Yeah man! Keep going, let's kill these fish and rule the world, I start reading some pages from your blog yesterday, but I still didn't read all the 1700 pages, I stop reading when you was struggling at nl50 so my Tapatalk stopedd working and I lose the page I was, anyway, congratulations for get out of the micros and reach nl100, I"m back playing poker some days ago but I"m struggling at nl2 zoom, do you have some tip, advice or recommendation?

Ps1: sorry for my English haha
Ps2: sou Br tbm, então vamoooooooo


Enviado de meu XT1033 usando o Tapatalk

BUT BUT BUT.... lol

You should move down until you learn basic bb defend ranges. Im sure some 10nl regs could help you.

Le crushing the micros do blackrain79, joga mt nl2 e lucra bem la, ai se inscreve no run it once e vai subindo p nl16 o mais rapido possivel, constroi sua banca la. Foca em aprender e melhorar, joga 2 mesas que voce aprende melhor, o foco nos microstakes eh extrair valor e nao pagar os nits, tem que foldar bastante.

Vs 70% rfi and 2.5x Im defending 100%. I could avoid those breakeven spots, but thats just not my style. If I see a chance to take someone down, I take it. Vs good regs I play tighter, but that guy was making so many mistakes post flop that I think 62o could be printing. Its easy to think it was terrible by that hand alone, but if you account all the times he x/f otf, bet-fold or when I take a midpair to sd and win, it could be winning big. Thats not a play I would do vs strong opponents ever.

Oh ok, he makes so many mistakes post flop? Like donking off his stack with 62o? Keep trying to take villains down with 62o. I'm sure they wont mind. lolz

Honestly lead shoving looks like the nut worst possible play.

why? villains have 0 AK, I'm the only person that can have it, also I'm using that sizing with Kx to get folds from chops and bluffing as well.

Bluffing? Lel.

Youve seen some crazy bluffs,in this thread.,imo bluffing mw without a chop is bad, but I know myself, if I had AQss I see myself jamming there.

I've seen you make some decent plays, but bluffing in this spot is pretty much punting your stack away. AQss can be a lead out ott, but that would be a laughable river shove considering youre oop against two players who have plenty of K's in their range. Not to mention you block a decent portion of their folding range. That and villains at low stakes would be hard-pressed to fold a K in this spot, seeing that you rarely (although sometimes) have AK here. Rapid, I could be wrong here, but I think you may just be the greatest troll 2p2 has ever seen.

What do you think its worse: bluffing with AQss for 3x pot or calling that off?

I will just answer this before people get me wrong. I believe that in a world that AQss/QQ are never a bluff, Kx is just a fold. Imo if both players were playing reasonable strategies in that spot, both AQss is a bluff and some Kx are calls. But SB should have a reasonable calling range vs that tight open, a reasonable betting OTT and being capable of bluffing enough hands OTR, which requires utg to be capable of folding some Kx. If UTG is never folding Kx there, which I think its reasonable since it was a snap call, then SB has no incentive to bluff there and youre right that bluffing there is terrible.

The problem here is that I would be relying on my opponent on making a mistake. In that specific spot, which is quite rare, I think playing an explo strat is best, mostly because people dont expect to see that much AK in there. A big mistake I could make is to take my approach in that hand and extrapolate to the rest of my game.

You're in the small blind. You having AK there once every 10 times in a spot like this is something I can live with. Add in the possibility of you bluffing with something like AQss, Im calling you off everytime I have a K and it's really not even close.

Didn't play yesterday, was pumped up to play, but went out with friends instead. It was really good for my mental game, since I wasn't that confident. Maybe will play more today

Some hands

H1: vs unknown shaping to be a fish, OTR it seems he has some sort of spazz using the scary card, so I don't expect him to have Kx anymore or AK. So good to make calls and be good!

PokerStars - $2 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 111.92 BB
Hero (SB): 100 BB
BB: 61.33 BB
UTG: 173.8 BB
MP: 111.03 BB
CO: 127.89 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 6 7

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

Flop: (6 BB, 2 players) 5 K 6
Hero checks, BB bets 4 BB, Hero calls 4 BB

Turn: (14 BB, 2 players) 4
Hero checks, BB bets 15 BB, Hero calls 15 BB

River: (44 BB, 2 players) A
Hero checks, BB bets 39.33 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 39.33 BB



H2: so good to find these when I actually have a hand!

