Re: $150 -> $2000 and beyond: In = Discipline, Progression. Out = Poor BRM, Tilt.
Good work on the positive start to the month mate.
As for no.2, if you want to stick to it, i'd thoroughly recommend self excluding from 50nl. I can't tell you how many times over the past few days i've thought, 'sod it, i'll have an under-rolled shot at 10nl', then realised i can't because i'm self-excluded. it's done wonders.
Look forward to seeing some HHs of your recent play.
Re: $150 -> $2000 and beyond: In = Discipline, Progression. Out = Poor BRM, Tilt.
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Originally Posted by PokerGooner1
Look forward to seeing some HHs of your recent play.
I haven't marked any for review lately because I've been a lazy prick so I'll continue to do the lazy thing then and just post some of the biggest winners and losers this month. I won't remember any reads I'm sure but I'll dig into the archives for the villains stats.
You never know, there may be something interesting here that I can take some advice on or a different line I might consider. I'll try to mark at least a hand or two here and there going forward where I can contribute more in terms of reads and table dynamics at play at the time.
THE WINS
Hand 1
Make a standard cbet on the flop and pick up the OESD on the turn and fire the second barrell. River pairs my J and villain fires 1/3 pot.
No reads and no hands on villain. I have occassionally been playing QQ a little more passively pre-flop just to disguise hand strength (not regularly) with the intention of stacking off AA/KK etc if I hit gin or letting weaker hands bluff at non dangerous boards. The merits of flatting QQ can be argued of course but how do you play post flop as played pre?
River:($13.50, 2 players) T SB bets $4.50, Hero raises to $20.45 and is all-in, SB calls $8.13 and is all-in
Hero shows J J (Full House, Jacks full of Twos) (Pre 80%, Flop 95%, Turn 98%) SB shows 2 5 (Three of a Kind, Twos) (Pre 20%, Flop 5%, Turn 2%) Hero wins $37.02
Hand 5
Don't recall the hand but donk the low flop into 2 opponents. Obviously didn't want to get 2 checks behind and see overs on the turn. Get called through 2 streets by villain who called PF from CO to utg bet. River? Barrell? I've repped strong so far.
fold, fold, CO raises to $0.75, Hero raises to $2.50, fold, fold, CO calls $1.75
Flop:($5.35, 2 players) 4 3 3 CO checks, Hero bets $3.75, CO calls $3.75
Turn:($12.85, 2 players) 4 CO checks, Hero bets $6.50, CO raises to $19.10 and is all-in, Hero calls $12.25 and is all-in
River:($50.35, 2 players) 9
Spoiler:
CO shows K K (Two Pair, Kings and Fours) (Pre 81%, Flop 92%, Turn 95%) Hero shows T T (Two Pair, Tens and Fours) (Pre 19%, Flop 8%, Turn 5%) CO wins $48.35
Hand 2
Should have found a fold but kept liking the price.
BB shows A T (Three of a Kind, Aces) (Pre 28%, Flop 89%, Turn 95%) Hero mucks Q Q (Two Pair, Aces and Queens) (Pre 72%, Flop 11%, Turn 5%) BB wins $6.65
Hand 5
Fairly good TAG. Decide to call and hope fish comes with and will reassess with flop action. Once he checks the turn I should fire a bet IMO but decided pot control and to pick off a bluff on a non dangerous river or fire myself if checked to. Of course..........
That's actually it for the big pots lost. 1 stack for $25 and nothing more than about $5. I guess what I've always said is true -> the BR will start improving once I start limiting the damage from the losses, as distinct from just lamenting not winning enough big pots.
Re: $150 -> $2000 and beyond: In = Discipline, Progression. Out = Poor BRM, Tilt.
Some more HHs:-
PFR is a fairly standard TAG/SLAG who I expect to open a reasonably wide range from CO and gets called by 63/13 fish on the Btn. Probably a good spot to squeeze but with a good price and a hand that plays well in multi way pots (better IP) I decide to just take a flop.
