Thanks for pointing that out! Anyway so...


3.) Gift from fun player

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

UTG: 46.99 BB (VPIP: 39.58, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 50)
CO: 86.87 BB (VPIP: 50.88, PFR: 14.04, 3Bet Preflop: 5.00, Hands: 60)
BTN: 100 BB (VPIP: 24.85, PFR: 15.56, 3Bet Preflop: 6.80, Hands: 1,242)
SB: 116.96 BB (VPIP: 22.38, PFR: 16.74, 3Bet Preflop: 5.02, Hands: 4,230)
Hero (BB): 134.62 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 2 K

fold, CO calls 1 BB, fold, fold, Hero checks

Flop: (2.5 BB, 2 players) 7 2 K
Hero checks, CO checks

Turn: (2.5 BB, 2 players) 2
Hero bets 1.77 BB, CO calls 1.77 BB

River: (6.04 BB, 2 players) T
Hero checks, CO bets 2.85 BB, Hero raises to 10.69 BB, CO raises to 18.53 BB, Hero raises to 131.85 BB and is all-in, CO calls 65.57 BB and is all-in

CO shows A 7 (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 67%, Flop 48%, Turn 5%)
Hero shows 2 K (Full House, Twos full of Kings)
(Pre 33%, Flop 52%, Turn 95%)
Hero wins 47.75 BB
Hero wins 172.74 BB



6.) 3rd time in last 16 days....


partypoker - $1 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 72.34 BB (VPIP: 39.66, PFR: 6.03, 3Bet Preflop: 1.48, Hands: 361)
UTG: 79.73 BB (VPIP: 10.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 20)
Hero (CO): 100 BB
BTN: 106.55 BB (VPIP: 23.54, PFR: 17.66, 3Bet Preflop: 7.05, Hands: 9,185)
SB: 263.83 BB (VPIP: 28.02, PFR: 21.38, 3Bet Preflop: 7.93, Hands: 7,789)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

UTG calls 1 BB, Hero raises to 3 BB, BTN calls 3 BB, fold, BB calls 2 BB, UTG calls 2 BB

Flop: (12.5 BB, 4 players) 3 K T
BB bets 11.81 BB, fold, Hero calls 11.81 BB, BTN calls 11.81 BB

Turn: (47.93 BB, 3 players) T
BB checks, Hero checks, BTN bets 22.63 BB, fold, Hero calls 22.63 BB

River: (93.19 BB, 2 players) 2
Hero checks, BTN bets 69.11 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 62.56 BB and is all-in

Hero shows K K (Full House, Kings full of Tens)
(Pre 81%, Flop 91%, Turn 2%)
BTN shows T T (Four of a Kind, Tens)
(Pre 19%, Flop 9%, Turn 98%)
BTN wins 6.55 BB
BTN wins 215.31 BB




10.) Poor call off

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

UTG: 112.96 BB (VPIP: 19.38, PFR: 14.71, 3Bet Preflop: 4.91, Hands: 9,426)
CO: 58.81 BB (VPIP: 100.00, PFR: 33.33, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 3)
BTN: 122.74 BB (VPIP: 27.87, PFR: 21.31, 3Bet Preflop: 7.61, Hands: 626)
SB: 84.35 BB (VPIP: 49.41, PFR: 11.76, 3Bet Preflop: 5.56, Hands: 87)
Hero (BB): 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, CO calls 1 BB, BTN raises to 4 BB, fold, Hero raises to 12.38 BB, fold, BTN calls 8.38 BB

Flop: (26.25 BB, 2 players) Q 6 6
Hero bets 8 BB, BTN calls 8 BB

Turn: (42.25 BB, 2 players) J
Hero checks, BTN bets 20 BB, Hero calls 20 BB

River: (82.25 BB, 2 players) 7
Hero checks, BTN bets 82.36 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 59.63 BB and is all-in

BTN shows J J (Full House, Jacks full of Sixes)
(Pre 81%, Flop 91%, Turn 100%)
Hero shows T T (Two Pair, Tens and Sixes)
(Pre 19%, Flop 9%, Turn 0%)
BTN wins 200 BB

following good luck!

Thanks boss!

K2 hand I prefer leading out flop and continuuing otr. Think checking loses too much.

Had one of the biggest dream tables ever at 4am, 5 fish all VPIPing over 40. Funny enough, I was down 1k after 60 hands (!) but managed to grind it to $500 loss despite running 1k under EV.

