Probably can fold river cos this guy is just standard ABC guy. Just couldnt do it though because 3bet pot, flush misses, think he raises AK pre, not sure he bombs all the way with AT when K lands, straight gets there but cant see him floating flop with the gutshot.
However, alarm bells on the turn and river is just strength vs this guy


SB: €124.71
hero BB: €50.75
UTG: €63.68
MP: €68.63
CO: €70.39
BTN: €54.82

Preflop: Hero is BB with AQ
fold, fold, CO raises to €1.25, fold, fold, hero raises to €4.50, CO calls €3.25

Flop: (€9.25) T2A (2 players)
hero bets €3.50, CO calls €3.50

Turn: (€16.25) K (2 players)
hero checks, CO bets €11.75, hero calls €11.75

River: (€39.75) 2 (2 players)
hero checks, CO bets €39.75, hero calls €31 and is all in

shows down TT


another hand with TT in the BB vs btn jammed into QQ which held, that was a little light but fold equity. Immediate hand after vs same guy I get QQ and get all in vs KK, damn.

now at

€2227

About time I had some run bad, when running good just cant help thinking its going to last forever!

Not yet through month which i am taking as the 9th of each month as that was start on 9th Jan, so I will assess monthly progress every 9th of month. got to recall this is a long game, and 1-2 sessions is really immaterial. I have ran breakeven/losing for months at nano limit and come out good, so downswing is to be expected at a higher limit, and more so, and this isnt even downswing proper cos its like a week.

So, all in all, game is mostly sound I think at this point, though obv its hard to lose and this affects confidence/frustration/why cant i get hands/poker is rigged yada yada..!

Sub'd, GL, sir!

Ty ty

bread and butter vs reg

SB: €58.96
BB: €119.61
hero btn: €53.31

Preflop: Hero is BTN with JQ
hero raises to €1, fold, BB calls €0.50

Flop: (€2.25) 425 (2 players)
BB checks, hero bets €0.75, BB calls €0.75

Turn: (€3.75) A (2 players)
BB checks, hero bets €2.81, BB folds


blind v blind
ultra vulnerable pair but cant really fold flop, can fold turn with 45 coming through and possible pairs can bet. BB makes it easy though and we see a free sd. river could be a call if he bets

hero (SB): €121.65
BB: €58.71
hero btn: €51.31

Preflop: Hero is sB with 69
fold, hero raises to €1.50, BB calls €1

Flop: (€3) 683 (2 players)
hero bets €1, BB raises to €3.50, hero calls €2.50

Turn: (€10) 2 (2 players)
hero checks, BB checks

River (€10) 8 (2 players)
hero checks, BB checks
shows down J7

vs fish, dont think we can really not bet every street

SB: €81.29
BB: €50
hero UTG: €105.51
MP: €51.33
CO: €55.23
BTN: €49.75

Preflop: Hero is UTG with JJ
hero raises to €1.50, fold, fold, fold, SB raises to €6, fold, hero calls €4.50

Flop: (€12.50) 42T (2 players)
checks, hero bets €3.50, SB calls €3.50

Turn: (€19.50) 8 (2 players)
SB checks, hero bets €6.25, SB calls

River (€32) 5 (2 players)
SB checks, hero bets €9.75, SB calls
SB shows down AA

€2327

hand of the day
obv considered the turn jam which would be decent. Funny thing here is that if I check a brick river we lose to this garbage.

hero SB: €49.50
BB: €75.56
UTG: €63.41
MP: €48.25
CO: €97.49
BTN: €50 sit out

Preflop: Hero is SB with TJ
fold, fold, BTN calls €0.50, hero raises to €2.50, BB calls €2, BTN calls €2

Flop: (€7.50) 28K (2 players)
hero bets €1.50, BB calls €1.50, BTN folds

Turn: (€10.50) Q (2 players)
hero bets €6.25, BB raises to €13, hero calls €6.75

River: (€36.50) 9 (2 players)
hero checks, BB jams €36.50, hero calls €32.50 and is all in

shows down 55

€2368

some NL100 as tables looked really good, ran quite well for a bit and then spazzed with a really loose turn and river call so I thought I probably wasnt in the right mind set even though tables were good

happy with this one though. Fairly easy to play, want to check flop very often, then no need to raise turn or river, can be dead on the river to JQ,78,89,T8

hero SB: €100
BB: €105.48
UTG: €120.68
MP: €106.71
CO: €-
BTN: €100

Preflop: Hero is SB with JJ
fold, fold, BTN raises to €2.50, hero raises to €8.50, fold, BTN calls €6

Flop: (€17.50) 7T9 (2 players)
hero checks, BTN checks

Turn: (€17.50) 8 (2 players)
hero checks, BTN bets €11, hero calls €11

River: (€39.50) 8 (2 players)
hero checks, BTN bets €25, hero calls €25

shows down A5

bankroll €2549

Probably saving € with this fold:

SB: €90.57
BB: €40.87
UTG: €96.96
MP: €49.93
hero CO: €50
BTN: €0 sit out

Preflop: Hero is CO with A7
UTG calls €0.50, MP calls €0.50, hero raises to €2.50, fold, fold, call call

