It's only brutal because the same guy three outered + six outered me 2x within like 10 hands each of which would have meant going to Australia.

Full Tilt Poker, NL Hold'em Tournament, 2,500/5,000 Blinds, 600 Ante, 3 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

SB: 362,245
BB: 61,671
Hero (BTN): 194,084

Pre-Flop: (9,300) K J dealt to Hero (BTN)
Hero raises to 15,000, SB folds, BB raises to 61,071 and is All-In, Hero calls 46,071

Flop: (126,442) 2 5 5 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Turn: (126,442) A (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

River: (126,442) 8 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: 126,442 Pot
BB showed 8 J (two pair, Eights and Fives) and WON 126,442 (+64,771 NET)
Hero showed K J (a pair of Fives) and LOST (-61,671 NET)

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Full Tilt Poker, NL Hold'em Tournament, 3,000/6,000 Blinds, 750 Ante, 3 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

SB: 305,095
BB: 89,629
Hero (BTN): 223,276

Pre-Flop: (11,250) T A dealt to Hero (BTN)
Hero raises to 18,000, SB folds, BB raises to 88,879 and is All-In, Hero calls 70,879

Flop: (183,008) 4 3 9 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Turn: (183,008) 6 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

River: (183,008) 7 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: 183,008 Pot
BB showed 7 K (a pair of Sevens) and WON 183,008 (+93,379 NET)
Hero showed T A (Ace Ten high) and LOST (-89,629 NET)

November = worst month ever. This graph isn't the full story -- there's also some NL hands, live hands, and donkaments that add up to some more red ink -- but it should give you an idea.

Live donkaments starting at the end of this week though, a chance to finish the year on a good note.

oof, looks like my sept. graph (divided by 4 tho). you'll make it back though. what donkaments are you playing?

APPT Sydney, there's a 6k NL, a 1k PLO and a few 1k NLs so I will probably play the first two and one or two of the 1ks.

Two hands on two tables consecutively:


Poker Stars $15 $1 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t50/t100 Blinds - 7 players
The Official 2+2 Hand Converter Powered By DeucesCracked.com

UTG: t4255
UTG+1: t1970
MP: t240
CO: t1440
BTN: t2675
SB: t1615
Hero (BB): t1305

Pre Flop: Hero is BB with 3 J
2 folds, MP raises to t240 all in, 2 folds, SB calls t190, Hero calls t140

Flop: (t720) T 2 Q (3 players - 1 is all in)
SB bets t300, Hero raises to t1065 all in, SB calls t765

Turn: (t2850) T (3 players - 2 are all in)

River: (t2850) 5 (3 players - 2 are all in)

Villain has AK

Poker Stars $15 $1 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t50/t100 Blinds - 6 players
The Official 2+2 Hand Converter Powered By DeucesCracked.com

SB: t1320
BB: t1300
UTG: t1185
Hero (MP): t3520
CO: t2840
BTN: t3335

Pre Flop: Hero is MP with Q A
UTG raises to t300, Hero raises to t3520 all in, 4 folds, UTG calls t885 all in

Flop: (t2520) 9 5 7 (2 players - 2 are all in)

Turn: (t2520) 6 (2 players - 2 are all in)

River: (t2520) 4 (2 players - 2 are all in)

Villain has Q8


Just moved up to the 16s. Delighted that the players are so bad but [censored] me, can they please not doomswitch me?

That's weak zen. Those hands weren't even on the bubble

upswong!

LOL. Yeah, I never even made it to the bubble

Congrats on upswong. Hope to emulate that this month.

So I was playing a MTT on a small poker site (ipoker network, I sometimes play there because its a site that has satelites for major tournaments on South America) 11 players were left( 33 buyin, 234 players, 1850 for first place) but I had to go to help my mom. My sister poker skill is that she gets that playing too many hands is bad, understands the gap concept and that pushing/folding is the best way to play a 8BB stack, she ended up winning the whole thing.
Back to 5 figures Bankroll.
( my sister didnt ask for money because she took over my tournament because I had to go becuase I was helping my mom)

Val,

SWEET!!!!! You should still get her a nice present though.

I will buy her something awesome when I cashout, I might cashout because Im kinda broke on chilean pesos.

