Sup guys. I finished my last session of the month yesterday so here's the update.


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November 2018 Review

When I set November's goals four weeks ago the aim was not only to inject a larger proportion of studying into my routine, but more than anything to prove to myself that I could hit targets over a longer goal period. I'm pleased to announce that I've managed to hit every one of those targets.


In many ways it's been a tough month. For the first half I ran as bad as I have @ 25NLz. Coupled with the major disruptions that a house-move entails, I'm definitely proud that I've been able to stay determined, disciplined and focused on the bigger picture.


Before I started with all the Flopzilla work, I wrote that I wanted to reach the end of 2018 having put a lot of hours into that particular grind. Even if I was to neglect Flopzilla for the rest of the year (I won't) I think I can say I've achieved that. I strongly believe that I've begun the process of developing a clear edge on the majority of players at the level. Even though my understanding of range-creation and board-interaction is still at a relatively infantile stage, the work that I've done has allowed me to identify that a sizeable proportion of 25NLz regs clearly don't have even a basic understanding of this stuff. I've actually really enjoyed the analyses I've been doing, but feeling like this work is going to elevate me to one of the stronger players at the level would be all the motivation I'd need even if the work itself was mind-numbing. It's definitely something I'm excited to continue with because, in reality, I've only scratched the surface and it's already made a huge difference to my confidence.


As mentioned, I ran fairly aids for the first half of the month so was expecting to be at least 20BI down at my worst. Caught some heat in the last 10 days and was hoping to be at least b/e.


Graph for November 2018





Not checking results does play tricks. The downswing was nowhere near as severe as it felt and, even though $330 from around 100hrs of work isn't much, I'm stoke cityd to have made money this month considering I was telling myself halfway through that breaking-even would be a solid result. I think it's also a solid demonstration of cognitive-bias tricking us into remembering the bad more than the good, hence why a lot of fish think it's rigged. (as did I when I first started playing online )


I also firmly believe that, if I was to start this month again, with exact same distribution and opponents but with my current experience and knowledge, I would've made more money. That's the key isn't it.


Breakdown by Day





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I'm taking the whole weekend off from poker (Fri-Sun) and I think it's a well-earned break. I've also been noticing that my stamina has been poor later on in sessions. Maybe this is a result of burnout, but maybe it's also a result of improving my game but being unable to retain the newly learnt abilities over longer periods?


Anyway, I've got a bunch of areas where I'd like to invest time in December, such as picking up the HUD work again and watching some videos I've got saved. I'll also be looking to start mixing in sessions of 3-tabling. Over the weekend I'll create a clear list.


Unfortunately, December is going to be a crazily disrupted month as I'll need to leave this house, move in with my rents, and then (hopefully before Christmas) move into a new flat. As a result I won't be setting many long-term goals until 2019, but this month has given me a lot of hope for the future and I can't wait to be settled and grinding in my new flat. I also want to make sure I put in a good chunk of volume over the holidays as I expect, particularly in the week between Christmas and New Year, that the games will be absolutely popping.



Thanks for reading and, once again, thankyou to all the people who have given me support.

nice progress! keep it up bro gl

Cheers bro. Are you a 25NLz reg by any chance? Your name here is similar to a reg in the pool, man outdoors wearing sunglasses avatar.

Top month and top mindset mate

Thanks man.



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Got some news yesterday regarding this house-move. After spending the last few weeks getting stuff packed and getting rid of unwanted items in anticipation of an imminent moving date, we've heard back from the buyers' solicitors and they aren't looking to move in until mid-January now (if ever...) so on the plus side that gives me the whole of December and the holidays to grind in the comfort of this house with minimal disruptions.


I've taken the last 5 days off, which is 2 more than originally planned...so in danger of slipping into a rut it's time to get my **** together and start holding my own feet to the fire again.


Over the weekend I created a rough list of the things I'd like to get through in December.


HUD re-design

watch some poker videos and take notes

start reading The Mental Game of Poker again

start mixing in sessions of 3-tabling 25NLz

continue with the flopzilla work

continue with the pot-odds work

30k+ hands 25NLz

remodel colour codes in stars

create a video of the HUD issue and send to pokerstars in attempt to get them to recognise and fix the ongoing problem



I'll be going back to shorter goal-periods for December, but once all the dust from the chaos of the holidays / house-move has settled early in 2019 I'll for sure get back to longer goal-periods again.



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Goals for Wednesday 5/12/18 to Friday 7/12/18

[ ] complete the daily workout on Lumosity before first grinding session of each day

[ ] written analysis of 8+ hands using Flopzilla

[ ] complete all saved study work before first grinding session of a day

[ ] 8+hrs total 2-tabling 25NLz

[ ] 1.5+hrs total 3-tabling 25NLz

[ ] no intentionally checking results or balance until after the final session of the goal-period is complete

[ ] review goals ITT before end of goal-period

[ ] new goals ITT before end of goal-period



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In hindsight it's a big mistake for me not to set new goals immediately after completing current ones. As odd as it might sound to some, I literally can't function without having everything planned out fairly rigidly. Even stuff like basic chores need to be written down and planned in advance, almost militarily, for me to get through them. I'll make sure I always keep this closer to the front of my mind to prevent losing days and slipping into ruts.


I won't be putting daily-goals ITT because it's too time consuming (will just do those for myself on my desktop) but I'm going to start posting hands ITT at the end of each day again as I think that generates the most interest. Also, by Friday I should have over 100k hands total @ 25NLz so I look forward to completing this set of goals and posting that ITT.


Update later. Cheers.

Great stuff mate.

I'm joining the "don't look at results" bandwagon as well. Only a few days in and it feels good

GL this month.

Cheers Danny. Def think it's something worth doing. If nothing else it's an exercise in discipline. Wish I'd been doing it when I was a 180 grinder, I was so tied in to my session to session results back then it was untrue.



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First day back at the tables. Only 2-tabled because, even though I didn't feel too rusty in general, I def botched a few hands early on so in reality probably was. My diet and sleeping-pattern has been poor for a decent period now and that has to affect the quality of what I'm bringing to poker. Will look to get that all back on track sooner rather than later.


Have to say too, I feel like the quality of the games deteriorate past midnight on weeknights. It's ok when you're running blueline hot (maybe that means it's more +EV overall?) but I do feel like the fish leave and it's just a load of tired/tilted regs taking literally every PF spot. In terms of off-peak grinding it's much easier to play pre-5PM than post-midnight IMO.



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H1 - Talked this one over in discord. Vs two randos. Not c/r flop is a mistake for a bunch of reasons. Not betting much bigger on river is also a mistake. As played not folding obv.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $96.43
SB: $33.09
Hero (BB): $25.35
UTG: $25.22
MP: $59.20
CO: $41.53

SB posts SB $0.10, Hero posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has 8 8

fold, MP calls $0.25, fold, BTN raises to $1.25, fold, Hero calls $1.00, MP calls $1.00

Flop: ($3.85, 3 players) 8 4 4
Hero checks, MP checks, BTN bets $2.50, Hero calls $2.50, MP calls $2.50

Turn: ($11.35, 3 players) J
Hero checks, MP checks, BTN checks

River: ($11.35, 3 players) 4
Hero bets $3.00, MP raises to $19.84, fold, Hero calls $16.84

MP shows 2 4 (Four of a Kind, Fours)
(Pre 18%, Flop 4%, Turn 2%)
Hero mucks 8 8 (Full House, Eights full of Fours)
(Pre 82%, Flop 96%, Turn 98%)
MP wins $49.03
Rake paid $2.00




H2 - Sometimes you just got to lose dat money.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $34.42
SB: $21.81
Hero (BB): $25.00
UTG: $12.93
MP: $34.57
CO: $26.69

SB posts SB $0.10, Hero posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has A K

UTG raises to $0.75, fold, fold, fold, SB calls $0.65, Hero raises to $3.50, UTG calls $2.75, SB calls $2.75

Flop: ($10.50, 3 players) J A 7
SB checks, Hero bets $4.00, fold, SB calls $4.00

Turn: ($18.50, 2 players) 6
SB checks, Hero bets $17.50 and is all-in, SB calls $14.31 and is all-in

River: ($47.12, 2 players) 8

SB shows 7 A (Two Pair, Aces and Sevens)
(Pre 31%, Flop 69%, Turn 86%)
Hero shows A K (One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 69%, Flop 31%, Turn 14%)
SB wins $45.12
Rake paid $2.00




H3 - Vs a rando.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): $32.44
SB: $24.38
BB: $28.35
UTG: $41.20
MP: $73.38
CO: $28.49

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has J 9

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.62, SB raises to $2.11, fold, Hero calls $1.49

Flop: ($4.47, 2 players) 9 9 3
SB bets $2.25, Hero calls $2.25

Turn: ($8.97, 2 players) 2
SB bets $4.25, Hero raises to $28.08 and is all-in, SB calls $15.77 and is all-in

River: ($49.01, 2 players) J

SB shows 5 8 (Flush, Jack High)
(Pre 36%, Flop 26%, Turn 16%)
Hero shows J 9 (Full House, Nines full of Jacks)
(Pre 64%, Flop 74%, Turn 84%)
Hero wins $47.01
Rake paid $2.00




H4 - Fairly tight-passive reg. 19/12 guy with 0 history of 3b in these positions, which is why I opted to flat although I'm hearing that flatting might be a mistake. Tilted at myself for not finding the turn c/jam against what I recognised was more likely to be draws than value. Think the chances of this being a hand that had me crushed on turn vs something like AJhh/AThh or JTs is slim, but we don't expect them to bluff rivers so turn c/jam is clearly the play. Also hearing that c/r flop vs this size and noting when they fold/what they continue with is a thing too.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $28.28
SB: $17.20
BB: $27.57
UTG: $50.79
Hero (MP): $47.34
CO: $25.51

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has A K

fold, Hero raises to $0.62, CO raises to $2.21, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls $1.59

Flop: ($4.77, 2 players) K 6 7
Hero checks, CO bets $3.50, Hero calls $3.50

Turn: ($11.77, 2 players) Q
Hero checks, CO bets $8.50, Hero calls $8.50

River: ($28.77, 2 players) 5
Hero checks, CO bets $11.30 and is all-in, fold

CO wins $27.48
Rake paid $1.29




H5 - Got em. Complete rando. Tempted to raise flop but think calling is correct here to let AK/AQ/anything dopey always continue.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): $25.00
SB: $25.00
BB: $33.58
UTG: $25.00
MP: $27.05
CO: $108.27

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has T T

fold, MP raises to $0.75, fold, Hero raises to $2.25, fold, fold, MP raises to $4.50, Hero calls $2.25

Flop: ($9.35, 2 players) 4 J T
MP bets $4.50, Hero calls $4.50

Turn: ($18.35, 2 players) T
MP bets $18.05 and is all-in, Hero calls $16.00 and is all-in

River: ($50.35, 2 players) 7

MP shows 9 A (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 32%, Flop 27%, Turn 0%)
Hero shows T T (Four of a Kind, Tens)
(Pre 68%, Flop 73%, Turn 100%)
Hero wins $48.35
Rake paid $2.00

Not sure I like the idea of check-raising in H1. I'd do it with 4x but not 88

Yeah same here, must've missed that hand in discord, i'm just calling flop there like 95% of the time, need to find the conversation history for that hand lol

As I see it you're such a lock value wise with 88 whereas 4x benefits from some equity denial when raising

Seen you in the pool quite a bit, GL at the tables

Def see where you're coming from guys, as evidenced by how I played the hand. The explanation I received though also made a lot of sense. Think it's less black and white than it seems.




