Very nice read, I'll subscribe to this.

I only play small field MTTs on stars, GG is not available in my country. How do you compare quality of the games between the two sites?

Also how many MTTs do you play per day (session) and how many tables at the same time? 7.5 ev bb/100 is very impressive at 350$ ABI, do you play small field size or also massive field tournies?

Thanks for answering!

My pokerstars winrate was higher the last two years than gg, i didnt play the daily schedule in ps though since gg prizepool >>>>>>>>>>>> ps. It was probably due to slower structure and not the quality of the games. I have no idea what is going on bellow 100$, if i had to take a guess i would assume ggpoker is softer in lower stakes and same or harder in higher stakes (due to unlimited rebuy, so you end up itm with only regs or reg to fish ratio a lot lower than in pokerstars) Pokerstars slower structure provide the opportunity for higher winrates. You can see twitch and most of the time 18 left in ggpoker has average stack 18-25bb while in ps is 25-40bb

During series i was grinding 8-10 tables while 6-8 in the daily schedule. I have never played anything in off peak hours if this is what you mean smaller field neither i played in any other platform other than gg and ps. My schedule was starting when 530$ bounty started on ggpoker which was the first big mtt of the day. That was 2330 Thai time which took a toll on me grinding midnight+, is the only reason i tried to learn plo and the reason why i will grind off peak hours from now on. I cant see myself grinding this schedule again unless we have series or i move in a different time zone

I had my first normal session yesterday, loading only in acr trying to configure jurojin. Unfortunately, there is an issue with the trial through affiliator and i couldnt make it work. Support told me they contacted the tech team and they will get to me shortly, happened 12 hours ago, my best guess is people have different definition about shortly. My target was to setup one room every two days with chico network next. It will take more time

Anyway, since i was loading already, i grinded 9 hrs acr only and loading anything between 11$-88$. It doesnt feel i didnt play mtts for one year. They were definitely spots i felt rusty mainly 3way spots and 3bet pots. 3way there is a lot of ev to be gained and i studied them extensively with simple3way, 3bet pots were never my strongest part but i was taking a look here and there. Anyway, session felt good, very happy to see a streamer marking me as fish, the same garbage reg had me as fish in gg, only if he knew i made high six figures in 4 years from mtts while printing on ev bb and running significantly bellow. Shows the level of these ignorant low stakes regs, much love though <3

Some trivial spot, my plan was to write about three, maybe next time

LJ rfi (russian, seems active, dont have my hud yet, dont know vpip pfr), i have KQo and i decide to 3bet from HJ 50bb eff. FLOP is 643r and i decide to check. At that point i had many tables up and since i didnt grind for long time, my brain was already strained, i thought it should be a high cbet frequency spot but not range and KQo should be checking at least some time especially if we dont block the bdfd which i didnt. Was i sure? No

If i had a little bit more time to think i would have prefered a bet for two reasons
1) When we know this is a high frequency cbet (overpair advantage + neither range hits this board well etc) is better to make a mistake in the highest frequency line
2) Russians are notorious for probing the turns when flopped is checked and this is magnified the lower the skill of the reg. The main question here is why they think like this about the game? Overall population is overprobing the turn at all stakes, why this particular nation is doing it, in a more extreme way? The best way to answer this is looking how people of the same nation are playing IP as aggressors when they have the opportunity to cbet the flop, frequency and range construction

For the two reasons above i think cbetting is superior to checking. There is the argument that maybe people miss xraises or fold a bit more but the defending on this board is so trivial that i find it hard to believe

Cbet strategy:



Defense:



Now the question i have is how much ev i will lose if
1) I play with 1 size (answer is 0.12% ev loss of the pot, with single optimal size 22%)
2) What size i can/if i can range cbet against the gto solution and if i am happy to take that loss

If i want to have 1 size 22% is the optimal, while range betting producing an ev loss i am happy to take it for two reasons
1) the counter strategy is nearly impossible to implement with villain xraing over 40%
2) the ev loss is not that big

Overall nothing big happened, i am kinda suprised how slow is the progress in acr's mtts, in gg it feels boom boom and you are on the next stage. I had a couple of gg's table on the side and the difference is obvious. Anyway good session, good ev and 1.5k+ profit, good start



