Hand 1) lulz indeed

Hand 2) all comes down to how much FE you think you have.

Hand 3) the river looks like a thin value bet so not sure a lot of his range that we beat is calling a big x/r (without a lot of history/table dynamic). That's why I suggested a click back or call. Most $2/5 players are checking back TP/sigh-calling a fair amount so this is polarizing for sure but at 5T you know better than I do how frequently players are going for thin value.

What kind of nittery is this

God where are 5/10s still this good? (Referencing hand 1)

Stuff hand 1 pre, check possibly call hand 2, c/c hand 3. Could even lead depending on how bad /passive he is. x/r is too thin and I've seen / commented on this before. Going for thin value on wettish boards isn't the worst leak but people play the most straightforward on flush boards and there's not much worse that can/will call. I used to do this a lot and you just always get folds or calls by flushes (which makes flush boards good bluffing opportunities ofc)

Nice to see you reaching your goal. 400 hours part time is no joke.

Regarding hand 1 please contact the floor and tell them to review the tape because the short stack flopped a pair of 8s and you owe him approximately $300.

Have you retired your thread to the PG&C graveyard?

#nitlife


Thanks. For me the actual playing of hours isn't that hard. It's the trying to fit sessions around real life things, avoiding messing up the sleep schedule too much, and the commute to the casino that suck.

***Flop was QT7. Good catch

If only I grabbed my coffee with laser focus like tr00per I wouldn't have make that mistake.

Yah, actually forgot about it until you reminded me. Gonna fire it up and see if it needs revival.

Any recent hands? 😉

So many to choose from

1) utg+2 opens 40 (3k), CO calls (4.5k), btn calls (2.6k), I 3bet bb QQ 200 (cover), utg+2 calls, CO back raises 750, btn puts in the 5b shove for 2.6k

Reads
UTG+2:
-unknown 30s white male
CO:
-ballpark pfr of ~40% in my short sample with him
-made a sb squeeze w/ 54o vs an ep open and multiple callers
-saw me 3b his ep open w/ T8s and get to showdown
BTN:
-young reg/pro


2) I open utg+1 QQ 60, LJ, bb, straddle call.

4-way
Flop(245) 986
Checks, I cbet 150, straddle (unknown rec player) c/r 325 w/ 1.1k behind


3) LJ (middle age reg) opens 30, I 3bet sb QQ 120, LJ Calls. 2.3k eff.

HU
Flop(250) 223
I cbet 100, Call

Turn(450) 4
I ck/call 200

River(850) 9x
I ck/call 400


4) I open QQ in ep, everyone folds

^same session

5) LJ (young reg) opens 35, I call sb 99, bb calls. 3k eff.

3way
Flop(105) 5 6 8
I ck/call LJ cbet of 75, bb folds

Turn(255) A
I ck/call 200

River(655) 6
I ck, LJ bets 515


Hours- 361/400

Pocket quinns are the new pocket jakes

3 more...

6) Facing overbets

I open 35 T9 UTG, BB calls (Lag reg)

Flop(75) J T 7
Check/Check

Turn(75) 3
BB bets $240, I call

River(545) 4
BB shoves 1,500


7) 5/10/20

I open AJ 60 HJ, Btn calls (young reg) 4k eff., bb and straddle call

4way
Flop(245) AJ5
checks, I cbet 175, Btn calls

HU
Turn(595) 4
I ck/call 350

River(1295) 6
I check, btn bets 300


8) 1 ep limp, I raise 50 A2 LJ, Btn 3bets 160(unknown late 20's, 3k), ep folds, I 4bet 480, btn calls

Flop(985) 957
Check/check

Turn(985) 9
Check/check

River(985) K
I bet 540

Hours- 369/400

What kind of range are you putting BB on here? You mention he is lag reg, do you think he is over-betting a pair of 7's or 3's? The shove seems really fishy at the end. I'm probably folding but then again I don't have the BR or skill for 5/10 so what did you decide in this spot?

Seems like BB can have a super wide defending range here. T7, 74, 3's, all have us beat. Plus there are some Jack combos I'm afraid of that have us beat.

1) I jam. I think its very unlikely a BTN pro will not squeeze AA/KK here originally since its really bad not too unless he had a sick read you were gonna squeeze. His range looks very much like TT/JJ AQs/AKo type hands. CO could be a random squeeze.

2)fold

3) std.I would go for a bet/bet line not sure why you go c/c c/c.

5) I like a c/r on the turn and jamming river. As played river is a fold

6) Bet/fold flop vs a lag to avoid being in these spots. As played fold turn.. or river vs this maniac, youll have plenty of betters pots.

7) fold river

8)4bet smaller. On the river the guy has all AKo combos/ All AKs combos. You are specifically trying to fold out AQo/AQs. You should be sizing much smaller or not at all. TBH Im not a fan of the bet.