Cheers bro good luck to you too. What's your SN?





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I'm not going to lie my head has been up my arse for a few days now and I've not done very well with the goals I last set. It's happened a few times already ITT but for anyone unaware, I'm prone to slipping into periods of depression and poor productivity. In fact I've had quite a few staking deals in the past that have come to an end because I've slipped into such a dark hole that the backers have cut their losses. I'm much better at catching myself falling into oblivion than I was in the past, so these periods are both shorter and less frequent, but sadly they do still happen.


On the positive side I've essentially lost less than a week of productivity to this blip and have had a much better day today, including setting some life-goals for the next 9 days. At the end of this post I'll set some poker-goals over the same timeframe. I know it doesn't sound like much, but just the activity of writing down goals to work towards goes a long way to clearing my head. I strongly suspect that my failure to do so during last weekend greatly contributed to my malaise over the past 4 or 5 days. Maybe hitting my monthly goals and then having no solid plans in place induced an anti-climatic state in me? If you stand still you go backwards sort of thing. I'm not sure about the deeper psychology but moving forwards I'm going to ensure that, whenever possible, I have new long-term goals in place before old ones have expired. I think that could go a long way to reducing these blue-spells.



On a more positive note I did achieve something today. Mixed a short session of 3-tabling into my grind. Had to remind myself to breath a few times... but generally felt comfortable. I think a gradual introduction and then increase of 3-tabling volume is going to be a big objective over the next month or two.





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H1 - Sb is a tight seeming player over a small sample. BB is just a rec. It's kind of thin but I think we do have to jam for value here and just hope they don't have QQ.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): $29.13
SB: $38.06
BB: $19.99
UTG: $36.44
MP: $50.54
CO: $29.82

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has A 8

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.62, SB raises to $2.50, BB calls $2.25, Hero calls $1.88

Flop: ($7.50, 3 players) 3 Q 8
SB checks, BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($7.50, 3 players) 3
SB bets $4.08, fold, Hero calls $4.08

River: ($15.66, 2 players) 4
SB bets $8.53, Hero raises to $22.55 and is all-in, SB calls $14.02

Hero shows A 8 (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 32%, Flop 4%, Turn 0%)
SB shows Q Q (Full House, Queens full of Threes)
(Pre 68%, Flop 96%, Turn 100%)
SB wins $58.76
Rake paid $2.00




H2 - Vs a rec.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $6.71
Hero (SB): $35.91
BB: $25.00
UTG: $16.36
MP: $26.25
CO: $27.97

Hero posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has 9 K

fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.75, BB calls $0.50

Flop: ($1.50, 2 players) J 6 Q
Hero bets $0.69, BB calls $0.69

Turn: ($2.88, 2 players) 8
Hero bets $2.45, BB calls $2.45

River: ($7.78, 2 players) 4
Hero bets $6.00, BB raises to $12.00, Hero raises to $32.02 and is all-in, BB calls $9.11 and is all-in

Hero shows 9 K (Flush, King High)
(Pre 68%, Flop 49%, Turn 25%)
BB shows T 9 (Straight, Queen High)
(Pre 32%, Flop 51%, Turn 75%)
Hero wins $48.00
Rake paid $2.00




H3 - Rando sb. I think with the Ah especially we should probably just fold this turn. River is w/e but mistakes snowball.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $49.58
SB: $62.09
BB: $30.82
UTG: $25.00
Hero (MP): $61.82
CO: $20.67

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has A Q

fold, Hero raises to $0.62, fold, fold, SB calls $0.52, fold

Flop: ($1.49, 2 players) 2 6 6
SB checks, Hero bets $0.45, SB raises to $1.50, Hero calls $1.05

Turn: ($4.49, 2 players) J
SB bets $2.25, Hero calls $2.25

River: ($8.99, 2 players) K
SB checks, Hero bets $5.34, SB calls $5.34

Hero shows A Q (One Pair, Sixes)
(Pre 59%, Flop 4%, Turn 0%)
SB shows 6 4 (Three of a Kind, Sixes)
(Pre 41%, Flop 96%, Turn 100%)
SB wins $18.78
Rake paid $0.89




H4 - 22/21 reggish player bled a large timebank all the way to 0. Was expecting AA or KK definitely not this.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): $52.82
SB: $25.00
BB: $64.88
UTG: $26.59
MP: $25.00
CO: $36.98

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has 8 8

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.62, fold, BB raises to $2.50, Hero calls $1.88

Flop: ($5.10, 2 players) 4 8 3
BB bets $2.92, Hero raises to $7.63, BB calls $4.71

Turn: ($20.36, 2 players) J
BB checks, Hero bets $12.42, BB calls $12.42

River: ($45.20, 2 players) Q
BB checks, Hero bets $30.27 and is all-in, BB calls $30.27

Hero shows 8 8 (Three of a Kind, Eights)
(Pre 66%, Flop 98%, Turn 100%)
BB shows 3 A (One Pair, Threes)
(Pre 34%, Flop 2%, Turn 0%)
Hero wins $103.74
Rake paid $2.00




H5 - Another reg. Snapped the turn so I quickly jammed river and they snapped my face off. Cheers for that snippet Charlie.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $36.65
Hero (SB): $75.53
BB: $25.00
UTG: $65.84
MP: $36.63
CO: $34.58

Hero posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has K 4

fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.75, BB calls $0.50

Flop: ($1.50, 2 players) 8 4 K
Hero checks, BB bets $0.72, Hero raises to $2.50, BB calls $1.78

Turn: ($6.50, 2 players) 5
Hero bets $5.00, BB calls $5.00

River: ($16.50, 2 players) 3
Hero bets $67.28 and is all-in, BB calls $16.75 and is all-in

Hero shows K 4 (Two Pair, Kings and Fours)
(Pre 57%, Flop 91%, Turn 95%)
BB shows T 8 (One Pair, Eights)
(Pre 43%, Flop 9%, Turn 5%)
Hero wins $48.00
Rake paid $2.00




H6 - Unfortunate. I wasn't sure how to size river. Sb is a fish and the opener is marked as a fun-player.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): $97.62
SB: $21.33
BB: $119.22
UTG: $13.66
MP: $20.18
CO: $11.81

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has Q K

UTG raises to $0.50, fold, fold, Hero calls $0.50, SB calls $0.40, fold

Flop: ($1.75, 3 players) 4 T J
SB checks, UTG bets $0.75, Hero calls $0.75, SB calls $0.75

Turn: ($4.00, 3 players) 9
SB checks, UTG bets $0.50, Hero raises to $3.00, SB calls $3.00, UTG calls $2.50

River: ($13.00, 3 players) 9
SB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $5.00, SB raises to $10.00, fold, Hero calls $5.00

SB shows T 9 (Full House, Nines full of Tens)
(Pre 34%, Flop 57%, Turn 9%)
Hero mucks Q K (Straight, King High)
(Pre 66%, Flop 43%, Turn 91%)
SB wins $31.52
Rake paid $1.48




H7 - Unfortunate vs a rec.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): $101.64
SB: $66.39
BB: $38.00
UTG: $24.11
MP: $25.35
CO: $28.32

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has 3 3

fold, fold, CO raises to $0.50, Hero calls $0.50, fold, fold

Flop: ($1.35, 2 players) 3 2 J
CO bets $0.75, Hero raises to $2.25, CO calls $1.50

Turn: ($5.85, 2 players) K
CO checks, Hero bets $3.75, CO raises to $25.57 and is all-in, Hero calls $21.82

River: ($56.99, 2 players) 6

CO shows 3 A (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 37%, Flop 6%, Turn 18%)
Hero shows 3 3 (Three of a Kind, Threes)
(Pre 63%, Flop 94%, Turn 82%)
CO wins $54.99
Rake paid $2.00





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Graph for Wednesday 5/12/18 to Friday 7/12/18




25NLz Total (no redline/blueline)




25NLz Total






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Goals for Saturday 8/12/18 to Sunday 16/12/18

[ ] complete the daily workout on Lumosity before first grinding session of each day

[ ] written analysis of 20+ hands using Flopzilla

[ ] complete all saved study work before first grinding session of a day

[ ] 30+hrs total 2-tabling 25NLz

[ ] 4.5+hrs total 3-tabling 25NLz

[ ] no intentionally checking results or balance until after the final session of the goal-period is complete

[ ] remodel the colour codes and have those changes implemented before end of goal-period

[ ] spend 4.5+hrs reading TMGOP

[ ] review goals ITT before end of goal-period

[ ] new goals ITT before end of goal-period




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Sorry for the TLDR post and ty to anyone who read it. Will just do brief updates with HHs between now and Sunday 16th.


Shelly.

SN same as my name on here

Now that you mention it I do recognise the name. It's not a SN that rolls off the tongue so it's easy to forget. Maybe that's more +EV!



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Played a little tonight. To be honest Saturdays aren't great for me, I play squash in the morning, watch Stoke in the afternoons and then visit family in the evening. But wanted to get a bit of volume in to make sure I'm not starting off these latest goals by playing catchup.


Don't feel like I played particularly well. I started by playing the 3-tabling session and in hindsight I think that was an error. Probably best to warmup with a standard 2-tabling session before playing those 3-tabling clicks.


Generally the games were popping though. I've got it in my head that, of the weekend days, Saturday is the worst. Whilst that might be true I saw a lot tonight, even from regs, to convince me that it's still an awesome night to grind.



