Howdy again everyone

I have listed the results by date and start and finish bankroll
Various hh that demo interesting hands or important concepts


Alrighty then, it looks last post i was at $431 bucks on 10/31
I haven’t played too much in last month or so as i have been playing more at bodog 100nl and 200nl after not playing very much at those stakes over the summer and also caught the limit bug again and have been trying to knock the rust of my limit game.

It has been a bit of a goofy month as i have had decent results in the challenge after playing a more disciplined style (until yesterday-oops) and would have made it to the next level had i not dropped 45 bucks or so playing limit which was a bit annoying but it is my own fault. I caught the limit bug again toward the beginning of the month and got off to a red hot start on full tilt and bodog playing some limit, but i ended up sliding to Carbon for more limit action due to the lack of consistent limit action at bodog and since i was kicked of Full Tilt and Pokerstars a couple weeks ago due to a Washington state law that those sites have now chosen to honor after several years of legal wrangling. very annoying

For my simplicity i lumped in the $45 of limit losses into my overall bankroll for accounting simplicity. I think i will cease limit on carbon until i complete the nl challenge to not confuse the results moving forward any further. Anyhow here are results from then to now and a couple HH on what to do and not do in certain situations and opponent types.

11/1
$431
$401.54

11/2
$401.54
$391.80

11/3
$391.80
$397.77

11/5
$397.77
$400.19

11/15
$400.19
$341.56

11/20
$341.56
$376.47


11/21
376.47
408.44

Here is a HH that shows the importance of using previous information and betting patterns to be aggressive. The opponent here had a habit of making Donk tester bets with weak hands and then shutting down on non paint flops. So i chose to raise his bet w/ 2 overs. Had he called i was planning on checking down unless i improved as my AT was ahead of any of his drawing hands

***** Hand History for Game 29475323147 ***** (Merge)
$25.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, November 21, 02:15:06 ET 2010
Table Tijuana (29475323) (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Seat 1: TJenks ( $31.20 USD )
Seat 2: TSoprano73 ( $23.15 USD )
Seat 3: hockeyguy321 ( $25.84 USD )
Seat 4: Pinophilus ( $9.65 USD )
Seat 5: fcLEVSKIsf ( $23.81 USD )
Seat 6: djrumplenutskin ( $0.00 USD )
fcLEVSKIsf posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
TJenks posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ Ad Ts ]
TSoprano73 calls [$0.25 USD]
hockeyguy321 raises [$1.25 USD]
Pinophilus folds
fcLEVSKIsf folds
TJenks calls [$1.00 USD]
TSoprano73 folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7c, 3d, 8s ]
TJenks bets [$1.80 USD]
hockeyguy321 raises [$6.00 USD]
TJenks folds
hockeyguy321 wins $10.33 USD from main pot


this hand shows that weak draws should be folded if a lot of action breaks out, alot of microplayers chase this type of hand and bleed off chips needlessly. Firstly, the tp is weak, the draw is weak and there is way too large a chance to drawing to half the pot which cuts drawing odds in half, i think a call on the min bet is ok, but then the fold to action is mandatory.

***** Hand History for Game 29475323146 ***** (Merge)
$25.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, November 21, 02:13:41 ET 2010
Table Tijuana (29475323) (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 1: TJenks ( $21.48 USD )
Seat 2: TSoprano73 ( $23.65 USD )
Seat 3: hockeyguy321 ( $26.34 USD )
Seat 4: Pinophilus ( $9.75 USD )
Seat 5: fcLEVSKIsf ( $24.06 USD )
Seat 6: djrumplenutskin ( $9.37 USD )
Pinophilus posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
fcLEVSKIsf posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ Js 9c ]
djrumplenutskin calls [$0.25 USD]
TJenks calls [$0.25 USD]
TSoprano73 calls [$0.25 USD]
hockeyguy321 calls [$0.25 USD]
Pinophilus folds
fcLEVSKIsf checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ Tc, Jd, 7h ]
fcLEVSKIsf checks
djrumplenutskin checks
TJenks bets [$0.25 USD]
TSoprano73 calls [$0.25 USD]
hockeyguy321 calls [$0.25 USD]
fcLEVSKIsf folds
djrumplenutskin raises [$0.50 USD]
TJenks raises [$0.75 USD]
TSoprano73 folds
hockeyguy321 folds
djrumplenutskin raises [$2.50 USD]
TJenks raises [$4.25 USD] notice the fish sloplay on a board that is almost guaranteed to hit someone in a 5 way limped pot and is vulnerable to bad turn cards, poor, very poor play
djrumplenutskin raises [$6.62 USD]
TJenks calls [$4.87 USD]
TJenks shows [9d, 8d ] and there it is a sloplay of the nuts
djrumplenutskin shows [Jc, Qc ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6s ]
** Dealing River ** [ Qd ]
TJenks wins $19.09 USD from main pot

11/22
408.44
480.33 getting close to next level

Why the overbet preflop, because guy had been donking around 85/55/45 preflop for about 50 hands and called other big raises w/ 76o 93s etc. AKs is only a 3/2 favorite over unpaired cards preflop and after the flop is a huge and transparent favourite or a big underdog if he pairs and i don’t and given his range if i miss i cant be sure he did, so i elect to get it in while i am almost certain to be ahead. That way i get the most money in the pot while i am ahead, more variation results, but much more profitable in the long run. Gotta take the long run view. I would rather be a 3/2 favorite for a bigger amount that a smaller amount

***** Hand History for Game 29507450487 ***** (Merge)
$25.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, November 22, 11:28:18 ET 2010
Table Tijuana (29507450) (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Seat 1: FindthewarpJimmy ( $26.27 USD )
Seat 2: hardcor ( $7.43 USD )
Seat 3: 170291 ( $28.85 USD )
Seat 4: AIGIS00 ( $13.86 USD )
Seat 5: gogohajdi ( $68.03 USD )
Seat 6: hockeyguy321 ( $30.32 USD )
hockeyguy321 posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
FindthewarpJimmy posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ Ah Kh ]
170291 folds
AIGIS00 raises [$1.00 USD]
gogohajdi calls [$1.00 USD]
hockeyguy321 raises [$14.10 USD]
FindthewarpJimmy folds
AIGIS00 calls [$12.86 USD]
gogohajdi folds
AIGIS00 shows [Th, Qh ]
hockeyguy321 shows [Ah, Kh ]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7h, 3h, 7c ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8h ]
** Dealing River ** [ 5h ]
hockeyguy321 wins $27.53 USD from main pot
hockeyguy321 wins $0.24 USD

This hand shows the exact mistake i wanted to avoid with the AKs hand above. As it turns out the hands were back to back and i actually pulled my head out of my arse and learned from my own mistake w/ this AQ hand and then played AK correctly vs this yahoo. Also notice if i push 4 bet i almost certainly force out the guy in the middle (a weak tight player)and create more dead money in the pot

***** Hand History for Game 29507450484 ***** (Merge)
$25.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, November 22, 11:24:58 ET 2010
Table Tijuana (29507450) (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: FindthewarpJimmy ( $26.27 USD )
Seat 3: 170291 ( $25.22 USD )
Seat 4: AIGIS00 ( $15.22 USD )
Seat 5: gogohajdi ( $68.53 USD )
Seat 6: hockeyguy321 ( $32.59 USD )
170291 posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
AIGIS00 posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ Ac Qd ]
gogohajdi folds
hockeyguy321 raises [$1.00 USD]
FindthewarpJimmy folds
170291 calls [$0.90 USD]
AIGIS00 raises [$2.50 USD]
hockeyguy321 calls [$1.50 USD]
170291 calls [$1.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7s, 6d, 4d ]
170291 checks
AIGIS00 checks
hockeyguy321 checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6h ]
170291 checks
AIGIS00 checks
hockeyguy321 checks
** Dealing River ** [ 2d ]
170291 bets [$5.00 USD]
AIGIS00 folds
hockeyguy321 folds
170291 wins $12.13 USD from main pot


11/23
480.33
467.04

11/24
467.04 bad cards and got impatient forcing action w/ mediocre hands- seems like i played that tune before
400.89

11/27
400.89
387.59

Bonehead play at these stakes vs this opponent w/ 9T- did i mention lack of patience?

***** Hand History for Game 29621167796 ***** (Merge)
$25.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, November 27, 06:14:18 ET 2010
Table Tijuana (29621167) (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: Masarius ( $24.75 USD )
Seat 2: hockeyguy321 ( $25.05 USD )
Seat 3: Jawbreaker29 ( $28.93 USD )
Seat 4: trinicrew ( $4.75 USD )
Seat 6: kingsoflion ( $1.77 USD )
Masarius posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
hockeyguy321 posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ 9h Td ]
Jawbreaker29 folds
trinicrew folds
kingsoflion folds
Masarius raises [$0.75 USD] guy is a 16/12/1.7 nit, WTF WAS I THINKING?
TO MAKE IT WORSE HE WAS 3.5/2.6/1.6 POSTFLOP AGGRESSION
So i decide to get ballsy w/ a drawing type hand vs a guy who only bets big hands and is aggressive postflop that will mean my drawing hand will get very few free cards and can only make a weak top pair. Could i have picked a worse situation or played it worse?
I don’t see how- yikes

hockeyguy321 raises [$3.00 USD] fold best, call to see flop bad vs nitty tag, 3 bet WORST PLAY- im in
Masarius raises [$6.35 USD]
hockeyguy321 calls [$3.35 USD] HELLO HELLO is anybody home? DONKEY ALERT- look in mirror to see my picture
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qh, 5d, 3h ]
Masarius bets [$6.10 USD] does a nit lead into pfr 3 bettor w/ nothing?
hockeyguy321 raises [$18.70 USD] praying for AK or a hand that cant beat a pair of QQ and he will fold, are there really a lot of hands mr. 1.7% 3 bet will 4 bet and be worse than AQ here?
Masarius calls [$12.30 USD]
Masarius shows [Jd, Jc ] my shove looks very much like a draw push, he calls, i admit i was a bit surprised to see JJ, but i played the entire hand so bad i deserve to lose my stack
hockeyguy321 shows [9h, Td ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qc ]
** Dealing River ** [ Kd ]
hockeyguy321 wins $0.30 USD
Masarius wins $47.50 USD from main pot


On the upside i did pull my head out of lower intestine and play well after this, but aye carumba
What was i thinking? I might have been on winner’s tilt/ego trip from a very good session the night before at 100nl and 200nl. Or just an idiot. Oh well

It is a bit frustrating to have been over $475 3 times now and then reversed direction due to a bad run of cards once and a couple of stretches of bad play when i got impatient and tried to force the action to get to $500 so i could move up stakes. Hopefully i have learned that lesson AGAIN and will focus on solid poker to get this thing going better.

gl all HG

overall results to date
Second round of 25NL
Started at $255.10 (sept. 23)
11765 hands
+$ 177.44
6 bb/100 win rate
End $387.45 today, (includes $45 in limit losses)



First round of 25NL
Started $250.33
11511 hands
-$52
WR= -6 bb/100 hands
3 tables mostly
Ended at $198.62
About 42 hours played at 25 nl so far



Final Results at 10 NL
Started $100
6715 hands played at 10NL
Ended $250.33
$150.33 profit- this counts rake back for simplicity as well as $3.92 from .02/.04 and $2.05 at an accidental 0.10/0.25 game

Another visit to get back to $250 bankroll
1052 hands at 10 nl
+$ 46.52 + rakeback $10.89
44 bb/100 hands
To get back to $250 bankroll to go to 25 nl

Overall 10 nl includes 1st and second visit to 10nl
6867 hands
$207 total profit
30bb/100 hands at 10 nl (includes about $40 in rakeback)
24bb/100 hands at 10 nl not counting rakeback

Howdy again everyone

I have listed the results by date and start and finish bankroll
Various hh that demo interesting hands or important concepts

A long but interesting session 1145 hands, notice if you dont play too much or only play 1 or 2 tables this could be a week or two of ups and downs, so be patient when things get off to bad card start
Started
$387.45
$409.87

I spent many hours over the past few days rewatching various videos that helped me get regrounded in the style i want to be playing as well as many reminders on some finer points that i think had i let slip my mind in recent sessions. As i have stated and others have echoed there is a ton of good points both big and small in the atta22 videos and it never hurts to revisit them. The session started well as i felt i was playing well making solid bets, good reads, and a couple laydowns when i was sure i was beat ( iwas correct each time) so i was feeling quite good about my play. Then i ran into the evil set machine where i had 4 over pairs run into sets in less than an hour and felt myself getting grumpy as i was now down 3 buyins. Fortunately i quickly had an underpair suck out on kk to river a str8 and AA doubled up to get me back to near level. Of course then i had AA run into another set and j9 trip jjj ran into kj. Although i didn’t stack off w j9 i did lose a bunch of chips to again be down around 3 buyins. Again i was fortunate to flop a set of 888 vs ak to double up which was followed by several other good size pots including 78 that flopped the nuts and got 3 good streets of value from a checker w/ JJ in BB who just called to end. Net result after all the ups and downs was i ended up about a buyin. Most important i felt like i was playing better making better reads and more selective aggression, and avoided several trouble spots with timely laydowns that turned out to be to be correct when the opponents got to showdown.

