Haha, I don't remember mate sorry. Sure I would remember your face though, probably would help me to remember the hand then too.

If you come before 6pm they let you in with thongs.

Cheers Mac

Sent from my SM-N900 using 2+2 Forums

Welcome mate!

Sent from my SM-N900 using 2+2 Forums

Pretty sure you came tonight to cards man but I didn't get a chance to say hello. Was it the A7 hand where you turned top two and I had the wheel?

I think you were playing the table behind me tonight it was a 5/5 and they changed it to 2/3.

Cheers Mac

Sent from my SM-N900 using 2+2 Forums

Yeah mate that was me. Was a bad spot but should of got away from it.
Howd your session go?

Went good mate, won 1k was up 1.5k and gave back 500 with a bit of a gamble at the end of the night, was a little disappointed with myself a little, mind you if the club comes on the turn or river I'm up 2k haha.

Cheers Mac

Sent from my SM-N900 using 2+2 Forums

I checked out the ol' poker room at the Treasury earlier today, just stood at the railing and had a peek.

Forgot how loose it was...

$2/$4 game. UTG opens for $15, 4 callers... Jeez. UTG was a reg too, I remember seeing him two years ago when I played there.

I need to get back to this game >_<

Mac, a few questions for you;
1) What stakes do you normally play at live?
2) How much coaching (in hours) have you received so far?
3) Can you recommend a coach?

Nice one mate.

I lost most of my first buyin getting it in good but getting sucked out on the river with KK vs AQ on a Q47r board. That table was proper agro. Came back a bit later and managed to get back to $200 up overall so wasn't bad.

Will come say gday next time.

Hey mate, answers here:

1) 2/3, 2/4, 5/5, but aiming to get to the LA and Vegas for some regular 5/10 & 10/20.

2) Probably close to 50 or 60 (includes all mentoring from unpaid coaches too)

3) Firstly, not sure how many books you have read, but there is plenty of material to read first before getting a coach. After that, it depends what your biggest leaks are, for me, strategy wasn't the biggest issue, it was my mental game so I needed to work with Jared Tendler.

Do it, see you then.

Cheers Mac

Been a few sessions since my last post (sorry for being slack). I had a really good couple of sessions followed by some average ones, after alls said and done, up around $500 since my last post.

I am having a bizarrely horrible run with my big premium pairs. I am seriously getting fisted with them lately. I know it's a very small sample but boy oh boy, I'm getting hammered with them, out flopped and losing some sizable pots. Last night was another beauty, KK v QQ, flop Q44. I did play badly during the had though and it was interesting to open the hand up on the CLP forum and get some feedback on it. In the end, the leaks were ones that needed to be plugged and I don't feel myself having the same issues in the same spot moving forward.

GAME: $2/3 10 Handed
OVERALL BANKROLL: $20,474
OVERALL HOURLY RATE: $48.55 p/h
OVERALL HOURS LOGGED: 215h 43min

Holy ****, you got coaching from Jared Tendler???

Man, no wonder you're tearing up the tables.

But seriously mate, your winrate is astronomical, I mean some could even say it's unheard of, especially with the rake we have in Brizzy...I'm not criticizing at all, I'm just trying to suss out where the edge is. Are you more of a blue or red line player? (Blue meaning you focus on your cards & showdown value, red; on knowing players and their weaknesses.)

I've gotten through plenty of books by now;Sklansky's theory of poker, Tommy Angelo's Elements of poker, Small stakes no limit hold 'em, Professioanl no limit hold 'em Vol. 1, and the classics like super system and one by Brunson.

Still yet to open a few others I've had lying around from Amazon a while back...

Mental game was my biggest issue. Worked on that really hard. Don't think I can split myself to one or the other. Both of those categories come into play for me in almost every hand I think.

Sounds like you have read plenty of books. Some of those I find hard to read, one that I read that I loved was The Poker Mindset by Ian Taylor and another guy. It was awesome, it was really nice and easy to read, but gave some great perspective and challenged a lot of my thinking.

Cheers Mac

Yuuuup. Welcome to the game.

Hey Mac, how'd your Christmas go?

