This is really true. A month ago, when I wasn't yet playing to pay rent, even at 400nl I could get thrashed for 4-5 buyins of coolers and just shrug it off and acknowledge that it's just how it goes sometimes. I'm working on maintaining that same mentality now, even though the pressure is higher.

And yeah, at this point 100nl feels like play money. So much less stressful, because of the lower stakes but also because people just don't know how to bluff well until 200nl.

Hopped on a 2/5 table just to check it out, but I had to stay. It's an absolute spewfest. Stacked K10 preflop with AK for 100BB within 20 minutes. Had some disgusting runouts for my sets and overpairs so far though:

I feel like there's some missed flushes donking this river. Vs supper aggro villian (88% WWSF)

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NL Holdem $5(BB)
MP ($445)
MP ($492.5)
HJ ($505.68)
HERO ($636)
BTN ($166.62)
SB ($1419.83)
BB ($429.83)
UTG ($773.5)

Dealt to Hero 9 9

UTG Folds, MP Folds, MP Folds, HJ Folds, HERO Raises To $15 (Rem. Stack: 621), BTN Folds, SB Folds, BB Calls $10 (Rem. Stack: 414.83)

Flop ($32.5) 9 K A
BB Checks, HERO Bets $21.25 (Rem. Stack: 599.75), BB Calls $21.25 (Rem. Stack: 393.58)

Turn ($75.00) 9 K A J
BB Checks, HERO Bets $52.5 (Rem. Stack: 547.25), BB Calls $52.5 (Rem. Stack: 341.08)

River ($180.00) 9 K A J Q
BB Bets $123 (Rem. Stack: 218.08), HERO Calls $123 (Rem. Stack: 424.25)

BB shows T A

BB wins $422


This hand hurts. Can't really fold river given the odds, but I only beat 2 pair. Vs. a passive nit.

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NL Holdem $5(BB)
CO ($431.38)
BTN ($492.5)
SB ($580.75)
HERO ($1109)
UTG ($338.51)
HJ ($456.4)

Dealt to Hero 6 6

UTG Folds, HJ Calls $5 (Rem. Stack: 451.4), CO Raises To $20.59 (Rem. Stack: 410.79), BTN Folds, SB Folds, HERO Calls $15.59 (Rem. Stack: 1088.41), HJ Calls $15.59 (Rem. Stack: 435.81)

Flop ($64.27) T 6 A
HERO Checks, HJ Checks, CO Checks

Turn ($64.27) T 6 A Q
HERO Bets $42.13 (Rem. Stack: 1046.28), HJ Folds, CO Calls $42.13 (Rem. Stack: 368.66)

River ($148.53) T 6 A Q 9
HERO Bets $114.26 (Rem. Stack: 932.02), CO Raises To $228.52 (Rem. Stack: 140.14), HERO Calls $114.26 (Rem. Stack: 817.76)

CO shows J K

CO wins $601.57


And then, I make the right call here (both for my range and as a read) and don't get rewarded. meh

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NL Holdem $5(BB)
BTN ($457)
SB ($520)
BB ($275.5)
HERO ($1420.25)
HJ ($346.01)
CO ($817.63)

Dealt to Hero J J

HERO Raises To $15 (Rem. Stack: 1405.25), HJ Folds, CO Folds, BTN Calls $15 (Rem. Stack: 442), SB Folds, BB Calls $10 (Rem. Stack: 260.5)

Flop ($47.5) 4 5 T
BB Checks, HERO Bets $23.75 (Rem. Stack: 1381.50), BTN Calls $23.75 (Rem. Stack: 418.25), BB Raises To $72.5 (Rem. Stack: 188.0), HERO Calls $48.75 (Rem. Stack: 1332.75), BTN Folds

Turn ($216.25) 4 5 T 3
BB $188 (allin) (Rem. Stack: 0.0), HERO Calls $188 (Rem. Stack: 1144.75)

River ($592.25) 4 5 T 3 2

BB shows A 8

BB wins $588.25

wut

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NL Holdem $5(BB)
CO ($487.5)
BTN ($432.5)
SB ($527.47)
HERO ($1016.65)
UTG ($390.18)
MP ($599.94)
MP ($1093)
HJ ($1214.19)

