Thanks but this was just running good and even some people almost donating money to me, sample was also pretty small

It is known.

Started the day very good, then managed to lose 4 bi in like 50 hands



PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 90.4 BB
SB: 196 BB
Hero (BB): 100 BB
UTG: 167 BB
MP: 60.8 BB
CO: 102.1 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Q Q

UTG raises to 2.5 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 11 BB, UTG calls 8.5 BB

Flop: (22.5 BB, 2 players) 8 7 4
Hero bets 7.1 BB, UTG raises to 15 BB, Hero calls 7.9 BB

Turn: (52.5 BB, 2 players) 3
Hero checks, UTG bets 75.2 BB, Hero?


PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 329.2 BB
SB: 106.8 BB
Hero (BB): 100 BB
UTG: 143.9 BB
MP: 112.2 BB
CO: 85.1 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Q A

UTG raises to 3 BB, MP calls 3 BB, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 14 BB, UTG calls 11 BB, MP calls 11 BB

Flop: (42.5 BB, 3 players) 2 Q 5
Hero bets 13.4 BB, UTG raises to 54.3 BB, fold, Hero?


Guy who jams turn here is a reg

PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 136.2 BB
SB: 99 BB
BB: 125.9 BB
UTG: 100.3 BB
Hero (MP): 100 BB
CO: 108.7 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A 8

fold, Hero raises to 2 BB, fold, fold, SB calls 1.5 BB, BB calls 1 BB

Flop: (6 BB, 3 players) 7 8 A
SB bets 1 BB, BB calls 1 BB, Hero raises to 7 BB, SB calls 6 BB, BB calls 6 BB

Turn: (27 BB, 3 players) 4
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets 20.9 BB, SB calls 20.9 BB, BB raises to 116.9 BB and is all-in, Hero?


Played too fast against a fish?

PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 135.3 BB
SB: 261.3 BB
BB: 100 BB
UTG: 115.6 BB
MP: 110.7 BB
CO: 98 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Q 5

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.5 BB, fold, BB calls 1.5 BB

Flop: (5.5 BB, 2 players) 9 2 J
BB checks, Hero bets 3.6 BB, BB raises to 10.1 BB, Hero raises to 20 BB, BB raises to 37 BB, Hero raises to 132.8 BB and is all-in, BB calls 60.5 BB and is all-in

Turn: (200.5 BB, 2 players) 6

River: (200.5 BB, 2 players) 3

BB shows 3 K (Flush, King High)
(Pre 61%, Flop 99.9%, Turn 100%)
Hero shows Q 5 (Flush, Queen High)
(Pre 39%, Flop 0.1%, Turn 0%)
BB wins 191.5 BB


Some funny hands below

PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 101.5 BB
SB: 107.1 BB
Hero (BB): 100 BB
UTG: 199.7 BB
MP: 109.2 BB
CO: 114.4 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A A

fold, MP raises to 3 BB, fold, BTN calls 3 BB, SB calls 2.5 BB, Hero raises to 16 BB, MP calls 13 BB, fold, SB calls 13 BB

Flop: (51 BB, 3 players) 4 3 8
SB checks, Hero bets 16.1 BB, MP calls 16.1 BB, SB calls 16.1 BB

Turn: (99.3 BB, 3 players) 5
SB checks, Hero bets 67.9 BB and is all-in, fold, SB calls 67.9 BB

River: (235.1 BB, 2 players) 7

SB shows 5 3 (Two Pair, Fives and Threes)
(Pre 20%, Flop 21%, Turn 73%)
Hero shows A A (One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 80%, Flop 79%, Turn 27%)
SB wins 224.5 BB


PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 141.9 BB
SB: 100 BB
Hero (BB): 116.7 BB
UTG: 106 BB
MP: 186 BB
CO: 101.5 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has K A

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 3.5 BB, fold, Hero raises to 14 BB, BTN raises to 40 BB, Hero raises to 116.7 BB and is all-in, BTN calls 76.7 BB

Flop: (233.9 BB, 2 players) J 3 3

Turn: (233.9 BB, 2 players) 6

River: (233.9 BB, 2 players) 9

Hero shows K A (One Pair, Threes)
(Pre 59%, Flop 74%, Turn 68%)
BTN shows 4 5 (One Pair, Threes)
(Pre 41%, Flop 26%, Turn 32%)
Hero wins 223.4 BB


PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 124.1 BB
Hero (SB): 116 BB
BB: 116.9 BB
UTG: 272.1 BB
MP: 91.4 BB
CO: 100.5 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A K

