Background Story

Its just over 8 years since I last played online poker. Multiple threads on PBG with my history. Short story is at times played up to NL100 where I were a very small winner but my main game was NL25 Full Ring and before Table Ratings sites were banned my claim to fame was that I were about the 2nd biggest winner all time on Full Tilt at that level but did struggle to move up as that was my confort zone.

Quit poker 8 years ago mainly because I fell out with the game after playing for so long and had huge tilt problems. Ive had coaching off multiple good pro players and also coaching for tilt which never really had the desired effect.

After quitting poker I got heavily in to matched betting and made 6 figures doing that over the course of about 4-5 years. I also ran my own business for over 10 years which I were also doing before quitting poker and by chance when Covid hit because there were no sports to bet on I got in to Stocks and Shares. In April last year I decided to hand over my business to my brother and trade stocks and shares full time which I have been doing up until this point.

Back Playing Poker

Recently the stock market has not been favourable for my trading style so I find I am sitting in cash a lot but always have the urge to be doing something which can lead to a bit of over trading because there is so much time with nothing to do. I saw a post on Twitter which god knows why sparked my interest in Poker again and I decided to deposit some money on Pokerstars and donk around at NL2. I actually found myself having fun and remembering why I used to enjoy the game so much. Fast forward a few days and Im using Pokertracker 4 and digging in to my stats

It seems a lot has changed in my time away, Full Ring looks to be dead and for the life in me I couldn't work out why I couldn't play more than 4 tables and then found out Stars had limited the table limits a few years back. I can't auto top up either which bugs the hell out of me but you get used to it.

Ive no real aims for what I want to achieve here but I'm starting at NL2 and want to try and move up as I go and if I can make a bit of snooky money on the way all well and good. My plan is just to post any hands of interest or funny or tilty moments and it maybe of use to others playing similar limits.

My Stats so far:-



Things Ive noticed so far:-
My god the rake seems ridiculous at this level.
Most people at this level are playing their cards face up at this level as you would expect.
Top pair is hardly ever good if you get to the river and someone is firing.
I like a light call down hence how I found out the above point.
9/10 if you think someone is repping a huge hand pressing the call button to find that out will burn money but at least give you confirmation they had the hand you thought they had.
All in pre with JJ/QQ/AK against any semi decent player after 3bet/4bet/5bet you are always running in to KK/AA.
Bet TP for value until they tell you otherwise, and they will tell you otherwise. See points 4 and 5.
I continue in far too many marginal spots which is killing my win rate.
People flat 3bets and fold to flop cbets far too much.
Stats wise my Vpip is probably a little bit too high and my AF a little bit on the low side but I do like to flat on the button quite a lot. Im probably too wide on the BTN but people are not defending their blinds much. I'm cbetting the flop too much but while its working Im loathe to adjust.
Another thing I notice is when you have a 90% Vpip at the table all the regs seem to adjust by tightening rather than widening their range. Can't get my head around that one.

I'm loving PT4 but if anyone has any reports that they would like to share that they run I would appreciate it. Ive not enough hands really to go too much in to that at the moment but with me starring at charts and stats most days with the stocks I can really see myself going down that rabit hole.

Anyway that's that I will try and post anything interesting while I at least try to continue to play some decent poker.

I remember you from way back in the day! Good luck mate.

Hey, thank you. Seen you have done brilliantly. When Ive logged in over the years Ive been really impressed with what you have done. I remember trying to avoid you at the tables.

Tagged some hands, a decent fold in there, a funny 3bet pot, and some hands of me been a massive fish.

Hand 1
Nothing of real note on any of the players but BB was the target. I think I butchered this one and prefer a bet on the turn, my idea was check call the turn for pot control and then call a reasonable bet on the river on any non heart. Instead faced a shove

PokerStars - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

MP: 97 BB
Hero (CO): 103.5 BB
BTN: 100 BB
SB: 75 BB
BB: 152.5 BB
UTG: 121.5 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Q 7

fold, MP calls 1 BB, Hero raises to 3 BB, BTN calls 3 BB, SB calls 2.5 BB, BB calls 2 BB, fold

Flop: (13 BB, 4 players) 7 6 Q
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets 9.5 BB, BTN calls 9.5 BB, fold, fold

Turn: (32 BB, 2 players) 2
Hero checks, BTN bets 18.5 BB, Hero calls 18.5 BB

River: (69 BB, 2 players) 9
Hero checks, BTN bets 69 BB and is all-in, Hero ????



