A coaching session with you is worth more than 250$, so even if that means I am selfish, I am in for that
Muscle memory will help you get your gains back - don't worry about that

thanks for the shoutout. I will be taking on clients in around July/August time for sure so obviously I'll let you know nearer the time

glgl

If I may ask, which PC did you invest in? Has it been going well?

Crazy volume goals for May. BOL with them!

congrats on another solid month and gl for may

In for the freeroll

Vaaamoooooo

Beast

Dam 110k hands without zoom. Really admire the work ethic. GL

In for freeroll

Up the irish!

In for the freeroll 😊

In for the freeroll, gl with your goals

In for freeroll!

GLGL!

Man, I had his name up and still misspelled it Thank you sir and awesome that's great to hear

Yeah agreed, Donating to charity and coaching are not bad things to lose, but I hope to disappoint you all!.

Yeah this was part of the buy, previous owners actually sent us $ beforehand for this work (although I think I spent it on something else ) Anway, it's sight for sore eyes and hasn't had work on it for 25 years.

Bright side is that it's finally getting warm out. There was something immensely satisfying from grilling out on my deck, dog in the yard etc. Just need to get pool open and it will feel like the American Dream.

You are locked

I just tried to hit a fair price, but I do think I'm probably a better coach than player so no shame in taking that over charity!

Thanks for the update bud! gl gl to you too

Hey, I actually just got a simple gaming computer (legion from Lenovo). I was between that and a build my friend Daniel (SOF) sent me, but it was a bit more expensive and I didn't trust myself/didn't want to spend the time building it.

I'm getting much more done solver wise having a seperate computer though so it's going to pay for itself over (spent about $2k)

Thanks bro same to you GL getting back into it

VAAAAMMMMMOOOO

Takes one to know one bro

Yes, trying to go for the sick one month work ethic, work ethic was a big issue for me growing up so I'm glad poker at least made it better.



TY boys! will end up picking the winner at the end. Almost half my hands are untracked so I'll be able to show my tracked amount of hands. I'm counting all the untracked hands through replayer after every day, so you'll all have to trust my integrity

I'm at 8k hands now after 3 days of playing and Monday off, so already 2k hands off pace. I'm slated to play the next 6 days and the goal is 27k hands. I will not be adding more tables for the sake of adding more tables of course, just going to increase my hours playing and add one or two more 1-2 hour sessions.

Week 18: April 27th-May 3rd: Last Light Week for awhile

1.) 28.17 hours of Poker Yearly Goal: 570.75/1800

2.) .83 hours of Mental Health Yearly Goal: 9.28/75

3.) 2.33 hours of Fitness Yearly Goal: 47.5/200


Poker

Only played 4 days but results were on the uptick and I've been running well, have been on the right side of some coolers which is also nice. Did about 11 hours of Coaching/Studying as well.



Hands of the week


1.) Funky line, thankfully got it all by the river

PartyGaming - $5 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

UTG: 100 BB
CO: 137.65 BB
Hero (BTN): 247.42 BB
SB: 100.5 BB
BB: 131.06 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.5 BB, SB raises to 10.5 BB, fold, Hero calls 8 BB

Flop: (22 BB, 2 players) T 8 Q
SB checks, Hero checks

Turn: (22 BB, 2 players) 2
SB bets 13.27 BB, Hero calls 13.27 BB

River: (48.54 BB, 2 players) 4
SB bets 26.31 BB, Hero raises to 223.65 BB and is all-in, SB calls 50.42 BB and is all-in

SB shows J Q (One Pair, Queens)
(Pre 31%, Flop 32%, Turn 34%)
Hero shows Q K (One Pair, Queens)
(Pre 69%, Flop 68%, Turn 66%)
Hero wins 146.92 BB
Hero wins 201.4 BB



2.) Box o Joe bet, although Bena's coffee bet mightve worked better

PokerStars - $5 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 4 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 231.75 BB
Hero (CO): 143.81 BB
BTN: 113.22 BB
SB: 145.31 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

Hero raises to 2.5 BB, fold, SB calls 2 BB, BB raises to 13 BB, Hero calls 10.5 BB, fold

