It's nice to see a winning graph at least. GL in September!

September hasn't started so well though Arty

(Swingy) Results for the month




Running above EV as my all-ins have been holding up well when I'm ahead. However the main words heard in the house this month have been '****ing river!' as I've lost count of the number of times villain has binked and I've had to fold or made a bad call.

Only got a couple of hands to post:

1) This is from my last session. I actually tanked as villains aren't usually getting it in deep here without the nut fd, especially with me calling the turn raise. Villain is aggro though and I thought he's be squeezing all his Axs and Kxs kinda hands. I was wrong about that...but....

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Button ($42.59)
SB ($25)
BB ($26.14)
UTG ($16.32)
MP ($22.08)
Hero (CO) ($48.35)

Preflop: Hero is CO with Q, 10
1 fold, MP calls $0.25, Hero raises to $1, Button calls $1, SB calls $0.90, 1 fold, MP calls $0.75

Flop: ($4.25) J, 4, 2 (4 players)
SB checks, MP checks, Hero bets $2.03, Button calls $2.03, 2 folds

Turn: ($8.31) 9 (2 players)
Hero bets $3.97, Button raises to $12, Hero calls $8.03

River: ($32.31) 5 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $27.56 (All-In), Hero calls $27.56

Total pot: $87.43 | Rake: $2




2) Hmmmm

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Button ($31.25)
SB ($24.75)
Hero (BB) ($25.70)
UTG ($26.89)
MP ($25.99)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q, 4
3 folds, SB calls $0.15, Hero checks

Flop: ($0.50) 2, 6, 2 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($0.50) 6 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks

River: ($0.50) 5 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks

Total pot: $0.50 | Rake: $0.02

I feel as though I'm running pretty badly, which might sound kinda whiny when I'm still winning but it's a pretty marginal winrate. I feel as though I'm playing better but can't get any great momentum going in terms of a really good winning streak. Today was another example, I played 1600 hands and managed to book a win but some of the beats I took to fish were rather frustrating.

1) Actually wouldn't have minded so much if he'd turned up with JJ here

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CO ($38.54)
Button ($26.52)
SB ($29.68)
BB ($25)
UTG ($25)
Hero (MP) ($25)

Preflop: Hero is MP with K, K
1 fold, Hero raises to $0.75, 1 fold, Button raises to $1.75, 2 folds, Hero raises to $5, Button calls $3.25

Flop: ($10.35) 8, 9, J (2 players)
Hero bets $6, Button raises to $21.52 (All-In), Hero calls $14 (All-In)

Turn: ($50.35) 3 (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($50.35) 7 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $50.35 | Rake: $2


Button had 10, Q (straight, Queen high).

Hero had K, K (one pair, Kings).
Outcome: Button won $48.35



2) Split pot?

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Hero (BB) ($52.52)
UTG ($25)
MP ($43.14)
Button ($25)
SB ($34.13)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 8, K
2 folds, Button raises to $0.60, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.35

Flop: ($1.30) 5, K, 9 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $0.43, Hero calls $0.43

Turn: ($2.16) 5 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $1.40, Hero calls $1.40

River: ($4.96) K (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $3.42, Hero raises to $8.90, Button raises to $22.57 (All-In), Hero calls $13.67

Total pot: $50.10 | Rake: $2


Hero had 8, K (full house, Kings over fives).
Outcome: Button won $48.10[/spoil]


3) Meh

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BB ($59.29)
UTG ($31.14)
MP ($29.58)
Hero (Button) ($25.74)
SB ($25)

Preflop: Hero is Button with K, K
UTG calls $0.25, 1 fold, Hero raises to $1.25, 2 folds, UTG calls $1

Flop: ($2.85) K, A, J (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $2.18, UTG raises to $4.36, Hero raises to $13.08, UTG raises to $29.89 (All-In), Hero calls $11.41 (All-In)

Turn: ($51.83) 10 (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($51.83) 9 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $51.83 | Rake: $2


Hero had K, K (three of a kind, Kings).
UTG had A, Q (straight, Ace high).

Outcome: UTG won $49.83


4) Same villain as first hand

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MP ($12.50)
Button ($20)
SB ($28.47)
BB ($26.24)
Hero (UTG) ($32.34)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with Q, J
Hero raises to $0.75, 1 fold, Button calls $0.75, 1 fold, BB calls $0.50

Flop: ($2.35) Q, K, 9 (3 players)
BB checks, Hero checks, Button bets $1.25, 1 fold, Hero calls $1.25

Turn: ($4.85) Q (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $1.25, Hero raises to $4, Button raises to $18 (All-In), Hero calls $14

River: ($40.85) 10 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $40.85 | Rake: $1.84


Button had 9, Q (full house, Queens over nines).
Hero had Q, J (straight, King high).
Outcome: Button won $39.01


Anyway, it's pub time again so it's all good

Worst session in a while



Couple of standard QQ <<<< KK spots and a KK<<<AK as well as some nasty ones below. It's possible I could've got away from hands 1 and 2 on the river but it's difficult in practice, especially when you're in the mindset of 'I've got to be good THIS time surely'?

