Worst day as a Professional




Not much to say, I ran poorly today + taking shots in bigger games (when there's a huge whale around)

Overall, I think I played solid honestly...month looking bad rn.


hands from the session'



1.) Mandatory value jam against whale
PokerStars - $5 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

UTG: 102.28 BB (VPIP: 19.78, PFR: 16.97, 3Bet Preflop: 4.99, Hands: 1,142)
Hero (MP): 100 BB
CO: 269.74 BB (VPIP: 23.31, PFR: 18.32, 3Bet Preflop: 9.03, Hands: 1,203)
BTN: 118.45 BB (VPIP: 31.48, PFR: 22.67, 3Bet Preflop: 10.06, Hands: 1,241)
SB: 219.05 BB (VPIP: 23.63, PFR: 18.54, 3Bet Preflop: 9.37, Hands: 1,798)
BB: 159.4 BB (VPIP: 43.59, PFR: 23.08, 3Bet Preflop: 5.56, Hands: 80)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, fold, fold, SB calls 2.5 BB, BB calls 2 BB

Flop: (9 BB, 3 players) 4 J 2
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets 4 BB, fold, BB raises to 12.27 BB, Hero calls 8.27 BB

Turn: (33.55 BB, 2 players) 8
BB checks, Hero bets 20 BB, BB calls 20 BB

River: (73.55 BB, 2 players) 6
BB checks, Hero bets 64.73 BB and is all-in, BB calls 64.73 BB

Hero shows K J (One Pair, Jacks)
(Pre 60%, Flop 76%, Turn 89%)
BB shows 4 6 (Two Pair, Sixes and Fours)
(Pre 40%, Flop 24%, Turn 11%)
BB wins 202.4 BB

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

Hero (MP): 100 BB
CO: 388.54 BB (VPIP: 29.41, PFR: 22.21, 3Bet Preflop: 8.72, Hands: 1,148)
BTN: 106.5 BB (VPIP: 23.23, PFR: 18.16, 3Bet Preflop: 8.77, Hands: 1,020)
SB: 109.14 BB (VPIP: 25.76, PFR: 20.20, 3Bet Preflop: 2.94, Hands: 205)
BB: 199.34 BB (VPIP: 23.13, PFR: 18.42, 3Bet Preflop: 8.99, Hands: 1,453)
UTG: 182.4 BB (VPIP: 52.00, PFR: 28.00, 3Bet Preflop: 4.55, Hands: 52)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

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

Flop: (19.5 BB, 2 players) 6 T J
UTG bets 9.45 BB, Hero raises to 32 BB, UTG calls 22.55 BB

Turn: (83.5 BB, 2 players) T
UTG checks, Hero bets 59 BB and is all-in, UTG calls 59 BB

River: (201.5 BB, 2 players) K

UTG shows Q 9 (Straight, King High)
(Pre 20%, Flop 33%, Turn 18%)
Hero shows A A (Two Pair, Aces and Tens)
(Pre 80%, Flop 67%, Turn 82%)
UTG wins 200.9 BB


3.) This reg is a great player and I kinda knew I was ****** when he jammed over my backraise, but every time i've gotten it in with him it's always Aces or Kings and I'm starting to think I can't even get these types of hands in profitably

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

Hero (CO): 141.41 BB
BTN: 202.11 BB (VPIP: 29.20, PFR: 21.90, 3Bet Preflop: 7.73, Hands: 1,131)
SB: 108.5 BB (VPIP: 23.29, PFR: 18.13, 3Bet Preflop: 8.76, Hands: 983)
BB: 111.64 BB (VPIP: 26.70, PFR: 20.94, 3Bet Preflop: 2.94, Hands: 198)
UTG: 203.84 BB (VPIP: 23.30, PFR: 18.51, 3Bet Preflop: 9.23, Hands: 1,407)
MP: 220.23 BB (VPIP: 50.00, PFR: 22.73, 3Bet Preflop: 4.76, Hands: 45)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

UTG raises to 3 BB, fold, Hero calls 3 BB, BTN raises to 14 BB, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 45 BB, BTN raises to 202.11 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 96.41 BB and is all-in

Flop: (287.32 BB, 2 players) 6 6 J

Turn: (287.32 BB, 2 players) 3

River: (287.32 BB, 2 players) 5
Players agreed to run it twice.

