I agree with you man! Thanks for the feedback! Btw..i don't know if i should be happy or worried..i'm running like 3 buy ins above EV today so far haha

Don't worry but keep in mind you can run 3 bi below the next day again

PokerStars - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

MP: 89.5 BB
CO: 205.5 BB
BTN: 103 BB
SB: 160.5 BB
BB: 220 BB
Hero (UTG): 120 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

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

Flop: (15.5 BB, 5 players) Q 8 6
BB bets 7.5 BB, Hero calls 7.5 BB, MP calls 7.5 BB, fold, BTN calls 7.5 BB

Turn: (45.5 BB, 4 players) 7
BB checks, Hero bets 14.5 BB, MP calls 14.5 BB, fold, fold

River: (74.5 BB, 2 players) 3
Hero bets 95 BB and is all-in, MP calls 64.5 BB and is all-in



Sometimes you just hear Tom Dwan's voice in your head saying "I'm all in'' hahaha

Just check fold the river imo, he should have a decently good hand is since this 5way pot otf. Also bet bigger on the turn

I guess you’re right,i didn’t wanna give up on the river tho,so when i bet small on the turn..wouldn’t all of his sets wanna raise in this draw heavy board?So i felt his range is not that strong,i thought that his on Qx and maybe he will fold that to a river jam..and also i think shoving here has a higher expectancy then checking ..i don’t know maybe i’m just dumb lol 😂😂😂 thanks for the feedback man!!

It's hard to say because it's again 2nl but he called with 2 people still left to act on the turn, someone could ofcourse have t9, 54 and at 2nl 95 isn't out of the question so he should be a little bit careful. You block the flush draws, open endeds so his range is more weighted to value hands. In his eyes your hand looks weak because you bet so small on the turn on that board against 3 people so he has to call your river jam with 2p+ imo.
If this pot was heads up from the start I think jamming river would be way more standard but still I'd probably give up a lot.

Still I'm also a cash newbie so maybe someone else can give better advise

Nah man,i think you're right,don't doubt yourself,you have a way better understanding of the game then me,and what you said makes sense so don't doubt yourself bro! Thank you for taking the time to explain!

PokerStars - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: 100.5 BB
Hero (BB): 119.5 BB
UTG: 113 BB
MP: 100 BB
CO: 84.5 BB
BTN: 117.5 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, fold, fold, SB calls 0.5 BB, Hero raises to 4 BB, SB calls 3 BB

Flop: (8 BB, 2 players) 6 3 2
SB checks, Hero bets 5 BB, SB raises to 48.5 BB, fold



The 2NL struggle is real!!

I don't mind the fold for a lower variance style of grinding. But you're crushing a lot of his raising range, especially with the Q in your hand.

I could see a lot of combos of small pocket pairs raising this way, don't really see bluffs betting this way, so I feel the player has some equity. I don't mind stacking off here knowing we lose some of the time.

In the micros this is just a fold, at 2nl maybe not

Try to move up to 5nl fast because at 2nl you're usually guessing in a lot of spots thinking it's only 2nl so people just do crazy stuff with random hands that don't make sense

You're right,i don't think this is ever a bluff,considering is 2NL i've put him on a set 100%. Thanks for the feedback man!

Maybe at the end of the month if i have the bankroll for it,i could deposit more and play 5NL but i think i've barelly started to get my game together and i think it will better for me to grind the bankroll at 2NL and at the same time improving my game/fixing leaks before moving up. I can't move up and have major leaks in important spots,not even important spots just basic spots,and i think i'm punting sometimes in basic spots where i shouldn't. Thanks for the feedback man!

True keep studying hands and def watch some youtube vids they help insanely because you see and hear how you should play the hands/spots and how to think about hands

Hello guys! From now i will do the updates on Monday covering the previous week as it makes more sense.This update is covering what happened from thursday-sunday so i can do next monday an update from today.
Thursday started with the question ''Why?'',Why i have 68k hands at 2NL and i'm losing? Why am i playing so bad? I don't have a really deep understanding of the game,most of the time is probably in one dimension,but i think is still better then most of the people at 2NL,so why?Why do i keep taking poor decisions? Why do i keep calling when i know i'm beaten? Why? Why? Why? Is all what i was hearing in my head,and then it hit,and it hit me hard,it only took 68k hands at 2Nl but my eyes we're finally started to open and answers we're flying in my head.The answers to those questions are:
1.I wasn't present while i was playing,i was mostly clicking buttons and not really paying attention to what happens in the hand/details like sizing etc
2.I wasn't doing enough proactive thinking,basic stuff like ''why am i betting?'' or ''can i call here profitably?
3.I think this is a very important one..i was letting emotions/feelings take over me while i was playing and i've found out that when are you learning a new skill and you let feelings/emotions take over you,you can't access the information that you currently trying to learn because you're brain goes blank and you take irrational decisions.
Because of what i've realised i think this 4 days i've play the most solid game that i've ever played(still punted here and there but way less then before),still lots of work to do but i'm positive,and i'm really happy and excited for what is going to happen next.

