FYP!

Go to the doc and get Dymista nasal spray. By far the best thing I've tried for hayfever.

Today's goals:

Only read 1 chapter of TMGOP. Still 4 chapters in. It's getting quite frustrating not being able to play Stars at the moment (more on that in a few days), but I decided I could simply not bother with BRM on Full Tilt because frankly when I have money on a site where I'm playing 3-4 stakes lower than usual, as well as it being a softer site, I don't care that much about the money. Played some 5NL. No real interesting hands because it's 5NL and literally everyone is terrible. Played 1 2p2er who shall not be named because his play in this hand is ****ing atrocious (he's UTG; for reference my range for calling a bet and a shove cold on this flop is basically Tx+ and I don't have a 3bet range):

Full Tilt - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

MP: $7.64 (VPIP: 11.63, PFR: 9.30, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 44)
CO: $5.44 (VPIP: 13.16, PFR: 10.53, 3Bet Preflop: 14.29, Hands: 39)
BTN: $3.44 (VPIP: 11.76, PFR: 5.97, 3Bet Preflop: 3.45, Hands: 68)
SB: $1.09 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 6)
Hero (BB): $8.38
UTG: $10.67 (VPIP: 22.29, PFR: 16.57, 3Bet Preflop: 8.45, Hands: 176)

SB posts SB $0.02, Hero posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has J T

UTG raises to $0.10, fold, fold, fold, SB calls $0.08, Hero calls $0.05

Flop: ($0.30, 3 players) T T 2
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG bets $0.21, SB raises to $0.99 and is all-in, Hero calls $0.99, UTG raises to $2.80, fold

Turn: ($3.27, 2 players) A

River: ($3.27, 2 players) 7




Meh, still won money today. Also reached an agreement on a long-term coaching-for-profit deal (me being the coach), which I'm happy with, I think over the course of the contract I can get the student from 5NL (which he's currently playing) to be crushing 25NL at the very least, and if all goes to plan and he runs well he could well be playing 100NL by the end.

Goals for tomorrow:

1. 9 miles exercise bike.
2. Below net calorie goal for the day.
3. 1 poker video with notes.
4. 60 minutes uni work.
5. Read at least one chapter of TMGOP, bonus points for more.

Why u still doing uni work dude? don't The Other Place give you a summer holiday?!!

Haha, three collections when I get back (I think they're called that for you too) and an extended essay on the philosophy of punishment to do over the summer, and I really don't want to have any 6-7 hour days until I actually get back so I'm thinking a little bit every day should keep it ticking over.

For a poker player, this is EZ game

lold at 5nl hand

Why 5NL. Did i miss something?

Or is it whilst you find a backer?

Waiting for a MU purchase to go through.

Now I probably sounds very dim, but i don't know what MU means!?!

MU = makeup. Basically it's a standard staking term that if I lose money I have to get back to even before getting a %, if I leave while in MU I have to find a way to deal with it. Finding a purchaser is the standard.

AH, ok. So you're leaving a deal in MU, and will commence a new deal when you find somebody to work with and that will clear said MU?

In that instance, i did realise what MU was, but thought in this context it may be something else.

GL finding somebody, if you haven't already.

I do see why these deals can be beneficial, especially if you don't have a bankroll to play as high as you can play and still win at a good rate.

The ideal scenario, I guess, is to get in with a successful midstakes guy who is willing to put in the time to teach you along the way. Then these things can get very +EV.

So I've been slacking with updates for the last couple of days. MU purchase is going nowhere so I'm trying to grind out of it.

Some hands from yesterday:

1) Felt legitimately hard done by not to get paid on this river.

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $51.85 (VPIP: 22.50, PFR: 20.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 42)
SB: $53.16 (VPIP: 16.05, PFR: 13.99, 3Bet Preflop: 5.00, Hands: 251)
BB: $50.00 (VPIP: 22.34, PFR: 16.35, 3Bet Preflop: 6.08, Hands: 376)
UTG: $48.76 (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 25.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 4)
MP: $210.88 (VPIP: 12.50, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 8)
Hero (CO): $57.63

SB posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has K K

fold, MP raises to $1.50, Hero raises to $4.50, fold, fold, fold, MP calls $3.00

Flop: ($9.75, 2 players) K 8 A
MP checks, Hero bets $5.50, MP calls $5.50

Turn: ($20.75, 2 players) K
MP checks, Hero bets $11.50, MP calls $11.50

River: ($43.75, 2 players) A
MP checks, Hero bets $36.13 and is all-in, fold




2) Not sure about river sizing here.

