I swear my goal this month is to play as terrible and undisciplined as possible.

I think i have developed fancy play syndrome.

First hand against a super aggressive LAG reg who i've gotten into alot of 3/4/5 bet war with. 2nd hand against a passive fish. Note to self: Never try to bluff a passive fish.

PokerStars - $0.25 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

UTG: $28.39
CO: $12.14
Hero (BTN): $45.79
SB: $24.75
BB: $28.10

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero has 2 A

UTG raises to $0.75, fold, Hero calls $0.75, fold, BB calls $0.50

Flop: ($2.35, 3 players) 9 T 7
BB checks, UTG bets $1.50, Hero calls $1.50, fold

Turn: ($5.35, 2 players) 6
UTG bets $2.54, Hero raises to $6.75, UTG calls $4.21

River: ($18.85, 2 players) 4
UTG checks, Hero bets $12.00, fold

Hero wins $17.93
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PokerStars - $0.25 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

MP: $32.69
CO: $25.45
BTN: $44.10
Hero (SB): $25.00
BB: $50.04
UTG: $28.17

Hero posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero has T A

fold, MP raises to $1.00, fold, fold, Hero calls $0.90, fold

Flop: ($2.25, 2 players) 8 K 2
Hero checks, MP bets $0.50, Hero raises to $2.25, MP calls $1.75

Turn: ($6.75, 2 players) J
Hero bets $3.50, MP calls $3.50

River: ($13.75, 2 players) 5
Hero bets $7.00, MP calls $7.00

Hero shows T A (High Card, Ace) (PreFlop 69%, Flop 13%, Turn 11%)
MP shows 8 A (One Pair, Eights) (PreFlop 31%, Flop 87%, Turn 89%)
MP wins $26.40

Since the swings that are common in NL ring games are not something I enjoy, I have been working on my PLO8 game (full ring sitting with 60BBs).

Small sample still but after 2k hands of playing (usually just a single table to insure Im playing properly), I have yet to drop a stack to a bad beat.

Usually what happens is instead of scooping the whole pot, you win half the pot and the other half you split with villain. Typical hand I just played...

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
Hi-Lo Omaha $0.02(BB) Replayer
SB ($1.27)
BB ($0.45)
UTG ($1.73)
Hero ($1.20)
UTG+2 ($0.68)
MP1 ($1.92)
MP2 ($3.44)
CO ($0.90)
BTN ($2.38)

Dealt to Hero 3 A A T

fold, Hero raises to $0.04, fold, fold, MP2 calls $0.04, fold, fold, fold, fold

FLOP ($0.11) Q 5 A

Hero bets $0.11, MP2 raises to $0.44, Hero raises to $1.16 (AI), MP2 calls $0.72

TURN ($2.43) Q 5 A 6

RIVER ($2.43) Q 5 A 6 7

MP2 shows 6 Q 5 3
(Pre 36%, Flop 48.7%, Turn 25.0%)

Hero shows 3 A A T
(Pre 64%, Flop 51.3%, Turn 75.0%)

MP2 wins $0.56
Hero wins $1.71

Once I get more exp I will be buying in full and switching to 6max and adding tables. So far my standard deviation in these games is half of what it is in my NL game.

If anyone is looking for a lower variance form of big bet poker I suggest giving the game a look. (I got started by reading Dan Deppen's book.)

The game is kind of slow going at this point. Lots of folding and obv the more you fold the more your graph goes on the downslope but eventually you get a good playable hand and you get paid whenever you connect with the flop. 2k hands and Im up almost 200 big blinds. I plan on keeping my progress udated so we will see.

So far its pretty fun and thats half the battle with growing a bankroll.

Indeed. To be fair though you have a fairly unbalanced range here I think. Your flop raise could easily be the NFD. Your turn bet is kinda meh as far as betsizing and the river is just laying him a great price to pick off your missed flush draws.