1)

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MP ($45.94)
CO ($30.70)
Hero (Button) ($28.40)
SB ($80.49)
BB ($25.35)
UTG ($29.95)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A, J
3 folds, Hero raises to $0.63, 1 fold, BB raises to $2.20, Hero calls $1.57

Flop: ($4.50) Q, A, 10 (2 players)
BB bets $2.20, Hero calls $2.20

Turn: ($8.90) K (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $6, BB calls $6

River: ($20.90) K (2 players)
BB bets $14.95 (All-In), Hero calls $14.95

Total pot: $50.80 | Rake: $2


Hero had A, J (straight, Ace high).
BB had A, K (full house, Kings over Aces).
Outcome: BB won $48.80


2)

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UTG ($35.85)
MP ($26.76)
Hero (CO) ($25.10)
Button ($45.48)
SB ($33.87)
BB ($19.85)

Preflop: Hero is CO with J, A
UTG raises to $0.87, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.87, 3 folds

Flop: ($2.09) Q, K, 10 (2 players)
UTG bets $1.54, Hero calls $1.54

Turn: ($5.17) K (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $2.80, UTG calls $2.80

River: ($10.77) 2 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $5, UTG raises to $14.75, Hero calls $9.75

Total pot: $40.27 | Rake: $1.81


UTG had K, K (four of a kind, Kings).
Hero didn't show J, A (straight, Ace high).
Outcome: UTG won $38.46


3) Against and unknown. This was the hand that started it all

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Button ($49.05)
SB ($25)
Hero (BB) ($25)
UTG ($58.95)
MP ($25)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 4, 4
UTG raises to $0.65, 3 folds, Hero calls $0.40

Flop: ($1.40) 3, 4, 6 (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $1.02, Hero raises to $3.60, UTG calls $2.58

Turn: ($8.60) 10 (2 players)
Hero bets $7, UTG calls $7

River: ($22.60) Q (2 players)
Hero bets $13.75 (All-In), UTG calls $13.75

Total pot: $50.10 | Rake: $2


Hero had 4, 4 (three of a kind, fours).
UTG had Q, Q (three of a kind, Queens).
Outcome: UTG won $48.10

Both AJ's look fine to fold to the river jams.

Last one sucks, chin up and back at em

about how many hours do you play per month?

Yeah the second one especially. Told myself I was bet folding the river then didn't

Not sure, maybe 40 at the most I think.

AJd I don't see how that is ever a fold readless. Most 25nl regs gonna bet the river with any hand with a J in it, so how do we suddenly put them on boat or better? Sorta hand that needs to be posted without results for a true reflection of opinion imo. Also always thought that hands that run out like this are so rare they have very little impact on your win rate. Also preflop I have mixed strategy 4bet/call here, which steers to 4bet if villain is out of line with his 3bet freq.

AJo Is a totally different hand and on the river looks better as a check/call than bet/fold to me purely because villain has hardly any range left to get value from (again talking readless here). I think unless your hand is close to the mortal nuts, betting river when a worse hand never calls can be habit forming. As played the call looks like tilt.

44 is played perfectly imo (although if villain is reg, I personally fold it pre HU, but that's just one of my range idiosyncrasies )

Gross hands. I'd fold both the AJ's pretty happily tbh. It's just a spot where you're really going to struggle to find bluffs. By no means a huge mistake calling, but yeah, they're A game folds.

Head up mate!

Also snapfolding both AJs, don't think it's rly close either!

Edit: By that I mean, pretty much what bena said except in my own words :')

You're a live nit though

Who, in my former life as an online nit, really enjoyed folding. :')

lmao, wp

glad we cleared that up then

If I may ask, why so low?

Re check/calling instead of betting I've been thinking about this a bit lately. When I look at hands posted from 200nl etc there seems to be a ton of it but I think at 25nl there's just so much less bluffing or thin value betting that betting is probably better as the pool are more likely to make calling mistakes. I could be wrong though.


Yeah I'm more annoyed at the 2nd hand as I told myself I was bet/folding and then let my frustration talk me into calling. I shouldn't really be whining about running bad when I'm still winning though, even if it is a pretty marginal w/r.

Folding's no fun

Poker's just a hobby and one of a few interests I have in my life. I still play football, attend football, I've started dabbling with the guitar again, I read a fair bit and at the weekends I'm usually down the pub or recovering from being down the pub etc. If I was playing at a level where I was making a decent wedge then I'd definitely up the hours.
In saying all that though I've got a week off work so I'll probably play a lot more than usual this week.
Are you coaching these days?

The first AJ seems close. Would villain ever turn AQ/ATs into bluffs?

The second one (AJo) is a fold pre for me (villain opened 3.5x UTG, but I never flat with AJo in CO anyway), but I would raise flop and try and stack off vs what is likely to be a pr+draw at minimum, but often a set or 2pr. As played, check back river. I don't see much worse that calls (maybe AK?), and every hand that check-raises has you beat.

FWIW, I think both villains played their hands badly. (AK should check flop or bet tiny, and probably check-fold turn as played, KK should never bet 3/4 pot OOP on that flop).

That makes a lot of sense, fair enough!

I am yeah, but not currently taking anymore people on mate

Goooooood luck!

Graph for the month




Behold!!!!

Pretty rough turn of events around the 11k hand mark . What % rakeback do you end up getting from the coffins on average Husker?

I think it's around 5%.

First session of the month. I should probably just wrap it up for the month and not play again till the 1st December.

I think there's a chance I'm bluffing with the best hand here

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Button ($65.12)
SB ($25.10)
Hero (BB) ($29.72)
UTG ($4.95)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 9, 9
1 fold, Button raises to $0.62, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.37

Flop: ($1.34) 2, 4, A (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $0.64, Hero calls $0.64

Turn: ($2.62) 4 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $1.25, Hero calls $1.25

River: ($5.12) J (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $2.45, Hero raises to $9, 1 fold

Total pot: $10.02 | Rake: $0.45


Hero didn't show 9, 9 (two pair, nines and fours).
Outcome: Hero won $9.57

F**k last month, nice start to this month