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02-18-2012 , 09:52 PM
Hi guys,

I am here with my own journey on the tables, and i would like you to join me in this one.

I play poker for about 4 years now, and for about 1 year i take it more seriously.

I used to play sng's preferably 180 mans, or 90 mans, also at mtt i do quite well.

The thing is i would like to become a supernova at stars, but i do want to be profitable, i think the quikest way to get VPP's at stars is through cashgames so i am putting my focus on cashgames now.

i already asked how my stats where and someone already pointed out some good leaks to me, but i want to keep track of my play here, and hope to become a much better cashgamer then i now am.

if there are any suggestions for my play, please feel free to comment on them , as i am much willing to learn from you or explain my thought on certain situations and hands.

I opened this mostly to get me throught this incredible grind, which started very bad for me, and hope to end this year as supernova

For now i really have to adjust and first make money at NL2 because i still fail at that for now.

i will now go copy paste my posts from the other topic so i will have everything together

thx for reading and i hope you enjoy yourself, and maybe can give me a few pointers a long the way

Thx
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02-18-2012 , 09:54 PM
my 1 post in the stats forum....

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ariebombarie
Hi people,

My first post on this forum, will be here....

Like everybody i wanna gat better in poker especially cashgames, cause i feel there is more money to be made then in SnG's.

I play poker for about 4 years now, and i am taking it a bit more seriously for about a year.

when i play SnG's i have an ROI of about 10-15% over 3K+ sample

but now comes the thing i play on stars and i have the believe that you should work up in levels, so you don't run into a big pool of "too good of players", so i wanted to start at NL2, and move quickly up to NL5, but i can't seem to beat NL2?!!?!

I think i am running real bad so far but i am getting to a point that i am questining my own play, and i would really like some advice of you guys.

I play FR, i buy in for 100BB, and will only leave the table when there are no more fish on the table, i don't use autotopup, but if its a profitable table and i bust, the i rebuy for 100BB, as long as the fish stay.

I think i should mention is use a hud and try to use that on my opponents.

now the important stats and things,

(hold on, my HEM is crashing, have to reboot, will get edited soon)
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02-18-2012 , 09:56 PM
2nd post....

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Originally Posted by Ariebombarie
I am too slow (30 minute time limit for editing your messages), here is the info







I am open to any suggestions and comments, and i am sure there will be some (or a lot)

Thx for the time and effort in advance
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02-18-2012 , 09:57 PM
artysmokes reply


Quote:
Originally Posted by ArtySmokes
@ Ariebombarie: Your graph is like an upside down version of the graphs of most regs. There's a bit of runbad in there (your actual winnings are lower than EV in all in situations) but the most striking thing is that you're losing a ton of money at showdown. At nanostakes, playing ABC poker - where you bet your strong hands, fold your marginal hands, and rarely bluff - your blue line (money won on the river) should far exceed what you win without showdown.
So let's look at your stats and see what's going on...
Positional awareness is good, with your VPIP rising the closer you get to the button, but it's a little too high in SB, particularly as the VPIP there (31%) is a lot higher than PFR (18%). General rule in the small blind is Raise or Fold. Calling or completing when you'll be in the worst seat post-flop is not a good idea. Your overall VPIP is a little high, so start by being a bit tighter in the small blind. Raise to steal if it's folded around to you, and only call if there are multiple players in the pot and you have a pocket pair or decent suite connector (78s+).
Your 3-bet % is pretty high, and this is no doubt contributing to a lot of pots won pre-flop. When your 3-bets get called, or re-raised, you are often going to be dominated, because at 2NL, most players are only getting it in w/ JJ+ and AK. If you are 3-betting 99+ and AJ, try to do it against players that are much looser than you, so that it's always a value bet.
Your WTSD is too high at 33%. This is why you're losing money at showdown. Other players have tighter ranges, so if you see all 5 cards, they tend to have a better hand, and often have you outkicked. Tighten up a little pre-flop and don't call so many bets post-flop unless you have strong draws and good odds to chase. Dump hands like A5s if you hit the ace, but have no flush draw, as you'll get killed by AJ+. Basically, fold more often! (Try and get WTSD below 29%)
Your call 3-bet% is way too high at 61%. As I said, most players at this level are only 3-betting monster hands. If you're calling with AJ, KQo or worse, you're going to lose a lot of money against AK and JJ+.
Other stats look reasonably good, but you might want to be more careful with your c-bets, or perhaps alter your sizing. (It's impossible to know from these stats where the problem is, but your c-bet success rate of less than 50% would indicate that you're not getting enough folds on the flop, so could be choosing bad spots to c-bet, such as multiway pots, or drawy boards that you missed).

