Edit: Hand 4 I have Q4 and the flop should be AT8

Pain Tolerance

Had the biggest single session loss I've ever had yesterday. It felt pretty ****ty. I can deal with running bad a lot better than dealing with bad play. I was unhappy with 2 hands yesterday which I will post below. I'm embarrased to post them actually, but I'm going to because that's the only way I'm going to learn and improve. Obviously poker pain is magnified at higher stakes and it's just something I will learn to deal with.

I started the session at a must move table where I thought the game was pretty decent. After a few hours I was moved to the main game which was pretty terrible. My guess is all but one or two players (if that) was a lifetime winner at live poker. You know a game is bad when the topic of conversation is revolving around studying GTO.

I immediately put my name on the list for 2/5. My ev will definitely be higher there but unfortunately the list was a mile long, so I was forced to wait it out at this table. I ended up cutting my session short right after I punted. It's really a numb feeling that I'm sure everyone reading this has experienced. I had no motivation to stick it out and power through the rest of my hours. There was also a slim chance I'd be playing anything close to my A game if I stayed.

Felt a strong compulsion to get hammered after that last hand. Thankfully it was still pretty early when I got home so I was able to go out to a bar and meet up with my friends. I can see why so many people preach about life balance, especially if you play as your primary source of income. Having some type of outlet to get your mind off short term poker results is really important.

Another silver lining from yesterday is I increased my pain tolerance. Next time it won't hurt as bad . I'll post some hands below in separately to avoid the TL;DR wall o text like my last update.

Hand 1- 5/10

Young reg opens to 40 in EP, I call HJ 66. 2k eff. HU

Flop($95): 789

Check, I bet $100, He calls.

Turn($295) 3

Check, I bet $275, he folds.

Hand 2- 5/10

UTG+2 opens 35 (Loose opener, recently bluffed of a stack, recently called off his stack, slammed table in anger (can't remember specific hh's), Asian, 30's, probably on tilt), HJ calls, I squeeze 150 in sb w/ KJ, UTG+2 calls, HJ folds. 1800 eff. HU

Flop($345): J34

I check, he bets 185, I call.

Turn($715): 5

I check, he bets 375, I call.

River($1,465) 2

I check, he bets 885...

Gross runout. With my hand I'm pretty happy with flop and turn. River I think the only thing I can do is c/f. I guess the top of my range here is AJ. I don't think I can back into any flushes because the flop jack is . I guess the only thing I can do is call with an ace because I'm not confident on my reads re: his barreling tendencies on different runouts. The only thing I'm confident about is he's pretty wide pre and betting the flop wide.

I call.

Hand 3- 5/10

I open 35 UTG KQ, Young reg calls sb, OMC calls bb. 1700 eff w/ sb.
3 way

Flop($105) J83

sb leads 85, OMC folds, I call.

Turn($275) 3

Sb bets $175, I call.

River($625) 2

Sb bets 365, hero ships 1405

Based on what I've seen in a few sessions sb seems like a solid reg. Imo his leading range on the flop is pretty strong. Turn improves my range more than his (I think) and he still bets, obviously continuing to rep super strong. Definitely don't like how I played the entire hand for many reasons, especially punting river with the logic of "I have a king flush blocker". This was my last hand of the session.

I think you have to bet (or CR) the flop - pretty good flop for your hand and he does not have to have much. Since you took the lead with the squeeze I'd be leading the flop most of the time. If you were thinking he'd bet pretty wide if you check then CR would be a decent plan. Once that river comes out you don't beat much and it's a fold for me.

But I'm sure you know all this since you posted the hand as "played bad". FWIW these are the only kinds of hands I ever post - when I think (or know) it was at least questionable play on my part.

Well you know this was a bad bluff so enough said. I've made this kind of negative EV play more than once over the years and each time I say "WTF I'll never do that again"

Wow - just found this. Subbing of course. Did you have a thread for last year?

Welcome! No this is my first PG&C

Subbed to thread, hoping to get a good amount of 5/10 in this year as well. Been playing 2/5 with good results for about 1000 hours over past few years.

Yea it's one of the worst feelings. I agree with you about posting spew... It's shameful but also therapeutic

Don't worry about the punt with KQo. My biggest punt ever occurred several years ago where I lost 8.5k (850bbs) unnecessarily with one dumb monster bluff at 5/10 NL. Lighting that much money on fire(especially so many bbs) in ONE HAND really hurt at the time, but I pulled myself together mentally and then finished out the month strong to have the biggest month profitwise in my live NLHE career.

