I guess I should rephrase. I'm just going to monitor my SB winrate, which I don't usually keep close track of. I won't be changing my play at all or even thinking about it during sessions.

5bb. EV is 13bb/100, WR is up to 18. And obviously it will be in the negatives soon. I'm just curious how soon

Agonized over this one... These fish spew too much for me to fold though. wasn't really too far off...

Hand History driven straight to this forum with DriveHUD Poker HUD & Database

NL Holdem $5(BB)
HJ ($728.38)
CO ($216.56)
HERO ($499.88)
SB ($930.05)
BB ($746.25)
UTG ($670.25)
MP ($286.26)

Dealt to Hero A Q

UTG Folds, MP Folds, HJ Folds, CO Folds, HERO Raises To $12.5 (Rem. Stack: 487.38), SB Raises To $47.5 (Rem. Stack: 880.05), BB Folds, HERO Calls $37.5 (Rem. Stack: 449.88)

Flop ($105.0) A J 7
SB Bets $40 (Rem. Stack: 840.05), HERO Calls $40 (Rem. Stack: 409.88)

Turn ($185.0) A J 7 K
SB Bets $125 (Rem. Stack: 715.05), HERO Calls $125 (Rem. Stack: 284.88)

River ($435.0) A J 7 K 3
SB Bets $435 (Rem. Stack: 280.05), HERO Calls $284.88 (allin) (Rem. Stack: 0.00)

SB shows 3 3

SB wins $1150.88

Bruuuutal hand :')

I wouldn't have even been mad if he showed me a reasonable hand, like JJ or something, but I die a little inside every time someone two outs me on the river

STOP BLUFFING. THEY NEVER FOLD ANYTHING


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NL Holdem $5(BB)
HERO ($824.27)
CO ($485)
BTN ($780.16)
SB ($524.13)

Dealt to Hero T K

CO Folds, BTN Folds, SB Raises To $12.5 (Rem. Stack: 509.13), HERO Calls $10 (Rem. Stack: 809.27)

Flop ($30.0) 4 Q J
SB Bets $15 (Rem. Stack: 494.13), HERO Raises To $52 (Rem. Stack: 757.27), SB Calls $37 (Rem. Stack: 457.13)

Turn ($134.0) 4 Q J 8
SB Checks, HERO Bets $77 (Rem. Stack: 680.27), SB Calls $77 (Rem. Stack: 380.13)

River ($288.0) 4 Q J 8 7
SB Checks, HERO Bets $680.27 (allin) (Rem. Stack: 0.00), SB Calls $380.13 (allin) (Rem. Stack: 0.00)

SB shows T 4

SB wins $1045.26
HERO wins $300.14

Jesus christ that hand^

I thought KT here is a call vs like any normal person maybe x-raise with bd fd?

Are you x-raising because he is a fish mainly and will call flop very wide and turn wideish as well, and you are saying river is bad overall?

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GL man, i'm in the same situation as you still a student made a lot of mistakes but can't seem to succeed/a failure for the most part you got this man i hope you obtain your goals

I was IP here, so it wasn't a c/r, but I decided to make the raise against this v because he was cbetting basically 100%, regardless of his cards (as you can tell, he cbet bottom pair lol). I would normally call against most players though. I'd be more likely to raise a hand like 109, and since I had the 10 and 109 got there I decided to fire off. I actually thought he'd fold a queen, but he clearly had other thoughts lol. I'm guessing he liked that he had a 10 to block the straight and the 4 to block 44, but who the **** knows with these fish lol.

Thanks man, good luck to you as well

These guys are literally brain dead... problem with folding is tons of fish like to play 22-99 this way because lul i haz pair. he has ak i know it! lul

Hand History driven straight to this forum with DriveHUD Poker HUD & Database

NL Holdem $2(BB)
HJ ($175.9)
CO ($425.37)
BTN ($174)
HERO ($224.65)
BB ($572.98)
UTG ($184.35)

Dealt to Hero J J

UTG Raises To $4 (Rem. Stack: 180.35), HJ Calls $4 (Rem. Stack: 171.9), CO Folds, BTN Calls $4 (Rem. Stack: 170), HERO Raises To $23 (Rem. Stack: 200.65), BB Folds, UTG Calls $20 (Rem. Stack: 160.35), HJ Folds, BTN Folds

Flop ($58) T T 5
HERO Bets $21 (Rem. Stack: 179.65), UTG Raises To $121 (Rem. Stack: 39.35), HERO Calls $100 (Rem. Stack: 79.65)

Turn ($300) T T 5 8
HERO Checks, UTG Bets $39.35 (allin) (Rem. Stack: 0.00), HERO Calls $39.35 (Rem. Stack: 40.30)

River ($378.70) T T 5 8 A

UTG shows A T

UTG wins $374.7

down 4 buyins in less than 100 hands. Most of it Q high flush vs the backdoor k high flush. the rest to quads. fun stuff

I won 8 buyins yesterday though, so I guess I had it coming

gl op. I have been following from the beginning. One needs strong mental capacity to play poker for a living lol. When I win I feel good and when i lose I feel like **** lol. I generally do not make bad play though. How is your mental games?