Flop #2: (287.32 BB, 2 players) 4 8 Q

Turn #2: (287.32 BB, 2 players) 6

River #2: (287.32 BB, 2 players) Q

Hero shows K A (One Pair, Sixes)
Board #1 (Pre 7%, Flop 2%, Turn 0%)
(One Pair, Queens)
Board #2 (Pre 7%, Flop 6%, Turn 0%)

BTN shows A A (Two Pair, Aces and Sixes)
Board #1 (Pre 93%, Flop 98%, Turn 100%)
(Two Pair, Aces and Queens)
Board #2 (Pre 93%, Flop 94%, Turn 100%)

BTN wins 143.36 BB
BTN wins 143.36 BB



4.) Thought Process: He has so few 10's here, I block some of them. Cawl. of course he gottt it.





I need to string some wins ASAP.


Still plenty rolled for 200. Begging the poker gods for a heater.

If you're taking shots with small roll be sure to have the brains to move down after a couple bi losses.

Wishing you luck bud.

inb4 heater or busto, whichever comes first!

Sheesh brutal few hands. I checked cash lobby randomly tonight and saw you playing a few 2/5s, definitely gonna be swingy. Pretty sick to think how $2K there is legit just 4 buy ins. I lost over $3K playing just MTTs last Sunday which was way my biggest one day loss so I feel your pain man. We gonna start upswinging again soon, let's just chop the Parx $550 and these 4 figure losing days will feel like air

Dang. From HH it seemed like that guy is a huge whale, sucks it didn't work out.

Thanks guys! Yeah, I will definitely take shots in the bigger games if there's a whale there to make it profitable.

Unfortunately, that loss has led to my biggest downswing to date, a shade over 5k. So losing a quarter of my roll is definitely frustrating, but the timing is even worse as I move out in two weeks.

I definitely hit a height yesterday for the 500 when I lost two bullets rather quickly after getting set over set and then set < two overs with a FD. Stood out my car and literally whispered to myself "what the **** is going on"/

Only way to get out of this is to start getting out of this ridiculous swing is just increase the volume and keep working. Ironically, I best I have about my game since working with new coach...results just have been gross.

If the swing continues, I definitely might consider a part time job (poker player's worst nightmare right?)

Hands:

1.) Bad raise by reg on flop IMO, I gave some consideration to flatting but decided to rip...not sure that's great against his GII range.

PokerStars - $1 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: 153.76 BB (VPIP: 30.51, PFR: 16.95, 3Bet Preflop: 4.76, Hands: 60)
BB: 108.19 BB (VPIP: 22.84, PFR: 17.54, 3Bet Preflop: 6.41, Hands: 3,762)
UTG: 114.16 BB (VPIP: 15.50, PFR: 12.07, 3Bet Preflop: 5.62, Hands: 1,701)
MP: 643.49 BB (VPIP: 25.75, PFR: 19.90, 3Bet Preflop: 7.39, Hands: 8,480)
CO: 145.57 BB (VPIP: 37.40, PFR: 11.45, 3Bet Preflop: 6.90, Hands: 134)
Hero (BTN): 139.88 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

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

Flop: (19.5 BB, 2 players) 3 2 Q
MP checks, Hero bets 10 BB, MP raises to 28 BB, Hero raises to 130.88 BB and is all-in, MP calls 102.88 BB

Turn: (281.26 BB, 2 players) 5

River: (281.26 BB, 2 players) 2
Players agreed to run it twice.

Turn #2: (281.26 BB, 2 players) A

River #2: (281.26 BB, 2 players) 4

MP shows 3 3 (Full House, Threes full of Twos)
Board #1 (Pre 51%, Flop 66%, Turn 20%)
(Three of a Kind, Threes)
Board #2 (Pre 49%, Flop 67%, Turn 76%)

Hero shows A 4 (Straight, Five High)
Board #1 (Pre 49%, Flop 34%, Turn 80%)
(Two Pair, Aces and Fours)
Board #2 (Pre 51%, Flop 33%, Turn 24%)

MP wins 139.13 BB
MP wins 139.13 BB


2.) Against the biggest whale on PS. Never put flushes or straights on his river range...incorrectly. Should fold river