Played most of the night, lost money, 4k under EV for the month. Gonna drink away the variance hopefully when I tailgate the Rutgers PSU game today.

Week 3


WSOP:

Party:


Hands:

1.) Against reg
888 Poker - $2 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (SB): 100 BB
BB: 212.44 BB (VPIP: 27.30, PFR: 21.05, 3Bet Preflop: 7.96, Hands: 3,615)
UTG: 96.55 BB (VPIP: 26.83, PFR: 17.95, 3Bet Preflop: 7.83, Hands: 1,057)
CO: 237.36 BB (VPIP: 24.46, PFR: 16.31, 3Bet Preflop: 3.90, Hands: 1,433)
BTN: 55.31 BB (VPIP: 17.13, PFR: 9.27, 3Bet Preflop: 1.28, Hands: 3,933)

Hero 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 3 BB, BB raises to 10 BB, Hero raises to 23 BB, BB calls 13 BB

Flop: (46 BB, 2 players) Q J K
Hero checks, BB checks

Turn: (46 BB, 2 players) 6
Hero checks, BB checks

River: (46 BB, 2 players) 6
Hero checks, BB bets 189.44 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 77 BB and is all-in

Hero shows Q A (Two Pair, Queens and Sixes)
(Pre 48%, Flop 92%, Turn 98%)
BB shows 8 8 (Two Pair, Eights and Sixes)
(Pre 52%, Flop 8%, Turn 2%)
Hero wins 198.5 BB



2.) Against good reg
888 Poker - $2 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 69.87 BB (VPIP: 17.17, PFR: 9.40, 3Bet Preflop: 1.34, Hands: 3,791)
UTG: 100 BB (VPIP: 24.19, PFR: 18.20, 3Bet Preflop: 5.77, Hands: 5,806)
CO: 70.76 BB (VPIP: 62.50, PFR: 12.50, 3Bet Preflop: 5.00, Hands: 40)
Hero (BTN): 130.84 BB
SB: 100 BB (VPIP: 26.27, PFR: 20.23, 3Bet Preflop: 7.21, Hands: 971)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.63 BB, SB raises to 10 BB, fold, Hero calls 7.38 BB

Flop: (21 BB, 2 players) 8 7 6
SB checks, Hero checks

Turn: (21 BB, 2 players) K
SB bets 12.5 BB, Hero calls 12.5 BB

River: (46 BB, 2 players) 3
SB bets 32.5 BB, Hero calls 32.5 BB

SB shows T Q (High Card, King)
(Pre 39%, Flop 39%, Turn 25%)
Hero shows K A (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 61%, Flop 61%, Turn 75%)
Hero wins 109.5 BB


3.) When you bluff into quads
888 Poker - $2 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 4 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 100 BB (VPIP: 38.92, PFR: 28.47, 3Bet Preflop: 9.55, Hands: 582)
Hero (SB): 338.63 BB
BB: 74.7 BB (VPIP: 33.62, PFR: 9.79, 3Bet Preflop: 2.60, Hands: 937)
CO: 233.07 BB (VPIP: 21.41, PFR: 16.14, 3Bet Preflop: 6.48, Hands: 1,203)

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, BTN raises to 2 BB, Hero raises to 8 BB, fold, BTN calls 6 BB

Flop: (17 BB, 2 players) 6 T 6
Hero bets 8.5 BB, BTN calls 8.5 BB

Turn: (34 BB, 2 players) K
Hero bets 25.5 BB, BTN calls 25.5 BB

River: (85 BB, 2 players) 6
Hero bets 296.63 BB and is all-in, BTN calls 58 BB and is all-in

BTN shows 8 6 (Four of a Kind, Sixes)
(Pre 36%, Flop 98%, Turn 91%)
Hero shows Q A (Three of a Kind, Sixes)
(Pre 64%, Flop 2%, Turn 9%)
BTN wins 200.25 BB


4.) Annoying hand against super aggro (but not very good?) reg. Think it's played fine

888 Poker - $2 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 4 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (CO): 100 BB
BTN: 100.88 BB (VPIP: 30.85, PFR: 25.53, 3Bet Preflop: 9.64, Hands: 289)
SB: 170.72 BB (VPIP: 23.30, PFR: 16.48, 3Bet Preflop: 5.56, Hands: 359)
BB: 130.81 BB (VPIP: 18.87, PFR: 14.30, 3Bet Preflop: 4.63, Hands: 11,985)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

