nice folds today martl, definetly hope to have my hand/range reading on your level one day. glad ur playing ur a game. good folds is just as good as making making money

Misclick ftw! lol jk. I'm routing for you and long suscribed to this thread!

yeah why fold quads lol

when you're beat, you're beat

^ and folding 77 is lol bad

damn... alot of control here man, you've taken the 'i know im beat i should fold my straight/nut flush/set' and actually done it. Hmm btw.. mayb ill call with 77 because he can have alot of worse sets? And i think id fold the nut flush vs the straight flush i mean, its one a one card flush and what else is he shoving like that with? i doubt hes ever doing it with K high.. even though it sucks it happens. My first day at the Casino when i was broke as hell i flopped a nut and he turned the straight flush and i knew he had it but couldnt get away and lost $200 (which was alot) since then iv been able to fold a few A high flush and they usually always flip the straight flush.

I haven't played 100 for a while but I do remember the jump to 200 being quite tough. The key os not to change you game too much when first moving up. It's easy to assume everyone is mrssing with you and over adjust. Eventually you will need to tweak aspects of your game.as the higher limits do play more aggressive but let those changes come naturally, dont force it.

400 is a tough limit for FR as the higher games dont run in any volume so you will be playing against guys who are beating 5/10 but can't get enough volume.

C/raising 1 pair is something few do but can be very effective. It's key to always be aware of what want to rep and how you would play it.

Think outside standard lines.

if i had a 90million br i prob would have stuck it in there

Sorry to dissapoint you guys but one of the HH`s was tweaked. Only one like and i will let you figure out which one. My hand reading isnt that good.

The 77 hand i am 100% sure that i made the right play. Im certain i was beat on the flop. Not much overbet bluffing at this level and his timing tells were a dead give away. He flopped big and needed to think how best to play the hand.

Really quick session this morning with a couple of interesting hands.


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Hero (BB): $105.10
UTG: $100.00
UTG+1: $16.20
UTG+2: $127.25
MP1: $107.25
MP2: $199.65
CO: $134.15
BTN: $284.60
SB: $42.50

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BB with A A
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $1, 5 folds, SB raises to $5, Hero raises to $11, 1 fold, SB calls $6

Flop: ($23.00) J Q 8 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $11, SB raises to $31.50 all in, Hero calls $20.50

Turn: ($86.00) K (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($86.00) T (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $86.00
Hero shows A A (a straight, Ace high)
SB shows A Q (a straight, Ace high)
SB wins $41.50
Hero wins $41.50
(Rake: $3.00)

Wanted the other shortie to come along too but with my recod of people flopping sets i didnt just want to flat. Luck is changing though because i only lost the rake lol.


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MP1: $40.00
MP2: $273.30
CO: $38.50
Hero (BTN): $116.75
SB: $75.50
BB: $100.00
UTG: $110.80
UTG+1: $101.90
UTG+2: $55.75

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BTN with A K
4 folds, MP2 raises to $2, CO raises to $6, Hero requests TIME, Hero raises to $14, 2 folds, MP2 calls $12, 1 fold

Flop: ($35.50) 3 2 4 (2 players)
MP2 checks, Hero bets $16, MP2 calls $16

Turn: ($67.50) 8 (2 players)
MP2 checks, Hero bets $26, MP2 folds

Final Pot: $67.50
Hero wins $64.50
(Rake: $3.00)

Cold 4bet with the plan to get it in against the shorty but that dosnt work out. Great flop, good turn, villain has a marginal hand unfortunatley.



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SB: $99.95
BB: $38.50
Hero (UTG): $110.90
UTG+1: $169.20
UTG+2: $104.50
MP1: $96.40
MP2: $28.45
CO: $100.00
BTN: $136.90

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is UTG with Q Q
Hero raises to $3, 5 folds, BTN calls $3, 1 fold, BB calls $2

Flop: ($9.50) Q T 8 (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $7, BTN calls $7, BB calls $7

Turn: ($30.50) Q (3 players)
BB checks, Hero checks, BTN bets $10, BB folds, Hero calls $10

River: ($50.50) J (2 players)
Hero requests TIME, Hero bets $28, BTN raises to $56, Hero raises to $90.90 all in, BTN calls $34.90

Final Pot: $232.30
Hero shows Q Q (four of a kind, Queens)
BTN mucks 5 A
Hero wins $229.30
(Rake: $3.00)

This hand just shows there still plenty of fish at small stakes.
My play on the turn just looks so suspicious, im either checking because i have a strong made hand or im check folding. I checked hoping that the BTN would bet and the shorty would shove, again that didnt happen.The river is the perfect card in the deck for me completing nearly every draw. I didnt want the dynamic of me checking and me having to check raise and possibly not getting his whole stack so i decided to make a fishy looking lead hoping he has a monster. I know the feeling though when you raise and your opponent shoves, ive been there plenty recently. I think even here i would just make the call if i was my opponent.

