Thanks everyone.

I am really not a boss. You just have to keep working hard for a very long time and eventually it will hopefully work out. No guarantees.

About 5BB at every stake but 10k+, where I've run hot over a tiny sample.

Thanks. You're Bustoville?

Too busy snoring in our apartment the whole time?


Cmon fishies, where you at? There is almost no action!
The plan is to just grind some hands at easier tables, and then put in some serious off the table work, once I get back to Malta.

I'm better

that is one nice graph. congrats

hello OP, congrats for the great results and the great work you put in!

I also coached a guy back in the days and i thought it also really helped me with my game! Make you think about poker strats off table atleast which is good.

I think i need a kick in the butt, if youre taking more students let me know im willing to pay upfront on stars, if not well im still gonna follow that epic thread

About me: 2-4 5-10 6max canadian player playing on all sites where there is mid/high stakes except stars

gl at the table!

When you were studying all those poker vids etc were you playing at the same time or did you take some time away from the tables altogether?

People do that?

I don't mean literally at the same time. I meant over a certain period of time. Wasn't sure if he'd taken time out from playing altogether while he worked on his game.

In.

Incredible results, WP! GL

Thanks

Sent you a PM.


I studied for 6 months before playing 50NL. I've watched tons of videos since then, though I don't watch that many anymore.
But I never really took days off for watching videos. Just when I had time and motivation.

updates ??

Saw my man open sitting 200/400 the other day. End boss status confirmed.

So, I got back to Malta last saturday and I've been grinding hard and trying to enjoy the weather a bit.
It's been up and down, but at least the action has picked up and I had some amazing high stakes fish.
I even played my first two hands of NL40k. I lost my BB hand, folded the SB and then fish quit without playing his blinds, and I got no button.

There were also a couple of huge fail moments. I was going to play the SCOOP 10k ME, but I had forgotten to raise my tournament limits, so I couldn't play.
Then, the next morning, I jammed 99 at 2k heads up and won with quads. But when I looked back, I somehow had J5o, and 99 on the other hand. ****ing OCD.

Anyway, I also did a lot of coaching and random life stuff, so I haven't had much time nor motivation to work on my game.
The only work I've done is actually on Fixed Limit, which I play when the action is good.

The weather will be amazing this weekend and we're doing a barbeque with a bunch of poker players (all nits) and friends.



How the **** do I win this?

Stacks:
UTG ($7,945) 79bb
UTG+1 Hero ($11,382.48) 114bb
CO ($9,349.52) 93bb
BTN ($13,277.14) 133bb
SB ($6,504.86) 65bb
BB ($4,825) 48bb

Pre-Flop: (150, 6 players) Hero is UTG+1 J J
1 fold, Hero raises to $225, CO calls $225, 2 folds, BB calls $125
Flop: 3 10 2 ($725, 3 players)

BB checks, Hero bets $446.40, CO calls $446.40, BB raises to $1,350, Hero goes all-in $11,157.48, CO goes all-in $8,678.12, BB goes all-in $3,250

Turn: 7 ($25,607, 3), 3 all-in
River: 9 ($25,607, 3), 3 all-in

Final Pot: $25,607
Hero shows a pair of Jacks
J J
CO shows high card King
K Q
BB shows a pair of Sevens
7 6

Hero wins $25,602 (net +$14,219.52)



Can't beat that

Stacks:
UTG ($10,208.59) 102bb
UTG+1 ($8,540.50) 85bb
CO ($9,770) 98bb
BTN Hero ($10,000) 100bb
SB ($10,119.75) 101bb
BB ($10,000) 100bb

Pre-Flop: (150, 6 players) Hero is BTN 10 10
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to $200, 1 fold, Hero raises to $950, 2 folds, UTG+1 calls $750
Flop: 2 K 7 ($2,050, 2 players)

UTG+1 bets $500, Hero calls $500

Turn: A ($3,050, 2)
UTG+1 bets $900, Hero calls $900

River: 8 ($4,850, 2)
UTG+1 goes all-in $6,190.50, Hero calls $6,190.50

Final Pot: $17,231
UTG+1 shows a flush, Ace high
7 K
Hero shows a flush, Ace high - lower cards
10 10

UTG+1 wins $17,226 (net +$8,685.50)



Sick value

Stacks:
UTG ($545.40) 109bb
UTG+1 ($792) 158bb
CO ($500) 100bb
BTN ($704.45) 141bb
SB Hero ($924.21) 185bb
BB ($633.84) 127bb

Pre-Flop: (7.50, 6 players) Hero is SB 10 J
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to $15, 1 fold, BTN calls $15, Hero raises to $62.50, 1 fold, UTG+1 raises to $125, BTN folds, Hero calls $62.50
Flop: 5 Q 9 ($270, 2 players)

Hero checks, UTG+1 bets $133.50, Hero goes all-in $799.21, UTG+1 goes all-in $533.50

Turn: J ($1,736.21, 2), 2 all-in
River: K ($1,736.21, 2), 2 all-in

Final Pot: $1,736.21
Hero shows a straight, Nine to King
10 J
UTG+1 shows a pair of Sevens
7 7

Hero wins $1,733.21 (net +$809)

Sick last hand! Best of luck. Will be following

what exactly is co doing in that first hand? backdoor fd is the nuts?