That will have to do for me for now. Feel free to ask for more info on particular issues.
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02-18-2012 , 09:58 PM
my first answer

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ariebombarie
@Artysmokes, thank you for your reply, i find it very usefull.

I don't like the "view" of my graph either, and i want to flip it over the zero-line too. I expected it not to be all runbad, like you said. I also know that the money at nanostakes should come from the blue line (won at showdown) and not from the red line (won without showdown). I will try to fold more marginal hands, and will try to bluff less (especially on the river), betting and raising with good hands i think i do correct now but will track that to be sure.

thx for the pos. awareness, i already suspected (knew) that my SB VPIP was too high (leakbuster(trial) also commented on that, and i am already trying to play less in the SB, i am folding about everything equal or less then KJs, raising pockets and monsters, i do sometimes try to resteal when i guess somebody is stealing, maybe i do this to much

I have to pay more attention to the multiple players in the pot, because of the better odds then.

I will try to lower my VPIP a bit, but i also feel this is caused by the fact that i open really wide against fishes, trying to isolate them from the other regs, so i have the fish alone in the pot, nevertheless i will try to play less hand especially from the SB.

I am already trying to 3 bet less, because of the points you mentioned, when i get 4 bet i only call with KK or AA, but a lot of the times, villain has AA there and i have KK, so good point.

I prefer not to 3 bet 99, cause i have trouwbles with that hand (to commonly dominated against a 3 bett call range)

My WTSD is i guess the most important error in my play, i already don't play hand like A2s - A9s OOP, unless the villain has VPIP 50+. you are correct that i can't seem to fold the worst hand on the river and pay out way to much there, but i feel a part of the loss here is because of villains hitting there outs on the river.

my call 3 bet i will lower a lot, the problem is the many fishes which will do something like this....first villain limps, second raises to 0,04, third villain raises to 0,10, i get AQs, when the vpip/pfr is high of villain 3 i will call, and propably get tsucked out somewhere (or had the worst hand to begin with) nevertheless i will say this as "full" raises and i will tighten up my 3 bet call % range

For the c-bet succes rate i have to mention this, i have quit a few people marked with the note fold to cbet flop = 0 fold to cbet turn = 85+, then i want to get 2 streets of value so i will bet almost potsize 2 times there (unless the board could hit his range, then the cbet still comes but at about 50% of pot) this way if i am played back i am also sure that he has beat me (mostly the villains are passive in that situation) and keep the loss small

i do think you are spot on with the multiway cbet which i loose quite often i guess, i think of this now, if i make my % cbet lower by not cbetting drawy boards which i missed, i will get more respect for my "normal" cbet and the precentage should go up

Thank you very much for your view on my stats, you have definitely confirmed some of my supicions, and added a few other leaks which i will try to fix.

THX!
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02-18-2012 , 10:05 PM
i dont know what is the best way to keep track of an thread like this, but here is the graph of the last 2 days, i will try to update after every day, so expect a lot of posts and questions

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02-18-2012 , 10:15 PM
and to throw in a hand, here i have the questions is it correct what i do, and why or why not?

utg+1 is a 37/17, handsample 73
mp2 = villain is a 21/15 with a 3 bet of 11,5 handsample is 359

i was thinking he was 3 betting to light so i could shove with the QQ....

