H1- Flop is fine, turn sizing could be a tad bigger, river is a give up
H2- 3bet size pre is a bit small,flop is ok,turn jam seems fine
H3- pre/flop is fine,Turn xc is good(if he is a fish and you're certain he don't have traps xjam turn, If we discount AK at a good clip and assume he rarely bets this size with AQ), River seems a fold don't hate the call though as played
H4- Max value a bit deeper WP
H5- Pre/Flop looks good, Turn is a mistake imo yes it sucks but we have to call, It's unlikely he feels too confident with bluffs on rivers also/what is he repping value wise that don't 4bet? sure he can have traps but don't overthink it.
H6- Overall Wp just like to see a slightly bigger bet on turn.
H7- seems fine don't mind seeing a turn barrel blocking 89/having clubs/sure he has some Jx that raises but it's not too scary at this spr.
H8- Looks good
H9- Owned
H10- turn could be a range xc not the scariest board/having a good bluff catcher deep plays easy,I'm calling river not loving it but **** him.

H5. Hate your xc line, it just puts you in a terrible spot. Just bet, flop and turn, and XF rivers. Simple. Who cares if hes a nit, you still can't give up so easily. Why are you even checking in the first place? He can have enough worse hands there.

^^^once again ty for continued feedback guys

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Cheers dude, welcome aboard!



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Yo. Just finished final sessions of the week. Grind went OK tonight, got a bit owned earlier by the recs and the deck conspiring against me. Guessing I maybe finished a bit above break-even on the day. Don't feel like I played too badly overall. Made a call for stacks vs a reg that is totally debatable though.


I've not checked to see the totals for the week yet but I'm expecting to have made a small amount of profit, although I can't tell for sure. Could get shocked either way. Got to say I'm a bit sad at how I've ran over the weekend (Fri-Sun) in games that have been ridiculously soft, but there's not much you can do about that. Just got to take it on the chin. The MTT grinders mostly get brutalised on Sundays in the softest games of the week so I def can't complain too much about not running perfectly, especially considering the EV line on the weekly graph is going to be a joke in my favour. I don't even have to look to know that for certain.


One slightly off-topic piece of good news is I decided to play in the Sunday group squash session today. I go down most weeks and it's a good mix of players. First real exercise since my hamstring issues flared up 9 days ago. Made sure to warm up properly and get the blood flowing, and the session itself was great. I was blowing out of my arse as you'd expect after a period of inactivity and ****ty lifestyle, but I felt physically strong and I'm looking forward to getting back into a solid fitness schedule this week. I know for certain it must add EV when I sit down to grind.



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H1 - Think the iso is fine vs recs. Not sure about river, think I have to call and expect to see some missed FDs, SDs, and just general spazzes a good amount of the time. Don't even expect AX to go this hard on river unless it's 2pr.


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

BTN: $72.66
Hero (SB): $25.68
BB: $25.00
UTG: $28.83
MP: $26.40
CO: $29.61

Hero posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

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

UTG calls $0.25, fold, CO calls $0.25, fold, Hero raises to $1.50, fold, UTG calls $1.25, fold

Flop: ($3.50, 2 players) K 3 6
Hero bets $2.03, UTG calls $2.03

Turn: ($7.56, 2 players) A
Hero checks, UTG checks

River: ($7.56, 2 players) 9
Hero checks, UTG bets $7.25, Hero calls $7.25

UTG shows 9 9 (Three of a Kind, Nines)
(Pre 53%, Flop 13%, Turn 5%)
Hero mucks T K (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 47%, Flop 87%, Turn 95%)
UTG wins $21.07
Rake paid $0.99




H2 - Non-std defend vs a reasonably LAG-reg. River is so tough. Very much doubt this guy is capable of misplaying AK like this, and by river we have to assume QJ checks.


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

Hero (BTN): $25.11
SB: $25.00
BB: $48.67
UTG: $28.81
MP: $13.98
CO: $28.56

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, fold, BB raises to $2.70, Hero calls $2.08

Flop: ($5.50, 2 players) K Q J
BB bets $1.80, Hero calls $1.80

Turn: ($9.10, 2 players) 6
BB bets $6.00, Hero calls $6.00

River: ($21.10, 2 players) 6
BB bets $38.17 and is all-in, fold

BB wins $20.15
Rake paid $0.95




H3 - Vs a complete rando. Discord are split, some think this jam is good some don't. We only lose to a BDF or J9, and we block the latter. It just depends whether a rec can bet/call with the 5x, or even something like a set/2pr. Our only read is that it's a short-stacking rando, but maybe that's nowhere near enough information to go off.


