Mastering The Game and Turning Pro
07-11-2019
, 05:56 AM
I first taught myself to play somewhere back in 2009-2010 and was after a lot of learning and practice a break even player at best. Then Black Friday happened and i kinda lost interest as other things in life took priority.
Fast forward to the beginning of 2018 and i find myself unexpectedly between jobs and looking for something to occupy my mind in between job interviews. I was fairly into the Crypto markets and started watching youtube videos from this guy id never heard of called Doug Polk, turns out he's also a poker player, who knew
I started watching his poker channel as well as videos from Spraggy, Tonkaaa and a few others and my interest in poker was renewed.
In the pre BF days I'd reached the point where i knew the basics and was aware of how much more there was still to learn if not aware of exactly what it was i didn't know yet. I managed to resurrect old accounts i had with Stars, 888 and Party and made the minimum deposit on each, a total of about $30 with the thought that i would focus on study and improving my play and that if i bust my BR I would not be redepositing.
Fairly quickly turned $10 on Stars into $50 playing 2nl full ring and decided to switch to 6max, even quicker i went back down to $20, at this point i decided that i was going to study 6max whilst grinding freeroll MTT's to build my BR up to a sensible number of buyins for 2nl. it took a few months but i managed to grind a load of tournies and had a BR of about $100 to play with, went back to 2nl 6 max cash and turned that into $150, moved up to 5nl and got up to just shy of $250 with a view to move to 10nl at $250 when disaster strikes and through a combination of bad luck and (mostly) bad play dropped a lot of buyins and ended up moving back down to 2nl with a BR of about $125, which is where i am now.
even though i haven't shown much if any real profit i have made huge improvements in my game, my understanding of ranges, standard lines, counting combos, hand equity, tilt control etc etc... is so far ahead of where i was a year ago that i laugh at just how bad and clueless i really was.
I recently signed up for the free month trial of Shark Academy with Bestpokercoaching and absolute binged almost every piece of 6max content they had making copious notes as i watched the courses and will be implementing what i have learn there into my game as we go.
I just got my hands on a new PC and have a 3 screen set up which is making multi tabling much easier than it was on my ancient laptop and am ready to take the game seriously with the goal to get out of the micros and go pro.
I aim to update this blog at least once per week but hopefully after each meaningful session, ill be posting graphs, HH's and any other thoughts i have.
As i'm on a new machine i don't have any historical graphs to post right now but even if i did they aren't anything to brag about.
Thanks for reading and welcome to my blog
Fast forward to the beginning of 2018 and i find myself unexpectedly between jobs and looking for something to occupy my mind in between job interviews. I was fairly into the Crypto markets and started watching youtube videos from this guy id never heard of called Doug Polk, turns out he's also a poker player, who knew
I started watching his poker channel as well as videos from Spraggy, Tonkaaa and a few others and my interest in poker was renewed.
In the pre BF days I'd reached the point where i knew the basics and was aware of how much more there was still to learn if not aware of exactly what it was i didn't know yet. I managed to resurrect old accounts i had with Stars, 888 and Party and made the minimum deposit on each, a total of about $30 with the thought that i would focus on study and improving my play and that if i bust my BR I would not be redepositing.
Fairly quickly turned $10 on Stars into $50 playing 2nl full ring and decided to switch to 6max, even quicker i went back down to $20, at this point i decided that i was going to study 6max whilst grinding freeroll MTT's to build my BR up to a sensible number of buyins for 2nl. it took a few months but i managed to grind a load of tournies and had a BR of about $100 to play with, went back to 2nl 6 max cash and turned that into $150, moved up to 5nl and got up to just shy of $250 with a view to move to 10nl at $250 when disaster strikes and through a combination of bad luck and (mostly) bad play dropped a lot of buyins and ended up moving back down to 2nl with a BR of about $125, which is where i am now.
even though i haven't shown much if any real profit i have made huge improvements in my game, my understanding of ranges, standard lines, counting combos, hand equity, tilt control etc etc... is so far ahead of where i was a year ago that i laugh at just how bad and clueless i really was.
I recently signed up for the free month trial of Shark Academy with Bestpokercoaching and absolute binged almost every piece of 6max content they had making copious notes as i watched the courses and will be implementing what i have learn there into my game as we go.
I just got my hands on a new PC and have a 3 screen set up which is making multi tabling much easier than it was on my ancient laptop and am ready to take the game seriously with the goal to get out of the micros and go pro.
I aim to update this blog at least once per week but hopefully after each meaningful session, ill be posting graphs, HH's and any other thoughts i have.
As i'm on a new machine i don't have any historical graphs to post right now but even if i did they aren't anything to brag about.
Thanks for reading and welcome to my blog
Last edited by boxoftricks; 07-11-2019 at 06:06 AM.
07-11-2019
, 03:17 PM
Dont seem to be able to get the hand history converter to work with HH's exported from HM3 if anyone has any advice?
