$0.25/$0.50 No Limit Holdem
2 Players
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Stacks:
Hero ($142.65)
BB ($120.75)

Pre-Flop: ($0.75, 2 players) Hero is SB 5 Q
Hero raises to $1.50, BB raises to $5, Hero calls $3.50

Flop: Q 8 6 ($10, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $7, BB raises to $21, Hero calls $14

Turn: 8 ($52, 2 players)
BB bets $36, Hero calls $36

River: K ($124, 2 players)
BB goes all-in $58.75, Hero calls $58.75

Final Pot: $241.50

Hero wins $241 (net +$120.25)

BB lost $120.75


I just feel like a ****ING beast today Villain is a regular I think, but he is pretty braindead tbh and he is very aggro so he is turning his tens into a bluff. 3-bet call from me is pretty bad I think, but I was a little bit tilted cause he had just doubled up so I def need to work on that.

First off, I would like to say the following:

Well done on your run so far, and best of luck to you! From the way you talk about the hands that you're posting it seems like you have the right mindset - you're critical of yourself, and trying to figures out where you've played well/poorly and most importantly, WHY. This is great, as it shows you're on the right wavelength.

However, be very careful not to get ahead of yourself - the graphs you've posted are of 2-3k hands, and this is a very very small sample.

There are quite a few leaks in the hands you posted...I'll try and point out a few I noticed....

Hand 1 I think is a pretty bad call on the turn with OESD - the fact that villain called your CRAI on the river with top pair no kicker means you have no fold equity on any river. Any way, you're c/c 2.5 into 4, when he has ~18 behind and you have 8 definite outs.

Hand 2 I think you definetly have to bet the A turn - checking it makes your hand pretty face up, and considering any thinking player knows you're bluffing that card with all your air hands and almost always betting an A, you're simultaneously doing 2 bad things:

1) polarizing your betting range on this turn card
2) Letting your opponent bluff you easily (unless this was dynamics driven, and you're checking to induce because he spazzes a lot in 3bet pots).

Hand 3 is hard to comment on, with no reads provided on how villain plays in 4bet pots - against a rando who has not played any 4b pots with us yet, I don't mind the check behind on the flop, because at 50NL villains won't own you for doing that. But once the river A hits, I think it's a pretty clear fold - you're beating only a missed flush draw, which is basically impossible because the 'passive' villain you described checks a flush draw on the turn almost always.

Hand 4 I don't mind c/c this flop with gutshot against some players, but against most players it's pretty bad. I think c/r is much better here, as you can barrel a LOT of turn cards (obv not in this case, as villain was at the top of his range).
Calling down turn and riv is prob not too bad against most players as well, but with specific villain it's very dependant on how often he 3 barrels - with your description of him as passive I prob prefer c/f

Hand 5 - Definitely agree with previous poster that b/f TPGK here is pretty terrible - you said you did this against this villain because he's so passive, but the other hands you're calling down ueber light.

Hand 6 - This hand is pretty terrible on all streets IMO - sure, if you take the results oriented view, hero-calling J high and winning is pretty awesome, but there is no reasonable range/thought procces you can assign villain which makes this call +EV...


Hand 7 - depends on villain's c/r tendancies in 3bet pots, 3barrel tendencies etc - I would guess he's pretty tilted by now from the other hands you posted, so I guess calling down with top pair is standard but in general that hand looks like you're losing way more often than winning.

I was being sincere in my first comments - all the above is intended to be constructive...BEST OF LUCK!

@JimyJamonas: Gonna look over the hands again tomorrow and try to explain why I did so and so in a better way. Thx for commenting btw

Also gonna try go through the next hands Im posting a bit more analytical and deeply.


And btw, I know 3-4k hands isnt a lot but Ive probably played about 200k hands HU as so Im fairly sure Im a 12ptbb+/100 winner over NL50 and I obv know Ive been running really hot after I restarted but I was just excited that I got such a good start

think I played 10 hands today and just had to quit cause a swedish **** slowrolled me when I held kings, almost broke my monitor cause he was so ****ing annoying.

especially impressive since HU has always been a total mystery 4 me

good luck and I hope you keep us updated w/ your progress

Thx MusashiStyle

Here is the latest update So BR on 1.4k or something, gonna start shot NL100 when I reach 20-25 buy ins or something

BTW biggest winner:


$0.25/$0.50 No Limit Holdem
2 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
SB ($50)
Hero ($54.05)

Pre-Flop: ($0.75, 2 players) Hero is BB 10 Q
SB raises to $3.75, Hero calls $3.25

Flop: 10 6 Q ($7.50, 2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets $11.50, Hero goes all-in $50.30, SB goes all-in $34.75

Turn: Q ($104.05, 2 players, 2 all-in)

River: 4 ($104.05, 2 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: $104.05
Hero shows a full house, Queens full of Tens
10 Q
SB shows a pair of Queens
A 5

Hero wins $103.55 (net +$49.50)

SB lost $50


Biggest loser:

$0.25/$0.50 No Limit Holdem
2 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
SB ($12.80)
Hero ($38.30)

Pre-Flop: ($0.75, 2 players) Hero is BB 2 8
SB raises to $1, Hero folds

Final Pot: $1.50

SB wins $1.50 (net +$0.50)


Thats right, I let him steal a blinds every now and then