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

Hero (BTN): $27.74
SB: $71.23
BB: $12.59
UTG: $35.12
MP: $26.79
CO: $72.88

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has 8 9

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

Flop: ($1.34, 2 players) 7 4 8
BB checks, Hero bets $0.85, BB calls $0.85

Turn: ($3.04, 2 players) 6
BB checks, Hero checks

River: ($3.04, 2 players) T
BB bets $2.00, Hero raises to $26.27 and is all-in, BB calls $9.12 and is all-in

Hero shows 8 9 (Straight, Ten High)
(Pre 46%, Flop 76%, Turn 68%)
BB shows K 4 (Flush, King High)
(Pre 54%, Flop 24%, Turn 32%)
BB wins $24.14
Rake paid $1.14




H4 - Same reg from H2. Sticky guy who will call turn with PPs lower than 9s. Think I have to bluff this hand here.


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

BTN: $52.57
SB: $15.30
Hero (BB): $49.16
UTG: $86.49
MP: $25.00
CO: $25.98

SB posts SB $0.10, Hero posts BB $0.25

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

UTG raises to $0.75, fold, fold, fold, SB calls $0.65, Hero calls $0.50

Flop: ($2.25, 3 players) 9 6 Q
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG checks

Turn: ($2.25, 3 players) 9
SB checks, Hero bets $1.33, UTG calls $1.33, fold

River: ($4.91, 2 players) 6
Hero bets $3.05, fold

Hero wins $4.69
Rake paid $0.22




H5 - After they check twice, I think it's a big mistake for us not to go for river value, especially after we've checked back the flop. We can get called by a lot of worse hands. Didn't anticipate they'd 3b with this but they would've called a 60% river bet I'm sure.


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

Hero (BTN): $60.98
SB: $25.78
BB: $31.98
UTG: $37.21
MP: $92.93
CO: $27.26

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

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

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

Flop: ($5.10, 2 players) A T 8
BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($5.10, 2 players) 8
BB checks, Hero bets $3.04, BB calls $3.04

River: ($11.18, 2 players) 7
BB checks, Hero checks

BB shows 5 A (Two Pair, Aces and Eights)
(Pre 27%, Flop 17%, Turn 13%)
Hero shows A J (Two Pair, Aces and Eights)
(Pre 73%, Flop 83%, Turn 88%)
Hero wins $10.68
Rake paid $0.50




H6 - Hand where I get stacked by a reg. The peel pre is quite loose, especially considering stacks are only 100bb, but I don't think it's the worst in the world. River is extremely well played by them, they owned me good and proper here. Their non-3bp cbet total is only 17%. Also their WWSF is quite low.


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

Hero (BTN): $40.07
SB: $25.35
BB: $25.20
UTG: $41.41
MP: $83.83
CO: $25.00

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has 9 8

fold, fold, CO raises to $0.62, Hero raises to $1.86, fold, fold, CO raises to $4.75, Hero calls $2.89

Flop: ($9.85, 2 players) 9 4 5
CO checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($9.85, 2 players) 7
CO bets $3.50, Hero calls $3.50

River: ($16.85, 2 players) 3
CO bets $16.75 and is all-in, Hero calls $16.75

CO shows A A (One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 77%, Flop 82%, Turn 86%)
Hero shows 9 8 (One Pair, Nines)
(Pre 23%, Flop 18%, Turn 14%)
CO wins $48.35
Rake paid $2.00




H7 - Vs a player with reggy stats over 55 hands. They tanked hard before folding river which suggests they could've made a sick hero-fold with AA, KK or AQ. Maybe it was just TT or 99 though. Don't think QQ can ever fold. It's actually a slightly scary turn and I would've checked back all Kx, Qx and Tx rivers.


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

BTN: $27.88
SB: $132.04
BB: $73.27
Hero (UTG): $63.75
MP: $8.92
CO: $30.31

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

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

Hero raises to $0.75, fold, fold, fold, fold, BB raises to $3.50, Hero calls $2.75

Flop: ($7.10, 2 players) J 4 J
BB bets $2.20, Hero raises to $5.50, BB calls $3.30

Turn: ($18.10, 2 players) Q
BB checks, Hero bets $11.77, BB calls $11.77

River: ($41.64, 2 players) J
BB checks, Hero bets $42.98 and is all-in, fold

Hero wins $39.77
Rake paid $1.87




H8 - **** me.


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

BTN: $24.38
Hero (SB): $26.67
BB: $25.00
UTG: $21.47
MP: $27.64
CO: $23.84

Hero posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

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

UTG raises to $0.75, fold, fold, BTN calls $0.75, Hero raises to $3.55, fold, UTG calls $2.80, BTN calls $2.80

Flop: ($10.90, 3 players) A 7 6
Hero checks, UTG bets $10.50, BTN calls $10.50, fold

Turn: ($31.90, 2 players) 4
UTG bets $7.42 and is all-in, BTN calls $7.42

River: ($46.74, 2 players) 5

UTG shows J J (One Pair, Jacks)
(Pre 81%, Flop 68%, Turn 10%)
BTN shows 5 2 (Flush, Seven High)
(Pre 19%, Flop 32%, Turn 90%)
BTN wins $44.74
Rake paid $2.00




H9 - Questionable 4b from the reg. I think not betting 1/3 pot or something on river is a big mistake as their hand looks like this one, or KK/QQ, but we didn't know for certain they were capable of doing this with AQo.


