Nice month, gl in Vegas!

Nice results. Would really like you to make a deep run and this to become a sweat thread.

Heal up and crush it in Vegas.

TY!

Yes that's the goal. Trying my absolute best to give you guys something to sweat

TY. Got Xray done today. Fortunate it's only a bad sprain not a fracture. No need for crutches and I should be fine for Vegas!



Tonight was a crappy start to poker for July. Just ran like absolute filth all night. Games were very good and I played some of the best poker of my life, so fortunately no real damage was done. Took one beyond tilting cooler at the end at 500 to end my night.

7.1 boo


The hand converter is STILL broken so I can't give you guys HH.

But the last hand of the night I sqz a decent reg otb with JJ. Fish in the sb calls. Flop QJ4 ginnnnn. Check, cbet, call.

Turn 7s bringing fd. Fish leads big. I insta jam. He snaps. QQ. ffs

So that ended poker for the day. "I don't want to play anymore".



Feel like I'm playing awesome poker. Going to play as much as possible the next few days (while my foot heals) and hopefully not too many people are away at the beach.

Solid month, keep it up! GL in the main, let's hope for a deep run

Another "under-EV fest for the day". Felt like I played phenomenally well again. Short term results completely out of your control. But overall happy with play/volume the last 2 days.

7.2 can't win a flip


2+2 still broken, can't convert HH...


Foot is feeling a ton better. Think I'll be up and at em by midweek. Excuse to stay in for MTTs tmrw.


I'll take the runbad now assuming I can run like god next week

another really sick month - totally crushing it! definitely use up the runbad now ready for the main glgl

Pretty teelting day

Bricked ~1k in MTT buyins (**** it soooo rigged). Fortunately, my goal was to brick all my MTTs today to save my run good for the main event. I'm due to win like 4 flips in a row.

Cash went okay, but the last few hours really sucked, always a pain to finish a session on a down note




I know complaining about EV is pointless. But I'm 4k under in the last 3 days while break-even. Sucks to see "what I'm due" for all the hard work I've put in only to be even (down after MTTs). Obviously first day stuff. Should be happy I'm playing really well and generating tons of EV, but it's hard when the money keeps going to the other guy :P


Again can't post due to HH converter not working. Shame had a few good ones

How much time do you spend studying away from the table? I'm curious if study time increases or decreases the better you get?

I do very little (no) pure study these days. I've put in lots of time in pokerstove flopzilla over the years (I also have a very strong aptitude for math so I pick up on things quickly relating to equity pot odds range construction etc).

That said whenever I'm playing against good people I'm always in observe and learn mode. I have a lot of respect for the talented winning subgroup of my competition. I'm trying to figure out why they do particular things and how they might be taking advantage of things I'm doing.

I'll also review certain spots that I'm confused about (rare these days) and try to think about how I should be playing different parts of my range. I also don't mind experimenting with nonstandard lines or sizing just to see how it goes

Thanks for the response. I definitely appreciate it.

hey sorry for late answer i still reading your blog just lazy to write, i guess we play together if u play on party, cant figure out your sn, if its not secret u can pm me on 2+2 iam curious who is my first coach on party, gl on tables

Party nj USA site

Played my final online session tonight before the trip out west tmrw.

Fairly nightmarish. I ended up making a small profit on "above EV". But I had so many brutal hands against whales at 400+. I also felt like I was doing tons of folding and not finding many good spots.

Obviously, when I was generating EV the last few days but running under EV, I found myself in many many great spots (but then lost the allins). So basically today, I had ****ty card distribution good all-in EV (frustrating). Whereas the other days I had good card distribution but bad all-in (also frustrating). Poker is just frustrating (except the 1-3 god sessions a month where you just win every pot).


7.4 Frustrated but at least came back



I realize I don't often post redline/blue line (not on purpose). Generally, I'm a showdown winning kind of guy and non-showdown losing. Not quite as bad as today demonstrated though. But when you're playing 400NL against guys with 30-50vpip, high 3bet%, high wwsf, and high showdown you do not win by trying to get them to fold things ever. You have to make hands to win. And when you're running well, you just print stacks against these types. But when you're not making hands, you bleed out.


Hand 1) Vrs regwhale
This guy has a 40vpip. Plays kinda agro/bad. Stationy in some spots. Overagro in others. But not the most stabby in the world. I think river can definitely be a fold, just wasn't in the mood. I kinda beat myself up in real time about this call, but if I'm right I'm really smug about it and happy (and I can certainly have the best hand sometimes). I think my hand looks a ton like TT-QQ and he's seen me call turns fold/rivers here before. Le sigh.

I can certainly cbet for value against this guy but elected to checkback to protect a checking range. I Think he's not folding bottom pair+bdfd to a half pot cbet (and of course we don't want him to fold that). And when he mashes turn and check shoves or shoves river I'm going to be in an equally painful spot.

I think PF is very good as demonstrated by the type of garbage he's calling in the sqz




Hand 2) Turn check gets me paid




Hand 3) Absolutely ridiculous vrs whale

Obviously registers as "at EV" but it's one of the sickest coolers of all time given what villain showed up with in various other pots




Hand 4) Vrs same guy also nuts what he shows up with




Hand 5) Nice suckout for da kiddd vrs decent reg

So I thought about this hand after and I really really really think my range should be x/calling the flop. That being said this guy seemed very passive. So maybe against this particular guy I don't need to worry about balance. Anyways, not bet/folding a double gutter here.

Was hoping he went nuts with KJ of course, but obviously not in good shape vrs AQ/sets

Since this thread was the road to the main event, here's how I did since moving to NJ last July:




Goals for Vegas are simple. Final table the main. Win @ cash. Mayyyybe do some social things.

I'll definitely post some cash chip porn ITT assuming I have a winning sessions. I'll let you guys know chip counts at the end of the day after I bag (yes, I'll be bagging chips every single day).

I also decided against renting a car. Didn't realize what a colossal pita it is. But if ubering everywhere sucks the first few days I'll get one. The downside is I'll be the dude with a backpack

What a sick graph man... You'll crush the Vegas games as long as you don't run abnormally bad, a lot more variance with the lack of hands.

GL in the main, sending you a PM about some of the games there that might help you out.

Such sick results. I'm moving to NJ

Jfc that graph. Very nice work.

Gl in the ME

ridiculous graph, and good volume too! gl at the main!

I'm a grandpa when it comes to stuff like uber but my friends say it's the stone cold nuts. Gl out there

GLGLGL

+1 to Uber if you are just staying around the city. It's much cheaper than renting a car and you can get hammered without worrying about transportation.

sicko
also will be in vegas july 11th - 21st

Thanks all for the warm words and support.

Just landed in sunny las vegas. Pumped to play some LIVE poker (this will last 4 orbits). Dropping off things and heading right to the tables.

@max85 you playing the main?

Gl in vegas! Seems like i just missed you

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Nah mate just cash