The bad
1) I missed some double barrels and i did make some obvious 3way mistakes (bb leading on spots it shouldnt) not sure if it was laziness or i got tired
2) In the end of the session i felt exhausted, i went for a run and felt better but overall the grind was a grind

The good
1) It feels i missed playing mtts, it felt natural playing this format again (unlike plo which felt completely unatural, spins were meh even though i had 65cev or so in 1200 games).
2) It feels really good to work in the morning, rain, coffee and poker
3) I couldnt sleep at night, i wanted to do one more session which is shocking to feel like this about a game which i am playing 12 years. I slept and i actually dreamed grinding. I cant wait to have all the platforms up and ready to go

https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/1...start-1793012/ This thread is worth following, i dont know him personally but is a ragz to riches story. Inspirational

If you know any other good threads with mtters please drop them here



I have finished the mistborn book series https://www.amazon.com/Mistborn-Fina.../dp/0765350386 I dont know why they have 1 of 7 but only the first 3 are connected
First book was excellent, could be a stand alone book
Second book was entertaining and i didnt get bored. Some people will disagree for sure
Third book, i didnt like. The ending was perfect but the first 500 pages could be written in a span of 200 pages, which was increasingly annoying

Tomorrow study day, need to take a look at some 3 handed play and some preflop stuff. Hopefully jurojin will get back to me shortly otherwise i will try stackntile

Reviewing my latest session will post some fun hands

Thats why i am garbage in deepstack

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.33 BB) Hero has 8 T

fold, fold, fold, Hero calls 0.5 BB, BB raises to 3.12 BB, Hero calls 2.12 BB

Flop: (7.08 BB, 2 players) 9 6 6
Hero checks, BB bets 3 BB, Hero raises to 11 BB, BB calls 8 BB

Turn: (29.08 BB, 2 players) T
Hero checks, BB bets 21.82 BB, Hero raises to 66.25 BB and is all-in, BB calls 44.43 BB

River: (161.58 BB, 2 players) 2

Hero shows 8 T (Two Pair, Tens and Sixes)
(Pre 41%, Flop 19%, Turn 14%)
BB shows K 6 (Three of a Kind, Sixes)
(Pre 59%, Flop 81%, Turn 86%)
BB wins 161.58 BB

Epic misclick, i was taking notes (always have a notepad open both physical and digital and i am taking a ton of notes), apparently acr is taking the action on the table, if anyone knows why is that let me know. I will take a look today at my settings



Pre Flop: (pot: 2.5 BB) Hero has T A

fold, Hero raises to 8 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, SB raises to 46 BB and is all-in, fold, Hero calls 26.53 BB and is all-in

Flop: (71.07 BB, 2 players) 9 8 Q

Turn: (71.07 BB, 2 players) 5

River: (71.07 BB, 2 players) 8

SB shows A K (One Pair, Eights)
(Pre 69%, Flop 70%, Turn 84%)
Hero shows T A (One Pair, Eights)
(Pre 31%, Flop 30%, Turn 16%)
SB wins 71.07 BB

The pko gifts


Pre Flop: (pot: 2.55 BB) Hero has A A

fold, fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 45.77 BB and is all-in, Hero raises to 47.13 BB and is all-in, fold

Flop: (93.59 BB, 2 players) Q J A

Turn: (93.59 BB, 2 players) 6

River: (93.59 BB, 2 players) T

BTN shows 9 7 (High Card, Ace)
(Pre 21%, Flop 26%, Turn 16%)
Hero shows A A (Three of a Kind, Aces)
(Pre 79%, Flop 74%, Turn 84%)
Hero wins 93.59 BB


Got them


Pre Flop: (pot: 2.7 BB) Hero has 9 9

fold, Hero calls 1 BB, fold, MP+1 raises to 2 BB, CO calls 2 BB, fold, SB raises to 34.59 BB and is all-in, fold, Hero calls 18.49 BB and is all-in, fold, fold

Flop: (45.18 BB, 2 players) 8 6 J

Turn: (45.18 BB, 2 players) T

River: (45.18 BB, 2 players) 3

Hero shows 9 9 (One Pair, Nines)
(Pre 66%, Flop 81%, Turn 93%)
SB shows 5 A (High Card, Ace)
(Pre 34%, Flop 19%, Turn 7%)
Hero wins 45.18 BB

