SCOOP Overview
Was a pretty long grind and had a little over 5k in buyins but we were able to make a somewhat solid return despite no huge runs in big tournaments. I for the most part ran very poorly when it counted and I can chalk it up to variance, running solid overall but just not winning any flips or 70/30's in important spots. As some of you saw during my main stream, I'm not good at all once stacks get under 30bb and I think a lot of my edge is reduced when I get to this stack size in the tournament.
That being said these kinds of series will be so profitable just because the fields are so soft and a solid majority of tournament pros have no idea what they're doing (I mean this with
).
Unfortunately, my team lost the SCOOP competition on the last day, which was $1,000 to the winning team so not fun leading that all the way and then losing it at the end but obv a big congrats to their team, pretty much everyone on that team was a good player and contributed heavily to the W. Feel a bit bad that we couldn't get Dan Buzgon (overall leader in competition) the win since he pretty much carried us, but that's poker.
Overall, it's nice to get back to the cash grind I was starting to get a bit sick of the tournament grind, shout out to all of you for dealing with the sick variance.
SCOOP in BB
SCOOP in Chips
Coaching
Have started this with two lower players, been fun and think is something that keeps me sharp. Definitely fun too and I hope to help some of the guys start to crush and move up the stakes. Will look to add more students after Vegas as well.
Stream
I definitely enjoyed every second of it, I kinda tried it out this month as a test run and I think I will make it a routine going forward. I won't have another one this month so once I return from Vegas I'll get it really cleaned up and have it up as a once a week thing.
One week til Vegas
Starting to get quite pumped for this, I'm headed out the 31st for what looks to be close to a 50 day trek in sin city. I have my girlfriend visiting the 10th so the first 10 or so days will be heavy grinding. I will also get to meet a few of my coaches which I'm excited about as well as they'll be down for the latter half of the series as well. I had, at the time, my best month in Vegas last year and I'm 5x the player now that I was then so hopefully can have a huge month and when I'm back will start really mixing in some higher midstakes.
Few hands to close out as always:
1.) Beautiful river
partypoker - $2 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BTN: 123.4 BB (VPIP: 41.27, PFR: 13.49, 3Bet Preflop: 9.20, Hands: 397)
SB: 100.89 BB (VPIP: 31.13, PFR: 24.57, 3Bet Preflop: 11.57, Hands: 8,345)
BB: 102.12 BB (VPIP: 28.36, PFR: 19.40, 3Bet Preflop: 7.27, Hands: 136)
UTG: 177.09 BB (VPIP: 26.21, PFR: 18.76, 3Bet Preflop: 7.49, Hands: 17,062)
MP: 113.09 BB (VPIP: 24.49, PFR: 19.25, 3Bet Preflop: 8.81, Hands: 1,338)
Hero (CO): 108.07 BB
SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Q
Q
UTG raises to 3 BB,
MP raises to 8.5 BB,
Hero raises to 22 BB,
fold,
fold,
fold,
fold,
MP calls 13.5 BB
Flop: (48.5 BB, 2 players) Q
8
T
MP checks,
Hero checks
Turn: (48.5 BB, 2 players) T
MP checks,
Hero checks
River: (48.5 BB, 2 players) J
MP checks,
Hero bets 86.07 BB and is all-in,
MP calls 86.07 BB
MP shows A
K
(Straight, Ace High)
(Pre 43%, Flop 14%, Turn 0%)
Hero shows Q
Q
(Full House, Queens full of Tens)
(Pre 57%, Flop 86%, Turn 100%)
Hero wins 219.14 BB
2.) Might be too thin
PokerStars - $2 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
Hero (BB): 116.61 BB
SB: 109.46 BB (VPIP: 45.45, PFR: 45.45, 3Bet Preflop: 20.00, Hands: 12)
SB posts SB 0.5 BB,
Hero posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A
K
SB raises to 2.43 BB,
Hero raises to 10 BB,
SB calls 7.57 BB
Flop: (20 BB, 2 players) 4
T
2
Hero bets 6.48 BB,
SB calls 6.48 BB
Turn: (32.95 BB, 2 players) A
Hero bets 20.5 BB,
SB calls 20.5 BB
River: (73.95 BB, 2 players) 3
Hero bets 79.64 BB and is all-in,
