i would bet exactly half pot but i cant see any worse hand he can call with. very rarely
Q2-Q5, 52-54, QT+ floats but i think he xR the greater part of them. depends on opponent.
so just bet 1/2pot.

Regarding last chess position you want more

So Lf7 if capture Seg5 than if
- Kg8 mate in 2.
- Kf8 Se6 winning queen
- Ke8 Se6 followed by Sg7 and later on protecting with Lh6

enough?

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Yeah, I would also valuebet the river for value. Villain will call with worse like 2Pair, Set,...

Yeah, sounds great

Goals of the month (1) take up time (2) plan the hand (3) anlayse board structure --> up to the 25.03.2014
I was really bad in following my goals in the last 2 days. Yesterday I played like a machine vs a fish and lost. That was just fair. I have to be punished for my mistakes. Today everything is fine so far.

hand of the day
Villain was unknown. What would be your turn + river plan (and why)?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, €2.00 BB (2 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from http://www.flopturnriver.com

SB (€230.12)
Hero (BB) (€202)

Preflop: Hero is BB with J, 7
SB raises to €6, Hero raises to €20, SB calls €14

Flop: (€40) J, 5, 2 (2 players)
Hero bets €22, SB calls €22

Turn: (€84) 9 (2 players)
Hero ?

check check turn, check call most of the rivers, or check call turn check fold river.
no real equity in cb turn i guess.

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vs an unknown player cc turn and cf river is best.

week in review
This week was a week of up and downs. When I keeped to my goals it went up and if not - in the other directions. When I plan the hand, analyse the board and handread permanently I make almost no mistake. If Im not concentrated its very expensive. I lost about at least 1000 $ once a month by making mistakes. That was just pots > 20 bb. All in all I make small progress and are excited for the next week.

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chess position of the week
We have a positional position. White is next. What is the plan for white?

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Goals of the month (1) take up time (2) plan the hand (3) anlayse board structure --> up to the 25.03.2014
I played well in the last 2 days and followed my goals. I took enaugh time, plan the hand and analysed the boards. To avoid tilt I try to analyse every hand (> 20 BB invested + showdownhands) and ask myself, if I played the hand well. If yes that should reduce the danger to tilt.

hand of the day
What is your plan for the turn + river vs unknown (please explain why)?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, €2.00 BB (2 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from http://flopturnriver.com/

BB (€200)
Hero (SB) (€308.98)

Preflop: Hero is SB with Q, 5
Hero raises to €4, BB calls €2

Flop: (€8) 6, 6, 5 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets €6, BB calls €6

Turn: (€20) 5 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero ?

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chess position of the week
We have a tactical position. White is next to move. These shouldnt be so easy for you.

you still battle regs at 400nl? i currently dont have alot of action maybe we get something started.
Also, you purge sessions from your database losing nice heater else

PS: i have bought the gordon gekko coaching aswell its lvl 1 i cant see how he improves anyone

Interesting @Drhouse , because my whole take on poker is that lvl 1 = winner. So you are completely right, i reject all unneccessary leveling. Worked very well for myself and many students.

You do realize the guy here in this blog has 20-30BB winrates up to NL100 (with samples). It may or may not be the best world wide in end 2013/2014.
For such things to happen you do of course need a very dedicated student (haven't seen anything like him in my life so far), so i don't want to put this all on my flag.

He's however not the only one who improved a lot... if you got any questions, i am sure Daniel will love to help and clarify things for you (unless you guys are beating each other lol).

Bishop F7 , knight e6 and "queen mate"

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Black can beat with the king. Whats next?


I still battle nl400 regs. A lot of them quiet instantly. We can play if you want. Join me at stars.

week in review
This week was an improvement to the last one. But I discovered that I have to many goals (just 1 or 2 goals are the maximum). That was shown when I play more than 1 table. I also thought about which is my biggest leak which cost a lot of money. The answer is tilt. How do I get on tilt? I have a situation and evaluate them.

When I lose a big pot I think that I deserved to win the pot and want it back. But that is wrong. I have to evaluate how I played to hand - if I can play it better and what can I learn about "how villain played the hand".