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

Hero (BTN): 100 BB
SB: 225.51 BB
BB: 370.57 BB
UTG: 342.8 BB
MP: 105 BB
CO: 88.14 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.32 BB, SB raises to 8.5 BB, fold, Hero raises to 24 BB, SB raises to 225.51 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 76 BB and is all-in

Flop: (201 BB, 2 players) 9 3 2

Turn: (201 BB, 2 players) Q

River: (201 BB, 2 players) 6
Players agreed to run it twice.

Flop #2: (201 BB, 2 players) T 7 5

Turn #2: (201 BB, 2 players) 3

River #2: (201 BB, 2 players) 8




H3: villain's flop play is so bad imo. OTR I have to check, since he has a lot of AQ/AK and my range becomes quite weak vs his

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

BTN: 115.1 BB
SB: 100 BB
Hero (BB): 100 BB
UTG: 228.24 BB
MP: 75.05 BB
CO: 112.4 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

UTG raises to 2.49 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls 1.49 BB

Flop: (5.48 BB, 2 players) 4 T 8
Hero checks, UTG checks

Turn: (5.48 BB, 2 players) 6
Hero bets 3.43 BB, UTG calls 3.43 BB

River: (12.34 BB, 2 players) A
Hero checks, UTG checks




H4: Cold calling is such a bad play overall, try to avoid it. But with a fish in the pot, I think it's the best play, gotta play pots vs the fish

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

Hero (BTN): 102.06 BB
SB: 83.67 BB
BB: 50 BB
UTG: 63.12 BB
MP: 342.58 BB
CO: 113 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

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

Flop: (19.5 BB, 3 players) 5 K K
UTG checks, CO checks, Hero bets 6.13 BB, UTG calls 6.13 BB, fold

Turn: (31.76 BB, 2 players) 2
UTG checks, Hero checks

River: (31.76 BB, 2 players) 3
UTG bets 15 BB, Hero calls 15 BB




H5: vs reg that battled with me a lot in the 50z streets, like his play, but he is overbluffing like crazy, so can't fold that much vs that, also thought to just jam this, but meh, better do it with Ad and weaker SDV

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

BTN: 62.82 BB
SB: 312.46 BB
Hero (BB): 100 BB
UTG: 101.72 BB
MP: 108.83 BB
CO: 509.7 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 3 3

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

Flop: (6 BB, 2 players) T 2 8
SB checks, Hero bets 2.96 BB, SB calls 2.96 BB

Turn: (11.92 BB, 2 players) 4
SB checks, Hero checks

River: (11.92 BB, 2 players) 9
SB bets 17.56 BB, Hero calls 17.56 BB

Some bonus hands from today

H6: vs very passive guy, soooooo annoying to fold this, just couldn't find any bluffs

PokerStars - $2 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 116.09 BB
SB: 301.53 BB
BB: 257.5 BB
UTG: 105.57 BB
MP: 145.55 BB
CO: 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

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

Flop: (9 BB, 3 players) 7 5 J
MP bets 6 BB, fold, Hero calls 6 BB

Turn: (21 BB, 2 players) 3
MP checks, Hero bets 14.97 BB, MP calls 14.97 BB

River: (50.93 BB, 2 players) 3
MP checks, Hero bets 37.17 BB, MP raises to 122.09 BB and is all-in, fold

MP wins 123.89 BB


H7: vs reg



PokerStars - $2 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 88.1 BB
SB: 109.15 BB
Hero (BB): 101.18 BB
UTG: 67.76 BB
MP: 100 BB
CO: 128.51 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

UTG raises to 2 BB, fold, fold, fold, SB raises to 7 BB, Hero raises to 27 BB, fold, SB calls 20 BB

Flop: (56 BB, 2 players) T 4 6
SB bets 27.32 BB, Hero raises to 74.18 BB and is all-in, SB calls 46.87 BB

Turn: (204.36 BB, 2 players) A

River: (204.36 BB, 2 players) J



H8: feelsbadman, so annoying to make some calls, get confident and start being a station lol. Is this a call vs a competent opponent?

