Depends on your taste, I guess! If I listened to the genres you like, I'd probably want to jump off of a tall building as it's way too hardcore for my liking.

Holy hell - it's enough having to see TDA's unending negativity in a Skype Group without having to see it in here.

Will be calling him Victor from now on, "I don't bloody believe it!"!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What can I say? I'm a miserable grumpy northerner who doesn't like anything.

I don't care for their other songs but this song has catchy beat.

Coaching For Profits @ BPC
Day 91

Really having to push myself today...

Started off with not being able to get to sleep after session last night... Played a bit longer than usual due to a fish and did no cool down at all (well it was 0100hrs) which just resulted in me going to bed and lying there still buzzing a bit for ages.

Then our son (3) was ill in the night coughing like crazy and struggling to breathe, was on the brink of calling ambulance but he calmed down a bit and we phoned up doctor and they/we decided to see how he goes. He did calm down a bit so he went to doctor's today and they said it is croup. Poor little bugger is on antibiotics already for something else.

So my usual 5.5 hours sleep was more like 3.5 hours I guess. Came to work this morning and its a real grind. Could do without work

Got all my tasks done so its a great success (although last one was on auto-pilot!).

Am planned in to play 5.5 hours tonight but will need to see how I feel later. Won't be first time I played in zombie mode (I have even set alarms in past to wake me up "just in case" ) so let's see...


Roll Update.
Session = $24
Roll = $1750
Overall profit/loss = -$83


Just saw I played 40.5 hours last week which I am really happy with as all other tasks were completed too. Was due to my family being busy I guess. Lost around $300 but hey **** happens.

Yesterday - Played 5.5 hours, posted hands (3), commented on hands (21), evaluated hands (10) = TOUGH DAY!

Today - Play 5.5 hours, post hands, comment on hands, evaluate hands, review session with coach.

Keep pushing through, come on man!!!

(**** = "this" obv )


Fun hands...

1) Standard...

Stacks:
Eatyourpeas (SB) ($64.13) 128bb
BB ($72.44) 145bb

Pre-Flop: ($0.75, 2 players) Eatyourpeas is SB 7 8
Eatyourpeas raises to $1, BB calls $0.50

Flop: 2 6 3 ($2, 2 players)
BB checks, Eatyourpeas bets $1.42, BB calls $1.42

Turn: J ($4.84, 2 players)
BB checks, Eatyourpeas bets $3.48, BB calls $3.48

River: Q ($11.80, 2 players)
BB checks, Eatyourpeas checks

Final Pot: $11.80
Eatyourpeas shows
7 8
BB shows
9 5

BB wins $11.25 (net +$5.35)

Eatyourpeas lost $5.90



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2) Perfect turn... I run good

Stacks:
Eatyourpeas (SB) ($74.51) 149bb
BB ($21.54) 43bb

Pre-Flop: ($0.75, 2 players) Eatyourpeas is SB 5 8
Eatyourpeas raises to $1, BB calls $0.50

Flop: 7 4 J ($2, 2 players)
BB checks, Eatyourpeas bets $1.42, BB raises to $2.84, Eatyourpeas calls $1.42

Turn: K ($7.68, 2 players)
BB checks, Eatyourpeas bets $5.49, BB raises to $10.98, Eatyourpeas goes all-in $65.18, BB goes all-in $6.72

River: 3 ($43.08, 2 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: $43.08
BB shows
J K
Eatyourpeas shows
5 8

Eatyourpeas wins $148.02 (net +$73.51)

BB lost $21.54

Figures are way off.

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3) Super passive villain, so wanted to fold...

Stacks:
SB ($37.62) 75bb
Eatyourpeas (BB) ($67.85) 136bb

Pre-Flop: ($0.75, 2 players) Eatyourpeas is BB Q Q
SB raises to $1, Eatyourpeas raises to $4, SB calls $3

Flop: 3 8 9 ($8, 2 players)
Eatyourpeas bets $6, SB calls $6

Turn: 5 ($20, 2 players)
Eatyourpeas bets $14.25, SB goes all-in $27.62, Eatyourpeas calls $13.37

River: 3 ($75.24, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $75.24
Eatyourpeas shows
Q Q
SB shows
10 Q

SB wins $74.24 (net +$36.62)

Take it all, just don't leave the table!!!