PokerStars - $1 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (CO): 115.65 BB
BTN: 108.5 BB (VPIP: 24.75, PFR: 20.06, 3Bet Preflop: 8.02, Hands: 24,776)
SB: 87.24 BB (VPIP: 38.63, PFR: 11.16, 3Bet Preflop: 1.94, Hands: 243)
BB: 264.76 BB (VPIP: 66.67, PFR: 22.22, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 19)
UTG: 165.96 BB (VPIP: 16.89, PFR: 9.78, 3Bet Preflop: 1.29, Hands: 1,227)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

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

Flop: (9.5 BB, 3 players) 5 J 4
BB checks, Hero bets 6 BB, BTN calls 6 BB, fold

Turn: (21.5 BB, 2 players) 2
Hero bets 13 BB, BTN calls 13 BB

River: (47.5 BB, 2 players) A
Hero bets 27 BB, BTN raises to 86.5 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 59.5 BB

BTN shows K T (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 50%, Flop 6%, Turn 16%)
Hero mucks 4 4 (Three of a Kind, Fours)
(Pre 50%, Flop 94%, Turn 84%)
BTN wins 217.5 BB


3.) No bueno


PokerStars - $1 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 262.08 BB (VPIP: 30.28, PFR: 21.68, 3Bet Preflop: 6.77, Hands: 2,030)
SB: 102.72 BB (VPIP: 26.24, PFR: 19.60, 3Bet Preflop: 8.70, Hands: 3,499)
BB: 120.21 BB (VPIP: 50.88, PFR: 40.35, 3Bet Preflop: 14.29, Hands: 60)
UTG: 118.58 BB (VPIP: 21.25, PFR: 13.75, 3Bet Preflop: 4.65, Hands: 248)
Hero (CO): 107.38 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 7 7

fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, fold, SB raises to 11.05 BB, fold, Hero calls 8.05 BB

Flop: (23.1 BB, 2 players) 7 K 4
SB bets 8.77 BB, Hero calls 8.77 BB

Turn: (40.64 BB, 2 players) A
SB bets 25.67 BB, Hero calls 25.67 BB

River: (91.98 BB, 2 players) 9
SB bets 57.23 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 57.23 BB

SB shows A A (Three of a Kind, Aces)
(Pre 80%, Flop 13%, Turn 98%)
Hero mucks 7 7 (Three of a Kind, Sevens)
(Pre 20%, Flop 87%, Turn 2%)
SB wins 203.44 BB



5.) Against new aggro (bad) reg


PokerStars - $1 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 100 BB (VPIP: 25.81, PFR: 20.02, 3Bet Preflop: 7.45, Hands: 8,928)
SB: 376.82 BB (VPIP: 33.77, PFR: 14.57, 3Bet Preflop: 7.94, Hands: 157)
BB: 131.62 BB (VPIP: 51.23, PFR: 14.78, 3Bet Preflop: 3.89, Hands: 414)
Hero (UTG): 165.5 BB
MP: 100 BB (VPIP: 25.37, PFR: 20.90, 3Bet Preflop: 12.50, Hands: 71)
CO: 138.81 BB (VPIP: 26.21, PFR: 18.08, 3Bet Preflop: 5.64, Hands: 9,603)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

Hero raises to 3 BB, MP raises to 9 BB, fold, fold, fold, BB calls 8 BB, Hero raises to 28 BB, MP raises to 100 BB and is all-in, fold, Hero calls 72 BB

Flop: (209.5 BB, 2 players) Q 5 6

Turn: (209.5 BB, 2 players) 5

River: (209.5 BB, 2 players) K

Hero shows A K (Two Pair, Kings and Fives)
(Pre 71%, Flop 0%, Turn 0%)
MP shows 7 K (Flush, King High)
(Pre 29%, Flop 100%, Turn 100%)
MP wins 206.5 BB



6.) Here's an actual interesting hand. My first instinct is to check this flop pretty often, but we both have similar range advantages on this board (we both can have all the nutted hands) and I can get some value. Turn is interesting...this is a good reg that will definitely cb some Jx and when I check turn I never have Jx. I block KJs/KJo if he defends that, and I think his value range is super thin regarding Jx so I decide to call river... I don't mind my call at all and think against this kind of reg he will definitely show up with some bluffs.

