haha thanks

Currently away from home for a while. Brought my laptop with me and been playing couple sessions of poker. Games were going so well in NL20 so I once again decided to hop on to NL50 and I am currently up around 5-6 buyins there. Had some interesting hands but I don't have pokertracker on my laptop.

I am without a doubt going to start studying way more than before. I just don't see myself as a big winner in NL50 yet. Feels like the regs are running me over and I just can't win against them. I am constantly in **** spots and my once decent redline is starting to plummet. I just find myself constantly having negative thoughts while playing that stake. Running a bit cold coupled with a tougher field makes playing a miserable experience. On lower stakes its easier to make profit even when running bad because everyone is just so terrible, however when playing a stake where I am maybe a small <5 bb winner these rough stretches will last way longer.

Seems stupid to rant while everything is going well but the main purpose of this blog is to document everything related to my poker journey. I'll try to get pokertracker on my laptop so I can share the graph & interesting hands from this period.

Personally I think you are going to crush 50nl as soon as you shake off the nerves. Keep on grinding and good luck.

Thanks

I guess I should be winning in theory but being clearly in the red after 40k hands shouldn't be true for a "crusher"

Biggest enemy was and still seems to be yourself.

yeah yeah maybe


Managed to get PT4 on my laptop aswell. The licence I had allows me to have up to 2 computers . Anyway here is the graph from my last 2-3 days.


95% of the hands were played on NL50 so I guess I am glad to finally show positive results from that stake. Experiencing some swings simply due to card distribution and not tilt even though my earlier posts might tell otherwise.

For the first time in my life I am paying attention to table selection by making sure there is at least 1 big fish at the table. At the end of the day nobody gives a flying **** who is the best reg at some lowstake pool. Also regarding the regs of the pool, I was indeed giving them way too much credit and after closer inspection, most of them have big leaks in their game. I guess the main difference between NL20 and NL50 regulars is the nittiness.

Anyways, here are some interesting hands:

H1 - Common spot but I don't really know what to do in this spot. Check/call seems bad, bet/folding seems bad, check/shove seems bad. As played, how should I proceed on the turn?

iPoker - €0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: 105 BB
BTN: 98.44 BB
Hero (SB): 156.86 BB
BB: 133.9 BB
UTG: 141.48 BB
MP: 108.4 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, MP raises to 2.5 BB, fold, fold, Hero raises to 11.9 BB, fold, MP calls 9.4 BB

Flop: (24.8 BB, 2 players) 6 5 J
Hero bets 12.4 BB, MP calls 12.4 BB

Turn: (49.6 BB, 2 players) Q
Hero bets 24.8 BB, MP raises to 84.1 BB, fold

MP wins 96.2 BB


H2 - Villain seemed like an ABC weak reg who would definitely donk river with high flushes. He actually tanked for at least 30 seconds on the river so I can imagine him fold even some mid-low flushes and obviously all pairs without a club. I think my hand is an okay bluff in theory.


iPoker - €0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 207.14 BB
SB: 123.62 BB
BB: 110.02 BB
UTG: 128.42 BB
MP: 620.16 BB
CO: 189.96 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.24 BB, fold, BB raises to 10.48 BB, Hero calls 8.24 BB

Flop: (21.46 BB, 2 players) 8 3 7
BB bets 5.36 BB, Hero calls 5.36 BB

Turn: (32.18 BB, 2 players) T
BB checks, Hero bets 16.08 BB, BB calls 16.08 BB

River: (64.34 BB, 2 players) 5
BB checks, Hero bets 175.22 BB, BB calls 78.1 BB

Hero mucks 5 6 (One Pair, Fives)
(Pre 42%, Flop 29%, Turn 23%)
BB shows Q K (Flush, King High)
(Pre 58%, Flop 71%, Turn 77%)
BB wins 217.54 BB


H3 - Fancy play syndrome

On low stakes people love shoving to blockbets and my specific opponent was really loose and aggressive fish so I decided to hit him with the Charlie Carrel special. Obviously could have just shoved but I assumed him to raise his strong hands regardless and also turn some weaker parts of his range into bluffs. Mostly shoving here though.

iPoker - €0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 134.46 BB
UTG: 172.58 BB
MP: 175.06 BB
CO: 157.22 BB
BTN: 124.74 BB
Hero (SB): 161.02 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

UTG raises to 2.5 BB, MP calls 2.5 BB, fold, fold, Hero raises to 12 BB, fold, fold, MP calls 9.5 BB

Flop: (27.5 BB, 2 players) K 7 9
Hero bets 9.06 BB, MP calls 9.06 BB

Turn: (45.62 BB, 2 players) 3
Hero bets 22.8 BB, MP calls 22.8 BB

River: (91.22 BB, 2 players) 4
Hero bets 9 BB, MP raises to 131.2 BB, Hero calls 108.16 BB

MP shows 6 5 (Straight, Seven High)
(Pre 39%, Flop 23%, Turn 14%)
Hero shows Q K (Flush, King High)
(Pre 61%, Flop 77%, Turn 86%)
Hero wins 322.54 BB


H4 - Weird hand vs agro reg who I perhaps gave way too much credit. I think fastplay makes the most sense vs villain who is 4bet bluffing enough. Wanted to deny equity from his AK , AQ , KQs etc. We were playing bit of HU previously and there was a leveling war in progress. His play still seems like a spazz to me.

iPoker - €0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 4 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BB): 105.42 BB
CO: 139.32 BB
BTN: 107.66 BB
SB: 128.68 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, BTN raises to 2.5 BB, fold, Hero raises to 11.9 BB, BTN raises to 24.5 BB, Hero calls 12.6 BB

Flop: (49.5 BB, 2 players) 5 8 T
Hero checks, BTN bets 12.38 BB, Hero raises to 28.58 BB, BTN calls 16.2 BB

Turn: (106.66 BB, 2 players) 7
Hero bets 52.34 BB, BTN calls 52.34 BB

River: (211.34 BB, 2 players) 6

Players agreed to run it twice.

