Btw, month is over for me guys. Tomorrow will go to my university for graduation, will see my friends and stay there until next monday. Will use the free time to make the homework brokenstars gave to me.

Bankroll is at around $2.4k

Month looks like this



Year so far



These days playing 50z reallt helped my confidence, also my volume is great, I can't believe I've made it to 40k hands in the shortest month of the year. Will focus on sleeping early so I can play more, maybe I'll play 50k+ hands next month.

VAMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Congrats on graduating and getting rostucko for the year!

A sample size of 30 hands really?

Congratulations on the graduation

thx, guys!

How often a 24 vpip player would turn out to be a 60 vpip one in 30 hands? I've almost never reached higher than 50 vpip in 30 hands even while playing a 32 vpip strat.

KQcc there is such a strong hand and should own such a huge % of the pot that even if it's going against a very tight range, it wouldn't be such a huge mistake. And chances are that the guy is a whale, if he is capable of folding QTo there, I don't know, but I made the play that made most sense to me.

Nvm dude, fantastic hand, wouldn't play it any other way at all.

So tilting.

Just got back from the university and it seems I'll have to wait until the end of the year to get my diploma. I forgot to send an email to the university, so in the end I couldn't graduate right now. So annoying, basically travelled for 11h on the bus for nothing. I'm so dumb when it comes to some stuff like this bureaucracy stuff. At least I'll see my friends that I haven't seen in a while. This may cause some trouble if I do well in a test for the government job, but I think if I pass I can change my position to the last of the list, so I'll have enough time to have the diploma when the time comes.

Right now I think I have less than 5% chance to pass in the government job I want, studied for almost 1 year lol. But I'm just learning stuff, when I start making tests and studying by solving questions this number will go up really fast. I think in the end of the year I'll have around 30% chance to pass in the test.

Studied poker while my friend was at work, watching videos about 3-bets and 3-bet pots. Going to watch some about 4-betting too. I think my 4-betting strat is pretty wild, most people that play 50z probably saw some weird moves by me, like huge 4-bets, open-jamming OTF lol.

Will go back home on monday, then back to grinding! After this BS from the university I was pretty pumped to grind, usually when I get super mad about something I want to play poker pretty hard. Sad that I don't like playing at my laptop and I have no database here, so no HUD stats.

About that hand, I still think it was good

Here is why I think my play was good. OFC at the time I couldn't come with this solution, but it was probably something around that.

Let's imagine if we bet 33% OTT and we get jammed on, we're never folding vs a 60 VPIP player, right? So we're basically get it in anyway when he has us beat(unless he slowplays again OTT).

If we bet 33%, he is calling all QT, K2s, AT, 9T, 89. the thing here is that he is almost never calling the river if he doesn't get his straight, so we're basically giving him a "cheap price" to see if he hits his draw. OFC vs a good player it's a normal move, we're supposed to bet this sizing OTT with that SPR, the thing is that I thought that villain was able to call a bigger bet and that he would make more mistakes vs a jam rather than a 33%.

If I jam, I hope to see him call with QT, KQ, JQ, maybe even AT/AJ. He is a 60 vpip player, man, it's likely that he is making those kind of mistakes. So in the end, if we bet 33%, we get minimum value vs his calling range and still get stacked all the time when he has the goods(and decide to jam, which is likely). By jamming we risk losing that 33% bet OTT vs a range that will draw to a chop(or sometimes outdraw us with the AT), but if villain is making the mistake of calling with QT there, it's a HUGE +ev move for us.

If my assumptions were right, I'm making a ton of money in that spot, if they were wrong, I'm missing a little of EV. In the end we're never sure in poker in those exploitative spots, I decided to go for it and hope villain made a major mistake. I get super extreme vs fish, that's the way I think is the best approach vs them.

Vs an aggrofish, you're making a lot of money by folding bad hands and then checking/inducing with good hands, but to get the maximum winrate vs them, you should let them spew really hard and rebluff when they're air heavy. Vs a huge station you're printing by valuebetting TPTK for 3 streets for 75%, but you're making way more if you're doing not only that, but betting TP second kicker, third kicker for 3 streets, raising sets on flush boards, raising flushes on paired boards, not leaving any money on the board.

vs extreme players I think making extreme plays is best. What do you guys think? Still think it's bad and an overplay? This is a very interesting spot and worth discussing, any ideas will be great.

lifetime graph?

