keep at the mtt's imooooo

I didn't mean to embarrass you or anything by the hand, I just thought it was an interesting call and wanted to hear your thoughts.

Congratz on the successful day!

Killer day bro. Nicely done. So lol @ only playing 45s and 180s during the week I guess?

Thanks man, will go through this tomorrow.

Grats on the awesome day, pretty darn motivating!

I know you listed what you're playing in the first post, but what other level SNGs and MTTs are you playing at your current bankroll? Name all of them please . I'm curious.

Thanks, get back on that grind and get moving up again!
Cheers man, look forward to when you're getting these scores hopefully in near future.
180s + 45s mainly to lower variance tho!
Haha its not embarrassing at all, it just makes me look like some hero player overating my skills when it fact is just pretty bad overall and spew. Least you've shown off that I do spew and play bad at times tho!
Thx.
Cheers man - and I mean no regular speed mtts. I'm playing 180s & 45s and then some turbo and hyper turbo mtts. No reg speed ones. A turbo mtt isnt gonna last stupid 10 hours like a regular one, plus my edge is prob bigger in these turbos.

Cheers DanteA man, hopefully you'll run good at the 3.25s like I was 2 months ago and we'll be grinding and winning big days together.
Hey. Here is what I am playing and have tableninja register me for:
12 180s
3r 180s
7.70 180s
36 180s
That is during the peak of the day, when I can get 20 tables just through the above and turbo mtts I will. At other times when the amount of games running is lower I also play:
12 45s
and recently added 27 45s - but these hardly ever go off, and I'm probably not high ROI if at all positive in them.

Mtt wise basically any turbo or 3x turbo that is less than $55. So as low as the $1.10 6 max turbo (got 54th in it other day booo), and as high as one bullet at the $55 2xChance turbo.

Session 36
Didn't play for too long, only 36 total. Think about 8 of them were actual MTTS. Got deep in the big 11 Turbo, about 60th or something I got. Its not really disheartening me that i'm not closing because going deep so often means sooner or later I'm gonna ship one.
Still not got anything going in these 3x turbos yet, was chipleader at break in 8r 3x (which I was in for loads) and yet managed to somehow bust about 10 hands after break haha.
180s went ok/well, shipped a 7.70 won the flips on ft. Ftd like 3 more but lost flips on them all, but it happens so whatever. No 36 ft yet but one will come soon.
Also running pretty bad at the 55KO turbo and 55 2x Rebuy (taking 1 bullet), but IM happy the way I'm playing.

Gonna post a hand from a 12 I finished 6th in where I bluffed off below, I think the way I played it is alright but we'll see what reaction is.
Big day planned ahead, I'm up at 9am and going to the gym in ten mins Trying to hit gym 2 times a day for rest of month should be fun!


Session Begin Bankroll: $7719.13
Session End Bankroll: $7635.11
Session P/L: -$84.92
Seission Graph:




Overall Profit/Loss: $7335.11
Overall Hourly: $36.79




Interesting Hand

So 6handed I make my standard open playing 23 blinds, and bb defends me. I had zero hands on him so no read.
When he leads flop so small I'm pretty sure I'm ahead here. This is a spot where I could raise (and fold to 4bet shove). However I felt flatting was marginally better. I thought he'd lead like this with any ace, any 2 face cards, any flush draw... Super wide basically - I didnt want to give him the chance to 4b shove his flush draw and fold my better hand out. I flatted planning on raising most turns. Worst cards I could think of were T, then J, Then Q, Then K. Obviously any club is awfull turn too.
When K comes and he leads tiny again I decide to make my move. Shoving would be a bit spewy I think, making a small raise is better imo as it leaves enough for him to call and fold some rivers. Plus if he has flush draw alone I think he flats this raise with odds, then folds to my river shove.
When he calls now on the river theres 41k in the pot I have 26k behind. With him only having 34k behind this is a good spot to ship it all in I think as its a very big decision for him. Only hands I think he's calling me with is Kx. Flush draws, random Aces, random pairs, maybe even 6x I'm folding out here.
So its pretty easy ship and he shows up with K7, meh I actually like my line.
Thoughts?
Poker Stars $11+$1 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t1000/t2000 Blinds + t200 - 6 players
The Official 2+2 Hand Converter By DeucesCracked Poker Videos

redsox105 (BTN): t62482 M = 14.88
Snutsch (SB): t37969 M = 9.04
kingo99 (BB): t53355 M = 12.70
NOGAYNOBLUF (UTG): t34495 M = 8.21
Hero (MP): t45159 M = 10.75
playits8fe (CO): t36540 M = 8.70

