Welp

Lost a couple BIs in PLO10 tonight playing like total garbage.

Hopped into the daily $2.20 1R1A 6 max tourney and busted just like last night.

IDK how this happens. I am a commanding chip stack early on and in the mid levels. I run like God early on, and then just get **** for cards in the last 4-5 levels where I just get blinded down. Sure, I get a random BvB shove through but it's not enough.

Like, I just get blinded down from having top 10 stack the first 10 levels and then have to ship the BB with random Ax hands that lose consistently. Tonight it was A5s in the BB with 4 BBs left. I ship and get called by SB who has J6o (decent size stack like 40 BBs). Flop comes Q56-7-brick. IDK i mean i can't win flips. I only win hands i have been getting to showdown in these tourneys.

Well, unfortunate **** day. Going to casino tomorrow night for the mix game and high hand deal. Wish me luck, lol.

Good luck out there guys

Probably look to steal with almost atc when you are more in the 8 BB range. That is generally recommended from an ICM standpoint. Are you looking at these late stages with an ICM analyzer?

I have played around with one on PT4 but it has been a while. I don't normally play tournaments, but this will be something I start doing more as I start playing more tournaments

Hey guys

Played 4 $1.10 SNGs yesterday while in some classes. Cashed in 2 of 4, both second place. I entered heads up as the chip leader both of the cashes and got sucked out on to put me as the short stack. In one I flopped trips on a TT9 board with KTs and got jammed on with QJ and he hit the eight on the river to close it out. Last one I got AQs, 3 bet and called it off. He had KK. Flopped JsTsX and couldn't improve.

Kind of not interested in the 6max SNGs on this site because you can cash second in half of them and still lose money because of the rake. Not sure about other sites, but I'll probably switch over to 9 max or something if I feel like playing those again. Gotta look into that.

No cash online last night as I was heading off to the 4-8 mix game. That's game was sick! Crazy hands man.

I cracked quad 4s with pocket aces in a Omaha hi hand with AA67ss against JQc45 on a 44A4A run-out. That's probably the worst bad beat I've put on somebody haha I felt bad though but that's poker.

Last hand I have Ks9sTx8x on 456 flop w 2 spades. Turn was a 3s and river was As.

Missed the straight but made the ace High (king) flush on the river. Capped bets with a crazy player who made a straight flush lol

Fun night. Almost saw the room manager get in a fight with a drunk guy who was dealt 5 cards instead of 4. He didn't look at the fifth one or even touch it, but felt compelled to argue that the card shouldn't be mucked and should instead be put on top of the deck. That was interesting.

+$93 in the 4 hours I played. Game broke early after the straight flush hit in the fifth minute of the last hour, so nobody wanted to play since the high hand was basically locked up. I'll take that win rate though!

Good luck out there, guys!

What's up, guys?

Got credited $10 on ACR for whatever reason. Notification came in email. Decided to get on there and see what was up. Not concerned about BR management at all since I am not depositing on there. I look at it like a lottery ticket. Especially since their min withdraw is $100, which is kind of ridiculous for micro stakes guys IMO.


Played one table of PLO10 and won like $3 in about 40 hands. I forgot how crappy the games are there! Every single player tanking down to the last second in their time bank. VPIP of all other 5 players at the table was 25 or lower. No good action. Just a bunch of regs. Ridiculous.

Registered for a $5 SNG 2.0 after that to get some quick action. Wait time was estimated at 3 minutes. Sat here roaming the forums for about 15 minutes, and no game started. I cancelled that buy in.

Went and played a JP SNG for $2. It was a min-spin with a $4 prize pool I think. First hand is a 3 way all in. My JJ vs KQo vs T7o. Runout is T78J9 lol wtf.

Then, I went and played a turbo 6max SNG. Same as cash. Just people tanking down to the last second. Boring game. Busted in 4th with pp of 8s vs AQh on a T99 2 hearts. Turn was a J and river was a J. counterfeit bills homes.

Looked at it as a $10 freeroll. Too bad. So sad.

