Hello everyone! A little about me.. my name is Ryan, I am 24 years old and living in the UK. I didn't even know what poker was until a couple days after I turned 18 when my friend showed me the Zynga Poker app and I just fell in love with the game straightaway. Spend a lot of time reading poker books and watching poker vids/old episodes of PAD/WSOP/EPT etc to teach myself how to play, I basically spent the whole summer of 2012 doing nothing but that

After a while I started getting the itch of actually playing for real money instead of Zynga play money so I found Pokerstars, made an account and deposited all the money I had back then which was just £100 or so. I think Zoom Poker was pretty new back in 2012/early 2013 so I was attracted to that and always have been ever since.

After 4 years of playing, I built my bankroll up so I was rolled for 25NL (I could have been rolled for 50NL probably if I didn't have to keep withdrawing or spend it on beer/sports betting etc lol ) and I had won a LOT of trophies (and money I suppose) from the social games I played in a pub league around my local area. Almost won a trip to vegas twice as well through that, I was unlucky!

Anyway now for the sad part the past 2 years (discounting last summer when I came back for a couple weeks thanks to HESP!!! doing so well in the main event but I wasn't ready in the end) I have been struggling with personal problems which stopped me from leaving the house and feeling like **** basically. So I haven't played any form of live poker in quite a while, and I wasn't feeling up to playing online either but I still loved the game and I watched it whenever I could. I won't go into my personal issues too much, but thankfully after receiving the right help i've been back to my normal self for the past couple months and i'm ready to go again

Obviously after a couple years away i'm definitely a bit rusty. I'm not going to just jump back into 25NL where I was at last time and start playing live again until I feel confident enough. (I moved so now there are casinos nearby) so i'm starting from scratch at 5NL. I know there is 2NL as well but I didn't bother with that back when I was 18, so I won't bother with it now. I don't have the bankroll anymore anyway to start at 25NL anyway even if I wanted to so working my way up is the best option.

I started a few weeks ago just taking it easy, maybe 2-3 hours of playing per day until I get back into the groove but for the past week i've ramped it up a bit now i've lost most of my rustiness. ATM at 5NL i've played 38k hands, with a profit of £119.65 (8.31bb/100) which i'm pretty happy with

I'm in absolutely no rush whatsoever to move up the stakes, don't want to overdo it and move up too soon but I feel maybe it's nearly time to up to 10NL after 50k hands perhaps, what do you think? (If i'm still winning at a decent rate)

My long term goals are to finally reach 50NL and beyond, something I didn't manage to do last time and to perhaps find someone willing to stake/coach me to play in some of the bigger buy in tournaments at my local casinos. I'm a cash game player online and a tournament player live, always been that way. I do occasionally play an online tournament and if I do I will be sure to post it.

Let's do this!!

[I will post my current PT4 graph once I figure out how to do it, completely forgot how to lol and I will post a few hands to get started later ]

Here is my PT4 graph for the 38k hands i've played so far on 5NL Zoom -



I will post some hand histories in future sessions

So today I thought I played rather well for the most part - started off the night spewing with this hand though:

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $5.00 (VPIP: 34.48, PFR: 20.69, 3Bet Preflop: 10.00, Hands: 29)
SB: $1.91 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 1)
BB: $5.00 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 1)
UTG: $6.68 (VPIP: 44.44, PFR: 33.33, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 9)
Hero (MP): $5.52
CO: $5.37 (VPIP: 23.08, PFR: 23.08, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 40)

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has T Q

fold, Hero raises to $0.15, CO raises to $0.40, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls $0.25

Flop: ($0.87, 2 players) 9 8 K
Hero checks, CO bets $0.46, Hero raises to $1.46, CO calls $1.00

Turn: ($3.79, 2 players) 6
Hero bets $3.60, CO calls $3.51 and is all-in

River: ($10.81, 2 players) 6

Hero shows T Q (One Pair, Sixes)
(Pre 19%, Flop 23%, Turn 18%)
CO shows A A (Two Pair, Aces and Sixes)
(Pre 81%, Flop 77%, Turn 82%)
CO wins $10.36

Probably should've folded pre OOP even though it was a small 3bet, decided to raise flop with gutshot and backdoor FD and jam the turn after picking up the double gutter - based on V's 3bet% and stats this is spew imo.

But after that, I got my head on right and started playing well. I've been tightening up my UTG opening range, folding hands like 89s and below, small pairs etc and also been improving my SB and BB play, defending less in the BB with marginal hands and raising a lot more SB v BB rather than limping in which i did too often.

Most of the session was just grinding away, staying patient, picking the right spots and winning/losing small pots here and there. A couple nice pots though were with TT and with AA:

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $5.75 (VPIP: 14.67, PFR: 10.67, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 77)
Hero (SB): $5.08
BB: $4.00 (VPIP: 38.46, PFR: 23.08, 3Bet Preflop: 33.33, Hands: 13)
UTG: $7.25
MP: $5.39 (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 3)
CO: $5.37 (VPIP: 14.29, PFR: 10.71, 3Bet Preflop: 7.69, Hands: 30)

Hero posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has T T

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to $0.15, Hero raises to $0.50, fold, BTN calls $0.35

Flop: ($1.05, 2 players) K T 2
Hero bets $0.40, BTN raises to $0.80, Hero raises to $1.90, BTN raises to $5.25 and is all-in, Hero calls $2.68 and is all-in

Turn: ($10.21, 2 players) Q

River: ($10.21, 2 players) Q

Hero shows T T (Full House, Tens full of Queens)
(Pre 68%, Flop 91%, Turn 95%)
BTN shows K T (Two Pair, Kings and Queens)
(Pre 32%, Flop 9%, Turn 5%)
Hero wins $9.79

And:

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $5.38 (VPIP: 20.24, PFR: 14.29, 3Bet Preflop: 2.94, Hands: 89)
Hero (SB): $5.28
BB: $5.48 (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 16.67, 3Bet Preflop: 25.00, Hands: 12)
UTG: $4.29 (VPIP: 23.33, PFR: 10.00, 3Bet Preflop: 6.25, Hands: 31)
MP: $11.41 (VPIP: 8.89, PFR: 4.44, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 45)
CO: $7.60 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 3)

Hero posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has A A

fold, fold, CO raises to $0.15, BTN calls $0.15, Hero raises to $0.65, fold, CO raises to $7.60 and is all-in, fold, Hero calls $4.63 and is all-in

Flop: ($10.76, 2 players) 3 6 8

Turn: ($10.76, 2 players) 5

River: ($10.76, 2 players) 6

Hero shows A A (Two Pair, Aces and Sixes)
(Pre 80%, Flop 83%, Turn 77%)
CO shows 7 7 (Two Pair, Sevens and Sixes)
(Pre 20%, Flop 17%, Turn 23%)
Hero wins $10.31

Easy money when V is willing to get it all in pre with 7s lol

A hand I wasn't sure about was this one - (I will prob post this in the forum as well)

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): $6.51
SB: $6.09 (VPIP: 13.10, PFR: 10.71, 3Bet Preflop: 5.88, Hands: 88)
BB: $5.05 (VPIP: 25.35, PFR: 25.35, 3Bet Preflop: 6.67, Hands: 72)
UTG: $4.83 (VPIP: 8.33, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 13)
MP: $17.14 (VPIP: 26.32, PFR: 15.89, 3Bet Preflop: 8.93, Hands: 154)
CO: $12.17 (VPIP: 23.29, PFR: 19.18, 3Bet Preflop: 4.17, Hands: 75)

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has 6 6

fold, MP raises to $0.15, fold, Hero raises to $0.50, fold, fold, MP calls $0.35

Flop: ($1.07, 2 players) 8 T 8
MP checks, Hero bets $0.40, MP calls $0.40

Turn: ($1.87, 2 players) J
MP checks, Hero checks

River: ($1.87, 2 players) 9
MP checks, Hero bets $2.50, fold

Hero wins $1.79

Thought it was a good spot on the river to overbet bluff here, V showed a lot of weakness in the hand but not sure if my line makes complete sense after checking the turn? I would check turn with a FH sometimes and with KQ/AQ or 7x but with those I more than likely wouldn't be overbetting on a paired board.

Overall i'm -£5.30 for the day over 1k hands.

Current bankroll: £253.45 (started off with £100 but a little of the winnings is from Sports Betting as I use BetStars for that lol)

I'm nearing 40k hands now - still thinking of moving up to 10NL once I reach 50 and if i'm still winning at a decent rate - 7.84bb/100 right now

At 40k hands at 5NL now, total profit of £112.11 at 7.42bb/100.

