10bb

I see the error in my calculations. Thanks for the correction.

How is the graph looking this far?

GL

Ugh, it went down terribly. I am up 5.541 BBs/100 hands total. I have played 100,170 hands so far.

I don't know if I'll complete this challenge. It is getting pretty boring and other things in life have come up. I'm also really disappointed in the results since I'm only doing half as well as I would have liked.

Poker is no longer fun most of the time.

It has almost been a year since I've visited this thread. Haven't been playing poker much. Today I sat down at 4 tables of 10nl zoom (on BetOnline they call it Boost). Played 4093 hands and made $85.75

Noteworthy hand:

CO, aggressive player with $11.03 opens to $0.30
SB with $22.46 3-bets to $1.00
I'm in the BB with $30.84 holding T 9 and 4-bet to $2.70
CO folds
SB calls

Flop($5.29) 3 6 2
SB checks
I bet $1.79
SB calls

Turn($8.67) 3 6 2 Q
SB checks
I bet $7
SB folds

The other guy had built up his stack. Sometimes people feel a bit afraid of losing the double up. Also, cold 4-bets make people think you have AA, KK, or AK a lot if you don't do it very often. $7 felt like the perfect size to get the fold. I'm not sure if $6 would have been enough. Sounds odd, but I feel like I was reading people's minds today.

I don't know if I'll be able to finish the challenge. Might take me a decade to do it, but we'll see.

Beautiful session today. Most profitable hand:

BU limps
I'm in the SB with 7 6 and raise to $0.50
BB calls with $24.20 behind. I have him covered.
BU folds

Flop($1.02) 7 7 4
I bet $0.51
BB calls

Turn($1.97) 7 7 4 3
I check
BB bets $2.87
I call

River($7.33) 7 7 4 3 4
I check
BB bets $3.67
I raise to $14.67
BB snap calls with 6 6

I considered not making the raise at the end because of 44, but that is only 1 combo. The overbet on the turn makes it more likely, but still. My opponent needs to be able to call the massive raise with worse than a 7. Given that my opponent was a loose caller I decided to take the risk. Fortunately they hero called with 66.

A few things I've changed about my game. I've gotten carried away with 3-betting too much and have toned it down a bit. Same with continuation betting. I've also stopped opening too much junk. Versus BB 3-bets and even SB 3-bets, I'm finding it better to flat even some of the stronger hands rather than throw in that 4-bet.

Still not entirely sure what to do about squeezes when I'm the flatter. Interesting hand came up. I'm close to the top of my range here:

HJ opens $0.22
I call on the BU with Q Q
BB 3-bets to $1.23
HJ folds
I call

Flop($2.54) 9 2 K
BB bets $1.69
I call

Turn($5.68) 9 2 K 9
BB bets $3.79
I call

River($12.83) 9 2 K 9 4
BB checks
I check

BB shows A Q

Normally I 3-bet the QQ, but sometimes I just call pre flop, because the initial raiser was pretty deep and also to protect my flatting range on the button. Not sure what is ideal flatting range to that 3-bet squeeze. Something like QQ-99 and AQs-AJs. I don't really have Kx here so maybe I should work that into my range.

I was actually thinking during the hand that maybe QQ isn't the best hand to call the double barrel with since I block AQ. My opponent was loosey goosey though and probably eating a sandwich so I made that call. Might be a flaw in my game, but I don't know if I'm really calling a river jam often enough. Simply because my opponent might not know that I don't have Kx in my range and may perceive it to be stronger than it is. I'd prefer to be fundamentally sound in my play rather than trying to level my opponent here. Should I include a Kx hand in my range? Perhaps KQs?

I know nothing about you other that the 2mins I've spent browsing this thread, but I'm fairly sure that a thought process like that is wayyyyy too nitty.

I didn't get much further than uNL which I walked away from with 7.5k a few years back, so take it for what it's worth (not much).

Anyways, I'm glad you raised. Best of luck with your challenge.