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

BTN: $33.90
SB: $2.38
BB: $29.79
UTG: $45.27
MP: $20.89
Hero (CO): $36.26

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

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

UTG raises to $0.75, fold, Hero raises to $2.50, fold, fold, fold, UTG raises to $6.00, Hero calls $3.50

Flop: ($12.35, 2 players) T 9 A
UTG bets $4.13, Hero calls $4.13

Turn: ($20.61, 2 players) J
UTG checks, Hero checks

River: ($20.61, 2 players) 4
UTG checks, Hero checks

UTG shows A Q (One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 24%, Flop 18%, Turn 16%)
Hero shows K A (One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 76%, Flop 82%, Turn 84%)
Hero wins $19.68
Rake paid $0.93




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Done for the week. Goals weren't particularly lofty but I'm still pleased with the consistency of my effort. Even though I'll be looking to push myself harder in the future, I think looking to play a reasonable amount of hours most days suits me more than going hard some days and light on other days. Tbh that mostly only happens when I'm behind pace anyway.


I feel like I'm making progress each and every day, and a large part of that is down to this thread and the people supporting it by offering their input.



Graph for Mon 24/9/18 to Sun 30/9/18




Breakdown by Day





Got to say I'm really chuffed at the final total because I felt like I was going to be much closer to b/e after a tough weekend. The bankroll is rock solid now, I have >80BIs for the level. Not even entertaining the thought of moving up though. I'll be down here until the new year at least. The next three months will be about learning and improving whilst hopefully building the roll further. And from what I hear, the stepup from 25z to 50z is quite steep.


Graph actually looks similar to graph from last week. Heatered hard during the tougher midweek games, then dropped some in the soft weekend lineup. Overall though I'm running wayyy over expectation these past two weeks.


One slightly tilting thing I'll mention. I've just opened 18 or 19 chests. Every single one was either red or blue, so the rewards were mostly ****. In previous weeks I've been on orange and platinum chests even though my volume hasn't been any different. I've got no idea what the system is amaya are using but it doesn't make much sense.



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Goals for Mon 1/10/18 to Sun 7/10/18

[ ] study before grinding every single day

[ ] 17.5+hrs total grind 25NLz

[ ] 30+mins 4-tabling 5NLz at the end of 4/7 days

[ ] written study and analysis of at least 3 Flopzilla spots every day

[ ] written study and analysis of at least 1 pot-odds spot every day

[ ] no looking at graphs or balance until final session of the week is finished

[ ] no opening chests until the final session of the week is finished

[ ] new daily goals ITT before each day is done

[ ] review daily goals ITT before each day is done

[ ] review long-term goals ITT before week is done

[ ] new long-term goals ITT before week is done



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So as mentioned in a previous post, I'll be using time this week working with flopzilla as I've been rightly criticised for my lack of range awareness in many situations. I'm not expecting to become a beast overnight but I'm sure that, with consistent effort over the coming weeks and months, I can improve a great deal from doing this.


I've also put in a goal of 4-tabling 5NLz for a short while each day. I think this will be good practise for when I finally add a 3rd table at regular stakes. Pokerstars have sent me an email with a link to re-download the client in the hope it will fix my HUD issues. I doubt it'll make one bit of difference but it's got to be worth a shot. Will do this first thing tomorrow.



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Goals for Mon 1/10/18

[ ] follow the instructions in the stars email to try to fix the HUD issue

[ ] written study and analysis of saved pot-odds spot before grinding

[ ] 2+hrs total grind 25NLz

[ ] written study and analysis of at least 3 Flopzilla spots

[ ] review daily goals ITT before day is done

[ ] new daily goals ITT before day is done

Nice looking graph mate, should post your overall 25nl, how many hands you played in total? Or are you a bit OCD like me and have to post these graphs at like exactly 50k hands etc?

Might nick your 'goals for the day' section, but i'll probably be too lazy to do that every single day so kudos to you lol

Keep it up!

Cheers bro. Remind me on Sunday night and I'll post the overall 25NLz graph, think I'm at around 35k hands or so.



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Bit of a grim day. I've got an addiction to taking power-naps whilst listening to ASMR on youtube. If anyone experiences ASMR they'll know what I'm talking about. Anyway, I keep going for these naps, snoozing my alarm and then end up sleeping for hours and ****ing up both my goals and my body-clock in the process. It really needs to stop. I'm sitting down ready to grind, feeling the most feint hint of tiredness, and then using that as justification for my ASMR fix. I'd be better off going downstairs to my gym area and doing 50 jumping jacks instead.