Was doing rather well until this happened:

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $6.61 (VPIP: 23.08, PFR: 7.69, 3Bet Preflop: 25.00, Hands: 13)
SB: $10.66 (VPIP: 22.70, PFR: 18.40, 3Bet Preflop: 8.20, Hands: 166)
BB: $6.43 (VPIP: 20.00, PFR: 13.33, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 15)
UTG: $5.69 (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 25.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 6)
Hero (MP): $14.02
CO: $5.29 (VPIP: 20.00, PFR: 13.33, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 15)

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has A A

fold, Hero raises to $0.15, CO raises to $0.52, BTN raises to $6.61 and is all-in, fold, fold, Hero calls $6.46, CO calls $4.77 and is all-in

Flop: ($18.58, 3 players) 8 6 8

Turn: ($18.58, 3 players) 4

River: ($18.58, 3 players) Q

Hero shows A A (Two Pair, Aces and Eights)

Main Pot [$15.94]: (Pre 67%, Flop 83%, Turn 90%)
Side Pot#1 [$2.64]: (Pre 81%, Flop 91%, Turn 95%)

BTN shows Q Q (Full House, Queens full of Eights)

Main Pot [$15.94]: (Pre 15%, Flop 8%, Turn 5%)
Side Pot#1 [$2.64]: (Pre 19%, Flop 9%, Turn 5%)

CO shows K K (Two Pair, Kings and Eights)

Main Pot [$15.94]: (Pre 18%, Flop 9%, Turn 5%)

BTN wins $17.81

Ah well that's poker for you eh bloody variance that was pretty much the only interesting hand of note in the 800 or so hands I played today lol.

Not sure if anyone is actually reading this or interested at all but i'll keep posting every night or 2, hopefully reach 50k hands by end of the week but like i've said before i'm in no rush

I've already subbed mate GL

Gl dude. Seems promising.

See you in the pool

Cheers mate!

Cheers! Wonder if you can figure out who I am lol

Have a few guesses, not sure tho. Hit me up on the tables. Lets see who reaches NL50 faster

PM me your guesses? will do! I doubt I will reach 50NL first since i'm in no rush whatsoever but never know lol.

Plan for today is to play another 1k hands or so, what I like to do is play 'mini' sessions of between 200-250 hands (30 mins) and then take a break, watch some tv/exercise/do some reviewing/studying etc etc and then repeat for the whole night, this schedule has always seemed to work for me so if it ain't broke don't fix it eh lol

Will post how I got on later tonight!

Glgl to a fellow brit! In a similar position to yourself returning after a year away and trying to grind it back up. Will be sweating your progress!

Cheers! Good luck to you, will subscribe to your thread if you're still posting in it?

Really really happy with the way I played today, played 5 'mini' sessions of 200 hands each and if it wasn't for some really bad luck I would've won a lot more. But that's variance for you, i'm the type of guy that remembers the bad beats but I also remember the bad beats I put on other people

First 50 hands of the first mini session I got dealt AA 3 times and KK twice, won the blinds with the first few until this happened simultaneously on both tables:

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): $5.02
SB: $10.72
BB: $6.02 (VPIP: 13.33, PFR: 13.33, 3Bet Preflop: 14.29, Hands: 15)
UTG: $1.56
MP: $5.51 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 9)
CO: $5.61 (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 33.33, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 3)

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has K K

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.15, fold, BB raises to $0.45, Hero raises to $1.25, BB calls $0.80

Flop: ($2.52, 2 players) 4 2 Q
BB checks, Hero bets $0.85, BB calls $0.85

Turn: ($4.22, 2 players) 9
BB bets $3.92 and is all-in, Hero calls $2.92 and is all-in

River: ($10.06, 2 players) 9

BB shows Q A (Two Pair, Queens and Nines)
(Pre 29%, Flop 25%, Turn 11%)
Hero shows K K (Two Pair, Kings and Nines)
(Pre 71%, Flop 75%, Turn 89%)
Hero wins $9.64

The joy was VERY short lived though as in progress on the other table was this hand:

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $5.00 (VPIP: 23.53, PFR: 19.28, 3Bet Preflop: 6.25, Hands: 86)
SB: $5.95 (VPIP: 18.18, PFR: 13.29, 3Bet Preflop: 3.28, Hands: 147)
BB: $6.15 (VPIP: 40.00, PFR: 20.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 5)
Hero (UTG): $5.00
MP: $6.81 (VPIP: 21.47, PFR: 14.72, 3Bet Preflop: 2.78, Hands: 168)
CO: $3.42

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has A A

Hero raises to $0.15, MP raises to $0.35, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $1.10, MP calls $0.75

Flop: ($2.27, 2 players) T T 8
Hero bets $0.75, MP calls $0.75

Turn: ($3.77, 2 players) 3
Hero bets $3.15 and is all-in, MP calls $3.15

River: ($10.07, 2 players) K

Hero shows A A (Two Pair, Aces and Tens)
(Pre 82%, Flop 92%, Turn 95%)
MP shows K K (Full House, Kings full of Tens)
(Pre 18%, Flop 8%, Turn 5%)
MP wins $9.65

Bloody river!!

Some more good hands from today:

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $7.78 (VPIP: 15.04, PFR: 9.73, 3Bet Preflop: 4.44, Hands: 115)
SB: $7.71 (VPIP: 26.09, PFR: 26.09, 3Bet Preflop: 22.22, Hands: 23)
BB: $5.00 (VPIP: 12.50, PFR: 12.50, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 16)
UTG: $5.45 (VPIP: 24.68, PFR: 23.38, 3Bet Preflop: 9.68, Hands: 81)
Hero (MP): $6.96
CO: $12.68 (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 26.67, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 15)

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has A 9

fold, Hero raises to $0.15, CO calls $0.15, fold, fold, fold

Flop: ($0.37, 2 players) 7 T J
Hero bets $0.18, CO calls $0.18

Turn: ($0.73, 2 players) K
Hero bets $0.50, CO calls $0.50

River: ($1.73, 2 players) A
Hero bets $2.90, CO raises to $10.35, Hero calls $3.23 and is all-in

CO shows Q J (Straight, Ace High)
(Pre 44%, Flop 47%, Turn 0%)
Hero shows A 9 (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 56%, Flop 53%, Turn 100%)
Hero wins $13.41

Couldn't call fast enough when V showed the river LOL

Most profitable hand of the day was this one:

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $9.19 (VPIP: 12.50, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 16)
Hero (SB): $8.79
BB: $14.22 (VPIP: 24.07, PFR: 14.81, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 58)
UTG: $7.09 (VPIP: 10.71, PFR: 7.14, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 85)
MP: $4.39 (VPIP: 28.57, PFR: 14.29, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 7)
CO: $5.25

Hero posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has A A

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to $0.33, Hero raises to $1.10, fold, BTN calls $0.77

Flop: ($2.25, 2 players) T 4 K
Hero bets $0.75, BTN calls $0.75

Turn: ($3.75, 2 players) 5
Hero bets $2.25, BTN calls $2.25

River: ($8.25, 2 players) 6
Hero bets $4.69 and is all-in, BTN calls $4.69

Hero shows A A (One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 81%, Flop 90%, Turn 95%)
BTN shows Q Q (One Pair, Queens)
(Pre 19%, Flop 10%, Turn 5%)
Hero wins $16.90

Happy to get 3 streets of value there since it never went in pre

Now a couple hands I wasn't too sure about, pretty much the only 2 hands I felt I made a mistake:

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $6.39 (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 12.50, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 8)
SB: $10.67 (VPIP: 20.69, PFR: 20.69, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 32)
Hero (BB): $7.09
UTG: $8.03 (VPIP: 22.64, PFR: 14.15, 3Bet Preflop: 7.14, Hands: 109)
MP: $4.03 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 2)
CO: $23.14

SB posts SB $0.02, Hero posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has T J

fold, fold, fold, fold, SB raises to $0.12, Hero raises to $0.40, SB raises to $1.00, Hero calls $0.60

Flop: ($2.00, 2 players) J 2 4
SB checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($2.00, 2 players) 6
SB bets $1.30, Hero calls $1.30

River: ($4.60, 2 players) T
SB bets $3.00, Hero raises to $4.79 and is all-in, SB calls $1.79

Hero shows T J (Two Pair, Jacks and Tens)
(Pre 21%, Flop 22%, Turn 11%)
SB shows A A (One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 79%, Flop 78%, Turn 89%)
Hero wins $13.59

Blind on blind, went with the 3bet as V has been folding to a few 3bets but after getting 4bet decide to take a flop IP with a nice hand, should maybe have just let it go. Can't fold to just the one bet on the turn with TP if i'm calling pre but I got a lucky river and a full double up

And this one:

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): $7.53
SB: $5.06 (VPIP: 26.67, PFR: 23.33, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 32)
BB: $6.35 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 1)
UTG: $9.69 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 4)
MP: $5.00 (VPIP: 5.26, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 20)
CO: $10.63 (VPIP: 24.21, PFR: 15.79, 3Bet Preflop: 8.57, Hands: 98)

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has Q A

UTG raises to $0.11, fold, fold, Hero calls $0.11, fold, fold

Flop: ($0.29, 2 players) A A T
UTG checks, Hero bets $0.18, UTG calls $0.18

Turn: ($0.65, 2 players) 7
UTG checks, Hero bets $0.45, UTG calls $0.45

River: ($1.55, 2 players) K
UTG bets $1.49, Hero calls $1.49

UTG shows 7 A (Full House, Aces full of Sevens)
(Pre 29%, Flop 20%, Turn 88%)
Hero mucks Q A (Three of a Kind, Aces)
(Pre 71%, Flop 80%, Turn 13%)
UTG wins $4.34

Feel I played this well until the river. Would sometimes 3bet this pre but against a tight UTG opening range decide to just flat. When V leads out full pot on the river was one of these situations where my spidey senses went off and I kind of knew I was beat, KK got there, slowplayed A10 or AK as well but just couldn't find the fold, a small part of me thinking he could do this with AJ/AQ as well made me call which I feel was a mistake. Oh well!

