For a 2017 volume goal I'm aiming between 360-400 hours again.
I've recently been battling it out w/ the nit-regs, bots and rake at 25NL 6max on ACR for fun/a tool for improvement. I just bought poker tracker and it pulled hands on my computer dating back to October. I'm enjoying looking through the database at different stats, graphs redline/blueline, going through filters, etc., even though I don't really know what I'm doing. I usually 6 table but struggle. I've accidentally timed out and folded the nuts in big pots multiple times already which may be the single most tilting thing I've experienced in poker.
I think playing online is beneficial to improving a live player's game for many reasons. By getting in so many reps certain spots become second nature and makes playing for large amounts of money live less stressful. In 6max you're in a lot less multiway pots than live so you're forced to fight for pots in marginal spots w/ wide ranges pretty often. For mental game, you train the brain to deal with the variance of poker better imo because you see the long run quicker. You see crazy beats, coolers, card deadness, etc. much more frequently in a short period of time so it becomes less dramatic when it happens live. You become more numb to individual hand results because you have 5 other tables to make decisions on. You can't sit there ruminating about how unbelievable the previous hand was. On the negativie side it may give you worse a.d.d. sitting in the casino grinding your 30 hands/hr.
I'm going to mix in some online hands with live ITT and keep with the same format I've been using, basically just posting hand histories then results/my thoughts later on.
1) 5/10/20- utg2 opens 75, I 3bet hj 275 A
Q
, co cold calls, utg2 calls
Co has 3.3k, I cover. No real reads. Young, seems soild, maybe a pro.
1st time playing with him.
3way
Flop(875) A
7
4
utg2 checks, I check, co bets 350, utg2 folds, I call.
Turn(1,575) T
I check, co bets 950, I call
River(3,275) 4
I check, co shoves 1,700, I call.
What's the worst hand you'd check/call down 3 streets?
2) 5/10/20- utg opens 60 (5k), co raises 260 (4.5k), I call btn Q
Q
(6k), Sb 4 bets 730 (4.7k), utg and co fold, I call.
Sb is same villain as previous hand
Flop(1,835) A
8
2
Sb cbets 650, I call
Turn (3,135) 5
sb checks, I bet 1200
River(5,535) 2
sb checks, i shove 2200
What's the worst hand you'd value bet?
3) River decision. No reads except btn is on most of my tables.
CO: 115.36 BB
BTN: 100 BB
SB: 113.52 BB
Hero (BB): 173.16 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has 5
J
fold,
BTN raises to 2.48 BB,
fold,
Hero calls 1.48 BB
Flop: (5.36 BB, 2 players) A
J
K
Hero checks,
BTN bets 3.4 BB,
Hero calls 3.4 BB
Turn: (12.16 BB, 2 players) 5
Hero checks,
BTN bets 8.4 BB,
Hero calls 8.4 BB
River: (28.96 BB, 2 players) 7
Hero checks,
BTN bets 28 BB
Hours- 9