Welcome all to my thread. I hope you find it entertaining.

Introduction
Just over a year ago, I contributed a pathetic excuse for a thread on this very forum. Although the thread wasn't taken seriously, the challenge was. You can see the challenge set here.
Just over a year later, my win rate is:

5-10

2-5

1-3

1-2

Donkaments


Background
I'm a 27 yo male with a half decent job. I spend the weekends tearing up London - pissing the majority of my salary against the wall at over priced clubs, bars and restaurants (don't worry I'll post pics). Thankfully, I've managed to keep my poker bankroll relatively intact, so my roll is around £22,000 at the moment.

The Plan
1. Continue enjoying myself
2. Retire from my job - phase 1 of this has already happened - I've handed in my notice and will be finished in Jun 14
3. Save as much $$$ as I can
4. Sell my car (worth maybe £3,500)
5. Rent a small flat in London (budget 700 - 1000 per month)
6. Play live pokers full time

I'm currently playing so I'll let you know how the session goes.

X

Played in the most boring 2-5 ever for around 3 hours. There was 1 maniac on the table but he was playing like a nit. All the regs at the table were goading him into mixing it up and getting the game out of the muck, but he didn't bite. It was particularly painful for me as I'm currently nursing a hangover from last nights Christmas do at work. I bought in for £1,000 and finished with £750. There were no hands of interest (apart from a 1k flip on red/black between the maniac and a reg).

After the game broke, a much better 1-3 took its place. The max for this game is 1000, but I didn't have any chips to top up, so I buy in for 750.

Session 1 Hand 1 - Villain 1 and 2 are both Rec players, both very loose pre-flop and stations post flop.

Table Live_Pokah - 1/3 - No Limit Holdem
Seat 1: Seat 1 (400)
Seat 2: Hero (750)
Seat 3: Seat 3 (300)
Seat 4: Seat 4 (300)
Seat 5: Seat 5 (1000)
Seat 6: Seat 6 (900)
Seat 7: Seat 7 (450)
Seat 8: Seat 8 (1000)
Seat 9: Seat 9 (780)
Seat 3 posts the small blind of 1
Seat 4 posts the big blind of 3
The Hero is on the Button
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [3h 4h]
Seat 5 calls 3
Seat 6 calls 3
Seat 7 folds
Seat 8 folds
Seat 9 folds
Seat 1 folds
Hero raises to 18
Seat 3 folds
Seat 4 folds
Seat 5 calls 18
Seat 6 calls 18
*** FLOP *** [3d 7h Js] - Pot = 58
Seat 5 checks
Seat 6 checks
Hero bets 35
Seat 5 calls 35
Seat 6 calls 35
*** TURN *** [3d 7h Js] [4d] - Pot = 163
Seat 5 checks
Seat 6 checks
Hero bets 130
Seat 5 calls 130
Seat 6 calls 130
*** RIVER *** [3d 7h Js 4d] [4c] - Pot = 553
Seat 5 checks
Seat 6 checks
Hero bets 567 and is all in
Seat 5 folds
Seat 6 folds
Hero shows [3h 4h]
Hero wins the pot

Villain 2 (seat 6) tank folded with a sigh, saying that he folded 2 pair and that he should have shoved the turn. I said that "I don't think you'll believe what I had even if I told you." My image is TAG.

Session 1 Hand 2 - Both players are new to the table and unknown.

Table Live_Pokah - 1/3 - No Limit Holdem
Seat 1: Seat 1 (450)
Seat 2: Hero (900)
Seat 3: Seat 3 (750)
Seat 4: Seat 4 (1000)
Seat 5: Seat 5 (800)
Seat 6: Seat 6 (212)
Seat 7: Seat 7 (1000)
Seat 8: Seat 8 (3000)
Seat 9: Seat 9 (450)
Seat 1 posts the small blind of 1
Hero posts the big blind of 3
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [8h 6h]
Seat 3 raises to 12
Seat 4 folds
Seat 5 calls 12
Seat 6 calls 12
Seat 7 calls 12
Seat 8 folds
Seat 9 folds
Seat 1 folds
Hero calls 12
*** FLOP *** [5s 7h 9c] - Flop = 61
Hero checks
Seat 3 checks
Seat 5 checks
Seat 6 bets 25
Seat 7 calls 25
Hero calls 25
Seat 3 folds
Seat 5 folds
*** TURN *** [5s 7h 9c] [7d] - Turn = 135
Hero checks
Seat 6 bets 50
Seat 7 calls 50
Hero calls 50
*** RIVER *** [5s 7h 9c 7d] [3c] - River = 285
Hero bets 125
Seat 6 calls 125
Seat 7 calls 125
Hero shows [8h 6h]
Seat 6 shows [5d 5h]
Seat 7 shows [ad 7c]
Seat 6 wins the pot (676)