Would have been nice to end on a high note but last few minutes of the day this happened:

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $5.00 (VPIP: 26.09, PFR: 21.74, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 71)
Hero (SB): $16.42
BB: $5.10 (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 33.33, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 3)
UTG: $5.12 (VPIP: 23.81, PFR: 14.29, 3Bet Preflop: 10.00, Hands: 22)
MP: $5.00 (VPIP: 20.00, PFR: 14.29, 3Bet Preflop: 6.67, Hands: 36)
CO: $13.62 (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 33.33, 3Bet Preflop: 50.00, Hands: 6)

Hero posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has A A

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to $0.12, Hero raises to $0.42, BB calls $0.37, BTN calls $0.30

Flop: ($1.26, 3 players) 5 J 3
Hero bets $0.65, BB calls $0.65, BTN raises to $2.23, Hero raises to $6.97, fold, BTN calls $2.35 and is all-in

Turn: ($11.07, 2 players) J

River: ($11.07, 2 players) K

Hero shows A A (Two Pair, Aces and Jacks)
(Pre 81%, Flop 56%, Turn 5%)
BTN shows J Q (Flush, King High)
(Pre 19%, Flop 44%, Turn 95%)
BTN wins $10.61

Cheeky sod hitting the flush when he hit the trip Js on the turn, just rubbing it in!

So overall still a winning day today - +£8.80 happy enough with that

Hands look wp to me, the final AA I might sigh fold vs reg sometimes esp since we have As, think they show up with sets majority of the time and when they don't it's a unlikely combo draw we're flipping against. We block hands like A2/A4s so sets are more weighted. Vs 26/22 he might do this with naked flush draws so likely very fine to stack off just something to keep in mind maybe vs tighter majority you'll find in 5nl zoom pool

GL

Yeah I took my time before shoving there, I still had the BB to worry about but thought he'd have enough flush draws even with the As to go for it, guess I was right this time but it was close. 26/22 only over 71 hands though but that weighed into my decision as well.

Thanks! I keep saying to myself I don't need to update this every single day but can't help it, it's pretty enjoyable lol.

I may start a new thread today, I've just been spending a few weeks making sure I'm motivated to play before I start a new blog and it dies after the first post!

And the JT hand looks good for thin value on the river as there's not a lot he can realistically have that beats you (one combo of JJ/TT maybe) but could talk himself into calling with AA/KK/QQ so wp.

River with the AQ hand I think you can fold at these stakes, whenever someone leads for pot its basically the nuts but I'd also find it difficult to find the fold button.

GL mate, will keep a look out for any new threads

Yeah I wasn't too worried about JJ/TT in that hand, it was pre-flop I felt I made a mistake calling the 4bet but I was IP and it was BvB with a nice looking hand I guess.

My plan for tonight is basically the same as yesterday, 4 or 5 'mini' sessions while having breaks *****ween to keep me fresh might finish early tonight as there is a film i'd like to watch but i'll see - Poker is much better than watching films

Played 1,100 or so hands today, 5 mini sessions of 200-250 hands each.

Pretty much everything interesting happened in the first mini session -

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): $10.33
SB: $5.57
BB: $6.44 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 1)
UTG: $4.09 (VPIP: 50.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 2)
MP: $8.93 (VPIP: 22.22, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 9)
CO: $2.45 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 1)

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has T T

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.15, SB calls $0.13, BB raises to $0.65, Hero calls $0.50, fold

Flop: ($1.45, 2 players) 8 9 Q
BB bets $0.46, Hero calls $0.46

Turn: ($2.37, 2 players) 7
BB bets $1.15, Hero calls $1.15

River: ($4.67, 2 players) J
BB checks, Hero bets $4.25, BB calls $4.18 and is all-in

Hero shows T T (Straight, Queen High)
(Pre 57%, Flop 25%, Turn 23%)
BB shows Q A (One Pair, Queens)
(Pre 43%, Flop 75%, Turn 77%)
Hero wins $12.49

Should've probably folded the turn, but I picked up the open ender and I was a little suspicious due to the time he took to make his turn bet but I ended up being wrong and got a lucky river

And this hand I was a little confused by, had a note on V saying he donk bets with TP or better:

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $5.00 (VPIP: 24.49, PFR: 16.33, 3Bet Preflop: 9.52, Hands: 50)
SB: $6.01 (VPIP: 24.49, PFR: 18.37, 3Bet Preflop: 4.55, Hands: 51)
BB: $9.04 (VPIP: 16.67, PFR: 14.29, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 42)
UTG: $6.52 (VPIP: 19.12, PFR: 14.71, 3Bet Preflop: 6.90, Hands: 68)
Hero (MP): $7.60
CO: $5.88 (VPIP: 13.04, PFR: 13.04, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 46)

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has K A

fold, Hero raises to $0.15, CO calls $0.15, BTN calls $0.15, fold, BB calls $0.10

Flop: ($0.62, 4 players) J K 9
BB bets $0.30, Hero calls $0.30, fold, BTN calls $0.30

Turn: ($1.52, 3 players) A
BB bets $0.50, Hero calls $0.50, BTN calls $0.50

River: ($3.02, 3 players) 8
BB bets $1.00, Hero calls $1.00, fold

BB shows J Q (One Pair, Jacks)
(Pre 35%, Flop 31%, Turn 14%)
Hero shows K A (Two Pair, Aces and Kings)
(Pre 65%, Flop 69%, Turn 86%)
Hero wins $4.81

Should've raised the turn perhaps, get value from worse 2 pairs and charge draws? Was worried about the BTN as well though.

That was pretty much it tbh, most of the profit I made today was from making a lot of good value bets and winning small/medium sized pots.

I'll do a breakdown of all the mini sessions profits/loss:

• Mini Session 1 - +£7.12 (250 hands)
  Mini Session 2 - +86p (200 hands)
  Mini Session 3 - +14p (203 hands)
  Mini Session 4 - -£1.84 (250 hands)
  Mini Session 5 - +65p (222 hands)
  Total Profit - +6.93 (1,125 hands)

As you can see (apart from the fact I like being as orderly as possible and using lists like that etc, a little bit of OCD there lol ) after the first 250 hands it was pretty much break even, nothing interesting of note happened . Still happy with the way I played overall though, I would like to get my VPIP/PFR slightly closer together but other than that pretty content

Time to relax until tomorrow!

Was a tad busy today, only played 3 mini sessions, 750ish hands. Didn't run too well unfortunately, still feel I played well though, on another day would have been a really profitable day so can't complain too much

There were a couple nice hands for me:

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $5.09 (VPIP: 5.71, PFR: 5.71, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 37)
Hero (SB): $5.64
BB: $5.65 (VPIP: 17.86, PFR: 17.86, 3Bet Preflop: 4.76, Hands: 57)
UTG: $4.75
MP: $5.53 (VPIP: 28.00, PFR: 24.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 25)
CO: $8.00 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 1)

Hero posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has K K

fold, fold, CO raises to $0.10, fold, Hero raises to $0.35, fold, CO raises to $0.60, Hero raises to $1.40, CO calls $0.80

Flop: ($2.85, 2 players) Q 4 6
Hero checks, CO bets $6.60 and is all-in, Hero calls $4.24 and is all-in

Turn: ($11.33, 2 players) 8

River: ($11.33, 2 players) 2

Hero shows K K (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 71%, Flop 86%, Turn 93%)
CO shows A J (High Card, Ace)
(Pre 29%, Flop 14%, Turn 7%)
Hero wins $10.86

and this one near the end of the day:

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $5.24 (VPIP: 23.81, PFR: 19.58, 3Bet Preflop: 8.00, Hands: 191)
SB: $6.47 (VPIP: 15.71, PFR: 12.04, 3Bet Preflop: 3.66, Hands: 194)
BB: $5.14 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 2)
UTG: $5.99 (VPIP: 16.55, PFR: 12.95, 3Bet Preflop: 6.45, Hands: 145)
Hero (MP): $5.00
CO: $6.88 (VPIP: 16.00, PFR: 8.00, 3Bet Preflop: 9.09, Hands: 26)

