This is me:
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/17...inder-1528854/

I am in the habit of grinding out a profit/small loss, then taking my roll to mid stakes HU and donating it to the payers there. No more. Today is the last time I sit against a midstakes HU reg, shortstacked and donate my $$$.

Whilst they haven't been super successful for me, I feel these threads are great for my motivation, reviewing hands I playand keep me accountable, so this will be my 3rd and final.

My goals for the Month are the following:

1. 30k Hands 6max deep [ ]
2. Watch 4 RIO videos [ ]
3. 8k hands Omaha [ ]
4. Post at least 1 hand a day when playing and comment 5 a day [ ]
5. Write some player notes [ ]

My Longer term goals (All by 7th Spetember):
1. 10k roll
2. Shotting NL100 deep
3. Looking at PLO25
4. Have logged 250k Hands at 6max deep

If you see me at a HU table and screenshot it and post it here and PM me your stars username $25 will be yours, NL50 not included.

Back on the grind.

The grind so far has been good, have managed to keep the tilt monkey at bay and have had no interest in dumping $$$ at HU.

Goals
I have also taken notes on some regs and in general improved my note taking during sessions. Plan to take more notes.
I watched another RIO video and again found it helpful.
I have been posting and commenting on a few hand everyday when I play, have been looking to post spot where I get stuck, but generally on review, I can see where I went wrong.
My volume has been low, but will increase during the week.

An interesting hand:
Poker Stars $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em $0.05 Ante - 5 players
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BB: $94.93
UTG: $58.17
CO: $61.50
Hero (BTN): $87.14
SB: $68.85

Pre Flop: ($0.60) Hero is BTN with T Q
2 folds, Hero raises to $0.80, 1 fold, BB calls $0.55

Flop: ($1.95) Q J Q (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $1.30, BB raises to $3.25, Hero calls $1.95

Turn: ($8.45) 7 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $4.60, BB calls $4.60

River: ($17.65) T (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $12.30, BB raises to $31.25, Hero raises to $78.44 all in, BB calls $47.19



On review I think my river shove is okay, I have history with this villain and I think he can call with less.

I think he can pay with JJ/10s/Q10/QJ/7s/Q7(unlikely to call my raise with Q7, but still). I think the alternative of calling the river is a worse one, I play LAG so I can get paid in deep spots with hands like these and have to settle when someone holds over me.

Poker Stars $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em $0.05 Ante - 5 players
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Hero (UTG): $68.27
CO: $95.49
BTN: $49.55
SB: $25.58
BB: $66.55

Pre Flop: ($0.60) Hero is UTG with J A
Hero raises to $0.80, CO raises to $1.75, 3 folds, Hero calls $0.95

Flop: ($4.10) J 3 6 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO checks

Turn: ($4.10) T (2 players)
Hero bets $2.60, CO calls $2.60

River: ($9.30) 3 (2 players)
Hero bets $3.90, CO calls $3.90



I thought this was interesting, V plays it so weak/passive.

Poker Stars $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em $0.05 Ante - 6 players
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CO: $45.37
Hero (BTN): $64.95
SB: $11.05
BB: $28.26
UTG: $88.88
MP: $52.03

Pre Flop: ($0.65) Hero is BTN with Q A
2 folds, CO raises to $0.75, Hero raises to $2.60, 2 folds, CO raises to $6.80, Hero calls $4.20

Flop: ($14.25) T Q 9 (2 players)
CO bets $7.07, Hero calls $7.07

Turn: ($28.39) 2 (2 players)
CO checks, Hero checks

River: ($28.39) 4 (2 players)
CO bets $10.84, Hero calls $10.84



Couldn't find a fold OTR getting 1:3.8, on review was happy with my turn check.

Poker Stars $0.08/$0.16 No Limit Hold'em $0.04 Ante - 6 players
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SB: $66.92
BB: $42.26
UTG: $15.33
MP: $40.00
CO: $48.19
Hero (BTN): $40.43

Pre Flop: ($0.48) Hero is BTN with A Q
3 folds, Hero raises to $0.51, 1 fold, BB calls $0.35

Flop: ($1.34) A J 6 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.96, BB raises to $3.42, Hero calls $2.46

Turn: ($8.18) 3 (2 players)
BB bets $6.01, Hero calls $6.01

River: ($20.20) 4 (2 players)
BB bets $14.85, Hero calls $14.85



Not so sure about this one, can find a fold river, but think I can call as busted draws didn't get there, bdfd c/r flop I don't think so.

