Villain is 27/24 after 22 hands.

SB: $5 (100 bb)
BB: $8.83 (176.6 bb)
UTG: $9.17 (183.4 bb)
MP: $3.15 (63 bb)
Hero (CO): $5.07 (101.4 bb)
BTN: $6.78 (135.6 bb)

Preflop: Hero is CO with A A
UTG folds, MP raises to $0.10, Hero raises to $0.35, 3 folds, MP calls $0.25

Flop: ($0.77) 3 2 Q (2 players)
MP checks, Hero bets $0.45, MP calls $0.45

Turn: ($1.67) 5 (2 players)
MP checks, Hero checks

River: ($1.67) 2 (2 players)
MP bets $2.35, Hero calls $2.35

Thoughts on checking turn? I suppose I could half pot the turn, but I feel this keeps in a lot of villains hands which he might think he can bet for value such as JJ, TT, KQ, which might fold if I bet the turn and it always gives him the chance to bluff shove his missed draws and other random crap.

KQ never folds turn and should rarely fold river. You might get a river x/c from JJ/TT instead of a x/f OTT but I wouldn't count on there being a difference at 5NL, and you don't compensate for all the missed value from KQ, AQ.

I have absolutely no idea. I thought he was bad but didn't think he was that bad. His stats seem decent enough, and lol I thought I had some fold equity jamming the turn

H2: not sure really, only need very few bluff hands to be in his range to make it a +Ev call. Even if he does have 77 I have 25% equity. Worst case I have 25% equity best case I have 75% equity and there is a decent amount in the pot.

@MMSS yeah triple barreling AA there all day. I'd go 2/3PSB too like I would if I had a 4/FD/set/AQ or AK if I decided to barrel it.

@MMSS: I would bet turn. Assuming he is a fish (stacksize) (his stats say nothing because of samplesize) he is def going to call with every Qx, with all his FD's and some med pp's. (JJ, TT, 99, 88, 77).

@TDA & Gamma - You are both aware that he's short ye? If I 2/3PSB it then he'd have basically nothing on the river.

These two hands were against the same fish.




I later got reads that...

1) He calls down EXTREMELY loosely.
2) He min-donks with any connections to the board.

Using these reads I decided I'd overbet/raise the turn. Kind of wondering if I could have milked him for even more value though if I had shoved, or whether he would have folded or not. I expect him to min-donk/call Ax and possibly some draws, but I'm unsure if he'd call a turn shove with his draws.

Should I have just overbet/jammed it here?

No, I didn't notice. Your flop sizing is pretty bad in that case. I'd make it smaller as there are no draws and we can play three streets, but you can also make it big enough to shove the turn.

+1

My bad for not reading the HH carefully enough. Your check isn't half bad then since he's short but I tend not to leave betting up to people unless I know for sure he is going to both value bet thin and bluff at a decent frequency. I'd go ~65c OTF and jam turn.

If we had the ace of spades I'd be more inclined to get it in over 3 streets.

Hating myself for this call.
Villain was reggish - I guess he's raising flop with sets and flush draws.
So river is a fold.
I was wrong though!

iPoker - $0.04 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: $5.44 (VPIP: 9.09, PFR: 4.55, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 22)
BTN: $5.46 (VPIP: 27.27, PFR: 19.70, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 68)
SB: $4.96 (VPIP: 20.69, PFR: 19.54, 3Bet Preflop: 16.00, Hands: 267)
BB: $8.52 (VPIP: 50.00, PFR: 31.82, 3Bet Preflop: 14.29, Hands: 22)
Hero (UTG): $4.50

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.04

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.06) Hero has A K

Hero raises to $0.12, fold, fold, SB calls $0.10, fold

Flop: ($0.28, 2 players) 4 A 9
SB checks, Hero bets $0.19, SB raises to $0.59, Hero calls $0.40

Turn: ($1.46, 2 players) 8
SB bets $0.73, Hero calls $0.73

River: ($2.92, 2 players) 5
SB bets $3.36, Hero calls $3.06

Tough day, but last few orbits won some stacks to bring me a small winning day from being 2BI down.

