6-max, FR, HU, 3-max and taking it easy
10-21-2017
, 05:51 AM
Hello everyone, I'm recreational player that has tried building up roll through poker in the past. Without success first 2 years, then I began dabbling into some NL50, made some money there, had few very nice run up sessions where I deposited small amount of money and turned it into few k's in matter of days (NL100, 200, 400) and ended somewhere 6-7k in the profit over last year and a half I guess. This summer was also funny, since I had two days where I made 1k/day and kind of went busto by the end of the same week, because of terrible run and standard 3b pot AI on NL600 and NL400.
I guess I'm spewy and have huge patience issues over the long run. I can have terrible attention and focus span, resulting in playing bad after 3-4 hours session and get distracted by almost everything (this has been a thing since my childhood, but never got adderal or anything like that.. but I'm going to doctor on wednesday and ask him if he can presribe me something and then I'll see how it goes). This has gotten to the point where I put in a lot of volume in few days, make some money, then keep playing when my brains are already fried up from the volume I put on in previous days, resulting in some very bad and embarassing plays. However, when I feel good and confident, I believe I'm a very strong player and have witnessed this in the past, but I just can't get a hold of that everyday feel good for various reasons.
Currently I have a real job, working 6 times a week 8 hours per day, learning programming on the side and day trading. I'm also going to try and put in some hands and see where it goes. It's hard to balance everything and in the past I was trying to put my head through wall, which resulted in some epic life downswing, but I turned it around this summer and it's going well. I'm 22, going to college next year learning computer science (could of gone this year, but had almost no money and decided I don't want to live like a bum), but until then, my focus is on working and making as much money as I can.
For now I'm going to post hands in here for discussion and just to remind myself that I'm still a dumbass that can play terrible poker(and that I hate disscussing and posting hands which I should be doing all the time. I'll probablly buy some coaching in February/March (I mean, I need it definately), but until then I'll just put in the database and volume.
Need to work on:
-Bluffing in better spots
-Actually taking notes on opponents and learning their strategy to exploit them (which is incredibly hard with my terrible focus and attention)
-Fixing that red line
-Bluff catching in general
I guess I'm spewy and have huge patience issues over the long run. I can have terrible attention and focus span, resulting in playing bad after 3-4 hours session and get distracted by almost everything (this has been a thing since my childhood, but never got adderal or anything like that.. but I'm going to doctor on wednesday and ask him if he can presribe me something and then I'll see how it goes). This has gotten to the point where I put in a lot of volume in few days, make some money, then keep playing when my brains are already fried up from the volume I put on in previous days, resulting in some very bad and embarassing plays. However, when I feel good and confident, I believe I'm a very strong player and have witnessed this in the past, but I just can't get a hold of that everyday feel good for various reasons.
Currently I have a real job, working 6 times a week 8 hours per day, learning programming on the side and day trading. I'm also going to try and put in some hands and see where it goes. It's hard to balance everything and in the past I was trying to put my head through wall, which resulted in some epic life downswing, but I turned it around this summer and it's going well. I'm 22, going to college next year learning computer science (could of gone this year, but had almost no money and decided I don't want to live like a bum), but until then, my focus is on working and making as much money as I can.
For now I'm going to post hands in here for discussion and just to remind myself that I'm still a dumbass that can play terrible poker(and that I hate disscussing and posting hands which I should be doing all the time. I'll probablly buy some coaching in February/March (I mean, I need it definately), but until then I'll just put in the database and volume.
Need to work on:
-Bluffing in better spots
-Actually taking notes on opponents and learning their strategy to exploit them (which is incredibly hard with my terrible focus and attention)
-Fixing that red line
-Bluff catching in general
10-23-2017
, 06:52 AM
Well last 3 days were ****ty, especially HU, where I'm running 10BI under EV, combined with downswing and spewy plays, don't think it's smart for me to keep on playing. Think poker is pretty much dead for the most part, so I have to get coach and extract maximum EV from it, people don't discuss much hands, so I guess it's better to save money and get myself a coach. I'm gonna bumhunt like crazy when I come back, even though I think regs on small stakes are still pretty pathetic, but I can't keep my A game.
lost few stacks with JJ<77 PRE, AK<K6 PRE, standard KA<QQ pre, then this two hands I'm not sure of what to think about. While I was already running 3-4BI under EV. I also just realized the best thing would be to save up money from job right now and focus on programming, and when I save up for coach, go into the whole thing again. It's just a waste of money, because I can't play my A game all the time. And when you don't you lose. So gonna take off for half a year or so and come back.
SB: 151 BB (VPIP: 55.66, PFR: 40.09, 3Bet Preflop: 15.19, Hands: 243)
Hero (BB): 124.37 BB
SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 7
6
SB raises to 3 BB, Hero raises to 10 BB, SB calls 7 BB
Flop: (20 BB, 2 players) K
6
7
Hero bets 15 BB, SB calls 15 BB
Turn: (50 BB, 2 players) 8
Hero bets 99.37 BB and is all-in, SB raises to 126 BB and is all-in
River: (248.73 BB, 2 players) 8
I mean, he is not calling with Kx or Ax, unless he got A4 or A6, or 44. Seems like a good shove.
Hero (BB): 123.1 BB
SB: 100.5 BB (VPIP: 60.00, PFR: 36.67, 3Bet Preflop: 15.38, Hands: 35)
SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has J 8
SB raises to 2 BB, Hero raises to 10 BB, SB calls 8 BB
Flop: (20 BB, 2 players) K A 4
Hero bets 13.33 BB, SB calls 13.33 BB
Turn: (46.67 BB, 2 players) 6
Hero checks, SB bets 17 BB, Hero raises to 99.77 BB and is all-in, SB calls 60.17 BB and is all-in
River: (201 BB, 2 players) 7
lost few stacks with JJ<77 PRE, AK<K6 PRE, standard KA<QQ pre, then this two hands I'm not sure of what to think about. While I was already running 3-4BI under EV. I also just realized the best thing would be to save up money from job right now and focus on programming, and when I save up for coach, go into the whole thing again. It's just a waste of money, because I can't play my A game all the time. And when you don't you lose. So gonna take off for half a year or so and come back.
SB: 151 BB (VPIP: 55.66, PFR: 40.09, 3Bet Preflop: 15.19, Hands: 243)
Hero (BB): 124.37 BB
SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 7
6 SB raises to 3 BB, Hero raises to 10 BB, SB calls 7 BB
Flop: (20 BB, 2 players) K
6 7 Hero bets 15 BB, SB calls 15 BB
Turn: (50 BB, 2 players) 8
Hero bets 99.37 BB and is all-in, SB raises to 126 BB and is all-in
River: (248.73 BB, 2 players) 8
Spoiler:
I mean, he is not calling with Kx or Ax, unless he got A4 or A6, or 44. Seems like a good shove.
Hero (BB): 123.1 BB
SB: 100.5 BB (VPIP: 60.00, PFR: 36.67, 3Bet Preflop: 15.38, Hands: 35)
SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has J
8 SB raises to 2 BB, Hero raises to 10 BB, SB calls 8 BB
Flop: (20 BB, 2 players) K
A 4 Hero bets 13.33 BB, SB calls 13.33 BB
Turn: (46.67 BB, 2 players) 6
Hero checks, SB bets 17 BB, Hero raises to 99.77 BB and is all-in, SB calls 60.17 BB and is all-in
River: (201 BB, 2 players) 7
Spoiler:
10-23-2017
, 08:52 AM
