Why are you betting so small otf and what is your standard 3b sizing and what about standard squeeze sizing?

Not sure what you're referring to about the OTF. Bet sizing was good imo for the flop.

My standard 3bet sizing IP when deep is 3x + 1x per caller and OOP 3.5-4x + 1x per caller

Shallower would be something like 2.5-3x +1x/caller and 3.2-3.7x + 1x/caller

Meant 1/3 sizing on the flop. I've heard that elsewhere in a video series where lex does that. When your 100bb+ deep shouldn't you do what is standard in a cash game? More like 1/2 pot? Or do you generally have the same fold equity in tournaments with 1/2- 1/3?

Depends on board texture, villain's stack size, and what you're trying to accomplish. But generally 1/3 or 2/3 is better than half pot. But think about what you're trying to do rather than just mimic what somebody says in a video if you really want to get better.

Very true. I just meant generally against an unknown on dry board and u trying to get him to throw away his trash. Roughly 100bb eff.

Yes 1/3 is better than 1/2 pot always here with bluff and value.
If viain is fish and you know their range is likely stronger and/or they call alot forget this and size up with your value hands and never bluff. Default gto if unknown or competent opponent. But always play exploitative vs fish.

This week I plan to get back into sngs and next week back into MTTs as time allows. Been swapped this past week so been studying/ playing quick 30-45 min sessions of cash.

This hand came up last night.. Was thinking about jamming river against TAG. What you guys think? I think folding/jamming>calling in this spot.

Edit: I am opening a huge % of hands pre here even UTG to play against the fishy table. Let's not get too caught up on that pls.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (5 handed) - Converted at http://handhistoryconverter.com

Button ($24.17)
SB ($21.93)
BB ($5.99)
Hero (UTG) ($32.44)
MP ($10.16)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with J, 9
Hero raises to $0.20, 1 fold, Button calls $0.20, SB raises to $1, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.80, Button calls $0.80

Flop: ($3.10) 8, 10, 4 (3 players)
SB bets $1.80, Hero calls $1.80, 1 fold

Turn: ($6.70) 10 (2 players)
SB bets $2.90, Hero calls $2.90

River: ($12.50) J (2 players)
SB bets $4.70, Hero?


And fwiw- this is an example of the huge donkfest this site is lol- why i love cash on this site..

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) - Converted at http://handhistoryconverter.com/

BB ($24.32)
UTG ($22.13)
MP ($10)
CO ($10.77)
Hero (Button) ($18.64)
SB ($10.21)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A, K
UTG calls $0.10, MP raises to $1, CO calls $1, Hero raises to $4.60, 3 folds, MP calls $3.60, CO calls $3.60

Flop: ($14.05) J, 8, 5 (3 players)
MP checks, CO checks, Hero bets $14.04 (All-In), 1 fold, CO calls $6.17 (All-In)

Turn: ($26.39) K (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($26.39) 7 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $26.39 | Rake: $1.32

Results:

First sunday in a long time I was able to grind. Felt nice. Was pretty tilted at the start of the session cause ACR crashed and they cancelled all their tournaments due to security risk of the system. Was playing a 20k gtd/ 60k gtd and doubled up in both of em. Had around 200bbs or so. Blows.

Got staked in the $99 50kgtd and it went well, took 18/329 for $619 so chopped it up. Only a min cash but **** it i'll take it.

Kinda sucks i gotta keep depositing cause i pay my staker his profit then im stuck with more money online but meh as long as that **** dont get frozen idgaf

Total deposits- $634.91
Withdrawals- $100
Bankroll- $1,708.20


Hands
- the site with majority of my volume doesnt allow huds so the hands dont get saved
- over the week ill look at a few and post them i took note of hand#'s so i can request a copy of those specific hands for my review.

Total deposits- $634.91
Withdrawals- $100
Bankroll- $1,745.84

- Won't be able to play any MTT's this weekend, ill be back on it next week.

July 2018 Results
[-]Play 40-50 hours between MTTs/STTs/Cash
[x]Workout 5x/week
[x]Meal prep all days at work

- All in all im happy with my first month back and the results were great but i was on a heater so meh. Gotta keep trucking and putting the hours in. Here are my july results.