River #2: (211.34 BB, 2 players) T

BTN shows K 5 (One Pair, Fives)
Board #1 (Pre 37%, Flop 24%, Turn 11%)
(Two Pair, Tens and Fives)
Board #2 (Pre 36%, Flop 23%, Turn 12%)

Hero shows A T (One Pair, Tens)
Board #1 (Pre 63%, Flop 76%, Turn 89%)
(Three of a Kind, Tens)
Board #2 (Pre 64%, Flop 77%, Turn 88%)

Hero wins 104.18 BB
Hero wins 104.16 BB

Good job, now that you know that you can win at 50nl don't forget it.
Also recomend listening to...


HH1: I would X/C he shoudn't have that many Qx (QJs, QsXs)... I also know that these spots are big bets or check.

HH2: I would fold OTF, otherwise I like it.

HH3: BSTI has never worked for me, But I love it. (Charlie Carrel is my favourite player)

Keep up the good work!

that would be insane

I don't like calling open-ended straight draws (lower end especially) on monotone boards in 3B pots (BB should 3B more suited hands then off-suited). But thats just my opinion i'm not saying that i'm right or that OP should play like I suggest.

sure but 75% of those suited combos are drawing pretty thin

you have to take into account cbet size, folding 56hh to a 25% cbet is a huge mistake

Thanks!

Listened that pod right after it came out. Big fan of Mechanics of poker guys

womp womp back at it


There are some days where literally everything go wrong and winning a pot seems like an impossible task.

Analyzed all the significant spots from today for personal growth. While playing I noticed regs raising my cbets way more than on lower stakes. Until now I have gotten away with cbetting almost every board way too often because my opposition has not been aggressive enough. In consideration my cbetting fundamentals have been quite poor and I plan on drilling it heavily in the following days.

I still firmly believe that I can beat NL50 for atleast a small winrate. Just got to keep on studying and hoping my bad run turns around. I also certainly made a myriad of EV-blunders that I need to fix moving forward.


Hands from today


H1 - I have been thinking of severely tightening up my 3bet & 4bet calling range against the stains of this pool. Sets are really rare to make and even when getting the 2nd best possible flop I am still not in good shape

iPoker - €0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: 174.46 BB
BTN: 106.84 BB
Hero (SB): 115.1 BB
BB: 146.88 BB
UTG: 123.54 BB
MP: 139.4 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, MP raises to 2.5 BB, fold, fold, Hero raises to 11.9 BB, fold, MP raises to 26.3 BB, Hero calls 14.4 BB

Flop: (53.6 BB, 2 players) 5 9 4
Hero checks, MP bets 16.08 BB, Hero raises to 88.8 BB, MP calls 72.72 BB

Turn: (231.2 BB, 2 players) K

River: (231.2 BB, 2 players) 5

MP shows K A (Two Pair, Kings and Fives)
(Pre 43%, Flop 28%, Turn 95%)
Hero mucks T T (Two Pair, Tens and Fives)
(Pre 57%, Flop 72%, Turn 5%)
MP wins 228.2 BB

H2 - vs reg who I simply couldn't win a singular hand against. Ugly spot on the river but the price was right. Idk bout my play on previous streets

iPoker - €0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: 175.96 BB
BTN: 128.12 BB
Hero (SB): 164.54 BB
BB: 101.5 BB
UTG: 139.4 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, BB raises to 9 BB, Hero raises to 20 BB, BB calls 11 BB

Flop: (40 BB, 2 players) A 5 K
Hero bets 4 BB, BB calls 4 BB

Turn: (48 BB, 2 players) 3
Hero checks, BB checks

River: (48 BB, 2 players) 5
Hero checks, BB bets 14.4 BB, Hero calls 14.4 BB

Hero mucks J K (Two Pair, Kings and Fives)
(Pre 38%, Flop 18%, Turn 11%)
BB shows A Q (Two Pair, Aces and Fives)
(Pre 62%, Flop 82%, Turn 89%)
BB wins 74.48 BB

H3 - Solver really doesn't like my play. I have only recently learnt that I shouldn't really cbet EP vs BTN. I assume its mostly due to fact that I am OOP but I guess there are some other factors aswell. Have to fix my multitabling autopilot brain who is smashing 33% cbet on every board

This villain was fairly aggressive regular who was certainly 3-betting all suited & offsuit Ax and JJ 100% of the time and even 88 more often than not. During the hand I just wanted to apply more pressure to his combodraws that he might be checkraising and get the money in while still possibly ahead.

iPoker - €0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 31.3 BB
Hero (UTG): 221.36 BB
MP: 152.46 BB
CO: 161.54 BB
BTN: 100 BB
SB: 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

Hero raises to 2.24 BB, fold, fold, BTN calls 2.24 BB, fold, fold

Flop: (5.98 BB, 2 players) A 8 J
Hero bets 2.98 BB, BTN raises to 11.94 BB, Hero raises to 31.34 BB, BTN calls 19.4 BB

Turn: (68.66 BB, 2 players) T
Hero bets 187.78 BB, BTN calls 66.42 BB

River: (201.5 BB, 2 players) 4

Players agreed to run it twice.