1. Suppose it was a flip in the end but his limp/call/donk shove seemed to make no sense. Can't see a value hand doing it. Kicking myself though.

iPoker - $0.04 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

MP: $2.96 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 1)
CO: $1.05 (VPIP: 22.22, PFR: 22.22, 3Bet Preflop: 14.29, Hands: 18)
Hero (BTN): $6.32
SB: $1.73 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 1)
BB: $2.22 (VPIP: 73.33, PFR: 31.11, 3Bet Preflop: 7.69, Hands: 46)
UTG: $4.68 (VPIP: 16.72, PFR: 6.27, 3Bet Preflop: 0.93, Hands: 317)

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.04

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.06) Hero has K Q

fold, MP calls $0.04, fold, Hero raises to $0.16, fold, fold, MP calls $0.12

Flop: ($0.38, 2 players) 6 4 4
MP bets $2.80, Hero calls $2.80

Turn: ($5.98, 2 players) 4

River: ($5.98, 2 players) 9



2. Nice when the fish make it easy for you though. Not sure what he thought he had otf. Suppose he was trying to make better hands fold!
It was his first hand at the table. Unsurprisingly he played about 6 hands out of 6 before busting again and quitting.

iPoker - $0.04 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: $3.33 (VPIP: 22.18, PFR: 11.27, 3Bet Preflop: 2.46, Hands: 288)
UTG: $5.41 (VPIP: 20.69, PFR: 15.52, 3Bet Preflop: 2.33, Hands: 119)
MP: $5.00
CO: $7.33 (VPIP: 64.00, PFR: 27.00, 3Bet Preflop: 8.70, Hands: 101)
BTN: $2.14 (VPIP: 31.65, PFR: 17.27, 3Bet Preflop: 4.92, Hands: 139)
Hero (SB): $5.51

Hero posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.04, MP posts DB $0.04

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.10) Hero has 9 9

fold, MP raises to $0.08, fold, fold, Hero calls $0.06, BB calls $0.04

Flop: ($0.24, 3 players) 9 7 2
Hero checks, BB checks, MP bets $0.04, Hero raises to $0.24, fold, MP raises to $0.44, Hero raises to $1.24, MP calls $0.80

Turn: ($2.72, 2 players) Q
Hero bets $1.90, MP calls $1.90

River: ($6.52, 2 players) A
Hero bets $2.20, MP calls $1.78

@ dunna watched the first 25 min

H1 is obv fine, sometimes you'll be dead but that's more than evened out by the times you have like 75% equity against worse high card hands.

I'd prob lead the flop in H2, and consider a 3b pre.

Had a good day today. Hands:

1) Not sure if this should be a call. The open is a little loose but I saw BB's stack size and the fact that I had 0 hands on him and really wanted to play pots vs him IP.

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $25.00 (VPIP: 24.11, PFR: 17.73, 3Bet Preflop: 6.25, Hands: 144)
SB: $3.77 (VPIP: 20.00, PFR: 20.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 11)
BB: $12.14
UTG: $17.77 (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 33.33, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 9)
MP: $32.77 (VPIP: 19.57, PFR: 17.39, 3Bet Preflop: 5.88, Hands: 96)
Hero (CO): $25.00

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has 8 5

fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.75, fold, SB raises to $3.77 and is all-in, fold, fold



2) Not sure if raise turn or raise river is better here. Don't really like his call because I'm very rarely bluffing here, esp given stack sizes.

