The A2 I think is pretty standard call but yeah both regs



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115k hands. 4.06 EVbb

I also lost like 5k last 24 hours continuing my horrific run at 1k.

I need a break badly but losing the bet after all this work would be catastrophic.



Bask in my suffering below


1.) Fail to hold #1


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

SB: 138.69 BB (VPIP: 27.10, PFR: 19.33, 3Bet Preflop: 6.34, Hands: 1,105)
BB: 107.93 BB (VPIP: 28.26, PFR: 15.72, 3Bet Preflop: 5.19, Hands: 1,040)
Hero (CO): 119.02 BB
BTN: 243.32 BB (VPIP: 23.39, PFR: 18.29, 3Bet Preflop: 7.32, Hands: 39,989)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

Hero raises to 2.5 BB, BTN calls 2.5 BB, SB calls 2 BB, BB raises to 12 BB, Hero raises to 28.7 BB, fold, fold, BB raises to 107.93 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 79.23 BB

Flop: (220.86 BB, 2 players) J J A

Turn: (220.86 BB, 2 players) 9

River: (220.86 BB, 2 players) K

Hero shows Q Q (Two Pair, Queens and Jacks)
(Pre 54%, Flop 10%, Turn 5%)
BB shows A K (Two Pair, Aces and Kings)
(Pre 46%, Flop 90%, Turn 95%)
BB wins 220.66 BB


2.) Fail to hold #2. Fairly standard call but was a little concerning cause villain has a v tight raising range.

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

BTN: 248.64 BB (VPIP: 29.47, PFR: 22.13, 3Bet Preflop: 8.86, Hands: 9,731)
Hero (SB): 131.79 BB
BB: 52.96 BB (VPIP: 32.66, PFR: 12.71, 3Bet Preflop: 7.32, Hands: 2,174)
CO: 119.5 BB (VPIP: 23.39, PFR: 18.29, 3Bet Preflop: 7.33, Hands: 39,803)

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

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

Flop: (19 BB, 2 players) 3 7 4
Hero bets 6 BB, CO raises to 23.5 BB, Hero calls 17.5 BB

Turn: (66 BB, 2 players) 8
Hero checks, CO bets 87 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 87 BB

River: (240 BB, 2 players) A

Hero shows K K (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 68%, Flop 53%, Turn 73%)
CO shows A Q (One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 32%, Flop 47%, Turn 27%)
CO wins 239.8 BB



3.) I think shoving makes a lot of sense...anyone in the r/f camp?

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

Hero (CO): 124.78 BB
BTN: 178.84 BB (VPIP: 24.02, PFR: 18.41, 3Bet Preflop: 8.93, Hands: 4,167)
SB: 118.13 BB (VPIP: 34.52, PFR: 9.95, 3Bet Preflop: 3.00, Hands: 1,015)
BB: 104.58 BB (VPIP: 24.82, PFR: 19.45, 3Bet Preflop: 8.02, Hands: 48,529)
UTG: 104.22 BB (VPIP: 22.43, PFR: 16.30, 3Bet Preflop: 6.01, Hands: 16,354)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 9 9

fold, Hero raises to 2.5 BB, fold, fold, BB calls 1.5 BB

Flop: (5.5 BB, 2 players) J 3 J
BB checks, Hero bets 1.72 BB, BB raises to 9 BB, Hero calls 7.28 BB

Turn: (23.5 BB, 2 players) 9
BB bets 15.27 BB, Hero calls 15.27 BB

River: (54.03 BB, 2 players) T
BB bets 17.63 BB, Hero raises to 98.01 BB and is all-in, BB calls 60.18 BB and is all-in

Hero shows 9 9 (Full House, Nines full of Jacks)
(Pre 63%, Flop 0%, Turn 0%)
BB shows J 9 (Full House, Jacks full of Nines)
(Pre 37%, Flop 100%, Turn 100%)
BB wins 209.06 BB


4.) One of the few wins of the day


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

UTG: 36.07 BB (VPIP: 23.97, PFR: 16.10, 3Bet Preflop: 8.40, Hands: 11,335)
Hero (CO): 101 BB
BTN: 100 BB (VPIP: 28.21, PFR: 15.48, 3Bet Preflop: 5.45, Hands: 943)
SB: 139.26 BB (VPIP: 28.95, PFR: 21.90, 3Bet Preflop: 7.62, Hands: 16,203)
BB: 254.12 BB (VPIP: 32.48, PFR: 16.87, 3Bet Preflop: 3.89, Hands: 3,621)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, BTN calls 3 BB, fold, fold