River #2: (201.5 BB, 2 players) 2

Hero shows A K (One Pair, Aces)
Board #1 (Pre 71%, Flop 53%, Turn 72%)
(One Pair, Aces)
Board #2 (Pre 72%, Flop 55%, Turn 73%)

BTN shows K T (Flush, Ace High)
Board #1 (Pre 29%, Flop 47%, Turn 28%)
(One Pair, Tens)
Board #2 (Pre 28%, Flop 45%, Turn 27%)

Hero wins 99.24 BB
BTN wins 99.26 BB

H4 - I presumed villain to be weak which he indeed was. Unfortunately I forgot to check his 76 VPIP stat before spewing with a set blocker. Solver really dislikes bluffing this hand. I guess I am overbluffing heavily if I turn every somewhat decent blocker into a bluff.

iPoker - €0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BB): 149.26 BB
UTG: 100 BB
MP: 108.58 BB
CO: 61.76 BB
BTN: 79.3 BB
SB: 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 4 6

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

Flop: (6.5 BB, 2 players) 8 2 6
Hero checks, BTN bets 4 BB, Hero calls 4 BB

Turn: (14.5 BB, 2 players) 7
Hero checks, BTN bets 8 BB, Hero raises to 25 BB, BTN calls 17 BB

River: (64.5 BB, 2 players) K
Hero bets 117.26 BB, BTN calls 47.3 BB

BTN shows A K (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 59%, Flop 24%, Turn 14%)
Hero mucks 4 6 (One Pair, Sixes)
(Pre 41%, Flop 76%, Turn 86%)
BTN wins 156.1 BB

H5 - Started to utilize these massive river bets for value & bluffs. Villain was disgustingly nitty so I wanted to apply max pressure. I also assumed that he wouldn't check/call an overbet on turn with just a flushdraw nor not donk the river fearing a check back if he made his flush. I am also taking this line with suited Ax so I have the nuts in my range.

iPoker - €0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 3 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 119 BB
SB: 188.38 BB
BB: 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

Hero raises to 2.24 BB, fold, BB calls 1.24 BB

Flop: (4.98 BB, 2 players) 9 Q 4
BB checks, Hero bets 2.48 BB, BB calls 2.48 BB

Turn: (9.94 BB, 2 players) 5
BB checks, Hero bets 12.42 BB, BB calls 12.42 BB

River: (34.78 BB, 2 players) 2
BB checks, Hero bets 101.86 BB, fold

Hero mucks J T (High Card, Queen)

Hero wins 33.74 BB

NL50 Update

Had my best NL50 session so far and decided its time for a little update.


Only had 1 losing day this week which I already covered in my earlier post. Most days I won small although 50% of weeks profits came from today.

Weeks results


I haven't made any drastic changes to my game to achieve winning results. However, I have increased my aggression a bit towards the nitregs and just printed via redlining. Lack of success in my earlier NL50 shots can be explained with bad variance for the most part. Still struggling to win some all-ins but atleast I am not losing money. On the other hand, running below ev and still managing to make decent profit gives me the confidence that I can beat the playerpool even while being unlucky.

To be honest the time spent studying poker this week was really low. I am currently away from home and have spent most of the days being outside skiing and just preferred playing in the evenings instead of studying. I'll make an effort to stick to the daily solver study routine when I get back home. I Don't expect to succeed in higher stakes purely relying on my intuition therefore I plan on delving deeper to game theory in the following weeks. In addition I recently joined a study group so moving forward I don't have to figure out everything by myself.

I reckon I am close to being properly rolled for NL100 soon. I plan on grinding NL50 for atleast a week or two to develop a big enough sample before shotting higher.

Nice results!
Stay focused, and best of luck as you continue to climb the stakes!

Change location to GGEZ

100nl incoming. I’m tuned in so don’t forget updates please

Very impressive mate, keep us updated what happens in the future, from my experience (i was there once) as time passes regs will be making notes on you and that's when things start to get harder, this may happen at NL100 and higher probably not sure about NL50 so at least 100k+ hands sample needed to see where you at imo

Graph from last 2 weeks:



Worked a lot on my game this week outside the tables. I watched almost all the free Upswing Poker Level-Up episodes and started reading the GTO Wizard articles to master all the fundamentals. Only thing that was still lacking was the time spent on training mode. Strategy-wise I made some adjustments by simply increasing my redline. In my previous NL50 shots I had a losing redline which might have been one of the contributors for poor results.


In the terms of playing, 99% of the volume was at NL50 tables but I recently started adding some NL100 to the mix when the tables were juicy. Obviously a really small sample but the level of play there is vastly similar than in NL50. Albeit I am currently up from NL100, I still plan on grinding NL50 as my main stake for a bit and only play higher when there are big fishes around.

Happy with the results so far. Going to keep grinding and ACTUALLY start a study routine.

