sometimes you run good

iPoker - 25,000/50,000 NL - Holdem - 4 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: 17.18 BB (VPIP: 18.18, PFR: 13.92, 3Bet Preflop: 7.94, Hands: 165)
BB: 38.46 BB (VPIP: 38.82, PFR: 28.92, 3Bet Preflop: 11.76, Hands: 88)
Hero (CO): 32.36 BB
BTN: 19.71 BB (VPIP: 31.31, PFR: 22.92, 3Bet Preflop: 7.50, Hands: 99)

4 players post ante of 0 BB, SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.9 BB) Hero has K A

Hero raises to 2 BB, BTN raises to 19.61 BB, fold, fold, Hero calls 17.61 BB

Flop: (41.11 BB, 2 players) 8 3 2

Turn: (41.11 BB, 2 players) Q

River: (41.11 BB, 2 players) K

Hero shows K A (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 50%, Flop 68%, Turn 60%)
BTN shows A K (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 50%, Flop 32%, Turn 40%)
Hero wins 41.11 BB



maybe could've sized down turn/river but i'm almost never beat. he snapped so fast I was worried he has 3x of spades

iPoker - 25,000/50,000 NL - Holdem - 3 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 16.58 BB (VPIP: 18.07, PFR: 13.92, 3Bet Preflop: 7.94, Hands: 166)
SB: 37.36 BB (VPIP: 38.37, PFR: 28.57, 3Bet Preflop: 11.76, Hands: 89)
Hero (BB): 53.77 BB

3 players post ante of 0 BB, SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.8 BB) Hero has K J

fold, SB calls 0.5 BB, Hero raises to 3 BB, SB calls 2 BB

Flop: (6.3 BB, 2 players) Q 3 2
SB checks, Hero bets 2.15 BB, SB calls 2.15 BB

Turn: (10.6 BB, 2 players) K
SB checks, Hero bets 7.7 BB, SB calls 7.7 BB

River: (26 BB, 2 players) 3
SB checks, Hero bets 26 BB, SB calls 24.41 BB

SB shows J K (Two Pair, Kings and Threes)
(Pre 50%, Flop 68%, Turn 60%)
Hero shows K J (Two Pair, Kings and Threes)
(Pre 50%, Flop 32%, Turn 40%)
SB wins 37.41 BB
Hero wins 39 BB


1/3, closing it out now

That was a fun hand

Gl gl!

Sorry if I missed it, how much for 1 2 and 3?

1 is 3k, 2 is 2200, 3 don't matta cause it's down to heads up


juuuuuuuuicy little turn

iPoker - $5 NL - Holdem - 7 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

MP: 108.46 BB
CO: 108.2 BB
BTN: 110.2 BB
SB: 241.15 BB
Hero (BB): 99.35 BB
UTG: 30.51 BB
UTG+1: 99.33 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 8 6

UTG calls 1 BB, UTG+1 calls 1 BB, fold, CO calls 1 BB, fold, fold, Hero checks

Flop: (4.5 BB, 4 players) 3 5 9
Hero checks, UTG checks, UTG+1 bets 3 BB, CO calls 3 BB, Hero calls 3 BB, fold

Turn: (13.5 BB, 3 players) 7
Hero checks, UTG+1 checks, CO bets 11 BB, Hero raises to 29.5 BB, fold, CO raises to 104.2 BB, Hero calls 65.85 BB

River: (204.2 BB, 2 players) J

CO shows 7 7 (Three of a Kind, Sevens)
(Pre 70%, Flop 80%, Turn 23%)
Hero shows 8 6 (Straight, Nine High)
(Pre 30%, Flop 20%, Turn 77%)
CO wins 8.85 BB
Hero wins 203.4 BB

Congrats in advance, tg. Would like to watch the rest but too tired.

this guy is tired of me haha, he called with Q high

iPoker - 30,000/60,000 NL - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 40.76 BB (VPIP: 45.19, PFR: 30.69, 3Bet Preflop: 12.82, Hands: 107)
Hero (SB): 48.99 BB

2 players post ante of 0 BB, Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.7 BB) Hero has A 8

Hero calls 0.5 BB, BB checks

Flop: (2.2 BB, 2 players) A 9 K
BB checks, Hero bets 1.1 BB, BB calls 1.1 BB

Turn: (4.4 BB, 2 players) 7
BB checks, Hero checks

River: (4.4 BB, 2 players) 7
BB checks, Hero bets 3 BB, BB calls 3 BB

Hero shows A 8 (Two Pair, Aces and Sevens)

Hero wins 10.4 BB

rrr rrr rrr rrrrrrrrrrreeeeeekt

iPoker - 30,000/60,000 NL - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 47.16 BB (VPIP: 45.95, PFR: 31.48, 3Bet Preflop: 12.82, Hands: 115)
Hero (SB): 42.59 BB