Hero raises to 3 BB, BTN raises to 9.5 BB, fold, fold, Hero calls 6.5 BB

Flop: (20.5 BB, 2 players) 4 J 6
Hero checks, BTN bets 13 BB, Hero calls 13 BB

Turn: (46.5 BB, 2 players) 3
Hero checks, BTN bets 32.5 BB, Hero calls 32.5 BB

River: (111.5 BB, 2 players) Q
Hero checks, BTN bets 45.88 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 45 BB and is all-in

Hero shows A J (One Pair, Jacks)
(Pre 60%, Flop 72%, Turn 86%)
BTN shows Q K (One Pair, Queens)
(Pre 40%, Flop 28%, Turn 14%)
BTN wins 200.75 BB


5.) Womp

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

Hero (BTN): 142.79 BB
SB: 107.08 BB (VPIP: 29.78, PFR: 17.92, 3Bet Preflop: 3.62, Hands: 2,541)
BB: 155.8 BB (VPIP: 19.15, PFR: 14.53, 3Bet Preflop: 4.70, Hands: 10,833)
UTG: 39.44 BB (VPIP: 38.31, PFR: 3.82, 3Bet Preflop: 1.77, Hands: 889)
CO: 100 BB (VPIP: 25.51, PFR: 17.46, 3Bet Preflop: 5.78, Hands: 1,057)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, CO raises to 3.5 BB, Hero calls 3.5 BB, SB raises to 15 BB, fold, CO calls 11.5 BB, Hero calls 11.5 BB

Flop: (46 BB, 3 players) 4 7 A
SB checks, CO checks, Hero checks

Turn: (46 BB, 3 players) J
SB checks, CO bets 23 BB, Hero raises to 127.79 BB and is all-in, fold, CO calls 62 BB and is all-in

River: (216 BB, 2 players) 8

Hero shows 7 7 (Three of a Kind, Sevens)
(Pre 50%, Flop 94%, Turn 77%)
CO shows 9 T (Straight, Jack High)
(Pre 50%, Flop 6%, Turn 23%)
CO wins 214.5 BB


6.) Wrecked by regfish
888 Poker - $2 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 4 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: 254.92 BB (VPIP: 35.52, PFR: 21.11, 3Bet Preflop: 9.17, Hands: 2,233)
BB: 121.18 BB (VPIP: 27.73, PFR: 20.49, 3Bet Preflop: 7.54, Hands: 1,731)
Hero (CO): 115.13 BB
BTN: 119.75 BB (VPIP: 36.04, PFR: 26.40, 3Bet Preflop: 5.13, Hands: 204)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

Hero raises to 3 BB, BTN raises to 10.5 BB, fold, fold, Hero calls 7.5 BB

Flop: (22.5 BB, 2 players) 2 9 2
Hero checks, BTN checks

Turn: (22.5 BB, 2 players) 8
Hero checks, BTN bets 16.88 BB, Hero calls 16.88 BB

River: (56.25 BB, 2 players) 6
Hero checks, BTN bets 45.19 BB, Hero calls 45.19 BB

BTN shows 2 K (Three of a Kind, Twos)
(Pre 23%, Flop 99%, Turn 100%)
Hero mucks A K (One Pair, Twos)
(Pre 77%, Flop 1%, Turn 0%)
BTN wins 145.87 BB


7.) He did not believe me

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

Hero (UTG): 112.76 BB
CO: 205.94 BB (VPIP: 30.49, PFR: 25.25, 3Bet Preflop: 9.89, Hands: 314)
BTN: 179.2 BB (VPIP: 23.26, PFR: 16.84, 3Bet Preflop: 5.30, Hands: 382)
SB: 118.06 BB (VPIP: 18.84, PFR: 14.27, 3Bet Preflop: 4.62, Hands: 12,035)
BB: 94.87 BB (VPIP: 13.33, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 15)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

Hero raises to 3 BB, CO calls 3 BB, fold, fold, BB calls 2 BB

Flop: (9.5 BB, 3 players) Q 5 T
BB checks, Hero checks, CO bets 7.13 BB, fold, Hero calls 7.13 BB

Turn: (23.75 BB, 2 players) T
Hero checks, CO checks

River: (23.75 BB, 2 players) 4
Hero checks, CO bets 15.81 BB, Hero raises to 53.39 BB, CO calls 37.58 BB

