2 tabled some juicy 5/10 games tonight. Got it all in pre QQ vs AA early, but didn't let it bother me. Was up a buyin at one point, but ended even after 400 hands. Really happy with how I played though.

Update to the SB winrate: 16.95bb/100 through 4.2k hands.. ev is 20.26

edit: stacked a fish in my last orbit and ended the session up 1/2 buyin actually

dude I almost gave up on u. But i had to check one more time. Good to see you back on the felt man. How far are you from your goal?

Lol, I only took like a week and a half off. Glad to be back on the felt though.

I'm halfway to my goal of 100k.

Getting absolutely obliterated every time I sit down to play. I've played 27k hands so far this month, and I am back to break even after being up as much as 6k at one point. Poker hurts man

Here's a little sample for you sadists:

Riiiiiight... played perfectly by villian

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NL Holdem $5(BB)
BB ($890.8)
UTG ($143.11)
EP ($162.43)
MP ($396.25)
HERO ($487.13)
HJ ($652.2)
CO ($485)
BTN ($221.2)
SB ($708.25)

Dealt to Hero K Q

UTG Folds, EP Folds, MP Folds, HERO Raises To $12.5 (Rem. Stack: 474.63), HJ Folds, CO Folds, BTN Raises To $22.5 (Rem. Stack: 198.7), SB Folds, BB Folds, HERO Calls $10 (Rem. Stack: 464.63)

Flop ($52.5) 6 Q K
HERO Checks, BTN Checks

Turn ($52.5) 6 Q K 5
HERO Bets $36.25 (Rem. Stack: 428.38), BTN Calls $36.25 (Rem. Stack: 162.45)

River ($125.00) 6 Q K 5 Q
HERO Checks, BTN Bets $162.45 (allin) (Rem. Stack: 0.00), HERO Calls $162.45 (Rem. Stack: 265.93)

BTN shows K K

BTN wins $445.9


Blockers mean nothing


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NL Holdem $5(BB)
CO ($241.78)
BTN ($343.63)
SB ($500.51)
BB ($516.25)
HERO ($503.13)
MP ($516.63)
HJ ($171.14)

Dealt to Hero A Q

HERO Raises To $12.5 (Rem. Stack: 490.63), MP Calls $12.5 (Rem. Stack: 504.13), HJ Folds, CO Folds, BTN Folds, SB Calls $10 (Rem. Stack: 488.01), BB Folds

Flop ($42.5) 7 7 5
SB Checks, HERO Bets $21.25 (Rem. Stack: 469.38), MP Calls $21.25 (Rem. Stack: 482.88), SB Folds

Turn ($85.00) 7 7 5 Q
HERO Bets $52.5 (Rem. Stack: 416.88), MP Calls $52.5 (Rem. Stack: 430.38)

River ($190.00) 7 7 5 Q 9
HERO Checks, MP Bets $120 (Rem. Stack: 310.38), HERO Calls $120 (Rem. Stack: 296.88)

MP shows K J

MP wins $426


Solid set mine

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NL Holdem $5(BB)
BTN ($190.1)
SB ($473.7)
HERO ($507.5)
HJ ($1697.84)
CO ($399.87)

Dealt to Hero A J

HJ Folds, CO Folds, BTN Calls $5 (Rem. Stack: 185.1), SB Raises To $17.5 (Rem. Stack: 453.7), HERO Calls $15 (Rem. Stack: 487.5), BTN Calls $15 (Rem. Stack: 170.1)

Flop ($60.0) 2 J 6
SB Checks, HERO Bets $35 (Rem. Stack: 452.5), BTN Calls $35 (Rem. Stack: 135.1), SB Folds

Turn ($130.0) 2 J 6 3
HERO Bets $50 (Rem. Stack: 402.5), BTN Raises To $135.1 (allin) (Rem. Stack: 0.0), HERO Calls $85.1 (Rem. Stack: 317.4)

River ($400.2) 2 J 6 3 T

BTN shows 6 6

BTN wins $397.2


Herp derp i calls and hits everytime

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NL Holdem $2(BB)
UTG ($190)
BB ($60)
CO ($200)
HERO ($261.78)
SB ($219)
BB ($209.33)

