Villain is one of the aggro regs at this limit, so pretty sure he bluffs missed draws otr. What do you expect him to call otr when we bomb it? He doesn't have TP good+ kicker imo, so we kinda hope he has Q2/22, don't think he opens 52/82 cus he only opens 70% SBs iirc. It's not like we're losing the hand often to better, it's just that he rarely has a hand that can call down so I prefer to bluffcatch this instead

Yeah, I know. When you're down 6 BI in couple hundred hands, you just gotta spew some more Don't hate flop float facing 1/3 sizing tho as we have some turns that improve our hand, especially if UTG cbets AK (which looks like he did), plus had BTN tagged as a weak fishreg. It's not my std lines at all tho, was just mashing some buttons being slightly tilted.

Thanks.

Hands like that q10 just **** up your winrate. Also the 88 hand 3bet pre, as played river would go bet>X/R>X/C you essentially have the nuts not sure why you'd want to use this as a bluffcatcher! Q6 & Q2 = 24 combos then 22 is another 3 combos. Missing so much value when he has these hands.

Those bet when X'd to, so not really missing value from those combos

You realise he X/C right? He is defo missing value by just calling

Good read, in and gl

Indeed. But the X does not miss value from those specific combos, that's all I said

About pre; we're 140bb deep, vs a reg who opens 70% so I think 88 can go either way, would 3b if shorter or he opened more hands. Not saying it's necessarily right, but that's at least my thinking for now

Not gonna write a whole lot more than what I've done about check vs bet otr, but as Sauron says we should get a bet out of those 2pr hands that are calling the river either way, plus the amount of bluffs he's gonna have. Also, I think Q6 is a cbet for him most times on this board (Q6s with bdfd), while Q2 prob checks back most of the time (altho Q2s bdfd also a good cbet imo) so I don't fully agree that he has that many combos of Q6/Q2/22.

Initial plan was to XR river when I checked. Main reason for not XR'ing river now is his sizing, as I wrote when hand was posted he's polarized when he goes that big and I've played 800 HU hands with him so should have some idea about his game. Plus we're still 120bb deep otr, so it's not like hes calling off wide to a jam, and I expect him to fold river very very often. I know it's a bit having monsters under the bed approach, and might miss some value otr mainly from 22, but he can still have 97cc/74cc/43 that didn't bet the flop, or QQ

Thanks, gl!

Obv calling pre is fine but 3betting is better. Look at his fold to 3bet not just % he opens. I'm going to say he way over folds to 3bets given he only opens 70%.

You just need to count the combos you lose to. Whats your reasoning for him not c betting 79cc and 74cc (ps it's only two combos) if he opens 70% he might even be folding 34o pre. This means you lose to 4combos of 34 and 1 combo of 79cc and 1 combo of 74cc if he doesn't cbet them. Therefore if he has q2, q6 or 22 you are just missing value it's that simple. You can't be results orientated and think it's a good play because he had you beat.
Anyway, good luck at the tables!

Not saying 97cc and 74cc aren't cbets, but 50z regs (and myself obv), play pretty far from 'perfect' HU poker. Just had a quick look at villains DB, and found him check back 76s on x95 flop with gutshot+bdfd, so it surely happens. I view him as a good reg tho, so there are many 50z regs with far more/bigger leaks that will frequently check back gutshots/bdfd/etc.

But yeah, can agree with you that we're missing some value otr in the end, I can admit I didn't think about all of the worse value hands he can bet otr, was more focused on him not having strong Qx hands, so when he bets big otr (his avg size is 65%) I thought he's betting a set (22) or stronger, or bluffing.

Thanks, appreciate your posts




Only played 2hrs yesterday, won $120 mainly at HU. I'll try to play a decent amount of hands this week before christmas, and hopefully we can close out the year with some winning days!


