Roll big enough for 10NL now

Month so far:





Some hands:

GG Poker - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 223 BB
SB: 183.3 BB
BB: 110.7 BB
UTG: 111.9 BB
MP: 103.7 BB
CO: 326.8 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

UTG raises to 3 BB, MP calls 3 BB, CO raises to 15 BB, Hero raises to 29 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, CO calls 14 BB

Flop: (65.5 BB, 2 players) A 8 5
CO checks, Hero bets 18.5 BB, CO raises to 55 BB, Hero calls 36.5 BB

Turn: (175.5 BB, 2 players) 3
CO bets 242.8 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 139 BB and is all-in

River: (453.5 BB, 2 players) 6

CO shows 6 6 (Three of a Kind, Sixes)
(Pre 20%, Flop 12%, Turn 5%)
Hero shows K K (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 80%, Flop 88%, Turn 95%)
CO wins 449 BB



GG Poker - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 213.6 BB
SB: 104.6 BB
BB: 164.2 BB
UTG: 145.2 BB
MP: 102.3 BB
CO: 90.2 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, CO calls 1 BB, Hero raises to 4 BB, fold, BB raises to 15 BB, CO calls 14 BB, Hero calls 11 BB

Flop: (45.5 BB, 3 players) T 7 J
BB checks, CO checks, Hero bets 18 BB, BB calls 18 BB, fold

Turn: (81.5 BB, 2 players) Q
BB checks, Hero bets 34.5 BB, BB raises to 131.2 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 96.7 BB

River: (343.9 BB, 2 players) 4

BB shows A K (Straight, Ace High)
(Pre 46%, Flop 14%, Turn 77%)
Hero shows J J (Three of a Kind, Jacks)
(Pre 54%, Flop 86%, Turn 23%)
BB wins 339.4 BB




GG Poker - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 105.2 BB
SB: 147.1 BB
Hero (BB): 101.5 BB
UTG: 157.2 BB
MP: 296.6 BB
CO: 127.2 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

UTG raises to 2.5 BB, fold, CO calls 2.5 BB, fold, fold, Hero raises to 13.5 BB, UTG calls 11 BB, CO calls 11 BB

Flop: (41 BB, 3 players) K 3 9
Hero checks, UTG bets 13.6 BB, CO raises to 36.2 BB, Hero calls 36.2 BB, fold

Turn: (127 BB, 2 players) A
Hero checks, CO bets 77.5 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 51.8 BB and is all-in

River: (230.6 BB, 2 players) 2

CO shows J J (One Pair, Jacks)
(Pre 56%, Flop 8%, Turn 2%)
Hero shows K Q (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 44%, Flop 92%, Turn 98%)
Hero wins 226.1 BB






GG Poker - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 100 BB
SB: 100 BB
BB: 107.7 BB
UTG: 131.7 BB
MP: 110 BB
CO: 94.2 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

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

Flop: (5.5 BB, 2 players) 3 2 7
BB checks, Hero bets 1.9 BB, BB raises to 6 BB, Hero calls 4.1 BB

Turn: (17.5 BB, 2 players) T
BB bets 11 BB, Hero calls 11 BB

River: (39.5 BB, 2 players) 9
BB checks, Hero bets 80.5 BB and is all-in, BB calls 80.5 BB

Hero shows 7 7 (Three of a Kind, Sevens)
(Pre 70%, Flop 95%, Turn 100%)
BB shows A 7 (One Pair, Sevens)
(Pre 30%, Flop 5%, Turn 0%)
Hero wins 196 BB




GG Poker - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 105.2 BB
SB: 109.6 BB
Hero (BB): 200.5 BB
UTG: 159.7 BB
MP: 100 BB
CO: 56.2 BB
<br>10 BBadded to pot<br>
SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 11.5 BB) Hero has 7 5

UTG raises to 2 BB, fold, CO calls 2 BB, fold, SB calls 1.5 BB, Hero calls 1 BB

Flop: (18 BB, 4 players) T 8 6
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG checks, CO checks

