@BobbyPeru Are you from Peru? Asking bc some of the tougher opponents I face while playing FR are peruvians. Won´t post names but there are 3 players from there who I usually tried to avoid a few months ago when I was less confident.

GL!

Haha, No. It´s a character from a movie.

I am actually the son of a Colombian father.

I think flat AKo vs 8/6 utg is fine.

What solver is that?

Just to make it clear, it wasn´t me who asked for the last posts to be deleted. Anyway, thank you to the person who did it. No wrongdoings being mentioned here in my thread anymore, right?

@FutureInsights GTO+. Cheaper than snowie, very fast in my laptop, and I can actually work with real life ranges and test some assumptions, instead of assume everyone plays gto lol.

Cheers

No problemo.

Will check into GTO+, was thinking about that anyway.

Quick update: as soon as my 5nl graph makes a new high, I´m gonna take a new 10nl shot. If game conditions post 4 tables cap are an indication of what expects me there, pretty sure this time the shot will be successful

did you fully commit to switch to SH?

No, actually I think I overreacted. FR is the paradise right now, fish is getting seats way more easily, and less “sharks” means more hourly (keep in mind I wasn’t masstabling, I played only 6 anyway) since there is less ppl to share fishs money lol

I don’t know how long this will last, and still believe stars will regret and put a more reasonable cap like 6-8, so I’ll capitalize on the easy money while it’s still there.

Someone who went from 25nl in 2012 to 2nl in 2019 and making sandwiches for a living , giving poker advice. How generous of you.

lol OldManDecaf back here?

Anyway, still remember some arguments with PokerPhilosopher a few months ago, about his insane focus on developing a whole new preflop strategy, and also that KK hand haha. Also, the only time I played at 25NL, I actually won (ok, only 200 hands, but up 1 bi ).

Seriously, I can relate to a lot of the same issues he seemed to have, like stop playing poker for many months after some bad run at 5nl, then coming back at ground zero (or even worse), and having to rebuil almost everything from scratch. Also, his advice here has much more to do with mental game than playing strategy, and I don´t think he´s wrong, even though I followed just the opposite

Ok, this troll was fun and I enjoyed it, but no hate against other people on my thread right?

Cheers

Also, decided to take a shot at 10nl fr to see if my views of the player pool hold true. Pleased with what I´ve seen so far

Just an exercise for the future.

I have been studying my 5nl hands from 7/14 onward (have not done the same yet for 25nl hands from 7/1 onward). I am not down. I marked mistakes where I lost money by not sticking to my opening range and strategy. just the written versions.

Even though I am not losing, at 5nl, lost around $160 to just these mistakes. Great way to plug those leaks. Would definitely be over $1k now if I had not lost it, so to speak.

@FutureInsights Yeah, I do this a lot, but choosing a few themes everyday. Like, yesterday it was bluffcatching, so I see if the spots were really good based on what I currently know (blockers for example). Obv using the brain, no software tools

Gonna play a final 10nl session, 200/300 hands max. Just chill, but obv taking it very seriously as it´s 2x the buy-in I´m used to play.

Haven't tried that one yet, still newish here. Without reads in hudless environment, even more difficult to bluff catch. I did notice I was bluffed off my hand a LOT. While ag factor still over 3, need to fold less, and shove less on the other side.

I bluffcatch more vs aggro & sticky fish. Since they almost always reach the river, the river agg becomes reliable with smaller sample sizes.

Hudless, if you can get the HHs later, I would try to see the avg stats of the shortstackers (fish tell) for example, and formulate a strat based on that. Not sure if it works, but I would try

Regs still too abc down here lol

Have hand histories, but on anonymous sites, and Zone, player name changes with each table. If playing reg tables, only session stats available, not reliable under 100 hands. Only can go with population tendencies

However, to be honest, I have done a bit of bluffing myself.

@FutureInsights If your pool is as nitty as stars, bluffing in the right spots should be very profitable


So, made 2 big mistakes, those who I make and 1 millisecond after I hit my head realizing how stupid I was. And I’m very happy!

No, not going nuts One of my biggest frustrations at 10nl was losing and not being able to understand what I was doing wrong. If all my mistakes become obvious things, then it gets exponentially easier to solve them.

So let’s celebrate! I made 2 stupid mistakes today for stacks, I know what I should have done, and unless I forget everything tomorrow, hopefully I won’t repeat them.

