White
Action's happening on both sides and he's got two bishops,
Black K isn't gonna get forward,
White can place both of his bishops on the A file and block the f6-d7-c5 maneuver for the black Knight, by attacking d7
And if he desires, he can always exchange his Bishop for the Knight there (on d7) and force a draw.
I think blocking the Kingside with g5 is also a good option, it does open g7-f5 for the Knight but the Knight can be driven off of there rather easily and cannot do much once he gets there

Now it's down to figuring out whether he wants to do a c5 move with his pawn, get his King to the queenside and b6, or block the Kingside with g5 first... And I don't see a good plan for black


Btw you seem to run through openings rather quickly.

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You described it very good. White should use his better position to limit black. So g5 looks hot.

I know already some of the chess openings. Just repeated them and learned new moves. The french opening should be my last for the next month. Now I have 8 openings (russian, sicilian, alapin, french, italien, evans gambit, benko gambit, benoli).

learning target: take up time
Im getting better in paying attention to stats and showdown hands. Its hard to beat any reg without that.

other matters
Today I started book 5 of Lee Child with Jack Reacher. I like it very much. Its thrilling and entertaining.

hand of the day (villain is unknown
How would you react to this 3bet (and why)?

Party, $0.50/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 2 Players
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Hero (SB): $100 (200 bb)
BB: $100 (200 bb)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K K
Hero raises to $2, BB calls $1

Flop: ($4) 2 Q 6 (2 players)
BB bets $2.85, Hero raises to $8, BB raises to $27.80, Hero ?

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goals of the week
Next week my main goal is take up time again. I will use the time to plan the hand, analyse betsizes and pay attention to the stats and collect reads when I saw the showdown.

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learning target: take up time
I was a little bit tired yesterday but tried my best. I played fine and didnt make any big mistakes. I took up enaugh time and planned well.

chess position of the day
We have a tactical position and white is next.

Horse from d5 to c7 i think.

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Tell me more. What could happen after that. What could we win by which moves?

learning target: take up time
I try my best and get better and better. Tell me do you have a time frame when you play?

other matters
What is your thought process when you play chess and its your turn?

hand of the day (villain is unknown)
Would you have called?

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Hero (BB) ($100)
SB ($42.28)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 4, J
SB calls $0.50, Hero checks

Flop: ($2) 7, 2, 4 (2 players)
Hero bets $2, SB calls $2

Turn: ($6) 4 (2 players)
Hero bets $5, SB calls $5

River: ($16) Q (2 players)
Hero bets $8, SB raises to $19, Hero ?

Nf6.

if QxQ NxRe8+ then gxQf3.

if KxNf6, Be5++.
Ke6 or Ke7 = Qf6#

if Kxe5, QxQ, KxQ, Re1+ then Rxe8 and win another bishop.

Only looked at for few seconds. Feels like Ba5 white wins.
monster open bishops, lock k-side pawns and walk to q-side to await winning opposition.

black should try not to get pawns locked at k-side but i think it's unavoidable. Gg. (As I wrote only looked few seconds so might miss something).

I wish I wasn't so clueless about chess

I am not a chess pro. But when i am home i try to explain. But i am doubting now if it is good what i said.

Think the last one is

Bishop to a5 to lock the black horse. After that i think black cant do a lot.

Your 2nd move should the other bishop to A4. Then his horse and bishop are completely locked.

Don't think Ba4 is necessary. Knight is still locked in with Ba5.

white bishop should stay so that if black K moves, bishop + pawns are enough to promote on K-side for white.
Maybe black wants to lock k-side pawns (on black squares) to avoid bishop sacrifice.

still takes too much time and white K will be cleaning up Q-side by then.

You are right. Better to leave the bishop there. Else he can get away with his knight too.

Ba5 doesn't do much to block the Knight.
Knight has the f6-(d7-c5), doesn't care about c7.

Edit: changed my mind. g5 looks the most promising imo as blocks knight and don't want to trade white B for N since why give up advantage and go for a draw with opposite colour bishops instead of gaining more space?

g5 probably quickest win. Then depending on knight moves Ba5 or g4.

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Sounds great.