Graph below:



Will continue grinding it out.

Played a session today, ran pretty bad and got coolered but eked out a small profit. Would be nice if the coolers/run bad didn't come in the biggest game I play. Had a tilting session yesterday but still have been okay and not felt like playing HU. This thread is helping so I will continue to post here to lament my losses and revel in my successes(future).

A few interesting hands:
Poker Stars $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em $0.05 Ante - 5 players
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BTN: $75.20
SB: $68.55
BB: $25.00
Hero (UTG): $78.52
CO: $62.00

Pre Flop: ($0.60) Hero is UTG with J A
Hero raises to $0.80, 1 fold, BTN calls $0.80, SB calls $0.70, 1 fold

Flop: ($2.90) A 7 8 (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $1.90, BTN raises to $4.75, SB folds, Hero calls $2.85

Turn: ($12.40) 2 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $8, Hero calls $8

River: ($28.40) 9 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $27, Hero calls $27

Take a passive line with AJ, with blockers on some draws..... River call don't think villain bets better A's like this.

Poker Stars $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em $0.05 Ante - 5 players
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BB: $47.71
UTG: $63.71
CO: $65.50
Hero (BTN): $117.98
SB: $84.00

Pre Flop: ($0.60) Hero is BTN with Q A
2 folds, Hero raises to $0.80, SB raises to $2.90, 1 fold, Hero raises to $8.20, SB calls $5.30

Flop: ($16.90) 2 6 A (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $13.90, SB raises to $27.80, Hero raises to $109.73 all in, SB calls $47.95 all in

Turn: ($168.40) 7 (2 players - 2 are all in)

River: ($168.40) 2 (2 players - 2 are all in)

Villain and I have history, so I think 4bet in position in fine. after the flop I think the hand plays itself.

Poker Stars $0.08/$0.16 No Limit Hold'em $0.04 Ante - 4 players
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Hero (BTN): $42.67
SB: $40.20
BB: $35.07
CO: $28.39

Pre Flop: ($0.40) Hero is BTN with T 8
1 fold, Hero raises to $0.51, SB raises to $1.76, BB calls $1.60, Hero calls $1.25

Flop: ($5.44) J 4 A (3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $3.12, SB folds, BB raises to $7.04, Hero calls $3.92

Turn: ($19.52) 9 (2 players)
BB bets $12, Hero calls $12

River: ($43.52) 5 (2 players)
BB bets $14.23 all in, Hero folds


I think the turn is a call here, we have plenty of outs and can assume we will get the rest on any good river for us given villain has 1/3PSB left.

Anyway, the week so far:


A little taste of EV profit town, but it was not to be.

So played a decent session today and had the best day I have had in a while, ran pretty hot at points, but also adjusted my play style according to my notes, seemed to work quite well. Am going to continue to take detailed notes of my regular opponents.



Played some Omaha today as well, not too many interesting hands there either but managed to continue to run quite godlike during my Omaha adventures.

Poker Stars $0.05/$0.10 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 5 players
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BTN: $10.00
SB: $11.15
Hero (BB): $11.11
UTG: $6.91
CO: $5.82

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is BB with J 7 9 9
1 fold, CO calls $0.10, 1 fold, SB calls $0.05, Hero checks

Flop: ($0.30) 9 7 K (3 players)
SB bets $0.29, Hero raises to $1.16, CO calls $1.16, SB raises to $4.93, Hero raises to $11.01 all in, CO calls $4.56 all in, SB calls $6.08

Turn: ($28.04) K (3 players - 2 are all in)

River: ($28.04) 3 (3 players - 2 are all in)




Poker Stars $0.05/$0.10 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 6 players
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UTG: $10.00
MP: $7.07
CO: $10.09
BTN: $14.32
SB: $12.69
Hero (BB): $23.98