Hero shows J J (Two Pair, Jacks and Tens)
(Pre 57%, Flop 12%, Turn 5%)
CO shows Q A (Two Pair, Queens and Tens)
(Pre 43%, Flop 88%, Turn 95%)
CO wins 129.02 BB


At 55k hands through the month. Break even so far and have been running pretty awful last 3 weeks, hoping for the upswing soon. Planning on putting a long study day tomorrow.

hand 3: betting turn might be fine but i like checking more especially given your flop sizing. river is prolly x/f, he might not even be folding a Tx there

hand 4: 4b or fold pre...mostly fold

hand 6: i would almost always 4b/gii pre to avoid playing AKo OOP post-flop

hand 7: dont really like the river raise. blockers arent that good, rep such a narrow range that might not even take this line and after checking turn and river they often dont believe you (i learned that the hard way)

I don't mind the flat AJo vs aggro reg except that they usually 3bet a very top heavy range (such as KQo). You let them realize too much equity when flatting wide. I'd use a more aggresive 4bet strat vs the spewier 3bettors.

3.) After playing with this villain a bit more, river is 100% a give up. Curious as to why I shouldn't double barrel Kx when it's such a good card for our range.

4.) AJo I think is way too strong of a hand to fold given positions especially against a guy 3b around 15% from button. I usually have a mixed strat with 4b/calling these hands depending on the reg.

6.) In hindsight, makes it way easier to play especially since i'm gonna have to close my eyes and hit call a lot against aggro fish. He was 3betting tons of garbage and barreling way too wide with a high 4b/f % which is why I flatted

7.) You right. Just thought you never have 10x and I do. His call is absolutely fine I'd say.


Yeah, I think with those super aggro players I use more of a polarised 4betting strat. Decided to flat here since I have a hand that dominates a ton of his range (J10,QJ,KJ, A2-A10s) etc. Once I hit the jack just can never fold against almost any run out.

Lost $2,800 today. Almost busto.

Didn't really even play that poorly tbh.

Trying to remain positive.

After reading the update, I proceeded to also drop $1.5k today lol. This might sound cliche: The best remedy is to think about all the things you are thankful for -ot food, warm clothing, a bed to sleep on. Even being able to play legal online poker is something most people don't have in this country. Hang in there!

To echo what fast wrote, you don't earn a living being a professional when it seems like all you can do is win. You earn it by finding a way to get through the hard times and finding a way to stay optimistic through it all. The old saying "a hard way to make an easy living" always sticks in my head. There's a lot of things about this job that make it seem like a piece of cake. But when things are going bad...this **** gets difficult!

I think you have the mental toughness and positive outlook to get through the worst of downswings. Rooting for you dude.

Thanks boss. Yeah, there's a lot to be thankful for overall, I feel confident in myself to make it through.

Too true...it can be tough, and I know somewhere down the line I'll hit a downswing way worse...and then I'll have a worse one after that and so on and so forth. Appreciate the support 100% though!


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Played very little last 3 days, probably 3k hands, but played well and got a nice $1,500 boost. About 22 BI under EV on 200, but definitely see an improvement in my play despite the variance.

Playing 3 of the next 4 days to finish off the month and ill have a recap

November Recap

Party Stake Breakdown/Graph





WSOP Stake Breakdown/Graph





All in all, this was a very, very, very trying month that I think will be fruitful going forward. I was able to play about 77k hands despite running quite bad through the entire month, also put in a lot of off table work using mostly PT4. I did a lot of population study which is something I hadn't done before which I think helped. As soon as I get a new desktop (with Windows) I'll get the full version of PIO solver.

Overall, very happy with the effort I put in and everything that I could control. And despite the awful run bad, I still made +800 with RB.

Will post December goals/ interesting hands tomorrow, about to crash as it is.

Solid thread so far. I look forward to your next update.

Thanks boss!

I have a lot to talk about, but I'm not really in the mindset to go on a huge tangent. Some things have happened.

-Decided to take a longterm stake. Will get coached by some of the best players in the world. In the long run, definitely +EV. Contract was very fair IMO.

-Giving away some profits obviously so have a few job intereviews this upcoming week as a part time dogwalker. (Ironically, I thought getting a part time job would be pretty humbling, but overall I'm ok with it. If I want to stick with poker I have to get a lot better)

-Still running terribly bad. But even some of the regs are so terrible, so if I just go from bad to mediocre I think I can start making some really good money

Two Quick hands that am unsure about.

