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03-12-2015 , 07:09 AM
Some hands where I made big mistakes / tiltspewed:

    Winamax, $0.01 Buy-in (125/250 blinds, 25 ante) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 8 Players
    Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite. View Hand #35439461

    CO: 23,601 (94.4 bb)
    BTN: 100 (0.4 bb)
    Hero (SB): 7,932 (31.7 bb)
    BB: 28,893 (115.6 bb)
    UTG+2: 14,214 (56.9 bb)
    MP1: 240 (1 bb)
    MP2: 16,082 (64.3 bb)
    MP3: 18,185 (72.7 bb)

    Preflop: Hero is SB with Q K
    2 folds, MP2 raises to 625, 3 folds, Hero calls 500, BB calls 375

    Flop: (2,075) K Q J (3 players)
    Hero bets 875, BB folds, MP2 calls 875

    Turn: (3,825) 9 (2 players)
    River: (3,825) 7 (2 players)
    MP2 bets 1,750, Hero calls 1,750

    Spoiler:
    Results: 7,325 pot
    Final Board: K Q J 9 7
    Hero showed Q K and lost (-3,275 net)
    MP2 showed T Q :: :: and won 7,325 (4,050 net)



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    Villain plays 24 / 32 over 45 hands. I lead flop because I think that he checks back this flop with hands that we could get 1-2 streets of value from if we donk. E.g. AQ, K9s, JT. People don't respect donks. Turn is the third worst card for our range after the A and the T, so it's a pretty standard checkback and hope for showdown. His range is particularly Tx heavy, because I think that he would raise his 2p and sets a decent % of the time OTF. River is most likely a fold, I'm ahead of his entire range 40% of the time and only need to be right about 25% the time here, but I don't think that he is ever bluffing here as he pretty much always has SDV vs my range, which he probably perceives as quite weak.

      Winamax, $4.50 Buy-in (4,000/8,000 blinds, 950 ante) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 3 Players
      Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite. View Hand #35439481

      BTN: 165,680 (20.7 bb)
      SB: 223,062 (27.9 bb)
      Hero (BB): 365,505 (45.7 bb)

      Preflop: Hero is BB with 8 A
      BTN folds, SB raises to 16,000, Hero calls 8,000

      Flop: (34,850) 6 3 7 (2 players)
      SB bets 17,425, Hero raises to 44,000, SB calls 26,575

      Turn: (122,850) K (2 players)
      Hero bets 48,000, SB calls 48,000

      River: (218,850) T (2 players)
      Hero bets 256,555 and is all-in, SB folds

      Spoiler:
      Results: 218,850 pot
      Final Board: 6 3 7 K T
      SB mucked and lost (-108,950 net)
      Hero mucked 8 A and won 218,850 (109,900 net)



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      I don't think I could have played this any worse. Flat flop, our hand is too good to raise. The tilty 3-barrel is just lol, I don't think I can get him to fold anyhing at that SPR. Maybe that's why he folded - cause I'd have to be crazy to bluff there.

        Winamax, $0.90 Buy-in (150/300 blinds, 25 ante) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 2 Players
        Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite. View Hand #35439531

        SB: 33,250 (110.8 bb)
        Hero (BB): 20,000 (66.7 bb)

        Preflop: Hero is BB with 8 T
        SB raises to 750, Hero calls 450

        Flop: (1,550) 8 5 Q (2 players)
        SB bets 775, Hero calls 775

        Turn: (3,100) T (2 players)
        River: (3,100) 9 (2 players)
        SB bets 1,500, Hero calls 1,500

        Spoiler:
        Results: 6,100 pot
        Final Board: 8 5 Q T 9
        SB showed Q K :: :: and lost (-3,050 net)
        Hero showed 8 T and won 6,100 (3,050 net)



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        No reads on villain. River is a clear fold, right? The 9 hits my range so hard that I doubt he would ever bluff there or have worse for value. Apparently he did. -.-

          Winamax, $9 Buy-in (10,000/20,000 blinds, 2,500 ante) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 8 Players
          Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite. View Hand #35440991