Some interesting hands from this week:


H1 - Cooler vs easily the worst reg in the pool. Biggest lost pot so far.

iPoker - €0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 132.96 BB
UTG: 393.48 BB
MP: 101.1 BB
CO: 104.64 BB
BTN: 231.9 BB
Hero (SB): 243 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

UTG raises to 2.2 BB, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls 1.7 BB, fold

Flop: (5.4 BB, 2 players) 6 3 A
Hero checks, UTG bets 3 BB, Hero calls 3 BB

Turn: (11.4 BB, 2 players) 5
Hero checks, UTG bets 8.54 BB, Hero raises to 46.26 BB, UTG calls 37.72 BB

River: (103.92 BB, 2 players) Q
Hero bets 191.54 BB, UTG calls 191.54 BB

UTG shows 6 6 (Three of a Kind, Sixes)
(Pre 81%, Flop 93%, Turn 98%)
Hero mucks 5 5 (Three of a Kind, Fives)
(Pre 19%, Flop 7%, Turn 2%)
UTG wins 484 BB


H2 - Not sure if BSTI or shove is better here. My range has a lot of hands that hate the river so I thought about mixing some strong hands to block/check option. I would prefer shoving KdTd since it blocks missed flushdraws that BTN might turn into a bluff.

iPoker - €0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

UTG: 163.22 BB
MP: 220.4 BB
CO: 121.56 BB
BTN: 113 BB
Hero (SB): 103 BB
BB: 102.22 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 2.5 BB, Hero raises to 11.2 BB, fold, BTN calls 8.7 BB

Flop: (23.4 BB, 2 players) 9 Q 5
Hero bets 7.72 BB, BTN calls 7.72 BB

Turn: (38.84 BB, 2 players) J
Hero bets 19.42 BB, BTN calls 19.42 BB

River: (77.68 BB, 2 players) 8
Hero bets 7.7 BB, BTN raises to 74.66 BB, Hero calls 56.96 BB

BTN shows 4 5 (One Pair, Fives)
(Pre 39%, Flop 65%, Turn 20%)
Hero shows K T (Straight, King High)
(Pre 61%, Flop 35%, Turn 80%)
Hero wins 204 BB


H3 - I have been studying nut advantage and capped ranges recently. 2 weeks ago I would have only won maybe 30-40 blinds here . Idk tho if b125%, b75%, b200% line makes sense.

iPoker - €0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 375.54 BB
Hero (SB): 100 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

Hero raises to 2.22 BB, BB calls 1.22 BB

Flop: (4.44 BB, 2 players) Q A 6
BB checks, Hero bets 5.54 BB, BB calls 5.54 BB

Turn: (15.52 BB, 2 players) J
BB checks, Hero bets 11.64 BB, BB calls 11.64 BB

River: (38.8 BB, 2 players) 9
BB checks, Hero bets 80.6 BB, BB calls 80.6 BB

Hero shows J A (Two Pair, Aces and Jacks)
(Pre 72%, Flop 29%, Turn 92%)
BB shows 6 A (Two Pair, Aces and Sixes)
(Pre 28%, Flop 71%, Turn 8%)
Hero wins 199 BB

H4 - Punt or a good combo?

iPoker - €0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: 214.52 BB
Hero (BB): 162.22 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

SB raises to 2.5 BB, Hero calls 1.5 BB

Flop: (5 BB, 2 players) 6 9 Q
Hero checks, SB bets 1.5 BB, Hero raises to 4.74 BB, SB calls 3.24 BB

Turn: (14.48 BB, 2 players) 8
Hero bets 18.1 BB, SB calls 18.1 BB

River: (50.68 BB, 2 players) 4
Hero bets 63.34 BB, SB calls 63.34 BB

SB shows 2 5 (Flush, Nine High)
(Pre 38%, Flop 48%, Turn 30%)
Hero mucks K 7 (High Card, King)
(Pre 62%, Flop 52%, Turn 70%)
SB wins 176.36 BB


H5 - This hand brought up the problems with simplified strategy. I usually only have an overbet sizing for this board, however I don't think As3s is viable candidate to OB turn while I still like betting the hand. Cool to suck out against a station.

iPoker - €0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 4 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 100 BB
CO: 101.34 BB
BTN: 178.54 BB
Hero (SB): 100 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

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

Flop: (6 BB, 2 players) J 8 2
Hero bets 1.98 BB, BB calls 1.98 BB

Turn: (9.96 BB, 2 players) A
Hero bets 12.44 BB, BB calls 12.44 BB

River: (34.84 BB, 2 players) 3
Hero bets 82.58 BB, BB calls 82.58 BB

Hero shows 3 A (Two Pair, Aces and Threes)

BB shows 9 A (One Pair, Aces)

Hero wins 197 BB

Idk how you guys do it with those redlines. Nice work OP

Bind left click to 150% pot

Swingy last 2 days.



Didn't quite stick to my 3 buyin stoploss rule today. Mostly bad variance however I started being tilted during the last 15 minutes and decided to quit before causing any more destruction to my br. Managed to make a sick 10 buyin comeback yesterday but unfortunately today that was not the case.

I live to fight another day.