Played a quick 30 minutes after work just to get a graph and HH to post here
Did get into 1 fun hand against a couple of massive fish:
***** 888poker Hand History for Game 621272 *****
$0.01/$0.02 Blinds No Limit Holdem - *** 11 07 2019 19:40:56
Table Gandia 6 Max (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: boxoftricks ( $2 )
Seat 2: Mini_b99 ( $1.93 )
Seat 4: elpriceputo ( $0.90 )
Seat 6: y0curly ( $1.58 )
Seat 7: mightyfeisty ( $1.52 )
Seat 9: TiltedPlayer ( $2.06 )
Mini_b99 posts small blind [$0.01]
elpriceputo posts big blind [$0.02]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to boxoftricks [ Qs, Qh ]
y0curly calls [$0.02]
mightyfeisty raises [$0.06]
TiltedPlayer calls [$0.06]
boxoftricks calls [$0.06]
Mini_b99 calls [$0.05]
elpriceputo folds
y0curly calls [$0.04]
** Dealing flop ** [ Jd, 5h, 7d ]
Mini_b99 bets [$0.32]
y0curly folds
mightyfeisty calls [$0.32]
TiltedPlayer folds
boxoftricks calls [$0.32]
** Dealing turn ** [ 3c ]
Mini_b99 bets [$1.28]
mightyfeisty folds
boxoftricks raises [$1.62]
Mini_b99 calls [$0.27]
** Dealing river ** [ Kd ]
chart for todays session
Played a quick 30 minutes after work just to get a graph and HH to post here
Did get into 1 fun hand against a couple of massive fish:
***** 888poker Hand History for Game 621272 *****
$0.01/$0.02 Blinds No Limit Holdem - *** 11 07 2019 19:40:56
Table Gandia 6 Max (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: boxoftricks ( $2 )
Seat 2: Mini_b99 ( $1.93 )
Seat 4: elpriceputo ( $0.90 )
Seat 6: y0curly ( $1.58 )
Seat 7: mightyfeisty ( $1.52 )
Seat 9: TiltedPlayer ( $2.06 )
Mini_b99 posts small blind [$0.01]
elpriceputo posts big blind [$0.02]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to boxoftricks [ Qs, Qh ]
y0curly calls [$0.02]
mightyfeisty raises [$0.06]
TiltedPlayer calls [$0.06]
boxoftricks calls [$0.06]
Mini_b99 calls [$0.05]
elpriceputo folds
y0curly calls [$0.04]
** Dealing flop ** [ Jd, 5h, 7d ]
Mini_b99 bets [$0.32]
y0curly folds
mightyfeisty calls [$0.32]
TiltedPlayer folds
boxoftricks calls [$0.32]
** Dealing turn ** [ 3c ]
Mini_b99 bets [$1.28]
mightyfeisty folds
boxoftricks raises [$1.62]
Mini_b99 calls [$0.27]
** Dealing river ** [ Kd ]
Spoiler:
chart for todays session
Last edited by boxoftricks; 07-11-2019 at 03:33 PM.
07-13-2019
, 08:04 AM
Played a couple of hours and got in 1,100 hands 6 tabling 6max 2nl on 888, lost a couple of flips but overall pretty happy with how i played
***** 888poker Hand History for Game 1279765413 *****
$0.01/$0.02 Blinds No Limit Holdem - *** 13 07 2019 11:00:24
Table Samara 6 Max (Real Money)
Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 1: yrik222 ( $3.04 )
Seat 2: boxoftricks ( $2.15 )
Seat 4: DHHD_87 ( $3.49 )
Seat 6: RustyKrusty ( $2.02 )
Seat 7: marivalter ( $2.24 )
yrik222 posts small blind [$0.01]
boxoftricks posts big blind [$0.02]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to boxoftricks [ Kh, Kc ]
DHHD_87 folds
RustyKrusty folds
marivalter raises [$0.05]
yrik222 raises [$0.16]
boxoftricks raises [$0.41]
marivalter folds
yrik222 calls [$0.26]
** Dealing flop ** [ Jc, Tc, 4c ]
yrik222 checks
boxoftricks bets [$0.60]
yrik222 raises [$1.20]
boxoftricks raises [$1.12]
yrik222 calls [$0.52]
** Dealing turn ** [ Qh ]
** Dealing river ** [ 9h ]
** Summary **
and
***** 888poker Hand History for Game 1279781525 *****
$0.01/$0.02 Blinds No Limit Holdem - *** 13 07 2019 12:52:28
Table Makiyivka 6 Max (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: razdva24 ( $2 )
Seat 2: Nudotik_85 ( $1.79 )
Seat 4: chris60s ( $2.36 )
Seat 6: boxoftricks ( $2 )
Seat 7: vbshka1 ( $1.97 )
Seat 9: jekaloza ( $2.03 )
chris60s posts small blind [$0.01]
boxoftricks posts big blind [$0.02]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to boxoftricks [ Qh, Qc ]
vbshka1 raises [$0.06]
jekaloza folds
razdva24 folds
Nudotik_85 folds
chris60s folds
boxoftricks raises [$0.17]
vbshka1 calls [$0.13]
** Dealing flop ** [ 8s, 6s, 2d ]
boxoftricks bets [$0.28]
vbshka1 raises [$1.78]
boxoftricks calls [$1.50]
** Dealing turn ** [ 6h ]
** Dealing river ** [ 9s ]
** Summary **
and a couple of nice wins
***** 888poker Hand History for Game 631265 *****
$0.01/$0.02 Blinds No Limit Holdem - *** 13 07 2019 11:58:25
Table Durango 6 Max (Real Money)
Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 1: Roma23rus ( $2.07 )
Seat 2: ERn_san ( $2 )
Seat 4: Psyyy1986 ( $0.80 )
Seat 7: boxoftricks ( $2.66 )
Roma23rus posts small blind [$0.01]
ERn_san posts big blind [$0.02]
Psyyy1986 posts big blind [$0.02]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to boxoftricks [ Ks, Kd ]
Psyyy1986 checks
boxoftricks raises [$0.06]
Roma23rus folds
ERn_san calls [$0.04]
Psyyy1986 calls [$0.04]
** Dealing flop ** [ 8h, Ts, 2s ]
ERn_san bets [$0.09]