I've posted that in december some pages ago.
I'll post again it probably at the end of this year

Just came back home, going to use the rest of my free time to study poker, go to the gym and relax a bit. Tomorrow will try to wake up early and put 4h of poker, I'll have 25 days to play 60k hands, let's see if I can make it happen!

Will play 50z only for this month and probably next month too, my focus will be on playing as solid as I can play, preventing tilt and putting some real volume. It's quite ambitious for someone who plays part-time only like me to aim for such a big amount of hands, but I believe I'll do it.

Some stuff about my meeting with my friends:

Basically they have the same opinion as my family about poker, they say it's a waste of time and that I should focus on passing the government job. They're very close friends, we lived together for close to 3 years in the university. We used to share our dreams and it's funny to see how people change after they grow up. Back in the day we were all dreamers, but since they started working hard(and becoming adults), they lost that kind of optimism, while I kept it(since I've done close to 0 work, only my internship).

I get their point, they want the best for me, and it's quite easy to have that opinion given how little results I got from poker since I came back if we compare it to the amount of work that I've put into this game. But I won't give up, tbh, even if I went all-in on studying for the government job, I think I would live a very miserable life until I pass in the test. I think I'm capable of studying 12h+ per day, but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be happy.

Also I've faced so many tough times, downswings, doubted myself a lot and I kept going. I won't give up now, I've started a ton of projects in my life and finished close to none of them, poker won't be one of them.

What is the government job?

taxman, my second option is to work as an economist in the central bank

What is your plan with poker in the long term? You've graduated from university, either got a job or are planning to get one.

Therefore, it looks like you are not pursuing poker as a career. Good decision if that's the case - if you're still at NL50 after 6 years, poker isn't a good career option. Though potentially a reasonable side hobby you can make some pocket change at.

Its not a lack of talent holding him back, its a few leaks that prevent him from progressing/giving him the opportunity to learn the game at higher level. As is the case for many.

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Definitely an interesting point. I might message you about this.

poker is a hobby, but one I take seriously

this, mental game was my biggest leak by far, it took me more than 700k hands to turn it into something I can control.

That moment when you have a set and 72o has more equity than you.

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 98.62 BB
SB: 100 BB
BB: 1.34 BB
UTG: 199.04 BB
Hero (MP): 116.42 BB
CO: 191.92 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, Hero raises to 2.32 BB, fold, BTN raises to 8.46 BB, fold, BB calls 0.34 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 6.14 BB

Flop: (18.76 BB, 3 players) K 3 6
Hero checks, BTN checks

Turn: (18.76 BB, 3 players) 4
Hero bets 16.02 BB, BTN raises to 40.96 BB, Hero calls 24.94 BB

River: (100.68 BB, 3 players) J
Hero checks, BTN bets 49.2 BB and is all-in, fold

I'm skeptical of that fold.

here is the proof, shared it in BOOM

https://www.boomplayer.com/27110788_E3D784FA19

Specifically skeptical of the decision. BTN is fish and shows up w/ plenty more than 57/KK.

and not sure why you are even calling the turn if thats the river you choose to fold, plus you are getting an absurd price otr.

yeah, should have folded OTT.

The fish in the blinds was already all-in pre-flop.

BTN is a regfish, he is a 18/6 with <2% 3-bet over 3k hands. In my pt4 notes he didn't show up with AK after 3-betting even once(in showdown ofc). He was flatting AK vs 2-bets.

So basically his range there is AA/KK, maybe QQ, which of those hands play like that? It was quite a straightforward fold imo(after all the data we have on him ofc). His line is so nutted, he is never bluffing and his range is so narrow that there's nothing we can do, sadly I couldn't fold OTT.

Btw, played 1.8k hands today, probably lost, ran really bad. Made some questionable plays as always but I like the way I've played.

Some hands

H1: vs unknown, I don't think he is valuebetting worse enough, maybe JK, which I block. He isn't valuebetting JQ, so meh, just a fold, right?

