I won't be starting off at 2nlz. I played 100NL for two months solid but I lost about 4 buy ins and it kinda knocked my confidence. I know it's not a lot but I ran bad and I just felt the world was against me lol. I recognise I need to improve in a lot of areas which is why I want to start low so I can make mistakes and they aren't costly. I could easily roll myself for 200nl if I need but that's just a punt waiting to happen. 5nlz is perfect as I hear 10nlz is full of regs!!

10nl regs are still pretty much all fish

Oh nice that interesting then I might have a look into 10NL instead!!

10NL is a nitfest. GL

Whats set up should I have for PT??

Steal suuuuuuper wide, 3b btn suuuuuuuper wide. And cb flops and barrel equity.

You now beat 10nl lol.

As for hud setup just download a dencent one IMO

That said, don't do this ^ vs anyone. Recognise who the nits are, who the regs are, and who the fish are. Only play like this vs the right people because 10NL is a bit fest but at the same time a fish fest. Can't express how many people are on #teamnofold at 10z so make sure you vbet super thin.

Yo guys,

Quick update:

Not playing great - I am ending with too many "bad hands" as a tag in PT4 from when I finish each session. Ugh. I'm noting everything, though, and trying my best to stop them from repeating. Time will tell.

Some hands:-

1. SB Reg, CO fish. CO bets his NFD OTT and raises hit sets OTF like 1/2 the time. I'd expect SB to almost always raise sets OTF and he's good enough to fold the flush. I take the same line with all houses.

2. Vs reg. Never folding.

3. Did I fk this up?? Vs unknown. What's best here?

4. Fine to XB river? Vs reg 19/15/5 Reg. I was folding turn if he shoved.


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h1 is FPS, just fold. making it way harder for yourself than it needs to be.
h2 is fine.
h3 yes. think about his range here otr. why are you betting so small? scared of flush? what flush?

H1 is a bit unnecessary imo, yeah I get why you do so but jamming 90bb otr when we have under 10bb invested in the pot is not worth it (I kinda hate saying it like this, but can't find a better way to write it ), it's a spot we should just fold and move on.

H3 I just bet/bet/jam most runouts, don't really want to start out by checking OOP to an unknown on this board, especially deep. As played tho I might go for a xr ott cus I still want to get it in on this board, but it's prob best to just bet as close to pot as possible and decide on river. I don't think people that min3bets (squeeze) does so with low cards, it's usually Ax, broadways or TT+, so I'd say it's a pretty safe runout for us to jam.

H4 river x back is fine, I miiiight fold pre to the 4b but that depends on if he's able to flat KK+ in MP (which most are not), not sure about the flat cus of UTG left to act behind us both pre and flop. It really depends on the sample/sizing/timing tells you have on MP so I think this is a "in-game" decision that's pretty hard to say much about reading a handhistory. I'd 5b jam or fold pre mainly to make the decision a bit easier, we're 100bb deep so the SPR is non-existent for making moves postflop, thus we can't really be "outplayed". However, I would say that flat pre, call flop, then fold turn would be a mistake.

h3 - yea you are right, he never has a flush here unless he min 3b's KJhh or something. Definitely missed value.

h1 - Hmm... I think the idea of something not being worth it because we are investing a lot into something we have not yet invested much into is almost like starting on wrong leg, so to speak. If something is +EV (ignoring the fact that my play may, or may not be), why shouldn't we attack and utilize our itinerary?

h3 - Yeah you and Meale nailed the hand pretty well. I definitely got "over paranoid" about V's range and missed a tonne of value. Ugh. Ty letting me know man

h4 - It is just a super weird spot... folding the 4b doesn't seem terrible given we don't block the AA/KK (mainly AA) which I guess he is trying to rep? My reads on him was that he was a standard tag reg that had a decent 4b. I think I really hate 4bing here as I feel that he never 4b-folds and we get shown too much AA. With that logic, maybe we just fold? I'm unsure. :S

Thanks for both of your replies

I've seen alots of hands that you posted on your previous and current PGC. You lose a significant amount of money through fps. Plays like H1 is just unnecessary and probably not going to be +EV at the micros

FWIW I only post the losing hands. You could be right, though.

It being unnecessary seems like a bad approach to Poker from a strategy perspective.

