Here's my stats so far for MTTs but I'm not sure if 48 is a good sample

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48 MTTs is no way near a decent sample.

You can take a shot though.

**** him. whatever you do you aren't ever folding at any point. bink a king.

What sample size should I be looking at? I think I might wait to take a shot until I have consistent stats at a good sample size as I've been trying to practice good BRM as part of learning.

How many tables do you play @ a time? Most MTT players grind at least 8+ tables, since MTT's are sick in terms of variance etc... etc...

In terms of sample size, I'm not sure - your better off asking in MTTc - You need a pretty large sample size - I know for MTTSNG's - At least 1K.

Anyway, I'd take a shot - $5 tourneys are uber soft.

Usually just one MTT at a time with one other table open - either SNG or cash so I don't get bored and tilty. Not a big grinder - still learning. I'll check in MTT thread. Thanks.

So, this month, my goal will be to continue w/low stakes, take a shot at 5 $5 MTTs so I don't kill my BR, stay away from SH superturbo SNGs (they are sucking my profits and addicting) and try to continue slow grind at profit and not just break-even.

lol, PLO's fun! I just had a short 340 hand session where I ran godly. I was hitting sets and holding, I had set over set, i'd open with AAxx and flop came A44 and the person had A4 (we didn't get it in but I still made some) I hit my draws and I couldn't do much wrong. I ended up winning just over 5 buy-ins.

One of those hands I ran pretty good with. I was a bit worried about straights on turn but with my flush redraw I decided to make a bet that was going to commit me to calling an all in if they had the nuts.

Hand #1
Poker Stars $0.02/$0.05 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 6 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

Hero (CO): $6.64
BTN: $15.54
SB: $15.67
BB: $4.93
UTG: $5.00
MP: $7.06

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is CO with 2 7 K K
2 folds, Hero raises to $0.15, 1 fold, SB calls $0.13, BB calls $0.10

Flop: ($0.45) 6 Q K (3 players)
SB checks, BB bets $0.30, Hero raises to $0.97, SB folds, BB calls $0.67

Turn: ($2.39) J (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $2, BB raises to $3.81 all in, Hero calls $1.81

River: ($10.01) 8 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $10.01
Hero shows 2 7 K K (a flush, King high)
BB shows 5 6 J 6 (three of a kind, Sixes)
Hero wins $9.52
(Rake: $0.49)

This was one of my biggest pots of the session. Very standard open from me, and I called because of position. I think some people might even put in the 4bet as I have blockers to AAxx and KKxx. But I decided to take a flop. NFD + top pair + backdoor flush draw was enough for me to be willing to get it in. I was a little unfortunate that villain held some of the cards I was trying to catch but I was still 60% to win.

Hand #2
Poker Stars $0.02/$0.05 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 6 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BB: $4.95
UTG: $6.66
MP: $5.86
CO: $6.24
Hero (BTN): $6.73
SB: $12.85

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is BTN with T A 7 K
3 folds, Hero raises to $0.15, SB raises to $0.50, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.35

Flop: ($1.05) 4 3 T (2 players)
SB bets $1, Hero raises to $4, SB raises to $12.35 all in, Hero calls $2.23 all in

Turn: ($13.51) 7 (2 players - 2 are all in)

River: ($13.51) 3 (2 players - 2 are all in)

Final Pot: $13.51
Hero shows T A 7 K (a flush, Ace high)
SB shows A K J A (two pair, Aces and Threes)
Hero wins $12.84
(Rake: $0.67)

@norway.... i play 17 tables currently... 1k hands per hr pretty much & trying to get in 50hr weeks from now on...

I'm sort on cash right now but thought I would save up to a $100 BR (I have $60 right now). Make my first deposit on carbon and play .02/.04 limit for a while. When I'm up $25 I plan to play 4NL for a while to get my feet wet, win some, then move up to 10NL. Once I am comfortable with 10NL I will start playing the 2.20 MTT.

thats sick teach me lol i cant play 6

After planning to start grinding again yesterday I ended up taking the day off instead. Was good to do other things and put me in the mood to start a few tables up today.

Ran/played pretty well for the most part. Seem to be a lot more fish at 10NL than what I remember but maybe it's just 'cause it's the weekend. Managed to hit almost +5BIs in just under 1K hands (lol samplesize) so that's a good start at least.

A couple of WTF moments when the Villains flipped at showdown.