Obv hand is never 4b shove, gg hud showing 20% 3bet LOOOL decided to pull the trigger, never trust gg hud


Pre Flop: (pot: 2.5 BB) Hero has 4 5

fold, fold, Hero raises to 2 BB, MP+1 raises to 6 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 54.86 BB and is all-in, MP+1 calls 27.75 BB and is all-in

Flop: (70 BB, 2 players) 6 A 3

Turn: (70 BB, 2 players) 5

River: (70 BB, 2 players) 2

Hero shows 4 5 (Straight, Six High)
(Pre 23%, Flop 37%, Turn 30%)
MP+1 shows T T (One Pair, Tens)
(Pre 77%, Flop 63%, Turn 70%)
Hero wins 70 BB

Obv runout straight from hell


Pre Flop: (pot: 2.5 BB) Hero has 6 6

UTG raises to 2.2 BB, fold, Hero calls 2.2 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, BB calls 1.2 BB

Flop: (8.1 BB, 3 players) K 3 6
BB checks, UTG bets 2.23 BB, Hero calls 2.23 BB, BB calls 2.23 BB

Turn: (14.79 BB, 3 players) 3
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets 7.39 BB, BB calls 7.39 BB, fold

River: (29.58 BB, 2 players) K
BB checks, Hero checks

Hero shows 6 6 (Full House, Sixes full of Kings)
(Pre 53%, Flop 98%, Turn 95%)
BB shows Q K (Full House, Kings full of Threes)
(Pre 47%, Flop 2%, Turn 5%)
BB wins 29.58 BB


Lmao again


Pre Flop: (pot: 2.55 BB) Hero has 3 K

fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, SB raises to 2 BB, Hero calls 1 BB

Flop: (5.05 BB, 2 players) K Q Q
SB checks, Hero checks

Turn: (5.05 BB, 2 players) 2
SB checks, Hero bets 3.53 BB, SB calls 3.53 BB

River: (12.12 BB, 2 players) 2
SB checks, Hero checks

SB shows 2 K (Full House, Twos full of Kings)
(Pre 47%, Flop 52%, Turn 52%)
Hero shows 3 K (Two Pair, Kings and Queens)
(Pre 53%, Flop 48%, Turn 48%)
SB wins 12.12 BB

For the ''fans'' (doubt there are any)


Pre Flop: (pot: 2.48 BB) Hero has 4 4

fold, fold, fold, MP+1 raises to 2 BB, Hero calls 2 BB, fold, fold, fold

Flop: (6.48 BB, 2 players) 9 J 6
MP+1 checks, Hero checks



Turn: (6.48 BB, 2 players) J
MP+1 bets 4.86 BB, Hero calls 4.86 BB



River: (16.19 BB, 2 players) 8
MP+1 bets 11.14 BB, Hero raises to 38.43 BB and is all-in, fold



Hero wins 38.48 BB

I am still having issue with jurojin, works fine with wpn but not with n8 or ipoker. Propably I will try stack n tile since jurojin support isn’t very good. On the good news I feel comfortable with wpn’s software which is surprisingly good. I used to play only on ggpoker and I was reluctant to play in other networks since my only experience with smaller companies was party poker, which they have an absolutely garbage of a software. Ipoker and wpn have surprisingly smooth performance

I will add wpt global and chico network this month, no volume goals because it takes me more time to get familiar with certain software
Wpn is top notch
Ipoker same
Coinpoker I don’t like that much, even though it seems smooth, I find difficult to follow the action
Abi still very low but slowly getting back to rhythm. I feel I lost a year trying to learn plo since mtts feel so natural. I am still trying to figure what is the best time to grind, opinions vary



I did a blunder in a ft, mainly playing too fast and i didnt observe the stack sizes after a player busted, live and learn to click buttons slower

Brazilians own my soul lately

1) Deep itm brazilian


UTG+1: 40.62 BB
MP: 20.2 BB
CO: 28.82 BB
BTN: 24.89 BB
Hero (SB): 46.62 BB
BB: 68.83 BB
UTG: 23.41 BB

7 players post ante of 0.14 BB, Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.5 BB) Hero has Q Q

fold, UTG+1 raises to 2 BB, fold, CO raises to 5 BB, fold, Hero raises to 46.47 BB and is all-in, fold, fold, CO calls 23.68 BB and is all-in