2 players post ante of 0 BB, Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.7 BB) Hero has 5 3

Hero calls 0.5 BB, BB checks

Flop: (2.2 BB, 2 players) 4 3 3
BB checks, Hero bets 1.1 BB, BB raises to 3.5 BB, Hero calls 2.4 BB

Turn: (9.2 BB, 2 players) K
BB checks, Hero checks

River: (9.2 BB, 2 players) J
BB bets 5.92 BB, Hero calls 5.92 BB

BB shows 8 6 (One Pair, Threes)
(Pre 65%, Flop 4%, Turn 0%)
Hero shows 5 3 (Three of a Kind, Threes)
(Pre 35%, Flop 96%, Turn 100%)
Hero wins 21.03 BB

Damn

so card dead at the end. was looking for anything to shove/call it off with, kept getting T4o, 82o etc


had a couple bad runouts on c/r hands:

iPoker - 35,000/70,000 NL - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 58.68 BB (VPIP: 46.56, PFR: 31.25, 3Bet Preflop: 12.82, Hands: 135)
Hero (SB): 18.25 BB

2 players post ante of 0 BB, Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.7 BB) Hero has Q 6

Hero calls 0.5 BB, BB checks

Flop: (2.2 BB, 2 players) 4 6 3
BB checks, Hero bets 1.1 BB, BB raises to 3.9 BB, Hero calls 2.8 BB

Turn: (10.01 BB, 2 players) 9
BB bets 53.68 BB, fold

BB wins 63.69 BB



busto hand:

iPoker - 40,000/80,000 NL - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: 57.71 BB (VPIP: 48.65, PFR: 35.21, 3Bet Preflop: 12.82, Hands: 154)
Hero (BB): 9.6 BB

2 players post ante of 0 BB, SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.7 BB) Hero has J Q

SB raises to 39.35 BB, Hero calls 8.5 BB

Flop: (19.2 BB, 2 players) K 9 2

Turn: (19.2 BB, 2 players) 8

River: (19.2 BB, 2 players) K

SB shows 6 9 (Two Pair, Kings and Nines)
(Pre 33%, Flop 63%, Turn 77%)
Hero mucks J Q (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 67%, Flop 37%, Turn 23%)
SB wins 49.05 BB


2nd for 2300 is not bad though. best tourney cash in a while

thanks iso and everyone who watched, was a fun ft. thought I had him tbh, but coming back from 3bb w/~35 left to take 2nd is pretty sick

it would make me very happy if you would bet small on the turn in posts 1807-1808 :P

i know that feeling of disappointment all too well when you can't manage to close it out, but that's a damn good run/result regardless- obviously you'd be super stoked if somebody was like, "yo, register this tournament real quick, you'll finish 2nd"

and always good to end the month on that sort of note.

1807 - agree
1808 - normally would bet 1/3 ott, but I had a feeling he had air way too much in that spot/would fire it a lot if I checked back. we hit a good river for him to bluff so idk if he fires most rivers, but I think my line induces him to bet his air otr too much, and he already has too many air hands that raise flop imo

plus I do like to check some 3x ott, and this is the best one to check imo, so I really like that hand.

yeah I wasn't as disappointed as my two 10th's recently in tourneys with $20k+ up top. those kinda hurt, this one felt like a win with a tiny bit of disappointment lingering.


is this too nitty HU? I limp 100%, so I have a lot of 2p, all sets, overpairs, better qx, even QT that doesn't block the fd. the turn completes a gutter... figured I can get away with folding my weak top pair that blocks the fd. any thoughts?

iPoker - 35,000/70,000 NL - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 51.8 BB (VPIP: 46.51, PFR: 31.75, 3Bet Preflop: 12.82, Hands: 133)
Hero (SB): 25.13 BB

2 players post ante of 0 BB, Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.7 BB) Hero has Q T

Hero calls 0.5 BB, BB checks

Flop: (2.2 BB, 2 players) 7 Q 3
BB checks, Hero bets 1.1 BB, BB raises to 3.68 BB, Hero calls 2.58 BB

Turn: (9.56 BB, 2 players) 6
BB bets 5.76 BB, fold

BB wins 15.33 BB

why? you look hella full of **** when you bet small on this turn. dont worry so much about balancing/protecting your range HU in shortstacked anonymous tournaments vs some of the literal worst players in the world (lol bovada MTTs) that you end up x'ing back trips vs villains who are showing previous street aggression on coordinated boards, unless you just have some impeccable read that hes completely full of **** on the flop- and still i dont like it because you won't really ever be that confident, and in trying to induce a measly bet from the bottom of his range on the river, you pass up an opportunity on the turn to play for stacks and get the win vs a good chunk of hands that you have completely crushed.

