Gl with stake you're in very capable hands. Above look reasonable although I don't know why you want to c/shove KKK, probably the worst of 3 options

just scrolled through this quickly, bet turn for value on hand 4, what's your current winrate at NL50 ? gl on the grind.

Let's make some money!

Appreciate the kind words Mr Blonde

We are very fortunate to have had the opportunity of working with you Joe. We wish you success in your new stake.

Goals from yesterday:

Reasonably good day yesterday. The tables were ridiculously soft yesterday but I still ended up down a few BI. Somehow when the tables are soft I lose, or at least that's how it's worked recently. Some hands:

1) This one's here for the lol value, though I was unsure about river sizing vs whale.

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

BTN: $50.00 (VPIP: 26.59, PFR: 22.85, 3Bet Preflop: 9.80, Hands: 272)
SB: $35.53
BB: $67.48 (VPIP: 29.63, PFR: 9.26, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 55)
UTG: $55.03 (VPIP: 19.08, PFR: 17.34, 3Bet Preflop: 4.41, Hands: 176)
MP: $122.56 (VPIP: 29.60, PFR: 25.56, 3Bet Preflop: 13.41, Hands: 226)
Hero (CO): $69.90

SB posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50

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

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

Flop: ($3.25, 2 players) J T 6
BB bets $0.50, Hero raises to $3.00, BB calls $2.50

Turn: ($9.25, 2 players) K
BB bets $0.50, Hero raises to $6.50, BB calls $6.00

River: ($22.25, 2 players) T
BB checks, Hero bets $8.00, BB calls $8.00




2) Pre is marginal, postflop it's nice to get to punish him for barreling this turn.

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

Hero (BTN): $50.75
SB: $52.63 (VPIP: 20.95, PFR: 16.19, 3Bet Preflop: 5.08, Hands: 746)
BB: $79.50 (VPIP: 21.74, PFR: 13.04, 3Bet Preflop: 3.45, Hands: 71)
UTG: $200.66 (VPIP: 35.71, PFR: 28.57, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 16)
MP: $68.68 (VPIP: 20.40, PFR: 15.49, 3Bet Preflop: 7.37, Hands: 879)
CO: $78.75 (VPIP: 22.85, PFR: 18.01, 3Bet Preflop: 5.48, Hands: 377)

SB posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50

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

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $1.00, SB raises to $3.50, fold, Hero calls $2.50

Flop: ($7.50, 2 players) Q 4 9
SB bets $5.00, Hero calls $5.00

Turn: ($17.50, 2 players) 9
SB bets $10.86, Hero raises to $42.25 and is all-in, fold




3) Think turn is a good spot to overbet vs capped range? I think given his relative position he donks or x/r all sets OTF, and he should never have 4x so QQ+ is essentially the nuts here.

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

BTN: $71.15 (VPIP: 18.61, PFR: 14.71, 3Bet Preflop: 8.16, Hands: 940)
SB: $54.02
BB: $182.12 (VPIP: 15.80, PFR: 12.27, 3Bet Preflop: 4.87, Hands: 725)
UTG: $57.88 (VPIP: 18.39, PFR: 8.52, 3Bet Preflop: 3.16, Hands: 227)
Hero (MP): $68.10
CO: $57.62 (VPIP: 23.58, PFR: 19.65, 3Bet Preflop: 8.11, Hands: 655)

SB posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50

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

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

Flop: ($4.75, 3 players) 4 T 8
BB checks, Hero bets $3.00, fold, BB calls $3.00

Turn: ($10.75, 2 players) 4
BB checks, Hero bets $16.25, fold




4) Note to self: even if it's pretty much the nut combo to do it with, don't try and triple barrel people who could well be fish (as an aside, I think he should be folding river?).