Flop: (61.35 BB, 2 players) 7 7 2

Turn: (61.35 BB, 2 players) T

River: (61.35 BB, 2 players) T

CO shows A A (Two Pair, Aces and Tens)
(Pre 82%, Flop 92%, Turn 95%)
Hero shows Q Q (Two Pair, Queens and Tens)
(Pre 18%, Flop 8%, Turn 5%)
CO wins 61.35 BB

2) Same guy lmao



BB: 37.26 BB
UTG: 29.61 BB
UTG+1: 19.03 BB
MP: 75.53 BB
MP+1: 32.72 BB
Hero (CO): 19.61 BB
BTN: 57.94 BB
SB: 82.09 BB

8 players post ante of 0.15 BB, SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.7 BB) Hero has T Q

fold, fold, MP raises to 2 BB, fold, Hero raises to 19.46 BB and is all-in, fold, fold, fold, MP calls 17.46 BB

Flop: (41.62 BB, 2 players) 9 3 6

Turn: (41.62 BB, 2 players) 8

River: (41.62 BB, 2 players) 7

MP shows Q Q (One Pair, Queens)
(Pre 84%, Flop 91%, Turn 86%)
Hero shows T Q (Straight, Ten High)
(Pre 16%, Flop 9%, Turn 14%)
Hero wins 41.62 BB

3) Brazilian powerhouse strikes again



4) Taking some of my blood back, deep itm vs Brazilian



MP: 46.54 BB
MP+1: 5.81 BB
CO: 28.37 BB
BTN: 56.97 BB
SB: 15.27 BB
Hero (BB): 23.85 BB
UTG: 90.75 BB
UTG+1: 28.27 BB

8 players post ante of 0.15 BB, SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.7 BB) Hero has 3 J

fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 2 BB, fold, Hero calls 1 BB

Can't be my equal, I don't know what you heard

Flop: (5.7 BB, 2 players) 5 2 A
Hero checks, BTN bets 1.42 BB, Hero raises to 5.7 BB, BTN calls 4.27 BB

****** this bitch like a perv

Turn: (17.1 BB, 2 players) T
Hero bets 4.27 BB, BTN calls 4.27 BB

Smack from the back, grab her perm

River: (25.65 BB, 2 players) K

Let's see how much you can earn

Hero bets 11.73 BB and is all-in, fold

Suck with no hands, you can learn

Hero wins 25.65 BB

Ecstasy, wonderful feelin'





I am very happy i can grind morning again, i feel 25 years old, training every day, enjoy the grind and having fun all around. Only minor thing is the stakes, which are super low and not competitive but i guess i have to make some sacrifices now, for my health

I bought the book bellow, will post reviews

https://www.amazon.com/One-Kind-Worl.../dp/074347659X

Take care

did you try?: https://www.intuitivetables.com/

You can try out free trial and see if it is an alternative for some sites you are playing.

Hi, yes this is plan b

I played on chico network 1 month ago, full of brainless idiots its amazing but my rake on nl25 12.7/100bb its a joke I dont recommend.

I grind mtts

hello sir goodluxk in your journey, i am 40 years old and started poker around 17 years ago.

I had to restart nlh online cash (from live omaha) at the beginning of year and the game changed a lot. hopefully you motivte me to work on my game.

subbed

Okay sorry ^^

<3

I missed playing against these russian 30$ endbosses who need to timebank for a flop decision

I just had a session where i ran 7 times into AA aipf in 8 tournies, forgot how it feels to have absolute trash ev bb /100



Anyone knows whats up with those turbo mtts in wpn where they have 28-30 preregistered people with 20 of them, located in russia, kazak, azer, ukrain and belarus?