Anyway, I got my pre-study and grinding done through the night but I see no point in doing the Flopzilla work now whilst my brain is so foggy. I've also got a load of non-poker **** that needs doing urgently.


The grind itself went screwy, which is no surprise as the stuff outside of grind time is screwy. I prob made a couple of buyins but that's only because I'm on an almighty heater. In reality I should've made more. If I'm not getting my lifestyle sorted by the time the next downswing comes it could be tragic. I really need to stop being such a bumhole and pull my finger out of myself.



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H1 - Only 64% equity against this.


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

Hero (BTN): $29.97
SB: $33.98
BB: $20.24
UTG: $56.20
MP: $31.14
CO: $26.87

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, fold, BB raises to $20.24 and is all-in, Hero calls $19.62

Flop: ($40.58, 2 players) K 7 5

Turn: ($40.58, 2 players) 6

River: ($40.58, 2 players) 3

BB shows 5 9 (One Pair, Fives)
(Pre 36%, Flop 24%, Turn 20%)
Hero shows K A (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 64%, Flop 76%, Turn 80%)
Hero wins $38.75
Rake paid $1.83




H2 - Standard but posting because it's relevant for H3.


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

BTN: $15.58
SB: $42.05
BB: $25.00
UTG: $31.45
Hero (MP): $25.35
CO: $9.73

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

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

UTG raises to $0.67, Hero raises to $2.50, CO calls $2.50, fold, fold, fold, fold

Flop: ($6.02, 2 players) T Q 3
Hero checks, CO bets $7.23 and is all-in, Hero calls $7.23

Turn: ($20.48, 2 players) 9

River: ($20.48, 2 players) 4

Hero shows K K (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 83%, Flop 77%, Turn 66%)
CO shows J Q (Flush, Queen High)
(Pre 17%, Flop 23%, Turn 34%)
CO wins $19.56
Rake paid $0.92




H3 - One or two hands later vs same player as H2. Snap called flop and think it's fine.


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

BTN: $50.53
SB: $25.78
BB: $25.49
UTG: $25.14
MP: $19.56
Hero (CO): $25.00

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

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

fold, MP raises to $0.75, Hero raises to $2.37, fold, fold, fold, MP calls $1.62

Flop: ($5.09, 2 players) 9 A 5
MP checks, Hero bets $1.60, MP raises to $17.19 and is all-in, Hero calls $15.59

Turn: ($39.47, 2 players) 9

River: ($39.47, 2 players) 8

MP shows K A (Two Pair, Aces and Nines)
(Pre 69%, Flop 88%, Turn 90%)
Hero shows A J (Two Pair, Aces and Nines)
(Pre 31%, Flop 12%, Turn 10%)
MP wins $37.69
Rake paid $1.78




H4 - Not range cbetting vs a reg here was a big mistake. Not sure about turn call, as played think we have to and expect them to shut down most bluffs on river.


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

BTN: $25.00
SB: $39.79
BB: $34.51
Hero (UTG): $25.00
MP: $16.83
CO: $30.77

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

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

Hero raises to $0.62, fold, fold, fold, SB raises to $2.11, fold, Hero raises to $5.26, SB calls $3.15

Flop: ($10.77, 2 players) 2 J J
SB checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($10.77, 2 players) A
SB bets $6.11, Hero calls $6.11

River: ($22.99, 2 players) 3
SB bets $14.36, fold

SB wins $21.96
Rake paid $1.03




H5 - Not loving life when the UTG reg flats my 4b but what else am I gona do?


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

BTN: $12.70
Hero (SB): $25.80
BB: $39.33
UTG: $27.24
MP: $33.91
CO: $40.55

Hero posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

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

UTG raises to $0.62, fold, fold, BTN raises to $1.24, Hero raises to $3.00, fold, UTG calls $2.38, BTN raises to $12.70 and is all-in, Hero raises to $25.80 and is all-in, UTG calls $22.80

Flop: ($64.55, 3 players) 3 7 Q

Turn: ($64.55, 3 players) 9

River: ($64.55, 3 players) J

Hero shows K K (One Pair, Kings)

Main Pot [$38.35]: (Pre 18%, Flop 9%, Turn 5%)
Side Pot#1 [$26.20]: (Pre 19%, Flop 9%, Turn 5%)

UTG shows A A (One Pair, Aces)

Main Pot [$38.35]: (Pre 65%, Flop 83%, Turn 90%)
Side Pot#1 [$26.20]: (Pre 81%, Flop 91%, Turn 95%)

BTN shows 8 8 (One Pair, Eights)

Main Pot [$38.35]: (Pre 17%, Flop 8%, Turn 5%)

UTG wins $62.55
Rake paid $2.00




H6 - Tilted myself by making a horrible, horrible river check vs a reg. Put simply, even if they were to always bet AA, QQ and AJ for value, that bet is going to be smaller than us betting 60% and basically always getting called by those hands, + also having the chance to get called by some even weaker hands. It's a garbage decision to check from me. Utter ****ing garbage.


