Hey guys,

Starting with $300 on RPM, i am looking to see where i can go. Mainly focusing on STT's and non-turbo MTT's i am obv hoping to get it as high as possible. I am very much a bankroll nit, so will always be playing lower than i should unless i win tickets to the larger tournys.

I have always had a problem with tilting (not always by losing but sometimes i just want to reg the higher tournys lol). Now this is not one of those "this will stop me tilting" threads as if it happens, it happens, but i am hoping to keep my roll increasing and allow me to do some fun things in life with my family (wife and lil boy).

Well yesterday was my first day on RPM, and it wasn't such a bad bad day, while volume was LOL, it ended positive so i cannot complain



August Goal
Tournament Volume : - 250 STT's/MTT's (combined)
Hold at least 3 $11 tokens for next month (Poker Maximus)
Hold at least 1 $33 token for next month (Poker Maximus Heads Up)
Driving License : - I worked from home since i got my Visa for the US, so i have just been lazy and still not got this.

Shocking

But aside from the obligatory first post given the thread title, all the best, looking forward to following!

What kind of BRM will you use?

Nice first post here thanks.

BRM wise, i am currently doing $1-$3 stt's and $1-$3 mtt's along with $1 rebuys, but like i mentioned the mtt's will mainly be normal or deepstack, i try to avoid turbos if i can.

I think to get tickets i will need to do either the poker maximus turbos or the super turbo structures RPM is a little more limited than carbon to get tickets.

Goooo laaaaa! I'll be seeing you at the tables, man! If I ever make the time to play poker again...

Well yesterday was just awful lol. After playing 5 and not even getting close to cashing the 2 mtt's and the 3 stt's i decided to just not play the rest of day and calm down .

This is a hand i dunno if i should of played this way, lets discuss:

Merge - $0+$0.00|<> NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

UTG+2: 9,895.00
MP: 4,875.00
MP+1: 3,500.00
CO: 15,975.00
Hero (BTN): 5,455.00
SB: 1,775.00
BB: 3,975.00
UTG: 2,310.00
UTG+1: 12,015.00

UTG+2 posts ante 30.00, MP posts ante 30.00, MP+1 posts ante 30.00, CO posts ante 30.00, Hero posts ante 30.00, SB posts ante 30.00, BB posts ante 30.00, UTG posts ante 30.00, UTG+1 posts ante 30.00, SB posts SB 150.00, BB posts BB 300.00

Pre Flop: (pot: 720.00) Hero has Q Q

fold, fold, fold, fold, MP+1 raises to 600.00, fold, Hero raises to 1,800.00, fold, fold, MP+1 raises to 3,470.00 and is all-in, Hero calls 1,670.00 This is the spot i'm not too sure about, should i have just called his min-raise or was i right in re-raising and calling the shove? Was a few mins before rebuy period ended, but after losing this i didnt rebuy in any more.

Flop: (7660.00, 2 players) 9 7 8

Turn: (7660.00, 2 players) A

River: (7660.00, 2 players) A



Well Graph is below:


August Goals
Tournament Volume : - 13/250 STT's/MTT's (combined) 5.2%
Hold at least 0/3 $11 tokens for next month (Poker Maximus) 0%
Hold at least 0/1 $33 token for next month (Poker Maximus Heads Up) 0%
Didn't go out driving yesterday as got a lil under the weather during early afternoon / evening so rested and vegged out watching some stuff on my DVR.

nah, def rr and get it in pre. even if u jus flat, moneys gettin in regardless on that flop. and variance jus prevails this time, no matter how u played it, sucks!! but if it wasnt for variance, fish would rarely win, and they wouldnt have no money for us to take from them!!

Ye i was thinking its just bad luck kicking in, but thought maybe a different approach on preflop may have saved me busting, but ur right, i woulda been shoving on flop.

Well another day another FEW DOLLARS LOST. dang i gotta put in some volume and get meself outa this decline before it gets worse . On a good note, i finished an 8 game no cash streak and hit a small win earlier yesterday.

One hand i want to talk about is below, my notes in Lime as to what i thought each round.

Merge - $0+$0.00|<> NL - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: 4,399.00
BB: 2,529.00
Hero (UTG): 1,880.00
CO: 2,883.00
BTN: 2,309.00

SB posts SB 75.00, BB posts BB 150.00

Pre Flop: (pot: 225.00) Hero has 2 A

Hero calls 150.00, fold, fold, SB calls 75.00, BB checks Here i was just trying to get in cheap, table had limped many pots previously, was flush hunting tbh.

Flop: (450.00, 3 players) K J T
SB checks, BB checks, Hero checksOh wow, what a flop for me eh, i didn't want to give too much away, and thought i could make more money betting on the turn than now.

Turn: (450.00, 3 players) 7
SB checks, BB bets 369.00, Hero calls 369.00, foldYOU GONNA LEAD OUT ON ME BRO? here i probably shoulda raised, but thought, if he lead out now, and no club comes on river, i may be bale to get some more from him, making myself look like im holding 1 club.