**** knew it,its that quad 4s hand isnt it?

So i can say its been going pretty well for the last couple of weeks since i got my head together and i have been running at 4 bb/100 over the last 26K hands played in that period. So im pretty happy with that although theres still defnatley room for improvement as i do have the occasional spew in there but not nearly as much as there was before. When im playing like this i feel i can take tons more stuff in and really get some improvement done. I just wish i could stay in this mental state for longer than i do.
My aim now is to build my bankroll enough so that i can take shots at NL200. As part of that road to improvement ive got a Database Analysis session with Mpethybridge this afternoon to hopefully go over and find some of the leaks that i have in my game. I already know the biggest one i have but no one can tell me what to do with that one as i know thats all down to me to do the work that i have done with Jared and improve that one for myself. The rest hopefully we can find and i can work on plugging them.

Played 1 session so far today not too much to report. I got lucky in a couple of spots and unlucky in another couple but overall pretty steady session.


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UTG: $107.35
UTG+1: $35.00
UTG+2: $189.25
MP1: $29.50
MP2: $108.90
Hero (CO): $124.10
BTN: $100.00
SB: $195.80
BB: $58.70

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is CO with K Q
5 folds, Hero raises to $3, 1 fold, SB raises to $10, 1 fold, Hero calls $7

Flop: ($21.00) K Q A (2 players)
SB bets $12, Hero calls $12

Turn: ($45.00) 6 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks

River: ($45.00) 5 (2 players)
SB bets $16, Hero raises to $50, SB calls $34

Final Pot: $145.00
Hero shows K Q (a flush, Ace high)
SB mucks K A
Hero wins $142.00
(Rake: $3.00)

Villain has 12 % 3bet from the blinds so im 45/55 dog against his range but i still feel he has a lot of junk in that range that my hand plays well against. I flop 2 pair but im not actually thrilled about it. Turn card gives me outs if im behind. I was undecided what to do when checked to. I wouldnt be happy getting check raised so i decide to check behind and the river gives me the nuts.His hand is pretty face up when he bets. Either total air or a hand like AQ/AK so theres obvious value in raising as my hand is hidden and i get a call off quite a few of the hands in his range here.


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SB: $631.30
BB: $98.50
UTG: $99.10
UTG+1: $56.45
UTG+2: $40.00
MP1: $361.20
MP2: $179.00
CO: $81.35
Hero (BTN): $100.00

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BTN with A K
3 folds, MP1 raises to $3.50, 2 folds, Hero raises to $11, 2 folds, MP1 calls $7.50

Flop: ($23.50) T 5 9 (2 players)
MP1 checks, Hero bets $16, MP1 raises to $32, Hero raises to $89 all in, MP1 calls $57

Turn: ($201.50) 3 (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($201.50) 5 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $201.50
MP1 shows 6 7 (a pair of Fives)
Hero shows A K (a pair of Fives)
Hero wins $198.50
(Rake: $3.00)

Villain is 48/40 and dosnt fold to 3bets and raises a lot of flops. Im not crazy happy when he raises my flop bet but i still expect to be good some of the time or at least drawing to about 6 outs. Villain decides to call my shove but must have known he may only be drawing to 4 outs i think? Maybe not.

hand 1
wow nice turn play, i woulda bet/called. then again im a fish still. i definetly understand not wanting to get c/r tho. but it wouldnt have crossed my mind til it happened. i hope my thinking improves as i move up. cause right now i'd get pwned by all regs up there, goood and bad lol

Your thinking will improve the more you play. Also picking out good players in the forums and listening to what they have to say. I didnt really start posting here straight away just the occasional browsing. I really wish i had started earlier because i feel i would have learned a lot quicker. You are on the right track though.

thanks, im actually scard to move up (if/when the br allows) the thinking required to win up there is so much more complex than where im at rite now lol. oh well, if i just work on 1 thing at a time hopefully ill get there eventually. once im rolled for nl25 i have no problem staying there for a bit while i work on my game. i guess kinda like wat u did, grind nl25 even tho massivly overrolled for the next 2 levels. im still deciding if i wanna open up my ranges later as i get better or just be as +ev as i can with my nitty range. im leaning towards the nitty range but who knows how illl feel once i have improved my game enuf.