    Poker Stars, $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 9 Players
    Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite. View Hand #11911122

    MP1: $2.05 (102.5 bb)
    MP2: $2.13 (106.5 bb)
    Hero (MP3): $2.23 (111.5 bb)
    CO: $2.31 (115.5 bb)
    BTN: $1.58 (79 bb)
    SB: $1.98 (99 bb)
    BB: $2.45 (122.5 bb)
    UTG+1: $2.06 (103 bb)
    UTG+2: $3.43 (171.5 bb)

    Preflop: Hero is MP3 with Q Q
    UTG+1 raises to $0.10, 2 folds, MP2 raises to $0.24, Hero raises to $0.76, 5 folds, MP2 raises to $2.13 and is all-in, Hero calls $1.37

    Flop: ($4.39) J K 2 (2 players, 1 is all-in)
    Turn: ($4.39) 8 (2 players, 1 is all-in)
    River: ($4.39) A (2 players, 1 is all-in)

    Spoiler:
    Results: $4.39 pot ($0.15 rake)
    Final Board: J K 2 8 A
    MP2 showed K K and won $4.24 ($2.11 net)
    Hero showed Q Q and lost (-$2.13 net)



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    02-18-2012 , 10:24 PM
    yesterday i spotted the fish that made my graph go up for a short while, i cant keep this from you guys enjoy

    villain is a 92/29, with a 3 bet of 36,4 over a handsample of 39, it was obvious this was a big fish with a big stack, just had to get it from him, and this was the hand of the table

      Poker Stars, $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 5 Players
      Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite. View Hand #11911142

      BB: $4.01 (200.5 bb)
      MP: $3.54 (177 bb)
      Hero (CO): $4.50 (225 bb)
      BTN: $3.31 (165.5 bb)
      SB: $2 (100 bb)

      Preflop: Hero is CO with 5 5
      MP folds, Hero raises to $0.06, BTN calls $0.06, SB folds, BB raises to $0.30, Hero calls $0.24, BTN folds

      Flop: ($0.67) 7 3 6 (2 players)
      BB bets $0.30, Hero raises to $1.30, BB calls $1

      Turn: ($3.27) 3 (2 players)
      BB bets $1, Hero raises to $2.90 and is all-in, BB calls $1.41 and is all-in

      River: ($8.09) 4 (2 players, 2 are all-in)




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      Last edited by Ariebombarie; 02-18-2012 at 10:31 PM.
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      02-19-2012 , 08:26 AM
      My morning session did quite good this time.....



      and a funny hand, not really special but it shows where the money comes from

        Poker Stars, $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 8 Players
        Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite. View Hand #11916312

        BB: $2.17 (108.5 bb)
        UTG+2: $0.76 (38 bb)
        MP1: $2.45 (122.5 bb)
        Hero (MP2): $2.03 (101.5 bb)
        MP3: $2.35 (117.5 bb)
        CO: $1.37 (68.5 bb)
        BTN: $0.80 (40 bb)
        SB: $1 (50 bb)

        Preflop: Hero is MP2 with 8 8
        CO posts BB OOP, UTG+2 folds, MP1 raises to $0.10, Hero calls $0.10, 3 folds, SB calls $0.09, BB folds

        Flop: ($0.35) 3 8 7 (3 players)
        SB checks, MP1 bets $0.26, Hero calls $0.26, SB folds

        Turn: ($0.87) 3 (2 players)
        MP1 bets $0.60, Hero calls $0.60

        River: ($2.07) 8 (2 players)
        MP1 bets $0.50, Hero raises to $1.07, MP1 calls $0.57

        Spoiler:
        Results: $4.21 pot ($0.15 rake)
        Final Board: 3 8 7 3 8
        MP1 showed Q Q and lost (-$2.03 net)
        Hero showed 8 8 and won $4.06 ($2.03 net)



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        02-21-2012 , 09:01 AM
        another update, with the stats of yesterday.....didn't go to well today again, bummer

        HEM was hanging because of no free diskspace, so it was a mess.....

        fortunately my MTT's still are going strong, so the money i loose at cashgames is won t MTT's

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        02-21-2012 , 08:05 PM
        update

        this afternoon it went bad, i played not that good, and the results were that i needed to rethink my game....

        the results of the session



        i came to the conclusion that i should play less tables until my WR is positive, for now i will play max 6 cashtables simultaenously (instead of 12-15),

        also my BR is gettin a boost (had some real nice MTT wins today again) so i thought i can give it a shot on NL5, but i wanted to play 6 max instead of FR, because of lot of the learning things is made for 6 max

        sat down at 4 tables and gave it a go, went ok, there are better players there (and just as bad) as at NL2, was my first impression.....

        i do have a problem with the amount of hands i play, but first i must make profit!!!! else i just loose more

        ohhhh for now i use a 50 buyin BRM for the cashgames, for the MTT's is use 200 buyin BRM

        here's the graph of the evening



        now of to find my errors
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        02-21-2012 , 08:18 PM
        here's my MTT graph of this year, just to show of

