I think that turn you can sometime check, because 2 is a blank and he will not fold a lot of his range. We can get a free card and realise our equity on some rivers. But his range looks weak and your turn bet is not a bad option. River is a lot better to check, because 7 is helping to his range very often and if you check back you still can win on showdown sometimes (not very often, but sometimes do).

So I think river is a check back, yeah. And you have not an option to x/f because you are in position.

thank you for the feedback

Definitely felt like he was weak but as you said, I should maybe exercise a bit more caution

Any advice for this one please?

PokerStars - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 275 BB (VPIP: 19.05, PFR: 14.29, 3Bet Preflop: 14.29, Hands: 22)
SB: 217.5 BB (VPIP: 28.46, PFR: 22.38, 3Bet Preflop: 10.99, Hands: 899)
Hero (BB): 100 BB
UTG: 101.5 BB
CO: 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB, CO posts penalty blind 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.5 BB) Hero has 8 7

fold, CO checks, fold, SB calls 0.5 BB, Hero checks

Flop: (3 BB, 3 players) 6 7 5
SB bets 3 BB, Hero calls 3 BB, CO calls 3 BB

Turn: (12 BB, 3 players) 4
SB checks, Hero bets 5.5 BB, CO calls 5.5 BB, fold

River: (23 BB, 2 players) A
Hero checks, CO bets 22 BB, fold




I feel like I maybe should have bet 50% on the river and folded to a reraise?

I'd bet bigger ott (7-8BB min), river either b/f or x/c.

An argument could be made for raising flop.

Timing is everything.....

PokerStars - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 4 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 125 BB (VPIP: 25.87, PFR: 19.31, 3Bet Preflop: 7.87, Hands: 265)
SB: 96.5 BB (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 25.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 5)
Hero (BB): 100 BB
CO: 111 BB (VPIP: 25.45, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 60)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 2 A

fold, fold, SB raises to 3 BB, Hero raises to 10 BB, SB calls 7 BB

Flop: (20 BB, 2 players) 8 7 A
SB checks, Hero bets 14.5 BB, SB raises to 29 BB, Hero calls 14.5 BB

Turn: (78 BB, 2 players) 2
SB checks, Hero bets 61 BB and is all-in, SB calls 57.5 BB and is all-in

River: (193 BB, 2 players) 2



For some reason I had decided when I 3 bet preflop that if this looked promising I was going with it. Unfortunately I should have slowed down a bit especially with the reraise. Bah!

PokerStars - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

UTG: 49 BB (VPIP: 44.44, PFR: 1.23, 3Bet Preflop: 2.86, Hands: 87)
MP: 298 BB (VPIP: 28.14, PFR: 20.88, 3Bet Preflop: 5.25, Hands: 1,471)
Hero (CO): 157.5 BB
BTN: 174 BB (VPIP: 17.69, PFR: 12.31, 3Bet Preflop: 11.90, Hands: 134)
SB: 142 BB (VPIP: 15.69, PFR: 9.80, 3Bet Preflop: 3.70, Hands: 108)
BB: 100 BB (VPIP: 17.65, PFR: 17.65, 3Bet Preflop: 33.33, Hands: 18)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has J A

fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.5 BB, fold, SB calls 2 BB, fold

Flop: (6 BB, 2 players) J 6 8
SB checks, Hero bets 4.5 BB, SB raises to 13.5 BB, Hero calls 9 BB

Turn: (33 BB, 2 players) 6
SB bets 24.5 BB, Hero calls 24.5 BB

River: (82 BB, 2 players) J
SB bets 101.5 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 101.5 BB




Just didn't put them on that hand at all!

In recognition of how much I've been smashed up at the tables I changed my avatar to everyones favourite punchbag

PokerStars - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: 74.5 BB (VPIP: 25.65, PFR: 11.83, 3Bet Preflop: 4.85, Hands: 2,360)
BTN: 118 BB (VPIP: 31.67, PFR: 23.33, 3Bet Preflop: 10.00, Hands: 124)
SB: 100 BB (VPIP: 22.59, PFR: 20.74, 3Bet Preflop: 11.48, Hands: 555)
Hero (BB): 100 BB
UTG: 117.5 BB (VPIP: 31.63, PFR: 26.53, 3Bet Preflop: 2.78, Hands: 100)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 9 9

UTG raises to 3 BB, CO calls 3 BB, fold, fold, Hero calls 2 BB

Flop: (9.5 BB, 3 players) J 2 4
Hero checks, UTG checks, CO checks

Turn: (9.5 BB, 3 players) 3
Hero bets 6.5 BB, UTG calls 6.5 BB, fold

River: (22.5 BB, 2 players) 7
Hero bets 10.5 BB, UTG calls 10.5 BB

Felt like I couldnt get away from this one even after his supershove. Was I right/wrong?