Recent hands

H1 - Villain was really agro reg who somehow finds a rangebet & rangeraise on every possible board. His flop 3bet was relatively small so I decided to peel it getting good odds.

iPoker - €0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: 106.3 BB
BTN: 89.98 BB
SB: 132.82 BB
BB: 100 BB
Hero (UTG): 289.9 BB
MP: 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

Hero raises to 2.22 BB, MP raises to 7.44 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls 5.22 BB

Flop: (16.38 BB, 2 players) 3 4 7
Hero checks, MP bets 8.18 BB, Hero raises to 19.96 BB, MP raises to 31.74 BB, Hero calls 11.78 BB

Turn: (79.86 BB, 2 players) 6
Hero bets 19.96 BB, MP raises to 60.82 BB, Hero calls 40.86 BB

River: (201.5 BB, 2 players) 4

Hero mucks Q A (One Pair, Fours)
(Pre 13%, Flop 6%, Turn 24%)
MP shows A A (Two Pair, Aces and Fours)
(Pre 87%, Flop 94%, Turn 76%)
MP wins 198.5 BB


H2 - tilts me the most because I knew the villain was the NITTIEST NIT ever with 14/6/2 stats and 1% 4bet. Easiest fold ever if I wasn't on passive tilt.

iPoker - €0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 198.72 BB
UTG: 121.52 BB
MP: 101.34 BB
CO: 87.6 BB
Hero (BTN): 177.96 BB
SB: 221.14 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

UTG raises to 2.2 BB, fold, fold, Hero raises to 6.6 BB, fold, BB raises to 26 BB, fold, Hero calls 19.4 BB

Flop: (54.7 BB, 2 players) 3 6 4
BB bets 32 BB, Hero calls 32 BB

Turn: (118.7 BB, 2 players) J
BB bets 140.72 BB, Hero calls 119.96 BB

River: (358.62 BB, 2 players) 6

Hero mucks Q Q (Two Pair, Queens and Sixes)
(Pre 19%, Flop 9%, Turn 5%)
BB shows A A (Two Pair, Aces and Sixes)
(Pre 81%, Flop 91%, Turn 95%)
BB wins 355.62 BB


H3 - Have to stop assuming people play according to theory. On the other hand 8h7h prefers a 90% bet in solverland.

iPoker - €0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (CO): 115.1 BB
BTN: 210.78 BB
SB: 112.92 BB
BB: 116.84 BB
UTG: 40 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 8 7

UTG raises to 3 BB, Hero raises to 9 BB, fold, fold, BB raises to 28 BB, fold, Hero calls 19 BB

Flop: (59.5 BB, 2 players) A 6 Q
BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: (59.5 BB, 2 players) K
BB checks, Hero checks

River: (59.5 BB, 2 players) 7
BB checks, Hero bets 87.1 BB, BB calls 87.1 BB

Hero mucks 8 7 (One Pair, Sevens)
(Pre 22%, Flop 6%, Turn 0%)
BB shows J J (Flush, King High)
(Pre 78%, Flop 94%, Turn 100%)
BB wins 230.7 BB


H4 - Again poor judgement from me to assume mr 2% 3bet has a balanced 5bet range that isn't aces. Have to just force myself to fold AK in this spot.

iPoker - €0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (CO): 277.04 BB
BTN: 108.74 BB
SB: 110.96 BB
BB: 100 BB
UTG: 44.44 BB
MP: 52.68 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, MP calls 1 BB, Hero raises to 5 BB, fold, SB raises to 12 BB, fold, fold, Hero raises to 26 BB, SB raises to 47 BB, Hero raises to 277.04 BB, SB calls 63.96 BB

Flop: (223.92 BB, 2 players) Q 9 3

Turn: (223.92 BB, 2 players) 4

River: (223.92 BB, 2 players) T

MP shows 8 8 (One Pair, Eights)

Hero mucks A K (High Card, Ace)
(Pre 8%, Flop 2%, Turn 0%)
SB shows A A (One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 92%, Flop 98%, Turn 100%)
SB wins 220.92 BB


H5 - Cooler but I'm curious why solver prefers flatting the 3bet with the non-heart Q8s instead of shoving it OOP whiles Qh8h shoves always without needing protection?

iPoker - €0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: 123.44 BB
Hero (BB): 105.28 BB
UTG: 160.5 BB
MP: 97 BB
CO: 133.9 BB
BTN: 103 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Q 8

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 2.5 BB, fold, Hero calls 1.5 BB

Flop: (5.5 BB, 2 players) J 9 T
Hero checks, BTN bets 3.84 BB, Hero raises to 8.5 BB, BTN raises to 26 BB, Hero raises to 102.78 BB, BTN calls 74.5 BB

Turn: (206.5 BB, 2 players) A

Players agreed to run it twice.

Turn #2: (206.5 BB, 2 players) J

River: (206.5 BB, 2 players) Q

River #2: (206.5 BB, 2 players) 4

BTN shows K Q (Straight, Ace High)
Board #1 (Pre 71%, Flop 93%, Turn 97%)
(Straight, King High)
Board #2 (Pre 70%, Flop 93%, Turn 96%)

Hero mucks Q 8 (Straight, Queen High)
Board #1 (Pre 29%, Flop 7%, Turn 3%)
(Straight, Queen High)
Board #2 (Pre 30%, Flop 7%, Turn 4%)

BTN wins 101.76 BB
BTN wins 101.74 BB

H6 - Felt like a massive nit but honestly I have no idea how to play deepstacked 4bet pots with a coldcaller. Ok result ig

iPoker - €0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

MP: 101 BB
CO: 100 BB
BTN: 108.92 BB
Hero (SB): 297.28 BB
BB: 359.5 BB
UTG: 124.04 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, MP raises to 2.5 BB, CO raises to 8 BB, fold, Hero raises to 22.5 BB, BB calls 21.5 BB, fold, CO calls 14.5 BB