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 2.5 BB, Hero raises to 10 BB, fold, BTN calls 7.5 BB

Flop: (21 BB, 2 players) 7 2 2
Hero bets 6.6 BB, BTN calls 6.6 BB

Turn: (34.2 BB, 2 players) J
Hero checks, BTN checks

River: (34.2 BB, 2 players) 6
Hero bets 50 BB, BTN raises to 107.5 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 49.4 BB and is all-in

BTN shows 8 7 (Two Pair, Sevens and Twos)
(Pre 36%, Flop 51%, Turn 9%)
Hero shows A K (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 64%, Flop 49%, Turn 91%)
Hero wins 222.5 BB

H1 Pretty gross but I think you just call it off, villain shouldn’t have much 5x here
H2 stack off here for sure I reckon
H3 we can fold here multi-way with this action on this turn card vs SB and BB surely
H4 I’m not sure about the minclick maybe it’s fine vs fish, doesn’t seem like he’s folding after a certain point so rest seems ok?

Ty mate I pretty much did the same except call the A8, was while playing another big hand and was maybe on a bit of winners tilt, totally missed that 65s got there.

Also he could have a set ofc, doubt most decent regs will shove worse 2p here. H1 and h2 they had sets ofc, it's hard to fold these spots in 3b pots but next times I'll probably do it atleast more often.

People at these stakes always have it. a
After x/r flop jam turn, x/r turn, potsized bets on rivers or most overbets in general, they literally always have it.

But this donkey keeps paying them off, but a little less frequent every passing day. I started to not pay them off anymore in single raised pots, now I'll try to not pay them off anymore in 3bet pots but it's not that easy there ofcourse

GLGL, subbed.

Ty mate!

First time I tilted 2 stacks off, note to self: STOP DONATING MONEY TO ******S THEY ALWAYS HAVE IT

this is why i have mad respect for what you're doing, the pain is real to adapt to micro nl

just mindless abc poker and i hate every minute of it but deeply respect you starting there cause that's a ton of discipline and certaintly going to help you workshop some other things that will be relevant at higher stakes much cheaper

In all the micro pools on stars (2-25NL) most regs simply don't bluff. They play ABC poker to the max. And yes they are maybe winning slightly but they stay forever in the micros because the of the way they play. when you face very transparent opponents think about how easy you can exploit them by not calling river bets on certain runouts etc. Also I would highly recommand (as I mentioned to you on discord as well) just pressure certain textures on certain regs (the ones that play ABC poker to the max) and take a **** load of pots down pre showdown.

Everyone has his own style ofcourse so it's all up to you. GL, I enjoy reading your journey.

Hehe not sure if it's that great because I might end up too tight against big bets/check raises/overbet jams/river bets when I move up

I think the 2 punts were against randoms/fish but not sure because I immediately quit after the second punt.
Regs sometimes bluff and I've seen a lot of bad regs make terrible bluffs also with some showdown hands etc


Also I now had a couple times where I get the "client needs restart" message now, couple times while playing mtts so that only lost me a tiny bit of equity maybe but yesterday I had it during a cash hand and when I came back all tables were gone. Mailed support but no answer yet, found online I had to change an opengl setting in the user file but now tables play like 2fps which is really annoying.

Anyone got a fix for this? Joost please tell me how to play with the old stars engine

Fixed the problem by going back to the legacy tables without all the Aurora bs, game has been running super smoothly, had an issue where I couldn't see my time left to act but fixed that now by changing themes.

Currently I'm trying to implement new things into my game, doing more check raises on flops, sometimes as the preflop raiser also against regs and also use bigger cbet sizings on different board textures on flops.

Had a decent day but ran into a lot of top of the range stuff postflop again, happy I didn't really pay guys holding the nuts off with marginal hands, this donkey is learning slowly.

Well done my man,keep them coming! I need to practice not paying with marginal hands into the nuts lol,any tips on that?I think is probably a lot of self discipline involved in that and i'm quite an impulsive person so it's kinda of hard for me to be fair lol ))

Fold to big turn bet after they check raise the flop, fold to big river bets or overbets but at 2nl you can call a little more ofcourse

That makes sense,thanks man!