Psyyy1986 calls [$0.09]
boxoftricks calls [$0.09]
** Dealing turn ** [ Jh ]
ERn_san bets [$0.24]
Psyyy1986 calls [$0.24]
boxoftricks calls [$0.24]
** Dealing river ** [ Kc ]
ERn_san bets [$0.59]
Psyyy1986 folds
boxoftricks raises [$2.27]
ERn_san calls [$1.02]
** Summary **
and
***** 888poker Hand History for Game 1279774595 *****
$0.01/$0.02 Blinds No Limit Holdem - *** 13 07 2019 12:05:45
Table Samara 6 Max (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 1: yrik222 ( $4.14 )
Seat 2: boxoftricks ( $2.28 )
Seat 4: xBISHx1911 ( $2.48 )
Seat 7: Digrad ( $1.80 )
boxoftricks posts small blind [$0.01]
xBISHx1911 folds
Digrad posts big blind [$0.02]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to boxoftricks [ 9h, Ah ]
yrik222 raises [$0.05]
boxoftricks calls [$0.04]
Digrad folds
** Dealing flop ** [ Qh, Th, 6h ]
boxoftricks checks
yrik222 bets [$0.08]
boxoftricks calls [$0.08]
** Dealing turn ** [ 9s ]
boxoftricks checks
yrik222 bets [$0.18]
boxoftricks calls [$0.18]
** Dealing river ** [ Jc ]
boxoftricks bets [$0.32]
yrik222 raises [$3.83]
boxoftricks calls [$1.65]
** Summary **
Any comments on how i played those hands are very welcome.
chart for the session:
Total so far:
***** 888poker Hand History for Game 1279765413 *****
$0.01/$0.02 Blinds No Limit Holdem - *** 13 07 2019 11:00:24
Table Samara 6 Max (Real Money)
Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 1: yrik222 ( $3.04 )
Seat 2: boxoftricks ( $2.15 )
Seat 4: DHHD_87 ( $3.49 )
Seat 6: RustyKrusty ( $2.02 )
Seat 7: marivalter ( $2.24 )
yrik222 posts small blind [$0.01]
boxoftricks posts big blind [$0.02]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to boxoftricks [ Kh, Kc ]
DHHD_87 folds
RustyKrusty folds
marivalter raises [$0.05]
yrik222 raises [$0.16]
boxoftricks raises [$0.41]
marivalter folds
yrik222 calls [$0.26]
** Dealing flop ** [ Jc, Tc, 4c ]
yrik222 checks
boxoftricks bets [$0.60]
yrik222 raises [$1.20]
boxoftricks raises [$1.12]
yrik222 calls [$0.52]
** Dealing turn ** [ Qh ]
** Dealing river ** [ 9h ]
** Summary **
Spoiler:
and
***** 888poker Hand History for Game 1279781525 *****
$0.01/$0.02 Blinds No Limit Holdem - *** 13 07 2019 12:52:28
Table Makiyivka 6 Max (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: razdva24 ( $2 )
Seat 2: Nudotik_85 ( $1.79 )
Seat 4: chris60s ( $2.36 )
Seat 6: boxoftricks ( $2 )
Seat 7: vbshka1 ( $1.97 )
Seat 9: jekaloza ( $2.03 )
chris60s posts small blind [$0.01]
boxoftricks posts big blind [$0.02]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to boxoftricks [ Qh, Qc ]
vbshka1 raises [$0.06]
jekaloza folds
razdva24 folds
Nudotik_85 folds
chris60s folds
boxoftricks raises [$0.17]
vbshka1 calls [$0.13]
** Dealing flop ** [ 8s, 6s, 2d ]
boxoftricks bets [$0.28]
vbshka1 raises [$1.78]
boxoftricks calls [$1.50]
** Dealing turn ** [ 6h ]
** Dealing river ** [ 9s ]
** Summary **
Spoiler:
and a couple of nice wins
***** 888poker Hand History for Game 631265 *****
$0.01/$0.02 Blinds No Limit Holdem - *** 13 07 2019 11:58:25
Table Durango 6 Max (Real Money)
Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 1: Roma23rus ( $2.07 )
Seat 2: ERn_san ( $2 )
Seat 4: Psyyy1986 ( $0.80 )
Seat 7: boxoftricks ( $2.66 )
Roma23rus posts small blind [$0.01]
ERn_san posts big blind [$0.02]
Psyyy1986 posts big blind [$0.02]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to boxoftricks [ Ks, Kd ]
Psyyy1986 checks
boxoftricks raises [$0.06]
Roma23rus folds
ERn_san calls [$0.04]
Psyyy1986 calls [$0.04]
** Dealing flop ** [ 8h, Ts, 2s ]
ERn_san bets [$0.09]
Psyyy1986 calls [$0.09]
boxoftricks calls [$0.09]
** Dealing turn ** [ Jh ]
ERn_san bets [$0.24]
Psyyy1986 calls [$0.24]
boxoftricks calls [$0.24]
** Dealing river ** [ Kc ]
ERn_san bets [$0.59]
Psyyy1986 folds
boxoftricks raises [$2.27]
ERn_san calls [$1.02]
** Summary **
Spoiler:
and
***** 888poker Hand History for Game 1279774595 *****
$0.01/$0.02 Blinds No Limit Holdem - *** 13 07 2019 12:05:45
Table Samara 6 Max (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 1: yrik222 ( $4.14 )
Seat 2: boxoftricks ( $2.28 )
Seat 4: xBISHx1911 ( $2.48 )
Seat 7: Digrad ( $1.80 )
boxoftricks posts small blind [$0.01]
xBISHx1911 folds
Digrad posts big blind [$0.02]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to boxoftricks [ 9h, Ah ]
yrik222 raises [$0.05]
boxoftricks calls [$0.04]
Digrad folds
** Dealing flop ** [ Qh, Th, 6h ]
boxoftricks checks
yrik222 bets [$0.08]
boxoftricks calls [$0.08]
** Dealing turn ** [ 9s ]
boxoftricks checks
yrik222 bets [$0.18]
boxoftricks calls [$0.18]
** Dealing river ** [ Jc ]
boxoftricks bets [$0.32]
yrik222 raises [$3.83]
boxoftricks calls [$1.65]
** Summary **
Spoiler:
Any comments on how i played those hands are very welcome.