With a really nitty range you will only move up so far because people stop paying you off. When you get comfortable at a level you just need to work on finding spots where you can open up like maybe raising 65s in the CO with tight player behind, things like that can soon open up your range which is good because at some point you will have to play post flop poker where you dont have a card advantage so you will need other advantages over your opponents.
The thinking thing just becomes a habit. Im no genius i cant run pot odds and equity and things like that when im playing but i have a decent understanding of decent spots through playing experience and study. You see it a lot in the forums, players who can reel all sorts of stats off but when it comes to playing they struggle to beat the games. You have to do whatever is right for you to win. I mean if your not great with maths like me you have to use other skills like hand reading and experience to know what to do, where as if you can get a happy medium of them both then i dont see any reason you cant go higher.

Just had my first session with Mpethybridge which went really well. I will give a full review once we have finished up next week but he spotted a couple of big leaks straight away. Namely my blind play which i am bleeding money away with and also playing so weak its untrue. We had a really good discussion about play from the blinds and his thoughts on it and picking good spots to change things up. Im going to have a session in a bit and look for spots that we discussed and hopefully show some improvement for when we catch up next.

yea ur right bout not getting paid off. especially if im in a stake for months regs will have a lot of hh on me to know when to fold. i actually have been experimenting slowly with opening up from co/btn. i did open 78s once today from the co, looked at btn who was tight so i waited to see if i could open and i did. picked up the blinds tho, no post flop play, maybe next time. i just reread some of harringtons online 6max book, and something that stuck out was ranges based upon effective stacks. the deeper u are, the more sc come into play. cause villains with deeper stacks (if thinking players imo) wont stack off w/o big hands so set vs st8/flush def could be +ev

Pretty short session this morning just trying to work on some of the things i discussed with Mpethy last night. Namely getting my CO unopened steal range up to about the same as the button. At the moment im about 50% on the BTN but theres a big drop off to my CO unopened range so i need to work on increasing that. Im also doing a lot of work on my blind play and trying to pick better spots to pick up pots and better spots to 3bet.
Got the morning off tommorow so im going over the video and making some notes to try and implement this more.

Biggest hands from today:-


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UTG: $106.20
UTG+1: $80.20
UTG+2: $102.75
MP1: $73.05
Hero (MP2): $104.55
CO: $63.65
BTN: $194.70
SB: $100.00
BB: $65.60

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is MP2 with 7 7
UTG raises to $3.50, 3 folds, Hero calls $3.50, 2 folds, SB requests TIME, 2 folds

Flop: ($8.50) 6 Q 4 (2 players)
UTG bets $5, Hero raises to $13.50, UTG calls $8.50

Turn: ($35.50) 2 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $25, UTG calls $25

River: ($85.50) 5 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $62.55 all in, UTG folds

Final Pot: $85.50
Hero wins $82.50
(Rake: $3.00)

Wouldnt have been happy calling 2 streets here so i decide to turn my hand in to a bluff. When he calls the only hands i see in his range are hnads like AQ and overpairs, i feel sets get it in here. Obviously im hoping for a nice turn card but it dosnt come but i feel i can bet here and still bet a lot of rivers. Lovely card on the river and i get him to fold the best hand.


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BTN: $104.20
SB: $199.55
BB: $42.90
UTG: $80.50
Hero (UTG+1): $100.00
UTG+2: $146.10
MP1: $49.45
MP2: $285.05
CO: $163.75

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is UTG+1 with J J
1 fold, Hero raises to $3, 2 folds, MP2 calls $3, CO calls $3, 3 folds

Flop: ($10.50) Q 3 6 (3 players)
Hero bets $7, MP2 calls $7, CO folds

Turn: ($24.50) 8 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP2 checks

River: ($24.50) 6 (2 players)
Hero bets $7.50, MP2 calls $7.50

Final Pot: $39.50
Hero shows J J (two pair, Jacks and Sixes)
MP2 mucks 3 A
Hero wins $37.55
(Rake: $1.95)

I see villain betting the turn here if he has the Queen. When he dosnt bet its an easy value bet on the river.
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MP2: $80.10
Hero (CO): $143.55
BTN: $87.55
SB: $37.00
BB: $147.70
UTG: $107.10
UTG+1: $67.05
UTG+2: $461.25
MP1: $104.40

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is CO with K 6
5 folds, Hero raises to $3, 2 folds, BB calls $2

Flop: ($6.50) 9 4 3 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $4, BB raises to $11, Hero raises to $26, BB calls $15

Turn: ($58.50) 8 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $36, BB calls $36

River: ($130.50) K (2 players)
BB requests TIME, BB checks, Hero checks

Final Pot: $130.50
Hero shows K 6 (a pair of Kings)
BB mucks A J
Hero wins $127.50
(Rake: $3.00)

Villain here is a reg with a 29% check raise %. I expect to get raised when i bet so i had already decided i was 3betting because he has a ton of junk in his range here and i doubt he has 44/33. This is pretty much confirmed when he just flats as expect him to shove all in with sets or at least lead on the turn. When he check calls i expect his range now to be overpairs to the board and flush draws. Flush misses but i dont see me getting value from worse on the river, i mean if he has JJ/TT i will get a fold a lot of the time.

