Yep.

As games advance over the next couple of years spots like SB vs BB, RFI IP vs BB and maybe RFI vs IP CC will continually approach equilibrium.

Spots like SB vs BB, and BTN vs BB will be pretty much solved and I'd imagine most people playing very well in these spots moving forward.

I think you're right in terms of PF being solved, but at equilibrium ranges are going to be super wide and it might take a while for people to figure out how to navigate that properly.

Easy enough to figure out a strat for your 16% utg range vs btn cold call on K83r or w/e, but a lot harder when btn minraises 50% and you defend like 75%. I think there will be a learning curve for a lot of regs when they start defending as wide as they should, but struggle to not overfold post with a weak range.

If you're talking about good players, right?
If you're weaker than your opponent, you are inclined to play tighter since he will crush you post-flop.

Some guys prefer not to play marginal spots because they're not confident enough about how they play post-flop, which is better to do than calling and losing big. Which is something I like doing, specially OOP.

Some time ago I was afraid of opening much from the BTN, because regs were flatting like 58o vs my BTN opens and never folding post-flop, but when reload taught me stuff I saw that it was amazing that they were playing like that and started taking more advantage of that kind of play

PokerStars - $0.16 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 100 BB
SB: 109.38 BB (VPIP: 22.56, PFR: 18.64, 3Bet Preflop: 8.04, Hands: 1,073)
BB: 229.38 BB (VPIP: 19.49, PFR: 14.44, 3Bet Preflop: 9.01, Hands: 568)
UTG: 125.69 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 1)
MP: 63.5 BB (VPIP: 53.33, PFR: 6.67, 3Bet Preflop: 5.26, Hands: 30)
CO: 236.25 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 6)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 4 A

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.31 BB, fold, BB calls 1.31 BB

Flop: (5.13 BB, 2 players) A 6 9
BB checks, Hero bets 1.56 BB, BB calls 1.56 BB

Turn: (8.25 BB, 2 players) 3
BB checks, Hero bets 5.19 BB, BB calls 5.19 BB

River: (18.63 BB, 2 players) 3
BB checks, Hero bets 11.75 BB, BB calls 11.75 BB

thanks for the tips, man, will look to do more as you say.
I'm overbetting in these spots a somewhat balanced-ish range, haven't made any calculations/made up ranges, but I'm both bluffing and valuebetting at least at some frequency lol.

Even with poker being solved, people will still play bad, just see how many mistakes you see people doing in today's games, when theory from 2009 covered them pretty well. In other games such as dota, even though the game isn't solved, there are some conventions which are pretty obvious that any player not taking advantage off them is playing a bad strat. And like 90% of the world don't use those kinds of strats(which is basically buying wards/courrier, that I'm talking about LOL).

In 2013 I was afraid of poker dying, but when I came back to the tables, I saw that poker won't be dead as long as the poker sites are able to keep solving programs/bots away from the games. Tilt/bad execution of strat is the most important thing in this game. Also it takes a lot of time in order to master the game and to start playing decent. I see a lot of people in the mciros, myself included that study this game for so much time and still make tons of basic mistakes(not even countitng monkey tilt). If you add monkey tilt to the equation, GG.

And from what I know, there are plenty of equilibria in the game. As an example, I don't like 3-betting AK/QQ when I'm on the blinds, facing a MP/UTG open. It's nitty as hell, but there's pros and cons into doing that strat. The good thing is that you will always get in pre-flop pretty well vs unaware opponents, also you protect your calling range from the BB vs those positions, making it possible to flat with even more speculative hands(adding 1-gappers), expanding your check-raising range OTF.

Also having a good back-raising range from the SB and protecting its calling range as well. Which should be small ofc, but this kind of strategy enables new moves which people who always 3-bet QQ/AK can't do in their strategy, like flatting AJs/KQs/JTs/22-55 from the SB vs UTG opens.

And one thing about that is that since the game isn't solved, each of those pseudo-GTO strats have advantage vs other pseudo-GTO strats. As an example, my pre-flop strat in that scenario is probably good in games which UTG ranges are way tighter and people stackoff with QQ/AK pre almost always. Now if UTG is looser, then I fail to get value from my best hands. But if UTG is looser, then BTN/CO can punish him by 3-betting themselves. Also in looser games, BB will squeeze a lot more, making the back-raise insane vs him lol.

There are tons of ways to play post-flop too, there are strategies that focus more on cbetting almost all the time a smaller size(which is what reload taught me), and strats that cbet bigger at a smaller frequency, also having a lot of checking OTF. Each one of those is viable, but one is usually better vs one kind of range/player. In the games I play, I can get away with a 80% cbet OTF, but vs better opponents even by using a higher frequency cbet strategy should be changed a little(there are some boards I know I'll get punished for cbetting if I'm against a tough opponent).

BTW, some good hands I played yesterday.

H1: SDV?