205) vs new 2-tabler, happily I had observed some hands from the pool before joining in, and this guy had earned himself the aggro spew tag

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

SB: 222.72 BB (VPIP: 50.00, PFR: 33.33, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 6)
Hero (BB): 106.3 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has K 7

SB raises to 2.6 BB, Hero calls 1.6 BB

Flop: (5.2 BB, 2 players) 3 K 7
Hero checks, SB bets 2.76 BB, Hero raises to 9.56 BB, SB calls 6.8 BB

Turn: (24.32 BB, 2 players) 3
Hero bets 15.02 BB, SB raises to 210.56 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 79.12 BB and is all-in

River: (212.6 BB, 2 players) Q

2016 results

Year is over, results are in. It's been a year relying a bit too much on rakeback earnings compared to what I made at the tables, but it is what it is. I'm not throwing in the towel just yet, keep the dream alive for 2017! Or at least until PokerStars changes will crush my soul again So in totals I made $4500 at cash, but think I spent over 5k at various stuff so BR isn't the healthiest at the moment. Either way, let's go 2017!

6max:





HU:

It's hard to discern much of a pattern in those results. Do you plan to focus on a particular format and stake level in 2017, or will you keep bouncing around to prevent boredom? Keep the dream alive!

I'll keep playing zoom cash and switching between 6max/HU depending on how I feel at the time. I need to gain some confidence back at the tables tho, as my last couple of months have been pretty mehh. I was peaking at $2300 mid october at HU, then played bad/tilted for the rest of the year so deserved to drop those buyins in the end. No excuses tho, I need to work harder on my game to be able to beat 2017 games, but I'm staying positive and think I can still do it

As for stakes played I'm not sure what the plan is yet, will have to build the BR up again from the withdraws I did in 2016 and take it from there, but hopefully can play all hands at minimum NL50 again soon, stop withdrawing and build some momentum.

Decided to move some of my roll to 888, I like the software and combined with 888caption (check software forum) it's a pretty nice site. I'm not sure about the games at NL50 and above, but I've gotten on some very soft NL20/NL30 tables. Played with a whale yesterday who dropped $365 over 900 hands of NL20/NL30 Was lucky to get a seat with him at all four tables he played, got into some funny hands as he ended up playing 53/31/25 vp/pfr/3b and was really bad postflop plus he got more and more tilted after losing so he loosened up.

Couple hands vs the guy:

First real hand vs him, wasn't sure what his sizings meant yet so decided to hero down, in hindsight this is bad tho as he bet 1/2 pot ott a lot with weaker holdings later on.

888 Poker - $0.30 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players

BTN: 185.73 BB (VPIP: 19.05, PFR: 19.05, 3Bet Preflop: 14.29, Hands: 21)
SB: 122.83 BB (VPIP: 20.42, PFR: 15.49, 3Bet Preflop: 6.67, Hands: 144)
BB: 117.13 BB (VPIP: 48.72, PFR: 15.38, 3Bet Preflop: 13.33, Hands: 39)
Hero (UTG): 100 BB
CO: 127.87 BB (VPIP: 20.69, PFR: 15.52, 3Bet Preflop: 4.55, Hands: 59)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

Hero raises to 2.2 BB, fold, fold, fold, BB calls 1.2 BB

Flop: (4.9 BB, 2 players) 9 4 6
BB bets 4.9 BB, Hero calls 4.9 BB

Turn: (14.7 BB, 2 players) 7
BB bets 14.7 BB, Hero calls 14.7 BB

River: (44.1 BB, 2 players) A
BB bets 95.33 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 78.2 BB and is all-in




At this period of time he'd started to get much more bluffy/tilted, so think this is fine

888 Poker - $0.20 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players

BTN: 149.05 BB (VPIP: 37.50, PFR: 12.50, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 42)
SB: 100 BB (VPIP: 19.31, PFR: 14.36, 3Bet Preflop: 10.96, Hands: 210)
BB: 111.3 BB (VPIP: 21.82, PFR: 16.36, 3Bet Preflop: 10.53, Hands: 55)
UTG: 85.05 BB (VPIP: 23.76, PFR: 17.82, 3Bet Preflop: 4.65, Hands: 104)
Hero (MP): 104.35 BB
CO: 317.25 BB (VPIP: 47.48, PFR: 22.26, 3Bet Preflop: 13.57, Hands: 340)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A 7

fold, Hero raises to 2.2 BB, CO raises to 8.1 BB, BTN calls 8.1 BB, fold, fold, Hero calls 5.9 BB

Flop: (25.8 BB, 3 players) 5 Q 4
Hero checks, CO bets 19.35 BB, fold, Hero raises to 96.25 BB and is all-in, CO calls 76.9 BB