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        02-21-2012 , 08:24 PM
        here is would like some comments on (if i have viewers )

        especially river call

        opponent is prob regular, after 113 hands, 22/15/2,9, but at the time a thought he was splashing thought that during the hands his stats were more like 40/30/6 but samplesize was prob to small (doh)

        here's the hand

          Poker Stars, $0.02/$0.05 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 4 Players
          Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite. View Hand #11950492

          CO: $9.33 (186.6 bb)
          BTN: $6.07 (121.4 bb)
          SB: $6.18 (123.6 bb)
          Hero (BB): $4.40 (88 bb)

          Preflop: Hero is BB with T A
          CO folds, BTN raises to $0.15, SB folds, Hero calls $0.10

          Flop: ($0.32) 9 T 2 (2 players)
          Hero checks, BTN bets $0.20, Hero raises to $0.75, BTN calls $0.55

          Turn: ($1.82) 7 (2 players)
          Hero bets $1.15, BTN calls $1.15

          River: ($4.12) 8 (2 players)
          Hero checks, BTN bets $1.60, Hero calls $1.60

          Spoiler:
          Results: $7.32 pot ($0.30 rake)
          Final Board: 9 T 2 7 8
          BTN showed 8 7 and won $7.02 ($3.37 net)
          Hero mucked T A and lost (-$3.65 net)



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          02-21-2012 , 08:28 PM
          please comment, i think i made a lot of errors here, villain is 54/25/11,4 after 88 hands....

            Poker Stars, $0.02/$0.05 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
            Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite. View Hand #11953432

            BB: $5.36 (107.2 bb)
            UTG: $8.84 (176.8 bb)
            MP: $3.39 (67.8 bb)
            CO: $4.83 (96.6 bb)
            Hero (BTN): $4.49 (89.8 bb)
            SB: $3.01 (60.2 bb)

            Preflop: Hero is BTN with A J
            UTG folds, MP calls $0.05, CO folds, Hero raises to $0.20, SB raises to $0.35, 2 folds, Hero calls $0.15

            Flop: ($0.80) 2 K 7 (2 players)
            SB checks, Hero checks

            Turn: ($0.80) 2 (2 players)
            SB bets $0.20, Hero raises to $1, SB calls $0.80

            River: ($2.80) 4 (2 players)
            SB bets $1.66 and is all-in, Hero folds

            Spoiler:
            Results: $2.80 pot ($0.12 rake)
            Final Board: 2 K 7 2 4
            Hero mucked A J and lost (-$1.35 net)
            SB mucked and won $2.68 ($1.33 net)



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            02-21-2012 , 08:38 PM
            the 3 top winners of the session....

            very loose table, villain 49/21/0 over 68 hands

              Poker Stars, $0.02/$0.05 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
              Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite. View Hand #11953442

              SB: $2.98 (59.6 bb)
              Hero (BB): $8.79 (175.8 bb)
              UTG: $5.34 (106.8 bb)
              MP: $7.21 (144.2 bb)
              CO: $4.95 (99 bb)
              BTN: $4.76 (95.2 bb)

              Preflop: Hero is BB with Q A
              2 folds, CO raises to $0.17, BTN calls $0.17, SB calls $0.15, Hero calls $0.12

              Flop: ($0.68) K T J (4 players)
              SB checks, Hero checks, CO checks, BTN bets $0.50, SB folds, Hero raises to $1.55, CO folds, BTN calls $1.05

              Turn: ($3.78) 9 (2 players)
              Hero bets $3.15, BTN calls $3.04 and is all-in

              River: ($9.86) T (2 players, 1 is all-in)

              Spoiler:
              Results: $9.86 pot ($0.41 rake)
              Final Board: K T J 9 T
              Hero showed Q A and won $9.45 ($4.69 net)
              BTN showed K J and lost (-$4.76 net)



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              same table, earlier in the session, this villain is 33/19/5.4 over 100 hands

                Poker Stars, $0.02/$0.05 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 5 Players
                Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite. View Hand #11953452