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

BTN: $31.39
SB: $52.28
BB: $19.59
UTG: $25.10
Hero (MP): $25.69
CO: $14.24

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

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

fold, Hero raises to $0.62, fold, BTN raises to $2.00, fold, fold, Hero calls $1.38

Flop: ($4.35, 2 players) K T J
Hero checks, BTN bets $2.75, Hero calls $2.75

Turn: ($9.85, 2 players) K
Hero checks, BTN checks

River: ($9.85, 2 players) 6
Hero checks, BTN checks

Hero shows T T (Full House, Tens full of Kings)
(Pre 18%, Flop 67%, Turn 91%)
BTN mucks Q Q (Two Pair, Kings and Queens)
(Pre 82%, Flop 33%, Turn 9%)
Hero wins $9.41
Rake paid $0.44




H7 - Non-std 3b pre that I think was profitable in a vacuum, although made unprofitable by me repeating the mistake from the 98s v AA hand where I don't give a reg credit for being able to pile this hand for value on this runout. Repeating same mistakes and burning money is not a good feeling.


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

BTN: $42.43
SB: $21.55
Hero (BB): $31.88
UTG: $35.65
MP: $27.59
CO: $25.70

SB posts SB $0.10, Hero posts BB $0.25

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

fold, fold, CO raises to $0.60, fold, fold, Hero raises to $2.40, CO calls $1.80

Flop: ($4.90, 2 players) 4 5 T
Hero bets $2.34, CO calls $2.34

Turn: ($9.58, 2 players) 6
Hero checks, CO bets $5.95, Hero calls $5.95

River: ($21.48, 2 players) 3
Hero checks, CO bets $15.01 and is all-in, Hero calls $15.01

CO shows 6 5 (Two Pair, Sixes and Fives)
(Pre 41%, Flop 23%, Turn 82%)
Hero shows Q T (One Pair, Tens)
(Pre 59%, Flop 77%, Turn 18%)
CO wins $49.50
Rake paid $2.00




H8 - Once the reg gets out of the way I'm pretty happy.


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

BTN: $23.48
SB: $26.25
Hero (BB): $28.22
UTG: $82.23
MP: $39.90
CO: $23.13

SB posts SB $0.10, Hero posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has 7 5

fold, fold, CO raises to $0.75, fold, SB calls $0.65, Hero calls $0.50

Flop: ($2.25, 3 players) 8 9 J
SB checks, Hero checks, CO bets $1.18, SB calls $1.18, Hero calls $1.18

Turn: ($5.79, 3 players) Q
SB checks, Hero bets $4.07, fold, SB calls $4.07

River: ($13.93, 2 players) 4
SB checks, Hero bets $22.22 and is all-in, SB calls $20.25 and is all-in

Hero shows 7 5 (Flush, Queen High)
(Pre 38%, Flop 55%, Turn 100%)
SB shows K T (Straight, King High)
(Pre 62%, Flop 45%, Turn 0%)
Hero wins $52.43
Rake paid $2.00




H9 - What a river.


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

Hero (BTN): $52.99
SB: $26.26
BB: $153.06
UTG: $23.11
MP: $25.04
CO: $12.85

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

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

fold, fold, CO raises to $0.60, Hero raises to $1.80, fold, BB calls $1.55, fold

Flop: ($4.30, 2 players) 3 6 Q
BB checks, Hero bets $2.26, BB calls $2.26

Turn: ($8.82, 2 players) 4
BB checks, Hero bets $6.00, BB calls $6.00

River: ($20.82, 2 players) K
BB bets $10.50, Hero raises to $42.93 and is all-in, BB calls $32.43

Hero shows 8 A (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 64%, Flop 25%, Turn 30%)
BB shows T 6 (Flush, King High)
(Pre 36%, Flop 75%, Turn 70%)
Hero wins $104.68
Rake paid $2.00




H10 - Can't remember the last time a rec (or a reg) potted river when the pot has been bigger than a certain amount of bbs and it hasn't been value. Think this one is actually not as bad as a lot of other calls I've made vs this sizing. The population is under-bluffing massively with this sizing though.