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H1 - Donation.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $25.00
SB: $26.12
BB: $14.75
UTG: $25.92
MP: $25.00
Hero (CO): $25.10

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has T K

fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.62, fold, fold, BB calls $0.37

Flop: ($1.34, 2 players) 2 T K
BB bets $1.28, Hero raises to $2.98, BB raises to $14.13 and is all-in, Hero calls $11.15

Turn: ($29.60, 2 players) 2

River: ($29.60, 2 players) A

BB shows 3 K (Two Pair, Kings and Twos)
(Pre 32%, Flop 1%, Turn 2%)
Hero shows T K (Two Pair, Kings and Tens)
(Pre 68%, Flop 99%, Turn 98%)
Hero wins $28.27
Rake paid $1.33




H2 - Pretty sweet vs a rec. Without the BDFD I think I just check flop. Not sure about the turn 150%, maybe this isn't going to be too effective vs fish who will mostly peel one off with QTo or JTo. Wouldn't be surprised to see better flushes some of the time (potentially only AJhh though) but, as we block KThh I think this is a mandatory jam vs a rec.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $25.00
SB: $25.10
BB: $45.52
Hero (UTG): $46.69
MP: $66.77
CO: $16.10

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has T 9

Hero raises to $0.62, fold, fold, fold, fold, BB calls $0.37

Flop: ($1.34, 2 players) Q J A
BB checks, Hero bets $0.61, BB calls $0.61

Turn: ($2.56, 2 players) 5
BB checks, Hero bets $3.75, BB raises to $8.00, Hero calls $4.25

River: ($18.56, 2 players) 4
BB bets $10.00, Hero raises to $37.46 and is all-in, BB calls $26.29 and is all-in

Hero shows T 9 (Flush, Queen High)
(Pre 33%, Flop 10%, Turn 23%)
BB shows T K (Straight, Ace High)
(Pre 67%, Flop 90%, Turn 77%)
Hero wins $89.14
Rake paid $2.00




H3 - Kind of annoying vs a fish-reg. I'm piling a lot of turns here.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $28.20
SB: $36.08
BB: $24.31
UTG: $24.65
MP: $26.73
Hero (CO): $88.48

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has K A

fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.62, BTN raises to $2.25, SB calls $2.15, fold, Hero raises to $7.75, fold, SB calls $5.50

Flop: ($18.00, 2 players) 6 Q 7
SB checks, Hero bets $5.00, SB calls $5.00

Turn: ($28.00, 2 players) 9
SB checks, Hero checks

River: ($28.00, 2 players) J
SB checks, Hero checks

SB shows T 9 (One Pair, Nines)
(Pre 41%, Flop 34%, Turn 86%)
Hero mucks K A (High Card, Ace)
(Pre 59%, Flop 66%, Turn 14%)
SB wins $26.74
Rake paid $1.26




H4 - Unfortunate.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $25.05
SB: $60.40
Hero (BB): $75.03
UTG: $11.31
MP: $39.21
CO: $50.59

SB posts SB $0.10, Hero posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has A J

UTG raises to $0.50, fold, CO calls $0.50, fold, fold, Hero calls $0.25

Flop: ($1.60, 3 players) Q 7 8
Hero checks, UTG bets $0.75, fold, Hero raises to $2.50, UTG calls $1.75

Turn: ($6.60, 2 players) 5
Hero bets $15.60, UTG calls $8.31 and is all-in

River: ($23.22, 2 players) 6

Hero shows A J (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 65%, Flop 96%, Turn 98%)
UTG shows 9 T (Straight Flush, Ten High)
(Pre 35%, Flop 4%, Turn 2%)
UTG wins $22.18
Rake paid $1.04




H5 - Sweet.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $54.01
SB: $54.03
Hero (BB): $25.00
UTG: $33.72
MP: $21.14
CO: $8.67

SB posts SB $0.10, Hero posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has 5 5

fold, MP calls $0.25, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $1.00, MP calls $0.75

Flop: ($2.10, 2 players) J 7 5
Hero bets $1.26, MP raises to $2.52, Hero raises to $6.50, MP calls $3.98

Turn: ($15.10, 2 players) 3
Hero bets $14.42, MP calls $13.64 and is all-in

River: ($42.38, 2 players) 7

Hero shows 5 5 (Full House, Fives full of Sevens)
(Pre 53%, Flop 94%, Turn 82%)
MP shows K J (Two Pair, Jacks and Sevens)
(Pre 47%, Flop 6%, Turn 18%)
Hero wins $40.47
Rake paid $1.91




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Got lots of stuff going on tomorrow but I plan to put in some good volume throughout the day. Update tomorrow night.


Shelly.

Were you at the Stoke v Port Vale game? I heard it was a bit 'lively'

No mate I didn't go. Two of my mates went and offered to get me a ticket but I turned it down, not because I thought there was going to be trouble but in protest at the youth teams in the competition. Stoke won that trophy twice during my lifetime (I was at Wembley v Bristol City in 2000, 75k crowd) and, for a club that is essentially a giant when they're in the 3rd tier, that trophy offered our supporters a great deal of hope during bleaker times. To see it desecrated by my own club no less is shocking and worrying to me. If B teams ever manage to bribe their way into the football league it will be a very dark day for football in this country.


Got to say, even though I'm fully aware of the animosity between stoke and vale (potteries derby happened most seasons when I was a kid) I was still shocked by what went on. I was imagining it would mainly be normal supporters there, kids who have never experienced stoke v vale (last real derby was 2002) but from what I've heard and seen, there were a lot of lads out to cause trouble. Saw a tweet from a bloke I went to high-school with saying that people were openly taking drugs in the stand whilst smashing it to pieces. Also saw a video doing the rounds of some ****** jumping up and down on the roof of a woman's car whilst she films (and screams) from her upstairs window, practically writing off the car.


I'm all for rivalry and banter in football but what went on was ridiculous and crossed way over the line. I don't care if it's port vale fc or a place miles away from where you live, I will never understand the mentality of people who go out and smash up their own city. The sad thing is, when the banning orders have been dispatched, and the dregs have returned to the shadows, it'll be ordinary, law-abiding stoke supporters who will feel the heat of this, both in terms of zealous, heavy-handed policing at away matches and even from hooligans of other clubs seeing what happened and thinking stoke hooligans are still active and bullying the **** out of ordinary supporters who won't be able to protect themselves.

Sup guys.


Had a solid, productive day. Spent a good amount of time studying and talking over hands and whatnot, then played for >4hrs tonight including a little time spent 3-tabling. Don't feel like I played anywhere close to my A-game but I feel pretty happy with where my C-game is at these days. Still think I'm doing very well at the level even when I'm not on form.


I posted in a friend's PGC earlier about the concept of A-game, which is something I first became conscious of when reading the inchworm stuff in The Mental Game of Poker a few years back. I was having a think and I realised that it's actually quite rare for me to feel like I'm razor sharp when I grind. We're talking like, maybe an hour once in a blue-moon. Not even full-days! There's obviously stuff you can do to increase the chances of bringing your best to the grind (staying healthy and whatnot) but even then I think people generally overestimate how well they're playing most of the time. The better I get, the more I realise I almost never feel amazing about how I'm performing. It just emphasises the importance of working hard to improve so that you can still do some solid damage when you've only got your B or C (or even worse!) games to rely on.



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H1 - Scummed a fish here. To be honest flop reverse float might just be silly of me.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $20.89
SB: $23.65
Hero (BB): $30.24
UTG: $30.01
MP: $13.25
CO: $12.50

SB posts SB $0.10, Hero posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has 9 T

fold, MP calls $0.25, fold, fold, fold, Hero checks

Flop: ($0.60, 2 players) 3 2 8
Hero checks, MP bets $0.25, Hero calls $0.25

Turn: ($1.10, 2 players) Q
Hero checks, MP bets $0.50, Hero raises to $1.55, MP raises to $2.60, Hero calls $1.05

River: ($6.30, 2 players) J
Hero checks, MP bets $3.00, Hero raises to $27.14 and is all-in, MP calls $7.15 and is all-in

Hero shows 9 T (Straight, Queen High)
(Pre 18%, Flop 6%, Turn 9%)
MP shows K K (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 82%, Flop 94%, Turn 91%)
Hero wins $25.40
Rake paid $1.20




H2 - Fairly tight-seeming player.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $44.47
SB: $93.50
Hero (BB): $25.10
UTG: $70.19
MP: $21.51
CO: $247.85

SB posts SB $0.10, Hero posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has 5 A

fold, fold, fold, fold, SB raises to $0.50, Hero raises to $1.75, SB calls $1.25

Flop: ($3.50, 2 players) 7 7 9
SB checks, Hero bets $1.07, SB calls $1.07

Turn: ($5.64, 2 players) T
SB checks, Hero bets $3.25, SB raises to $8.00, Hero calls $4.75

River: ($21.64, 2 players) J
SB checks, Hero bets $14.28 and is all-in, fold

Hero wins $20.67
Rake paid $0.97




H3 - LAG-reg making moves.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $5.92
Hero (SB): $30.19
BB: $28.39
UTG: $83.05
MP: $44.68
CO: $12.50

Hero posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has 3 A

fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.75, BB calls $0.50

Flop: ($1.50, 2 players) 5 J 7
Hero bets $0.46, BB raises to $1.50, Hero calls $1.04

Turn: ($4.50, 2 players) 4
Hero checks, BB bets $2.76, Hero calls $2.76

River: ($10.02, 2 players) 7
Hero checks, BB bets $9.00, Hero calls $9.00

BB shows T K (One Pair, Sevens)
(Pre 41%, Flop 18%, Turn 0%)
Hero shows 3 A (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 59%, Flop 82%, Turn 100%)
Hero wins $26.76
Rake paid $1.26




H4 - Vs a reg. Pretty sweet to get spotted this 200bb deep.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $45.89
SB: $8.68
BB: $25.34
UTG: $33.33
MP: $190.18
Hero (CO): $54.00

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has A A

fold, MP raises to $0.75, Hero raises to $2.50, fold, fold, fold, MP raises to $5.75, Hero raises to $14.00, MP calls $8.25

Flop: ($28.35, 2 players) 9 3 7
MP checks, Hero bets $8.66, MP calls $8.66

Turn: ($45.67, 2 players) 4
MP checks, Hero bets $31.34 and is all-in, MP calls $31.34

River: ($108.35, 2 players) 7

MP shows K K (Two Pair, Kings and Sevens)
(Pre 19%, Flop 8%, Turn 5%)
Hero shows A A (Two Pair, Aces and Sevens)
(Pre 81%, Flop 92%, Turn 95%)
Hero wins $106.35
Rake paid $2.00




H5 - Vs a fish-reg.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): $35.22
SB: $18.70
BB: $30.82
UTG: $25.00
MP: $31.22
CO: $25.00