                MP: $3.11 (62.2 bb)
                Hero (CO): $7.30 (146 bb)
                BTN: $6.01 (120.2 bb)
                SB: $6.34 (126.8 bb)
                BB: $2.07 (41.4 bb)

                Preflop: Hero is CO with J J
                MP folds, Hero raises to $0.15, BTN calls $0.15, SB folds, BB raises to $2.07 and is all-in, Hero calls $1.92, BTN folds

                Flop: ($4.31) A 5 7 (2 players, 1 is all-in)
                Turn: ($4.31) A (2 players, 1 is all-in)
                River: ($4.31) 7 (2 players, 1 is all-in)

                Spoiler:
                Results: $4.31 pot ($0.18 rake)
                Final Board: A 5 7 A 7
                Hero showed J J and won $4.13 ($2.06 net)
                BB showed T T and lost (-$2.07 net)



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                third hand
                same table even earlier in the session, initial turn raiser is same villain as in hand 2, the reraiser is a 41/26/2.6 over 100 hands

                  Poker Stars, $0.02/$0.05 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
                  Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite. View Hand #11953462

                  CO: $6.03 (120.6 bb)
                  Hero (BTN): $5.13 (102.6 bb)
                  SB: $5.94 (118.8 bb)
                  BB: $5 (100 bb)
                  UTG: $3.97 (79.4 bb)
                  MP: $6.15 (123 bb)

                  Preflop: Hero is BTN with A 9
                  UTG raises to $0.20, MP folds, CO calls $0.20, Hero calls $0.20, 2 folds

                  Flop: ($0.67) 3 8 6 (3 players)
                  UTG bets $0.35, CO raises to $1.35, Hero raises to $4.93 and is all-in, 2 folds

                  Spoiler:
                  Results: $3.72 pot ($0.15 rake)
                  Final Board: 3 8 6
                  CO mucked and lost (-$1.55 net)
                  Hero mucked A 9 and won $3.57 ($2.02 net)
                  UTG mucked and lost (-$0.55 net)



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                  02-23-2012 , 08:17 AM
                  yesterday was not really a cashgame day, i did not feel much for cashgaming, so my volume is extremely low, i ran quite good this time.....

                  made 4 very short sessions (i also kept my number of tables low, to see if there will be difference, i think i play to many tables to be profitable now)

                  here are the graphs of yesterday







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                  02-23-2012 , 08:39 AM
                  First! Besides you. good luck, brah!
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                  02-23-2012 , 08:46 AM
                  the most losing hands of yesterday.....

                  villain is 19/13/4.0 over 296 hands

                    Poker Stars, $0.02/$0.05 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
                    Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite. View Hand #11972572

                    BB: $5.45 (109 bb)
                    UTG: $4.20 (84 bb)
                    MP: $5.07 (101.4 bb)
                    CO: $4.36 (87.2 bb)
                    BTN: $5 (100 bb)
                    Hero (SB): $5.22 (104.4 bb)

                    Preflop: Hero is SB with 7 7
                    4 folds, Hero raises to $0.15, BB raises to $0.45, Hero calls $0.30

                    Flop: ($0.90) 2 3 T (2 players)
                    Hero checks, BB checks

                    Turn: ($0.90) Q (2 players)
                    Hero bets $0.75, BB calls $0.75

                    River: ($2.40) 6 (2 players)
                    Hero bets $1.55, BB calls $1.55

                    Spoiler:
                    Results: $5.50 pot ($0.23 rake)
                    Final Board: 2 3 T Q 6
                    BB showed K K and won $5.27 ($2.52 net)
                    Hero showed 7 7 and lost (-$2.75 net)



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                    Another losing hand, pleas comment on this if i played good, or that i should have folded somewhere along the way

                    villain is 44/15/6.3 over 154 hands

                      Poker Stars, $0.02/$0.05 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
                      Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite. View Hand #11972582

                      MP: $14.36 (287.2 bb)
                      CO: $5.58 (111.6 bb)
                      BTN: $3.41 (68.2 bb)
                      SB: $4 (80 bb)
                      BB: $6.02 (120.4 bb)
                      Hero (UTG): $4.53 (90.6 bb)

                      Preflop: Hero is UTG with A J
                      Hero raises to $0.15, 2 folds, BTN calls $0.15, 2 folds

                      Flop: ($0.37) Q 9 4 (2 players)
                      Hero bets $0.20, BTN raises to $0.55, Hero calls $0.35