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4) iPoker's idea of funny...

Stacks:
SB (€16.58) 33bb
Eatyourpeas (BB) (€50.50) 101bb

Pre-Flop: (€0.75, 2 players) Eatyourpeas is BB 10 10
SB calls €0.25, Eatyourpeas raises to €2.50, SB raises to €4.50, Eatyourpeas goes all-in €50.50, SB goes all-in €12.08

Flop: 10 3 9 (€33.16, 2 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: Q (€33.16, 2 players, 2 all-in)

River: 2 (€33.16, 2 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: €33.16
SB shows High card Ace
A K
Eatyourpeas shows Pair of Tens
10 10

SB wins €31.51 (net +€14.93)




I am not really sure how to reply to this post but thanks for saying its a good video!

I suppose that you have, in one post, summarised the difference between a winner and a loser better than I did in a 4 minute video.

Please don't take that the wrong way, it is not meant to be offensive.

^ I won't dw .

I only play poker for fun now anyway, don't like it anywhere near as much as I did a year ago, just they are my thoughts on things. If you love poker or it's your job then the work ethic probably comes naturally with that.

GL grinding to top :P

Cool reply. Thx man, good luck to you too.

Coaching For Profits @ BPC
Day 92

Ugh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Really did play badly for first 1.5 hours of my session last night. I played a high variance villain for too long when I should be table selecting better and I made a few bad river calls (fortunately in smaller pots).

Some of this was because I was so tired from 4 hours sleep the night before and I think I was just not in control of my actions. I noticed I was almost 3bi down (my stoploss) and managed to get angry enough to kind of wake up and play better. I at least managed to stay playing another 4 hours without hitting stop loss which I am happy with but not too happy to play badly of course.


Stacks:
SB ($51) 102bb
Eatyourpeas (BB) ($50) 100bb

Pre-Flop: ($0.75, 2 players) Eatyourpeas is BB Q 3
SB raises to $1, Eatyourpeas calls $0.50

Flop: 6 7 Q ($2, 2 players)
Eatyourpeas checks, SB bets $1.30, Eatyourpeas calls $1.30

Turn: 9 ($4.60, 2 players)
Eatyourpeas checks, SB bets $2.80, Eatyourpeas calls $2.80

River: Q ($10.20, 2 players)
Eatyourpeas checks, SB bets $7.25, Eatyourpeas calls $7.25

Final Pot: $24.70
Eatyourpeas shows
Q 3
SB shows
3 7

SB wins $23.70 (net +$11.35)

That is a pretty good example of the type of mistake I made, just not thinking it through enough. Just was not sharp enough to do it automatically.

Sometimes being tilted in this way can help show up mistakes. I then spent some time looking to see if I was making river calls too light and tbh I hardly found any but there were a couple this year.

I looked at a tonne of -40bb pots and there was only 1 I thought I should have played differently. I posted most of them in forum anyway and almost all seemed well played.


"Fun" hands from today.... (please tell me mistakes ofc)...

1) Not thrilled, thrilled, not thrilled

Stacks:
SB ($20) 40bb
Eatyourpeas (BB) ($50) 100bb

Pre-Flop: ($0.75, 2 players) Eatyourpeas is BB 10 10
SB raises to $1, Eatyourpeas raises to $3.50, SB calls $2.50

Flop: 7 Q 9 ($7, 2 players)
Eatyourpeas bets $4, SB calls $4

Turn: 6 ($15, 2 players)
Eatyourpeas bets $12.50, SB goes all-in $12.50

Eatyourpeas shows
10 10
SB shows
A 8

Elation!!!

River: 5 ($40, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Deflation!!!

Final Pot: $40


SB wins $39 (net +$19)

Of course he then went on to crush my soul too

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2) Villain shoved probably 5 out of 15 times preflop. Standard...

