Rofl @telling another reg where the softest games are. What is this, 2006?

keep doing what you do OP. gl!

Maybe read before you type? Or are you just a peddle bin...someone treads on your toe and a whole load of junk spews out?

I did not ask where the softest games are...I asked (in response to a "I hate Stars" post) if anyone had a recommendation of a viable alternative (inc volume, population size, game types, hud support, softness, software & rewards/rb etc etc etc), noting that whilst it is routine for folk hereabouts to slag off stars, no one ever comes up with the alternative goods.

I notice you didn't either, so feel free to stfu.

Booooooooommmm!!!!

The alternative is ofc unibet. No huds means regs don't like playing there, and fish don't lose their money as quickly. Can play more or less anonymously, no seating scripts and all that jazz. Traffic isn't great but depends what you want to play, nl50 is normally good for 6 tables, nl100 is similar and fluctuates. Have to say nl100 I have found tough but haven't really tried that hard as nl50 is pretty soft right now so a good bankroll builder.
888 yes that software is bad, so is ipoker, haven't played those for ages, don't really want to go back to playing with a hud either.

I already do that, man, I don't choose to RFI 100% in all tables, I usually play like a 24-26 VPIP player vs people that are defending their blinds well. The thing here is that recently random nits started adjusting, and since they have a very low 3-bet, I can't defend my opens properly.

As an example, a nit with 5% 3-bet and 1 digit re-steal had K4s yesterday after 3-betting me. How am I supposed to defend properly with that lack of info?

It seems my strat is going really poorly for me, specially since I can't stand the emotional pressure. Not to say that it's bad(regs are stacking off with a waaaaaay looser range vs me), but I'm getting the hard part of variance a ton. I'll keep playing my game on 50z, next time I move to 100z I'll think of something.

The hard part is that I play so much different vs different players that my strat is very hard to apply well and it leaves me with a ton of margin to make mistakes.

As an example, vs a reg I try to be as balanced as possible, I have 2 sizings/frequencies OTF depending on the texture, vs a whale/aggro it changes, vs nits/weaktight fish, another one, and it goes all the way until the river depending on the texture/my hand/actions.

I'm playing the biggest range of strats possible in the games I play, vs some guys I stackoff lightly, vs some guys I flat AK pre, fold overpairs OTF. It's just too much weird stuff going on and it makes me easier to tilt, add some variance into the mix and boom: there's this graph

The higher you play , along with poor br managment leads to frustration-tilt-Foggy thoughts-bad play-spew.
Fix your leaks, steady build br , then move up shooting higher

Here are the hands, as promised

H1: it seems like std(or just call the river), but it's a fold OTF, this guy had like a 17% AFq OTF, 0.53 AF overall. I kept leveling myself into calling like a ****** and fold in the best river possible(because he isn't bluffing ever).

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

BTN: 473.63 BB
SB: 99.15 BB
BB: 110.56 BB
UTG: 312.03 BB
MP: 114.74 BB
Hero (CO): 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

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

Flop: (5.14 BB, 2 players) 4 9 6
BB checks, Hero bets 4.39 BB, BB raises to 12.22 BB, Hero calls 7.83 BB

Turn: (29.58 BB, 2 players) 4
BB bets 18 BB, Hero calls 18 BB

River: (65.58 BB, 2 players) 9
BB bets 78.02 BB and is all-in, fold

BB wins 63.08 BB


H2: Nothing really wrong with this one, just an insane amount of bull**** OTT =(

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

Hero (BTN): 100 BB
SB: 95.8 BB
BB: 123 BB
UTG: 283.92 BB
MP: 126.91 BB
CO: 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.32 BB, SB calls 1.82 BB, BB raises to 12.5 BB, Hero calls 10.18 BB, fold

Flop: (27.32 BB, 2 players) 4 5 T
BB bets 10 BB, Hero calls 10 BB

Turn: (47.32 BB, 2 players) 9
BB checks, Hero bets 23.37 BB, BB raises to 100.5 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 54.13 BB and is all-in

River: (202.32 BB, 2 players) A
Players agreed to run it twice.