PokerStars - $0.16 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 99.88 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 2)
SB: 194.44 BB (VPIP: 22.57, PFR: 17.71, 3Bet Preflop: 7.69, Hands: 297)
Hero (BB): 104.88 BB
UTG: 427.13 BB (VPIP: 17.62, PFR: 13.73, 3Bet Preflop: 7.79, Hands: 399)
MP: 149.63 BB (VPIP: 25.35, PFR: 21.22, 3Bet Preflop: 10.85, Hands: 1,459)
CO: 110.31 BB (VPIP: 27.22, PFR: 19.62, 3Bet Preflop: 8.06, Hands: 162)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, MP raises to 3 BB, fold, fold, SB raises to 9 BB, Hero calls 8 BB, fold

Flop: (21 BB, 2 players) T 5 2
SB bets 12 BB, Hero calls 12 BB

Turn: (45 BB, 2 players) 9
SB checks, Hero checks

River: (45 BB, 2 players) 6
SB checks, Hero checks




H2: should I make it bigger OTR? flop and turn check were fine, right?

PokerStars - $0.16 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 100 BB
SB: 113.38 BB (VPIP: 22.88, PFR: 10.17, 3Bet Preflop: 4.17, Hands: 121)
BB: 103.94 BB (VPIP: 23.96, PFR: 14.58, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 96)
UTG: 133.06 BB (VPIP: 19.54, PFR: 14.46, 3Bet Preflop: 8.56, Hands: 665)
MP: 257.81 BB (VPIP: 21.88, PFR: 16.21, 3Bet Preflop: 7.87, Hands: 525)
CO: 202.88 BB (VPIP: 28.57, PFR: 17.86, 3Bet Preflop: 20.00, Hands: 28)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, CO raises to 3 BB, Hero raises to 9 BB, fold, fold, CO calls 6 BB

Flop: (19.5 BB, 2 players) A 9 J
CO checks, Hero checks

Turn: (19.5 BB, 2 players) 9
CO checks, Hero checks

River: (19.5 BB, 2 players) 7
CO bets 12 BB, Hero raises to 44 BB, CO calls 32 BB




H3: vs fish, always checking behind, right?

PokerStars - $0.16 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 245.38 BB
SB: 111.88 BB (VPIP: 50.00, PFR: 37.50, 3Bet Preflop: 25.00, Hands: 9)
BB: 117.88 BB (VPIP: 30.00, PFR: 23.33, 3Bet Preflop: 13.64, Hands: 62)
UTG: 30.94 BB (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 16.67, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 6)
MP: 100 BB (VPIP: 35.14, PFR: 19.44, 3Bet Preflop: 12.50, Hands: 37)
CO: 83.88 BB (VPIP: 12.50, PFR: 5.00, 3Bet Preflop: 2.22, Hands: 81)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Q 4

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.31 BB, SB calls 1.81 BB, fold

Flop: (5.63 BB, 2 players) 5 3 6
SB bets 4.06 BB, Hero raises to 17.56 BB, SB calls 13.5 BB

Turn: (40.75 BB, 2 players) A
SB checks, Hero checks

River: (40.75 BB, 2 players) 7
SB bets 24 BB, Hero raises to 157 BB, SB calls 68 BB and is all-in




H4: Reg was marked as the type that "never folds", so if I cbetted 50% I probably had 0% FE, so I would be either check-folding here or making it 90% lol

PokerStars - $0.16 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 102.25 BB (VPIP: 25.99, PFR: 18.05, 3Bet Preflop: 5.17, Hands: 287)
SB: 55.25 BB
Hero (BB): 100 BB
UTG: 111.06 BB (VPIP: 24.90, PFR: 17.12, 3Bet Preflop: 6.14, Hands: 778)
MP: 112.56 BB (VPIP: 11.11, PFR: 11.11, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 9)
CO: 100 BB (VPIP: 22.18, PFR: 16.53, 3Bet Preflop: 8.26, Hands: 251)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

UTG raises to 3 BB, MP calls 3 BB, fold, BTN calls 3 BB, fold, Hero raises to 15.5 BB, UTG calls 12.5 BB, fold, fold

Flop: (37.5 BB, 2 players) 6 3 4
Hero bets 32.19 BB, fold

Hero wins 35.81 BB

Bankroll at $530, I'm hopping between NL16/NL25, whenever one stake becomes juicier than the other I go there lol

will focus on rebuilding the bankroll in these 2 stakes, when I have enough for NL100 will go there. I'm playing much better than before(running well too), tilted 0 stacks in the last 5-6 sessions.