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

BTN: 100 BB (VPIP: 26.30, PFR: 20.37, 3Bet Preflop: 10.48, Hands: 279)
Hero (SB): 102.73 BB
BB: 100 BB (VPIP: 31.54, PFR: 22.76, 3Bet Preflop: 10.23, Hands: 1,245)
CO: 97.5 BB (VPIP: 28.68, PFR: 21.32, 3Bet Preflop: 10.64, Hands: 141)

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, BTN raises to 2.97 BB, Hero raises to 10 BB, fold, BTN calls 7.03 BB

Flop: (21 BB, 2 players) 7 J 8
Hero checks, BTN checks

Turn: (21 BB, 2 players) J
Hero checks, BTN bets 19.4 BB, Hero calls 19.4 BB

River: (59.8 BB, 2 players) 6
Hero checks, BTN bets 70.6 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 70.6 BB

BTN shows A J (Three of a Kind, Jacks)
(Pre 28%, Flop 21%, Turn 95%)
Hero shows K K (Two Pair, Kings and Jacks)
(Pre 72%, Flop 79%, Turn 5%)
BTN wins 200 BB

I'm surprised he checked back AJ, does he check back all his Jx? Very strange range building.

If he assumes hero checks all qq+ on this kind of texture an aj check seems fine if he only wants two streets. Also protects his pair+gutter xbacks. I don't mind it

Also Ime that big turn sizing after a flop check is usually really imbalanced and almost always super strong

Valid points. I'd think getting value on first and 3rd street is better, as Hero has a lot of KQ, AQ, AK & PP hands that villain can either get value from for one street or fold out 10-25% equity. I don't think getting c/r'd is a huge concern here OTF as both ranges are nutted and villain has position. Also, having no Jx in our flop betting range seems a bit weird on later streets, which is my main concern.

nice thread, and good luck to you

Thanks guys, yes I was slightly surprised he checked back AJ but think it's more than fine, especially since I will check overpairs on these kind of textures at some type of frequency. Think not having the Kh makes it easier to call.

Arb, you're right it's definitely a nutted line, but I'm a station and I thought had a pretty good bluff catcher


"Grinding back"




Played great poker yesterday and had my biggest online cash day ($2,450) over the 3 sites. Went 1/2 in tourneys. Got AA vs. KK against jermz for a top 5 stack in the mid stages of the Special but of course he got there (I want to run like him on Sundays) and then grinded my 2bb's back up to 20 bb's where QQ<33. Tournament variance is a bitch.


Hands:

1.) Standard

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

BTN: 103.31 BB (VPIP: 46.15, PFR: 38.46, 3Bet Preflop: 33.33, Hands: 14)
SB: 80.7 BB (VPIP: 42.86, PFR: 21.43, 3Bet Preflop: 40.00, Hands: 14)
BB: 323.43 BB (VPIP: 20.35, PFR: 16.90, 3Bet Preflop: 6.59, Hands: 2,485)
Hero (UTG): 122.3 BB
CO: 100 BB (VPIP: 24.80, PFR: 20.12, 3Bet Preflop: 9.73, Hands: 508)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 9 8

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

Flop: (21.5 BB, 2 players) 8 9 J
Hero checks, CO bets 11.05 BB, Hero raises to 34.75 BB, CO calls 23.7 BB

Turn: (91 BB, 2 players) 2
Hero bets 77.55 BB and is all-in, CO calls 55.25 BB and is all-in

River: (201.5 BB, 2 players) 8

Hero shows 9 8 (Full House, Eights full of Nines)
(Pre 22%, Flop 69%, Turn 82%)
CO mucks K K (Two Pair, Kings and Eights)
(Pre 78%, Flop 31%, Turn 18%)
Hero wins 22.3 BB
Hero wins 200.75 BB


2.) Brutal hand for villain who's solid reg... I think folding turn might be the play

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

SB: 104.88 BB (VPIP: 45.56, PFR: 31.11, 3Bet Preflop: 10.29, Hands: 185)
BB: 113.15 BB (VPIP: 16.67, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 6)
UTG: 142.46 BB (VPIP: 44.56, PFR: 30.53, 3Bet Preflop: 11.61, Hands: 297)
MP: 146.53 BB (VPIP: 25.74, PFR: 19.06, 3Bet Preflop: 11.61, Hands: 416)
CO: 86.5 BB (VPIP: 31.15, PFR: 16.39, 3Bet Preflop: 12.50, Hands: 67)
Hero (BTN): 185.46 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 9 BB, fold, Hero calls 9 BB, SB calls 8.5 BB, fold, UTG calls 6 BB