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has J J

fold, MP raises to $0.75, fold, Hero raises to $2.50, fold, fold, MP raises to $7.10, Hero calls $4.60

Flop: ($14.55, 2 players) K 8 J
MP bets $24.12 and is all-in, Hero calls $24.12

Turn: ($62.79, 2 players) T

River: ($62.79, 2 players) 7

MP shows K A (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 43%, Flop 3%, Turn 9%)
Hero shows J J (Three of a Kind, Jacks)
(Pre 57%, Flop 97%, Turn 91%)
Hero wins $60.79
Rake paid $2.00




H6 - Meaningless sample on sb but they were 2-tabling and had an avatar with the word "reg" on it. I suspect checking flop might've been the play for me. In their shoes I likely won't cbet AA or KK here ever vs someone I presume to be competent. Hated the river, so glad they checked.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): $76.74
SB: $39.51
BB: $24.10
UTG: $25.00
MP: $26.31
CO: $25.41

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has A Q

UTG raises to $0.50, fold, fold, Hero raises to $2.00, SB raises to $6.00, fold, fold, Hero calls $4.00

Flop: ($12.75, 2 players) 4 Q T
SB checks, Hero bets $5.00, SB calls $5.00

Turn: ($22.75, 2 players) 2
SB checks, Hero checks

River: ($22.75, 2 players) K
SB checks, Hero checks

SB shows 6 5 (High Card, King)
(Pre 40%, Flop 40%, Turn 27%)
Hero shows A Q (One Pair, Queens)
(Pre 60%, Flop 60%, Turn 73%)
Hero wins $21.73
Rake paid $1.02




H7 - Vs a rec, sb is a fish-reg. Unfortunate but felt confident in the fold. Luckily they had quite passive stats so I didn't have those to confuse me into thinking of doing anything but making a fairly routine laydown. Very conceivable they have 6 combos of turned boats.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $28.18
SB: $25.35
BB: $122.33
UTG: $34.09
Hero (MP): $102.07
CO: $55.33

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has K Q

fold, Hero raises to $0.62, CO calls $0.62, fold, SB calls $0.52, fold

Flop: ($2.11, 3 players) 5 Q 3
SB checks, Hero bets $0.97, CO calls $0.97, SB calls $0.97

Turn: ($5.02, 3 players) Q
SB checks, Hero bets $3.00, CO calls $3.00, fold

River: ($11.02, 2 players) 9
Hero bets $7.00, CO raises to $24.16, fold

CO wins $23.89
Rake paid $1.13




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Really busy day tomorrow both on and off the tables. Update in roughly 24hrs.


Shelly.

Had a solid day productivity wise. Also managed to finish quite a bit earlier than the last few days, which I need because I'm overtired and could do with a good rest.


Played for not far off 5hrs total, including about half an hour of 3-tabling. Feel like I played better than yesterday for the most part, but had a few sloppy moments (and a few ****ty runouts) that limited what could've been a very solid day results wise. Not going to lie, I'm super frustrated because, whilst I'm playing as well as I ever have, I think just a couple of poor decisions here and there are the difference between comfortably beating the level and totally annihilating. Just need to be a bit sharper in some river spots and let hands go when opponents can only have a small number of bluff combos. (and in all likelihood don't even have some of those!)



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H1 - Cooler vs aggro reg.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): $29.69
SB: $53.71
BB: $18.71
UTG: $26.54
MP: $25.00
CO: $20.92

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has K T

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.62, SB raises to $2.11, fold, Hero calls $1.49

Flop: ($4.47, 2 players) 9 7 A
SB bets $1.30, Hero calls $1.30

Turn: ($7.07, 2 players) 2
SB checks, Hero checks

River: ($7.07, 2 players) J
SB checks, Hero bets $2.00, SB raises to $9.90, Hero raises to $26.28 and is all-in, SB calls $16.38

Hero shows K T (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 66%, Flop 50%, Turn 30%)
SB shows 9 Q (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 34%, Flop 50%, Turn 70%)
Hero wins $57.63
Rake paid $2.00




H2 - Considered squeezing pre. BTN is running at 23/15 over a <100 hand sample, so a bit fishy. Wish I could take this one back and c/c this aidsy turn.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $39.27
SB: $25.00
Hero (BB): $60.87
UTG: $23.58
MP: $25.00
CO: $25.00

SB posts SB $0.10, Hero posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has K T

fold, fold, CO raises to $0.60, BTN calls $0.60, fold, Hero calls $0.35

Flop: ($1.90, 3 players) T K 3
Hero checks, CO checks, BTN bets $1.81, Hero raises to $6.31, fold, BTN calls $4.50

Turn: ($14.52, 2 players) Q
Hero bets $6.66, BTN raises to $32.36 and is all-in, fold

BTN wins $26.59
Rake paid $1.25




H3 - Rando BTN. Fairly easy river call seeing as we conceivably beat some of their value jams.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $25.25
SB: $9.41
BB: $27.04
UTG: $37.05
Hero (MP): $55.56
CO: $41.16

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has Q Q

fold, Hero raises to $0.62, fold, BTN raises to $2.25, fold, fold, Hero calls $1.63

Flop: ($4.85, 2 players) 8 3 8
Hero checks, BTN bets $2.41, Hero calls $2.41

Turn: ($9.67, 2 players) 2
Hero checks, BTN bets $5.75, Hero calls $5.75

River: ($21.17, 2 players) 8
Hero checks, BTN bets $14.84 and is all-in, Hero calls $14.84

BTN shows K A (Three of a Kind, Eights)
(Pre 44%, Flop 24%, Turn 14%)
Hero shows Q Q (Full House, Eights full of Queens)
(Pre 56%, Flop 76%, Turn 86%)
Hero wins $48.85
Rake paid $2.00




H4 - TAG reg stats over a small sample.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $53.36
SB: $93.64
BB: $25.00
UTG: $26.85
MP: $15.34
Hero (CO): $82.43

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has K K

UTG raises to $0.75, fold, Hero raises to $2.50, fold, SB raises to $7.50, fold, fold, Hero calls $5.00

Flop: ($16.00, 2 players) 9 3 T
SB bets $5.50, Hero calls $5.50

Turn: ($27.00, 2 players) T
SB bets $19.34, Hero calls $19.34

River: ($65.68, 2 players) J
SB checks, Hero checks

SB shows A 4 (One Pair, Tens)
(Pre 33%, Flop 18%, Turn 7%)
Hero shows K K (Two Pair, Kings and Tens)
(Pre 67%, Flop 82%, Turn 93%)
Hero wins $63.68
Rake paid $2.00




H5 - Sweet.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $29.99
SB: $25.00
BB: $40.75
UTG: $22.80
Hero (MP): $43.40
CO: $17.02

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has K A

fold, Hero raises to $0.62, fold, BTN raises to $0.99, SB calls $0.89, fold, Hero raises to $4.24, BTN calls $3.25, SB calls $3.25

Flop: ($12.97, 3 players) 7 K 6
SB checks, Hero bets $5.85, BTN raises to $25.75 and is all-in, fold, Hero calls $19.90

Turn: ($64.47, 2 players) 2

River: ($64.47, 2 players) Q

Hero shows K A (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 45%, Flop 30%, Turn 18%)
BTN shows 7 7 (Three of a Kind, Sevens)
(Pre 55%, Flop 70%, Turn 82%)
Hero wins $62.47
Rake paid $2.00




H6 - One of the river calls I'm unhappy with vs a somewhat LAG reg. We basically only beat KQ and whilst we unblock those combos, this player likely has all the Q9 too by river. Think I should've found the fold.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $25.54
SB: $65.31
BB: $25.00
UTG: $173.83
MP: $24.75
Hero (CO): $86.23

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has A J

fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.62, fold, fold, BB calls $0.37

Flop: ($1.34, 2 players) T 3 J
BB checks, Hero bets $0.61, BB raises to $2.36, Hero calls $1.75

Turn: ($6.06, 2 players) 8
BB bets $4.05, Hero calls $4.05

River: ($14.16, 2 players) 6
BB bets $9.46, Hero calls $9.46

BB shows T J (Two Pair, Jacks and Tens)
(Pre 29%, Flop 84%, Turn 93%)
Hero mucks A J (One Pair, Jacks)
(Pre 71%, Flop 16%, Turn 7%)
BB wins $31.59
Rake paid $1.49




H7 - Saved this for flopzilla review. Vs a PF nit. I suspect it's a close but a decent bluff, but I'll have a play about with it. Also, having Ks blocker would've been quite a bit better as the Ts blocks a lot less combos of FD than the Ks, assuming they defend most KXs at some frequency.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $28.41
Hero (SB): $79.44
BB: $25.35
UTG: $28.94
MP: $25.00
CO: $26.63

Hero posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has K T

fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.75, BB calls $0.50

Flop: ($1.50, 2 players) 7 A Q
Hero bets $0.69, BB calls $0.69

Turn: ($2.88, 2 players) 6
Hero bets $2.25, BB calls $2.25

River: ($7.38, 2 players) 8
Hero bets $4.50, BB calls $4.50

Hero shows K T (High Card, Ace)
(Pre 40%, Flop 21%, Turn 9%)
BB shows 6 A (Two Pair, Aces and Sixes)
(Pre 60%, Flop 79%, Turn 91%)
BB wins $15.64
Rake paid $0.74




H8 - Gross vs a rando. Getting 5/1 on river and tanked for a while. Not sure a FD ever plays this way. Maybe I'm meant to make a fairly disciplined laydown here?