Pre Flop: (t4200) Hero is MP with A 9
1 fold, Hero raises to t4400, 3 folds, kingo99 calls t2400

Flop: (t11000) 3 3 6 (2 players)
kingo99 bets t4000, Hero calls t4000

Turn: (t19000) K (2 players)
kingo99 bets t4000, Hero raises to t11000, kingo99 calls t7000

River: (t41000) 8 (2 players)
kingo99 checks, Hero bets t25559 all in, kingo99 calls t25559

Final Pot: t92118
kingo99 shows 7 K (two pair, Kings and Threes)
Hero shows A 9 (a pair of Threes)
kingo99 wins t92118

Dude very inspiring.
I have a question i'm also regular at 12$ 180s and 45s but currently have 1300$ downswing for 300 tourneys, it's quite sick. Have you expirienced such a variance or i'm thinking of a bad plays don't know. Any advice.

Btw really nice thread reading every post GL at tables

I hate your line a bunch in pretty much any situation. Ill post a few thoughts while I wait for my ritalin to wear off so I can finally get some sleep.

This situation:
Fish dont fold. 99% of $11 players are fish. Statistics dictate that an unknown here is most likely a fish. How would you have played 36 here? Probably the same, because you know these lowstakes players love to call. You strung him along correctly to get looked up light in these games. I think you prob knew/felt he was calling riv as you bet it.

Turn raise is fine. Give up riv. You're basically never folding out worse and have some sd equity. Low stakes are easy and the players are stupid. Its hard to remember this at all times, especially when putting in good volume multiple days in a row. In poker, unlike in most games, overestimating an opponent can be as, if not more dangerous than underestimating them. This chump understanding you miss that flop more than you connect and bluff leading is about as deep a thought process as you'll encounter.

Let's say this is midstakes for the sake of thinking about our line. If were not final table or around some goofy payout bump that affects this dudes play this is the easiest hand in the world. He's shoving his pairs pre and his better aces. Sure he can slowplay aa or kk here sometimes, but we have an a blocker and wtf ever anyway. Also, if he has those hands he's never leading into us w/out history because were cbetting this flop so much. His lead is like 99% pressure 1% pwning us. Anyway we shove flop and be super happy about it.

He could be leading A6 but we fold him off it a good % and if he lead/calls, so be it.

Fd ranges don't matter anyway but he's prob betting bigger and we don't care anyway, shove all day.

Bed now. On phone, unfinished, no proofread. Sorry.

99% gonna fold homey..2bad it isnt midstakes.. haha like followin u gl bro cu on d tables

Grats on the big day. On the above hand i dont mind your line on the turn and river but i am definetely raising this min bet on the flop and hoping to end the hand there. You definetely have to check the river back also.

gratz on recent success

the hand:-

• peeling flop is best option, no reason to raise and not folding ace high
• raising turn is really meh, like, raising to make him fold a better hand than yours is bad, just call the turn imo. However, I would really like your turn raise if you were doing it so that you could check behind river since we can charge his draws
• fish don't like to fold hands that >A9 on this river, he will look at your bet, look at the size of the pot and 'put you on a flush draw' and click call

Hey Chilin
Been following this thread for a little while. Congrats on your success so far.
I play 45s mainly (SN same as here), just starting the transition from 3/6s to 6/12s. Seen you in a few of my games (unfortunately lol).
GL with the 100K. Will be railing.
All the best.
Robin

gl op meat

That is pretty standard I believe. Any more and start questioning it, but if I were you I would lower the tables and focus for a while, till you get back on a good run - it'll slow the downswing and hopefully let you plug any un-noticed leaks. It deffo doesn't mean you're a bad player though.
Thanks for this, I actually think river is close and am beginning to side with you, I forgot showdown equity obv lol. And I also agree raising flop is fine, I guess I should have just taken the pot, I just felt I was ahead and wanted to v-town!
Thanks very much
Yeh now thinking about it, my thoguth process suggests a fold given I think there is a lot of flush draws in there and A9 has decent show down % there. Thanks.
Cheers, appreciate the feedback. I was raising turn to charge him for flush draw and to try fold out loadsa hands too by over-repping my hand (I rly like doing this).
You are right about the river.
Thanks Man, gl with the transition - and dont worry in 45s I think I have wayyyyyy more leaks than in 180s, I'm just running good at them atm. I dont actually think there is much difference in standard between 3/6/12s fwiw just diff reg %.

Thx handsum veg!

