The TT your iso is far too small, 4.5x would be fine for one limper but not vs 4 other players. 7-8 bigs is probably good

I'd have to run it but I'm fairly certain the AK hand on J78 two tonne is a check and definitely not a big bet, you should be checking boards like this a fair amount after 3betting pre oop. If you're cbetting 100% after 3betting pre it's not something you should be doing.

GL with your goals in 2021

+1 - cbetting in 3b pots is something I'm trying hard to work on as well

Today was terrible. Ended up down about 6 buy-ins. Ran into a couple of spots where my opponents were at the top of their range.





In addition, I completed the exclusive poker challenge, and thought I'd be receiving a $300 reward for completing it. Turns out that it's been returned in increments, so that really brought my morale down too.

Here's some of the biggest pots tonight:



Checked back on the river after the opponent called the turn. I figured that he hit trips on the turn.



Shoved QQ on the turn against a J high board. Given how short the opponent was, this line seemed fine. Unfortunately the opponent had JJ, not AJ/KJ.



Put my opponent on a Kx. My opponent rarely has a boat here, so seemed fine. Unfortunately, ran into quads



OESD and straight draw. I shoved to maximize my equity. Otherwise, I'd be in a bad spot on the turn if I didn't hit.



Wasn't 100% sure about this hand. I think this might be a fold on the flop as villains are most likely going to have 2 pair+ with this line.



Unfortunately, ran into KK vs AK here.



This should have been a fold on my end. I tried to think of the villain's value combinations, and I couldn't think of any 4x hands at the time.



Played this terribly. I was pretty tilted at this point, and the villain had been 3 betting me in the SB/BB. Should have been a flat.

Going to take the rest of the night off, then review hands tomorrow.

Thanks! Great point - I've been raising too small to isolate. This has been a recurring theme in today's session as well.

Also, yup AK hand was definitely a spew

How do you determine your opening size preflop? I have seen you use 2.5x, 3x and 4.5x so far. It looks like it miight be by position but throught I'd ask.

I adjust my opening size pre-flop depending on the player types at the table. When I find myself playing against passive fish (high VPIP/low PF) multi-way, then I'll tighten my ranges and open up larger.

I've made this adjustment after reading the Grinder's Manual section on opening ranges. It's helped me take down blinds where I might otherwise be playing a 3 way pot.

2020 Reflection

I started playing online poker again in late November. So far, here's my results over the past month.



NL30



NL50


I took a shot at NL50 during my initial upswing to $450 with NL30, but quickly went back down after realizing I didn't know what I was doing. This month has been pretty informative for me - my initial strategy was to be a nit, playing 12 tables, waiting for premium hands and betting aggressively for value.

Since then, I've changed my playing style - playing fewer tables, with a wider range of hands, and playing more aggressively post-flop. I clearly have a lot to work to do as I'm losing NL30 at 2.9BB/100. On a positive note, with bonuses & rakeback, my bankroll has stayed even.

Moving Forward

My goal is to play 50,000 hands this month, and achieve a 1 BB / 100 win rate.

Following that, I'll play 50,000 hands next month, and try to achieve a 3 BB / 100 win rate.

Played a session this morning, lost 3 buy-ins. Overall, I didn't play too well, but I also couldn't get fish off their draws. I'm starting to think I should be shoving on turns to maximize EV.



Biggest hands of the morning:

TGM content on c-betting might be a little outdated, I'd suggest going through Carroter's FTGU course on RIO - it's got some more up to date content on c-betting strategies.

Hey dsailor, appreciate the advice! I'll check out FTGU on RIO

Another short session today. I've noticed that there's a lot of new aggressive fish on Pokerstars PA these past few days.



One of these aggressive fish checkraised me on the flop. The only value hand I was beating was AJ, whereas AK, AT, A9, 99 get there. A few hands later, I found out he was 3 betting sevens from the SB, so I made a note to reconsider his aggression in the future.



Ran into a classic AA vs KK cooler, where he flopped a K on the flop.



Also lost KT vs K9



Poker is a like a bipolar girlfriend whose mood you can't tell from day to day. It's definitely weighed on my mental state. I'm going to take a few days off. I'm not enjoying the variance, and I'm better off spending this time coding, which is higher EV without so much volatility.

Sorry to hear you're having a tough time of it. In the last hand I'm not sure that's a spot where we are going to get three streets of value from a hand we beat. Did you have a range you were looking to get value from or was it a bluff at the end?

Hey Parson! I was debating between betting and checking the river. At the time, my thought process was this: the opponent has a VPIP of 66, and he's calling in the SB. He could have any Kx hand in his range, and possible some Qx. Given those factors, I thought betting for 3 streets of value was alright.

I don't like your preflop raise(with the pocket 7's). Can you explain me what are you trying to achieve with it? The other plays are ok.

Played a short session today - I felt very calm. The past few days, I've been playing against a lot of fish, who would gamble like this was NL5. Today, the session felt normal, with more regulars at tables.



I definitely ran on the better side, with a lot of premium hands today. The biggest hand being this 75o that I flatted in the BB.



Of the hands I played, I think I played the TT's wrong. At the time, it felt very strong to raise into 4 players. I think it would have been better than this checkraise on the turn for value.

TT hand is a very standard 3b pf, you shouldn't view the BB as another player to get through in that spot.

If you flat and don't flop a set you're in a crap spot even if you flop an overpair, initial raiser will see your range as capped and put pressure on you. If the board has a single overcard it's even worse.

Flatting 66 and worse there is probably OK, but a premium pair like TT is way too high up not to squeeze for value / not force ourselves into awkward avoidable situations

Hmm, the main reason why I flatted TT is because there was already a limper in the BTN. I could 3 bet here, but it would be difficult to play the pot multi-way in the SB.

Meh, just wanted to make it 3bb. Otherwise it's too cheap for others to call

There's no limpers that I can see unless the HH is wrong.

There's an open from MP and a BTN flat. It's much more difficult to play and much less profitable to flat there with TT rather than squeeze.

The 77 hand make it 6-7 bb's, min raising isn't good.

GL

Just found your thread, BD . . . subbed.

GL!

And I'll add my 2c ... I agree with dream3r about the 7s. I would raise more.... and again, like nuxx says, 6-7BBs. If you're not comfortable with this, fold.

Ahh yes you're correct. I meant to say that the BTN flatted.

Appreciate the advice! I'll take note of 3 betting the TT hand, and most likely folding 77 vs UTG.

Thank you Habman! Appreciate the advice - I think in hindsight, this might have been better as a fold.

Had another losing session today



I've decided it's time to drop down to NL10 and grind back my bankroll.

Largest losing hands of the night:

Standart coolers IMO. Difficult to fold. Did you stop on purpose on less than 500 hands because of the big lost?

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Yup :s, I stopped shortly after the 2nd beat. I think I've lost about 9 buy-ins in the last few days, so I'm going to drop down to NL10 and grind it up from there