Dealt to Hero A A

UTG Raises To $7 (Rem. Stack: 183), BB Folds, CO Folds, HERO Raises To $26 (Rem. Stack: 235.78), SB Folds, BB Folds, UTG Calls $19 (Rem. Stack: 164)

Flop ($57) 8 7 3
UTG Checks, HERO Bets $20 (Rem. Stack: 215.78), UTG Calls $20 (Rem. Stack: 144)

Turn ($97) 8 7 3 5
UTG Checks, HERO Bets $44.5 (Rem. Stack: 171.28), UTG Calls $44.5 (Rem. Stack: 99.5)

River ($186.0) 8 7 3 5 T
UTG Bets $99.5 (allin) (Rem. Stack: 0.0), HERO Calls $99.5 (Rem. Stack: 71.78)

UTG shows A J

UTG wins $381



Hey, at least villian missed out on the rest

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NL Holdem $2(BB)
CO ($440.95)
BTN ($412.98)
HERO ($321.8)
BB ($200)

Dealt to Hero K K

CO Raises To $4 (Rem. Stack: 436.95), BTN Calls $4 (Rem. Stack: 408.98), HERO Raises To $19 (Rem. Stack: 301.8), BB Folds, CO Raises To $32 (Rem. Stack: 404.95), BTN Folds, HERO Raises To $65 (Rem. Stack: 236.8), CO Calls $49 (Rem. Stack: 355.95)

Flop ($176) 2 Q J
HERO Checks, CO Checks

Turn ($176) 2 Q J 6
HERO Bets $68 (Rem. Stack: 168.8), CO Calls $68 (Rem. Stack: 287.95)

River ($312) 2 Q J 6 8
HERO Checks, CO Checks

CO shows K K

CO wins $309

Villian lost his fold button, can anyone help him find it?

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NL Holdem $2(BB)
CO ($200)
BTN ($369.05)
SB ($198.25)
HERO ($334.7)
UTG ($123.03)
HJ ($400.08)

Dealt to Hero 9 A

UTG Folds, HJ Folds, CO Raises To $6 (Rem. Stack: 194), BTN Folds, SB Folds, HERO Calls $4 (Rem. Stack: 328.7)

Flop ($13) 4 2 9
HERO Checks, CO Checks

Turn ($13) 4 2 9 T
HERO Bets $6.5 (Rem. Stack: 322.2), CO Calls $6.5 (Rem. Stack: 187.5)

River ($26.0) 4 2 9 T Q
HERO Checks, CO Bets $17 (Rem. Stack: 170.5), HERO Raises To $79 (Rem. Stack: 243.2), CO Calls $62 (Rem. Stack: 108.5)

CO shows T A

CO wins $180

I keep having the only possible hand to pay these guys off with... they play horrible, and are lucky enough to run into the bottom of my range every time.

case and point (versus fish playing 92/45):

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NL Holdem $2(BB)
BB ($198.6)
UTG ($222.4)
HJ ($46.75)
HERO ($325.62)
BTN ($240)
SB ($357.21)

Dealt to Hero 5 A

UTG Raises To $4 (Rem. Stack: 218.4), HJ Calls $4 (Rem. Stack: 42.75), HERO Raises To $21 (Rem. Stack: 304.62), BTN Folds, SB Folds, BB Folds, UTG Calls $17 (Rem. Stack: 201.4), HJ Folds

Flop ($49) 7 A 2
UTG Checks, HERO Checks

Turn ($49) 7 A 2 A
UTG Checks, HERO Bets $32.5 (Rem. Stack: 272.12), UTG Raises To $201.4 (allin) (Rem. Stack: 0.0), HERO Calls $168.9 (Rem. Stack: 103.22)

River ($451.8) 7 A 2 A 6

UTG shows 8 A

UTG wins $447.8

Another one for the books ladies and gents

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NL Holdem $5(BB)
MP ($495)
MP ($321.69)
HJ ($532.24)
CO ($562.76)
HERO ($619.5)
SB ($528.5)
BB ($165.55)
UTG ($500)
EP ($417.65)