Flop: (7.5 BB, 2 players) 9 2 4
Hero bets 2.36 BB, BTN calls 2.36 BB

Turn: (12.22 BB, 2 players) 6
Hero bets 8.2 BB, BTN calls 8.2 BB

River: (28.62 BB, 2 players) J
Hero checks, BTN bets 13 BB, Hero calls 13 BB

BTN shows Q 8 (High Card, Queen)
(Pre 40%, Flop 55%, Turn 34%)
Hero shows A T (High Card, Ace)
(Pre 60%, Flop 45%, Turn 66%)
Hero wins 54.02 BB








#PrayforOP







#RetiringfromPropbetssoon


#1kwillbankruptme

Hey I have been following the thread for a while. I was living in States but then moved to Europe and never had chance of playing in NJ area online at partypoker or p*. How is the traffic at Party if you dont mind sharing that?

The traffic is fine from 6PM-1AM pretty much every day where you can get your games in fine, the mornings can occasionally be good too but it's usually pretty sparce.

50NL and 200NL best stakes as far as volume, gets a lot more difficult to put in good volume 500+.

#prayforop

Think you may have prayed to the devil


Today was bar none, one of the most frustrating days of poker of my life. I was already tired but forced myself to just grind to win this bet. And then the doom switch hit. I thought I handled it ok at first but by 8PM I was just really not, I was very irritable and I even slammed my desk after a really dumb hand vs reg.

So in summation, I'm kind of ticked. My month which was looking like a massive win is now pretty dusty. Part of it is me not playing great and my mental game has definitely eroded a bit during this month, but to be honest the deck is just bending me over.


One side note: Have had quite a few players mention this bet to me and show their support. You guys are awesome and it means a lot to me.


Note #2: I'm not a very good poker grinder, I don't know how people manage this every month.


Some visuals:

Graph of the month



Stake Breakdown




Got 3 days to grind a little over 27k hands and bump the EV a bit...it currently sits at 3.84 so really hoping to focus better tomorrow and play a bit stronger.


No hands, because I do not want to relive the memories.


Gonna need all the luck I can get

Got killed again today.

Sitting at 128.5k hands at 3.15 EV. Very close to just swallowing the L at this point. I'm playing very poorly and I'm pretty miserable, playing 10k hands a day and getting kicked in the nuts for 12 hours straight is not enjoyable.

It's rough. I was rooting for you.

Take a few days off imo and start fresh for Nov.

Thanks buddy. That's exactly the plan going forward.


October Review, Random Thoughts, and Other Musings

As hinted above, I did not end up winning the prop bet coming up a bit short.

Graph:



Stake Breakdown:



So yeah overall disappointing but happy with my effort, if I had to do it all over again I would have played a bit more early. I played 29 straight days of pretty decent volume which obv. quite a bit of poker. I think around the 90k mark my play started to deteriorate slowly. I also could have responded better mentally to the downswing.

Although I lost $1,800 on the bet I don't have regrets, it definitely pushed me and hopefully makes it easier to crank out future volume. On the flipside, I was up around 15k with cash and tournies about 10 days into the month and was looking at one of those breakout months. On the brightside, I finished up some money. #rakebackpro

A few final thoughts:

-I'm very motivated to put in work this month off the table and fix some predominant leaks that I've had a bit too long.
- 0-1 in career prop bets
- My WR at 100NL is slightly over 2 over 100k sample. My winrate as 500NL over 100k sample is 2.5 #FunFacts


November

As stated above, I put in no studying last month so I really want to get back to that. I aim to do a bit more PIO work and already did quite a few hours of studying today along with some coaching. I'm gonna be implementing some big changes so will take it easy on volume and will probably even 6 table incorporating this stuff.

Yeah, so excited and ready to crush and get out of this career worst DS.

GL, very admirable what you attempted to do, I'm convinced very few are working as hard as you do in NJ, I know several of the other winning players an most r largely just riding the bike humming along. Much respect for your work ethic and always battling nature.

The part where your green line thing split from your yellow line thing...that part made me sad.