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has 4 4

UTG raises to $0.12, Hero calls $0.12, fold, fold, fold, fold

Flop: ($0.31, 2 players) 4 3 J
UTG checks, Hero bets $0.20, UTG calls $0.20

Turn: ($0.71, 2 players) 3
UTG checks, Hero bets $0.50, UTG calls $0.50

River: ($1.71, 2 players) 8
UTG checks, Hero bets $4.18 and is all-in, UTG calls $4.18

Hero shows 4 4 (Full House, Fours full of Threes)
(Pre 51%, Flop 74%, Turn 100%)
UTG shows Q A (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 49%, Flop 26%, Turn 0%)
Hero wins $9.65

But unfortunately there were a few bad hands like these ones:

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $14.65 (VPIP: 15.91, PFR: 9.30, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 46)
SB: $6.68 (VPIP: 9.09, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 11)
Hero (BB): $6.74
UTG: $18.35 (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 8.33, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 12)
MP: $5.70 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 3)
CO: $3.51

SB posts SB $0.02, Hero posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has 4 4

UTG raises to $0.15, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls $0.10

Flop: ($0.32, 2 players) 2 4 J
Hero checks, UTG bets $0.23, Hero raises to $0.73, UTG raises to $18.20 and is all-in, Hero calls $5.86 and is all-in

Turn: ($13.50, 2 players) 3

River: ($13.50, 2 players) 6

Hero shows 4 4 (Three of a Kind, Fours)
(Pre 52%, Flop 74%, Turn 77%)
UTG shows K A (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 48%, Flop 26%, Turn 23%)
UTG wins $12.94

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $5.68 (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 3)
SB: $6.19 (VPIP: 16.07, PFR: 14.29, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 56)
Hero (BB): $10.01
UTG: $6.10 (VPIP: 16.18, PFR: 13.97, 3Bet Preflop: 2.00, Hands: 140)
MP: $6.06 (VPIP: 42.11, PFR: 26.32, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 19)
CO: $4.98 (VPIP: 16.67, PFR: 11.11, 3Bet Preflop: 22.22, Hands: 18)

SB posts SB $0.02, Hero posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has A A

fold, fold, fold, fold, SB raises to $0.15, Hero raises to $0.50, SB raises to $1.30, Hero raises to $2.90, SB raises to $6.19 and is all-in, Hero calls $3.29

Flop: ($12.38, 2 players) 3 2 3

Turn: ($12.38, 2 players) T

River: ($12.38, 2 players) Q

SB shows Q Q (Full House, Queens full of Threes)
(Pre 19%, Flop 8%, Turn 5%)
Hero shows A A (Two Pair, Aces and Threes)
(Pre 81%, Flop 92%, Turn 95%)
SB wins $11.87

Bloody river again!! If there wasn't a river in poker i'd be swimming in gold right now lol



At least this one was on the turn for a change! Hurts a bit less doesn't it?

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $5.24 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 7)
Hero (SB): $7.11
BB: $5.00 (VPIP: 22.11, PFR: 18.95, 3Bet Preflop: 6.45, Hands: 98)
UTG: $5.00 (VPIP: 10.90, PFR: 7.05, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 159)
MP: $9.17 (VPIP: 26.92, PFR: 23.08, 3Bet Preflop: 10.00, Hands: 27)
CO: $3.62 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 2)

Hero posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has K A

fold, fold, CO raises to $0.15, fold, Hero raises to $0.50, fold, CO calls $0.35

Flop: ($1.05, 2 players) K 8 2
Hero bets $0.35, CO raises to $3.12 and is all-in, Hero calls $2.77

Turn: ($7.29, 2 players) 3

River: ($7.29, 2 players) Q

Hero shows K A (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 64%, Flop 63%, Turn 0%)
CO shows Q 9 (Flush, Queen High)
(Pre 36%, Flop 37%, Turn 100%)
CO wins $6.99

My first 3 barrel bluff at 5NL in a long time got through (phew ) :

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): $5.27
SB: $2.50 (VPIP: 40.00, PFR: 36.00, 3Bet Preflop: 40.00, Hands: 26)
BB: $5.00 (VPIP: 16.05, PFR: 12.35, 3Bet Preflop: 6.06, Hands: 82)
UTG: $5.02 (VPIP: 8.33, PFR: 8.33, 3Bet Preflop: 7.69, Hands: 38)
MP: $5.00 (VPIP: 13.64, PFR: 13.64, 3Bet Preflop: 9.09, Hands: 22)
CO: $5.35 (VPIP: 23.53, PFR: 11.76, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 18)

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has 6 4

UTG raises to $0.12, fold, CO calls $0.12, Hero calls $0.12, fold, fold

Flop: ($0.43, 3 players) J 3 2
UTG checks, CO checks, Hero bets $0.25, fold, CO calls $0.25

Turn: ($0.93, 2 players) 9
CO checks, Hero bets $0.60, CO calls $0.60

River: ($2.13, 2 players) Q
CO checks, Hero bets $1.35, fold

Hero wins $2.04

What's poker without a little bit of bluffing eh?

Anyway, here is a breakdown of all 3 of my 'mini' sessions today:

• Mini Session 1 - -73p (254 hands)
  Mini Session 2 - -£1.93 (251 hands)
  Mini Session 3 - -£4.72 (252 hands)
  Total Loss - -£7.38 (757 hands)

Should be a bit more volume tomorrow hopefully but if not, if it takes me another week to reach 50k hands so be it, i'm still in no rush. 5NL is definitely not as easy as it was back in 2013 but it's still pretty comfortable imo, so will be moving up once I reach 50k hands and still got a steady win rate (7.43bb/100 right now)

On a personal note, will be getting glasses next week which I need to start wearing all the time, my eyesight has deteriorated a bit over the past couple months or so. (Should've always worn glasses but I kept breaking them playing footy as a kid so I stopped )

Also looking forward to the football season starting again!! The world cup was absolutely AMAZING. Bring it on! I'm in the 2+2 Fantasy Football League and Talksport Prediction League and also going to have a shot at that PEEHS thing, I suggest everyone with an interest in football to have a look, it's pretty cheap and looks fun

Got some good volume in today compared to the rest of the week, another one of those days if I ran better I could've made a bigger profit but it's all good, played well for the most part

A few good hands:

#1

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $5.50 (VPIP: 11.76, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 17)
SB: $5.52 (VPIP: 46.15, PFR: 46.15, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 13)
BB: $7.22 (VPIP: 30.00, PFR: 10.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 10)
UTG: $5.49 (VPIP: 26.67, PFR: 20.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 15)
Hero (MP): $5.16
CO: $11.10 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 1)

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has 7 8

fold, Hero raises to $0.15, CO calls $0.15, BTN calls $0.15, fold, fold

Flop: ($0.52, 3 players) 6 5 8
Hero bets $0.25, fold, BTN calls $0.25

Turn: ($1.02, 2 players) 9
Hero bets $0.65, BTN raises to $1.79, Hero raises to $4.76 and is all-in, BTN calls $2.97

River: ($10.54, 2 players) T

Hero shows 7 8 (Straight, Ten High)
(Pre 20%, Flop 46%, Turn 97%)
BTN shows J J (One Pair, Jacks)
(Pre 80%, Flop 54%, Turn 3%)
Hero wins $10.10

#2:

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $6.05 (VPIP: 13.16, PFR: 10.53, 3Bet Preflop: 5.56, Hands: 39)
SB: $1.98 (VPIP: 20.83, PFR: 12.50, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 48)
Hero (BB): $5.00
UTG: $5.07 (VPIP: 18.60, PFR: 15.70, 3Bet Preflop: 6.67, Hands: 180)
MP: $5.26 (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 25.00, 3Bet Preflop: 12.50, Hands: 16)
CO: $4.99

SB posts SB $0.02, Hero posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has A A

fold, fold, CO raises to $0.45, fold, fold, Hero raises to $1.45, CO calls $1.00

Flop: ($2.92, 2 players) T 2 J
Hero bets $1.00, CO raises to $2.00, Hero raises to $3.55 and is all-in, CO calls $1.54 and is all-in

Turn: ($10.00, 2 players) 7

River: ($10.00, 2 players) Q

Hero shows A A (One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 91%, Flop 91%, Turn 95%)
CO shows T A (One Pair, Tens)
(Pre 9%, Flop 9%, Turn 5%)
Hero wins $9.58

Always nice facing a 9x open with AA

#3:

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): $15.35
SB: $7.69 (VPIP: 24.69, PFR: 14.81, 3Bet Preflop: 5.88, Hands: 83)
BB: $5.39 (VPIP: 26.83, PFR: 19.51, 3Bet Preflop: 5.00, Hands: 41)
UTG: $4.10 (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 25.00, 3Bet Preflop: 25.00, Hands: 16)
MP: $0.54 (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 4)
CO: $7.30 (VPIP: 13.33, PFR: 13.33, 3Bet Preflop: 20.00, Hands: 16)

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has K K

fold, MP calls $0.05, CO raises to $0.20, Hero raises to $0.65, SB calls $0.63, fold, MP calls $0.49 and is all-in, CO calls $0.45

Flop: ($2.54, 4 players) 3 8 4
SB checks, CO checks, Hero bets $0.90, fold, CO calls $0.90

Turn: ($4.34, 3 players) 3
CO checks, Hero bets $2.00, CO calls $2.00

River: ($8.34, 3 players) 7
CO checks, Hero bets $4.00, fold

Hero shows K K (Two Pair, Kings and Threes)
(Pre 93%, Flop 91%, Turn 95%)
MP shows 8 K (Two Pair, Eights and Threes)
(Pre 7%, Flop 9%, Turn 5%)
Hero wins $7.99

Maybe could have bet bigger on the turn with the flush draws out there but hey ho still a nice pot. Didn't think CO would fold an overpair on the river shove so was setting it up.