Flop: (€8.25) A7K (3 players)
check, check, hero bets €6.18, call, call

Turn: (€24.79) T (3 players)
check, MP bets €16.54, hero folds, fold

bankroll €2630

site doesnt seem to keep hh longer than an hour so cant post *sick* bluffs etc..

bankroll €2720

horrible turn check -

SB: €46.60
BB: €76.91
UTG: €58.83
MP: €52.02
hero CO: €65.29
BTN: €59.59

Preflop: Hero is CO with 99
fold, fold, hero raises to €1.50, BTN calls €1.50, fold, fold

Flop: (€3.75) 93K (2 players)
hero bets €2.81, BTN calls €2.81

Turn: (€9.27) J (2 players)
hero.... checks.

Has to be a leak there

couple of nl100 tables alongside 4 nl50, going good except KK cracked by AK all in pre and AA in 3 bet pot couldnt get away from hand when villain flopped 2 pair.

€2547

next time...

Turn check can't be too bad tbh. If he's a competent reg he'll bet the hands you get two more streets from (33, KJ ) on blank rivers anyway. And he may start bluffing AQ or 9Tcc which is likely to fold vs a turn barrel.

I think we could check raise it, there are some bad rivers for us. But, when I bet 3/4 on the flop I either have a big hand or strong draw which is gutshot and back door fd which now have either a straight, 4 to a flush or pair and draw so these are either bets or check calls, not check folds. And I think I recall learning that we don't need to balance a check raising range if we don't have a check folding range.

That could be all BS which doesn't matter cos I am trying to play an ABC game, I has a set so bet bet bet!

In, what sites u playing on?

Ty ty
Unibet only right now which has pros and cons. No HUDs allowed which I quite like the idea of, though analysing becomes difficult. I downloaded 888 which I have played in the past with holder manager but found the software awful and now it looks like they are closing down people's accounts due to bot infestation etc so won't bother with it. Stars is a possibility though I would have to get back into using hm which is a bit daunting. Never table selected either which I guess is necessary on stars. Which is another plus for unibet, you buy in you sit down where they put you and you play, and it's not impossible to develop longer term reads since a lot of people never change their screename. No auto rebuy either so a lot of things are to the advantage of the casual player which is great.

€2544

been 8 tabling NL50 which is pretty much bot grinding, you cant over think spots but then you also cant really think at all. Got to break up this breakeven stretch, maybe by taking an actual break, so back on Thursday

€2475
took a break and come back to shot take nl100 once again with a stop loss if fall to 2000.
tables very good, still no run good but optimistic about this if I can get some momentum and move back toward the 3k mark.
Playing just 4 tables so really focussed and pretty happy with most decisions, except a few...

hand 1 vs regular
decent flop play with top pair and the open ender and bdfd vs a range that probably has no sets or nut straight but all the 2 pair combos and 89.
Dont see a need to bet turn. its very hard for villain to have a strong hand to bet with (obv he has some flushes but he didnt 3 bet pre, we have Qh and he checked flop - though checking flop is reasonable with a fd) - he has some AJ,KJ,KT,J9, J8,Q9,Q7 air, possibly Ahx.

My river donk is quite weird but not horrible i dont think. There may be more value in bluffcatching or villain value owning himself. A smaller bet would be better perhaps but then if i want to bet some Khx hands this would be a decent size. Reason for bet is vs his sdv ofc and I just made an assumption that he would check back often as his range is weak.

hero SB: €105.61
BB: €115.26
CO: €105.56
BTN: €154.97

Preflop: Hero is SB with Q9
fold, fold, hero raises to €3, BB calls €2

Flop: (€6) QTJ (2 players)
hero checks, BB checks

Turn: (€6) 5 (2 players)
hero checks, BB bets €3.50, hero calls €3.50

River: (€13) 4 (2 players)
hero bets €7, BB folds


hand 2
vs fish who was playing spewy but not 3 betting a lot. Could have 4bet but preferred the flat in position vs the min raise. was getting spooked on the turn as he fired again. River I thought AK is really unlikely going for 2 barrels and then trapping though that is the kind of weird stuff to sometimes see. AA-KK can definitely go for a check call there. but then he's a fish so maybe we should just be shovelling the rest in.

SB: €124.71
BB: €75.27
UTG: €99.50
hero MP: €106.36
CO: €156.53
BTN: €75.74

Preflop: Hero is MP with QA
fold, hero raises to €3, fold, fold, fold, BB raises to €5, hero calls €2

Flop: (€10.50) 5JQ (2 players)
BB bets €7.87, hero calls €7.87

Turn: (€26.24) 3 (2 players)
BB bets €13.12, hero calls €13.12

River: (€52.48) T (2 players)
BB checks, hero checks

BB shows down Q9

Yeah true if he bets any kx here i think a x is fine, but usually when you go 2/3 pot+ OTF you shouldn't really be xing in this spot like villain isn't really incentivised to bet when you x OTT like u'll never have QQ/TT/AJ/9x here.