1.) My only question is if 109s with no hearts should be in our continuing range to 66% flop bet, I think it's OK, but could possibly be wrong.

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

Hero (SB): 100 BB
BB: 146.66 BB (VPIP: 25.87, PFR: 18.53, 3Bet Preflop: 4.20, Hands: 296)
CO: 36.01 BB (VPIP: 48.38, PFR: 32.50, 3Bet Preflop: 10.11, Hands: 2,184)
BTN: 164.14 BB (VPIP: 32.00, PFR: 23.43, 3Bet Preflop: 9.69, Hands: 1,875)

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, BB raises to 9 BB, Hero calls 6 BB

Flop: (18 BB, 2 players) 7 8 2
Hero checks, BB bets 11 BB, Hero calls 11 BB

Turn: (40 BB, 2 players) 6
Hero checks, BB checks

River: (40 BB, 2 players) K
Hero checks, BB bets 22 BB, Hero raises to 80 BB and is all-in, BB calls 58 BB

Hero shows T 9 (Straight, Ten High)
(Pre 21%, Flop 20%, Turn 80%)
BB shows K K (Three of a Kind, Kings)
(Pre 79%, Flop 80%, Turn 20%)
Hero wins 199.7 BB


2.) Against boss reg. 3 bet fish for value, and he cold calls. Normally, I think most villains range kinda face up with this but think with fish he's uncapped here, but haven't played enough to range him definitively. Sucks to fold this much equity on turn.

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

BB: 258.31 BB (VPIP: 31.53, PFR: 21.62, 3Bet Preflop: 10.87, Hands: 113)
UTG: 235.21 BB (VPIP: 21.01, PFR: 15.97, 3Bet Preflop: 7.84, Hands: 127)
MP: 100 BB (VPIP: 32.35, PFR: 23.86, 3Bet Preflop: 10.36, Hands: 1,735)
CO: 81.06 BB (VPIP: 37.03, PFR: 15.45, 3Bet Preflop: 8.45, Hands: 353)
BTN: 109.15 BB (VPIP: 24.69, PFR: 18.11, 3Bet Preflop: 3.03, Hands: 252)
Hero (SB): 160.45 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB, CO posts penalty blind 1.5 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 3 BB) Hero has Q T

fold, fold, CO raises to 3 BB, fold, Hero raises to 11.5 BB, BB calls 10.5 BB, fold

Flop: (26.5 BB, 2 players) 8 2 7
Hero bets 10 BB, BB calls 10 BB

Turn: (46.5 BB, 2 players) 7
Hero bets 36.25 BB, BB raises to 236.81 BB and is all-in, fold

BB wins 118.4 BB


Not playing 500 anymore but these hands were definitely some of interest

Some Updates:

As I said in the previous post, I ended up taking a staking deal and am getting coached by some top, top players which I'm thrilled about and I had my first coaching method where we went over leaks. I have quite a bit but overall I feel my game is much stronger than the average 200 reg and I do some things well that most people don't, but I'm also too passive in some spots so def trying to amp the aggression up.

I still plan on getting a part time job in January til to make up for sharing my profits but overall think I'll be ok. Been studying more than playing honestly this month.

Caught a lot of heat and have played well. Was up +5.5k til todays session, now I'm up 4k . Feeling pretty good overall, in great shape, eating healthy and I have a girlfriend now so keeping quite busy.


Hands!:

1.) I never really get tilted when fish do dumb stuff but it definitely annoys me when regs do terrible things and win. This villain was a fish so I felt fine with it!
partypoker - $2 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

UTG: 137.46 BB (VPIP: 18.85, PFR: 10.77, 3Bet Preflop: 3.25, Hands: 2,651)
CO: 365.01 BB (VPIP: 28.80, PFR: 20.67, 3Bet Preflop: 7.58, Hands: 6,767)
BTN: 100 BB (VPIP: 40.38, PFR: 28.52, 3Bet Preflop: 8.02, Hands: 3,472)
SB: 118.32 BB (VPIP: 27.35, PFR: 21.28, 3Bet Preflop: 8.38, Hands: 23,122)
Hero (BB): 106.45 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, BTN raises to 2 BB, fold, Hero raises to 8 BB, BTN calls 6 BB

Flop: (16.5 BB, 2 players) J K 3
Hero bets 7.79 BB, BTN raises to 19.48 BB, Hero calls 11.69 BB