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is BB with J J 6 T
4 folds, SB raises to $0.30, Hero calls $0.20

Flop: ($0.60) 6 Q 9 (2 players)
SB bets $0.37, Hero raises to $1.15, SB calls $0.78

Turn: ($2.90) 3 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $2, SB raises to $8.78, Hero calls $6.78

River: ($20.46) J (2 players)
SB bets $2.46 all in, Hero calls $2.46




Poker Stars $0.05/$0.10 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 6 players
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BB: $10.00
UTG: $17.12
MP: $11.79
CO: $12.83
BTN: $12.64
Hero (SB): $10.05

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is SB with A Q 9 A
UTG raises to $0.35, MP calls $0.35, 2 folds, Hero raises to $1.50, 1 fold, UTG raises to $4.95, 1 fold, Hero raises to $10.05 all in, UTG calls $5.10

Flop: ($20.55) K J A (2 players - 1 is all in)

Turn: ($20.55) 3 (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($20.55) 7 (2 players - 1 is all in)





So yeah, more grinding and hopefully the run good continues. Will move to PLO25, once I have won $500 and am hoping to play some live once my roll is at $3k

Had an absolute shocker today, got some really good volume in, but just wasn't playing well. Lucky for me I ran well otherwise things could be a whole lot worse. Had a really bad short morning session and spent the rest of the day trying to grind it back, then when I got back, I got into some gross spots and misplayed against some solid regs, I also spewed off a few stacks firing 3rd bullets unnecessarily and really misplayed in a couple of big pots.



Good news:
Played about 6k hands
Joined PLO study group
Ran good
Didn't tilt...too hard or too much
Played some MTTs, lost $$$

Played today, again made some costly mistakes in 3bet pots and was calling too much OTR. Feel like I have finally taken control of my tilt though and these are mistakes/lapses in concentration as opposed to TILT, which is pretty big for me.

Got offered a coaching for profits deal, but am not sure about that, currently pretty happy plodding along, figure I am plugging the leaks I can see and can get a coach later on.

Also today:
Final table an MTT [x]

Got 4th (AQ<AJ) in the 11r for $249.50
So that helps, soften my poor play over the last couple of days.

Going to play some more hands tonight but probably won't get any in over the weekend so will post my graph for the week now:


BLERGH.....

Well next week bigger and better things..
Goals:
1.Not to spew OTR, play to my notes and have a +EV week.
2.15k hands.
3.Watch 2 RIO videos.
4.Final table an MTT.
5.Buy a robot vacuum cleaner.

Luckily I was up ~$500 from MTTs and spins.

So net for the week: +$300

More grind and see if I can't close this week out positive tonight.

in and gl

Im playing 2NL deep and shot taking 5NL deep. Any possibility I can contect you on skype or something?

Thanks bud

Definitely man I'll pm you

Just wrapping up the grind for the day and the tables were pretty cold to me today, finished up a dollar, but with plenty of EV$ to spend, which is kind of a good thing. Didn't feel at all tilty and played pretty well throughout the session I think.

Had a few interesting hands with interesting villains which I will post...

Poker Stars $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em $0.05 Ante - 2 players
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Hero (BTN/SB): $85.08
BB: $80.85

Pre Flop: ($0.45) Hero is BTN/SB with J J
Hero raises to $0.80, BB raises to $2.50, Hero raises to $8.10, BB calls $5.60

Flop: ($16.30) 7 8 T (2 players)
BB bets $11.85, Hero raises to $39.20, BB raises to $72.70 all in, Hero calls $33.50




This one was pretty gross, but villain was quite spewy so not really surprising.

Poker Stars $0.08/$0.16 No Limit Hold'em $0.04 Ante - 3 players
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BTN: $39.28
Hero (SB): $72.88
BB: $78.81

Pre Flop: ($0.36) Hero is SB with 8 7
BTN raises to $0.32, Hero calls $0.24, BB raises to $2.08, 1 fold, Hero calls $1.76

Flop: ($4.60) K 2 7 (2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $3.20, Hero raises to $10.64, BB raises to $30.24, Hero raises to $70.76 all in, BB calls $40.52

Turn: ($146.12) T (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($146.12) 5 (2 players - 1 is all in)





One for the good guys..