Also i think if villain will call turn + majority of rivers with Kx then 3-barrels is better vs a turn xraise even tho it's technically more +EV OTT.

I'm betting 3 streets all day long with 99 there. Too many combos of pair + gs to let see a river for free.

looks like I overestimated the standard at nl100 as it plays v similar to nl50. However I ran like dog s*** and ended up making a very bad tilt call with overpair facing fish raise and some other questionable plays.

With roll at

€2226

I'll take a step back to nl50 for now

1st month +1052, about 2.5 hours a day, about €14 per hour

gogogo for month 2

damn..... €2035

Actually played pretty solid over 3 hours


1. run bad I guess

SB: €sit out
BB: €50
UTG: €69.06
MP: €36.71
CO: €43.95
BTN: €51.86

Preflop: Hero is BB with AA
fold, fold, CO calls €0.50, fold, Btn raises to €2, hero raises to €6.50, fold, btn calls €4.50

Flop: (€13.50) 963 (2 players)
hero bets €6.75, btn calls €6.75

Turn: (€27) 3 (2 players)
hero bets €13.50, btn raises to €27, hero raises to €36.75 and is all in, call

shows down 66


2. Seems ok here, might want to check somewhere but from these positions it seems ok for 3 streets. planning to call off a turn shove fearing QT only but river brings flush, K3, A3, J3 as well.

hero SB: €50
BB: €52.18
MP: €50
CO: €109.04
BTN: €49.31

Preflop: Hero is SB with JK
fold, fold, fold, hero raises to €1.50, BB calls €1

Flop: (€3) JK3 (2 players)
hero bets €2.25, BB calls

Turn: (€7.50) A (2 players)
hero bets €5.62, BB calls

River: (€18.74) 3 (2 players)
hero bets €12, BB raises to €42.81 and is all in, hero folds


There is one hand in particular which i think i played badly so will post that in micro small

You do realize any Ax beats you in the last hh lol?

Still a strange ass hand, don't think he will thin value shove any Ax vs a agro reg who will over-defend in this spot and have stuff like JT or KT combos or some FD's i think you can hero-call but i don't bet the river lmao and i'm a calling station so my opinion is invalid.

Also i think flop xraise at some frequency is good maybe more often depending on villain

yeah wasn't really aware of the Ax being ahead when betting haha , does look too thin to bet there.

been re-listening to jared tendler mental game of poker and can spot a few improvements i can make right away just from ch 1/2.

1. Preparation

poker fits around family/work commitments so for eg. there may be a spare half hour I grab and just crank up some tables and get stackin!... this isn't great. So, I'll need to have some kind of system of prep, play, analysis/reflection without being too rigid and unrealistic. So, sticking to one hour sessions with at least a 5 min break in between, and some regular analysis after sessions. Prep can be as simple as checking some hands, deep breathing, playing tighter for first few orbits, develop at least some obvious reads etc

2. analysis

going to give a mark for standard of play and mental game each day to focus on these standards, not just results. Not going to ignore results because that's impossible, got to think about what the results mean, why they're important, impact of variance etc which I recall Jared explains more about later in the book.


some hands

1. looking spewy vs reg
First up the preflop call is standard enough.
On the flop this could be a fold, we may have the best hand now but his bluffs will have a lot of equity. I did some range analysis and estimate we are at 46% which isnt too shabby, but our ev will of course suffer when we have to fold to subsequent bets. So this is a pretty trivial fold. I called basically because the guy had been hassling me a few times and I wanted to make a stand which was a poor decision.

On the turn I estimated us at 36% vs his betting range which is strong (cant cut and paste for some reason and now deleted it by mistake). Fold equity fairly limited, we get him off some flush draws.

For this hand alone, playing back in a poor spot, my results are

play: 6/10
mental game: 5/10

Following this I did pick things up which is why results aren't lower.

SB: €89.21
BB: €43.46
UTG: €40.24
MP: €50
CO: €50
BTN: €134.52

Preflop: Hero is CO with 88
fold, fold, hero raises to €1.50, SB raises to €6, fold, hero calls €4.50

Flop: (€12.50) 2T9 (2 players)
SB bets €6, hero calls €6

Turn: (€24.50) 7 (2 players)
SB bets €12, hero raises to €38 and is all in

Under the right circumstances turn jam could be okay buy the jam is solely about denying equity so he needs to be bet folding a lot to justify this

At the time I justified it with 'he is overbluffing on the turn', which was purely because he had been playing actively across a number of tables but didnt have any actual read there, he could have been running hot. All his legit bluffs are in good shape with fd and 2 overs so yeah he needs to have quite a few airballs.

calls and shows down A4dd which is obv one of the best results for us. Got me thinking about how we should play our nut draws as the SB 3 bettor. I got a similar one with A2s in a 3bet pot and flopped 4 to a flush and ended up in a similar spot after betting flop and turn and getting jammed on and basically priced in. So I think villain might want to check a street and have some flushes in his check call range, or he could check jam turn as 3bet pot