July 2018 Results
Hours- 35.49
Games Played- 75
Money Won/Loss- $796.96
Bankroll- $1,268.99


August Goals
[ ]Play 40 hours
[ ]Post more hands/ study
[ ]2k bankroll/ take shots at $25 sngs
[ ]Lose 4 lbs
[ ]Maintain strength

Looking forward to the bigger tournaments this month here my schedule of them;

8/26/18:
$109r 300k gtd (staked for this 100%)
$22r 100k gtd
$5.50r 7.5k gtd
$11r 20k gtd

Live tournaments (doing either one of these at the Borgata)
$450r 1mill gtd (staked 66.66%)
$600r 1.5mill gtd


I'll be able to play more of these in the future but for now keeping them to a minimum. Need to profit more.

Been slacking big time at updating and studying but meh working full time and killing it in OT recently.

Poker wise rungood is over and the grind continues. Big sunday this weekend and playing in my biggest tournament ever, just won this ticket so super pumped (from a $33 satty)..

Total disaster today, got smoked but thought I played pretty well.

My BR is roughly $1500 going through a bit of a downer but it's split up between 4 sites. Im going to restructure it so I play on 2 sites only where all my volume comes from. The main site ACR has player pools averaging 500-800 and the other site BO averaging 200-400 ppl, what brm should I stick to? Is 100 buy ins enough?

August Goals
[x]Play 40 hours
[ ]Post more hands/ study (HUGE fail)
[ ]2k bankroll/ take shots at $25 sngs (Quit playings sngs only mtts now)
[ ]Lose 4 lbs (lost 1 lb but getting stronger so calling it a win)
[x]Maintain strength

Did some swapping around with withdrawals and consolidating to 2 sites or so, adding some funds to BR.

August 2018 Results
Hours- 57.05
Games Played- 122
Money Won/Loss- $71.89
Bankroll- $1,697.67

Even though im going through a mini downswing, I'm still in a solid mood when playing and enjoying it. Having a full time job and being constantly at the gym/busy helps a ton. I would say the gym working out 6x/week and cooking constantly takes up madddd time but its a huge passion of mine. Not willing to give up any part of it to grind more such as sngs. Looking forward to much better sept (results wise) and hoping to keep up the decent volume.

Some hands from tonight

1)

Winning Poker No-Limit Hold'em, 1 Tournament, 500/1000 Blinds (8 handed) - Converted at http://handhistoryconverter.com/

UTG (t88,254)
UTG+1 (t21,120)
MP1 (t49,692)
MP2 (t10,000)
CO (t19,860)
Button (t35,302)
SB (t1,316)
Hero (BB) (t25,020)

Hero's M: 16.68

Preflop: Hero is BB with 5, 4
1 fold, UTG+1 calls t1,000, 5 folds, Hero checks

Flop: (t2,500) A, 5, A (2 players)
Hero bets t1,650, UTG+1 raises t3,300, Hero calls t1,650

Turn: (t9,100) K (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG+1 checks

River: (t9,100) Q (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG+1 checks

Total pot: t9,100

Results:


2) wasnt sure about this fold, maybe a tad nitty


Winning Poker No-Limit Hold'em, 1 Tournament, 500/1000 Blinds (8 handed) - Converted at http://handhistoryconverter.com

MP1 (t86,154)
MP2 (t23,545)
CO (t52,792)
Button (t6,900)
SB (t21,860)
BB (t39,477)
UTG (t216)
Hero (UTG+1) (t19,620)

Hero's M: 13.08

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with 9, 9
1 fold, Hero raises t2,000, 4 folds, SB raises to t21,760 (All-In), 2 folds

Total pot: t5,000

Results:


3) standard or spew?


Winning Poker No-Limit Hold'em, 7 Tournament, 40/80 Blinds (8 handed) - Converted at http://www.handhistoryconverter.com

UTG+1 (t5,000)
MP1 (t9,892)
MP2 (t4,880)
CO (t5,180)
Button (t5,286)
SB (t11,158)
Hero (BB) (t4,500)
UTG (t5,120)

Hero's M: 37.50

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q, A
5 folds, Button raises t320, SB calls t280, Hero raises t1,245, Button raises to t5,286 (All-In), 1 fold, Hero calls t3,175 (All-In)

Flop: (t9,320) K, 9, 6 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: (t9,320) 3 (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: (t9,320) 5 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: t9,320

Results:

September Goals
[ ]Play 60 hours
[ ]250 sng's
[ ]Post more hands/update thread
[ ]10% increase bankroll= $1,867
[ ]Move up to $30 9-man sng's
[ ]Lose 2 lbs
[ ]Heal up lower back and get back to gym

H1 - Check call once. If you lead, def fold to raise. Bet jamming is better than bet calling with your hand.