Poker Stars $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em $0.05 Ante - 2 players
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Hero (BB): $118.70
BTN/SB: $187.82

Pre Flop: ($0.45) Hero is BB with 4 4
BTN/SB raises to $0.85, Hero raises to $2.60, BTN/SB raises to $7.90, Hero calls $5.30

Flop: ($15.90) 4 3 9 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB bets $11.55, Hero raises to $36.90, BTN/SB calls $25.35

Turn: ($89.70) A (2 players)
Hero bets $73.85 all in, BTN/SB calls $73.85




Got to love that equity.

Poker Stars $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em $0.05 Ante - 5 players
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BTN: $136.36
SB: $50.50
BB: $25.00
Hero (UTG): $124.04
CO: $64.45

Pre Flop: ($0.60) Hero is UTG with A K
Hero raises to $0.80, CO raises to $3, 3 folds, Hero raises to $10.80, CO calls $7.80

Flop: ($22.20) 5 A 7 (2 players)
Hero bets $11.20, CO calls $11.20

Turn: ($44.60) 2 (2 players)
Hero bets $100, CO calls $42.40 all in







So yeah ultimately not the best day but shipped some $$$ in mtts and spins (+$150) so am still moving forward. Watch some RIO videos tomorrow and log some more volume.

Just closed a solid session for the morning, after booking a pretty bad session yesterday. I also played some more hands on Tuesday evening and managed to get the day to positive which was solid. Haven't had any tilt issues, in fact things that would have previously tilted me are now making me laugh, so that's pretty positive. Have started a strat group with some deep players I respect and am hoping to improve drastically in the coming months.

Will post another graph and some interesting hands at the end of the week. The grind continues.

I watched two RIO videos yesterday and had to work today so didn't get to play many hands. I will get to play lots of hands tomorrow but am going to post my graph for the week now. Will post results tomorrow also.



Felt like I made a lot of improvements this week, but didn't get a heap of volume, am really excited for next month, think I will crack 100k hands.

So overall this week:
Deep: +$365.21
Deep EV: +$325.90
MTT/Spins: +$256.90
Net: +$622.21

So I played some hand today, didn't get as much volume as nobody was playing deep. So I played some spins. Still logged 1.5k hands was just slow. I played okay, ran good in some big pots to end up quite a bit for the day.

As I won't be playing tomorrow, I will post my graph for the month now:



So am pretty happy in relation to my goals...
1. 30k Hands 6max deep [x]
2. Watch 4 RIO videos [x]
3. 8k hands Omaha [ ]x
4. Post at least 1 hand a day when playing and comment 5 a day [ ]x
5. Write some player notes [x]
6. Make an MTT FT [x]

Goals for next month:
1. 100k Hands 6max deep [ ]
2. Watch 4 RIO videos [ ]
3. 8k hands Omaha [ ]
4.Post at least 1 hand a day when playing and comment 3 a day [ ]
5. Write some player notes [ ]
6. Make 2 MTT FT's [ ]

So a pretty solid month.... Keep grinding it up next month maybe start shotting NL50 deep.

So have been grinding the last few days since the weekend and it has been going well, still lots of leaks to be plugged but feeling a lot closer to solid.

Took a shot at NL50(deep) this morning as none of my tables were running and ran good, so am going to keep mixing a few of those into the mix. Haven't got a heap of volume but am hoping after tomorrow and Friday to be around 10k hands for the week.

Week so far:


Here are some interesting hands/terrible plays by me:

His flop raise is interesting, lucky for him I'm bad

Poker Stars $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em $0.10 Ante - 3 players
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Hero (BTN): $210.65
SB: $45.26
BB: $91.46

Pre Flop: ($1.05) Hero is BTN with A 9
Hero raises to $1.60, SB calls $1.35, 1 fold

Flop: ($4.00) A 8 8 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $2.75, SB raises to $12.07, Hero calls $9.32

Turn: ($28.14) J (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks

River: ($28.14) A (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $32, SB calls $31.49 all in



Standard, this no longer tilts me.