Dealt to Hero 3 Q

UTG Raises To $17.5 (Rem. Stack: 372.68), MP Calls $17.5 (Rem. Stack: 582.44), MP Folds, HJ Calls $17.5 (Rem. Stack: 1196.69), CO Folds, BTN Calls $17.5 (Rem. Stack: 415.0), SB Folds, HERO Calls $12.5 (Rem. Stack: 999.15)

Flop ($90.0) 4 Q 3
HERO Checks, UTG Bets $90 (Rem. Stack: 282.68), MP $582.44 (allin) (Rem. Stack: 0.00), HJ $1196.69 (allin) (Rem. Stack: 0.00), BTN Folds, HERO $999.15 (allin) (Rem. Stack: 0.00), UTG Folds

Turn ($2958.28) 4 Q 3 2

River ($2958.28) 4 Q 3 2 9

MP shows Q T

HJ shows 4 3

HJ wins $197.54
HERO wins $2756.74

I find it amusing that at this level there are people who like to punt it off with bottom two and top pair lil kicker.

2,7k cash. If I think how many hands I have to beat in order to win this sum at a tournament vs cash. Makes me sick

I profited more in this one hand (within my first 100 hands at the stake) at 500nl than I profited in 18k hands at 100nl.

I swear sometimes the higher you go the softer it gets. Besides the competent regs of course.

The run good can only last so long... This guy joins and immediately says he's wasted, asks how betting works and how he can take his money off the table when he's done, then 3bet shoves A9s into me on his second hand:

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NL Holdem $5(BB)
HJ ($1048.63)
CO ($837.52)
HERO ($515.63)
SB ($495)
BB ($404.57)

Dealt to Hero Q Q

HJ Folds, CO Folds, HERO Raises To $15 (Rem. Stack: 500.63), SB $492.5 (allin) (Rem. Stack: 0.0), BB Folds, HERO Calls $480 (Rem. Stack: 20.63)

Flop ($995.0) 5 9 2

Turn ($995.0) 5 9 2 4

River ($995.0) 5 9 2 4 A

SB shows 9 A

SB wins $992

As I'm typing this he's still asking how to type in a bet.

Still, a great session and a great day. Played 100nl to start the day and 200nl and 500nl for the last ~700 hands

Hands: 1133
Profit: +$2,601.45

Judging by this batch of hands I think you might consider making some more explofolds on Ignition.

H1 is just a terrible call, I don't care what his stats are, there's no way you have enough of a sample on him to say that he turns a pair into a bluff at a high enough freq to justify this. His turn defense range is like all pair+gutters, he doesn't have to defend something like K8 ott which would then bluff otr.

H2 yes you can fold river, in that exact spot the likelihoods of him bluffing or vbetting worse otr are just soooooo low.

H3 it's a pretty clear fold ott when you get xr MW and then jammed on on this turn card, did you run an equity calc against AT, sets, some 76s, some A2s, and some combo draws? It depends partly on the weights you give (obv) but when you're behind here you're basically drawing dead and when you're ahead you're like 60% at best.

Congrats on good day .

H1 was against a villian who I had played 100+ hands with. He was playing any 2, extremely aggressively (80/20, 88% WWSF). He's turning every missed flush into a river bluff. (even 62s). That being said, it's close.

H2 was against a fish who was definitely capable of min raising 2pair for value there.

H3 is a clear call. I have to call down some overpairs here or else I can be bluffed way too easily. JJ with no spade makes sense as one of my call downs. If I'm folding JJ w/o spade, what am I calling with? Just sets? Haven't ran the equity yet, but I'm almost certain I have enough equity to call turn.

Appreciate the reply!

h2 ok, you said in the HH he was a passive nit
h3 ok, i won't try to convince you otherwise, but I do suggest you look at best case/worst case scenarios there

This is exactly the thinking to try to get away from when playing on Ignition. You don't "have to" do anything on an anonymous site where people can't exploit your tendencies in the future. All you have to ask yourself is what your average equity is against the pool of players in that spot. Whether you're good enough to call there is a separate discussion, but the reasoning shouldn't be that if you don't do X, you're exploitable, thus you should do X.