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

BTN: $48.67 (VPIP: 22.86, PFR: 14.29, 3Bet Preflop: 6.25, Hands: 36)
SB: $58.75 (VPIP: 15.80, PFR: 12.17, 3Bet Preflop: 4.81, Hands: 731)
BB: $78.72 (VPIP: 24.73, PFR: 10.75, 3Bet Preflop: 5.26, Hands: 96)
UTG: $46.66 (VPIP: 16.13, PFR: 16.13, 3Bet Preflop: 5.56, Hands: 62)
MP: $53.13 (VPIP: 24.00, PFR: 22.00, 3Bet Preflop: 14.29, Hands: 104)
Hero (CO): $89.34

SB posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has 4 5

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

Flop: ($3.25, 2 players) A J 3
BB checks, Hero bets $2.00, BB calls $2.00

Turn: ($7.25, 2 players) 7
BB checks, Hero bets $5.00, BB calls $5.00

River: ($17.25, 2 players) J
BB checks, Hero bets $10.50, BB calls $10.50




5) Can't call river against this guy so I need to bloof.

PokerStars - $0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 3 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: $73.45 (VPIP: 16.98, PFR: 13.21, 3Bet Preflop: 5.56, Hands: 53)
BB: $51.36 (VPIP: 33.84, PFR: 24.71, 3Bet Preflop: 8.70, Hands: 267)
Hero (BTN): $56.92

SB posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50

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

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

Flop: ($2.25, 2 players) 9 K A
BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($2.25, 2 players) 8
BB bets $2.00, Hero calls $2.00

River: ($6.25, 2 players) 3
BB bets $4.35, Hero raises to $13.00, fold




6) Should possibly fold river but I felt he was repping Axcc and some of the stronger Kxcc and of course I block the former.

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

BTN: $82.35 (VPIP: 24.61, PFR: 19.87, 3Bet Preflop: 11.81, Hands: 653)
SB: $20.37 (VPIP: 16.90, PFR: 2.82, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 71)
Hero (BB): $55.71
UTG: $50.75 (VPIP: 18.37, PFR: 15.74, 3Bet Preflop: 5.19, Hands: 358)
MP: $43.16 (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 4)
CO: $43.30 (VPIP: 44.44, PFR: 22.22, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 9)

SB posts SB $0.25, Hero posts BB $0.50

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

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

Flop: ($2.25, 2 players) Q 4 A
Hero checks, BTN checks

Turn: ($2.25, 2 players) 3
Hero bets $1.25, BTN calls $1.25

River: ($4.75, 2 players) 8
Hero bets $2.75, BTN raises to $9.44, Hero calls $6.69




Goals for today:

1. 9 miles exercise bike.
2. Below net calorie goal for the day.
3. 60 minutes uni work.
4. 1 chapter of TMGOP.
5. 2k hands.

Goals from last week:


Goals for this week:

1. Revise two topics for collections.
2. Do at least three pieces of reading for extended essay.
3. 12k hands.
4. Stop playing every time I feel I'm spewing.
5. Lose 4 lbs.

Last week's graph (not a pretty sight; I also played a bunch of 2NL/5NL at Full Tilt between stakes but that's not really going to show up on here even if I go to the trouble of adding aliases):

4lbs in a week is a tough goal and unsustainable; 2lbs in a week is crushing and a much more reasonable target imo. GL with it though, it's a tough grind but with the right mental state you can really shed.

Drink lots of water, that's the best advice I can offer. I lost 2.5 stone last summer by just eating super healthy and walking absolutely everywhere, but I couldn't have done it without smashing like 3-4 litres of water a day to keep me from feeling hungry and lethargic.

GLGL with everything!

Hands 3,4,6 are misplayed pretty badly imo.

3- Villain can, and should have 4x here, and even if he doesnt, overbetting is losing a ton of value from draws, 9x, Tx etc that would have called a normal bet.

4-Villain should be snapping Ax and its seems redic to think otherwise, the river is a card that helps his range waay more than your own, and since villain has a bunch of missed draws, i would expect you to be cc river a decent amount.