Poker Stars $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em $0.05 Ante - 5 players
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UTG: $25.97
CO: $74.44
BTN: $62.50
Hero (SB): $62.50
BB: $40.89

Pre Flop: ($0.60) Hero is SB with K K
2 folds, BTN raises to $0.75, Hero raises to $2.80, BB raises to $6.80, 1 fold, Hero raises to $14.90, BB calls $8.10

Flop: ($30.80) 3 J 4 (2 players)
Hero bets $11.40, BB raises to $25.94 all in, Hero calls $14.54

Turn: ($82.68) 8 (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($82.68) 8 (2 players - 1 is all in)



This was my welcome to NL50

Poker Stars $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em $0.10 Ante - 3 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

Hero (BTN): $180.41
SB: $72.37
BB: $75.00

Pre Flop: ($1.05) Hero is BTN with J J
Hero raises to $1.60, 1 fold, BB calls $1.10

Flop: ($3.75) K J A (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $2.50, BB calls $2.50

Turn: ($8.75) K (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $5.75, BB raises to $13.50, Hero calls $7.75

River: ($35.75) 7 (2 players)
BB bets $57.30 all in, Hero calls $57.30



My SO is away for a week from the 15th of the month so plan on playing some live and logging some pretty serious volume too, so hopefully chip porn is coming to this thread. Still grinding and occasionally blowing, back to it.

Been grinding $60 spins the last few days with mixed results....

Just spun up a $7800, likely the biggest one I will ever see and got KO'd 1st hand by squeezing with an Ax.... Gross.

Anyways probably keep playing some MTT's particularly as this coming week I will be able to start playing at 4-5am (primetime).

Monthly goal:
FT 2 MTT's [x] 1st and 6th.

The one I shipped I came to the FT chip leader and made it to HU 40k (me) v 60k (villain) and managed to ship it, did get AA AIPF vs A8s, so that helped. Was pretty happy with my play, except for one stinky call I made HU.

So am going to make that FT 6 MTT's

So it's been a busy and swingy week for me.

Played a few full days worth of $60 spins and whilst up am down in cEV.... Small sample but feel like a lot of the regs are better than me. Might have to jump down a few levels and tune my game.

I have also been playing quite a few MTTs and have been loving it, playing the rebuys and 2r+1A have been good as I get to play deep, which a lot of MTT players suck at. Am hoping to grind out some more volume for cash and keep grinding MTTs.

Made another FT today but made a bad move and cashed 8th, 8th-4th were about even in chips, I should have just roached up the $$$ but was trying to pick up chips where I could so I could contend for top 3, jammed 97s into the bb when folded around to me and got snapped by AJ, flop AAx..... seeya.
FTs this week = 4 (1st, 3rd, 8th and 9th)

I have been playing MTTs outside my bankroll, I won't be doing that anymore the biggest I will play will be $30 or non turbo $55s if I have T$ or can satellite in. Also max $7 spins until I am a winner over 1000 games.

Graphs for the month thus far:
MTT


Cash


Still grinding the next week will be huge for me am going to play some live over the weekend and have a big week of MTTs and cash.

Played 24 hours of live poker in the last two days..... am quite wrecked. Heading to bed early so I can grind The Sunday MTT's in a few hours. Live is so slow and peeps are so so bad my god it's good, will post trip report.

Also my retirement from 60 spins has been greatly exaggerated. I think I may have had a break through (though I probably just ran good oh yeah and it's the weekend) I do feel a lot more confident in my new playstyle:


Sleep now grind MTT's/spins towards the end with the FT's. Then grind some 6max cash tomorrow day and tuesday and play some live tue wed night. Big week.

Mind on the grind.

Shipped an MTT, to be up ~$300 for my Sunday night grind. Came into the FT 2nd in chips and took it down heads up was 45% to 55%, took villain to value town and soon had him 5:1. Unfortunately I was sooo tired and played terrible in the mid stage of a vast majority of my other MTTs, making some pretty ugly plays and stinking.

