Current Br: $185.87 (+7.97)
Hands for the Day: 475
Current FPPS: 182.29

Got my rakeback confirmed at FTP, gonna start making the arrangments to move my roll there.

Any1 have any idea on how easy its to clear a bonus there? Playing 5nl? And playing 5 nl rush?

After such a great session before i followed it up with a really **** session and lost what i won before. 2 coolers which i will post made up for the bulk of my looses.

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $0.10(BB) Replayer
SB ($9.90)
BB ($10)
Hero ($12.48)
BTN ($15.71)

Dealt to Hero 2 2

Hero raises to $0.35, BTN calls $0.35, SB calls $0.30, BB calls $0.25

FLOP ($1.40) 5 2 J

SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $1.20, BTN folds, SB folds, BB raises to $2.80, Hero raises to $6.80, BB raises to $9.65 (AI), Hero calls $2.85

TURN ($20.70) 5 2 J 3

RIVER ($20.70) 5 2 J 3 Q

BB shows 5 5
(Pre 81%, Flop 91.1%, Turn 97.7%)

Hero shows 2 2
(Pre 19%, Flop 8.9%, Turn 2.3%)

BB wins $19.32

THIS WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL..........
Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $0.10(BB) Replayer
SB ($18.96)
BB ($10)
UTG ($4.75)
UTG+1 ($21.71)
Hero ($9.80)
BTN ($11)

Dealt to Hero K K

UTG raises to $0.20, fold, Hero raises to $0.80, BTN calls $0.80, SB calls $0.75, fold, UTG raises to $4.75 (AI), Hero raises to $9.80 (AI), BTN calls $9, fold

FLOP ($25.25) 9 6 8

TURN ($25.25) 9 6 8 2

RIVER ($25.25) 9 6 8 2 5

Hero shows K K
(Pre 65%, Flop 53.0%, Turn 71.4%)

BTN shows 7 7
(Pre 18%, Flop 39.9%, Turn 23.8%)

UTG shows 3 3
(Pre 16%, Flop 7.1%, Turn 4.8%)

BTN wins $23.57

After this i tilted off another buyin with this hand..........

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $0.10(BB) Replayer
SB ($8.49)
BB ($10)
Hero ($10.14)
CO ($11.94)
BTN ($35.76)

Dealt to Hero Q Q

Hero raises to $0.35, fold, BTN calls $0.35, fold, fold

FLOP ($0.85) 7 3 8

Hero bets $0.70, BTN calls $0.70

TURN ($2.25) 7 3 8 T

Hero bets $2, BTN calls $2

RIVER ($6.25) 7 3 8 T K

Hero bets $4, BTN raises to $8, Hero calls $3.09 (AI)

Hero shows Q Q
(Pre 89%, Flop 62.7%, Turn 79.5%)

BTN shows Q 4
(Pre 11%, Flop 37.3%, Turn 20.5%)

BTN wins $19.07

Should have slowed down on the river maybe c/c.

BR £180

just took 2nd place in a $4.40 135man rush tourny on tilt for $97

BR $180 -> $275

edit; thought i would also mention that i was unable too win the tourny several times

QJ<A6, AK<QJ, AJ<K8... sigh

GAH!!!! My BR is still trickling away

Played 2000 hands of break-even poker over the last 2 days, topped off 20 minutes ago by a KK<AA cooler. I still need a HUD, but almost don't want to bother if I can't beat 5NL without it.

BR: $156

My table selection seems to have improved greatly, as I'm now actively looking for fish with smaller stacks or 30/40+ VPIP and valuetowning them.

This is my new motto:
"Everyone hits monsters now and then. Only those who table select well will get those monsters paid off."

BR:$550->$625

Plus $10 in Stellar Rewards and $11 TD from a 280FPP sat.

For those of you running poorly or experiencing a downswing, I am returning up to where my BR used to be before my 10BI downswing. Variance goes both ways.

just finished a 2k hand session today 5nl full ring, down $8 at the end of it .. pretty much missed every flop/getting outflopped & i should of layed down kk vs a guy i knew had AA preflop with his 4bet shove but i was down at that point and i guess wnated to get lucky or something ehh

bankroll $149... going to play my next session right now

BR-80

Pretty meh results. I've barely been playing. I plan on picking up my grind big time in Sept-Nov. Would be nice to grind up something to play with in Vegas.

Starting over.

I have:

$144 on Stars, pending $50 bonus, 229/350 VPPs cleared for that, playing 5NL.

$35 on FTP. playing 2NL

$32 on AP, playing 2NL.

My all time graph for cash is atrocious. The red line is where the green line is supposed to be, and vice versa.

I bought the LeakBuster and it found 15 Leaks, so I'll be reviewing that all week instead of playing.

go me.

Hey random, I've thought about getting leakbuster before but was not really sure how useful it would ever be, and didn't want to waste the time until I'd built up a good number of hands to run it on. Let me know if it's any good please

I highly recommend it, but like you said have a decent DB. I've 200k hands so that should be somewhat accurate.

