Good day to you

MontyBurnsss here, unprofitable player.

Have min cashed / just above min cashed in a few tournaments. Busted many many more.

Have the basics down but failing in some pre & post flop spots.

First major thing I have addressed is to take a step back and look at all the information - then make a decision. I now habitually take my hand from the mouse to prevent the bad click backs that I may have made previously.

I would like to start a thread for me to post some hands and ask questions about specific situations.

Not a member of any training site. Considering a few options.

Areas of Improvement -

- Bet Sizing
- Applying pressure when big stacked but in the right spots.
- Calculating my equity at speed


Areas where I have noticed an improvement of late -

- Reading opponents ranges
- Exploiting callers pre flop
- Exploiting weak pre flop activity post flop.
- Bluffing in the correct spots to represent the part of my range that could hit.

Will all of the above being said, I am still not in a position where I am profitable so I have decided to smash the studies, ask many questions and soak up as much information as I can.

Would like to focus on MTTs.

Thanks for reading, all advise welcome and I will post as I go.

Cheers

Fire away

Hand 1 - Edit Ive listed my thoughts in cliffs ...

Hand history converter is corrupted so i have posted the notes below.

I will fix this as I go -

Thought process -

UTG raises and I call with K10s
one caller behind who i perceive as weak for the call,
UTG bets out on wet flop and I call with pair of K, turn hits filling any flushes
villain bets out again ...... I called which I believe was my mistake as I didnt put him on a flush or AA but somethng like AKo,KQ
I felt beat here whatever.

Should I have bet out her to represent a made flush AQs, AJs,QJs etc or just fold? I called origionally to raise on the turn if it filled up and represent but something stopped me.

The check behind was as I knew he had my pair of kings beat for some reason.

.....

Should I raise here or just fold?


PokerStars Hand #217087465381: Tournament #2972408581, $1.96+$0.24 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level V (40/80) - 2020/08/03 20:47:03 WET [2020/08/03 15:47:03 ET]
Table '2972408581 35' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: Zynk254 (9308 in chips)
Seat 2: Winnetou91 (10320 in chips)
Seat 3: panmotyl (4431 in chips)
Seat 4: MontyBurnsss (10799 in chips)
Seat 5: looksoskinny (4789 in chips)
Seat 6: VAKUL (7391 in chips)
Seat 7: Alexey0803 (15892 in chips)
Seat 9: lucas [lk7S] (5563 in chips)
Zynk254: posts the ante 9
Winnetou91: posts the ante 9
panmotyl: posts the ante 9
MontyBurnsss: posts the ante 9
looksoskinny: posts the ante 9
VAKUL: posts the ante 9
Alexey0803: posts the ante 9
lucas [lk7S]: posts the ante 9
Zynk254: posts small blind 40
Winnetou91: posts big blind 80
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to MontyBurnsss [Td Kd]
panmotyl: raises 120 to 200
MontyBurnsss: calls 200
looksoskinny: folds
VAKUL: folds
Alexey0803: folds
lucas [lk7S]: folds
Zynk254: folds
Winnetou91: calls 120
*** FLOP *** [5d Ks 9s]
Winnetou91: checks
panmotyl: bets 280
MontyBurnsss: calls 280
Winnetou91: folds
*** TURN *** [5d Ks 9s] [6s]
panmotyl: bets 432
MontyBurnsss: calls 432
*** RIVER *** [5d Ks 9s 6s] [5h]
panmotyl: checks
MontyBurnsss: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
panmotyl: shows [Ah Ac] (two pair, Aces and Fives)
MontyBurnsss: mucks hand
panmotyl collected 2136 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2136 | Rake 0
Board [5d Ks 9s 6s 5h]
Seat 1: Zynk254 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: Winnetou91 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 3: panmotyl showed [Ah Ac] and won (2136) with two pair, Aces and Fives
Seat 4: MontyBurnsss mucked [Td Kd]
Seat 5: looksoskinny folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: VAKUL folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Alexey0803 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: lucas [lk7S] (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Looking at the calling ranges it looks like I shouldnt even be here in the first place. So in future fold pre?

I had villain marked as loose from the play at the table. That is my excuse I guess.