Hand 2
About the 3rd time that the villain has 3bet me and at this point I feel like Im been abused. See opening post - you are not getting abused.

PokerStars - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: 110.5 BB
BTN: 248 BB
SB: 157 BB
BB: 79.5 BB
Hero (UTG): 106.5 BB
MP: 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A Q

Hero raises to 3 BB, fold, fold, BTN raises to 12 BB, fold, fold, Hero raises to 29 BB, BTN raises to 248 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 77.5 BB and is all-in

Flop: (214.5 BB, 2 players) A 7 8

Turn: (214.5 BB, 2 players) 9

River: (214.5 BB, 2 players) Q





Hand 3
Limper is playing 80/5 and villain is looking pretty standard. 3bet was small as I expected the fish to call and hoped I could outplay CO in position if need be. Barrelled off trying to fold out sticky 88/99/TT that may call the turn bet. I'm meh over this hand.

PokerStars - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 102.5 BB
UTG: 171 BB
MP: 178 BB
CO: 80 BB
Hero (BTN): 115 BB
SB: 41 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has T K

fold, MP calls 1 BB, CO raises to 4 BB, Hero raises to 10 BB, fold, fold, fold, CO calls 6 BB

Flop: (22.5 BB, 2 players) 3 2 4
CO checks, Hero bets 11 BB, CO calls 11 BB

Turn: (44.5 BB, 2 players) Q
CO checks, Hero bets 21.5 BB, CO calls 21.5 BB

River: (87.5 BB, 2 players) J
CO checks, Hero bets 39 BB, CO calls 37.5 BB and is all-in





Hand 4
Villain is 25/20 and its the first time Ive played back. Again pretty meh over pre flop because of his stack size.

PokerStars - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 129.5 BB
UTG: 133 BB
CO: 235.5 BB
BTN: 66 BB
Hero (SB): 112 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 6 7

fold, fold, BTN raises to 3 BB, Hero raises to 9 BB, fold, BTN calls 6 BB

Flop: (19 BB, 2 players) 4 8 5
Hero bets 12 BB, BTN raises to 57 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 45 BB

Turn: (133 BB, 2 players) 6

River: (133 BB, 2 players) J





Hand 5
Loose open but player behind is 13/11 after about 100 hands so im basically holding the BTN. Villain has played half his hands but only about 20 hands. Was planning to be 1 and done on this board unimproved. I see no point betting the turn and plan to call a small river bet.

PokerStars - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: 130 BB
BB: 137 BB
UTG: 101 BB
Hero (CO): 108 BB
BTN: 101 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 9 T

fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, fold, SB calls 2.5 BB, fold

Flop: (7 BB, 2 players) 2 Q 2
SB checks, Hero bets 4 BB, SB calls 4 BB

Turn: (15 BB, 2 players) 9
SB checks, Hero checks

River: (15 BB, 2 players) 4
SB bets 8 BB, Hero calls 8 BB





Hand 6 - This is the sort of hand killing my winrate.
Nothing of note on villain but played 1 hand out of 12 so unlikely to be a fish. I hate folding to this flop raise but is this type of player going to raise a worse over pair than JJ on this board? At best for me Im up against AK with a spade and at worst im almost drawing dead. I think this should be an easy fold on the flop after the raise and this is one of the marginal at best spots that is hurting my results.

PokerStars - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

UTG: 136 BB
MP: 116.5 BB
CO: 27 BB
BTN: 113 BB
SB: 97.5 BB
Hero (BB): 179.5 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has J J

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 2.5 BB, fold, Hero raises to 8 BB, BTN calls 5.5 BB

Flop: (16.5 BB, 2 players) 2 3 7
Hero bets 9 BB, BTN raises to 26 BB, Hero calls 17 BB

Turn: (68.5 BB, 2 players) 5
Hero checks, BTN bets 79 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 79 BB

River: (226.5 BB, 2 players) 6





Hand 7
BTN is 93/0 small sample size so a no brainer raise. Villain is 15/13 after 50 hands. I flat the flop as not to scare the fish off in hindsight I'm not sure it was the right thing to do as its such a draw heavy flop. Looking at it objectively the villain has not opened up with the fish playing almost every hand so my thinking were the only thing I beat is a flush draw but do I expect this player to play a flush draw like this in to 3 players? I just don't see it a lot. I think at this point his range looks something like TT/99/KT/JQ/T9 and then at a push high flush draws like AQs. I ran an equity calculator and Im behind against his range with 2 players left to play behind me.