#4: Not a bad flop at all :

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): $11.78
SB: $3.37 (VPIP: 34.78, PFR: 4.35, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 24)
BB: $11.27 (VPIP: 15.38, PFR: 7.69, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 13)
UTG: $12.87 (VPIP: 12.28, PFR: 7.14, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 59)
MP: $7.24 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 7)
CO: $8.30 (VPIP: 20.56, PFR: 16.82, 3Bet Preflop: 7.63, Hands: 336)

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has 8 4

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.12, SB calls $0.10, fold

Flop: ($0.29, 2 players) 5 7 6
SB checks, Hero bets $0.15, SB calls $0.15

Turn: ($0.59, 2 players) 9
SB checks, Hero bets $0.40, SB calls $0.40

River: ($1.39, 2 players) 2
SB checks, Hero bets $2.75, SB calls $2.70 and is all-in

Hero shows 8 4 (Flush, Nine High)
(Pre 29%, Flop 90%, Turn 100%)
SB shows Q 8 (Straight, Nine High)
(Pre 71%, Flop 10%, Turn 0%)
Hero wins $6.51

These were the good hands for the day, I lost a few 20BB-40BB pots but just the one hand where I got unlucky:

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $2.38
SB: $5.70 (VPIP: 100.00, PFR: 100.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 1)
BB: $4.02
UTG: $9.79 (VPIP: 22.22, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 9)
Hero (MP): $5.91
CO: $4.40 (VPIP: 16.67, PFR: 10.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 60)

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has A A

fold, Hero raises to $0.15, CO raises to $0.52, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $1.28, CO calls $0.76

Flop: ($2.63, 2 players) Q 6 4
Hero bets $0.75, CO raises to $3.12 and is all-in, Hero calls $2.37

Turn: ($8.87, 2 players) 5

River: ($8.87, 2 players) 9

Hero shows A A (One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 87%, Flop 57%, Turn 75%)
CO shows Q A (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 13%, Flop 43%, Turn 25%)
CO wins $8.50

On the river of course lol!

One of these days I will get caught doing an overbet bluff on the river -

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $39.69 (VPIP: 22.02, PFR: 14.68, 3Bet Preflop: 6.33, Hands: 221)
SB: $5.05 (VPIP: 9.38, PFR: 6.25, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 34)
BB: $3.56 (VPIP: 23.72, PFR: 12.90, 3Bet Preflop: 3.51, Hands: 160)
UTG: $5.00 (VPIP: 22.22, PFR: 11.11, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 10)
MP: $4.39
Hero (CO): $6.63

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has 7 8

fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.15, fold, fold, BB calls $0.10

Flop: ($0.32, 2 players) Q Q 8
BB checks, Hero bets $0.16, BB calls $0.16

Turn: ($0.64, 2 players) K
BB checks, Hero checks

River: ($0.64, 2 players) K
BB checks, Hero bets $1.80, fold

Hero wins $0.61

Lol good fun

One hand I wasn't too sure about:

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): $10.19
SB: $7.10 (VPIP: 17.65, PFR: 13.73, 3Bet Preflop: 4.76, Hands: 55)
BB: $5.75 (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 33.33, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 3)
UTG: $5.38 (VPIP: 36.00, PFR: 24.00, 3Bet Preflop: 20.00, Hands: 25)
MP: $4.83 (VPIP: 32.00, PFR: 21.33, 3Bet Preflop: 3.57, Hands: 78)
CO: $7.91 (VPIP: 50.00, PFR: 50.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 2)

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has K 9

fold, MP raises to $0.12, fold, Hero raises to $0.40, SB raises to $1.15, fold, MP calls $1.03, Hero calls $0.75

Flop: ($3.50, 3 players) A 8 2
SB checks, MP checks, Hero bets $1.10, fold, fold

Hero wins $3.35

Fine to take a stab on the flop here once it gets checked around to me IP or should I just give up? Would've folded pre to the cold 4bet but I was getting a decent price after MP called and I was in position.

Anyway that's pretty much it! A summary of all the mini sessions today below:

• Session 1 - +83p (252 hands)
  Session 2 - +2.58 (253 hands)
  Session 3 - -£3.61 (252 hands)
  Session 4 - +£4.23 (250 hands)
  Session 5 - +£1.41 (243 hands)
  Session 6 - +28p (150 hands)
  Total Profit - £5.72 (1,400 hands)

Football is back tomorrow woo! Might not play as much but will try and get 1k hands in, nearing that 50k mark

Since it's been a week since I made this thread, I'll post my graph since I started it



And i'll post my overall stats as well (I have no idea how to copy and paste from PT4 so will just write them manually until I figure it out)

Hands - 44,290
Hands Won - 7,619 (17.20%)
My C Won - £126.15
My C All-In Adj - £135.54
BB/100 - 7.53
All-In Adj BB/100 - 8.08
VPIP - 25.40
PFR - 15.65
3bet PF - 5.07
Fold to PF 3Bet - 76.35
4Bet+ PF - 5.48
Fold to PF 4Bet - 62.24
Call PF 3Bet - 18.88
4Bet+ Ratio - 1.38
PF Squeeze - 3.75
WTSD % - 28.70
WSD - 54.05
WWSF - 44.14
CBet F - 69.83
CBet T - 41.38
CBet R - 44.52
CBet F Suc - 39.93
CBet T Suc - 36.73
CBet R Suc - 43.08
Call F CBet - 42.75
Call T CBet - 55.31
Fold to Flop CBet - 48.25
Fold to T CBet - 37.96
PF Pos. Aware - 3.51
Call R Eff - 2.04
Att to Steal - 33.26
3Bet Steal - 7.91
Fold to Steal - 66.53
Total AF - 1.78
Total AFq - 44.67

I know I could have just done that leaktracker thing but I was bored so typed them all out (can you tell? )

Definitely still got some things to work on, would like to get my VPIP/PFR closer together and my big blind defence a little tighter (improved this greatly since I started this thread) but is there anything else from these stats I should be worried about?

Kings hand I think you can bet more on the flop, it's not a spot where you're incentivised to bluff (3 way pot with someone already all in) so villain shouldn't float much so I'd prefer betting bigger as 99-QQ is going to call pretty much any size and potentially set up a turn shove if you bet $1.60ish. I think 99-QQ would find it more difficult to fold vs two larger bets than three smaller ones (although maybe they should stack off vs either line and villain here did just have garbage).

K9 hand I think you can stab at it at these stakes as players are more likely to cry fold pocket pairs because they're scared of the ace. Also I think the pool at 5nl will generally bet all their Ax here meaning their checking range is pretty much guaranteed to be weakness (KK probably the top of their range and will struggle to call if you fire flop & turn). Also worth noting I'd prefer to have any other suit of K9 as they all have back door flush draws which would allow you to barrel more turns with confidence.

Cheers mate! I keep forgetting to post hands on that discord thing lol.