Flop: (37 BB, 4 players) Q 3 T
SB checks, UTG checks, MP checks, Hero bets 20.75 BB, fold, UTG calls 20.75 BB, MP calls 20.75 BB

Turn: (99.25 BB, 3 players) 4
UTG checks, MP checks, Hero bets 58.75 BB, fold, MP calls 58.75 BB

River: (216.75 BB, 2 players) 7
MP checks, Hero bets 96.96 BB and is all-in, MP calls 58.03 BB and is all-in

MP shows A A (One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 81%, Flop 10%, Turn 5%)
Hero shows Q Q (Three of a Kind, Queens)
(Pre 19%, Flop 90%, Turn 95%)
Hero wins 38.92 BB
Hero wins 332.07 BB



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

BTN: 189.06 BB (VPIP: 24.69, PFR: 19.44, 3Bet Preflop: 10.43, Hands: 332)
SB: 177.73 BB (VPIP: 30.89, PFR: 22.76, 3Bet Preflop: 8.11, Hands: 131)
Hero (BB): 117.12 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

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

Flop: (5 BB, 2 players) K A 5
SB bets 1.56 BB, Hero calls 1.56 BB

Turn: (8.12 BB, 2 players) 9
SB bets 6.4 BB, Hero calls 6.4 BB

River: (20.92 BB, 2 players) 9
SB bets 56.42 BB, Hero calls 56.42 BB

SB shows 6 Q (One Pair, Nines)
(Pre 40%, Flop 7%, Turn 0%)
Hero shows A 4 (Two Pair, Aces and Nines)
(Pre 60%, Flop 93%, Turn 100%)
Hero wins 133.26 BB



4.) Against spewy weak reg. Preflop is interesting. First thought was to 5 bet this combo (def ok against this guy) but I decide to flat with us both being bit deeper than usual. He had been 3 betting a lot and even showed 43o as a 3 bet. Not sure what I like better since usually flatting 4 bet OOP with A8s is suicide. Just call turn because he can have bluffs and yeah Idk what he was thinking.


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

SB: 150.21 BB (VPIP: 27.55, PFR: 18.11, 3Bet Preflop: 7.78, Hands: 269)
Hero (BB): 152.14 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

SB raises to 2 BB, Hero raises to 7 BB, SB raises to 18 BB, Hero calls 11 BB

Flop: (36 BB, 2 players) J Q K
Hero checks, SB checks

Turn: (36 BB, 2 players) A
Hero bets 20.5 BB, SB raises to 56 BB, Hero calls 35.5 BB

River: (148 BB, 2 players) 3
Hero checks, SB bets 76.21 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 76.21 BB

Hero shows A 8 (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 62%, Flop 97%, Turn 100%)
SB mucks Q 7 (One Pair, Queens)
(Pre 38%, Flop 3%, Turn 0%)
Hero wins 300.16 BB




5.) same villain...similar thoughts even defending bottom of barrel hand k9o. Ax river only card id consider folding



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

BB: 118.67 BB (VPIP: 29.75, PFR: 19.62, 3Bet Preflop: 8.85, Hands: 324)
Hero (SB): 303.54 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

Hero raises to 2 BB, BB raises to 6 BB, Hero calls 4 BB

Flop: (12 BB, 2 players) 4 9 6
BB bets 8.81 BB, Hero calls 8.81 BB

Turn: (29.62 BB, 2 players) 2
BB bets 22.03 BB, Hero calls 22.03 BB

River: (73.67 BB, 2 players) 2
BB bets 81.84 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 81.84 BB

BB shows J 9 (Two Pair, Nines and Twos)
(Pre 32%, Flop 14%, Turn 7%)
Hero shows K 9 (Two Pair, Nines and Twos)
(Pre 68%, Flop 86%, Turn 93%)
Hero wins 237.09 BB


6.) I really was unsure of turn line. Button is weakish reg and bb is whale. Thoughts?

