Can't win if you fold.

My new gameplan is to never fold pre, flops, turns, or rivers.

Hand of the Day

$1.5/$3 NL

Folds to me on the BUT raise 87 to $6, BB 3bets to $18, I call.

Pot: $37.5

Flop: 368

BB bets $37.5, I call

Pot: $109.5

Turn: 368T

BB bets $85.13, I call

River: 368T2

BB bets $163.38 AI, I call

I feel like never folding. Could end up being a mistake. Somehow. A wise man once told me, you can't win if you don't fold.

I assume your talking live poker with lots of loose players. I would limp as high as 99, unless the table is playing snug(doubt it). TT should be good enough to raise. 99 will just have too many multiway flops with at least one over. TT is slightly more playable. If you feel uncomfortable in some postflop scenarios, and think your likely to make mistakes playing OOP, even limping TT will be ok. Raising with 77+ will be +EV but the lower pairs get progressively harder and harder to play. Nothing wrong with letting the table dictate how you have to play, and limping will def be +EV too. As your position improves you can widen up your opening range accordingly.

Also keep in mind that the straddle effectively makes the stakes twice as high. If you have $100 with a $4 straddle on, you are basically playing 25bb deep and can probably profitably stack TT, JJ from UTG. The problem is that almost no one else adjusts properly to the (effectively) raised stakes and will continue to nit it up per normal with the same ranges as at $2 BB.

If the table is playing deep, I will limp all PPs to set mine. If table is very active with lots of raising, maybe would just fold 22-66. The shorter stacked you are the tighter you will have to play.

At a table with lots of pre flop action, I am basically comitted to throwing away all pp under 77. Wasn't sure if that is too nitty.

Week 3 Update



Only up to 90 hrs on the month. Battling is picking up and getting a little crazy on FullFlush. Actually was feeling pretty tilted Sat and Sun while playing for the first time in a long time. Lucky to only lose a little.

Hand of the Day

$1.5-$3 NL

BUT raises to $6, I (BB) 3bet to $22 with JJ

Pot: $44

Flop:845

I bet $33, BUT calls

Pot:$107

Turn: 845Q

I bet $80.25, BUT calls

Pot: $267.50

River: 845QQ

Hand of the Day

$1-$2NL

I(BUT) raise to $4 with Q9, BB calls

Pot:$9

Flop: T86

I bet $6.75, BB raises to $19, I call

Pot: $47

Turn: T86J

BB bets $35.49, I call

Pot: $117.98

River: T86J4

BB checks, whats my move? He has $143 behind and I cover him.

Let me know what you would do, then I'll share what I did(99% sure I took the best line). Opponent is a reg, slightly on tighter side, probably thinks I'm insane.


If you guys are looking for some more interesting poker content, check out this thread. Not the most politically correct for sure, but definitely very entertaining.

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/17...treak-1493365/

What were your stack sizes?

I think it depends on your history with that guy. If he is capable of checking a flush on that river and knowing you will bet, I think checking is an option. Maybe like 11 % of the time. The other 89% I think I am shipping all in. He has a set here sometimes, prob won't fold. Maybe even blocking pairs like jj or qq. He might call off all of these. I don't think any other bet size makes sense. Anything less looks like a value bet. I dunno. I'm just a nit playing the long live grind.

Depends what you mean by "tighter side". Possible opponent holdings: A9, AJ, A7 and A2/5 K9 all of hearts. 66,88,TT,JJ. J9/JT. 89s, 79s.

It also depends what you mean by "insane". If he thinks you're bad he's going to be barreling all of those hands, but I think at least all of his flush's barrel river, so I'll have to say straight, set, 2 pair hands are c/calling here. If this is the insane you're talking about, I would assume he wouldn't bluff you, and I'm going to assume you bombed river and he snapped with one of the medium hands mentioned above.

i just don't see him having a flush here unless he is being really tricky hoping you would bluff after it looks like he is giving up but I doubt it. I say I would bet in this situation and value bet most of the time.

We've played a couple k hands at the same table, but not much personal history.

Tighter side means he's never c/r with any other hands like QJo, Ahxo, and folding too much pre. Insane means I open too much pre and 3bet, cbet too much because he folds too much.