The more unnecessary **** like this you do, the more money you'll be putting into the pot when your EV is low. What this means is that you rake a lot more and your variance standard deviation is going to be much higher. Can I ask what you pay in rake bb/100?

Yes the variance is higher, but the winnings are greater (in theory) as long as the play(s) are good.

Uhh... $510 raked in 30299 hands at 25NL. 6.7bb? It's probably not as high as some as I don't play deep.

Shouldn't affect it tbh. But that's pretty good actually. Just play really basic almost boring and exploitable ABC poker. Trust, it still works.

Hey mate, was absent for a while but read through everything and Im back

See you moved up to z25, hope you do well man!

glglg

You put more into the pot on average when playing deep, so you do earn slightly more - I don't think it's a crazy amount more, though

Hey bro, cool I hope everything is good with you!

Yeah moved up to 25z, but now moving back down haha, it has crushed me yet again...

GL

Hey everyone,

Hope you're all good.

Before writing this, I figured that noone is here to read a wall of text about how bad I am running etc. I want to keep this thread on point with showcasing my progress as a Poker player, and, even if the results do not approve of this, still feeling positive after the annihilation against me at the tables

I feel that I am playing really solid Poker atm. There are obviously a lot of leaks as I am just a micro's player, but I do feel that I have a decent game going for me. I hope that it is just a matter of perseverance to grind through the downswing, and not because I am terrible lol.

I have been streaming some Poker @ Twitch.tv which has been pretty fun. There are definitely some cons like me answering someone's question and getting sidetracked from the tables, but I have met some cool people and there's a viewer (who is a lot better than I am) who has been letting me know where my mains leaks are.

Some hands:

1. UTG is a massive fish and BB is unknown. I did the math after and river is either a shove or a bet/fold (shoving being best), since I doubt they jam their trips over my OB otr, but call a shove worse. Also I didn't realise that BB has every single Q9/39/79/77 since it's a limped pot. Damn.

2. This guy must have been on tilt as he was spazzing out hard at the time and when I reviewed the hand with one of my pals after, he was sure the guy wasn't a maniac. Either way I said I was calling him down ott.

3. Vs unknown... question: should cold 4b's be slightly bigger than a normal 4b since we are 4bing vs 2 V's instead of 1, similar to when we squeeze?

4. Vs unknown again.

5. Fine vs fish?

6. Do we call down? vs 18/16/4 over 216 hands but has 80 river AFQ.

7. Vs 22/18/5 104 hands with 100 river AFQ (4/4)

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Moving back down to 16z as my BR is too shallow now .

GL everyone

I'd say your cbet is too high from that selection of hands AA is a check on the flop after that size 4 bet. You beat AK which you heavily block and QQ is folding. Not a 3 street hand at all. You also need 0 protection.

33 bomb the turn so many draws and pair plus draw on the turn, you have a ton of hands you want to heck so you can size large. Overbet river is silly imo.

Cbet AQ not sure why you didn't, dry A high board you will be cbetting a huge part of your range here and AQ is def high enough in our range especially with backdoor clubs.

Bet calling AA seems okish, again you might want to check at some point maybe turn.

I probably prefer raising flop to turn with 45s as he donks

JT Otr is a fold imo, you don't beat anything a 18/16/4 decides to bet river this size with. His river agg is probably high because he mainly gets there nutted.

AJ is fine but I would fold some %

Don't have the experience to be able to comment on these hands constructively but just wanted to tell you to keep on grinding and getting volume. Good luck on the job hunt btw!

AA - disagree, it is fine to cbet, too, as we get called worse/induce when we size down AP

33 - yh good point bombing turn looks far better

AQ - to induce, he is a whale and he took the bait

AA - I think we x with diamonds some of the time and bet without the protectors

45s - I'd rather raise with some more bd's like QKhh/QThh

JT - yh you're right tbh

Ty for your feedback mate, much appreciated!!

Yh Poker is hard, but I am a hard worker. Onwards and upwards. Tyty

Saw you in the 16 zoom pool yesterday i just moved down to it from 25 as well gl mate

Clanty, what does your off table work consist off? I mean what do u read/watch/review etc..Do u have some coaching site sub. or..? GL!

cheers mate, you too!

Hand reviews/equilab work/excel simulations/sweat sessions with friends

thx bro, gl to you too