Session 1 - Hand 3

Table Live_Pokah - 1/3 - No Limit Holdem
Seat 1: Hero (1500)
Seat 2: Seat 2 (500)
Seat 3: Seat 3 (415)
Seat 4: Seat 4 (1200)
Seat 5: Seat 5 (1500)
Seat 6: Seat 6 (1000)
Seat 7: Seat 7 (1000)
Seat 8: Seat 8 (500)
Seat 9: Seat 9 (500)
Seat 4 posts the small blind of 1
Seat 5 posts the big blind of 3
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [ad jc]
Seat 6 folds
Seat 7 folds
Seat 8 folds
Seat 9 folds
Hero raises to 10
Seat 2 folds
Seat 3 calls 10
Seat 4 folds
Seat 5 calls 7
*** FLOP *** [9s 10c kd] -pot = 31
Seat 5 checks
Hero bets 20
Seat 3 calls 20
Seat 5 folds
*** TURN *** [9s 10c Kd] [Qd] - pot = 71
Hero bets 55
Seat 3 calls 55
*** RIVER *** [9s 10c Kd Qd] [4c] - pot = 181
Hero bets all in
Seat 3 calls 325 and is all in
Hero shows [Ad Jc]
Seat 3 mucks
Hero wins the pot (831)

I had added 1000 on before hand due to deep stacked fish at table.

Pretty decent session last night. Hand 3 was the last significant hand. I end up with a profit of £488 after about 10 hours of play.

Just to clarify on hand 2, seat 6 was all in when he called 125. Feedback on hand history will be welcome!

Since my last post I've played 2 more sessions. They both went FANTASTIC! I've been running on god mode. I'm writing this on the train as I travel back home for Christmas and morale is high! I have bought 2 bottles of champagne for the family and I'm looking forward to a pint with some old friends.

Session on 21 Dec 13 - Total profit £2566
I took a shot at a juicey 5/10 plo and sat down with 1k. Floated around 1k for a few hours until the following hand happened:

Hero Dealt KhQhQc10c on SB
Straddled to 25
Fish from UTG makes it 50
2 callers behind
Hero Calls from SB
BB Calls
Villain makes it 75 from straddle
Fish and others call
Hero Pots to 450
Straddler calls and everyone else folds

Flop - Kc 4s 5d
Hero Shoves and Villain Calls - We run it twice
First run - Kd As
Second Run - low cards I can't remember so my hand is QQ
Hero ships the lot - Roger that!

I left the game not long after as it was very deep and I didn't feel comfortable.

Later, I sit down at a 1/2 with 600. The most important pot was a hand that I raised to 10 preflop from CO with 5d5c. I get called from BTN, SB and BB (BB is villain and effective stack is 500).

Flop comes 5 7 K rainbow
Check, Villain donks 30, Hero raises to 75, Fold, Fold, Villain re-raises to 150, Hero Calls

Turn comes a 2 and completes the rainbow. Villain shoves and Hero snaps. Villain shows AK - Merry Christmas

Session on 22 Dec 13 - £1972 profit

Played one of the best 1-3s I've seen for a long time, and I ran good which was a bonus. The most noticeable hand was when I had 77 from CO.

My stack was about 1.3k after sitting down with 800. Villain 1 has about 400 and is a cautious but terrible rec player. Villain 2 has about 900 and is a superstar.

Villain 2 limps UTG (for the 99999th time) and Hero makes it 15 from CO. Villain 1 calls from BB (for the 999999999999th time) and Villain 2 calls ofc.

Flop QQ5 rainbow - Check, Check, Hero C-bets £30. Villain 1 & 2 both call.

Turn comes a 7d giving the flush draw - Bingo! Check, Check and Hero bets £75. Villain 1 slams in £355 (all in) and Villain 2 quickly calls. I flat and the river comes a 3 no diamond. Villain 2 checks and I shove. Villain 2 thinks for 1 minute and calls. And a Happy New Year!

Villain 1 had KK and Villain 2 had Q 10. I told you it was a good 1-3!!!