Some hands of the day:

H1: used to fold a lot in that spot, but this guy had a super high AF and people don't usually make this size with a straight on that board

PokerStars - $0.16 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 109.06 BB (VPIP: 22.92, PFR: 17.86, 3Bet Preflop: 7.89, Hands: 343)
Hero (SB): 100.5 BB
BB: 145.31 BB (VPIP: 30.86, PFR: 26.25, 3Bet Preflop: 7.50, Hands: 84)
UTG: 114.81 BB (VPIP: 22.01, PFR: 16.35, 3Bet Preflop: 7.38, Hands: 649)
MP: 106.5 BB (VPIP: 15.79, PFR: 10.53, 3Bet Preflop: 18.18, Hands: 20)
CO: 181.25 BB (VPIP: 31.58, PFR: 31.58, 3Bet Preflop: 22.22, Hands: 19)

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

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

Flop: (6 BB, 2 players) 5 6 J
Hero bets 1.88 BB, BB calls 1.88 BB

Turn: (9.75 BB, 2 players) 3
Hero bets 6.13 BB, BB raises to 20 BB, Hero calls 13.88 BB

River: (49.75 BB, 2 players) 7
Hero checks, BB bets 39 BB, Hero calls 39 BB




H2: villain is probably not using that sizing with AQ, also draws didn't get there

PokerStars - $0.16 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 197.31 BB (VPIP: 15.75, PFR: 8.66, 3Bet Preflop: 0.97, Hands: 263)
SB: 100 BB (VPIP: 22.88, PFR: 18.65, 3Bet Preflop: 7.93, Hands: 1,140)
Hero (BB): 100 BB
UTG: 113.75 BB (VPIP: 17.62, PFR: 14.75, 3Bet Preflop: 5.85, Hands: 496)
MP: 119.31 BB (VPIP: 19.76, PFR: 15.71, 3Bet Preflop: 8.22, Hands: 781)
CO: 94.31 BB (VPIP: 19.05, PFR: 9.52, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 23)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, fold, fold, SB raises to 2.5 BB, Hero raises to 7.5 BB, SB calls 5 BB

Flop: (15 BB, 2 players) 7 9 Q
SB checks, Hero checks

Turn: (15 BB, 2 players) 7
SB bets 6 BB, Hero calls 6 BB

River: (27 BB, 2 players) 6
SB bets 19 BB, Hero calls 19 BB



H3: weird fold, but I think it's right, villain's size OTT screamed like AK, also some people don't have the balls to semi-bluff AK OTF, so he would have played that hand exactly this way. Also guy was really passive.

PokerStars - $0.16 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 388.56 BB (VPIP: 19.28, PFR: 18.07, 3Bet Preflop: 10.34, Hands: 85)
SB: 298.75 BB (VPIP: 24.30, PFR: 18.32, 3Bet Preflop: 8.75, Hands: 1,102)
BB: 143.88 BB (VPIP: 19.71, PFR: 12.02, 3Bet Preflop: 3.45, Hands: 216)
UTG: 101.25 BB (VPIP: 22.55, PFR: 14.92, 3Bet Preflop: 5.70, Hands: 892)
Hero (MP): 100 BB
CO: 123.56 BB (VPIP: 57.14, PFR: 28.57, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 14)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 6 6

UTG raises to 2.5 BB, Hero calls 2.5 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold

Flop: (6.5 BB, 2 players) 6 J Q
UTG checks, Hero bets 3.19 BB, UTG calls 3.19 BB

Turn: (12.88 BB, 2 players) T
UTG checks, Hero bets 8.13 BB, UTG raises to 33.25 BB, Hero calls 25.13 BB

River: (79.38 BB, 2 players) 5
UTG bets 62.31 BB and is all-in, fold

UTG wins 75.81 BB


H4: used to fold in this spot

PokerStars - $0.16 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 133.25 BB
SB: 213.94 BB (VPIP: 25.14, PFR: 19.23, 3Bet Preflop: 7.87, Hands: 535)
BB: 200.13 BB (VPIP: 20.57, PFR: 14.43, 3Bet Preflop: 3.81, Hands: 902)
UTG: 274.94 BB (VPIP: 23.33, PFR: 15.56, 3Bet Preflop: 7.32, Hands: 92)
MP: 201 BB (VPIP: 25.39, PFR: 18.75, 3Bet Preflop: 7.00, Hands: 260)
CO: 83 BB (VPIP: 50.00, PFR: 41.67, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 12)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.31 BB, SB raises to 8.5 BB, fold, Hero calls 6.19 BB

Flop: (18 BB, 2 players) 2 A T
SB checks, Hero bets 8.94 BB, SB calls 8.94 BB

Turn: (35.88 BB, 2 players) Q
SB checks, Hero bets 22.56 BB, SB raises to 196.5 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 93.25 BB and is all-in

River: (267.5 BB, 2 players) A
Players agreed to run it twice.

