You can, but figuring out the 50% of combos to call isn't as easy as just calling the strongest 50% and folding the weakest 50%. Sometimes folding a stronger hand and calling with a weaker one makes sense based on blocker effects.

Here's an example hand I looked at with Doug where I made way too tight of a fold:

iPoker - $2 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BB): 165.97 BB
UTG: 99.5 BB (VPIP: 26.51, PFR: 25.30, 3Bet Preflop: 7.69, Hands: 83)
CO: 16.66 BB (VPIP: 16.13, PFR: 12.90, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 31)
BTN: 141.9 BB (VPIP: 29.63, PFR: 20.00, 3Bet Preflop: 2.94, Hands: 83)
SB: 151.2 BB (VPIP: 40.00, PFR: 24.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 25)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

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

Flop: (6 BB, 2 players) 6 8 2
SB bets 4 BB, Hero calls 4 BB

Turn: (14 BB, 2 players) 5
SB checks, Hero checks

River: (14 BB, 2 players) 3
SB bets 14 BB, fold

SB wins 27.3 BB


So looking at this situation specifically: 4x makes up roughly 20% of my range, I need to call 50%, what does the rest of my range look like? Well, I won't have very many two pairs or 8x, because those would bet the turn. I could maybe have 87 or 89, but when I discussed this spot with Doug he preferred calling down with A6. Reason being that this spot is polarized: either a pair is good or its not. V is not going to have many bluffs that contain an A, and he should have far more bluffs with a 7 or 9 in his hand, making A6 a better call than 87 (although in practice both are calls)

In practice, calling 40% here is probably fine, but A6 is still in that top 40% (at least according to Doug. I'm about to leave the house but when I get a chance I'm going to write out my exact range street by street for this hand and figure it out)

Chip leading the 15K monster stack on Bovada, just got into the money. Loooong way to go, but I'm player 25 if anyone wants to sweat

gl

thanks. haven't stacked up since money bubble broke, so down to 9. just grindin

run good king

iPoker - 3,000/6,000 NL - Holdem - 7 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: 19.38 BB (VPIP: 16.67, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 6)
BTN: 31.23 BB (VPIP: 17.65, PFR: 20.00, 3Bet Preflop: 28.57, Hands: 18)
SB: 17.53 BB (VPIP: 21.43, PFR: 25.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 14)
BB: 13.03 BB (VPIP: 19.51, PFR: 18.18, 3Bet Preflop: 9.09, Hands: 41)
Hero (UTG): 33.91 BB
UTG+1: 21.58 BB (VPIP: 9.62, PFR: 4.00, 3Bet Preflop: 4.55, Hands: 52)
MP: 18.6 BB (VPIP: 31.25, PFR: 13.33, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 33)

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

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.2 BB) Hero has J J

Hero raises to 2.1 BB, UTG+1 raises to 6.5 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 33.81 BB, UTG+1 calls 14.98 BB

Flop: (45.15 BB, 2 players) 6 4 2

Turn: (45.15 BB, 2 players) 3

River: (45.15 BB, 2 players) 5

Hero shows J J (Straight, Six High)
(Pre 18%, Flop 9%, Turn 9%)
UTG+1 shows K K (Straight, Six High)
(Pre 82%, Flop 91%, Turn 91%)
Hero wins 34.91 BB
UTG+1 wins 22.58 BB


thought the spade had to be coming on the end

iPoker - 3,500/7,000 NL - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 11.34 BB (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 8.33, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 12)
UTG: 26.21 BB (VPIP: 13.04, PFR: 14.29, 3Bet Preflop: 22.22, Hands: 24)
UTG+1: 16.34 BB (VPIP: 20.00, PFR: 22.22, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 20)
MP: 11.38 BB (VPIP: 19.15, PFR: 18.42, 3Bet Preflop: 7.69, Hands: 47)
Hero (MP+1): 28.16 BB
CO: 17.52 BB (VPIP: 10.34, PFR: 5.36, 3Bet Preflop: 7.69, Hands: 58)
BTN: 29.67 BB (VPIP: 31.58, PFR: 14.29, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 39)
SB: 21.7 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 5)

