I swear when it rains it f****** pours. Down about $55 for the day because I'm playing like crap and calling behind every bloody time.

So I make a standard bet with KQs and get 3b from 14/14 nit in blinds and call this time knowing I can stack this guy if I make a hand.

Flop the OESD and he only bets half pot giving me great odds to call. Hit gin on the turn and get the result I knew I would.............

Get better soon mate. Don't play poker while being ill!

Thanks mate. Hope I shake this s*** soon because I feel rancid.

Good advice too. Not only am I playing poorly but now the big pots are going against me (see above and see this one here).

Seriously, wtf..........

Ah, good to be back.

Poker hey. Surely the only game where you can do practically everything wrong and be rewarded with a win for your efforts.



PokerStars - $0.25 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

CO: $25.00
BTN: $18.71
SB: $25.58
BB: $30.09
UTG: $27.67
Hero (MP): $25.00

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero has 5 5

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

Flop: ($1.85, 2 players) 5 A K
Hero bets $1.32, BTN raises to $2.64, Hero raises to $4.75, BTN calls $2.11

Turn: ($11.35, 2 players) T
Hero bets $7.50, BTN raises to $13.21 and is all-in, Hero calls $5.71

River: ($37.77, 2 players) Q

Hero shows 5 5 (Three of a Kind, Fives) (Pre 51%, Flop 97%, Turn 93%)
BTN shows A J (Straight, Ace High) (Pre 49%, Flop 3%, Turn 7%)
BTN wins $36.07

4bet more on the flop, makes turn much easier.

Turn was pretty easy IMO. I wasn't worried about any turn card tbh v this player.

You don't think flushes and gutters are a decent portion of his range?

Ofc your hand is too strong to fold ever, but I think you could probably get more value OTF rather than clicking it back.

I think a flush draw is part of his range practically never here. Was almost solely Ax. This passive fish opponent is calling with his draw and never turning it into a semi bluff. When he has a flush draw he wants to see if he can get it as cheap as possible. He isn't looking to inflate the pot without a strong to made hand.

By the turn a gutshot possibly got there but his odds are so far against hitting it that I don't mind clicking it back and perhaps even induce a spaz shove from his stronger Ax (AK-AT).

First hand of the day. Are you seriously ****ing kidding me

PokerStars - $0.25 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 4 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

SB: $10.03
Hero (BB): $25.00
UTG: $10.50
BTN: $33.59

SB posts SB $0.10, Hero posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero has A 5

fold, fold, SB calls $0.15, Hero checks

Flop: ($0.50, 2 players) J 5 5
SB checks, Hero bets $0.36, SB calls $0.36

Turn: ($1.22, 2 players) 7
SB checks, Hero bets $1.00, SB calls $1.00

River: ($3.22, 2 players) 3
SB checks, Hero bets $3.50, SB raises to $8.42 and is all-in, Hero calls $4.92

SB shows 4 6 (Straight, Seven High) (Pre 39%, Flop 9%, Turn 18%)
Hero shows A 5 (Three of a Kind, Fives) (Pre 61%, Flop 91%, Turn 82%)
SB wins $19.16



Same cum bucket, about 3 hands later.

PokerStars - $0.25 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

BB: $20.15
Hero (UTG): $25.00
MP: $10.50
CO: $24.65
BTN: $10.00
SB: $33.34

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero has K J

Hero raises to $0.75, fold, fold, fold, fold, BB calls $0.50

Flop: ($1.60, 2 players) 5 5 5
BB checks, Hero bets $1.00, BB calls $1.00

Turn: ($3.60, 2 players) A
BB checks, Hero bets $1.75, BB calls $1.75

River: ($7.10, 2 players) 6
BB checks, Hero checks

BB shows 4 6 (Full House, Fives full of Sixes) (Pre 35%, Flop 28%, Turn 18%)
Hero mucks K J (Three of a Kind, Fives) (Pre 65%, Flop 72%, Turn 82%)
BB wins $6.78



What the **** is this ****?

Hey guys and gals,

Been quiet lately on the posting front. Work and home life have been hectic so I have played less this month. Even when I have played, I still haven't had the energy to bother posting any HHs, graphs or whatever.

Will hopefully get something up to summarise August results in a few days. Things haven't been going too badly when I have been playing though.

GL at the tables.

Good to hear that mate, hope you're back at the tables soon

Welcome back mate, it's not been the same without someone to share a rant or two with! Hope things are going well on the work front.

Warning. Never, I repeat never, say things are going well.


Cheers mate. Hope things have been well.

Want to share a rant? Lol. I hit 4 sets tonight. Won 3 for a total of about $4 and got stacked with the other. Add that to running TPTK into someone else's set and you just have to shake your head.

Will not comment that things are going well again.


2 others in the pot but no one interested.

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

BB: $22.33
UTG: $50.00
MP: $100.28
CO: $81.77
Hero (BTN): $53.89
SB: $50.00

SB posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero has 9 9

UTG raises to $1.25, fold, CO calls $1.25, Hero calls $1.25, fold, fold

Flop: ($4.50, 3 players) 3 7 9
UTG checks, CO checks, Hero bets $2.50, fold, fold

Hero wins $4.30



Another doesn't want to play.

