I was talking about blinds play because that's where most out of position play happens.

I'd definitely fold KJ/QJ UTG or even MP, if I expected to be flatted a ton in position.

Ok. I almost always open QJ/KJ from MP; UTG it really depends on the table I'm at.

My problems are mostly of this kind - Assume unknown villain and 100bb effective stacks. I open AJ UTG, CO calls, everyone else folds. Flop comes KJ3r. What line do I take ? Do I x/f ? b/f ? If x/c, what do we do on different turn cards ?

Current BR - 272

Villain's a massive fish seeing almost every flop and loves pocket pair . Still was a tough call for me.

nice progress bro...

Good job bro, 270 is probably enough to start 10nl.

I don't believe you.
EVERYONE tilts to some extent at some point, even if it is only small adjustments to your game. maybe you just play your B-game instead of A-game. it is a huge part of this game to except tilt in whatever form it may be and not just ignore it.

btw i do advise using a HUD as a norm, but i think it is good to play without it every now and then to refresh and make sure you're not relying on it too much.

gl gl.

Thanks. Yeah, I've been opening 1 table of NL10 as well along with NL5 ones, forgot to mention in the update.

I'm usually very harsh on myself but I honestly haven't seen myself tilt so far. Maybe because the amount I'm playing doesnt really matter to me is why I dont tilt right now, we'll see if it stays the same way from NL25. Also like you said, it could be that I'm playing my B-game and that I just dont notice it.

HUD makes me lazy and there are a lot of stats that takes a lot of hands to converge. Vpip and pfr are the only ones which converge to their true value quickly but they dont really tell me how the villain will play postflop or how aggressive he is with his draws etc afterwards.

GL to you too !

Reg wars (and fps) !



Villain loves to 3bet 77-TT from blinds, I call. I float the flop. Villains checks river, I'm sure he has nothing 80% of the time, bet 1/2psb and take the pot down.

Biggest pot I've lost to date.



Villain's an aggressive reg who loves to squeeze from the blinds but will fold to a 4bet. I called as I had position and wanted to get more money in the pot as I likely had the best hand. Flop comes, I have TPTK and nut flush draw. I smooth call, the large bet however alerts me that he could have KK/AA here.

Turn card makes no difference and I call again.

River villain shoves and I'm thinking that this guy puts me on AQ/KQ/QJ kinda hand and that I wont fold to any bet and hence pushes his KK/AA.

However, the hands that have me beat are full houses. Would villain have squeezed pre with 44/22 ? Very unlikely. If he did have QQ, he would have slowplayed otf to reel me in. I called, he shows 44. Owned.

End of the month summary

January Goal Review

January Goals

[x] 36k hands - 39k hands played
[x] Firmly established at NL5 at least - Accomplished, ready to move to NL10
[x] Get BR up to 300 - Current BR - 301
[x] Achieve SilverStar - Completed by Jan 17

I initially swung down on NL2 by 20 buyins or so but then was really helped by the confidence boost by the study group I joined to take a crack at NL5 and that went fantastically well. The winrate could be much higher but I've experimented a lot with my game which is necessary for learning.

Overall Jan



Overall Graph



Graph at NL5



Will be posting another update on February goals soon.

I have midterm exams this month so wont be able to play a lot.

February Goals

[ ] 5BI shot at NL10 and establish firmly.
[ ] Buy PT3
[ ] BR at 400 (after withdrawing 60 for PT3)

Nice graph and awesome results man. You'll crush 10nl I'm sure. What's your vpip/pfr just out of curiosity?

Thanks. I play 20/15 but its not a static style, I'm pretty sure it varies from table to table depending on the type of opponent I'm up against.

NL10 shot going pretty good, being on a heater helps too

Current BR - 403






FTP tables are much more soft but I dont like their software that much.
My redline has taken a turn for the worse, it seems players like to float flops a lot more. I'm not bluffing much, its pretty much valuebet all the way; have to work on this.

Current BR - 423

First ever Royal Flush

Biggest winning day so far and I can safely say that NL10 shot is successful.

Current BR - 493

I transferred 40 to Full Tilt but their software tilts me so I'll play only on Stars even if there are fishier players there.

Hand 1

Villain is a decent reg.



I misplayed the hand both pre and otf. I later stoved the hand and was surprised to see I was a massive underdog here. Very well.

Hand 2

Same villain and this hand took place just after Hand 1.



Villain opens, I 3bet larger than standard to show I was on tilt to get villain to 4bet or shove. Villain jams, mission successful, fistpump call. Aww crap.
I played it the best way I could, who cares about what happened afterwards.

I think if I swap places with villain, maybe I'd have done the same thing.

Overall February



Graph

Nice work/volume so far man, so does this mean you're moving to 16nl? Ill stop being lazy tomorrow and we should organize a Skype strat session. Glgl

Thanks, playing a bit more right now because I'll have to study for exams in 5-6 days. Not many NL16 tables compared to other limits and betsizing gets a bit awkward to compute. I'll move straight from NL10 to NL25.

Definitely, message on Skype or PM here and we'll set it up. GL to you too !

Yeah I found this too when I went to move to 16nl this month, there are at least twice as many 25nl tables running. The field for 25nl is heaps bigger so I think there's more fish, you should just jump straight into the 25nl games imo

Nice graph, move up already you br nit!

good luck man, I'm at 10NL currently taking shots at 25nl with a $400 BR!! Hit me up if you wanna give me skype name to discuss HHs

I just moved up and I have just 20 BI for NL25 ! I'll take a shot as soon as I hit 650. Also want to put in some more hands at NL10, there's some stuff I'm trying out.

That's pretty aggressive. PM sent, GL man.

Nice thread. Sub'ed.

Thank you.

Had a pretty swingy session today, went down by 6BIs, cam back and went to +3BIs and finally finished around +1.5BIs. Tried to play a lot more aggressive today and a wider range too but kinda ran into the top of villains range almost 80% of the time.

Current BR - 515

I added you on skype. Yeah pretty aggressive I know but If i drop back down to $300 I go back to 10NL I have not had a problem printing money at 10NL So I'm not to afraid of taking the shots.

Added. GL with the shot !

Playing NL16 and NL10 both right now.

Current BR - 560

Thoughts on the hand ?

Hand 1



Hand 2





Bad read on villain, I thought he was pushing his flush draw too hard. Got owned.