Dealt to Hero K K

UTG Folds, EP Folds, MP Raises To $15 (Rem. Stack: 480), MP Folds, HJ Folds, CO Folds, HERO Raises To $52.5 (Rem. Stack: 567.0), SB Folds, BB Folds, MP Calls $37.5 (Rem. Stack: 442.5)

Flop ($112.5) Q 2 3
MP Checks, HERO Bets $46.25 (Rem. Stack: 520.75), MP Calls $46.25 (Rem. Stack: 396.25)

Turn ($205.00) Q 2 3 8
MP Checks, HERO Bets $127.5 (Rem. Stack: 393.25), MP Raises To $396.25 (allin) (Rem. Stack: 0.00), HERO Calls $268.75 (Rem. Stack: 124.50)

River ($997.50) Q 2 3 8 Q

MP shows 8 8

MP wins $993.5

why don't you play on ACR?

Same reason as everyone else. More money to be made on Ig.

Imo you are used to running very hot and now variance has come to to collect a debt.
Not trying to be a dick cus ur cool but this is more than likely what's going on if I had to guess.

he's only playing 4 tables, though. i'd imagine 2 more on ACR, even if 50nl, would increase his hourly. maybe he answered why earlier, i didn't read the entire thread

Playing Poker for a living is a type of hell. You'll see.

This is absolutely what's happening. I expect to run like this at times. Doesn't make it any less painful though.

My typical grind is 4 tables, but often times I throw in some tournaments and do a 6-7 table session. I've actually given playing on ACR again a lot of thought. I might give it a shot next year at some point, but for now I'm sticking to GP and IG.

Anyway, I've already had a goal to be 8 tabling most sessions starting in January. I have a second monitor, I just never use it, so I need to stop being so lazy and really start putting volume in.

That may be true, but it's my favorite type of hell.

In all seriousness though, I am realizing that as much as I love poker, I don't love grinding 50 hours a week, every week. Some weeks its fun, but no matter how I run its extremely draining mentally and emotionally.

It's especially annoying how friends and family treat me like I'm on some kind of permanent vacation. If I say I need to work they correct me: you mean gamble? If I say its been a long day and I don't feel like going out, they question how I can be tired when I just gamble all day. They tell me what "real" work is like. Takes a lot of patience to deal with.

I want to tell them how hard it is to do what I do; how I'm making hundreds of complex decisions every day, on the clock, for hundreds and thousands of dollars, but they just don't get it. I just get to here some bad beat story, or some story about how their cousin/friend of a friend/etc. ruined their life gambling. Then I get a pat on the back and they say something like, "I hope you get out of it before that happens to you."

It's always the same guy who also wants to give me $50 so I can double it for him. And if I refuse, it's like I proved their point: Ohhhhh so it's not a sure thing. ugh. I hate the holidays

If I'm going to post my graph on the way up I may as well show you guys what the way down looks like:


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This is BB won across all stakes in December. Not as pretty as before, but it's motivation

Interestingly, my winrate out of the small blind is still positive. 5200 hands, 6.36 bb/100. EV is 10bb/100

Kinda sick that people are so clueless as to how difficult online poker is as a profession. In most normal day job you go sit in front of a computer for 8 hours and do some easy repetitive task and never really have to do high level thinking. In poker it's constant high level thought (maybe not as intense unless you're playing 4 zoom tables) but you need to stay focused the entire 8 hours. At a day job, it makes no difference whether you float off occasionally or day dream or make a mistake - you're still getting paid at the end of the day. Zero stress about downswings etc.

It really is difficult for people to understand any of this. They just look at it as a game, like your just playing a computer game all day.

Can definitely feel for you mate.

oh dang my bad....felt like longer....but welcome back!

Exactly man. It can be extremely stressful, even when I'm running well, because there's that constant pressure to stay 100% focused and 100% on my A game in order to make as much money as possible. It's not your typical desk job grind and definitely not anything like playing a computer game all day.

Thanks for the post meale. None of my friends in real life play poker seriously or even much recreationally, so it helps to hear from someone else who gets it.

