Slammin'!

nice progress blakk! keep it up

thx guys

just played another session, this one a little longer than the other ones but still 6tabling. I ll grade my play a solid B+. i did make a few minor mistakes but nothing major. still happy about my new approach to grinding. been doing sickening amounts of strategy lately. probly will have to tone it down and actually get to grinding haha.

my 6tabling 50nl graph:

six tabling going nicely sir, gogogo )

9tabling today. gonna try and see if i can play as well when i have 9 tbls going. probably not gonna consider going anywhere above 9 tbls tho in the forseeable future.

Sickkkkk blakk... Crushing! You're playing professionally now right? How many hands you looking to get in a month?

supsup

i ve actually been 'pro' since last year when i was playing 10nl/25nl but yea trying to make some real bucks this year.

I m not setting myself these kinds of goals anymore as at least to me they are counterproductive. I m doing tons of strat atm and playing when i feel i am ready to deliver. usually no longer than 2hrs before i take a break. as of now i am looking to get in about 2 of those sessions per day while doing tons of studies and so far it has been paying off. as I feel since i have switched to 6m (jan 28th) i have payed by far the best poker i have ever played, mainly because i am playing no more than 9 tables and just see alost everything as it happens etc.

i d be happy if i got in about 60k hands this mnth and will try to go for maybe 100k hands / month from march onwards.

as i mentioned i played 9 tbls today again mixing in deep 25nl ante tables and regular 50nl tables. both are ridic sof around this time of day and if it werent for two really sick spots in the end it woulda been a nice 5 buyin day but hey 4 is still nice



played 3.5 hours which i am happy with. due to me not being used to 9 tbls i made a couple mistakes today but still happy all things considered. I willtry to condition myself to be able to play 2 full 2hour sessions daily then add another block of 2 hours. doing hand reviews in my breaks is cool cuz all spots are still fresh in my memory. i feel that has helped me a lot recently.

gl to everybody still gridning!

UTG: $73.67
MP: $64.49
CO: $50.50
BTN: $38.13
Hero (SB): $70.80
BB: $52.54

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is SB with A J
2 folds, CO raises to $1.50, 1 fold, Hero calls $1.25, 1 fold

Flop: ($3.50) K A 7 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO checks

Turn: ($3.50) K (2 players)
Hero bets $2, CO calls $2

River: ($7.50) 8 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $5.50, Hero raises to $17.25, CO folds

Final Pot: $18.50
Hero mucks A J
Hero wins $17.67
(Rake: $0.83)

Keep rocking it man... I'm hoping to get there someday soon.

whats your reasoning behind the raise?
dont see him calling with worse when you raise, and unlikely he has AQ or AJ when he doesnt cbet when you check that flop

i kinda figured he either has or is trying to rep a king. would make sense with his checkback. he never has a boat or a flush as played. so i figured i get him off of his entire capped range here

ahh ok, yeah i agree he doesnt have a boat or a flush, when he calls the turn though seems like he has the Q of diamond or something, and is trying to steal when you check the river, dno why he wouldnt cbet a Q though, and i think he probably raises the turn with a K on such a board.

I think you can profitably just call the river bet though, really cant see him letting go of a King here, but its all player dependant

Nice graphs sir, good luck with your quest on going pro. Was fun doing battle with you on 10/25c deep ante tables. I liked your flat down with your set of 33 on 352 flop. I was guy with AQ. You see pretty decent.

I'd look to 3bet a higher % from sb/bb vs ep/mp opens with a non-value range as I was looking for these type of spots to bust your ass post flop

+Bet thinner for value on rivers since lot of players call down esp when their range fairly capped at bluff catching 1pair hands.

Are you looking to reg some of the deep ante tables?

the thing is, i dont think raising a king in his shoes is any good because again, i can have a flush so if he raises i end up winnig the pot by either raising again and shipping or by calling and checkjamming the river so i kinda like a flat with a king. the problem is that again he is pretty faceup as Kx or worse obviously so while i am good here a decent bunch i think in this spot this player should and probably will find a fold with a king so i went for a thin bluff. most ppl will realize that f*ck i look like i have a king, f*ck he probly has 77 or a flush fml fml fml and fold. thats the problem when your range is faceup and capped while mine can contain all the better hands

thx. yea i rly figured u re gonna barrel this board fairly frequently there

not sure wht you mean after this tho? i think a 3b range from sb/bb vs EP opens isnt a good idea and really not neccessary. and i do bet thinly for value all the time too, maybe explain what you mean?

i m gonna play them when i feel like theres decnt value sure

I presume you're not playing Zoom/Rush?

Sorry if this has been answered, your threads are kinda hard to follow.

nah i play reg tbls. how come theyre hard to follow? anything i can improve? feedback s always appreciated

I meant to put a face on the end of that to show I wasn't being serious. What I meant to say is that your threads always generate lots of comments/debate, so I only have time to read them sporadically.

oh haha yea that tends to be true. i also ramble a lot so my threads clog up kinda fast

gonna cut down on my ramblings in the future sir

It's fine 100bb deep but 250bb+ deep it becomes a problem as you cant get enough of your stack in pre to lower the spr so it's managable to get in your value range on a lot of boards deep oop.

End up in a lot of gross and ugly spots deep where your range is essentially face up vs some of the more aggressive regs. Becomes really difficult to combat semibluff reraises on boards that dont connect with your range and youre left guessing deep oop. If you have a wider range in these spots deep it becomes trickier to put you on set ranges and you can induce a lot of bluffs on boards that normally you'd not flop well on. Just something to think about.

Yeah that aq vs 33 hand was good flat, id pretty much commit to a 3barrel their with a huge % of my value as its an ugly runout for any of your medium PP tp/straight combos. wp again.

In terms of thin most players/regs are highly unbalanced on turn/rivers when they raise your cbet. So you can bet/fold and bet really really thin constantly and get a lot of tp/mpgk call downs betting scarecards.

ya i think i shoulda folded that turn vs you tbh. you yourself are never balanced there

you are probly right wrt needng to bluff some there etc. but i ll be playing 100bb deep as my main game for a while and only jump on juicy deep tables so i ll study deep play when i start playing that more regularly which ll probly take a while cuz so far 100bb 6m suits me prety well

Your range really can't contain much better

Agree prob still works vs some weak regs

I personally wouldn't call this pre, but might be okay at some tables idk.
My first thoughts are that bluffing AJ here seems kind of spewy seeing as it's good enough to vbet again anyway (maximise value of range yadyada) Also would prefer overbetting to x/r in this spot with all my bluffs and nuts I think.

I guess you mean you prefer 3bet>fold> call pre?

Probably, defends how you construct your 3bet ranges, I might just fold this pre sometimes too because I prefer suited hands.
I'm almost sure in my games it's -EV to call here pre though.