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $24.65
Hero (SB): $110.67
BB: $31.44
UTG: $33.81
MP: $38.45
CO: $24.38

Hero posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has 2 2

UTG raises to $0.75, MP calls $0.75, fold, BTN calls $0.75, Hero calls $0.65, fold

Flop: ($3.25, 4 players) 2 7 7
Hero checks, UTG checks, MP bets $2.00, fold, Hero raises to $7.00, UTG calls $7.00, fold

Turn: ($19.25, 2 players) J
Hero bets $9.00, UTG calls $9.00

River: ($37.25, 2 players) J
Hero checks, UTG bets $9.50, Hero calls $9.50

UTG shows 8 7 (Full House, Sevens full of Jacks)
(Pre 54%, Flop 23%, Turn 16%)
Hero mucks 2 2 (Full House, Twos full of Jacks)
(Pre 46%, Flop 77%, Turn 84%)
UTG wins $54.25
Rake paid $2.00




H9 - Vs a complete rando. Amaya wins.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $53.82
SB: $27.96
BB: $15.68
UTG: $23.21
Hero (MP): $124.69
CO: $32.49

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has K K

fold, Hero raises to $0.62, fold, BTN raises to $1.50, fold, fold, Hero raises to $5.50, BTN calls $4.00

Flop: ($11.35, 2 players) 9 2 5
Hero checks, BTN checks

Turn: ($11.35, 2 players) 2
Hero bets $7.35, BTN calls $7.35

River: ($26.05, 2 players) 2
Hero bets $21.00, BTN calls $21.00

Hero shows K K (Full House, Twos full of Kings)
(Pre 50%, Flop 48%, Turn 50%)
BTN shows K K (Full House, Twos full of Kings)
(Pre 50%, Flop 52%, Turn 50%)
BTN wins $33.02
Rake paid $2.00
Hero wins $33.03




H10 - Close to the end of the day vs a reg. Was super-tilted at my decision not to cbet, especially with BDFD. Could even chuck in a raise on the turn. Think their decision to stab turn seems suspect. When I check back this flop I basically always have some SDV. Duno what their plan was really. On river I only beat KQ and some underpairs that decided to bluff T+R but might not ever do that. Mistakes snowball though and decision not to cbet is clearly the ****up that cost me 60bb in the end.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $28.98
SB: $95.72
BB: $12.90
UTG: $14.96
MP: $67.11
Hero (CO): $132.61

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has J A

fold, MP raises to $0.75, Hero raises to $2.50, fold, fold, fold, MP calls $1.75

Flop: ($5.35, 2 players) 6 T A
MP checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($5.35, 2 players) 8
MP bets $3.00, Hero calls $3.00

River: ($11.35, 2 players) 9
MP bets $7.25, Hero calls $7.25

MP shows 7 7 (Straight, Ten High)
(Pre 52%, Flop 9%, Turn 9%)
Hero mucks J A (One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 48%, Flop 91%, Turn 91%)
MP wins $24.69
Rake paid $1.16




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Back at it tomorrow.

Had an extremely ****ty day yesterday. I wrote on Monday about finishing earlier to try to catch up with some sleep. Unfortunately I slept terribly and woke up yesterday groggy as ****. Coupled with some IRL stress and I ended up failing hard yesterday, both on the poker front and with the life-goals that I don't list ITT.


I've been thinking about my night-time habits and I'm definitely not helping myself. Whilst being fully aware of the fact that optimal rest can't be achieved if you have electronic devices in your room, I religiously fall asleep with my headphones on and youtube content playing. Sometimes hours will pass and I'll still be wide awake. It's only when I drift off and then wake up again that I'll lock the phone and go to bed. Sometimes I don't even manage to do that and just sleep whilst still wearing the headphones. If I lined up all the headphones I'd gone through over the years they'd look like they'd been to Afghanistan and back.


It's clear that I need to drastically address this garbage habit. It's severely impacting on my ability to reach my aspirations. Starting from today, I'll be putting away any phones, ipods or laptops in my bedroom. I'll put the phone in an open draw under some clothes and only have that for the alarm. I'll only have the bedside lamp and books before sleep. Reading is a fantastic habit that I've largely neglected throughout my life. It seems now is the time to kill two birds with one stone and address that too. A few weeks ago I played a squash league match against a bloke I'd never played before. To cut a long story short, we were chatting quite extensively post-match and he was a bright guy. I believe he also realised I was fairly intelligent and the topic of conversation moved onto reading. He was asking me if I'd read so and so and I was sheepishly saying no, and stopped short of telling him I barely read at all as I felt embarrassed at the realisation that had been brought to the forefront of my consciousness. I hope that, if ever a similar conversation occurs in the future, I can actually participate.


My body-clock isn't great at the moment. I'm falling asleep in the early morning hours and waking up past 11am. Ideally I want to get it so that I'm sleeping between 1am-8am, and mostly finishing grinding and being off the PC before midnight. It will take some days to get to that point, but I'll work towards trying to make it happen. I want this to be the norm in 2019.


I will be grinding today so will update later.

The light from tablets, laptops etc has a negative impact on the body clock in terms of trying to sleep so definitely get rid of them. I just tend to read a book for an hour before getting my head down.

I'm moving into a new flat in about a month and will be getting blackout blinds. The blinds in my current house are nice, but I in an urban area and they don't keep the light out well at all. Alongside implementing this reading habit, and getting my body-clock to a more healthy place, I reckon this should all help with basically all my goals, poker and fitness especially.



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Played a bit today. 2-tabled for about 2.5hrs. I wasn't focused and it was swingy as hell.



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H1 - Vs a passive fish-reg. TBH I'm not sure about my 4b pre, think it's somewhat marginal vs this player.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $28.76
SB: $25.00
BB: $25.35
UTG: $34.83
MP: $18.72
Hero (CO): $25.00

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has Q Q

fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.62, fold, fold, BB raises to $2.50, Hero raises to $5.50, BB calls $3.00

Flop: ($11.10, 2 players) K A T
BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($11.10, 2 players) J
BB checks, Hero bets $7.50, BB calls $7.50

River: ($26.10, 2 players) 5
BB checks, Hero bets $12.00 and is all-in, BB calls $12.00

Hero shows Q Q (Straight, Ace High)
(Pre 57%, Flop 25%, Turn 89%)
BB shows A K (Two Pair, Aces and Kings)
(Pre 43%, Flop 75%, Turn 11%)
Hero wins $48.10
Rake paid $2.00




H2 - This is fairly bad by me. Don't think I should be flatting pre when they're not even full-stacked. Think I should be 3b or fold here. Flop is whatever.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): $47.81
SB: $27.99
BB: $25.00
UTG: $29.09
MP: $23.00
CO: $21.36

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has 4 A

fold, fold, CO raises to $0.75, Hero calls $0.75, fold, fold

Flop: ($1.85, 2 players) A K 6
CO checks, Hero bets $0.85, CO raises to $4.32, Hero raises to $47.06 and is all-in, CO calls $16.29 and is all-in

Turn: ($43.07, 2 players) 3

River: ($43.07, 2 players) 7

CO shows A K (Two Pair, Aces and Kings)
(Pre 69%, Flop 66%, Turn 80%)
Hero shows 4 A (One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 31%, Flop 34%, Turn 20%)
CO wins $41.13
Rake paid $1.94




H3 - Vs a rando. I had it in my head that I'd 1/3 cbet the flop, and that influenced my decision to call river. That's how out of it I was today. 1/2 on flop sways it towards fold IMO. Rando is never bluffing AK/AQ here I don't think. Fairly easy c/f on river.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $38.26
Hero (SB): $33.16
BB: $14.95
UTG: $71.06
MP: $23.84
CO: $91.34

Hero posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has A T

fold, MP raises to $0.75, fold, fold, Hero raises to $2.75, fold, MP calls $2.00

Flop: ($5.75, 2 players) 8 J 8
Hero bets $2.64, MP calls $2.64

Turn: ($11.03, 2 players) T
Hero checks, MP bets $7.00, Hero calls $7.00

River: ($25.03, 2 players) J
Hero checks, MP bets $8.00, Hero calls $8.00

MP shows 7 8 (Full House, Eights full of Jacks)
(Pre 39%, Flop 93%, Turn 95%)
Hero mucks A T (Two Pair, Jacks and Tens)
(Pre 61%, Flop 7%, Turn 5%)
MP wins $39.18
Rake paid $1.85




H4 - Vs nitty seeming player over 40 odd hands. I'm folding any other river.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $40.85
SB: $25.64
BB: $25.35
UTG: $55.46
Hero (MP): $25.75
CO: $22.26

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has T A

fold, Hero raises to $0.62, fold, BTN calls $0.62, fold, fold

Flop: ($1.59, 2 players) 4 7 A
Hero checks, BTN bets $1.00, Hero calls $1.00

Turn: ($3.59, 2 players) 6
Hero checks, BTN bets $3.00, Hero calls $3.00

River: ($9.59, 2 players) T
Hero checks, BTN bets $9.00, Hero calls $9.00

BTN shows 6 6 (Three of a Kind, Sixes)
(Pre 54%, Flop 12%, Turn 100%)
Hero mucks T A (Two Pair, Aces and Tens)
(Pre 46%, Flop 88%, Turn 0%)
BTN wins $26.35
Rake paid $1.24




H5 - Vs a rando. Sweeet.

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $10.95
SB: $75.96
Hero (BB): $57.89
UTG: $48.70
MP: $25.00
CO: $14.97

SB posts SB $0.10, Hero posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has A K

fold, MP raises to $0.75, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $2.75, MP raises to $11.00, Hero raises to $57.89 and is all-in, MP calls $14.00 and is all-in

Flop: ($50.10, 2 players) 4 9 Q

Turn: ($50.10, 2 players) Q

River: ($50.10, 2 players) 2

Hero shows A K (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 52%, Flop 52%, Turn 60%)
MP shows A K (One Pair, Queens)
(Pre 48%, Flop 48%, Turn 40%)
Hero wins $48.10
Rake paid $2.00




H6 - Vs an extremely aggressive player with ugly LAG-fish stats. Just a cooler really, especially as we unblock clubs.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): $93.15
SB: $25.00
BB: $40.00
UTG: $78.69
MP: $27.54
CO: $21.00

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has K K

fold, MP raises to $0.80, fold, Hero raises to $2.50, fold, fold, MP calls $1.70

Flop: ($5.35, 2 players) 3 7 T
MP checks, Hero bets $2.45, MP raises to $7.10, Hero calls $4.65

Turn: ($19.55, 2 players) 5
MP bets $17.94 and is all-in, Hero calls $17.94

River: ($55.43, 2 players) 9

MP shows T T (Three of a Kind, Tens)
(Pre 19%, Flop 91%, Turn 95%)
Hero shows K K (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 81%, Flop 9%, Turn 5%)
MP wins $53.43
Rake paid $2.00




H7 - Vs a rando. Honestly, I don't mind just folding pre here with these stack depths, and reckon I would've chose the conservative option if I'd been playing well. For all I know this player's range for doing this could be AA only.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $25.00
Hero (SB): $57.09
BB: $25.00
UTG: $27.36
MP: $73.16
CO: $28.95

Hero posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has K A

fold, MP raises to $0.75, fold, fold, Hero raises to $3.25, fold, MP raises to $10.00, Hero calls $6.75

Flop: ($20.25, 2 players) K A J
Hero checks, MP bets $19.34, Hero raises to $47.09 and is all-in, MP calls $27.75

Turn: ($114.43, 2 players) 5

River: ($114.43, 2 players) 4

Hero shows K A (Two Pair, Aces and Kings)
(Pre 48%, Flop 50%, Turn 50%)
MP shows K A (Two Pair, Aces and Kings)
(Pre 52%, Flop 50%, Turn 50%)
Hero wins $56.22
Rake paid $2.00
MP wins $56.21




H8 - Really ****ed this one up. Vs that sizing, on a board this wet, and when they're not even full-stacked I should just c/jam the turn and expect to get called by million combos of worse made hands, as well as stuff like T9hh and A2hh that I doubt would've folded to the jam.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $95.25
Hero (SB): $65.69
BB: $17.60
UTG: $38.10
MP: $6.52
CO: $19.91

Hero posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has 5 5

fold, fold, CO calls $0.25, BTN raises to $1.10, Hero calls $1.00, fold, CO calls $0.85

Flop: ($3.55, 3 players) J 5 7
Hero checks, CO checks, BTN checks

Turn: ($3.55, 3 players) 3
Hero checks, CO bets $3.39, fold, Hero raises to $9.39, CO calls $6.00

River: ($22.33, 2 players) 4
Hero bets $13.65, CO calls $9.42 and is all-in

Hero shows 5 5 (Three of a Kind, Fives)
(Pre 66%, Flop 74%, Turn 77%)
CO shows 2 A (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 34%, Flop 26%, Turn 23%)
CO wins $39.32
Rake paid $1.85




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Some of the goals I've set for this week are a bit of a write-off, but I'll try to get some decent volume in over the next few days. And I'll try to play with more focus and discipline than I have been doing of late.