River #2: (202.32 BB, 2 players) K



H3: really thin valuebet, vs guy that stationed me a bit before. It's not that a good of a valuebet because I block 99 which could call, also he tanked a ton before calling with the best hand lol. But I couldn't be able to know how loose he could call, I usually just go for it in these spots if I think they can call me with worse. So meh, not that bad.

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

BTN: 690.48 BB
Hero (SB): 100.5 BB
BB: 115.97 BB
UTG: 154.35 BB
MP: 120.96 BB
CO: 146.52 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 2.5 BB, Hero raises to 10 BB, fold, BTN calls 7.5 BB

Flop: (21 BB, 2 players) J 8 Q
Hero checks, BTN checks

Turn: (21 BB, 2 players) Q
Hero bets 14.96 BB, BTN calls 14.96 BB

River: (50.92 BB, 2 players) 5
Hero bets 36.32 BB, BTN calls 36.32 BB




H4: vs 18/14 guy, should have folded turn, he has AK a ton of the time

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

BTN: 100.5 BB
SB: 59 BB
BB: 403.23 BB
UTG: 100 BB
MP: 106.26 BB
Hero (CO): 101.19 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, MP raises to 2.3 BB, Hero raises to 7 BB, fold, fold, BB calls 6 BB, fold

Flop: (16.8 BB, 2 players) 9 K 9
BB bets 10.64 BB, Hero calls 10.64 BB

Turn: (38.08 BB, 2 players) 3
BB bets 25 BB, Hero calls 25 BB

River: (88.08 BB, 2 players) Q
BB bets 64.19 BB, Hero calls 58.55 BB and is all-in




Now get ready for the spew, boys

H5: couldn't believe he would make it with a value hand, it makes sense only with draws if I'm bet-folding worse always(am I bet-folding always? lol). Really ******ed move by villain, but mine is 1000x more ******ed because I fell for that lol, leveled myself into calling.

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

Hero (BTN): 100 BB
SB: 94.95 BB
BB: 100 BB
UTG: 100 BB
MP: 147.71 BB
CO: 111.96 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.32 BB, fold, BB raises to 9.5 BB, Hero calls 7.18 BB

Flop: (19.5 BB, 2 players) 2 8 Q
BB bets 9.07 BB, Hero calls 9.07 BB

Turn: (37.64 BB, 2 players) 2
BB checks, Hero bets 11.84 BB, BB raises to 81.43 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 69.59 BB and is all-in

River: (200.5 BB, 2 players) 4
Players agreed to run it twice.

River #2: (200.5 BB, 2 players) J




H6: Now I understand why people are raising TP OTF lol. I think villain's play on this board wasn't really good, since this board is good for my range, but against a tilted rapidesh, always the best move.

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

BTN: 219.84 BB
SB: 562.65 BB
Hero (BB): 101.5 BB
UTG: 101.96 BB
MP: 64.71 BB
CO: 108.45 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, fold, fold, SB raises to 3 BB, Hero raises to 9 BB, SB calls 6 BB

Flop: (18 BB, 2 players) K 3 7
SB checks, Hero bets 5.66 BB, SB raises to 19.87 BB, Hero raises to 92.5 BB and is all-in, SB calls 72.63 BB

Turn: (203 BB, 2 players) J

River: (203 BB, 2 players) 4




H7: Not a tilt hand, vs the same guy, right after H6 we ended up in the same spot lol!!! Guy went really greedy and made the same x/r, trying to run me over. What would you guys do in this spot? I went for the same play I did, but maybe calling could be better.

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

BTN: 177.23 BB
Hero (SB): 100 BB
BB: 180.71 BB
UTG: 115.21 BB
MP: 224.63 BB
CO: 128.73 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, CO raises to 2.5 BB, fold, Hero raises to 10 BB, fold, CO calls 7.5 BB

Flop: (21 BB, 2 players) K 8 7
Hero bets 6.6 BB, CO raises to 23.18 BB, Hero raises to 90 BB and is all-in, fold

Hero wins 64.86 BB


H8: vs fish, it's a fold OTF, such a big sizing, no backdoors, he always has overpairs there. So it's probably a fold pre-flop too, but his sizing was so small. Meh, terrible call OTR. It doesn't look as ugly as the AQ hand or the 86 hand, but I think this spew OTR is way worse than those 2, at least in those 2 I have a chance of winning the pot if he is tilted or something, OTR here we're always burning 25bb.

