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Hey man,

Looks like you're still going strong too I'm sure you will have no prob with live HSNL, hope you run good so you can get there quick! GL man, will follow along/keep in touch.

Thanks brah, hope youre crushing.

Thanks man time for a big 2k17 imo!

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Heading to Berlin tomorrow, will put in some hours there. If rake is horrendous will head over to Spain

Holy hell, 1/1 300 bbs isn't deep for you? Is this standard in European casinos to have so many bbs at very low stakes?

If it's the casino I'm thinking of based on HU4Hoes post then the games there can play really deep and 1/2 is the highest game going but plays like a deep 2/5 game in America

Subbed, GL!

Hey, yeah we usually play 300bb+ in the UK and Europe. It is deep but just lower stakes, I prefer the 1/2 1k buy in

Nobody likes playing 100bb

Thanks bro, glad to see you doing well!

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Session 16 - 07/01/2017

4h + 848

Sooo made it out to Berlin last night, dumped my luggage in the hotel, got some food and walked down to the pokerfloor. Got in a nice 2/4 uncapped game. There was one German buying shots for the table, one American donking like theres no tomorrow and the rest were weakish regs from my initial observations.

The rake is indeed horrendous with 6-8% capped at 20 euros. I am pretty sure the game is still beatable above 2/4, but the 2/2 has the same rake which is most commonly played. I wonder what kind of hourly is sustainable at 2/4 deep with such a rake structure ??

It also freakin cold and snowing non stop ha.

Still had a decent session, few regs bought in for 2k+

9 handed - interesting hand
I open 45 in MP to 12 (hero has lag image), sb nitty young guy who folded to every single 3b for hours when deep lol (800ish, hero covers) 3bets to 40, I call.

Flop J34 (pot 84)
He checks, I bet 42, he raises to 100, i call.

Turn 5 (pot 284)
He tank checks, I dont think I can ever check here given board texture, if he c/r I think I have an easy fold but I want to get value vs overpairs which he prob c/c now, I bet 140 and he insta mucks.

Gonna do some exploring today and hit the tables later.

Session 17 - 08/01/2017

5h - 30

Played 2/2 for 4h until the 2/4 deep finally opened and died within an hour when the two fish bustoed. Did a bit of sightseeing and heading over to Hamburg today, hopefully there are some good games. According to the casinos websites the rake there is capped at 5 and 6 euro depending on the casino and not 20 like Berlin. If the games are healthy it could be an option to move to.

4 handed table breaking 600 effective with regfish and 1k with ok reg

Fish limps for 4, reg otb limps, i completed sb with A4, bb checks.

Flop 356 (pot 16)
i check, bb checks, regfish bets 12, reg calls 12, i make it 58, regfish tank calls, reg folds.

Turn J (pot 144)
I bet 104, regfish calls.

River T (pot 352)
I bet 400, regfish tanks for agessssssss and folds 33

enjoying the thread, keep it up!

This seems like a veeeeery ambitious bluff mate! We don't really have many, if any nut flushes here and wouldn't ever bet turn and river for this size with a straight. Then again, if he's willing to fold a set, it's prob great

Flop

-I don't mind the check-raise.

-As a general rule of thumb (at least in my games), I feel check-raising maximises fold equity and leading out minimises it. In all but the most exceptional of games will I check-raise with a value hand in a limped pot, sometimes a check-raise is just mandatory to start building a pot in a super-deep game.

-With that said, I feel these spots are extremely difficult to maneuver. The problem is his continuing range on this texture e.g. a pair, will often have something to go along with it like an OESD, gutshot 1c BDFD etc. Visibility from OOP in exactly these kind of spots is often extremely ****ty, he could have a flush draw, weak two pair he doesnt want to fold etc etc. Its very difficult to know from OOP.

-I feel that I actually tend to leak a lot of money in these spots, where I check-raise bluff the flop on a somewhat co-ordinated board. I think the flop check-raise is fine, but reading this hand really brought back memories of a bunch of similar awkward spots, where tbh I could have just thrown away my hand or just took the LV passive option.

Turn

-I think as played a bet definitely good for obvious reasons. In these kinds of spots I really don't mind picking a smaller sizing as well although yours is pretty much close enough.
-He's going to have weak pairs in his range, some weak two-pair, flushes etc. We don't need to bet very big to get those to fold, and I think by betting smaller we rep a much wider value range.
-By betting smaller we also get him to squirm and make him feel like he has to raise his Kxcc/Qxcc hands to get the money in the pot now before the 4th club comes. I think facing this bet he's still going to raise a bunch of the time, but certainly with an even smaller bet he's going to give away his hand more frequently.

River

Much of my comments apply as above. Again I dont think we need to bet very big, but I suppose it depends on what you want to accomplish! Do you want him to fold a weak/medium flush etc. We don't need to bet very big at all to get him off a hand like Kc6x which picks up a BDFD on the turn.

As played, vs that specific holding though I think you nailed the bet size though ; )

This analysis was a bit tl;dr/wall of text, but I find I get into trouble a lot with these type of spots OOP on very dynamic boards so kind of just got into it! gl with the search for a good watering hole.