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

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.3 BB) Hero has 9 9

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.15 BB, fold, fold, fold, BB raises to 11.24 BB, Hero calls 9.09 BB

Flop: (23.78 BB, 2 players) 7 Q K

Turn: (23.78 BB, 2 players) 6

River: (23.78 BB, 2 players) 8

BB shows J J (One Pair, Jacks)
(Pre 82%, Flop 87%, Turn 75%)
Hero mucks 9 9 (One Pair, Nines)
(Pre 18%, Flop 13%, Turn 25%)
BB wins 23.78 BB


back in bidness

iPoker - 3,500/7,000 NL - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 23.18 BB (VPIP: 28.57, PFR: 14.29, 3Bet Preflop: 16.67, Hands: 14)
SB: 25.01 BB (VPIP: 12.00, PFR: 13.04, 3Bet Preflop: 20.00, Hands: 26)
BB: 16.14 BB (VPIP: 18.18, PFR: 20.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 22)
UTG: 11.18 BB (VPIP: 18.37, PFR: 17.50, 3Bet Preflop: 7.69, Hands: 49)
Hero (UTG+1): 16.73 BB
MP: 17.32 BB (VPIP: 10.00, PFR: 5.17, 3Bet Preflop: 7.41, Hands: 60)
MP+1: 31.77 BB (VPIP: 32.50, PFR: 16.22, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 41)
CO: 21 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 7)

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

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.3 BB) Hero has K K

fold, Hero raises to 2.15 BB, fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 23.08 BB, fold, fold, Hero calls 14.48 BB

Flop: (35.55 BB, 2 players) 5 J T

Turn: (35.55 BB, 2 players) T

River: (35.55 BB, 2 players) 9

BTN shows Q A (One Pair, Tens)
(Pre 32%, Flop 23%, Turn 7%)
Hero shows K K (Two Pair, Kings and Tens)
(Pre 68%, Flop 77%, Turn 93%)
BTN wins 6.45 BB
Hero wins 35.55 BB

ducking and dodging to the ft

iPoker - 6,000/12,000 NL - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

MP: 31.27 BB (VPIP: 28.57, PFR: 14.29, 3Bet Preflop: 14.29, Hands: 14)
MP+1: 15.97 BB (VPIP: 10.34, PFR: 9.09, 3Bet Preflop: 9.52, Hands: 60)
CO: 9.34 BB (VPIP: 11.76, PFR: 6.67, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 17)
Hero (BTN): 9.01 BB
SB: 45.08 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 6)
BB: 16.96 BB (VPIP: 14.29, PFR: 11.11, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 28)
UTG: 13.32 BB (VPIP: 24.32, PFR: 11.76, 3Bet Preflop: 3.57, Hands: 75)
UTG+1: 13.54 BB (VPIP: 7.32, PFR: 5.56, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 41)

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

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.3 BB) Hero has 7 7

fold, fold, fold, MP+1 raises to 15.87 BB, fold, Hero calls 8.91 BB, fold, fold

Flop: (20.12 BB, 2 players) 5 3 2

Turn: (20.12 BB, 2 players) 9

River: (20.12 BB, 2 players) T

MP+1 shows J A (High Card, Ace)
(Pre 45%, Flop 36%, Turn 23%)
Hero shows 7 7 (One Pair, Sevens)
(Pre 55%, Flop 64%, Turn 77%)
MP+1 wins 6.96 BB
Hero wins 20.12 BB

back in first, 30 remain

iPoker - 8,000/16,000 NL - Holdem - 7 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: 35.24 BB (VPIP: 28.57, PFR: 17.86, 3Bet Preflop: 9.09, Hands: 28)
BTN: 6.8 BB (VPIP: 12.50, PFR: 10.45, 3Bet Preflop: 8.00, Hands: 74)
SB: 8.65 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 11)
Hero (BB): 24.51 BB
UTG: 31.72 BB (VPIP: 5.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 20)
UTG+1: 13.74 BB (VPIP: 19.05, PFR: 13.16, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 42)
MP: 6.83 BB (VPIP: 5.45, PFR: 4.08, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 55)