chart for the session:
Total so far:
Last edited by boxoftricks; 07-13-2019 at 08:19 AM.
07-14-2019
, 05:02 AM
Spent most of yesterday playing around with OBS and will be posting some videos soon, lost half a buyin whilst getting it all configured 
Played an hour long session with my morning coffee 6 tabling 2nl on 888 again.
Early Sunday morning session:
Total so far:
Current BR
888 - $71.70
Stars - $19.01
Party - $17.98
ACR - $10.96
Total - $119.65
Total Profit: $6.62
EV adjusted: $9.08
Played an hour long session with my morning coffee 6 tabling 2nl on 888 again.
Early Sunday morning session:
Total so far:
Current BR
888 - $71.70
Stars - $19.01
Party - $17.98
ACR - $10.96
Total - $119.65
Total Profit: $6.62
EV adjusted: $9.08
07-14-2019
, 12:29 PM
Completed the weekend and week 1 of the blog by getting the first 3k hands in.
All told, very happy with my play and the results.
I'm starting a new job tomorrow so probably wont play much this week but will try to get a few thousand hands in.
I'll start taking shots at 5nl when my BR reaches $150
Current BR
888 - $76.77
Stars - $19.01
Party - $17.98
ACR - $10.96
Total - $124.36
Hands: 3,001
Net Won: $11.71
bb/100: 20.20
All-in adj: $14.71
All told, very happy with my play and the results.
I'm starting a new job tomorrow so probably wont play much this week but will try to get a few thousand hands in.
I'll start taking shots at 5nl when my BR reaches $150
Current BR
888 - $76.77
Stars - $19.01
Party - $17.98
ACR - $10.96
Total - $124.36
Hands: 3,001
Net Won: $11.71
bb/100: 20.20
All-in adj: $14.71
Last edited by boxoftricks; 07-14-2019 at 12:41 PM.
07-20-2019
, 11:25 AM
played a long session this afternoon, it has been brutal, really swingy. definitely played badly in a few spots and got sucked out on a few times. dont feel i tilted at all though, just accept it and move on.
Today's graph (so far):
Total:
I'm gonna post the biggest losing hands from the session and my thought process.
Feel welcome to ridicule me mercilessly
***** 888poker Hand History for Game 535719948 *****
$0.01/$0.02 Blinds
Table Colon 6 Max (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: boxoftricks ( $3.25 )
Seat 2: Barticus1 ( $2.14 )
Seat 4: ChokWau ( $4.09 )
Seat 6: 4u4elooo ( $2.20 )
Seat 7: ghiaurul18 ( $6.30 )
Seat 9: F1nans ( $2.92 )
Barticus1 posts small blind [$0.01]
ChokWau posts big blind [$0.02]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to boxoftricks [ 2
, 2
]
4u4elooo folds
ghiaurul18 folds
F1nans folds
boxoftricks raises [$0.05]
Barticus1 folds
ChokWau calls [$0.03]
POT:$0.11
** Dealing flop ** [ J
, A, 4 ]
ChokWau checks
boxoftricks bets [$0.05]
ChokWau calls [$0.05]
POT:$0.21
** Dealing turn ** [ 2
]
ChokWau checks
boxoftricks bets [$0.21]
ChokWau calls [$0.21]
POT:$0.63
** Dealing river ** [ 7 ]
ChokWau checks
So villain has check/called flop and turn, his vpip/pfr is 38/27 over 26 hands and i decide to shove with bottom set thinking he might just call with AK, or any of the Ax 2 pair combos. this is 2nl and people are calling off stacks with top pair weak kicker all over the place. I'm not really concerned about him having the flush, wouldn't he heave raised the turn if he had flopped the flush and was being bet into?
boxoftricks bets [$2.94]
POT:$3.57
Villain tanks for an age, uses his entire time bank, im absolutely convinced he's going to fold and then....