Plan for tonight is to play 1k hands or so, not starting until a couple hours since there is footy to catch up on first

Finished early tonight, going to watch a film and have a few drinks for the rest of the night and just relax. Today was a really good day, played well and I ran well which is excellent! Might play some spin and go's or PLO/Stud later on (these are my go to games when i've been drinking, they are a lot of fun )

Most of my profit came from the first session which was only 120ish hands because my poor old dog needed a walk before bed just as I was running hot

Some good hands:

#1

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): $5.18
SB: $12.49 (VPIP: 46.15, PFR: 23.08, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 13)
BB: $4.13 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 2)
UTG: $5.68 (VPIP: 24.56, PFR: 22.22, 3Bet Preflop: 7.69, Hands: 173)
MP: $5.08
CO: $2.70 (VPIP: 100.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 1)

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has Q Q

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.12, SB calls $0.10, fold

Flop: ($0.29, 2 players) 4 Q 2
SB bets $0.15, Hero raises to $0.50, SB calls $0.35

Turn: ($1.29, 2 players) 9
SB checks, Hero bets $0.80, SB calls $0.80

River: ($2.89, 2 players) 2
SB checks, Hero bets $3.76 and is all-in, SB calls $3.76

Hero shows Q Q (Full House, Queens full of Twos)
(Pre 81%, Flop 34%, Turn 20%)
SB shows 9 J (Flush, Queen High)
(Pre 19%, Flop 66%, Turn 80%)
Hero wins $9.98

Made a note that V donk bet with a flopped flush afterwards but a brilliant river nonetheless

#2

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $4.72 (VPIP: 21.74, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 23)
SB: $6.99
BB: $6.94
UTG: $6.05
MP: $5.50 (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 25.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 5)
Hero (CO): $8.16

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has J T

fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.15, BTN raises to $0.25, fold, fold, Hero calls $0.10

Flop: ($0.57, 2 players) T J 4
Hero checks, BTN bets $0.28, Hero raises to $0.85, BTN raises to $4.47 and is all-in, Hero calls $3.62

Turn: ($9.51, 2 players) 5

River: ($9.51, 2 players) Q

Hero shows J T (Two Pair, Jacks and Tens)
(Pre 33%, Flop 84%, Turn 93%)
BTN shows A J (One Pair, Jacks)
(Pre 67%, Flop 16%, Turn 7%)
Hero wins $9.12

Words can't describe how much I love JTs

#3

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): $16.44
SB: $6.59 (VPIP: 13.64, PFR: 4.55, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 24)
BB: $3.95 (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 3)
UTG: $11.35
MP: $5.00 (VPIP: 23.16, PFR: 16.84, 3Bet Preflop: 5.26, Hands: 98)
CO: $5.47 (VPIP: 27.78, PFR: 22.22, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 18)

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has 9 A

fold, fold, CO raises to $0.15, Hero raises to $0.50, fold, fold, CO calls $0.35

Flop: ($1.07, 2 players) 5 Q A
CO bets $0.50, Hero calls $0.50

Turn: ($2.07, 2 players) 8
CO bets $1.00, Hero calls $1.00

River: ($4.07, 2 players) 7
CO bets $1.95, Hero calls $1.95

CO shows J T (High Card, Ace)
(Pre 48%, Flop 19%, Turn 16%)
Hero shows 9 A (One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 52%, Flop 81%, Turn 84%)
Hero wins $7.64

I smelled a rat with that flop donk bet but I worked it out in the end and made a goodcall on the river don't try and bluff me i'm a calling station!!

Only one hand I felt I played badly (ironically the only hand of the entire night where I lost more than 25BB)

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): $10.07
SB: $7.11 (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 4)
BB: $8.16 (VPIP: 11.11, PFR: 11.11, 3Bet Preflop: 12.50, Hands: 18)
UTG: $6.84 (VPIP: 20.76, PFR: 16.96, 3Bet Preflop: 7.59, Hands: 412)
MP: $4.95 (VPIP: 26.09, PFR: 13.04, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 24)
CO: $14.49 (VPIP: 29.41, PFR: 17.65, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 17)

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has A K

fold, fold, CO raises to $0.10, Hero raises to $0.35, fold, fold, CO calls $0.25

Flop: ($0.77, 2 players) 5 J T
CO checks, Hero bets $0.26, CO calls $0.26

Turn: ($1.29, 2 players) K
CO checks, Hero checks

River: ($1.29, 2 players) Q
CO bets $1.55, Hero calls $1.55

CO shows 8 T (Flush, King High)
(Pre 40%, Flop 66%, Turn 32%)
Hero mucks A K (Straight, Ace High)
(Pre 60%, Flop 34%, Turn 68%)
CO wins $4.21

Should I be betting the turn here or is a check fine for a bit of pot control? And on the river meh, my gut was telling me he hit the flush but one of those sigh call moments lol.

A breakdown of all my sessions today:

• Session 1 - +£9.47 (127 hands)
  Session 2 - -£1.93 (253 hands)
  Session 3 - +£4.07 (251 hands)
  Session 4 - +£1.26 (251 hands)
  Total Profit - £12.87 (882 hands)

Tomorrow is Sunday, I may decide to play in the Sunday Storm but I doubt it, usually just stick to cash online. It's live I prefer playing tournaments. Sometimes i'm in the mood though, we'll see!

On another note, first coupon of the season i'm waiting on Rangers to win £90 (4 team accumulator, Wigan, Hearts and Peterborough all won) I could cash out for a £30 profit right now but where's the fun in that eh

Would be the 3rd season in a row I get a coupon up in the 1st week, but then I don't win again for the rest of the season

Have a good Saturday night everyone!

Another good day today (poker wise, bloody Rangers let me down for my coupon 90th min equalizer fs )

Started earlier than usual, played well for the most part but some mistakes started to creep in near the end due to tiredness but I was hitting pretty much everything so hey ho i'm done for tonight, always know when to walk away lol.

A lot of good hands happened:

#1 - Nice river for me

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $5.05 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 4)
SB: $5.92 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 1)
BB: $4.98 (VPIP: 19.83, PFR: 9.92, 3Bet Preflop: 3.13, Hands: 122)
UTG: $5.00 (VPIP: 13.79, PFR: 13.79, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 31)
Hero (MP): $5.53
CO: $9.13 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 5)

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has K K

fold, Hero raises to $0.15, fold, fold, SB calls $0.13, fold

Flop: ($0.35, 2 players) A 4 8
SB checks, Hero bets $0.17, SB calls $0.17

Turn: ($0.69, 2 players) 8
SB checks, Hero checks

River: ($0.69, 2 players) K
SB bets $0.25, Hero raises to $1.80, SB raises to $5.60 and is all-in, Hero calls $3.41 and is all-in

SB shows 4 4 (Full House, Fours full of Eights)
(Pre 19%, Flop 92%, Turn 91%)
Hero shows K K (Full House, Kings full of Eights)
(Pre 81%, Flop 8%, Turn 9%)
Hero wins $10.65

#2 -

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $4.49 (VPIP: 26.67, PFR: 13.33, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 15)
Hero (SB): $11.54
BB: $5.14 (VPIP: 24.32, PFR: 16.22, 3Bet Preflop: 3.23, Hands: 151)
UTG: $6.95 (VPIP: 8.11, PFR: 5.41, 3Bet Preflop: 12.50, Hands: 38)
MP: $16.72 (VPIP: 50.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 2)
CO: $5.20 (VPIP: 20.00, PFR: 15.00, 3Bet Preflop: 12.50, Hands: 20)

Hero posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has 4 A

fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.15, BB calls $0.10

Flop: ($0.30, 2 players) T Q 2
Hero bets $0.15, BB raises to $0.45, Hero calls $0.30

Turn: ($1.20, 2 players) J
Hero checks, BB bets $0.60, Hero raises to $1.75, BB calls $1.15

River: ($4.70, 2 players) 7
Hero bets $2.80, BB calls $2.79 and is all-in

Hero shows 4 A (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 66%, Flop 49%, Turn 98%)
BB shows 2 8 (Flush, Queen High)
(Pre 34%, Flop 51%, Turn 2%)
Hero wins $9.85

#3 - Just a cheeky 4bet in the BB and get runner runner flush prob should've checked back the flop or folded to the flop raise or bet the turn when checked to me perhaps but nice river nonetheless. One of these hands near the end where I feel I didn't play well but got a lucky run-out.

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $6.96 (VPIP: 29.46, PFR: 25.00, 3Bet Preflop: 13.33, Hands: 114)
SB: $11.44 (VPIP: 21.92, PFR: 17.81, 3Bet Preflop: 3.33, Hands: 74)
Hero (BB): $20.78
UTG: $6.00 (VPIP: 17.95, PFR: 12.82, 3Bet Preflop: 5.26, Hands: 39)
MP: $7.79 (VPIP: 18.00, PFR: 12.24, 3Bet Preflop: 11.11, Hands: 51)
CO: $10.70 (VPIP: 16.13, PFR: 9.68, 3Bet Preflop: 6.67, Hands: 32)

SB posts SB $0.02, Hero posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has A 5

fold, fold, CO raises to $0.12, fold, SB raises to $0.40, Hero raises to $1.00, fold, SB calls $0.60

Flop: ($2.12, 2 players) 4 4 5
SB checks, Hero bets $0.60, SB raises to $1.50, Hero calls $0.90

Turn: ($5.12, 2 players) K
SB checks, Hero checks

River: ($5.12, 2 players) 2
SB checks, Hero bets $4.90, SB calls $4.90

Hero shows A 5 (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 33%, Flop 25%, Turn 30%)
SB mucks T T (Two Pair, Tens and Fours)
(Pre 67%, Flop 75%, Turn 70%)
Hero wins $14.30

#4 - Another hand I wasn't too happy with the way I played, got check-raised twice but hit the nuts on the river. Bet the turn since I saw the check as a sign of weakness, scared of the 4 card straight out there but just had too much equity to fold. Maybe even shove the turn?