6- Ez fold, its a huge assumption to only think villain only has flushes that include Ac or Kc, and even if that is true. no one bluffs like this

And hand 2, you never jam value hands there.

I didnt even notice that hand but this is true as well

H2 from yesterday, definitely squeeze TT there imo if you have any reason at all to think MP is a fish

gl with your new stake

Goals from today:

MENTAL GAME COME ON OR I'M GOING TO KILL A MAN NEXT TIME I PLAY*

*


Hands from today:

1) Eh. Not really sure what to say, if he's bluffing ******edly with like KJss fair play to him.

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

CO: $23.08 (VPIP: 22.22, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 9)
BTN: $71.83 (VPIP: 30.77, PFR: 25.64, 3Bet Preflop: 21.05, Hands: 39)
SB: $50.00 (VPIP: 25.14, PFR: 19.43, 3Bet Preflop: 9.62, Hands: 362)
BB: $64.48 (VPIP: 22.90, PFR: 20.15, 3Bet Preflop: 9.72, Hands: 1,592)
Hero (UTG): $50.00
MP: $56.20 (VPIP: 22.75, PFR: 18.31, 3Bet Preflop: 7.14, Hands: 362)

SB posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50

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

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

Flop: ($5.00, 3 players) A 3 4
SB checks, Hero bets $3.00, CO calls $3.00, SB calls $3.00

Turn: ($14.00, 3 players) 3
SB checks, Hero bets $7.25, fold, SB calls $7.25

River: ($28.50, 2 players) 5
SB bets $16.60, fold




2) Straightforward regs never have Tx here (n.b. I had a note on him which indicated he was flatting ATo there). I don't often but I'm basically freerolling by shoving my range.

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

UTG: €58.56 (VPIP: 24.83, PFR: 20.00, 3Bet Preflop: 12.50, Hands: 149)
Hero (MP): €50.75
CO: €51.15 (VPIP: 19.35, PFR: 11.29, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 63)
BTN: €50.00 (VPIP: 19.23, PFR: 19.23, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 55)
SB: €87.87 (VPIP: 31.25, PFR: 18.75, 3Bet Preflop: 15.38, Hands: 35)
BB: €53.00 (VPIP: 20.55, PFR: 16.44, 3Bet Preflop: 13.64, Hands: 75)

SB posts SB €0.25, BB posts BB €0.50

Pre Flop: (pot: €0.75) Hero has J J

fold, Hero raises to €1.50, fold, BTN raises to €5.00, fold, fold, Hero calls €3.50

Flop: (€10.75, 2 players) 6 5 8
Hero checks, BTN bets €5.00, Hero calls €5.00

Turn: (€20.75, 2 players) 9
Hero checks, BTN checks

River: (€20.75, 2 players) 7
Hero bets €40.75 and is all-in, fold




3) sigh

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

MP: €54.75 (VPIP: 28.64, PFR: 25.91, 3Bet Preflop: 13.58, Hands: 227)
Hero (CO): €50.00
BTN: €136.61 (VPIP: 46.15, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 13)
SB: €12.47 (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 8.33, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 13)
BB: €21.31 (VPIP: 21.28, PFR: 15.96, 3Bet Preflop: 6.06, Hands: 97)
UTG: €51.58 (VPIP: 24.70, PFR: 17.21, 3Bet Preflop: 5.67, Hands: 775)

SB posts SB €0.25, BB posts BB €0.50

Pre Flop: (pot: €0.75) Hero has A A

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

Flop: (€4.75, 3 players) K T Q
BB checks, Hero checks, BTN bets €4.50, BB raises to €19.81 and is all-in, fold, BTN calls €15.31

Turn: (€44.37, 2 players) J

River: (€44.37, 2 players) T




Goals for tomorrow:

1. 30 minutes exercise bike
2. Under net calorie goal for the day
3. 60 minutes uni work
4. One chapter TMGOP

Not setting any playing goals because I've got a student tomorrow evening which is when I normally play.

In.