Thanks, I hear what you're saying, but given the over bet on the turn I'm thinking he should never call the large check/raise with anything worse than a 7. Perhaps I've been playing with nut peddlers for too long and it has clouded my thinking. It is blind vs. blind after all. Although the button limp does tighten up ranges a bit.

Another big hand:

LJ opens to $0.30 with $21.39 behind him, I have him covered
BU calls
I call in BB with K J

Flop($0.90) Q T K
I check
LJ checks
BU checks

Turn($0.90) Q T K 9
I bet $0.45
LJ raises $2.25
BU folds
I call

River($5.05) Q T K 9 7
I check
LJ shoves all-in for $18.84
Kind of a yucky spot for me.

I'm curious what you would do in this situation. Let me know.

Some things to keep in mind:
-My opponent checked back the flop reducing his chance of having AJ
-I am 3-betting some of my AJ combos preflop, but not all of them
-My opponent was spazzing away his stack earlier today, but during this session he was playing quite snug
-I probably would 3-bet flop if I had AJ
-My opponent is unlikely to be certain that I am always 3-betting AJ on the flop

He had AJ in the previous hand. I know because I tank called and lost.

A glorious hand happened today. LJ loose player opened 5x in LJ and had a deep stack effectively 310BBs deep. I looked down at A K and 3-bet to $1.50. SB player cold 4-bets to $2.58. BB cold calls. LJ calls as well. With $9.24 in the pot currently, I 5-bet jam my entire stack for $31.04. SB calls for $13.03 with Q Q, BB folds, and LJ player calls with 9 8. Board runs out 2 4 6 3 K and I scoop the pot. Though SB player's range may be a bit snug, LJ player is loose enough to make up for it.

I've been getting a lot of volume lately. At 172,768 hands. $1074.14 in profit thus far. I also have $72.84 from bad beat jackpot winnings. I'm running at 6.22BBs/100 hands and 6.64BBs/100 hands including the bad beat jackpot.

congrats on the scores lately, nice volume 170 k hands, nice profit over 1k $ , keep going man !

Thanks for the encouragement. I will be reaching 200k hands soon.

Cool spot came up with Q Q in the SB while 270BBs deep.

LJ opens for $0.30
CO calls
I 3-bet to $1.50
LJ calls
CO folds

Flop($3.16) 3 K 8
I check
LJ bets $1.76
I call

Turn($6.44) 3 K 8 6
I check
LJ tanks before finally checking

River($6.44) 3 K 8 6 4
I bet $2.13
LJ raises to $10.40
I tank before finally making the call
LJ had 9 9

This was very satisfactory win and not a spot that most players will attempt to bluff at, but this particular opponent seemed like he may attempt it. My river bet was to extract value from some of his pocket pairs. With him checking the turn I feel I can discount flush draws sets and Kx a decent amount. I'm not taking this line very often with KK and flushes myself, especially with the sizing I chose, so I may be perceived to get bullied off the hand.

Grrrraphhhh

Sorry, no graphs. I keep track of my results in notepad and update the numbers after every session.

I just did a 10k hand session. Unfortunately I must have played badly. I'm down over 20 buy-ins. It is a shame. My entire confidence is shaken, I feel so terrible and stupid. I know I was playing badly too. Quite a few times I punted off a stack.


Here is a noteable hand where I lost a lot of money:

effective stacks are 468BBs
BU player opens for $0.30
SB short stack with about $6 behind calls
I make it $1.30 in the LJ with J J
BU calls
SB moves all-in for $6.43
I call
BU calls

Flop($18.12) T 2 T
I bet $9.06
BU calls

Turn($35.24) T 2 T 5
I check
BU checks

River($35.24) T 2 T 5 5
I bet $11.63
BU raises to $23.26
I call

BU shows T T and scoops the pot.

BU player was a bit of a station, I thought he would mostly call down with lower pocket pairs and strong ace highs. When he didn't bet the turn I discounted Tx. When he raised the river he wouldn't do it with a flush so the only hand I could put him on was TT or a bluff.