LETS LOOK AT SOME HH

Lost less than the max i could have

***** Hand History for Game 29660585464 ***** (Merge)
$25.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, November 29, 01:32:06 ET 2010
Table Tijuana (29660585) (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Seat 1: donny116 ( $29.72 USD )
Seat 2: GOP2010 ( $4.08 USD )
Seat 3: pescador1 ( $23.57 USD )
Seat 4: RunItOnce ( $25.43 USD )
Seat 5: BluffT ( $25.86 USD )
Seat 6: hockeyguy321 ( $41.17 USD )
BluffT posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
hockeyguy321 posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ Jd 9s ]
donny116 folds
GOP2010 calls [$0.25 USD]
pescador1 folds
RunItOnce raises [$0.89 USD]
BluffT folds
hockeyguy321 calls [$0.64 USD] a bit sketchy here, but raze small, getting good price, expect limper to call
GOP2010 calls [$0.64 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Js, Jh, 5d ] hoping razer has pr to bet
hockeyguy321 checks
GOP2010 checks
RunItOnce checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ Td ]
hockeyguy321 bets [$2.77 USD] ok time to bet hand
GOP2010 folds
RunItOnce raises [$6.93 USD] strange play by him
hockeyguy321 calls [$4.16 USD] i call due to his strange line, alarm bells going off, hard to figure Jx worse than mine raising pfr
** Dealing River ** [ 6h ]
hockeyguy321 checks prevent bloating pot oop, not a lot of action from non J, non 55/TT hands
RunItOnce bets [$8.32 USD]
hockeyguy321 calls [$8.32 USD] cant fold to this size, i would have folded to him on a shove, i just smelled bigger J by bet size, timing, and line
RunItOnce shows [Jc, Ks ]
hockeyguy321 shows [Jd, 9s ]
RunItOnce wins $31.61 USD from main pot

Could have lost another 20+bb


Set 888

***** Hand History for Game 29660594438 ***** (Merge)
$25.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, November 29, 01:34:56 ET 2010
Table Tijuana (29660594) (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: Hoofpick12 ( $23.32 USD )
Seat 2: hugeblob ( $71.51 USD )
Seat 3: hockeyguy321 ( $27.45 USD )
Seat 4: jaybri ( $5.56 USD )
Seat 5: RunItOnce ( $25.00 USD )
Seat 6: SPlDERMAN ( $25.00 USD )
Hoofpick12 posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
hugeblob posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ 8s 8c ]
hockeyguy321 raises [$1.00 USD]
jaybri calls [$1.00 USD]
RunItOnce raises [$3.23 USD]
SPlDERMAN folds
Hoofpick12 folds
hugeblob folds
hockeyguy321 calls [$2.23 USD] a bit marginal odds to set mine, but active squeezer with low turn aggression, if he checks non paint turn brd i think i am best and can take pot
jaybri folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8h, 2h, 9s ] bingo, he had very hi flop aggression, want to let him
hockeyguy321 checks
RunItOnce bets [$4.70 USD]
hockeyguy321 calls [$4.70 USD], don’t want to push out AK AQ type hands, i look drawy with check call
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ac ]
hockeyguy321 checks if he has no A he wont bet or call much, if he has A i got him
RunItOnce bets [$5.70 USD]
hockeyguy321 raises [$19.52 USD] i got him barring AA 99
RunItOnce calls [$11.37 USD]
hockeyguy321 shows [8s, 8c ]
RunItOnce shows [Kh, As ]
** Dealing River ** [ Kc ]
hockeyguy321 wins $2.45 USD
hockeyguy321 wins $48.79 USD from main pot

gave a chance to catch up, nice when a plan works


another set played different, aggro on flop

***** Hand History for Game 29659787410 ***** (Merge)
$25.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, November 29, 12:24:15 ET 2010
Table Tijuana (29659787) (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Seat 1: Gretchola ( $36.66 USD )
Seat 2: Miausinaa ( $51.87 USD )
Seat 3: hockeyguy321 ( $29.43 USD )
Seat 4: hugeblob ( $25.12 USD )
Seat 5: PutMyRobeOnRITE ( $25.00 USD )
Seat 6: FindthewarpJimmy ( $84.13 USD )
FindthewarpJimmy posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
Gretchola posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ 5h 5c ]
Miausinaa folds
hockeyguy321 raises [$1.00 USD]
hugeblob folds
PutMyRobeOnRITE folds
FindthewarpJimmy folds
Gretchola raises [$1.75 USD]
hockeyguy321 calls [$0.75 USD] min raise prices in implied odds
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7c, 5s, Kc ]
Gretchola bets [$1.00 USD]
hockeyguy321 raises [$4.00 USD] here i want to build pot if he has AK, if he doesn’t i wont get much anyhow
Gretchola raises [$7.00 USD]
hockeyguy321 raises [$24.60 USD] his 3 bet looks like he is ready to go
Gretchola calls [$17.60 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 4h ]
Gretchola calls [$10.31 USD]
hockeyguy321 calls [$3.08 USD]
Gretchola shows [Kh, Ad ]
hockeyguy321 shows [5h, 5c ]
** Dealing River ** [ 2s ]
Gretchola wins $7.23 USD
hockeyguy321 wins $56.02 USD from main pot



AA vs shorter stack, get it in

***** Hand History for Game 29660594429 ***** (Merge)
$25.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, November 29, 01:28:41 ET 2010
Table Tijuana (29660594) (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 1: Hoofpick12 ( $25.00 USD )
Seat 2: hugeblob ( $69.96 USD )
Seat 3: hockeyguy321 ( $25.15 USD )
Seat 4: jaybri ( $5.52 USD )
Seat 5: TONYGoGo ( $10.63 USD )
Seat 6: SPlDERMAN ( $25.00 USD )
jaybri posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
TONYGoGo posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
Hoofpick12 posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ Ac Ad ]
SPlDERMAN folds
Hoofpick12 checks
hugeblob folds
hockeyguy321 raises [$1.35 USD]
jaybri folds
TONYGoGo calls [$1.10 USD]
Hoofpick12 folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ Kd, 9h, 9c ]
TONYGoGo checks
hockeyguy321 checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ 2c ]
TONYGoGo checks
hockeyguy321 bets [$4.00 USD]
TONYGoGo calls [$4.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 2s ]
TONYGoGo checks
hockeyguy321 raises [$19.80 USD] his flop call most likely a K or draw, only $5 left, in it goes
TONYGoGo calls [$5.28 USD]
hockeyguy321 shows [Ac, Ad ]
TONYGoGo shows [9d, Qh ] donk call got lucky, but misses value due to short stack
hockeyguy321 wins $14.52 USD
TONYGoGo wins $20.53 USD from main pot


AA vs total spazzasaurous, more passive in position

***** Hand History for Game 29659787315 ***** (Merge)
$25.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, November 28, 11:23:07 ET 2010
Table Tijuana (29659787) (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 1: BayBeeB ( $18.11 USD )
Seat 2: Miausinaa ( $24.75 USD )
Seat 3: hockeyguy321 ( $27.01 USD )
Seat 4: ponzi37 ( $27.24 USD )
Seat 5: ASIANRAZOR ( $49.04 USD )
Seat 6: FindthewarpJimmy ( $27.69 USD )
ponzi37 posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
ASIANRAZOR posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ Ah Ac ]
FindthewarpJimmy folds
BayBeeB folds
hockeyguy321 raises [$1.00 USD]
ponzi37 calls [$0.90 USD]
ASIANRAZOR calls [$0.75 USD] TOTAL SPAZZOID, BEEN WAITING FOR AN HOUR to CATCH HIM
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9s, Tc, Th ]
ponzi37 checks
ASIANRAZOR bets [$2.25 USD]
hockeyguy321 calls [$2.25 USD] I JUST CALL DONK TO NOT PUSH HIM OUT, HE HAD BEEN RIDICULOUS ALL SESSION BUT HAD FOLDED TO PLAYBACK IN A COUPLE PREVIOUS HANDS
ponzi37 folds
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7h ]
ASIANRAZOR bets [$5.00 USD]
hockeyguy321 calls [$5.00 USD] DITTO, SAME, I AM MOST LIKELY AHEAD AND CAN BET RIVER IF HE CHECKS RIVER
** Dealing River ** [ 3d ]
ASIANRAZOR raises [$40.79 USD] CANT GIVE THE SPAZZ ANY CREDIT GIVEN HIS PREVIOUS PLAY ALL SESSION
hockeyguy321 calls [$18.76 USD]
ASIANRAZOR shows [2s, 5h ] HE CALLS ME A DONKEY, LOL
hockeyguy321 shows [Ah, Ac ]
ASIANRAZOR wins $22.03 USD
hockeyguy321 wins $53.02 USD from main pot

gl all HG
8566

overall results to date
Second round of 25NL
Started at $255.10 (sept. 23)
12820 hands
+$ 154.44
4.7 bb/100 win rate
End $409.55 today, (includes $45 in limit losses)



First round of 25NL
Started $250.33
11511 hands
-$52
WR= -6 bb/100 hands
3 tables mostly
Ended at $198.62
About 42 hours played at 25 nl so far



Final Results at 10 NL
Started $100
6715 hands played at 10NL
Ended $250.33
$150.33 profit- this counts rake back for simplicity as well as $3.92 from .02/.04 and $2.05 at an accidental 0.10/0.25 game

Another visit to get back to $250 bankroll
1052 hands at 10 nl
+$ 46.52 + rakeback $10.89
44 bb/100 hands
To get back to $250 bankroll to go to 25 nl

Overall 10 nl includes 1st and second visit to 10nl
6867 hands
$207 total profit
30bb/100 hands at 10 nl (includes about $40 in rakeback)
24bb/100 hands at 10 nl not counting rakeback

Howdy again everyone

I have listed the results by date and start and finish bankroll
Various hh that demo interesting hands or important concepts

11/29
session 670 hands
Started
$409.87
$450.10

Session was slow moving for first 500 hands or so with no hands/no action with missed flops and small pots. Last 150 or so hands got more action although started off w/aq losing to a donk pfr shove w K8o for ½ a stack, but he stirred up some action so it was worth it.


11/30
session 564 hands
Started
$450.10
$473.52

Started out very well when early hand pfr w 33 hit set and doubled up through 9T lag that hit top trips on turn, unfortunately 22 later hit boat on turn aa52 only to uncover a5 bigger boat, oh well still a decent session due to better play and some good value bets w/ medium hands



12/1
473.52
492.63

Nothing really very interesting, got a few hands and flops and bet them, no big wins or bad beats


12/2
492.63
508.32 Finally got over the hump to move up to 50nl

88 a kind of tough spot vs aggro donk liljohnflushed
This guy was playing any 2 rags 75/45 preflop and being very aggressive raising/overbetting/pushing in w/ or w/o a hand postflop even though his postflop stats 1.5/1.8/2.2 didn’t look that aggro- observations and notes are important

***** Hand History for Game 29735393115 ***** (Merge)
$25.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, December 01, 10:37:18 ET 2010
Table Tijuana (29735393) (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 1: HugoSD ( $30.86 USD )
Seat 2: abcbhm ( $25.00 USD )
Seat 3: liljohnflushed ( $54.91 USD )
Seat 4: flopturnfml ( $51.10 USD )
Seat 6: hockeyguy321 ( $31.38 USD )
flopturnfml posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
hockeyguy321 posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ 8h 8c ]
HugoSD calls [$0.25 USD]
abcbhm folds
liljohnflushed calls [$0.25 USD]
flopturnfml folds
hockeyguy321 raises [$1.75 USD]
HugoSD calls [$1.50 USD]
liljohnflushed calls [$1.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7h, 3h, 4s ] i am quite confident i am best here
hockeyguy321 bets [$5.35 USD] i bet pot as i am very vulnerable to bad cards and want to charge draws/overcards to chase
HugoSD folds
liljohnflushed calls [$5.35 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7c ]
hockeyguy321 checks i check here to see what he does, i think i am best since he just called flop i don’t think he has a 7x since he didn’t raise like he had been
liljohnflushed raises [$47.81 USD] i don’t really believe him since i invited him to make a play when i checked. I do know i am way ahead or way behind. It was very close, but I decide to fold after i ran down the clock and wait for a spot where i am more sure i am ahead. The guy has been donking all over the place so i am sure i will get another chance especially since he is 2 stacks deep he will likely be around for a while, had he been only 1 stack deep i would been more likely to call since he could get stacked and leave, if i doubled him up he would then again be deep and likely to hang around. Basically folding here is an effort to minimize variation which i am comfortable making sometimes to preserve my attitude. Pokerwise i think a call is more correct since i kind of invited the turn move.
hockeyguy321 folds
liljohnflushed shows [3d, Qd ] yup, not surprised, but this kind of guy doesn’t know to tighten up after a hand like this so i am confident he cant control himself and i will get another chance
liljohnflushed wins $63.06 USD from main pot