Agreed. You all advocate betting(obv) and I thought the best way to rep bluffs(KQh, AhT, KhT) was by jamming. So i overbet shipped and was shocked to see .


I've hit a bit of a rough patch lately. I've been running and playing poorly at times bc of it since around Saturday. It's been ok up until today, when I got beat up a bit at Bovada $2-$4. I made a couple bad calls where villains are never bluffing and was just on raging tilt by the end of the day. This is where lifestyle is incredibly important. Around 6 o'clock, I was raging. Had just quit my 3rd session, down almost $2k for the day. I didn't want to do anything. I was just filled with a powerless rage that I knew was pointless and silly. Knowing that mad it worse.

I was saved by my lifestyle. I went to my 7pm boxing class and by class end was completely rejuvenated. I put all of my anger, disappointment in myself, tilt, and self-pity into the workout. Punching is great to relieve stress. So is running, lifting weights, playing sports, or even just going for a walk. Without these balances in your life, you will not make it in this game. If you are an aspiring poker player, you must have other outlets to keep you sane. It takes all those small-minded thoughts which inevitably rise from being results oriented and clears them from your mind. It gives you the chance to regain perspective.

I have been running normal/good for almost two months now. It only took a couple days of running bad to raise to danger levels of tilt. That's how sick this game can be. If you can't remove yourself occasionally and have other activities to make you happy, you will lose your mind. If you only play poker, and poker goes bad for a medium/long period of time, which it always does and always will, your entire life will be hell. If you have balance, and poker goes poorly, you can still feel that you've had a good day if you have a great workout, win or score in a sport, or get outside and have a nice walk/run. Even just getting out of poker mode, seeing the real world, seeing real people with real problems, makes you realize how meaningless and tiny your seeming huge, important, unfair downswing actually is. Take a step back, get out there and sweat it out, and you will be just fine. Another tip is to look at your lifetime graph/results. You'll see plenty of these downswings in your past. You've recovered then. You'll recover now. GL and say no to tilt.

Got about $600-$700 back from the low point of the $2k downswing over the last few sessions, and then tonight a guy started a couple tables with me at $1-$2 and basically won 8 buyins in 45 minutes. He was running really hot but playing tough.,I also tilted a bit and probably lost a buyin or 2 more than I should have. Just gotta regroup and get back at it.

Here's a hand against that same opponent to remind us of better days

$2/$4 NL

BUT raises to $10, I (SB) 3bet to $35 with AQ, BB cold calls, BUT calls

Pot: $105

Flop: 72J

I check, BB checks, BUT checks

Turn: 72JA

I check, BB checks, BUT bets $70, I call, SB folds

Pot: $245

River: 72JA5

I check, BUT bets $304.20(AI), I call, BUT shows

$1-$2 NL

BUT raises to $6, I 3bet to $20 with AA, BUT calls

Pot: $40

Flop: T35

I bet $20, BUT calls

Pot:$80

Turn: T35J

I bet $40, BUT goes allin for $176, I call, BUT shows 68

Pot: $432

River: T35JQ


$1-$2

I(BUT) raise to $4 with K9, BB 3bets to $15, I call

Pot: $30

Flop: AK9

BB bets $20, I call

Pot: $70

Turn: AK95

BB bets $50, I raise allin $184, BB calls with AJ

Pot:$438

River: AK95J

$1-$2

I(CO) raise to $5 with A5, BB calls

Pot:$11

Flop: 923

BB checks, I bet $8, BB calls

Pot: $27

Turn: 9234

BB checks, I bet $21.38, BB raises to $55, I reraise to $132, BB goes AI for $245, I call. BB shows 99

Pot: $517

River: 92349


I need to start folding more rivers I think.

Wow some crazy/bad beat hands. I think the cure is you just gotta run good.

I agree. I am saving it for today tho. Playing the Bovada Black Diamond Poker Main Event at 5pm today. $450 buyin. $500k total prizepool. About $85k up top. Run good time.

Hope that run good worked out for you. Any update on how the Main went?