Thanks! Off table work is definitely one of the more difficult aspects of being professional. My first few months, the how to study part I definitely struggled with. Yeah the battling part is just in my competitive nature, i could def take it easy and make a decent income but think I'm capable of moving into highstakes and not settling for variance free money.

I do think I do a better job at it then most other professionals, although there are quite a few who are more productive with their hours Hopefully it pays off this month.

Me too man, me too...Law of averages has me hoping it evens out next two months


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Still no poker played this month so quick generic update. Spent a good amount of time today and yesterday changing some of my ranges in a few spots, also did quite a few hands to review on PIO from last month. For sure made some mistakes.

Also housetraining a new pup...way harder than poker. Wish me luck in that one

Back to work

Hadn't had a real session since my October 29th session, so nice to put in some work today. However, my girlfriend had a work event til 11 so I had to manage playing while looking after the pup, it didn't work too well and I only managed 1k hands in.

On the bright side, as a whole playing very well and off to a nice start with no volume. Despite 0 playing I put a good amount of time of off the table work and have mostly been 6-7 tabling making sure I'm implementing some of these changes.

Let's take a look at this sustainable Win rate...




Some hands.


1.) The river is kind

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

Hero (UTG): 148.84 BB
CO: 47.84 BB (VPIP: 30.69, PFR: 15.42, 3Bet Preflop: 4.93, Hands: 959)
BTN: 156.42 BB (VPIP: 29.62, PFR: 18.27, 3Bet Preflop: 6.02, Hands: 5,463)
SB: 100 BB (VPIP: 21.74, PFR: 13.03, 3Bet Preflop: 5.70, Hands: 1,950)
BB: 232.92 BB (VPIP: 22.41, PFR: 16.29, 3Bet Preflop: 6.01, Hands: 16,615)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

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

Flop: (9.5 BB, 3 players) 4 8 6
BB checks, Hero bets 6 BB, BTN raises to 19 BB, fold, Hero calls 13 BB

Turn: (47.5 BB, 2 players) 3
Hero checks, BTN bets 32.5 BB, Hero calls 32.5 BB

River: (112.5 BB, 2 players) Q
Hero checks, BTN bets 101.92 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 94.34 BB and is all-in

Hero shows Q Q (Three of a Kind, Queens)
(Pre 82%, Flop 10%, Turn 5%)
BTN shows 4 4 (Three of a Kind, Fours)
(Pre 18%, Flop 90%, Turn 95%)
BTN wins 7.58 BB
Hero wins 299.67 BB


2.) Marginal defend works out

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

MP: 100 BB (VPIP: 24.85, PFR: 19.11, 3Bet Preflop: 7.37, Hands: 4,919)
CO: 136.4 BB (VPIP: 23.68, PFR: 17.83, 3Bet Preflop: 8.34, Hands: 3,329)
Hero (BTN): 100 BB
SB: 235.56 BB (VPIP: 27.93, PFR: 20.24, 3Bet Preflop: 8.52, Hands: 32,641)
BB: 94.15 BB (VPIP: 52.36, PFR: 19.77, 3Bet Preflop: 9.46, Hands: 2,566)
UTG: 118.53 BB (VPIP: 29.42, PFR: 22.07, 3Bet Preflop: 8.78, Hands: 9,918)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 6 4

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.4 BB, SB raises to 7.6 BB, fold, Hero calls 5.2 BB

Flop: (16.2 BB, 2 players) T 3 6
SB bets 5.8 BB, Hero calls 5.8 BB

Turn: (27.8 BB, 2 players) 3
SB bets 15.6 BB, Hero calls 15.6 BB

River: (59 BB, 2 players) K
SB bets 32.2 BB, Hero calls 32.2 BB

SB shows A 9 (One Pair, Threes)
(Pre 62%, Flop 54%, Turn 34%)
Hero shows 6 4 (Two Pair, Sixes and Threes)
(Pre 38%, Flop 46%, Turn 66%)
Hero wins 122.8 BB


3.) Induceeeeeee

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

CO: 100 BB (VPIP: 22.77, PFR: 17.79, 3Bet Preflop: 6.97, Hands: 5,855)
BTN: 82.48 BB (VPIP: 54.15, PFR: 8.52, 3Bet Preflop: 2.37, Hands: 471)
SB: 172.61 BB (VPIP: 47.83, PFR: 34.78, 3Bet Preflop: 4.55, Hands: 142)
Hero (BB): 104.23 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