QT finds a better spot- i love it when a plan comes togethor

***** Hand History for Game 29735393127 ***** (Merge)
$25.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, December 01, 10:51:19 ET 2010
Table Tijuana (29735393) (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Seat 1: OMAPLATTA ( $33.20 USD )
Seat 2: abcbhm ( $25.00 USD )
Seat 3: liljohnflushed ( $77.04 USD )
Seat 4: flopturnfml ( $48.75 USD )
Seat 5: corydenbo ( $23.72 USD )
Seat 6: hockeyguy321 ( $32.47 USD )
corydenbo posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
hockeyguy321 posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ Td Qs ] not a bad hand to take a free flop vs a spazz when oop, can make a lot of big hands
OMAPLATTA folds
abcbhm folds
liljohnflushed calls [$0.25 USD]
flopturnfml folds
corydenbo folds
hockeyguy321 checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ Kh, Jh, Qd ]
hockeyguy321 checks i have a lot of outs if i am behind and unlikely to get called by worse, checking gives him a chance to spew
liljohnflushed checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qc ]
hockeyguy321 bets [$0.60 USD] time to protect or get value if he has anything
liljohnflushed calls [$0.60 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ Qh ]
hockeyguy321 bets [$0.90 USD] bingo, a better spot
liljohnflushed raises [$1.80 USD]
hockeyguy321 raises [$5.85 USD] not clear his mn raze, but i think modest raze gives him the chance to spew
liljohnflushed raises [$9.90 USD]
hockeyguy321 raises [$13.95 USD] very strange, but i got the nuts so lets see what he wants to do
liljohnflushed raises [$66.29 USD] ChaChing
hockeyguy321 calls [$17.67 USD]
liljohnflushed shows [Kc, 8c ] total donk play since if i have a K we are splitting and only raising w/ Qx and folding all else, a perfect example of him not thinking or adjusting after i let him push me out a few hands before- most donks that play like this make the same mistake, they only get a huge stack when they get lucky and pick up a big hand or two after a donk bluff/suckout. Notice if you ever make a big bluff or suckout you should tighten up a bit since people wont believe you and you can get paid off- Atta22 gameflow 101
hockeyguy321 shows [Td, Qs ]
liljohnflushed wins $44.57 USD
hockeyguy321 wins $62.04 USD from main pot

the above very common scenario w/ the loose donks at these stakes so it doesn’t bother me to make a lay down and wait for a better spot, it usually doent take long vs these yahoos. As it turned out these 2 hands were only about 10 hands apart, obviously it doesn’t always happen this fast or I end up w/ quads, but a better spot will come along

A7 T hi value bet
An example of a thinner value bet

***** Hand History for Game 29735393193 ***** (Merge)
$25.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, December 01, 11:40:39 ET 2010
Table Tijuana (29735393) (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Seat 2: Armanii13 ( $8.87 USD )
Seat 3: HighEnaugh ( $21.85 USD )
Seat 4: TARPninja ( $28.50 USD )
Seat 6: hockeyguy321 ( $79.43 USD )
HighEnaugh posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
TARPninja posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ 7d Ac ]
hockeyguy321 raises [$0.85 USD]
Armanii13 calls [$0.85 USD]
HighEnaugh folds
TARPninja folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ Tc, 9s, 7s ] an ugly flop w/ bottom pr no real draw
hockeyguy321 checks
Armanii13 checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ts ]
hockeyguy321 bets [$1.02 USD] when he checks behind on flop i am certain i am best as he should bet any made hand or draw or really any 2 cards, when he doesn’t that tells me he is passive, he will virtually never have a T so it is safe to bet ass i might get called by 66-, 8x,AK AQ AJ
Armanii13 calls [$1.02 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 6c ] i checked for pot control vs 8x since i don’t expect any of the above hands to call again on this board and to give a chance to bluff if opponent was aggressive, although i don’t expect a bluff after he checked behind on flop, since he just chk called i expect any bet to beat my 3rd pr from this opponent, vs the donk above i would be very likely to call river
hockeyguy321 checks
Armanii13 checks
hockeyguy321 shows [7d, Ac ]
Armanii13 shows [5c, 5h ]
hockeyguy321 wins $3.89 USD from main pot

Lessons learned/relearned during the 25nl level

Patience- i was very impatient during most of the play at 25nl, i wanted to win $$$ fast to get to 50nl and i would be lying if i didn’t admit i wanted to have impressive winrate

Distractions- i was not very focused during most of the 25nl and this led to impatience which led to poor play- see article on site ”causes of bad play” for more discussion of this topic.

Cant win em all, don’t try- I got a good reminder in one of Ryan’s videos i watched the other day, many times i wouldn’t let a hand go due to above impatience and a bit of misplaced ego. I can remember thinking “ i am better than you so i will push you of this hand” which of course violates rule 2 of beating micros- don’t try big bluffs
I can also remember making calls trying to catch people bluffing, again thinking i am better than you i shall prove it by calling your bluffing ass down- which of course violates rule 3 for beating micros- don’t pay off the donkeys- paid off way too many times at 25nl

Again the 3 basic rules to beating micros-
tight should be easy- You can start out extra tight (15%vpip) and stay away from hands oop to start and then add hands as you get more comfortable-i tried to force it and play more marginal hands
don’t make big bluffs- pretty easy- impatience and ego caused me problems
don’t pay off donkeys- the trickiest, remember you wont always be right so don’t sweat being wrong, just try to learm from each situation good or bad- impatience and ego caused me problems

The important thing to take away from this is you don’t have to play anywhere perfect poker to beat these games. Even though i think i played poorly and had some very cold streaks during the 25nl level, i was still able to grow my bankroll and i know you all can too.

I do expect better results at 50nl as i think i have my head out of my rear and have regained the discipline that has let me beat the micros games. Time will tell


gl all HG
8566

overall results to date
Overall results 25NL
Started at $255.10
26478 hands (dec2)
+$ 303.22, (i lost about $45 in limit games so had to win that to get to $500 to move up limits)
4.8 bb/100 win rate- not very good, but i didn’t play very well so you get what you deserve in the long run
End $508.32 today

at some point i will go back and figure out how much rakeback is in there at the 25nl


Second round of 25NL
Started at $255.10 (sept. 23)
14967 hands
+$ 253.22
6.8 bb/100 win rate
End $508.32 today, (includes $45 in limit losses)



First round of 25NL
Started $250.33
11511 hands
-$52
WR= -6 bb/100 hands
3 tables mostly
Ended at $198.62
About 42 hours played at 25 nl so far



Final Results at 10 NL
Started $100
6715 hands played at 10NL
Ended $250.33
$150.33 profit- this counts rake back for simplicity as well as $3.92 from .02/.04 and $2.05 at an accidental 0.10/0.25 game

Another visit to get back to $250 bankroll
1052 hands at 10 nl
+$ 46.52 + rakeback $10.89
44 bb/100 hands
To get back to $250 bankroll to go to 25 nl

Overall 10 nl includes 1st and second visit to 10nl
6867 hands
$207 total profit
30bb/100 hands at 10 nl (includes about $40 in rakeback)
24bb/100 hands at 10 nl not counting rakeback

Howdy again everyone

I have listed the results by date and start and finish bankroll
Various hh that demo interesting hands or important concepts

12/4
session 156 hands
Started
$508.65
$532.65

Session started out missing a bunch of flops vs lap opponents and i had to give em up when opponents bet. Eventually i hit a set of QQ and got a stack for i ended up positive for the session. It was quite a collection of very loose/passive fish and super nits at my tables which is a great combination since the nits stay out of the way and the LAP don’t put any pressure on you with bets or raises w/o a hand, but i didn’t play very long since i was tired after the usual late night Friday after hockey with w/ the boys a day of football watching. Trying to show better discipline than i did at 25 nl

Here are some interesting HH

QQ vs a tight 3 bet opponent


***** Hand History for Game 29812857327 ***** (Merge)
$50.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, December 04, 11:41:02 ET 2010
Table Waimea Bay (29812857) (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: WayneGeld ( $149.33 USD )
Seat 2: FunnyScreenName ( $55.98 USD )
Seat 3: Jevgeni123 ( $50.00 USD )
Seat 4: hockeyguy321 ( $49.85 USD )
Seat 5: smoothcrim ( $58.26 USD )
Seat 6: moverj ( $93.52 USD )
WayneGeld posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
FunnyScreenName posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ Qc Qs ]
hockeyguy321 raises [$2.00 USD]
smoothcrim folds
moverj folds
WayneGeld folds
FunnyScreenName raises [$6.25 USD]

This guy was a tight 3 bettor -5% 3 bet range is approx. JJ QQ KK AA AK AQ AJ AT
My default play vs tight 3 bettors w probable best hand like TT JJ QQ is to just call. If i 4 bet i will fold most of the hands i beat and if shoves i am typically in deep doo doo vs his 4 bet shove range. So i think a call is best and then evaluate the flop. Plus i had position

hockeyguy321 calls [$4.25 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8s, Qd, Th ] Bingo
FunnyScreenName bets [$8.50 USD]
hockeyguy321 raises [$20.00 USD] hopefully he has an overpair or AK and can call a reasonable raise, JJ will probably call too and TT would be exciting
FunnyScreenName calls [$11.50 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Kc ]
FunnyScreenName raises [$29.73 USD] i don’t give him credit for AJ to 3 bet oop and call flop raise, if he kas KK god bless him
hockeyguy321 calls [$23.60 USD]
FunnyScreenName shows [Tc, As ]
hockeyguy321 shows [Qc, Qs ]
** Dealing River ** [ Ac ]
FunnyScreenName wins $6.13 USD
hockeyguy321 wins $97.95 USD from main pot

i was surprised to see the lower end of his 3 bet range, but i think it demonstrates my preflop premise that he would fold preflop to a 4 bet. If he flops an Ace i can get off cheap, but he will only flop an Ace about 1/6 so he essentially bet my hand for me preflop. Of course it is always nice to flop the nuts, hand would be tougher if it was KTx.



77
A pot odds question that is common vs short stacks

***** Hand History for Game 29807228741 ***** (Merge)
$50.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, December 04, 11:44:28 ET 2010
Table Waimea Bay (29807228) (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: maddog1827 ( $50.00 USD )
Seat 2: stickman1111 ( $15.24 USD )
Seat 3: icecreaman ( $58.20 USD )
Seat 4: hockeyguy321 ( $67.15 USD )
Seat 5: Voss007 ( $27.99 USD )
Seat 6: bignastynate ( $7.88 USD )
maddog1827 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
stickman1111 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ 7s 7d ]
icecreaman calls [$0.50 USD]
hockeyguy321 raises [$2.25 USD]
Voss007 folds
bignastynate raises [$7.88 USD] Opponent was 7% pfr and 8% 3 bet preflop
maddog1827 folds
stickman1111 folds
icecreaman folds
hockeyguy321 calls [$5.63 USD] pot is 2.25+1.25+7.88=10.13, i am getting basically 2/1, so i must call, see below pokerstove
hockeyguy321 shows [7s, 7d ]
bignastynate shows [9h, 9d ] poop
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5s, Kh, 6d ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8h ]
** Dealing River ** [ Qh ]
bignastynate wins $16.16 USD from main pot

Looking in pokerstove

vs his likely shove range any pr, ATo+, KJo+ i am 49% equity, net EV + about 3 bucks in long run

Text results appended to pokerstove.txt

1,777,371,552 games 1.591 secs 1,117,141,138 games/sec

Board:
Dead:

equity win tie pots won pots tied
Hand 0: 50.029% 49.46% 00.57% 879011208 10183776.00 { 77 }
Hand 1: 49.971% 49.40% 00.57% 877992792 10183776.00 { 22+, ATs+, KTs+, ATo+, KJo+ }


vs his top 8% per his 3 bet stats i am 38% equity, net EV + about $0.50 (still 2 bb) in long run

His range has to be only TT+ AQs+ to be a EV break even, which is way too tight a range for this type of player

Text results appended to pokerstove.txt

513,691,200 games 0.499 secs 1,029,441,282 games/sec

Board:
Dead:

equity win tie pots won pots tied
Hand 0: 33.048% 32.86% 00.19% 168785856 978654.00 { 77 }
Hand 1: 66.952% 66.76% 00.19% 342948036 978654.00 { TT+, AQs+, AKo }



I would put him on a bit tighter range if it was multiway and would have to see what others did first, 77 3+ way is pretty weak

A weak hand w/ weak draw- don’t bleed chips

***** Hand History for Game 29812857337 ***** (Merge)
$50.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, December 04, 11:49:01 ET 2010
Table Waimea Bay (29812857) (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Seat 1: WayneGeld ( $148.40 USD )
Seat 2: FunnyScreenName ( $0.00 USD )
Seat 3: Slickchicken ( $50.00 USD )
Seat 4: hockeyguy321 ( $96.45 USD )
Seat 5: smoothcrim ( $119.44 USD )
Seat 6: moverj ( $91.07 USD )
smoothcrim posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
moverj posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
Slickchicken posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ 9s Td ]
WayneGeld folds
Slickchicken checks
hockeyguy321 calls [$0.50 USD] i decide to limp behind a oop poster with a drawing hand- not a great play, but i am hoping to play multiway in position
smoothcrim folds
moverj checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9d, Jh, Qh ]
moverj checks
Slickchicken bets [$1.17 USD]
hockeyguy321 folds hand looks like it has outs, but any T is dead to a K, an 8 could split pot, a 9 could be dead to KT, i have very little invested and no clear outs
moverj folds
Slickchicken wins $2.84 USD from main pot

12/5
185 hands
$532.65
$600.75
No HH as session was on other computer, but should show up as a video on betting

I am off to a good start at 50nl hitting a couple hands and staying out of marginal spots which i had developed a bad habit of doing at 25nl

gl all HG
9150

overall results to date
Overall results 50NL
Started at $508.45 12/2
341 hands
+$92.30
54 bb/100 win rate
End $600.75


Overall results 25NL
Started at $255.10
26478 hands (dec2)
+$ 303.22, (i lost about $45 in limit games so had to win that to get to $500 to move up limits)
4.8 bb/100 win rate- not very good, but i didn’t play very well so you get what you deserve in the long run
End $508.32 today


Second round of 25NL
Started at $255.10 (sept. 23)
14967 hands
+$ 253.22
6.8 bb/100 win rate
End $508.32 today, (includes $45 in limit losses)



First round of 25NL
Started $250.33
11511 hands
-$52
WR= -6 bb/100 hands
3 tables mostly
Ended at $198.62
About 42 hours played at 25 nl so far