Flop: (70 BB, 3 players) 3 4 T
Hero bets 17.5 BB, BB calls 17.5 BB, fold

Turn: (105 BB, 2 players) 2
Hero bets 26.24 BB, BB calls 26.24 BB

River: (157.48 BB, 2 players) J
Hero bets 56.68 BB, BB calls 56.68 BB

Hero shows K K (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 82%, Flop 87%, Turn 75%)
BB shows Q Q (One Pair, Queens)
(Pre 18%, Flop 13%, Turn 25%)
Hero wins 267.84 BB


H7 - vs a hyperagro spazz. Block 98

iPoker - €0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

MP: 114.58 BB
CO: 142.06 BB
BTN: 101.5 BB
Hero (SB): 125.78 BB
BB: 285.64 BB
UTG: 104 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, CO raises to 2.3 BB, fold, Hero raises to 11.2 BB, fold, CO calls 8.9 BB

Flop: (23.4 BB, 2 players) 9 5 7
Hero checks, CO bets 7.72 BB, Hero calls 7.72 BB

Turn: (38.84 BB, 2 players) 6
Hero checks, CO bets 12.8 BB, Hero calls 12.8 BB

River: (64.44 BB, 2 players) 2
Hero checks, CO bets 110.34 BB, Hero calls 94.06 BB

CO shows 4 4 (One Pair, Fours)
(Pre 51%, Flop 11%, Turn 18%)
Hero shows 9 A (One Pair, Nines)
(Pre 49%, Flop 89%, Turn 82%)
Hero wins 249.56 BB

H8 - Big pot with a **** hand but honestly dont mind stationing against a 35vpip and 16% 3bet barbarian. Other than the mix call on flop even the solver likes it.

iPoker - €1 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 4 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: 181.46 BB
BB: 55.98 BB
CO: 225.19 BB
Hero (BTN): 147.19 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, Hero raises to 2.22 BB, SB raises to 11 BB, fold, Hero calls 8.78 BB

Flop: (23 BB, 2 players) 6 8 2
SB bets 11.5 BB, Hero calls 11.5 BB

Turn: (46 BB, 2 players) J
SB bets 36.34 BB, Hero calls 36.34 BB

River: (118.68 BB, 2 players) 5
SB bets 122.62 BB, Hero calls 88.35 BB

Hero mucks 9 J (One Pair, Jacks)
(Pre 19%, Flop 10%, Turn 11%)
SB shows Q Q (One Pair, Queens)
(Pre 81%, Flop 90%, Turn 89%)
SB wins 293.38 BB

H9 - Biggest spew of my life so far vs a reg. NEVER doing this against a fish but I assumed this villain to be overbluffing & fold a straight to the 3bet shove bcuz who tf bluffs here. Took inspiration from rapidesh123.

iPoker - €0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: 107.6 BB
BTN: 194.2 BB
SB: 100 BB
Hero (BB): 466.8 BB
UTG: 233.62 BB
MP: 125 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 2.5 BB, fold, Hero calls 1.5 BB

Flop: (5.5 BB, 2 players) K Q 9
Hero checks, BTN checks

Turn: (5.5 BB, 2 players) Q
Hero checks, BTN checks

River: (5.5 BB, 2 players) J
Hero bets 1.38 BB, BTN raises to 30.76 BB, Hero raises to 464.3 BB, fold

Hero mucks A 9 (Two Pair, Queens and Nines)

Hero wins 65 BB

H10 - villain was LAG n had really high 4bet % so I decided to shove with my only 5bet bluffing hand. Unfortunately couldn't get there.

iPoker - €0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

MP: 100 BB
CO: 130.28 BB
BTN: 142.56 BB
SB: 99 BB
Hero (BB): 182.4 BB
UTG: 101 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, CO raises to 2.2 BB, BTN calls 2.2 BB, SB calls 1.7 BB, Hero raises to 14.4 BB, CO raises to 30 BB, fold, fold, Hero raises to 182.4 BB, CO calls 100.28 BB

Flop: (264.96 BB, 2 players) 3 K 6

Players agreed to run it twice.

Flop #2: (264.96 BB, 2 players) 3 8 8

Turn: (264.96 BB, 2 players) 9

Turn #2: (264.96 BB, 2 players) 6

River: (264.96 BB, 2 players) 7

River #2: (264.96 BB, 2 players) 6

CO shows Q Q (One Pair, Queens)
Board #1 (Pre 66%, Flop 85%, Turn 93%)
(Two Pair, Queens and Eights)
Board #2 (Pre 63%, Flop 79%, Turn 92%)

Hero mucks A 5 (High Card, Ace)
Board #1 (Pre 34%, Flop 15%, Turn 7%)
(Two Pair, Eights and Sixes)
Board #2 (Pre 37%, Flop 21%, Turn 8%)

CO wins 130.98 BB
CO wins 130.98 BB

NL100 update

NL50 has been really profitable lately and I can now consider myself profitable in any NL50 lineup. Unfortunately my transition to NL100 has been anything but smooth.