PokerStars - $2 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 353.57 BB
SB: 100 BB
BB: 217.58 BB
UTG: 70.86 BB
Hero (MP): 101 BB
CO: 708.04 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, Hero raises to 2.32 BB, CO calls 2.32 BB, BTN raises to 11.5 BB, fold, fold, Hero calls 9.18 BB, CO calls 9.18 BB

Flop: (36 BB, 3 players) 7 7 J
Hero checks, CO checks, BTN checks

Turn: (36 BB, 3 players) 9
Hero bets 11.47 BB, fold, BTN calls 11.47 BB

River: (58.93 BB, 2 players) 6
Hero checks, BTN bets 330.6 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 78.04 BB and is all-in




H9: rebluffaments, wp? I decided to jam because I didn't block any clubs, which are his main bluffs there that take that line

PokerStars - $2 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 290.1 BB
Hero (SB): 100 BB
BB: 126.14 BB
UTG: 53.22 BB
MP: 96.3 BB
CO: 171.6 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 6 7

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

Flop: (6 BB, 2 players) 2 Q 8
Hero checks, BB checks

Turn: (6 BB, 2 players) 9
Hero bets 3.76 BB, BB raises to 13.15 BB, Hero calls 9.39 BB

River: (32.29 BB, 2 players) 8
Hero checks, BB bets 22 BB, Hero raises to 83.86 BB and is all-in, fold

Hero wins 74.92 BB


H10: My time thinking about strats vs whales in spots like this finally paid off! Some whales are just bet-calling any pocket pair there, so going nuts with midpair looks like a good idea, because he always puts us on the flush draw

PokerStars - $2 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 101.54 BB
SB: 91.71 BB
BB: 188.7 BB
UTG: 278.75 BB
MP: 100 BB
CO: 100.74 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.32 BB, SB raises to 7.96 BB, fold, Hero calls 5.64 BB

Flop: (16.92 BB, 2 players) 2 Q 9
SB bets 16.08 BB, Hero raises to 93.58 BB and is all-in, SB calls 67.68 BB and is all-in

Turn: (184.42 BB, 2 players) 2

River: (184.42 BB, 2 players) 4




H11: good calldown?

PokerStars - $2 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 108.85 BB
SB: 146.27 BB
Hero (BB): 100 BB
UTG: 113.77 BB
MP: 129.39 BB
CO: 461.82 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

UTG raises to 2.52 BB, fold, fold, BTN calls 2.52 BB, fold, Hero calls 1.52 BB

Flop: (8.06 BB, 3 players) 7 J 7
Hero checks, UTG checks, BTN bets 3.48 BB, Hero calls 3.48 BB, fold

Turn: (15.02 BB, 2 players) K
Hero checks, BTN bets 11.34 BB, Hero calls 11.34 BB

River: (37.69 BB, 2 players) 6
Hero checks, BTN bets 29.82 BB, Hero calls 29.82 BB

Its that time of the day again.

Ok lets see.

H1. I don't mind bluff catching wide in bvb situations when their line is dodgy.

H3. Villain is the saddest nit.

H4. More than 1 fish in that pot. AQo is not a hand you should be happy playing 3 way, should squeeze pre and if you bet the flop you should barrel the turn. As played you picked the worst line possible and will get value owed most of the time.

H5. On that board and river that's a bad call.


H6. You folded a boat for an extra 55bb? lol. Ever considered he could be value betting worse like AA KK? Obviously a pathetic fold. River sizing was awful as well because you would be jamming all your bluffs there but you bet a boat that size? River is a jam all day. Your playing 200z and don't even know how to value bet properly yet.


H8. As soon as he checks that flop 3 way and calls turn your alarm bells should be ringing. I put him on JJ or AA before I saw the result.


H9. Bluffing with air vs a strong range, trying to fold out air isn't a good play.


H10. Pretty funny when you call others a whale while playing like a whale yourself. jamming 2nd pair there is awful vs anyone.

no way you fold that 55 irmão :P
Boa sorte

What do you say to nits? Not today.
Villain wasnt valuebetting worse, he was super passive too, so I dont expect him to be bluffing. He had like 33 wwsf and 25 river afq. Vs that, 55 is a fold, cant fold 77 ofc.