Flop: (28.5 BB, 2 players) 3 K A
BB bets 10 BB, Hero calls 10 BB

Turn: (48.5 BB, 2 players) 9
BB bets 31 BB, Hero calls 31 BB

River: (110.5 BB, 2 players) 2
BB checks, Hero bets 11 BB, fold

Hero wins 110.1 BB


3.) Not my favorite guy to bluff, but mandatory given hand

PartyGaming - $20 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 187.34 BB
SB: 114.28 BB
BB: 318.04 BB
UTG: 235.65 BB
CO: 31.95 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has K 8

fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.5 BB, fold, BB raises to 11 BB, Hero calls 8.5 BB

Flop: (22.5 BB, 2 players) J 9 T
BB checks, Hero bets 11.35 BB, BB calls 11.35 BB

Turn: (45.2 BB, 2 players) 5
BB checks, Hero bets 32 BB, BB calls 32 BB

River: (109.2 BB, 2 players) 9
BB checks, Hero bets 132.99 BB and is all-in, fold

Hero wins 241.96 BB


4.) Meh

PartyGaming - $10 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (CO): 100 BB
BTN: 101.5 BB
SB: 136.25 BB
BB: 100 BB
UTG: 103.7 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 9 8

fold, Hero raises to 2.5 BB, fold, fold, BB raises to 11 BB, Hero calls 8.5 BB

Flop: (22.5 BB, 2 players) 2 Q Q
BB bets 8.4 BB, Hero calls 8.4 BB

Turn: (39.3 BB, 2 players) 9
BB bets 21.39 BB, Hero calls 21.39 BB

River: (82.08 BB, 2 players) 6
BB bets 59.21 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 59.21 BB and is all-in

BB shows Q A (Three of a Kind, Queens)

Hero mucks 9 8 (Two Pair, Queens and Nines)

BB wins 200.1 BB

Week 19: May 4th-May 10th

1.) 38.65 hours of Poker Yearly Goal:609.4/1800

2.) .83 hours of Mental Health Yearly Goal: 10.11/75

3.) 2.17 hours of Fitness Yearly Goal:49.88/200

Poker

The difference between my A and B game is completely cavernous, and unfortunately have been playing lot of B game and worse. I still had a nice week results wise mostly due to rungood. Had my first big suckout at 5k where I made a pretty bad misplay in hindsight, luckily I hit my 18%.

Otherwise, it was an ok week. I'm really struggling in pushing myself to play those 2 additional hours at the end of the day. When I don't feel like playing I usually stop but perhaps it'd be better to push myself out of the comfort zone.

I'm on pace for about 75k hands so the freeroll is looking good for most of you. I had coachings all day as well so i'm a bit behind today.

Otherwise, life is still good. Me and my wife started the Sopranos, usually watching an episode a day. At the end of S1 now and we're loving it. Outside of that, same old same old lol.

Some hands to break it up.

1.)The only battling ive done really in last month or so, vs strong HU reg, was getting killed so v happy to win this one.

PartyGaming - $10 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: 820.08 BB
Hero (BB): 196.52 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

SB raises to 2.5 BB, Hero raises to 10 BB, SB calls 7.5 BB

Flop: (20 BB, 2 players) 3 6 9
Hero bets 12.1 BB, SB calls 12.1 BB

Turn: (44.2 BB, 2 players) K
Hero bets 14.57 BB, SB calls 14.57 BB

River: (73.34 BB, 2 players) Q
Hero checks, SB bets 783.41 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 159.86 BB and is all-in

Hero shows A Q (One Pair, Queens)
(Pre 73%, Flop 82%, Turn 77%)
SB shows A T (High Card, Ace)
(Pre 27%, Flop 18%, Turn 23%)
SB wins 623.56 BB
Hero wins 393 BB

2.) As bena says...laying the tarp

PokerStars - $10 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (CO): 194.87 BB
BTN: 78.9 BB
SB: 100.5 BB
BB: 105.78 BB
UTG: 111.78 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, Hero raises to 2.5 BB, fold, SB raises to 11 BB, fold, Hero calls 8.5 BB

Flop: (23 BB, 2 players) 2 7 7
SB bets 8 BB, Hero calls 8 BB

Turn: (39 BB, 2 players) 8
SB bets 20 BB, Hero calls 20 BB

River: (79 BB, 2 players) 6
SB bets 61.5 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 61.5 BB

SB shows K J (One Pair, Sevens)
(Pre 17%, Flop 1%, Turn 0%)
Hero shows A A (Two Pair, Aces and Sevens)
(Pre 83%, Flop 99%, Turn 100%)
Hero wins 201.7 BB


3.) Well that escalated quickly....