PFR checks and fish fires pot (which was fairly standard when checked to). I have FD plus gutshot and decide to call. Pick up more equity when I pair my T on the turn but I see no point leading or x/r as I think if I'm behind on flop I'm probably still behind.
Turn:($3.84, 2 players) T Hero checks, BTN bets $2.88, Hero
Same opponent as previous hand.
These are my notes on him:-
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1. called pfr oop and then donked 3xpot
2. <relates to previous hand>
3. Called oop with A8s PF and floated flop of K97...<swear word> obv hit A on turn
Facing 2 TAG types in this hand although no real sample on either (40-ish hands). Standard 3-bet PF to CO open but get called by both Sb and PFR (CO).
Flop TPTK and bet 3/4 psb when checked to and get called again by SB. Now I'm thinking set (only really JJ as I have blockers to KK and 33 is a gross PF call for a TAG), AK for a split and perhaps KQ/QQ. Is there anything else in a TAG's range here? KJ (and worse Kx), 33 are folding pre? AA is surely raising v CO open and Btn 3 bet. Am I missing something?
Anyway, I decide to check behind on the turn as I feel it's a real WA/WB situation and I'm just really concerned about the line of a player I think knows what he's doing. The river then bricks and villain shoves..........
Re: $150 -> $2000 and beyond: In = Discipline, Progression. Out = Poor BRM, Tilt.
Hand 1 – I wouldn’t squeeze pre in this spot – if BTN was TAG then great spot to squeeze, but given BTN is a fish, he’s likely to call your squeeze very wide, and you’ll be oop with a pretty weak hand unless you flop especially well. So call pre and maximise those implied odds.
Again, against a TAG I’d be raising the flop here, but the whole point of raising draws is that you have fold equity, so some % of the time you’ll win without hitting the draw. Against this guy though, if he has anything your fold equity is basically 0, so I’d call. For the same reason I’d probably call the turn. You have so many good cards – FD, gutshot, a J or 10 may be good as well. On the river if you hit gin I’d probably lead. If you miss … check and re-evaluate depending on what the fish then does.
Hand 2 – nh. I’d swear a lot on the turn, but it’s just hard to give him credit, so I’d probably close my eyes and shove, and hope he has 10x.
Hand 3 – if the guy is decent his range his likely to be AK/AA/KK/QQ/JJ here. I wouldn’t put anything else in. Obviously the more fishy, the wider the range, lots more pps etc. So working on your assumption that the guy is good, his flop range is basically the same. I think QQ will probably c/c once on the flop, so he still has all those preflop hands.
On the turn, if you check because you think you’re wa/wb, I think you have to c/f the river, because the only hand you beat is QQ, which I doubt does this. AK is only a split and everything else beats you. If you’re checking the turn because you think the guy will turn a hand like QQ into a bluff, then it’s much closer to a call.
This is a tough one. The standard response on the forums is to say, ‘you have tptk in a 3bet pot – get the money in.’ But here I think his range is so weighted towards hands that beat you, I’m not sure you can bet the turn for value here, because nothing worse calls. And if that’s the case, you have to c/f, unless you KNOW he’ll bluff.
Of course, all of the above is based on him being good. The moment you can add KQ/1010/99/AQ type hands into his range, and a few bluffs, it becomes much closer to a call. Be interested to know what you did and if you saw his hand.
Re: $150 -> $2000 and beyond: In = Discipline, Progression. Out = Poor BRM, Tilt.
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Originally Posted by PokerGooner1
Hand 1 – I wouldn’t squeeze pre in this spot – if BTN was TAG then great spot to squeeze, but given BTN is a fish, he’s likely to call your squeeze very wide, and you’ll be oop with a pretty weak hand unless you flop especially well. So call pre and maximise those implied odds.