                      Turn: ($1.47) 8 (2 players)
                      Hero checks, BTN bets $0.95, Hero calls $0.95

                      River: ($3.37) J (2 players)
                      Hero checks, BTN checks

                      Spoiler:
                      Results: $3.37 pot ($0.14 rake)
                      Final Board: Q 9 4 8 J
                      BTN showed 4 4 and won $3.23 ($1.58 net)
                      Hero showed A J and lost (-$1.65 net)



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                      02-23-2012 , 08:48 AM
                      Quote:
                      Originally Posted by Emergency Pepsi
                      First! Besides you. good luck, brah!
                      Thx man!

                      much appreciated!
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                      02-23-2012 , 08:56 AM
                      and the big winners of yesterday

                      villain is a very loose donky, which annoyed everybody by talking jibberisch on the chat
                      stats villain 54/44/58.8 (VPIP/PFR/3bet), WOW, this guy reraises almost everything!!!!

                        Poker Stars, $0.02/$0.05 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 5 Players
                        Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite. View Hand #11972592

                        BTN: $19.37 (387.4 bb)
                        SB: $5.49 (109.8 bb)
                        BB: $5 (100 bb)
                        MP: $5.16 (103.2 bb)
                        Hero (CO): $7.75 (155 bb)

                        Preflop: Hero is CO with K K
                        MP folds, Hero raises to $0.15, BTN raises to $0.25, 2 folds, Hero raises to $1, BTN raises to $19.37 and is all-in, Hero calls $6.75 and is all-in

                        Flop: ($15.57) 3 Q 4 (2 players, 2 are all-in)
                        Turn: ($15.57) A (2 players, 2 are all-in)
                        River: ($15.57) 7 (2 players, 2 are all-in)

                        Spoiler:
                        Results: $15.57 pot ($0.65 rake)
                        Final Board: 3 Q 4 A 7
                        BTN showed 6 J and lost (-$7.75 net)
                        Hero showed K K and won $14.92 ($7.17 net)



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                        sometimes you have to get lucky, the raise on the flop i did because i thought he missed there and tried to donkbet bluf me of the hand

                        villain is 71/11/6.3 over 46 hands

                          Poker Stars, $0.02/$0.05 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 4 Players
                          Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite. View Hand #11972612

                          Hero (SB): $4.27 (85.4 bb)
                          BB: $2 (40 bb)
                          CO: $3.90 (78 bb)
                          BTN: $5.91 (118.2 bb)

                          Preflop: Hero is SB with A T
                          CO calls $0.05, BTN folds, Hero raises to $0.20, BB folds, CO calls $0.15

                          Flop: ($0.45) 8 2 Q (2 players)
                          Hero checks, CO bets $0.15, Hero raises to $0.70, CO calls $0.55

                          Turn: ($1.85) J (2 players)
                          Hero bets $1.10, CO calls $1.10

                          River: ($4.05) K (2 players)
                          Hero bets $2.27 and is all-in, CO calls $1.90 and is all-in

                          Spoiler:
                          Results: $7.85 pot ($0.33 rake)
                          Final Board: 8 2 Q J K
                          Hero showed A T and won $7.52 ($3.62 net)
                          CO showed T K and lost (-$3.90 net)



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                          And the last winner is want to show

                          villain is 46/13/28.6 over 26 hands

                            Poker Stars, $0.02/$0.05 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 5 Players
                            Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite. View Hand #11972622

                            BTN: $3.08 (61.6 bb)
                            SB: $4.80 (96 bb)
                            BB: $3.11 (62.2 bb)
                            MP: $6.51 (130.2 bb)
                            Hero (CO): $4.88 (97.6 bb)

                            Preflop: Hero is CO with A 6
                            MP folds, Hero raises to $0.15, 2 folds, BB calls $0.10

                            Flop: ($0.32) A 5 Q (2 players)
                            BB checks, Hero bets $0.30, BB calls $0.30

                            Turn: ($0.92) 2 (2 players)
                            BB checks, Hero bets $0.75, BB raises to $2.05, Hero raises to $4.43 and is all-in, BB calls $0.61 and is all-in

                            River: ($6.24) T (2 players, 2 are all-in)