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $11.54 (VPIP: 26.05, PFR: 16.82, 3Bet Preflop: 2.38, Hands: 346)
SB: $10.50 (VPIP: 14.77, PFR: 13.64, 3Bet Preflop: 5.06, Hands: 361)
Hero (BB): $47.88
UTG: $6.44 (VPIP: 29.32, PFR: 16.54, 3Bet Preflop: 3.33, Hands: 134)
MP: $11.60 (VPIP: 14.41, PFR: 10.17, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 243)
CO: $98.36 (VPIP: 16.67, PFR: 8.33, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 12)

SB posts SB $0.10, Hero posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has 9 K

fold, fold, fold, fold, SB raises to $0.62, Hero calls $0.37

Flop: ($1.24, 2 players) 2 K 9
SB bets $0.76, Hero calls $0.76

Turn: ($2.76, 2 players) 8
SB bets $1.71, Hero calls $1.71

River: ($6.18, 2 players) 7
SB bets $3.00, Hero raises to $9.54, SB calls $4.41 and is all-in



3) River is meant as a vbet. Too thin? I'd have sized it smaller but I think I get more calls when my line looks dumber based on my sizing.

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): $52.49
SB: $33.61 (VPIP: 27.23, PFR: 22.49, 3Bet Preflop: 8.84, Hands: 472)
BB: $42.32 (VPIP: 23.68, PFR: 15.79, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 79)
UTG: $18.72 (VPIP: 17.65, PFR: 5.88, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 19)
MP: $25.38 (VPIP: 32.56, PFR: 17.44, 3Bet Preflop: 2.94, Hands: 87)
CO: $42.38 (VPIP: 20.49, PFR: 13.75, 3Bet Preflop: 4.51, Hands: 380)

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has A 6

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.62, fold, BB calls $0.37

Flop: ($1.34, 2 players) 3 8 9
BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($1.34, 2 players) 8
BB checks, Hero checks

River: ($1.34, 2 players) 6
BB checks, Hero bets $0.84, BB calls $0.84



4) River line?

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $17.71 (VPIP: 15.65, PFR: 9.28, 3Bet Preflop: 4.91, Hands: 387)
Hero (SB): $50.06
BB: $21.29 (VPIP: 11.11, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 9)
UTG: $25.40 (VPIP: 17.58, PFR: 10.50, 3Bet Preflop: 5.33, Hands: 190)
MP: $12.75 (VPIP: 13.33, PFR: 10.67, 3Bet Preflop: 5.41, Hands: 77)
CO: $17.02 (VPIP: 27.27, PFR: 18.18, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 12)

Hero posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has K K

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

Flop: ($1.50, 2 players) A 4 J
Hero bets $0.94, BB calls $0.94

Turn: ($3.38, 2 players) 9
Hero checks, BB bets $1.25, Hero calls $1.25

River: ($5.88, 2 players) K
Hero bets $4.00, BB calls $4.00



5) I was so sad not to get a call here, especially considering in the limited sample he'd already folded to a river overbet of mine.

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $6.65 (VPIP: 18.31, PFR: 15.49, 3Bet Preflop: 11.54, Hands: 147)
SB: $22.04 (VPIP: 27.50, PFR: 25.00, 3Bet Preflop: 17.65, Hands: 42)
BB: $16.01 (VPIP: 17.86, PFR: 17.86, 3Bet Preflop: 7.69, Hands: 29)
Hero (UTG): $89.21
MP: $55.37 (VPIP: 50.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 6)
CO: $26.93 (VPIP: 75.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 4)

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has T T

Hero raises to $0.87, MP calls $0.87, fold, BTN calls $0.87, fold, BB calls $0.62

Flop: ($3.58, 4 players) T 8 K
BB checks, Hero bets $2.25, MP calls $2.25, fold, fold

Turn: ($8.08, 2 players) 3
Hero bets $5.09, MP calls $5.09

River: ($18.26, 2 players) K
Hero bets $32.81, fold



6) This spot sucked ass. He should never have anything here, and nor should I, but I don't want to play for 200bb stacks with TPGK.