But really. I am glad I am not playing on there regularly. I'd probably get better, but it's just too tilting unless I am also playing 6 tables. I mean there's just no action at all.

Back on the old Globe tomorrow. My old lady's birthday is this weekend and I have a lot of stuff planned. So, I probably won't be playing much on sat-sun.

Good luck, guys!

What’s up guys?

Got to my 11 am class today and found out it was cancelled. So, went outside my next class across campus, sat down in a crappy chair, and opened up some PLO cash tables. There were 4 PLO4 games and 3 PLO10 games going, but I couldn’t get a seat in the PLO10 games. That said, I decided to go back down to PLO4 and play more tables.

Played for almost 3 hours and banged out a little more than 450 hands. I was getting crushed early on. Thankfully, it was just PLO4 haha. But it was just basic Get It In scenarios where I would have a set + non nut FD against two pair/NFD hands and kept bricking or getting sucked out on. I switched table count and position on others and got down to only 3 table IP of most of the “good” (not complete fish) regs. That seemed to help.

Finished the session up $14.xx and had to run to class. I will probably be back on tonight, but I have a little bit of classwork to catch up on.

Just worked out the BB/100 for this session at got the result of 78 BB/100. Could you say we crushed it? lol

Good luck out there, guys!

*I wrote this yesterday, Sep. 22, but forgot to post it*
What’s up guys?

Played in the $3 daily $500 GTD today. First buy in was garbage. Best hand I got was 55 and after that second best was A4. No kidding. I think I had a 2 in my hand at least 33% of dealt hands. So, busted after 55 was cracked by 86c. For 8 BBs, he calls off with 86c and rivers it. With a 11 BB stack. WTF.

So, I rebuy and add on ($3 each) at the break. Finally start getting hands. Scoop a quit 2 pots to move from a 4k stack to a 7k stack.

I get AJh UTG and open it up to 655 on a 7k stack. (Blinds are 150/300 I believe w 30 ante). MP 1 calls with 9k and LJ calls with 4k.
(Pot 2k ish with antes) Flop: AsKhJs. I cbet to 1100. MP folds and LJ raises to 3400. I decide I have everything but KK and QT blocked. Im not drawing dead if I am behing. I jam it in over the top. He tanks and calls. He rolls over KJo.

Turn: K.

No help on the river. I get 2 outed to bust. No luck in these tournaments. You can be patient and fold everything for 6 levels and then flop the effective nuts and get 2 outted. Welcome to variance, can you take a number?

JEEEEEZUS DEWD.

Whats up guys?

This post is actually for today.

Got home from work and started playing right away.

Was up about 2 buy ins in a half hour of PLO10, but the games broke or were heads up. Not my forte, so I went down to 4 table some PLO4. Ran a lot colder there. Ended up punting stack after stack.

Took a short break and then got back to grind some tournaments. Played the $1k GTD NLHE REBUY and busted 2 bullets. First was AQ < AK and second was JJ<KK. Frustrating.

Then, hopped in the Daily Omaha $1K GTD (2R1A). Didn’t have to rebuy at all, but I did take the add-on. Ended up going deep in that and busting out in 5th to lock up a $60ish score. Final hand I had a double FD+OESD on the turn and hit the weaker flush on the river after calling it off on the turn. One of the 2 villains had the A-high FD and that’s all she wrote.

Happy to finally run deep in one of these, despite not running well for most of it. Puts me in the black for the day, though. Online BR is now a bit over $300, so I will continue playing PLO10 comfortable. As seen today, I have no problem moving down stakes rather than up if my stake isn’t running.

Good luck out there guys!

Whats up guys?

Didn't play yesterday as it was my girl's birthday and I promised to give her my attention the whole day. Hopped on between classes today for about 2 hours and got on the swing again. Was up about 2 BIs early on while 2 tabling PLO4, and then was down a bit after getting rivered about 5 times in a row. It was sick, man. Like, these guys call down with bare FDs (not even nutted) and no pairs or anything and somehow bink the river. Oh, well. Like I mentioned before, those are the guys you want sitting at your table. Sometimes the fish suckout, but that's what keeps them coming back.