Final Results at 10 NL
Started $100
6715 hands played at 10NL
Ended $250.33
$150.33 profit- this counts rake back for simplicity as well as $3.92 from .02/.04 and $2.05 at an accidental 0.10/0.25 game

Another visit to get back to $250 bankroll
1052 hands at 10 nl
+$ 46.52 + rakeback $10.89
44 bb/100 hands
To get back to $250 bankroll to go to 25 nl

Overall 10 nl includes 1st and second visit to 10nl
6867 hands
$207 total profit
30bb/100 hands at 10 nl (includes about $40 in rakeback)
24bb/100 hands at 10 nl not counting rakeback

Howdy again everyone

I have listed the results by date and start and finish bankroll
Various hh that demo interesting hands or important concepts



12/6
session 366 hands
Started
$600.75
$612.02

A bit of a rockem sockem session with a lot of big pots going for and against me. These sessions are fun to play and are typically pretty profitable which would have been the case had i not made a move at a poorly chosen time and a pretty bad call on another hand. Sadly i seem to have a knack for picking bad times for this type of move so i don’t do it very often. On the upside i did post a small profit which shows you don’t have to play perfect to beat these games although i should have posted a much bigger profit (wasted 18+24=$42+ on too bad plays)- more to practice, doing the obvious sometimes just doenst happen everytime- gotta love poker

Several interesting spots

AA- sometimes you just gotta let em go

***** Hand History for Game 29866541353 ***** (Merge)
$50.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, December 07, 12:17:54 ET 2010
Table Waimea Bay (29866541) (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Seat 1: VicSparrow ( $15.00 USD )
Seat 2: maddog1827 ( $65.94 USD )
Seat 3: brownie8 ( $73.62 USD )
Seat 4: WillFld4Food ( $48.54 USD )
Seat 5: FishingForFlush ( $24.40 USD )
Seat 6: hockeyguy321 ( $50.99 USD )
brownie8 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
WillFld4Food posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ Ah As ]
FishingForFlush folds
hockeyguy321 raises [$2.00 USD]
VicSparrow folds
maddog1827 folds
brownie8 calls [$1.75 USD]
WillFld4Food folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ Jh, 8c, Qd ] std pfr runs into an UGLY FLOP
brownie8 checks
hockeyguy321 bets [$3.50 USD]
brownie8 raises [$7.00 USD]
the mn check raise from passive is always alarming, from an aggro could be a lot of things
48/0/0 preflop
1/8/1 post aggro
hockeyguy321 calls [$3.50 USD] small raise call an reevaluate
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3c ]
brownie8 bets [$12.33 USD] just too big a chance 88 jj qq qj 9T, all right in range for 49% in blind. mn cr feels like test to see if i have a hand, now he wants to get paid, plus very pass flop steps out w/ cr should be a warning
hockeyguy321 folds- i rarely let AA go postflop, but it just looked and felt like 1 pair was no good
brownie8 wins $29.91 USD from main pot

at the very least he has a big draw, but i feel like a fold is a smaller mistake compared to a call is a big mistake

AA again,( had AA 4 more times w/ no action during session but did help enhance my raising image)
Giddyup and get it in
***** Hand History for Game 29867244437 ***** (Merge)
$50.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, December 07, 01:30:20 ET 2010
Table Waimea Bay (29867244) (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 1: hockeyguy321 ( $59.28 USD )
Seat 2: FishingForFlush ( $102.75 USD )
Seat 3: oilywater23 ( $63.60 USD )
Seat 4: bradc691 ( $32.76 USD )
Seat 5: maddog1827 ( $49.75 USD )
Seat 6: EvilRodent ( $54.52 USD )
bradc691 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
maddog1827 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ Ah As ]
EvilRodent raises [$1.44 USD] about a 33/24/16 guy preflop
hockeyguy321 raises [$5.00 USD]
FishingForFlush folds
oilywater23 folds
bradc691 folds
maddog1827 raises [$14.50 USD] 19/14/4 guy preflop
EvilRodent raises [$53.08 USD] whoo hoo, but now what, tempting to call to try to get 3 way
But i think KK call shove anyway, so do i really want to be 3 way? lets look

poker stove says
AA vs 22-kk is 4/1 fave
AA vs 2 pocket pairs 2/1 fave
AA vs pair and sOOted connector 2/1 fave
Equity value calc
Case 1 0.8 * pfr stack (and my match) + dead money 14 from 4 bettor= 0.8*(54+54+14)=97.6
Case 2 0.66* pfr stack + my match + 4 bettor stack= .66* 108+50=104.28
Case 3 same as case2 math
Interestingly, a call to try to get 3 rd player in is more +EV than isolating which surprised me
A good example of why work away from table is helpful, i thought there was enough dead money in pot to make isolation more profitable preflop, lesson learned. Furthermore it looks like 4 bettor has to put at least ½ his stack in pot to have enough dead money in pot to make isolation more +EV, but if he did then he should never fold since his pot odds would be about 5/1 so he should call even if he had KK and you showed him AA before he decided since he is getting 5/1 and is only a 4/1 dog. So bottom line AA allin preflop the more the merrier is better, but higher variance
hockeyguy321 raises [$54.28 USD]
maddog1827 folds
hockeyguy321 shows [Ah, As ]
EvilRodent shows [Qc, Qd ]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8d, 6d, Ts ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Kc ]
** Dealing River ** [ 4h ]
hockeyguy321 wins $4.76 USD
hockeyguy321 wins $120.79 USD from main pot
nice to have it hold up

33
Why we raise any pp

***** Hand History for Game 29866541453 ***** (Merge)
$50.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, December 07, 01:15:40 ET 2010
Table Waimea Bay (29866541) (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: IMTonyMontana ( $67.73 USD )
Seat 2: maddog1827 ( $87.56 USD )
Seat 3: isaacicic ( $50.50 USD )
Seat 4: Grinderrrr88 ( $50.75 USD )
Seat 5: IAMADONK ( $51.85 USD )
Seat 6: hockeyguy321 ( $50.00 USD )
maddog1827 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
isaacicic posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ 3c 3h ]
IAMADONK folds
hockeyguy321 raises [$1.75 USD]
IMTonyMontana calls [$1.75 USD]
maddog1827 folds
isaacicic folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ As, Jd, 3s ]
hockeyguy321 bets [$3.00 USD] i make a ½ pot bet hoping for action from a non A hand or a raise from Ax since maybe i look weak
IMTonyMontana calls [$3.00 USD] good news pot is growing
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3d ] great news the nuts
hockeyguy321 bets [$5.00 USD] another ½ pot bet, let weaker hand/draw call. I don’t ever expect an Ace to fold but want others to hang around ie not price them out
IMTonyMontana calls [$5.00 USD] pot still growing
** Dealing River ** [ Tc ]
hockeyguy321 bets [$10.00 USD] ½ again
IMTonyMontana raises [$50.25 USD] whoo hoo
hockeyguy321 calls [$30.25 USD]
IMTonyMontana shows [Ts, Ah ]
hockeyguy321 shows [3c, 3h ]
hockeyguy321 wins $98.75 USD from main pot
IMTonyMontana wins $10.00 USD

Notice he wasn’t paying attention, a smaller cbet might smells weak on flop, but 3 of them in a row screams baby please don’t go (ever have 3 smaller bets not be a monster by opponent?), he obviously didn’t pay attention to my normal bet size and i thank him

AK
value shove due to stack size

***** Hand History for Game 29868378331 ***** (Merge)
$50.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, December 07, 01:21:03 ET 2010
Table Waimea Bay (29868378) (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Seat 2: wintomntwin ( $33.07 USD )
Seat 3: IMTonyMontana ( $63.38 USD )
Seat 4: hockeyguy321 ( $74.68 USD )
Seat 5: maddog1827 ( $50.75 USD )
Seat 6: FishingForFlush ( $51.83 USD )
IMTonyMontana posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
hockeyguy321 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ Ah Kc ]
maddog1827 folds
FishingForFlush folds
wintomntwin raises [$1.75 USD] 35/29/0 preflop
IMTonyMontana folds
hockeyguy321 raises [$7.00 USD] i am ahead of his range
wintomntwin calls [$5.25 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Kd, 9s, Td ] actually pretty good flop as it is semi connected and spazzes over value weak draws
hockeyguy321 raises [$67.68 USD] i shove due to stack size while i should be ahead
if i bet ¾ pot 13 bucks or so, he is close to priced in to call river, if i cbet less he is close to right price to call flop, if i cbet more he is getting better odds to call river. Remembering i profit when he call w/o proper odds. The worst odds i can offer is with a shove on flop, it also smells funny to this loosey type play and i think i get called by lots of weakish hands Qx, Tx,9x,Kx,Jx
if he has qj 99 tt god bless him
wintomntwin calls [$26.07 USD]
wintomntwin shows [9c, Qc ]
hockeyguy321 shows [Ah, Kc ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5c ]
** Dealing River ** [ Ad ]
hockeyguy321 wins $41.61 USD
hockeyguy321 wins $64.39 USD from main pot


A8
A pretty standard play that goes bad and must be abandoned

***** Hand History for Game 29866541355 ***** (Merge)
$50.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, December 07, 12:19:31 ET 2010
Table Waimea Bay (29866541) (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Seat 1: VicSparrow ( $15.00 USD )
Seat 2: maddog1827 ( $65.94 USD )
Seat 3: brownie8 ( $82.20 USD )
Seat 4: WillFld4Food ( $50.00 USD )
Seat 5: FishingForFlush ( $23.90 USD )
Seat 6: hockeyguy321 ( $50.75 USD )
FishingForFlush posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
hockeyguy321 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ 8c Ah ]
VicSparrow folds
maddog1827 folds
brownie8 calls [$0.50 USD]
WillFld4Food calls [$0.50 USD]
FishingForFlush folds
hockeyguy321 checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ 6d, 5h, 8s ]
hockeyguy321 checks want to see what develops w/ likely best hand
happy to see next card for free and reevaluate, i learn more from chk and see than from a bet and they call
brownie8 checks
WillFld4Food bets [$1.31 USD] pretty taggy on button, i dont believe he hit this flop ifhe did i am still best most times, smells stealy
hockeyguy321 raises [$5.68 USD] looking to end it
brownie8 calls [$5.68 USD] ok , looks like a draw
WillFld4Food raises [$48.19 USD] yikes, not stacking off w 1 pr 88, and a probable/possible draw chaser
hockeyguy321 folds
brownie8 folds
WillFld4Food wins $61.68 USD from main pot hockeyguy321 calls [$3.25 USD]

K7
A pretty standard play that goes bad and must be abandoned again

***** Hand History for Game 29866541326 ***** (Merge)
$50.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, December 06, 11:56:51 ET 2010
Table Waimea Bay (29866541) (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Seat 1: SzymekG ( $51.36 USD )
Seat 2: maddog1827 ( $50.00 USD )
Seat 3: brownie8 ( $65.28 USD )
Seat 4: bustosoon5 ( $59.66 USD )
Seat 5: FishingForFlush ( $49.50 USD )
Seat 6: hockeyguy321 ( $50.00 USD )
FishingForFlush posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
hockeyguy321 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ 7s Ks ]
SzymekG folds
maddog1827 folds
brownie8 calls [$0.50 USD]
bustosoon5 calls [$0.50 USD]
FishingForFlush calls [$0.25 USD]
hockeyguy321 checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5h, 7c, Qd ]
FishingForFlush checks
hockeyguy321 checks
brownie8 checks
bustosoon5 checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3h ]
FishingForFlush checks
hockeyguy321 bets [$2.00 USD]
brownie8 folds
bustosoon5 calls [$2.00 USD]
FishingForFlush folds
** Dealing River ** [ 3c ]
hockeyguy321 checks
bustosoon5 bets [$4.00 USD] i don’t see this play w/ 7x,5x, i see Qx or 3x, time to go and find better spot to get chips in
hockeyguy321 folds
bustosoon5 wins $9.70 USD from main pot


KT
Broke rule 3, paid off 1 extra street

***** Hand History for Game 29867244406 ***** (Merge)
$50.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, December 07, 01:07:12 ET 2010
Table Waimea Bay (29867244) (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Seat 1: hockeyguy321 ( $49.75 USD )
Seat 2: FishingForFlush ( $57.55 USD )
Seat 3: oilywater23 ( $66.13 USD )
Seat 4: bradc691 ( $31.21 USD )
Seat 5: WillFld4Food ( $53.80 USD )
oilywater23 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
bradc691 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ Kh Tc ]
WillFld4Food folds
hockeyguy321 raises [$1.75 USD]
FishingForFlush calls [$1.75 USD]
oilywater23 folds
bradc691 calls [$1.25 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7d, Ks, 4s ]
bradc691 checks
hockeyguy321 bets [$4.13 USD] std cbet
FishingForFlush calls [$4.13 USD]
bradc691 folds
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9d ]
hockeyguy321 checks- don’t love hand, but call smells ddrawy
FishingForFlush bets [$6.88 USD], capable of turn bluff draw or non top pair
hockeyguy321 calls [$6.88 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 2h ]
hockeyguy321 checks
FishingForFlush bets [$18.35 USD], bet size matters, about ¾ pot =total value bet size
Busted draw or non top pair, or top pr not confident best hand bet like 1/3 ish pot or shove
hockeyguy321 calls [$18.35 USD] wasted $$$$$$ and i knew it, my bad
FishingForFlush shows [4d, 4h ]
hockeyguy321 shows [Kh, Tc ]
FishingForFlush wins $62.22 USD from main pot