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $43.60 (VPIP: 29.27, PFR: 26.83, 3Bet Preflop: 13.33, Hands: 85)
SB: $34.43 (VPIP: 32.50, PFR: 25.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 41)
BB: $28.59 (VPIP: 17.58, PFR: 12.11, 3Bet Preflop: 9.01, Hands: 264)
UTG: $29.00 (VPIP: 15.15, PFR: 9.70, 3Bet Preflop: 3.10, Hands: 337)
MP: $4.92 (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 25.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 4)
Hero (CO): $59.74

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has K Q

fold, MP raises to $0.75, Hero calls $0.75, BTN calls $0.75, fold, fold

Flop: ($2.60, 3 players) 5 2 7
MP checks, Hero checks, BTN checks

Turn: ($2.60, 3 players) Q
MP bets $1.00, Hero raises to $3.00, BTN raises to $9.00, fold, fold



7) Not sure if his river sizing should make me more or less happy to call.

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $29.14 (VPIP: 32.08, PFR: 22.64, 3Bet Preflop: 2.22, Hands: 107)
SB: $74.67 (VPIP: 13.36, PFR: 7.29, 3Bet Preflop: 3.77, Hands: 249)
BB: $41.47 (VPIP: 22.77, PFR: 13.86, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 104)
Hero (UTG): $50.87
MP: $25.00 (VPIP: 10.30, PFR: 9.09, 3Bet Preflop: 3.39, Hands: 168)
CO: $26.24 (VPIP: 21.87, PFR: 16.33, 3Bet Preflop: 5.76, Hands: 698)

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has K Q

Hero raises to $0.87, fold, fold, BTN calls $0.87, fold, fold

Flop: ($2.09, 2 players) 8 K 8
Hero bets $1.32, BTN raises to $3.50, Hero calls $2.18

Turn: ($9.09, 2 players) 6
Hero checks, BTN bets $5.00, Hero calls $5.00

River: ($19.09, 2 players) T
Hero checks, BTN bets $19.77 and is all-in, fold

GG 50 nl shot.

Cheers.
I figured he wouldn't do this with sets - although you never know with fish - but small to medium PPs are likely part of his range.
I also think fish would do that with one pair hands.
I see it often, they limp call with K6s and shove on a J63 board or something.
I figured I had overcard plus flush draw equity so even against sets not totally dead, but couldn't calculate my equity on the fly.

Carlsberg don't do 5nl players, but if they did... They'd have a much bigger sample size.

Your win rate at 10NL is pretty poor

Rostucko'd a session (didn't realise until after the session though) - 5.5BI upswings within 600 hands are nice! Pity it was preceded by a 3BI downswing in 400!

Some hands:

1) I think this is an exploitative fold. Everything about this guy screamed 'BAD NIT' so he could well take this line with a flush, especially with a fish in the pot. I know I'm basically at the top of my range (Axcc excluded) and I'm guaranteed to have equity, but I really don't think I need to balance this spot to that extent.

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $26.25 (VPIP: 28.13, PFR: 19.38, 3Bet Preflop: 8.93, Hands: 165)
SB: $29.69 (VPIP: 21.64, PFR: 15.98, 3Bet Preflop: 5.47, Hands: 770)
BB: $35.57 (VPIP: 31.03, PFR: 24.14, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 31)
UTG: $37.66 (VPIP: 22.84, PFR: 17.39, 3Bet Preflop: 8.01, Hands: 813)
MP: $28.11 (VPIP: 24.17, PFR: 20.95, 3Bet Preflop: 9.21, Hands: 212)
Hero (CO): $99.92

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has A 7

fold, MP raises to $0.75, Hero raises to $2.25, fold, fold, BB calls $2.00, MP calls $1.50

Flop: ($6.85, 3 players) 7 3 4
BB checks, MP checks, Hero bets $3.59, BB calls $3.59, MP calls $3.59

Turn: ($17.62, 3 players) 7
BB checks, MP bets $22.27 and is all-in, fold, fold



2) Was considering a turn x/r until I saw his bet size.