Also this morning the $60 spins struck back and got me pretty good. In light of this I decided to hire a coach and play only 7s for the week. So I have my first session wed afternoon with him and am pretty excited.

I also am going to grind some cash this evening but am tossing up playing some live.... think I might get some rest and play live tomorrow instead.

Been so bad at this thread lately.

I haven't been playing cash have been grinding spins, got a coach and am playing within my roll....

Hoping to get back to some deep 6max this month and keep playing spins when tables are quiet.

So far so good, hoping to go buy a PC, so I can play with some necessary programs that don't run well on Mac and move up to 15s.

7's so far:

Aiming to get back into posting.

I have been grinding live cash lately quite successfully, I am still playing online and am on target to make my first ever SN.

My 6max cash results have been mixed but I still aim to play and improve, my results since this thread are here:


Pretty sad looking

My spin results since I got my coach are here(@7's):


Pretty good looking line, so hoping to get up to 5000 games and then move up to 15s

Played some 2/5 (the lowest/only limit) at my local yesterday. I don't have a heap of time in the evenings with plans and commitments with my SO, so have decided to start putting in some volume on my free days until the evening when I have stuff to do. The card room opens at 12 Mon-Thur and runs 24h Fri-Sun.

I am familiar with the way the game plays and a lot of the regulars, a majority of whom are droolers/degens and prey on the drunkards. The game is very passive pre and you can often get away with limping marginal hands, then getting paid by TPGK when you flop well. Anyway that's the lay of the land as I see it.

I cashed in $800 worth of chips (generally take $1k, but I had the cash so figured 1bullet and some reloads would be fine) Most players, regs included, don't play full stacks preferring $200-$400 so I generally find 2 bullets to be plenty and if I lose that then I am probably playing badly. Lets get into it...

I sat down full stacked and surveyed the table 4 regs I recognised, 1 spew bad, 2 old timers who peddle the nuts religiously and 1 young blood who plays solid poker. 2nd hand in the young blood 3bets his KK from the SB and 2/3 pots the flop and stacks someone so he is competent and healthily stacked, but unfortunately is on my left. That said he is not the type to 3bet light or make plays (not that I have seen anyway). I also recognise an asian gentleman as he is terrible and loves to chase.

So first hand of the day I got involved in, our terrible asian friend opens to $20, 5 callers, I am in the sb with A2o and call too. Flop AhAs2d, yahtzee! I check and am not disappointed as our terrible asian friend bets $50 into the $140, folds to me and I make it $150, he snaps and we see a turn 3h. I am confident that our customer can't fold any A here and bet full pot.

Surprisingly the villain folds and I am left wondering whether I butchered this hand. I am quite confident that the villain didn't have an A, but perhaps I should have half potted or less (~$200) villain had about $325 remaining and may have then jammed over with a weak ace..... Ah well I think he calls with Ax so I guess he could have had 99-QQ. Onwards we go stack about $725 at this point and am in for $600.

Then next hand of significance we wake up with 10-2o in the bb on a J 10 2r flop with 7 runners, we check and it is again checked round to our asian gentleman friend, he bets $20 and gets 2 callers, action back to us and we pop to $95. Our friend calls and the other two fold. Turn brings a 9c still rainbow and probably one of the worst cards in the deck for us, we were previously worried about J10 and now have the straight and 10 9 and J9 to be concerned with. To be honest we aren't worried about J9, but 109, KQ and J10 give us reason enough to check here, so we do. Our friend eyeballs us as he fingers his chips looking down at his stack as soon as the 9 had rolled out, generally an indicator that the card is bad news for us, #livetells, after a moment the villain checks and we see a river. without improving our plan is to c/c a brick and c/f to any AK8. The river rolls out a glorious 2. After some contemplation we value bet $185 and are instacalled, table the house and our hand is good. Stack ~$1000, in for $600.

Quite some time passes before any hands of note, we played AQo aggressively to a straddle that 5 people limped making it $95 and taking down $50 pre, After an absolute whale opens to 20 in EP for the 3rd hand in a row and 2 players call we 3bet to $95 with some broadway and a tight image, we take it down pre.

