Nice idea on recording the session.

-6

Grade: C

BR: 391

3-4 tables, ~4h

Only got ~5h of interrupted sleep so was a bit like a zombie. Therefore, I did not apply a lot of thought to decisions. However, some things, such as attacking limpers and which cards to play and which to fold are becoming pretty automatic. The nice thing about playing when ur not at ur best is that you can identify the back end of ur game. I maybe fell into the habit of calling big bets vs unknown Villains, but I also think I might have just run into the top of fish's ranges.

One Villain raised 3/4 of 1st 4 hands. I maybe got outta line w/88 and ran into JJ against this Villain on their 5th hand. Also, I ran my K high flush into an A high flush. Prob should have called the river raise instead of shoving there. Furthermore, AA<Q9l--gii ott on Q768r board.

Anyway, happy to have logged some hands which was my main objective. I knew going into it that I wasn't my freshest.

-2

Grade: C

BR: 389

2-4 tables, 4h

The upside to this sesh was that I logged a lot of hands. Otherwise, like yesterday's sesh, I was running on not enough sleep to be at my A game. I prob made some bad calls that better players would not have made. Plus, I prob botched some hands by betting incorrectly. An example is a hand in which 3 hearts were on the board and I bet I think 5bb's into a 35bb pot on the river. I had two pair and wanted to get value from one pair hands. Villain x,r to maybe 25bb and I folded. I maybe only had 8 hands on Villain too--so no reads.

So I'm still learning about various spots post flop. Still learning when to bet, when to check, how much to bet, when to x-r, etc. I think going over hands that I played is how I will improve my post-flop game. Been doing some, but so far it's not been nearly enough.

start 445p

attitude: raise or fold

JJ otb gets 4b by SB--call right? only 10 hands on V, solid stats so far.
b,c; c; f.

KQs MP--call utg open?

T1 open T9s CO, BTN 3b 2nd time in 20 hands, we 4b, BTN folds

AKs<QQ We 3b, BB calls, MP 4b, we jam, BB folds, MP calls

end 551p

-5

BR: 384

This is prob a pretty standard/boring hand, but it sheds light on how weak my game is postflop. Is this a pretty clear bet flop, x turn, call or bet river? (Villain is tight on the passive side.)

-12

Grade: F

BR: 372

4 tables, ~3h

Spewed. Not every decision was awful. But I don't know how I forget to not play on Sundays. Usually I am running quite a sleep debt on Friday and Saturday. So by Sunday it's like day 3 in a row running on about ~5 h of sleep for each day. I'm tired. Just so much more prone to make huge blunders. I thought I was ready bc I did some hand analysis. Guess not.

+11

Grade: AB

BR: 383

3 tables, .5h

1 FR 10NL, 1 6max 10NL, 1 6max 25NL. Made more of an effort to find good tables and to find "fun players". Also, been thinking more about how to exploit regs. Yesterday it seemed like I was sitting w/tables full of regs that wouldn't ever pay me off when I hit straights and flushes. What the adjustment here? Bluff until they call. Ofc I gotta make them look believable for the most part.

+15

Grade: B

BR: 398

3 tables, 2h

Gii pre AA>KK. Otherwise played pretty solid. Been getting better at taking notes.

+12

Grade: B

BR: 410

3 tables, ~1h

More solid play overall. Continue to push to get notes on players. Getting upset w/myself over small errors. Gotta b hard on myself to improve. If I don't make a big deal of small mistakes I'm going to continue to make as many small mistakes.

-21

Grade: D

BR: 389

1 table, ~2h

Was too tired to be playing. Gii QQ<A4s 60bb pot. Otherwise barreled turn and river for stacks into a made flush.

-14

Grade: C

BR: 375

4 tables, 1.5h

Ran pretty bad, but I am still pretty call happy when getting min raised ott and otr. Sure it's an exploitable weakness if I always fold to min raises in these spots. But since the tables are anonymous it's not exploitable. Seems like Villains have me beat often enough to comfortably fold and check the hands later.