Another unfortunate hand 337BBs effective:
LJ opens for $0.23
I 3-bet to $0.69 with A T
BB (deep stack) cold calls
LJ calls

Flop($1.97) K 9 5
BB checks
LJ checks
I bet $0.98
BB calls
LJ folds

Turn($3.78) K 9 5 4
BB checks
I bet $3.02
BB raises to $12.84
I call

River($28.01) K 9 5 4 A
BB checks
I check
BB shows 5 5

Maybe I shouldn't have drawn to the flush. He may have folded even if I hit and two of the hearts aren't even good hearts. The fact that he checked back the river makes me think he wasn't going to pay me off.

People were 3-betting and 4-betting like crazy. I was also constantly getting check/raised. It was a nightmare. There was this one guy who was berating me in the chat and wouldn't stop. I stacked him quite a few times so it prevented me from losing more than I already did, but it was really annoying. I was sitting at somewhere around 6BBs/100 hands, but after this long 10k session I am now sitting at 4.45BBs/100 overall.

This is 2020 and you're doing a 1mill hand challenge, but you keep track of everything on a notepad...Something like PT4 or HEM would go a long way for stats that you simply can't record on a notepad like your vpip in sb/bb, how often you are folding to 3b, and obviously so much more. I don't know if BetOnline is supported real time, but even post session this would still be useful......and us simpleton viewers want to see graphs

On another note, you draw some really weird nitty conclusions about villains at 10NL, feel like most of these guys just blast it off, I saw you played up to 200NL, cant bring that mindset into 10NL or youll be making plays and folding to garbage b/c you think villain is leveling you.

Good point about being overly nitty. I think the secret is identifying the players that play garbage hands regularly and just to not fold to them. Also, I'm identifying the nut peddlers that basically try and hit sets or fold. I have finally made it past 200,000 hands. 1/5th of the way there. I had PT4 a while back when I played 200NL 6 tabling, but isn't it a monthly subscription? I don't want to pay monthly if it is. If I remember correctly I was using the free trial. BetOnline needed some card catcher thingy too which was quite glitchy and a pain in the ass.

I was getting very unlucky in a session today, but I had a big hand 433BBs deep that changed everything. I open $0.30 in CO with A 3. BU called and BB called also.

Flop($0.90) K 5 Q
BB checks
I bet $0.45
BU folds
BB raises to $1.50
I tank before re-raising to $4.41
BB calls

Turn($9.13) K 5 Q 2
BB checks
I bet $7.60
BB calls

My thoughts: For the love of all things that are good and holy, please don't pair the river or bring a spade like every other nut flush I've been playing lately.

River($23.49) K 5 Q 2 T
BB checks
I shove all in making it $30.99 more for my opponent to call
BB calls with 8 6

Unfortunate hand for my opponent. I felt kind of bad for him, but not as much as I felt happy for myself.

I've considered going off of the tables and coming back with smaller stacks to reduce variance. At the same time though, this may diminish my edge, so I may not end up doing this.

I started the challenge back up again. Haven't played poker in forever, but there was a promotional thing that encouraged me to play. I'm a bit out of touch, but my results so far:

250,345 hands
+$1040.51
jackpot: +$136.10

winrate: 4.16BBs
winrate with jackpot: 4.70BBs

A new feature has been added to the game. If you are all-in, you can run the deck 3 times. I choose to run it 3 times if I'm a favorite and only once when I'm a dog.