I just ran the equity and if I give him a range of 44, 55, 76s, A10s, plus all the flush draws in his BB defending range/combo draws/top pair+fd I have 50.48% equity. I needed around 33%. Even when I have a more conservative bluff range of just nut flush draws, straight+flush draws, and top pair + FD I have around 42%.

Just because Ignition is anonymous doesn't mean we shouldn't be playing balanced. Sure, I make exploitative read-based plays when I get the opportunity, but I also have a strategy that I can follow without any reads - and I definitely do take into account the tendencies of the player pool as much as I can

Had some life stuff to deal with today and didn't get to play much, but put in a short winning session at 1/2 and one 2/5 table. Going to play online tomorrow, then leaving for Vegas on Friday for the WSOP.

Hands: 414
Profit: +$353.64

Well, Vegas was kind of disappointing. Took 3 shots at getting into the Main. Busted the first one on my 3rd hand. KK vs AA AIPF. Busted the second one with a 14BB shove from the cutoff with K10s and ran into QQ (didn't like this one, I think I can still 2.2x raise with 14bb). And the last one I 3bet shoved 15bb with AQs, A9o snap called and flipped it over like it's the nuts, which is what it ended up being.

Cash games in Vegas are tighter than I've ever played before (except for my last trip, but I didn't play much). Tried the Wynn, Rio, and Bellagio. Table changed a few times, but I just couldn't get a halfway decent 2/5 table. The whole trip made me realize how much more I enjoy online poker. I had never been to the WSOP before, so I didn't know how poorly ran everything is. 2 hour+ waits to get a tournament ticket are ridiculous, and cash games should not be restricted to certain rewards card members.

This week's results so far (almost all $1/$2):

Hands: 1600
Profit: +$243.38

Forgot to mention - got 4th place in the nightly 10K last night. Won ~1200 with bounties included. Would've loved to win my last hand though:

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NL Holdem $-20000(BB)
CO ($755606)
HERO ($591712)
SB ($323190)
BB ($629492)

Dealt to Hero J J

CO Raises To $53215 (Rem. Stack: 700391), HERO Raises To $165000 (Rem. Stack: 424712), SB Folds, BB Folds, CO $700391 (allin) (Rem. Stack: 0), HERO $424712 (allin) (Rem. Stack: 0)

Flop ($1381318) 2 6 3

Turn ($1381318) 2 6 3 9

River ($1381318) 2 6 3 9 8

CO shows 3 3

CO wins $1381318

30bb 4bet shove with 33? K thx. To be fair, I tilted the **** outta this guy. This was my 4th 3bet in like 8 hands against him, and he folded to the first 3.

I feel like this is too strong to fold, any thoughts?

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NL Holdem $2(BB)
UTG ($197)
MP ($268.95)
MP ($207.1)
HERO ($200)
CO ($119.75)
BTN ($119.72)
SB ($390.1)
BB ($203.25)

Dealt to Hero 7 7

UTG Folds, MP Folds, MP Raises To $6 (Rem. Stack: 201.1), HERO Calls $6 (Rem. Stack: 194), CO Folds, BTN Folds, SB Calls $5 (Rem. Stack: 384.1), BB Folds

Flop ($20) T 7 J
SB Checks, MP Checks, HERO Bets $12 (Rem. Stack: 182), SB Calls $12 (Rem. Stack: 372.1), MP Calls $12 (Rem. Stack: 189.1)

Turn ($56) T 7 J 2
SB Checks, MP Checks, HERO Bets $42 (Rem. Stack: 140), SB Calls $42 (Rem. Stack: 330.1), MP Calls $42 (Rem. Stack: 147.1)

River ($182) T 7 J 2 3
SB Bets $100 (Rem. Stack: 230.1), MP Folds, HERO?