KJs
Misplayed in so many ways, missed/ignored so many reads

***** Hand History for Game 29868378341 ***** (Merge)
$50.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, December 07, 01:28:19 ET 2010
Table Waimea Bay (29868378) (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: MeStackU ( $66.25 USD )
Seat 2: sdkfjkdkdk ( $16.20 USD )
Seat 3: IMTonyMontana ( $79.15 USD )
Seat 4: hockeyguy321 ( $90.99 USD )
Seat 5: maddog1827 ( $50.00 USD )
Seat 6: FishingForFlush ( $51.83 USD )
MeStackU posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
sdkfjkdkdk posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ Jc Kc ]
IMTonyMontana folds
hockeyguy321 raises [$2.00 USD] a bit early, but lots of loose action so took a shot
maddog1827 folds
FishingForFlush raises [$5.17 USD] laggy, but 2 ½ times raise(less than normal size) wiffs of i have a big hand please stay
MeStackU folds
sdkfjkdkdk folds
hockeyguy321 calls [$3.17 USD], i ignore hint especially oop
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7c, As, Tc ] good looking flop, but not excited to get $$$$ in yet since an Ace isn’t folding and it is basically a coin flip
hockeyguy321 checks
FishingForFlush checks- HELLO MC FLY, a 5/5/3 aggro guy checks flop after 3 bet preflop, maybe but only 99 88 66 type hand or rags
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3s ]
hockeyguy321 bets [$11.09 USD] Having ignore 2 major hints i decide to push him of non Ace hand, notice he likely will bet small or check non A on turn too
FishingForFlush raises [$22.18 USD] HELLO MC FLY, a 5/5/3 guy checks flop and min raises pot bet on turn blank- dam sure not any of the hands he might check on flop after a 3 bet
hockeyguy321 raises [$74.73 USD] WTF was i thinking here, yes i have equity, but he just put in half his stack, no way he folds, so fold equity about zero, therefore should just call w/ lots of outs assuming he doesn’t have Ax clubs(hich he would have cbet near 100% of time)
FishingForFlush calls [$24.48 USD]
hockeyguy321 shows [Jc, Kc ]
FishingForFlush shows [Ad, Ah ] should i be surprised he has a big hand? No he gave big 3 hints, i just wasn’t paying attention
** Dealing River ** [ 7s ]
hockeyguy321 wins $39.16 USD
FishingForFlush wins $101.41 USD from main pot

lost 24 bucks more than i should have

Hope these hands were helpful

gl all HG
9150

overall results to date
Overall results 50NL
Started at $508.45 12/2
701 hands
+$104.30
29 bb/100 win rate
End $612.75


Overall results 25NL
Started at $255.10
26478 hands (dec2)
+$ 303.22, (i lost about $45 in limit games so had to win that to get to $500 to move up limits)
4.8 bb/100 win rate- not very good, but i didn’t play very well so you get what you deserve in the long run
End $508.32 today


Second round of 25NL
Started at $255.10 (sept. 23)
14967 hands
+$ 253.22
6.8 bb/100 win rate
End $508.32 today, (includes $45 in limit losses)



First round of 25NL
Started $250.33
11511 hands
-$52
WR= -6 bb/100 hands
3 tables mostly
Ended at $198.62
About 42 hours played at 25 nl so far



Final Results at 10 NL
Started $100
6715 hands played at 10NL
Ended $250.33
$150.33 profit- this counts rake back for simplicity as well as $3.92 from .02/.04 and $2.05 at an accidental 0.10/0.25 game

Another visit to get back to $250 bankroll
1052 hands at 10 nl
+$ 46.52 + rakeback $10.89
44 bb/100 hands
To get back to $250 bankroll to go to 25 nl

Overall 10 nl includes 1st and second visit to 10nl
6867 hands
$207 total profit
30bb/100 hands at 10 nl (includes about $40 in rakeback)
24bb/100 hands at 10 nl not counting rakeback

Howdy again everyone

I have listed the results by date and start and finish bankroll
Various hh that demo interesting hands or important concepts

Observations on session dynamics. I find i tend to do way better in session from 60 to 90 minutes rather than longer sessions. I can do 4 or 5 sessions in a day, but breaks seem to help me keep focus when playing. My very good winning sessions usually everything goes per plan my good hands get bet and hold up, no surprise there. Moderate to small winning session i usually take 1 bad beat/cooler but can overcome it to finish ahead. Losing sessions usually come in a couple varieties, 2+ bad beats or coolers, a bad beat or cooler combined w/ ice cold flops missing my hands. Fortunately aggressive play can save enough pots that missed my cards in the long run and by their nature bad beats happen less often than good hands getting bet and paid off so that in the long run I can expect to be profitable no matter how frustrating the short run might be.

A new stat i think i will track
Cost of bad plays by me- not just poor but really obviously bad play

Untight- $5, bad call 3 bet by rock and worse part is opportunity to lose more post flop which i did, i put that $15 in bad bluffys below

Bad Bluffs 24+15+15, wierd/annoying as i don’t do this very often

Bad pay off 18
Obvious read(s) missed
Total=77, yikes

12/7
Started
$612.02
557

TT
Get it in while ahead and before a scare card hits, a scare could put me in a tough spot or kill opponent willingness to give action

***** Hand History for Game 29883389818 ***** (Merge)
$50.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, December 07, 10:33:40 ET 2010
Table Waimea Bay (29883389) (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Seat 1: MurrayVV ( $29.22 USD )
Seat 2: hockeyguy321 ( $52.75 USD )
Seat 3: ShoveDonkey ( $52.39 USD )
Seat 4: Supercollider ( $29.92 USD )
Seat 6: crispy5 ( $14.50 USD )
ShoveDonkey posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
Supercollider posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ Ts Th ]
crispy5 folds
MurrayVV folds
hockeyguy321 raises [$2.00 USD]
ShoveDonkey calls [$1.75 USD]
Supercollider folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ Tc, Qs, 9s ]
ShoveDonkey checks
hockeyguy321 bets [$4.00 USD]
ShoveDonkey raises [$10.25 USD]
hockeyguy321 raises [$46.75 USD] barring kj i am way ahead as Tag would have 3 bet QQ
i can make a case for calling and shoving a turn blank, but i think i am ahead almost every time and therefore a big favourite so i want max $$$$ in now
ShoveDonkey calls [$40.14 USD]
hockeyguy321 shows [Ts, Th ]
ShoveDonkey shows [Jh, Qh ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8h ]
** Dealing River ** [ 6d ]
hockeyguy321 wins $0.36 USD
ShoveDonkey wins $103.28 USD from main pot
I don’t blame him for getting it in, but i was still a big favourite on flop so i want $$$ in while i am ahead, dam turn


67h
A good spot to steal small pot

***** Hand History for Game 29883389852 ***** (Merge)
$50.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, December 07, 10:54:09 ET 2010
Table Waimea Bay (29883389) (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: ptrick0313 ( $16.62 USD )
Seat 2: hockeyguy321 ( $53.89 USD )
Seat 3: LordLongford1 ( $50.00 USD )
Seat 4: Supercollider ( $52.04 USD )
Seat 5: SzymekG ( $140.95 USD )
Seat 6: INURCULOaces ( $30.00 USD )
hockeyguy321 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
LordLongford1 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
INURCULOaces posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ 6h 7h ]
Supercollider folds
SzymekG folds
INURCULOaces checks
ptrick0313 calls [$0.50 USD]
hockeyguy321 calls [$0.25 USD]
LordLongford1 checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4s, 9s, Th ]
hockeyguy321 checks
LordLongford1 checks
INURCULOaces checks
ptrick0313 checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3h ]
hockeyguy321 bets [$1.33 USD] i could be repping Tx, 9x from out of position flop check, i have a ton out outs, no chance 6 hi is good
LordLongford1 folds
INURCULOaces folds
ptrick0313 folds
hockeyguy321 wins $3.23 USD from main pot

KJ
A not so good place to steal

***** Hand History for Game 29882362918 ***** (Merge)
$50.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, December 07, 11:05:15 ET 2010
Table Waimea Bay (29882362) (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Seat 1: VicSparrow ( $27.66 USD )
Seat 3: hockeyguy321 ( $62.92 USD )
Seat 4: butterflygray ( $61.73 USD )
Seat 5: Zags33 ( $47.00 USD )
Seat 6: SzymekG ( $77.80 USD )
hockeyguy321 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
butterflygray posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ Kd Js ]
Zags33 calls [$0.50 USD]
SzymekG folds
VicSparrow folds
hockeyguy321 calls [$0.25 USD]
butterflygray checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ Td, 6c, 3c ]
hockeyguy321 checks
butterflygray checks
Zags33 checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5s ]
hockeyguy321 checks what am i repping if i bet? I would probably lead Tx to protect it on dry flop, few outs, K hi could be good
butterflygray bets [$1.50 USD]
Zags33 folds
hockeyguy321 folds
butterflygray wins $2.93 USD from main pot


Ajo sb

***** Hand History for Game 29882362936 ***** (Merge)
$50.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, December 07, 11:20:24 ET 2010
Table Waimea Bay (29882362) (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Seat 1: RESIN480 ( $16.17 USD )
Seat 2: DonkeyOTontilt ( $15.99 USD )
Seat 3: hockeyguy321 ( $64.15 USD )
Seat 4: butterflygray ( $116.16 USD )
Seat 5: Zags33 ( $50.00 USD )
Seat 6: SzymekG ( $68.65 USD )
hockeyguy321 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
butterflygray posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ As Jd ]
SzymekG raises [$1.50 USD]
RESIN480 calls [$1.50 USD]
DonkeyOTontilt folds
hockeyguy321 folds i fold multiway oop 1 tag 1 lag makes it tricky, i might call AJs
but i am happy to find a better spot, i would rather 3 bet than call
butterflygray folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ah, 4d, 8c ]
SzymekG checks
RESIN480 checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ 2d ]
SzymekG checks
RESIN480 checks
** Dealing River ** [ Th ]
SzymekG bets [$2.50 USD]
RESIN480 calls [$2.50 USD]
SzymekG shows [Kc, Ks ]
RESIN480 shows [Td, 9c ]
SzymekG wins $8.32 USD from main pot


Kt
Bet size read

***** Hand History for Game 29867244406 ***** (Merge)
$50.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, December 07, 01:07:12 ET 2010
Table Waimea Bay (29867244) (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Seat 1: hockeyguy321 ( $49.75 USD )
Seat 2: FishingForFlush ( $57.55 USD )
Seat 3: oilywater23 ( $66.13 USD )
Seat 4: bradc691 ( $31.21 USD )
Seat 5: WillFld4Food ( $53.80 USD )
oilywater23 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
bradc691 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ Kh Tc ]
WillFld4Food folds
hockeyguy321 raises [$1.75 USD]
FishingForFlush calls [$1.75 USD]
oilywater23 folds
bradc691 calls [$1.25 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7d, Ks, 4s ]
bradc691 checks
hockeyguy321 bets [$4.13 USD]
FishingForFlush calls [$4.13 USD] bradc691 folds
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9d ]
hockeyguy321 checks
FishingForFlush bets [$6.88 USD] kind of laggy capable of bet draw or less after i chk
hockeyguy321 calls [$6.88 USD] I can reevaluate river
** Dealing River ** [ 2h ]
hockeyguy321 checks
FishingForFlush bets [$18.35 USD] bet size ¾ pot screams VALUE BET, KT in deep doo doo vs a value range, what can i beat K8 K6 or worse, i only need to be good ¼ to break even but i don’t think i will be when he calls k hi flop and bets it twice, he doesn’t think i will fold and bets accordingly
hockeyguy321 calls [$18.35 USD] bad call missed the read, could have got away cheap
FishingForFlush shows [4d, 4h ]
hockeyguy321 shows [Kh, Tc ]
FishingForFlush wins $62.22 USD from main pot


A donkerific hand by me

***** Hand History for Game 29895726219 ***** (Merge)
$50.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, December 08, 12:06:07 ET 2010
Table Waimea Bay (29895726) (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: butterflygray ( $50.00 USD )
Seat 2: hockeyguy321 ( $80.72 USD )
Seat 3: Pandawoman ( $50.00 USD )
Seat 4: PettyTheft33 ( $50.00 USD )
Seat 5: SzymekG ( $61.35 USD )
Seat 6: admeisterallin ( $93.41 USD )
hockeyguy321 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
PettyTheft33 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ Th Qc ]
SzymekG folds
admeisterallin folds
butterflygray folds
hockeyguy321 raises [$1.50 USD]
PettyTheft33 raises [$4.50 USD] got 3 bet by 14/10/3 i am oop, fold you idiot, how did i miss the rock in bb, his range crushes QT and i am oop
hockeyguy321 calls [$3.00 USD] nope, and downhill from here
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4s, Jd, 8s ]
hockeyguy321 checks
PettyTheft33 checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6d ]
hockeyguy321 checks
PettyTheft33 bets [$6.75 USD]
hockeyguy321 raises [$17.00 USD] i rarely do this, when i do i almost always pick a bad time
PettyTheft33 calls [$10.25 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ Ks ]
hockeyguy321 checks
PettyTheft33 checks
hockeyguy321 shows [Th, Qc ]
PettyTheft33 shows [Ad, Kd ]
PettyTheft33 wins $41.00 USD from main pot

