London Live £1/£2 £2/5 Grind
04-26-2017
, 08:37 AM
04-26-2017
, 10:01 AM
Yeah, that hand was one of my last as well. I will probably be there as well on Friday evening, so will try to find you.
04-27-2017
, 08:11 PM
27/04/2017 Session Review Part 1
+A more interesting part over all
+Highlights include being physically threatened (!!!!) and being comped a free Bourbon. Amazingly the guy was still allowed to stay for a while before I shouted for security, despite doing nothing wrong at all. You cant make it up really.
+Got lucky a bit
+Made some good, and probably good, folds.
+Made about £50 send that
-Bourbon kicked in and did plumz on drinks.
-Missed last train, spunked on uber and kebab etc not good.
-Played like one so treated myself to
Hands ill do tomorrow if I can remember then. Im tempted to post some to LLSNL but (IMO) just a ton of the content is absolutely terrible/lazy GTO bull****.
glgl
+A more interesting part over all
+Highlights include being physically threatened (!!!!) and being comped a free Bourbon. Amazingly the guy was still allowed to stay for a while before I shouted for security, despite doing nothing wrong at all. You cant make it up really.
+Got lucky a bit
+Made some good, and probably good, folds.
+Made about £50 send that
-Bourbon kicked in and did plumz on drinks.
-Missed last train, spunked on uber and kebab etc not good.
-Played like one so treated myself to
Hands ill do tomorrow if I can remember then. Im tempted to post some to LLSNL but (IMO) just a ton of the content is absolutely terrible/lazy GTO bull****.
glgl
04-28-2017
, 04:00 AM
An ibuprofen, a few hours sleep, my thinking cap and smashing this later....
Hand 1 - River sizing?
£1/£2, Villain older guy just sat down. £250 effective.
Open K
Q 
MP £10, SB calls, BB calls.
Flop Q :heart 3
2 
Pot £30 x I bet £20 SB calls HU.
Turn 3 Pot £70 I bet £55 he calls
River Q Pot £180 x, £180 or so behind hero?
Hand 2 - Getting lucky
£1/£2 £500 Effective. Villain is a good solid live pro.
UTG opens £10, MP calls, I squeeze CO £50 9 7 , UTG calls HU
Flop J T 6 Pot £115 xx
Turn 8 Pot £115 x I bet £55 he calls.
River 3 Pot £225 x, hero?
Hand 3 - No idea on this one
£1/£2 £500 effective, 7 handed. Villin is a semi-pro of sorts who's on the tighter side - I haven't seen this sort of sizing before from him.
UTG opens £10, I 3bet MP £35 he calls HU.
Flop Q J 8 Pot £75 he leads £25 I call.
Turn J Pot £125 he leads £55 I call.
River T Pot £235 he bets £125, hero?
Hand 4 - Sigh spot vs rec
£1/£2 £500 Effective. BB usually plays higher. Spot likes slowplaying will make some very speculative overcalls.
Reg opens £8, spot calls, I overcall K J BB overcalls.
Flop K T 3 Pot £32 x Spot bets £20 I call BB overcalls
Turn 7 Pot £72 Spot bets £40 I call BB overcalls
A Pot £190 Spot bets £75, hero?
Hand 5 - Mixed strat langing it with the ****in blockers and **** 3 Peronis deep
£1/£2, UTG is same reg from above.
UTG opens £10 two callers I squeeze K 3 £50, he makes it £175 and I fold.
He shows 6 5 #WPAE
Hand 6 - I think this is one of the more interesting hands due to the dynamics and relative positions.
£1/£2 £600 Effective.
BTN and BB are good solid live pros.
Spot from above limps, I make it £15 in the HJ with K 7 BTN calls, BB calls, Spot calls.
Flop A 5 6 Pot £60 xx I bet £35 BTN BB Spot all call!
Turn 3 Pot £200 xx hero (???)
Think that'll do it, off to get battered at Katzenjammers (?) tonight which should be a good laugh.
Gl anyone playing this weekend!
Hand 1 - River sizing?
£1/£2, Villain older guy just sat down. £250 effective.
Open K
Q MP £10, SB calls, BB calls. Flop Q :heart 3
2 Pot £30 x I bet £20 SB calls HU.Turn 3
Pot £70 I bet £55 he callsRiver Q
Pot £180 x, £180 or so behind hero?Hand 2 - Getting lucky
£1/£2 £500 Effective. Villain is a good solid live pro.