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

BTN: 48.19 BB
SB: 43.64 BB
BB: 100 BB
Hero (UTG): 100 BB
MP: 113.29 BB
CO: 215.36 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

Hero raises to 2.32 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, BB raises to 7.46 BB, Hero calls 5.14 BB

Flop: (15.42 BB, 2 players) 5 J 6
BB bets 10 BB, Hero calls 10 BB

Turn: (35.42 BB, 2 players) T
BB bets 14 BB, Hero calls 14 BB

River: (63.42 BB, 2 players) T
BB bets 25 BB, Hero calls 25 BB




I really want to play, but will relax a bit today, still tilted from yesterday.

Yeah, I think I'll stay on 50z for a while.
But small BRM don't usually tilt me, I played a ton of sessions with 14-17 BI on 50z and I wasn't tilting because of that. I usually tilt when someone make like some really bull**** calldown when I'm bluffing lol.

viallin's play with AQ looks absolutely fine

H1, H4, H5 and H8 are all fine in theory, but yet I'm rambling about them being really terrible, why do you think I have that opinion in those hands?

he is only getting called by KQ and some people even fold that in the pool. His only hope of getting called by worse is when playing vs a tilted villain(me) or a fish. Just because a play is fine in theory, it doesn't mean it's a good move in practice

just as an example, this is bad according to theory, but would you say it's bad in practice or an excellent fold?

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

BTN: 279.03 BB
Hero (SB): 104.01 BB
BB: 100 BB
UTG: 106.5 BB
MP: 104.5 BB
CO: 102.62 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

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

Flop: (6 BB, 2 players) 3 J K
Hero bets 1.88 BB, BB raises to 5.48 BB, Hero calls 3.6 BB

Turn: (16.96 BB, 2 players) K
Hero checks, BB checks

River: (16.96 BB, 2 players) A
Hero bets 12.08 BB, BB raises to 37.48 BB, fold

BB wins 39.06 BB

A+ post, man, thanks for taking the time to write it

You convinced me on the AK hand, really good stuff, K is good for our range but overall we're really crushed on this texture and there isn't much we can get value from, most of the stuff villain have are no equity hands, monsters and strong draws(pair + draw, pair + FD).

Yeah, I'm quite more careful than I should, board is still annoying and our range will get raised there a ton, but population don't do it enough, so meh, betting is better. It was almost the only x back I've made in the last 30k hands in that spot, so as a low frequency play it's fine.


neither RIO nor doug say we should flat AK pre, it's one stuff that I've implemented in my game because I played almost 700k hands of 9-max, so I used to deal a ton with nits there. Today I saw one of those nits and I had QQ vs his CO open, quite annoying lol. But I saw that he had an insane 4-bet stat(even for a nit), he had 66 there on his range too, so went for a 3-bet-jam vs that. Only in those specific positions vs that specific guy.
And nits overfold even to 1/7th of pot, if they're not folding, they're calling with the mentality of hitting their set, like post-flop setmining.

AK is a good hand, but do you know that for a while, I was making more with AQ than with AK? Variance mostly, but depending on the environment and our approach to it, I can see that happening in the long run.

Yeah, will try to see spots to explo overbet bluff. Even those stations don't call me light when I 2x pot.

I'm not calling 3rd pair until the river, idea was to flop a FD, let him barrel a bit and jam with equity, getting value from his bluffs. I don't usually 4-bet-fold these guys, will test it later and see how it works. From my experience, people just 5-bet a ton or call and make our life even worse.

Btw, ended up playing some today, couldn't hold myself lol.

Played A game, really good!

Here are 2 interesting hands, it's quite an inverted scenario for me and for both different villains. Basically we're in a scenario where the turn card is very good for the pre-flop caller's range, now see how each one of those players(me included) approach that certain card. In the end, it was just a cooler with the AA hand, but this is a turn that we would check a ton, KQ got there, we block AK also. In the AT hand he is just coolering himself and not getting value from my bluffs, the only benefit he has is that he denies equity from my draws.

Btw, is my float with AT/bet turn ok? Villain was 3-betting quite light and cbetting a ton, he wasn't double barreling much, so his checking range had probably some slowplays, but imo he should have tons of give ups too.

