It feels great to be winning again (like 4 days in a row now), but I can't help but feel it could be better if not for the suckouts! Graph for the month...
Preflop: Hero is BTN with Q T
UTG raises to $1.50, 2 folds, Hero calls $1.50, SB folds, BB calls $1
Flop: ($4.75) Q T 5 (3 players)
BB checks, UTG bets $3.15, Hero raises to $10, BB folds, UTG raises to $43.85, Hero raises to $63.47 and is all-in, UTG calls $3.15 and is all-in
Turn: ($98.75) J (2 players, 2 are all-in) River: ($98.75) A (2 players, 2 are all-in)
Spoiler:
Results: $98.75 pot ($2.50 rake)
Final Board: Q T 5 J A
BB mucked and lost (-$1.50 net)
UTG showed A 3 and lost (-$48.50 net)
Hero showed Q T and won $96.25 ($47.75 net)
Saturday & Sunday were really poor days in terms of volume. I was beyond wasted on Saturday night and then had to play 90 minutes of football on 4 hours sleep, needless to say Sunday was a waste of a day. Got a bit of volume in, brought my A(ish) game to the table but no rungood. Played a few mtts but nothing rly threatened. I had a big stack in the MM $3.30 Zoom event but KK vs AA right after the bubble ended my faint hopes. Here's the 'sessions by day tab' and monthly graph so far...
My aim was to break even this month initially as I wasn't feeling confident and running so badly (I never miss a moment to mention that...). Now that the confidence is back and I'm running well again at times, it's been a good start to the month, and I'm gonna aim for $2k. I also wanna bink an mtt, it's been too long!
Edit - I lost a £120 pot on £ tables w JJ vs AQo bvb. Had that held that's an extra $200 or so, c'est la vie!
Have you tried playing a bit more aggressive? Like higher 3b, sqz, steal, resteal? Just generally curious.
See below!
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Originally Posted by borntochase
You are joking right?
I am guessing you haven't played him much. The dude goes over the top on 2bet turn with bottom pair, open-ender.
That is probably the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me :') nah in all seriousness I've toned it down a bit lately, playing and running well so what I'm doing just now seems to be working for me. I like to think I'm fairly aggro pre still.
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My sleep pattern is all over the place just now, went to bed at 10am yesterday and was up at 5pm and not tired at all. Volume's still not where I want it to be. Some giraffes...
Since I woke up yesterday...
Overall for the month
Took a little hit yesterday morning after I updated, so it was good to win it back! I'm gonna put in another session just now, will post some hands after!
[ ] mammoth session
[x] ordered a 2 for tuesday and went back to bed
[x] fat **** for life
Month so far is shaping up really nicely. I cannot say it enough but it is absolutely brilliant to be winning again, I really didn't think I'd get through the downswing at times. The guys I speak to on Skype have been incredibly helpful, and I am very thankful for that. Gotta ride this heater while I can and hopefully by the end of the year I'll be where I need to be. Some hands, critique if you wanna, good to get some discussion again...
Who needs maths when you have feels (srs this is probs a bad call, but idk)
Preflop: Hero is MP with 6 7
UTG folds, Hero raises to $1.25, CO folds, BTN calls $1.25, SB calls $1, BB raises to $6, Hero calls $4.75, BTN folds, SB calls $4.75
Flop: ($19.25) 6 6 7 (3 players)
SB checks, BB bets $16.54, Hero raises to $46.80 and is all-in, SB folds, BB calls $27.46 and is all-in
Turn: ($107.25) J (2 players, 2 are all-in) River: ($107.25) Q (2 players, 2 are all-in)
Spoiler:
Results: $107.25 pot ($2.50 rake)
Final Board: 6 6 7 J Q
SB mucked and lost (-$6 net)
BB showed 8 9 and lost (-$50 net)
Hero showed 6 7 and won $104.75 ($54.75 net)
Thoughts on this? Flop sqzer can have QK, combo draws, 1010 etc, his sizing doesn't rly say nuts. Is it ok to just rippidy rip? Didn't ever think the other guy had it.
Preflop: Hero is MP with 9 J
Hero raises to $1.25, CO calls $1.25, 2 folds, BB calls $0.75
Flop: ($4) T K Q (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $2.50, CO calls $2.50, BB raises to $10.50, Hero raises to $48.75 and is all-in, CO raises to $73.09 and is all-in, BB folds
Turn: ($112) Q (2 players, 2 are all-in) River: ($112) 8 (2 players, 2 are all-in)
Spoiler:
Results: $112 pot ($2.50 rake)
Final Board: T K Q Q 8
BB mucked and lost (-$11.75 net)
Hero showed 9 J and lost (-$50 net)
CO showed J A and won $109.50 ($59.50 net)
Vs one of the best 50z regs (and I'm not just saying that because he'll be reading this and probably hates me after this hand), a bit of a ridic hero call but sometimes you gotta do it
What a day yesterday was!! +$1919 for the month. Unfortunately still on a short term stake so gotta chop up that (plus a little bit more) 65/35 in backer's favour. Not complaining at all, the dude's a friend and helped me out when I was in a tight spot. It's 65/35 because he has let me keep my next fpp bonus which I am ofcourse most grateful for. Due to a change in personal circumstances (me and the gf are breaking up) my outgoings will be a fair bit higher, and I pretty much can't afford to play poker whilst on a stake, so I'm going absolutely hell for leather for volume and w/r so that I can come off the stake when r/b comes in and keep playing. It's either that or get a job.
So, to summarise, the plan is to keep crushing for another week, and all being well I can keep playing. If I grind my ass off I can make this $3k milestone bonus by the end of the year and I will be in the promise land once more! 6 weeks of hard work and next year I'll focus on w/r, but atm winrate is solid with good volume, which is always nice.
Spoiler:
Just no more 5 million buy in downswings between now and the end of the year please God...
On another note, went to see Interstellar at the cinema tonight. Just incredible, wouldn't expect anything less from Christopher Nolan.
Do you plan on playing poker "professionally " if/when you have a family ? That would seem difficult for a plethora of reasons. If not, what will you put on your CV?
Do you plan on playing poker "professionally " if/when you have a family ? That would seem difficult for a plethora of reasons. If not, what will you put on your CV?
I have a family, my gf recently gave birth to triplets.
Well hopefully I can get back on my own roll asap, either way just glad to be winning again!
Difficult session, glad to rostucko. Came 13th in an MTT for $90, 1st place was $1490, a bit disappointing. Getting closer though!! Going to sleep for a few hrs then get another good session in this afternoon.