Thursday-Sunday graph

https://ibb.co/3WvHMjy

P.S i'm trying to post the image and i'm getting 404 image not found..any idea how can i fix that? Thanks !

Very nice keep improving your game!

Thanks man! I will

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And also thanks for the tip with the image upload..is working now

Hi!

Congrats on your results. I have a question for you: how do you feel about this redline of yours?

I'm also playing 2NL and I felt like ignoring the redline is the best way to actually profit on this stake. It seems like trying to be the aggressor and forcing people out of pots do not really work in this field.

What are your thoughts on it?

Keep up with these solid results from the past few days.

Hello man! To be honest i think i underbluff and in spots that i choose to bluff(maybe they are not great ones to be honest) most of the time i do get called. To answer your question,me,personally i don't look at the red line,i feel i need to better myself in other spots(like 3bt pots/4pots,ranges and generally speaking stuff that are important for a solid foundation) then bluffing at this moment in time. I don't know much about bluffing,i only know that all bluffs should be semi-bluffs and not just donk bet with air,and on the river anything that has a higher expectation then checking/no showdown value..but again i think is more to bluffing then what i know. To be honest,begginers like us should learn the basic stuff like c-betting/RFI ranges/3 bet ranges/etc..the basic stuff that you can build a solid strategy upon and afterwards you can go into the more complex stuff imo

I'm going to do the update now as it's feels right..and i will probably take tomorrow off because since i've started this thread i've played daily..So it's been a month since i've started this thread.I think i've improved on some stuff quite a lot compared to when i've started this thread..i see things a bit more clearly..and this week was a week of realisation.I've realised couple of things: the first one i'm a very self distructive person,if i think about it i always we're..i don't think i've ever done something good for myself..something that i will benefit from it,i've always been distructive(alcohol,drugs,bad food,slots addicted for a long time that got into lending money from sharks and ****ing up a lot friendships,smoking ciggaretes,at least i gave up those and tons of other ****) and i've noticed that i'm very self distructive poker wise aswell. I've also noticed that i'm still not present while i'm playing..i am at the beggining but after a while i just lose it and get back into clicking buttons.I've realised that i'm not aware of what i'm doing at the tables after i loose my concentration and that translate in clicking buttons. I've realised that i can't concentrate on playing 2 zoom tables,even if is not that manny tables,i'm playing way better when i'm one tabling zoom. I've realised that i'm very weak from a mental point of view and that got me all my life on choosing the wrong path..and all the addictions that i had in the past and the one's that i still have today we're because i suck at being strong mentally,and that translates in a very weak mental game in poker aswell.
Enough with that,poker wise it was a fun week,it could've have been better if i didn't played drunk couple of nights..because why not? I know this is not right from a ''poker pro'' perspective but i've ended up playing 10Nl on ACR..i've heard that the field there is softer then on stars..they've rejected my debit card deposit so i had to buy bitcoin(i've never bought bitcoin before)and the site that i've used kept half of what i've wanted to deposited as a transaction fee..so i've ended up with 30$ on acr.I didn't liked the software so i said to myself i'll play zoom,the lowest stake on zoom being 10NL on ACR,so **** it,i've played 10NL with 3 buy ins,i was up about 2 buy ins but i've ****ed it up and played drunk and punted away 2 stacks and the next day we ranned a set against a full house,and then lost a flip QQ vs AK and that was my 10NL adventure.TO be honest is just a different game at 10NL and i ****ing love it!!! I'm going to work my ass off to get there and higher then that!!
Damn this is going to be long lol

So this is my 10NL adventure graph

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Stars graph

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I don't think it was a bad week,it made realise that i have to get my **** together and that i have to work my ass of to get rid of the bad habits that i have life wise and poker wise. Next couple of weeks i want to go really deep into my mental game as i feel is lacking a lot,i will start implementing meditation daily,concentration exercises,mindfulness thinking,and exercises while i play to bring me back to the present moment and make me aware of what i'm doing if i feel i start to lose concentration. I'm sorry for this post being so long! GL guys!

Alcohol and playing poker seriously never works out, I'm fine with having a drink or a lot sometimes but never go play afterwards unless you're 100% fine with losing the money

Grats on your self awareness and commitment to improve inside and outside of poker. Good luck to you.