I lol'd

6) - lool what. Ya i'd just fold the turn and not worry about being exploited

7) - dream runout 😉 yeah just fold

8) - if you absolutely have to bluff i'd bet the turn cuz no ones good enough to check back something, but prob not

Just let the button own you in hand 8

As for the rest, all I can say is you get put in some pretty silly spots bud

Very curious about the CO back raise in hand 1

**** the live random backraising wannabes who think they are so good to flat in a spot but in reality unlikely to get squeezed except when they are coolering a 2nd best hand anyway. I have a good sample size to never paying them off even accounting for the random spazzes, even when their position/game flow makes zero sense.

I didn't see the button also back raised.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahhaha.

I'd prolly have to rack up after that, stuff just irks me for whatever reason

I mean that makes it a really trivial decision per what snowball says. It really is the hip new thing

1) Lol yeah. I was like is this real life? I couldn't justify a fold given how out of line CO was, how he views me after the T8s hand, and btns incentive to re-back raise with a medium strength hand if CO is going crazy. I also thought it was unlikely CO flats a big hand after showing down the 54o. I didn't think btn was likely to flat AA/KK either with only 2 players left to act that aren't likely going nuts squeezing.



Result- I shove, utg+2 tanks, CO gets annoyed and folds out of turn, utg+2 says "I think I need to call because pot odds"....and eventually folds. I table my hand and btn doesn't so I'm pretty sure i'm ahead bc I doubt he'd slowroll...I win on a board of xxxKQ



2) Also not folding here. I think rec players using this sizing could have hands like top pair or maybe JJ.



Result- I shove, get called and somehow hold vs T9dd



3)

Agree this is usually bet/bet. Wanted to mix in a strong hand check to protect my give-ups but if i'm going to occasionally do this it should probably be w/ AA bc they are essentially the same hands in terms of what they're getting value from but QQ benefits slightly more from protection.



Result- I lose vs AA



5)

Not a huge fan of the turn c/r bc what does it really accomplish? Also we're in a really weird spot otr.



Tbh as played I was kinda lost. Fold seems better in hindsight but what hands are we calling down with besides like 87hh?



Result- I call and lose to J7hh

6) Yeah at least T9 has a draw which is important and prob makes it better facing overbets than KTs,ATs etc. and I'm not just folding 100% of my range that isn't a slowplay.

Not really sure. Otr I started justifying a call because of the following:
-our hand has the most relevant blockers
-we block a straight and middle set which may be better than blocking a J bc he is probably 3betting JJ pre at least some %.
-we unblock flushdraws which i'd guess are his most likely bluffs? There are only two combos like this we can have T9ss/cc
-He can be prone to spaz and I just feel like he's fos

Result- I fold


7) yeah imo people are never going to be balancing this sizing with enough bluffs

Result- I fold

8) Wasn't sure about this last one. I was thinking this is literally the worst hand I can have otr. Any other 4b bluffs will have some type of a straight draw like if I picked a 54s or T8s and cbet.

I can value bet AKs or AA that goes into check mode. I fold out his Ax, but will also put a checked back QQ/JJ maybe TT in a tough spot. I'm not convinced this is good either but what other hands can I pick to bluff with?


Those poker gods can be so unfair sometimes

*result in hand 8 was a fold

Ok so I get tilted every time I hear this but you play in a very good game man. Dont ever reveal your location. I just don't see action like that in the Fl 5/10s (even though they are not my main game). You need to max out your hours in this game. I'm not rambling here I'm trying to open up about one of my biggest regrets wrt poker which is not putting in killer volume 2011-14 when I knew games were good but I kind of just happily treated it like passive income and was just trodding along.

I still have seen too many back raises that made zero sense from LP end up AA/KK/AKs lately that I just yawn fold. AKs makes some sense but AA/KK seem ******ed to me but what do i know. Like, it is some weird new trend or something.

my guess is andees works in nyc and is playing at borgata. love the thread, gl!

Game is definitely good at times. Can also be very mediocre and reg infested. There's value in grinding out mediocre lineups imo because you never know when things will turn.



Thanks. Can neither confirm nor deny

Last 3 hands of 2016:

1) 2 limps, I raise 50 HJ TT, btn calls (aggro degen fish, has bluffed off several stacks already, multi tabling blackjack, 5k), bb calls, 1 limper calls.

4 way
Flop(205) 885
Checks through

Turn(205) 4
bb leads 85, I call, btn raises 475, bb folds, I call.

River(1,240) 7
I check, btn bets 450


2) I open 30 HJ QJ, CO calls, Btn calls (same lag reg in previous post (hand 6) where he 3x pot turn and river after I checked back flop. 4k)

3way
Flop(105) QT2
I check, CO check, Btn bets 65, I call

Turn(235) A
I check, btn bets, 250, I call.

River(735) 7
I check, btn bets 890


3) utg open 35 (young reg, 3k), CO calls, I call btn AQ

3way
Flop(120) T42
utg cbets 65, I call

Turn(250) J
utg bets 140, I call

River(530) 6
utg checks, I bet 320


Challenge Complete
Hours- 403/400

GG !
And what is your results in money for this year ?