19/6/15 Update

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Only some rush poker today at FT trying to release a bonus offer for 10$. It's until tomorrow and I think I will finish it till the end of the Saturday. Also I played some live poker nl20 with friends after a long time and finished break even

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Also I sold some T-money and lost 0,32$

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Current basic stake: nl16 6max reg tables
Current skill that I'm training: Discipline
Exercise in the morning for 30 days in a row #2:Failed exercises
Fun challenge: Don't read Greek poker forums for 7 days in a row: 0/7
Kamikaze Fun Challenge: 27.83$ rules
Read the book "Modern Small Stakes": 350/500 70%
Read the book "The Mental Game Of Poker": 148/198 75%
Bankroll: 1131,92$
Bankroll Management / Playing Rules v1.1 / Twitch Channel

20+21/6/15 Update

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Some volume at rush poker again at FT trying to release a bonus offer for 10$.

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I did one mtt session with fpps on Saturday and cashed at the VIP 30k.



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Cash Summary




Tour Summary



I played some hands at nl25 because of a whale

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Also I lost 50$ on a soft site without hud by playing a higher stake than my standards.
Follow the rules derek!

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Current basic stake: nl16 6max reg tables
Current skill that I'm training: Discipline
Exercise in the morning for 30 days in a row #2:2/30 exercises
Fun challenge: Don't read Greek poker forums for 7 days in a row: 2/7
Kamikaze Fun Challenge: 27.83$ rules
Read the book "Modern Small Stakes": 350/500 70%
Read the book "The Mental Game Of Poker": 148/198 75%
Bankroll: 1118,93$
Bankroll Management / Playing Rules v1.1 / Twitch Channel


Solid thread, gl at the tables! Subbed

Thanks man! Your nickname sounds familiar to me. Maybe I have read one of your threads in the past

22/6/15 Update

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Low volume today of nl10 and nl16



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Current basic stake: nl16 6max reg tables
Current skill that I'm training: Discipline
Exercise in the morning for 30 days in a row #2:Failed exercises
Fun challenge: Don't read Greek poker forums for 7 days in a row: 3/7
Kamikaze Fun Challenge: 27.83$ rules
Read the book "Modern Small Stakes": 350/500 70%
Read the book "The Mental Game Of Poker": 148/198 75%
Bankroll: 1120,15$
Bankroll Management / Playing Rules v1.1 / Twitch Channel

This is my biggest pot loss. Villain is an unknown, I have only 5 hands. Maybe it's a thin value bet river but I'm not sure

23/6/15 Update

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Much volume, but not so much satisfied of the quality of my playing.



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Current basic stake: nl16 6max reg tables
Current skill that I'm training: Discipline
Exercise in the morning for 30 days in a row #2:Failed exercises
Fun challenge: Don't read Greek poker forums for 7 days in a row: 4/7
Kamikaze Fun Challenge: 27.83$ rules
Read the book "Modern Small Stakes": 350/500 70%
Read the book "The Mental Game Of Poker": 148/198 75%
Bankroll: 1122,9$
Bankroll Management / Playing Rules v1.1 / Twitch Channel



Don't 3b unknowns w QTs pre imo, postflop looks okay.

IMO It's perfectly fine, otherwise you'll be probably overfolding your SB against steals.
But as played definitely c/c flop, cbetting is a big mistake.

Thanks for comments

Who is the fish?





Hahaha are you kidding me?

Great spot in the 2nd hand. Even if they flipped their cards face up, it's a fistpump call:

ProPokerTools Hold'em Simulation

903 trials (Exhaustive)

board: T8J

Hand	Pot equity	Wins	Ties
TsTd	36.21%	323	12
7s9s	31.89%	0	580
7c9c	31.89%	0	580

1st hand: due to his stack size it is more likely a call to his flop shove!
if he had full stack i would be thinking folding to his shove!
when fishes limp it is highly expected to have small pairs in their range!

2nd hand: it is difficult to fold that kind of hand even if the board is wet
and your opponents have many draws!you call and you pray that your
hand will hold!most of the times you are ahead, 70-30(opponents will likely have flshdr, str8dr or smaller set) so in the longterm its a profitable play!!!you were unlucky they already had the nuts!the most important think from this hand is not to tilt and spew money in later hands!!!!

post more hands!!!!

in my opinion play either zoom or regular!dont mix!different games, different strategy apply to each format!
why you play 16nl?player pool is small.....

gl at tables

Hey man, Im playing both hands the exact same way.
Keep it up,and play more zoom

I didn’t check out the equities in the second hand GrimIsCool. Nice one!

Thanks for comments davlia! I’m playing nl16 because I want to get used to the ups and down. The jump from n10 to nl25 is x2,5 the amount, so I want an inbetween station before I move up. Also I think that my skills are not for nl25 yet. Maybe are not for nl16 either

Thanks Shaitans! gl gl

24/6/15 Update

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A bad day at nl16 zoom.
I did many tilt spews. I will take a break tomorrow to fill up energy for the weekend



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Current basic stake: nl16 6max reg tables
Current skill that I'm training: Discipline
Exercise in the morning for 30 days in a row #2:1/30 exercises
Fun challenge: Don't read Greek poker forums for 7 days in a row: 5/7
Kamikaze Fun Challenge: 27.83$ rules
Read the book "Modern Small Stakes": 350/500 70%
Read the book "The Mental Game Of Poker": 148/198 75%
Bankroll: 1028,31$
Bankroll Management / Playing Rules v1.1 / Twitch Channel

As I wrote I decided to do a break tomorrow. I think it’s helpful to do it from time to time. I will avoid everything about poker to fill up energy for the weekend. Also it came to my mind to set some short term goals for the weekend. My plans are:


Schedule:


Friday: Play at least 3k hands at nl16.