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

Flop: (18 BB, 2 players) J 6 7
SB checks, Hero bets 12.83 BB, SB calls 12.83 BB

Turn: (43.65 BB, 2 players) J
SB checks, Hero checks

River: (43.65 BB, 2 players) K
SB checks, Hero bets 6 BB, SB raises to 150.79 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 76.4 BB and is all-in

SB shows 7 4 (Two Pair, Jacks and Sevens)
(Pre 19%, Flop 22%, Turn 5%)
Hero shows A A (Two Pair, Aces and Jacks)
(Pre 81%, Flop 78%, Turn 95%)
Hero wins 207.45 BB


4.) Very fun turn decision! Non-Standard of course against tight reg... Think my logic was sound but admittedly may not be the greatest fold I've made!

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

Hero (UTG): 150.49 BB
MP: 126.46 BB (VPIP: 22.43, PFR: 16.30, 3Bet Preflop: 6.01, Hands: 16,636)
CO: 24.88 BB (VPIP: 27.59, PFR: 3.45, 3Bet Preflop: 5.56, Hands: 30)
BTN: 112.5 BB (VPIP: 27.93, PFR: 20.20, 3Bet Preflop: 8.51, Hands: 32,022)
SB: 100 BB (VPIP: 19.75, PFR: 14.68, 3Bet Preflop: 5.05, Hands: 24,429)
BB: 146.02 BB (VPIP: 33.03, PFR: 22.59, 3Bet Preflop: 7.16, Hands: 11,260)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

Hero raises to 3 BB, fold, fold, BTN calls 3 BB, SB raises to 14 BB, fold, Hero raises to 30.6 BB, fold, SB calls 16.6 BB

Flop: (65.2 BB, 2 players) K Q 6
SB checks, Hero checks

Turn: (65.2 BB, 2 players) 8
SB bets 32 BB, fold

SB wins 96.6 BB

Folding the 64s otr for sure. Also dat AA fold. You been reading my thread too much

But I has pair! Yeah was kind of indifferent towards it, Villain not very bluffy but river sizing convinced me. Think villain made a lot of sizing mistakes throughout the hand. And working my way up to those 1 combo folds

I think I would still call the AA even if villain flipped over KK, although it'd be closer then

Part of the fold was the thinking that I have no implied odds against this villain, in the end thought folding was slightly better than calling, also fold is heavily depended on the frequency of AK he has and leads etc. Don't particularly expect him to 3b/c hands like J10s/KQs etc.

Have continued to put in very little volume this month, yet have won more than twice as much as I did last month ironically.

Have played a whopping 7 hours, not to say I've been lazy as have put way more time into off the table. Nothing intense. But an hour here, hour there. Working a bit with PIO.

Would say been playing extremely well outside of my last session where I had a few hiccups.

1.) Good river play by villain and strong call by myself given reads IMO

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

CO: 100 BB (VPIP: 27.94, PFR: 20.25, 3Bet Preflop: 8.53, Hands: 32,889)
BTN: 106.53 BB (VPIP: 27.34, PFR: 16.19, 3Bet Preflop: 5.71, Hands: 1,559)
Hero (SB): 140.66 BB
BB: 118.04 BB (VPIP: 27.09, PFR: 14.70, 3Bet Preflop: 4.64, Hands: 5,118)

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

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

Flop: (20 BB, 2 players) 4 7 J
Hero checks, BB bets 13.07 BB, Hero calls 13.07 BB

Turn: (46.13 BB, 2 players) 9
Hero checks, BB bets 30.49 BB, Hero calls 30.49 BB

River: (107.11 BB, 2 players) K
Hero checks, BB bets 64.49 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 64.49 BB

Hero shows J Q (One Pair, Jacks)
(Pre 60%, Flop 74%, Turn 80%)
BB mucks 8 7 (One Pair, Sevens)
(Pre 40%, Flop 26%, Turn 20%)
Hero wins 235.68 BB


2.) Against reg

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

MP: 104.51 BB (VPIP: 29.08, PFR: 21.99, 3Bet Preflop: 7.72, Hands: 16,861)
CO: 117.2 BB (VPIP: 28.85, PFR: 20.20, 3Bet Preflop: 7.69, Hands: 7,266)
BTN: 137.92 BB (VPIP: 22.36, PFR: 16.22, 3Bet Preflop: 6.02, Hands: 17,096)
Hero (SB): 196.96 BB
BB: 103 BB (VPIP: 24.15, PFR: 16.14, 3Bet Preflop: 8.38, Hands: 11,831)
UTG: 99.45 BB (VPIP: 38.26, PFR: 13.91, 3Bet Preflop: 3.23, Hands: 116)