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

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.2 BB) Hero has A K

fold, fold, MP raises to 6.73 BB, CO raises to 12.46 BB, fold, fold, Hero raises to 24.41 BB, fold

Flop: (32.84 BB, 2 players) 6 8 K

Turn: (32.84 BB, 2 players) A

River: (32.84 BB, 2 players) K

Hero shows A K (Full House, Kings full of Aces)
(Pre 70%, Flop 98%, Turn 100%)
MP shows 9 A (Two Pair, Aces and Kings)
(Pre 30%, Flop 2%, Turn 0%)
Hero wins 44.79 BB

haha goooooot eeeeeemmmm

1 out of 6

iPoker - 40,000/80,000 NL - Holdem - 7 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 11.75 BB (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 26.09, 3Bet Preflop: 17.65, Hands: 52)
UTG: 19.92 BB (VPIP: 11.70, PFR: 10.26, 3Bet Preflop: 8.96, Hands: 175)
UTG+1: 17.9 BB (VPIP: 19.51, PFR: 13.33, 3Bet Preflop: 3.33, Hands: 82)
MP: 17.21 BB (VPIP: 26.32, PFR: 25.00, 3Bet Preflop: 7.69, Hands: 76)
CO: 16.41 BB (VPIP: 14.00, PFR: 12.77, 3Bet Preflop: 4.55, Hands: 51)
BTN: 13.08 BB (VPIP: 9.80, PFR: 10.87, 3Bet Preflop: 8.70, Hands: 51)
Hero (SB): 19.59 BB

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

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.2 BB) Hero has A A

fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls 0.5 BB, BB raises to 11.65 BB, Hero calls 10.65 BB

Flop: (24.01 BB, 2 players) 7 T 9

Turn: (24.01 BB, 2 players) 6

River: (24.01 BB, 2 players) 5

BB shows 5 2 (One Pair, Fives)
(Pre 14%, Flop 3%, Turn 5%)
Hero shows A A (One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 86%, Flop 97%, Turn 95%)
Hero wins 24.01 BB

Ship it bro GL!

niceeee glgl

shippppppped


iPoker - 100,000/200,000 NL - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 19.65 BB (VPIP: 17.11, PFR: 14.49, 3Bet Preflop: 7.32, Hands: 235)
Hero (SB): 26.7 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 7

Hero calls 0.5 BB, BB checks

Flop: (2.2 BB, 2 players) A 7 J
BB checks, Hero bets 1.1 BB, BB raises to 3.36 BB, Hero calls 2.26 BB

Turn: (8.92 BB, 2 players) 2
BB bets 4.46 BB, Hero raises to 22.24 BB, BB calls 10.72 BB

River: (39.29 BB, 2 players) 3

BB shows 8 J (One Pair, Jacks)
(Pre 42%, Flop 10%, Turn 5%)
Hero shows A 7 (Two Pair, Aces and Sevens)
(Pre 58%, Flop 90%, Turn 95%)
Hero wins 46.35 BB

BOOM. Great work!

thanks rubrub and barney, the beginning of the ft was boring as hell but it turned out to be a really fun one down the stretch

np glad you tid

No four colour deck is a real fish move.

nice job! do you coach lol?

lmao, he asks me that and in my head I'm like, "damn I must really be a fish, I've never once thought to switch to a 4 color deck"


I've been asked before and I've always said no. It's one of those things where I feel like I have a lot to learn still - but I have enough mastery of the game where if I coached someone less skilled than myself they could (imo) see a lot of improvement.