H2 - Easy call. Raise folding a hand as good as 99 on a 19bb stack is pretty bad.

H3 - I can fold to a 4bet here this deep. Depends on villain though. Vs most I'm probably folding this hand over 50bb deep.

Thx man for hand 2 what's the bottom of your range there?

It can depend based on villain's stats, but I'd say 88/99 and AQ is about the threshold.

Totally neglected this thread for some time. I've had some things come up and been working a reasonable amount of overtime so I can get some more vacation days. In any case I'm going to try harder to stay on top of this thread and def study more. Last 2-3 months I took a big hit then the last few weeks I won a small bit back. During my downswing I've noticed I was getting irritated about losing simple flips and losing my cool in general and tilting/punting my stack even 40-50bb stacks. There was a hand yesterday that hit home and I KNEW I had to take a few steps back. Pulled a 10 hour session today and overall was very happy with my mental game over a long period of playing so thats a plus.

Update
Hours- 31.05
Games Played- 49
Money Won/Loss- $72.47
Bankroll- $1,162.12

October Goals
[ ]Play 70 hours
[ ]Post more hands/ study
[ ]Work on confidence/mental game
[ ]Finish rehab and get back in gym

Current Month- Oct.
Hours- 34.05
Games Played- 65
Money Won/Loss- $195.74
Bankroll- $1,285.35

Hands
--> how wide of a range do you guys call here?

Winning Poker, Hold'em No Limit - $150/$300 ($25 ante) - 2 players
Replay this hand on Upswing Poker

SB: $8,990.00 (30 bb)
BB (Hero): $4,510.00 (15 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($500) Hero is BB with 7♥ K♥
SB raises to $8,965 (all-in), Hero calls $4,185 (all-in)

Flop: ($9,020) 7♠ 4♣ 9♥ (2 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: ($9,020) 6♣ (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($9,020) 8♠ (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $9,020 (Rake: $0)

Showdown:
SB mucks K♦ 8♦ (a pair of Eights)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 65%, Flop: 17%, Turn: 25%, River: 100%)

BB (Hero) mucks 7♥ K♥ (a pair of Sevens)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 35%, Flop: 83%, Turn: 75%, River: 0%)

--> On the bubble of 9man sng what range do you call here?
Winning Poker, Hold'em No Limit - $200/$400 ($25 ante) - 4 players
Replay this hand on Upswing Poker

UTG: $3,655.00 (9 bb)
BU: $2,640.00 (7 bb)
SB (Hero): $4,105.00 (10 bb)
BB: $3,100.00 (8 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($700) Hero is SB with T♥ A♠
1 fold, BTN raises to $2,615 (all-in), SB (Hero) folds, BB calls $2,215

Flop: ($5,530) T♦ J♥ K♥ (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: ($5,530) 8♣ (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($5,530) 9♦ (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $5,530 (Rake: $0)

Showdown:
BU mucks J♠ Q♦ (a straight, Nine to King)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 49%, Flop: 92%, Turn: 95%, River: 100%)

BB mucks 7♦ 7♠ (a straight, Seven to Jack)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 51%, Flop: 8%, Turn: 5%, River: 0%)

BU wins $5,530

Current Month- Oct.
Hours- 35.25
Games Played- 71
Money Won/Loss- $236.51
Bankroll- $1,326.16

Hands
--> ran the numbers on this one, thought 77 would be slightly above chipEV looks like its -0.02 oops. The BTN was awful though so meh.

Winning Poker, Hold'em No Limit - $50/$100 - 8 players
Replay this hand on Upswing Poker

UTG: $1,395.00 (14 bb)
UTG+1: $1,821.00 (18 bb)
MP: $1,260.00 (13 bb)
MP+1: $900.00 (9 bb)
CO: $1,806.00 (18 bb)
BU: $3,373.00 (34 bb)
SB (Hero): $1,338.00 (13 bb)
BB: $1,607.00 (16 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($150) Hero is SB with 7♠ 7♥
3 players fold, MP+1 raises to $900 (all-in), 1 fold, BTN calls $900, Hero 3-bets to $1,338 (all-in), 1 fold, BTN calls $438

Flop: ($3,676) 2♥ 8♣ Q♠ (3 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: ($3,676) 7♣ (3 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($3,676) T♦ (3 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $3,676 (Rake: $0)

Showdown:
SB (Hero) mucks 7♠ 7♥ (three of a kind, Sevens)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 67%, Flop: 83%, Turn: 100%, River: 100%)