Turn: (55.45 BB, 2 players) 8
Hero checks, BTN bets 26.98 BB, Hero calls 26.98 BB

River: (109.4 BB, 2 players) 6
Hero checks, BTN bets 45.55 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 45.55 BB

Hero shows A K (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 71%, Flop 84%, Turn 14%)
BTN shows K 8 (Two Pair, Kings and Eights)
(Pre 29%, Flop 16%, Turn 86%)
BTN wins 199 BB


2.) Against best party 200 reg imo, river check >>> betting

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

UTG: 137.46 BB (VPIP: 18.85, PFR: 10.77, 3Bet Preflop: 3.25, Hands: 2,651)
CO: 365.01 BB (VPIP: 28.80, PFR: 20.67, 3Bet Preflop: 7.58, Hands: 6,767)
BTN: 100 BB (VPIP: 40.38, PFR: 28.52, 3Bet Preflop: 8.02, Hands: 3,472)
SB: 118.32 BB (VPIP: 27.35, PFR: 21.28, 3Bet Preflop: 8.38, Hands: 23,122)
Hero (BB): 106.45 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, BTN raises to 2 BB, fold, Hero raises to 8 BB, BTN calls 6 BB

Flop: (16.5 BB, 2 players) J K 3
Hero bets 7.79 BB, BTN raises to 19.48 BB, Hero calls 11.69 BB

Turn: (55.45 BB, 2 players) 8
Hero checks, BTN bets 26.98 BB, Hero calls 26.98 BB

River: (109.4 BB, 2 players) 6
Hero checks, BTN bets 45.55 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 45.55 BB

Hero shows A K (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 71%, Flop 84%, Turn 14%)
BTN shows K 8 (Two Pair, Kings and Eights)
(Pre 29%, Flop 16%, Turn 86%)
BTN wins 199 BB


3.) Against super laggy but bad reg.

888 Poker - $2 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 3 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 177.86 BB
SB: 138.46 BB (VPIP: 21.96, PFR: 16.33, 3Bet Preflop: 3.12, Hands: 5,148)
BB: 80.25 BB (VPIP: 42.40, PFR: 26.00, 3Bet Preflop: 9.80, Hands: 2,272)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 7 6

Hero raises to 2.63 BB, SB calls 2.13 BB, BB calls 1.63 BB

Flop: (7.88 BB, 3 players) 4 8 3
SB checks, BB bets 5.91 BB, Hero calls 5.91 BB, fold

Turn: (19.69 BB, 2 players) 9
BB checks, Hero checks

River: (19.69 BB, 2 players) T
BB checks, Hero bets 37.5 BB, BB calls 37.5 BB

Hero shows 7 6 (Straight, Ten High)
(Pre 46%, Flop 41%, Turn 32%)
BB mucks 4 A (One Pair, Fours)
(Pre 54%, Flop 59%, Turn 68%)
Hero wins 93.94 BB


4.) Bink.
888 Poker - $5 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

MP: 106.87 BB (VPIP: 51.02, PFR: 12.30, 3Bet Preflop: 3.35, Hands: 1,101)
CO: 145.02 BB (VPIP: 24.86, PFR: 19.42, 3Bet Preflop: 8.06, Hands: 2,693)
BTN: 122.44 BB (VPIP: 29.26, PFR: 23.15, 3Bet Preflop: 11.05, Hands: 553)
SB: 103.12 BB (VPIP: 27.95, PFR: 21.11, 3Bet Preflop: 9.88, Hands: 6,255)
BB: 115.24 BB (VPIP: 29.46, PFR: 22.82, 3Bet Preflop: 10.09, Hands: 251)
Hero (UTG): 101.5 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

Hero raises to 3 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, BB raises to 12 BB, Hero calls 9 BB

Flop: (24.5 BB, 2 players) A 3 Q
BB checks, Hero bets 7 BB, BB calls 7 BB

Turn: (38.5 BB, 2 players) 7
BB checks, Hero checks

River: (38.5 BB, 2 players) J
BB checks, Hero bets 82.5 BB and is all-in, BB calls 82.5 BB

BB shows A K (One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 71%, Flop 89%, Turn 95%)
Hero shows J A (Two Pair, Aces and Jacks)
(Pre 29%, Flop 11%, Turn 5%)
Hero wins 202.9 BB

Care to explain hand 4 you just posted? Thoughts on flop bet compared to a flop check back?

