the least... in terms of technical skills besides exploiting/maxing EV per hand, knowing how to play MW pots & deepstacked play like 200bb+ is crucial, that's the biggest difference between live & online you aren't going 5-way to the flop every hand and playing 300-400bb effective.
Live is slow for sure but i like the slow pace (as long as there is action tbh) because it gives me no excuse to play my absolute best/A-game and i don't get overwhelmed as easily like it'll give me time to think about how to play every single hand in my range vs. diff villain's who have obvious leaks/poorly constructed ranges etc...
multi way definitely a bit difficult at times but I'll just crank out the long term hours and quit whining haha