2nd hand of the session. This doesn't bode well

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (5 handed) - Party-Poker Converter Tool from http://flopturnriver.com

Hero (SB) ($25)
Button ($25.35)
UTG ($16.31)
MP ($46.83)
BB ($36.76)

Preflop: Hero is SB with J, J
2 folds, Button raises $0.75, Hero raises $2.40, 1 fold, Button raises $3.75, Hero calls $2

Flop: ($9.25) 2, J, 6 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $4.39, Hero raises $9, Button raises to $20.85 (All-In), Hero calls $11.50 (All-In)

Turn: ($50.25) 4 (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($50.25) Q (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $50.25


Button had 7, 4 (flush, Queen high).
Hero had J, J (three of a kind, Jacks).
Outcome: Button won $48.09

Gooooo Huskerrrrr.

Ty

Nothing really to update at the moment. Still got the poker aids and while posting a few beats felt better at the beginning I'm actually a little bored of it so I'll update things again when I've got my mojo back.

Stick through the pain mate. It'll pass, it always does.

Best of luck to you Husker ! It's in those hard times that you can actually make a difference. Keep focusing on the process instead of the results.

GL

Thanks guys. I know I'll get through it but I think it shook my confidence a bit due to me changing games recently so I was wondering whether I really was a winning 6 max player after all or was just on a bit of a heater initially.

I've looked at some spots and run some filters though and there are definitely clear signs that it's variance, for example my W@SD has dropped from 55% last year to 51%. One of the biggest things that jumped out was when I filtered for hands where I'd had either a flush draw or an open ended straight draw on the flop or turn. In the last 31 hands I've only binked my draw on 1 occasion (I excluded hands where villain had folded to my bets or where I'd folded at some point prior to showdown).


Also, not really poker related but I've started trying some Mindfullness stuff.

A must imho. I'm at the point where i need a 3 to 5 minute meditation before any session I start.

The KK hand I would check turn behind most often.
About the AQ hand. I think it's a (small) leak to call 3bets oop with AQ. Especially against regs... What are you hoping for really.
Yes, you feel like being exploited if you fold AQ to a 3bet and yes you most often have the best hand. But you can exploit regs in the same way by 3betting alot ip aswell... With solid reads you might 4bet sometimes.

Breaking my own promise already Haven't checked my results on FTP for the year so far but I think I've may be been around breakeven. I could be wrong but I'll check at the end of the month.

However after another shocker of a session on Party I checked my results there. Year so far:



That's just over -14bb/100

Only played a small session of 300 hands but in the first hundred I had the following:

89K all in on flop with 89 v AA and lost to a rivered set
AQ on 5KQ flop against A5 and the turn and river were A5 giving him a boat
KQ in SB v BB villain who is 3betting me 23% (over 43 possible opportunities). I 4bet him the round before in the same spot and folded to his shove, decided I was calling if he done i again and sure enough he shoved again.....and had AA

I never actually won any hands at SD till right at the end of the session



Down 3.5bi when I quit.

Back to FTP for the rest of the night.

Sick
btw, your KQ hand doesn't match with your 100% 4bet success stat... Just saying...

It's impressive how you manage to not watch results for such long periods of times. I guess it's just an habit..?

GL on FTP then !

Villain is playing 95/3 and his WWSF is 56%

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (6 handed) - Full Tilt Converter Tool from http://www.flopturnriver.com

Button ($25.90)
SB ($33.19)
BB ($11.46)
UTG ($25)
MP ($42.28)
Hero (CO) ($26.12)

Preflop: Hero is CO with K, K
1 fold, MP calls $0.25, Hero raises to $1.10, 3 folds, MP calls $0.85

Flop: ($2.55) 4, 2, 9 (2 players)
MP bets $2.55, Hero calls $2.55

Turn: ($7.65) A (2 players)
MP bets $7.65, Hero calls $7.65

River: ($22.95) 10 (2 players)
MP bets $14.40, Hero calls $14.40

Total pot: $51.75 | Rake: $2.58

It's a tough business. Shame to see those results. You clearly run bad given the breakeven blue line (blue line depends on EV too).

And I'd not be folding much vs that 95/3 guy. Imagine all the **** he has in his range.

You're right, I got my hands mixed up and that happened near the end of the session. The one that happened earlier was a QQ v AK spot where villain took a weird spewy line with his AK as the preflop raiser and of course binked on the river.