          BTN: 299,991 (15 bb)
          SB: 760,073 (38 bb)
          BB: 746,331 (37.3 bb)
          UTG+2: 137,539 (6.9 bb)
          MP1: 227,600 (11.4 bb)
          Hero (MP2): 738,038 (36.9 bb)
          MP3: 1,287,431 (64.4 bb)
          CO: 402,512 (20.1 bb)

          Preflop: Hero is MP2 with 8 A
          2 folds, Hero raises to 45,800, 3 folds, SB calls 35,800, BB folds

          Flop: (131,600) A 4 T (2 players)
          Turn: (131,600) 7 (2 players)
          SB bets 65,800, Hero calls 65,800

          River: (263,200) 2 (2 players)
          SB bets 175,467, Hero calls 175,467

          Spoiler:
          Results: 614,134 pot
          Final Board: A 4 T 7 2
          SB showed 5 5 :: :: and lost (-289,567 net)
          Hero showed 8 A and won 614,134 (324,567 net)



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          Should I fold river readless? Even if we assume he always fires river with his missed flushdraws , he still has ~3x more valuecombos OTR and we need to be right ~30% time here. It might be a call, if we add some airballs to his range and discount AJ and AQ because of his river sizing. What do you think?

          R.
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          03-12-2015 , 07:59 AM
          Quote:
          Originally Posted by Roushie






          R.
          what program are you using ?
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          03-12-2015 , 04:03 PM
          http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/16...ulator-121624/

          Don't think the windows version is available anymore tho.
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          03-13-2015 , 12:52 PM
          Hey glglgl, im in pretty much same situation, hopefully we can make it!!
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          03-20-2015 , 09:02 PM
          Quote:
          Originally Posted by lucanik
          Hey glglgl, im in pretty much same situation, hopefully we can make it!!
          Thx man, fingers crossed! Link your PG&C if you have one, I'd love to check in.

          Had a lot of irl stuff going on, hence the lack of posts as of late. Confirmed that I'm going to the European Universities Debating Championships in August, which I'm super stoked for. As I am pretty competitive and I don't plan on showing up unprepared, I've began to brush up on my phil. and econ. Started reading "Economics in One Lesson" by Henry Hazlitt which, unlike most econ books, seems very readable so far for someone coming from a non-econ background like me.

          Poker-wise, it's been swingy, but I'm up a bit so far. Done decent BRM-wise which is good. Have had like five top 30 runs with 3k€+ up top, but I've ended up getting sucked out on in PFAI spots for a total of almost 1k bb under EV.

          Here's the results graph:



          Going to study tomorrow and play 12h+ on Sunday. I'll try to wrap my head around some of the basic GTO concepts and post my notes here as I've promised for a while now.
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          03-24-2015 , 10:20 PM
          Was feeling under the weather on Saturday, so studying GT was a no-go and now I'm kinda busy with uni so I'm not gonna make any promises regarding strat posts.

          In other news, I managed to ship the FIEVRE for 4.7k€€€€, so my progress bar for this PG&C is at 25% and have a decent roll to play most of the the upcoming Winamax series in April.

          Here's my ss from the beginning of this challenge:


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          03-25-2015 , 11:58 PM
          Boom! Congrats!
          Better stick to BM though!
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          03-29-2015 , 09:31 PM
          Had a +3k€ sunday, B+ game / insane heater for the win. Here's the graph for March:

          I'm really happy with my results, but not too happy with my volume, should try to get 500 games in regardless of my uni obligations. I expect to play at least 500 games in April and pick up the slack on the strat posts as well. Right now, I have to take a break from poker for ~one week so that I don't fail uni; I'll be back for W. Series. Feeling pretty optimistic about this PG&C, but I know that I'll have to keep working hard and bolster my mental game to deal with bad variance when it inevitably hits.

          Thx to everyone who have posted here so far - it really helps with the motivation.

          Gl at the tables!