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

CO: 74.86 BB (VPIP: 20.35, PFR: 14.15, 3Bet Preflop: 5.20, Hands: 938)
BTN: 120.45 BB (VPIP: 26.17, PFR: 16.36, 3Bet Preflop: 6.94, Hands: 218)
Hero (SB): 100 BB
BB: 99 BB (VPIP: 52.78, PFR: 33.33, 3Bet Preflop: 7.69, Hands: 37)
UTG: 197.16 BB (VPIP: 37.30, PFR: 26.22, 3Bet Preflop: 15.09, Hands: 373)

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, CO raises to 2 BB, fold, Hero raises to 7 BB, BB calls 6 BB, CO calls 5 BB

Flop: (21 BB, 3 players) 2 9 7
Hero bets 9.92 BB, BB calls 9.92 BB, CO calls 9.92 BB

Turn: (50.75 BB, 3 players) 6
Hero checks, BB checks, CO bets 24.62 BB, Hero raises to 83.09 BB and is all-in, fold, fold

Hero wins 156.95 BB


7.) These two aggro regs have history... worked out quite well for me.


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

Hero (BTN): 103 BB
SB: 100.5 BB (VPIP: 27.66, PFR: 22.98, 3Bet Preflop: 6.73, Hands: 8,567)
BB: 134.77 BB (VPIP: 43.80, PFR: 23.34, 3Bet Preflop: 8.97, Hands: 356)
UTG: 165.08 BB (VPIP: 13.33, PFR: 6.67, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 15)
CO: 193 BB (VPIP: 24.06, PFR: 20.31, 3Bet Preflop: 10.63, Hands: 3,285)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, CO raises to 3 BB, Hero calls 3 BB, SB raises to 13 BB, fold, CO raises to 29 BB, Hero raises to 103 BB and is all-in, fold, fold

Hero wins 72 BB



8.) And one bluff for the fans


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

BB: 57.56 BB (VPIP: 56.25, PFR: 6.25, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 17)
UTG: 196.29 BB (VPIP: 27.68, PFR: 23.00, 3Bet Preflop: 6.59, Hands: 8,253)
CO: 104.76 BB (VPIP: 21.28, PFR: 13.10, 3Bet Preflop: 4.84, Hands: 6,737)
Hero (BTN): 100 BB
SB: 110.62 BB (VPIP: 17.52, PFR: 13.29, 3Bet Preflop: 5.66, Hands: 6,075)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, CO raises to 2 BB, Hero raises to 6 BB, fold, fold, CO calls 4 BB

Flop: (13.5 BB, 2 players) 2 4 A
CO checks, Hero bets 5 BB, CO calls 5 BB

Turn: (23.5 BB, 2 players) 5
CO bets 6 BB, Hero calls 6 BB

River: (35.5 BB, 2 players) 7
CO bets 12 BB, Hero raises to 83 BB and is all-in, fold

Hero wins 58 BB

9Ts. I do like this play HU; CO range is capped and mainly weak overpairs/top pairs。We can exploitatively bluff jam any hand with some equity. When its 3 way, We do lose some fold equity when fishy BB will call all better hands. Crev will probably be better for getting a good answer here depending on how loose you think BB calls flop.

$2.5k day... teach me!

Variance is a funny thing...

My month on Stars 100 NL



20 buyin downswing over 7k hands is pretttty unreal, and I've seen some hands where I'm kinda just dumbfounded, it's definitely my worst downswing buyin wise that I've had.


At the same time... Here's my Party Poker Graph last 7k hands, close to the same time period as my downswing at Stars.




Variance is a funny thing...

On real life stuff, putting down 4k for this new apartment, so money is tight and I'm a bit handcuffed regarding money. I don't have 6 months living expenses, more like...3.5? So first few months, I'm just going to have put up sick volume to 1.) Pay my bills and 2.) Grow my roll.

One thing I know I can do playing full time is deal with the swings and the stress so here's hoping for an upswing!

Good stuff. Definitely stick to the plan of grinding as hard as possible. Need to get that cushion as a pro

I'm assuming you think this is bad because it's a 3b pot (and you're not saying that having a x/raising range on this type of flop texture is bad in general)? I'd be inclined to agree and I'm probably x/calling with my entire continuing range in villain's shoes (and x/shoving a bunch of turns some % of the time is obviously fine).

Yes, because it's a 3bp, If I'm button and he's in the BB I certainly expect him to have a raising range on that texture. Moreso, he costs himself a ton of money when decide to double/triple barrel etc.

I agree x/c flop and than x/j a lot of turns, although occasionally I'll c/c all 3 streets (or check jam river if it's not an all in)


So I went out west to Oregon and California for about 5 days to see a girl I had met in Vegas (Naturally the best idea ever) and we had been talking over the past few months. I had a lot of fun, and all in all was great to check out a new place.