River: (1188.00, 2 players) 7
BB bets 599.00, Hero raises to 1,361.00 and is all-in, BB calls 762.00I really didnt think this 7 helped him, i thought he wouldnt of lead out if he hit a pair of 7's on turn, and didnt put him on 2 pair with a 7



Now for my graph, some people call them giraffes but im thinking mine looks more like a camel eating



August Goals
Tournament Volume : - 18/250 STT's/MTT's (combined) 7.2%
Hold at least 0/3 $11 tokens for next month (Poker Maximus) 0%
Hold at least 0/1 $33 token for next month (Poker Maximus Heads Up) 0%
Done some driving today to get some practice in for taking my test soon, so much more freedom will be available once i get my license.

Both hands are just unlucky.

This is a snap call with QQ ---- once you raised and he jammed you are committed to call...

Also --- it's rebuy period.... No brainer -- played correctly.

In a rebuy period, this is a call/jam 100% of the time.

Just unlucky but here is how I would of played the hand with 2 players and flopping the 2nd nuts...

I am not checking the flop because any club that comes on the turn will kill all action.. You hold the nut card.

I will 1/2 to pot bet to get another high club to call and also a pair hand to call. If no club on the turn comes then I am half/potting it to get the Queen club, King or KX hand.

*You will get straight draws to come along

River: No club I am 1/3 pot betting hoping for the King to call or jam over or maybe a crying call with a Qx hand.

**Also --- if another player flopped the flush you are getting it in anyway.

**Remember this is such a wet flop; the villains are going to have a peice most of the time -- this flop hits everyones range.. Don't slow play. Too many scare cards -- just try and get all the money in... Pray for flush vs flush

Ye but i also had no intentions of rebuying anymore, (currently only doing 1 rebuy 1 addon in $1 until i get to about 400 or so)

Hey Fishy, ye was very unlucky but just looking at different ways i could of maybe stayed in.

Ye i see where your coming from, just i really dont think i would of got any callers with just a pair on this flop, the table dynamic was very hit strong or fold at the time, but since it is also a very small tourny, i could see where i would get some action maybe 70% of the time.

Would you ever consider less than 1/2 pot bet on flop?

Here is how I play rebuys (have won a few in my time).... I will buy a rebuy immediately, then play... If I bust that double rebuy --- I don't play anymore. I try and double up the double rebuy or bust...

Also make note of players who didn't instant buy --- usually means fishy type players.

I think it will be tough to play Rebuys with this mentality (I mean I couldn't) "currently only doing 1 rebuy 1 addon in $1 until i get to about 400 or so"

A little less than half pot bet accomplishes a few things: (for information, and pricing them continue with weaker hands)

1) all the hands that have no business after the flop will fold

2) You will know that there are hands that called your bet that have a peice of the flop

3) If you get reraised - you definately know someone has a decent to strong hand where you can flat with the 2nd nuts. Or someone who flopped a straight/flush wanting to get it in before the turn...

I feel there is more value in not slow playing such a draw heavy flop.. Also the buy in is a lower buy in -- players tend not to fold after they put money in the middle...

**Also 1 pair hands, maybe 2 pair hands are looking to get to show down cheap on this tyype of flop, make them pay to show their hand..

Again -- these are my opinons and how I would of played these hands..

With QQ you have 12bb, just shove pre over the minraise, like you would with tons of more marginal hands.
Why are you open limping A2s (let alone open limping at all ever) with 12.5bbs?
Gl

Currently how most merge rebuys go, investing a total of 3 rebuys and an addon plus the buyin is making u lose money unless u make final table. usually 18-27 places are paid, and a majority of those payouts will provide enough to cover 1 rebuy and addon, then the next few will break you even, then final table is profits, so when it comes to grinding a few of these, it will really hurt roi i feel if i do more than just the standard auto rebuy and addon.

Ye i could of looked at not even playing the pot, but i dont feel limping on a limp heavy table is a bad play from that position, if i was late position with an additional 1 or 2 limpers i could see a shove, but before then, im not sure?

You misunderstood --- 3 total buy-ins.... Do you rebuy on the 1st hand to take your chip stack from 1,500 to 3,000?? If you don't this is a leak.

Oh yes ofc i do, basically at mo i buying, then auto rebuy the first one, then if i bust currently im bust, if i make to addon obv i do that.

The way i got what u said is u buying, then rebuy that first hand, (2 buyins) then u bust and double rebuy (2 more buyins) then addon (5 total) where min cashing normally pays just over the 3 buyin range, then 18-10th pays gradually 4-6 buyins, then final table is profits

Well today went better than others, the rebuys have been brutal still, 2 bubble finishes (like 4-6 off cash lol), but nothing too major.

Ended up for the day so cannot complain, making my way out of this downer, and on my way back to profits . Managed to take down a $2 freezeout but only had 16 runners, so a measly 12 bucks from that one.

Graph so far:



Worked a little bit on my hud last night, still need to do some alterations, but have some stats i wanted and have focused it highly on stt stats. Looking to add color coding to ranges etc to make it slightly easier, but need some info on stuff. So if anyone has some advice or a site i could look at that would be great, im looking at things such as 3bet ranges, i know if its something like 6 or 7% or above, this is very loose for 3betting, and could be justified with calls with hands such as AQo etc.