Stacks:
Eatyourpeas (SB) (€57.95) 116bb
BB (€24.93) 50bb

Pre-Flop: (€0.75, 2 players) Eatyourpeas is SB K A
Eatyourpeas raises to €1, BB goes all-in €24.93, Eatyourpeas calls €23.93

Flop: Q J 9 (€49.86, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: 8 (€49.86, 2 players, 1 all-in)

River: 2 (€49.86, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: €49.86
BB shows Pair of Fours
4 4
Eatyourpeas shows High card Ace
K A

BB wins €47.86 (net +€22.93)

(I did get it all back though gradually.)

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3) Not fun hand but perfect example of what is happening loads lately...

Stacks:
Eatyourpeas (BTN) ($50) 100bb
BB ($50) 100bb

Pre-Flop: ($0.75, 2 players) Eatyourpeas is BTN 10 8
Eatyourpeas raises to $1, BB calls $0.50

Flop: 7 10 2 ($2, 2 players)
BB checks, Eatyourpeas bets $1.50, BB calls $1.50

Turn: J ($5, 2 players)
BB checks, Eatyourpeas bets $3.25, BB calls $3.25

River: 2 ($11.50, 2 players)
BB checks, Eatyourpeas checks

Final Pot: $11.50
BB shows TWO_PAIR TEN, TWO
10 3
Eatyourpeas shows TWO_PAIR TEN, TWO
10 8


BB collects $5.47 (net -$0.28)

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4) Another dream run-out

Stacks:
Eatyourpeas (BTN) (€50) 100bb
BB (€25.85) 52bb

Pre-Flop: (€0.75, 2 players) Eatyourpeas is BTN 7 K
Eatyourpeas raises to €1, BB calls €0.50

Flop: 7 K 10 (€2.25, 2 players)
BB bets €0.50, Eatyourpeas raises to €2.45, BB calls €1.95

Turn: 9 (€7.15, 2 players)
BB checks, Eatyourpeas bets €4.14, BB calls €4.14

River: J (€15.43, 2 players)
BB bets €6, Eatyourpeas folds

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I know I am still not good but holy moly this run is getting desperate!!! I won't know what has hit me when it turns around!!!!!!!



Roll Update.
Session = -$133
Roll = $1617
Overall profit/loss = -$216


Yesterday - Played 5.5 hours, posted hands (3), commented on hands (11), evaluated hands (10) = good day but not quite up to recent standards.

Today - Play 5.5 hours, post hands, comment on hands, evaluate hands, continue to review coaching.

Got a full 5.5 hours sleep in last night so raring to go. Villains you had better reload cos I am coming for ya shekels!!!!!!

Is Q3o? a standard call OOP PF to MR?

I think I'd X flop with TT underpair unless you are going with it like you did or have a read, don't want to B/F it.

You seem to cbet pretty thin in a lot of spots - is protecting your checking range not an issue for you?

Where are you from?

Considering the bumhunting game selection Chris does I daresay it's not.

York.

Coaching For Profits @ BPC
Day 93

Great day!!!

Back to playing solid again (not tired ) and had an overall very good session (even though the AIEV gods profited another buy-in from me ) and a great study day. I spend so much time looking at hands and studying coach answers now that even my pea-brain is starting to get some answers correct !!


Fun hands (or not ....

1) Immune to this now...

Stacks:
Eatyourpeas (SB) ($65.02) 130bb
BB ($30.56) 61bb

Pre-Flop: ($0.75, 2 players) Eatyourpeas is SB 2 Q
Eatyourpeas raises to $1, BB calls $0.50

Flop: 2 Q 5 ($2, 2 players)
BB checks, Eatyourpeas bets $1.50, BB raises to $3, Eatyourpeas raises to $8.93, BB calls $5.93

Turn: 4 ($19.86, 2 players)
BB checks, Eatyourpeas bets $21, BB goes all-in $20.63

River: A ($61.12, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $61.12
Eatyourpeas shows two pair, Queens and Deuces
2 Q
BB shows two pair, Aces and Queens
A Q

BB wins $60.62 (net +$30.06)

Eatyourpeas collects $0.37 (net -$30.56)

Groovy

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2) #blockersbaby...
When cards showed I was expecting 3 to come on river (that's what running bad does!?) - didn't realise it was in my hand = idiot!?