Just lost about 3 bi in a small session mostly in the red line department, wanted to post some of the hands to see if you would've played them differently, just feel like I run into top of the range a lot. Please only respond if you play the micros because at higher stakes I wouldn't be so nitty against some of these plays


This hand was against a fish/unknown

PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 101.5 BB
SB: 106.6 BB
Hero (BB): 100 BB
UTG: 135.1 BB
MP: 106.8 BB
CO: 100.5 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has J J

fold, fold, CO raises to 3 BB, fold, SB calls 2.5 BB, Hero raises to 14 BB, CO raises to 28 BB, fold, Hero calls 14 BB

Flop: (59 BB, 2 players) 6 8 5
Hero checks, CO bets 18.6 BB, Hero calls 18.6 BB

Turn: (96.2 BB, 2 players) 4
Hero checks, CO bets 30.3 BB, fold

CO wins 91.9 BB


This hand I played more passive than usual but felt like it would be the best against this opponent, he was playing like 35/15

PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 100.1 BB
Hero (SB): 105.5 BB
BB: 126.1 BB
UTG: 120.3 BB
MP: 105.7 BB
CO: 178.6 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A 7

fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, BB calls 2 BB

Flop: (6 BB, 2 players) 2 A 3
Hero checks, BB bets 4 BB, Hero calls 4 BB

Turn: (14 BB, 2 players) J
Hero checks, BB bets 13.4 BB, Hero calls 13.4 BB

River: (40.8 BB, 2 players) 2
Hero checks, BB bets 27.3 BB, fold

BB wins 39 BB


PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 100 BB
SB: 54.9 BB
BB: 194.5 BB
UTG: 108.2 BB
MP: 215.8 BB
CO: 142.5 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Q A

fold, fold, CO raises to 2.8 BB, Hero raises to 8.4 BB, fold, fold, CO calls 5.6 BB

Flop: (18.3 BB, 2 players) T 8 Q
CO checks, Hero bets 11.7 BB, CO calls 11.7 BB

Turn: (41.7 BB, 2 players) 2
CO checks, Hero checks

River: (41.7 BB, 2 players) 7
CO bets 122.4 BB and is all-in, fold

CO wins 39.8 BB


PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 116.5 BB
SB: 70.2 BB
BB: 143.3 BB
UTG: 27 BB
MP: 121.6 BB
CO: 110.2 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has K J

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.5 BB, SB calls 2 BB, fold

Flop: (6 BB, 2 players) 3 9 T
SB bets 5.7 BB, Hero calls 5.7 BB

Turn: (17.4 BB, 2 players) 5
SB bets 10 BB, Hero calls 10 BB

River: (37.4 BB, 2 players) 6
SB bets 20 BB, fold

SB wins 35.7 BB


This one was tough, against a fish/unknown but from my past experience calling those guys down this guy probably had trips I felt

PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 106.1 BB
Hero (SB): 102.8 BB
BB: 94 BB
UTG: 100 BB
MP: 372.1 BB
CO: 109 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has J J

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 2.5 BB, Hero raises to 10 BB, BB calls 9 BB, fold

Flop: (22.5 BB, 2 players) 7 2 7
Hero bets 7.1 BB, BB raises to 84 BB and is all-in, fold

BB wins 35 BB


Can probably fold flop here against a random but felt pretty nitty with this hand with the backdoor draws

PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 100 BB
SB: 81.9 BB
BB: 34 BB
UTG: 100 BB
MP: 62.4 BB
Hero (CO): 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has T A

fold, MP calls 1 BB, Hero raises to 4 BB, fold, fold, fold, MP calls 3 BB

Flop: (9.5 BB, 2 players) T K 6
MP checks, Hero bets 3 BB, MP raises to 11.3 BB, Hero calls 8.3 BB

Turn: (32.1 BB, 2 players) 9
MP bets 23.9 BB, fold

MP wins 30.7 BB


This one again is ofcourse very very nitty but again he x/r in a 3way pot and I expect a potsized bet 90% of the time ott, against a fish/random btw

PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 133.3 BB
SB: 100 BB
BB: 140 BB
UTG: 176.7 BB
MP: 102.7 BB
CO: 103.8 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A K

fold, fold, CO raises to 3 BB, Hero raises to 9 BB, fold, fold, CO calls 6 BB

Flop: (19.5 BB, 2 players) J K 2
CO checks, Hero bets 6.1 BB, CO raises to 21.5 BB, fold

CO wins 30.3 BB

You need to get used to the variance. I am still in the downswing currently at -20BI in the last 10000 hands. I would say mentally you should prepare for 40BI downswing, probably not 80BI.

Yeah I know it can happen for sure since I lost 25 bi straight after moving up to 5 and 10nl

There shouldn't be too much difference between 5 and 10nl except the rake, probably just the variance. Keep going!