Shelly.

Had an awful goal-period. Volume/productivity has been embarrassing as my head has been up my arse. I'm extremely disappointed in myself, but this weekend has been an improvement so hopefully I can build up a bit of form between now and Christmas.


One of the few positives is that I've managed to put in a little volume 3-tabling (still failed that goal hard) so at least I've begun the process of transitioning to more h/hr. Overall didn't feel super uncomfortable, although I'll definitely be employing a more cautious, conservative approach to that process rather than just saying **** it and 3-tabling as standard.



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Graph for Sat 8/12/18 to Sun 16/12/18





Breakdown by Day





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Goals for Monday 17/12/18 to Sunday 23/12/18

[ ] complete the daily workout on Lumosity before first grinding session of each day

[ ] complete all saved study work before first grinding session of a day

[ ] 28+hrs total 2-tabling 25NLz

[ ] 3.5+hrs total 3-tabling 25NLz

[ ] no intentionally checking results or balance until after the final session of the goal-period is complete

[ ] post hands ITT at end of every day played

[ ] review goals ITT before end of goal-period

[ ] new goals ITT before end of goal-period



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I've decided to take the pressure off of the non-grinding goals and focus more on volume this coming week. The games are popping so I suppose for the rest of the month the focus will be primarily on grinding. I imagine the pool will only get softer just before Christmas and during Christmas week. Stuff like reading TMGOP and re-designing the HUD can wait until January when the pool will surely dry up somewhat. I'll still be saving spots and doing flopzilla reviews but the I won't be forcing the issue, will just be saving spots I find particularly interesting.


I don't want to get to next Sunday having failed this hard again. It's not a good feeling.

Tricky, swingy grind today. Feel like I ran over expectation in terms of the amount of tough spots I had to face. Fortunately I caught a few pockets of heat here and there so I'm hoping I didn't lose too much in the end. 2-tabled for over 4hrs but unfortunately didn't manage to put in the 3-tabling click, so I'm behind pace on that goal already. I wasn't close to my A-game today but I feel like I did well in general.



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H1 - Call pre might be a bit loose but vs 2 recs it's probably fine.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $23.99
SB: $24.82
Hero (BB): $29.04
UTG: $40.30
MP: $26.30
CO: $71.74

SB posts SB $0.10, Hero posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has 4 2

UTG raises to $0.75, fold, fold, BTN calls $0.75, fold, Hero calls $0.50

Flop: ($2.35, 3 players) 4 5 2
Hero checks, UTG checks, BTN bets $1.50, Hero raises to $7.00, fold, BTN raises to $23.24 and is all-in, Hero calls $16.24

Turn: ($48.83, 2 players) T

River: ($48.83, 2 players) 3

Hero shows 4 2 (Two Pair, Fours and Twos)
(Pre 18%, Flop 73%, Turn 82%)
BTN shows K K (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 82%, Flop 27%, Turn 18%)
Hero wins $46.83
Rake paid $2.00




H2 - Failed hero vs a rec. To be fair their river sizing is great. Didn't expect a rec to size AK this way.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $27.00
SB: $11.91
Hero (BB): $36.60
UTG: $80.55
MP: $25.56
CO: $55.15

SB posts SB $0.10, Hero posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has J A

fold, MP raises to $0.75, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls $0.50

Flop: ($1.60, 2 players) 3 Q 6
Hero checks, MP bets $0.50, Hero calls $0.50

Turn: ($2.60, 2 players) K
Hero checks, MP bets $1.65, Hero calls $1.65

River: ($5.90, 2 players) 3
Hero checks, MP bets $4.87, Hero calls $4.87

MP shows K A (Two Pair, Kings and Threes)
(Pre 74%, Flop 87%, Turn 91%)
Hero mucks J A (One Pair, Threes)
(Pre 26%, Flop 13%, Turn 9%)
MP wins $14.94
Rake paid $0.70




H3 - Rec overplaying AKo.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $30.61
SB: $25.00
Hero (BB): $26.05
UTG: $25.00
MP: $23.10
CO: $28.11

SB posts SB $0.10, Hero posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has T T

fold, MP raises to $0.75, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $2.67, MP calls $1.92

Flop: ($5.44, 2 players) 4 J T
Hero bets $2.50, MP calls $2.50

Turn: ($10.44, 2 players) 3
Hero bets $5.00, MP raises to $17.93 and is all-in, Hero calls $12.93

River: ($46.30, 2 players) A

Hero shows T T (Three of a Kind, Tens)
(Pre 57%, Flop 83%, Turn 91%)
MP shows K A (One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 43%, Flop 17%, Turn 9%)
Hero wins $44.30
Rake paid $2.00




H4 - Somewhat standard vs a fish.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $29.88
SB: $27.26
BB: $64.58
UTG: $29.44
Hero (MP): $41.39
CO: $29.72

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has A A

UTG raises to $0.85, Hero raises to $2.70, fold, fold, fold, fold, UTG calls $1.85

Flop: ($5.75, 2 players) 3 9 8
UTG checks, Hero bets $3.00, UTG calls $3.00

Turn: ($11.75, 2 players) 3
UTG checks, Hero bets $6.00, UTG calls $6.00

River: ($23.75, 2 players) 4
UTG checks, Hero bets $22.68, UTG calls $17.74 and is all-in

Hero shows A A (Two Pair, Aces and Threes)
(Pre 81%, Flop 90%, Turn 95%)
UTG shows Q Q (Two Pair, Queens and Threes)
(Pre 19%, Flop 10%, Turn 5%)
Hero wins $57.23
Rake paid $2.00




H5 - A bit gross vs a rec but I don't expect sets or straights to do this (maybe TT) so, considering we unblock FDs and this could just be a fun-player with JTo (or even a hand that is bet/folding!) I think we have to stackoff here.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): $25.00
SB: $58.76
BB: $56.49
UTG: $16.85
MP: $16.11
CO: $37.69

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has K A

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.62, SB raises to $2.25, fold, Hero raises to $5.50, SB calls $3.25

Flop: ($11.25, 2 players) T Q K
SB bets $10.50, Hero raises to $19.50 and is all-in, SB calls $9.00

Turn: ($50.25, 2 players) 5

River: ($50.25, 2 players) 8

SB shows Q K (Two Pair, Kings and Queens)
(Pre 25%, Flop 73%, Turn 84%)
Hero shows K A (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 75%, Flop 27%, Turn 16%)
SB wins $48.25
Rake paid $2.00




H6 - Unfortunate vs a semi-reg but, given I range cbet flop I imagine they can turn quite a few TP. FWIW in their shoes I think I jam turn a decent amount.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $25.00
SB: $56.17
Hero (BB): $25.35
UTG: $48.53
MP: $15.11
CO: $47.26

SB posts SB $0.10, Hero posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has K K

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to $0.75, fold, Hero raises to $2.50, BTN calls $1.75

Flop: ($5.10, 2 players) 6 T 2
Hero bets $1.56, BTN calls $1.56

Turn: ($8.22, 2 players) J
Hero bets $5.03, BTN calls $5.03

River: ($18.28, 2 players) 7
Hero bets $16.26 and is all-in, BTN calls $15.91 and is all-in

Hero shows K K (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 78%, Flop 76%, Turn 66%)
BTN shows 8 9 (Straight, Jack High)
(Pre 22%, Flop 24%, Turn 34%)
BTN wins $48.10
Rake paid $2.00




H7 - LAG-reg over about 200 hands. Was unsure whether to 3BJ turn or just flat, but decided that we could get called by their 2pr combos and went for it. Sick one for them.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $27.54
SB: $25.03
BB: $7.03
UTG: $39.88
Hero (MP): $52.50
CO: $31.78

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has J A

fold, Hero raises to $0.62, fold, BTN calls $0.62, fold, fold

Flop: ($1.59, 2 players) T K 5
Hero bets $1.00, BTN calls $1.00

Turn: ($3.59, 2 players) Q
Hero bets $1.50, BTN raises to $5.70, Hero raises to $50.88 and is all-in, BTN calls $20.22 and is all-in

River: ($55.43, 2 players) 4

Hero shows J A (Straight, Ace High)
(Pre 69%, Flop 87%, Turn 97%)
BTN shows J 9 (Straight, King High)
(Pre 31%, Flop 13%, Turn 3%)
Hero wins $53.43
Rake paid $2.00




H8 - Hero-call vs a spewy fish-reg who defends vs 3bs way too wide. I've put this into a discord group with some midstakes crushers. Interested to hear their thoughts.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $21.85
Hero (SB): $72.64
BB: $75.97
UTG: $25.00
MP: $26.10
CO: $48.21

Hero posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has J J

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to $0.75, Hero raises to $2.75, fold, BTN calls $2.00

Flop: ($5.75, 2 players) A 3 8
Hero bets $1.76, BTN calls $1.76

Turn: ($9.27, 2 players) T
Hero checks, BTN bets $3.27, Hero calls $3.27

River: ($15.81, 2 players) 5
Hero checks, BTN bets $14.07 and is all-in, Hero calls $14.07

BTN shows T A (Two Pair, Aces and Tens)
(Pre 29%, Flop 92%, Turn 95%)
Hero shows J J (One Pair, Jacks)
(Pre 71%, Flop 8%, Turn 5%)
BTN wins $41.97
Rake paid $1.98




