Hey everyone!

Thoughts/Discussion Always Welcome.


Random Hands from recently

HH1: 100NL 10d10h: Are you calling here ott?

$68 Stack. Main V’s session stats, according to the app: 20-32% VPIP, PFR >15, and running cold.

$200 Stack. BB’s session stats, according to the app: 20-32% VPIP, PFR>15, and running normal. Std. reg.

Hero has $127.

OTTH

Pre-flop: Hero RFI $3 MP with 10 10:heart. Main V cold calls BTN. BB calls.

Flop ($9.50): 9 8 7. BB checks. Hero bets $6.60. BTN raises $19.80. Hero calls.

Turn ($49.10): 9 8 7 4. Hero checks. V shoves $46. Hero?


HH2: 100NL AdKs: 3-bet pot multi-way vs two LP shortstacks

$47 stack. BB’s session stats, according to the app: 33-50% VPIP, PFR <25, and running cold.

$44 stack. HJ’s session stats, according to the app: 33-50% VPIP, PFR <25, and running normal.

Hero covers.

OTTH

Pre-flop: V RFI $4 HJ. Hero 3-bets $14 CO with A K. BB calls. HJ calls.

Flop ($42.50): J 6 5. BB checks. HJ checks. Hero?

BB has $33 left. HJ has $30 left.


HH3: 100NL KdQc vs. weaker player: What are you doing on this river? Sizing?

$100 effective. V’s session stats, according to the app: >50% VPIP, and running hot.

OTTH

Pre-flop: Hero RFI UTG $3 with K Q. V cold calls SB.

Flop ($7.00): K Q J. V checks. Hero bets $4.40. V calls.

Turn ($15.80): K Q J 4. V checks. Hero bets $13.20.

River ($42.20): K Q J 4 J. V checks. Hero?

HH1. This is what happens when you dont range x flop . jkjk lol.

both your bet range and x range become extremely transparent. i would gii otf and snap call ap. if i had checked id xr gii.

hh2 see zero reason to bet vs 3 ppl in 3b pot.


hh2 would x

H1: fold turn
H2: check, would bet if deeper
H3: bet half pot and fold to raise vs this opponent

Thanks for the feedback guys.

HH1 Yeah I think this is a big bet or x for me in practice rn HU on this texture, but multi-way I’m not sure. I did call AP. V had 7 7. We RIT and chopped.

HH2 I usually shove here actually on rainbow, disconnected, textures for pot or under pot. Situation dependent ofc. Wonder if it’s a leak. This one got through.

HH3 I bet $17 and got called by J 10.

Subbed! Skimmed over your blog, you've got an interesting story and I'll be sure to follow along.

H1: As played, prob fold OTT b/c from my experience it's an underbluffed spot(both regs&recs).
For PF, I like a smaller OR size being OOP vs 2 villians. Makes some sense if you think the blinds are weaker players playing wide ranges PF or if CO&BU aren't putting enough pressure on you.
OTF: x range is the play as BU has a condensed range that smashes this board and BB still hits this board hard even though he'll have more junk than BU.

H2: x OTF. You're likely up against 2 recs so not much fold equity.

H3: Think it's a clear x back. If you think he's wide PF, sure you can give villian more combos that will call you but then villian also has more combos that will beat you.
(he could have more KX/QX but that also means he has more straights, JX w p+Draw, and couple more combos of flushes(mainly KXs, & AXs if you think he floats all OTF).

I'm thinking about going to Vegas for 2+ weeks next month- so if anyone has constructive thoughts on that, of any kind (poker related or otherwise)-- please feel free to share. I'm not a hookers and blow kind of guy. so the main purpose will be poker.

I didn't celebrate graduation in any significant way, because I'm not planning to use my degree for now, but that wasn't even in person which sucked--- I'll also be turning 21 next month as well.

Staying safe is important to me, but I've been mostly isolated for several months and haven't played live poker even once in that stretch-- so I think it's an OK decision. I'm a little on the fence. I do this for a living now after all though... so maybe I shouldn't feel bad? I hear there are a lot of good precautions in place, but I'm not a doctor haha.

I've been to Vegas several times before- it's not far away from SoCal, but mostly just for chess tournaments lol. Never as an adult who can consume adult beverages and play poker legally. Excited.

Thanks for taking the time to read this, I appreciate it.

I've never been to vegas so can't really help on that matter.