** Summary **
***** 888poker Hand History for Game 622552945 *****
Table Trenton 6 Max (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 2: kapable71 ( $1.82 )
Seat 4: boxoftricks ( $2 )
Seat 6: ghiaurul18 ( $2.73 )
Seat 7: Mr.JohnPoker ( $0.80 )
Seat 9: RIVERLOU14 ( $1.36 )
boxoftricks posts small blind [$0.01]
ghiaurul18 posts big blind [$0.02]
Mr.JohnPoker posts big blind [$0.02]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to boxoftricks [ 8, 8 ]
Mr.JohnPoker raises [$0.07]
RIVERLOU14 calls [$0.09]
kapable71 calls [$0.09]
boxoftricks calls [$0.08]
ghiaurul18 calls [$0.07]
POT:$0.45
** Dealing flop ** [ K, 8, 5 ]
boxoftricks checks
ghiaurul18 checks
Mr.JohnPoker bets [$0.10]
RIVERLOU14 folds
kapable71 folds
boxoftricks raises [$0.53]
ghiaurul18 calls [$0.53]
Mr.JohnPoker folds
POT:$1.61
** Dealing turn ** [ T ]
villain is playing 48/34 vpip/pfr over 419 hands. he called pre flop and check called my raise on the flop, ive got $1.38 left in my stack and $1.61 in the pot and ive got a set, again im looking for a call from top pairs AK, KQ, KJ, Flush draws, QJ for the straight draw.
checking flopzilla his range contains
21 combos making a flush
13 combos for two pair
51 combos for top pair
47 combos for a flush draw
so if he calls with all of them i have 78% Equity against his range
boxoftricks bets [$1.38]
ghiaurul18 calls [$1.38]
POT:$4.37
** Dealing river ** [ A ]
Today's graph (so far):
Total:
I'm gonna post the biggest losing hands from the session and my thought process.
Feel welcome to ridicule me mercilessly
***** 888poker Hand History for Game 535719948 *****
$0.01/$0.02 Blinds
Table Colon 6 Max (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: boxoftricks ( $3.25 )
Seat 2: Barticus1 ( $2.14 )
Seat 4: ChokWau ( $4.09 )
Seat 6: 4u4elooo ( $2.20 )
Seat 7: ghiaurul18 ( $6.30 )
Seat 9: F1nans ( $2.92 )
Barticus1 posts small blind [$0.01]
ChokWau posts big blind [$0.02]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to boxoftricks [ 2
, 2 ]4u4elooo folds
ghiaurul18 folds
F1nans folds
boxoftricks raises [$0.05]
Barticus1 folds
ChokWau calls [$0.03]
POT:$0.11
** Dealing flop ** [ J
, A, 4 ]ChokWau checks
boxoftricks bets [$0.05]
ChokWau calls [$0.05]
POT:$0.21
** Dealing turn ** [ 2
]ChokWau checks
boxoftricks bets [$0.21]
ChokWau calls [$0.21]
POT:$0.63
** Dealing river ** [ 7
]ChokWau checks
So villain has check/called flop and turn, his vpip/pfr is 38/27 over 26 hands and i decide to shove with bottom set thinking he might just call with AK, or any of the Ax 2 pair combos. this is 2nl and people are calling off stacks with top pair weak kicker all over the place. I'm not really concerned about him having the flush, wouldn't he heave raised the turn if he had flopped the flush and was being bet into?
boxoftricks bets [$2.94]
POT:$3.57
Villain tanks for an age, uses his entire time bank, im absolutely convinced he's going to fold and then....
Spoiler:
** Summary **
Spoiler:
***** 888poker Hand History for Game 622552945 *****
Table Trenton 6 Max (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 2: kapable71 ( $1.82 )
Seat 4: boxoftricks ( $2 )
Seat 6: ghiaurul18 ( $2.73 )
Seat 7: Mr.JohnPoker ( $0.80 )
Seat 9: RIVERLOU14 ( $1.36 )
boxoftricks posts small blind [$0.01]
ghiaurul18 posts big blind [$0.02]
Mr.JohnPoker posts big blind [$0.02]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to boxoftricks [ 8
, 8 ]Mr.JohnPoker raises [$0.07]
RIVERLOU14 calls [$0.09]
kapable71 calls [$0.09]
boxoftricks calls [$0.08]
ghiaurul18 calls [$0.07]
POT:$0.45
** Dealing flop ** [ K
, 8, 5 ]boxoftricks checks
ghiaurul18 checks
Mr.JohnPoker bets [$0.10]
RIVERLOU14 folds
kapable71 folds
boxoftricks raises [$0.53]
ghiaurul18 calls [$0.53]
Mr.JohnPoker folds
POT:$1.61
** Dealing turn ** [ T
]villain is playing 48/34 vpip/pfr over 419 hands. he called pre flop and check called my raise on the flop, ive got $1.38 left in my stack and $1.61 in the pot and ive got a set, again im looking for a call from top pairs AK, KQ, KJ, Flush draws, QJ for the straight draw.
checking flopzilla his range contains
21 combos making a flush
13 combos for two pair
51 combos for top pair
47 combos for a flush draw
so if he calls with all of them i have 78% Equity against his range
boxoftricks bets [$1.38]
ghiaurul18 calls [$1.38]
POT:$4.37
** Dealing river ** [ A
]Spoiler:
Last edited by boxoftricks; 07-20-2019 at 11:54 AM.
07-20-2019
, 12:09 PM
now this one hurt a bit
***** 888poker Hand History for Game 535729363 *****
$0.01/$0.02 Blinds No Limit Holdem - ***
Table Colon 6 Max (Real Money)
Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: boxoftricks ( $2.32 )
Seat 2: hemul73 ( $2.54 )
Seat 4: CGB15 ( $2.14 )
Seat 6: DmitryKos ( $0.94 )
Seat 7: Sargu_xih ( $2.03 )
Seat 9: Zanoza54 ( $1.80 )
Zanoza54 posts small blind [$0.01]
boxoftricks posts big blind [$0.02]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to boxoftricks [ 6, 6 ]
hemul73 folds
CGB15 folds
DmitryKos folds
Sargu_xih folds
Zanoza54 raises [$0.05]
boxoftricks calls [$0.04]
POT:$0.12
** Dealing flop ** [ 6, 5, 3 ]
Zanoza54 bets [$0.08]
Now ive got top set so im not going to mess around, im raising....
boxoftricks raises [$0.36]
Zanoza54 raises [$1.66]
boxoftricks calls [$1.38]
jackpot! allin on the flop with top set
Zanoza54 shows [ T, T ]
POT:$3.60
he's got 14% equity
got him!!!!
