The reason why I make this thread is to get rid of the doomswitch I experience for some time.
I hope the thread gives me a better run and makes me more self-disciplined, mostly about the volume I put in. The goal is to make about ~150VPPs per playing day. And by playing day I mean the day I'm going to grind, as I have studies, rarely play at weekends and so on...
I also hope to make some hh reviews of my play and some opponents' analysis, mostly those that I see in the lobby frequently.
The goal is pretty simple. I want to get back to $60s by the end of year. Currently I'm playing the mix of $15s and $30s depending on my run or bankroll, which stands now at about $630.
I'll try to update at the end of each day. Putting in some more interesting/fun hands from the session and a graph from time to time.
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Gl at the tables
EDIT: misleading title (of course I meant by the end of December)
Today I was running like sh*t, and probably started to play like this as well.
Tournaments: 37
VPPs: 168
ROI: -18,46
Roll: $560 (only because tilted I sat at hu cash and was lucky enough to make a bit up from husng)
Pretty interesting spot imo. No reads so far, the guy didn't seem to play out of line too much. Decided that I just don't beat too much of his range, as played. But that was pretty close I think.
These are the spots that put me on tilt the most. When I feel like playing the hand right, getting the most value I can on the flop and the turn. And finally seeing river I hate to see... And then losing or facing the bet I simply cannot call.
BB shows 5 A (Full House, Fives full of Sixes) (Pre 57%, Flop 22%, Turn 11%) Hero mucks J 7 (Two Pair, Sevens and Sixes) (Pre 43%, Flop 78%, Turn 89%) BB wins 420.00
I just need to work on my game when I put much volume. Because the problem is that when I play longer sessions and don't run well at all I seem to tilt more easily. I just need to be water.
Gl at the tables guys.
At the end of each post I'll put in a song or sth, just one of these I'm listening to while playing.
"If I fail, I try again, and again, and again...
If you fail are you going to try again?
The human spirit can handle much more than we realize.
It matters how you are going to finish.
Are you going to finish strong?"
Now looking at it, given bad kicker and soo dry board I think the call and revaluating river would be the best. Definitely about too weak to get it in on this flop. My bad
Flop:(100.00, 2 players) K 4 2 BB checks, Hero bets 50.00, BB raises to 160.00, Hero raises to 360.00, BB raises to 1,020.00 and is all-in, Hero calls 660.00
Today a few more. Some mtts as well, but didn't cash in any. Again had a little tilt problems and ran into hu cash. And again, luckily, was able to profit from this b*tch. Maybe I'll change to cash in future. Who knows? Am a bit tired now to put up the nicest hands so I chose just a few random.
Tournaments 32
VPPs 199
ROI -8,44
Roll $531,48 (though was close to $400 at one point...)
River:($42.50, 2 players) K Hero bets $58.00, fold
Hero wins $42.00
And of course the grinding song. It keeps me very cool and I'm not tilting at all while listening to the soundtrack of Into The Wild. If you haven't seen the movie yet, I strongly recommend
Tournaments: 36
VPPs: 150
ROI: -4,07
Roll: $606,80 (good I'm running well at hu cash )
Today also made a shot @$60 and ofc ran KK into AA =/ The guy was terrible though, and he snap declined ;< Also had a sweat session today with Sven (I don't know really what his sn is here ), a really nice guy with pretty good game understanding. We had some more interesting talks/spots to talk. I am pretty happy with this because haven't had such for some time.
One funny hand. The guy was raising pretty much anywhere he could.
The guy was pretty thinking, didn't make any stupid moves so far too much. Felt, although SPR isn't that great for us, we can make him fold some stuff. Happened to be lucky this time
Hey man, just saw your challenge thread. GL with it, you seem to be pretty solid from what I've read in the HU forum. And some of your plays you're posting here are great!
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Originally Posted by crazyriver
One funny hand. The guy was raising pretty much anywhere he could.
Hey man, just saw your challenge thread. GL with it, you seem to be pretty solid from what I've read in the HU forum. And some of your plays you're posting here are great!
You played vs me? (diordnA)
Yea, I've got u described as an insane fish... Just kidding I don't think I've played you. Don't even have you in my pt3 data. So probably not
As for that "calling station" hand, I just felt it was very good flop to c/r the frequent 3-bettor, which I actually am. Then if he decides to c/r he must probably barrel the turn, and given how he played, I don't think he's ever gonna give up there. He must be betting all his draws he hits there and so on. Also his sizing ott is pretty awkward, as he doesn't leave anything for the river play. On the river, actually not much hits besides maybe 78 that hit a draw ott and 34, which is less likely because we have 4 as a blocker.
I totally agree that this hand is way out of standard, but if take a deeper insight it may make more sense.
As for that paired flop hand, you're right, probably the c/r is better. However I don't really mind leading if someone is passive and doesn't c-bet that often. And if someone's doesn't c-bet often, he definitely isn't going this c-bet this kind of flop imo.
Gl man If u wanna talk strats/do sweats at skype or sth, please pm me your sn there
Again, ran like sh*t at husngs, but pretty nice at hu cash. Was up like $380 at one point, but finished at $216 profit. People are often so terrible there 3-betting like 35-40%. Also lost the heads up for Sunday Million ticket at double shootout ;< These also seem pretty soft, but I was just running quite bad, losing many flips, some 7:3 situations and so on... But definitely going to give a try again.
Here, probably the biggest pot in my life, not sure about it, but definitely something close to this.
Huge fail in this area. Roll stands at $600 so nothing's really changed to be honest. I withdrew also some money for christmas presents and stuff, so there was like a little profit since the beginning of the thread but definitely not enough.
I will probably make a challenge for the next year with some minor challenges through months. Hope to make some decent udpates and stuff.
Only positive effect of my grind is that I achieved bronze star at stars (not counting platinium when there was promotion for like 1/10 of normal vpp amount all stars).
So gl with your challenges guys and best wishes in the new year!