River #2: (267.5 BB, 2 players) 3

SB shows T 8 (Two Pair, Aces and Tens)
Board #1 (Pre 40%, Flop 23%, Turn 32%)
(One Pair, Tens)
Board #2 (Pre 43%, Flop 24%, Turn 33%)

Hero shows A J (Three of a Kind, Aces)
Board #1 (Pre 60%, Flop 77%, Turn 68%)
(One Pair, Aces)
Board #2 (Pre 57%, Flop 76%, Turn 67%)

Hero wins 129.06 BB
Hero wins 129.06 BB


H5: thin

PokerStars - $0.16 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 124.81 BB
SB: 136.13 BB (VPIP: 24.68, PFR: 19.74, 3Bet Preflop: 10.87, Hands: 470)
BB: 112.25 BB (VPIP: 20.12, PFR: 16.19, 3Bet Preflop: 7.78, Hands: 896)
UTG: 233.69 BB (VPIP: 21.30, PFR: 12.04, 3Bet Preflop: 2.27, Hands: 113)
MP: 140.19 BB (VPIP: 23.00, PFR: 18.61, 3Bet Preflop: 8.92, Hands: 1,750)
CO: 100 BB (VPIP: 21.86, PFR: 16.12, 3Bet Preflop: 7.29, Hands: 658)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 6 7

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.31 BB, SB raises to 9.5 BB, fold, Hero calls 7.19 BB

Flop: (20 BB, 2 players) 5 3 6
SB bets 6.31 BB, Hero calls 6.31 BB

Turn: (32.63 BB, 2 players) 6
SB bets 24 BB, Hero calls 24 BB

River: (80.63 BB, 2 players) 4
SB checks, Hero bets 40 BB, SB calls 40 BB



H6: cbetted that big OTF since board was super dry, some people would actually fold TPWK OTF(or at least they're supposed to), had some backdoors, after one of them called, saw no point in betting the turn, since the guy would have a ton of slowplayed 2-pairs/sets. OTR, vs that range, expected a valuebet, so went for the check-raise.

PokerStars - $0.16 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 111.13 BB (VPIP: 22.46, PFR: 15.31, 3Bet Preflop: 5.97, Hands: 809)
SB: 257.31 BB (VPIP: 29.27, PFR: 23.17, 3Bet Preflop: 10.00, Hands: 168)
BB: 143.38 BB (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 33.33, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 3)
Hero (UTG): 136.63 BB
MP: 185.25 BB (VPIP: 9.68, PFR: 7.74, 3Bet Preflop: 4.62, Hands: 159)
CO: 118.19 BB (VPIP: 26.85, PFR: 18.79, 3Bet Preflop: 13.79, Hands: 153)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 5 4

Hero raises to 2.31 BB, fold, CO calls 2.31 BB, BTN calls 2.31 BB, SB calls 1.81 BB, BB calls 1.31 BB

Flop: (11.56 BB, 5 players) 6 J A
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets 8.31 BB, fold, BTN calls 8.31 BB, fold, fold

Turn: (28.19 BB, 2 players) 7
Hero checks, BTN bets 13.5 BB, Hero calls 13.5 BB

River: (55.19 BB, 2 players) 9
Hero checks, BTN bets 20 BB, Hero raises to 112.5 BB and is all-in, BTN calls 67 BB and is all-in

Graph since reload taught me the good stuff

You seem to be playing a lot more solid from the hands I've seen these last couple of days. One thing I will say though is to try not to put too much emphasis on the short term. There's good and bad variance and it can all seem so easy when you're experiencing the former. It's something I'm guilty of myself so don't think I'm having a dig .

yeah, running like crazy, it's easy to play better when things always go on your way, the hard part is how to play well while you're being dealt bad cards/coolers every time.

Don't look at aggression stats over 84 hands

how many hands should I use? he had like 7 AF, so thought he could be a maniac reg

Broke even today, but was 60 below EV

some hands I played today:

H1: vs a very passive regular, decided to call the river since my range was so face up that even someone like him could turn his hand into a bluff.

PokerStars - $0.16 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 157.13 BB (VPIP: 16.22, PFR: 11.71, 3Bet Preflop: 2.22, Hands: 113)
SB: 244.13 BB (VPIP: 21.13, PFR: 15.50, 3Bet Preflop: 8.42, Hands: 966)
BB: 133.94 BB (VPIP: 18.52, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 28)
UTG: 249.56 BB (VPIP: 26.19, PFR: 23.81, 3Bet Preflop: 10.00, Hands: 43)
MP: 98.5 BB (VPIP: 20.33, PFR: 11.00, 3Bet Preflop: 1.60, Hands: 309)
Hero (CO): 141.06 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, MP raises to 2 BB, Hero raises to 9 BB, BTN calls 9 BB, fold, fold, fold

Flop: (21.5 BB, 2 players) T J 7
Hero bets 10.69 BB, BTN calls 10.69 BB

Turn: (42.88 BB, 2 players) A
Hero checks, BTN checks

River: (42.88 BB, 2 players) T
Hero bets 13.5 BB, BTN raises to 48 BB, Hero calls 34.5 BB




