Forgot how ****ing cancerous reg tables are. Call me picky, but I think the games could be made significantly more fun by a few simple measures:

1. Ban on scripts. Doesn't matter if it's not 100% enforceable, if one person stops using a script as a result, the ban's had a good result.
2. KOTH - if you opensit a table, you shouldn't really be able to deny HU action and especially you shouldn't be able to stay sat at the table.
3. A minimum number of hands to be played at a table before the 'sit-out' function doesn't leave that table - say, 10? Regs who join tablestarters then sit out are really ****ing irritating.
4. Introduce 'must-move' games instead of waiting lists.

Also, quick question on etiquette. If two regs are playing HU at a 6m table in seats 1 and 4, the next person to join should join to the left of one of those seats, and roughly distribute joining evenly between the two seats that leaves, right?

What are 'must-move' games?

Games which run while waiting for seats in the main game to open up. Players can't choose to play in the must-move when a seat opens up; equally, they can't be on the waiting list if they're not playing the must-move.

That sounds horrible tbh. What if you only want to play in games with a fish in them?

Is this at 100nl?

Move down.

Edit: Or start tables rather than using waiting lists. I think regs who aren't ever willing to play vs other regs for the good of the poker economy are something poker would be better without.

too bad most regs like money

As a zoom reg I don't think I fit that description.

I can't imagine it's fun for fish if I'm getting pissed off every five minutes.

Horrid session today, couldn't win money for ****. HHs are mostly going to be boring bad beat stories.

1) vs massive whale

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

Hero (BTN): $100.00
SB: $100.00
BB: $186.86
UTG: $123.93
MP: $116.77
CO: $107.09

SB posts SB $0.50, BB posts BB $1.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $1.50) Hero has Q T

fold, MP calls $1.00, fold, Hero raises to $4.00, fold, fold, MP calls $3.00

Flop: ($9.50, 2 players) 4 6 Q
MP checks, Hero bets $6.00, MP raises to $38.00, Hero calls $32.00

Turn: ($85.50, 2 players) 2
MP bets $36.00, Hero raises to $58.00 and is all-in, MP calls $22.00

River: ($201.50, 2 players) 5




2) dunno why he thinks he can overbet turn

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

BTN: $100.00
SB: $107.09
Hero (BB): $101.00
UTG: $176.38
MP: $171.90
CO: $122.08

SB posts SB $0.50, Hero posts BB $1.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $1.50) Hero has Q 9

fold, fold, CO raises to $2.50, fold, fold, Hero calls $1.50

Flop: ($5.50, 2 players) J A T
Hero checks, CO bets $3.93, Hero calls $3.93

Turn: ($13.36, 2 players) 3
Hero checks, CO bets $16.50, Hero raises to $39.00, CO raises to $115.65 and is all-in, fold




3) villain's line seems legitimately terrible, especially when he can't have KQhh. Was planning to OB river too.

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

BTN: $83.83
SB: $100.00
BB: $62.98
UTG: $107.10
Hero (MP): $308.18
CO: $101.50

SB posts SB $0.50, BB posts BB $1.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $1.50) Hero has K Q

UTG raises to $2.18, Hero calls $2.18, fold, fold, SB calls $1.68, fold

Flop: ($7.54, 3 players) 6 J A
SB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $4.00, SB calls $4.00, UTG calls $4.00

Turn: ($19.54, 3 players) 9
SB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $12.00, fold, UTG raises to $100.92 and is all-in, fold




4) fun spot

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

BTN: $137.45
Hero (SB): $100.00
BB: $94.95
UTG: $194.74
MP: $100.00
CO: $57.38

Hero posts SB $0.50, BB posts BB $1.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $1.50) Hero has A 2

fold, fold, CO raises to $3.00, BTN calls $3.00, Hero calls $2.50, fold

Flop: ($10.00, 3 players) 8 J 7
Hero bets $6.50, fold, BTN calls $6.50

Turn: ($23.00, 2 players) K
Hero bets $26.00, BTN calls $26.00

River: ($75.00, 2 players) Q
Hero bets $64.50 and is all-in, fold




5) for ****'s sake

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

BTN: $88.06
SB: $136.13
BB: $123.00
UTG: $303.44
MP: $105.46
Hero (CO): $100.00

SB posts SB $0.50, BB posts BB $1.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $1.50) Hero has 2 2

UTG raises to $2.00, fold, Hero calls $2.00, fold, SB raises to $9.00, fold, UTG calls $7.00, Hero calls $7.00

Flop: ($28.00, 3 players) 2 9 6
SB bets $19.78, UTG calls $19.78, Hero calls $19.78

Turn: ($87.34, 3 players) 5
SB checks, UTG bets $35.00, Hero raises to $71.22 and is all-in, fold, UTG calls $36.22

River: ($229.78, 2 players) A

idk but unless you have some info I wouldn't expect many folds from someone that makes a small ovb there

is overbet bad there? if so how come? gl

why do you think you can raise the turn? arent you kinda super capped?

well idk about bad but he doesn't really have a range advantage there
he also has quite a few hands that want to bet smaller

I assume TDA will have most if not all of the KQ combos there

Interesting. I didnt think he had any vs CO tbh.

I neither 3b any KQ there nor have a flop raising range.

Quality strat itt

My thread is even better

Great thread.

I'm starting at Oxford next month (History, Somerville); did you find that you had enough free time in your first year to play a significant amount of poker? Also what is the standard of play in the Society?

Good luck in your future endeavours.

Hi,

First of all, best of luck! It's a great place to be (despite the drunken rant I posted somewhere ITT), and the hours aren't nearly as bad as people make them out to be - if you work more than 4-5 50 hour weeks before your final year you've either been unfortunate with timetabling or you haven't learned to read as quickly as the rest of your cohort. So yes, you will have time to play a 'significant' amount of poker (personally, at the time, I didn't want to play more than about 20k hands/mo because I liked poker but I liked doing other things too), but I should emphasise that poker should be far from your first choice during free time; spending time with other people is probably the greatest joy of university in general, but certainly Oxford. If you have any dreams of playing poker professionally for whatever reason, abandon them ASAP because frankly, it's a waste.

As for the society, it's quite soft, and that's helped by the fact that it's unraked beyond your membership fee. The president this year, Charlie, could probably beat 25NL, but unless new people join, he'll be substantially the best player there this year. I should note that it's a friendly game - if you want to sit there with headphones in, that's fine, but people will think you're a dick.

Best of luck.

Prob not as you are doing a subject with a reasonable workload. For an easy life you should have taken the piss-takers option PPE!!


GL

Been losing money so I haven't been updating. In other news, I got a job at Argos - to have more variety in my life moreso than anything else - and went to Live Evil again last weekend (will post a full review of that at some point).

Tune that is so top-notch it almost ruins the rest of the album (which is excellent regardless) for me:

surprised you're losing since you seem like you have a lot of knowledge and theory, pie the job off and grind more imo!

Pretty sure it's just a DS. Confident I beat 100 in the long run but after moving on to a new stake and instantly dropping 16 BI it's reasonable for them to want me to move down for a bit.

One thi hi have noticed TDA when watching the GS videos, you seem to be calling a lot of hands oop to 2-3x opens from early position. For example flatting kjo in bb bs utg 3x open. Also flatting a lot of 3b oop with suited Ax.

It seems your game is looser compared to your earlier videos.

I could be wrong it's just something that sprung to mind.

Perhaps this play correct theoretically

Flatting the AXs oop vs 3bs is going to be position dependent, and probably not that great, but flatting KJ in BB vs UTG is definitely standard