Haha, no worries. Felt like longer to me too. Thanks!

Feeling good right now. About to fire up a session and see where it goes. No expectations for it. I don't care about winning or losing, I'm just going to play my A game and put a solid session in the books.

gl widdit.

Thanks. Won 2 buyins. Couple hands from the current session:


But why though?

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NL Holdem $2(BB)
BB ($1075.62)
HJ ($397.75)
HERO ($316.5)
BTN ($156.15)
SB ($198)

Dealt to Hero J K

HJ Folds, HERO Raises To $5 (Rem. Stack: 311.5), BTN Raises To $10 (Rem. Stack: 146.15), SB Folds, BB Folds, HERO Calls $5 (Rem. Stack: 306.5)

Flop ($23) 9 6 K
HERO Checks, BTN Bets $10 (Rem. Stack: 136.15), HERO Calls $10 (Rem. Stack: 296.5)

Turn ($43) 9 6 K 3
HERO Checks, BTN Bets $14 (Rem. Stack: 122.15), HERO Calls $14 (Rem. Stack: 282.5)

River ($71) 9 6 K 3 T
HERO Checks, BTN Bets $24 (Rem. Stack: 98.15), HERO Calls $24 (Rem. Stack: 258.5)

BTN shows 3 T

BTN wins $116


Reached deep for the big fold here. I did not find it.

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NL Holdem $2(BB)
UTG ($292.6)
HJ ($221.3)
CO ($373)
HERO ($374.64)
SB ($294.65)
BB ($60)

Dealt to Hero A Q

UTG Folds, HJ Raises To $5 (Rem. Stack: 216.3), CO Calls $5 (Rem. Stack: 368), HERO Raises To $23 (Rem. Stack: 351.64), SB Folds, BB Folds, HJ Calls $18 (Rem. Stack: 198.3), CO Calls $18 (Rem. Stack: 350)

Flop ($72) Q A J
HJ Checks, CO Checks, HERO Bets $44 (Rem. Stack: 307.64), HJ Folds, CO Calls $44 (Rem. Stack: 306)

Turn ($160) Q A J 5
CO Checks, HERO Bets $98 (Rem. Stack: 209.64), CO Calls $98 (Rem. Stack: 208)

River ($356) Q A J 5 2
CO Bets $208 (allin) (Rem. Stack: 0), HERO Calls $208 (Rem. Stack: 1.64)

CO shows T A

CO wins $768

I feel for you man. I don't play poker anywhere close to your level but I'm trying to and this post literally sums up exactly how I feel at times. Just know that there are also people who do have a ton of respect for players as good as yourself and know how hard it is to consistently play at a high level.

Anyways all the best man. Keep grinding.

Thanks Tiger. Feels good knowing there's other people who have gone through it and understand how it feels.

Just finished a quick 700 hand session at 200nl, +1 buyin. Feels good to be up two sessions in a row. Been over a week since that happened.

Player on the button sat down 3 orbits earlier and hadn't played a single hand yet. He of course immediately left

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NL Holdem $2(BB)
BB ($185)
UTG ($136.3)
HJ ($59.25)
HERO ($297)
BTN ($192)
SB ($144.88)

Dealt to Hero K K

UTG Calls $2 (Rem. Stack: 134.3), HJ Raises To $9 (Rem. Stack: 50.25), HERO Raises To $28 (Rem. Stack: 269), BTN Calls $28 (Rem. Stack: 164), SB Folds, BB Folds, UTG Folds, HJ Raises To $50.25 (allin) (Rem. Stack: 0.00), HERO Raises To $71.24 (Rem. Stack: 197.76), BTN Raises To $164 (allin) (Rem. Stack: 0), HERO Calls $92.76 (Rem. Stack: 105.00)

Flop ($448.25) 8 2 3

Turn ($448.25) 8 2 3 3

River ($448.25) 8 2 3 3 5

HJ shows Q Q

BTN shows A A

BTN wins $444.25

This is why I don't like bluffing rivers. The entire time he was in the tank I'm thinking, "Damnit I should've checked to let him fire missed diamonds. If he decides to shove a missed diamond draw here I'm in a terrible spot"

he went easy on me though and made the A high call with Ad2d. lol

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NL Holdem $2(BB)
BTN ($255.73)
SB ($169.1)
BB ($192)
HERO ($469.25)
HJ ($50)
BB ($189)