August Goals
Tournament Volume : - 25/250 STT's/MTT's (combined) 10%
Hold at least 0/3 $11 tokens for next month (Poker Maximus) 0%
Hold at least 0/1 $33 token for next month (Poker Maximus Heads Up) 0%
No driving yesterday, wife was out most of day with car, and well, that kinda explains itself eh

TL/DR;

My opinion: (MTTs)

I think you are worrying about the wrong things....

No need to really focus too much on 3bet % early-mid stages -- they really matter around with a 1/3 of players left... Try not to focus on it early in a tourney, it does help but not as much as you think..

Sometimes I will use the stat early/mid if someone 3 bets on the button or CO if I have a decent hand like AQ, or middle pair 88-JJ to see if I should 4 bet or wait for a better spot. QQ+ & AK snap jam over. (most of the time-pending on player and dynamics)

Correct -- players with 7%+ 3 bet is a little aggro..

**Also -- beware of the fishy limp jam... I am seeing it more and more at the lower stakes... Pends on the player --someone with a low VPIP and PFR/3B I am snap folding everything except KK + AA.. They are never doing this with Jacks. or Queens :P

I have played with every stats there is but for me the best stats I use for MTTs are: (I use have both HEM and PT3 -- I like PT3 for MTTS because you can easily break out the hud to fit around an avatar)


Line 1: Stack Size in BB (located inside the avatar)
Line 2: VPIP, PFR, 3Bet & Hands (located top of avatar box)
Line 3: Flop Cbet, Flop F-Cbet & Turn C-bet, Fold T-Cbet (located opposite side inside avatar as Stack Size in BB)

Line 4: RFI: Eary, Middle & Late | Steal: BTN: SB: (located botton of avatar box)

**I have final table videos on my blog (PM me and you can see my hud if needed)


I color my stats -- for your 3B%:

1) RED: 0-5%
2) YELLOW: 6-8%
3) GREEN: 9-12%
4) BLUE: 12+%

Hit me up if you have any questions.... More than happy to help..

Thanks for your input, any input is always great and helps me improve, but a little confused how you got that i am worrying about the wrong things?

I am currently playing a few mtt's yes, but i am also playing more STT's so 3 bet comes into effect much more often, especially before the push or fold.

Also though, with the amount of regs that are grinding mtt's on merge, after about 250-300 hands i can get an okish read on their 3bet ranges by having this stat, but the reason i mentioned color coding on this is because i knew a rough estimate on when the ranges were terribly weak, so was more of an example, its not the stat i know is most important etc.

Sorry, thought your posts were weighted toward MTTs... I quit playing STTs a while back due to the very low ROIs and even the bad regs/fish have a basic idea of push/fold.

My replys are MTT based only...

My question is: are you a winning player? STT? MTT?

Let me know if you ever need MTT advice or help...

Good Luck...

I'm a smallish winner in STT, and better off in MTT, problem for me was tilting a lot lol, hopefully it wont happen again, but luckily had a good run and managed to withdraw some recently so quite happy about that.

I have basic understanding and can play mtt's BUT, i know i need a lot of learning, currently trying to grind some more profits for a 10 hour coaching session, long but needed, will be hh reviews going over additional concepts etc and will hopefully allow me to start doing better at midstakes than i was.

Currently back in the micros and doing up to $3 mtt's but i think i may chuck in a $5 Deepstack mtt now and then, i prefer the slower tempo of the deepstacks and longer blind structure but i dont always have the time available for long mtt's with a son and wife to attend to .

Well been a miserable couple days again, im forever losingggggggggg bubbbbbbbbbbbbbbles.

But i sense things are on the rise, this is my graph up until last night, BUT so far this morning on a lil profit and i have an $11 token which i will use for the $11 donkfest today, maybe ill un-donkeyfy (hmm should i trademark this word?) myself.



August Goals
Tournament Volume : - 38/250 STT's/MTT's (combined) 15.2%
Hold at least 0/3 $11 tokens for next month (Poker Maximus) 0%
Hold at least 0/1 $33 token for next month (Poker Maximus Heads Up) 0%

Well, what an eventful few days it has been, couple small cashes, couple heads up wins a few more heads up losses though, then today a huge huge decline in tournys, putting in some volume and i just plain sucked.

THEN it happened, the final table, the curse is broken, I HAVE REACHED U AGAIN MY DEAR DEAR FRIEND. and i got a cool 4th place for $152 which not only made my losses back, but has put me a slight profitable player, WOOPWOOP lol.

Also hit up the $2.20 $11 ticket event tonight and cashed in that for one of my $11's i need for maximus, have decided to probably play a couple more $11 events during maximus also, but 3 for sure, and def the heads up shootout.

Graph below:


August Goals
Tournament Volume : - 86/250 STT's/MTT's (combined) 34.4%Will work out as 18 games a day for rest of month (and 2 days of 19)
Hold at least 1/3 $11 tokens for next month (Poker Maximus) 33% Think i'll get this one easily
Hold at least 0/1 $33 token for next month (Poker Maximus Heads Up) 0% Gotta work on those $11's first lol