-200 Bovada Zone
-Updates at the end of each day if I play
-Me spewing money around because I have an ego when it comes to poker(yes I can admit it) and I want to see if I still have what it takes to win 4 years later. (Probably not and I will most likely crash and burn so grab the popcorn!)
-Random Hand Histories that may or may not be so interesting
-Lots of mistakes because a) I'm rusty and B) my game is 4 years old and after browsing some forums and and talking to some old contacts that are still playing today there have been some changes made in postflop play that 4 years ago would have instantly had me tag you as a fish
-Random streaming on twitch of me playing just to keep me motivated to play
-Random musings on how different the game is today compared to 4 years ago when I left
What you will not see in this thread
-Massive volume
-Crushing winrate (Hope this one is wrong)
-Losing winrate (Hope this one is right)
-Naked girls ( I hope this one is wrong also)
About me!
-Screen names Stars (HghSsociety) FullTilt Poker (JaniceB)
-Played up to 1kn
-Former 2+2 account was NL__fool. Can't remember the pw and I don't have access to the email anymore, currently hoping a mod can help me out.
-Former online professional poker player for 10 years and left poker for personal reasons while still winning at a good clip
-Best month ever was 40k about 1 month before black Friday playing Rush on Full Tilt. (Maybe it doesn't mean much anymore because games were easier back then but still my best poker achievement)
-Gonna grind on the side part time to see if I still have it. This is not about money, it's about seeing if I still have it. Chose Bovada because games are softer than Stars and Stars got rid off rakeback????
-played maybe 10k hands in the past 4 years
-Going to aim for 1-2k hands per day
Results so Far
Hand #1
-Don't like my sizing
-In anon games, as nitty as it sounds, I'm thinking this can probably be a fold. He doesn't know if I'm a reg or a whale and I don't know if he's a reg or a whale so his shove is only value if he's sane and I have blockers to KK and AK. prob never folding this on Stars at 400+
Preflop: Hero is BB with K K
UTG raises to $6, 2 folds, BTN raises to $20, SB folds, Hero raises to $53, UTG folds, BTN raises to $183.90 and is all-in, Hero calls $130.90
Flop: ($374.80) Q 3 7 (2 players, 1 is all-in) Turn: ($374.80) 5 (2 players, 1 is all-in) River: ($374.80) 2 (2 players, 1 is all-in)
Spoiler:
Results: $374.80 pot ($4 rake)
Final Board: Q 3 7 5 2
BTN showed A A and won $370.80 ($186.90 net)
SB mucked Q 7 and lost (-$1 net)
Hero showed K K and lost (-$183.90 net)
UTG mucked T T and lost (-$6 net)
MP mucked 4 2 and lostCO mucked 5 7 and lost
Last edited by HghSsociety; 04-12-2018 at 01:42 AM.
Keen to see the twitch stream. Link so we can all see.
Quote:
In anon games, as nitty as it sounds, I'm thinking this can probably be a fold.
I don't like telling people how to play but....... never ever ever ever ever ever ever fold KK pre 100bb deep 6max cash (unless there are like 3 all ins in front of you) particularly once you have 1/4 of your stack in.
Keen to see the twitch stream. Link so we can all see.
I don't like telling people how to play but....... never ever ever ever ever ever ever fold KK pre 100bb deep 6max cash (unless there are like 3 all ins in front of you) particularly once you have 1/4 of your stack in.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich Checkmaker
never fold kings....even when they show you the aces...
I realize the comment of folding KK would make people go "HUH? WTF is this guy thinking?" because even against a range of KK+ & AK It's a huge mistake but I was thinking this is one of those terribly exploitable plays that would appear to be absolutely horrendous to even consider but that I may need to consider them on the anon tables? It may appear to be results orientated but it's more a function of overcompensating and overthinking my play for the tables because they are anon. This is basically never a fold on regular tables
I mean I'm definitely going to be changing my play style somewhat to compensate for the fact that everyone is an unknown but perhaps I am considering over adjusting to far if that makes any sense?
I mean I'm definitely going to be changing my play style somewhat to compensate for the fact that everyone is an unknown but perhaps I am considering over adjusting to far if that makes any sense?
This would definitely be too much of an over adjust. Take this from someone who has changed their strategy a lot and is still telling you to never fold KK pre in pool.