Today:


NL100 overall:


Thankfully I switched to a more conservative bankroll management a month ago so losing 8 buy-ins while still in a shottaking a higher stake isn't that catastrophic. Overall I'm just 2.5 buyins down in NL100 but recent swings have been quite significant for the montly profit. However I also ran like **** when I first started shotting NL50 and still managed to turn it around makes the current situation nothing out of the ordinary. The NL100 regs have the same charasteristics and whales are still as terrible as in NL50 so I cant imagine not succeeding in the future if I just keep playing my A-game.

Going to drop NL100 for the rest of April and just grind NL50 since I can already make decent profit there. Probably shotting higher again next month once I have reset my mind.


April graph coming in a week

Betrayed myself and took a calculated risk today because there were a lot of 50 vpip fishes on the NL100 tables. Just because someone has a high VPIP doesn't mean I will win against them




Honestly I have been playing quite terribly for the last 3 days and making some incredible punts mainly against recreationals. I started noticing some entitlement awakening inside of me which causes me to make suicidical bluffs and calls just to have slither of a chance of scooping a pot. Having positive studied the game and getting positive results in the past has made me feel like I deserve to win always. At this point I don't get excited from winning but on every occasion I feel bad after a losing day. This can be reflected in this blog since I mainly feel updating after a big losing day because winning for me seems uneventful.

This has been the first month where I have solely focused on poker due to unlimited free time and goodness gracious this game can be ****ed up mentally. Getting rewarded when playing terrible and vice versa getting constantly punished for making the right move is so exceptional for most humans. I set a goal for myself in the start of 2024 to be productful every single day and measured how good a day was based on the productive things I did that day. Unfortunately in the case of poker showing up to "work" and instead of making progress I lose money makes me feel awful about that day. Delightedly I have taken care of my physical health by avoiding unhealthy habits and working out every single day to make my self-esteem better.

I guess I shouldn't be that strict on myself and appreciate the fact that regardless of losses I'm making a few thousand € in profit a month playing cards as a broke 18-year old. Trying to be more positive with this blog in the future

Reality of playing 2 sessions a day:


Always straight up or straight down, never normal.

Swings swings



Perhaps I should take a couple days off poker to regain my love for the game. Not running that well coupled with bad focus will always be reflected in the results in a negative way. At the moment I feel negative even when winning which is a clear sign I need a break. I cant change the amount of coolers that happen in a session but I am able to control how it effects the rest of my game. In a way this blog caused me to be extremely results-oriented since I want to show a big winning graph when the month ends. I need to drop my ego and accept the fact that losing is part of the game.

In the future I'll go back to short <90m sessions since I cant play my best game for a multiple hours in a row and additionally I can never book a decent win from a long session. Short A-game sessions got me this far so might aswell stick to them. I doubt I will end up as a professional poker player since its certainly a hell of a life.

Much more honorable to have an insane downswing graph imo. If you can have even a 40 buy-in downswing without paisting level spew or quitting poker I'll pin the graph on my wall

Questionable strat but could be good: https://youtu.be/j7eR12jvdcs?si=38fFF7hQ-u60dwP1&t=6177

Week update



Rough week.

Downward spiral started from NL100 and continued back to NL50. Some runbad and insufficient focus are never a good combo.

Can't win always, let's make next week profitable.



H1 - Went whale hunting, became the hunted instead

iPoker - €0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: 107.08 BB
BB: 238.8 BB
UTG: 100 BB
MP: 180.3 BB
CO: 105.46 BB
Hero (BTN): 178.08 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.32 BB, SB raises to 4 BB, fold, Hero calls 1.68 BB

Flop: (9 BB, 2 players) K 3 2
SB bets 9 BB, Hero calls 9 BB

Turn: (27 BB, 2 players) 4
SB bets 27 BB, Hero calls 27 BB

River: (81 BB, 2 players) 4
SB bets 67.08 BB, Hero calls 67.08 BB

Hero mucks 5 6 (Straight, Six High)
(Pre 47%, Flop 16%, Turn 91%)
SB shows K 4 (Full House, Fours full of Kings)
(Pre 53%, Flop 84%, Turn 9%)
SB wins 212.16 BB


H2

iPoker - €0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BB): 123.66 BB
SB: 415.74 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 2 8

SB raises to 2.5 BB, Hero calls 1.5 BB

Flop: (5 BB, 2 players) 8 2 3
Hero checks, SB bets 3 BB, Hero raises to 10.26 BB, SB calls 7.26 BB

Turn: (25.52 BB, 2 players) T
Hero bets 31.9 BB, SB calls 31.9 BB

River: (89.32 BB, 2 players) T
Hero checks, SB bets 371.08 BB, Hero calls 79 BB

SB shows T 3 (Full House, Tens full of Threes)
(Pre 61%, Flop 23%, Turn 91%)
Hero mucks 2 8 (Two Pair, Tens and Eights)
(Pre 39%, Flop 77%, Turn 9%)
SB wins 246.32 BB

H3 - I like this one - Wesley

iPoker - €0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 4 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (SB): 102.82 BB
BB: 135.02 BB
CO: 104.5 BB
BTN: 170.14 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