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

Hero (BTN): $103.66
SB: $38.99
BB: $34.56
UTG: $29.33
MP: $17.62
CO: $25.77

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

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

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

Flop: ($1.60, 3 players) 5 8 2
BB checks, CO bets $0.77, Hero calls $0.77, fold

Turn: ($3.14, 2 players) 3
CO checks, Hero bets $2.20, CO calls $2.20

River: ($7.54, 2 players) 2
CO bets $7.20, Hero calls $7.20

CO shows A 2 (Three of a Kind, Twos)
(Pre 30%, Flop 21%, Turn 20%)
Hero mucks 9 9 (Two Pair, Nines and Twos)
(Pre 70%, Flop 79%, Turn 80%)
CO wins $20.95
Rake paid $0.99




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Notes to self. Stop making light 3bs with garbage like QTo when we're bad enough to make horrible calls post. Stop assuming regs can't shove 2pr on a low 4-straight board when our range is faceup as having very little of it. And stop calling so much when rec's pot it on river in medium-sized pots. And stop sleeping at odd hours and being in a non-optimal mindset as a result.



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Goals for Tue 2/10/18

[ ] written study and analysis of saved pot-odds spot before grinding

[ ] written study and analysis of the 3 saved Flopzilla spots before grinding

[ ] 2+hrs total grind 25NLz

[ ] save at least 1 pot-odds spot for review

[ ] save at least 3 Flopzilla spots for review

[ ] review daily goals ITT before day is done

[ ] new daily goals ITT before day is done



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Got a disrupted day with a lot of non-poker stuff going on, and will also need to sleep a bit at some point before getting back to poker.

Update tonight, Shelly.

H6. About 1 million bad turns to kill ur hand or action, so flatting flop is bad, you should be pressing pot and putting him to a decision He will also stack off with a million hands like QQ.

Don't kid urself with rubbish that like. it was awful. Deservedly stacked!


H8. Build pots with big equity especially OOP. Raise flop and smash the idiots.


H10. Mandatory 3bet. Raise flop, or pot turn. Fold river as played easily. Deservedly donked.

Cheers.

I would say calling QTo is the standard play almost always with us closing the action, certainly don't fold. If we're SB you could get funky with some occasional OOL 3b's but absolutely no point in 3betting a hand like this BB v CO..it's too strong but when we get called we are going to be dominated. I go with hands like 64s etc if I choose to do so. Hands that can flop well and are just straight up bluffs but not strong really enough to flat.

Seems like BB v CO & BTN is definitely a spot you could work on when you next study.

That makes sense. With a broadway hand like this we're just destroying the value by doing what I did. As you say, stuff like low SCs and S-gappers make much more sense to 3b-bluff than QTo.

Just had a coaching session and we spoke quite a bit about defending ranges vs CO and BTN especially, so I've def got a better idea of things. That QTo spot is really poor when the knowledge I've gained today is taken into consideration.



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Yesterday was basically a write-off. I went back to bed for a few hours after my last post and woke up several hours before the Stoke match with the intention of doing the Flopzilla work before the game, then getting my grinding done after.


However, I experienced some serious resistance to the study and didn't get round to starting it. Whilst everybody who tries to get good at anything will be familiar with the feeling of resistance, I think in my particular case it's especially powerful when attempting to try something completely new. I don't think I've mentioned it already but I'm autistic so new things are especially difficult, and learning how to use an essentially alien piece of training software has always been a struggle. With hindsight, I would've been better figuring out a solid system of study before setting this as a goal.


When the Stoke game finished (they won for a change) I was pretty tired so decided it was better to sleep and get my body-clock closer to optimal than to work in a dazed state. I set my alarm for the early hours and got up with the intention of completing the goals. When I got round to doing the flopzilla work, I realised I was totally clueless despite having watched a few youtube vids, so I will go over those vids again and make some clear notes before retrying the zilla spots.



On a much more positive note, I had a 2nd coaching session with the MTT reg that I mentioned had offered to coach me for free earlier in the thread. It was actually a huge confidence boost as he sweated me for a short while and then we spoke about some spots and concepts. I was told that the improvement in my thought processes from the first session was huge. I know that I was pretty confused for a while after that first session, but eventually grew in confidence and utilised the teachings to develop my game, and I'm sure similar will come from the work today, albeit with less obvious results as my game isn't as confused as it was before that first session.


I then played for a few hours and it was a somewhat brutal session. Got coolered a few times and made what I think was a very good bluff vs a reg that got called down. Luckily managed to win money in a few spots too so doubt the losses are too severe. Was surprised at how soft the games are in the morning, definitely gives me motivation to get my body-clock to a healthier rhythm as grinding late isn't a necessity at all.



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H1 - Can't fold once this rando jams. Not sure about my sqz sizing vs shorties.


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

BTN: $14.50
Hero (SB): $25.00
BB: $34.10
UTG: $26.03
MP: $16.08
CO: $33.91

Hero posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

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

fold, MP raises to $0.75, fold, BTN calls $0.75, Hero raises to $3.50, fold, fold, BTN raises to $14.50 and is all-in, Hero calls $11.00

Flop: ($30.00, 2 players) 8 7 3

Turn: ($30.00, 2 players) A

River: ($30.00, 2 players) 6

Hero shows A Q (One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 25%, Flop 17%, Turn 7%)
BTN shows K A (One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 75%, Flop 83%, Turn 93%)
BTN wins $28.65
Rake paid $1.35




H2 - Brutal vs some LAG-fish. Vs regs I maybe go a touch smaller on river and then might make a sick hero-fold but vs this player it's just a sigh and call.