Honorable mention to our friends from russia who never fail to dissapoint, using their timebanks to bet the flop



Things you dont see live

I had a very interesting multiway spot from today, i need to run it and post the results and adjustments, clearly got outplayed and i loved it. I still have issues with jurojin, support is dissapointing unfortunately, i will try another multitabling company

Americans be like, i am competitive, i want to battle, i want the smoke

Meanwhile all americans in wpn network

biggest problem in mtts cant be bots it needs be stables

those stables boys basically have some dude grinding the sims for them which exploit a field x in ICM spots , datamining etc. involved

this is allright sure it eats up ur EV if ur not a staked player playing for some stable,.. but then the same guys are sitting on those fields like 30% is stable x boys , then 30% is stable y, then 10% is fish and rest is bots and then theres the odd dude playing with his own money...

so the stable x boys have already this deal that they get bankroll they get the data on which hand to push all in in which spot etc. so then they see eachother at the games all time so what does makes us not to think that guys who are A) broke and playing with bankroll from someone else B) know each others would not be making all kinds of funny soft plays to get themselves more often to score nicely in a game that is the highest form of variance game in poker

i made near 800k in 4 years playing mtts, all these are issues but the format is definitely beatable, you just need to shove variance up your ass, accept that you will be cheated and grind your ev

Small middle of the month update

Some mental issues are coming up which i didnt experience before. I sabotage myself. I was expecting low abi mtts to be more competitive but anything bellow 100$s, even up to 200$, the level is atrocious. I am catching myself been lazy, thinking i can gather back any ev i will lose. If i was taking the stakes more seriously i would avoid these mistakes













and there are 20 more examples of myself torching bbs. Despite that fact, ev bb /100 is decent this month



Which leads to complacency. I have never had a similar issue when i was playing professionally. I became lazy with my study routine and my thought process when working, making lazy calls, incautious plays. I took 1.5 year off from mtts, now i am coming back expecting to barely have 5 ev bb / 100 and hitting 3 times that. I need to find a way to motivate myself to keep studying and grinding seriously even if i create unrealistic expectations for myself. What would be an unrealistic expectation? Maybe hitting 20 ev bb / 100. I am thinking this is propably not even sustainable but at least i will have a target to work. Now i am just floating in a sea full of fishes

I understand I need a break when I go too hard with exploits

L O ****** L, villain must be very happy, near bubble

CO: 38.91 BB
Hero (BTN): 42.7 BB
SB: 34.39 BB
BB: 33.03 BB
UTG: 24.38 BB
UTG+1: 19.65 BB
MP: 15.51 BB
MP+1: 14.64 BB

8 players post ante of 0.12 BB, SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.46 BB) Hero has 6 9

fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2 BB, fold, BB raises to 7.5 BB, Hero raises to 42.58 BB and is all-in, BB calls 25.41 BB and is all-in

Flop: (67.27 BB, 2 players) 8 J A

Turn: (67.27 BB, 2 players) 3

River: (67.27 BB, 2 players) J

Hero shows 6 9 (One Pair, Jacks)
(Pre 34%, Flop 8%, Turn 10%)
BB shows Q A (Two Pair, Aces and Jacks)
(Pre 66%, Flop 92%, Turn 90%)
BB wins 67.27 BB

I still have issues with playing in different platforms. I added chico and my head is spinning. MIssing many value mtts. Next addition should be wptg. I wonder if i should just play stackntile instead of tile but i do enjoy the tile mode. Main issue is capping myself to 8 tables. Even sacrificing 5ev bb/100 would produce more $$$. Atm ev bb / 100 is satisfying, i expected a more difficult return but i am grateful that is not the case





Unfortunately i have been extremely lazy since the fields arent challenging, i have studied theory less than 7 hours. Even during the grind i find myself been lazy thinker leading to some blunders which is unacceptable. I always create thresholds for exploits which are not depending on mda and they work better in real life situations and i have some rules in order to not cross the max threshold i am creating, yet as seen in the hand above i go bananas sometimes

Overall i am very happy with the dynamics. I have a ton of people doing nonsense plays against me who are winning regs and then are posting 5 emoticons in row when 1 out of 10 plays are working fine. I have never saw so many nonsense probes in my life. I wonder if there is some mda shtgroup telling ''guys when they check we bet twice oop'' **** hands, **** boards, **** ranges. I dont understand.

example


CO: 66.09 BB
BTN: 70.9 BB
SB: 64.96 BB
BB: 57.22 BB
UTG: 67.71 BB
Hero (UTG+1): 67.03 BB
MP: 41.68 BB
MP+1: 96.68 BB

8 players post ante of 0.13 BB, SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.57 BB) Hero has Q J

fold, Hero raises to 2 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, BB calls 1 BB

Flop: (5.57 BB, 2 players) 8 7 J
BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: (5.57 BB, 2 players) 5
BB bets 2.78 BB, Hero calls 2.78 BB