We decided to be friends obviously, and I think at this point having a girlfriend would be kind of a detriment to how my playing career will go...THAT being said I'm only 23 so I'm still enjoying the dating scene.



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Feeling very, very happy with my poker game and some of the concepts me and my coach have gone over. Have definitely implemented alot of changes into my game and my range reading/hand reading skill is really improving which I'm quite happy about.


Played pretty well today, got abused a bit at 400 NL by Gags but otherwise played quite good...Month is looking like it will be breakeven/slightly winning but obviously much better than my early hole.


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Miscellaneous notes:

-Cutting down on tournaments a bit. Pretty much gonna play the high value ones only (10k on WSOP, Sunday Majors etc.) No live ones for a bit

- Plan on streaming 1-2 days a week over twitch in September

-Was diagnosed with ankylosing spondalosis which was why I had chronic back pain, took a biologic shot to take away pain (some bad side effects) but it's definitely worked wonders for my pain and I just finished my first week back at the gym.

Currently benching 135lbs x8...Was 195 when I graduated so time to catch up on that!

Otherwise, despite results, feeling very poised for a breakout with the work i'm putting in

Had a lot of one time real life expenses that caused me to dip into my roll unfortunately, so I'm in a bit precarious state financially.

Will be playing two main stakes as of now: 50/200NL

Unfortunately, 100NL is very similar to 200NL as far as regulars and my winrate is actually a little lower than my 200NL one so it's just way more profitable to play 50NL where my winrate is somewhere between 6-10bb's when I mass table.

Have been working a bit on my exploitable game by really ramping up the aggression against capped ranges (to mixed results) but think i've been making me a lot more difficult to play against. (If you've played with me you've probably seen me overbet turns/rivers much more frequently)

Some hands:

1.) Against whale who donks 20%, flop I think is more of a fold now but can't be too bad with overs+bd. Easy shove on river

partypoker - $1 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

UTG: 100 BB (VPIP: 23.08, PFR: 15.07, 3Bet Preflop: 6.51, Hands: 1,170)
MP: 67.5 BB (VPIP: 65.52, PFR: 27.59, 3Bet Preflop: 14.29, Hands: 29)
CO: 253.87 BB (VPIP: 25.06, PFR: 20.12, 3Bet Preflop: 6.14, Hands: 821)
BTN: 81.25 BB (VPIP: 37.84, PFR: 21.62, 3Bet Preflop: 4.90, Hands: 305)
SB: 131.8 BB (VPIP: 28.79, PFR: 12.12, 3Bet Preflop: 5.66, Hands: 137)
Hero (BB): 124.78 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, fold, fold, SB raises to 2 BB, Hero raises to 6 BB, SB calls 4 BB

Flop: (12 BB, 2 players) J 6 5
SB bets 11.34 BB, Hero calls 11.34 BB

Turn: (34.68 BB, 2 players) 7
SB bets 32.76 BB, Hero calls 32.76 BB

River: (100.2 BB, 2 players) A
SB checks, Hero bets 74.68 BB and is all-in, SB calls 74.68 BB

SB shows K J (One Pair, Jacks)
(Pre 36%, Flop 73%, Turn 68%)
Hero shows Q A (One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 64%, Flop 27%, Turn 32%)
Hero wins 246.56 BB


2.) I dislike villains overbet on river, Going to be checking majority of my range on that turn so nice to have the nuts included.


partypoker - $1 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 3 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 102.5 BB (VPIP: 30.93, PFR: 21.31, 3Bet Preflop: 8.73, Hands: 637)
BTN: 120.29 BB (VPIP: 16.67, PFR: 4.76, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 86)
Hero (SB): 113.81 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

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

Flop: (6 BB, 2 players) 2 Q J
Hero bets 2.83 BB, BB calls 2.83 BB

Turn: (11.66 BB, 2 players) Q
Hero checks, BB bets 9 BB, Hero calls 9 BB

River: (29.66 BB, 2 players) 3
Hero checks, BB bets 36 BB, Hero raises to 98.98 BB and is all-in, BB calls 51.67 BB and is all-in

BB shows K Q (Three of a Kind, Queens)
(Pre 74%, Flop 17%, Turn 9%)
Hero shows Q J (Full House, Queens full of Jacks)
(Pre 26%, Flop 83%, Turn 91%)
Hero wins 11.31 BB
Hero wins 203 BB