This would definitely be too much of an over adjust. Take this from someone who has changed their strategy a lot and is still telling you to never fold KK pre in pool.
Perfect thanks! I figured I would be over and under adjusting until I found the right balance. I was always a stat junkie and had extremely in depth huds
Nothing much to report except I played another 1k hands. I keep reading about how some of you guys are getting over 400 hands per hour in the zone games 2 tabling but I'm not getting anywhere close to that. I'm probably averaging about 330k hands/hour and I'm not exactly slow either.
Running a bit under EV
Going to get this twitch thing going today or tomorrow. I'll play for a bit and take a break and try and figure it out in between sessions.
It's also nice (I think?) to see that some things never change. The biggest sign that I was tilting back when I was playing for a living was calling 4 bets OOP with hands I shouldn't be, and I caught myself doing that last night. Immediately sat out and took a break when I saw myself doing it.
These 3 hands with in about 2 minutes of each other caused me to start to tilt.
Hand #1
Regardless of the outcome, over adjusting vs the anon player pool? Assuming everyone is a fish because it's Bovada and they are gonna stack off light?
Turn: ($168) J (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $146.48 and is all-in, SB calls $146.48
River: ($460.96) 3 (2 players, 1 is all-in)
Spoiler:
Results: $460.96 pot ($4.00 rake)
Final Board: 4 2 5 J 3
UTG mucked 9 2 and lostHero showed 2 2 and lost (-$229.48 net)
CO mucked K T and lostBTN mucked 7 Q and lostSB showed A A and won $456.96 ($227.48 net)
BB mucked 4 Q and lost (-$2 net)
Hand #2
Nice River I donked the turn hoping to get him to spazz bluff, and he did
Preflop: Hero is BB with K K
3 folds, BTN raises to $6, SB folds, Hero raises to $24, BTN calls $18
Flop: ($49) T 8 8 (2 players)
Hero bets $15, BTN raises to $47, Hero calls $32
Turn: ($143) 4 (2 players)
Hero bets $41.55, BTN raises to $743.29, Hero calls $90.45 and is all-in
River: ($407) 6 (2 players, 1 is all-in)
Spoiler:
Results: $407 pot ($4 rake)
Final Board: T 8 8 4 6
Hero showed K K and lost (-$203 net)
UTG mucked 7 A and lostMP mucked 8 3 and lostCO mucked 4 3 and lostBTN showed 6 6 and won $403 ($200 net)
SB mucked 9 Q and lost (-$1 net)
Hand #3
I'm getting attacked on a board where my range is stronger than his but if I fold this I'm super exploitable. From a GTO perspective I have to call here a certain % of the time so I call and get the worst possible turn card. Fish ovebet jams Turn and I snap thinking my hand is good because there is no need to jam turn here with anything strong
Preflop: Hero is BB with A T
2 folds, CO calls $2, BTN folds, SB completes, Hero raises to $12, CO calls $10, SB folds
Flop: ($26) 9 8 A (2 players)
Hero bets $13, CO raises to $26, Hero calls $13
Turn: ($78) A (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $171.53, Hero calls $162 and is all-in
River: ($402) 4 (2 players, 1 is all-in)
Spoiler:
Results: $402 pot ($4 rake)
Final Board: 9 8 A A 4
Hero showed A T and lost (-$200 net)
UTG mucked J 6 and lostMP mucked 2 9 and lostCO showed A Q and won $398 ($198 net)
BTN mucked T 5 and lostSB mucked K 9 and lost (-$2 net)
GL everyone!
Last edited by HghSsociety; 04-13-2018 at 08:41 PM.
Only managed to play for an hour today. I won about $150, will update once I get the HH downloaded
OK.... So apparently I just discovered something new (to me anyway)
I can play zone on my Ipad. This is fantastic news and maybe makes me a life fish?? lol
It means I can get more hands in. Due to the nature of my business I currently work 6 months of the year and take 6 months off but in those 6 months that I am working I am putting in 80-90 hour weeks.
It basically means that in my downtime at work my staff can take over and I can go sit in my office and play poker.
Perhaps I might get some decent volume in after all. Is there anyway to play 2 zone tables on the Ipad at once or is it just restricted to one? Any idea of how much data it uses? I might have to upgrade my data plan