Saturday: Play at least 3k hands at nl16 again. Also play the VIP freerolls and fpp tournaments.

Sunday: Same 3k again + zoom tournament (KK zoom accumulator challenge)

Monday: Break


These are my thoughts for now. I’m thinking seriously to set a standard of 2 days break per weak. I think Monday and Thursday are good days. One day before and one day after the weekend, the most valuable days are Friday, Saturday, Sunday and I want to play a lot.

UTG is a lag reg, BB has a fish label but I have no hands on him at nl16.
On the flop, the check is because an internet disconnection lol.
I couldn't find the fold button

vs player with fish label again but no history at nl16.
Broken fold button

1st hand: even if you bet the flop the fish will not fold(gutshot small pair) and when he gets two pairs due to pot size you will be all in by river!but given how the hand actually played you should fold to his river shove!5 is a bad card but your turn call it is standard because of the flshdrw!

2nd hand: i think you played the hand wrong!there is no reason why you raised him in the flop!the board is very wet and he might have a good hand as well!call flop,check/call turn and at the river you either thin value bet or call his small bet!this is how i play that kind of hands, maybe i am wrong.

AQo hand:

Lets give him a donking range : Kxs, 9xs. some weak queens, txs and jxs. Im sure there could be more to this. With this I think I am raising flop and betting turn.
Turn: There is no reason for Villain to xraise hre unless he turned a strong hand. I am not sure if calling is too thin. River can be fold however.

Thanks for comments guyz. At at the second hand I think it's a std raise flop because this small bet it's 80-90% of the time worst hand of my TPTK here.

25/6/15 Update

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Finaly I didn't manage to do a break today.
I wanted so much to play and I played around 1k at nl16 regular tables.
This is a sign that I have discipline problems.



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Current basic stake: nl16 6max reg tables
Current skill that I'm training: Discipline
Exercise in the morning for 30 days in a row #2:2/30 exercises
Fun challenge: Don't read Greek poker forums for 7 days in a row: 6/7
Kamikaze Fun Challenge: 27.83$ rules
Read the book "Modern Small Stakes": 350/500 70%
Read the book "The Mental Game Of Poker": 148/198 75%
Bankroll: 1014,35$
Bankroll Management / Playing Rules v1.1 / Twitch Channel

26/6/15 Update

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Back again, without a break.

I tried one softer site suggested by a friend and grinded around 1k hands at nl10€.
I run good but it's for sure a lot softer than pokerstars.
I used holdem manager because PT4 doesn't work as they told me. The results says $ but it's in €.
The rakeback is 40% at the end of the month so it's 40€ profit = 44,75$



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The grind at nl16 went bad again. After 3 BIs loss in 150 hands I stoped because I would have broke the mouse & screen otherwise lol
I will post some hands after this post.



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Current basic stake: nl16 6max reg tables
Current skill that I'm training: Discipline
Exercise in the morning for 30 days in a row #2:3/30 exercises
Fun challenge: Don't read Greek poker forums for 7 days in a row: 7/7
Kamikaze Fun Challenge: 27.83$ rules
Read the book "Modern Small Stakes": 350/500 70%
Read the book "The Mental Game Of Poker": 148/198 75%
Bankroll: 1008,22$

Not sure about this hand if I played it ok. I think on the river he have me crushed with the biggest part of the range that took this line, but I don't like x/f neither x/c. I decided to bet small/fold here. I thought in that moment that he is playing like that hands like 45s or AT or even some overpairs but now I realised that it's a very small part of his range. Still I can't convince myself that x/f is good here.

PokerStars - $0.16 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

UTG: 100 BB (VPIP: 29.47, PFR: 22.22, 3Bet Preflop: 7.50, Hands: 215)
MP: 51 BB (VPIP: 28.00, PFR: 21.74, 3Bet Preflop: 7.95, Hands: 589)
CO: 53.81 BB (VPIP: 62.77, PFR: 6.38, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 95)
BTN: 100 BB (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 20.00, 3Bet Preflop: 16.67, Hands: 16)
SB: 100 BB (VPIP: 11.11, PFR: 11.11, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 18)
Hero (BB): 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 2 A

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 2 BB, fold, Hero calls 1 BB

Flop: (4.5 BB, 2 players) 5 4 3
Hero checks, BTN bets 3 BB, Hero calls 3 BB

Turn: (10.5 BB, 2 players) T
Hero checks, BTN bets 7 BB, Hero raises to 25 BB, BTN calls 18 BB

River: (60.5 BB, 2 players) 7
Hero bets 19.5 BB, BTN raises to 70 BB and is all-in, fold,