Played two sessions since the last update. Made a few mistakes (i'm aware of) but overall thought my play was decent. Last night the session was 8 hours and felt like I could've kept going, but the game was mediocre and everyone just agreed to play a mandatory straddle so I decided to leave. Whenever I decide to put in the occasional marathon session I want to make sure the reason is game quality and not just my compulsion to gamble.

Here is a hand from last night:

HJ opens 40, btn calls (20s, Indian), I call bb w/QT
Btn has 1.7k, I cover
Flop($125): A9Jr, checks through. Turn: 5 bringing bdfd. I lead $75, HJ folds, btn raises to $250, I call. River($625): 7o. Check, btn bets $460 leaving $950 behind. I shove.

*Somewhat relevant villain hh: 4 way to flop i'm the pfr. He checks sb, bb fish donks 1/4 pot on 9JJ, I call, he c/r to 6x fish's bet, fish folds, I call. He c/f on A turn.

Hours complete- 38:00/400

Subbed, gl man!

Subbed. Great hh's!

Thanks Willy

Thank you

Results from last week's hh:
I'm surprised no one wanted to berate me for fps in this hand. Even though I got a nice result I'm not sure my play is good. I think my lead ott is good. I'm uncapped including almost all 2 pair and sets of 9's/5's. In this spot I'm not sure why btn wants to have a raising range at all. His value range would be narrow and capped to 55/occasional slow plays. Doesn't make much sense to me. I feel like he's just fos too often with maybe something like a bdfd, especially given how he played that JJ9 board. My first instinct was to just throw my stack in, but stacks are kinda awkward for that, although I still think it might be an ok play. After he raises I would need to shove 1400 into a pot of 450.

The more I think about it, each option might have merit. It sucks to bet/fold my equity in this pot, but if he is getting too much out of line raising the turn he's just lighting so much money on fire vs my value range. On the other hand if I call and hit, we're always getting at least another bet out of his value range and probably his bluffs. I also win when I get a good river card to c/r my wiffs, like our actual result. A downside is there is probably some reverse implied odds when I hit on a .

A lot of stuff to think about. I'd like to learn how to run a sim on a hand like this. I have no experience doing that but it's something I want to look into.

It depends on how often he bets the flop.

Sounds like he's the type of player who stabs too often with any piece of the flop, so he's repping quite thin by raising the turn. River is kind of sketchy because an obvious draw does get there, but he probably doesn't take this line (ie check back flop and raising the turn) as an in position player when he can realize his equity way more, and still leave himself with options on the river.

Guess you can credibly rep 8T since he's quite polarized (and probably more bluffy than he should be). Interesting spot, could also reraise turn if you think hes bsing you.

Right. 3 betting non all in ott feels gross though. If we were shallower I'd like shipping. And yea I thought river was good to rep 8T. He snap folded so i'm guessing he just had a bluff.

How would you play the hand with just the info given?

Sabr beats! Surprised you jammed river instead of turn

Think i'd play the same up to the river, except i would check fold. You have a TON of bluffcatchers here vs this guy that he's really just burning a lot of money vs your range that took this line, and you don't need to try and out-wizard him with the bottom of your range.

Fwiw his river sizing sucked too.

Thanks, good points

Played 7.5 hours this weekend. Not sure why, but I was getting legitimately agitated and stressed the entire session. Even though I felt tilted I don't think it had an impact on play. Game started out A+, then it seemed to die down. Not too many interesting spots. Here's the HH of the day:

MP3 open 35 (same villain as last week's QT hand)
I 3bet 105 red AA otb, bb cold calls (middle aged overweight white guy no reads), MP3 calls.

3way
Flop ($320) 456
bb checks, mp checks, I cbet 125, bb raises to 600 leaving ~1k behind, mp folds,

Hours- 45:20/400

Why so small OTF? He's got a lot of pocket pairs in his range that he'll call a bigger bet with.

My thoughts are the pot is bloated, ranges are more defined, and stacks can still get in across 3 streets. The low board shouldn't connect much with bb's range and mildly connects with mp as I'd imagine he has all sets and 78s. This is a small % though compared to all the mid/broadway scs he could have. I have the advantage w/ premium pairs and I think going smaller is better in this situation because it allows me to cbet more hands in my range.

The Ad is a huge reason for cbetting smaller