I won't be playing for at least a week - so Happy Christmas everyone and have a great New Year!

X

nice hope this will get pumped up ... def subed

GL in 2014

hmmm that 34 hand got my attention ... 5,6 olimp call pre and you overbet shove river
why dont u bet smallish like 200 tops to get herocalled by one of them with midpairs or JTs ? or is that 1-3 so sickeningly soft that u think u get called here by Jx ?

plus how come i can seee your graphs on my phone ...but they are not here ?

Thanks r0me0X. I'm not sure about the graphs - can you explain a little more and I'll investigate?

I think you are right about the hand with 3 4, although 225 - 245 could have been squeezed IMO. I think I got carried away at the time and didn't give the bet sizing much thought which was clearly a mistake.

You've reminded me of another hand I would like advice on which I'll post soon.

A lull in the Christmas Battle has given me the chance to post the hand I mentioned above.

Session on 22 Dec 13 - hand 2

This occurred after hand 1 and the villain was villain 1 from the same hand. He had reloaded for about 500 and this hand happened about 15 mins after.

Hero dealt 10 10 in CO.
UTG straddles and UTG+1 limps for 6. One more limper in MP and hero makes it 36.
Villain flats from SB, BB flats, straddler flats and original limper UTG+1 flats (the other folds).

Flop comes 334 rainbow pot has £186

Checks round the Hero who bets 100.
Villain shoves for 450 and everyone else folds.

Hero?

Villain could have anything, A3 or nothing, but if villain has the nuts, why the shove? If I were the villain I'd be flatting with the intention of value betting the turn. So the over bet could mean he doesn't want any callers to his A2 straight draw.

Hero obviously called on a coin flip and won!

At the Commerce the asian players use the term "gahhhhmbull!" So, when they announce out loud that they are "gahhhhmbulling" I love my chances!

Outcome



I'm going to start the grind again on Mon. I cannot wait! Eating your body weight in food and booze gets tiring after a while. 1 more day left of the Christmas break!!!

Sorry for the lack of updates, I've been grinding hard and dealing with NYE mayhem! I've continued the run good and the graph is looking better again!



I'll post some more HHs and details soon!

The good run continues. I played for 1 hour 20 minutes at 2/5 after the post above and won 3714 profit.

Hand 1 - Dealt 55 in MP with a stack of 1260

Villain 1 straddles to 10. Villain 1 is a decent young reg who is LAG preflop and pretty solid post flop. He has 2.5k

There is 1 limper and Hero limps from MP.

Villain 2 makes it 60 from Btn. Villain 2 is an old ultra TAG reg who overplays and is overly aggressive in general IMO. He wants to make people pay huge to outdraw him.

Villain 1 and Hero call.

Flop comes 4 5 K rainbow. Pot is 197. Villain 1 checks, Hero checks and Villain 2 makes it 200. Villain 1 and Hero both flat.

Turn comes 8 giving a flush draw. Pot is 797. Villain 1 checks, Hero checks and Villain 2 makes it 800. Villain 1 calls and Hero shoves for 1000. Villain 1 and Villain 2 both call.

River comes an A no spade so board is 4 5 K 8 A. Pot is 3797. Villain 1 shoves for 1240 and Villain 2 folds saying he had AK.

Villain 1 shows a set of 4s and Hero ships the pot.

Hand 2 - Dealt As 2s in BB with a stack of roughly 4k

Villain is a young unknown and barely played a hand. He has about 700.

Some random raises to 20 in EP, another calls and Villain calls in LP. Hero completes from the BB.

Flop comes Qs 10c 9s. Pot is 82. Hero checks, initial raiser Cbets 50, Villain 1 and Hero call.

Turn comes 8c. Pot is 232. Hero checks, initial raiser checks, Villain bets 150, Hero calls and initial raiser folds.

River comes 5s so board is Qs 10c 9s 8c 5s. Hero checks and Villain shoves for 480 and Hero snaps. Villain mucks.

Hand 3 - Hero dealt KK in MP with a stack of roughly 4.3k

Villain is a young pro who is LAG and likes to isolate and out play people on the flop and post. He has bought in for the max (2.5k) and usually plays the bigger games. Hero has seen Villain play 25/50nl.

Hero opens to 15 in MP. Villain 2 from Hand 1 calls and Villain raises to 60 from the Btn. Hero flats and the other player folds.

Flop - A K K rainbow. Pot is 142. Hero checks and Villain bets 105. Hero calls.