UTG opens £10, MP calls, I squeeze CO £50 9
7 , UTG calls HUFlop J
T 6 Pot £115 xxTurn 8
Pot £115 x I bet £55 he calls.River 3
Pot £225 x, hero?Hand 3 - No idea on this one
£1/£2 £500 effective, 7 handed. Villin is a semi-pro of sorts who's on the tighter side - I haven't seen this sort of sizing before from him.
UTG opens £10, I 3bet MP £35 he calls HU.
Flop Q
J 8 Pot £75 he leads £25 I call.Turn J
Pot £125 he leads £55 I call.River T
Pot £235 he bets £125, hero?Hand 4 - Sigh spot vs rec
£1/£2 £500 Effective. BB usually plays higher. Spot likes slowplaying will make some very speculative overcalls.
Reg opens £8, spot calls, I overcall K
J BB overcalls.Flop K
T 3 Pot £32 x Spot bets £20 I call BB overcallsTurn 7
Pot £72 Spot bets £40 I call BB overcallsA
Pot £190 Spot bets £75, hero?Hand 5 - Mixed strat langing it with the ****in blockers and **** 3 Peronis deep
£1/£2, UTG is same reg from above.
UTG opens £10 two callers I squeeze K
3 £50, he makes it £175 and I fold.He shows 6
5 #WPAEHand 6 - I think this is one of the more interesting hands due to the dynamics and relative positions.
£1/£2 £600 Effective.
BTN and BB are good solid live pros.
Spot from above limps, I make it £15 in the HJ with K
7 BTN calls, BB calls, Spot calls.Flop A
5 6 Pot £60 xx I bet £35 BTN BB Spot all call!Turn 3
Pot £200 xx hero (???) Think that'll do it, off to get battered at Katzenjammers (?) tonight which should be a good laugh.
Gl anyone playing this weekend!
04-28-2017
, 04:39 AM
04-28-2017
, 08:38 AM
Quote:
H1: Jam it. If he has 44-JJ, he probably won't call a third barrel anyway unless you make it super small. If he has a Q, he will call your jam. And you beat all Qx except for AQ. He probably doesn't have 33 and there's only one combo of 22. It is somewhat thin, but I think it's profitable. Plus, he might even call with JJ, TT if he thinks you're bluffing.
I chop with any Q on Q323Q - if the board wasn't double paired would agree with ripping it though.
Ultimately I decided to target smaller pairs (JJ's-44's) etc and went with £75 which he called pretty quickly and mucked.
H2: Difficult against a good player. What can he have there? Maybe an overpair, probably not a set. Flush not impossible, but unlikely. On such a board, I think I might make it around 110. But really tough if we get raised.
Sorry, the board should read JT683
Interestingly, I probably would have bet more on the river if the turn was a club, as I think I'd be perceived to have a boatload of AKcx, AQcx etc.
Anyway, I decided to bet £225 and he tank-called and mucked (which I mistakenly thought at the time was a slight overbet)
H3: It would help to know what your hole cards were. In any case, it's a weird line. Maybe KK? JTs maybe if he puts you on AK. Problem is that a competent player should never take that line, no matter what he has. Donking can be good but not to such a small size. I am confused. He seems to become more confident as the hand goes on. I would call river with AA and better. KK is close but I probably couldn't fold it.
Had
Agree donking is a good line as the OOP player on this texture, but don't think this type of guy would necessarily understand why it can be a good play. (tbh probably stating the obvious). I agree I would call with AA.
H4: Close one, but I would sigh-fold. When the spot takes such a line, he often has TPNK or a flush draw. When he still bets the river, he almost never has a K. He now has a missed flsuh draw. And I think he has a lot of AhXh in his range. But then again, the price is pretty good so it is closer. However: The BB seems to be in the hand at this point and he might recognise that neither of you has a big hand, so he might come over the top. On balance, it is a fold for me.
Yeah definitely on the sigh-fold side IMO. Price is great, but I'm also pretty worried about the BB who's definitely going to be peeling turn with QJ when they're both super deep, especially when theres 12 combinations of them.