I actually find it easier not to check my results when I'm losing. There's a difference between knowing you are running badly and are down and the reality of actually seeing how bad it is. So I can leave it and not bother too much. I find I'm more likely to check my results when I winning a lot

Yeah my blue line generally goes up at 45 degrees so when that isn't happening then I'm in trouble.

what is your 6max blinds rate bb,sb? you survive with -50,-25 bb/sb on fullring but its dosent work on 6max.yeah i know downswing and bad beat period so much annoying but dont focus one point check other points pls.

Blinds play is something I need to work more on, especially the Big Blind, and it's on my to do list.

It's hard to get the results for 6max only in HEM2 so I've filtered my results for between 4-6 players so this will include some hands that were played at FR tables when they were short. This is for all the hands (on FTP) I've got on my database so it goes back to August last year. I'm losing the following:

SB -18.56bb
BB -38.41bb

When I filter for this year only I get the following:

SB -13.37bb
BB -46.02bb

Those are my results on FTP, where most of my volume is. When I look at my results on Party Poker I'm getting the following:

SB -31.09bb
BB -60.81bb

The AQ hand isn't always a call but the villain had such a wide range in this spot, as you can see from his holding, that I don't think calling is too bad here and I think it's just a bit too strong to 4bet bluff. I'd prefer a worse Ax hand for that.

Have things improved Husker ?

My won at showdown stat is sitting in the 30's for this month so far.... its not been pretty.

Nah not yet. Nothing new to report really.

Found these hands amusing (well after the second one anyway ) given it was the same 68/17 villain, and the hands we had in each of them were pretty similar. Think the second hand only took place 3 hands after the first.

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (6 handed) - Full Tilt Converter Tool from http://flopturnriver.com/

Hero (UTG) ($25)
MP ($27.22)
CO ($27.85)
Button ($91.08)
SB ($52.11)
BB ($39.49)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 5, 5
Hero raises to $0.75, 1 fold, CO calls $0.75, 3 folds

Flop: ($1.85) J, 2, 9 (2 players)
Hero bets $1.29, CO calls $1.29

Turn: ($4.43) K (2 players)
Hero checks, CO checks

River: ($4.43) 5 (2 players)
Hero bets $3.50, CO raises to $7, Hero raises to $22.96 (All-In), CO calls $15.96

Total pot: $50.35 | Rake: $2.51


Hero had 5, 5 (three of a kind, fives).
CO had Q, 10 (straight, King high).
Outcome: CO won $47.84


Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (6 handed) - Full Tilt Converter Tool from http://poker-tools.flopturnriver.com/Hand-Converter.php

Hero (Button) ($25)
SB ($28.21)
BB ($45.66)
UTG ($91.08)
MP ($51.01)
CO ($44)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 5, 5
3 folds, Hero raises to $0.62, SB calls $0.52, BB calls $0.37

Flop: ($1.86) J, 7, 5 (3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $1.30, 1 fold, BB calls $1.30

Turn: ($4.46) 8 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $3.12, BB calls $3.12

River: ($10.70) 5 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $7.49, BB raises to $33.17, Hero calls $12.47 (All-In)

Total pot: $50.62 | Rake: $2.53


Hero had 5, 5 (four of a kind, fives).
BB had 9, 6 (straight, nine high).
Outcome: Hero won $48.09

I wouldn't cbet flop with 55.

Unusual hand.

Villain who donks was 51/15 and I knew I was ahead of him but villain who overcalled the flop shove seems to be a reg so I was afraid I had run into 77

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (6 handed) - Full Tilt Converter Tool from http://www.flopturnriver.com

BB ($89.35)
UTG ($51.62)
Hero (MP) ($27.96)
CO ($37.97)
Button ($45.87)
SB ($33.64)

Preflop: Hero is MP with K, J
1 fold, Hero raises to $0.75, CO calls $0.75, 1 fold, SB calls $0.65, BB calls $0.50

Flop: ($3) K, J, 7 (4 players)
SB bets $32.89 (All-In), 1 fold, Hero calls $27.21 (All-In), CO calls $32.89

Turn: ($95.99) 9 (3 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($95.99) 4 (3 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $95.99 | Rake: $3

lol @ co

I know. I mean what exactly does he think I'm calling that shove with when there is a player still to act.