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): $14.29
SB: $5.58 (VPIP: 25.22, PFR: 19.29, 3Bet Preflop: 10.69, Hands: 348)
BB: $6.08 (VPIP: 50.00, PFR: 50.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 2)
UTG: $5.58 (VPIP: 27.59, PFR: 24.14, 3Bet Preflop: 21.43, Hands: 31)
MP: $9.71 (VPIP: 30.77, PFR: 23.08, 3Bet Preflop: 17.39, Hands: 65)
CO: $15.97 (VPIP: 23.04, PFR: 17.80, 3Bet Preflop: 12.82, Hands: 199)

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has J Q

UTG raises to $0.15, fold, fold, Hero calls $0.15, fold, BB calls $0.10

Flop: ($0.47, 3 players) T 7 6
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $0.25, fold, UTG raises to $0.80, Hero calls $0.55

Turn: ($2.07, 2 players) 9
UTG checks, Hero bets $0.70, UTG raises to $2.15, Hero calls $1.45

River: ($6.37, 2 players) K
UTG bets $2.48 and is all-in, Hero calls $2.48

UTG shows 3 A (High Card, Ace)
(Pre 55%, Flop 43%, Turn 52%)
Hero shows J Q (Straight, King High)
(Pre 45%, Flop 57%, Turn 48%)
Hero wins $10.86

#5 - My favourite hand of the night, and it was all pre-flop! Love it when a good read pays off bet sizing/timing tell against this V but still could've been wrong. I've made a few 4bet bluffs before but this is my first 5bet bluff at this stake

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $5.45 (VPIP: 18.18, PFR: 15.15, 3Bet Preflop: 8.33, Hands: 35)
Hero (SB): $19.64
BB: $5.13 (VPIP: 18.95, PFR: 12.63, 3Bet Preflop: 7.50, Hands: 98)
UTG: $7.50 (VPIP: 14.29, PFR: 14.29, 3Bet Preflop: 50.00, Hands: 7)
MP: $4.90
CO: $4.58

Hero posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has 9 A

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to $0.12, Hero raises to $0.42, fold, BTN raises to $1.10, Hero raises to $5.50, fold

Hero wins $2.25

No bad beats or anything of the sort at all today, the most I lost in a single hand was about £2 with AK v JJ aipf against a short stack.

A rundown of all my sessions:

• Session 1 - +£3.44 (250 hands)
  Session 2 - +£8.80 (250 hands)
  Session 3 - +£5.80 (252 hands)
  Session 4 - -43p (256 hands)
  Session 5 - +£2.66 (251 hands)
  Total Profit - £20.27 (1,259 hands)

Most profitable day so far! Definitely been a good weekend for me

Nothing much interesting happened tonight, 2 good hands, 1 hand where I value-owned myself and another couple I marked for review. Didn't feel as if I played as well as the previous few days, but I was happy with my patience and discipline.

#1 - Was worried about quads here but just calling the river felt weak, going to get called by worse a lot of the time if he had quads then fair play.

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $5.80 (VPIP: 20.97, PFR: 12.90, 3Bet Preflop: 7.14, Hands: 125)
SB: $5.07 (VPIP: 15.38, PFR: 7.69, 3Bet Preflop: 16.67, Hands: 13)
BB: $5.08 (VPIP: 21.62, PFR: 14.86, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 74)
UTG: $9.26 (VPIP: 50.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 2)
MP: $4.18 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 2)
Hero (CO): $5.29

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has A A

UTG raises to $0.15, fold, Hero raises to $0.50, fold, fold, fold, UTG calls $0.35

Flop: ($1.07, 2 players) 8 K K
UTG checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($1.07, 2 players) K
UTG bets $0.69, Hero calls $0.69

River: ($2.45, 2 players) A
UTG bets $1.18, Hero raises to $4.10 and is all-in, UTG calls $2.92

Hero shows A A (Full House, Aces full of Kings)
(Pre 81%, Flop 92%, Turn 100%)
UTG shows T T (Full House, Kings full of Tens)
(Pre 19%, Flop 8%, Turn 0%)
Hero wins $10.21

#2 - Nice flop, TPTK with nut flush draw but after getting shoved on knew i'd have to get lucky. Was hoping my ace was live but nope but flush will do nicely lol.

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $5.00 (VPIP: 8.33, PFR: 8.33, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 13)
SB: $5.60 (VPIP: 100.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 1)
BB: $5.00 (VPIP: 41.18, PFR: 29.41, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 17)
Hero (UTG): $5.00
MP: $13.07 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 6)
CO: $7.06 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 3)

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has Q A

Hero raises to $0.15, fold, fold, fold, fold, BB raises to $0.52, Hero calls $0.37

Flop: ($1.06, 2 players) 6 3 Q
BB bets $0.60, Hero raises to $1.75, BB raises to $4.48 and is all-in, Hero calls $2.73 and is all-in

Turn: ($10.02, 2 players) 5

River: ($10.02, 2 players) 5

BB shows A A (Two Pair, Aces and Fives)

Hero shows Q A (Flush, Ace High)

Hero wins $9.60

#3 - Value owned myself here oops

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $7.12 (VPIP: 17.65, PFR: 17.65, 3Bet Preflop: 20.00, Hands: 34)
Hero (SB): $14.41
BB: $12.03 (VPIP: 16.88, PFR: 13.75, 3Bet Preflop: 3.03, Hands: 162)
UTG: $4.56 (VPIP: 80.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 5)
MP: $5.07 (VPIP: 15.22, PFR: 11.11, 3Bet Preflop: 4.35, Hands: 47)
CO: $6.64 (VPIP: 40.00, PFR: 26.67, 3Bet Preflop: 33.33, Hands: 15)

Hero posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has Q A

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to $0.12, Hero raises to $0.42, fold, BTN calls $0.30

Flop: ($0.89, 2 players) J A 7
Hero bets $0.30, BTN calls $0.30

Turn: ($1.49, 2 players) T
Hero checks, BTN checks

River: ($1.49, 2 players) 7
Hero bets $1.00, BTN calls $1.00

Hero shows Q A (Two Pair, Aces and Sevens)
(Pre 69%, Flop 85%, Turn 23%)
BTN shows T A (Two Pair, Aces and Tens)
(Pre 31%, Flop 15%, Turn 77%)
BTN wins $3.35

#4 - Should I just fold pre against this V? BTN came along so was getting a good price but meh. Flopped TP and backdoor flush draw didn't feel I could fold to just one bet, Being OOP sucks should've just let it go pre lol. Easy fold on turn?

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $3.57 (VPIP: 42.86, PFR: 42.86, 3Bet Preflop: 25.00, Hands: 8)
Hero (SB): $6.69
BB: $6.37 (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 16.07, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 59)
UTG: $4.47 (VPIP: 50.00, PFR: 50.00, 3Bet Preflop: 100.00, Hands: 2)
MP: $5.34 (VPIP: 29.27, PFR: 24.39, 3Bet Preflop: 11.76, Hands: 43)
CO: $2.56 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 1)

Hero posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has K Q

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to $0.10, Hero raises to $0.35, BB raises to $1.05, BTN calls $0.95, Hero calls $0.70

Flop: ($3.15, 3 players) Q 3 8
Hero checks, BB bets $1.57, fold, Hero calls $1.57

Turn: ($6.29, 2 players) J
Hero checks, BB bets $3.75 and is all-in, fold

BB wins $6.03

#5 - OOP again, this an OK line to take? Happy to see it checked back on the river.

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $5.53 (VPIP: 50.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 2)
Hero (SB): $5.65
BB: $11.73 (VPIP: 29.41, PFR: 25.49, 3Bet Preflop: 15.00, Hands: 53)
UTG: $4.18 (VPIP: 16.00, PFR: 2.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 52)
MP: $4.44 (VPIP: 100.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 1)
CO: $6.33 (VPIP: 20.62, PFR: 18.56, 3Bet Preflop: 9.68, Hands: 101)

Hero posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has J J

fold, MP raises to $0.20, CO calls $0.20, fold, Hero raises to $0.75, fold, fold, CO calls $0.55

Flop: ($1.75, 2 players) Q 8 2
Hero bets $0.55, CO calls $0.55

Turn: ($2.85, 2 players) 7
Hero checks, CO bets $1.35, Hero calls $1.35

River: ($5.55, 2 players) 3
Hero checks, CO checks

Hero shows J J (One Pair, Jacks)
(Pre 82%, Flop 92%, Turn 98%)
CO mucks 9 9 (One Pair, Nines)
(Pre 18%, Flop 8%, Turn 2%)
Hero wins $5.32

That's pretty much it, was pretty card dead all night and most of the hands I did play everyone folded lol.