Of course, the flip side is, you'd think I would have learned something by now.

Lesson of the night: When they 4bet, they always have AA.

11 BI down at 5NL and counting...FML. I thought 2nl and 5nl were the same, but I'm not crushing the latter at all.

did that at 10NL in January. Twice.

I need to make a blog, any ideas?

ideas for your blog? does it have to be about poker? i feel like the best poker blogs talk about life and poker.

lol at no poker, I hate those blogs unless they are RLY interesting

Also im pretty boring

Playing 5NL Rush should be okay, it's gonna take you a while to clear the entire $600 tho.

had a overall marginal day on stars... first 2khands was down $8 at 5nl then my next 1khands had won $15-16 then the last thousand hands i was card dead & dropped $4 so for the day im up $3 hhaha... pretty garbage considering i played 4khands but whatever... going to go have some fun 1tabling 6max for a hour or so then off to bed

played 40hands of 6max & up a buy in, end my session for the night woot.. still mediocre overall day but lagging it up at 5nl 6max 1tabling alwyas makes me smile...

700 FTPs grinded today, and -$150 EV later...


Full Tilt Poker $50.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
The Official 2+2 Hand Converter Powered By DeucesCracked.com

Hero (BTN): $60.95
SB: $12.75
BB: $40.00
UTG: $104.75
MP: $76.65
CO: $66.25

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BTN with T T
3 folds, Hero raises to $1.75, SB calls $1.50, BB calls $1.25

Flop: ($5.25) K T 4 (3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $3.00, SB raises to $11, BB folds, Hero calls $8

Turn: ($27.25) J (2 players)

River: ($27.25) K (2 players)

Final Pot: $27.25
Hero shows T T
SB shows Q 9
SB wins $25.90
(Rake: $1.35)

WTF REALLY?
[x] YOU SUNK MY BATTLESHIP



Full Tilt Poker $50.00 No Limit Hold'em - 5 players
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BTN: $48.90
Hero (SB): $50.00
BB: $56.20
UTG: $74.15
CO: $58.40

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is SB with J Q
2 folds, BTN calls $0.50, Hero raises to $2, 1 fold, BTN raises to $3.50, Hero calls $1.50

Flop: ($7.50) 3 Q J (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $7.50, Hero raises to $15, BTN raises to $45.40, Hero calls $30.40

Turn: ($98.30) 9 (2 players)

River: ($98.30) A (2 players)

Final Pot: $98.30
BTN shows A A
Hero shows J Q
BTN wins $95.30
(Rake: $3.00)

I already knew this guy had an overpair preflop, when you play like 70/1/1, it's pretty easy to spot you have AA-KK...


Full Tilt Poker $50.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
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CO: $50.00
Hero (BTN): $53.85
SB: $50.00
BB: $86.85
UTG: $51.30
MP: $22.70

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BTN with 4 4
1 fold, MP raises to $1.75, 1 fold, Hero calls $1.75, SB calls $1.50, BB calls $1.25

Flop: ($7.00) J 7 4 (4 players)
SB bets $5.50, BB folds, MP raises to $20.95, Hero calls $20.95, SB raises to $48.25, Hero calls $27.30

Turn: ($124.45) 6 (3 players)

River: ($124.45) 5 (3 players)

Final Pot: $124.45
Hero shows 4 4
SB shows J A
MP shows Q J
Hero wins $54.60
Hero wins $66.85
(Rake: $3.00)

at least this held up

Hey Masq my brother from another mother. Is this a standard calldown? Since all the draws are busted? or are we too afraid of a lone jack or random 2 pair? (lol i have 2 pair too :facepalm: )
btw. I didn't 3bet pre, cause first of all it isn't suited but more importantly I am out of position. I rather play only small pots oop, ldo.
Full Tilt Poker $0.05/$0.10 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 6 players
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SB: $2.99
Hero (BB): $13.78
UTG: $20.12
MP: $37.17
CO: $11.08
BTN: $9.82

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is BB with A A 8 4
UTG raises to $0.35, MP calls $0.35, 3 folds, Hero calls $0.25

Flop: ($1.10) 2 J Q (3 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $1.10, MP folds, Hero calls $1.10

Turn: ($3.30) J (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $1.65, Hero calls $1.65

River: ($6.60) 5 (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $5.10, Hero calls $5.10

I think it's fine to not be 3betting this pre-flop especially as your AA isn't suited and the other cards don't connect well with it. I don't really like building big pots with AAxx OOP, i'd consider the 3bet if it's ds or if I can get a lot of my stack in pre-flop though.

One thing you have to remember about the micro stakes PLO is people rarely bluff and are largely betting for value. I'd actually be a nit and just consider folding the flop seeing as it's unlikely we're going to improve from here and even if I hit the A it could potentially complete the OESD. The board isn't really draw heavy, there's the straight draws KT/T9 which missed but aside from that I wouldn't say there was many draws on there which you could put villain on that have missed on the river. I'll say that the turn bet sizing is interesting that they do half pot on turn when board pairs and then fire close to pot on river. I don't really see what we're hoping to beat to hope a hand like top pair is taking this line is a bit optimistic and I guess wrap hands could play it this way, you need to have a good read on your opponent that they're going to bluff with busted draws on the river. It smells like you're beaten here I think, it could be 22 by the way they bet turn but either way I don't think AAxx is good enough here to make the call profitable in the long run.