PokerStars - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

UTG: 161.5 BB
Hero (MP): 137.5 BB
CO: 143.5 BB
BTN: 64.5 BB
SB: 82.5 BB
BB: 110 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has K T

fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, fold, BTN calls 3 BB, SB calls 2.5 BB, BB calls 2 BB

Flop: (12 BB, 4 players) K T 9
SB checks, BB bets 4 BB, Hero calls 4 BB, BTN calls 4 BB, SB calls 4 BB

Turn: (28 BB, 4 players) 7
SB checks, BB bets 16 BB, fold, BTN calls 16 BB, fold

River: (60 BB, 2 players) 4
BB bets 43.5 BB, BTN calls 41.5 BB and is all-in





A real mixed bag of hands but Im so fishy

Easy fold?

Pre looks pretty standard and villain is 16/9 over 46 hands. Im playing 30/23 at this point nothing out of line.

PokerStars - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 101.5 BB
SB: 111 BB
BB: 100 BB
UTG: 81.5 BB
Hero (MP): 209 BB
CO: 183.5 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A K

UTG calls 1 BB, Hero raises to 4.5 BB, fold, BTN calls 4.5 BB, fold, BB calls 3.5 BB, fold

Flop: (15 BB, 3 players) Q 9 A
BB checks, Hero bets 7 BB, BTN calls 7 BB, fold

Turn: (29 BB, 2 players) 3
Hero bets 16 BB, BTN calls 16 BB

River: (61 BB, 2 players) 3
Hero bets 32 BB, BTN raises to 74 BB and is all-in, Hero ????

A couple from this morning.....

Villain is 17/15 over 152 hands. Cbet 9/9. Unsure of my line on this one as the board is pretty dry but Im continuing if called on the turn on a lot of cards. Any Diamond, Ace, King, Jack, Ten, 7, 5, I wouldnt be keen on a nine and would likely try and check call a Queen.

PokerStars - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

UTG: 31 BB
MP: 157 BB
CO: 101.5 BB
BTN: 100 BB
Hero (SB): 156.5 BB
BB: 62.5 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Q 9

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 3 BB, Hero calls 2.5 BB, fold

Flop: (7 BB, 2 players) 6 8 2
Hero checks, BTN bets 4.5 BB, Hero raises to 13 BB, BTN raises to 28 BB, fold

Villain is 23/11 over 324 Hands. Fold to Cbet 4/9. My turn bet could be bigger I feel as a lot of worse hands call. The raise reps J9 which Im not sure this player calls the flop with, and then QT/44/88 and at a push QQ. I see this as a bluff such a small % of the time.

PokerStars - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: 52 BB
BB: 102.5 BB
UTG: 100 BB
MP: 103 BB
Hero (CO): 154.5 BB
BTN: 23.5 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has K K

fold, fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, fold, SB calls 2.5 BB, BB calls 2 BB

Flop: (9 BB, 3 players) Q 8 4
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets 7 BB, fold, BB calls 7 BB

Turn: (23 BB, 2 players) T
BB checks, Hero bets 14 BB, BB raises to 39 BB, fold

I think we don't have a value bet on the river. Which worse hands will call us?
Villan with 16/9 stats (as well as the pool) is unlikely to go crazy after our check and prevent us from realizing our equity.

AP - it's a fold vs raise.

Thanks for the comments. I guess at very very best the hope is to get a call from AJ or AT but that is probably pushing it. River raise seems to be the nuts or near nuts like 9/10.

1 From the last session.

BB is huge fish. Villain is 31/9 over 110 hands.
Pick up the straight draw on the turn and decided to bet to try and pot control. Turn completes the straight and bet again, I prefer a smaller bet here than what I did as Turn and River cards are scare cards. Other option is a tiny bet to try and induce a bluff. As played huge raise and im hating life.

PokerStars - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: 79.5 BB
BTN: 73.5 BB
SB: 99 BB
BB: 402 BB
Hero (UTG): 150.5 BB
MP: 165 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has J 9

Hero raises to 3 BB, MP calls 3 BB, fold, fold, fold, BB calls 2 BB

Flop: (9.5 BB, 3 players) T 5 9
BB checks, Hero bets 5 BB, MP calls 5 BB, BB calls 5 BB

Turn: (24.5 BB, 3 players) Q
BB checks, Hero bets 10 BB, MP calls 10 BB, fold

River: (44.5 BB, 2 players) K
Hero bets 22 BB, MP raises to 109 BB, Hero says FML is that really AJ?

good luck!
I am playing NL10 on PS, will see you there soon
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Thanks. Yeah if I keep on enjoying it I will probably try and move up.