So may main goals will be (1) take up time and (2) analyse the hand. I will just consider these things when I play more than one table. When I play just 1 table I will add my old thought process like plan the hand, board anlayse, pay attention to betsizes and timing tells.

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Goals of the month (1) take up time (2) analyse the hand --> up to the 12.04.2014

I did a great job the last two days. I did enaugh time and analysed the hands. By analysing the hands I got some reads I never get in the past. On nl400 I dont run so great (maybe 10 - 20 buys-ins below EV) so that I got small tilt problems when I lose some money. But Im getting better and better. Yeah.

hand of the day
What would be your plan when villain would 2ndBAR?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (2 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from http://www.flopturnriver.com/

SB ($111.79)
Hero (BB) ($104.02)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 10, Q
SB raises to $2, Hero calls $1

Flop: ($4) 6, 8, Q (2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets $1.91, Hero calls $1.91

Turn: ($7.82) 4 (2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets 6 $, Hero?

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Goals of the month (1) take up time (2) analyse the hand --> up to the 12.04.2014
Im great in take up time. I dont always analyse the hands when I should. I will try be be more focused in the future. As you can see even with 2 goals its not so easy keep them 100 %. Im sure it will get better in the next weeks.

hand of the day
Simply enjoy the hand. Unfortunately such villains are very seldom on nl400.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, €4.00 BB (2 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from http://www.flopturnriver.com/

Hero (BB) (€531.12)
SB (€340.12)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K, 3
SB raises to €8, Hero calls €4

Flop: (€16) 5, K, K (2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets €8, Hero raises to €24, SB raises to €52, Hero calls €28

Turn: (€120) 8 (2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets €68, Hero calls €68

River: (€256) K (2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets €212.12 (All-In), Hero calls €212.12

Total pot: €680.24 | Rake: €1

Results below: [spoiler]
SB had 10, A (three of a kind, Kings).
Hero had K, 3 (four of a kind, Kings).
Outcome: Hero won €679.24[/spoiler]

i dont see any reason to call there. if you filter these situations on long term, fold is the best option i guess. i mean if you call when you feel it you are good and maybe you will in the exact hand one time but on a long run it will be -ev.

@chess: If the king takes u still play knight e6. If the king captures he will be mated soon

Maybe there is something I don´t see, but your knight could still be taken out easily?! I just looked over your suggestion quickly, and I really don´t see how we would not lose our bishop and our knight

You would indeed lose them both, but then you'd Qd5 and g4 and Rg1

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Right.

Why should I fold quads?

week in review
I like last week. I improved the hand analysis which help my winrate and my game. I got more reads and the tilt danger was reduced. In chess I added a new opening "stonewall" and tried to improve in technical things. At the weekend I could demonstrate my knowledge in a competition with my fater in law.

meant this hand

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Goals of the month (1) take up time (2) analyse the hand --> up to the 12.04.2014

In hte last day I dont pay enaugh attention to this things. I tinker with 3bet pots and ask my coach a lot about this situations. He suffered a lot. All in all I tried my best and take up my time and analyse the hands.

hand of the day
Would you be prepared to go broke? What is your plan for the turn + river (and why)?

IPoker, $1/$2 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 2 Players
Poker Tools by CardRunners - Hand Details

SB: $141.34 (70.7 bb)
Hero (BB): $252.60 (126.3 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 9 A
SB completes, Hero raises to $10, SB calls $8

Flop: ($20) 7 A T (2 players)
Hero bets $14, SB calls $14

Turn: ($48) 4 (2 players)
Hero ? SB bets $33.60

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chess position of the week
White is next to move. What are the differences in the game and what are the plan for white and black?

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week in review
In the last week I learned a lot about how to react in 3bet pots. I ask my coach a lot and got a lot of information (about dry + semi-dry boards). In the next 2 weeks I will try to finish this topic with the last 2 possible boards. I got disctracted by coaching and reviewing all the videos so that my focus was not to 100 % on my goals take up time and hand analysis. I tried my best and will follow this goal for another 2 weeks.

At the weekend I relaxed with my wife, played some table tennis with her, went to a restaurant and watched the movie 300 in the cinema. In chess I added the nimzo-indian defense and updated my thougth process.

Hey Daniel send you a PM hope you saw it...