But yea, never bluff the passive fishies. They don't have a fold button. They are all about the showdown.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (8 handed) - Poker Hand Converter from PokerConverter.com

saw flop | saw showdown

SB ($4.59)
BB ($7.92)
UTG ($1.76)
Hero (UTG+1) ($5.23)
MP1 ($2.46)
MP2 ($5.05)
CO ($3.87)
Button ($4.34)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with A, A
UTG calls $0.05, Hero bets $0.25, 4 folds, SB calls $0.23, 1 fold, UTG calls $0.20

Flop: ($0.80) 3, Q, 7 (3 players)
SB bets $0.30, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.30

Turn: ($1.40) 7 (2 players)
SB bets $0.35, Hero calls $0.35

River: ($2.10) Q (2 players)
SB bets $3.69 (All-In), Hero folds

villain is 30/7/4 3bet of 0% over 230 hands & w$sd of 58%... play it any different?

Raise Flop, Raise Turn

As played fold river.

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $0.10(BB) Full Tilt
SB ($10.05)
BB ($10.35)
UTG ($3.44)
UTG+1 ($9.12)
UTG+2 ($14.57)
MP1 ($10.09)
MP2 ($18.85)
CO ($6.49)
Hero ($11.09)

Dealt to Hero J J

UTG raises to $0.30, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls $0.30, fold, BB calls $0.20

FLOP ($0.95) 6 J 6

BB checks, UTG bets $0.50, Hero calls $0.50, BB folds

TURN ($1.95) 6 J 6 6

UTG bets $0.80, Hero calls $0.80

RIVER ($3.55) 6 J 6 6 6

UTG bets $1.84 (AI), Hero folds

UTG wins $3.32

My read on him was, if he bet small he had a marginal hand. I thought i could push him out. Turned out he had a strong hand on the flop. By the river he had 3rd pair. He shouldn't think i had a flush draw especially since he was the one with the nut FD.

I would probably play KQ the same way. Maybe except i would've bet a little bigger.

But yea bluffing a station was my first mistake.

Apparently I need to just play live homegames from now on, my last 4 weeks I am +$29, +$51, +$90, +$48... about 4 hours per session...

Has anyone played any Rush Omaha? I dabble, and it seems nitty and the swongs are HUGE, but its really fun lol, and I feel like its beatable, maybe?

I dabbled in it too and yeah the swings are ridiculous... It's beatable at the micros for sure. But I'm no Omahaha expert by any means so I can't tell you how lol.

lol ive taken the same exact line vs the same fish 3 times.

c bet flop and turn and c/c river to induce bluff and the fish has done it every time..

Finally after a week of breakeven, I manage to scoop in some serious game and shipped 4 BI at 5NL.

roll now at $108

Peace

PS: yeh im playing poker while in the army. rules r for sissies. but no hud so yeh more feel oriented

PSSS: obv i post in the wrong tab, shud be in BAB and not lcnc but meh. being in the army is lc/nc enough

Since I managed to mispost I will be a gentleman and fix that.

Been playing w/o a hud since I am using an armymate's laptop with the following results at 5nl. The hand amounts seem pretty correct so the actual sum shouldn't be too far off, PTR results

Hands Stakes Net Start End
377 $0.02/$0.05 NLH (6-max) $20.65 Apr 6th - 11:30am CDT Apr 6th - 1:05pm CDT

963 $0.02/$0.05 NLH (6-max) $-4.77 Apr 5th - 11:42am CDT Apr 5th - 1:55pm CDT

521 $0.02/$0.05 NLH (6-max) $-1.06 Apr 4th - 12:22pm CDT Apr 4th - 1:17pm CDT

144 $0.02/$0.05 NLH (6-max) $4.63 Apr 3rd - 12:22pm CDT Apr 3rd - 12:44pm CDT

318 $0.02/$0.05 NLH (6-max) $5.72 Mar 31st - 12:18pm CDT Mar 31st - 1:46pm CDT

One of my favorite lines....works wonders at unl

Up $20 in 20 min shortstacking PLO10 rush. I buy in for $5, and so far last 2 days Im up $37, and have only lost one stack, a $18 pot but it was a cooler, guy hit runner runner straight on me. This hand is evidence of the play, Im a huge PLO fish, but I think this guy played it worse, theres no way Im folding this hand, esp on this board.