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $57.84 (VPIP: 17.69, PFR: 17.01, 3Bet Preflop: 7.27, Hands: 148)
Hero (SB): $51.31
BB: $50.00 (VPIP: 16.16, PFR: 14.41, 3Bet Preflop: 5.26, Hands: 236)
UTG: $50.00 (VPIP: 24.58, PFR: 18.47, 3Bet Preflop: 6.25, Hands: 598)
MP: $56.56 (VPIP: 16.31, PFR: 11.35, 3Bet Preflop: 3.23, Hands: 143)
CO: $62.73 (VPIP: 25.88, PFR: 19.51, 3Bet Preflop: 8.41, Hands: 791)

Hero posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has A Q

fold, fold, CO raises to $1.25, fold, Hero raises to $4.50, fold, CO calls $3.25

Flop: ($9.50, 2 players) Q 5 T
Hero bets $5.00, CO calls $5.00

Turn: ($19.50, 2 players) J
Hero checks, CO checks

River: ($19.50, 2 players) 3
Hero bets $10.25, fold




3) Throw up and call because he's freerolling you like 90% of the time but you have 40% equity even so and if he's spazzing he's dead.

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $49.96 (VPIP: 17.71, PFR: 10.76, 3Bet Preflop: 1.75, Hands: 297)
SB: $51.62 (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 8.33, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 13)
BB: $50.00 (VPIP: 42.86, PFR: 28.57, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 7)
UTG: $96.96 (VPIP: 18.18, PFR: 18.18, 3Bet Preflop: 14.29, Hands: 11)
Hero (MP): $61.73
CO: $99.74 (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 12.50, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 43)

SB posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has 8 A

fold, Hero raises to $1.50, CO calls $1.50, fold, SB calls $1.25, fold

Flop: ($5.00, 3 players) K T Q
SB checks, Hero checks, CO checks

Turn: ($5.00, 3 players) J
SB checks, Hero bets $1.75, CO raises to $98.24 and is all-in, fold, Hero calls $58.48 and is all-in

River: ($125.46, 2 players) 3




Goals for today:

1. 60 minutes uni work.
2. 2k hands.
3. 1 training video.
4. Record RFI and 3b range construction videos for GrinderSchool.
5. Below net calorie goal for the day.

What is the problem here buddy? Old staker not complying? (I ask because I will stake in future and am very interested in every aspect of it.)

You got a puncture or something!?

I would call also but it might actually be a fold lol

Not really sure what's going on, turns out I didn't really know what was going on behind the scenes with my old stake. Don't think it's an issue of compliance.

I decided putting goals up I'd already completed for the day was kinda cheap.

Yeah, it's kinda sick. If he never spazzes without Ax it's probably a fold unless he does this with every Ax combo. Because villain was a fish I felt folding the nuts would be a bit tight.

Wait what in hand three we have the nut straight ( THE nuts ) with no flush on the board and you're talking about folding..... please tell me Im missing something lol

There's a flush draw on the board. Please tell me you understand the concept of freerolling?

definitely fold the nuts there, getting freerolled so hard and i've never met a fish in my life who would jam anything but Ax (at least) there

Funnily enough, yeah. So we should fold the nuts when there's a 75 % ( actually slightly more ) chance it's a split pot, got it.

(0.75 X 61.48) - (0.25 X 125.46) ]]= + EV. How we can even contemplate folding here is beyond me when there's a less than 25 % chance he does make his flush (and a slight chance he is just spazzing ). Check the EV maths for yourself.

It's a fold without the redraw. You chop the tiny pot 80% of the time and you lose a massive 117bb 20% of the time (not exactly 20% of the time because he won't always have the redraw). There's no chance he's spazzing. You're facing the nuts every single time. These massive overbets are always the nuts at Zoom tables. If you think it's spazz, it shows how little you know about the tendencies of Zoom micro stakes players.

I play 100z, am 200z shotting ATM, not Micros, the players aren't that much better really. I've just shown the call is + EV, didn't you read the calculation which takes the pot sizings into account ? Also, it's a split pot, not a tiny one. Why the hell would we fold a + EV call, that makes no sense at all mate.

