I find 3! to be a very interesting topic, and while I think it has added meaningfully to my win rate, I don't have the hard data to support the anecdotes. So I am going to track every single 3! I make over the next 200 hours and post the results here. I'll also include raising straddles out of the blinds. I estimate this will take 3-4 months to complete. Since we can't use a HUD tracker in live poker, this seems like the next best thing.

If anyone has any suggestions on how to improve the "hand histories," feel free to chime in. These are going to be a lot less detailed than a normal HH though, mostly just the action and outcome.

My 3! will mostly be a mix of premium hands and trouble hands. I have no idea what my value range vs. semi-bluff range frequency is right now, so this will be a learning experience for myself as well.

Session 1: 7/25/2015, 5 hours (160 hands), 2/5 NL
# of 3! or 4!: 4 (2.5% frequency)

1. ES: $450. Loose opener raises to $35 in MP, HJ calls, loose BTN (felted twice in 15min) calls, Hero 3! to $150 from the SB with AT, table folds, OR asks "Do you have Aces?" I nod 'yes.' - Net: +$110 (+22 BB's)

2. ES: $550. TAG raises UTG limper to $25, Bad-V calls $25, Hero 3! to $105, TAG folds, Bad-V calls. Pot $240, Flop 984r, Bad-V check/calls $125. Pot $490, Turn 9846ss, V ships for $330, Hero calls, V shows T6dd, Hero wins with QQ. - Net: +$595 (+119 BB's)

3. ES: $1000. UTG straddles, 5 callers including V in SB, Hero makes it $105 from BB with A J, folds to bad, loose, tilting SB who calls. Flop AQ4hh, SB checks, Hero bets $125, SB tank/folds. - Net: +$165 (+33 BB's)

4. ES: $900. Hero opens to $25 UTG with KK, MP calls, LAG/Squeezer V in SB raises to $100, Hero 4! to $325 and V tank/folds claiming he had AKs. - Net: +$130 (+26 BB's)

Not in this forum.

If you want to do this, make a thread in the Poker Goals and Challenges forum.

Locked.