Turn: (18 BB, 4 players) T
SB checks, Hero bets 10 BB, fold, CO calls 10 BB, fold

River: (38 BB, 2 players) 7
Hero checks, CO bets 44.2 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 44.2 BB

CO shows Q J (One Pair, Tens)
(Pre 64%, Flop 68%, Turn 77%)
Hero shows 7 5 (Two Pair, Tens and Sevens)
(Pre 36%, Flop 32%, Turn 23%)
Hero wins 121.9 BB

Is this donk by villian any good, or is this a sign he most likely is a rec?? He 3bets like 20%

GG Poker - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 146.2 BB
SB: 100 BB
BB: 142.9 BB
UTG: 389.8 BB
MP: 123.1 BB
CO: 179.9 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.7 BB, SB raises to 10.4 BB, fold, Hero raises to 22 BB, SB calls 11.6 BB

Flop: (45 BB, 2 players) 3 A 4
SB bets 14.9 BB, Hero calls 14.9 BB

Turn: (74.8 BB, 2 players) 8
SB checks, Hero checks

River: (74.8 BB, 2 players) 7
SB bets 18 BB, fold

SB wins 68.9 BB


Is there any merit for donking flop here from villians perspective or is it a bad play? Would you fold flop or call?

Doesn´t make any sense. I think this is very unbalanced and even vs a 33% bet I´m folding flop with TT.

This is from Mars till now

yeah boiiiiiiiiii, 700bb stack on 2 two tables (NL5)

Yeah you'd be a fish reg at any table I play. You're getting in 450BB with KK on A58r facing a c/r in a 3b pot and turn jam. Way too much gamble and not enough logic.

You're gonna get rocked by variance @ 5bb/100. I personally have never had a win rate that low at that stake. Your red line is weird because you shouldn't be pulling off positive red lines at this bracket, ever. Really suggest looking in the mirror and start to play disciplined poker. You're trying to make magic happen out of thin air it seems.

Appreciate the brutal honesty lol

Well my thought process in the KK hand is why the f would he raise AK or like AQ, to get value from a chop? maybe 88 is there but only 3 combos. I heavily block AK as well

Not been motivated to grind it out that much lately, however I might just play more regular tables and table select, rather than grind rush & cash .. winrate will obviously be bigger

I agree with what you are saying about discipline, but i partially disagree with your KK hand analysis.

Its true that decent regs will show Ax and sets most of the times when you call that jam, but i've seen a considerable amount of deep stack loose agressive whales that like to push you out of pots in a very similar manner before. Its totally possible to notice which kind of players are going to try this type of bad play (normally the aggro ones that don't care about ranges and play very wide), therefore you should not let them always make you fold KK in these scenarios, you need to hero call with a very small frequency for sure.

I would not recommend switching back to a blue line playstyle just because its better for 5NL, as matter of fact, **** 5NL. Being a redliner on 100NL is definitely a way to go and if you have a natural tedency to be a redliner you just need to work with ranges better to become a constant winner. I think he is capable to get better.

Middle of the month I was barely playing, also switched over to PLO a bit really enjoying the games and learning how it works...

I intend to put in at least 60k hands in June, much more motivated to grind now. I said I was gonna play regular tables, well nah I do R & C instead... Graph for this month:





Roll at $100 lol. Grinding NL5 with 15-10 buy-in bank roll management.


Hand of the day:

Villian is 17/13 11% 3b after 6k hands. Would you play the same, how to maximize EV? Would you fold vs shove or easy call?

GG Poker - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 412.8 BB
Hero (SB): 252.8 BB
BB: 113.8 BB
UTG: 124.8 BB
MP: 46.8 BB
CO: 94.6 BB

Hero posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has K A

fold, fold, CO raises to 2 BB, BTN raises to 6.2 BB, Hero raises to 18 BB, fold, fold, BTN calls 11.8 BB

Flop: (39 BB, 2 players) A 4 9
Hero bets 13.2 BB, BTN calls 13.2 BB

Turn: (65.4 BB, 2 players) J
Hero bets 32.2 BB, BTN raises to 381.6 BB and is all-in,

I would snap fold vs a nit.

