Damn it, I'm being handed the pill...

Not even worried about the runbad coming soon, apparently I'll deserve it
Last night's games were seemingly insane. Today's not so much. Haven't played as much today as I would have liked either, ended up going bouldering for much longer than expected.


Example of the insanity:

$5 PL Hi FAST (6 max) - Omaha Hi - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): $1,004.50
SB: $500.00
BB: $1,665.03
UTG: $2,180.75
MP: $1,463.52
CO: $460.52

SB posts SB $2.50, BB posts BB $5.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $7.50) Hero has K J K 4

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $17.50, SB raises to $57.50, fold, Hero calls $40.00

Flop: ($120.00, 2 players) 2 3 7
SB bets $87.75, Hero calls $87.75

Turn: ($295.50, 2 players) T
SB bets $292.50, Hero raises to $585.00, SB calls $62.25 and is all-in

River: ($1,005.00, 2 players) 5

SB shows T A K 8 (One Pair, Tens)
(Pre 38%, Flop 19%, Turn 20%)
Hero shows K J K 4 (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 62%, Flop 81%, Turn 80%)
Hero wins $1,002.00

Not my standard all the time, but heh... When someone's going nuts, sometimes you gotta go nuts too.

tl;dr of the month
- Played 5/10 this month. Got pummeled but think I played fine in those 188 hands.
- Played almost as much volume of 500z as 200z this month (26.4k vs 33.8k), got in some sick zoom pool times too.
- Got so many chests and made 'bout treefiddy on them
- Swingy end to what could have been a super great month, but I guess it happens when you add higher stakes



$5 PL Hi FAST (6 max) - Omaha Hi - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $390.36
SB: $1,549.83
BB: $609.00
UTG: $854.28
MP: $715.09
Hero (CO): $580.07

SB posts SB $2.50, BB posts BB $5.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $7.50) Hero has 6 9 9 6

fold, MP raises to $17.50, Hero calls $17.50, fold, SB calls $15.00, BB raises to $87.50, MP calls $70.00, Hero calls $70.00, SB calls $70.00

Flop: ($350.00, 4 players) T 2 7
SB checks, BB checks, MP checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($350.00, 4 players) 9
SB checks, BB bets $110.00, fold, Hero calls $110.00, fold

River: ($570.00, 2 players) 5
BB bets $411.50 and is all-in, Hero calls $382.57 and is all-in

BB shows A 2 2 A (Three of a Kind, Twos)
(Pre 60%, Flop 67%, Turn 8%)
Hero shows 6 9 9 6 (Three of a Kind, Nines)
(Pre 40%, Flop 33%, Turn 93%)
Hero wins $1,332.14


GL in August!

Master

Gg. Loved the NLHE thread, glad to see you tackle a new challenge and succeed

I hate to bring it up but, rake paid?

Thanks
Rake was $17.2k

Hi z0mg

I'm playing Micro PLO atm (10zoom) and had a good start at the beginning of my grind (32 stacks up) in 17k hands roughly. However in the last 5k hands I dropped 14 stacks and I just couldn't do anything about it. I managed to keep my redline in the positive over this 5k sample, but I just lost most showdowns. W$SD% of 40. What would you say is an indicator, that I'm still playing my A-game in this situation? Is there a specific stat, that I could look into? W$WSF is 43 over that sample. Over complete sample of 21k hands it is 46.

I know, sometimes there's nothíng much you can do than just take the beating and stay positive. Just wondered, if you have any advice.

super impressive results - i could not deal with that variance

Cheers man Yeah, the swongs are cray sometimes haha


I don't think redline is super relevant, as long as your green line is healthy

If only there was a stat to tell you that you were tilting, eh? I don't think WWSF/W$SD are relevant to whether or not you're playing well. If you're running bad then of course those numbers will be lower.

Best thing to do is to go over your own hand histories and see if you would make the same decision post-analysis as you would in-game.

Definitely have to try to stay positive.

The main thing that kept me sane is knowing that the run good will come back. Riding out the bad waves less painfully is all dependent on how well you can control your tilt. You might be doomswitched to lose -10bb/100 over the next 20k hands, but if you tilt it might end up being 3x-4x that amount.

GL!

Thanks man. Helps me so much to put things into perspective when I see, that an expirienced and established mid-stakes grinder goes through the same ****, that I go through

GL to you too!

