Congrats!

Thank you sir!^

I had a big schedule to play but ended up just grinding the two main tournaments along with another SCOOP, not much going to be honest, but I grinded super hard in the main and played as well as I could.

We are 20/39 with $1200 locked up, 36.8k up top. I think, I'll stream this one for tomorrow Day 2 tomorrow at 7.

One time?

Gogogo! Can't wait to rail.

Might want to save this for Vegas...but what do I know, just a rec fish.

GLGLGLGLGLGLGLGLGLGLGLGLGLGLGL!

Stream should be up shortly https://www.twitch.tv/bbissick

Let's gooooo

take it dowwwwwwwn

Thanks Dan and everybody else who showed up for the support wish I couldve made a serious run!

2 more SCOOPS before ending than can focus back on cash 100% before I leave

Grats on the decent run in the main. It was fun battling with you guys this week! I thought you were one of the only decent regs. Anyway keep up the good work!

lol wug screenname? and nice run Jerrad! always nice to be able to root for the good guys deep in those things!

Thanks man! Did we play any cash? Kinda feel like I'm relatively incompetent with tournaments, 100bb's are my game.


Played a little cash session for the first time in a bit, got absolutely ravaged (-1500) played my first hand at 500 and got stacked (at least vs a whale )

Kinda rusty but actually feel like I'm starting to get pretty decent at this whole poker thing, just need to learn how to beat the fish and we may have a huge month!!!

SCOOP Overview

Was a pretty long grind and had a little over 5k in buyins but we were able to make a somewhat solid return despite no huge runs in big tournaments. I for the most part ran very poorly when it counted and I can chalk it up to variance, running solid overall but just not winning any flips or 70/30's in important spots. As some of you saw during my main stream, I'm not good at all once stacks get under 30bb and I think a lot of my edge is reduced when I get to this stack size in the tournament.

That being said these kinds of series will be so profitable just because the fields are so soft and a solid majority of tournament pros have no idea what they're doing (I mean this with ).

Unfortunately, my team lost the SCOOP competition on the last day, which was $1,000 to the winning team so not fun leading that all the way and then losing it at the end but obv a big congrats to their team, pretty much everyone on that team was a good player and contributed heavily to the W. Feel a bit bad that we couldn't get Dan Buzgon (overall leader in competition) the win since he pretty much carried us, but that's poker.

Overall, it's nice to get back to the cash grind I was starting to get a bit sick of the tournament grind, shout out to all of you for dealing with the sick variance.

SCOOP in BB



SCOOP in Chips




Coaching

Have started this with two lower players, been fun and think is something that keeps me sharp. Definitely fun too and I hope to help some of the guys start to crush and move up the stakes. Will look to add more students after Vegas as well.


Stream

I definitely enjoyed every second of it, I kinda tried it out this month as a test run and I think I will make it a routine going forward. I won't have another one this month so once I return from Vegas I'll get it really cleaned up and have it up as a once a week thing.


One week til Vegas

Starting to get quite pumped for this, I'm headed out the 31st for what looks to be close to a 50 day trek in sin city. I have my girlfriend visiting the 10th so the first 10 or so days will be heavy grinding. I will also get to meet a few of my coaches which I'm excited about as well as they'll be down for the latter half of the series as well. I had, at the time, my best month in Vegas last year and I'm 5x the player now that I was then so hopefully can have a huge month and when I'm back will start really mixing in some higher midstakes.


Few hands to close out as always:


1.) Beautiful river


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

BTN: 123.4 BB (VPIP: 41.27, PFR: 13.49, 3Bet Preflop: 9.20, Hands: 397)
SB: 100.89 BB (VPIP: 31.13, PFR: 24.57, 3Bet Preflop: 11.57, Hands: 8,345)
BB: 102.12 BB (VPIP: 28.36, PFR: 19.40, 3Bet Preflop: 7.27, Hands: 136)
UTG: 177.09 BB (VPIP: 26.21, PFR: 18.76, 3Bet Preflop: 7.49, Hands: 17,062)
MP: 113.09 BB (VPIP: 24.49, PFR: 19.25, 3Bet Preflop: 8.81, Hands: 1,338)
Hero (CO): 108.07 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

UTG raises to 3 BB, MP raises to 8.5 BB, Hero raises to 22 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, MP calls 13.5 BB

Flop: (48.5 BB, 2 players) Q 8 T
MP checks, Hero checks

Turn: (48.5 BB, 2 players) T
MP checks, Hero checks

River: (48.5 BB, 2 players) J
MP checks, Hero bets 86.07 BB and is all-in, MP calls 86.07 BB