                            Spoiler:
                            Results: $6.24 pot ($0.26 rake)
                            Final Board: A 5 Q 2 T
                            BB showed J K and lost (-$3.11 net)
                            Hero showed A 6 and won $5.98 ($2.87 net)



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                            02-24-2012 , 07:05 AM
                            short update;

                            yesterday played at a friends place, so no cashgaming there (no proper HUD, etc)
                            so only played MTT's, did OK, but had quite a few bad beats also so didn't make money

                            Today i am gonna grind some hand at NL5

                            Good luck to me!
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                            02-24-2012 , 08:53 AM
                            ok here we go again with another short update, this will probably be the only session of today at the cashtables, it went AWESOME

                            i felt confident took my time for the decisions, folded a few good hands that were (i think) beaten.....

                            i did however made an error i think wich cost me almost a buyin (comes next in HH review)

                            for now the giraffe of today (i wish everyday could go like this )

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                            02-24-2012 , 08:58 AM
                            the hands of the session, i would like comments on

                            first the (i think) really bad river call
                            villain is a 24/15/6.5 over 129 hands

                            my thoughts at the moment at the river that he could have QK, QA (which made it), but i really thought he had or AK or a missed spade draw, on the other hand there's the betsize of half pot, which reaks to be an valuebet

                            here's the hand

                              Poker Stars, $0.02/$0.05 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 5 Players
                              Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite. View Hand #11983142

                              BB: $4.78 (95.6 bb)
                              MP: $5.42 (108.4 bb)
                              CO: $4.89 (97.8 bb)
                              BTN: $5.99 (119.8 bb)
                              Hero (SB): $4.42 (88.4 bb)

                              Preflop: Hero is SB with J J
                              2 folds, BTN raises to $0.15, Hero raises to $0.50, BB folds, BTN calls $0.35

                              Flop: ($1.05) J 4 T (2 players)
                              Hero checks, BTN checks

                              Turn: ($1.05) 8 (2 players)
                              Hero bets $1, BTN calls $1

                              River: ($3.05) 9 (2 players)
                              Hero checks, BTN bets $1.46, Hero calls $1.46

                              Spoiler:
                              Results: $5.97 pot ($0.25 rake)
                              Final Board: J 4 T 8 9
                              BTN showed Q A and won $5.72 ($2.76 net)
                              Hero mucked J J and lost (-$2.96 net)



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                              02-24-2012 , 09:02 AM
                              and for this one, i question the turn call (watch the stacksize of villain)

                              villain is a 50/11/20 over 19 hands

                                Poker Stars, $0.02/$0.05 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 5 Players
                                Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite. View Hand #11983152

                                SB: $1.95 (39 bb)
                                Hero (BB): $7.11 (142.2 bb)
                                MP: $9.85 (197 bb)
                                CO: $2.87 (57.4 bb)
                                BTN: $6.69 (133.8 bb)

                                Preflop: Hero is BB with A 6
                                MP raises to $0.20, 2 folds, SB calls $0.18, Hero calls $0.15

                                Flop: ($0.60) 3 J 9 (3 players)
                                SB bets $0.35, Hero calls $0.35, MP folds

                                Turn: ($1.30) 3 (2 players)
                                SB bets $1, Hero raises to $3.30, SB calls $0.40

                                River: ($4.10) 8 (2 players)

                                Spoiler:
                                Results: $4.10 pot ($0.17 rake)
                                Final Board: 3 J 9 3 8
                                SB showed T 9 and won $3.93 ($1.98 net)
                                Hero showed A 6 and lost (-$1.95 net)



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                                02-24-2012 , 09:13 AM
                                somewhat off topic but what the heck.....

                                This is my hud settings, which i will upload also here, so i can use the hud at my buddy's place

                                The original setup i got from the HEM forum's but i have edited it to my preferences

                                all values are color coded in this way,

                                value is optimal/near optimal = white
                                value lower then optimal = red
                                value is higher then optimal = green

                                this way you don't have a freakin rainbow on your screen, but an obvious indication of how somebody plays.....

                                i didn't have values for turn cbet, fold to turn cbet, 4 bet, and fold to 4bet, so i left them always white

                                now a picture, what probably makes more sense then this whole lap of text



                                and the file off course

                                http://www.mediafire.com/?swt0gjgu3bv0y9c
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