          R
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          04-06-2015 , 07:43 AM
          nice, it seems U can make Your goal.
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          04-07-2015 , 01:35 PM
          Posting hands:

            Winamax, $18 Buy-in (600/1,200 blinds, 150 ante) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 9 Players
            Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite. View Hand #35848891

            MP1: 34,470 (28.7 bb)
            MP2: 35,170 (29.3 bb)
            MP3: 30,971 (25.8 bb)
            CO: 1,422 (1.2 bb)
            BTN: 15,995 (13.3 bb)
            Hero (SB): 41,782 (34.8 bb)
            BB: 55,415 (46.2 bb)
            UTG+1: 23,572 (19.6 bb)
            UTG+2: 47,518 (39.6 bb)

            Preflop: Hero is SB with J J
            UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 raises to 2,400, MP1 raises to 5,400, 4 folds, Hero raises to 41,632 and is all-in, 2 folds, MP1 calls 28,920 and is all-in

            Flop: (73,590) 6 6 9 (2 players, 2 are all-in)
            Turn: (73,590) 2 (2 players, 2 are all-in)
            River: (73,590) 7 (2 players, 2 are all-in)

            Spoiler:
            Results: 73,590 pot
            Final Board: 6 6 9 2 7
            MP1 showed A K :: :: and lost (-34,470 net)
            Hero showed J J and won 73,590 (39,120 net)



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            Should be fine, right? Both villains are randoms with reggish stats. If UTG+1 is opening 23% and UTG+2 is 3b/c 99+ AQs+, then JJ is +0.99. Note that AKs is -0.27 and AKo is -2.06!! Also, the BB in this hand is a huge nit, so villains' ranges might be slightly weaker on average.

              Winamax, $9 Buy-in (100/200 blinds, 20 ante) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 9 Players
              Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite. View Hand #35851111

              SB: 4,187 (20.9 bb)
              Hero (BB): 4,233 (21.2 bb)
              UTG+1: 11,157 (55.8 bb)
              UTG+2: 2,558 (12.8 bb)
              MP1: 7,290 (36.5 bb)
              MP2: 5,625 (28.1 bb)
              MP3: 3,900 (19.5 bb)
              CO: 9,178 (45.9 bb)
              BTN: 3,454 (17.3 bb)

              Preflop: Hero is BB with 9 A
              UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 raises to 400, 4 folds, BTN calls 400, SB folds, Hero calls 200

              Flop: (1,480) 5 A 3 (3 players)
              UTG+2 bets 200, BTN calls 200, Hero calls 200

              Turn: (2,080) 4 (3 players)
              BTN bets 1,387, 2 folds




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              UTG+1 is 43 / 20 over 7 hands, BTN is 39 / 0 over 51 hands and been folding a lot postflop. This is a clear fold OTT, right?

                Winamax, $9 Buy-in (150/300 blinds, 25 ante) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 5 Players
                Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite. View Hand #35851201

                CO: 10,360 (34.5 bb)
                BTN: 21,834 (72.8 bb)
                SB: 19,988 (66.6 bb)
                BB: 21,974 (73.2 bb)
                Hero (MP): 12,417 (41.4 bb)

                Preflop: Hero is MP with A K
                Hero raises to 750, 3 folds, BB calls 450

                Flop: (1,775) 6 9 8 (2 players)
                Turn: (1,775) 6 (2 players)
                River: (1,775) K (2 players)
                BB bets 4,200, Hero folds




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                V is a reg, felt this was a somewhat gross spot, refused to believe that V would bluff with that ridic sizing. I think he would stab OTT with his air and draws and thus never gets to the river with bluffs? Put him on boats+ here.
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                04-09-2015 , 12:54 AM
                ^ imo pretty standard stuff. Keep it cool and have a reason for your actions. How many tables do you play at ones? Does winamax have any kind of rakeback or vip system?
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                04-09-2015 , 08:20 AM
                Quote:
                Originally Posted by igga3
                ^ imo pretty standard stuff. Keep it cool and have a reason for your actions. How many tables do you play at ones? Does winamax have any kind of rakeback or vip system?
                I usually peak at 18-20 tables and play like 10 on average. At 15+ tables I start clicking buttons a ton, but I've felt that it's still +EV to register everything, as winamax lowstakes is so super soft. Every once in a while I'll play like 6 tables max and really try to think about every decision in-depth. Today's going to be one of those days!