Its funny Im just realising I really have not played much 6max poker before and i were pretty loose playing FR which is probably leading me to over adjust and be too loose at 6max as well. I have this vision of higher stakes been an agro fest.

Nice to see you back MartL!

Hey up, hows it going?

One from this afternoons session

Isoing the fish but BB comes along. BB is 37/21 over 43 hands and we have a couple of fish at the table. Still think I can bet the turn for value but the ace does not scare villain and he is happy to check raise a scary looking board. Is this ever Acxc? Its not going to be 3x2x. Feels like a flopped FH or Quads.

PokerStars - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 97.5 BB
UTG: 101.5 BB
CO: 48 BB
Hero (BTN): 170 BB
SB: 95 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 5 A

UTG calls 1 BB, CO calls 1 BB, Hero raises to 6 BB, fold, BB calls 5 BB, fold, CO calls 5 BB

Flop: (19.5 BB, 3 players) 5 4 4
BB checks, CO checks, Hero bets 9.5 BB, BB calls 9.5 BB, fold

Turn: (38.5 BB, 2 players) A
BB checks, Hero bets 20 BB, BB raises to 82 BB and is all-in,[Hero] ????

Overall update still not much going on with stocks and shares although I did put an index trade on yesterday but poker wise I spewed off a few buy ins on Wednesday about 7 in total by calling every raise I faced when I had a decent hand only to see the inevitable. Since then I have been folding to just about every raise and surprise surprise look what a difference it makes

Possible interesting spot.

I wouldn't normally play 33 like this but the villains at the table are 63/0 for the opener, 64/24 for the CO, 74/5 for the SB and then the Villain which looks like a reg 32/23 over small sample. None of the fish are folding to cbets as expected so decided to get in cheap.

Checked round to me and the reg flips his hand, obviously his play is awful because he takes the fish out the hand and isolates himself against what even to a reg fish must look like a decent player. Calling the turn trying to fill up but his bet after I call his flop raise suggests its a weak made flush as I would think a bigger flush would size bigger. River is a brick for me but his check suggests he didn't like that card so the question is check behind assuming no SD value or make a very large bluff? The only thing is if he thinks about my pre flop range its pretty hard for me to have what I want to rep and its the first time I limped on the table.

PokerStars - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: 166 BB
Hero (BTN): 268.5 BB
SB: 48 BB
BB: 110.5 BB
UTG: 54.5 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 3 3

UTG calls 1 BB, CO calls 1 BB, Hero calls 1 BB, SB calls 0.5 BB, BB checks

Flop: (5 BB, 5 players) 9 3 J
SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, CO checks, Hero bets 4 BB, fold, BB raises to 10.5 BB, fold, fold, Hero calls 6.5 BB

Turn: (26 BB, 2 players) 5
BB bets 12.5 BB, Hero calls 12.5 BB

River: (51 BB, 2 players) K
BB checks, Hero Shoves?

Same table and same villains as above.

Called the min raise and nice flop and lead in to the 3 fish but CO wakes up with a hand. its a meh spot for me as if I call I expect at least one of the fish to come along but also could be up against a better draw. Okay with how I played it but funny what hands some players turn up with.

PokerStars - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: 77 BB
BTN: 154 BB
Hero (SB): 289.5 BB
BB: 74.5 BB
UTG: 105.5 BB
MP: 65 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 6 5

fold, MP calls 1 BB, CO raises to 2 BB, fold, Hero calls 1.5 BB, BB calls 1 BB, MP calls 1 BB

Flop: (8 BB, 4 players) 3 7 9
Hero bets 3.5 BB, BB calls 3.5 BB, MP calls 3.5 BB, CO raises to 25 BB, Hero calls 21.5 BB, BB calls 21.5 BB, fold

Turn: (86.5 BB, 3 players) A
Hero checks, BB checks, CO bets 50 BB and is all-in, fold, BB calls 47.5 BB and is all-in

River: (181.5 BB, 2 players) 7

BB shows 6 9 (Two Pair, Nines and Sevens)
(Pre 14%, Flop 19%, Turn 0%)
CO shows A A (Full House, Aces full of Sevens)
(Pre 86%, Flop 81%, Turn 100%)
CO wins 175 BB

H1

I wouldn't hope for the discipline of nl2 regs. And I certainly wouldn't hope what they think about your preflop range.
He may "seem" something or wants to "just see" what you have like BB on H2

I think you will quickly pass this limit without such moves, given your skill and quality selection.