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

BTN: $28.74
Hero (SB): $25.10
BB: $30.07
UTG: $22.78
MP: $31.61
CO: $37.18

Hero posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

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

fold, MP raises to $0.62, fold, fold, Hero raises to $2.67, fold, MP calls $2.05

Flop: ($5.59, 2 players) 5 A K
Hero bets $1.76, MP calls $1.76

Turn: ($9.11, 2 players) 8
Hero checks, MP checks

River: ($9.11, 2 players) 4
Hero bets $7.05, MP raises to $27.18 and is all-in, Hero calls $13.62 and is all-in

MP shows 6 7 (Straight Flush, Eight High)
(Pre 40%, Flop 34%, Turn 89%)
Hero shows J A (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 60%, Flop 66%, Turn 11%)
MP wins $48.45
Rake paid $2.00




H3 - Defending all day with this type of hand vs this sizing.


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

BTN: $25.90
SB: $31.32
BB: $24.99
UTG: $39.09
MP: $26.70
Hero (CO): $48.45

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

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

fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.62, fold, SB raises to $1.75, fold, Hero calls $1.13

Flop: ($3.75, 2 players) 3 A 4
SB bets $2.69, Hero raises to $9.06, SB raises to $29.57 and is all-in, Hero calls $20.51

Turn: ($62.89, 2 players) 3

River: ($62.89, 2 players) 4

SB shows 6 A (Two Pair, Aces and Fours)
(Pre 56%, Flop 3%, Turn 9%)
Hero shows 8 J (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 44%, Flop 97%, Turn 91%)
Hero wins $60.89
Rake paid $2.00




H4 - Kind of brutal vs a nitty-reg. Don't hate folding pre to the 3b but think it's fine. Don't think we can do anything but jam river and expect to get tank/called by overpairs and even the occasional set that was going for a turn c/jam.


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

Hero (BTN): $25.00
SB: $28.63
BB: $25.38
UTG: $13.63
MP: $25.00
CO: $42.17

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 raises to $2.50, Hero calls $1.88

Flop: ($5.10, 2 players) 2 8 J
BB bets $1.61, Hero calls $1.61

Turn: ($8.32, 2 players) 6
BB checks, Hero checks

River: ($8.32, 2 players) 4
BB bets $5.72, Hero raises to $20.89 and is all-in, BB calls $15.17

Hero shows J 9 (Flush, Jack High)
(Pre 34%, Flop 74%, Turn 70%)
BB shows K A (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 66%, Flop 26%, Turn 30%)
BB wins $48.10
Rake paid $2.00




H5 - This happened during the sweat session. I like the bluff and so does my coach. Just unfortunate that the reg tanked to 1 second before calling. Think 99 and 88 in particular are poor calls, although when the river pairs like this it obv reduces our combos of value.


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

BTN: $17.58
SB: $22.85
Hero (BB): $25.25
UTG: $49.70
MP: $34.58
CO: $32.21

SB posts SB $0.10, Hero posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has 3 5

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

Flop: ($1.90, 3 players) 7 2 6
Hero checks, UTG bets $0.92, fold, Hero raises to $2.90, UTG calls $1.98

Turn: ($7.70, 2 players) J
Hero bets $5.08, UTG calls $5.08

River: ($17.86, 2 players) 6
Hero bets $16.67 and is all-in, UTG calls $16.67

Hero shows 3 5 (One Pair, Sixes)
(Pre 20%, Flop 22%, Turn 25%)
UTG shows 9 9 (Two Pair, Nines and Sixes)
(Pre 80%, Flop 78%, Turn 75%)
UTG wins $49.20
Rake paid $2.00




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Goals for Wed 3/10/18

[ ] watch the youtube Flopzilla instruction video whilst taking notes

[ ] written study and analysis of the 3 saved Flopzilla spots before grinding

[ ] 1+hr total grind 25NLz

[ ] save at least 1 pot-odds spot for review

[ ] save at least 3 zilla spots for review

[ ] 30+mins 4-tabling 5NLz

[ ] review daily goals ITT before day is done

[ ] new daily goals ITT before day is done



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Got another disrupted day as house is being valued this afternoon, + got a bunch of chores and errands that need doing but I'll try to get that list of goals full of green X's to make up for yesterday.


Update later. Hopefully.

Shelly.

H4, No reason to think he will check turn with sets and over pairs on such a bet board. Vs his line I'm just flatting river, and I don't even think its nitty, as he played it exactly like a flush. Sad nit wont even double barrel such a monster, no way hes calling river with worse.