PokerStars - $0.10 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

BB: $8.11
UTG: $45.24
Hero (MP): $22.94
CO: $11.81
BTN: $12.47
SB: $17.45

SB posts SB $0.05, BB posts BB $0.10

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero has 9 9

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

Flop: ($0.95, 3 players) 5 9 8
BB bets $1.00, Hero raises to $3.50, fold, BB calls $2.50

Turn: ($7.95, 2 players) K
BB checks, Hero bets $4.53, BB calls $4.31 and is all-in

River: ($16.57, 2 players) 6



PokerStars - $0.10 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

SB: $10.66
Hero (BB): $10.00
UTG: $18.38
MP: $10.25
CO: $5.29
BTN: $10.00

SB posts SB $0.05, Hero posts BB $0.10

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero has J J

fold, fold, CO raises to $0.40, fold, SB calls $0.35, Hero raises to $1.20, CO calls $0.80, SB calls $0.80

Flop: ($3.60, 3 players) K K 6
SB checks, Hero bets $2.05, fold, SB calls $2.05

Turn: ($7.70, 2 players) 4
SB checks, Hero checks

River: ($7.70, 2 players) K
SB checks, Hero bets $4.39, SB calls $4.39



Bankroll: $247.54 (+$47.54)
Hands played: 931

Funny stuff man!

@norway.... basically set out static/robotic guidelines for preflop & what you do vs this player in each seating positions & practice it, play with a big enough bankroll as well so your never worrying about making mistakes as you will review them after session pretty much(i like 50-100)

you should have postflop guidelines as well just to make your decisions quicker & the more you practice the easier it gets

some hands that come up you will need to adjust & thus change from the std or else your just playing badly & auto-piloting but the more automatic simple decisions get then the more time you have to spend on tougher/complex ones...

Bought an new 27° TFT and moved straight from 6 to 12 tabling

Put just 50 on RPM and figured 12.5 BI for nl4 would be good enough but ended up running 16-17 BI below EV so down to just 5$, time to run this s**t up .

BR-5

glgl burd... since Sunday, I've run $1.50 up to $300... so it can be done Just need a nice little heater.

Stacking or Tiling?

I tried to break the weekend curse today. I played about 600 hands today and made 4 buy-ins. There was a huge fish at one of my tables, putting in 200bb with T672ss all in pre-flop. Completely spewing, I ran into him a bit. I hero called twice at the wrong time and lost a bit to him. Caught him once and got him all in with both of us having 2 pair but me having top 2. I knew he was playing fishy but PTR wasn't working at the time. I looked him up after



It seemed like a good spot to get it in on the flop. I guess not, 23% equity for me.

Hand #1
Poker Stars $0.02/$0.05 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 5 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BB: $6.49
UTG: $13.47
CO: $12.11
BTN: $4.62
Hero (SB): $5.07

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is SB with K T 4 K
UTG raises to $0.17, CO calls $0.17, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.15, BB calls $0.12

Flop: ($0.68) Q 3 J (4 players)
Hero bets $0.49, BB raises to $2.12, UTG folds, CO calls $2.12, Hero raises to $4.90 all in, BB raises to $6.32 all in, CO calls $4.20

Turn: ($18.22) 5 (3 players - 2 are all in)

River: ($18.22) J (3 players - 2 are all in)

Final Pot: $18.22
BB shows 3 T 5 3 (a full house, Threes full of Jacks)
CO shows A 9 2 Q (two pair, Queens and Jacks)
Hero shows K T 4 K (two pair, Kings and Jacks)
BB wins $2.70
BB wins $14.62
(Rake: $0.90)

lol....blind vs blind situation. I love how people level themselves in these spots.

Hand #2
Poker Stars $0.02/$0.05 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 5 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

CO: $4.55
BTN: $5.24
Hero (SB): $9.47
BB: $5.90
UTG: $5.22

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is SB with 6 K K 6
3 folds, Hero raises to $0.15, BB raises to $0.40, Hero calls $0.25

Flop: ($0.80) 8 7 K (2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $0.60, Hero raises to $2.56, BB calls $1.96

Turn: ($5.92) 5 (2 players)
Hero bets $5.63, BB calls $2.94 all in

River: ($11.80) 4 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $11.80
Hero shows 6 K K 6 (three of a kind, Kings)
BB shows T T Q J (a pair of Tens)
Hero wins $11.23
(Rake: $0.57)

I didn't think I had much fold equity by jamming the flop and I knew by then there was a good chance I was up against a set. So I just decided to peel and then got it in with the nuts. Bit of a beat....