** Dealing turn ** [ 4 ]
and one more where i make a huge mistake...
and another one.....
***** 888poker Hand History for Game 535720727 *****
$0.01/$0.02 Blinds No Limit Holdem - *** 20 07 2019 12:17:29
Table Eilat 6 Max (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 3
Seat 1: Denworld911 ( $2.05 )
Seat 4: boxoftricks ( $2 )
Seat 7: ghiaurul18 ( $4.70 )
ghiaurul18 posts small blind [$0.01]
Denworld911 posts big blind [$0.02]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to boxoftricks [ 9, T ]
boxoftricks raises [$0.05]
ghiaurul18 raises [$0.19]
Denworld911 folds
boxoftricks calls [$0.15]
POT:$0.42
** Dealing flop ** [ J, 4, 6 ]
ghiaurul18 bets [$0.13]
boxoftricks calls [$0.13]
POT:$0.68
** Dealing turn ** [ Q ]
ghiaurul18 bets [$0.34]
ive got a flush draw and a open ender, im not folding......
boxoftricks calls [$0.34]
POT:$1.36
** Dealing river ** [ 9 ]
ghiaurul18 bets [$0.44]
at this point i somehow completly miss read my hand and think ive made a straight
boxoftricks calls [$0.44]
POT:$2.24
im probably going to play another couple of hours in the evening, hopefully i can recover the days losses playing against drunk fish
***** 888poker Hand History for Game 535729363 *****
$0.01/$0.02 Blinds No Limit Holdem - ***
Table Colon 6 Max (Real Money)
Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: boxoftricks ( $2.32 )
Seat 2: hemul73 ( $2.54 )
Seat 4: CGB15 ( $2.14 )
Seat 6: DmitryKos ( $0.94 )
Seat 7: Sargu_xih ( $2.03 )
Seat 9: Zanoza54 ( $1.80 )
Zanoza54 posts small blind [$0.01]
boxoftricks posts big blind [$0.02]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to boxoftricks [ 6
, 6 ]hemul73 folds
CGB15 folds
DmitryKos folds
Sargu_xih folds
Zanoza54 raises [$0.05]
boxoftricks calls [$0.04]
POT:$0.12
** Dealing flop ** [ 6
, 5, 3 ]Zanoza54 bets [$0.08]
Now ive got top set so im not going to mess around, im raising....
boxoftricks raises [$0.36]
Zanoza54 raises [$1.66]
boxoftricks calls [$1.38]
jackpot! allin on the flop with top set
Zanoza54 shows [ T
, T ]POT:$3.60
he's got 14% equity
got him!!!!
** Dealing turn ** [ 4
]Spoiler:
and one more where i make a huge mistake...
and another one.....
***** 888poker Hand History for Game 535720727 *****
$0.01/$0.02 Blinds No Limit Holdem - *** 20 07 2019 12:17:29
Table Eilat 6 Max (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 3
Seat 1: Denworld911 ( $2.05 )
Seat 4: boxoftricks ( $2 )
Seat 7: ghiaurul18 ( $4.70 )
ghiaurul18 posts small blind [$0.01]
Denworld911 posts big blind [$0.02]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to boxoftricks [ 9
, T ]boxoftricks raises [$0.05]
ghiaurul18 raises [$0.19]
Denworld911 folds
boxoftricks calls [$0.15]
POT:$0.42
** Dealing flop ** [ J
, 4, 6 ]ghiaurul18 bets [$0.13]
boxoftricks calls [$0.13]
POT:$0.68
** Dealing turn ** [ Q
]ghiaurul18 bets [$0.34]
ive got a flush draw and a open ender, im not folding......
boxoftricks calls [$0.34]
POT:$1.36
** Dealing river ** [ 9
]ghiaurul18 bets [$0.44]
at this point i somehow completly miss read my hand and think ive made a straight
boxoftricks calls [$0.44]
POT:$2.24
Spoiler:
im probably going to play another couple of hours in the evening, hopefully i can recover the days losses playing against drunk fish
Last edited by boxoftricks; 07-20-2019 at 12:26 PM.
07-21-2019
, 04:12 AM
07-21-2019
, 06:41 AM
Todays area of study: Losing big pots with a Full House
Am I ever getting away from these hands?
***** 888poker $0.01/$0.02 Blinds No Limit Holdem - ***
Table Lleida 6 Max (Real Money)
Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: BuckoPoker ( $2.01 )
Seat 2: Wolfpavel ( $2.07 )
Seat 4: Fel24tsan ( $2.53 )
Seat 6: IeatUrBread ( $2 )
Seat 7: boxoftricks ( $2.29 )
Seat 9: vanopash ( $3.12 )
vanopash posts small blind [$0.01]
BuckoPoker posts big blind [$0.02]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to boxoftricks [ J, J ]
Wolfpavel folds
Fel24tsan raises [$0.06]
IeatUrBread folds
vilain is opening 18% of hands so im giving him a MP open range of somethign like this
boxoftricks calls [$0.06]
vanopash folds
BuckoPoker folds
Pot:$0.15
** Dealing flop ** [ J, A, Q ]
Fel24tsan bets [$0.11]
villain makes a very standard CBet which i think we can assume he'll do with his entire range
boxoftricks calls [$0.11]
Pot:$0.37
** Dealing turn ** [ 7 ]
Fel24tsan bets [$0.26]
villain fires a second barel but i think we're still ahead of his range, he has a lot of top pair, two pair hands
boxoftricks calls [$0.26]
Pot:$0.89
** Dealing river ** [ A ]
Fel24tsan checks
the board pairs and villain checks after leading pf, flop and turn....