H2: blackrain79's school here haha, a lot of people miss that value from fish. As blackrain says: "if the hand ended and the sucker had still money in his stack, you butchered the hand"

PokerStars - $0.16 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 113.5 BB (VPIP: 54.35, PFR: 4.35, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 47)
SB: 101.5 BB (VPIP: 19.72, PFR: 14.34, 3Bet Preflop: 4.83, Hands: 1,875)
Hero (BB): 198.44 BB
UTG: 65.25 BB (VPIP: 15.38, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 53)
MP: 100 BB (VPIP: 23.03, PFR: 20.12, 3Bet Preflop: 6.94, Hands: 171)
CO: 272.81 BB (VPIP: 23.70, PFR: 17.25, 3Bet Preflop: 9.47, Hands: 1,079)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 8 5

fold, fold, fold, BTN calls 1 BB, fold, Hero checks

Flop: (2.5 BB, 2 players) A J 6
Hero bets 21 BB, BTN calls 21 BB

Turn: (44.5 BB, 2 players) 2
Hero bets 117 BB, BTN calls 91.5 BB and is all-in

River: (227.5 BB, 2 players) 3




H3: wasn't paying attention that I was BTN, would have betted OTF, massive overshove + FH save the day lol

PokerStars - $0.16 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 176.63 BB
SB: 64.44 BB (VPIP: 35.71, PFR: 21.43, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 45)
BB: 252.75 BB (VPIP: 28.42, PFR: 14.39, 3Bet Preflop: 0.75, Hands: 284)
UTG: 84.63 BB (VPIP: 14.29, PFR: 14.29, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 7)
MP: 235.44 BB (VPIP: 52.63, PFR: 21.05, 3Bet Preflop: 12.50, Hands: 20)
CO: 111.13 BB (VPIP: 16.67, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 12)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 3 3

fold, MP calls 1 BB, CO calls 1 BB, Hero calls 1 BB, SB raises to 6 BB, fold, MP calls 5 BB, CO calls 5 BB, Hero calls 5 BB

Flop: (25 BB, 4 players) 3 5 2
SB checks, MP checks, CO checks, Hero checks

Turn: (25 BB, 4 players) 9
SB checks, MP bets 11.94 BB, fold, Hero calls 11.94 BB, fold

River: (48.88 BB, 2 players) 9
MP bets 23.38 BB, Hero raises to 158.69 BB and is all-in, MP calls 135.31 BB




H4: guy is a reg lol

PokerStars - $0.16 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 99.63 BB (VPIP: 29.54, PFR: 17.39, 3Bet Preflop: 6.80, Hands: 377)
Hero (SB): 100 BB
BB: 133.94 BB (VPIP: 23.58, PFR: 17.23, 3Bet Preflop: 9.63, Hands: 1,063)
UTG: 106.44 BB (VPIP: 26.39, PFR: 18.81, 3Bet Preflop: 8.33, Hands: 1,033)
MP: 108.63 BB (VPIP: 21.22, PFR: 19.45, 3Bet Preflop: 6.12, Hands: 521)
CO: 100 BB (VPIP: 18.41, PFR: 13.27, 3Bet Preflop: 4.63, Hands: 1,310)

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 2.25 BB, Hero raises to 10 BB, BB raises to 30 BB, fold, Hero raises to 100 BB and is all-in, BB calls 70 BB

Flop: (202.25 BB, 2 players) 2 A 9

Turn: (202.25 BB, 2 players) 6

River: (202.25 BB, 2 players) J
Players agreed to run it twice.

Flop #2: (202.25 BB, 2 players) 8 Q 3

Turn #2: (202.25 BB, 2 players) K

River #2: (202.25 BB, 2 players) 4

Hero shows Q Q (One Pair, Queens)
Board #1 (Pre 68%, Flop 9%, Turn 5%)
(Three of a Kind, Queens)
Board #2 (Pre 72%, Flop 97%, Turn 92%)

BB shows A T (One Pair, Aces)
Board #1 (Pre 32%, Flop 91%, Turn 95%)
(High Card, Ace)
Board #2 (Pre 28%, Flop 3%, Turn 8%)

Hero wins 96.56 BB
BB wins 96.56 BB


H5: should we jam the river? This kind of spots always makes me confused, we can't get called by worse, villain can sometimes fold his chops, but we always lose to his fullhouses.