Your math is bad and you should feel bad

Actually, thinking about it, we're calling 60 to win slightly more, we need 95 % + equity lol, it's a fold, I made a pretty dumb mistake :P

Ugh, keep forgetting to update and when I don't have this thread to keep me in check I sometimes lose sight of what I ought to be doing. Still cycling every day (managed 11 miles yesterday on quite a tough program), but haven't done any uni work for a couple of days now.

In other news, my stake has been transferred successfully. I'm now in a staking agreement with some coaching with dg4, and I hope to improve rapidly this summer as I definitely have the time to do plenty of work on my game on my own as well. Played the first session on the new stake yesterday. Games were really soft but I ended up down about 30bb. Set over setted twice, boat over boated once (though I could maybe have gotten away from that one, see below). Hands from yesterday:

1) Not sure about this one. Folded because people at 50 don't bluff enough and also big bets are overwhelmingly strong but it is quite an unusual line for him to take with Qx after I check the turn. Maybe he's seen me bxb bluff and assumes I do it all the time.

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $54.79 (VPIP: 21.81, PFR: 16.49, 3Bet Preflop: 6.76, Hands: 189)
SB: $54.52 (VPIP: 22.82, PFR: 15.53, 3Bet Preflop: 6.90, Hands: 417)
Hero (BB): $52.65
UTG: $44.88 (VPIP: 30.00, PFR: 16.36, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 115)
MP: $107.74 (VPIP: 32.00, PFR: 28.00, 3Bet Preflop: 11.11, Hands: 26)
CO: $122.57 (VPIP: 19.05, PFR: 10.20, 3Bet Preflop: 7.69, Hands: 152)

SB posts SB $0.25, Hero posts BB $0.50

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has 9 K

fold, fold, fold, fold, SB raises to $1.50, Hero calls $1.00

Flop: ($3.00, 2 players) 7 K Q
SB checks, Hero bets $1.75, SB calls $1.75

Turn: ($6.50, 2 players) Q
SB checks, Hero checks

River: ($6.50, 2 players) 6
SB checks, Hero bets $3.75, SB raises to $12.00, fold




2) Think pre and turn are both close. Pre I could squeeze because MP is 1-tabling and a Chrome Star so probably a fish but I decided not to without more evidence. Turn I think there are decent arguments for both betting and checking turn, obviously if we bet turn it's for value/to deny equity but also it might be tough to get called by worse very often, especially if MP is the type of fish who bets FDs on the flop.

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $59.84 (VPIP: 26.67, PFR: 20.00, 3Bet Preflop: 6.25, Hands: 77)
Hero (SB): $50.00
BB: $104.57 (VPIP: 19.80, PFR: 14.38, 3Bet Preflop: 5.83, Hands: 300)
UTG: $54.02 (VPIP: 23.08, PFR: 23.08, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 14)
MP: $110.97
CO: $143.74 (VPIP: 22.91, PFR: 15.51, 3Bet Preflop: 6.74, Hands: 424)

Hero posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has T T

UTG raises to $1.25, MP calls $1.25, fold, fold, Hero calls $1.00, fold

Flop: ($4.25, 3 players) 3 7 K
Hero checks, UTG checks, MP checks

Turn: ($4.25, 3 players) 7
Hero bets $2.50, fold, fold




3) Think x/jam is the best turn line here? I often barrel a whole bunch of my range on this turn but I'm not sure I can get called twice very often at all considering what the turn was + the blockers I have, and also it's nice to provide some protection for my checking range because I want to bet pretty wide for value on this texture. River sizing is something I'm really not sure about, I don't think his range is that strong but equally people often interpret bxb as the nuts.

PokerStars - €0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BB): €54.89
UTG: €61.62 (VPIP: 26.10, PFR: 17.71, 3Bet Preflop: 5.29, Hands: 536)
MP: €38.99 (VPIP: 77.27, PFR: 4.76, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 22)
CO: €72.13 (VPIP: 24.21, PFR: 18.64, 3Bet Preflop: 6.56, Hands: 670)
BTN: €51.08 (VPIP: 25.61, PFR: 19.51, 3Bet Preflop: 3.45, Hands: 85)
SB: €50.00 (VPIP: 13.29, PFR: 10.49, 3Bet Preflop: 1.96, Hands: 144)

SB posts SB €0.25, Hero posts BB €0.50

Pre Flop: (pot: €0.75) Hero has K K

fold, MP calls €0.50, CO raises to €2.25, fold, fold, Hero raises to €7.00, fold, CO calls €4.75

Flop: (€14.75, 2 players) 2 3 7
Hero bets €6.25, CO calls €6.25

Turn: (€27.25, 2 players) K
Hero checks, CO checks

River: (€27.25, 2 players) J
Hero bets €14.50, CO calls €14.50




4) Definitely shouldn't be folding this from a GTO perspective because it's very close to the top of my range but I also think his bet sizing is exploitable by folding often because he doesn't have bluffs here unless he played 98s really weirdly on the turn, or maybe decided to call the flop with 99 and turn it into a bluff on this river (lol he's not going to turn hands into bluffs, he's a nit).