Then we wake up with JJ OTB, 6 limpers so we make it $35. 2 callers and we see a flop AsJs5s, checks to us we bet $85, a fold and a call from a solid playing new comer who has been passively losing chips, though from his talk sounds solid (with about $350 behind). Turn Kh, villain checks, we bet $145, villain tanks and folds.

I think if villain pushes it is hard for us to fold, given villain could be bad enough to jam 2pair, though it's more likely he calls unless it's AxKs jamming at us. A shove here is often a flush but with the A out villain would almost have to have KsQs, Ks10s, Qs10s and maybe Ks9s & Qs9s throw in one or two 7s8s and 9s10s but we don't see him playing many other Ksxs or Qsxs or lower spades that slow play flop.

Stack $1200.

We take down a few $100 pots with top pair and are ticking along nicely.

Then we are SB with Ad8d, pot is raised to $25, 6 callers including us. Flop comes 7h8hAs, we check and it gets to our asian friend who bets $50 ($500 behind), the whale at the table ($300 behind), who has dropped about $1000 over the course of 2.5 hours by calling with TPNK, calling flops and folding turns with head shakes ands muttering, also calls. We pop to $235 our asian friends tanks and calls and the whale folds. We are quite certain our fishy friend is on the FD. Turn 8c, checks to us, here we check so he can get there (though given he has only $300 behind and the pot is so large we should probably put him in and make him call off his remaining chips, given that he has shown us he is happy to chase, food for thought) anyways the river bricks our friend checks and we jam trying to rep a busted draw. Villain folds and we ship it.

Stack now $1900.

Nothing much happens for the remainder of the session, we bleed missing a few flops and take down a few small pots.

We cash out $2400 in chips, less the $800 we cashed in and banked a +$1600 session, not bad for a few daytime hours.

Chip porn (forget to get a shot of the tray when we cashed out with all our chips on it, ~$350 not on the table):
Whites are $1, I like my stacks level.

I squeezed in a small session yesterday. Cashed in $1000

I got called to a feeder table that started 6 handed and I was stoked. I play a lot of 6max and the passive fish at 2/5 generally don't change their play whether it be 6 max or 10max. So I was hoping to quickly accumulate some chips.

30 mins later and I'm stuck $200, villains calling my CO and BTN raises and sticking around when I cbet or raising over me, seems I can't hit or if i do they hit harder. One example was I raise the button with Q10o to $20, two callers. Flop 5s5d3s, checks to me, I bet $25 one fold and one call. Turn Ad villain donks $100 at me I fold and villain tables a 5. I am sad when I am called ot the main table but it wasn't going well so not to worry.

As I am arranging my chips on the table there is an early raise to $15, I look down and see KJo and call along with 4 other players. The flop comes K57r, checks to me and I make it $30. I get one caller from the button, who is an asian gentleman and he is thoroughly staring me down($400 behind).... Turn J(2h now) I bet $70, he instacalls. The river is an 8s, I bet $185 and villain tanks for an eternity and folds.

I only played a short session so only one other hand of note, a tilted player raises to $25, I call with AJ, 5 calls. Flop AcJd5c, tilted man jams for $155 rest of table folds and I call. Runs out 8d, 5s. Villain announces two pair and rolls K8o, I ship and life is good.

No other real hands of interest, i take down a small pot or two in position and chip out +$400:

I leave for Europe on Sunday and will be grinding the card rooms over there, whilst getting rowdy with a good mate of mine, who also likes to play cards. So should have some Euro chip porn for the thread.

So Sept goals:
40 hours live [ ]
1000 spins [ ] (I'm on vacay until the 28th hence small volume)
Do yoga everywhere I go [ ]

Also if anyone knows of good card rooms in Zurich, Barca, Munich and/or London. I'd appreciate your input. Currently I plan to play at Swiss Casinos in Zurich and The Hippodrome while in London that is all I have planned thus far.

Haven't got to play much this month as I leave tomorrow for Europe, so have been finishing assignments etc. Won't get to play any live until I arrive in Zurich and I have a wedding to attend today and father's day tomorrow, still looking for a good present idea.

Month so far: