I would 3b in h1 , even more of a slam dunk if he's opening 60%

I think calling is the higher frequency play given we are 48bb deep bbissick, would def tend to pretty much always 3bet 100bb deep though

also vs. minopen we would call more too.

however, i would raise a fk ton against 60% open so yeah...

Sorry didn't notice stack depths. Yeah I think calling becomes more appealing. I have done little to no work against 40bb stacks so can't say I'm sure either way

H2 is easy fold. Rapid is obviously semi nuts but I give him some credit for at least putting himself out there. btw rapid, have you seen Groundhog Day? Good movie.

yeah I've done a bit and results were really different, was mostly for the sake of MTTs though but yeah lot more flatting with suited broadways and connectors, and more 3 betting with offsuit blockers

yeah, love the movie, it's one of my favorites

H2 you are absolutely crushed like always. How do you even think about calling? I know we like to talk about being balanced and stuff but there are no bluffs in the spot like ever at these stakes.

At the time I had a thinking process related to blockers, meh, just burning money. I usually fold there, made way tougher folds in the session, but after I make a good hero call, I get confident and start stationing a bit. I'm not used to hero calling,g you know? This is a part of my game that is very very weak and I need to correct both strat about it + mental game issues(like stop being overconfident after making a hero call).

What do you guys think on H1 post-flop? Was it good given the reads? I didn't 3-bet pre because of the reasons you stated.

H1 seems fine. Weird catch 22 of people not 3 barreling A high boards as bluffs that often but also lol check-backing Ax alot on river. Riv bet does look really valuey tho.

H2 is pretty bad lol


I see you post this alot, where is it coming from? Pio cold calls 2x open and 3bets more 3x open?

I understand the logic, especially if its vs. the same range each time, just curious if it is a pio strat.

Also would be very curious how you would react to live opens which are typically 5-6x. When you 3 bet live, very often you are approaching committing yourself, lol. This is because with a 5x open and 3 cold calls there's already 20bbs in the pot. With some of the shorter stacks (lol, everyone is short when 5x is standard), this becomes a real problem.

For our value range, this isnt a problem. This is great.

But for the more linear part of our range (QJs type hands) i go back and forth between cc and 3b. I dont think cc, esp ip, is as bad as alot of folks do. You are seeing a 20 way flop with a hand that flops well. It feels a bit dirty cc'ing a 5x open, but bc of the schooling effect, I dont think it is.

Could be convinced otherwise tho.

Just 3b a value range. People obviously are bad enough that more hands move into a +ev call aND potentially out of a +ev 3b just because 0 fold equity.

It's from pio but should intuitively make sense anyway

Bankroll is at $2500

Made a ton of mistakes today and yesterday. I think I usually get owned by fish a lot, specially aggro ones/whales, basically nobody fight more for pots than those 2. My WWSF dropped to like 47 only because of this weekend, tons of x/f and give ups.

How do you guys play vs whales/aggrofish? If you see a good board to cbet but you have air, do you cbet? Or do you just give up? I'm pretty good at valuebetting whales, leave no money in the table, but vs aggro guys I feel I play so bad vs them to the point that I think I'm -EV. Also some regs are adapting by 3-betting lighter, things got kinda tough for me on 100z. Some regs think I'm a whale and are 3-betting for like 5x IP lol. Now I realized why people were using those terrible sizings vs me haha.

I probably look like a whale for some people out there, like 40 vpip+ lol!

Btw, I've had a ton of very tough spots in the last 2 sessions, so I ended up making horrible mistakes in some hands, but if you look at how many crappy spots I was getting into, it wasn't that terrible. Still bad though

Some hands

H1: if UTG had folded, then it would have been a really sick spot, probably would have folded or called flop and folded turn. Vs 2 unknowns

PokerStars - $1 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 116.81 BB
SB: 78.81 BB
BB: 103.18 BB
UTG: 98.3 BB
Hero (MP): 102.71 BB
CO: 208.51 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 3 BB, Hero raises to 9 BB, fold, BTN calls 9 BB, fold, fold, UTG calls 6 BB

Flop: (28.5 BB, 3 players) 8 2 6
UTG checks, Hero bets 14.08 BB, BTN raises to 30.65 BB, UTG raises to 89.3 BB and is all-in, fold, BTN calls 58.65 BB

Turn: (221.18 BB, 2 players) 5

River: (221.18 BB, 2 players) J



H2: vs king of nits, guy is so obvious lol. In the time I thought he had cold called a 3-bet, so I folded really fast, but even like that it's an easy fold vs a 17/12 with 1 AF

PokerStars - $1 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 106.42 BB
SB: 120.63 BB
BB: 124.12 BB
UTG: 48.95 BB
MP: 100.48 BB
CO: 117.65 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

UTG calls 1 BB, fold, fold, Hero raises to 5 BB, SB calls 4.5 BB, fold, fold

Flop: (12 BB, 2 players) 9 6 J
SB bets 8.44 BB, fold

SB wins 11.4 BB


H3: vs unknown, good fold OTT? I think I'm getting value only vs his AQ/random pairs, board is kinda dangerous and he has a ton of 2-pairs, good fold? His raise was instant to.

PokerStars - $1 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 173.64 BB
SB: 98.64 BB
BB: 205.23 BB
UTG: 99.74 BB
Hero (MP): 103.5 BB
CO: 109.07 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

UTG raises to 2 BB, Hero raises to 6 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, UTG calls 4 BB

Flop: (13.5 BB, 2 players) 8 Q 9
UTG checks, Hero checks

Turn: (13.5 BB, 2 players) K
UTG checks, Hero bets 6.66 BB, UTG raises to 20 BB, fold

UTG wins 25.48 BB


H4: This one looks pretty ugly, but check back OTF was good, what I hate the most was the raise. If I were playing against very strong opponents it would have been way better, but on 100z it's just ******ed to play this hand this way. Better to just call and play poker OTR.

PokerStars - $1 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 100 BB
SB: 104.64 BB
BB: 117.18 BB
UTG: 70.58 BB
MP: 193.53 BB
CO: 118.36 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

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

Flop: (17.5 BB, 2 players) 8 4 J
CO checks, Hero checks

Turn: (17.5 BB, 2 players) 6
CO bets 8.31 BB, Hero raises to 23 BB, CO raises to 109.42 BB, Hero calls 69 BB and is all-in

River: (201.5 BB, 2 players) J




H5: vs guy that bet pot OTF and OTT with a draw when checked to. He was tight pre so I just flatted. Is this ok? I mean, most people don't have AK there in my shoes, so he could be doing it with KQ, right? Also he could be playing his draws this way imo.

PokerStars - $1 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 116.59 BB
SB: 97.57 BB
BB: 30.33 BB
UTG: 30.06 BB
MP: 217.66 BB
CO: 341 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

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

Flop: (7.5 BB, 2 players) J K K
MP bets 1.56 BB, Hero raises to 6 BB, MP raises to 15.56 BB, Hero calls 9.56 BB

Turn: (38.62 BB, 2 players) 3
MP bets 36.69 BB, Hero raises to 98.03 BB and is all-in, MP calls 61.34 BB

River: (234.68 BB, 2 players) T




H6: vs reg, is this wp? Flop and turn are std, what about bluffing the river? Which sizing should we use? I thought a little and I think we should use a bigger sizing for Kx, since villain doesn't have many Kx. We could bet A9ss/JJ/QQ/TT for a 33% sizing, right? Is villain's call good OTR? His bet OTT is beyond bad imo.

PokerStars - $1 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 100 BB
SB: 100 BB
BB: 346.86 BB
UTG: 101.28 BB
MP: 100 BB
CO: 222.83 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.32 BB, fold, BB calls 1.32 BB

Flop: (5.14 BB, 2 players) 4 7 3
BB checks, Hero bets 1.61 BB, BB raises to 6.98 BB, Hero calls 5.37 BB

Turn: (19.1 BB, 2 players) K
BB bets 11.99 BB, Hero calls 11.99 BB

River: (43.08 BB, 2 players) 9
BB checks, Hero bets 30.7 BB, BB calls 30.7 BB




H7: vs aggro fish, he was 3-betting more than 50%, had a note on pt4 he 3-betted 96o and has very aggro stats OTF/OTT (90% flop cbet, 80% turn cbet). Is this turn jam good vs someone playing like that? I didn't expect him to call with that lol.