You really do. It's for sure the toughest part about the game for me. Weed is a huge help when I get annoyed or start feeling tilted. I blaze pretty constantly while I play to stay focused/play without emotions lol.

I think overall my mental game is better than average, but might be my biggest weakness. If I could play my A game 24/7 I think I could crush my 200nl pool for 12+ bb/100

For me, it's not so much how much I'm up or down, it's how I'm winning/losing. I tend to get tilted the most when donkeys luckbox me. If I get outplayed, gg I'll learn from it

and thanks man, good luck to you too!

700 hands into the session and I've gone from down 4 buyins to up 2 buyins. I love me some variance for breakfast every day

edit: one buyin now lol

Hey man,

Also a ignition grinder and recent college graduate..

Was wondering if you'd be interested in assisting with helping me get my DRIVEHUD setup to optimal?

I can't get it to read hands or do anything and I even paid for the pro version.

Would be HIGHLY appreciated and I could pay you?

Thanks,

Tyler

Honestly, I'd suggest contacting Drivehud support directly if you're having technical issues getting the software to work. I'm not going to be able to be much help tbh. And if you need help optimizing you're HUD, I'm not really the guy to ask lol. I just use the default setup.

Ended up playing 1700 hands today.. +4 buyins at 1/2, -1 buyin at 2/5.

3700 hands in the SB now, WR is down to 15.8 bb/100, but EV is 19.3

Just had the most frustrating session. Had AK/AQ 6 times, 3bet them each time, and missed every flop. Basically every time the caller donk led for pot on 789 type flops. so many ****ing donk leads I hate it. Nothing more tilting than 3betting pre, getting called by 104o, and they donk a 10xx flop for pot.. don't get me wrong, I love these guys. they pay my rent. but it's a love/hate thing. they drive me nuts sometimes with how disgusting they play

lost a quick 5 buyins in 400 hands. can I have poker without the variance please? ****, maybe I'll go back to 9max lol

Hand History driven straight to this forum with DriveHUD Poker HUD & Database

NL Holdem $2(BB)
SB ($408.28)
BB ($179)
HERO ($235.3)
BTN ($101.7)

Dealt to Hero J T

HERO Raises To $7 (Rem. Stack: 228.3), BTN Calls $7 (Rem. Stack: 94.7), SB Folds, BB Folds

Flop ($17) 9 3 K
HERO Bets $8.5 (Rem. Stack: 219.8), BTN Raises To $17 (Rem. Stack: 77.7),WHY????? HERO Calls $8.5 (Rem. Stack: 211.3)

Turn ($51.0) 9 3 K 7
HERO Checks, BTN Checks

River ($51.0) 9 3 K 7 6
HERO Checks, BTN Checks

BTN shows 5 7

BTN wins $48.45

Running so bad that it would be comical if it wasn't happening to me. I have a 20% Won when saw flop % this session lol. 7 hands this session where I 3bet, whiffed an A, k, or q high flop, cbet and got min raised. I've never seen so many min click backs in 3bet pots in my life.

Then there's gems like these

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NL Holdem $5(BB)
SB ($480)
BB ($200)
UTG ($185.14)
MP ($748.78)
HERO ($500)
HJ ($538.63)
CO ($536.38)
BTN ($472.5)

Dealt to Hero 9 A

UTG Folds, MP Folds, HERO Raises To $12.5 (Rem. Stack: 487.5), HJ Calls $12.5 (Rem. Stack: 526.13), CO Folds, BTN Calls $12.5 (Rem. Stack: 460.0), SB Folds, BB Calls $7.5 (Rem. Stack: 187.5)

Flop ($52.5) 9 8 5
BB Bets $25 (Rem. Stack: 162.5), HERO Calls $25 (Rem. Stack: 462.5), HJ Folds, BTN Calls $25 (Rem. Stack: 435.0)

Turn ($127.5) 9 8 5 J
BB Checks, HERO Checks, BTN Checks

River ($127.5) 9 8 5 J A
BB Bets $73.75 (Rem. Stack: 88.75), HERO Calls $73.75 (Rem. Stack: 388.75), BTN Folds

BB shows 6 9

BB wins $271

gotta work on that mental game man. you're gonna drive yourself crazy and unfortunately these swings you're talking about are super normal. it'll turn around just keep playing well and make sure you have a proper bankroll for the stakes you're playing. gl

3 days ago you said you were running at 13 evbb/100 but actually 18bb/100. Now you’re running bad lol. Come on man. Also, unless you’re playing hu you will never make money out of the sb. Sorry to bust your balls but these swings are inevitable. Gl.

Mental game is the toughest part about poker. For me it isn't about the swings or money though. I could be down 2k on the day and feel good about it if I played well and simply ran into it a lot. What tilts me is when I make mistakes, or when my opponents get rewarded for the mistakes they're making. If I get it all in pre with KK vs AA 5 times in a row it won't feel good, but I'm not gunna feel like punching a wall.