Cheers!

YES

When you see those mistakes, I now very rarely make them, tis so much easier to play with profit, and not lose due to leaks. Continued success my friend.

Sounds like him hahaha. Actually, maybe that was mirage (did I remember his name correctly)?

Good luck with your latest attempt at nl10! I hope all the regs haven't gone to zoom lol.

@FutureInsights tyty

Fun hand 1 (think 60 bbs preflop was overkill, 40bbs would be better I guess, even though both are fish anyway and they would call anything ):
PokerStars, Hold'em No Limit - $0.05/$0.10 - 8 players
Hand delivered by Upswing Poker

UTG (Hero): $12.53 (125 bb)
UTG+1: $23.28 (233 bb)
MP: $22.59 (226 bb)
MP+1: $11.90 (119 bb)
CO: $10.00 (100 bb)
BU: $26.59 (266 bb)
SB: $6.08 (61 bb)
BB: $12.94 (129 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($0.15) Hero is UTG with A♥ A♣
Hero raises to $0.24, 4 players fold, BTN 3-bets to $0.70, SB 4-bets to $1.16, BB calls $1.06, Hero 5-bets to $6, 1 fold, SB calls $4.84, BB calls $4.84

Flop: ($18.70) 9♣ 6♠ 5♥ (3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $6.53 (all-in), SB calls $0.08 (all-in), BB calls $6.53

Turn: ($31.84) K♠ (3 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($31.84) Q♦ (3 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $31.84 (Rake: $1.43)

Showdown:
UTG (Hero) shows A♥ A♣ (a pair of Aces)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 64%, Flop: 56%, Turn: 76%, River: 100%)

SB shows J♠ J♣ (a pair of Jacks)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 19%, Flop: 8%, Turn: 5%, River: 0%)

BB shows 3♣ 4♣ (high card, King)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 17%, Flop: 36%, Turn: 19%, River: 0%)

UTG (Hero) wins $30.41

Fun hand 2 (lol wtf, is this really 10nl?)
PokerStars, Hold'em No Limit - $0.05/$0.10 - 7 players
Hand delivered by Upswing Poker

UTG: $14.79 (148 bb)
MP: $9.85 (99 bb)
MP+1 (Hero): $11.09 (111 bb)
CO: $9.90 (99 bb)
BU: $11.81 (118 bb)
SB: $11.13 (111 bb)
BB: $10.00 (100 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($0.15) Hero is MP+1 with K♥ J♥
2 players fold, Hero raises to $0.24, CO calls $0.24, 3 players fold

Flop: ($0.63) T♣ 7♣ J♠ (2 players)
Hero checks, CO folds

Total pot: $0.63 (Rake: $0.03)
MP+1 (Hero) wins $0.60

Really nice day, but had winner´s tilt at 10nl towards the end so played the last 250 hands of the day (a little over 1k total) at 5nl. Btw, abouut volume with the table cap: I play on avg 70 hands/hr per table, and I used to play 6 tables, so 420 hands/hr total. Could get maybe 2, 3 hours/day before losing concentration/having to drink tons of coffee and/or energy drinks. Now, I get 280 hands/hr total, but can play 3, 4 hours and still feel fresh without any signs of tiredness, and I think even way more than that is doable if I have the time. Cool

Long time without posting graphs (it´s deliberate, using this thread more as an informal blog where we can talk poker and I can complain a little bit from time to time seems more fun I guess, right? lol) but I will post a final one at Aug, 31, since I began my failed challenge.

Cheers

Some fun hands, been awhile since I've seen someone fold without anyone betting lol.

Just had a thought... If the FR regs are indeed moving to zoom, maybe that's a good thing. Players that aren't used to the more frequent aggression will probably be a lot more prone to tilt and spewing stacks. Might be a good thing for us zoom players lol.

Also did some sleuthing...

Confirmed GarbageReg == mirage01?

Lol yeah, they’re probably the same person. And he has the same obsession with Rapidesh123 from what I’ve seen Unfortunately the old mirage was funnier, so many Rapid HHs posted and I didn’t see even once the famous “deservedly stacked”. But maybe he’s just trying to remain under the radar

Btw, on a serious note, 2p2 is so lenient and takes so long to ban trolls, yet the only one who was actually funny and (almost) even liked by the people he trolled, got banned.

Cheers