Turn: (218.3 BB, 2 players) K

River: (218.3 BB, 2 players) 4




One of the last big hands vs him, he was float betting 70% (donkbetting 63%) and generally stabbing with anything on the flop, so think a xr jam is our best play here

888 Poker - $0.20 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players

SB: 103.5 BB (VPIP: 23.77, PFR: 19.67, 3Bet Preflop: 6.98, Hands: 127)
BB: 99 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 1)
UTG: 135.65 BB (VPIP: 20.87, PFR: 14.78, 3Bet Preflop: 5.26, Hands: 231)
MP: 107.35 BB (VPIP: 20.65, PFR: 16.12, 3Bet Preflop: 6.41, Hands: 406)
Hero (CO): 248 BB
BTN: 165.6 BB (VPIP: 53.61, PFR: 31.15, 3Bet Preflop: 25.32, Hands: 898)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

UTG raises to 3 BB, MP calls 3 BB, Hero raises to 14.1 BB, BTN calls 14.1 BB, fold, fold, fold, MP calls 11.1 BB

Flop: (46.8 BB, 3 players) T 4 7
MP checks, Hero checks, BTN bets 35.1 BB, fold, Hero raises to 233.9 BB and is all-in, BTN calls 116.4 BB and is all-in

Turn: (349.8 BB, 2 players) 2

River: (349.8 BB, 2 players) A




Unfortunately lost some other stacks to him as well, so ended up break even for the day;
KK vs AKs
AA on K75ss vs 98ss
AA on 987 vs 86

Not getting in any good volume so far this month, I'm only at 11k hands. +215 on Stars and -40 on 888. It seems like the funplayers are running far above AIEV or getting there in non-AI spots at 888, but guess that's what happens when they play their high variance game

Some hands:

Should I have a raising range ott vs reg? Thought about it, but planned instead to call down/xr jam good rivers, as I think he has overpairs a lot

888 Poker - $0.20 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players

CO: 101.5 BB (VPIP: 20.08, PFR: 15.12, 3Bet Preflop: 6.48, Hands: 264)
BTN: 317.4 BB (VPIP: 22.73, PFR: 19.23, 3Bet Preflop: 5.83, Hands: 292)
SB: 120.75 BB (VPIP: 26.42, PFR: 18.99, 3Bet Preflop: 6.56, Hands: 164)
Hero (BB): 100 BB
UTG: 112.75 BB (VPIP: 40.00, PFR: 20.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 6)
MP: 101.5 BB (VPIP: 24.00, PFR: 17.33, 3Bet Preflop: 7.41, Hands: 154)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, MP raises to 3 BB, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls 2 BB

Flop: (6.5 BB, 2 players) 3 8 6
Hero checks, MP bets 4 BB, Hero calls 4 BB

Turn: (14.5 BB, 2 players) 3
Hero checks, MP bets 9.5 BB, Hero calls 9.5 BB

River: (33.5 BB, 2 players) 4
Hero checks, MP bets 25.1 BB, Hero calls 25.1 BB




vs whale, he called down K7 on T7229 couple hands earlier vs me where I 3bet+tripled AT so I knew we had a special one

888 Poker - $0.20 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players

Hero (BTN): 220.55 BB
SB: 100 BB (VPIP: 20.10, PFR: 14.42, 3Bet Preflop: 7.14, Hands: 213)
BB: 146.25 BB (VPIP: 20.13, PFR: 16.35, 3Bet Preflop: 10.61, Hands: 161)
UTG: 100 BB (VPIP: 22.77, PFR: 19.80, 3Bet Preflop: 5.71, Hands: 104)
CO: 183.95 BB (VPIP: 56.16, PFR: 32.88, 3Bet Preflop: 6.06, Hands: 78)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, CO raises to 3.5 BB, Hero raises to 11.2 BB, fold, BB calls 10.2 BB, CO calls 7.7 BB

Flop: (34.1 BB, 3 players) 9 K 7
BB checks, CO checks, Hero bets 23.95 BB, fold, CO calls 23.95 BB

Turn: (82 BB, 2 players) Q
CO checks, Hero bets 185.4 BB and is all-in, CO calls 148.8 BB and is all-in