Hi Zomg, really cool seeing you again, been a while since i was at 2+2. And last time you were crushing it at NL.

Would you say PLO is much more fun than NL?

Best of luck <3

that was the rake you paid for the month over 92k hands?

Thanks
Most definitely is more fun haha. Get to play way more hands

Indeed, I did not win more than Pokerstars last month, sadly.

Lurking a 10/20 game cause I'm too chicken to sit
Maybe by the end of the year, eh?

Are u really playing more hands? You must be a giant nit in NL

Yes


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IT ACTUALLY EXISTS.

**** you

Very nice, I look forward to my 190 stars coins very soon.

run better!

**** off. No ****ing way. Absolute ****ing bs

poker is rigged

Lol

Don't worry guys, I instantly dropped it all back & more. Literally as soon as I posted it, I got stacked at 5/10 haha, totally karma at work

Perfect

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I didn't feel like I could win a pot last night despite the tables being pretty good
I believe the 5k drop was all in 2 sessions yesterday
Still feeling good although I'd have loved to have started off the month with a bang, some of us need to make 40k months too

It's not pretty but at least it's green again
Proud to say most of the volume & profit has been at 500z! 13.5k hands so far and will continue to put in more hours there this month. Hopefully this is the breakthrough I needed?

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How to play a balanced range: Check the NFD twice IP


$5 PL Hi FAST (6 max) - Omaha Hi - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $171.85
SB: $1,104.97
BB: $567.20
UTG: $566.50
Hero (MP): $518.12
CO: $606.15

SB posts SB $2.50, BB posts BB $5.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $7.50) Hero has 3 A Q K

fold, Hero raises to $17.50, CO calls $17.50, fold, fold, BB calls $12.50

Flop: ($55.00, 3 players) 8 9 4
BB checks, Hero checks, CO checks

Turn: ($55.00, 3 players) J
BB checks, Hero checks, CO checks

River: ($55.00, 3 players) T
BB bets $47.03, Hero raises to $193.34, fold, BB calls $146.31

Hero shows 3 A Q K (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 52%, Flop 55%, Turn 38%)
BB mucks K 5 5 J (Flush, King High)
(Pre 48%, Flop 45%, Turn 63%)
Hero wins $438.68



Hero gone right

$6 PL Hi (6 max) - Omaha Hi - 4 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $654.43
Hero (SB): $617.40
BB: $300.00
CO: $516.72

Hero posts SB $3.00, BB posts BB $6.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $9.00) Hero has 3 3 A A

fold, BTN raises to $21.00, Hero raises to $69.00, fold, BTN calls $48.00

Flop: ($144.00, 2 players) 2 K 8
Hero bets $85.20, BTN calls $85.20

Turn: ($314.40, 2 players) 2
Hero bets $187.44, BTN calls $187.44

River: ($689.28, 2 players) 6
Hero checks, BTN bets $312.79 and is all-in, Hero calls $275.76 and is all-in

Hero shows 3 3 A A (Two Pair, Aces and Twos)
(Pre 56%, Flop 58%, Turn 78%)
BTN shows Q 8 T 7 (Two Pair, Eights and Twos)
(Pre 44%, Flop 42%, Turn 23%)
BTN wins $37.03
Hero wins $1,238.80



Hero gone wrong


PokerStars - $5 PL Hi FAST (6 max) - Omaha Hi - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $544.50
Hero (SB): $572.75
BB: $274.74
UTG: $500.00
MP: $583.31
CO: $491.25

Hero posts SB $2.50, BB posts BB $5.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $7.50) Hero has 6 9 9 6

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to $15.00, Hero raises to $50.00, fold, BTN calls $35.00

Flop: ($105.00, 2 players) 6 J 7
Hero bets $32.64, BTN calls $32.64

Turn: ($170.28, 2 players) 2
Hero checks, BTN bets $125.46, Hero calls $125.46

River: ($421.20, 2 players) 8
Hero checks, BTN bets $336.40 and is all-in, Hero calls $336.40

BTN shows A 4 4 K (Flush, King High)
(Pre 43%, Flop 63%, Turn 75%)
Hero shows 6 9 9 6 (Three of a Kind, Sixes)
(Pre 57%, Flop 37%, Turn 25%)
BTN wins $1,091.00