I'm a recent university graduate playing 25NLz online as well as 1/1 & 1/2 NL live. I'm planning to travel round SE Asia for a few months early next summer and then head onto Australia (likely Melbourne) to do a working holiday for a year. I'd also like to have a reasonable BR for 2/5 live games out in Australia when I arrive so all in all I'll need somewhere in the region of £11,000-£12,000 which I'll call £13,000 just to be safe. If I can somehow make it to £15,000 I'll consider going to NZ as well. The majority of this will come from working (~£9,000-10,000) so I'm hoping to make the rest at the tables, mostly in live games given how lolsoft they are. This'll likely require me to be quite strict with my spending so fingers crossed this thread helps keep me somewhat accountable in that regard as well.

I played a short 1/2 session live on Friday night where I was rather card dead and in for £250, out for £235 for a loss of £15. In the only somewhat notable hand of the session a relatively loose old man opened for £10 in MP, I 3b AKsc to £30 in CO and the BTN thought for a while before cold calling. It folded round to MP who called. I was the effective stack v MP with £220 and BTN had £190. he flop was AAQhhd and I cbet £35 when checked to to set up stacks for the turn and to maximise spaz factor as well as getting value vs weaker Ax, some Qx and some FD's. Sadly both players folded.

I can't play any online volume at the minute as my internet is truly abysmal and far too tilting to play on so I'll post some hand histories from my database later tonight.

Few hands

Hand 1 - Anyone just folding pre here to exploit his likely v nitty 4b range? V is 27/15/4 over 250 hands. I think in hindsight given how deep we are he's likely not 4betting QQ here so his value 4b range given positions is KK+ and I'm doubtful he has too many bluffs here. I think flop should be a x/f too, anyone disagree?

***** Hand History for Game 1111111111 ***** (Poker Stars)
$25.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, June 28, 10:13:06 ET 2017
Table Hydra (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: Player1 ( $26.87 USD ) - VPIP: 22, PFR: 17, 3B: 5, AF: 4.4, Hands: 269
Seat 2: Player2 ( $23.13 USD ) - VPIP: 31, PFR: 31, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 13
Seat 3: Hero ( $58.40 USD ) - VPIP: 20, PFR: 15, 3B: 6, AF: 1.9, Hands: 49734
Seat 4: Player4 ( $43.41 USD ) - VPIP: 14, PFR: 12, 3B: 3, AF: 5.0, Hands: 81
Seat 5: Player5 ( $36.22 USD ) - VPIP: 40, PFR: 16, 3B: 0, AF: 1.0, Hands: 25
Seat 6: Player6 ( $119.66 USD ) - VPIP: 28, PFR: 15, 3B: 6, AF: 4.2, Hands: 304

Player2 posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
Hero posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ K A ]
Player4 folds
Player5 folds
Player6 raises [$0.62 USD]
Player1 folds
Player2 folds
Hero raises [$2.00 USD]
Player6 raises [$6.23 USD]
Hero calls [$4.60 USD]

** Dealing Flop ** [ 9, Q, 5 ]
Hero checks
Player6 bets [$8.69 USD]
Hero calls [$8.69 USD]

** Dealing Turn ** [ 5 ]
Hero checks
Player6 checks

** Dealing River ** [ 9 ]
Hero checks
Player6 bets [$29.48 USD]
Hero folds


Hand 2 - A fun hand, sometimes I run good.

PokerStars Zoom Hand #170491367658: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2017/05/16 14:23:52 WET [2017/05/16 9:23:52 ET]
Table 'Hydra' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Pixailov ($34.57 in chips)
Seat 2: Hero ($25.35 in chips)
Seat 3: Solenyi ($25 in chips)
Seat 4: Volke!n kz ($25.25 in chips)
Seat 5: heri4girey86 ($23.15 in chips)
Seat 6: Dantistcopra ($25 in chips)
Hero: posts small blind $0.10
Solenyi: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FutureK1ngg [A A]
Volke!n kz: raises $0.55 to $0.80
heri4girey86: calls $0.80
Dantistcopra: raises $2.90 to $3.70
Pixailov: calls $3.70
Hero: raises $21.65 to $25.35 and is all-in
Solenyi: folds
Volke!n kz: folds
heri4girey86: folds
Dantistcopra: calls $21.30 and is all-in
Pixailov: calls $21.65
*** FLOP *** [T Q J]
*** TURN *** [T Q J] [Q]
*** RIVER *** [T Q J Q] [J]
*** SHOW DOWN ***

Hero: shows [A A] (two pair, Aces and Queens)
Pixailov: shows [K K] (two pair, Kings and Queens)
Hero collected $0.70 from side pot
Dantistcopra: shows [K K] (two pair, Kings and Queens)
Hero collected $74.85 from main pot

I'll post some more hands at a later date when the HH converter is working again.

In, gl champ

Post some pics innit (Y) - and run better next time at hippo : 3

It's been a while....

Long story short I kind of lost interest in online poker a few months ago, I realised I hadn't played in two + weeks and had no desire to either. I'd also been quoted some truly disgusting prices for car insurance so I wasn't driving so playing live became a 90 minute journey each way. I'm now insured though so this thread will likely become me regaling how badly I butcher the biggest pots of the night.

Off to play a session soon, hopefully report back here later with good news. Gl all.

Also, does anyone know what's happened to the 2p2 app for IOS? I now actually work during the day instead of sitting on my phone scrolling 2p2, that ain't right!!