Dealt to Hero Q J

HERO Raises To $9 (because someone posted) (Rem. Stack: 460.25), HJ Folds, BB Folds, BTN Calls $9 (Rem. Stack: 246.73), SB Folds, BB Folds

Flop ($24) 3 9 3
HERO Bets $12 (Rem. Stack: 448.25), BTN Calls $12 (Rem. Stack: 234.73)

Turn ($48) 3 9 3 6
HERO Bets $28 (Rem. Stack: 420.25), BTN Calls $28 (Rem. Stack: 206.73)

River ($104) 3 9 3 6 4
HERO Bets $78 (Rem. Stack: 342.25), BTN Calls $78 (Rem. Stack: 128.73)

HERO wins $256

Use that as fuel to prove them wrong. Let's see where you're at Christmas 2018.

That's exactly what I'm doing. I'm going to go more in depth for my 2018 goals in a few days, but at a minimum I hope to be a 500nl reg with 100k in my roll.

Nothing better than getting one through

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NL Holdem $2(BB)
HJ ($283.95)
CO ($55.6)
BTN ($493.7)
HERO ($288.85)
BB ($200)
UTG ($237.55)

Dealt to Hero K Q

UTG Folds, HJ Folds, CO Folds, BTN Raises To $4 (Rem. Stack: 489.7), HERO Raises To $15 (Rem. Stack: 272.85), BB Folds, BTN Calls $12 (Rem. Stack: 477.7)

Flop ($34) T 8 7
HERO Bets $19 (Rem. Stack: 253.85), BTN Calls $19 (Rem. Stack: 458.7)

Turn ($72) T 8 7 Q
HERO Checks, BTN Bets $26.75 (Rem. Stack: 431.95), HERO Calls $26.75 (Rem. Stack: 227.10)

River ($125.50) T 8 7 Q A
HERO Checks, BTN Bets $66.21 (Rem. Stack: 365.74), HERO Raises To $227.1 (allin) (Rem. Stack: 0.00), BTN Folds

HERO wins $414.81

Just finished an 800 hand session, +3 buyins. I closed all my tables down but one before I got back to back quads on my last two hands. What are the odds?

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NL Holdem $2(BB)
BB ($80)
UTG ($37.7)
HJ ($221.45)
HERO ($543.39)
BTN ($207.2)
SB ($196)

Dealt to Hero T A

UTG Folds, HJ Folds, HERO Raises To $5 (Rem. Stack: 538.39), BTN Raises To $16 (Rem. Stack: 191.2), SB Folds, BB Folds, HERO Calls $11 (Rem. Stack: 527.39)

Flop ($35) Q T T
HERO Checks, BTN Bets $13.5 (Rem. Stack: 177.7), HERO Calls $13.5 (Rem. Stack: 513.89)

Turn ($62.0) Q T T T
HERO Checks, BTN Checks

River ($62.0) Q T T T J
HERO Bets $80 (Rem. Stack: 433.89), BTN Calls $80 (Rem. Stack: 97.7)

Villian mucked J8s

HERO wins $218


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NL Holdem $2(BB)
SB ($78)
BB ($37.7)
UTG ($221.45)
HERO ($651.89)
CO ($97.7)
BTN ($195)

Dealt to Hero 7 7

UTG Calls $2 (Rem. Stack: 219.45), HERO Raises To $9 (Rem. Stack: 642.89), CO Folds, BTN Folds, SB Folds, BB Calls $7 (Rem. Stack: 28.7), UTG Calls $7 (Rem. Stack: 212.45)

Flop ($28) 3 7 9
BB Checks, UTG Checks, HERO Checks

Turn ($28) 3 7 9 7
BB Checks, UTG Checks, HERO Bets $14 (Rem. Stack: 628.89), BB Folds, UTG Folds

HERO wins $40.6