H2
It will be very difficult for us to realize the equity of medium-low suited connectors out of position, and even in a multiway pot.
But with so many fish at the table, it probably makes sense.

Check/call one street with our hand would be fine.
AP - I think we can fold against a big raise on the flop.

Nice results glgl!

Thank you again.

Easy one this one.........

CO is unknown and BB is 19/16. Good flop and Im working out how best to get value.......Most of the player pool is not going to be check raising a draw in to 2 people so it just felt like a marginal spot at best and I think the villain pretty much flips his hand over on the flop. Nice run out for me though.

PokerStars - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 4 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: 110 BB
BTN: 86 BB
Hero (SB): 102.5 BB
BB: 100 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has K Q

CO raises to 3 BB, fold, Hero calls 2.5 BB, BB calls 2 BB

Flop: (9 BB, 3 players) Q K 5
Hero checks, BB checks, CO bets 5 BB, Hero calls 5 BB, BB raises to 17 BB, CO raises to 50.5 BB, fold, BB raises to 97 BB and is all-in, CO calls 46.5 BB

Turn: (208 BB, 2 players) Q

River: (208 BB, 2 players) 8

Anyone got any good 6max 3bet articles? Ifeel like this is an area that I am really struggling with. Im nearly 4 buyins down when 3betting out of position when I take out TT-AA and AQ-AK. I can't imagine how this is not a leak. At the moment I seem to either win a small pot in 3bet post or get stacked.

Also interesting hand from this afternoon....

CO is 53/23 and SB is 36/0 but only 11 hands. I feel like Im calling the first players shove but as soon as the cut off comes along I feel at best Im slight favorite.

PokerStars - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BB): 102.5 BB
UTG: 112.5 BB
MP: 74.5 BB
CO: 119.5 BB
BTN: 92.5 BB
SB: 122.5 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has K A

UTG calls 1 BB, MP calls 1 BB, CO calls 1 BB, fold, SB calls 0.5 BB, Hero raises to 8 BB, fold, fold, CO calls 7 BB, SB calls 7 BB

Flop: (26 BB, 3 players) 4 K 3
SB checks, Hero bets 13 BB, CO raises to 111.5 BB and is all-in, SB raises to 114.5 BB and is all-in, Hero ?????

Nice little heater from Thursday and last 8.5K hands running at nearly 20 BB/100.

Overall results:-



Anyone struggling at this level you are just over thinking things and it really only takes a bit of common sense. The results above include a lot of pissing contests as well so Im actually a bit disappointed that I have spewed away so many buy ins. I will probably move up at some point this week but Id rather go with more than 10 buy ins as I don't want to drop a couple then have to spen a load more time at this level grinding back up.

From today:-

Villain is 31/23 over 116 hands cbet 5/12 fcbet 2/5. I really dont mind how I played this hand apart from the call after the river raise. Does he even take a set at that point and raise? 33/44 most probably bets the flop and if not I think those and 55 raise the turn.

PokerStars - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: 110.5 BB
BTN: 99.5 BB
SB: 154 BB
Hero (BB): 121.5 BB
UTG: 100 BB
MP: 88.5 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has K K

UTG raises to 3 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 11 BB, UTG calls 8 BB

Flop: (22.5 BB, 2 players) 3 K 4
Hero checks, UTG checks

Turn: (22.5 BB, 2 players) 5
Hero bets 10.5 BB, UTG calls 10.5 BB

River: (43.5 BB, 2 players) 6
Hero bets 21 BB, UTG raises to 78.5 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 57.5 BB


2nd hand
Opener is 13/11 after 279 and SB is 7/7 after 15. My hand just looks too pretty to fold against someone whos range should be pretty easy to figure. Flop a big hand and probably a bit greedy not raising the flop but the turn sees a check raise by the SB and a call and Im suddenly not over keen.

PokerStars - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: 68.5 BB
BB: 91.5 BB
UTG: 113 BB
MP: 141.5 BB
Hero (CO): 123.5 BB
BTN: 77.5 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Q J

UTG raises to 2.5 BB, fold, Hero calls 2.5 BB, fold, SB calls 2 BB, fold

Flop: (8.5 BB, 3 players) Q 5 Q
SB checks, UTG bets 2.5 BB, Hero calls 2.5 BB, SB calls 2.5 BB

Turn: (16 BB, 3 players) T
SB checks, UTG bets 8 BB, Hero calls 8 BB, SB raises to 23 BB, UTG calls 15 BB, Hero ???