River: (11.13 BB, 2 players) A
BB checks, Hero checks

BB shows 5 A (Two Pair, Aces and Fives)
(Pre 56%, Flop 14%, Turn 11%)
Hero shows Q J (One Pair, Jacks)
(Pre 44%, Flop 86%, Turn 89%)
BB wins 11.13 BB

Now this dude is a winner and is probing an absolute nonsense, imagine what a good coach will do to him if he invests 2-3 hours of studying/coaching a day. No wonder why the majority of people cant push through a certain limit or why the majority of people are winning 3-4 bb/100 because ''i play icm bruh'' Gotta love these wannabe hero brazillians who are flatting 30% 40bb eff in position ''because i have an edge bruh, my edge is so big i am winning 5 bb /100 in 30$ abi''

Some funny hands from the last days

1) The russian moto if we dont 3bet you, we will check raise you....and eventually we will get there

BTN: 11.96 BB
SB: 25.48 BB
BB: 42.48 BB
UTG: 38.02 BB
UTG+1: 45.9 BB
Hero (MP): 55.38 BB
MP+1: 11.75 BB
CO: 44.44 BB

8 players post ante of 0.12 BB, SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.48 BB) Hero has 7 7

fold, UTG+1 raises to 2 BB, Hero calls 2 BB, fold, CO calls 2 BB, fold, fold, fold

Flop: (8.48 BB, 3 players) 2 3 8
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets 2.12 BB, fold, UTG+1 raises to 7.61 BB, Hero calls 5.49 BB

Turn: (23.69 BB, 2 players) Q
UTG+1 bets 7.82 BB, Hero calls 7.82 BB

River: (39.33 BB, 2 players) J
UTG+1 checks, Hero checks

UTG+1 shows T 9 (Straight, Queen High)
(Pre 50%, Flop 25%, Turn 16%)
Hero shows 7 7 (One Pair, Sevens)
(Pre 50%, Flop 75%, Turn 84%)
UTG+1 wins 39.33 BB



2) Great river


MP+1: 38.79 BB
CO: 62.33 BB
BTN: 42.59 BB
SB: 48.2 BB
BB: 79.59 BB
Hero (UTG): 147.64 BB
UTG+1: 44.2 BB
MP: 47.86 BB

8 players post ante of 0.12 BB, SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.48 BB) Hero has Q J

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

Flop: (7.98 BB, 3 players) 7 9 8
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG+1 bets 5.98 BB, fold, Hero calls 5.98 BB

Turn: (19.95 BB, 2 players) 2
Hero checks, UTG+1 bets 14.96 BB, Hero calls 14.96 BB

River: (49.87 BB, 2 players) 3
Hero bets 124.58 BB and is all-in, UTG+1 calls 21.13 BB and is all-in

Hero shows Q J (Flush, Queen High)
(Pre 42%, Flop 37%, Turn 20%)
UTG+1 shows A 9 (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 58%, Flop 63%, Turn 80%)
UTG+1 wins 92.13 BB



3) He called me with A high honey


CO: 30.56 BB
Hero (BTN): 36.58 BB
SB: 20.53 BB
BB: 59.76 BB
UTG: 47.17 BB
UTG+1: 62.6 BB
MP: 7.72 BB
MP+1: 28.99 BB

8 players post ante of 0.13 BB, SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.5 BB) Hero has A J

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

Flop: (6.5 BB, 2 players) 2 9 T
BB checks, Hero bets 1.62 BB, BB calls 1.62 BB

Turn: (9.75 BB, 2 players) 4
BB checks, Hero checks

River: (9.75 BB, 2 players) Q
BB bets 4.37 BB, Hero calls 4.37 BB

Hero shows A J (High Card, Ace)
(Pre 65%, Flop 77%, Turn 86%)
BB shows 8 5 (High Card, Queen)
(Pre 35%, Flop 23%, Turn 14%)
Hero wins 18.5 BB



4) He called me with A high honey again

Yatahay Network - 15000/30000 NL (8 max) - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: 1.5 BB
BB: 30.68 BB
UTG: 21.81 BB
UTG+1: 27.51 BB
MP: 42.26 BB
MP+1: 65.55 BB
Hero (CO): 24.86 BB
BTN: 48.54 BB