Nice. Can you help me on number 4 please mate? Do you mean b/c hero has bunch of missed draws? (excuse me if I sound dumb).

Sid didnt even read the hand from his comments

He's opening from MP against ( I think can't really remember ) fairly nitty players in the blinds, so hero's range is pretty wide and isn't really weighted towards broadway cards, V shouldn't expect H to have too many Jacks in his range since he bet the turn and any jack would never be getting called by worse. Thus, the rivered jack means that it's less likely that H has AJ and given the combinatorics, and the number of missed draws, a snap call.

I noticed Hero does this quite a bit, barrelling cards which are not suitable to barrel without really thinking about ranges.

Jealously is a terrible thing

Yesterday's goals:

I am awful at reading.

Played some poker, won some money though. Hands:

1) Not sure if I should be raising the river here, though obviously knowing he has J7 in his PF range makes it much closer to a raise (didn't know at the time though).

PokerStars - $0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: $50.00 (VPIP: 34.21, PFR: 28.95, 3Bet Preflop: 15.63, Hands: 77)
BTN: $50.00 (VPIP: 21.10, PFR: 15.60, 3Bet Preflop: 8.46, Hands: 336)
SB: $22.33 (VPIP: 23.53, PFR: 17.65, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 35)
BB: $20.75 (VPIP: 17.53, PFR: 13.49, 3Bet Preflop: 2.83, Hands: 541)
Hero (UTG): $50.00

SB posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50

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

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

Flop: ($3.50, 2 players) K K 6
SB checks, Hero bets $2.00, SB calls $2.00

Turn: ($7.50, 2 players) 9
SB checks, Hero checks

River: ($7.50, 2 players) K
SB bets $3.58, Hero calls $3.58




2) Felt a bit nitty flat calling the river but I'm not sure I'm ahead of a b/c range. lol at villain's tb though.

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

SB: $50.00 (VPIP: 22.82, PFR: 19.32, 3Bet Preflop: 9.40, Hands: 808)
Hero (BB): $58.89
UTG: $50.00 (VPIP: 33.66, PFR: 27.72, 3Bet Preflop: 13.33, Hands: 106)
MP: $50.75 (VPIP: 25.37, PFR: 21.09, 3Bet Preflop: 10.42, Hands: 622)
CO: $51.44 (VPIP: 26.67, PFR: 26.67, 3Bet Preflop: 14.29, Hands: 16)
BTN: $132.70 (VPIP: 28.07, PFR: 20.66, 3Bet Preflop: 10.48, Hands: 525)

SB posts SB $0.25, Hero posts BB $0.50

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has 4 4

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to $1.25, fold, Hero calls $0.75

Flop: ($2.75, 2 players) T 6 4
Hero checks, BTN bets $1.50, Hero calls $1.50

Turn: ($5.75, 2 players) J
Hero checks, BTN bets $3.75, Hero calls $3.75

River: ($13.25, 2 players) 9
Hero checks, BTN bets $9.00, Hero calls $9.00




3) 3 hands, 3 spots where I made a potentially nitty river flat.

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

BB: $49.33 (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 25.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 12)
Hero (UTG): $53.23
MP: $62.63 (VPIP: 18.71, PFR: 17.27, 3Bet Preflop: 9.09, Hands: 141)
CO: $62.51 (VPIP: 9.52, PFR: 9.52, 3Bet Preflop: 16.67, Hands: 22)
BTN: $52.29 (VPIP: 18.70, PFR: 16.26, 3Bet Preflop: 4.55, Hands: 126)
SB: $50.25 (VPIP: 22.12, PFR: 18.58, 3Bet Preflop: 4.44, Hands: 116)

SB posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50

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

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

Flop: ($4.75, 3 players) T Q K
BB checks, Hero checks, BTN checks

Turn: ($4.75, 3 players) K
BB bets $3.50, Hero calls $3.50, fold

River: ($11.75, 2 players) 7
BB bets $6.50, Hero calls $6.50




4) And one where I raised. Was pretty sure this guy was a fish.

