I couldn't really ask for a better turn card tbh.

Poker Stars $0.02/$0.05 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 2932023
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SB: $4.12
BB: $6.56
UTG: $5.43
MP: $5.20
CO: $5.56
Hero (BTN): $5.07

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is BTN with 8 9
UTG raises to $0.17, MP calls $0.17, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.17, 2 folds

Flop: ($0.58) 8 9 9 (3 players)
UTG bets $0.37, MP calls $0.37, Hero calls $0.37

Turn: ($1.69) Q (3 players)
UTG bets $1.08, MP raises to $4.66 all in, Hero calls $4.53 all in, UTG calls $3.58

River: ($15.54) 5 (3 players - 2 are all in)

Final Pot: $15.54
UTG shows Q A (two pair, Queens and Nines)
MP shows T J (a straight, Eight to Queen)
Hero shows 8 9 (a full house, Nines full of Eights)
MP wins $0.25
Hero wins $14.65
(Rake: $0.64)

Ok so I've got some questions about playing out of the blinds. This is a sample from 5nl, and I was wondering whether these losses are good, standard, or bad?



Furthermore, I was wondering what you guys thought about widening up my defending ranges (pretty conservative atm for simplicity sake while I improve) to hopefully improve these loss-rates. My current win-rate when VPIP=Yes from the blinds is posted below. I figure this win-rate will go down as I widen my range, that much is obvious, however I was curious as to whether you guys think the benefits (of not folding and losing 0.5/1bb immediately) would outweigh the downside?

That looks pretty good. I'm losing at 25 and 60 respectfully and am a 2bb winner over the last 300k hands.

Ah k sweet. I actually have a lot of work to do with regards to blind defence (not to mention everything else :P), so perhaps I'll focus on improving my lines and aggression, and see if that improves the win-rate, if not down the line I will look at widening my ranges.

well you immediately lose 50bb/100 and 100bb/100 if you don't defend. people in micro tend to under defend these days. your blinds lose rate seems good.
fwiw my wr is like -17bb/-39bb for the last 440k hands at 100z where I'm a smaller winner (2.6bb) over that sample.

so definitely defend wider to prevent getting exploited.

Pretty sure Mark has me blocked, but it is normal to be losing in the blinds since you are folding there so much - this is fine. I don't think you need to defend often at the micros unless stats show that villain will steal from the BU or CO. In my play pool, there are very few people who do this. But you can defend against those that do with some good suited hands, kings and aces. I'm probably 3betting a lot of my suited connectors, aces, kings, KQ+ maybe even AT, and flatting lower Kings and Aces.

Good volume today but swingy as ****.

http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-h...163_304A0C79EE

To give a simple explanation, if you're in the BB and add a hand to your defence range that you were previously folding and your results are better than -100bb then that's gonna reduce your blind losses further. It's only an issue if you are losing more than you would be by folding.

u can call whatever u want u can ban me but this is fact!!! on pokerstars in over 120k hands hit set on turn lose 80% of time?!!!!! that is just sick!!! i can understand how that can be even posible??? 8 of 10 time always lost??? sick sick sick!!!!

Full Tilt was rigged against you. Now Pokerstars is rigged against you. So you now have the following options:

1) Leave the sites you are complaining about and go somewhere else
2) Quit poker altogether
3) Suck it up and get on with it because you are going to continue playing on Pokerstars

At least the temp ban did him good .....

If you play NL5, i guess that i got the luck you're hunting^^

^lolsamplesize tho. Wait a bit haaaha

Its going down already
Just had a -22$ down over 2 sessions

Went to the gym yesterday, was just warming up on the squat rack, got to the bottom of a rep and tweaked by back pretty badly. So my gym goal may be a little off track.

At least did you warmup
How long are you hitting the gym?

I've been weightlifting since I was in high school, but in the past six months, I got married, bought a house, renovated a house, moved into a house, and am now looking for a new job, so this was actually my first time back in about two months. Not a great start.

Ugh that's the last thing any of us need.... Take it easy till you're better mate, no point aggravating the injury further.