H5. Might be a good bluff in theory but don't bluff idiots who can't even folds 9s there.

Why does the bet check bet line from OOP on H4 look exactly like a flush? It is VERY hard for OOP to have a flush on the river with hero holding J9s. If we are not shoving this river we are just missing so much value. fwiw the only set OOP realistically has is JJ. We lose to almost none of the BB's 3bt range.

"No way he is calling worse"?

Look at what you say in H5. "dont bluff idiots who cant even fold [2nd pair]

No have no info on players (except the results provided by shellyashes)
yet call one villain a nit, and one villain an idiot. Seems inconsistent to me.

Seems like you are for some reason being a little too results orientated.

^ I have to agree, no way I'm not shoving the flush there when villain checks turn.

Why does it look exactly like a flush? Because that is basically the only hand he would play like that, on that board imo. Villain checking over pairs or sets on that turn is laughable fantasy. If you really believe that then you have no idea how to range opponents properly. He can still have a lot of flushes, J9s doesn't block that much. btw Shelly himself called this villain a 'nitty reg'.

It's bad to check overpairs at a high frequency ott, but a lot of regs find it easier to x/j turn, a lot of people do that kind of crap, so they have a lot of overpairs/TP OTR, gotta jam for value, a lot of lower flushes/sets will call, and most overpairs/tp, since people of 25z aren't known by the sick folds they make, but the stupid calls

Bet turn with J9, call it off if he jams, your hand is very strong, has equity vs villains value and dominate his bluffs, also it's good for you to deny equity from AK/AQ/KQ

They don't have a lot of over pairs on rivers they have it once in a blue moon and have a lot of flushes. What weaker flushes does a nitty reg 3bet from sb?. Even crappy regs can fold to a river jam without a flush most of the time, so hes only losing value vs an imaginary weaker flush that villain never has. Its not like we are discussing jamming the second nuts or something. He loses to a bunch of flushes. You will be prob be battling OP on 10z soon anyway, so pay attention.

Mirage, honestly, your troll game is good.

I especially like that villain always bets QQ-AA ott but always checks a flush.

Save your trolls for the other threads you enlighten. You can tell by the number of updates and hands posted from hero that he is working very hard.

I would very much like you read your thread with your poker journey and see hands you consider interesting.

I hear you have a v good grasp of the z500 pool which is awesome. Gl at the tables

Ye OP should obviously listen to an MTT reg like yourself. lulz. Whos really trolling who here?

Yeh but.

Ok you win. I can't come back to that

Stop being results oriented, man, all hands you give advice you take into consideration the result, it's a very easy jam OTR, jamming even sets in there and 2p.

The jam is obviously fine as there's nothing nits hate more than bet folding.

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^^^a lot of debate on this hand, FWIW the guy was quite nitty, extremely low 3b and aggression stats and their river bet was extremely quick, but still think we have to shove, very possible the nit goes b/c/b with their OPs there and bets quickly on this river with those OPs, also think Rapidesh makes a good argument that we could be looking to bet and get it in on turn / protect from all the bad non club Q / K / A rivers




As mediocre a player as I admittedly am, I feel confident enough in saying that, relative to the level I'm playing, I'm at worst a good player. There's not a chance there are a large proportion of regs who are making less mistakes than me. I see it day-in, day-out. And even if I was in the lower echelons of 25NLz regs (which I'm not) I'm still profitable at the level. Given the fact I have a large bankroll and won't be withdrawing in the near future, it would take a catastrophic downswing for this predicition to come to fruition. We're talking a 40BI downer before I'd even consider it.

Have you seen enough from me to suggest a 40BI downer is anything but extremely unlikely? I doubt it.



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Sorry for the lack of updates. Over the last month or so I've been failing pretty hard with my life-goals. The only consistency over that time is that I've managed to maintain solid progress in poker despite the poor habits outside of work. I've been teetering on a tight-rope for all of that time and had been hoping I could pull everything together and turn that tightrope into a sturdy bridge once more.

Unfortunately this week it's gone the opposite way and I've fallen off the tightrope completely.


Not to worry though because, over the last few days I've taken time away from PC and refocused that energy towards getting back into good life habits. I spent hours in the kitchen yesterday prepping lots of vegetables to overcome my poor nutrition of late, I'm fully booked for squash matches every day until Monday, and I'm about to dust off my life-goals diary and create some solid structure in my life once more.

Whilst I'm becoming much better at being able to at least remain moderately productive even during a life downer (overcoming my corrosive, all or nothing, perfectionist mindset) there's still a lot of areas that I can be doing so much better, and I know from experience that improving those areas leads to improvement in all areas, including poker.


The weekly goals are obviously a write-off now. I'll try to get some reasonable volume in over the weekend though, and I'll do a bit of work trying to get my head around a system for how to use Flopzilla efficiently so that I can re-attempt to get back on that specific grind next week.