River: (379.6 BB, 2 players) 6




mtt reg with the good old 0% equity float

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

SB: 100 BB (VPIP: 52.94, PFR: 41.18, 3Bet Preflop: 30.00, Hands: 21)
Hero (BB): 102.22 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

SB raises to 3 BB, Hero raises to 10.8 BB, SB calls 7.8 BB

Flop: (21.6 BB, 2 players) 5 K 3
Hero checks, SB checks

Turn: (21.6 BB, 2 players) J
Hero bets 11.08 BB, SB calls 11.08 BB

River: (43.76 BB, 2 players) 5
Hero checks, SB bets 28 BB, Hero calls 28 BB




wat

PokerStars - $0.16 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players

BTN: 314.56 BB (VPIP: 22.07, PFR: 16.70, 3Bet Preflop: 6.83, Hands: 532)
SB: 129.31 BB (VPIP: 26.98, PFR: 19.58, 3Bet Preflop: 13.41, Hands: 194)
Hero (BB): 127.25 BB
UTG: 62.75 BB (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 16.67, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 12)
MP: 298.94 BB (VPIP: 20.00, PFR: 20.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 5)
CO: 64.88 BB (VPIP: 100.00, PFR: 100.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 1)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, fold, fold, SB raises to 2.5 BB, Hero calls 1.5 BB

Flop: (5 BB, 2 players) 5 3 K
SB bets 3 BB, Hero calls 3 BB

Turn: (11 BB, 2 players) A
SB checks, Hero bets 6.81 BB, SB calls 6.81 BB

River: (24.63 BB, 2 players) 8
SB checks, Hero bets 15.25 BB, SB calls 15.25 BB

Played some more with this guy and lost, despite him now being down $500 in 1,7k hands I'm up $84 vs him total tho, but should've been more.

Totals for month is down $107 on 888poker and up $370 at Stars. 16k hands total.


Frustrating rivercall vs him, turn size is terrible and he had clear turn+river sizing tells so should be a snapfold

888 Poker - $0.30 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players

UTG: 60.03 BB (VPIP: 33.78, PFR: 14.86, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 75)
MP: 397.77 BB (VPIP: 52.03, PFR: 28.30, 3Bet Preflop: 22.20, Hands: 1,427)
CO: 103.17 BB (VPIP: 15.46, PFR: 13.40, 3Bet Preflop: 7.50, Hands: 99)
BTN: 128.77 BB (VPIP: 28.95, PFR: 20.92, 3Bet Preflop: 7.87, Hands: 426)
Hero (SB): 348.7 BB
BB: 100 BB (VPIP: 14.58, PFR: 12.50, 3Bet Preflop: 4.35, Hands: 48)

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

UTG raises to 2.23 BB, MP calls 2.23 BB, fold, fold, Hero calls 1.73 BB, BB calls 1.23 BB

Flop: (8.93 BB, 4 players) J A 5
Hero checks, BB checks, UTG checks, MP bets 8.93 BB, Hero raises to 35.53 BB, fold, fold, MP calls 26.6 BB

Turn: (80 BB, 2 players) T
Hero bets 48.63 BB, MP calls 48.63 BB

River: (177.27 BB, 2 players) 4
Hero checks, MP bets 177.27 BB, Hero calls 177.27 BB




Gambling it up vs the same guy

888 Poker - $0.30 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 3 players

SB: 545.37 BB (VPIP: 52.13, PFR: 27.59, 3Bet Preflop: 21.35, Hands: 1,505)
BB: 100 BB (VPIP: 21.83, PFR: 17.61, 3Bet Preflop: 7.02, Hands: 145)
Hero (BTN): 118.73 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

Hero raises to 2.2 BB, SB raises to 7.6 BB, fold, Hero calls 5.4 BB

Flop: (16.2 BB, 2 players) 9 Q 6
SB bets 12.13 BB, Hero raises to 111.13 BB and is all-in, SB calls 99 BB

Turn: (238.47 BB, 2 players) 2

River: (238.47 BB, 2 players) 2

A bit late to the party on this one, but I've ordered the Mental Game of Poker book and look forward to checking that out. Hope it'll help me put in some volume, reduce tilt and work harder.

Played two sessions at Stars today, fortunately I keep running good there so BR is rising again. Currently up $500 for the month. I'm trying to keep more calm at the tables and finding/evolving more of my A-game. Keep working hard on betsizings postflop, I think that's more and more important as the games are getting tougher.

Stars so far this month:






reg doing reg stuff

PokerStars - $0.16 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players

BTN: 54.38 BB
SB: 191.94 BB (VPIP: 12.50, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 8)
BB: 122.5 BB (VPIP: 34.38, PFR: 18.75, 3Bet Preflop: 7.69, Hands: 34)
UTG: 115.44 BB (VPIP: 18.65, PFR: 14.84, 3Bet Preflop: 6.85, Hands: 1,970)
Hero (MP): 102.5 BB
CO: 118.19 BB (VPIP: 32.56, PFR: 24.81, 3Bet Preflop: 8.11, Hands: 265)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, Hero raises to 2.19 BB, CO calls 2.19 BB, fold, fold, fold

Flop: (5.88 BB, 2 players) 6 K 3
Hero bets 3.63 BB, CO calls 3.63 BB

Turn: (13.13 BB, 2 players) J
Hero checks, CO bets 8 BB, Hero calls 8 BB

River: (29.13 BB, 2 players) 4
Hero checks, CO bets 14 BB, Hero calls 14 BB




losing the min vs weak passive rec (if turn isn't a fold )

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

SB: 518.5 BB (VPIP: 50.00, PFR: 37.50, 3Bet Preflop: 8.33, Hands: 24)
Hero (BB): 181.72 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

SB raises to 3 BB, Hero calls 2 BB

Flop: (6 BB, 2 players) Q 8 6
Hero checks, SB bets 1 BB, Hero raises to 5.16 BB, SB raises to 9.32 BB, Hero calls 4.16 BB

Turn: (24.64 BB, 2 players) T
Hero checks, SB bets 23 BB, Hero calls 23 BB

River: (70.64 BB, 2 players) J
Hero checks, SB checks

I'd imagine HU must be the most challenging format if you have any mental leaks.

It definitely can be, yeah. It's easy to start mashing buttons and autopilot your C-game or worse, as I did from mid October until recently

HU is a pretty exhausting format since you're always in hands making decisions, but it's also the most fun to play imo

I can handle runbad where I'm donating to various villains but I think having that happen against 1 villain would affect me. I'd be in full on grudge mode

Nice results!

I can actually relate to this at 6max tables if there's a huge donating whale I'm losing pots to (like the swede whale at 888 the other day), but don't think I've felt the same at HU. Might be cus we're all fish at HU 50z, so you don't feel any better than your opponents

Thanks Arty!

Just did a session at 16z and felt a bit tilted at times Mainly cus a nitreg opened MP, I 3b KK BTN and 2barreled T654ss, river is an offsuit Q and he obv donkjams QThh, should really fold but went into tankcall mode.

Couple mins after that, I played these two hands:

vs Chinese

PokerStars - $0.16 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players

BTN: 106.88 BB
SB: 106.69 BB (VPIP: 18.33, PFR: 15.83, 3Bet Preflop: 15.09, Hands: 123)
BB: 120.94 BB (VPIP: 75.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 4)
UTG: 114.81 BB (VPIP: 31.58, PFR: 15.79, 3Bet Preflop: 12.50, Hands: 20)
MP: 141.56 BB (VPIP: 18.29, PFR: 15.24, 3Bet Preflop: 7.25, Hands: 166)
Hero (CO): 104.56 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Q J

fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.19 BB, BTN raises to 7.38 BB, fold, BB calls 6.38 BB, Hero calls 5.19 BB

Flop: (22.63 BB, 3 players) Q 5 T
BB bets 7 BB, Hero raises to 18.75 BB, BTN calls 18.75 BB, fold

Turn: (67.13 BB, 2 players) 8
Hero bets 21.19 BB, BTN raises to 80.75 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 57.25 BB and is all-in

River: (224 BB, 2 players) A




get tilted -> open any suited gappers any position -> turn the world -> exploit mode -> profit

PokerStars - $0.16 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players

BTN: 117.56 BB (VPIP: 25.47, PFR: 18.78, 3Bet Preflop: 5.39, Hands: 2,043)
SB: 170.63 BB (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 5)
BB: 132.06 BB (VPIP: 41.18, PFR: 23.53, 3Bet Preflop: 14.29, Hands: 18)
Hero (UTG): 266.69 BB
MP: 95.44 BB (VPIP: 43.75, PFR: 25.00, 3Bet Preflop: 20.00, Hands: 16)
CO: 66.94 BB (VPIP: 12.63, PFR: 6.92, 3Bet Preflop: 1.42, Hands: 503)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 6 4

Hero raises to 2.19 BB, MP calls 2.19 BB, fold, BTN calls 2.19 BB, SB raises to 3.38 BB, fold, Hero calls 1.19 BB, MP calls 1.19 BB, BTN calls 1.19 BB

Flop: (14.5 BB, 4 players) 4 6 7
SB checks, Hero bets 8.88 BB, fold, fold, SB calls 8.88 BB

Turn: (32.25 BB, 2 players) 6
SB bets 30.81 BB, Hero raises to 68.75 BB, SB calls 37.94 BB

River: (169.75 BB, 2 players) T
SB checks, Hero bets 103.75 BB, SB calls 89.63 BB and is all-in

Up $735 at Stars for the month, playing good at 50z and terrible at 16z, it's like every time I play that stake I'm going full spew mode. Not sure why, but I guess it's something like "lol 16 dollar stacks, arrrrr in" It's fun tho, just mashing some buttons there while trying to play my best at 50z.



vs 1-tabler, idk how bad this turn card is but it's not ideal. Still, clear jam?

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players

BTN: 112.2 BB (VPIP: 23.04, PFR: 17.87, 3Bet Preflop: 8.80, Hands: 940)
SB: 104.9 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 2)
BB: 201.9 BB (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 3)
Hero (UTG): 100 BB
MP: 100 BB
CO: 150.72 BB (VPIP: 16.67, PFR: 16.67, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 12)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

Hero raises to 2.2 BB, fold, CO raises to 6.4 BB, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 17.92 BB, CO calls 11.52 BB

Flop: (37.34 BB, 2 players) 8 9 2
Hero bets 22.16 BB, CO calls 22.16 BB

Turn: (81.66 BB, 2 players) 9
Hero bets 59.92 BB and is all-in, CO calls 59.92 BB

River: (201.5 BB, 2 players) 4
Players agreed to run it twice.

River #2: (201.5 BB, 2 players) T



Another unknown (I see now I have some 6m stats on him and looks like a reg, but didn't know that at the time), sad runout but guess we see some random stuff here often enough?

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

SB: 195.94 BB (VPIP: 27.78, PFR: 17.90, 3Bet Preflop: 13.70, Hands: 173)
Hero (BB): 101 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 8 6

SB raises to 2.5 BB, Hero calls 1.5 BB

Flop: (5 BB, 2 players) 7 8 8
Hero checks, SB bets 2.62 BB, Hero raises to 8.02 BB, SB calls 5.4 BB

Turn: (21.04 BB, 2 players) 9
Hero checks, SB bets 12 BB, Hero calls 12 BB

River: (45.04 BB, 2 players) A
Hero checks, SB bets 30 BB, Hero calls 30 BB



Setting the trap vs reg, river would be larger if I didn't have the 9 but should prob be like ~10bb more either way?

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players

Hero (BTN): 111.12 BB
SB: 64.72 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 8)
BB: 101.5 BB (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 19.23, 3Bet Preflop: 7.69, Hands: 53)
UTG: 90.14 BB (VPIP: 10.34, PFR: 6.90, 3Bet Preflop: 3.85, Hands: 58)
MP: 227.74 BB (VPIP: 22.54, PFR: 17.53, 3Bet Preflop: 7.96, Hands: 528)
CO: 62.42 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has K 9

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.2 BB, fold, BB calls 1.2 BB

Flop: (4.9 BB, 2 players) 7 8 Q
BB checks, Hero bets 2.98 BB, BB calls 2.98 BB

Turn: (10.86 BB, 2 players) 3
BB checks, Hero checks

River: (10.86 BB, 2 players) J
BB bets 8 BB, Hero raises to 24.84 BB, BB calls 16.84 BB



vs one of the more aggro 50z regs that are capable of running bluffs

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

SB: 336.44 BB (VPIP: 66.27, PFR: 49.22, 3Bet Preflop: 21.99, Hands: 869)
Hero (BB): 166.14 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