PartyGaming - $5 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: 103.8 BB
Hero (BTN): 254.55 BB
SB: 169.07 BB
BB: 107.9 BB
UTG: 126.33 BB
MP: 145.93 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.5 BB, fold, BB calls 1.5 BB

Flop: (5.5 BB, 2 players) T 3 J
BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: (5.5 BB, 2 players) 3
BB bets 2.6 BB, Hero calls 2.6 BB

River: (10.7 BB, 2 players) K
BB bets 7.58 BB, Hero raises to 22.4 BB, BB raises to 102.8 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 80.4 BB

Hero shows Q A (Straight, Ace High)
(Pre 64%, Flop 74%, Turn 70%)
BB mucks K 9 (Two Pair, Kings and Threes)
(Pre 36%, Flop 26%, Turn 30%)
Hero wins 215.7 BB


4.) Close one

PokerStars - $5 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 73.87 BB
Hero (UTG): 103.7 BB
MP: 208.32 BB
CO: 133.17 BB
BTN: 100 BB
SB: 71.01 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 8 7

Hero raises to 2.2 BB, MP raises to 8 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls 5.8 BB

Flop: (17.5 BB, 2 players) 2 7 5
Hero checks, MP bets 5.07 BB, Hero calls 5.07 BB

Turn: (27.64 BB, 2 players) Q
Hero checks, MP bets 15.14 BB, Hero calls 15.14 BB

River: (57.92 BB, 2 players) T
Hero checks, MP bets 49.87 BB, Hero calls 49.87 BB

MP shows J A (High Card, Ace)
(Pre 64%, Flop 24%, Turn 14%)
Hero shows 8 7 (One Pair, Sevens)
(Pre 36%, Flop 76%, Turn 86%)
Hero wins 157.07 BB


5.) Nope

PartyGaming - $5 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 151.72 BB
Hero (SB): 148.48 BB
BB: 107.83 BB
UTG: 100 BB
CO: 221.33 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

UTG raises to 2.5 BB, fold, fold, Hero raises to 11 BB, fold, UTG calls 8.5 BB

Flop: (23 BB, 2 players) K 7 6
Hero bets 11.2 BB, UTG calls 11.2 BB

Turn: (45.4 BB, 2 players) Q
Hero bets 22.4 BB, UTG calls 22.4 BB

River: (90.2 BB, 2 players) 2
Hero bets 67.2 BB, UTG calls 55.4 BB and is all-in

Hero shows T J (High Card, King)
(Pre 41%, Flop 10%, Turn 16%)
UTG shows K A (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 59%, Flop 90%, Turn 84%)
Hero wins 11.8 BB
UTG wins 200.4 BB


6.) Probs fold vs cringe flop sizing :/

PokerStars - $5 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

UTG: 101.63 BB
CO: 106.22 BB
Hero (BTN): 100 BB
SB: 151.99 BB
BB: 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, CO raises to 2.5 BB, Hero raises to 7.5 BB, fold, fold, CO calls 5 BB

Flop: (16.5 BB, 2 players) 7 2 7
CO checks, Hero bets 5.25 BB, CO raises to 22 BB, Hero raises to 38.75 BB, CO raises to 98.72 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 53.75 BB and is all-in

Turn: (201.5 BB, 2 players) 4

River: (201.5 BB, 2 players) Q

CO shows 7 8 (Flush, Queen High)
(Pre 20%, Flop 91%, Turn 95%)
Hero shows J J (Two Pair, Jacks and Sevens)
(Pre 80%, Flop 9%, Turn 5%)
CO wins 200.9 BB

Great hands as always.

Out of curiosity what makes you say this?

AJ from the sopranos used to play some at the Borgata a while back. I played a 2/5 session with prob 10 years ago where he got hammered and lost 15-20k in a 500 cap game. He was saying some of the most obscene stuff to the cocktail waitresses I’ve ever heard, anyone else would’ve been booted.

In for free roll . Sick thread by the way

play c game still win a house lol

Assuming it went to showdown so no harm in posting the suckout at 5k eh??

Good question, I actually had to ponder this for a bit before I answered. I think I do a very good job of explaining concepts in ways that make them easier to grasp than the average player. Also, in general I would say I'm very approachable/easy to work with and not having an ego when I coach as far as admitting i'm wrong or simply saying "That's a good question, I'm not sure about ____. If I had to take an educated guess it would be this, but maybe ask _____ coach as he's stronger in this aspect of the game then me.