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 78.2 BB
SB: 161.42 BB
BB: 85.88 BB
UTG: 101.5 BB
Hero (MP): 100 BB
CO: 150.28 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, Hero raises to 2.32 BB, fold, fold, fold, BB calls 1.32 BB

Flop: (5.14 BB, 2 players) Q J 5
BB checks, Hero bets 3.66 BB, BB calls 3.66 BB

Turn: (12.46 BB, 2 players) K
BB checks, Hero bets 8.88 BB, BB raises to 23 BB, Hero calls 14.12 BB

River: (58.46 BB, 2 players) 5
BB bets 31 BB, fold

BB wins 55.54 BB


H2: vs brazillian reg that plays 50z-500z lol. He is probably a regfish, since his plays are all over the place. He is 3-betting light in that spot, probably calling 4-bets more than he should, was it ok there? With this combo I'm never calling river, right? Should I call the river with some AK?

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 131.5 BB
SB: 53.3 BB
BB: 100 BB
Hero (UTG): 140 BB
MP: 101.76 BB
CO: 133.64 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

Hero raises to 2.32 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, BB raises to 8 BB, Hero raises to 23 BB, BB calls 15 BB

Flop: (46.5 BB, 2 players) Q 6 2
BB checks, Hero bets 14.62 BB, BB raises to 29.24 BB, Hero calls 14.62 BB

Turn: (104.98 BB, 2 players) 3
BB checks, Hero checks

River: (104.98 BB, 2 players) 7
BB bets 47.76 BB and is all-in, fold

BB wins 100.98 BB


H3: Should I have folded the river? What about the turn check? Decided to check almost all my range, since when I'm raising I have tons of 2-pairs that will always check back the turn and will have a tough time on most rivers. Also villain has all AK. OTR I decided to call because he could have busted flush draws. Villain is capable of bluffing, but I don't know he is capable of bluffing with that sizing. Also villain doesn't valuebet as thin as he should, so I don't expect to see many Kx there.

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 100 BB
SB: 106.38 BB
BB: 116.8 BB
UTG: 149.76 BB
MP: 100 BB
Hero (CO): 100 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 2.32 BB, fold, fold, BB raises to 9.28 BB, Hero calls 6.96 BB

Flop: (19.06 BB, 2 players) 9 Q T
BB bets 9.06 BB, Hero raises to 24 BB, BB calls 14.94 BB

Turn: (67.06 BB, 2 players) J
BB checks, Hero checks

River: (67.06 BB, 2 players) 4
BB bets 83.52 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 66.72 BB and is all-in




H4: vs unknown, I get so paranoid in those spots =( Never folding the river for 50% of the pot in that runnout?

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 100 BB
SB: 145.82 BB
BB: 210.74 BB
UTG: 110.26 BB
Hero (MP): 133.62 BB
CO: 124.54 BB

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 2.32 BB, fold, BTN raises to 8.46 BB, fold, fold, Hero calls 6.14 BB

Flop: (18.42 BB, 2 players) 4 T 2
Hero checks, BTN bets 12.26 BB, Hero calls 12.26 BB

Turn: (42.94 BB, 2 players) 7
Hero checks, BTN bets 28.56 BB, Hero calls 28.56 BB

River: (100.06 BB, 2 players) J
Hero checks, BTN bets 50.72 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 50.72 BB




H5: it's funny how paranoid I get when I make calls that are no good in spots where I think it's super close and some guys in the pool snap call this OTR lol.

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 187.3 BB
Hero (SB): 103.06 BB
BB: 184.7 BB
UTG: 147.52 BB
MP: 133.76 BB
CO: 106.92 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, MP raises to 2.24 BB, fold, fold, Hero raises to 9 BB, fold, MP raises to 20 BB, Hero calls 11 BB

Flop: (41 BB, 2 players) A 3 2
Hero checks, MP checks

Turn: (41 BB, 2 players) Q
Hero bets 12.9 BB, MP calls 12.9 BB

River: (66.8 BB, 2 players) 9
Hero bets 70.16 BB and is all-in, MP calls 70.16 BB