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Update Saturday live-Session.
Some crazy hands and swings. Get one time set over set on K63 Flop with two hearts. I had 66, I check raised on flop, a guy on the BTN just called and trapped me with KK. On the turn a 3, I felt somekind of safe and put another c/r there, but he called again.I valuebet the river again and think I had the best hand and he just called and showed Top FH...
Than won a nice 3k pot with T897ds on T45 Flop. An aggro guy pushed me all in with just KTxx I hit my two pair on the river..
Another nice hand was AKTTss with KT of clubs on A35 Board with one club.
I c-bet in a 3 bet pot vs. 2 opponents.Turn 6 of clubs, I checked and the same aggro guy from the last hand put a potsize stab there. I c/r him all in and he folded
Session winnings: 1835€

Pic of my stack tonight:


Overall livegraph so far:


livepoker winnings are now almost 16k
Covering almost all my losses from the last 5 years, which I had playing online.

Its a sick feeling if you are counting all your winnings. First time I can really enjoy what I did the last couple of weeks...

Sick, really impressive!

Thanks.
Update Satarday live-Session.
Continue play well and the sick run continue. Table was very soft at the beginning and I could play very comfortable and almost untouched my smallball strategy. Means attacking small pots and attacking weakness in position. I could win some all in situations vs. some of the shortstacks (500€ stacks). Had 4458 on 246 rainbow-flop, I bet and got raised, I moved in here with good equity, board pairs and I won a nice 1.2k pot
Another hand was AAQx on ATKQJ board. I bet the flop and got one caller, turn went check ckeck and I got it on the river.
Another nice 2.5k pot was with QT96ds (Two hearts and two diamonds) on KhThx
I called a guys all in on the flop, together with another guy in the hand.
A beautiful Ace of hearts hits on the turn . I bet the turn big and the guy folded. River blank and the big pot went to me.
Than the table conditions changed suddenly, one very loose guy sit down at the table and raised and reraised every hand.There was always 50 to 100€ preflop bets.
I didn't play a lot of hands anymore because of the sick preflop action. Furthermore my smallball strategy dind't work here anymore and I don't like to to take the variance here unnecessary, so I even folded some hands preflop, I would usually play all day long...
Pic of my nice stack yesterday:

Session winnings: 2740€
Overall winnings now: 18.3k

Congrats again Martin. It is nice to see you have Success recently.
But some of your described hands are really questionable without any further information (4458 for example)
Wish you a great run anyways in the Future

Thanks a lot.
The 4458 hand was in a multiway pot with one single potraise preflop and lot of callers.
Pot is around 130€. It was checked to me and I bet 100€ and got raised pot from a tight guy with a 600€ stack. I had him covered with my stack.
Pot is around 670€. I got 2:1 here on a call. I have to call 350 to win 670 + 150 (the rest of his stack) Against a flopped str8 with no back up(I don't know, if he has one) I have at least 40% equity here..So not that bad I think to get it in here.

Sick results keep up the rungood!

Thanks @S1C

With my confidence from livepoker start playing three days ago online again at GGpoker. Its way more softer than party atm, so why playing tough games ?
Here my graph without rake (rake should be around 15 to 20BB/100)



Hand of the day:

Some Update:
My upswing is over. Lost over 20 buy ins in the last few live Sessions. Sick run, where I was huge favorite on turn and lost on the river but also made some bad play, where I should fold on the river. There was some hands, I was not sure how to play and I played it in the worst possible way. Also I didn't realize, that I was running hot in the last weeks and I was overconfindent against some thinking-regs in some spots. Some of the better live-regs have adjusted to my game very well and I dind't think about it too much.
Futhermore, I was too often involved in marginal spots, where I should fold on the flop to a raise from a tight player. So overall I think 10 of my buy I just spew away with bad play.
Will try to play better the next few weeks.

Here my graph, still 10k up but the downhill hurts.

Hope you can turn it around again.

How much did the jackpot pay you in quads over quads? :-)

Hi thanks. It was 100$

Update live Session today.
Today I had my best winning day of all time!!
Won 4165€.
Sick run, hit many flops and won a nice 3k pot with AQ88ss on Q842 board.
I check/called the flop and check/raised the turn. Guy calls probably with a flushdraw and overpair to the board. River was a nice 2.
After a very bad start with bad play, bad run and tilt, hope to get to even very soon. This very solid and nice Session today makes me happy again!
My graph sofar this month:

Update: Saturdaynight live Session.
Great run again. Flopped quads with A88xss and got payed off from KKxx on a K turn.It was a nice 2.5k pot . Just hit many flops very well and could play all my hands very str8forward. Nothing more to say
Very happy, I can play my A-game again and overcome my downswing.
Learn alot from my mistakes there. I can adjust much better to my better opponents now.
Session winnings: 2535€
In the winning zone again

Nice to hear man!

Thanks @HiIMinsane
Update live Session yesterday: Another great Session, running really hot again but also my play gets better and better. Can play my edge very well againt some weak opponents.
Picked also some nice bluffs. Like this one: Flop is 89x with 2 hearts. I have JTxx without heart. Pot is around 250. Villian bets 3/4 pot, I call. Turn T. I check, he checks. River J. I check to him, he moves in with 250 in a pot of 600. I call here and he shows AAQx with 2 heart. I put him on a heart draw with some blockers and I was right here
Another hand: I have opened in EP with AAQ6 and got a couple of callers. A tight guy 3 bet from BB to 150, I just called with my Aces here to play it slow and one guy with a shortstack (350€) called. Pot is around 650. Flop is 945 rainbow. The 3-bettor moves in here for 550€, I called and think I have the best hand or at least split against another Aces. The shortstack guy moved in too with 200. Turn Q, River 6. I won a nice 1.5k pot with my 2 pairs
Session winnings: 2900€
My graph for this month:


Overall winnings hit 20k mark now for the first time.