H1:

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 110.36 BB
SB: 100 BB
BB: 37.4 BB
UTG: 260.04 BB
MP: 126.08 BB
Hero (CO): 198.5 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.32 BB, fold, SB raises to 9 BB, fold, Hero calls 6.68 BB

Flop: (19 BB, 2 players) J 6 8
SB bets 9 BB, Hero calls 9 BB

Turn: (37 BB, 2 players) 8
SB checks, Hero bets 18.28 BB, SB raises to 82 BB and is all-in, fold

SB wins 69.88 BB


H2:

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 100 BB
Hero (SB): 100 BB
BB: 130.32 BB
UTG: 162.4 BB
MP: 382.68 BB
CO: 115.7 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

UTG raises to 2.5 BB, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 10 BB, fold, UTG calls 7.5 BB

Flop: (21 BB, 2 players) 7 6 K
Hero bets 6.6 BB, UTG calls 6.6 BB

Turn: (34.2 BB, 2 players) Q
Hero checks, UTG bets 18 BB, Hero calls 18 BB

River: (70.2 BB, 2 players) A
Hero checks, UTG bets 127.8 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 65.4 BB and is all-in

btw, getting better at making hero calls vs aggro fish >D

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 100 BB
SB: 122.88 BB
BB: 64.92 BB
UTG: 207.42 BB
MP: 48 BB
CO: 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

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

Flop: (5.14 BB, 2 players) J 5 A
BB bets 5 BB, Hero calls 5 BB

Turn: (15.14 BB, 2 players) K
BB bets 16 BB, Hero calls 16 BB

River: (47.14 BB, 2 players) T
BB bets 22 BB, Hero calls 22 BB

@tomj

cheers mate for the helpful reply, I've been thinking of giving unibet another shot, busy with a zoom challenge right now, but defo gonna try other sites maybe March April?

Rofl. Nah it's ok you can stick to 10nlz. Carry on cuckold.

h2 SO SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICK

Heard a rumour they may be getting a shared pool with Stan James players who are merging so that will be great for traffic

Bankroll is at $1700

Going to take a small vacation from poker, will come back on monday. I shouldn't have played yesterday and today, still kinda tilted, even with that managed to pull really good sessions, when things started going spewy I snap called it a session. 16 BI below EV this month, also got coolered a ton/terrible runouts, bluffs got called and valuebets got folds.

So annoying to have a +EV month but lose 2x of the EV. Meh. Even with these terrible results, I'm happy with how I improved in the game, making really sick plays, spewing less overall and getting really good at recognizing how ranges interact with different textures/runouts.

Will just try to chill out and refresh my mind so I can come back next week and play some good sessions.

Here are the refreshed graphs of the month:

BB



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Some hands

H1: Guy tanked for almost his entire time bank and called in the last 4 seconds lol. TBH I couldn't even imagine that he had top set there lol, was trying to fold something like A2o lol. It's amazing to see how some guys in the pool give me so much credit and other ones just call me with any crap

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 146.26 BB
SB: 83.8 BB
Hero (BB): 100 BB
UTG: 194.52 BB
MP: 74.92 BB
CO: 100.66 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 2.3 BB, fold, Hero calls 1.3 BB

Flop: (5.1 BB, 2 players) A 7 4
Hero checks, BTN checks

Turn: (5.1 BB, 2 players) J
Hero checks, BTN bets 2.5 BB, Hero calls 2.5 BB

River: (10.1 BB, 2 players) K
Hero checks, BTN bets 6.34 BB, Hero raises to 31 BB, BTN calls 24.66 BB





H2: vs reg with 22 WTSD lol. Not vs me ofc

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 153.08 BB
Hero (SB): 100 BB
BB: 100 BB
UTG: 104.2 BB
MP: 274.8 BB
CO: 242.66 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

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

Flop: (6 BB, 2 players) 7 5 K
Hero bets 1.88 BB, BB calls 1.88 BB

Turn: (9.76 BB, 2 players) T
Hero bets 6.96 BB, BB calls 6.96 BB

River: (23.68 BB, 2 players) A
Hero bets 16.88 BB, BB calls 16.88 BB




H3: vs weaktight fish, OTT it's quite close if it's a jam or not, these guys usually overfold when the A hits, but I took so much time thinking about the jam that he probably thought I was bluffing and snapped me off lol. It's a good value jam, nothing good will come from checking and giving this guy some cards, he isn't bluffing me anyways. Vs a station it's a snap jam ofc.