8 players post ante of 0.15 BB, SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.7 BB) Hero has A J

fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2 BB, fold, fold, BB calls 1 BB

Flop: (5.7 BB, 2 players) 2 Q 6
BB checks, Hero bets 1 BB, BB calls 1 BB

Turn: (7.7 BB, 2 players) 4
BB checks, Hero checks

River: (7.7 BB, 2 players) 2
BB bets 3.85 BB, Hero calls 3.85 BB

BB shows A 9 (One Pair, Twos)
(Pre 30%, Flop 20%, Turn 7%)
Hero shows A J (One Pair, Twos)
(Pre 70%, Flop 80%, Turn 93%)
Hero wins 15.4 BB



5) LMAO


MP+1: 21.45 BB
CO: 20.83 BB
BTN: 36.07 BB
SB: 20.62 BB
BB: 29.39 BB
Hero (UTG): 59.48 BB
UTG+1: 64.43 BB
MP: 25.5 BB

8 players post ante of 0.13 BB, SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.5 BB) Hero has Q T

Hero raises to 2 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, BB calls 1 BB

Flop: (5.5 BB, 2 players) 2 6 K
BB checks, Hero bets 1.37 BB, BB calls 1.37 BB

Turn: (8.25 BB, 2 players) 8
BB checks, Hero checks

River: (8.25 BB, 2 players) 6
BB bets 4.54 BB, Hero calls 4.54 BB


BB shows 4 7 (One Pair, Sixes)
(Pre 39%, Flop 28%, Turn 23%)
Hero shows Q T (One Pair, Sixes)
(Pre 61%, Flop 72%, Turn 77%)
Hero wins 17.32 BB






If i had to pick the optimal life would be something like, wake up, theory 1-2hrs, gym, mtt session, study 1-2 hours, muay thai/football, relax with gf. It is a very doable schedule for me, since i sleep 6 hours max. I just find myself in a mood to just grind without studying much which is a clear mistake since i dont have any further growth. Also taking 1 year off from mtts means i have severe holes in my game, especially multiway which is one of the more complicated aspects of the game and i was very strong before

Gotta love all these clubs going up 0-1 0-2 on Bernabeu, like we dont know the ****** story

Just got a table in acr with

whynotstars96 ukraine
realfeint russia
ileris123 lithuania
oddduck moldova
sun_cho russia
woodyallen1 russia
ucaesar4749 belarus

The rise of machines

i stopped playing there after had a 10k cash-out in crypto , they paid 9400. They told me its btc fluctuations but that time it had been max. 40-60 dollars. lol.

I dont know what to say it is difficult to pass games where americans and russians are playing

Great day

off peak hour grind is like, we scumbags we sit all together on the same table playing 29/19/10 and our backers will be happy printing 2k / month with our mcdonalds hourly 15$/hr

Funny sequence in acr. 12 left i get AA

Yatahay Network - 15000/30000 NL (8 max) - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: 20.29 BB
BTN: 9.52 BB
SB: 13.96 BB
BB: 14.95 BB
UTG: 36.91 BB
UTG+1: 20.48 BB
MP: 15.84 BB
Hero (MP+1): 32.32 BB

8 players post ante of 0.12 BB, SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.43 BB) Hero has A A

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2 BB, fold, BTN raises to 9.4 BB and is all-in, fold, fold, Hero calls 7.4 BB

Flop: (21.24 BB, 2 players) J T K

Turn: (21.24 BB, 2 players) 2

River: (21.24 BB, 2 players) 3

BTN shows J K (Two Pair, Kings and Jacks)
(Pre 13%, Flop 59%, Turn 73%)
Hero shows A A (One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 87%, Flop 41%, Turn 27%)
BTN wins 21.24 BB

One orbit later i get AK

Yatahay Network - 17500/35000 NL (8 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

UTG: 12.37 BB
MP: 24.08 BB
CO: 13.14 BB
BTN: 16 BB
SB: 32.59 BB
Hero (BB): 13.77 BB

6 players post ante of 0.13 BB, SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.27 BB) Hero has A K

fold, MP raises to 2 BB, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 13.64 BB and is all-in, MP calls 11.64 BB