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

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

Flop: (6 BB, 2 players) A 9 6
Hero bets 1.89 BB, BB calls 1.89 BB

Turn: (9.78 BB, 2 players) 5
Hero bets 7 BB, BB calls 7 BB

River: (23.78 BB, 2 players) J
Hero bets 17.38 BB, BB raises to 91.11 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 73.73 BB

Hero shows A 6 (Two Pair, Aces and Sixes)
(Pre 59%, Flop 95%, Turn 91%)
BB mucks 8 Q (High Card, Ace)
(Pre 41%, Flop 5%, Turn 9%)
Hero wins 205.4 BB


3.) Ok then

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

SB: 173.53 BB (VPIP: 26.32, PFR: 5.26, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 19)
BB: 220.08 BB (VPIP: 38.26, PFR: 22.61, 3Bet Preflop: 9.52, Hands: 234)
UTG: 119.15 BB (VPIP: 25.61, PFR: 19.05, 3Bet Preflop: 8.29, Hands: 14,125)
MP: 126.16 BB (VPIP: 27.98, PFR: 21.56, 3Bet Preflop: 7.83, Hands: 16,987)
CO: 127.75 BB (VPIP: 22.26, PFR: 17.67, 3Bet Preflop: 8.24, Hands: 2,614)
Hero (BTN): 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, MP raises to 2.5 BB, fold, Hero raises to 9 BB, fold, BB calls 8 BB, MP calls 6.5 BB

Flop: (27.5 BB, 3 players) J Q 5
BB checks, MP checks, Hero checks

Turn: (27.5 BB, 3 players) T
BB bets 26.13 BB, fold, Hero calls 26.13 BB

River: (79.75 BB, 2 players) 2
BB bets 64.88 BB, Hero calls 64.88 BB and is all-in

BB shows T T (Three of a Kind, Tens)
(Pre 54%, Flop 7%, Turn 20%)
Hero shows J A (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 46%, Flop 93%, Turn 80%)
Hero wins 208 BB


4.) Fun one vs. reg. I like his play as well

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

SB: 100 BB (VPIP: 27.10, PFR: 16.05, 3Bet Preflop: 5.61, Hands: 1,592)
BB: 208.5 BB (VPIP: 29.00, PFR: 20.37, 3Bet Preflop: 7.81, Hands: 6,981)
UTG: 56.94 BB (VPIP: 55.56, PFR: 14.07, 3Bet Preflop: 3.16, Hands: 421)
MP: 112.83 BB (VPIP: 22.43, PFR: 16.29, 3Bet Preflop: 6.00, Hands: 16,736)
Hero (CO): 102.01 BB
BTN: 67.4 BB (VPIP: 30.88, PFR: 13.24, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 69)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 9 T

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

Flop: (6.5 BB, 2 players) 3 8 7
BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: (6.5 BB, 2 players) 4
BB bets 4 BB, Hero calls 4 BB

River: (14.5 BB, 2 players) J
BB bets 11 BB, Hero raises to 36.5 BB, BB raises to 201.5 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 58.51 BB and is all-in

Hero shows 9 T (Straight, Jack High)
(Pre 26%, Flop 27%, Turn 16%)
BB shows J 9 (One Pair, Jacks)
(Pre 74%, Flop 73%, Turn 84%)
BB wins 106.49 BB
Hero wins 203.02 BB


5.) EV monsters still unkind

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

Hero (SB): 100 BB
BB: 101.7 BB (VPIP: 28.13, PFR: 21.88, 3Bet Preflop: 8.00, Hands: 64)
CO: 105.5 BB (VPIP: 27.98, PFR: 21.56, 3Bet Preflop: 7.83, Hands: 16,986)
BTN: 100 BB (VPIP: 25.61, PFR: 19.06, 3Bet Preflop: 8.29, Hands: 14,124)

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

CO raises to 2.5 BB, fold, Hero raises to 10 BB, BB raises to 26.5 BB, fold, Hero calls 16.5 BB

Flop: (55.5 BB, 2 players) 5 6 2
Hero checks, BB bets 20 BB, Hero raises to 73.5 BB and is all-in, BB calls 53.5 BB