Turn - A Ks K 5s giving the spade flush draw. Pot is 352. Hero checks and Villain bets 300. Hero Calls.

River - A making the board A K K 5 A (flush draw missed). Pot is 952. Hero shoves all in and Villain folds. I was really disappointed with myself making this move and definitely realise a C/R is the optimum play here. Villain said he had Q high and turned the flush draw.

Never run this good in my life!



2014 - The year of The Soldier!

Holy .... sick run ...wanted to ask you why you do not play 1/3 because checking that graph u spent twice more time at 2/5 with a lot less winnings....

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Here is my attempt to fill in some of the blanks, including the biggest winning session I've ever had.

On 1 Jan 14 I played a great 2/5 game where I won 500 profit. I was in for 5k though as the table had a mega donk with a 7k stack. I'd lost a 3.2k pot to him all in pre with QQ < KK and at one point was 2k down, so overall it was a good result. In addition to this, I lost a 1100 pot with QQ all in on a 10 9 8 rainbow flop against JJ. Needless to say, the donk did the lot.

2nd Jan 14 I played a terrible 2/5 game and lost 1k. I lost a 1.3k pot all in pre with AA < KK. Slightly tilted I decided to leave the game and fire one 1k bullet on a ridiculously soft sh 5/10 plo game. I ended up cashing out over 5k!

3 Jan 14 played a 2/5 for 2 hours and won 1.2k. I 4bet a reg on Btn with Ad Qd from 65 to 175 and flop came KQQ. He checked and I Cbet. Turn came a 7 and we both checked. River came a 5 and he leads for 450. I shove and he snap folds.

Hand 2 omg how can he shove here ? Did he flop it ? Id puke check there 100% of the time even sets str8s....hand3 i think its better to repop pre thats 500 deep if am not mistaken so id rather built the pot preflop....

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And if hes a LAG from nl5k def 4b him he might even 5b lightish if hes good...

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Good points r0me0x I've taken note. I had no idea what the guy had in hand 2.

I haven't posted for a while so here's my latest:

http://i942.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps2c89d598.jpg

Most notable events in recent history were taking a shot at a juicey 10/25 NL game. I had perfect position on one of the greatest value players in London. I bought in for 100bbs and tried to spin it up. I lost 50bbs before getting the remaining 50bbs in pre-flop with AK in a 3 way pot. I got called by 2 deepstacks who checked it down to the river. The reg had AK as well and the fish rivered a straight with A7 off. Doh! I also came 8th in the Hippodrome Winter Classic for £1.8k. First prize was £14k. Some coverage of this event can be found here:

https://www.facebook.com/ThePokerDeck

I went from roughly 2nd in chips with 14 remaining to a short stack after losing an all in preflop with QQ < 1010

Didn't know you were on 2p2. Good luck!

Subbed. GL! New to the live scene in London myself after polishing up online. What's the field like? I'm thinking of playing at Hippo or Empire. Heading to the Empire this Saturday for their small afternoon tournament.

subbed good luck !

Do we know each other? Pm me your name!

Hippo and Empire are good for 1/2 games. I think they play slightly shorter stacked than at The Vic but you get more table selection due to there being 2 venues right next to each other. Good luck in the tournament.

Played 3 weekend sessions last week all at The Vic.

It went very well overall. On Fri I squeezed out a late session after work and lost £500. I was tired and impatient so this wasn't surprising. Sat was a huge rollercoaster. I was up £1,000 very quickly after playing a very juicey 1-3 game.

Hero is UTG and straddles. Hero is dealt 55 with a stack of 1300.
UTG+2 with a stack of 230ish raises to 15. It folds around and SB (a complete rec maniac with a stack of 2000) 3bets to 30. I flat from straddle with a little speech of "in for a penny in for a pound" and UTG+2 calls.

Flop - 5 7 10dd - pot is 93. Maniac bets 65, Hero flats, UTG+2 ships all in, Maniac re-raises all in and Hero snaps. I can't remember turn and river exactly but UTG+2 hit his nut flush and I shipped the larger side pot from the maniac who had KK.

The other big hand came at a 2-5 game. You can see the hand here as I posted the HH for some advice.

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/11...aight-1413516/



Played a small session on Sun at 2-5 and ran pretty decent hitting flops etc so bagged another 1k.



Off to Edinburgh for a stag do this weekend so no poker for a while! Gutted to be missing the GUKPT but I'm sure I'll get over it after a few pints.