On the other hand, if my opponent calls a 3bet OOP with q10o and flops top 2 against my top pair + NFD, then just decides to lead donk jam for 2x pot, it kinda stings. It's just psychological - I hate being in a spot where my opponent plays so poorly that they will never make money, but I have the only hand combination in the deck that will pay them off.

I have AQhh. 3bet button pre. Flop is Qx10h3h. Opponent lead jams 100 into 45 with Q10o. I'm not even doing bad against his exact hand, but it tilts the **** out of me because his play is so ****ing stupid. He's basically never getting value here from anyone - AK, AJ, JJ, 99, 88 etc are all going to find a fold - but somehow I have the perfect hand to pay him off.

Obviously, now that the session is over I'm really happy that I get to play with people who play this poorly, but in the moment I just can't handle the stupidity.

I think you misread. That was my SB win rate, not my overall WR. I'm doing 13bb/100 overall, and my ev is 12.5 bb. But if you play a lot of poker, you know that running bad is not always represented in EV differences. I've had sessions where I run good and I'm still below EV, and vice versa.

Of course I'm not going to make money out of the SB. I'm not trying to and I'm not hoping to lol. Just trying to minimize losses out of SB

And don't worry man, you aren't busting my balls lol. Obviously I expect swings much worse than this. It just helps to vent my frustration here so that I don't dwell on it all session

Trying to work my way up through the micros starting with a $40 deposit at 2NL, and coming here to read about your variance helps put things into perspective when I start tilting at the micro micro stakes.

Keep up the good work OP and I look forward to seeing more winning sessions in the near future.

me in your shoes:

Hey Colorado, I'm glad that my suffering is not in vain lol. Thanks man, good luck dealing with all the shenanigans that go on at the micros

So apparently the new thing to do in 3bet pots is min raise the flop 90% of the time. I have about a dozen hands in the last 24 hours where I've had it happen. None reached showdown though, so I'm going to review the hands once I can see their hole cards. I'm expecting to see a lot of TPWK type hands, but I'll post a couple here once I find out

Fun hand vs a spewtard. Guess he figures I can't have QQ+ when I 3bet?

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NL Holdem $2(BB)
CO ($223.52)
BTN ($328.65)
SB ($250.08)
HERO ($275.27)
UTG ($195)
HJ ($197)

Dealt to Hero T T

UTG Folds, HJ Folds, CO Folds, BTN Folds, SB Raises To $5 (Rem. Stack: 244.08), HERO Raises To $16 (Rem. Stack: 257.27), SB Calls $12 (Rem. Stack: 232.08)

Flop ($36) 5 4 8
SB Checks, HERO Bets $18 (Rem. Stack: 239.27), SB Raises To $46.36 (Rem. Stack: 185.72), HERO Calls $28.36 (Rem. Stack: 210.91)

Turn ($128.72) 5 4 8 J
SB Bets $48 (Rem. Stack: 137.72), HERO Calls $48 (Rem. Stack: 162.91)

River ($224.72) 5 4 8 J 7
SB Bets $137.72 (allin) (Rem. Stack: 0.00), HERO Calls $137.72 (Rem. Stack: 25.19)

SB shows J Q

SB wins $496.16

Tilted as **** this morning, and I haven't even played yet. I've spent the last 20 minutes searching through my hand history on Ignition, and literally every hand I tagged in my database for review has disappeared from Ignition's hand history. Every. Single. One. I have tons of hands in the HH, but none of the ones I wanted to review are in there. I've triple checked I'm looking them up correctly, and I tried looking up a few hands that I didn't tag and found them instantly.

From talking to other Ignition players, I know that it's a common problem for hands to go missing from their Ignition hand history. So I guess it's just a coincidence that all of my big hands go missing, and the ones I don't care about I can look up with ease? I ****ing hate this piece of **** software...

Finally saw showdown in a pot where I 3bet pre, cbet flop and get min raised.

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NL Holdem $2(BB)
HJ ($281.27)
CO ($60)
BTN ($115.85)
HERO ($572.28)
BB ($199.73)
UTG ($264.5)

Dealt to Hero A A

UTG Folds, HJ Folds, CO Folds, BTN Raises To $6 (Rem. Stack: 109.85), HERO Raises To $21 (Rem. Stack: 550.28), BB Folds, BTN Calls $16 (Rem. Stack: 93.85)

Flop ($46) K 3 3
HERO Bets $15 (Rem. Stack: 535.28), BTN Raises To $30 (Rem. Stack: 63.85), HERO Calls $15 (Rem. Stack: 520.28)

Turn ($106) K 3 3 6
HERO Checks, BTN Bets $63.85 (allin) (Rem. Stack: 0.00), HERO Calls $63.85 (Rem. Stack: 456.43)

River ($233.70) K 3 3 6 6

BTN shows T T

HERO wins $229.7