Used a free 10$ poker promotion: donkey bet two buy ins, also lost 1.50$ on the ACR Red/Black gamble **** (Only because I was tilted) and managed to end +25bb with a 500bb stack on my last table



Hero (BB): 352 BB
UTG: 103.5 BB (VPIP: 8.11, PFR: 5.41, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 38)
CO: 108.5 BB (VPIP: 23.33, PFR: 16.67, 3Bet Preflop: 11.11, Hands: 32)
BTN: 110.5 BB (VPIP: 23.48, PFR: 20.00, 3Bet Preflop: 2.56, Hands: 120)
SB: 118.5 BB (VPIP: 28.13, PFR: 26.04, 3Bet Preflop: 8.57, Hands: 96)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Q Q

fold, fold, fold, SB raises to 3 BB, Hero raises to 6 BB, SB raises to 22 BB, Hero raises to 66 BB, SB raises to 118.5 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 52.5 BB

Flop: (237 BB, 2 players) K 9 7

Turn: (237 BB, 2 players) 3

River: (237 BB, 2 players) T

Hero shows Q Q (One Pair, Queens)
(Pre 83%, Flop 90%, Turn 95%)
SB shows J J (One Pair, Jacks)
(Pre 17%, Flop 10%, Turn 5%)
Hero wins 225.5 BB

3 BB was deducted from the pot for the jackpot.





Hero (BTN): 140 BB
SB: 150 BB (VPIP: 25.42, PFR: 16.95, 3Bet Preflop: 12.00, Hands: 59)
BB: 100 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 5)
UTG: 153 BB (VPIP: 23.53, PFR: 20.00, 3Bet Preflop: 3.33, Hands: 87)
CO: 131 BB (VPIP: 26.98, PFR: 23.81, 3Bet Preflop: 9.52, Hands: 63)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB


Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A T

Note: Hand before: I attempted to steal Villains SB. He 3 bet and I folded.
This time around I tried to steal his SB with a decent hand, he 3bet me and I decided to 5 bet with him as I thought he caught onto my steals and just wanted to push me off.



fold, fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, SB raises to 10 BB, fold, Hero raises to 25 BB, SB raises to 76 BB, Hero calls 51 BB

Flop: (153 BB, 2 players) 2 5 T
SB bets 74 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 64 BB and is all-in

Turn: (281 BB, 2 players) 3

River: (281 BB, 2 players) 6

Hero shows A T (One Pair, Tens)
(Pre 27%, Flop 85%, Turn 89%)
SB shows A K (High Card, Ace)
(Pre 73%, Flop 15%, Turn 11%)
Hero wins 267 BB

4 BB was deducted from the pot for the jackpot.





Hero (UTG): 221.5 BB
CO: 107.5 BB (VPIP: 18.57, PFR: 12.86, 3Bet Preflop: 4.00, Hands: 70)
BTN: 113.5 BB (VPIP: 21.21, PFR: 21.21, 3Bet Preflop: 30.00, Hands: 35)
SB: 108 BB (VPIP: 31.17, PFR: 19.48, 3Bet Preflop: 3.70, Hands: 82)
BB: 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has K Q

Hero raises to 3 BB, fold, fold, SB calls 2.5 BB, fold

Flop: (7 BB, 2 players) Q K J
SB checks, Hero bets 5 BB, SB raises to 14 BB, Hero raises to 33 BB, SB calls 19 BB

Turn: (73 BB, 2 players) A
SB checks, Hero bets 34 BB, SB calls 34 BB

River: (141 BB, 2 players) 4
SB checks, Hero checks

Hero shows K Q (Two Pair, Kings and Queens)
(Pre 25%, Flop 73%, Turn 9%)
SB shows K A (Two Pair, Aces and Kings)
(Pre 75%, Flop 27%, Turn 91%)
SB wins 134 BB

2 BB was deducted from the pot for the jackpot.

You just clicking buttons, innit? : D

Hand 1: whatever
Hand 2: Okay to 4bet going with your (light?) read but calling the 5 bet is just terrible. We are crushed by Vs range.
Hand 3: 3 betting flop is questionable. Betting turn is terrible. What worse are you getting value from?

1. shove PF
2. I probably fold to the 3-bet. 4-betting might not be too bad in theory; calling the 5-bet is really bad
3. call flop c/r, don't bet turn as played

Best to stick to one hand per thread unless they're very similar.

Just in hand one you make a couple of mistakes that are worth talking about. You should raise bigger, and then when he makes it 22bb you should go all-in instead of making it 66bb. You should never ever fold after making it 66bb (because almost every conceivable hand has enough equity to call the extra) and your opponent should know that. So your 66bb is effectively all-in anyway, except now you've told the guy that you never have bluffs.

Just wanna say good luck! And read a lot - get the Grinders Manual - it’ll give you a solid strategy to beat 2NL (and higher as u build ur bank roll).

Agree with others’ comments. One additional point: it’s good that you posted your thought process in hand 2 (notwithstanding the large mistake in the hand). Just be careful over-adjusting based on tiny samples. Don’t think ‘this guy is trying to run me over so I’m going to take a stand/play back at him/show him I’m table captain.’ Humans love to draw patterns from random data; he probably just had two decent hands when he 3b you.

A better thought process is ‘I have a default strategy in this very typical preflop spot. I have enough data to judge that villain is likely unbalanced and 3bets too widely. I’ll exploit this by defending a wider range, including more 4bet bluffs. ATo is just worse than the hands I’m calling here and blocks some of his strongest hands so is a good candidate for a 4b bluff’