Wasted about 40bb after my pfr, horrible

thursday 12/8
Started
557
$617.45


8T
A perfect example of a speculative call on flop


***** Hand History for Game 29970683100 ***** (Merge)
$50.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, December 10, 09:10:19 ET 2010
Table Waimea Bay (29970683) (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 1: fakker11 ( $66.08 USD )
Seat 2: TolleBro ( $50.97 USD )
Seat 3: JAMOOL ( $54.67 USD )
Seat 4: elmago1 ( $68.32 USD )
Seat 6: hockeyguy321 ( $49.50 USD )
elmago1 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
hockeyguy321 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ 8c Ts ]
fakker11 folds
JAMOOL folds
elmago1 raises [$1.00 USD]
hockeyguy321 calls [$0.50 USD] bad min raze so i make cheap call w/ specualative hand vs a tight player

** Dealing Flop ** [ Ac, 7h, Jd ]
elmago1 bets [$1.00 USD] another small bet , bad play by him
hockeyguy321 calls [$1.00 USD], getting 3/1, but perfect if 9 hits, rainbow flop makes pure nuts
AND THIS IMPORTANT my gin card is not an obvious scare card
Tag is deep for good implied odds on very disguised hand
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9s ] the perfect card as no back door flush draws to scare him

elmago1 bets [$2.00 USD] a bit bigger bet, good
hockeyguy321 raises [$5.00 USD] a bit of a tester raise that might look a little weak hoping to induce a shove w/ possible slowplayed big hand

elmago1 calls [$3.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ Ks ]
elmago1 bets [$14.00 USD] good, i cant imagine qt by villian
hockeyguy321 raises [$28.00 USD] i probably should have shoved, left value on table i think
elmago1 calls [$14.00 USD]
hockeyguy321 shows [8c, Ts ]
elmago1 shows [As, Kh ]
hockeyguy321 wins $68.00 USD from main pot

still a nice pot w/ a speculative hand, notice made possible by his bad bet sizes
a 4x pfr i probably fold, if i do call pot is 4, and a cbet of 3 reduces my max implied odds to about 16/1 on a 10/1 draw instead of about 50/1 he offered me by making weak pfr and cbet
and even worse he priced me in again with his turn bet i could have called again given the bet and stack sizes


saturday 12/11
617.45
622.04


QQ
Situational awareness

***** Hand History for Game 29983243329 ***** (Merge)
$50.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, December 11, 11:38:40 ET 2010
Table Waimea Bay (29983243) (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: B3nk3i ( $51.78 USD )
Seat 2: multipleksor ( $82.97 USD )
Seat 3: hockeyguy321 ( $49.25 USD )
Seat 4: epsltm ( $28.22 USD )
Seat 5: ShoveBaby ( $50.75 USD )
Seat 6: Tyutyu1968 ( $27.14 USD )
multipleksor posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
hockeyguy321 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ Qs Qh ]
ShoveBaby folds
Tyutyu1968 folds
B3nk3i raises [$1.50 USD] kind of loose
multipleksor raises [$5.00 USD] taggy, common 3 bet of stealer
hockeyguy321 raises [$12.50 USD] i dont want to call and see an A or K on flop, call prices in button and puts me between pfr and 3 bettor, yuck, my QQ figures to be best preflop most times even more so in this situation so bet it like it is best
B3nk3i folds
multipleksor folds
hockeyguy321 wins $19.00 USD from main pot

gl all HG
9150

overall results to date
Overall results 50NL
Started at $508.45 started 12/2
1370 hands
+$113.59
16 bb/100 win rate
End $622.04


Overall results 25NL
Started at $255.10
26478 hands (dec2)
+$ 303.22, (i lost about $45 in limit games so had to win that to get to $500 to move up limits)
4.8 bb/100 win rate- not very good, but i didn’t play very well so you get what you deserve in the long run
End $508.32 today


Second round of 25NL
Started at $255.10 (sept. 23)
14967 hands
+$ 253.22
6.8 bb/100 win rate
End $508.32 today, (includes $45 in limit losses)



First round of 25NL
Started $250.33
11511 hands
-$52
WR= -6 bb/100 hands
3 tables mostly
Ended at $198.62
About 42 hours played at 25 nl so far



Final Results at 10 NL
Started $100
6715 hands played at 10NL
Ended $250.33
$150.33 profit- this counts rake back for simplicity as well as $3.92 from .02/.04 and $2.05 at an accidental 0.10/0.25 game

Another visit to get back to $250 bankroll
1052 hands at 10 nl
+$ 46.52 + rakeback $10.89
44 bb/100 hands
To get back to $250 bankroll to go to 25 nl

Overall 10 nl includes 1st and second visit to 10nl
6867 hands
$207 total profit
30bb/100 hands at 10 nl (includes about $40 in rakeback)
24bb/100 hands at 10 nl not counting rakeback

Howdy again everyone

I have listed the results by date and start and finish bankroll
Various hh that demo interesting hands or important concepts

A new stat i think i will track
Cost of bad plays by me- not just poor but really obviously bad play

Untight- $5, bad call 3 bet by rock and worse part is opportunity to lose more post flop which i did, i put that $15 in bad bluffys below

Bad Bluffs 24+15+15, wierd/annoying as i don’t do this very often

Bad pay off 18
Obvious read(s) missed
Total=77, yikes



12/12/10
Start
$622.04
$675.05

I don’t think i made any really horrible plays other than the jto hand below
Obviously it worked out poorly. Typically i fold to the 3 bet and i wish i had,
After flop that is was a bit of a cooler. I did stack a guy w/ AA vs his KK so ebb and flow
I guess


Ak 4 bet vs very loose 3 bettor

***** Hand History for Game 30008840964 ***** (Merge)
$50.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, December 12, 03:56:36 ET 2010
Table Waimea Bay (30008840) (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Seat 1: hockeyguy321 ( $51.31 USD )
Seat 2: ErWin7 ( $65.88 USD )
Seat 3: ddb120 ( $50.75 USD )
Seat 4: peez88 ( $50.00 USD )
Seat 5: shirow ( $28.10 USD )
Seat 6: RuSureQ ( $74.70 USD )
RuSureQ posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
hockeyguy321 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ Ah Ks ]
ddb120 folds
peez88 raises [$1.75 USD] taggy on the nitty side
shirow raises [$4.94 USD] 28/24/16 preflop
RuSureQ folds
hockeyguy321 raises [$16.82 USD] pretty standard play to force out nitty tag (He is folding anything less than QQ which he might fold too being nittish and AK, since i have AK, chances he has AA KK AK cut in half) and play vs overaggressive player, if i win preflop thats fine too, but a solid 4 bet here folds a lot of pocket pairs that are a bit of a fave over my AK
peez88 folds
shirow folds
hockeyguy321 wins $23.76 USD from main pot


Jto
deep sigh

***** Hand History for Game 30014323217 ***** (Merge)
$50.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, December 12, 03:49:05 ET 2010
Table Waimea Bay (30014323) (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Seat 1: shirow ( $25.00 USD )
Seat 2: Tyr1on ( $71.28 USD )
Seat 3: bobasek ( $65.28 USD )
Seat 4: hockeyguy321 ( $49.75 USD )
Seat 5: 2pal76 ( $116.52 USD )
Seat 6: peez88 ( $56.07 USD )
2pal76 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
peez88 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ Th Jc ]
shirow folds
Tyr1on raises [$1.25 USD] 31/28/10 preflop
bobasek folds
hockeyguy321 calls [$1.25 USD]
2pal76 calls [$1.00 USD] total spaz 84/4/0, i would him in pot in position
peez88 raises [$5.00 USD] Total ABC tag, passive post flop 1.3/0.8/1.0
Tyr1on folds
hockeyguy321 calls [$3.75 USD] i should have just let it go, i was so focused on 2pal i called figuring 2pal would too and i would be in position in a big pot vs a very readable tag and a spaz
2pal76 calls [$3.75 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qh, Ks, Td ]
2pal76 checks
peez88 bets [$8.13 USD] not a good sign
hockeyguy321 calls [$8.13 USD] but i decide to peel thinking if i hit the pot will be so big they cant fold
2pal76 folds
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ts ] cool i hit
peez88 bets [$12.00 USD]
hockeyguy321 raises [$36.62 USD] never even thought about it or his hand, dumb dumb dumb, think man, i might still do same thing but at least think about it
20 minutes later, having thought about it some more i hate this play, i totally ignored Peez style and range, what is he betting again? I dout AJ given he squeezed multiway oop preflop
Hello KK QQ for sure, AA maybe Yikes, justgoes to show thinking away from table can be more clear and hopefully make it back to tables for next time
peez88 calls [$24.62 USD]
hockeyguy321 shows [Th, Jc ]
peez88 shows [Kc, Kh ] lol i was right, pot too big to fold
** Dealing River ** [ Qs ]
peez88 wins $102.75 USD from main pot

Ad7d
A rare chance to slowplay

***** Hand History for Game 30014323219 ***** (Merge)
$50.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, December 12, 03:51:41 ET 2010
Table Waimea Bay (30014323) (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: shirow ( $25.00 USD )
Seat 2: Tyr1on ( $70.03 USD )
Seat 3: bobasek ( $65.28 USD )
Seat 4: hockeyguy321 ( $50.00 USD )
Seat 5: 2pal76 ( $134.50 USD )
Seat 6: peez88 ( $108.57 USD )
shirow posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
bobasek posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ 7h Ah ] trying to get involved w/ spaz 2pal w/ a hand that can flop big
hockeyguy321 raises [$1.75 USD]
2pal76 calls [$1.75 USD]
peez88 calls [$1.75 USD]
shirow folds
bobasek folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7s, Kd, Ad ] nice flop
hockeyguy321 bets [$4.00 USD]
2pal76 calls [$4.00 USD] plan coming togethor
peez88 folds
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7d ] beautiful
hockeyguy321 checks, player specific play, 2pal has been spazzing all over w/ pot bets sometimes w/ a hand and sometimes w/o a hand, but he never bet w/o a hand, so i wanted him to get a chance to spaz if i showed weakness
2pal76 bets [$14.00 USD] plan working
hockeyguy321 raises [$28.00 USD] i am hoping he has a hand
2pal76 folds sadly no hand
hockeyguy321 wins $54.00 USD from main pot

having thought about it now for an hour or 2, i think i should have tanked and flatted trying to induce another bet on river, the most he can have is 2 outs 88-QQ to make a better boat. Since i have the board crushed he likely has very little so he cant call anything and my cr prevented giving him another chance to spaz the river

gl all HG
9150

overall results to date
Overall results 50NL
Started at $508.45 12/2
701 hands
+$166.60
16 bb/100 win rate
End $675.05



Overall results 25NL
Started at $255.10
26478 hands (dec2)
+$ 303.22, (i lost about $45 in limit games so had to win that to get to $500 to move up limits)
4.8 bb/100 win rate- not very good, but i didn’t play very well so you get what you deserve in the long run
End $508.32 today


Second round of 25NL
Started at $255.10 (sept. 23)
14967 hands
+$ 253.22
6.8 bb/100 win rate
End $508.32 today, (includes $45 in limit losses)



First round of 25NL
Started $250.33
11511 hands
-$52
WR= -6 bb/100 hands
3 tables mostly
Ended at $198.62
About 42 hours played at 25 nl so far



Final Results at 10 NL
Started $100
6715 hands played at 10NL
Ended $250.33
$150.33 profit- this counts rake back for simplicity as well as $3.92 from .02/.04 and $2.05 at an accidental 0.10/0.25 game

Another visit to get back to $250 bankroll
1052 hands at 10 nl
+$ 46.52 + rakeback $10.89
44 bb/100 hands
To get back to $250 bankroll to go to 25 nl

Overall 10 nl includes 1st and second visit to 10nl
6867 hands
$207 total profit
30bb/100 hands at 10 nl (includes about $40 in rakeback)
24bb/100 hands at 10 nl not counting rakeback

Howdy again everyone

I have listed the results by date and start and finish bankroll
Various hh that demo interesting hands or important concepts

A new stat i think i will track
Cost of bad plays by me- not just poor but really obviously bad play

Untight- $5, bad call 3 bet by rock and worse part is opportunity to lose more post flop which i did, i put that $15 in bad bluffys below

Bad Bluffs 24+15+15, wierd/annoying as i don’t do this very often
Bad call preflop 11 (This session)
Bad pay off 18
Obvious read(s) missed
Total=88, yikes



12/13/10
Start $675.05
End $631.45

I had a QQ hand dilemma that i posted in the forum

AK
I wasn’t prepared to get 4 bet

***** Hand History for Game 30048102594 ***** (Merge)
$50.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, December 14, 01:33:22 ET 2010
Table Waimea Bay (30048102) (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Seat 1: uniqueplayer ( $52.87 USD )
Seat 2: IMTonyMontana ( $54.19 USD )
Seat 4: hockeyguy321 ( $59.90 USD )
Seat 5: TheMolotov ( $61.17 USD )
Seat 6: KR42YC0LL4R ( $21.17 USD )
hockeyguy321 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
TheMolotov posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ As Kd ]
KR42YC0LL4R calls [$0.50 USD]
uniqueplayer calls [$0.50 USD]
IMTonyMontana raises [$2.75 USD]
hockeyguy321 raises [$11.25 USD] pretty standard
TheMolotov folds
KR42YC0LL4R folds
uniqueplayer folds
IMTonyMontana raises [$22.75 USD] didn’t expect this
hockeyguy321 calls [$11.50 USD] fold, call, or shove
call is worst option i think, i am oop, what do i do if no A or K flop
I am not thrilled w/ a shove vs a 4 betting TAG, what part of his range am i ahead of? Or what can I get value postflop
Fold feels a bit weak, but i think i can find a better spot, i am a 2/1 dog to be way behind any pair on the flop and oop, if i hit what can pay me off? Maybe AQs especially if it flops a draw of some sort, Did a 50nl tag 4 bet AQ? Unlikely, AQ is the quintessential too strong to fold too weak to shove and i have position so i will call a 3 bet hand. I am only likely to get action if my AK is second best on flop. AK has a lot of value preflop to fold hands that have a lot of equity vs AK, like small/medium pairs, obviously i have lost all fold equity and should just fold to the 4 bet unless i was shallow or going to shove so i could see all 5 cards postflop. If i don’t see 5 cards postflop i become a very big underdog to any pair.