Anyways, finished the session with a dirty hand where it was 3 way all in on the flop and I made top set and boated on the river against 2 worse flopped sets. That's why we start hand selecting tighter on loose tables!

Happy to play my B game in the bottom stakes. Looking to play another low buy in tournament tonight or get back in the cash games. I'd like to be playing PLO10, but there was only 1 game of that going. IDK what it is, but I get impatient with only one table running. If I have one higher stake and 2 lower stake games, I usually just robot the bottom stakes and focus only on the higher one. I'm sure I am not the only one who does this, but it's -EV in the long run.

Good luck out there, guys! Keep on stackin these fools

What's going on, guys?

Like I said in the previous post, I wanted to play some tourneys tonight. So, I did.
Here's what I played:
1) Daily $500 GTD (1R1A) $3.00+.30
2) Daily $500 GTD (Rebuys) $2.00+.20
3) Daily $250 GTD (Turbo Freezeout) $3.00+.30
4) Daily $4,000 GTD (Rebuys, 1A) $5.00+.50

Busted the 4k early on after KQ cant hold all in on the K85 flop vs A8. Unfortunate since that was the big money event for today. Didn't take the rebuy since it's a bit out of BR and I would have came back in to a table with big stacks and only have 10BBs or so.

Busted the Daily $250 GTD Freezeout in 38th of 84 with KQ vs A8 again (weird). Didn't add-on since I wasn't at that level yet, so only lost the $3.30 there.

Cashed BOTH Daily $500s though. Came in 15th of 145 in the 1R1A for $15.86, which was one ladder up the pay scale. Ran really well early on, but got sucked out on on my last 2 hands. KT vs A3 all in pre on a runout of KT88A. Then, final hand was A4 vs KK on the flop with a runout of A3QJT lol the runner runner bummer bummer.

The $500 unlimited rebuy was a bit better. Cashed 7th for $21.84. The last hand was kind of weird.

I am BB with 31K at 2.5/5k Blinds & 500 ante 7 handed. Folds to SB with 81K. He flats and I check the option with J6o.

Flop: 536 rainbow. He just snap jams into me. Im guessing he has some double face card hand like JT+ or A3,A5, or A6. He hasn't played his SB in a while, either. I should have folded, but I call with J6 and he rolls over 47s. WHAAAT haha that's all she wrote.

Overall, I am up $19.xx in tournaments today.

I also played a couple hands of NLHE for the first time in a while in class this afternoon. Played like 30 hands two tabling and won $2, which isn't much, but I thought I'd mention it anyways. Happy to do well today! Pretty good ROI i think, but I'm not a tourney player, so what do I know? Lol.

Going to be hitting up the 4-8 HOE mix game again on Wednesday, which I am really looking forward to! Good luck out there, guys!

Decided to take it up a notch and try a couple BI shot at PLO20. Fortunately, I ran into idiots shoving garbage on me. Unfortunately, I couldn’t hold in any of the all ins as you can see by the hands below. Equity included when the shoves occurred. I had to double check to make sure I’m still getting it in good as losing 4-5 BIs can be unsettling and make one question skill level and such.
1) Top pair + 2NFD + NSD (AKQTss) vs FD+SD (KTd89c) on J7A4 2 clubs
a. https://play.globalpoker.com/poker-c...70cd32abe6a291

b. Ran this hand through equity calculator. I was 85% on the turn to win the hand when we got it in and couldn’t hold.