Back in the streets! Glad to see it, I remember when this challenge began, nice to find a thread of continuity in this game where people come and go, money comes and goes, challenges are started and abandoned, etc

Had a good session today. Only played 400 hands, but I'd rather play small chunks than large ones at the moment. I've been playing two tables only for now until I get back into my groove. Here's a hand:

I open HJ with A J
CO calls
BU (tight passive) calls
BB calls

Flop($1.17) A 7 K
BB checks
I bet $0.88
CO calls
BU folds
BB folds

Turn($2.79) A 7 K 9
I check
CO bets $1.40
I call

River($5.39) A 7 K 9 T
I check
CO bets $2.95
I fold

Not sure about this fold, but flop was 4 way. I figure maybe AQ might be a good call here and AJ is a fold? I beat busted spade draws, but I also have AT here too. Theoretically I could have AA or KK here, but I'm usually blasting the turn and river with that because people get married to high Ax sometimes. Now that I think about it, maybe never check/call KK, but rarely with AA and then check/jam river.

In this spot I feel like I'm mostly up against AQ, two pair, 77, QJ, busted spade draws, and a few other bluffs.

Odd hand.

I opened $0.30 with 8 8 in CO
BU calls
SB calls
BB calls (stack size is around 30BBs)

Flop($1.12) 5 2 4
SB checks
BB donks $0.35
I raise to $1.23
BU calls
SB calls
BB calls

Would normally just call in this spot, but because BB was short stacked, I tried to isolate all-in against him. To my surprise, the other players stayed in.

Turn($5.68) 5 2 4 5
SB checks
BB bets $0.40
I call
BU calls
SB calls

Almost folded, but so cheap.

River($7.20) 5 2 4 5 4
SB checks
BB checks
I check
BU bets $3.60
SB calls
BB calls with $0.99 left
I fold



Had a really good session today. I haven't played in awhile, but decided to sit down and play 1,100ish hands today with 4 tables open. Was lucky enough for someone to open jam A8s UTG into my AK and also have someone 4-bet half their stack and call off with 72o vs. my KK and there was another player with AK in the mix as well.

Interesting spot came up the other day with JTs in the LJ.

I opened $0.30 with J T in LJ
BU calls

Flop($0.71) T J 4
I bet $0.53
BU calls

Turn($1.69) T J 4 9
I bet $1.27
BU raises to $3.90
I move all-in
BU calls

I didn't know you had a thread!

On one hand, I do think it's more efficient for you to play on the apps where the games are softer. If you played 100nl on the apps you'd make way more money. The games there are softer than the 10nl games you're currently playing.

On the other hand, if you have a full time job and don't really need the money, then by all means go for your life at whatever games bring you the most happiness.

Good luck with your challenge man!

Thanks, your thread actually inspired me to get back into poker a bit, lol. What poker app do you recommend? The main reason I do the 10nl Boost is because it is the only fast fold poker that is available to me. I mostly play every now and then to kill the time. I do also want to finish this challenge at some point, but I'm in no hurry.

Can you not play on ignition or acr? 50z on ignition is very soft and you can see holecards-up hands 24 hours after playing them. 50b on acr is also pretty soft though higher stakes get harder quickly. I might suggest looking into those sites.

when I get a flat tire on the road I also just give up on getting to my destination

I'll have to look into acr. They've been around for awhile. BetOnline used to be kind of dead at 100nl and higher for awhile, but it seems that there are quite a few players once again. There are 36 players right now at 1000nl. I've never seen it that high in a long time. The boost table seems to only run at 10nl at Betonline, but if I can get 5x that at acr, I may do that. I still want to max out my HSA and Roth for this year before I consider depositing anything.

Cool hand came up today:

effective stacks at $19.52
HJ opens $0.30
I 3-bet to $0.90 on the Button with A 2
HJ calls

Flop($1.83) 9 5 J
HJ checks
I check

Turn($1.83) 9 5 J 2
HJ checks
I bet $0.92
HJ calls

River($3.52) 9 5 J 2 2
HJ checks
I bet $2.64
HJ raises to $11.44
I call

I don't check back flush draws or JJ on the flop too often. My opponent didn't bet turn so lower chance of flush draw or set. In my head, I was thinking flush or bluff. I felt like my line might not have looked that strong and I'm probably pretty high up in my range.



I like the sizing from my opponent especially if he notices that I cap my range too much when I check back the flop.