PokerStars - $0.10 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

MP+2: 132.6 BB (VPIP: 16.69, PFR: 10.50, 3Bet Preflop: 2.92, Hands: 919)
Hero (CO): 108.6 BB
BTN: 134.7 BB (VPIP: 18.39, PFR: 8.66, 3Bet Preflop: 4.40, Hands: 669)
SB: 36.2 BB (VPIP: 28.57, PFR: 14.29, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 28)
BB: 138.9 BB (VPIP: 27.57, PFR: 16.30, 3Bet Preflop: 2.04, Hands: 502)
UTG: 100 BB (VPIP: 13.62, PFR: 10.79, 3Bet Preflop: 3.77, Hands: 5,095)
UTG+1: 110.7 BB (VPIP: 13.44, PFR: 9.17, 3Bet Preflop: 4.32, Hands: 8,635)
MP: 105.6 BB (VPIP: 24.60, PFR: 14.45, 3Bet Preflop: 4.39, Hands: 1,542)
MP+1: 40 BB (VPIP: 8.79, PFR: 8.06, 3Bet Preflop: 3.70, Hands: 280)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

UTG raises to 2.7 BB, fold, fold, MP+1 raises to 9 BB, fold, Hero raises to 108.6 BB and is all-in, fold, fold, BB calls 107.6 BB, fold, MP+1 calls 31 BB and is all-in

Flop: (260.4 BB, 3 players) 8 3 K

Turn: (260.4 BB, 3 players) 5

River: (260.4 BB, 3 players) T

and this!!! this is hand that i lost 60% of time on pokerstars!!! i dont understand how the f*uck thay can hit this 2 of 3??? how just how ... in what reality i can lose like this 60% of time?!!!! this is reason why i from 7bb/100 in over 500k hands on FT now to -2.5bb/100 on sh*t stars!!

PokerStars - $0.10 NL - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 102.7 BB (VPIP: 15.58, PFR: 15.58, 3Bet Preflop: 11.76, Hands: 80)
SB: 64.6 BB (VPIP: 41.94, PFR: 12.90, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 31)
BB: 133.6 BB (VPIP: 15.70, PFR: 13.40, 3Bet Preflop: 6.33, Hands: 1,718)
Hero (UTG): 100 BB
UTG+1: 213.1 BB (VPIP: 46.15, PFR: 3.85, 3Bet Preflop: 5.88, Hands: 26)
MP: 62.3 BB (VPIP: 10.37, PFR: 9.31, 3Bet Preflop: 4.58, Hands: 384)
MP+1: 77 BB (VPIP: 16.05, PFR: 9.57, 3Bet Preflop: 0.84, Hands: 1,796)
CO: 118.2 BB (VPIP: 13.52, PFR: 9.11, 3Bet Preflop: 4.25, Hands: 8,750)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

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

Flop: (13 BB, 4 players) 6 T 4
SB bets 61.6 BB and is all-in, Hero raises to 97 BB and is all-in, fold, fold

Turn: (136.2 BB, 2 players) Q

River: (136.2 BB, 2 players) 7

Ouch n ouch but no need to post boring hands like that here

i just said math its on my said every time, and i am steal -2.5bb/100 in over 120k hads. its not about hand its how i can lose that hands 60% of time??? how that can be posible??? how can be posible with QQ in over 580 hands play against AA,KK in 189 hands, and its 189 on showdown ... and 4 in a row for today! just pokerstars

PokerStars - $0.10 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (SB): 100 BB
BB: 32.3 BB (VPIP: 58.10, PFR: 28.10, 3Bet Preflop: 8.42, Hands: 214)
UTG: 100 BB (VPIP: 15.74, PFR: 10.42, 3Bet Preflop: 4.32, Hands: 438)
UTG+1: 117.6 BB (VPIP: 36.31, PFR: 15.48, 3Bet Preflop: 6.41, Hands: 169)
MP: 106.2 BB (VPIP: 15.02, PFR: 11.49, 3Bet Preflop: 5.32, Hands: 5,471)
MP+1: 102 BB (VPIP: 19.55, PFR: 15.65, 3Bet Preflop: 4.14, Hands: 3,902)
MP+2: 155.9 BB (VPIP: 13.33, PFR: 9.38, 3Bet Preflop: 3.57, Hands: 408)
CO: 71.3 BB (VPIP: 20.18, PFR: 11.66, 3Bet Preflop: 1.20, Hands: 225)
BTN: 144.1 BB (VPIP: 14.71, PFR: 12.75, 3Bet Preflop: 8.16, Hands: 103)

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, CO raises to 3 BB, fold, Hero raises to 12 BB, BB raises to 32.3 BB and is all-in, fold, Hero calls 20.3 BB

Flop: (67.6 BB, 2 players) K 4 6

Turn: (67.6 BB, 2 players) 6

River: (67.6 BB, 2 players) 8

Weren't you just given a temporary ban for posting this garbage?

And now you come back from your ban and you haven't changed at all. Just the same old boring story. Please quit poker and stop posting.

the math says 100% of your posts are whiny af.

Learn to deal with variance or quit poker imo. Either way, stop posting your cry baby garbage here. Nobody gives a ****.