2) Top 2 + SD vs Bottom 2 and FD
a. https://play.globalpoker.com/poker-c...70cd32abe6a293
b. 65% favorite on the turn. I know the play PF is bad but this is at a table where virtually every hand is 4-5 ways to the flop and nobody folds.
3) Get it in with aces pre vs a maniac and can’t win vs a flopped set
a. https://play.globalpoker.com/poker-c...70cd32abe6a294
b. 65% pre and not able to win
4) Biggest pot of the day ($56) and I can’t hold TP+NFD vs Middle pair and BDSD
a. https://play.globalpoker.com/poker-c...70cd32abe6a296
b. 78% to win

So, my play may not have been standard in these hands, but I’m dealing with a crazy couple of tables where people are just stacking off if they have any smidge of equity. Lost a lot of $ (in relationship to the challenge’s bankroll) in stupid spots where I was a big favorite and just couldn’t hold. It sucks to run well at low stakes and then get wrecked EV wise at higher stakes. I feel my play could have been a lot better, but I also know I made the right all in plays when considering equity. I can’t help that my hands got cracked every time, you know? It’s just one of those things.

What's up guys?

Played the 4k GTD and 500 GTD again with no luck. Busted A5 vs KQ and KK vs A9s respectively. Oh well!

Played more PLO and let's just say I have to move back down in stakes. Back to PLO4 I think. Still up about $80 this month, but I have taken a big hit these last 2 days.

Played some NLHE for the first time in a while tonight (minus that 30 minute banger session in class the other day) and won a buy in at NL10 two tabling. The key is aggression and having good hands when you get called down haha

So, yeah. Moving back down to NL4 until we rebuild from the downswing, but that's poker folks.

Called the casino to make sure the 4-8 high hand game was running. Confirmed. I get there, and there's literally nobody but one dealer in the room. Game broke at 5 and I got there at 5:20. Dang.

I didn't drive an hour not to gamble. Went to blackjack and played 1/4 of a 6 deck shoe. $5 min bet. I made $17 in about 5 minutes and left. That covered almost all of the gas it took to fill my car up haha so there's that.

Going to work tomorrow and play some more PLO/NL maybe. Cash games for now at the good ol $4 BI levels. Let's get this going again guys!

best of luck man, enjoy the process

Thanks!

Hey guys!

Played some 3-500 hands of PLO4 while 2-4 tabling. Didn't go so well again. I was probably Playing my B game, but then I stArted to tilt after these guys just kept calling me down with bare Flush draws and bunking the river OVER AND OVER. The uptick is over as it seems.

I took a bit of a break as I wanted to chill out for a minute and calm myself.

When I go through bad stretches (I know 3 days isn't a huge swing but $ wise it is) I change up games to go get a fresh feel for the other types. So, I went to 2 table some NL4. Did alright there and made 70ish BB/100 after 134 hands in an hour.

I think tomorrow I will give the PLO another shot, but I'm not opposed to playing NL for the next week to see how I do and if it's something I can get back into.

As far as PLO goes, when I moved down to PLO 4 again, it seemed I was against some really bad players (go figure). What I mean is that card removal and fold equity are basically not important. Somebody flops a flush draw and they are going to see if it hits by the river no matter the cost. Sucks to have it hit seemingly every time, though.

That said, I feel like playing PLO got me in the state of mind to dominate in No Limit. I was a lot more observant of draw hitting and able to put people on ranges postflop a bit better occording to position and their tendencies.

The good thing about Global poker is that it appeals to recs a lot more than regs since there's no HUD and no take back, but it's a double edged sword. In No Limit I would like to be able to see some stats like fold to steal % and 3bet vs X opens. But, I'll take the rec fest over the reg fest like ACR any day.

I have been hearing that ACR is coming out with their version of Zoom poker, which I would be very excited to try out since I don't get to play that on stars as I live in USA.

Anyways, that's all for tonight, guys. Have a good run out there for me and stack some NiTs while you're at it!

Just throwing this out there...low stakes PLO gets extra raked because stacks are more likely to go in. This is not true at higher stakes because rake is capped at $3 per pot. If you get it in 2 ways plo4 for $8 pot, that is $.40 coming out in rake, 5%. If you gii at plo100 for a $200 pot, they will take $3 as rake, which is 1.5%. This really adds up in a game like plo where stacks go in so often.

Hey, guys

Hopped into 3 tables of NL4 for an hour between classes. Terrible session. Played well for the most part but I ran into a couple issues.