Stacks:
Eatyourpeas (BTN) (€51.25) 103bb
BB (€57.84) 116bb

Pre-Flop: (€0.75, 2 players) Eatyourpeas is BTN Q 3
Eatyourpeas raises to €1, BB raises to €2, Eatyourpeas calls €1

Flop: 4 5 4 (€4.75, 2 players)
BB checks, Eatyourpeas bets €2.40, BB calls €2.40

Turn: A (€9.55, 2 players)
BB checks, Eatyourpeas bets €5.28, BB raises to €21, Eatyourpeas goes all-in €46.85, BB calls €25.85

River: Q (€108.53, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: €101.50
BB shows
6 2
Eatyourpeas shows
Q 3

Eatyourpeas wins €101.50 (net +€50.25)

BB lost €51.25


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Roll Update.
Session = +$7
Roll = $1617
Overall profit/loss = -$208


Yesterday - Played 5.5 hours, posted hands (3), commented on hands (12), evaluated hands (25).

Today - Play 5.5 hours, post hands, comment on hands, evaluate hands, take time on decisions, study coaching video with Gordon.




Q3 - Yes but at the bottom, might be bad due to rake.
TT - Both fine imo.
Thx.


Not atm mate.


I think that is totally unfair and unnecessary.

Didn't mean any offence mate, nothing wrong with bumhunting. Point was merely that protecting checking ranges only really matters at 50NL if you're getting into reg wars. Both hands look fine btw.

Its cool mate, I don't take offence.

I always mention I take table selection very seriously. I am not good enough to beat NL50 yet so if I did not do this I would just donate money. Unfortunately playing below NL50 is not possible due to ridicurake!

OTOH, when I will be able to beat it I am still going to prefer a villain that pays the bills LMAO!

Can't do anything in hu but bumhunt most of the time. One day last week I sat the entire 600nl lobby on stars (with the exception of one high stakes super-crusher) and not one single person played more than 10 hands with me.

Wrt the thin flop cbets, it's not just about protecting your check range in a balance sense. By going really thin for value otf you're going to be getting crushed every time you check back, and the advantage you get is minimal because those thin flop bets are only getting one or two streets only most of the time anyway, so checking back still allows you to get that value (either through bluffcatching or value betting turn and river) at the same time as strengthening both your flop cbet and your check back ranges.

Btw TDA I'm in Lancaster - you ever play live anywhere around the north?

I play a 5p ante home game from time to time?

Coaching For Profits @ BPC
Day 94

Good day at the tables. Ran nicely (no bad beats/coolers!) and villain selection was good. I took slightly longer over each decision than normal which helped me a lot.

I spent a bit of time on admin type work for poker, just sorting my files out so that stuff is easier to find and tidying up some of my notes. Also I made some adjustments to some of poker goals (not gonna say much but basically aiming higher than I already was).

Fun hands...

1) Allelujah!!!

Stacks:
Eatyourpeas (BTN) (€50) 100bb
BB (€21.50) 43bb

Pre-Flop: (€0.75, 2 players) Eatyourpeas is BTN 10 7
Eatyourpeas raises to €1, BB calls €0.50

Flop: 7 4 10 (€2.25, 2 players)
BB bets €1, Eatyourpeas raises to €3.20, BB raises to €5.40, Eatyourpeas raises to €21, BB goes all-in €15.10

Turn: Q (€47.95, 2 players, 1 all-in)

River: 8 (€47.95, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: €42.50
BB shows
4 J
Eatyourpeas shows
10 7

Eatyourpeas wins €42.50 (net +€20.50)

Still did a double-take to see if he had a !

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2) See... I am a lucky person, I knew it!!!