So many weird stacksizes in that JJ hand, but I'm guessing CO was a recreational. Nice hold!

no mate 2019 poker.

CO was definitely the recreational player.

If everyone at the table is pretty good, it's smart to play with a short stack.
Not covering a fish who gets in 10k with Khigh no draw is just dumb.

If BB were full stacked, I would not have been able to jam 100bb into them and I would have just called the flop raise.
Thanks to him.

How are you studying a new game?

I was railing some of the LHE action and I think you were crushing those guys.

These last four days have been pretty insane, as there was a ton of high stakes NL action, as well as Fixed Limit action.
I spent a lot of time studying Fixed Limit, so I haven't had much time to improve my NL game.
The plan is to do some NL work this week and try to keep up my volume by grinding mostly lower tables.

I had a brutal 35k losing day last saturday, but other than that I am pretty happy with my results.
Played fine, though worse than in the two previous months.
The all in EV looks so dirty because I got it in badly a bunch of times but managed to split. No complaints of course.



May




Great heart shown

Stacks:
UTG ($30,286.67) 303bb
UTG+1 ($30,016.42) 300bb
CO ($12,047.50) 120bb
BTN Hero ($11,184) 112bb
SB ($30,037.27) 300bb
BB ($24,225.70) 242bb

Pre-Flop: (270, 6 players) Hero is BTN 9 A
3 folds, Hero raises to $287, 1 fold, BB calls $187

Flop: 2 2 A ($744, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $243.87, BB calls $243.87

Turn: 3 ($1,231.74, 2)
BB checks, Hero bets $894.85, BB raises to $2,885.70, Hero calls $1,990.85

River: 8 ($7,003.14, 2)
BB bets $10,250, Hero goes all-in $7,747.43

Final Pot: $25,000.57
BB shows a pair of Deuces
4 K
Hero shows a flush, Ace high
9 A

Hero wins $22,493 (net +$11,309)



He got one back

Stacks:
UTG ($6,937.38) 139bb
UTG+1 ($5,000) 100bb
CO ($9,929) 199bb
BTN ($6,240.64) 125bb
SB ($5,000) 100bb
BB Hero ($5,447) 109bb

Pre-Flop: (75, 6 players) Hero is BB K K
3 folds, BTN raises to $100, 1 fold, Hero raises to $419, BTN calls $319
Flop: 4 3 3 ($863, 2 players)

Hero bets $344, BTN calls $344

Turn: 5 ($1,551, 2)
Hero bets $1,114.76, BTN calls $1,114.76 River: 7 ($3,780.52, 2)

Hero goes all-in $3,569.24, BTN calls $3,569.24

Final Pot: $10,919
BTN shows a straight, Three to Seven
6 7
Hero shows two pair, Kings and Threes
K K

BTN wins $10,916 (net +$5,469)



Almost folded

Stacks:
UTG ($1,000) 100bb
CO ($1,273.16) 127bb
BTN ($1,000) 100bb
SB ($979.22) 98bb
BB Hero ($1,000) 100bb

Pre-Flop: (15, 5 players) Hero is BB J A
3 folds, SB calls $5, Hero raises to $35, SB raises to $140, Hero calls $105
Flop: 3 7 A ($280, 2 players)

SB bets $142.84, Hero calls $142.84

Turn: 9 ($565.68, 2)
SB goes all-in $696.38, Hero calls $696.38

River: Q ($1,958.44, 2), 1 all-in

Final Pot: $1,958.44
SB shows high card Ace
K J
Hero shows a pair of Aces
J A

Hero wins $1,955.44 (net +$976.22)




By getting coached by one of the top FL players for a while and playing him heads up. And I've played a decent amount of 6max FL on Stars, and some other networks.
I should be winning a decent amount with the fish in the game, but I'm definitely an underdog to the top players.

Is being in a 10knl game not extremely scary and nerve-racking? Is it not daunting that losing a stack means you lose 6 months worth of living expenses? For me even mixing in a couple 400nl tables is a non-stop pulse-pounding thrill ride lol

If you cant stand teh heat you better stay out of teh kitchen...

bb's

Veeery nice thread.

Best of luck man. Keep crushing

$$$

Bleh, been running insanely badly this month and I'm down a lot, so it's time for an upswing.
I was also playing badly, though today I was very happy with how I played.
Not really much you can do when you are on the losing end of every setup.
But I've done some lab work and I am now playing much better in the spots in which I was leaking.

I'll post some hands soon. Don't have many interesting ones right now.

That happens at every new stake, you get used to it.
Just make sure you feel you are rolled for the game and that you can compete with the regs at the table.

It's all good if you don't run badly.

At the end of the month maybe.

Thanks.