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $29.13 (VPIP: 18.52, PFR: 15.57, 3Bet Preflop: 5.98, Hands: 627)
Hero (SB): $59.24
BB: $44.43 (VPIP: 23.56, PFR: 20.77, 3Bet Preflop: 9.33, Hands: 209)
UTG: $95.93 (VPIP: 35.43, PFR: 21.71, 3Bet Preflop: 3.90, Hands: 177)
MP: $25.00 (VPIP: 17.59, PFR: 11.11, 3Bet Preflop: 3.37, Hands: 222)
CO: $28.97 (VPIP: 20.00, PFR: 13.33, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 30)

Hero posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has A K

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

Flop: ($1.50, 2 players) 2 9 A
Hero bets $0.94, BB raises to $3.60, Hero calls $2.66

Turn: ($8.70, 2 players) 3
Hero checks, BB bets $7.50, Hero calls $7.50

River: ($23.70, 2 players) J
Hero checks, BB bets $12.80, Hero raises to $39.32, BB calls $19.78 and is all-in



3) If this fish checks the river, can we vbet it?

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $28.41 (VPIP: 26.86, PFR: 22.29, 3Bet Preflop: 18.03, Hands: 180)
SB: $8.51 (VPIP: 37.50, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 8)
BB: $16.21 (VPIP: 28.46, PFR: 14.62, 3Bet Preflop: 6.25, Hands: 133)
UTG: $14.57 (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 3)
MP: $84.53 (VPIP: 16.23, PFR: 12.07, 3Bet Preflop: 5.52, Hands: 391)
Hero (CO): $64.22

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has Q K

UTG calls $0.25, fold, Hero raises to $1.00, fold, fold, fold, UTG calls $0.75

Flop: ($2.35, 2 players) 2 J K
UTG checks, Hero bets $1.47, UTG calls $1.47

Turn: ($5.29, 2 players) 6
UTG checks, Hero bets $3.30, UTG calls $3.30

River: ($11.89, 2 players) A
UTG bets $2.25, Hero calls $2.25



4) #yoloverbet

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $30.87 (VPIP: 16.54, PFR: 9.40, 3Bet Preflop: 0.97, Hands: 541)
Hero (SB): $25.00
BB: $31.71 (VPIP: 16.57, PFR: 12.19, 3Bet Preflop: 4.51, Hands: 371)
UTG: $44.86 (VPIP: 25.35, PFR: 21.20, 3Bet Preflop: 7.87, Hands: 226)
MP: $66.58 (VPIP: 45.00, PFR: 25.00, 3Bet Preflop: 12.50, Hands: 20)
CO: $26.97 (VPIP: 26.32, PFR: 21.05, 3Bet Preflop: 4.55, Hands: 57)

Hero posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has J A

fold, fold, CO raises to $0.75, fold, Hero calls $0.65, fold

Flop: ($1.75, 2 players) 9 J 7
Hero bets $1.10, CO calls $1.10

Turn: ($3.95, 2 players) J
Hero bets $2.48, CO calls $2.48

River: ($8.91, 2 players) 2
Hero bets $20.67 and is all-in, CO calls $20.67



5) He doesn't need to overbet this turn vs my range, I should be folding nearly all of my range to a normal sized DB here and the line he took makes no sense.

