yea definitely, and when they're calling a bunch of ****ery they should never be and you put a good bet out that should go straight to redline, it goes to blue line. I honestly don't even worry about it anymore

u can def positive red line on ignition btw u just have to not be a nit which is surprisingly hard since being a nit is pretty rewarding

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You could prob get a red line if ur blue line was totally destroyed.

Update on 500nl shot take

Hey guys,

So unfortunately my second shot at 500nl has been unsuccessful....

My shot take started really well but unfortunately the last 2 or 3 days have been pretty punishing. I have had the worst card distribution and lost quite a few pots in super standard spots. I am pretty happy with how I played this time round. There were definitely a couple of punts within the course of the shot but I think 85% of the major hands were played well.

I found that I played really well and made the most short handed (3-4 handed) but as soon as it went to 5-6 handed I felt like I lost my way for some reason. I will need to review why this happened. I think it was because I wasn't adjusting in and out of my heads up and 6 handed ranges. I.e I was probably defending way too wide vs 3b/4b because in 3 or 4 handed you can be a little more liberal.

I was unhappy with my first 500nl shot because I played poorly but this time there really wasn't much I could do. I will probably do another 500nl hand review session on youtube for those who are interested.

So what happens now..

Well of course I will be dropping back down to 200nl and grinding out there. I am not too sure I will take another 500nl shot anytime soon. I am very strict with my BRM and this has prevented me from withdrawing any significant money in the last month and a half. I really want to use my August/September gains towards a poker trip in late September or October (since nearly 90% of my other money are locked in investments outside of poker). I was thinking maybe 10k roll to go punt off in live poker as well as a little bit for accommodation etc. If my 3rd 500nl shot is unsuccessful I will be back at square one and probably not have enough funds to do the trip. I think I might halt the road to 500nl series and do another 100k hand challenge at 200nl again.

I still want to eventually move up to 500nl but I think I just need to be a little more patient. It took me 3 attempts to successfully move up to 100z from 50z on Pokerstars so I do believe in "third time lucky". However I want to be sure as hell that it goes 100% to plan.

Anyway, when the hands come through I will post the 500nl graph for this shot as well as a youtube video (hopefully shorter) going through some of the major hands.

Also we had two interesting spots on stream where I made folds and Hektik asked me to post them. For some reason the hand history converter not working so here are screenshots.

KsQs river fold




Adtd River fold

KQo guy is ******ed

same with 44 guy

Kq was a **** spot but considering the idiots in the pool you prob can't go wrong never folding tp in 3bet pots around 100bb. I'd rather go broke than see I got bluffed by a ****** the next day.

KQ is easy call
AT fold pre

Too high up in range to fold KQ on that runout. I can't think of any better hands we have, depending on if you flat AQ or 4 bet. Maybe you flat 77 here?

KQ hand is definitely a headscratcher. one of those funny things that can happen when you're two levels above another player. or below? man I can't tell these days

ATs hand...are you calling river if that runs out 22 instead of 82? feel like 98s hitting a pair kinda kills their bluffing range

fold pre ATs from BTN? what? it's not even close to a fold man, it's a mix between peeling and squeezing but certainly never a fold

Shares your graph

winning red line doesn't have much to do with running bluffs for stacks

i misread hh

Yeah I know.. Im probably 4betting AQ 1/3 times. Yes I will have 77 and probably 88.

Yeh thats true. EP probably calling way too much vs squeeze so they showing enough improves on turn I.e. 65s, 78s, 88 etc etc. They would have to raw float AK/AQs/AJs to turn into bluffs. However I think thats unlikely with a player behind. I would also have to assume they bluff hands like 76s, a4s 54s etc but I don't think they are capable of such bluffs.

I would be more inclined to call down on 4 turn or river as it reduces combos of sets of 44 (even though they shouldnt be opening that pre or defending vs squeeze).

Going to be streaming now. Got my robe on so going to be heaps chill. Give me some stream run good please.

https://www.twitch.tv/skuzos

Going to try for 3 hours today

didnt u say u started losing focus after 2hrs?

Baannii is Skuz' alter ego? Same no. Posts and same poker site and everything?

OH NO

no idea what you're talking about...

Hahahhaah. By the way net died. Restarting now

What looked to be an extremely positive day ended quite poorly. Got smashed quite a bit in the last hour of the stream (always the 3rd hour.....). However still profited +1.5 buyins on stream so I guess we will take that.

Took me about 6 months time to make the complete switch from 200z to 500z.

This translates in 10+ shots easily and multiple -3k to -6k sessions...

What I'm saying is don't give up on yourself because it didn't work on your second shot. Moving up takes time. The ones who make it in poker are not the most talented ones, but the ones that persevere the most and the ones that have mental toughness.

You can go check the period from September 2016 till March 2017 in my old PGC. You'll find plenty of posts where I tell how my shot take went miserably at 500z.

Best of luck