SB calls 72.49 BB and is all-in
Hero shows A
K
(One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 70%, Flop 47%, Turn 32%)
SB shows 4
A
(Two Pair, Aces and Fours)
(Pre 30%, Flop 53%, Turn 68%)
SB wins 218.55 BB
3.) Trapped good by rec
PokerStars - $2 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
UTG: 197.14 BB (VPIP: 31.14, PFR: 24.58, 3Bet Preflop: 11.66, Hands: 8,409)
MP: 92.05 BB (VPIP: 27.87, PFR: 8.20, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 62)
CO: 168.78 BB (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 8)
Hero (BTN): 100 BB
SB: 107.3 BB (VPIP: 25.02, PFR: 20.43, 3Bet Preflop: 9.61, Hands: 3,360)
BB: 101.5 BB (VPIP: 23.81, PFR: 18.66, 3Bet Preflop: 8.03, Hands: 23,533)
SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has J
J
fold,
MP raises to 3 BB,
fold,
Hero raises to 9 BB,
fold,
fold,
MP calls 6 BB
Flop: (19.5 BB, 2 players) 7
3
3
MP checks,
Hero bets 6.12 BB,
MP calls 6.12 BB
Turn: (31.73 BB, 2 players) 3
MP checks,
Hero bets 20 BB,
MP raises to 76.94 BB and is all-in,
Hero calls 56.94 BB
River: (185.6 BB, 2 players) 7
MP shows Q
Q
(Full House, Threes full of Queens)
(Pre 82%, Flop 92%, Turn 95%)
Hero shows J
J
(Full House, Threes full of Jacks)
(Pre 18%, Flop 8%, Turn 5%)
MP wins 184.1 BB
4.) Can't fold a pair in HU
PokerStars - $2 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
Hero (BB): 427.88 BB
SB: 108.11 BB (VPIP: 70.10, PFR: 64.95, 3Bet Preflop: 46.34, Hands: 112)
SB posts SB 0.5 BB,
Hero posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 3
3
SB raises to 2.43 BB,
Hero calls 1.43 BB
Flop: (4.86 BB, 2 players) 9
9
J
Hero checks,
SB checks
Turn: (4.86 BB, 2 players) 4
Hero checks,
SB bets 2.59 BB,
Hero calls 2.59 BB
River: (10.03 BB, 2 players) A
Hero checks,
SB bets 7.15 BB,
Hero calls 7.15 BB
SB shows Q
3
(One Pair, Nines)
(Pre 36%, Flop 30%, Turn 20%)
Hero shows 3
3
(Two Pair, Nines and Threes)
(Pre 64%, Flop 70%, Turn 80%)
Hero wins 23.95 BB
5.) This one's gonna bother me, but villain had a 0 raise cbet over sample and was super passive...Reverted back to my nitlife here
partypoker - $10 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BB: 205.8 BB (VPIP: 25.56, PFR: 19.58, 3Bet Preflop: 7.44, Hands: 2,087)
UTG: 100.22 BB (VPIP: 55.47, PFR: 9.00, 3Bet Preflop: 6.02, Hands: 409)
Hero (CO): 103.14 BB
BTN: 122.21 BB (VPIP: 26.72, PFR: 20.48, 3Bet Preflop: 9.21, Hands: 11,156)
SB: 436.89 BB (VPIP: 39.50, PFR: 26.19, 3Bet Preflop: 11.26, Hands: 915)
SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has J
A
UTG calls 1 BB,
Hero raises to 4 BB,
fold,
fold,
fold,
UTG calls 3 BB
Flop: (9.5 BB, 2 players) 7
2
J
UTG checks,
Hero bets 3.03 BB,
UTG raises to 6.07 BB,
Hero calls 3.03 BB
Turn: (21.63 BB, 2 players) 5
UTG bets 10.62 BB,
Hero calls 10.62 BB
River: (42.86 BB, 2 players) J
UTG bets 21.23 BB,
Hero calls 21.23 BB
UTG shows J
9
(Three of a Kind, Jacks)
(Pre 31%, Flop 18%, Turn 27%)
Hero shows J
A
(Three of a Kind, Jacks)
(Pre 69%, Flop 82%, Turn 73%)
Hero wins 84.93 BB
6. Nice flop, bad turn
partypoker - $2 NL - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
CO: 254.09 BB (VPIP: 50.85, PFR: 6.82, 3Bet Preflop: 3.66, Hands: 179)
Hero (BTN): 187.15 BB
SB: 92.34 BB (VPIP: 35.75, PFR: 7.79, 3Bet Preflop: 4.43, Hands: 595)
BB: 195.86 BB (VPIP: 11.82, PFR: 2.73, 3Bet Preflop: 2.50, Hands: 221)
UTG: 121.32 BB (VPIP: 29.63, PFR: 21.43, 3Bet Preflop: 7.15, Hands: 1,795)
MP: 207.92 BB (VPIP: 53.11, PFR: 24.67, 3Bet Preflop: 12.42, Hands: 771)
SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has K
Q
fold,
MP raises to 2 BB,
CO calls 2 BB,
Hero raises to 9 BB,
fold,
fold, MP calls 7 BB,
CO raises to 16 BB,
Hero calls 7 BB, MP calls 7 BB
Flop: (49.5 BB, 3 players) T
K
Q
MP checks,
CO bets 96 BB,
Hero raises to 171.15 BB and is all-in,
fold,
CO calls 75.15 BB
Turn: (391.79 BB, 2 players) J
River: (391.79 BB, 2 players) 6
CO shows A
A
(Straight, Ace High)
(Pre 87%, Flop 38%, Turn 89%)
Hero mucks K
Q
(Two Pair, Kings and Queens)
(Pre 13%, Flop 62%, Turn 11%)
CO wins 390.29 BB