Turn: (202.5 BB, 2 players) 4

River: (202.5 BB, 2 players) A

Hero shows Q Q (One Pair, Queens)
(Pre 67%, Flop 70%, Turn 84%)
BB shows A 4 (Two Pair, Aces and Fours)
(Pre 33%, Flop 30%, Turn 16%)
BB wins 201.5 BB


6.) Unfortunate river

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

UTG: 100 BB (VPIP: 28.01, PFR: 21.60, 3Bet Preflop: 7.80, Hands: 17,273)
CO: 135.66 BB (VPIP: 24.70, PFR: 18.67, 3Bet Preflop: 7.38, Hands: 6,995)
Hero (BTN): 125.18 BB
SB: 71.14 BB (VPIP: 35.34, PFR: 12.93, 3Bet Preflop: 7.27, Hands: 118)
BB: 246.49 BB (VPIP: 24.87, PFR: 19.46, 3Bet Preflop: 8.04, Hands: 51,601)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

UTG raises to 2.5 BB, fold, Hero raises to 9 BB, fold, fold, UTG calls 6.5 BB

Flop: (19.5 BB, 2 players) J 2 3
UTG checks, Hero bets 6.12 BB, UTG calls 6.12 BB

Turn: (31.73 BB, 2 players) 5
UTG checks, Hero bets 21.5 BB, UTG calls 21.5 BB

River: (74.73 BB, 2 players) T
UTG checks, Hero bets 73.23 BB, UTG calls 63.39 BB and is all-in

Hero shows A J (One Pair, Jacks)
(Pre 67%, Flop 54%, Turn 73%)
UTG shows T J (Two Pair, Jacks and Tens)
(Pre 33%, Flop 46%, Turn 27%)
UTG wins 200 BB



Hopefully more updates come when I start cranking out more volume of the 2nd half of the month

What's the reason for checking back T9 otf in H4? Villain tendencies?

Villain is a solid reg and I expect to be c/r this board a fair amount against my cbets, but it's mostly for balance/deception. If I bet all my straight draws here, villain can put a ton of pressure on a lot of runouts etc.

That being said this is a cbet a large majority of the time, I expect I'm checking this like 25% of the time if I had to guess? Thought this combo blocking some backdoor hearts and clubs would suffice.

How much do you change your cbet strategy based on what you think of villian?

It's more of me adjusting to villains range than anything, although villain tendencies can definitely have me deviate from my basic strategy.

Example A: I open CO and BU w a cold call of 7% comes along, Flop is J10xrb, I decide to check about 70-80% of my range.

Example B: I open CO and BU w a cold call of 27% comes along, Flop is J10xrb, I decide to lead about 65-75% of my range.

That's just one very basic example with one variable, but yeah I have will definitely deviate my basic cbet strategy if the situation calls for it

Just want to note that I actually ran this and still checking a ton in Example B and more likely to lead 65-75% with a CC of 45%.



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Can't help myself with this one...

partypoker - $20 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 143.92 BB (VPIP: 30.61, PFR: 23.03, 3Bet Preflop: 14.29, Hands: 357)
Hero (UTG): 160.47 BB
CO: 103.72 BB (VPIP: 25.96, PFR: 19.68, 3Bet Preflop: 6.37, Hands: 3,371)
BTN: 107.78 BB (VPIP: 30.51, PFR: 22.85, 3Bet Preflop: 9.19, Hands: 10,672)
SB: 281.81 BB (VPIP: 38.02, PFR: 25.50, 3Bet Preflop: 11.28, Hands: 2,469)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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



Hero raises to 2.5 BB, fold, fold, SB calls 2 BB, BB calls 1.5 BB

Flop: (7.5 BB, 3 players) Q 2 8
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets 5.46 BB, SB calls 5.46 BB, fold





Turn: (18.41 BB, 2 players) 4
SB checks, Hero checks



River: (18.41 BB, 2 players) 2



SB bets 273.85 BB and is all-in




Hero calls 152.51 BB and is all-in









It may have taken a cooler against a big fish but new biggest pot of my career, feels good man (even though I managed to misplay it )

Nice pot

What part was misplayed? Does pio recommend a slowroll otr for future tilt equity?

Kidding, i assume we can bet turn.

I also never know how to size/play these flop spots.

That 9x pot shove on the river