PokerStars - $0.16 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 100 BB
SB: 40.13 BB (VPIP: 28.30, PFR: 15.09, 3Bet Preflop: 14.29, Hands: 53)
BB: 93.88 BB (VPIP: 21.05, PFR: 12.63, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 100)
UTG: 94.56 BB (VPIP: 59.46, PFR: 5.41, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 38)
MP: 100 BB (VPIP: 20.99, PFR: 19.21, 3Bet Preflop: 6.15, Hands: 517)
CO: 88.06 BB (VPIP: 23.33, PFR: 10.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 31)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, MP raises to 3 BB, fold, Hero raises to 9 BB, fold, fold, MP calls 6 BB

Flop: (19.5 BB, 2 players) Q A K
MP checks, Hero bets 6.13 BB, MP calls 6.13 BB

Turn: (31.75 BB, 2 players) J
MP checks, Hero bets 20 BB, MP calls 20 BB

River: (71.75 BB, 2 players) K
MP checks, Hero bets 64.88 BB and is all-in, MP calls 64.88 BB and is all-in

i might glance at those stats if i have 3k+ hands on someone but idk if that is still too low

I don't have 3k hands in anyone lol.

with the aggression stats i wouldn't look at an over all stat over small samples and add on to your hud flop,turn and river aggression frequencies.

will give you a better indication of villains play street by street

I wanted the post-flop overall AF, but can't find on PT4, do you know which is?
when it comes to the AF per street, then I use the pop-up

im not sure i dont use it maybe some one else can comment about it
i only use AF per street

back to $490, gg sick heater lol, EV still doing well, will study a lot today for the subject at uni and play more later when the tables become juicier

some hands:

PokerStars - $0.16 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 263.69 BB (VPIP: 18.02, PFR: 12.10, 3Bet Preflop: 2.60, Hands: 735)
Hero (SB): 106.38 BB
BB: 111.69 BB (VPIP: 22.00, PFR: 17.48, 3Bet Preflop: 5.64, Hands: 840)
UTG: 111.25 BB (VPIP: 18.78, PFR: 15.72, 3Bet Preflop: 8.57, Hands: 1,160)
MP: 98.5 BB (VPIP: 5.88, PFR: 5.88, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 17)
CO: 119 BB (VPIP: 22.66, PFR: 21.09, 3Bet Preflop: 9.80, Hands: 130)

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 8 8

fold, fold, CO raises to 2.5 BB, BTN calls 2.5 BB, Hero calls 2 BB, fold

Flop: (8.5 BB, 3 players) 4 T 5
Hero checks, CO bets 2.69 BB, fold, Hero calls 2.69 BB

Turn: (13.88 BB, 2 players) 8
Hero checks, CO bets 9 BB, Hero calls 9 BB

River: (31.88 BB, 2 players) 3
Hero checks, CO bets 28 BB, Hero raises to 92.19 BB and is all-in, fold

Hero wins 83.94 BB


guy looked like an aggro fish, still had a hard time calling the river

PokerStars - $0.16 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 265.94 BB (VPIP: 18.08, PFR: 12.05, 3Bet Preflop: 2.57, Hands: 738)
SB: 199.69 BB (VPIP: 18.89, PFR: 12.02, 3Bet Preflop: 2.78, Hands: 532)
BB: 136 BB (VPIP: 41.27, PFR: 31.75, 3Bet Preflop: 22.73, Hands: 63)
UTG: 125.13 BB (VPIP: 21.98, PFR: 17.46, 3Bet Preflop: 5.62, Hands: 841)
Hero (MP): 148.13 BB
CO: 182.56 BB (VPIP: 20.22, PFR: 16.06, 3Bet Preflop: 8.23, Hands: 758)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, Hero raises to 2.31 BB, fold, fold, fold, BB calls 1.31 BB

Flop: (5.13 BB, 2 players) 2 3 9
BB checks, Hero bets 4.38 BB, BB raises to 8.75 BB, Hero raises to 25.56 BB, BB calls 16.81 BB

Turn: (56.25 BB, 2 players) K
BB bets 16.69 BB, Hero calls 16.69 BB

River: (89.63 BB, 2 players) 5
BB bets 91.44 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 91.44 BB

H5) i would definetly chb on the river especially given the guy looks reggish. i dont think he ever folds Tx unless he marked you as a huge nit. on the other hand i kinda expect him to donkshove his FH´s when he thinks you´re bad enough to call with the straight, but apparently he doesn´t think you are

with the 88s i suggest ch/r turn with a high frequency, but when the OR is a very active cbetter you can probably play it as you did. If he barrels a lot with air (like maybe here) you could also donk river for like 1/4 or 1/3, would look like you got SD-value but maybe he levels himself into thinking youre not going to bet/call. The downside would probably be that he only calls with his OPs. (And would maybe bet/call the shove otherwise) Obviously depending on what he thinks how much value he can get out of you on a T high rainbow board.