Full Tilt Poker $0.05/$0.10 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 6 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $8.17
SB: $31.05
Hero (BB): $14.57
UTG: $8.75
MP: $22.91
CO: $12.63

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is BB with 9 K 2 A
2 folds, CO raises to $0.30, BTN calls $0.30, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.20

Flop: ($0.95) K 4 A (3 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $0.40, BTN folds, Hero calls $0.40

Turn: ($1.75) 5 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $1, Hero calls $1

River: ($3.75) 4 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $2.30, Hero calls $2.30

Final Pot: $8.35
Hero shows 9 K 2 A (two pair, Aces and Kings)
CO shows 6 K 9 7 (two pair, Kings and Fours)
Hero wins $7.80
(Rake: $0.55)

Now that is what I call being owned.

Had a few fish crying because I was multitabling and taking time on another few tables. They were crying in chat - zzzzzz, omgs, wtf is this? ZZZZ etc..

Next hand lol, I look down at AA and shove all in, the 3 of them call. Shut up in future and thanks.

As a single tabling fish ... I hate you

Really, if you're timebanking enough that people are zzzzzzzzzzing you, you're probably playing too many tables ... and the fish that are calling you out will find other tables.

Does Badugi count in the Take 2 bonus?

Probably.. I think it just says ring games.

Yeah, I just wondered.

I'll give it a go on Friday and hopefully get that tick. If not, I'll just Rush it. The last time I played NL on consecutive days was the last T2 bonus lol.

Now 2555 $5 Fifty50s tourneys +$1276.20 9.55% roi

and a star

That's the issue though I wasn't going into the allotted time bank. I was using the seconds I was allowed to when it came to a decision.

Probs should have bet more on the flop, but the table had been folding my usual raises with sets, so I decided to just put 0.04 then 0.10. I knew the ace had hit him, should have shipped it there possibly.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (8 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

CO ($3.02)
Button ($1.86)
SB ($3.58)
Hero (BB) ($3.49)
UTG ($2.41)
UTG+1 ($1.45)
MP1 ($1.79)
MP2 ($3.67)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 6, J
UTG calls $0.02, 3 folds, CO calls $0.02, 1 fold, SB calls $0.01, Hero checks

Flop: ($0.08) 6, 6, 8 (4 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $0.04, UTG calls $0.04, 2 folds

Turn: ($0.16) A (2 players)
Hero bets $0.10, UTG calls $0.10

River: ($0.36) 6 (2 players)
Hero bets $3.33 (All-In), UTG calls $2.25 (All-In)

Total pot: $4.86 | Rake: $0.24

Nice!

FTP tables seem to have gotten alot better since they added ring game tickets. That and Take 2 coming up seems like a good time to griiiind.

Do you even really need a HUD for 2NL? I was checking over a few things, noticed a few mistakes I was making and I've changed. Over the past two days I've stuck religiously to the sticky topics on beating the micros and found it incredibly easy. I've made about $20 in two days playing about 6-7k hands in all honesty.

It isn't that I'm hitting everything on the flop, it is simply sticking to the topics that have been created, getting away from hands with re-raises on the turn and river etc. I had found it difficult before getting away from two pair. I've folded sets depending on the board and have made money so far.

I can honestly say thinking back I may have won $3 odd with luck. I think that was AJ Vs QQ and I flopped an ace, but other than that I've been getting my money in good and it has all paid off. I've been surprised. Now watch as people say it will change...>_>

I've taken a few bad beats, folded KK, when an ace has came on the flop depending on the bet size etc. AA beat by KK etc, all that. Meh.