Depends...
If you are a figure nit, you should keep track of your tips and also pause on breaks to get the pure hourly figures out.
I like your approach and do the same.

I don't pause on breaks (anymore) because i'm still "at work".
If you just started tracking your stats I would suggest to pause to actually get on point of your hourly.
I auto include tips at the end of session because those dollars are not in my stack, but did a same sort of exercise to see impact on hourly.

good read; thanks for sharing; good insight and goal oriented approach; good luck!

I pause for breaks because I'd rather my results reflect the quality of poker played. If you're breaking for 30-60 minutes each session, your results will be distorted as you say. That said, Nick's point of you still being at work is probably a valuable one because you can essentially count breaks as paid breaks and you get an hourly for time spent at work. Knowing your hourly at work as opposed to strictly table time, while it may be a negligible difference, is probably the best number to use.

Nice update, pretty interesting reading in terms of your results. Would love to see how it compares to some of the reg 1/2 players, I know Andrew Neeme spoke about top % of players beating the games for 10bb/100 and you're pretty close to that.

Title seems like an oxymoron, but otherwise, good posts!

Here is a marginal spot I was in yesterday at Caesar's $1/2 effective stacks $300.

EP Player limps
Hero opens $10 w AJo
Villain calls in the CO.

Heads up to the flop ($25) J98dd

Hero bets $20, Villain calls

Turn ($65) 5h

Hero bets $50, villain tank calls

River ($165) Tc

Hero checks?, villain bets $85, hero?

Does he have a lot of queens here? Does he bet when checked to almost always? No strong reads other than he recently topped up to $300 from $240 after losing a medium pot. It is also important to know if he is going to value bet hands like two pair made on the river or check it back.

EZ fold. Has plenty of queens. Do we have Ad?

I did fold btw, I just felt like I take advantage of people so often in these spots and felt helpless against bluffs. This is a good example of why we leave GTO thinking out of $1/2 games. Fold and move on to easy value.

I decided to do another promotion to help force myself to play more hours. I did the 45 hour challenge at Bally's. Things like this help with the boredom



The free roll had 74 runners which the top 40 all recieve $500. At the end of the tournament they would draw 10 seats for the $365 WSOP Giant event.





My lucky ass won both the $500 and the seat. I don't think I will want to play in the WSOP seat so I am selling my seat for $340 if anyone is interested.

Right after the tournament I went to Austin for my best friends bachelor party. It was a weekend to remember, pics incoming

BTW, if someone does want the $365 Giant seat for $340, PM me and we can meet at Bally's anytime Mon-Fri 8am-4pm and do the transfer through Jake the supervisor.

nice

I was in an unusual spot at Caesar's last night. I don't remember the exact action, but the important part is the river. I will tell the action as close as I can remember until then.

$1/2 NL
2 limpers
Hero raises to $12 OTB w/ QsQc
MP (loose aggro calls)

Heads up to the flop.
T76hh
Hero bets $30, MP check/raises to $70, Hero calls

Turn: Jh
MP bets $70, hero calls.

River: 4h
MP checks and quickly turns his hand over before I act. He has 97o with no heart. Villain has about $140 left. I take my time and try not to move as I was confused at first what was going on.

What would you do in this spot? Villain has $140 left and we have him covered. Check back because that is what you would have done? Value bet small to force a call? Go all in? I did make a bet and MP said he had thought I checked behind. He tanked for a while before folding. Was I wrong to make a bet?

Really enjoying your reports particularly the pics and more recent posts. In regards to your question, if the V is an amateur, and you planned on checking behind just check.

Betting is pretty obligatory imo. When he shows a hand that bad, you should bet your whole range. Sizing is an interesting question though. Making a really small bet makes life hardest for him, I think.

Him exposing his hand early is his problem btw, if that's what you're asking.