Summary of my sessions:

• Session 1 - +£1.30 (250 hands)
  Session 2 - +£2.58 (252 hands)
  Session 3 - -79p (253 hands)
  Session 4 - -£3.45 (252 hands)
  Session 5 - -£1.19 (252 hands)
  Total Loss - £1.55 (1,259 hands)

Should reach 50k hands in 2 days time

Not the best of nights tonight, think my run good from the weekend has ran out lol didn't play my best either if i'm honest especially near the end but oh well i'll continue to work and study during the breaks especially before moving up to 10NL some hands from tonight:

#1 - Went with the flat pre against UTG opener, flopped the nuts decided to take a different line than usual and it worked out so can't complain lol.

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $8.11 (VPIP: 36.67, PFR: 36.67, 3Bet Preflop: 11.11, Hands: 30)
SB: $3.72 (VPIP: 32.35, PFR: 2.94, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 37)
Hero (BB): $8.25
UTG: $5.62 (VPIP: 25.81, PFR: 12.90, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 31)
MP: $5.10 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 6)
CO: $4.76 (VPIP: 50.00, PFR: 50.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 2)

SB posts SB $0.02, Hero posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has A K

UTG raises to $0.15, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls $0.10

Flop: ($0.32, 2 players) J Q T
Hero bets $0.20, UTG raises to $0.60, Hero raises to $1.70, UTG calls $1.10

Turn: ($3.72, 2 players) 9
Hero checks, UTG bets $3.77 and is all-in, Hero calls $3.77

River: ($11.26, 2 players) 4

Hero shows A K (Straight, Ace High)
(Pre 71%, Flop 87%, Turn 77%)
UTG shows K Q (Straight, King High)
(Pre 29%, Flop 13%, Turn 23%)
Hero wins $10.79

#2 - Wasn't too worried about the SB raise on the flop but I wasn't concentrating properly I thought I was OOP so I shoved but knew I would get called by worse as I did.

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $7.98 (VPIP: 75.00, PFR: 50.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 4)
SB: $4.33 (VPIP: 60.00, PFR: 40.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 5)
Hero (BB): $14.52
UTG: $13.66 (VPIP: 21.43, PFR: 17.86, 3Bet Preflop: 10.26, Hands: 116)
MP: $5.26 (VPIP: 14.98, PFR: 11.45, 3Bet Preflop: 2.97, Hands: 231)
CO: $4.93 (VPIP: 14.98, PFR: 13.86, 3Bet Preflop: 6.74, Hands: 275)

SB posts SB $0.02, Hero posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has A Q

fold, MP raises to $0.13, fold, fold, SB calls $0.11, Hero raises to $0.49, fold, SB calls $0.36

Flop: ($1.11, 2 players) A K 6
SB checks, Hero bets $0.36, SB raises to $0.72, Hero raises to $4.45, SB calls $3.12 and is all-in

Turn: ($8.79, 2 players) 9

River: ($8.79, 2 players) 9

SB shows 4 K (Two Pair, Kings and Nines)
(Pre 38%, Flop 18%, Turn 11%)
Hero shows A Q (Two Pair, Aces and Nines)
(Pre 62%, Flop 82%, Turn 89%)
Hero wins $8.43

#3 - Onto the bad hands now - this one I deserved for slowplaying AA v KK should've just got it in pre, serves me right

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): $7.67
SB: $2.89 (VPIP: 14.57, PFR: 9.55, 3Bet Preflop: 1.39, Hands: 203)
BB: $3.46 (VPIP: 7.69, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 14)
UTG: $20.76 (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 19.05, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 22)
MP: $9.68 (VPIP: 50.00, PFR: 50.00, 3Bet Preflop: 50.00, Hands: 4)
CO: $4.97 (VPIP: 23.81, PFR: 19.05, 3Bet Preflop: 12.50, Hands: 22)

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has A A

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.12, SB raises to $0.45, fold, Hero calls $0.33

Flop: ($0.95, 2 players) J 4 3
SB bets $0.64, Hero calls $0.64

Turn: ($2.23, 2 players) 4
SB bets $1.80 and is all-in, Hero calls $1.80

River: ($5.83, 2 players) K

SB shows K K (Full House, Kings full of Fours)
(Pre 19%, Flop 8%, Turn 5%)
Hero shows A A (Two Pair, Aces and Fours)
(Pre 81%, Flop 92%, Turn 95%)
SB wins $5.59

#4 - 2 outered on the river yet again!! good job I can just laugh it off

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $11.46 (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 33.33, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 3)
Hero (SB): $15.49
BB: $5.29 (VPIP: 18.37, PFR: 12.24, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 50)
UTG: $6.51 (VPIP: 34.38, PFR: 25.00, 3Bet Preflop: 16.67, Hands: 33)
MP: $6.80 (VPIP: 24.68, PFR: 22.08, 3Bet Preflop: 13.04, Hands: 79)
CO: $2.28 (VPIP: 20.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 5)

Hero posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has A K

fold, fold, CO raises to $0.15, fold, Hero raises to $0.50, fold, CO calls $0.35

Flop: ($1.05, 2 players) 5 K K
Hero bets $0.30, CO raises to $1.78 and is all-in, Hero calls $1.48

Turn: ($4.61, 2 players) Q

River: ($4.61, 2 players) T

Hero shows A K (Three of a Kind, Kings)
(Pre 43%, Flop 89%, Turn 95%)
CO shows T T (Full House, Tens full of Kings)
(Pre 57%, Flop 11%, Turn 5%)
CO wins $4.42

#5 - Another annoying river. Was worried about a set here but knew V would do this with worse and bluffs as well.

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $10.78 (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 12.50, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 9)
SB: $5.23 (VPIP: 29.73, PFR: 13.51, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 38)
BB: $5.00 (VPIP: 17.36, PFR: 14.58, 3Bet Preflop: 8.33, Hands: 147)
UTG: $4.50 (VPIP: 23.81, PFR: 19.05, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 22)
MP: $5.19 (VPIP: 24.62, PFR: 16.92, 3Bet Preflop: 8.77, Hands: 132)
Hero (CO): $5.00

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has Q Q

UTG raises to $0.15, fold, Hero raises to $0.50, fold, fold, fold, UTG calls $0.35

Flop: ($1.07, 2 players) T 2 5
UTG checks, Hero bets $0.40, UTG raises to $1.13, Hero calls $0.73

Turn: ($3.33, 2 players) 8
UTG bets $2.87 and is all-in, Hero calls $2.87

River: ($9.07, 2 players) A

UTG shows 3 4 (Straight, Five High)
(Pre 20%, Flop 36%, Turn 18%)
Hero shows Q Q (One Pair, Queens)
(Pre 80%, Flop 64%, Turn 82%)
UTG wins $8.69

#6 - Overbet on the turn threw me off a little, probably should've folded though. Thoughts?

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): $5.82
SB: $5.02 (VPIP: 40.00, PFR: 20.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 5)
BB: $4.00 (VPIP: 45.45, PFR: 45.45, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 11)
UTG: $6.19 (VPIP: 27.56, PFR: 19.11, 3Bet Preflop: 5.49, Hands: 233)
MP: $5.34 (VPIP: 9.52, PFR: 9.52, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 23)
CO: $4.39 (VPIP: 40.00, PFR: 20.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 5)

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has T A

UTG raises to $0.15, fold, CO calls $0.15, Hero calls $0.15, fold, fold

Flop: ($0.52, 3 players) 3 T Q
UTG bets $0.32, fold, Hero calls $0.32

Turn: ($1.16, 2 players) 2
UTG bets $1.45, Hero calls $1.45

River: ($4.06, 2 players) 8
UTG bets $3.95, fold

UTG wins $3.89

As you could probably tell by some of these hands, definitely didn't play my best. No excuses really, just an off day though. Suppose it's alright just losing 2BIs having an off day, not a lot by any means. I'm at 49k hands now, will reach 50k tomorrow and then will probably take a day off to study/read some stuff for starting 10NL it's been aaaaages since I last played 10NL so will probably be asking for advice etc on the forums as everyone seems to be helpful

I was thinking of staying at 5NL for a while longer since I seem to be doing really well there and I won't have to basically start again with having no stats/info on any opponents etc but as Bl1zz said my thread is called 'Moving Up Stakes Challenge' soooo there is no excuse is there i'm in no rush to move up but 5NL isn't really much of a challenge if i'm honest. I know people say 100K hands at a level to know how you're really doing but at these stakes is that really necessary? I feel 50k should suffice.

Anyway, here is a rundown of all my sessions tonight:

• Session 1 - -£2.39 (252 hands)
  Session 2 - +£5.62 (251 hands)
  Session 3 - -£1.55 (253 hands)
  Session 4 - +£1.36 (300 hands)
  Session 5 - -£8.09 (254 hands)
  Total Loss - £5.05 (1,310 hands)

Hope people out there are still interested! Feel free to leave any comments/criticism or advice about any hands I played, it's always appreciated be as tough as you like I can take it don't worry!

Oh and if you fancy a good laugh have a look at the 2 threads, one in NVG and one in BBV from my old account 5 years ago (RG01). Embarrassing for me yes but have to laugh at your own idiocy sometimes eh