I completely agree with this statement.. Incredibly soft and easy to purchase pots. I would argue it's better than $50NL 6/9-max

I apologize if you have already stated this.. I haven't read every post... Do you generally only play 1-2 hour sessions? Because variance exists in poker it is necessary to get in as many hands as possible to account for this. I would suggest setting aside 3+ hours to play (if possible). This will allow you to play comfortably and see many hands...

When you are up small amounts do you feel the desire to stop playing and post a profit? Generally we tend to play too long when running/playing bad and stop playing when running/playing well..

Food for thought..

BTW.. I am on a similar journey.. I deposited $70 on Monday and am currently <$500.. Playing $50 NL as well as $25PLO.

Bovada is such an awful site tho. Probably the worst poker site due to the anonymous table thing. Where else in this world to u play a competition vs someone and not know who it is? There is not one game outside if bovada poker where u play a game and have no idea who u are playin against

except every live game at every casino in the world (unless you're a reg at your local and you know some of the other regs...)

BR: 622

Thought I'd give an update. Thought I might quit this thread, but I might simply give fewer updates. Happy w/my game overall lately. Feeling confident at 25NL. I still play when I shouldn't tho. Dropped 4 BI's yesterday morning. I was physically sick and very tired. I remember arrogantly thinking that the flu wouldn't stop me from playing. I guess it didn't, but I don't think it's a +ev decision. Made almost all of it back today. Not sure what my BR would be at if I cut out the worst 25% of my play. Pretty sure it'd be over 1K. But that's part of the game, part of development.

Anyway, I pulled back a bit from taking poker so seriously a week or two ago. I now feel much better about poker and life. It's fun--I don't want to give it up entirely.

Hope readers are doing well.

BR: 811

Feeling confident at 25NL. Still lots of room for improvement tho. Mostly want to play tighter pre and post against unknown Villains. This is a bad habit I've been whining about throughout this thread. I've improved in this area, but not quite there yet. I want my thinking to be logical when it comes to these PSBs otr. 90% of Villains aren't bluffing here. Thus, I must calculate ev at these decision points accordingly.

Otherwise probably lots of finer points to learn, lots of small technical aspects to master to improve my game. 3bet-4bet-5bet stuff is definitely an area I want to improve.

nice to see the massive comeback, kutgw

ty.

BR: 863

Had it above 900 yesterday. Ran like dog poop when I played today. Still, I made a couple of mistakes. I gotta keep pushing myself to acknowledge mistakes and push to not make them in the future. Still spots where I miss value and still make some mindless, bad calls. But getting better in both areas.

Nice!

Thanks!

BR: 939

Feeling more proficient at poker than ever b4. Still, I neglect looking over hands to c what Villains had in spots where I either folded them out or I folded to what looked like a stronger range. Been playing a little 50NL and even 100NL. Mostly grinding 25NL tho. I will continue to gradually play more 50NL, especially if my BR is over 1k.

Hope readers are doing well. I've been neglecting posting out of laziness and busyness.

BR: 967

As long as I don't play when I'm too tired my game definitely seems +ev. I could improve tho by looking over hands in HEM to c what Villains had and by doing deep analysis of hands in which I have questions. Sometimes decisions seem close; if I analyze the hand after the fact I might find a clear decision one way or the other. Also, I can continue to journal about mistakes. I think the more I shine the light of my attention on mistakes the less often I will make those same mistakes in the future. Harping on myself for mistakes during and after sessions probably helps, but I think journaling helps solidify my repulsion of mistakes even further. Neural pathways are not gonna change on their own. The other thing that I think is helpful in changing them is skype sessions. Discussing my mistakes w/ others I think is huge. Who wants to look like a fool in front of others? I will probably eventually get back into this.

BR: 1065

Find myself still a little hesitant at 50NL. Will continue to play some, but will become more comfortable at this level as I increase my bankroll and gain experience.

Why do you need to know who they are? All you need to know is how to quickly identify player types and adjust. With anonymous tables, not many people know how to effectively do this, and if you do then you have an edge. Most people don't create identities for the other players at their tables on Bovada. I'd much rather play on Bovada that FT or stars. I couldn't care less if they come back to the U.S.