Flop: (28.55 BB, 2 players) 8 K T

Turn: (28.55 BB, 2 players) J

River: (28.55 BB, 2 players) 6

MP shows K A (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 50%, Flop 68%, Turn 60%)
Hero shows A K (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 50%, Flop 32%, Turn 40%)
MP wins 28.55 BB

I thought it was a funny sequency and i wanted to share since this never happened to me before

Some very weird things are happening the last 10 days in acr. I was winning near 10k within 1.5 month in that platform, obviously running good, but the last 10 days i observe many weird things. In a field of 200 people, i had a mix americans,brazil, russians the standard table. I was big blind, i played my hand, after my hand finished i got transfered playing the big blind again with only russian accounts on a 8handed table. This happened twice in different tournaments with 150+ entries actively playing which i find bizarre

I also take some strange snap calls from winning regs

Example

Yatahay Network - 500/1000 NL (8 max) - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

UTG+1: 34.5 BB
MP: 57.88 BB
MP+1: 27.14 BB
CO: 24.4 BB
BTN: 34.51 BB
Hero (SB): 33.06 BB
BB: 29.41 BB
UTG: 34.62 BB

8 players post ante of 0.13 BB, Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.5 BB) Hero has Q A

fold, fold, fold, fold, CO raises to 2.1 BB, BTN calls 2.1 BB, Hero raises to 32.94 BB and is all-in, fold, CO calls 22.17 BB and is all-in, fold

Flop: (52.65 BB, 2 players) 7 5 8

Turn: (52.65 BB, 2 players) 4

River: (52.65 BB, 2 players) 2

CO shows 2 2 (Three of a Kind, Twos)
(Pre 52%, Flop 72%, Turn 82%)
Hero shows Q A (High Card, Ace)
(Pre 48%, Flop 28%, Turn 18%)
CO wins 52.65 BB

I doubt any reg can be so off and i assume this is on purpose. Now there are two questions
1) Are these planted accounts from acr in order to hit the gtds and purposely making variance bigger in order to reentry?
2) Are these some group of people sharing bankrolls, so the incentive to bust me is bigger?

I also got weird calls when itm
os AQo 11bb utg 35left got snap called by K8s from chipleader (reg)
os 98s 10bb btn 50 left got called by K2s from 30bb big blind (reg)

The good news is my ev is performing very good on the higher end of my buy ins in acr, but the deviation from ev is quite worrying even though it happened before in the same platform

High end of buy ins acr



I am up a bit in ggpoker, breakeven on chico but i do a ton of misclicks. I find it extremely difficult to grind in different platforms at the same time and i didnt even add wptg. I was always a grinder of 6-8 table max and playing in ggpoker which has the best software. Also the selection was limited in my abi and i had to play anything above 100$. Now the selection is huge and i am kinda lost

Real Madrid underperforming severly atm, i was expecting to be issues with Mbappe since he is a top player but lazy and you need your striker to be hard working. Every time i saw him playing as striker in PSG or France he was equally bad from the mental aspect but i believed Ancelotti would find a solution. If the defense improves, they have a real chance in champions league but not in la liga

I thought this would be the easiest premier of man city this year but Rodri getting injured changes things dramatically. I dont think he is the best player in the world but i do think he is the best man city player and propably the most crucial due to his position. Now i have no idea what will happen. Arsenal easily the most overrated team in premier league, ''trust the process'', it is 4 years spending a lot of money winning nothing. Quite funny how man utd is blundering the managers. They had Mourinho instead of trusting him and spend money with him they preferred to do it with some dude from the dutch league. During the summer they could have Flick, Mourinho or Conte, all of them absolute world class managers but they decided to keep someone who is finishing 6-7 in the league and disprected the second best player of all time. I will never understand this team. Chelsea looking fresh is a pleasant surprise, Liverpool looking good but this was expected since Klopp left a healthy team

Triton is on the way and my three favourite players are playing

Mikita, Eibinger and Pardo

Acr running a fantasy league promo for this event which is a nice idea. I hope gg does something similar in the future. I forgot how fun is the mtt grind when you do it in regular times. I can see myself playing at night any time soon unless i move in another country. I enjoy sleeping like a normal person and it shows in my mood. Grinding midnight until morning took its toll the past 5 years

For anyone who doesnt know, triton events stream here

https://www.youtube.com/@TritonPoker

I will try to keep the thread more alive, i had a ton of interesting hands but a bit lazy to post