Another 500 hands following on from this morning. My last 4 sessions ive had AF of 4.67, 3.52,11.5,6.25 which is a ton higher than normal as im finding spots to play more aggresivly rather than weak tight. As i have done this i have noticed that my redline is now just about break even over the last 5 days. Im not one for worrying about the redline but if i can reduce some of my losses in the blinds by playing more aggresivly then that can only be a good thing. My hourly for the last 15 days is £29.82 + Rakeback so probably around the £37 mark which im delighted with. Need to try and be consistant now obviously.

2 biggest hands from the session:-

Not much to say about them. Hand 1 is against a fish and hand 2 against a shortie reg who has the top of his range again lol.


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BB: $75.60
UTG: $146.85
UTG+1: $263.95
UTG+2: $82.25
MP1: $39.05
MP2: $104.20
Hero (CO): $106.00
BTN: $154.40
SB: $202.60

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is CO with 3 3
5 folds, Hero raises to $2.50, 2 folds, BB calls $1.50

Flop: ($5.50) 5 9 3 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $3.50, BB raises to $10, Hero calls $6.50

Turn: ($25.50) 9 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $8, BB raises to $26, Hero calls $18

River: ($77.50) 2 (2 players)
BB bets $37.10 all in, Hero calls $37.10

Final Pot: $151.70
BB shows 9 A (three of a kind, Nines)
Hero shows 3 3 (a full house, Threes full of Nines)
Hero wins $148.70
(Rake: $3.00)


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SB: $43.00
BB: $100.00
UTG: $82.50
UTG+1: $116.70
UTG+2: $56.00
MP1: $76.65
Hero (MP2): $100.00
CO: $51.50
BTN: $30.20

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is MP2 with K A
4 folds, Hero raises to $3, 2 folds, SB raises to $9, 1 fold, Hero requests TIME, Hero raises to $18, SB raises to $43 all in, Hero calls $25

Flop: ($87.00) 5 Q J (2 players - 1 is all in)

Turn: ($87.00) 8 (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($87.00) 2 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $87.00
SB shows Q Q (three of a kind, Queens)
Hero shows K A (Ace King high)
SB wins $84.00
(Rake: $3.00)

Glad to hear you're back on track and that the leakfinder session with Mpethybridge was productive. It did wonders for my game when I had my DB analyzed and made the appropriate adjustments.

Did he find anything you weren't expecting? Any other smallish leaks you didn't discuss above?

I just bought LeakBuster, (HEM add on), and I think it's gonna be helpful for monthly leakfinding, though, I think I'll hit up split and mpethybridge once a quarter for some more in-depth analysis.

Ive also got LeakBuster but although ive found its a really cool tool im not sure i have gained that much from it. I mean i know i have leaks in the blinds but me actually picking out what the leaks are specifically to me im not sure i can suss from the software and its more for a coach to have a look at.
The main leaks we found were the cut off and blinds problems. I have another session this coming Thursday to look through other things. I didnt know about the CO problem but i knew i had problems in the blinds and now have examples of where im going wrong and things that i have to look to change up. My Blind AF was about the 1 mark which is obvious far too passive but i honestly had no idea how to play in a lot of the spots i find my self in. The rest of my stats looked pretty decent apparently and i was doing well in some spots that Mpethy didnt expect. I guess that is why i love 1 on 1 coaching because it is personal to my leaks. I fully expect the sessions to pay for themslves over and over and reccomend them to anyone.

Awesome, glad to hear it! I'm gonna keep making adjustments from Leakfinder and see where that puts my game, kinda have to see what the in game results are before I can decided the overall utility, but I don't disagree with that it said so I think it may be on to something about my game.

We just need to get YouFaiil to do a leakfinder session with split/mpethybridge now I've been hitting him in his thread, but I know he reads this one too so, DO IT DUDE! Both Martl and I are suggesting it now!

Are you still playing Rush or have you moved back to regular tables?

Im still at Rush and at one point looked like i would have my first ever losing month. Im happy to say i turned it around and it ended up not been too bad in all honesty hitting about my average for last year.
Will be posting results later.

Yeah i think the software is great in that it compares your stats to other winning players but i think one of the problems is that people then start using it to aim for numbers rather than actually learning about spots that will help you achieve those stats. I know the developers dot want that but i guess its just a human mentality. Let me know how you go on with it and if theres any little hints and tips you pick up for using it.

Oh and YouFaiiil, DO IT ALREADY!!!!!!