So naturally i call, yuck

** Dealing Flop ** [ Jh, 3c, Jd ]
hockeyguy321 checks
IMTonyMontana raises [$31.44 USD]
hockeyguy321 folds
IMTonyMontana wins $76.44 USD from main pot

Check fold stopped the bleeding

gl all HG
9150

overall results to date
Overall results 50NL
Started at $508.45 12/2
2817 hands
+$123
9 bb/100 win rate
End $631.45



Overall results 25NL
Started at $255.10
26478 hands (dec2)
+$ 303.22, (i lost about $45 in limit games so had to win that to get to $500 to move up limits)
4.8 bb/100 win rate- not very good, but i didn’t play very well so you get what you deserve in the long run
End $508.32 today


Second round of 25NL
Started at $255.10 (sept. 23)
14967 hands
+$ 253.22
6.8 bb/100 win rate
End $508.32 today, (includes $45 in limit losses)



First round of 25NL
Started $250.33
11511 hands
-$52
WR= -6 bb/100 hands
3 tables mostly
Ended at $198.62
About 42 hours played at 25 nl so far



Final Results at 10 NL
Started $100
6715 hands played at 10NL
Ended $250.33
$150.33 profit- this counts rake back for simplicity as well as $3.92 from .02/.04 and $2.05 at an accidental 0.10/0.25 game

Another visit to get back to $250 bankroll
1052 hands at 10 nl
+$ 46.52 + rakeback $10.89
44 bb/100 hands
To get back to $250 bankroll to go to 25 nl

Overall 10 nl includes 1st and second visit to 10nl
6867 hands
$207 total profit
30bb/100 hands at 10 nl (includes about $40 in rakeback)
24bb/100 hands at 10 nl not counting rakeback

Howdy again everyone

I have listed the results by date and start and finish bankroll
Various hh that demo interesting hands or important concepts

A new stat i think i will track
Cost of bad plays by me- not just poor but really obviously bad play

Untight- $5, bad call 3 bet by rock and worse part is opportunity to lose more post flop which i did, i put that $15 in bad bluffys below

Bad Bluffs 24+15+15, wierd/annoying as i don’t do this very often
Bad call preflop 11 (This session)
Bad pay off 18
Obvious read(s) missed
Total=88, yikes

No addition to the idiot play tally, there probably were several candidates that i don’t recall or didn’t make a note to review

12/13/10
Start $675.05
End $631.45

I had a QQ hand dilemma that i posted in the forum

AK
I wasn’t prepared to be 4 bet

***** Hand History for Game 30048102594 ***** (Merge)
$50.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, December 14, 01:33:22 ET 2010
Table Waimea Bay (30048102) (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Seat 1: uniqueplayer ( $52.87 USD )
Seat 2: IMTonyMontana ( $54.19 USD )
Seat 4: hockeyguy321 ( $59.90 USD )
Seat 5: TheMolotov ( $61.17 USD )
Seat 6: KR42YC0LL4R ( $21.17 USD )
hockeyguy321 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
TheMolotov posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ As Kd ]
KR42YC0LL4R calls [$0.50 USD]
uniqueplayer calls [$0.50 USD]
IMTonyMontana raises [$2.75 USD]
hockeyguy321 raises [$11.25 USD] pretty standard
TheMolotov folds
KR42YC0LL4R folds
uniqueplayer folds
IMTonyMontana raises [$22.75 USD] didn’t expect this
hockeyguy321 calls [$11.50 USD]

fold, call, or shove
call is worst option i think, i am oop, what do i do if no A or K flop
I am not thrilled w/ a shove vs a 4 betting TAG, what part of his range am i ahead of? And/or what can I get value postflop
Fold feels a bit weak, but i think i can find a better spot, i am a 2/1 dog to be way behind any pair on the flop and oop, if i hit what can pay me off? Maybe AQs especially if it flops a draw of some sort, Did a 50nl tag 4 bet AQ? Unlikely, AQ is the quintessential too strong to fold too weak to shove and i have position so i will call a 3 bet hand. I am only likely to get action if my AK is second best on flop. AK has a lot of value preflop to fold hands that have a lot of equity vs AK, like small/medium pairs, obviously i have lost all fold equity and should just fold to the 4 bet unless i was shallow or going to shove so i could see all 5 cards postflop. If i don’t see 5 cards postflop i become a very big underdog to any pair.

So naturally i call, yuck

** Dealing Flop ** [ Jh, 3c, Jd ]
hockeyguy321 checks i pretty much turn my hand face up if he hadn’t already figured it out
IMTonyMontana raises [$31.44 USD]
hockeyguy321 folds
IMTonyMontana wins $76.44 USD from main pot

Check fold stopped the bleeding

12/17
631.45
642.87
Nothing interesting

12/19
642.87
The first few tables were totally TAG city by the time my seat came open on the waiting list. I wiffed a few flops and ran into a unusual string of being 4 bet like 5 times, unfortunately i was a bit light and/or oop each time and had to fold. I switched tables to find better hunting which is something i rarely do, but i had 3 tables and all players were between 14/12 and 22/21 there wasn’t even a “passive” type bad tag like 23/12 you see a lot of and can easily outplay. Do i believe i can beat those tables, yes, but why bother trying to scratch out a tiny winrate when i can switch to find worse players and more/faster/easier winnings.
Down to
606.39
I found a few tables w/ loose passive players, hit a few hands and got it all back plus a little just like an Atta22 video


647.32
After dinner I found a few more tables w/ loose passive players and made some more progress

ended
664.32

Here are a few HH

KQ position
This hand really shows how position saves or allows you to get max value

***** Hand History for Game 3019383965 ***** (Merge)
$50.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, December 19, 12:59:53 ET 2010
Table Waimea Bay (30193839) (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Seat 1: juci113 ( $56.81 USD )
Seat 2: hockeyguy321 ( $50.00 USD )
Seat 3: Tyr1on ( $15.00 USD )
Seat 4: cannathefox ( $48.75 USD )
Seat 5: xxGLBxx ( $73.19 USD )
Seat 6: bustosoon5 ( $50.25 USD )
bustosoon5 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
juci113 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ Kh Qc ]
hockeyguy321 raises [$1.75 USD]
Tyr1on folds
cannathefox folds
xxGLBxx folds
bustosoon5 folds
juci113 calls [$1.25 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7d, 8c, Qh ]
juci113 checks
hockeyguy321 bets [$3.00 USD] std cbet
juci113 calls [$3.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9c ]
juci113 checks
hockeyguy321 bets [$5.00 USD] std bet, notice it is a bit smaller as i had a feeling he would fold worse than tp if i bet ¾ pot or more, but at least call if i was beat, he was a nitty tag
juci113 calls [$5.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 8d ]
juci113 checks
hockeyguy321 checks i didn’t feel like he would call 3 streets w/ worse and with the board being coordinated heavy i was content to see a showdown
juci113 shows [As, Qs ]
hockeyguy321 shows [Kh, Qc ]
juci113 wins $18.77 USD from main pot

i wish i was this spot on every read, but the point is that if we had reversed hands i would have bet the river and more on turn to get more value and he would have been stuck paying off top pair, domination sucks, but triply oop since that last value bet is the biggest so the difference between paying off or saving that last bet is HUGE

J7s
This just shows a situation i prefer to avoid

***** Hand History for Game 3020002572 ***** (Merge)
$50.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, December 19, 06:20:13 ET 2010
Table Waimea Bay (30200025) (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: MightyBoom ( $50.00 USD )
Seat 2: hockeyguy321 ( $62.16 USD )
Seat 3: TBLD85 ( $50.00 USD )
Seat 4: SunnieBlack12 ( $83.70 USD )
Seat 5: maddog1827 ( $90.94 USD )
Seat 6: undonk ( $21.12 USD )
hockeyguy321 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
TBLD85 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ Jc 7c ]
SunnieBlack12 calls [$0.50 USD] 55/11/17 strange preflop stats, calling station postflop
maddog1827 folds
undonk raises [$1.00 USD] 30/11/0 preflop stats, aggro postflop
MightyBoom calls [$1.00 USD] 24/17/5 preflop stats, passive postflop
hockeyguy321 folds

i elect to fold sOOted 3 gapper for these reasons,
betting is not closed SunnieBlack12 could do something wierd
i am oop
it is 1.5bb, not 0.5bb, this is the same as dividing your implied odds by 3
J7 is way weaker than JT or J9 with fewer and non nut straight possible
The under card 7 will rarely be top or second pair on the board that might give me good equity
With the best hand on the flop, 9 has a better chance to do
Really strange collection of calling station, tight passive, and loose caller that would be hard to read postflop
I don’t want to squeeze preflop w/ this hand
None of these are deal breakers, but together i think i can find a better place to splash around

I would play a 1 gap sOOted connector 56s+ for 1.5bb, or the J7s for a 0.5bb although it is still VERY MARGINAL. If you are learning to beat these games i think it is best to avoid these types situations. It is a lot easier to lose money than win it in these situations.

TBLD85 folds
SunnieBlack12 calls [$0.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8s, 3h, 6s ]
SunnieBlack12 checks
undonk bets [$1.00 USD]
MightyBoom calls [$1.00 USD]
SunnieBlack12 folds
** Dealing Turn ** [ Tc ]
undonk bets [$3.00 USD]
MightyBoom folds
undonk wins $8.47 USD from main pot

J9s
A guy to float
As you get better at the basics you can look for spots like this

***** Hand History for Game 30205307170 ***** (Merge)
$50.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, December 19, 10:12:19 ET 2010
Table Waimea Bay (30205307) (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Seat 1: IMTonyMontana ( $50.00 USD )
Seat 2: hockeyguy321 ( $57.01 USD )
Seat 3: butterflygray ( $54.12 USD )
Seat 4: nbs007 ( $59.26 USD )
Seat 5: Vertebra ( $57.77 USD )
Seat 6: Sokep8 ( $37.85 USD )
butterflygray posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
nbs007 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ 9s Js ]
Vertebra raises [$1.75 USD]
23/20/10 preflop- looks very aggressive, but upon further review
Inf/0.5/1.0 post flop a total fit or fold guy, he basically turns his hand face up postflop
He looks aggressive on the flop, but i had seen him check several times on the flop heads up and then fold to a bet

Consequently in theory you can call him in position w/ any 2 cards and see what he does and then you will know what to do after he acts. Of course it is always better to have a hand that can flop well also. J9s is plenty good enough for this since you may be able to steal the pot if he checks w/ J hi and if he bets and you hit the flop you have a good chance to stack him since you know he has a hand

Sokep8 folds
IMTonyMontana folds
hockeyguy321 calls [$1.75 USD]
butterflygray folds
nbs007 folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ Td, 4h, 8s ]
Vertebra checks
hockeyguy321 bets [$3.25 USD] a mandatory bet after he checks and i have a big draw since rainbow flop all my outs are to the nut straight, a J or 9 may be good too
Vertebra folds
hockeyguy321 wins $7.29 USD from main pot
and the plan comes togethor

gl all HG

overall results to date
Overall results 50NL
Started at $508.45 12/2
3382 hands
+$155.87
9 bb/100 win rate
End $664.32

Overall results 25NL
Started at $255.10
26478 hands (dec2)
+$ 303.22, (i lost about $45 in limit games so had to win that to get to $500 to move up limits)
4.8 bb/100 win rate- not very good, but i didn’t play very well so you get what you deserve in the long run
End $508.32 today


Second round of 25NL
Started at $255.10 (sept. 23)
14967 hands
+$ 253.22
6.8 bb/100 win rate
End $508.32 today, (includes $45 in limit losses)



First round of 25NL
Started $250.33
11511 hands
-$52
WR= -6 bb/100 hands
3 tables mostly
Ended at $198.62
About 42 hours played at 25 nl so far



Final Results at 10 NL
Started $100
6715 hands played at 10NL
Ended $250.33
$150.33 profit- this counts rake back for simplicity as well as $3.92 from .02/.04 and $2.05 at an accidental 0.10/0.25 game

Another visit to get back to $250 bankroll
1052 hands at 10 nl
+$ 46.52 + rakeback $10.89
44 bb/100 hands
To get back to $250 bankroll to go to 25 nl

Overall 10 nl includes 1st and second visit to 10nl
6867 hands
$207 total profit
30bb/100 hands at 10 nl (includes about $40 in rakeback)
24bb/100 hands at 10 nl not counting rakeback

Howdy again everyone

This is a bit longer p;ost, but i think this has some expecially interesting results on 4 betting and table selection and hh

I have listed the results by date and start and finish bankroll
Various hh that demo interesting hands or important concepts

A new stat i think i will track
Cost of bad plays by me- not just poor but really obviously bad play

Untight- $5, bad call 3 bet by rock and worse part is opportunity to lose more post flop which i did, i put that $15 in bad bluffys below

Bad Bluffs 24+15+15, wierd/annoying as i don’t do this very often
Bad call preflop 11 (This session)
Bad pay off 18
Obvious read(s) missed
Total=88, yikes

No addition to the idiot play tally, there probably were some candidates that i don’t recall or didn’t make a note to review