As mentioned above day was really tough, imo I played really well, won a couple decent hands but then after that again really really unlucky in just about every situation.
Will probably record a 30 min video tomorrow so if anyone wants to watch that to help me spot some leaks that would be awesome





Yeah I know, I only played 5nl for 10k hands and only lost there from the start, then the losing continued at 10nl so far. I think I can definately beat the stake but it's hard to say when you're graph is only going down from the start
I know variance is a huge ***** but I'm ready for that 100 bi upswing that's definately coming soon tm /s

JJ 5bet all-in maybe. Postflop I go broke but I pretty much lose every time.
A7 I call river because I'm a fish. We are not blocking heart fd.
AQ I fold river too
KJ. Dunno how to play these hands either. I usually just fold turn, sometimes even flop. Some people donk all their good hands.
JJ looks like a fold
ATs I play the same way
AK I call and go broke on turn and lose to a set. Folding is just too exploitable and I can't force myself to fold.

JJ I don't like jamming pre against a fish, maybe folding to the 4b oop is better then not sure
KJ folding flop is too tight I guess with the nut gutshot and 2 overs in position altough not outs are totally clean ofcourse
AK I def learned not to go broke ott but guess should just call the flop atleast

Alright I uploaded a 32 minute video, ofcourse when making a video I didn't get put into lots of difficult spots only the AQs one, my thinking was that I shouldn't have that many lower pps in that spot and that I would get called a bit too often maybe, but I should have more lower pps in my range than he does so I guess it's alright.

Tags:
green = fish
purple = reg
light blue = bad reg (because of gap between vpip and pfr or if I saw them making a bad play so when that happens I also have a note on them)
purple = crazy/spewy players

Open to any suggestions! Also let me know if I'm able to beat 10nl, ofcourse this is hard to judge by a very small sample of hands

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hxT9I4mDyo

GL Thommehh!!

Winning day in the books, analysed some of the hands in the video quite deeply with KidCudi and Nana. After that I had a quite swingy session and ran pretty bad in most 3b+ spots, will post some of the hands below




Standard jam here or not?

PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 145.1 BB
SB: 230.5 BB
BB: 215.8 BB
UTG: 162.5 BB
Hero (MP): 101.7 BB
CO: 100.5 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has J A

fold, Hero raises to 2.5 BB, fold, fold, fold, BB raises to 12 BB, Hero calls 9.5 BB

Flop: (24.5 BB, 2 players) 8 8 9
BB bets 8.5 BB, Hero calls 8.5 BB

Turn: (41.5 BB, 2 players) T
BB bets 29 BB, Hero?


PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 100 BB
SB: 110.1 BB
Hero (BB): 118.1 BB
UTG: 121.9 BB
MP: 98.5 BB
CO: 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has T T

fold, MP raises to 3 BB, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 12 BB, MP calls 9 BB

Flop: (24.5 BB, 2 players) Q Q 4
Hero bets 7.7 BB, MP calls 7.7 BB

Turn: (39.9 BB, 2 players) K
Hero bets 21 BB, MP calls 21 BB

River: (81.9 BB, 2 players) 2
Hero checks, MP bets 40 BB, Hero?


PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 67.8 BB
SB: 659.4 BB
BB: 121.3 BB
UTG: 104.3 BB
Hero (MP): 106.2 BB
CO: 180.1 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 8 8

fold, Hero raises to 2.5 BB, CO raises to 8.5 BB, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls 6 BB

Flop: (18.5 BB, 2 players) 4 9 4
Hero checks, CO bets 7.5 BB, Hero calls 7.5 BB

Turn: (33.5 BB, 2 players) 6
Hero checks, CO bets 22.5 BB, Hero calls 22.5 BB

River: (78.5 BB, 2 players) 6
Hero checks, CO bets 141.6 BB and is all-in, Hero?


PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 88.9 BB
SB: 286 BB
BB: 110.4 BB
UTG: 99.4 BB
Hero (MP): 100 BB
CO: 127.6 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has T T

UTG raises to 3 BB, Hero raises to 9 BB, fold, BTN calls 9 BB, SB calls 8.5 BB, BB calls 8 BB, UTG calls 6 BB

Flop: (45 BB, 5 players) 2 9 3
SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets 14.2 BB, BTN raises to 79.9 BB and is all-in, fold, fold, fold, Hero?


PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 102.6 BB
SB: 136 BB
BB: 41 BB
UTG: 66.7 BB
MP: 203.5 BB
CO: 239.3 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has T T

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.5 BB, SB raises to 10 BB, fold, Hero calls 7.5 BB

Flop: (21 BB, 2 players) 6 8 9
SB bets 6 BB, Hero calls 6 BB

Turn: (33 BB, 2 players) A
SB bets 23 BB, Hero?


Tyty!