Hand 3

Villain is 50/32 over 28 hands and the reason im raising. Good flop, river not the best card and villain shoves.

PokerStars - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 52 BB
SB: 42.5 BB
BB: 98.5 BB
UTG: 100 BB
Hero (MP): 124 BB
CO: 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB, CO posts penalty blind 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.5 BB) Hero has K 7

fold, Hero raises to 4 BB, fold, fold, fold, BB calls 3 BB

Flop: (9.5 BB, 2 players) K Q 7
BB checks, Hero bets 5 BB, BB calls 5 BB

Turn: (19.5 BB, 2 players) 3
BB checks, Hero bets 14.5 BB, BB calls 14.5 BB

River: (48.5 BB, 2 players) A
BB bets 75 BB and is all-in, Hero ?????

"Funny" hand

Villain is 11/9 after 154 hands. CO was 90/0 after 18 hands. Turn the nuts but nit is sticky and my turn bet sizing is poor. I know the nit has a hand to still be in so could size way bigger. What hands that I beat on the river does he shove in this spot? AQ?

PokerStars - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: 98 BB
BB: 125.5 BB
Hero (UTG): 121.5 BB
CO: 47.5 BB
BTN: 98 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A T

Hero raises to 3 BB, CO calls 3 BB, BTN calls 3 BB, fold, BB calls 2 BB

Flop: (12.5 BB, 4 players) Q 3 J
BB checks, Hero bets 6 BB, fold, BTN calls 6 BB, BB calls 6 BB

Turn: (30.5 BB, 3 players) K
BB checks, Hero bets 15 BB, BTN calls 15 BB, BB calls 15 BB

River: (75.5 BB, 3 players) Q
BB bets 101.5 BB and is all-in, fold, fold

BB wins 73 BB

Well the heater just hit a brick wall dropping 7 buy ins in the last session. Anyone reading previous posts by me probably will think this is likely down to tilt but its mainly a bad play in a huge pot where I ran in to a flush and then fish out kickering me. Another big pot was flopping 2 pair then a huge fish turning a set and then rivering quads for good measure. In most cases I think I could have made some better folds but it would still have been 4 or 5 buy ins dropped.

Im going to continue grinding and might wait until my chests get upgraded to silver and then move up but I will see where I am at later in the week as I am now at about 13 buy ins for NL5.

Quick update - Just been grinding away and now Im getting a few more stats on players Im trying to up my 3bet stats slightly but also bring my cbet flop stat down slightly as I think its a bit too high at the moment. I do need to move up to test myself but im just trying to get in to some good habits and discipline before moving up. Im at about 17 buyins for NL5 so might now wait till I feel like Im am properly bankrolled.

Been running in to a few coolers lately but this is my fav in a while that just happened.

You know when you have such a good read on a villains hand and then its like wtf? he really has just hit his two outer. Even better when you do a small bet to try and get a call from the 2 hands you know you beat or get him to freak out and bluff shove. Only this river shove was like instant and had me going really????

Villain pretty standard reg at this level and I decided to 4bet bluff with my AT. Flop is decent and my plan is check/call then check/fold to more pressure. He checks behind and unless he is getting tricky Im ahead a good amount of the time at this point. River isnt great because its one of the few hands he has in his range to call the 4bet pre along with QQ/KK. His shove to my small bet was insta but still feel I had to call.

PokerStars - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 100 BB
Hero (UTG): 120.5 BB
CO: 126 BB
BTN: 168.5 BB
SB: 183.5 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has T A

Hero raises to 3 BB, CO calls 3 BB, BTN raises to 13.5 BB, fold, fold, Hero raises to 32 BB, fold, BTN calls 18.5 BB

Flop: (68.5 BB, 2 players) 3 5 A
Hero checks, BTN bets 25 BB, Hero calls 25 BB

Turn: (118.5 BB, 2 players) 3
Hero checks, BTN checks

River: (118.5 BB, 2 players) J
Hero bets 15 BB, BTN raises to 111.5 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 48.5 BB and is all-in

BTN shows J J (Full House, Jacks full of Threes)
(Pre 72%, Flop 10%, Turn 5%)
Hero shows T A (Two Pair, Aces and Threes)
(Pre 28%, Flop 90%, Turn 95%)
BTN wins 237 BB