Turn probably isn't a bet. As played, insta-muck. 6k hands is a lot though, you're playing volume but not moving up. Showing probably too loose calls/bets

I'm more motivated to grind regular tables now (6-8 tabling), more rec players and weird regfishes. Here's the month so far

Rush format:





Regular tables:




Some exquisite hands:

GG Poker - $0.05 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BB): 200.2 BB
UTG: 121.8 BB
CO: 100 BB
BTN: 100 BB
SB: 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has Q Q

UTG raises to 2.4 BB, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 10.4 BB, UTG calls 8 BB

Flop: (21.2 BB, 2 players) 6 A 2
Hero bets 6 BB, UTG calls 6 BB

Turn: (33.2 BB, 2 players) 8
Hero checks, UTG bets 19.4 BB, Hero calls 19.4 BB

River: (72 BB, 2 players) 2
Hero checks, UTG bets 86 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 86 BB

UTG shows 7 7 (Two Pair, Sevens and Twos)
(Pre 19%, Flop 8%, Turn 5%)
Hero shows Q Q (Two Pair, Queens and Twos)
(Pre 81%, Flop 92%, Turn 95%)
Hero wins 233 BB



GG Poker - $0.05 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (SB): 113.2 BB
BB: 157.8 BB
UTG: 100 BB
MP: 100 BB
CO: 101 BB
BTN: 87.2 BB

Hero posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has A J

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 2 BB, Hero raises to 8.8 BB, BB calls 7.8 BB, fold

Flop: (19.6 BB, 2 players) Q 2 7
Hero bets 6.6 BB, BB calls 6.6 BB

Turn: (32.8 BB, 2 players) 3
Hero bets 13.2 BB, BB raises to 31 BB, Hero raises to 48.8 BB, fold

Hero wins 89.2 BB


Trying to fold out 99-JJ and or AK to get called for value

GG Poker - $0.05 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (SB): 113.2 BB
BB: 130.2 BB
UTG: 116.6 BB
MP: 101.4 BB
CO: 100 BB
BTN: 121.8 BB

Hero posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has 7 7

fold, fold, CO raises to 2 BB, BTN raises to 6.2 BB, Hero raises to 14.4 BB, fold, fold, BTN calls 8.2 BB

Flop: (31.8 BB, 2 players) 8 2 Q
Hero bets 10 BB, BTN calls 10 BB

Turn: (51.8 BB, 2 players) 4
Hero bets 22 BB, BTN calls 22 BB

River: (95.8 BB, 2 players) 6
Hero bets 66.8 BB and is all-in, BTN calls 66.8 BB

Hero shows 7 7 (One Pair, Sevens)
(Pre 19%, Flop 8%, Turn 5%)
BTN shows J J (One Pair, Jacks)
(Pre 81%, Flop 92%, Turn 95%)
BTN wins 218.4 BB


How to proceed here, start by calling the raise and see what happens on the turn?

GG Poker - $0.05 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 4 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 100 BB
SB: 178 BB
Hero (BB): 101.4 BB
CO: 81.2 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has Q 8

fold, fold, SB raises to 3 BB, Hero raises to 8 BB, SB calls 5 BB

Flop: (16 BB, 2 players) 8 5 7
SB checks, Hero bets 5.6 BB, SB raises to 19.2 BB,


Villian is 50/10 after 10 hands. Do you play the same and get it in or any other line?

GG Poker - $0.05 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 100 BB
SB: 67 BB
Hero (BB): 126.8 BB
UTG: 113.8 BB
MP: 93.2 BB
CO: 121 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has 8 9

fold, MP calls 1 BB, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 4.8 BB, MP calls 3.8 BB

Flop: (10 BB, 2 players) 7 6 8
Hero bets 4.8 BB, MP raises to 14 BB, Hero raises to 32 BB,

doesnt show the month results?