1) Getting overjammed on consistently by one player on the river where I had to decide if top pair was good on a wet board (ended up folding most of those)

2) Getting it in with AA vs 87s and losing

3) Playing AKc OOP exactly how I should and losing to KT all in on the flop of KQ6 and he binked the ten on the river.

Really not my week apparently. In that AK hand, I set up a 3bet on the flop to get stacks in by the river. Played it really well to be honest. I just couldn't keep him from sucking out.

And then of course some maniac calls off with 87 of clubs vs my aces and he goes runner runner for the straight on the river. Really sucky, man. REEEALLY sucky.

Gotta get to class now, though. Probably playing more tonight. Good luck out there, guys!

Thanks, man. I have heard that from others as well. Trust me. If I was rolled for PLO100 I would be playing that haha

https://play.globalpoker.com/poker-c...70cd46ac0b0e40

After this ****ing disaster, I said F it and went to put the last $50 ish I had online on the table. Whatever happened was going to happen. I still have some locked up in PayPal, though. But heres the result of that.

Basically, I played two hands at the table. Here's the one that mattered

https://play.globalpoker.com/poker-c...70cd46ac0b0e47

Not concerned with the short stack, but against the big stack who literally was playing their first hand at the table, I was 70% favorite on the flop and turn. Just can't catch a break.

Nut flush vs straight flush, flop top set and get it in a 70% favorite, and all of last night's hands. I even played 3 hands of NL today in between the PLO games. First hand I play is 97s on the BTN and get it in on the flop of 997 vs KK and he binks a K on the turn. Like for real. I can clearly see Im at least getting it in ahead, but the poker gods are just telling me to **** OFF basically.

Maybe it's time to go back to ACR and finish this challenge. Idk man. This is immediately post session, so sorry for the rant, but it's best to get this off my chest while it's fresh.

Anyways, I have heard multiple stories and people on the Global thread saying that they don't have a good card randomizer and that people who make new accounts do amazing the first month and then have the downswings of a lifetime to basically make them redeposit. I'm not saying I buy into that, but it doesn't seem like a total myth anymore.

It could all be circumstantial. I don't think online is rigged, and this is just me blowing off steam. I just can't believe this crap. Same thing happened on ACR, though. I moved up a couple stakes one night with a portion of my bonus check. Flopped a set of aces in PLO vs some bottom pair + BDSD and the guy hit on the river to effectively bust my bonus check.

I think I am going to be taking a break from online for a few days.

Good luck guys. Talk to you shortly

You are playing high variance, high rake games on a short bankroll. That is what recreational players and fish do. Nothing wrong with that if you are just trying to play for fun or fulfill some other need. But if you are playing to win money, you need a different approach.

Agree 100% with mehm.

Took last night off for a couple of reasons, but used that time to research and do some more self-reflection. I need to work on too many things to list out, but that's for another post.

Before I start playing tonight, I am going to work on setting clear goals for myself as well as restrictions. I will print it out and go over it prior to each session. I also am going to start tracking my bankroll for global on my phone rather than my computer as I'm getting way too many calculations and it's taking too much time.

I will also be implementing a mental aspect of improvement as I clearly was way too upset and placing blame on running bad. Sure, I lost a hand I was a favorite in and it wasn't enough money to break my roll, but I took the risk and knew I could lose just as easily as I could win.

Coming back tonight after work, but I definitely am going to be changing things up.