12/20/10
Start $664.32
End $622.21



Played a Rockem sockem session w/ a bunch of taggy tables ( i usually look for better tables, but ego and some liquid courage aka Old No. 7 in the square bottle took up the challenge),lots of TAGS tends to lead to more polarized pot size. Big or small pots, loose players tend to blend chips by calling/chasing while tags bet and raise which builds pots or ends the hand

A note on 4 bet pots
I played 6 pots (out of about 450 hands) that were 4 bet preflop and they looked like this

MINE VS THEM
AK vs AK
KK vs AA, river K yeah me
QJs vs KK, a total maniac donk short stacker 44/35/22 preflop, sadly he woke up w a had
K6s vs ??? i folded to same total maniac donk short stacker 44/35/22 preflop, he folded or shoved to a 3 bet. Mostly fold, so smaller 3 bet to give me an escape, he pushed ALL pairs and most Aces so i had good equity and +ev pot odds
AK vs TT same maniac donk short stacker 44/35/22 preflop, i spiked flop K
AK vs JJ, me in sb vs BB, i pfr, he 3 bets (strange stat guy 15/11/12.5 over 300 hands) given his 3 bet stats AND what i had seen him 3 bet previously, i was happy to get it in w/ AK, sadly he flopped a set and i was toast when turn bricked

There was 1 other hand that should have been 4 bet, utg pfr 2 callers i 3 bet squeeze in bb w/ AA. But utg pfr just calls (he should not call and give callers good odds to play as we were all full stacked +, fortunately both callers folded as board ended up with a middle 4 straight that hits a lot of hands to beat 1 pr) i checked 9 hi flop to very aggro flop player, he made 1/6 pot bet, i raised, he pushed and i smiled

The point being most 4 bet pots end up w/ AA KK AK innolved at the 50nl and down, with the donk short stack being the exception, and JJ in blind vs blind is tough to get away from

Here are some other hh of interest

T4s
A pretty easy steal/value bet

***** Hand History for Game 30245555126 ***** (Merge)
$50.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, December 21, 02:59:02 ET 2010
Table Waimea Bay (30245555) (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 1: MrMasari06 ( $79.94 USD )
Seat 2: stiffler1234 ( $29.82 USD )
Seat 3: tilticus ( $43.50 USD )
Seat 4: PHfatboy2000 ( $25.00 USD )
Seat 5: hockeyguy321 ( $57.92 USD )
Seat 6: HompVlees33 ( $56.44 USD )
PHfatboy2000 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
hockeyguy321 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ Tc 4c ]
HompVlees33 folds
MrMasari06 folds
stiffler1234 folds
tilticus calls [$0.50 USD]
PHfatboy2000 calls [$0.25 USD]
hockeyguy321 checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8c, 4s, Qs ]
PHfatboy2000 checks
hockeyguy321 checks
tilticus checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qc ]
PHfatboy2000 checks
hockeyguy321 bets [$1.00 USD]
tilticus folds
PHfatboy2000 folds
hockeyguy321 wins $2.43 USD from main pot


Q9o bb
An easy fold w/ a draw
***** Hand History for Game 30245555147 ***** (Merge)
$50.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, December 21, 03:12:49 ET 2010
Table Waimea Bay (30245555) (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 1: MrMasari06 ( $77.69 USD )
Seat 2: stiffler1234 ( $54.38 USD )
Seat 3: tilticus ( $17.24 USD )
Seat 4: PHfatboy2000 ( $31.16 USD )
Seat 5: hockeyguy321 ( $54.60 USD )
PHfatboy2000 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
hockeyguy321 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ 9s Qc ]
MrMasari06 folds
stiffler1234 folds
tilticus calls [$0.50 USD]
PHfatboy2000 folds
hockeyguy321 checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ Js, Jh, As ]
hockeyguy321 checks
tilticus checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ Td ]
hockeyguy321 checks
tilticus bets [$1.25 USD]
hockeyguy321 folds no pot odds AND a paired board you could be dead to a FH or hit to find a FH KJ J8 TT ot a KT bigger straight- THIS IS A TOATL DONK CHASE AND CALL YOU MOSTLY MISS THE RIVER, BUT YOU WILL WIN SMALL POTS AND LOSE THE BIG POTS IF YOU HIT
tilticus wins $2.44 USD from main pot

JJ on the button
No 3 bet
***** Hand History for Game 30245555155 ***** (Merge)
$50.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, December 21, 03:19:20 ET 2010
Table Waimea Bay (30245555) (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Seat 1: MrMasari06 ( $76.94 USD )
Seat 2: stiffler1234 ( $59.15 USD )
Seat 3: tilticus ( $29.03 USD )
Seat 4: PHfatboy2000 ( $37.96 USD )
Seat 5: hockeyguy321 ( $52.23 USD )
Seat 6: johnnypanic ( $47.00 USD )
johnnypanic posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
MrMasari06 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ Jd Js ]
stiffler1234 folds
tilticus folds
PHfatboy2000 raises [$1.75 USD]
hockeyguy321 calls [$1.75 USD] no 3 bet vs a 3% pfr w/ $38 stack, any raise will fold worse but risk him shove w/ much better, lets take a flop and see what happens, he 0.2 aggro on flop so no A or K and a check and the pot is mine all mine

johnnypanic raises [$6.50 USD] An unexpected development
MrMasari06 folds
PHfatboy2000 folds Another unexpected development

hockeyguy321 calls [$5.00 USD] i call in position vs a 9%+ 3 better who is also very passive postflop since i have position, same plan vs different opponent in a bigger pot. Also a 4 bet would be wierd after a cold call and likely folds worse and gets better to shove- NOT GOOD
I can hear Tim voice “don’t 3 bet if you don’t know what you will do if you get 4 bet” i figured same applies to 4 betting
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9h, 7s, Qs ]
johnnypanic checks
hockeyguy321 checks- i should have bet here
** Dealing Turn ** [ 4d ]
johnnypanic checks
hockeyguy321 checks - i should have bet here
** Dealing River ** [ Ts ]
johnnypanic checks
hockeyguy321 checks
johnnypanic shows [Ac, Jc ]
hockeyguy321 shows [Jd, Js ]
hockeyguy321 wins $14.97 USD from main pot


T3o bb
Value bet/ defend equity vs over cards etc

***** Hand History for Game 30245385196 ***** (Merge)
$50.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, December 21, 03:38:12 ET 2010
Table Waimea Bay (30245385) (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: MrMasari06 ( $94.13 USD )
Seat 2: hockeyguy321 ( $140.74 USD )
Seat 3: nightrid3r ( $46.64 USD )
Seat 4: dontgetchoked ( $50.00 USD )
Seat 5: ZETOR0X ( $50.00 USD )
Seat 6: RuSureQ ( $50.50 USD )
MrMasari06 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
hockeyguy321 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ 3d Tc ]
nightrid3r calls [$0.50 USD]
ZETOR0X folds
RuSureQ folds
MrMasari06 folds
hockeyguy321 checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ Th, 5h, Kd ]
hockeyguy321 checks- sometimes i will lead this, but worthless kicker and connected brd could make turn tuff if called
nightrid3r checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9s ]
hockeyguy321 bets [$1.00 USD] mandatory bet, any K, qj, T in position would have bet
i can get calls from 9x or draw w/ overs etc, cant give free card to let a free suckout, we have all done it and been annoyed
nightrid3r folds
hockeyguy321 wins $2.19 USD from main pot


AK sb
A std 4 bet

***** Hand History for Game 30244823260 ***** (Merge)
$50.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, December 21, 04:22:46 ET 2010
Table Waimea Bay (30244823) (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Seat 1: r0ckm4n74 ( $64.52 USD )
Seat 2: peez88 ( $50.00 USD )
Seat 3: hockeyguy321 ( $65.95 USD )
Seat 4: mariasharapova ( $50.00 USD )
Seat 5: Persia24 ( $52.78 USD )
Seat 6: silkelover ( $31.59 USD )
hockeyguy321 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
mariasharapova posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ Kc As ]
Persia24 folds
silkelover folds
r0ckm4n74 folds
peez88 folds
hockeyguy321 raises [$1.75 USD]
mariasharapova raises [$5.50 USD]
hockeyguy321 raises [$20.00 USD]
mariasharapova raises [$44.00 USD]
hockeyguy321 calls [$28.00 USD]
pot is 70+, 28 to call, getting 2.5/1 is standard call, you can never fold here

pokerstove says

worst case opponent has 22+ or AK only need 1.3/1 to call

Text results appended to pokerstove.txt

1,664,359,488 games 1.419 secs 1,172,910,139 games/sec

Board:
Dead:

equity win tie pots won pots tied
Hand 0: 43.487% 37.96% 05.53% 631811868 91974414.00 { AKo }
Hand 1: 56.513% 50.99% 05.53% 848598792 91974414.00 { 22+, AKs, AKo }

If Opponent adds anything like KQ or KJ or QJ or Ax to their range your equity just gets better

hockeyguy321 shows [Kc, As ]
mariasharapova shows [Jh, Jd ]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9s, Js, 2d ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ad ]
** Dealing River ** [ 3d ]
mariasharapova wins $97.00 USD from main pot
oh well, cant win all the coin flips


AK
A good example why it is easier to play aggressive preflop than see a flop

***** Hand History for Game 30245555231 ***** (Merge)
$50.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, December 21, 04:19:42 ET 2010
Table Waimea Bay (30245555) (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Seat 1: MrMasari06 ( $81.04 USD )
Seat 2: mariasharapova ( $51.44 USD )
Seat 3: Persia24 ( $50.00 USD )
Seat 4: hulugulu12 ( $49.25 USD )
Seat 5: hockeyguy321 ( $137.38 USD )
Seat 6: johnnypanic ( $54.60 USD )
hockeyguy321 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
johnnypanic posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ Ah Kh ]
MrMasari06 folds
mariasharapova folds
hulugulu12 raises [$1.75 USD]
hockeyguy321 raises [$6.75 USD]
johnnypanic folds
hulugulu12 calls [$5.25 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8s, 2c, 5h ] what a worthless flop, i have nothing including position
Opponent is nitty 11/11 preflop so i mostly give him credit for middle pocket pair and i don’t think he/ 11% nits will bet AQ- postflop w / air or even many pairs TT or lower. Many 11 % nits would fold 99 or lower to a 3 bet
hockeyguy321 checks
hulugulu12 bets [$9.66 USD] looks like he knows i have big cards, if i don’t give up i will have to commit a big chunk/entire stack to make a play. This rarely works out well for me and annoys me, so i give up
hockeyguy321 folds
hulugulu12 wins $23.44 USD from main pot


QJs
vs a partial stack shove donkey/maniac

***** Hand History for Game 302384411067 ***** (Merge)
$50.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, December 21, 03:56:42 ET 2010
Table Waimea Bay (30238441) (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Seat 1: RuSureQ ( $116.23 USD )
Seat 4: Tyr1on ( $25.84 USD )
Seat 5: hockeyguy321 ( $53.45 USD )
Seat 6: MrMasari06 ( $62.23 USD )
MrMasari06 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
RuSureQ posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to hockeyguy321 [ Qd Jd ]
Tyr1on raises [$1.25 USD] my friend 44/35/22 preflop
hockeyguy321 raises [$5.00 USD] iso raise/ win pot now
MrMasari06 folds
RuSureQ folds
Tyr1on raises [$24.59 USD] oopsssssssssssssss
hockeyguy321 calls [$20.84 USD]
pot is 31, to call 20, i am better than 40% equity vs his range

pokerstove says

Text results appended to pokerstove.txt

563,348,016 games 0.749 secs 752,133,532 games/sec

Board:
Dead:

equity win tie pots won pots tied
Hand 0: 44.655% 42.88% 01.77% 241563126 9998099.00 { QdJd }
Hand 1: 55.345% 53.57% 01.77% 301788692 9998099.00 { 22+, A2s+, KTs+, QTs+, JTs, A2o+, KTo+, QTo+, JTo }

While i am not a huge $$$ favourite, this is + EV in the long run and therefore is a mandatory call

Tyr1on shows [Kd, Kc ]
hockeyguy321 shows [Qd, Jd ]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7s, 6c, 4h ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8h ]
** Dealing River ** [ 8c ]
Tyr1on wins $50.43 USD from main pot
622.21

gl all HG

overall results to date
Overall results 50NL
Started at $508.45 12/2
3830 hands
+$114
6 bb/100 win rate
End $622.21


Overall results 25NL
Started at $255.10
26478 hands (dec2)
+$ 303.22, (i lost about $45 in limit games so had to win that to get to $500 to move up limits)
4.8 bb/100 win rate- not very good, but i didn’t play very well so you get what you deserve in the long run
End $508.32 today


Second round of 25NL
Started at $255.10 (sept. 23)
14967 hands
+$ 253.22
6.8 bb/100 win rate
End $508.32 today, (includes $45 in limit losses)



First round of 25NL
Started $250.33
11511 hands
-$52
WR= -6 bb/100 hands
3 tables mostly
Ended at $198.62
About 42 hours played at 25 nl so far



Final Results at 10 NL
Started $100
6715 hands played at 10NL
Ended $250.33
$150.33 profit- this counts rake back for simplicity as well as $3.92 from .02/.04 and $2.05 at an accidental 0.10/0.25 game

Another visit to get back to $250 bankroll
1052 hands at 10 nl
+$ 46.52 + rakeback $10.89
44 bb/100 hands
To get back to $250 bankroll to go to 25 nl

Overall 10 nl includes 1st and second visit to 10nl
6867 hands
$207 total profit
30bb/100 hands at 10 nl (includes about $40 in rakeback)
24bb/100 hands at 10 nl not counting rakeback