One tough hand I played today and I need some advice on

PokerStars - $0.16 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 37.81 BB (VPIP: 29.46, PFR: 12.50, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 138)
SB: 105.38 BB (VPIP: 20.78, PFR: 15.35, 3Bet Preflop: 6.09, Hands: 1,180)
BB: 131.13 BB (VPIP: 20.90, PFR: 13.84, 3Bet Preflop: 6.30, Hands: 362)
UTG: 300.94 BB (VPIP: 21.09, PFR: 16.90, 3Bet Preflop: 6.61, Hands: 1,896)
Hero (MP): 100.5 BB
CO: 120.63 BB (VPIP: 18.35, PFR: 13.92, 3Bet Preflop: 1.54, Hands: 160)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

UTG raises to 3 BB, Hero raises to 9 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, UTG calls 6 BB

Flop: (19.5 BB, 2 players) Q A J
UTG checks, Hero bets 9.63 BB, UTG calls 9.63 BB

Turn: (38.75 BB, 2 players) A
UTG checks, Hero checks

River: (38.75 BB, 2 players) 2
UTG bets 27.75 BB, Hero raises to 81.88 BB and is all-in, UTG calls 54.13 BB



3-betted pre because guy was folding a ton, most people respect 3-bets vs their UTG opens, also he didn't 4-bet much so I was freerolling on my equity at least for 4 cards. Should we jam our flush here? It's thin, but I block AQ and QQ(most likely hands that beat us). Villain could have AK in his range, he probably calls half of his AK and 4-bet the rest [he 4-bets 6%(3/54)].

Let's consider the worst case scenario, then

With our blockers, he can have:
-4 combos of AQ
-6 combos of AJ
-3 combos of JJ
-1 combo of QQ
-8 combos of AK

So 14 combos that beats us and 8 that we beat. Maybe it's a bit unrealistic to think that villain could have KT there, right? Also he could be checking with his AK.

So in this spot, we're never jamming, right? Unless for some reason villain is flatting a ton pre-flop(which I think he isn't OOP). I think AK never folds there, people love calling vs me and he was marked as a station.

problem with 6max zoom is that u won't have 3k hands on any1 if u play below 100z because the pool is way too large.... it will take a few hundred hands to get that "many" info

Unless u buy 203194004014034millions hands on some ****ty website

yeah, I have 1.8k on this guy. I think people overestimate the need of having tons of stats on someone. People in the micros are always changing their game/affected a lot by tilt, so they aren't consistent enough to make it reliable.

For me, the HUD is there only to give me an idea of how the guy understands the game and how he is playing: if someone with 1% 3-bet over 1k hands 3-bets me, I'm not fighting him a lot, now if someone with 43% 4-bet 4-bets me, then there's a bigger chance that 5-bet shoving is good vs him.

Back to $300, it sucks, tons of bad beats/coolers and below a EV for a ton of cash. At least I didn't any stack that I can remember in that sample, having more discipline and controlling tilt. But since I began hero calling, started making tons of really bad calls.

this is the graph since reload's sweat



Some hero calls I made, can you say which you thought were good/bad?

H1: Was almost folding, but then thought about my blockers, which were great, I was blocking the nuts and had no blockers to villain's bluffing range, so in theory it was one of the best bluffcatchers here since FD didn't get there. Was it a fold because people in these stakes rarely jam the river as a bluff?

PokerStars - $0.16 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 60.63 BB (VPIP: 18.18, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 23)
Hero (SB): 101.56 BB
BB: 100 BB (VPIP: 25.65, PFR: 19.51, 3Bet Preflop: 9.27, Hands: 751)
UTG: 301.88 BB (VPIP: 19.68, PFR: 15.69, 3Bet Preflop: 8.52, Hands: 964)
MP: 118.5 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 6)
CO: 48.88 BB (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 25.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 4)

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

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

Flop: (6 BB, 2 players) 9 2 5
Hero bets 2.94 BB, BB calls 2.94 BB

Turn: (11.88 BB, 2 players) 8
Hero bets 7.44 BB, BB raises to 23.5 BB, Hero calls 16.06 BB

River: (58.88 BB, 2 players) T
Hero checks, BB bets 70.56 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 70.56 BB



H2: had a note on the guy that he had made a triple barrel bluff on me, call or fold? Thought the board was pretty safe

PokerStars - $0.16 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 100 BB (VPIP: 26.11, PFR: 20.80, 3Bet Preflop: 6.73, Hands: 234)
SB: 128.81 BB (VPIP: 29.25, PFR: 17.34, 3Bet Preflop: 5.79, Hands: 583)
Hero (BB): 119.31 BB
UTG: 295.13 BB (VPIP: 19.65, PFR: 14.92, 3Bet Preflop: 5.81, Hands: 645)
MP: 141 BB (VPIP: 29.55, PFR: 23.48, 3Bet Preflop: 8.70, Hands: 135)
CO: 110.94 BB (VPIP: 25.94, PFR: 11.72, 3Bet Preflop: 1.05, Hands: 242)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 7 7

fold, fold, fold, fold, SB raises to 3 BB, Hero calls 2 BB

Flop: (6 BB, 2 players) Q 6 8
SB bets 3.81 BB, Hero calls 3.81 BB

Turn: (13.63 BB, 2 players) Q
SB bets 9 BB, Hero calls 9 BB

River: (31.63 BB, 2 players) 2
SB bets 20.13 BB, Hero calls 20.13 BB




H3: is this a good call down?