I ultimately folded, the BB and called and lost to T7
H5: #ThatswhyIdontlikeplayingthere
H6: I think it is a mistake to cbet this against 3 villains. One of them is likely to have an A. Just check flop behind and take your free card. Instead, you now have a bloated pot with K high and some equity to the nuts (flush and gutshot), but you're still a big dog to win the pot. As played, just check. If BU bets and you get the correct odds call.
I'm on the fence about cbetting here because:
1. Yes the BTN and BB are going to be somewhat uncapped (sometimes even hands as strong as AK when they flat when the spots always coming in), but their range is going to be really, really wide here with tons of suited connectors, suited aces, pocket pairs etc.
2. As the CO if the BTN folds I can effectively "buy" the BTN.
3. My draw is really nutty.
4. I don't expect a ton of folds on the flop but versus 1 player I think I'm going to take it down on the turn a lot depending on who calls, especially if the spots going to call.
I chop with any Q on Q323Q - if the board wasn't double paired would agree with ripping it though.
Ultimately I decided to target smaller pairs (JJ's-44's) etc and went with £75 which he called pretty quickly and mucked.
H2: Difficult against a good player. What can he have there? Maybe an overpair, probably not a set. Flush not impossible, but unlikely. On such a board, I think I might make it around 110. But really tough if we get raised.
Sorry, the board should read J
T683 Interestingly, I probably would have bet more on the river if the turn was a club, as I think I'd be perceived to have a boatload of AKcx, AQcx etc.
Anyway, I decided to bet £225 and he tank-called and mucked (which I mistakenly thought at the time was a slight overbet)
H3: It would help to know what your hole cards were. In any case, it's a weird line. Maybe KK? JTs maybe if he puts you on AK. Problem is that a competent player should never take that line, no matter what he has. Donking can be good but not to such a small size. I am confused. He seems to become more confident as the hand goes on. I would call river with AA and better. KK is close but I probably couldn't fold it.
Had
Agree donking is a good line as the OOP player on this texture, but don't think this type of guy would necessarily understand why it can be a good play. (tbh probably stating the obvious). I agree I would call with AA.
H4: Close one, but I would sigh-fold. When the spot takes such a line, he often has TPNK or a flush draw. When he still bets the river, he almost never has a K. He now has a missed flsuh draw. And I think he has a lot of AhXh in his range. But then again, the price is pretty good so it is closer. However: The BB seems to be in the hand at this point and he might recognise that neither of you has a big hand, so he might come over the top. On balance, it is a fold for me.
Yeah definitely on the sigh-fold side IMO. Price is great, but I'm also pretty worried about the BB who's definitely going to be peeling turn with QJ when they're both super deep, especially when theres 12 combinations of them.
I ultimately folded, the BB and called and lost to T7
H5: #ThatswhyIdontlikeplayingthere
H6: I think it is a mistake to cbet this against 3 villains. One of them is likely to have an A. Just check flop behind and take your free card. Instead, you now have a bloated pot with K high and some equity to the nuts (flush and gutshot), but you're still a big dog to win the pot. As played, just check. If BU bets and you get the correct odds call.
I'm on the fence about cbetting here because:
1. Yes the BTN and BB are going to be somewhat uncapped (sometimes even hands as strong as AK when they flat when the spots always coming in), but their range is going to be really, really wide here with tons of suited connectors, suited aces, pocket pairs etc.
2. As the CO if the BTN folds I can effectively "buy" the BTN.
3. My draw is really nutty.
4. I don't expect a ton of folds on the flop but versus 1 player I think I'm going to take it down on the turn a lot depending on who calls, especially if the spots going to call.
Thanks for the analysis as usual!
05-03-2017
, 12:12 PM
05-08-2017
, 04:12 AM
07/05/2017 Session Review
Session Goals:
1. Play Solid
2. Watch Table
3. Identify spot - if can't find one its a bad game transfer
Results:
In: £1000
Out:£960
Expenses: £15
tl;dr
+Played on a pretty good £1/£2 at the Vic, and generally avoided the very reggy £1/£3. Good game selection overall
+Started off well, just unfortunate enough to have bled away profit on some pretty standard situations.
+Paid attention to the table for at least the first half of the session.
-Was pretty card-dead throughout
-Missed a potentially profitable double barrel spot.
-Left too late hence having to spunk on expenses.