PokerStars - $0.16 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

SB: $20.78
BB: $13.20
Hero (UTG): $17.23
CO: $17.39
BTN: $16.14

SB posts SB $0.08, BB posts BB $0.16

Pre Flop: ($0.24) Hero has T T

Hero raises to $0.48, fold, fold, fold, BB calls $0.32

Flop: ($1.04, 2 players) K 8 T
BB checks, Hero bets $0.80, fold

Hero shows T T (Three of a Kind, Tens)
Hero wins $0.99





How about this time? No?

PokerStars - $0.16 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

UTG: $7.76
CO: $16.10
BTN: $13.08
SB: $16.00
Hero (BB): $16.00

SB posts SB $0.08, Hero posts BB $0.16

Pre Flop: ($0.24) Hero has 3 3

fold, CO calls $0.16, fold, fold, Hero checks

Flop: ($0.40, 2 players) 3 6 7
Hero bets $0.32, fold

Hero wins $0.38





Ah ripper. Finally got someone on the hook. 50NL too so I win a big pot this time........wait what?

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

Hero (SB): $58.73
BB: $94.39
UTG: $50.00
MP: $88.33
CO: $50.50
BTN: $53.22

Hero posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero has 9 9

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

Flop: ($3.50, 2 players) 9 2 K
Hero bets $1.50, BTN calls $1.50

Turn: ($6.50, 2 players) 5
Hero checks, BTN bets $4.65, Hero raises to $15.50, BTN raises to $50.22 and is all-in, Hero calls $34.72

River: ($106.94, 2 players) T

Hero shows 9 9 (Three of a Kind, Nines) (Pre 19%, Flop 4%, Turn 2%)
BTN shows K K (Three of a Kind, Kings) (Pre 81%, Flop 96%, Turn 98%)
BTN wins $104.44

Cheers mate. Been playing a bit but not as many hands as usual. Work is so tiring at the moment I've been playing shorter sessions of usually only 2 tables max as I just haven't been able to concentrate for any longer.

Continues to shake head - got to be kidding me. ****ing sets.

This type of night is how you go from being up approx. $200 for the month to break even or down.

Within 5 hands of each other.......



Yay - another set. Only 1 street of value though even after he x/r flop.

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

CO: $90.42
BTN: $57.86
SB: $44.84
Hero (BB): $50.00
UTG: $16.04
MP: $57.01

SB posts SB $0.25, Hero posts BB $0.50

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero has 5 5

fold, fold, fold, fold, SB raises to $1.38, Hero raises to $4.00, SB calls $2.62

Flop: ($8.00, 2 players) J 5 2
SB checks, Hero bets $4.00, SB raises to $8.32, Hero calls $4.32

Turn: ($24.64, 2 players) T
SB checks, Hero bets $16.00, fold

Hero wins $23.53






Oh super, set of 5s again within a few hands (different table). Surely this time........


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

CO: $35.12
BTN: $54.65
SB: $26.31
BB: $42.74
Hero (UTG): $51.50
MP: $50.00

SB posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero has 5 5

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

Flop: ($4.75, 3 players) T K 5
BB checks, Hero bets $4.00, CO calls $4.00, fold

Turn: ($12.75, 2 players) J
Hero bets $7.50, CO raises to $29.12 and is all-in, Hero calls $21.62

River: ($70.99, 2 players) Q

CO shows 7 6 (Flush, King High) (Pre 50%, Flop 27%, Turn 77%)
Hero mucks 5 5 (Three of a Kind, Fives) (Pre 50%, Flop 73%, Turn 23%)
CO wins $68.49

Absolutely infuriating. Think I've had about had a gutful. This sort of thing just keeps happening. Cannot progress.

PokerStars - $0.25 NL (6 max) ZOOM - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

Hero (BTN): $33.59
SB: $14.06
BB: $31.67
UTG: $29.38
MP: $26.69
CO: $69.41

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero has T T

UTG raises to $0.75, fold, fold, Hero calls $0.75, SB calls $0.65, fold

Flop: ($2.50, 3 players) 7 T 9
SB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $2.00, SB raises to $4.50, fold, Hero raises to $32.84 and is all-in, SB calls $8.81 and is all-in

Turn: ($29.12, 2 players) 5

River: ($29.12, 2 players) 8

SB shows J T (Straight, Jack High) (Pre 35%, Flop 15%, Turn 9%)
Hero shows T T (Three of a Kind, Tens) (Pre 65%, Flop 85%, Turn 91%)
SB wins $27.81








Thread over.

Thanks to all who have contributed to this thread. It is obvious it has become nothing more than a vehicle for me to vent rather than a productive tool to help me progress so I see no point continuing with it.

The BR is still in a healthy enough place despite taking some hard hits recently so I will continue to play. However, I need to re-assess my goals and what I want to achieve. I can say with some satisfaction that chat box ranting and general tilt play have improved enormously (not to say mastered, but improved). I certainly have to improve in those areas still and definitely still have an issue with BR management and taking risky shots too soon.

At some stage I will consider another thread when I think I can make better use of it. For now I will continue to keep playing and hopefully improving on areas of weakness and will follow the progress of the rest of you with interest.