......

Full Tilt Poker, $2/$4 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

UTG: $388
MP: $503.80
CO: $457.40
BTN: $1,123.50
SB: $78.10
Hero (BB): $759.50

Pre-Flop: K A dealt to Hero (BB)
2 folds, CO raises to $14.10, BTN calls $14.10, SB folds, Hero raises to $66, CO raises to $161.70, BTN folds, Hero raises to $759.50 and is All-In, CO calls $295.70 and is All-In

Flop: ($930.90) Q 9 K (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Turn: ($930.90) 7 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

River: ($930.90) 9 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: $930.90 Pot ($3 Rake)
CO showed J 8 (a flush, Queen high) and WON $927.90 (+$470.50 NET)
Hero showed K A (two pair, Kings and Nines) and LOST (-$457.40 NET)

The guy calling me is a 20/15.

he put you on a squeeze and then called for odds, xprt :P

On the bright side, I'm only 20k points away from the 50" plasma. They better offer that bitch to Canada by the end of the month like they promised or I'm going to kill someone.

What's the idea behind 4-betting AI with AK?

I suck at poker so this is a serious question

When someone opens and gets a caller, and then gets reraised, sometimes (way more in 3/6 and 5/10) the reraiser has something relatively weak. This puts the original raiser in a tough spot between the reraise and the guy that called him. Most often it gets folded pf or the original raiser calls and folds the flop.

Since this squeeze play isn't as common at 2/4 you rarely get played back at by the original raiser unless he has a monster. In this case though, I squeezed this same guy the previous orbit with something weak, so it was way more likely that he was defending with ****. So there's no way I'm folding to his 4bet, and I'm not calling almost half my stack pf oop with AK, so I just shove whats most likely the best hand.

Thats probably more than you wanted to know, but I felt like writing.

that was a good explanation, i'm barely getting used to 3-betting in 100NL

I like it for meta so people think i'm not squeezing with air. I HATE getting played back at when I squeeze

I think I will get pwned if I ever get to a level where people 3-bet and squeeze regularly, if it's not beamed into my eyes through PAHUD ppl's tendencies fly right over my head

i feel like a lot of "live pros" don't understand this

i also feel like telling which are the guys who are defending with **** and which aren't is the skill i dont have that makes me suck at poker

my other big leak is hands like this one:

2 limpers at 25/50 (sng), i am bb with j6o, check

flop JT3, i lead 2/3 pot, button calls
turn 7, check check
river 3, i bet 300 and get raised 400 more

my thought process is exactly "god the only possible hand you (this is player specific btw) can have that beats me is A3, argh, i can't fold if you only beat me with one hand, right? how can i put you on exactly one hand and then fold. i call. oh look, A3."

I know this sounds a bit obvious, but you are noting what they have at showdown? Also, noting how often they defend? If someone defends against a certain play -- steal, resteal -- a lot, the odds are they're doing it light. I know this is elementary but I think it has to be the best way to get this particular read in combination with their basic stats for raising.

durron, how can that bet on the end ever be right? Button's most likely hands in order are: 1/ a straight draw, 2/ a pair lower than jacks 3/ a jack 4/ A3.

Your bet folds out 1 and pays 3 and 4. As for 2, a T might call a small bet, but 300 is quite a big bet (pot is about 410 right?); maybe you get called by AT. This is pretty much one of those hands where they call if you're beaten, fold if they're behind. You are mostly ahead because who has a jack and doesn't raise that flop? and A3 is pretty specific, but there's little value in your bet.

Tell me if I'm wrong though. Always trying to learn

I would play the hand differently in any case. I check the flop and bet the turn if it checks round. I am only looking for one street of value because my hand is so weak. I don't like putting a lot of chips in play at low levels in sngs.

One of these things is not like the other.

I have done well at Stars over the last couple of months, but I am beginning to think there is one day of the week I should take off.






Seriously, if anything the players are worse on weekends. I am just doomswitched on Saturdays.

Unbelieveable.

The Pokerstars Sunday 100K is completely full!!! (20K people). So much for trying to sign up near the start of the tournament.

Yeah, online poker is dead.... LOL.