Thanks man

I think we should have nut flushes deepish, plus I am not doing this too wide. I think I have the perfect hand for it. As Acid says below doing this too often can get spewy/awkward. I felt like i needed to bet that size otr to get him off two pair/sets/sometimes (i hope) weak flushes. I feel like live people sigh call smaller bets and really hate calling big bets. If i had the nizzles I am betting 275ish all day.

Gotta have

Good analysis imo, seems like Ben is behind on his live skills

Ben doesn't win at live so i wouldnt worry too much about it

Ben confirmed live fish

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Session 18 - 09/01/2017

4h - 190

Meh session, folded 83o type hands for hours. Paid of a bet check bet with top top vs what turned out to be a nit.

Heading back to Berlin today, not a huge fan of Hamburg especially compared to Berlin. Going to try and get an apartment this week, if anyone knows any property agents/people wanting to rent their place out in Berlin please let me know!

I arrive at the casino, walk into reception to get my passport checked etc and the lady goes what are you here for?
I look at her strangely and say poker, she goes I am afraid there is no room for you. I ask if there is a wait list and she goes maybe?
I ask if i can join this list and she goes the dress code is suit only I am afraid, but you can hire one from us. So i hire a ****ing suit like a donk and go to the poker room, the casino is obv filled with people in suits, something like a James Bond film lol. I dont do the whole poker pro thing with headphones/hoodies but I dont go as far as a suit

I get to the poker room and it is filled with either young guys wearing Rozvadov caps who have taken off their jackets, or old men. I was given one of those vibrating token things by the poker room manager who said I need to wait since table is full (1 table running). I wait 30min and get into a game where the old men turn out to be mostly nitty and the young regs are half decent.


Back to Berlin! The rake is much higher there but it is filled with tourists and fish/regfish. I also prefer 9 handed max, Hamburg is ten handed.

cliffs:
Must wear suit in Hamburg for teh casino
No room for you if you wear a nice coat and Ralph Lauren Polo
Ten handed is lame

screw you guys

Quick girafe from my live poker app, first variance free part is playing a 1/1 deepish game as nothing else ran where I lived. Rest is mostly 1/2 deep some 2/4 uncapped.

Overall hourly so far is £45ish.

Looks fine imo. nh.

Gimme some of that rungood pls.

haha sent brah

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Got heavily snowed on today in Berlin, managed to only take **** pics.

Back on the grind tonight.

i went to prague last year and went to the casino there, my experience was nowhere as bad but it was awkward and weird, my friend got asked what he was there for too. i had no problems though.

Yeah I think they were just confused as most knew people knew they had to wear suits and I was a bit under dressed.

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Session 20 - 11/01/2017

6h + 210

Really annoying session, felt like I should of won tons more but I kept getting terrible run outs after sticking in lots of money on flop/turns. 3hours of 2/2 until 2/4 uncapped opened.

Also heading back to the UK tomorrow as I need to take care of a few things back home and then going to put more effort into moving somewhere. It is quite difficult to rent a decent place in Berlin without German reference checks/payslips.

Annoying type hands
9 handed

Straddled to 8, Hero opens 78 to 24 in MP, CO huge nit oldish man (800 effective) makes it 68 folded to me I call.

Flop A98 (pot 150)
I check, he checks.

Turn 10
Definitely feels like KK QQ and maybe JJ if he 3bets this. He generally limp calls stuff like TT so maybe not even JJ 3betting here.
I bet 110, he tank calls.

River 5 (pot 370)
Cheeeeeck, nit sighs, tanks and bets 180 lol nhnh

V literally always has KsKx or QsQx here. :')

For sure haha.

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Session 21 - 14/01/2017

4h + £361

Back in the UK for now, played the 1/2 1k deep over in the neighboring city. Feels good to be back for some reason. Was a good game, shortish handed most of the time and I was able to run the table. Left early as I was super tired from travels.

6 handed
UTG regfish limps, I make it 10 otb with AJ, sb fishy (£200ish) flats, utg folds lol.

Flop A92 (pot 25)
Fish donks 20 I call.

Turn Q (pot 65)
Fish donks 15, I raise to 50, fish snap calls

River 8 (pot 165)
Fish snap shoves 120ish, I call, fishy shows A6o lol.

Interesting spot (i think), no reads on fish apart from the fact that his body language suggested he hadnt played much poker.

TBH I hate calling that river because it's so ******ed for them to be shoving even an ace into your capped range. How often do you find people showing up with worse here? I've seen it a fair bit vs spastics online and they usually just have a weak pair but i can't help but feel like it's always like A8 or A2 or some bs?

I'm somewhat torn on this hand because from experience people just tend to call very quickly with their "draws" i.e. KsKx, QsQx.

That said I'm still folding as played especially facing that bet size.

Ages ago I read a very helpful article by Ed Miller on these type of spots. http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news...-unforced-bets.

As played, I would call as well based on timing tells, as well as your reads, and what Miller talks about in this article.

Welcome back, trip up to London soon??

I used to feel like this way a lot, in general though to make my life simpler and help me sleep at night "if it doesnt make any sense/reps so few combos's" I just call.

Again the article I posted above is great as well ; )