this makes me think he doesnt have a full house, more likely he's rivered trips so i bet for value
boxoftricks bets [$0.63]
Fel24tsan raises [$2.10]
hmm....
boxoftricks calls [$1.23]
Pot:$4.85
And a second very similar spot
***** 888poker
$0.01/$0.02 Blinds No Limit Holdem - ***
Table Chillan 6 Max (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 1: AveMaks ( $2 )
Seat 4: beakiwi ( $0.25 )
Seat 6: JS888FU ( $1.74 )
Seat 7: balboa8804 ( $1.34 )
Seat 9: boxoftricks ( $4.43 )
beakiwi posts small blind [$0.01]
JS888FU posts big blind [$0.02]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to boxoftricks [ 9, 8 ]
balboa8804 calls [$0.02]
boxoftricks raises [$0.06]
AveMaks folds
beakiwi folds
JS888FU calls [$0.04]
balboa8804 calls [$0.04]
Pot:$0.19
villain is playing vpip/pfr of 78/13 over 48 hands
somethign like this
** Dealing flop ** [ 8, K, 8 ]
JS888FU checks
balboa8804 checks
boxoftricks bets [$0.12]
JS888FU calls [$0.12]
balboa8804 folds
Pot:$0.43
** Dealing turn ** [ Q ]
JS888FU checks
boxoftricks bets [$0.28]
JS888FU calls [$0.28]
Pot:$0.99
** Dealing river ** [ K ]
JS888FU checks
boxoftricks bets [$0.99]
JS888FU raises [$1.28]
boxoftricks calls [$0.29]
Pot:$3.55
All comments are very welcome, would you have played those hands differently? why?
Am I ever getting away from these hands?
***** 888poker $0.01/$0.02 Blinds No Limit Holdem - ***
Table Lleida 6 Max (Real Money)
Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: BuckoPoker ( $2.01 )
Seat 2: Wolfpavel ( $2.07 )
Seat 4: Fel24tsan ( $2.53 )
Seat 6: IeatUrBread ( $2 )
Seat 7: boxoftricks ( $2.29 )
Seat 9: vanopash ( $3.12 )
vanopash posts small blind [$0.01]
BuckoPoker posts big blind [$0.02]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to boxoftricks [ J
, J ]Wolfpavel folds
Fel24tsan raises [$0.06]
IeatUrBread folds
vilain is opening 18% of hands so im giving him a MP open range of somethign like this
boxoftricks calls [$0.06]
vanopash folds
BuckoPoker folds
Pot:$0.15
** Dealing flop ** [ J
, A, Q ]Fel24tsan bets [$0.11]
villain makes a very standard CBet which i think we can assume he'll do with his entire range
boxoftricks calls [$0.11]
Pot:$0.37
** Dealing turn ** [ 7
]Fel24tsan bets [$0.26]
villain fires a second barel but i think we're still ahead of his range, he has a lot of top pair, two pair hands
boxoftricks calls [$0.26]
Pot:$0.89
** Dealing river ** [ A
]Fel24tsan checks
the board pairs and villain checks after leading pf, flop and turn....
this makes me think he doesnt have a full house, more likely he's rivered trips so i bet for value
boxoftricks bets [$0.63]
Fel24tsan raises [$2.10]
hmm....
boxoftricks calls [$1.23]
Pot:$4.85
Spoiler:
And a second very similar spot
***** 888poker
$0.01/$0.02 Blinds No Limit Holdem - ***
Table Chillan 6 Max (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 1: AveMaks ( $2 )
Seat 4: beakiwi ( $0.25 )
Seat 6: JS888FU ( $1.74 )
Seat 7: balboa8804 ( $1.34 )
Seat 9: boxoftricks ( $4.43 )
beakiwi posts small blind [$0.01]
JS888FU posts big blind [$0.02]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to boxoftricks [ 9
, 8 ]balboa8804 calls [$0.02]
boxoftricks raises [$0.06]
AveMaks folds
beakiwi folds
JS888FU calls [$0.04]
balboa8804 calls [$0.04]
Pot:$0.19
villain is playing vpip/pfr of 78/13 over 48 hands
somethign like this
** Dealing flop ** [ 8
, K, 8 ]JS888FU checks
balboa8804 checks
boxoftricks bets [$0.12]
JS888FU calls [$0.12]
balboa8804 folds
Pot:$0.43
** Dealing turn ** [ Q
]JS888FU checks
boxoftricks bets [$0.28]
JS888FU calls [$0.28]
Pot:$0.99
** Dealing river ** [ K
] JS888FU checks
boxoftricks bets [$0.99]
JS888FU raises [$1.28]
boxoftricks calls [$0.29]
Pot:$3.55
Spoiler:
All comments are very welcome, would you have played those hands differently? why?
07-27-2019
, 02:56 AM
Since my last post I've been really focused on two main areas, adjusting my river value bet sizing to get called by worse hands more often and not calling turn or river raises with second best hands myself.