.. i think in that board he can be trapping AA, KK, QQ... but you have the info. I would call and lost a stack ehehehe

It was a mw,pot, doubt QQ/KK/AA are x/r river for value

H9 what value hands can you fold out?..

I don't need to fold value if villain is overbluffing

Was completely owned today =(

Some hands

H1: vs king of nits, he still had AA/KK in his range and I think all setmines

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

BTN: 82.48 BB
SB: 104.84 BB
BB: 91.72 BB
UTG: 105.5 BB
Hero (MP): 100.5 BB
CO: 167.21 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 2.5 BB, Hero raises to 8 BB, fold, fold, SB calls 7.5 BB, BB calls 7 BB, UTG calls 5.5 BB

Flop: (32 BB, 4 players) 9 7 2
SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets 10.06 BB, SB raises to 42 BB, fold, fold, fold

SB wins 49.62 BB


H2: SDV?

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

BTN: 54.39 BB
Hero (SB): 100 BB
BB: 100 BB
UTG: 259.97 BB
MP: 137.84 BB
CO: 113.44 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

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

Flop: (6 BB, 2 players) 5 4 7
Hero checks, BB checks

Turn: (6 BB, 2 players) 6
Hero bets 3.76 BB, BB raises to 9.71 BB, Hero calls 5.95 BB

River: (25.42 BB, 2 players) A
Hero checks, BB checks




H3: vs nitty passive player, meh, so annoying

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

BTN: 85.88 BB
SB: 157.64 BB
Hero (BB): 100 BB
UTG: 44.43 BB
MP: 274.56 BB
CO: 116 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, MP raises to 2 BB, fold, BTN raises to 5 BB, fold, Hero raises to 15 BB, fold, BTN calls 10 BB

Flop: (32.5 BB, 2 players) 6 5 Q
Hero bets 10.22 BB, BTN calls 10.22 BB

Turn: (52.94 BB, 2 players) A
Hero checks, BTN bets 17 BB, Hero calls 17 BB

River: (86.94 BB, 2 players) 6
Hero checks, BTN bets 23 BB, fold

BTN wins 84.44 BB


H4: vs fish, sizing tells are like OTF "I haz the toppest of pairs!! vaaaamo"
OTT: "omg flush, plz don't raise me" haha

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

BTN: 150.01 BB
SB: 100.82 BB
Hero (BB): 108.21 BB
UTG: 98.5 BB
MP: 77.01 BB
CO: 267.03 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

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

Flop: (4 BB, 2 players) A 8 Q
SB bets 3 BB, Hero calls 3 BB

Turn: (10 BB, 2 players) J
SB bets 3 BB, Hero raises to 14.63 BB, fold

Hero wins 15.2 BB


H5: vs reg, don't like my river bluff, after I've made thought it was just a give up, way better to do with Qd

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

BTN: 159.35 BB
SB: 145.18 BB
Hero (BB): 100 BB
UTG: 43.97 BB
MP: 100 BB
CO: 228.88 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, fold, fold, SB calls 0.5 BB, Hero checks

Flop: (2 BB, 2 players) 5 3 5
SB checks, Hero bets 1 BB, SB calls 1 BB

Turn: (4 BB, 2 players) T
SB checks, Hero bets 3.8 BB, SB calls 3.8 BB

River: (11.6 BB, 2 players) J
SB checks, Hero bets 11.02 BB, fold

Hero wins 11.02 BB


H6: vaaaaaaamooooooo

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

BTN: 169.22 BB
SB: 100 BB
BB: 211.03 BB
UTG: 100.5 BB
Hero (MP): 105.71 BB
CO: 193.56 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

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

Flop: (6.14 BB, 2 players) 8 5 6
Hero checks, BTN bets 4.37 BB, Hero calls 4.37 BB

Turn: (14.88 BB, 2 players) Q
Hero checks, BTN checks

River: (14.88 BB, 2 players) 3
Hero bets 28 BB, fold

Hero wins 14.14 BB

What in the actual fk are you doing in that AJo hand? Lel...

haha had a good laugh rapidesh the fish whisperer