CO raises to 2.5 BB, fold, Hero raises to 11.5 BB, fold, CO calls 9 BB

Flop: (24 BB, 2 players) 5 8 T
Hero bets 12 BB, CO calls 12 BB

Turn: (48 BB, 2 players) 4
Hero checks, CO checks

River: (48 BB, 2 players) T
Hero checks, CO bets 81 BB, Hero calls 79.32 BB

CO shows 8 8 (Full House, Eights full of Tens)
(Pre 18%, Flop 83%, Turn 95%)
Hero mucks 9 9 (Two Pair, Tens and Nines)
(Pre 82%, Flop 17%, Turn 5%)
CO wins 203.64 BB

H4 - Solver calls river 50% of the time but in practice the call is quite terrible

iPoker - €0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 102.38 BB
Hero (SB): 100 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

Hero raises to 2.32 BB, BB calls 1.32 BB

Flop: (4.64 BB, 2 players) J 8 J
BB checks, Hero bets 1.52 BB, BB raises to 6.16 BB, Hero calls 4.64 BB

Turn: (16.96 BB, 2 players) 7
BB bets 11.36 BB, Hero calls 11.36 BB

River: (39.68 BB, 2 players) A
BB checks, Hero bets 40 BB, BB raises to 82.54 BB, Hero calls 40.16 BB

Hero mucks 6 T (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 40%, Flop 0.2%, Turn 0%)
BB shows 8 J (Full House, Jacks full of Eights)
(Pre 60%, Flop 99.8%, Turn 100%)
BB wins 199 BB


H5 - OPP was 3betting quite liberally over a large sample so I decided to spew a bit

iPoker - €0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BB): 132.46 BB
UTG: 134.9 BB
MP: 27.68 BB
CO: 119.86 BB
BTN: 475.74 BB
SB: 117.82 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, CO raises to 2.34 BB, BTN raises to 7.5 BB, fold, Hero raises to 25.66 BB, fold, BTN calls 18.16 BB

Flop: (54.16 BB, 2 players) 4 4 A
Hero bets 5.42 BB, BTN calls 5.42 BB

Turn: (65 BB, 2 players) T
Hero checks, BTN bets 19.5 BB, Hero calls 19.5 BB

River: (104 BB, 2 players) 7
Hero checks, BTN bets 425.16 BB, Hero calls 81.88 BB

BTN shows A K (Two Pair, Aces and Fours)
(Pre 71%, Flop 92%, Turn 97%)
Hero mucks 3 A (Two Pair, Aces and Fours)
(Pre 29%, Flop 8%, Turn 3%)
BTN wins 264.76 BB

H6 - Have to study monotone boards. Atleast got the money in

iPoker - €0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 3 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 114.54 BB
BTN: 57 BB
Hero (SB): 132.88 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

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

Flop: (6 BB, 2 players) T 2 3
Hero bets 1 BB, BB calls 1 BB

Turn: (8 BB, 2 players) 4
Hero checks, BB bets 5.6 BB, Hero calls 5.6 BB

River: (19.2 BB, 2 players) 2
Hero checks, BB bets 13.44 BB, Hero raises to 123.28 BB, BB calls 91.5 BB

Hero shows T T (Full House, Tens full of Twos)
(Pre 81%, Flop 34%, Turn 23%)
BB shows 9 7 (Flush, Ten High)
(Pre 19%, Flop 66%, Turn 77%)
Hero wins 226.08 BB


H7 - Usually folding but RNG rolled a low number and villan 4bets ALOT over 6k hands

iPoker - €0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (CO): 202.5 BB
BTN: 129.76 BB
SB: 85.68 BB
BB: 96.48 BB
UTG: 430.38 BB
MP: 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, MP raises to 2.6 BB, Hero raises to 7.44 BB, fold, fold, fold, MP raises to 19.28 BB, Hero calls 11.84 BB

Flop: (40.06 BB, 2 players) 2 J 3
MP bets 14.02 BB, Hero calls 14.02 BB

Turn: (68.1 BB, 2 players) 3
MP bets 66.7 BB, Hero calls 66.7 BB

River: (201.5 BB, 2 players) J

Players agreed to run it twice.

River #2: (201.5 BB, 2 players) 4

MP shows A A (Two Pair, Aces and Jacks)
Board #1 (Pre 82%, Flop 92%, Turn 95%)
(Two Pair, Aces and Threes)
Board #2 (Pre 81%, Flop 91%, Turn 95%)

Hero mucks 9 9 (Two Pair, Jacks and Nines)
Board #1 (Pre 18%, Flop 8%, Turn 5%)
(Two Pair, Nines and Threes)
Board #2 (Pre 19%, Flop 9%, Turn 5%)

MP wins 99.26 BB
MP wins 99.24 BB


H8 - Always overthink these spots. I guess solver calls here always but I haven't nodelocked villain missing a chromosome

iPoker - €0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

MP: 68.16 BB
CO: 471.84 BB
BTN: 131.02 BB
SB: 331.3 BB
BB: 111.66 BB
Hero (UTG): 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

Hero raises to 2.32 BB, MP raises to 8.64 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls 6.32 BB

Flop: (18.78 BB, 2 players) K 7 2
Hero checks, MP bets 59.52 BB, Hero calls 59.52 BB

Turn: (137.82 BB, 2 players) 6

River: (137.82 BB, 2 players) 2

Hero mucks K J (Two Pair, Kings and Twos)
(Pre 17%, Flop 22%, Turn 11%)
MP shows A A (Two Pair, Aces and Twos)
(Pre 83%, Flop 78%, Turn 89%)
MP wins 134.82 BB