But I feel you on the graduation. I graduated as an accounting major in july and I got congratulations by email and got the papers my mail It's like "cool thanks".

Congrats man :-)

kinda feel like Vegas in the current climate would be a big disappointment tbh

wait until things are more normal again and you can properly enjoy it

Yeah... that sucked Ship. . Are you a tax guy or are you more interested in audit etc.?

Thanks man!

Thanks for the feedback Bloobird. I agree, but we’ve been waiting for soooo long haha. I was thinking Thanksgiving weekend could bring some action to the city and things should get progressively better by then but who knows.

I've worked at the finnish tax administration but I hated it. I'm also not very interested in my field to be honest. Working with business intelligence now and the only thing I see myself doing in the future is move more towards data science or something similar. But not really there yet skill-wise.

accounting imo



3-bet/calling 6 7 CO vs. BTN vs. reg and seeing V c-bet 75% on 8 5 4.

yeah idk if you're just after somewhere to play poker it might be fine, but I'm assuming you want to get some part of the 'vegas experience', and as far as I can tell that's way below where it was right now

and as an accountant myself I'd say I've greatly enjoyed most of the work I've done, starting out in cashflow forecasting and valuation work, and then making a gradual swing into process improvement and team management

actual accounting is boring

but forecasting is fun because you get to argue about assumptions and how accurate they are

and working out how to set up a repeatable process to report profitability by product (or something similar) in a timely and accurate fashion is actually pretty fun because you get to spend a lot of time thinking about people and how they suck and will mess the process up

poker is fun too though, but I think my edge is bigger in accountancy

how did you just make me want to be an accountant

A huge part of what makes a job fun is the team you work with.

I currently work in data protection, not everyones idea of an exhilarating profession

Previously, and for many years, I was a military aviator - so cool they made tons of movies about it.

Both great jobs, but I am way more happy and fufilled in my current role. Everyone I work with is a fabulous team player. Back in my military days, I worked and played with tons of great people, but quite a few living breathing a/holes were on hand to spoil any given day as well.

We have a big graphic on our office wall:

Come to work
Have fun
Go home happy

It's a pretty good philosophy IMHO

I don’t think I deserve a vacation, so it would be mostly for poker, but a change of scenery is always nice. Regardless of where you live imo. Also, I can always go back in the future anytime.

Benefits of self employment heh

I think I’m mostly set on making that trip tbh; just looking to maximize it’s EV now.

Should be enjoyable for this thread too I guess.

that’s great man, thanks for sharing.

Agreed. Thanks for sharing.

Nice thread but please add you weekly or monthly results for more enjoyment.

Thanks man.

Don’t expect to ever see results in here. Respectfully, I’d imagine that most people, regardless of profession, don’t like to share how much they make every week/month *publicly*, including myself.

As it relates to PG&C and poker specifically, ik a lot of people like to share giraffes, results etc., but I like to do things my way haha and this will be no different.

I don’t care about making this thread entertaining. I’m just going to be myself, and share what I’m comfortable with along the way. Good and bad.

I have no goals currently for the thread either, but I do anticipate that by the end of it I’ll be crushing high stakes and living in a custom built home in Vegas. (Inside joke- shoutout to my buddy Rob Farha)

quality > quantity of engagement.

This content is incredible..

Maybe I’ll just spend the rest of October watching training vids/studying. So much fun. I woke up at 4am today, made some coffee and started watching. A+ day If you ask me

run good everyone

Ah man, I remember watching those vids like 4 years ago, I had the exact same reaction to you. Being a primarily live player at the time, there was almost no good content related to being a live pro so this was pretty nuts to find. This was also before he did any TV appearances and was a LATB reg, so much was unknown about him.

Sadly theres only a few vids before he stopped making them.

Yeah for sure man.

I guess it’s understandable why there isn’t a lot of content like that. Even the very best live regs like Garrett, who played high stakes online for several years (albeit pre BF), are critiqued all the time for the lines they take etc. and not adhering to the balance balance balance pio pio pio craze. imo.

I find it inspiring tbh that he buys in for $400k etc., presumably on his own dime and mostly through his poker earnings.

Lots to learn, it’s truly fascinating man.

I’ve been trying to spend less time on here because the sentiments of people on poker players and poker as a career etc. in 2020 is kind of draining and everywhere tbh. I’m happy it hasn’t really infiltrated it’s way into this thread though .

expect to see some boring hands throughout the next month before the scheduled Vegas trip. I’ve been playing a lot etc. I just don’t think people find random 100nl, 200nl hands interesting lol haha. But it’s okay. what can you do. Part of the process i guess.