Session 37 Another very short day! Went to the gym in the morning which was super good and got me motivated.
Then decided to put in a shortish session before the football. Went really deep in a 55 turbo think it was, like 12th or something, first was 4k but lost 2 flips. Unreal how soft mtts are morning tmie for me, it was softer than a 12, similar to a 2, no lie!
Anyhow ran pretty well in 180s, ended up getting hu in a 3r then playing a hand absoloutely shockingingly when we both had 25bb stacks. Was truely awfull, 3barreled 76os on ATK49 board, ooops!
Anyhow was planning on a big session last night, but then my gf was feeling down cuz she thought we were going out and I thought that had been cancelled, so ended up just staying in and watching Skins and spending time together. So super low volume!
Highlight of the day was winning a $27 45, first time I've done that, first is like $350 which is cooool, standard was awfull again, morning times are so soft, played more like a $6 45 or something, ft some 25k stack limp folded to a 4bb stack.

Session Begin Bankroll: $7635.11
Session End Bankroll: $8144.30
Session P/L: $509.13
Seission Graph:




Overall Profit/Loss: $7844.30
Overall Hourly: $38.62



Today its half 12 now, I'm going to the gym soon, so I'll be back for like 2ish. Grab some lunch, then I'm gonna clean my room, its horrific - I'm embarrassed massively by it tbh! About 4 gonna head to pub to watch ARsenal.

Then 7pm tonight gonna start massive mtt grind including reg speed.
Laters!

Nice day chilin

GL tonight!

Thx DanteA, hope u r running good at 45s! If u get a vid from like t300 onwards, upload it

And to ppl that have pmd me, Im not ignoring u, I'll get back to u today/tomorrow, sorry its taking a while.

hey this prob isnt the place for it and im not looking to get into details here but do you plan on ever selling any action for some of your mtts say on like a sunday? i think it would b a great investment and would fo sho be interested if you did

I am stacking because the tables get so damn small if I tile playing 9+ tables. :|

1.14 - I hate to play AK out of position. If he calls with a lower pair and I dont hit the A or K I am screwed, I have no idea how to play it and since he opens like 50% of his range I am not sure how to do it other than shoving. What if I raise to 350, he calls and the flop is T25, what to do?

1.19 - I have always been under the impression that you should be relatively tight in the beginning, but maybe not in turbos?

1.41 - ok.

1.50 - I see. Guess that doesnt count if I have some massive spew after me. point taken though.

3.00 - never even struck my mind that I should open so wide, but maybe I should try it because my current tactics doesnt work

3.42 - Ok.

4.34 - Got it.

5.08 - you mean with TJ?

5.48 - taught by the best

5.52 - just calling?

5.57 - Ok.

6.38 - Ok. Do you think getting under 7-8 BBs is a nightmare?

7.03 - Ok. I wonder though if he's folding his pair there...

7.13 - Ok.

Thanks, trying to be a bit more aggressive and shove more. Will try to play a session of $2.20 180s today, we'll see how it goes. Over them I am -$463 over 1073 games, gotta turn that around.

Will change the bet slider options.

I have their names because if someone is beat out and someone else takes his place, it will take 4-5 seconds before the HUD is updated and the old name and stats will be there. Thats the reason I want to have a name to the stats.

Will try to make a video from t400.

Thanks for the feedback mate!

Chilin, Well done winning that 27. Interesting point about time of day.
You reckon mornings are better on the whole? I do occasionally play in the mornings but find the games don't run very often and can't get up to my max # tables, so have to play 2 or 3 different stakes. Do you mix stakes/fields a lot to account for this?
I try and play a little more at weekends as they're softer, but never really thought about the time of day before. I'm a UK player too btw (Brighton).
Nicely done on your last session again .

Love this thread and gl on reaching your goal

(Also live in Manchester )

Gl with the goal just finished reading everything! , Subscribed:$)

hey chillin great blog , I just finished reading it all took me like a while

I see that u're a great player with an amazing profit

I am an 180s reguar aswell but I don't get one thing , how can u be on + over and over with no downfalls ( I mean the ones u had were just too small )
and I can't belive that u run with godmode on every session , I find it impossible to have a variance like that ...

I always get like + 300 or 400 profit over 2 days then I get down loosing between 100 and 250 a whole week ... and I am playing almost daily

this is how my graph looks since the begging of jan ( be4 that I didn't played that much)


the thing is when I start running bad I swich with 18 players turbos instead of 180s to lower the variance .... and when I start running good I play the 180s again ... ! But I am really trying to figure it out how can u do it

maybe I have some leaks that keeps me away from making bigger profits , I also just got my HUD and that helps me making better decisions

I was thinkin if I can upload 1 vid with me playing for like 15 mins would u be kind enough take a look at it ?

thx and good luck .

Where is the blog? I have just been reading this thread.