Again, against a TAG I’d be raising the flop here, but the whole point of raising draws is that you have fold equity, so some % of the time you’ll win without hitting the draw. Against this guy though, if he has anything your fold equity is basically 0, so I’d call. For the same reason I’d probably call the turn. You have so many good cards – FD, gutshot, a J or 10 may be good as well. On the river if you hit gin I’d probably lead. If you miss … check and re-evaluate depending on what the fish then does.
Yep, that's what I did - called the turn. River was 3 and we check through and he takes it down with KQo.
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Hand 2 – nh. I’d swear a lot on the turn, but it’s just hard to give him credit, so I’d probably close my eyes and shove, and hope he has 10x.
Given history with villain I was just too strong to fold here. As you said, shove and hope.
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Hand 3 – if the guy is decent his range his likely to be AK/AA/KK/QQ/JJ here. I wouldn’t put anything else in. Obviously the more fishy, the wider the range, lots more pps etc. So working on your assumption that the guy is good, his flop range is basically the same. I think QQ will probably c/c once on the flop, so he still has all those preflop hands.
On the turn, if you check because you think you’re wa/wb, I think you have to c/f the river, because the only hand you beat is QQ, which I doubt does this. AK is only a split and everything else beats you. If you’re checking the turn because you think the guy will turn a hand like QQ into a bluff, then it’s much closer to a call.
This is a tough one. The standard response on the forums is to say, ‘you have tptk in a 3bet pot – get the money in.’ But here I think his range is so weighted towards hands that beat you, I’m not sure you can bet the turn for value here, because nothing worse calls. And if that’s the case, you have to c/f, unless you KNOW he’ll bluff.
Of course, all of the above is based on him being good. The moment you can add KQ/1010/99/AQ type hands into his range, and a few bluffs, it becomes much closer to a call. Be interested to know what you did and if you saw his hand.
Good assessment. I don't think he has AA/KK very often (not saying never) so it really was down to AK/JJ when he shoves I think. QQ is looking to get to showdown. I called and of course he had JJ. Felt like I should have gotten away from that one. My instincts were pretty spot on but I didn't listen.
Re: $150 -> $2000 and beyond: In = Discipline, Progression. Out = Poor BRM, Tilt.
Got to say I expect I might get towelled up in a 'home game' I'm playing tonight. I'm suffering a shocking flu at the moment to the point I shouldn't be playing at all. Can barely keep the eyes open, the body hurts and i just feel miserable. After a few good days since my last update, I have gone downhill physically, emotionally and BR'ly the past 3 days. An absolute hectic work schedule combined with this flu has seen me walking around almost in a state of delirium. Think I've dropped about $100 in the past 3 days and it is almost exclusively down to how I'm playing. Calling 3bets too wide, shoving too light, calling down all the way knowing I'm beat. Just dumb stuff because I'm not thinking straight and it feels like forever since I won a decent pot.
Need some decent rest I think so might do the BR a favour and take a break for a few days after tonight.
Re: $150 -> $2000 and beyond: In = Discipline, Progression. Out = Poor BRM, Tilt.
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Originally Posted by Hawk23
Got to say I expect I might get towelled up in a 'home game' I'm playing tonight. I'm suffering a shocking flu at the moment to the point I shouldn't be playing at all. Can barely keep the eyes open, the body hurts and i just feel miserable. After a few good days since my last update, I have gone downhill physically, emotionally and BR'ly the past 3 days. An absolute hectic work schedule combined with this flu has seen me walking around almost in a state of delirium. Think I've dropped about $100 in the past 3 days and it is almost exclusively down to how I'm playing. Calling 3bets too wide, shoving too light, calling down all the way knowing I'm beat. Just dumb stuff because I'm not thinking straight and it feels like forever since I won a decent pot.
Need some decent rest I think so might do the BR a favour and take a break for a few days after tonight.
Get better soon mate. Don't play poker while being ill!
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