PokerStars - $1 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 85.32 BB
SB: 127.62 BB
BB: 109.93 BB
UTG: 110.21 BB
Hero (MP): 104.5 BB
CO: 178.41 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, Hero raises to 2.32 BB, CO calls 2.32 BB, fold, SB raises to 10.28 BB, fold, Hero calls 7.96 BB, fold

Flop: (23.88 BB, 2 players) Q 5 3
SB bets 11 BB, Hero calls 11 BB

Turn: (45.88 BB, 2 players) K
SB bets 22 BB, Hero raises to 83.22 BB and is all-in, SB calls 61.22 BB

River: (212.32 BB, 2 players) 4




H8: is this call OTR ok? From a gto perspective it's fine, but anyone here thinks it's a good call on 100z? Or is it just a fold?

PokerStars - $1 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 100 BB
SB: 100 BB
BB: 145.15 BB
UTG: 125.31 BB
MP: 194.15 BB
CO: 243.19 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

UTG raises to 2.45 BB, fold, fold, Hero raises to 8 BB, fold, fold, UTG calls 5.55 BB

Flop: (17.5 BB, 2 players) 8 7 K
UTG checks, Hero bets 5.5 BB, UTG calls 5.5 BB

Turn: (28.5 BB, 2 players) J
UTG checks, Hero checks

River: (28.5 BB, 2 players) 7
UTG bets 19.77 BB, Hero calls 19.77 BB

H3 check turn. Try not to be face up with single pairs on wet boards.

H4 bet flop ffs. This is worst played hand imo. BET. FLOP.

H5 3b pre. I flat AK/QQ more than most but man you post this like every update “guy was tight so I didn’t 3b”. Man, sometimes you gotta 3bet tight players with one of the best starting hands in poker.

Otf, flat. You made your bed pre now you gotta sleep in it. Also, these 1bb bets are like ALWAYS inducers. I lost a 200bb pot just a few hours ago bc I (once again) ignored this poker life lesson.

H6 check flop. Would like 2x river if I wanted to bluff. No particular reason other than I know anything less than pot is getting snapped.

H7 4bet pre. Shipping turn is huge spew. Calling down unimproved would be better.

The sooner you realize you actually are a whale, the sooner you will improve. I bet you jerk off to WWSF every day, while Ishter crushed 200z with 43.5 WWSF according to russian ptr.

H7 is a good example of classic whale play. You still seem to think the way to beat lagtards is to be an even bigger one. Basic rules that fish even know is if someone is loose you play tighter.

H4, turn raise is terrible, obv, and there you go again talking about weak opponents and you get stacked in that spot, lolz.

H5 raise flop is fine because you are going broke in that spot 100% so might as well go for full value. Flat pre is obv bad against anyone.

H3:I don't understand about why we should be checking OTT, I clearly have bluffs OTT too, gotta get some value from AQ/Qx/draws, no?

H4: OTF this is a hand that we want to bet, but board is quite bad for us, the reason why I'm checking most of my range vs a reg, I'm checking even QQ there. You can say the rest of the hand was super ******ed(and it was), but I'm pretty sure checking OTF is fine.

H5: man, the kind of nits that play 50z/100z aren't from this world. If I'm 3-betting AK, I'm basically turning it into a bluff with blockers, these nits also have a tendency of overfolding on A/K boards and runnouts, so every time I hit they fold, basically the only hand they're paying me off with is AQ and they're even capable of calling flop and turn to fold the river.

Also I'm getting 4-bet a big amount of the time, something around 20%, and I'm folding to a 4-bet. Gotta outnit the nits, man.