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $27.17 (VPIP: 21.85, PFR: 16.32, 3Bet Preflop: 5.48, Hands: 735)
Hero (SB): $51.26
BB: $46.15 (VPIP: 23.39, PFR: 21.18, 3Bet Preflop: 8.62, Hands: 172)
UTG: $25.00 (VPIP: 28.30, PFR: 22.64, 3Bet Preflop: 4.76, Hands: 53)
MP: $13.55 (VPIP: 20.00, PFR: 15.00, 3Bet Preflop: 4.00, Hands: 60)
CO: $26.70 (VPIP: 18.53, PFR: 15.78, 3Bet Preflop: 6.54, Hands: 563)

Hero posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has 7 6

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

Flop: ($1.50, 2 players) 6 T 2
Hero checks, BB checks

Turn: ($1.50, 2 players) J
Hero checks, BB bets $4.00, Hero calls $4.00

River: ($9.50, 2 players) 5
Hero checks, BB bets $7.00, Hero calls $7.00



6) Thoughts? I know I rep 2 combos (maybe QQ-TT, 54s if I flat that) but I figured he'd be barrelling wider than he did.

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $27.01 (VPIP: 20.00, PFR: 20.00, 3Bet Preflop: 25.00, Hands: 6)
SB: $7.00 (VPIP: 31.25, PFR: 20.83, 3Bet Preflop: 10.00, Hands: 48)
BB: $62.03 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 3)
UTG: $35.09 (VPIP: 22.00, PFR: 18.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 101)
Hero (MP): $25.35
CO: $65.26 (VPIP: 21.15, PFR: 16.54, 3Bet Preflop: 7.14, Hands: 263)

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has A K

UTG raises to $0.60, Hero calls $0.60, fold, fold, fold, BB calls $0.35

Flop: ($1.90, 3 players) 4 4 2
BB checks, UTG bets $1.45, Hero calls $1.45, fold

Turn: ($4.80, 2 players) 2
UTG checks, Hero bets $3.02, UTG calls $3.02

River: ($10.84, 2 players) J
UTG checks, Hero bets $13.80, UTG calls $13.80



7) Lost on the turn + river.

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $38.41 (VPIP: 22.45, PFR: 16.33, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 51)
SB: $30.16 (VPIP: 36.00, PFR: 32.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 26)
Hero (BB): $25.00
UTG: $25.00 (VPIP: 19.43, PFR: 14.98, 3Bet Preflop: 7.69, Hands: 252)
MP: $39.77 (VPIP: 20.16, PFR: 18.60, 3Bet Preflop: 7.41, Hands: 134)
CO: $24.90 (VPIP: 100.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 2)

SB posts SB $0.10, Hero posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has T Q

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

Flop: ($2.35, 3 players) 9 8 2
Hero checks, UTG bets $1.56, fold, Hero raises to $4.50, UTG calls $2.94

Turn: ($11.35, 2 players) J
Hero checks, UTG bets $8.00, Hero calls $8.00

River: ($27.35, 2 players) 5
Hero checks, UTG bets $11.75 and is all-in, Hero calls $11.75 and is all-in







...actually, looking back at these and realising overbetting is the common theme, I think I've realised why my sessions are a little swingy.

TDA, in H1, is the line perhaps too aggressive for villain? I know I'm really new at this but it seems to me that the move they pulled would be really bad if they had a strong hand there. Just wondering.

I think H2 is well played, by calling the turn bet it's way more likely that you're going to get all of the money ... I need to be more mindful of such things in my game.

H3, I'd say I'd throw out a small v-bet, maybe even slightly less than 50%. What do you think of that? You do see lots of people taking that line with A-high but usually I see it more with two overcards so I think that eliminates a fair number of those Ax combinations. I'd imagine a check there really moves their range to being draw-heavy. Am I on the right track?

A lot less time to play/post these days though I have found time to finish reading through The Mental Game of Poker 2. Hopefully in the coming days I can spend some time focussing on the activities in it and the first book.

Generally speaking I think I played well enough - really paid attention to stats and my notes and signed off immediately when I felt that play slipping beyond recovery.

Ran into three situations where I'd just appreciate any advice with my play.

H1: Did I play this hand too aggressively considering my PF call?