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 100 BB
SB: 123.44 BB
BB: 100 BB
UTG: 92.1 BB
MP: 49.24 BB
CO: 202.1 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

UTG raises to 3 BB, MP calls 3 BB, CO calls 3 BB, Hero raises to 15 BB, fold, fold, UTG calls 12 BB, fold, CO calls 12 BB

Flop: (49.5 BB, 3 players) 2 4 6
UTG checks, CO checks, Hero bets 15.56 BB, fold, CO calls 15.56 BB

Turn: (80.62 BB, 2 players) A
CO checks, Hero bets 69.44 BB and is all-in, CO calls 69.44 BB

River: (219.5 BB, 2 players) Q




H4: vs nit, good bet-fold? Or should we check the turn? Guy didn't have much history with me so he wasn't stationy

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 149.7 BB
SB: 131.44 BB
Hero (BB): 100 BB
UTG: 66.46 BB
MP: 122.18 BB
CO: 108.76 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

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

Flop: (5.5 BB, 2 players) Q T 6
Hero checks, CO bets 1.72 BB, Hero raises to 8 BB, CO calls 6.28 BB

Turn: (21.5 BB, 2 players) 4
Hero bets 10.6 BB, CO calls 10.6 BB

River: (42.7 BB, 2 players) 9
Hero bets 21.08 BB, CO raises to 87.66 BB and is all-in, fold

CO wins 80.86 BB


H5: vs nit, almost folded the river, but he could be doing it with another set, right? I hate to have valuebets vs nits, so annoying. Should I raise-fold the river? Or do you guys think the nit could have lower sets?

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 188.12 BB
Hero (SB): 107.04 BB
BB: 103 BB
UTG: 94.4 BB
MP: 113.8 BB
CO: 164 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 2.1 BB, Hero calls 1.6 BB, fold

Flop: (5.2 BB, 2 players) 3 6 5
Hero checks, BTN bets 3 BB, Hero calls 3 BB

Turn: (11.2 BB, 2 players) A
Hero checks, BTN bets 5 BB, Hero calls 5 BB

River: (21.2 BB, 2 players) 8
Hero checks, BTN bets 15 BB, Hero raises to 54 BB, BTN raises to 178.02 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 42.94 BB and is all-in




H6: vs brazillian reg, his sizings are quite off but I like his line. Hate to get owned in that one, but I have to bluff here, right?

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 226.3 BB
SB: 133.44 BB
BB: 107.26 BB
UTG: 212.7 BB
MP: 93.1 BB
Hero (CO): 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.32 BB, fold, fold, BB raises to 9 BB, Hero calls 6.68 BB

Flop: (18.5 BB, 2 players) K 5 A
BB bets 8.5 BB, Hero calls 8.5 BB

Turn: (35.5 BB, 2 players) T
BB bets 23.5 BB, Hero calls 23.5 BB

River: (82.5 BB, 2 players) J
BB checks, Hero bets 59 BB and is all-in, BB calls 59 BB




H7: vs reg that is explo calling me

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 111.82 BB
SB: 120.94 BB
Hero (BB): 100 BB
UTG: 90.96 BB
MP: 143.38 BB
CO: 49.38 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, fold, fold, SB raises to 2.8 BB, Hero raises to 8.4 BB, SB calls 5.6 BB

Flop: (16.8 BB, 2 players) A 8 8
SB checks, Hero bets 5.28 BB, SB calls 5.28 BB

Turn: (27.36 BB, 2 players) 7
SB checks, Hero bets 19.5 BB, SB calls 19.5 BB

River: (66.36 BB, 2 players) 9
SB checks, Hero bets 66.82 BB and is all-in, SB calls 66.82 BB




H8: vs whale, the funniest hand of the day lol, he snap jammed turn

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 135.12 BB
SB: 237.06 BB
BB: 110.14 BB
UTG: 389.9 BB
Hero (MP): 100 BB
CO: 202.78 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 3.5 BB, Hero raises to 16 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, UTG calls 12.5 BB

Flop: (33.5 BB, 2 players) J J 8
UTG checks, Hero bets 23.86 BB, UTG calls 23.86 BB

Turn: (81.22 BB, 2 players) 8
UTG bets 350.04 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 60.14 BB and is all-in

River: (201.5 BB, 2 players) 3




H9: good line? On boards like that I usually go bigger and go for 2 streets.