That's pretty much my opinion on it, but you can always take it to micro PLO sub-forum and see what others think. You need to play the AAxx hands very carefully when you miss flop as very often you'll be behind and it's not good to be putting in 100bb drawing almost dead as it can get very costly. Do you want that article on PLO I mentioned in a previous post?

thanks as always great insight.
i am a plo nub. have a lot to learn.
btw i play on ftp rush plo. you should check it out.

Why not play a bit smaller then if you're learning? Do you want the article to read up on some basics. I'm not playing on FTP atm as I don't have rakeback, otherwise i'd probably be playing there. If you're playing rush then you pretty much need to nut peddle rather than try make soul reads like the hand you posted; as you just don't have enough information on villain to make the call profitable. What was results of hand? I'm guessing AA was no good in this spot?

BR: €159.60 -> €183.78*

played the best session so far, up 5 buyins in 650 hands. Love that feeling when they push their stack into me while I have nuts

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $0.04(BB) Replayer
SB ($7.22)
BB ($4.21)
Hero ($8.35)
BTN ($4.16)

Dealt to Hero T Q

Hero raises to $0.14, BTN calls $0.14, fold, fold

FLOP ($0.34) 8 9 J

Hero bets $0.25, BTN raises to $4.02 (AI), Hero calls $3.77

TURN ($8.38) 8 9 J 6

RIVER ($8.38) 8 9 J 6 4

Hero shows T Q
(Pre 28%, Flop 91.5%, Turn 97.7%)

BTN shows Q J
(Pre 72%, Flop 8.5%, Turn 2.3%)

Hero wins $7.98

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $0.04(BB) Replayer
SB ($7.39)
BB ($2.92)
UTG ($4.78)
CO ($5.62)
Hero ($4)

Dealt to Hero A 7

UTG raises to $0.08, fold, Hero calls $0.08, fold, BB calls $0.04

FLOP ($0.26) 7 9 7

BB checks, UTG bets $0.30, Hero calls $0.30, BB folds

TURN ($0.86) 7 9 7 J

UTG bets $0.48, Hero raises to $1.56, UTG calls $1.08

RIVER ($3.98) 7 9 7 J T

UTG bets $2.10, Hero calls $2.06 (AI)

UTG shows 4 9
(Pre 37%, Flop 12.2%, Turn 4.5%)

Hero shows A 7
(Pre 63%, Flop 87.8%, Turn 95.5%)

Hero wins $7.70

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $0.04(BB) Replayer
SB ($2.85)
BB ($5.82)
UTG ($0.88)
Hero ($4.31)
CO ($5.79)
BTN ($4.89)

Dealt to Hero A A

UTG calls $0.04, Hero raises to $0.20, fold, BTN calls $0.20, SB raises to $2.85 (AI), fold, UTG calls $0.84 (AI), Hero calls $2.65, fold

FLOP ($6.82) 9 9 T

TURN ($6.82) 9 9 T 6

RIVER ($6.82) 9 9 T 6 9

SB shows Q Q
(Pre 10%, Flop 6.1%, Turn 2.4%)

UTG shows 7 Q
(Pre 12%, Flop 7.6%, Turn 9.5%)

Hero shows A A
(Pre 78%, Flop 86.3%, Turn 88.1%)

Hero wins $6.52

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $0.04(BB) Replayer
SB ($4)
BB ($4)
UTG ($8.74)
Hero ($7.10)
CO ($1.80)
BTN ($4.46)

Dealt to Hero Q K

fold, Hero raises to $0.20, fold, fold, SB calls $0.18, fold

FLOP ($0.48) K 7 4

SB checks, Hero bets $0.36, SB calls $0.36

TURN ($1.20) K 7 4 8

SB checks, Hero bets $0.72, SB calls $0.72

RIVER ($2.64) K 7 4 8 K

SB bets $2.72 (AI), Hero calls $2.72

Hero shows Q K
(Pre 27%, Flop 87.0%, Turn 93.2%)

SB shows A Q
(Pre 73%, Flop 13.0%, Turn 6.8%)

Hero wins $7.68

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $0.04(BB) Replayer
SB ($1.91)
BB ($2.48)
UTG ($5.52)
Hero ($9.86)
BTN ($6.46)

Dealt to Hero 9 9

fold, Hero raises to $0.16, fold, fold, BB calls $0.12

FLOP ($0.34) 9 2 8

BB bets $2.32 (AI), Hero calls $2.32

TURN ($4.98) 9 2 8 5

RIVER ($4.98) 9 2 8 5 6

BB shows A 8
(Pre 29%, Flop 0.4%, Turn 0.0%)

Hero shows 9 9
(Pre 71%, Flop 99.6%, Turn 100.0%)

Hero wins $4.78

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