Stacks:
Eatyourpeas (SB) (€59.64) 119bb
BB (€12.37) 25bb

Pre-Flop: (€0.75, 2 players) Eatyourpeas is SB 2 Q
Eatyourpeas raises to €1, BB calls €0.50

Flop: 9 4 2 (€2, 2 players)
BB checks, Eatyourpeas bets €1, BB raises to €2, Eatyourpeas calls €1

Turn: 2 (€6, 2 players)
BB goes all-in €9.37, Eatyourpeas calls €9.37

River: 8 (€24.74, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: €24.74
BB shows Two pairs, Nines and Fours
4 9
Eatyourpeas shows Three of a kind, Deuces
2 Q

Eatyourpeas wins €23.51 (net +€11.14)

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Roll Update.
Session = +$102
Roll = $1708
Overall profit/loss = -$105


Yesterday - Played 5.5 hours, posted hands (3), commented on hands (16), evaluated hands (10), good admin work = GREAT DAY!

Today - Play 5.5 hours, post hands, comment on hands, evaluate hands, review coaching with Gordon.

Cbetting Q2 seems unnecessary to me. GJ on the winning day.

Coaching For Profits @ BPC
Day 95

OK! Some things are gonna change slightly...

Will take some advice I received in one of my blogs and will post less in forums. Blog will be 3x per week instead of all playing days and instead of posting on (almost) all hands in forum I will concentrate on 3 or 4 players and comment on theirs. Makes sense to choose other students coached by Ilidek so that's nice and simple.

Not totally happy to blog less as its kind of an "end of that day" thing for me with a little summary and then I move on to next day (btw my "poker day" starts at 7.15pm!). I can find something else to take its place though.

The time I spent in forum I will shift to reviewing my coaching notes and my personal notes for strategy/concepts etc. I am forgetting a lot of stuff because I don't see it often enough and that's not good enough.

Just wanna thank Lucima for the advice and the kick up the butt (did I need that!?) and Ilidek for taking time to go through my current schedule and giving me great advice (and reassurance ).

Summary Day 95. Worked ass off. Lost money. Ran bad AIEV. Lots of admin/paperwork improvements. Made progress.



TY.

Coaching For Profits @ BPC
Day 98

Phew, running bit better last few days!

Awesome coaching with Ilidek - 100% golden info constantly!

Was so tired this weekend - at the end of the week my eyes were flickering a lot and when I went to bed Saturday night my eyes were really red and bloodshot! Woke up Sunday and one eye was hurting but it went within the hour and all seems good now!! Reckon just tired (and old age LDO!).

Found Planetwin the other day and they booted me off already for being UK! Actually I would boot UK too, its full of idiots!

Study going great. Much work to do...


Roll Update.
3 days = +$237
Roll = $1932
Overall profit/loss = +$132


Good luck amigos!!!

Back in black!
Wohoo!

Keep studying man! Really a lot of respect for your dedication and hard work for the game! Do you really prefer HU to 6-max? Do you think it's harder to succeed with that? I love 6 max though and Will not switch, but really wonder how it is

Coaching For Profits @ BPC
Day 100

100 days! Wow! Where did that go!?

Two awesome days. I just cannot believe how much work I am getting through. I am convinced thought process improves every day.

Must thank Ilidek (again) for helping me to improve how I study and making me more efficient than I ever dreamed was possible! My study is really well structured atm and feel I accelerated lots last few days.


Roll Update.
2 days = $0 (Lost $74 then won $74 )
Roll = $1928
Overall profit/loss = $132


After 100 days: Super happy. Results might be better but not worried about this. My learning techniques have improved, my performance has improved, my skill has improved. These are the things that will turn me into a Printing Poker Pro. Let's go!!!



Hopefully can stay there!!


TY mate, nice to hear such things.


Yes I do, its much easier for me to focus.


I think its the same but hard for me to judge really. Its probably personal thing.

Coaching For Profits @ BPC
Day 102

Lost couple of buy-ins but think I played well/better. Thought process improves. Study method improves.

So knackered at times but don't care.

Keep pushing - its all that counts...


Roll Update.
2 Days = -$118
Roll = $1740
Overall profit/loss = +$9

Coaching For Profits @ BPC
Day 105

Had great coaching on Saturday. Ilidek seems happy with my study methods and my progress on my thought processes. Learned lots of good new stuff to add to the millions of other golden nuggets of info!


Last week: Lost $110, played 39+ hours, studied easily over 20 hours. Knackered .


Roll Update.
2 days = -$55
Roll = $1697
Overall profit/loss = -$46