Other than that, a lot of my 1 on 1's and GC students have done quite well (this is mostly on them, but there is a correlation)

Great story, just finished s1, I guess he was a semi big celebrity at the time.
Thank you!

Wife takes half so I better start playing A game

It was on the WSOP network so no tracked HH unfortunately.

Run down of hand is good reg opens SB, I 3b BB 87cc, he 4bs 2.6x I believe, I defend. Flop comes K 5 4

SPR is 1.5 and he bet 1/3rd and I jammed which in hindsight is definitely the worst option I could pick although nothing feels to great either!

I binked the 6 on the turn and hit a 2nd on the river for good measure, rewarded for mediocre play

Pretty sure I saw this hand in a different pgc...

Poker is tricky, because in other professions if you put in extra hours when not focused, it will have some small effect, like 2h will actually be 30 min of progress. But in poker it can go into minus hours

Maybe something close, but no tracked HH and I know my opponent wouldn't share the HH

Yeah for sure for sure, def a fine line to balance.

Reg kept stealing my blinds so I had to resort to Paisting method to make sure he knew I wasn't one to trifle with/

PokerStars - $5 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 100 BB
Hero (SB): 349.05 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 7 5

Hero raises to 349.05 BB and is all-in, BB calls 99 BB and is all-in

Flop: (200 BB, 2 players) 6 6 7

Turn: (200 BB, 2 players) 7

River: (200 BB, 2 players) 3
Players agreed to run it twice.

Flop #2: (200 BB, 2 players) 8 8 K

Turn #2: (200 BB, 2 players) 7

River #2: (200 BB, 2 players) 3

BB shows Q T (Two Pair, Sevens and Sixes)
Board #1 (Pre 65%, Flop 26%, Turn 0%)
(One Pair, Eights)
Board #2 (Pre 74%, Flop 79%, Turn 23%)

Hero shows 7 5 (Full House, Sevens full of Sixes)
Board #1 (Pre 35%, Flop 74%, Turn 100%)
(Two Pair, Eights and Sevens)
Board #2 (Pre 26%, Flop 21%, Turn 77%)

Hero wins 99.9 BB
Hero wins 99.9 BB


PokerStars - $5 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: 399.4 BB
Hero (BB): 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

SB raises to 4 BB, Hero raises to 100 BB and is all-in, SB calls 96 BB

Flop: (200 BB, 2 players) 4 3 K

Turn: (200 BB, 2 players) J

River: (200 BB, 2 players) 9
Players agreed to run it twice.

Flop #2: (200 BB, 2 players) Q J 3

Turn #2: (200 BB, 2 players) 2

River #2: (200 BB, 2 players) 8

Hero shows K 3 (Two Pair, Kings and Threes)
Board #1 (Pre 34%, Flop 80%, Turn 91%)
(One Pair, Threes)
Board #2 (Pre 27%, Flop 69%, Turn 77%)

SB shows 5 A (High Card, Ace)
Board #1 (Pre 66%, Flop 20%, Turn 9%)
(High Card, Ace)
Board #2 (Pre 73%, Flop 31%, Turn 23%)

Hero wins 99.9 BB
Hero wins 99.9 BB


PokerStars - $5 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 100 BB
Hero (SB): 149.85 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 4 5

Hero raises to 149.85 BB and is all-in, BB calls 99 BB and is all-in

Flop: (200 BB, 2 players) 4 J 9

Turn: (200 BB, 2 players) A

River: (200 BB, 2 players) 7
Players agreed to run it twice.

Flop #2: (200 BB, 2 players) 7 6 5

Turn #2: (200 BB, 2 players) A

River #2: (200 BB, 2 players) 3

BB shows 8 K (High Card, Ace)
Board #1 (Pre 62%, Flop 30%, Turn 14%)
(High Card, Ace)
Board #2 (Pre 65%, Flop 34%, Turn 33%)

Hero shows 4 5 (One Pair, Fours)
Board #1 (Pre 38%, Flop 70%, Turn 86%)
(Straight, Seven High)
Board #2 (Pre 35%, Flop 66%, Turn 67%)

Hero wins 99.9 BB
Hero wins 99.9 BB



*yes, these are flips in case someone reallyyyy didn't get it

** Yes, I run good

Hahaha haven't seen flips in a while. The good times of poker are back!

Was looking through the hands thinking you must of been on absolute mega tilt

Obv the profit speaks for itself but wp nonetheless.

All games A-F making $ it seems