Out in 400ish place outta 1300ish with standard AQ<JJ. Still can't seem to find that run good(run normal even) im looking for. Im now considering getting from -$1.8k down in a session to $600 down running good.

Gonna do my last weekly update at the end of the month. Hopefully, I can turn it around in these last couple days. Gonna need all the and commitment I can muster. Just been getting beat down every session for the last week or so. But it wouldn't be fun if we always won, right? Right?

MARCH RECAP



Graph is missing around $1k in rakeback

The month started off great, but then I really got beat up a bit at the end of the month. Yesterday, the last day of the month, I managed to both get a bit back and then lose a bit back. After quitting a session around 530pm before going out to dinner, I was up $1964 for the day. I don't believe I've had a +$2k day this year yet, but pretty sure I've had a couple -$2k days. So after getting home from dinner around 730pm, I decide to play another session to hit the $2k mark. Pretty early on I lose a buyin at $200nl with pair+fd vs an overpair. No big deal. Then I see an awesome $1knl game going.

So I sit in to this $5-$10 game. There are 3 weak players, a good reg, and a weak reg in the game. Easy money right. About an hr later, I'm down $2.5k in the game. It wasn't bad play and there was no tilt involved, just poker doing as poker does. The game eventually breaks so I'm left with trying to get even at $200nl.

About 5 hrs later, games start to die everywhere and it was time for me to quit anyway. I needed $36 to hit my $2k day, instead finished down $1100ish. Even though I pretty much wrecked the lower stakes games winning about 8 buyins, it was pretty demoralizing because of the 2.5 buyins lost at higher stakes. Why couldn't I have just sat a few $200nl games and just played and won 18 big blinds?

That question and the regret of playing higher hung with me for a few more hours, and even after I woke up this morning. However, once I got a little removed from the emotion of the results, I am satisfied and happy with my decision. My job is to maximize my potential earnings. My job is not to hit daily, monthly, or even yearly goals. As the saying goes, poker is one big session. It's easy to lose sight of that.

I could have easily had a $5k day if just a few hands had turned out slightly differently. I also put myself in the best position to win the most money possible. I am at peace now. Since I played past midnight, the last $1100 negative session will be the start of April's graph.

Monthly Goals

MARCH Goals

[ ] 175 hrs of play or $100 giveaway

only 127 hrs

[ ] Finish Outliers by Malcom Gladwell and be at least 3 chapters into next book by beginning of April or give out $50

finished outliers but only a chapter into new book

[ ] Run 15 miles outside this month or pay out $50. Sounds easy but now have boxing, walleyball, ice hockey, and soccer once a week and hitting the gym 3-4 times a week as well. Its also been snowy and icy for the last 3 weeks and has been around 25F in Philly recently.

only got around 7 miles

[x ] win the poker tourney at youvejustbeentrucked's house.


1/4 aint bad

What I will do is giveaway $100 or two hours of coaching to first one chosen, and then $50 or 1 hr of coaching to the second two chosen by RNG. Will try to make it slightly more readable this month.

MARCH FREEROLLS

Sorry to spacehippie and Jasbob. You missed out on last month's freeroll. This month we are randomizing from posts 31-91 for the winners. First post number chosen who is not me, gets the choice between $100 and 2 hrs of coaching. Next 2 get $50 or 1 hr of coaching.

55,37,70,41,31,54,33,63,76,44

APRIL FREEROLLS

[ ] 150 hrs played or $100

[ ] 150 hrs played or $100

Same goal paying out two different people. GL to everyone.

Winner winner this time for reals

Know any way I can get on the vada from NY?

BINK! Lucky 37

Congrats youjustbeentrucked, on actually getting a win this time. A little run good after that
KK vs A2 hand at your tournament

Ya got a little back from that hand woohoo

Congrats homie. I'll ttty irl.

Sorry, not to tech savvy. I suggest asking around Internet Poker forum. Look for khanutrukhan(sp). He's an affiliate for a lot of sites who will know what sites work for you, and might be able to hook you up with signup bonuses or rakeback if your lucky.

Your running good at least in freerolls buddy. PM me and let me know if you want more coaching or just take the money.

I'll get it back somehow.