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $50.00 (VPIP: 15.76, PFR: 12.75, 3Bet Preflop: 6.19, Hands: 666)
SB: $54.69 (VPIP: 18.46, PFR: 17.69, 3Bet Preflop: 7.69, Hands: 134)
BB: $50.00 (VPIP: 34.62, PFR: 2.56, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 82)
UTG: $37.77 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 1)
Hero (MP): $104.16
CO: $114.50

SB posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has Q J

fold, Hero raises to $1.50, fold, BTN calls $1.50, fold, BB calls $1.00

Flop: ($4.75, 3 players) J T 2
BB checks, Hero bets $2.75, BTN calls $2.75, fold

Turn: ($10.25, 2 players) K
Hero checks, BTN checks

River: ($10.25, 2 players) T
Hero checks, BTN bets $5.00, fold




5) This hand is more interesting on blank rivers. If the river is, say, an offsuit 3, do we call, thinking '****** regs gon' ******', or do we give him credit for a very odd line with a set?

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $175.83 (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 22.22, 3Bet Preflop: 25.00, Hands: 9)
SB: $50.00 (VPIP: 71.28, PFR: 50.91, 3Bet Preflop: 18.03, Hands: 394)
BB: $50.25 (VPIP: 28.57, PFR: 23.21, 3Bet Preflop: 10.53, Hands: 59)
Hero (UTG): $50.00
MP: $52.03 (VPIP: 19.97, PFR: 15.65, 3Bet Preflop: 7.06, Hands: 692)
CO: $66.57 (VPIP: 17.98, PFR: 15.73, 3Bet Preflop: 8.33, Hands: 92)

SB posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has 8 8

Hero raises to $1.50, MP raises to $4.00, fold, fold, fold, BB calls $3.50, Hero calls $2.50

Flop: ($12.25, 3 players) 2 5 7
BB checks, Hero checks, MP checks

Turn: ($12.25, 3 players) 9
BB checks, Hero bets $6.25, fold, BB raises to $14.50, Hero calls $8.25

River: ($41.25, 2 players) 8
BB bets $31.75 and is all-in, Hero calls $31.50 and is all-in




6) Haven't destroyed a soul like this for a while. I think most regs aren't flatting 22-66 pre here so obviously that makes it really tough for him to have a value hand, and on the turn there are only 5 combos left of sets anyway whereas he has like a zillion combos of gutshots/overcards/spazz. Not overly enamoured about calling down this particular hand but obviously it's a super-nice runout for it.

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): $111.26
SB: $67.01 (VPIP: 12.50, PFR: 12.50, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 9)
BB: $58.83 (VPIP: 25.35, PFR: 19.72, 3Bet Preflop: 9.25, Hands: 439)
UTG: $161.35 (VPIP: 17.72, PFR: 16.46, 3Bet Preflop: 3.45, Hands: 80)
MP: $117.35 (VPIP: 22.12, PFR: 16.35, 3Bet Preflop: 6.49, Hands: 210)
CO: $11.90 (VPIP: 22.41, PFR: 13.30, 3Bet Preflop: 5.17, Hands: 415)

SB posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has 6 8

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $1.00, fold, BB calls $0.50

Flop: ($2.25, 2 players) 6 4 2
BB checks, Hero bets $1.25, BB raises to $4.00, Hero calls $2.75

Turn: ($10.25, 2 players) 4
BB bets $7.00, Hero calls $7.00

River: ($24.25, 2 players) 9
BB bets $20.00, Hero calls $20.00




Goals for today:

1. 8 miles exercise bike (this is reduced because my parents are already nagging me about lunch).
2. 60 minutes uni work.
3. 1 poker video with notes (might start watching the YourDoom series even though it seems terrible).
4. 2k hands.
5. Below net calorie goal for the day.


Also, I've had a 200mb file syncing to google drive for about 20 hours now. My internet's not fast but this is taking the piss. Should I just give up and dropbox it?