MP shows A K (Straight, Ace High)
(Pre 43%, Flop 14%, Turn 0%)
Hero shows Q Q (Full House, Queens full of Tens)
(Pre 57%, Flop 86%, Turn 100%)
Hero wins 219.14 BB


2.) Might be too thin

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

Hero (BB): 116.61 BB
SB: 109.46 BB (VPIP: 45.45, PFR: 45.45, 3Bet Preflop: 20.00, Hands: 12)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

SB raises to 2.43 BB, Hero raises to 10 BB, SB calls 7.57 BB

Flop: (20 BB, 2 players) 4 T 2
Hero bets 6.48 BB, SB calls 6.48 BB

Turn: (32.95 BB, 2 players) A
Hero bets 20.5 BB, SB calls 20.5 BB

River: (73.95 BB, 2 players) 3
Hero bets 79.64 BB and is all-in, SB calls 72.49 BB and is all-in

Hero shows A K (One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 70%, Flop 47%, Turn 32%)
SB shows 4 A (Two Pair, Aces and Fours)
(Pre 30%, Flop 53%, Turn 68%)
SB wins 218.55 BB



3.) Trapped good by rec

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

UTG: 197.14 BB (VPIP: 31.14, PFR: 24.58, 3Bet Preflop: 11.66, Hands: 8,409)
MP: 92.05 BB (VPIP: 27.87, PFR: 8.20, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 62)
CO: 168.78 BB (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 8)
Hero (BTN): 100 BB
SB: 107.3 BB (VPIP: 25.02, PFR: 20.43, 3Bet Preflop: 9.61, Hands: 3,360)
BB: 101.5 BB (VPIP: 23.81, PFR: 18.66, 3Bet Preflop: 8.03, Hands: 23,533)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, MP raises to 3 BB, fold, Hero raises to 9 BB, fold, fold, MP calls 6 BB

Flop: (19.5 BB, 2 players) 7 3 3
MP checks, Hero bets 6.12 BB, MP calls 6.12 BB

Turn: (31.73 BB, 2 players) 3
MP checks, Hero bets 20 BB, MP raises to 76.94 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 56.94 BB

River: (185.6 BB, 2 players) 7

MP shows Q Q (Full House, Threes full of Queens)
(Pre 82%, Flop 92%, Turn 95%)
Hero shows J J (Full House, Threes full of Jacks)
(Pre 18%, Flop 8%, Turn 5%)
MP wins 184.1 BB


4.) Can't fold a pair in HU


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

Hero (BB): 427.88 BB
SB: 108.11 BB (VPIP: 70.10, PFR: 64.95, 3Bet Preflop: 46.34, Hands: 112)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 3 3

SB raises to 2.43 BB, Hero calls 1.43 BB

Flop: (4.86 BB, 2 players) 9 9 J
Hero checks, SB checks

Turn: (4.86 BB, 2 players) 4
Hero checks, SB bets 2.59 BB, Hero calls 2.59 BB

River: (10.03 BB, 2 players) A
Hero checks, SB bets 7.15 BB, Hero calls 7.15 BB

SB shows Q 3 (One Pair, Nines)
(Pre 36%, Flop 30%, Turn 20%)
Hero shows 3 3 (Two Pair, Nines and Threes)
(Pre 64%, Flop 70%, Turn 80%)
Hero wins 23.95 BB


5.) This one's gonna bother me, but villain had a 0 raise cbet over sample and was super passive...Reverted back to my nitlife here


partypoker - $10 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 205.8 BB (VPIP: 25.56, PFR: 19.58, 3Bet Preflop: 7.44, Hands: 2,087)
UTG: 100.22 BB (VPIP: 55.47, PFR: 9.00, 3Bet Preflop: 6.02, Hands: 409)
Hero (CO): 103.14 BB
BTN: 122.21 BB (VPIP: 26.72, PFR: 20.48, 3Bet Preflop: 9.21, Hands: 11,156)
SB: 436.89 BB (VPIP: 39.50, PFR: 26.19, 3Bet Preflop: 11.26, Hands: 915)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

UTG calls 1 BB, Hero raises to 4 BB, fold, fold, fold, UTG calls 3 BB

Flop: (9.5 BB, 2 players) 7 2 J
UTG checks, Hero bets 3.03 BB, UTG raises to 6.07 BB, Hero calls 3.03 BB