Hey mate, good Christmas, did the family thing on Christmas day; girlfriend's family in the morning and then mine in the afternoon. Also moved into the new unit on Christmas eve. Had been slowly moving stuff in there but the bed went in on Christmas eve so been here for 3-4 nights now. Still getting settled in, used to the new lighting, sounds of our surroundings, but all in all it's great to just have your own space again

Been fairly occupied with time of the year, poker, moving and boxing training so haven't been on here. Also internet is not connected at the new place, thinking I might just get one of those wifi broadband modems rather than getting a hardline broadband connection, not sure, for now just tethering off the old Android.

Played around 30 hours since my last post, up around $1,900 in that time, including my biggest ever winning session +$1,800, was an awesome night, caught fire late in the night and won some really nice pots. Finally my big pairs have come good again of late haha, including flopping top set 3 times and getting paid maximum which is awesome haha.

Month of December final numbers ended up being; 139 hours, $6,838, $49.33 p/h. Happy with that, set out to play around 35-40 hours per week (excludes break times), achieved that for the last two months. Looking forward now to a huge 2015, one that allows me to start ticking off some of those goals I set earlier ITT.

GAME: $2/3 10 Handed
OVERALL BANKROLL: $22,302
OVERALL HOURLY RATE: $49.67 p/h
OVERALL HOURS LOGGED: 247h 49min

Damn man, it sounds like you really are on fire!

One day I may ask you for coaching

Harder I work, the luckier I get haha. If it was worth my while I'd consider it for sure.

Sent from my SM-N900 using 2+2 Forums

Is it just my imagination or are you running like God?

At treasury we get about 25 hands per hour, and you're making $50 per hour at $2/$5...

That comes to about;
100 hands = 4 hours
100 hands = $200
= 40bb/100 hands?

I'm no math genius but it seems logical enough. If I'm running like god than I've been doing it for almost 600 hours logged now, so not sure, guess it's possible.

Cheers Mac

Sent from my SM-N900 using 2+2 Forums

600 hours at tres is 15k hand sample going by BL's math. Very possible OP is fish on a heater.

My guess is the hourly may reduce as the sample increases, but not excessively and it's clear with current sample I'm undoubtedly a winner in the game.

Cheers Mac

Sent from my SM-N900 using 2+2 Forums

Those hands are mostly at 2/3 so winrate is even higher

Valid point

Sent from my SM-N900 using 2+2 Forums

Ahh fellow brissy people. GL at the tables man

Thanks mate you too!

I've come in early today while the girlfriend is at work. Will be a great night to play tonight but have committed to watching fireworks and a BBQ so best not let anyone down

Cheers Mac

Sent from my SM-N900 using 2+2 Forums

Been so slack, mostly lack of internet connection is making it tough, working through the issue now to get it on at the new unit.

Starting to settle in to the new place now, getting into a routine, more aware of the sights and sounds around the place and it's great to have our own space.

On the poker front, the first 7 days of the year have been profitable, up around $1,300, but last night was an interesting session with some interesting spots that I would like to post here and get any feedback from ya'll.

HAND 1: $2/$3 10 handed, Hero A10 (button) eff. $220.

Villain UTG blind raises to $8. Villain is fairly tight unless losing, then the gamble comes out in him massively. He is a regular for getting it in with suited cards when picking up some equity on the flop.

We get 5 callers for $8 and Hero raises to $45 as a squeeze, villain calls and one other calls. Flop comes J95, checks around (pot $165)

Turn off suit 4, Villain bets $70, other folds and Hero pushes all in for $110 more after coming to the conclusion that Villains range is likely to include huge amounts of air and draws, maybe weak one pair 5x or 6x. My question is if Villain did have those hands that I put in his range, do you think there was enough fold equity for him to fold for $110 more?

HAND 2: $2/$3 10 handed, Hero A2h (button) eff. $360.

Villain 1: Nits sweaters while at the table, his arsehole must be so tight I don't know how he ****s.

Villain 2: Drunk as hell, has some idea, but in typical drunk style, runs up a huge stack playing loose and getting people to call him light, only to blow up a 200bb stack in one hand with no pair no draw.

V1 raises UTG $15 we get 3 callers, I call and the blinds call (pot $105).

Flop Q94

V1 leads $45, folds to V2 who min raises to $90, folds to Hero who calls, folds to V1 who thinks for 30 seconds before moving all in for $315, V2 then moves all in for $357.

Hero call or fold?

Cheers Mac