Update: Its so sick, its so brutal, but I have to face the reality. My PLO Livepoker journey is abruptly over guys. I am not broke, I still have some winnings but the last couple of sessions hit me very hard. It was tough. I lost over 11k very quickly and I can't stand the mental pressure of losing anymore.
I could recover from one downswing but I feel, I can't recover now anymore. I am mentally down right now. Can't play my A-Game anymore.
I was running bad but also played some hands poorly and pay soem guys too much off. I still have many leaks in my game, I can't fix it now.
I will protect my bankroll, the most important part now. That is very important.
There was one moment, I feel I could flying, It was one of my best moments in my whole life.
I always know PLO will put you to the high and in one point, after I hit the 20k winning mark. It was just indescribable.
One of the best feelings you can have and I will always keep it for me.
But I always knew the other side of PLO will came some day and will put you to the ground.
Here my last graph for more than 2 months livepoker:

Winnings 8.8k. The most I ever won in poker in the last 10 years. It was great, it was fun.
I will take a break now, maybe start playing online again, some small stakes.
But for now its over.
Thank you guys for follow me.

Don't get discouraged we all fall at some point.

Pick yourself back up, get back on GG and find some confidence.

As long as you stay diligent and keep within your bankroll you will turn it around and be playing live again in no time.

Martin, don't be a wuss. You got this. :-)

Thanks guys.
Played yesterday just my last long live-Session to finished with a win and good feeling. Won 1200€. Overall winnings are now exactly 10k€.
Its was a great time, great experience but I can't manage losings very well atm.
I can't stand the mental pressure, if I am down a lot in a Session.
I am not playing my A-Game anymore, if I am down more than 2k in a Session and I try to get to even very quickly. Thank one of my mistakes, I can't fix it right now...
I know I have an edge of some weak players there but some players adjusted to me and I can't readjust at the moment and get smashed in some spots.
I have some other leaks in my game, sometimes I try to play a super LAG style, if the table is very tight it works fine for some moment but sometimes I just get smashed by tight ranges and tight players. I am too much involved in marginal spots with marginal hands and I can't fold some hands, knowing I am beat.
If I am winning from the beginning of the Session, I can play very well and read my opponents very good, make good decisions overall BUT If I am going to lose one or two big pots, I am done with this.
I am just gambling to much than. If I am losing, I am not a pokerplayer anymore, I am a gambling fish.
I wish I could play a constant A-Game over 6 or 7 hours straight BUT thats not the case...
Overall I made some progress for sure but thants not enough to be a constant winniner over a long time...Maybe I was just running hot the most of the time and didn't realize it.
I will comeback someday but now I have to take a break and get my mind fresh and clear from the card game.
I have vacations right now, and I don't want spend my whole free time playing poker.
Thanks guys!!

+1, keep going!

Martin, sounds like you are playing too high stakes. You must realize that it's very easy dropping 10 buyins at this level and if the money lost is too great a good idea is to play lower. Not as glamorous, I know.

Your reaction to stop playing temporarily and protect the bankroll is a good one.

When you play that high you should feel that you have a decent edge over the players.

I have to take a break and think about my pokerskills overall. I am not even sure, if I have the abilities to be a longtime winner in this game..I loosing online and I am not sure about livepoker and my real winnrate there. Maybe, I was just lucky there and overestimate my skills and underestimate my opponents. I have to go through some sessions and think about some spots deeper.
Maybe I will comeback, but now I am done and enjoy my freetime from poker.
@Humble yeah thats true losing over 11k in 3 days is too much for me and my brain, even if it was from my previous winnings. I can't handle it right now.

No need to doubt your poker skills over dropping even 30-50 buy ins in PLO it just happens.

Just follow some BRM rules and you won't have to go through the emotional rollercoaster and heartbreak of losing half your BR in 3 days again.

Also your poker skills at the moment are somewhat irrelevant, what is more important is your will to play, learn and beat the games.

Anyways best of luck and enjoy your break/holidays ^_^

Swings are normal, massive soul crushing down turns of 30+ buyins probably require a bit of game review. lol

Yeah that is true. Was playing yesterday again. This time with a short stack to figure out if this work, but had no real fun. I am not that guy, like some others who sit down, buyin short, fold a lot and wait for the nuts to get it in. If I can't play my A-Game with a big stack, be agressiv put constantly presseure to my opponents, creat situations and put them always to the test, than I am done.
The point is guys my aggro LAG-Style to crush soft livegames has a lot of leaks and I can't fix any of them right now. Thats my problem.
I have to study a lot more and than maybe one day, I will come back but winning some money from weak opponents, wait the whole night for the nuts doesn't take any skills and it's nothing for me.
To know if the 3rd nuts is still good in some spots and how to valuebets there to get the most of it,
To know if my bluffs in some spots are balance enough and to know when to stop with agression and change gears and fold some hands...thats another world what some of the passiv tight nits at the tables never get to it..
I made some steps in the right direction and for some moments, I was crushing the tables, that was a great feeling and great experience, I will never forget.
Thats all. Thanks guys for follow me.