i know he had 86o and it worked out, but in the long run i think you're leaving a ton of money on the table there

re: QTo below that, probably too tight in general but you guys were apparently doing a lot of limping pre so he has a lot of value combos with the offsuit 2pr and potential QJo/KQo to go along with a few potential sets, and he gave up earlier with his 86o airball in the previously discussed hand, and gutshots make pairs that probably want to check on the turn, so i dont hate the turn fold. maybe call turn/fold river is more appropriate, but idk and it's certainly debatable. you're the one playing in game with reads and sensing the gameflow and what not, so i wouldn't sweat it much if you thought it was ok in the moment.

this line tends to be super weak or super strong ime, he's just not calling turn and river with worse very often once he c/r flop and checks turn. that also wasn't the first flop he c/r then checked turn - there was at least 1 previous hand I bet small ott following that action and he folded

I get what you're saying though. I bet almost all trips ott, but I like checking back when I have a weak kicker + blocker to sd/fd hands, and in this situation I would probably just bet all trips readless - I just felt like I had enough of a read on him to decide that check back was going to be +ev compared to a bet


thx, very similar to how I was thinking about the spot. didn't really think much of it in game, just looked at it later and thought it seemed nitty.

nah, people are more merged than you think in these spots with shorter stacks, and i promise i'll shut up after this post . if you were 100bb+ in a cash game, then i think what you're saying about them being more polar is correct. there's a lot to get value from on the turn, some of which gets stubborn on riv too (dont underestimate MTT players' tendencies to call down horrifically bad), and there are several combos that people commonly look to x/jam.

this post isn't going to be poker, just personal stuff I feel the need to write about/vent so I don't think about it all day.


growing up, I never really understood what people meant when they said you can't run from your problems. why not? why can't I just leave behind the people that hurt me? why can't I go somewhere where I can forget about it all?

I can't answer the why, but I know they were right. you can't run from problems. you physically can, but mentally... there's no escape, I'm just running in place. it's crazy the way memory works and the way your brain can **** with you. the things I want to remember the least push their way to the forefront of my mind any time they want.. one second I'm trying to work out a river decision and the next I'm back in the gym that day, watching his final seconds tick out...

generally I feel pretty good about life, but it's like at any moment it can change and I'm thinking about **** that I've been telling myself for years to forget about. last night I had a crazy dream... and I have really crazy dreams every night, but last night was different. I was riding in a car with my family - my mom, dad and siblings, which is weird by itself because we haven't all been in the same room in idk how many years. but there we were, riding along in silence, until finally I just went off on my mom, screaming about all kinds of ****, all the ways she's ****ed up etc... basically saying everything I've thought about and wanted to say but never actually said. the crazy part is that she didn't deny anything, didn't try to twist the truth... she just broke down crying, completely bawling...something I've only ever seen her do once irl... and she apologized. for everything. it was the most heartfelt apology I've ever heard tbh, it's still making me emotional thinking about it. I've never heard my mom apologize before, but it seemed so real. i wish it was real. then, as we're crying/making up, my dad takes a turn too fast and the car goes careening over a cliff...

we haven't talked in over 2 years, and I think all the time about how horrible it would be to never speak with my mom again, but idk what to do. it's not as simple as picking up the phone. for the last ~2 years that we did talk it was forced and not a real relationship.

not looking for advice, just needed to get this out my system. I have some **** to work through, and I don't know how I'm going to do it, but just knowing that I have to confront these issues is progress.



aaaaaand now I'm going to try and change gears for a 12 hour grind. gl me

Gratz on the 2nd place.

Nice score!

Bet 53 on turn 100%

yeah, you're right. was using my 100bb cash game brain lol. got lucky my read happened to be right. also, you better or I'm calling teh modz

thanks! grinding some big mtt's today so hopefully I get another chance HU

thanks! results say you're wrong (but I agree lol)^

that's a pretty lit hand to sit down to. welcome to the table

iPoker - $2 NL - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 107.18 BB
UTG: 95.93 BB
UTG+1: 160.73 BB
Hero (MP): 208.08 BB
MP+1: 135.48 BB
CO: 100 BB
BTN: 75.81 BB
SB: 127.53 BB

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

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.5 BB) Hero has A A

fold, fold, Hero raises to 4.5 BB, MP+1 raises to 14 BB, CO raises to 100 BB, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 208.08 BB, fold

Flop: (215.5 BB, 2 players) 2 8 7

Turn: (215.5 BB, 2 players) K

River: (215.5 BB, 2 players) 6

Hero shows A A (One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 88%, Flop 2%, Turn 0%)
CO shows A K (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 12%, Flop 98%, Turn 100%)
Hero wins 108.08 BB
CO wins 213.5 BB



and they say AKo is better because it makes two flushes... liars

You raise to 4.5bbs pre?

....or just with aces

cutoff was new to the table and posted. when someone limps or posts I pot pre

ewwwww thats legit disgusting lol