My problem is that if someone offers me $100/hour for my coaching it isn't worth my time to give away information that cheap, but at the same time I don't feel comfortable charging more than that because I'm still not a world class player - I still need a lot of coaching myself. So maybe in a couple years, but for now I think I'm still going to pass on any coaching offers.


confirmed that I'm playing the main. I have 10% of my action, buy in is covered. lets gooooooo

enjoyed reading this, best of luck to you. Is the iPoker network ignition?
what are you thoughts on BetOnline?

ipoker is separate from ignition

Thanks for clarifying. What sites run the iPoker skin then? Sorry if noob question

Thanks Thefabb4. I play on Ignition, but the HH is recorded in iPoker format. I like betonline, but haven't played there since I was a rec.

Live poker nits are the worst. Played a session two nights ago (2/5/10) where the flop was J52ddx. I had 95s and defended BB vs a button open. Flop I check call. Turn is a 5. I lead, he calls. River is a 2 (J5522ddxxx). I go all in for about 2/3 pot, villian tanks for about 30 seconds and does a one chip call. I table 95s and start counting my stack. He slow rolls JJ and says he thought I for sure had quads and he was just calling because he had to. Yeah man, the laggiest player definitely has to have quads here. you shoulda folded.

It's been a pretty **** week overall, but I don't really feel like writing a long post about the incompetence at the DMV. Spent about 20 hours this week just trying to get replacement license plates for my car (original plates were stolen). Still can't get them to cough up some plates, but I did get an extension from the judge yesterday so I have until September to deal with the DMV

running terrible this last week. Down 6k in cash games, only down 1k in ev though. feels like I can't get a single bluff through.

love that I get called here, hate that I have the one rare bluff I could have in this spot

iPoker - $2 NL - Holdem - 7 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: 95 BB (VPIP: 23.77, PFR: 12.30, 3Bet Preflop: 4.26, Hands: 122)
BB: 78.33 BB (VPIP: 35.71, PFR: 5.95, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 86)
Hero (UTG): 157.3 BB
UTG+1: 134.63 BB (VPIP: 10.00, PFR: 7.78, 3Bet Preflop: 5.56, Hands: 90)
MP: 167.03 BB (VPIP: 14.08, PFR: 9.86, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 71)
CO: 100 BB (VPIP: 18.75, PFR: 15.63, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 33)
BTN: 98.5 BB (VPIP: 21.67, PFR: 11.67, 3Bet Preflop: 8.00, Hands: 60)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

Hero raises to 2.5 BB, fold, MP raises to 10 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls 7.5 BB

Flop: (21.5 BB, 2 players) 6 9 3
Hero checks, MP bets 11 BB, Hero calls 11 BB

Turn: (43.5 BB, 2 players) T
Hero checks, MP checks

River: (43.5 BB, 2 players) 9
Hero checks, MP bets 27.5 BB, Hero raises to 136.3 BB, MP calls 108.8 BB

Hero mucks 8 8 (Two Pair, Nines and Eights)
(Pre 20%, Flop 12%, Turn 14%)
MP shows A A (Two Pair, Aces and Nines)
(Pre 80%, Flop 88%, Turn 86%)
MP wins 314.1 BB

gunna go for a drive and chill the rest of the day. work out tomorrow morning, then grinding all weekend. haven't had a losing month in 2018 but June could be the first. trynna grind hard, stay disciplined, and turn it around for another month in the green. 4k in the red atm

You got dis! Chin up

Thanks Thefabb4. I ended up playing another 1k hands last night and won 4 buyins. Ended the day +1 buyin, +4 buyins EV.

-3.5k online cash this month
-2k live cash
+1.2k tournaments

-4.3k in june. Trying to get it in the green, but only as a personal challenge (I'd like to have 12/12 winning months). If I keep running bad it's no big deal. This is all one long session anyway.

and now....Grind time

Min cashed the 250k and still in the 50k monster stack (P60) on Bovada. gunna need a lot of luck to FT

edit: in 1st now. doubled up then tripled u. 10k up top