Surely. Villain is a capable reg and will balance so I'll c/b this flop more often than betting. But I don't always want to c/b top pair good kicker where I can get some value from his Qx and worse Ax, villain is quite aggro so I'd say his range is wider despite 3betting my UTG.

But yeah overall I'll c/b this flop at a higher frequency then I bet it

Month has been very good results wise as I'm nearing 6k table profit despite lack of volume (35k) due to the holidays. Been implementing a ton of new things into my game that once I get sorted out will really make me a pain in the ass to play against (hopefully).

Been playing very well this month although today I was pretty poor, like C game, had one fun hand against reg below.

HOTD:
888 Poker - $2 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

UTG: 117.64 BB (VPIP: 18.78, PFR: 14.53, 3Bet Preflop: 5.20, Hands: 17,742)
CO: 98.5 BB (VPIP: 24.49, PFR: 15.16, 3Bet Preflop: 6.03, Hands: 5,293)
BTN: 104.5 BB (VPIP: 21.99, PFR: 16.37, 3Bet Preflop: 3.14, Hands: 5,468)
Hero (SB): 151.08 BB
BB: 169.47 BB (VPIP: 29.27, PFR: 17.68, 3Bet Preflop: 6.00, Hands: 2,045)

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, BB calls 2 BB

Flop: (6 BB, 2 players) K K 2
Hero bets 2 BB, BB calls 2 BB

Turn: (10 BB, 2 players) 3
Hero checks, BB bets 7.5 BB, Hero calls 7.5 BB

River: (25 BB, 2 players) T
Hero checks, BB bets 10 BB, Hero calls 10 BB

BB shows Q 4 (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 28%, Flop 17%, Turn 27%)
Hero shows A Q (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 72%, Flop 83%, Turn 73%)
Hero wins 43.5 BB

Only fish call with Ace high

Yeah in reality I bluff catch too wide^^^

Have had a good holiday season overall. I turned 24 and hit my official one year anniversary of doing this full time. Unfortunately, I've gotten sick and my parents house internet was too poor to really play, so volume was super low this month although I expected it.

Very fired up about poker in general and think my results in 2017 will be infinitely better than 2016. Have already set up my January schedule, only 2 days off first 20 days of the month, before I head to AC for a week of cash games.

Will do a yearly recap and overview the 31st or 1st

Wrapping up this thread

I started this thread about 16 months and I always find it kind of cool seeing the ups and downs documented here, especially all the help I got here from other posters.

Some Special Thanks:

-To Victor, my first coach who helped me go from absolutely atrocious to just bad, I learned a lot of fundamentals from you.

-My parents for somehow being ok with me going full time poker right after graduating college

-Plastic Elephant, my second coach who really took my game up a notch and is a fantastic coach along with being a great guy.

-The NJ regs who pop in here with advice! Redsoxnets, TWWWOOO, and of course Poker Arb who has given me amazing advice that I always appreciate even though we've been battling the last few days with poker!

-Fast, for believing in my game to give me a chance for a stake.

-FatnSweaty, for trying to get me to go from a nit to a LAG...you finally got through to me

-Finally, all the coaches at BTS along with the community! My games taken an enormous leap the last month cause of these guys

A look back at my 2016 goals

2016 Recap

So unfortunately, my db and laptop completely crashed late December so I won't be able to post graphs atm (but as soon as it gets fixed, if it does I'll post some). I made a shade over 30k this year. Obviously not what I was looking for, but who said it was gonna be easy! Made 15k live over 475 hours. 18k cash online. A few more thousand online tourneys, and dropped 9k on live tourneys (1/21 in cashes lol). I also did not hit 700,000 hands I was around the 530k mark when I checked last.

That being said, I only profited twice out of the first six months, and five times out of the last months. It could be variance but my game has definitely evolved. I beat every stake upto 400NL (small sample) including 3bb EV at 200NL over 200k hands.

I accomplished the goal of this thread as I am playing full time, I did move out of my parents and I'm very content with how life is going right now. BUT overall I'm still a struggling pro and I don't have that much financial stability. Moving on, I will be making a new thread with a different direction (still mostly poker) but other facets as well that will hopefully evolve into me playing highstakes

Thanks again everyone

Congrats on what I'd consider a successful year as a pro Jerrad. It seems like you've grown a lot as a player and, with living on your own and all that, as a person. You better send me a link to the next thread so I don't miss any of it!