Turn: (21.63 BB, 2 players) 5
UTG bets 10.62 BB, Hero calls 10.62 BB

River: (42.86 BB, 2 players) J
UTG bets 21.23 BB, Hero calls 21.23 BB

UTG shows J 9 (Three of a Kind, Jacks)
(Pre 31%, Flop 18%, Turn 27%)
Hero shows J A (Three of a Kind, Jacks)
(Pre 69%, Flop 82%, Turn 73%)
Hero wins 84.93 BB


6. Nice flop, bad turn


partypoker - $2 NL - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: 254.09 BB (VPIP: 50.85, PFR: 6.82, 3Bet Preflop: 3.66, Hands: 179)
Hero (BTN): 187.15 BB
SB: 92.34 BB (VPIP: 35.75, PFR: 7.79, 3Bet Preflop: 4.43, Hands: 595)
BB: 195.86 BB (VPIP: 11.82, PFR: 2.73, 3Bet Preflop: 2.50, Hands: 221)
UTG: 121.32 BB (VPIP: 29.63, PFR: 21.43, 3Bet Preflop: 7.15, Hands: 1,795)
MP: 207.92 BB (VPIP: 53.11, PFR: 24.67, 3Bet Preflop: 12.42, Hands: 771)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has K Q

fold, MP raises to 2 BB, CO calls 2 BB, Hero raises to 9 BB, fold, fold, MP calls 7 BB, CO raises to 16 BB, Hero calls 7 BB, MP calls 7 BB

Flop: (49.5 BB, 3 players) T K Q
MP checks, CO bets 96 BB, Hero raises to 171.15 BB and is all-in, fold, CO calls 75.15 BB

Turn: (391.79 BB, 2 players) J

River: (391.79 BB, 2 players) 6

CO shows A A (Straight, Ace High)
(Pre 87%, Flop 38%, Turn 89%)
Hero mucks K Q (Two Pair, Kings and Queens)
(Pre 13%, Flop 62%, Turn 11%)
CO wins 390.29 BB

Nice, gl in vegas bro. Meet up with gaz and see if he's gonna eat 150 worth od mcd's : p

Thank you man enjoy reading your thread and yeah I would lay odds just to see that

Poker is gonna be pretty limited til Vegas with a ton of errands to do beforehand. I've been hovering around the 10k mark so hopefully I can finish strong to make up for my piss poor volume.

Here's a fun hand for discussion: Against a v good reg . How do you play it, what would you change? I personally would only change one decision point in this hand if I could go back.


PokerStars - $5 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 3 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: 139.67 BB (VPIP: 35.96, PFR: 22.66, 3Bet Preflop: 6.49, Hands: 206)
BB: 102.7 BB (VPIP: 23.81, PFR: 18.66, 3Bet Preflop: 8.02, Hands: 23,653)
Hero (BTN): 189.37 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

Hero raises to 2 BB, SB raises to 7 BB, fold, Hero calls 5 BB

Flop: (15 BB, 2 players) Q 2 J
SB checks, Hero checks

Turn: (15 BB, 2 players) J
SB checks, Hero bets 4.82 BB, SB calls 4.82 BB

River: (24.64 BB, 2 players) A
SB checks, Hero bets 15.6 BB, SB raises to 127.85 BB and is all-in, fold

SB wins 55.44 BB

I'm not checking the flop

^Agreed, bet flop. As played check back river?

I suck a real (Cash) poker though so..

Hi guys, yeah gonna be betting AQ more often that not, this is just a frequency play

I'm losing way too much value unfortunately to not bet river, so I think checking back is too nitty to be honest.

What worse hands does he call river with though? Possibly KK, QK, QT idk. If that's the case it seems thin

Agree that AQs should be a flop bet, I think checking back some Ax FDs on this board makes sense, but I wouldn't do it with this hand, yeah we don't need a whole lot of protection but it's a too strong hand to check imo.

What's up with turn size? I'd believe that we should go much bigger on this card?

River is weird, we can have AJ, not sure if you have many QJ here, so I'd believe this is one of the better hands to call with. Really depends on the villain tho, don't know about very good regs but I guess even at 500z there aren't many players that bluffs like this with that big jam. It's a very interesting hand tho given your turn size and his xc action following that river xr jam.

bet/call river as played

No one mentioned 4betting pre? Think we are losing a lot of value vs a good reg who 3bets frequently and who I assume has a flat 4bet range here.