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 256.58 BB
SB: 101.96 BB
BB: 204 BB
UTG: 251.2 BB
MP: 108.06 BB
Hero (CO): 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 5 7

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

Flop: (17.5 BB, 2 players) 9 2 7
MP checks, Hero bets 14.94 BB, MP calls 14.94 BB

Turn: (47.38 BB, 2 players) 4
MP checks, Hero bets 77.06 BB and is all-in, MP calls 77.06 BB

TT flopped set nh
88 you say vs nit but then go and call the turn

Gl and good to see you are taking a break

88 is fine

H6. The only thing worse than that brazil reg barreling JJ on that board is you opening 46s in CO and then calling a 3bet, and then calling turn.You were rightfully owned.'Brazilian regs' = lolz

H7. pretty bad overplay. Good jam with AK I'd say but not with that.

H9. No idea what you are doing here. 3bet pre is bad. Then you bomb flop and jam turn. He probably folded AKo. wp.

postflop is potentially fine in the hands mirage mentioned. pre maybe not

h4 bet larger on turn or check, as played river fold is fine

h5 vs nit turn is close depends how nitty he is, river raise is good call is good

h6 i think pre is def a call. river bluff isnt bad unblocking pairs that can fold

h7 think river or turn is a check even vs this villain he literally has no worse hands that call

h9 fold pre, post looks fine

Thx for the analysis, guys.

64s was kinda loose pre, should have folded, this guy was a nit, but I thought he was 3-betting me lighter to punish my opens. Vs normal 3-bets it's ok, like 12%+, but vs a guy 3-betting 9%, it's better to fold, specially since he is going super aggro post-flop(and he can do it, given his tightness).


Since I'm not playing, I'll take these days analysing my database and trying to build some plans in the areas I'm not sure of.

Those areas are:
Calling in the big blind vs nit opens(10% opens) and how to play post-flop properly.
X/r frequencies OTF/OTT, overall strategy as the pre-flop caller
3-betting vs nits(I think I'm 3-betting way too tight)
Calling 3-bets
Why am I losing when I open SCs

First I'll start with

Calling in the big blind vs nit opens(10% opens) and how to play post-flop properly.

I'm really not sure about what I can profitably call pre vs these guys in the BB, I usually take into account their open size, if it's like 3x, I'm only flatting PPs, AQo+, JTs+, folding even KQo and AJo, is it ok? Now vs 2x-2.5x I get more liberal, call 46s, maybe I should call hands like 6Ts? I'm talking about guys that open really tight here, like even 77+ AQ+ from UTG.

But what really makes me confused is how to deal with them post-flop. Since their range is very strong, they won't fold a ton, my normal approach is to try to get some decent equity, like gutshot + BDFD and go for a check-raise and put some pressure on them(since they cbet at a high frequency). Is it any good? Or should I be playing more defensive, trying to realize my equity rather than try to deny his? I usually go for stabs OTT with equity too, which seems to be a good play, but I can't get too crazy since those guys love to slowplay some pairs and bluff catch me.

Here are my graphs from the BB(150k hands sample):

Called 2-bet



Called 2-bet IP(b vs b)



Called 2-bet OOP




Is that winrate any good for the pre-flop actions? Take into consideration I'm calling a very tight range OOP, while loose vs SB opens.

Here are my winrates per position, are them normal?

I think we can overfold vs EP opens from true nits and be happy that we’re exploiting them far more than they are us. It also depends lots on their postflop tendencies, if they’re consistently betting multiple streets I think overfolding pre becomes a better option as we avoid playing bloated pots with a weaker range oop. Lots of nits tend to be even more straightforward post flop than they are pre and only put money in with high equity so we can call wider and stab more turns when flop checks through and expect better fold equity. Generally though imo just fold more given we have less equity vs their range than normal, more difficulty realising our equity and likely to have difficulty getting value when we do make a hand.


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