If I'm actually gonna make this chlallange I better start to assert my self

How do you plan to assert yourself?

I'm not a seasoned pro but it seems like all of the advice in your thread has suggested to play disciplined poker.

IMO, you are way too aggressive with the hands you are betting/raising (hence the positive earnings from non-showdown winnings). It might take a lot to fundamentally change the way you play, but it seems that you should listen to the words of wisdom in your own thread in order to be successful in the long term. GL.

I said this back in February. If you want to win, you better start nitting it up and get used to folding.

Finally some run good . . . Graph for this month:

Lmao

GG Poker - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 127.8 BB
SB: 88 BB
Hero (BB): 167.2 BB
UTG: 107.5 BB
MP: 128.5 BB
CO: 209.2 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

UTG calls 1 BB, fold, CO raises to 4 BB, fold, SB calls 3.5 BB, Hero raises to 15.5 BB, fold, fold, SB calls 11.5 BB

Flop: (36 BB, 2 players) 4 7 5
SB bets 11.9 BB, Hero calls 11.9 BB

Turn: (59.8 BB, 2 players) 2
SB bets 29.9 BB, Hero calls 29.9 BB

River: (119.6 BB, 2 players) K
SB checks, Hero bets 109.9 BB and is all-in, SB calls 30.7 BB and is all-in

Hero shows A A (One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 93%, Flop 97%, Turn 95%)
SB shows A J (High Card, Ace)
(Pre 7%, Flop 3%, Turn 5%)
Hero wins 176.5 BB

From what i've seen if the hero wants to improve he really needs to bluff catch less and fold a lot more and choose hands better to bluff catch with.
The KK hand from the top of the table is probably fold on the flop when we get raised by the fish you just have way better hands to call down with.
JJ on TJ7ss you wanna bet alot bigger like 60-80% i'd go for 75% on that type of board since we expect villian to be calling with alot of hands on that flop.
The KQo hand Hero want's to be betting that flop not much value in checking back multiway K high boards esp when holding Q of spades there blocks a **** ton of bluffs which means villian is more likely be holding 99/33 type of hand and if we think hes holding air we should probably push KQo the flop.As played its probably better to shove the flop , by calling ur giving him free cards with a hand that isn't happy on many turns.
77 hero wants to raise somwhere to make good SPR for the river and get value on flop or the turn.
75o is pure spew just got one right and gonna get many wrong on that stake sadly.

Gee wiz, Am I lucky . . .

GG Poker - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 88.6 BB
SB: 159.4 BB
Hero (BB): 149.4 BB
UTG: 204.9 BB
MP: 98.5 BB
CO: 167.6 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

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

Flop: (6 BB, 2 players) T 9 6
SB bets 3 BB, Hero raises to 9.5 BB, SB raises to 156.4 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 136.9 BB and is all-in

Turn: (298.8 BB, 2 players) 2

River: (298.8 BB, 2 players) J

SB shows 7 8 (Straight, Jack High)
(Pre 52%, Flop 48%, Turn 40%)
Hero shows 7 8 (Flush, Jack High)
(Pre 48%, Flop 52%, Turn 60%)
Hero wins 294.3 BB

7 more BIs and I'm gonna take a shot at 25NL.

Graph for the month so far:




Currently playing 4 tables 10NL and 2 tables 5NL r&c

Hi man, im playing those stakes 5-10NL,
I think that you’re playing way too aggro,
meta on those stakes are vey Nitty.. other members like Masq already told you, everyone play with his “own style” but you’re going to be moving up and down stakes 2023 if you dont start playing a little bit more nitty.

Playing zoom or rush.. depends on the person but remember: Regular Tables the fish is there , zoom/rush.. the reg is more nit and the fish is not that fish

My perception, GlGL

I'n starting to learn that people usually have nuts when they do a strong line, I'm not as spewy any more and I'm very confident in my game. I think my main "issue" was not putting in enough volume to even out variance. I'm taking a 15BI shot at 25NL at the moment. Never been more motivated to grind.