-Engaged in "reg" chat instead of just keeping my mouth shut (easier said than done for me in live games).
Played a bunch of zzzzz hands so I'll leave them out. I'm also getting some coaching currently from a 6max guy so I'll post some zoom hands at some stage as well no doubt.
Got an interview next week for a job in central london, I don't know whether or note proximity to LsQ is a good thing or not.....
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Session Goals:
1. Play Solid
2. Watch Table
3. Identify spot - if can't find one its a bad game transfer
Results:
In: £1000
Out:£960
Expenses: £15
tl;dr
+Played on a pretty good £1/£2 at the Vic, and generally avoided the very reggy £1/£3. Good game selection overall
+Started off well, just unfortunate enough to have bled away profit on some pretty standard situations.
+Paid attention to the table for at least the first half of the session.
-Was pretty card-dead throughout
-Missed a potentially profitable double barrel spot.
-Left too late hence having to spunk on expenses.
-Engaged in "reg" chat instead of just keeping my mouth shut (easier said than done for me in live games).
Played a bunch of zzzzz hands so I'll leave them out. I'm also getting some coaching currently from a 6max guy so I'll post some zoom hands at some stage as well no doubt.
Got an interview next week for a job in central london, I don't know whether or note proximity to LsQ is a good thing or not.....
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05-08-2017
, 05:14 AM
05-08-2017
, 12:17 PM
It's one of those things where you bury your head in the sand and pretend it doesn't happen. Then when you do find a place serving a good pint at less than £5, it's like Christmas come early 
05-08-2017
, 03:33 PM
I've yet to find a decent one yet thats for sure.
Let me know when you find one!
Let me know when you find one!
05-08-2017
, 03:55 PM
Live Group!
After an initial failure, I'm looking to re-establish some sort of live study group.
I've decided to use discord because I like the software; that being said if theres no interest I'll probably go back to WhatsApp or maybe Skype as they're more popular.
If you want to join, some (zzz) rules...
1. You must be a live player.
2. Send me an introductory PM on here, explaining what you play etc and a brief analysis of a hand I've posted here. It need not be lengthy, it just needs to show you're dedicated to improving as a player and able to be critical (I won't take it personally if you roast a hand I've given here!
3. No discussion of quality of cash games at x, y z etc, MTT's are cool tho.
4. No staking, selling action on donkaments etc, I don't have anything against it but think the group will work better without it.
5. You must be semi-active; I really want to get a good solid base of people who we can all bounce ideas and discussion on. I will be likely be booting inactive people, I'm really serious about putting together a good group (nohomo)
6. No out right "you ****ed up this hand etc etc", yes criticism is good but too much causes disinterest (see the LLSNL board)
7. No "whats the bottom of ur calling range" stuff plz unless its specifically vs a reg you've a lot of history with.
Again looking for quality not quantity of people, this isn't not necessarily correlated with ability but people who will give a semi-detailing comment on a hand hence the rules a bit OTT but think for a study group the OTT makes a good bit of sense.
gl!
After an initial failure, I'm looking to re-establish some sort of live study group.
I've decided to use discord because I like the software; that being said if theres no interest I'll probably go back to WhatsApp or maybe Skype as they're more popular.
If you want to join, some (zzz) rules...
1. You must be a live player.
2. Send me an introductory PM on here, explaining what you play etc and a brief analysis of a hand I've posted here. It need not be lengthy, it just needs to show you're dedicated to improving as a player and able to be critical (I won't take it personally if you roast a hand I've given here!
3. No discussion of quality of cash games at x, y z etc, MTT's are cool tho.
4. No staking, selling action on donkaments etc, I don't have anything against it but think the group will work better without it.
5. You must be semi-active; I really want to get a good solid base of people who we can all bounce ideas and discussion on. I will be likely be booting inactive people, I'm really serious about putting together a good group (nohomo)
6. No out right "you ****ed up this hand etc etc", yes criticism is good but too much causes disinterest (see the LLSNL board)
7. No "whats the bottom of ur calling range" stuff plz unless its specifically vs a reg you've a lot of history with.
Again looking for quality not quantity of people, this isn't not necessarily correlated with ability but people who will give a semi-detailing comment on a hand hence the rules a bit OTT but think for a study group the OTT makes a good bit of sense.
gl!
05-09-2017
, 04:41 AM