Hand #3
Poker Stars $0.02/$0.05 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 5 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

Hero (BB): $5.00
UTG: $5.74
CO: $15.93
BTN: $28.65
SB: $6.23

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is BB with 6 A 2 8
2 folds, BTN calls $0.05, SB calls $0.03, Hero checks

Flop: ($0.15) Q 7 5 (3 players)
SB bets $0.15, Hero raises to $0.40, BTN folds, SB raises to $1.35, Hero calls $0.95

Turn: ($2.85) 4 (2 players)
SB bets $1.78, Hero raises to $3.60 all in, SB calls $1.82

River: ($10.05) Q (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $10.05
Hero shows 6 A 2 8 (a flush, Ace high)
SB shows 7 Q 9 Q (four of a kind, Queens)
SB wins $9.56
(Rake: $0.49)

CO was the fish, I thought there was a decent chance he was bluffing and he'd have to hit runners to make the flush. I was wrong in this instance.

Hand #4
Poker Stars $0.02/$0.05 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 5 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

CO: $37.38
Hero (BTN): $5.00
SB: $15.26
BB: $6.92
UTG: $11.24

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is BTN with K K 6 8
1 fold, CO raises to $0.17, Hero raises to $0.40, 2 folds, CO calls $0.23

Flop: ($0.87) T 3 8 (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $0.50, CO calls $0.50

Turn: ($1.87) K (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $1.50, CO calls $1.50

River: ($4.87) 2 (2 players)
CO bets $4.64, Hero calls $2.60 all in

Final Pot: $10.07
CO shows A Q 5 Q (a flush, King high)
Hero shows K K 6 8 (three of a kind, Kings)
CO wins $9.58
(Rake: $0.49)

A hero call against the fish. This time it did work out.

Hand #5
Poker Stars $0.02/$0.05 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 6 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

Hero (BB): $6.02
UTG: $19.64
MP: $7.17
CO: $34.77
BTN: $25.62
SB: $2.60

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is BB with A Q 8 9
3 folds, BTN raises to $0.17, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.12

Flop: ($0.36) 6 Q T (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $0.35, Hero calls $0.35

Turn: ($1.06) J (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $1.01, Hero calls $1.01

River: ($3.08) T (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $2.93, Hero calls $2.93

Final Pot: $8.94
Hero shows A Q 8 9 (a straight, Eight to Queen)
BTN shows 3 2 7 A (a pair of Tens)
Hero wins $8.51
(Rake: $0.43)

Got another quick session in before work. Shame I ran KK into AA but only just over that 1BI lost. Starting to numb myself to the standard coolers and betting/raising more for value on the river when I'm pretty confident I have the best hand.

PokerStars - $0.10 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

BTN: $10.47
Hero (SB): $14.14
BB: $10.00
UTG: $10.92
CO: $25.69

Hero posts SB $0.05, BB posts BB $0.10

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero has K Q

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

Flop: ($0.60, 2 players) 4 7 Q
Hero bets $0.42, BB calls $0.42

Turn: ($1.44, 2 players) 6
Hero bets $1.20, BB calls $1.20

River: ($3.84, 2 players) 4
Hero bets $2.19, fold



I previously probably would have checked the river and faced a difficult decision thinking he flushed or str8d out on me or have him checked behind. Looking back is this good for a c/c perhaps or do I lose too much value from weaker Qs/7s?

Bankroll: $235.83 (-$11.71)
Hands played: 1,201

I dont like check calling that river, I prefer bet/folding it. Nothing hes calling with on the flop is betting the river that you beat apart from stone bluffs. If the turn and river brick and hes called twice and hes a good player I might check/call to give him a chance to bluff.

In that hand I would say he had a hand like 88-TT with a club.

I went for a bit more to see if I could dodge my weekend jinx. I put in another 800 hands, made just under 2 buy-ins. Poker's going well for me so far. I'm going to get another $50 in 500VPP which will help.

A case of too many outs . As good as a flip, 47.5% for me.

Hand #1
Poker Stars $0.02/$0.05 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 5 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

SB: $8.47
BB: $4.89
UTG: $2.19
CO: $6.27
Hero (BTN): $5.00

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is BTN with Q 8 A J
2 folds, Hero raises to $0.15, 1 fold, BB calls $0.10

Flop: ($0.32) 8 T K (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.24, BB raises to $1.03, Hero raises to $3.40, BB raises to $4.74 all in, Hero calls $1.34

Turn: ($9.80) 5 (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($9.80) 3 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $9.80
BB shows K 8 6 T (two pair, Kings and Tens)
Hero shows Q 8 A J (a pair of Eights)
BB wins $9.32
(Rake: $0.48)

One of the last hands of the session. I was thinking of making a results oriented fold so I could finish with my balance above a number but decided to call with my overpair + flush draw.