PokerStars - $0.16 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 106.25 BB (VPIP: 17.61, PFR: 14.13, 3Bet Preflop: 6.67, Hands: 472)
SB: 15.44 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 2)
Hero (BB): 116.94 BB
UTG: 602.56 BB (VPIP: 21.15, PFR: 16.45, 3Bet Preflop: 9.06, Hands: 688)
MP: 264 BB (VPIP: 28.37, PFR: 16.05, 3Bet Preflop: 2.22, Hands: 356)
CO: 106 BB (VPIP: 26.86, PFR: 20.11, 3Bet Preflop: 8.82, Hands: 182)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

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

Flop: (4.5 BB, 2 players) 5 9 T
Hero checks, UTG bets 1.5 BB, Hero calls 1.5 BB

Turn: (7.5 BB, 2 players) 7
Hero checks, UTG bets 5 BB, Hero calls 5 BB

River: (17.5 BB, 2 players) 4
Hero checks, UTG bets 15 BB, Hero calls 15 BB



H4: I used to fold a lot on this spot, vs an unknown is it a fold or a call OTR?

PokerStars - $0.16 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 92 BB (VPIP: 22.15, PFR: 14.01, 3Bet Preflop: 7.18, Hands: 477)
SB: 100 BB (VPIP: 26.05, PFR: 18.67, 3Bet Preflop: 8.56, Hands: 1,146)
BB: 72.56 BB (VPIP: 27.08, PFR: 19.40, 3Bet Preflop: 7.65, Hands: 485)
Hero (UTG): 258.5 BB
MP: 100 BB (VPIP: 26.67, PFR: 20.00, 3Bet Preflop: 23.53, Hands: 45)
CO: 100.5 BB (VPIP: 17.51, PFR: 12.45, 3Bet Preflop: 2.83, Hands: 261)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

Hero raises to 2.31 BB, MP raises to 8.5 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls 6.19 BB

Flop: (18.5 BB, 2 players) 8 T K
Hero checks, MP bets 7 BB, Hero calls 7 BB

Turn: (32.5 BB, 2 players) T
Hero checks, MP bets 19.5 BB, Hero calls 19.5 BB

River: (71.5 BB, 2 players) 5
Hero checks, MP bets 65 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 65 BB



H5: fold the river? villain has 22% re-steal, 100% flop cbet in 3-bet pots(4/4) and 75% OTT(3/4)

PokerStars - $0.16 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 100.94 BB (VPIP: 29.23, PFR: 21.92, 3Bet Preflop: 12.93, Hands: 268)
SB: 100 BB (VPIP: 12.64, PFR: 8.79, 3Bet Preflop: 1.45, Hands: 190)
BB: 163.31 BB (VPIP: 31.75, PFR: 19.84, 3Bet Preflop: 16.95, Hands: 129)
UTG: 98.81 BB
MP: 98.5 BB (VPIP: 28.57, PFR: 14.29, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 7)
Hero (CO): 108.69 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.31 BB, BTN raises to 8 BB, fold, fold, Hero calls 5.69 BB

Flop: (17.5 BB, 2 players) J 7 2
Hero checks, BTN bets 6.25 BB, Hero calls 6.25 BB

Turn: (30 BB, 2 players) 9
Hero checks, BTN bets 21.88 BB, Hero calls 21.88 BB

River: (73.75 BB, 2 players) 6
Hero checks, BTN bets 64.81 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 64.81 BB


H6: Is this a good fold? Made the fold because of the sizing, usually when people want to pick up the pot they make it 33%-50%, he made it 66% into 2 people, so he couldn't be doing that with JJ/TT, so thought he had mostly AQ/QQ/AK there

PokerStars - $0.16 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 100 BB
SB: 100.31 BB (VPIP: 28.57, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 42)
BB: 98.5 BB (VPIP: 29.79, PFR: 16.89, 3Bet Preflop: 4.35, Hands: 385)
UTG: 69.75 BB (VPIP: 50.00, PFR: 50.00, 3Bet Preflop: 100.00, Hands: 2)
MP: 60.25 BB (VPIP: 47.44, PFR: 25.64, 3Bet Preflop: 21.21, Hands: 82)
CO: 154.31 BB (VPIP: 26.20, PFR: 19.80, 3Bet Preflop: 9.85, Hands: 817)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A 7

fold, fold, CO raises to 2.5 BB, Hero raises to 8 BB, fold, BB calls 7 BB, CO calls 5.5 BB

Flop: (24.5 BB, 3 players) 2 A Q
BB checks, CO checks, Hero checks

Turn: (24.5 BB, 3 players) 3
BB bets 16.38 BB, fold, fold

BB wins 23.38 BB