H9 - HUD wasn't working during this hand but I know it's an aggro reg. They don't over-defend vs 3bs though according to my sample. I'll ask about this one too because it feels somewhat thin on the river.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $62.24
SB: $31.82
BB: $25.00
UTG: $60.71
MP: $49.93
Hero (CO): $38.22

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has T K

fold, MP raises to $0.75, Hero raises to $2.75, fold, fold, fold, MP calls $2.00

Flop: ($5.85, 2 players) K Q 8
MP checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($5.85, 2 players) 4
MP checks, Hero bets $3.75, MP calls $3.75

River: ($13.35, 2 players) 6
MP checks, Hero bets $7.48, MP calls $7.48

Hero shows T K (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 31%, Flop 13%, Turn 7%)
MP shows K A (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 69%, Flop 87%, Turn 93%)
MP wins $27.04
Rake paid $1.27




H10 - Tough spot vs a rando who had tidy looking LAG stats over a small sample. A few turn barrels get there although I don't expect the majority of players to bet AA/KK this way on this turn. Also, by river do they jam AK for value? Super unsure on this one.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): $56.80
SB: $26.07
BB: $21.49
UTG: $42.22
MP: $56.19
CO: $129.45

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has K Q

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.62, SB raises to $2.25, fold, Hero calls $1.63

Flop: ($4.75, 2 players) 4 Q T
SB bets $2.75, Hero calls $2.75

Turn: ($10.25, 2 players) T
SB bets $6.25, Hero calls $6.25

River: ($22.75, 2 players) K
SB bets $14.82 and is all-in, fold

SB wins $21.73
Rake paid $1.02




H11 - Same player as H10. This was 20mins later and by this point it was seeming like they were a LAG-fish. If H10 had happened after H11 I definitely call river.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $22.33
Hero (SB): $49.82
BB: $27.60
UTG: $75.41
MP: $37.12
CO: $30.00

Hero posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has K K

fold, MP raises to $0.75, fold, BTN calls $0.75, Hero raises to $3.50, fold, MP raises to $11.75, fold, Hero calls $8.25

Flop: ($24.50, 2 players) 3 8 5
Hero checks, MP bets $25.37 and is all-in, Hero calls $25.37

Turn: ($75.24, 2 players) K

River: ($75.24, 2 players) 2

Hero shows K K (Three of a Kind, Kings)
(Pre 72%, Flop 86%, Turn 100%)
MP shows Q A (High Card, Ace)
(Pre 28%, Flop 14%, Turn 0%)
Hero wins $73.24
Rake paid $2.00




H12 - I think I should size up a little bit more on the flop.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $47.65
SB: $19.00
Hero (BB): $85.59
UTG: $20.41
MP: $44.84
CO: $24.37

SB posts SB $0.10, Hero posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has Q J

fold, MP raises to $0.85, fold, fold, SB calls $0.75, Hero calls $0.60

Flop: ($2.55, 3 players) 7 Q J
SB checks, Hero checks, MP bets $2.44, SB raises to $6.00, Hero raises to $13.00, fold, SB raises to $18.15 and is all-in, Hero calls $5.15

Turn: ($41.29, 2 players) K

River: ($41.29, 2 players) K

SB shows 7 J (Two Pair, Kings and Jacks)
(Pre 28%, Flop 8%, Turn 5%)
Hero shows Q J (Two Pair, Kings and Queens)
(Pre 72%, Flop 92%, Turn 95%)
Hero wins $39.43
Rake paid $1.86




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Back at it tomorrow. Looking for similar volume + some 3-tabling volume to get back towards pace on that goal. I've got to take my car in for a service in about 8hrs so that'll be a ballache and could affect how well I play. If I don't feel sharp I'll skip the 3-tabling.


Shelly.

Yo. 2-tabled for a little over 3hrs today. Didn't manage to get round to 3-tabling. I was going to play for longer but I woke up (what for me is) very early this morning to take my car in for a service. Feeling pretty groggy now and think it will probably be good to take the rest of the night off and try to get to bed early. I've said before that I ideally want my body-clock so I'm not sat on this PC into the wee hours. This is a big opportunity to make that reality.



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H1 - Vs a rando who nitrolled the **** out of me which was pretty annoying.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $24.61
SB: $25.00
Hero (BB): $35.33
UTG: $26.47
MP: $12.47
CO: $25.00

SB posts SB $0.10, Hero posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has J Q

fold, MP calls $0.25, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $1.00, MP calls $0.75

Flop: ($2.10, 2 players) 2 4 Q
Hero bets $0.96, MP calls $0.96

Turn: ($4.02, 2 players) A
Hero checks, MP bets $1.00, Hero calls $1.00

River: ($6.02, 2 players) J
Hero checks, MP bets $1.25, Hero raises to $32.37 and is all-in, MP calls $8.26 and is all-in

Hero shows J Q (Two Pair, Queens and Jacks)
(Pre 48%, Flop 74%, Turn 5%)
MP shows A 2 (Two Pair, Aces and Twos)
(Pre 52%, Flop 26%, Turn 95%)
MP wins $23.91
Rake paid $1.13




H2 - Vs a reg.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $25.00
Hero (SB): $26.61
BB: $26.83
UTG: $35.79
MP: $25.00
CO: $49.42

Hero posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has Q A

UTG raises to $0.55, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $2.65, fold, UTG raises to $6.60, Hero calls $3.95

Flop: ($13.45, 2 players) 4 3 8
Hero checks, UTG bets $4.20, Hero raises to $20.01 and is all-in, UTG calls $15.81

Turn: ($53.47, 2 players) A

River: ($53.47, 2 players) 3

Hero shows Q A (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 32%, Flop 46%, Turn 98%)
UTG shows K K (Two Pair, Kings and Threes)
(Pre 68%, Flop 54%, Turn 2%)
Hero wins $51.47
Rake paid $2.00




H3 - Funplayer.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $23.43
SB: $44.04
BB: $15.62
UTG: $25.00
MP: $28.15
Hero (CO): $50.23

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has A K

fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.62, fold, SB raises to $2.30, BB calls $2.05, Hero raises to $8.25, fold, BB calls $5.95

Flop: ($18.80, 2 players) 6 3 3
BB checks, Hero bets $17.95, BB calls $7.37 and is all-in

Turn: ($33.54, 2 players) 7

River: ($33.54, 2 players) 5

BB shows Q J (One Pair, Threes)
(Pre 35%, Flop 20%, Turn 9%)
Hero shows A K (One Pair, Threes)
(Pre 65%, Flop 80%, Turn 91%)
Hero wins $32.03
Rake paid $1.51




H4 - CO is a rando. Obviously I'm aware that I'll be betting into straights here a decent chunk, but I think there's a lot of value to be had. Thank god for that aids river.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): $72.03
SB: $31.36
BB: $26.16
UTG: $25.88
MP: $26.84
CO: $111.67

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has 9 9

fold, MP raises to $0.75, CO calls $0.75, Hero calls $0.75, fold, fold

Flop: ($2.60, 3 players) T Q 9
MP checks, CO bets $2.00, Hero raises to $7.00, fold, CO calls $5.00

Turn: ($16.60, 2 players) 5
CO checks, Hero bets $12.00, CO calls $12.00

River: ($40.60, 2 players) 8
CO checks, Hero checks

CO shows T T (Three of a Kind, Tens)
(Pre 81%, Flop 94%, Turn 98%)
Hero mucks 9 9 (Three of a Kind, Nines)
(Pre 19%, Flop 6%, Turn 2%)
CO wins $38.77
Rake paid $1.83




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Looking forward to getting some quality rest and coming back tomorrow fresher, sharper and ready to seize the day.

Played for over 5hrs today, including over an hour of 3-tabling. That's decent volume for me, around 2.5k hands. Feel like my stamina for grinding has increased. The only issue right now is constant disruptions WRT this incoming house-move, and then obviously Christmas. I can't wait to be settled in the new year and able to put in some better volume.


Unfortunately today was another swingy and largely brutal slog. On the plus side I think I made some good river laydowns that I maybe haven't been finding lately. However, some of the laydowns I'm making are getting criticised so I'm lacking confidence somewhat and feeling like I'm making some poor errors in river spots, unable to differentiate between what should be fairly simple folds and what are possible calls. It would be nice if I wasn't facing a gazillion puke river spots every day though.


I possibly won't be playing tomorrow, and if I do it'll be just a short session. Got a million things to do. Hopefully I'm getting the runbad out of the way before the weekend when I anticipate the games will be ****ing cray cray. The recs should be finishing work for the holidays and out in force. My plan is to put tidy volume in from Fri-Sun and hopefully run good enough to capitalise. Will be a bit depressing to run like I have for the last few days.




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H1 - Huuuge fish-reg in CO. WP m9.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): $45.02
SB: $40.36
BB: $67.25
UTG: $25.00
MP: $12.50
CO: $12.11

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has 3 3

UTG raises to $0.80, fold, CO calls $0.80, Hero calls $0.80, fold, fold

Flop: ($2.75, 3 players) 5 T 3
UTG checks, CO bets $0.75, Hero raises to $3.00, fold, CO calls $2.25

Turn: ($8.75, 2 players) 7
CO bets $8.31 and is all-in, Hero calls $8.31

River: ($25.37, 2 players) 9

CO shows 5 5 (Three of a Kind, Fives)
(Pre 82%, Flop 96%, Turn 98%)
Hero shows 3 3 (Three of a Kind, Threes)
(Pre 18%, Flop 4%, Turn 2%)
CO wins $24.23
Rake paid $1.14




H2 - Both recs. I jam hoping that BTN has an A-high FD and might flick in a call with something like A4hh/A3hh or even worse.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $26.95
SB: $18.92
BB: $10.51
UTG: $25.00
Hero (MP): $28.61
CO: $25.00

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has Q A

fold, Hero raises to $0.62, fold, BTN calls $0.62, fold, BB calls $0.37

Flop: ($1.96, 3 players) 7 3 Q
BB checks, Hero bets $1.00, BTN calls $1.00, BB calls $1.00

Turn: ($4.96, 3 players) 4
BB bets $0.50, Hero raises to $3.50, BTN calls $3.50, BB calls $3.00

River: ($15.46, 3 players) A
BB bets $0.50, Hero raises to $23.49 and is all-in, fold, BB calls $4.89 and is all-in

Hero shows Q A (Two Pair, Aces and Queens)
(Pre 72%, Flop 83%, Turn 93%)
BB shows J Q (One Pair, Queens)
(Pre 28%, Flop 17%, Turn 7%)
Hero wins $25.06
Rake paid $1.18