Maybe the more interesting question is what to do if he has the best hand

[QUOTE=iFreeSki420;51853270]I was in an unusual spot at Caesar's last night. I don't remember the exact action, but the important part is the river. I will tell the action as close as I can remember until then.

$1/2 NL
2 limpers
Hero raises to $12 OTB w/ QsQc
MP (loose aggro calls)

Heads up to the flop.
T76hh
Hero bets $30, MP check/raises to $70, Hero calls

Turn: Jh
MP bets $70, hero calls.

River: 4h
MP checks and quickly turns his hand over before I act. He has 97o with no heart. Villain has about $140 left. I take my time and try not to move as I was confused at first what was going on.

What would you do in this spot? Villain has $140 left and we have him covered. Check back because that is what you would have done? Value bet small to force a call? Go all in? I did make a bet and MP said he had thought I checked behind. He tanked for a while before folding. Was I wrong to make a bet?[/

I think shoving is the fine given your situation. The action on previous streets makes it very obv you are beating him so your opponent is very unlikely to call anything above a min bet. You may as well go for max value then. A shove may even polarize your hand range in his eyes.

Having the worst hand would depend on his hand strength. Hearts would be hard to fold in a 1/2 no game. Straights and two pair easier. In all situations, I think shoving is still the right play if you are trying to bluff him out of pot.


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Either shove the river or bet super tiny. He's going to fold too often to any normal sized value bets. There is definitely nothing wrong with betting in this spot..in fact if anyone was out of line it was your opponent as this could easily be an angle to get to a cheap showdown.

Still, I could see a case for checking behind if you think villain is genuine and you want to keep it fun and not give villain the impression that the game is shady or cutthroat. You could also just bet and tell him his hand is no good and he might call anyways.

i woud jam, also i think your flop call is pretty bad

I didn't realize the 4card flush came in on the river. Villain is going to call here next to never so I'm not sure this spot is that important. If villain has us beat with 2 pair or a set then this is a mandatory bet on the river.

I like your call on the flop. I'm not sure why someone would think that is bad.

He wasn't there and is wrong v.s. that opponent who had an aggression factor of near infinite.

good read and info, thanks for sharing. headed to Vegas myself next week to do something similar. good luck!

I decided to do the Planet Hollywood free roll this month as it only took 30 hours to get a $300 satellite seat to the Goliath Warm Up $1650. In addition, they have a bunch of free food comps going on. I took advantage of these as I really wanted to try out Gordon Ramsay Burgr. I heard mixed reviews and it was a good burger, but definitely expected more for the price. I ended up going over a dollar over on the $30 coupon for just a burger, fries, and drink. The Pin Up Pizza place was delicious. I got a pizza, knot, and drink for the $10 coupon. I still have my coupon for the Buffet as well as another Burgr coupon.

The games were amazing during March Madness, but my pure run streak finally ended as well. I am running just over even the last 80 hours or so with some sick beats and just general nothing working during some sessions. I am still up for the month and have a chance to make good money. I am putting in 80 hours over at Harrah's to take advantage of their free roll tournament as well.









My favorite character was a very muscular German man who apparently got in a big fight at Bellagio.

Do you have dedicated poker bankroll or you use "liferoll"?

I'm thinking to move to Vegas for a 2-3 weeks or so and I'm just thinking how much money would be reasonable to cover accommodation, expenses and grind 1/2, 1/3 (shots at 2/5 if I get success in lower stakes).

I am pretty much comfortable playing 1/2 and 1/3 and have around 30/hour profit so far. However, I just started tracking it 60 hours ago

Unfortunately, do to my situation, I have one life roll. This is not recommended, but I have a large overhead do to some old medical bills. This is the main reason I am still playing $1/2 at all.

If you are going to move to play poker as your source of income, I would want closer to 1000 hours of data proving I was a winner before I moved out. This is just me.

I am also from the Chicagoland area (NW Burbs near GVC.) Always nice seeing a local guy making progress on his goals in LV. I see the TI promo is still going with $600 for 60 hrs.