SB raises to 3 BB, Hero raises to 10.8 BB, SB calls 7.8 BB

Flop: (21.6 BB, 2 players) 3 4 T
Hero bets 11.08 BB, SB calls 11.08 BB

Turn: (43.76 BB, 2 players) K
Hero bets 27.46 BB, SB calls 27.46 BB

River: (98.68 BB, 2 players) 2
Hero checks, SB bets 287.1 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 116.8 BB and is all-in

Oops, dropped $390 last couple of days so only up $345 for the month now #swings Not playing the greatest, but think I've ran pretty bad, blueline is going way down atm.

Pretty mehh board, AK doesn't bet this size and 98 doesn't barrel. idk, feels dirty but don't think we're good here 33%

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

SB: 139.64 BB (VPIP: 86.96, PFR: 47.83, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 26)
Hero (BB): 102.08 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 9 Q

SB raises to 3 BB, Hero calls 2 BB

Flop: (6 BB, 2 players) 3 9 K
Hero checks, SB bets 4 BB, Hero calls 4 BB

Turn: (14 BB, 2 players) Q
Hero checks, SB bets 11 BB, Hero calls 11 BB

River: (36 BB, 2 players) 8
Hero checks, SB bets 34 BB, Hero calls 34 BB



Not really sure what this is about from nitty reg?

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

Hero (SB): 126.62 BB
BB: 248.02 BB (VPIP: 60.00, PFR: 36.50, 3Bet Preflop: 13.14, Hands: 701)

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Q 7

Hero raises to 2.2 BB, BB calls 1.2 BB

Flop: (4.4 BB, 2 players) 4 T 3
BB checks, Hero bets 2.72 BB, BB calls 2.72 BB

Turn: (9.84 BB, 2 players) 6
BB checks, Hero bets 6.08 BB, BB calls 6.08 BB

River: (22 BB, 2 players) 8
BB checks, Hero bets 13.58 BB, BB calls 13.58 BB



Some sizing inducements vs new reg/2-tabler

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

Hero (SB): 133.06 BB
BB: 180.58 BB (VPIP: 84.62, PFR: 23.08, 3Bet Preflop: 10.00, Hands: 13)

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 2 T

Hero raises to 2.2 BB, BB calls 1.2 BB

Flop: (4.4 BB, 2 players) A 9 4
BB checks, Hero bets 2.72 BB, BB calls 2.72 BB

Turn: (9.84 BB, 2 players) K
BB checks, Hero bets 6.08 BB, BB calls 6.08 BB

River: (22 BB, 2 players) Q
BB checks, Hero bets 6.9 BB, BB raises to 46 BB, Hero calls 39.1 BB



Capping (trapping ) turn vs reg, from my experience most are leading river with value in these spots so we should be in a nice spot otr

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

Hero (SB): 100.72 BB
BB: 114.72 BB (VPIP: 68.23, PFR: 46.61, 3Bet Preflop: 14.04, Hands: 400)

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

Hero raises to 2.2 BB, BB calls 1.2 BB

Flop: (4.4 BB, 2 players) 5 K 9
BB checks, Hero bets 2.72 BB, BB calls 2.72 BB

Turn: (9.84 BB, 2 players) 5
BB checks, Hero checks

River: (9.84 BB, 2 players) 7
BB checks, Hero bets 6.08 BB, BB raises to 25.5 BB, Hero calls 19.42 BB

except for playing vs 4bets against me :P

anyway, hands looks pretty std, so it's probably just variance, most people vastly underestimate how gigantic it is in high-rake envoirment, even with easy pools

also, I've noticed that these last few days nl50 pools were a bit less soft than usual and nl100 was much softer, looks like few fish hit a decent upswing

lol, agreed I had some lucky hands there

Yeah, variance can be a killer with this kind of rake. Small sample for the year, but my rake is up to 14bb/100 again, pretty crazy.

Sounds right, I have NL100 in my favorites tab so I keep an eye on those games and they have seemed better again recently, I've actually bumhunted almost 300 hands there this month and won half a stack

Do you 4-table if both pools are good?

Hoping to take some more shots at 100 soon, but need to climb back at 50 first.