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

BTN: $29.85 (VPIP: 16.00, PFR: 11.08, 3Bet Preflop: 4.93, Hands: 331)
Hero (SB): $60.46
BB: $21.98 (VPIP: 40.00, PFR: 40.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 5)
UTG: $23.52 (VPIP: 14.29, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 14)
MP: $49.78 (VPIP: 13.89, PFR: 8.33, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 36)
CO: $35.49 (VPIP: 50.00, PFR: 50.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 2)

Hero posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50

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

fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $1.20, BB calls $0.70

Flop: ($2.40, 2 players) 8 T 6
Hero checks, BB checks

Turn: ($2.40, 2 players) 5
Hero checks, BB bets $2.00, Hero calls $2.00

River: ($6.40, 2 players) K
Hero checks, BB bets $4.50, Hero raises to $32.00, fold




5) Hated folding this but a) he's a horrible nit and b) it's tough to give him bluff combos while tbh this guy probably flats QQ pre.

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

BTN: $50.50 (VPIP: 18.26, PFR: 13.20, 3Bet Preflop: 7.04, Hands: 367)
Hero (SB): $70.74
BB: $72.51 (VPIP: 20.59, PFR: 14.71, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 34)
UTG: $84.38 (VPIP: 22.24, PFR: 16.01, 3Bet Preflop: 10.64, Hands: 622)
MP: $113.27 (VPIP: 40.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 5)
CO: $67.54 (VPIP: 18.98, PFR: 14.81, 3Bet Preflop: 2.20, Hands: 220)

Hero posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50

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

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to $1.00, Hero raises to $4.00, fold, BTN calls $3.00

Flop: ($8.50, 2 players) 4 4 Q
Hero bets $3.50, BTN calls $3.50

Turn: ($15.50, 2 players) 9
Hero bets $8.50, BTN raises to $21.50, fold





Goals for today:

1. 9 miles exercise bike.
2. Below net calorie goal for the day.
3. 60 minutes uni work.
4. 2k hands.
5. 1 poker video with notes.
6. Don't miss this coaching session (for reasons beyond my control I've had to cancel two with today's student at short notice)!

Looking at hand 5, it's so tragic how people only ever raise the turn with the nuts/near nuts. I would put that guy on 99, 44 or QQ without hesitation, possibly a slowplayed AA too. Who are these players kidding when they make these raises?

But I can imagine playing JTh in the same way with a solid image for that very reason.

^^the problem is that's one combo

Hands 1,2,3,4 are wtf misplayed, what is dg4 teaching you (or maybe you should listen to him more such that you can fix these leaks)

H1- I would personally bet the turn but its not awful to check I guess but not raising the river bet is just sooo bad.

H2- isnt that bad, but I would def min raise the river given villains sizing and bc he come have a bunch of 2pair combos, and no one at this limit will exploit you etc

H3-I mean why would he ever check KKK or a hand like tjat on the flop? Not raising the river, especially given his sizing is throwing money away.

H4- at least you raised the river but jamming is lolbad, just raise 3x or something such that he actually has a calling range that you beat.

Overall it seems like you dont like to raise fold the river which is weird since no one will exploit you

JTh, JQhh, QTh, plus the obv value combos of 44, 99, QQ and we're onto something? But problem that then develops is that if hero is folding OPs here, we def shouldn't be playing our value hands like this. Perplexing.

It's cleary in a exploitive fold based on villain never bluffing, or hardly.

With that in mind, i'd not worry about balance and how far we are up in our range as much.

I guess this spot mostly comes down to reads and history, but if I thought I had a nitty image in hero's eyes, I'd deffo have a bunch of semibluff combos here because my range looks so, so strong here.

0.0001% of villains are thinking on this level at 50nl. All they're thinking is "lol, i has FH/quads, raise turn for max value, this guy is never folding a pair". It's also Zoom where most villains play incredibly straight forward, for the most part.