H6: OTF it's a range cbet, since BB's range is weaker than mine on this flop(and most flops), I'm range cbetting for 33%. Some examples of a board I wouldn't range cbet would be Q93r, T92ss, QT8r, 972sss

I like your idea of 2xing the river there, but I would be representing sets only. I don't agree that anything smaller than pot is getting snap called, villain has a ton of give ups there, some which are pairs, so I'm trying to make villain fold his bluffs that beat me in showdown. Villain was quite stationy and it took him almost 40s to call.

H7: Are we 4-bet calling or 4-bet folding? Villain is 3-betting 50%, ok, but I don't see merits for 4-betting, since if villain is ******ed enough to 3-bet 50%, he will be ******ed enough to 5-bet a ton. Our hand is almost never ahead by a good amount, even if we flip vs random **** like K6o we lose a ton because of the rake. So If 4-bet folding is bad, 4-bet-calling is bad, I prefer calling, since I'm not folding ofc.

Look, I respect the opponent, I'm not saying I'm way better than he is, he is likely in the same level as I am, vs me that play is really ******ed too, I'm not bet-jamming anything AKs does well against. Now vs a strong opponent, like one of those crushers from 500z, I think it's an ok play, since they're capable of jamming random draws because we're likely FOS.

You gotta understand that I'm a nit, man, I only go over aggro vs those who won't fight back. Vs most regulars I'm quite passive and don't fight a ton for pots.

Do you 3-bet AK at a 100% frequency vs everyone?
vs some guys it's really sub-optimal, meh, it's fine, but I think that vs nits calling has a higher EV.

You're not opening your mind. Just try and open your mind. Too many counters to (I'm trying to be nice) what is mostly standard stuff.

If I had to quote your leaks in one sentence, it would be that you overthink too much.

mas uno

Monthly update

Bankroll is at $1750

Got owned today, ran bad and played like a ******, spewed off a ton. It's so annoying, people are adapting to my style like crazy, and many different people adapt in many weird ways vs me. Some guys try to bluff me more, some guys go really mergy and stack off with TP on 3-bet pots, some guys slowplay like crazy, some never fold. Basically I'm overwhelmed by so many people using so many weird and different tactics vs me.

Even nits are 3-betting me light and barreling me off, had a hand where a nit 3-bet AK and cbet flop/turn and thought a ton OTR before giving up.

It sucks having this downswing, but I won't give up. I have tons of weaknesses, but the only thing that kept me going was my attitude of never giving up. Even when things looked like hopeless, back when my bankroll got to $60 I kept studying and doing my best to beat this game.

Btw, will buy some coaching from brokenstars, I think it will be really good for me, will work on my flatting ranges pre. Kinda loose for my bankroll but I think it will pay off.

Graph of the month (21k hands on 100z, 2.2evbb/100 there, the rest is 50z)




VAMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Not to mention the lack of RB is bending you over with no lube

paid close to 2k in rake this month =(

That's why you guys are silly for still playing on ps after they blatantly robbed you.

Here's a genius idea. How about you tighten up your ranges, play simple TAG poker and own them? Also why don't you go over you monthly db and work out how many bb's you have spewed off. lolz

one thing u can do thats short term is to just be way tighter and exploit ur aggro stats and print for the next month

also think it's more +ev to grind stars against good players, get good and then decide if u want to go on trashier player sites

Why are you playing on the hardest poker site out there? Being on a short roll makes it 100 times worse.

Back when I played (games were much softer obviously) i would have +/- 15 bi days at least once a week. Now that the games are incredibly aggressive I have to imagine the swings are even worse.

You haven't even touched the tip of how bad it can get.

Has the penny dropped that regs can read and posting your entire (funky) strat on here without disguising your un not the greatest idea of all time.

On another note, I asked several times in BQ (and so have plenty of others) for the best euro alternative to stars...I've yet to see a meaningful reply. I've played on Unibet and 888 and I didn't actually think them any softer, and the software (esp on 888) just totally sucks. Don't know what the best site for RB is????????? So come on stars haters, let's have a solid recommendation...I'll give it a whirl.