3.) Not much to say, think this certain villain will overbluff this spot often

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

MP: 107.11 BB (VPIP: 24.77, PFR: 15.60, 3Bet Preflop: 6.52, Hands: 110)
CO: 237.27 BB (VPIP: 25.66, PFR: 16.45, 3Bet Preflop: 10.53, Hands: 153)
Hero (BTN): 116.38 BB
SB: 112.18 BB (VPIP: 33.90, PFR: 20.34, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 60)
BB: 101.5 BB (VPIP: 25.38, PFR: 19.29, 3Bet Preflop: 5.19, Hands: 210)
UTG: 83.19 BB (VPIP: 31.67, PFR: 21.67, 3Bet Preflop: 10.34, Hands: 60)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2 BB, SB raises to 8 BB, fold, Hero raises to 20 BB, SB calls 12 BB

Flop: (41 BB, 2 players) 4 8 6
SB checks, Hero bets 11.75 BB, SB calls 11.75 BB

Turn: (64.5 BB, 2 players) 5
SB checks, Hero checks

River: (64.5 BB, 2 players) 9
SB bets 80.43 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 80.43 BB

SB shows J Q (High Card, Queen)
(Pre 16%, Flop 7%, Turn 5%)
Hero shows Q Q (One Pair, Queens)
(Pre 84%, Flop 93%, Turn 95%)
Hero wins 224.61 BB



4.) Against weaker reg HU. Think this bluff is super profitable although I haven't usually worked with 3x overbets. Villain is never checking back straights/two pairs/sets. Where I have 16 combos of 10x8x, 16 combos of Kx10x, 16 combos of J9, 16 combos of QJ, and 16 combos of Q9....That's 80 value combos. Also i heavily block his turn two pair combos by having a 3x. Not really sure his river call is profitable since I don't think I have enough bluffs to balance out my value combos.

PokerStars - $1 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: 100 BB (VPIP: 29.50, PFR: 23.18, 3Bet Preflop: 7.12, Hands: 2,191)
Hero (BB): 113.7 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 3 4

SB raises to 2.5 BB, Hero calls 1.5 BB

Flop: (5 BB, 2 players) Q 9 J
Hero checks, SB checks

Turn: (5 BB, 2 players) 3
Hero bets 10 BB, SB calls 10 BB

River: (25 BB, 2 players) 6
Hero bets 101.2 BB and is all-in, SB calls 87.5 BB and is all-in

Hero shows 3 4 (One Pair, Threes)
(Pre 39%, Flop 32%, Turn 30%)
SB shows 6 J (Two Pair, Jacks and Sixes)
(Pre 61%, Flop 68%, Turn 70%)
SB wins 199.4 BB

H 1: Bigger pre

H 4: check turn, This is very unnecessary

You right

1.) You right

2.) Disagree, think it's pretty profitable in the long run with that runout

August Review:






Clearly an up and down month cash wise. Unfortunately took a few bad beats financially outside of poker that despite winning at cash still a bit tight with money.

My volume goals also failed big time, so I'm making a more concentrated schedule so I get at least 70k hands a month. I'm just really not good enough to coast and play 30-50k hands and expect to get anywhere.

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Random Notes:

-Planning to start streaming this month in mid September if anyone would wanna check that out I'll post when I'm playing.

- One coaching session left with PlasticElephant (awesome guy) who I definitely recommend

-I'm 1/17 in live tournaments this year... after Final tabling my first event

-Only up about $3k in online tournaments this year- but winning at all positions at a pretty good rate so I suppose I'll still play the super value ones




September Goals:

1.)Play 70k hands

2.) Don't go broke

Good luck mate, sure you'll crush September, will keep up with this now I actually know who you are on 2+2 haha!

I don't disagree it's profitable to bet turn. I am only stating that checking is more profitable than an overbet. Also, I really don't understand what you rep. You rep nothing.

Only reason to bet turn is to fold out equity, so when you overbet, you are betting more than you need to with the hand you have. Sure, you can argue all day bet is > check (and I won't necessarily disagree), but overbet is < check for sure, because you are risking significantly more than is necessary to achieve the best outcome and the frequency of folds vs 2.5-3bb and against 10bb is not 3-4x greater making it lower EV. This EV is not made up for when you hit your hand either because that happens < 50% of time to begin with.

What about the 32 combos of straights, 6 combos of sets, 18 combos of strong two pairs which we have in our range and villain at these stakes has basically never?