Another rough session this evening. I can only put blame on myself for playing a loose PF hand selection. That led to me being nervous to make a bluff even when I knew I should. And the poker gods can share some blame as variance kicked my ass once again. Let's take a look:

1) 85% on the turn as we get in our Flopped Nut straight, Top pair, and J-Hi FD vs 2pair/SD

https://play.globalpoker.com/poker-c...70cd46ac0b1619


2) Actually fired the semi bluff here towards the end of the session. I decided on the flop if the turn was a blank I was going to put some heat on it with blockers to everything but the flush. Unfortunately, villain had basically the same hand with the actual card I was trying to rep

https://play.globalpoker.com/poker-c...70cd46ac0b1625

3) Marginal PF hand, but I flop the nizzles. Decide to not come over the top since that's been burning me lately. I wanted to wait to the turn. If a club came, I could re-evaluate. However, it was a complete blank. Villain is priced in and we get the call. 70% on the turn when we get it in, but the board pairs and we donate another stack.

https://play.globalpoker.com/poker-c...70cd46ac0b1632


Rough couple of days for us!

I downloaded an app on my new phone to track all my sessions now, which makes it a lot easier for me since I have been doing manual calculations on excel, and that takes a lot of time. Too bad we cant start October on a high note.

Going to probably be playing a tournament tomorrow or just grind cash. it's up in the air at the moment.

I need to get my head in the game and start actually applying what i know is correct. Besides getting it in ahead and playing my best game, there's nothing left that i can control. And that is the hard part of poker. The inevitable downswing. Always prepared to climb back, though. Looking forward to it.

I am going to watch a Galfond video tomorrow before the session to get in the game if i decide to play cash. Hopefully thatll give me the little boost im looking for. Perhaps i will start looking into some online training courses. Im not too sure yet, just putting it out there.

Good luck guys!

What's going on 2+2?

Hopped on early this morning and had another rough session losing 2 BIs in about 200 hands. Had to get to class though.

Watched some Galfond vids, made a little list of goals and tips to look on for my PLO sessions, tightened up my game, and was playing 4 tables and banged out 800 hands between today and yesterday. Finally got my act together. Blasted some music and got my 4 tables going. Ended up the session positive and put me up $1 for today and yesterday. Happy to have a winning session again.

I was going to play a tournament, but had to go to a study session, so i didn't get home until 8.

Anyways, that's all for tonight, guys. Good luck out there!

What's up guys?

Went to casino last night for the 4-8 mix. Lost my 120 buy in after set over set and boat over boat. On the bright side, I had $130 left over of extra spending cash and went to play blackjack. I've been able to count since I was 18 and got a shoe to practice, but never really liked the pits as I always felt like I was being watched really hard. Anyways, $130 didn't draw too much attention. Turned that into a nice $202 after 2 hours of playing, and then headed home. SO, it wasn't a total loss!

Played only an hour tonight online. Got 295 hands in and won 11 BB/100 at PLO4. Nothing too exciting. Lots of big pots going back and forth, but I did find myself making really good folds (mid set, etc.) when showdowns proved them right, which is reinforcing that I'm getting better at putting certain players on ranges and such.

I may be able to play tomorrow, but I'm taking my lady out to a comedy show, so we'll see what tomorrow looks like. Good luck, guys!

One of those sessions.

Played for about 2 hours between classes. Was 4 tabling and doing fairly well. Then, at the tail end - the last 20 minutes - it was cooler after cooler. Flop the nut straight vs 2 short stacks, get it in, flush draws hit the river. Slow play the flopped nut straight again with a redraw to the nut flush. Get it in on the blank turn vs a wrap and the guy makes the better straight. That happened about 3 times, too.

I am trying to post one of the hands but it won't load for some reason.

Anyways, down a couple BIs. Really frustrating. Play solid the whole way, build up some stacks on all my tables, and then just get cooler after cooler at the end of it. Kind of de-motivating, frustrating, annoying, all that. I guess I'm just not done with the downswing yet.

The tilting part is when the same guy calls you down over and over and over and binks every river to make your flopped nut hand the loser. That's just not fun. I am going back to class now, but just thought I'd put out the update for the session. Like, the first hour and a half I was crushing. Making blocker river bluffs and getting through, getting good value out of my non nutted and nutted hands, playing tight, all that. I was balancing my opens/flats, the whole 9. Just sucks that the last like 10 hands I played took me out of the black and into a hole in the ground. Dangit, man. Variance, please go **** SOMEBODY ELSE lol

alright guys im running late. see ya