MP+1 mucks 3♣ 3♠ (a pair of Threes)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 15%, Flop: 8%, Turn: 0%, River: 0%)

BU mucks 4♥ 4♦ (a pair of Fours)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 18%, Flop: 9%, Turn: 0%, River: 0%)

SB (Hero) wins $3,676

-->Wanted to talk about this guy in general. Tough opponent, last 2 of this 9man sng. We both started the HU with roughly 50bbs and playing fit and fold post flop/ some 3bets everything in line. He started adjusting and starting 3b a ton so I adjusted and started to narrow down a preflop range a bit. Additionally once I got to 18-20bbs I started 3b-shoving a reasonable range prob like 20% of hands or so. He would c/r as an adjustement to me cbetting too much so I adjusted by cbetting from 90% of flops down to prob like 60% and calling a few small-ish raises and had in mind call with 2nd pair type hands and 3b shove TP hands/draws. Not sure if I need to add in a few Ax/Kx bluff combos for balance reasons. Going to post a few hands we played some i might of butchered.

Winning Poker, Hold'em No Limit - $75/$150 - 2 players
Replay this hand on Upswing Poker

SB: $6,816.00 (45 bb)
BB (Hero): $6,684.00 (45 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($225) Hero is BB with A♣ 9♠
SB raises to $300, Hero 3-bets to $925, 1 fold

Winning Poker, Hold'em No Limit - $100/$200 - 2 players
Replay this hand on Upswing Poker

SB: $7,851.00 (39 bb)
BB (Hero): $5,649.00 (28 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($300) Hero is BB with Q♣ T♠
SB raises to $500, Hero calls $300

Flop: ($1,000) 7♣ 5♥ 9♠ (2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets $350, Hero raises to $888, SB calls $538

Turn: ($2,776) 6♦ (2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets $970, BB (Hero) folds

Winning Poker, Hold'em No Limit - $100/$200 ($25 ante) - 2 players
Replay this hand on Upswing Poker

SB (Hero): $5,126.00 (26 bb)
BB: $8,374.00 (42 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($350) Hero is SB with 6♥ 6♠
Hero raises to $400, BB 3-bets to $1,100, Hero 4-bets to $5,101 (all-in), BB calls $4,001

Flop: ($10,252) 3♠ 8♥ T♠ (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: ($10,252) 7♦ (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($10,252) J♠ (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $10,252 (Rake: $0)

Showdown:
SB (Hero) mucks 6♥ 6♠ (a pair of Sixes)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 54%, Flop: 59%, Turn: 80%, River: 0%)

BB mucks Q♠ 9♣ (a straight, Eight to Queen)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 46%, Flop: 41%, Turn: 20%, River: 100%)

BB wins $10,252

That last preflop spot im wondering what your range would be for 4bshoving/ 3bcalling range

Took a hit over the last few days but most of that was my 100 withdrawal. I've been studying a **** ton so volume has been horrible recently. Studying push/defend game from 10-20bbs and trying to add in limping techniques into bvb play which is super odd for me.

Current Month- Oct.
Hours- 41.40
Games Played- 94
Money Won/Loss- $117.41
Bankroll- $1,107.36
Withdrawal- $100.00

Hands
--> None right now recently reformatted my comp and everything got erased.. Ill upload in the next few sessions.

So I'm back again, took a break from everything due to work and life ****. Now I'm back on the grind actually have been since July playing SNG's and throwing in a few MTTs here and there. My plan is to rise up the limits in SNG's playing 9-man turbos until I have a solid roll probably around 2k+ then transition into MTT's again. Figured I might as well play SNG's working on leaks developing a better push/fold game first.

Here's my graph since I started grinding the 9-man turbos avg buy in $4.00 mixing $1.00 & $5.00 games.



2019 Goals
[ ]2,000 games total on sharkscope (right now 1,476)
[ ]win 100 bi's at $5.00 limit (right now +433.84 over 1036 games)
[ ]bankroll from $650 to $800
[ ]move up to $10 limit (right now shot-taking)
[ ]win $250 in promos (right now +80)
[ ]take more notes while playing on opponents shoving/calling tendencies
[ ]study calling ranges so I don't have to think so much about it ingame & know it immediately

Nov 15th/2019
Nov/2019 Hours- 26.05
Nov/2019 Games Played- 203
Nov/2019 profit/loss- +29.85
Bankroll- $655.99

Hands
None to report.