I feel I have made some major improvements in my game in an area I've struggled with a lot in the past and the results speak for themselves.
This week:
Total
Hands Target for July: 15,314
Hands Played for July: 15,868
Target winrate bb/100: 5.00
Achieved winrate bb/100: 11.13
Current BR
888 - $102.08
Stars - $19.01
Party - $17.98
ACR - $10.96
Total - $150.03
Net Won: $34.30
All-in adj: $32.73
I hit my volume target for July with 5 days remaining, more than doubled the target bb/100 rate and have reached the $150.00 BR mark which means I now have 30 buyins for 5nl and it's time to move up in stakes.
Bankroll Management:
$150 - 5nl (30 buyins) - Achieved!
$250 - 10nl (25 buyins)
$500 - 20nl (25 buyins)
$1,250 - 50nl (25 buyins)
$2,500 - 100nl (25 buyins)
5nl here we come
I feel I have made some major improvements in my game in an area I've struggled with a lot in the past and the results speak for themselves.
This week:
Total
Hands Target for July: 15,314
Hands Played for July: 15,868
Target winrate bb/100: 5.00
Achieved winrate bb/100: 11.13
Current BR
888 - $102.08
Stars - $19.01
Party - $17.98
ACR - $10.96
Total - $150.03
Net Won: $34.30
All-in adj: $32.73
I hit my volume target for July with 5 days remaining, more than doubled the target bb/100 rate and have reached the $150.00 BR mark which means I now have 30 buyins for 5nl and it's time to move up in stakes.
Bankroll Management:
$150 - 5nl (30 buyins) - Achieved!
$250 - 10nl (25 buyins)
$500 - 20nl (25 buyins)
$1,250 - 50nl (25 buyins)
$2,500 - 100nl (25 buyins)
5nl here we come
08-18-2019
, 09:05 AM
so my shot at 5nl had depressingly predictable results...
I ran pretty bad but the losses are mostly down to bad play on my part.
Dropped back down to 2nl to grind it back up again which started well winning 10 buyins in the first 7-8 k hands and then i hit a 10k hand dry
spell that just felt like it would never end. ive run the numbers in HM3 and i was flopping sets 30% less often than expected, when i had flush
draw on the flop and saw both turn and river i was making the flush something like 40% below expected. i even had one session where i got it in
with 85-93% equity 7 times and lost 5 of them, just painful.
This morning i had a very interesting session, it took a few hands for me to realize but for and hour or two i had the enormous pleasure of
multi tabling against the man, the myth, the legend, the biggest losing player in the history of online poker, ladies and gentleman....
Paisting!!!!
My chart for the day..
His chart for the same session..
i have never seen anything like it, open shoving 50 hands in a row, even 72o is good enough for him to get it in pre flop.
and then he berates the person that stacked him for being a fish.
it was something to see!!! at one point there were 3 of us sitting at a table with him with 500-700bb stacks and it all came from him.
so this makes my total results for 2nl:
and my total results for both 2nl and 5nl:
Now, thanks to cashing in a few dollars of reward tokens and taking a 1st and 2nd place in $5 Blasts that i won tickets to playing the freerolls my bank roll stands at:
Current BR
888 - $77.12
Stars - $19.01
Party - $17.98
ACR - $10.96
Total - $125.05
As i have 25 buyins for 5nl i've decided to take another shot, if i lose 5 buyins ill drop back to 2nl and grind it back up again
ive spent a bunch of time studying turn and river play in different spots versus different types of villains, found a couple of leaks in my game that im working on, i definitely been making better decisions in a lot of spots and winning money where i wasnt in the past.
im planning to take another shot at 5nl this afternoon, ill be 4 tabling and hopefully record the session and stick it on youtube
I ran pretty bad but the losses are mostly down to bad play on my part.
Dropped back down to 2nl to grind it back up again which started well winning 10 buyins in the first 7-8 k hands and then i hit a 10k hand dry
spell that just felt like it would never end. ive run the numbers in HM3 and i was flopping sets 30% less often than expected, when i had flush
draw on the flop and saw both turn and river i was making the flush something like 40% below expected. i even had one session where i got it in
with 85-93% equity 7 times and lost 5 of them, just painful.
This morning i had a very interesting session, it took a few hands for me to realize but for and hour or two i had the enormous pleasure of
multi tabling against the man, the myth, the legend, the biggest losing player in the history of online poker, ladies and gentleman....
Paisting!!!!
My chart for the day..
His chart for the same session..
i have never seen anything like it, open shoving 50 hands in a row, even 72o is good enough for him to get it in pre flop.
and then he berates the person that stacked him for being a fish.
it was something to see!!! at one point there were 3 of us sitting at a table with him with 500-700bb stacks and it all came from him.
so this makes my total results for 2nl:
and my total results for both 2nl and 5nl:
Now, thanks to cashing in a few dollars of reward tokens and taking a 1st and 2nd place in $5 Blasts that i won tickets to playing the freerolls my bank roll stands at:
Current BR
888 - $77.12
Stars - $19.01
Party - $17.98
ACR - $10.96
Total - $125.05
As i have 25 buyins for 5nl i've decided to take another shot, if i lose 5 buyins ill drop back to 2nl and grind it back up again
ive spent a bunch of time studying turn and river play in different spots versus different types of villains, found a couple of leaks in my game that im working on, i definitely been making better decisions in a lot of spots and winning money where i wasnt in the past.
im planning to take another shot at 5nl this afternoon, ill be 4 tabling and hopefully record the session and stick it on youtube