                Winamax has a rakeback system very similar in form to that of pokerstars, just a lot ****tier in terms of the actual rakeback %, esp. at the higher VIP levels. I get like ~19% currently based on this thread: http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/86...ax-fr-1086353/ ; not sure if the information is still valid though. I just spend 95% of my miles* (*winamax equivalent of FPPs) on tournament tickets - best value for sure. Other than that, I spent a bit on the wina sweatpants, which are currently my go-to grinding attire:



                0 notable runs in the W.Series events so far, but I chopped a small 50€ for ~900 yesterday, so I'm pretty much breakeven for the series.
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                06-12-2015 , 01:36 PM
                Just a quick results update, been more or less breakeven across all the sites (started playing on Stars again, done well so far):



                Will post more regularly from the 17th onwards - that's when I'll be done with uni. Been pretty busy with studies + some grind. Will grind extra hard 17.06-30.06. Might do a volume / hours played challenge, will think of something.

                Back to essay writing for now. Need to make $11k in 2.5 months. LFG!
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                07-06-2015 , 02:55 PM
                Done with all of my courses now, which is a huge relief. I'll do the viva voce this fall and then I'll officially be a political scientist.

                I'm more or less on track with my profit goal, but definitely need to run at least decent to make it. It's still very possible to make good money (way more than I'd make doing an entry level job here in Estonia) playing mainly lowstakes MTTs in 2015, even for a spewtard like me. I'm playing exclusively on Stars now and I really enjoy how good the software is compared to other sites. June could have a been a huge month with so many close calls, e.g. 18th in the warmup, 11th in the B162, but got coolered / sucked out on where it mattered. Running 3bb/100 under EV according to HEM, so there's definitely room to be luckier. Graph since the beginning of the challenge:


                Last edited by Roushie; 07-06-2015 at 03:04 PM.
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                07-23-2015 , 03:41 PM
                Talked to my good friend that lives in Tallinn today. He described weather with a joke: In a competition to be the best october, out of all months so far july is the front runner.
                Does it help you to put more volume as the weather outside is ****ty?
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                07-23-2015 , 04:08 PM
                looking good, I always find MTT graphs cool to look at, keep crushing
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                08-09-2015 , 08:04 AM
                Quote:
                Originally Posted by igga3
                Talked to my good friend that lives in Tallinn today. He described weather with a joke: In a competition to be the best october, out of all months so far july is the front runner.
                Does it help you to put more volume as the weather outside is ****ty?
                I actually vastly prefer colder climates (and I really like when it rains), so I don't consider the weather atm to be ****ty. I have no problem with extreme cold, but I can't stand heat at all, so the "****ty" weather is actually making me go out more, I'd stay indoors all day for sure if it was like +30C here. Iceland would be the nuts for me in terms of climate, Nordic countries are ok as well.

                On a ~5k downer atm, so need an insane heater to reach my goal. Was so close to getting out of the downer a couple of days ago, 2 / 10 in B11 with me and the chipleader having ~60% of chips in play, run my AK into his 22 on K22KQ in a 3bet pot. Lol poker.
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                08-30-2015 , 09:58 PM
                So much for posting on a regular basis... Have had a great august so far, up around ~11k. Winamax ftw.

                In current affairs, 37 / 89 in the milly atm. WanTaim?
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                08-31-2015 , 08:56 PM
                How did milly go?
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                09-01-2015 , 02:25 AM
                Quote:
                Originally Posted by igga3
                How did milly go?
                Got like ~60th for ~1.8k.

                Lost A7o < Q8s for 35bb and then busted the remaining 8 Q5s < K4o bvsb. Don't think I could have done anything differently tho, so gg.

                Got second in a nightly turbo for ~2k after the milly bust tho, so still ended up up for the day.
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