Get outta here with that river donk bs

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NL Holdem $2(BB)
EP ($197)
MP ($88)
MP ($229.67)
HJ ($223.2)
HERO ($226.25)
BTN ($67)
SB ($68.85)
BB ($383.96)
UTG ($403.9)

Dealt to Hero A J

UTG Folds, EP Folds, MP Folds, MP Folds, HJ Folds, HERO Raises To $5 (Rem. Stack: 221.25), BTN Folds, SB Folds, BB Calls $3 (Rem. Stack: 378.96)

Flop ($11) Q 2 5
BB Checks, HERO Bets $5.5 (Rem. Stack: 215.75), BB Calls $5.5 (Rem. Stack: 373.46)

Turn ($22.0) Q 2 5 4
BB Checks, HERO Bets $12 (Rem. Stack: 203.75), BB Calls $12 (Rem. Stack: 361.46)

River ($46.0) Q 2 5 4 9
BB Bets $25 (Rem. Stack: 336.46), HERO Raises To $78 (Rem. Stack: 125.75), BB Folds

HERO wins $145

Not a great day. Played all 1/2, plus a $20 4k (had a free ticket), $75 10k knockout, and $100 10k.

Hands: 1507
Profit: -$475.87

Was 3:1 chip leader in the $100 10k for the first couple hours, then this happened:

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NL Holdem $-600(BB)
BB ($37399)
UTG ($23254)
MP ($9160)
MP ($11978)
HERO ($73858)
CO ($21040)
BTN ($8980)
SB ($5685)

Dealt to Hero 5 5

UTG Raises To $1320 (Rem. Stack: 21874), MP Folds, MP Folds, HERO Calls $1320 (Rem. Stack: 72478), CO Folds, BTN $8920 (allin) (Rem. Stack: 0), SB Folds, BB Folds, UTG Folds, HERO Calls $7600 (Rem. Stack: 64878)

Flop ($20540) 3 9 J

Turn ($20540) 3 9 J 2

River ($20540) 3 9 J 2 8

BTN shows 3 3

BTN wins $20540

Nothing crippling, but it sucked. Then this fun one happened. Stupid fish

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NL Holdem $-800(BB)
BB ($45389)
UTG ($21074)
MP ($9940)
MP ($9181)
HERO ($63818)
CO ($25145)
BTN ($20145)
SB ($11797)

Dealt to Hero 8 2

BTN Folds, SB Folds, BB Folds, UTG Folds, MP Folds, MP Folds, HERO Raises To $2000 (Rem. Stack: 61338), CO Calls $1600 (Rem. Stack: 22665)

Flop ($5440) 4 8 6
HERO Checks, CO Bets $5440 (Rem. Stack: 17225), HERO Calls $5440 (Rem. Stack: 55898)

Turn ($16320) 4 8 6 J
HERO Checks, CO Checks

River ($16320) 4 8 6 J 3
HERO Checks, CO Checks

CO shows T J

CO wins $16320

This HH got messed up by Drivehud somehow. I was SB and V was BB, otherwise everything is right. Same with the one below. Not sure why the positioning got screwed up in the export

Ended up all in a little while later:

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NL Holdem $-1600(BB)
BB ($58900)
UTG ($39662)
HERO ($53148)
HJ ($19162)
CO ($18467)
BTN ($16340)
SB ($123602)

Dealt to Hero J J

HJ Folds, CO Folds, BTN Folds, SB Raises To $3200 (Rem. Stack: 120242), BB Raises To $8160 (Rem. Stack: 50580), UTG Folds, HERO Raises To $19400 (Rem. Stack: 31988), SB Folds, BB $50580 (allin) (Rem. Stack: 0), HERO $31988 (allin) (Rem. Stack: 0)

Flop ($116848) 6 7 T

Turn ($116848) 6 7 T 5

River ($116848) 6 7 T 5 Q

BB shows A A

BB wins $116848

Not sure I like my call here. idk, flipping at best. Not on the bubble yet, but a couple tables away. I hate chip leading from the start and not cashing. But 30bb with jj can't be that bad, can it?