He's going to have a lot of Ax as well given my turn sizing

Like I said it's a frequency play, AQhh is mostly a bet here but even PIO has it checking back approx 25% of the time. Not going to get too much into the sizings but I prefer small sizing here with most of my range

Yes, this is what I was thinking after the hand, think the hand has to be a call given blockers, especially if villain is capable of turning KQ/Q10 into bluffs. Talked the hand with some other top players and it created some interesting discussion, I didn't think hearts were very relevant but folding/calling this hand was close in PIO.

I can 4 bet this combo pre but the majority of regs 5b/f to 4 bets and folding AQs sucks so I prefer calling this hand especially against a villain I don't have a ton of history with. I think if he starts to flat 4 bets wider than 4 betting seems a lot more appealing.



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Battled pretty big last night, had 400-1k running at one point, didn't run great but managed to book a small win.



1.) No run good



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

UTG calls 1 BB, MP calls 1 BB, fold, fold, SB calls 0.5 BB, Hero raises to 7 BB, UTG calls 6 BB, MP calls 6 BB, fold

Flop: (22 BB, 3 players) 4 3 7
Hero bets 16 BB, fold, MP raises to 61.47 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 45.47 BB

Turn: (144.95 BB, 2 players) A

River: (144.95 BB, 2 players) Q

Hero shows 8 8 (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 52%, Flop 49%, Turn 0%)
MP shows J K (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 48%, Flop 51%, Turn 100%)
MP wins 144.65 BB



2.) Probably should be bet/calling turn, river gets me out of a tough decision

partypoker - $6 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 3 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BB): 100 BB
BTN: 152.26 BB (VPIP: 38.24, PFR: 25.66, 3Bet Preflop: 9.94, Hands: 1,209)
SB: 298.5 BB (VPIP: 29.12, PFR: 21.27, 3Bet Preflop: 8.23, Hands: 2,961)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, SB raises to 3 BB, Hero raises to 10 BB, SB calls 7 BB

Flop: (20 BB, 2 players) 7 8 6
SB checks, Hero bets 13 BB, SB calls 13 BB

Turn: (46 BB, 2 players) Q
SB checks, Hero checks

River: (46 BB, 2 players) J
SB bets 275.5 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 77 BB and is all-in

SB shows A 9 (High Card, Ace)
(Pre 31%, Flop 39%, Turn 25%)
Hero shows J J (Three of a Kind, Jacks)
(Pre 69%, Flop 61%, Turn 75%)
SB wins 198.5 BB
Hero wins 199.67 BB



3.) Rektd by whale, sizing is to induce, guess i got what i wished for

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

Hero (BTN): 100 BB
SB: 119.5 BB (VPIP: 31.18, PFR: 24.50, 3Bet Preflop: 11.53, Hands: 8,652)
BB: 98.59 BB (VPIP: 27.08, PFR: 1.04, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 297)
UTG: 170.13 BB (VPIP: 39.38, PFR: 26.42, 3Bet Preflop: 10.20, Hands: 1,034)
CO: 259.82 BB (VPIP: 28.81, PFR: 20.99, 3Bet Preflop: 8.33, Hands: 2,823)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

UTG raises to 3 BB, fold, Hero raises to 10 BB, fold, fold, UTG calls 7 BB

Flop: (21.5 BB, 2 players) 8 9 2
UTG checks, Hero checks

Turn: (21.5 BB, 2 players) 3
UTG checks, Hero bets 4.5 BB, UTG raises to 17.21 BB, Hero calls 12.71 BB

River: (55.92 BB, 2 players) 9
UTG bets 41.5 BB, Hero calls 41.5 BB

UTG shows T T (Two Pair, Tens and Nines)
(Pre 57%, Flop 76%, Turn 86%)
Hero mucks Q A (One Pair, Nines)
(Pre 43%, Flop 24%, Turn 14%)
UTG wins 138.33 BB

With regards to AQhh: Pretty sure the SB should be c-betting that texture quite often so you're straying away from equilibrium quite quickly. Given that I think c-betting is simply higher EV vs essentially everyone and only reason I'd check was if I thought it'd get me more EV than betting.

About 70% cbet frequency on this board IIRC.


Last day of playing for me this month as I'll be busy next two days prepping/having fun before I leave the morning of the 31st. Barring a **** day, I should have my best online cash month which is nice considering my volume was poor.

Also had a pretty great day yesterday, had dinner with my gf and my parents and then I thought I was just heading to my girlfriends place but when I walked in I was lucky enough to have been surprised by a ton of my good friends for a going away party.

All my close friends really stuck by me when I decided to take this avenue, even when I went almost broke many, many, times so it was really nice to feel everybody's support.


Will post monthly results at the end of the night

And just saw MGM properties increased their properties to have $5 rake...downer