The best move is g5 with the pawn.

goals of the week
Next week my focus is still on taking up time. But I will use this time to improve my handreading process. I will start with the river. In chess I will try to contrate on tactical things.

U gotta explain WHY g5 is best.

It keeps the black knight AND king inactive forever! If needed you can play h4 and g4 in case the knight tries to break out.

After that the standard plan of bishop a5 etc can start

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other matters
I had a busy weekend. Had to take my wife to her exam with the car (more than 400 km) and had to clean the flat. But I also relaxed by sleeping without using the alarm clock.

hand of the day
Reads: Villain 4Bet/ Fold first hand and had a 3bet stat of > 30 %. What is your plan on the flop and why?

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BB (€419.12)
Hero (SB) (€452)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K, 9
Hero raises to €8, BB raises to €28, Hero calls €20

Flop: (€56) 3, K, 8 (2 players)
BB bets €32, Hero ?

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learning target: take up time
I played fine. Should pay more attention to handreading and take my time.

other matters
I add the london opening to my chess openings. I like this systems (played it in the beginning of my chess career) and add some interesting moves.

hand of the day
Villain was a villain who levels a lot. What would be the best play to make him crazy things.

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Hero (BB) (€1,009.50)
SB (€339.12)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q, Q
SB raises to €8, Hero raises to €28, SB calls €20

Flop: (€56) 9, 4, 9 (2 players)
Hero ?

Your stack comes from him?
Depends on what kind of leveling i guess, he has 311€ behind.
Do you donk HU? What about a small c/r and hope he would shove pps/fds?

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Yeah, we are in a 3bet pot and have to act.

learning target: take up time
Yesterday it was not good. Played a reg on NL400 for about 800 hands without a break on 2 tables. I played too fast and didnt make too much thoughts.

hand of the day
Ugly riverdecision. Would you have called/ foldet?

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Hero (BB) (€637.36)
SB (€464)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A, 2
SB raises to €8, Hero calls €4

Flop: (€16) 10, 5, 8 (2 players)
Hero bets €12, SB calls €12

Turn: (€40) 4 (2 players)
Hero bets €36, SB calls €36

River: (€112) 6 (2 players)
Hero bets €88, SB raises to €408 (All-In), Hero ?

What is villain's BB calling range here? If it is something like 50%, he has something like 58 flushes without the 7s and 7 with the 7s. The only off-suit 7 that he could have called the flop with was T7o. Of the suited 7s, He would have raised the turn with K7s, Q7s, and J7s and possibly 97s, I would think. So he only has 1 or 2 hands with a 7s by the river. I'd have to call, but it'd be tough. What did you do?

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In such situation we have to ask the following questions (if the answer is yes to one of both questions, we have to call):

(1) Does he valuebet worse? I dont think that villain will shove a worse hand. We could have the nutflush oder straightflush. And even if Villain woudl raise a Kh Flush, he would make it smaller.
(2) Could Villain bluff? First, villain was not very aggressive postflop. So 1 argument for a fold. Second our range looked like a Q Flush and better or a bluff. When we bluff and villain has nothing a small raise would be fine. And our strong line also reduces the possitbilty of a bluffshove.

All in all its an easy fold.

chess position of the week
White ist next to move. What position is better and what are the plans for both sides?

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Goals of the week:
These week my main goal is handreading. I will try this mainly on the river. rr-pots, cr-Pots and when I face a 3rdBAR. I will also try to take a break every hour so that I can calm down, to analyse myself and rewatch my session goals. In chess I will concentrate on tactical things. I will ask the following questions:

(1) when villain moves: on which fields can villain move in the next move
(2) what is my worse figure and where is the best field?

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learning target: handreading:
I make small progress and avoid stupid calls, make thinner valuebets, make great Herocalls but a lot of work is still to do in the future. But I like it and my construct of planing a hand is getting better and better the more I implement.

hand of the day:
Would you be prepared to go broke?

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BB (€542.84)
Hero (SB) (€662.68)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 10, 8
Hero raises to €8, BB calls €4

Flop: (€16) 7, 10, 8 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets €12, BB calls €12

Turn: (€40) A (2 players)
BB bets €12, Hero raises to €36, BB raises to €136, Hero ?

well absolutely not