When you get the juiciest run out:

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NL Holdem $2(BB)
HERO ($217.3)
SB ($179.8)

Dealt to Hero A K

SB Raises To $5 (Rem. Stack: 173.8), HERO Raises To $19 (Rem. Stack: 196.3), SB Calls $15 (Rem. Stack: 158.8)

Flop ($42) K 2 5
HERO Checks, SB Checks

Turn ($42) K 2 5 Q
HERO Bets $21 (Rem. Stack: 175.3), SB Calls $21 (Rem. Stack: 137.8)

River ($84) K 2 5 Q A
HERO $175.3 (allin) (Rem. Stack: 0.0), SB $137.8 (allin) (Rem. Stack: 0.0)

HERO wins $396.1
He had AQ

Really interesting hand. River is clearly a thin value bet by V, so I went with the raise

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NL Holdem $2(BB)
BTN ($200)
HERO ($252.35)
BB ($259.85)

Dealt to Hero 6 7

BTN Folds, HERO Raises To $5 (Rem. Stack: 246.35), BB Calls $4 (Rem. Stack: 253.85)

Flop ($12) 2 6 5
HERO Checks, BB Bets $6 (Rem. Stack: 247.85), HERO Calls $6 (Rem. Stack: 240.35)

Turn ($24) 2 6 5 K
HERO Checks, BB Bets $12 (Rem. Stack: 235.85), HERO Calls $12 (Rem. Stack: 228.35)

River ($48) 2 6 5 K 9
HERO Checks, BB Bets $18 (Rem. Stack: 217.85), HERO Raises To $69 (Rem. Stack: 159.35), BB Folds

HERO wins $133

Solid 1/2 session today. Played well, and ran awesome. Got tons of thin value, continued to incorporate overbet shoves (had a lot of success with that today), and worked on being more aggressive oop. I'm really happy with the way my game is coming together.

Hands: 683
Profit: $691.22

Yesterday's results:

Hands: 227
Profit: +$89.29

Today:

Hands: 1725
Profit: +$521.72

This week has been really swingy, but overall good. I made a few light call downs that I didn't like, and one or two folds that I wish I could take back, but overall I feel like my game is steadily improving.

This week I made a switch to a 1/3 flop bet sizing on most board textures and I really like the results so far. I get close to the same # of folds while keeping V's range wider on the turn. Plus it induces all kinds of idiotic play.

Cash Results 7/16-18

Hands: 4243
Profit: $1380.56

MTT Results 7/16-18

Total Tournaments: 13
Total Buyin: $1203 + $107.3 in rake = $1310.3
Cashes: 3
$97.26 ($30 buyin)
$91.92 ($40 buyin)
$463.12 ($250 buyin)
Total Cashes: $652.3
Tournament profit: -$658

Would've liked to make deeper runs in the tournaments I cashed in, but I feel dumb anytime I complain about MTT variance

sick stuff man! Would you be able to post graphs?

I use DriveHud, so I don't have any cool graphs, unfortunately. But I can post my results so far this month. Having a sick run at 2/5. I typically three table 1/2 with one 2/5 table, besides the week I played 100nl because I had been running bad. In hindsight, I think the strategy of moving down worked


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My head just ****ing exploded. I'm due for a few of these I guess

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NL Holdem $5(BB)
BB ($438.96)
HJ ($525.13)
HERO ($646.17)
BTN ($512.63)
SB ($1015.26)

Dealt to Hero 9 K

HJ Folds, HERO Raises To $12 (Rem. Stack: 634.17), BTN Raises To $34 (Rem. Stack: 478.63), SB Folds, BB Calls $29 (Rem. Stack: 404.96), HERO Calls $22 (Rem. Stack: 612.17)

Flop ($104.5) 9 K Q
BB Checks, HERO Checks, BTN Bets $52.25 (Rem. Stack: 426.38), BB Calls $52.25 (Rem. Stack: 352.71), HERO Raises To $235 (Rem. Stack: 377.17), BTN Folds, BB Calls $182.75 (Rem. Stack: 169.96)

Turn ($626.75) 9 K Q 5
BB $169.96 (allin) (Rem. Stack: 0.00), HERO Calls $169.96 (Rem. Stack: 207.21)

River ($966.67) 9 K Q 5 J

BB shows 5 T

BB wins $963.67