Hand #2
Poker Stars $0.02/$0.05 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 5 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

Hero (CO): $7.12
BTN: $12.42
SB: $4.97
BB: $5.00
UTG: $17.88

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is CO with K 6 Q K
1 fold, Hero raises to $0.15, BTN calls $0.15, SB calls $0.13, 1 fold

Flop: ($0.50) 9 2 7 (3 players)
SB bets $0.48, Hero calls $0.48, BTN folds

Turn: ($1.46) K (2 players)
SB bets $1.39, Hero raises to $5.56, SB calls $2.95 all in

River: ($10.14) T (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $10.14
Hero shows K 6 Q K (three of a kind, Kings)
SB shows 9 J 9 J (three of a kind, Nines)
Hero wins $9.64
(Rake: $0.50)

c/c is fine in some spots vs good player but b/f is prob best readless at 10nl

PLO gods still being kind to me. I played 700 hands, had a few slightly tilting things. I hate when I bet turn as flush hits with nut blocker and short stacks shove and I can't do anything but fold. I made another 2 buy-ins, so I think i'm up close to $40 for the day. I won at 18bb/100 today - a pretty nice winrate

Bit of a sick fade but fortunately I had the flush redraw on the turn too. Not sure why we didn't get it in on the flop when villain had the most equity.

Hand #1
Poker Stars $0.02/$0.05 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 5 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

Hero (BTN): $6.29
SB: $8.68
BB: $4.60
UTG: $13.64
CO: $5.37

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is BTN with 5 J J 9
UTG calls $0.05, 1 fold, Hero raises to $0.15, 2 folds, UTG calls $0.10

Flop: ($0.37) 4 8 J (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $0.28, UTG raises to $0.90, Hero raises to $3.06, UTG calls $2.16

Turn: ($6.49) 6 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $3.08 all in, UTG calls $3.08

River: ($12.65) A (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $12.65
Hero shows 5 J J 9 (a flush, Ace high)
UTG shows 7 T 9 Q (high card Ace)
Hero wins $12.04
(Rake: $0.61)

I hate these spots when I put in so much of my stack pre-flop and then the flop's just the worst possible for my hand. It was pretty obvious my hand was no good so I had to muck it after putting in 40bb pre-flop.

Hand #2
Poker Stars $0.02/$0.05 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 6 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $4.26
SB: $6.19
BB: $5.00
UTG: $6.16
MP: $23.28
Hero (CO): $7.26

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is CO with 7 A A 8
1 fold, MP calls $0.05, Hero raises to $0.20, 2 folds, BB raises to $0.50, MP calls $0.45, Hero raises to $2.02, BB calls $1.52, MP calls $1.52

Flop: ($6.08) 3 T 6 (3 players)
BB checks, MP bets $2.60, Hero folds, BB raises to $2.98 all in, MP calls $0.38

Turn: ($12.04) 7 (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($12.04) 3 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $12.04
BB shows J J K A (a flush, Ace high)
MP shows 9 7 T 6 (a flush, Ten high)
BB wins $11.46
(Rake: $0.58)

This was a bit sick. I was ready to tilt after the turn but managed to catch a good river.

Hand #3
Poker Stars $0.02/$0.05 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 6 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

SB: $5.85
BB: $9.02
UTG: $9.72
MP: $9.12
CO: $16.92
Hero (BTN): $6.12

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is BTN with T 4 J J
3 folds, Hero calls $0.05, SB raises to $0.20, BB calls $0.15, Hero calls $0.15

Flop: ($0.60) J 8 5 (3 players)
SB checks, BB bets $0.50, Hero raises to $2.07, SB folds, BB raises to $6.78, Hero calls $3.85 all in

Turn: ($12.44) 6 (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($12.44) 6 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $12.44
BB shows 9 8 7 8 (a full house, Eights full of Sixes)
Hero shows T 4 J J (a full house, Jacks full of Sixes)
Hero wins $11.82
(Rake: $0.62)

Only been playing poker for a couple of months so I might aswell post in this thread too.

BR: 35$
Site: Pokerstars
Plan: Try to learn and study poker over the next year while hopefully moving up a few levels.

Playing FR but tried SH and it was a bit more fun so I might try to make the switch a bit later on.

Running good so far this month.... hope to hit my goals
Yesterday i played only 500 Hands

Trying to grind a minimum of 5000 Hands tomorrow and make at least 50$!

This month so far... running 2 Buyins under ev but still nice winrate