PokerStars - $0.25 NL - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: $27.63 (VPIP: 20.00, PFR: 20.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 30)
BB: $25.25 (VPIP: 18.31, PFR: 12.68, 3Bet Preflop: 3.13, Hands: 72)
UTG: $25.47 (VPIP: 15.59, PFR: 12.43, 3Bet Preflop: 7.18, Hands: 576)
Hero (MP): $27.69
CO: $17.01 (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 10.29, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 69)
BTN: $25.75 (VPIP: 19.90, PFR: 5.76, 3Bet Preflop: 2.47, Hands: 194)

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has T T

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

Flop: ($1.85, 2 players) 6 7 4
UTG bets $1.40, Hero raises to $4.00, UTG calls $2.60

Turn: ($9.85, 2 players) 2
UTG checks, Hero bets $5.00, UTG calls $5.00

River: ($19.85, 2 players) 3
UTG checks, Hero checks

H2: How is my bet sizing?

PokerStars - $0.25 NL - Holdem - 7 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: $24.75 (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 16.67, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 12)
Hero (BB): $26.37
UTG: $9.04 (VPIP: 44.44, PFR: 11.11, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 27)
UTG+1: $37.28 (VPIP: 16.96, PFR: 13.91, 3Bet Preflop: 6.02, Hands: 234)
MP: $32.06 (VPIP: 7.94, PFR: 7.94, 3Bet Preflop: 4.00, Hands: 63)
CO: $38.39 (VPIP: 16.67, PFR: 8.33, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 36)
BTN: $18.63 (VPIP: 17.14, PFR: 5.71, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 35)

SB posts SB $0.10, Hero posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has A 6

UTG calls $0.25, fold, fold, fold, BTN calls $0.25, SB calls $0.15, Hero checks

Flop: ($1.00, 4 players) T 6 A
SB checks, Hero bets $1.00, UTG calls $1.00, fold, SB calls $1.00

Turn: ($4.00, 3 players) 5
SB checks, Hero bets $3.00, UTG calls $3.00, fold

River: ($10.00, 2 players) 8
Hero bets $7.50, fold

H3: I was planning to fold to any aggression in this situation. How did I do?

PokerStars - $0.25 NL - Holdem - 7 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

UTG: $7.97
UTG+1: $62.70 (VPIP: 40.74, PFR: 33.33, 3Bet Preflop: 30.00, Hands: 27)
MP: $10.60 (VPIP: 20.00, PFR: 20.00, 3Bet Preflop: 8.33, Hands: 35)
CO: $8.65 (VPIP: 50.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 16)
BTN: $31.85 (VPIP: 18.42, PFR: 13.60, 3Bet Preflop: 4.00, Hands: 231)
Hero (SB): $27.95
BB: $25.00 (VPIP: 35.71, PFR: 21.43, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 14)

Hero posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has J Q

fold, fold, fold, CO calls $0.25, fold, Hero raises to $0.75, BB calls $0.50, CO calls $0.50

Flop: ($2.25, 3 players) 6 J T
Hero bets $1.00, BB calls $1.00, fold

Turn: ($4.25, 2 players) 2
Hero bets $2.00, BB calls $2.00

River: ($8.25, 2 players) T
Hero bets $4.00, fold

I'm putting it down to negative variance on the sample.

wrt to others A7 c/f flop, AKhh nh, AJ nh, QT fold flop, betting turn and x/f river > c/c turn, c/c river

Thanks for this Gamma, really appreciate your time in having a look.

Did anyone else have any comments?

No probs if not. As I said before though, reviewing your own video is actually pretty handy as you can look at it in a different perspective than when you're actually playing, or just reviewing big hands afterwards. New leakfinding tool discovered!

Dunna, my exams end today, I'll watch and comment in a few hours time.

Thanks mate, no rush as I'm away for the weekend anyway

Good luck with your exams!

Hand 1: raising flop against UTG cbet I think you're valuetowning yourself too often. I just call here.

Hand 2: well played, river perhaps slightly smaller ~$6-ish.

Hand 3: check river, maybe make a tough call. Don't see much value in betting.