PokerStars - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: 127.5 BB (VPIP: 26.23, PFR: 19.67, 3Bet Preflop: 5.56, Hands: 128)
Hero (BTN): 105 BB
SB: 100 BB (VPIP: 22.62, PFR: 13.10, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 87)
BB: 97.5 BB (VPIP: 25.58, PFR: 11.86, 3Bet Preflop: 4.89, Hands: 2,405)
UTG: 49.5 BB (VPIP: 21.43, PFR: 21.43, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 16)
MP: 105.5 BB (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 16.67, 3Bet Preflop: 6.67, Hands: 38)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has T A

fold, fold, CO raises to 2.5 BB, Hero calls 2.5 BB, fold, BB calls 1.5 BB

Flop: (8 BB, 3 players) T A 4
BB checks, CO checks, Hero bets 5.5 BB, fold, CO raises to 15 BB, Hero raises to 40 BB, CO raises to 125 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 62.5 BB and is all-in

Turn: (213 BB, 2 players) 5

River: (213 BB, 2 players) 7

I think I made a mistake on the T/R here, should I be betting 50% on turn or x/c x/f turn and if no bet on the turn should I be betting 50% on river?

PokerStars - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

UTG: 106 BB (VPIP: 47.62, PFR: 14.29, 3Bet Preflop: 4.00, Hands: 43)
MP: 116.5 BB (VPIP: 21.55, PFR: 18.37, 3Bet Preflop: 6.60, Hands: 578)
CO: 123 BB (VPIP: 49.46, PFR: 20.43, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 95)
BTN: 100 BB (VPIP: 21.02, PFR: 13.66, 3Bet Preflop: 5.09, Hands: 1,779)
Hero (SB): 112.5 BB
BB: 242 BB (VPIP: 26.87, PFR: 21.65, 3Bet Preflop: 6.94, Hands: 1,698)

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has J J

fold, fold, CO raises to 2 BB, fold, Hero calls 1.5 BB, BB calls 1 BB

Flop: (6 BB, 3 players) K 6 9
Hero checks, BB checks, CO bets 5 BB, Hero calls 5 BB, fold

Turn: (16 BB, 2 players) A
Hero checks, CO checks

River: (16 BB, 2 players) 5
Hero checks, CO checks

Should I be RR flop here?

PokerStars - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 91 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 2)
UTG: 131 BB (VPIP: 47.62, PFR: 20.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 107)
CO: 100 BB (VPIP: 21.05, PFR: 13.63, 3Bet Preflop: 5.06, Hands: 1,791)
Hero (BTN): 123 BB
SB: 266.5 BB (VPIP: 26.99, PFR: 21.80, 3Bet Preflop: 6.99, Hands: 1,729)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A Q

UTG raises to 2 BB, fold, Hero calls 2 BB, fold, BB calls 1 BB

Flop: (6.5 BB, 3 players) 6 J Q
BB checks, UTG bets 9 BB, Hero calls 9 BB, BB calls 9 BB

Turn: (33.5 BB, 3 players) 3
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero checks

River: (33.5 BB, 3 players) J
BB bets 15 BB, UTG raises to 30 BB, fold, BB calls 15 BB

Hmm, any tips from the community on improving the appeal of my thread?
or possibly a way I should be laying it out?

Ta.

Finally a day (so far) to be happy with. I obviously was hitting the right cards but also didn't really put a foot wrong plying wise.

I've been paying attention to the comments on other posts (not so many here) and picking up tips on what I'm doing action/betting wise that could narrow my range to vilain. I'm not sure how relevant that is at toiletstakes but I'm slowly but surely making less and less mistakes

Trying to capitalise on others mistakes

Bankroll currently sitting at just under $54 and should be hitting a $10 bonus within a couple of days.

I am excited to get somewhere closer to the $100 mark and look at moving up

Went back to the Crossfit box today,
warm up was double unders (flight simulator) which is basically double unders but you go up in increments of 5.

e.g. do 5 unbroken, stop, do 10 unbroken, stop, do 15 unbroken etc etc

Managed to get up to 45 (a personal best)

Tekkers part of the day was hollow press practice with a partner and muscle up progression practice

The wod was

5 rnds of

400m run
10 ring rows
10 jumping pull ups
10 box jumps

I managed 3 rnds in the time (think it was a 15 min timecap)

What I learned today:

Don't take a long break from exercise!

A good week so far, 4+BI win today, also started doing that couch to 5k app on my phone 2 days ago. Did the second run tonight (running is one of my weaknesses so I decided to work on those)

Bankroll at $65 ish

Will update with graphs soon

Graph for the month so far. Doesn't look like I'll make it to nl5 this month but will keep trying



bankroll roughly $72

Also finished week 1 of the couch to 5k app, starting week 2 tomorrow.....after a trip to the gym

(As Played)
Preflop: Call
Flop: Check Flop. AP, fold to raise
Turn: Bet is fine

Good luck with grinding!
It`s very motivating diary for me,Im trying to beat nl2 as well.
Some questions for you,how many tables you play and how many hands per day?
What is your BR mangment , 20BI on each levels?
I hope you will reach nl5 at october.
GL at tables

A2 hand: I would also just have called PF, unless you got a read on Villain. Fold on flop against raise (what do we beat?). Turn is fine when you still are in the hand..

@ straightfloosh Thank you for the feedback, I was 3 bet bluffing/light preflop to try and steal the pot, not sure why I made the reraise but meh

@Lavinin Thanks mate, it's hard going (mostly down to me haha)
I'm playing 4 tables and trying to get over 500 hands per day , most days I'm hitting 1k hands
Bankroll management is 20 bi per level so going to move up to 5nl at $110 (for the $10 cushion and so on, when I get there)
I hope I get to it mid october too, christmas is coming!


@trying2hard Thank you for the feedback, I appreciate it (y)