H3 - Almost.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $22.80
SB: $25.00
BB: $12.50
UTG: $107.40
MP: $49.62
Hero (CO): $30.80

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has Q A

fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.62, BTN calls $0.62, SB raises to $2.73, fold, Hero calls $2.11, fold

Flop: ($6.33, 2 players) K T 2
SB bets $3.50, Hero raises to $28.07 and is all-in, SB calls $18.77 and is all-in

Turn: ($50.87, 2 players) 9

River: ($50.87, 2 players) 7

SB shows Q A (High Card, Ace)
(Pre 50%, Flop 34%, Turn 40%)
Hero shows Q A (High Card, Ace)
(Pre 50%, Flop 66%, Turn 60%)
SB wins $24.44
Rake paid $2.00
Hero wins $24.43




H4 - Crazy hand vs a fish. On turn and river UTG was clearly disconnecting, hence my river bet trying to get folds from better. I need to turn on messages so I can see when they're reconnected.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): $25.35
SB: $25.00
BB: $35.94
UTG: $21.20
MP: $31.19
CO: $26.18

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has 8 8

UTG raises to $0.85, fold, fold, Hero calls $0.85, fold, fold

Flop: ($2.05, 2 players) 3 5 7
UTG bets $1.96, Hero calls $1.96

Turn: ($5.97, 2 players) 6
UTG checks, Hero checks

River: ($5.97, 2 players) 2
UTG checks, Hero bets $0.25, UTG raises to $6.45, Hero calls $6.20

UTG shows K A (High Card, Ace)
(Pre 45%, Flop 26%, Turn 14%)
Hero shows 8 8 (One Pair, Eights)
(Pre 55%, Flop 74%, Turn 86%)
Hero wins $18.02
Rake paid $0.85




H5 - Reg opener and recs flatting in LP. Pretty annoying that the reg has this and not 88 or some of the non-broadway AXhh. Not sure if their flop check is a thing. What's their plan, to c/r top-set 4way with a flush blocker?


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $41.55
SB: $24.65
BB: $25.00
UTG: $25.87
Hero (MP): $38.12
CO: $27.16

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has T T

UTG raises to $0.75, Hero calls $0.75, CO calls $0.75, BTN calls $0.75, fold, fold

Flop: ($3.35, 4 players) T K 4
UTG checks, Hero checks, CO checks, BTN checks

Turn: ($3.35, 4 players) 8
UTG bets $2.13, Hero calls $2.13, fold, fold

River: ($7.61, 2 players) 4
UTG bets $6.50, Hero raises to $35.24 and is all-in, UTG calls $16.49 and is all-in

Hero shows T T (Full House, Tens full of Fours)
(Pre 19%, Flop 4%, Turn 2%)
UTG shows K K (Full House, Kings full of Fours)
(Pre 81%, Flop 96%, Turn 98%)
UTG wins $51.59
Rake paid $2.00




H6 - OK.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $22.18
Hero (SB): $64.19
BB: $49.43
UTG: $32.86
MP: $35.40
CO: $34.36

Hero posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has A A

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to $0.75, Hero raises to $2.75, BB calls $2.50, BTN raises to $8.25, Hero raises to $64.19 and is all-in, fold, BTN calls $13.93 and is all-in

Flop: ($47.11, 2 players) T 7 4

Turn: ($47.11, 2 players) 7

River: ($47.11, 2 players) K

Hero shows A A (Two Pair, Aces and Sevens)
(Pre 85%, Flop 97%, Turn 100%)
BTN shows K 3 (Two Pair, Kings and Sevens)
(Pre 15%, Flop 3%, Turn 0%)
Hero wins $45.11
Rake paid $2.00




H7 - Somewhat tight PF reg. Kind of felt like they're never doing this with 99 and maybe not even TT at much frequency. Think post is fine. By river they can have some random Jx for sure.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $29.08
SB: $37.38
Hero (BB): $65.12
UTG: $129.10
MP: $25.00
CO: $30.27

SB posts SB $0.10, Hero posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has Q Q

fold, fold, fold, fold, SB raises to $0.62, Hero raises to $2.25, SB raises to $6.75, Hero calls $4.50

Flop: ($13.50, 2 players) 4 6 J
SB checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($13.50, 2 players) 3
SB bets $7.09, Hero calls $7.09

River: ($27.68, 2 players) 8
SB bets $13.75, Hero calls $13.75

SB shows J J (Three of a Kind, Jacks)
(Pre 18%, Flop 88%, Turn 95%)
Hero mucks Q Q (One Pair, Queens)
(Pre 82%, Flop 12%, Turn 5%)
SB wins $53.18
Rake paid $2.00




H8 - Vs a reg.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $31.90
SB: $30.81
BB: $22.62
Hero (UTG): $105.47
MP: $42.16
CO: $26.76

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has 6 6

Hero raises to $0.62, fold, fold, fold, SB raises to $2.70, fold, Hero calls $2.08

Flop: ($5.65, 2 players) Q 6 7
SB bets $3.00, Hero calls $3.00

Turn: ($11.65, 2 players) 3
SB checks, Hero bets $5.00, SB calls $5.00

River: ($21.65, 2 players) 5
SB checks, Hero bets $20.68, SB calls $20.11 and is all-in

Hero shows 6 6 (Three of a Kind, Sixes)
(Pre 20%, Flop 91%, Turn 95%)
SB shows K K (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 80%, Flop 9%, Turn 5%)
Hero wins $59.87
Rake paid $2.00




H9 - Vs a rando who had made a bunch of 3bs in a small sample, including with A6s, but had also been fairly passive post and had only cbet 1/3 in 3bp. Kind of gross river but whenever I've somehow justified calls in these spots lately I've never seen the hands I've needed to see.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $23.41
Hero (SB): $129.92
BB: $35.60
UTG: $29.40
MP: $108.06
CO: $25.41

Hero posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has A T

fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.75, BB raises to $2.25, Hero calls $1.50

Flop: ($4.50, 2 players) A J 8
Hero checks, BB checks

Turn: ($4.50, 2 players) 7
Hero bets $3.00, BB calls $3.00

River: ($10.50, 2 players) A
Hero bets $6.00, BB raises to $17.00, fold

BB wins $21.49
Rake paid $1.01




H10 - Vs an aggressive seeming rec. I'm hearing different opinions on this, but agree with the line of thinking that the sets and 2prs I'm donking to get called by would likely bet much bigger on turn, so it's way more likely to be FDs.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $88.32
SB: $25.75
BB: $25.25
UTG: $74.15
MP: $25.35
Hero (CO): $34.32

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has T T

fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.62, BTN calls $0.62, fold, fold

Flop: ($1.59, 2 players) 8 2 7
Hero bets $0.97, BTN raises to $2.80, Hero calls $1.83

Turn: ($7.19, 2 players) 9
Hero checks, BTN bets $3.64, Hero calls $3.64

River: ($14.47, 2 players) J
Hero bets $5.33, BTN raises to $81.26 and is all-in, fold

BTN wins $24.00
Rake paid $1.13




H11 - Vs a rec with aggro stats over a small sample. Wasn't in the mood for folding.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $18.11
Hero (SB): $31.18
BB: $29.68
UTG: $25.00
MP: $29.08
CO: $25.00

Hero posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has K A

fold, MP raises to $0.62, fold, fold, Hero raises to $2.62, fold, MP raises to $6.00, Hero raises to $31.18 and is all-in, MP calls $23.08 and is all-in

Flop: ($58.41, 2 players) Q 2 9

Turn: ($58.41, 2 players) 8

River: ($58.41, 2 players) 4

Hero shows K A (High Card, Ace)
(Pre 43%, Flop 24%, Turn 14%)
MP shows J J (One Pair, Jacks)
(Pre 57%, Flop 76%, Turn 86%)
MP wins $56.41
Rake paid $2.00




H12 - Vs a rando. If they've done this as a bluff then congrats. If they've done this with a worse value hand then I hope they get a lump of aids-infested coal for christmas.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): $126.01
SB: $56.84
BB: $44.49
UTG: $14.50
MP: $78.24
CO: $22.97

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has J 9

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.62, fold, BB calls $0.37

Flop: ($1.34, 2 players) 6 9 9
BB checks, Hero bets $0.61, BB calls $0.61

Turn: ($2.56, 2 players) Q
BB checks, Hero bets $2.00, BB raises to $6.29, Hero calls $4.29

River: ($15.14, 2 players) 4
BB bets $36.97 and is all-in, fold

BB wins $14.46
Rake paid $0.68




H13 - Vs fish.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $55.36
SB: $29.46
BB: $34.08
UTG: $25.10
Hero (MP): $25.61
CO: $18.14

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has Q J

fold, Hero raises to $0.62, CO calls $0.62, BTN calls $0.62, fold, fold

Flop: ($2.21, 3 players) 3 T 8
Hero bets $1.21, CO calls $1.21, fold

Turn: ($4.63, 2 players) 9
Hero bets $4.00, CO calls $4.00

River: ($12.63, 2 players) Q
Hero bets $19.78 and is all-in, CO calls $12.31 and is all-in

Hero shows Q J (Flush, Queen High)
(Pre 30%, Flop 49%, Turn 86%)
CO shows A J (Straight, Queen High)
(Pre 70%, Flop 51%, Turn 14%)
Hero wins $35.57
Rake paid $1.68




H14 - Vs a 19/17 reg right at the end, rec sb obv. Not sure about river decision. Didn't really expect their sets or 2pr to flat flop. Maybe some stuff like J9 and T9 could though? T8s also makes sense and they can definitely have a bunch of flushes. Think their decision not to 3b-jam is garbage.


PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $25.00
SB: $38.75
BB: $25.00
UTG: $38.69
MP: $22.54
Hero (CO): $25.00

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has 3 A

fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.62, fold, SB calls $0.52, BB calls $0.37

Flop: ($1.86, 3 players) 7 9 4
SB bets $0.25, BB calls $0.25, Hero calls $0.25

Turn: ($2.61, 3 players) 6
SB checks, BB bets $1.75, Hero calls $1.75, fold

River: ($6.11, 2 players) 9
BB bets $3.75, Hero raises to $10.00, BB calls $6.25

Hero shows 3 A (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 34%, Flop 20%, Turn 23%)
BB shows 6 6 (Full House, Sixes full of Nines)
(Pre 66%, Flop 80%, Turn 77%)
BB wins $24.94
Rake paid $1.17




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Looking through the hands I think I need to start being more conscious of bet-sizes and what different sizes represent. It would likely help a lot.


If I manage to grind tomorrow I'll update. If not next post will be Friday.



Shelly.