Your mental game is a great place to start. It foils a lot of technique if you keep losing discipline due to all forms of tilt, from winning or losing.

You're absolutely right man! The thing is i think i might have a problem with alcohol so i'm just going to give it up! Alcohol always brought the worse in me and is time to get it out of my system! I'm going to start little by little,a little becomes a lot after a while So the goal is not to have a drink this week,not even a beer because if a drink the first one i will for sure drink the second and the third etc because i really don't have any self control alcohol wise..i've never had. So no drink this week and i will take it from there

Thank you mate! From what i've seen since i've started taking poker ''seriously''(i could for sure commit more then now),i might be wrong but i think poker is something like 65% mental game 35% strategy..i feel like the mental game is so important and most of the begginers overlook it( i've done that so i know from experience lol)

Update.So the week is going alright so far,i've decided that i need to commit more..that's bad way to say it..i don't need to..I WANT TO!If i wanna get somewhere with poker i need to become better at poker of course but also become better at the game of life. As time is a bit of a struggle for me(because besided poker i wanna work on couple of other personal matters+being at my job ussually 8h 6 days a week),i've switched to a 6 hours sleeping schedule and i will probably sleep like 7,5 hour or 9 hours if i feel tired in my day off.Any tips on having more energy?
Poker wise i'm thinking more in the terms of ranges and how a sound solid strategy will look(even if i don't manage to always do it)but i know i can do better!What helped me in the past couple of days was taking more time for each decision,and also speaking out loud..for example after the hand was dealt and i was in the BTN with A10off i was saying to myself ''Vs utg/MP i will fold,i will 3bt if the co opens and i will open it myself" and i've done this talking the whole way trough the hand until the river and it really helped me being more focused and not only clicking buttons.
The problem that i think it appeared now is that i've become way to aggro in spots that i maybe should not be..weird transition..from a nitty player that wasn't fighting enough for pots now i can't stop fighting for them(especially if the opponent is showing weakness)At least my red line is finnally up lol Is good that i've noticed this quick i guess now i just need to do the adjustements..whatever those will be lol any tips on how to become more balanced? and how to choose the spots that you wanna be aggro?

Two examples where i think i've played bad and i was to aggro

1.I've decided to call pre as i just didn't saw manny 4bt bluffs(or maybe i didn't noticed them) i know we are OOP but i think AK suited is maybe a bit to thin to jam it vs a 4bt at 2nl?and way to beatiful to fold it.. i might be totally wrong please let me know. On the flop when i saw the really small c-bet it just felt weak..we block AA/KK we block AQ..i guess QQ can maybe bet like that? So yeah with that said..i've decided to be aggro and jam it as i feel 77/88 just call pre IP and i don't think he can call pocket 10/JJ here..and if we are against pocket 10/JJ we still have some equity..that was my tought process while playing..now when i'm looking at it maybe this was a bit to aggro? I feel it would have been better if there was a spade on the board but without it i feel is just to aggro..please let know what you guys think.

PokerStars - $0.02 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 86 BB
Hero (SB): 132.5 BB
BB: 82.5 BB
UTG: 22 BB
MP: 105.5 BB
CO: 110.5 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, CO raises to 2.5 BB, BTN calls 2.5 BB, Hero raises to 12 BB, fold, CO raises to 27 BB, fold, Hero calls 15 BB

Flop: (57.5 BB, 2 players) 8 7 Q
Hero checks, CO bets 16.5 BB, Hero raises to 105.5 BB and is all-in, CO calls 67 BB and is all-in

Turn: (224.5 BB, 2 players) 2

River: (224.5 BB, 2 players) J



2.Again i felt weakness our hand didn't made any sense but i still went for it..i don't know what i was thinking i can fold out from the hand maybe something like 5x i guess..but still a bit to aggro

PokerStars - $0.02 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 103 BB
SB: 113 BB
Hero (BB): 129 BB
UTG: 140.5 BB
MP: 100 BB
CO: 66.5 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

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

Flop: (18 BB, 2 players) 5 7 Q
SB checks, Hero bets 10 BB, SB calls 10 BB

Turn: (38 BB, 2 players) 3
SB checks, Hero checks

River: (38 BB, 2 players) 2
SB checks, Hero bets 28 BB, SB calls 28 BB



Any feedback is welcomed and GL at the tables! Thank you!

H1, if people are cold4betting this light you can ofcourse shove AKs pre, as played check/fold is standard oop with no bd flush draw. 1/4 pot bets are very standard in 4bet pots
H2, 1/3 on flop is standard but can also check behind with showdown value, river just check behind because your hand is sometimes still the best hand

These 2 hands show you're way too aggro postflop for no reason