I’ll be traveling a good amount in the near future I think so that should be cool for this thread.

Hey everyone!

Thoughts/Discussion Always Welcome.


Random Hands from recently

HH1: 100NL QJhh HU: Annoying river spot

$100 effective. HU. Anonymous Table. Very first hand of the session

OTTH

Pre-flop: Hero RFI $2.50 with Q J V 3-bets BB $9. Hero calls.

Flop ($18.00): K J 10. V continues $8.80. Hero calls.

Turn ($35.60): K J 10 9. V checks. Hero bets $23. V calls.

River ($81.60): K J 10 9 K. V shoves $58.70. Hero?


HH2: 100NL KKs facing river aggression vs good reg

$300 stack. Main V’s session stats, according to the app: 20-32% VPIP, PFR>15, and running hot. Good reg.

$75 stack. BTN’s session stats, according to the app: 20-32% VPIP, PFR >15, and running normal.

OTTH

Pre-flop: Hero iso’s CO $3 with K K V cold calls BTN. Main V cold calls BTN.

Flop ($9.50): J J 7. V checks. BB checks. Hero c-bets $3. BTN calls. BB x/r $12. Hero calls.

Turn ($36.50): J J 7 6. V bets $24.33. Hero calls.

River ($85.25): J J 7 6 2. V bets $63. Hero?


HH3: 100NL AQhh: Facing xrai from loose passive with two pair

$110 effective. V’s session stats, according to the app: 33-50% VPIP, PFR<25, and running hot.

OTTH

Pre-flop: BTN raises $2.50. SB calls. Hero 3-bets BB $11 with A Q BTN folds. SB calls.

Flop ($24.50): A Q 4. V checks. Hero c-bets $6. V x/r $24. Hero calls.

Turn ($36.50): A Q 4 K. V checks. Hero bets $28. V xrai $75~ Hero?


HH4: 100NL QdQs: Overpair facing agg from good reg

$110 effective w Main V. SB started the hand with $45.

Main V’s session stats, according to the app: 20-32% VPIP, PFR>15, and running hot. Good reg.

SB is unknown and new to the table.

OTTH

Pre-flop: Main V RFI UTG $3. SB calls. Hero 3-bets BB $13.50 with Q Q. Both V’s call.

Flop ($40.50): 8 6 3. SB checks. Hero c-bets $10, planning to GII w/ SB. Main V raises $24.50. SB folds. Hero calls.

Turn ($89.50): 8 6 3 2. Hero checks. Main V bets $43.75. Hero?

Hero has $70~ behind.

HH1 that's the worst river in the deck and you're basically hoping to chop. Fold.

HH2 fold flop. A good reg is check/raising over a c-bet and a short-stack caller, that's just not a bluff spot.

HH3 yeah get it in I think. Are loose-passives check/raising flush draws or gutshots on the flop much? Idk, weird line but it's $47 into $186 vs a fish so call it off.

HH4 I'd probably shove unless you've never seen him bluff before. Given he didn't 4bet pre you can discount AA/KK a bit, and it's a super dry flop so weird place to raise and scare people off if you did flop a set.

thanks for the feedback BlooBird.

HH1: Agree with your analysis. AP I called because MDF and anon 100NL pool ieans aggro on bros HU. V had 10s.

HH2: Interesting. Fold flop or turn makes sense but this is going to be a SD, BDFD a lot too no? 89s, 109s, spades, hearts, diamonds etc. Good reg cold calling range shouldn't have too much Jx. I folded river.

HH3: V had the nuts but called it off because price like you said. GII flop probably best I dunno.

HH4: I folded but I dunno. Probably should be GII flop or turn.

I am an lollive player and I saw results so take this with a grain of salt I guess. I just feel like replying.

Hand four fold seems pretty bad. I would not be shocked at all to see worse value when you used 1/4 sizing on the flop and he made a very small flop raise. 3-betting the flop probably can't be bad either. He's not polarized.

Not folding flop in hand 2 either.

Hand 1 I think you're misapplying MDF. This river is bad for the turn bettor so you can probably overfold. What worse hands do you even have in your range though? I guess you block some boats but most of your bluffcatching candidates have some sort of blocker to value so I don't think QJ no spade is special.