When the man comes around

A small update:

After trying a couple of rooms I decided to play at Stars for now. Like the software and there is plenty of fish on NL2. I also have an small roll on WPT Poker so sometimes I shall play there. But to keep this blog clean I only post graphs or sessionresults of Stars.

Also decided to stay with shorthanded. If you're used to this play it's not a good idea to move back to fullring. It's too nitty.......it almost getting me on tilt so nitty.

On saturday (10-03) I've deposited $30 and started to play NL2. On this moment I've almost played 3k hands in 5 sessions and my roll is growing. First 2 sessions I got a nice winrate but the 3th and 4th didn't end positive. KK against AA, beat by a J2o which hit a straight on a A345board and all sort of things like that. Yesterday I again played a session and I was up again. At some point I was 5BI up which is a huge profit for me. ♠_biggrin: Then an aggro-fish who was raising and 3-betting a lot raises my TT................and he has AA. ♠_cry:

Poker Stars, $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 5 Players

Hero (CO): $4.07 (203.5 bb)
BTN: $7.11 (355.5 bb)
SB: $2.24 (112 bb)
BB: $2.15 (107.5 bb)
MP: $2.79 (139.5 bb)

Preflop: Hero is CO with T T
MP raises to $0.08, Hero raises to $0.24, 3 folds, MP raises to $0.48, Hero raises to $4.07 and is all-in, MP calls $2.31 and is all-in

Flop: ($5.61) Q 8 K (2 players, 2 are all-in)
Turn: ($5.61) 4 (2 players, 2 are all-in)
River: ($5.61) 6 (2 players, 2 are all-in)

Results: $5.61 pot ($0.20 rake)
Final Board: Q 8 K 4 6
Hero showed T T and lost (-$2.79 net)
MP showed A A and won $5.41 ($2.62 net)

But over the whole session is was up for $6,64 with a winrate of 53,98/100. Resulting in a bankroll of $38,64 and overall winrate 13.59/100 not bad at all. ♠_cool:

With my blogging restart I also will add some new goals:

Complete beginners course (currently at lesson 7)
Study all bronze and silver documents
Watch and study some (at least 2) coachingvideos every week.
Move up!!!! I'm moving up when I've 25BI and down with 20BI.
Get a sample before I post some graphs and stats. ♦

If someone has tips which video to watch just put it here. Atm I'm watching crushing NL50.

Played a short session only one hour because I first had to look to a football match. And again I picked up some moniez. ♠_biggrin:

Profit: $5,12
Bankroll: $43,49

Posted some hands in the judgesection:

NL2 HS 99 /15.03
NL2 SH TT /15.03

Other hands in this session:

#1:

Hitting the nuts against a callingstation. Always nice. ♠_biggrin:

Poker Stars, $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players

BTN: $2 (100 bb)
SB: $2.53 (126.5 bb)
BB: $1.65 (82.5 bb)
UTG: $2.01 (100.5 bb)
Hero (MP): $2 (100 bb)
CO: $0.85 (42.5 bb)

Preflop: Hero is MP with A K
UTG folds, Hero raises to $0.08, 3 folds, BB calls $0.06

Flop: ($0.17) T J 4 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.10, BB calls $0.10

Turn: ($0.37) Q (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.16, BB calls $0.16

River: ($0.69) 9 (2 players)
BB bets $0.20, Hero raises to $1.12, BB calls $0.92

Results: $2.93 pot ($0.10 rake)
Final Board: T J 4 Q 9
BB mucked K Q and lost (-$1.46 net)
Hero showed A K and won $2.83 ($1.37 net)

#2:

Is this a good fold??? I think villain had a Q or a set here. Check-raises is a sign of strength even for fishes.

Poker Stars, $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players

SB: $3.80 (190 bb)
BB: $0.85 (42.5 bb)
UTG: $0.97 (48.5 bb)
MP: $2.01 (100.5 bb)
Hero (CO): $2.11 (105.5 bb)
BTN: $1.83 (91.5 bb)

Preflop: Hero is CO with J J
UTG calls $0.02, MP folds, Hero raises to $0.10, BTN folds, SB calls $0.09, BB folds, UTG calls $0.08

Flop: ($0.32) 5 7 Q (3 players)
SB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $0.20, SB folds, UTG raises to $0.87 and is all-in, Hero folds

Results: $0.72 pot ($0.03 rake)
Final Board: 5 7 Q
SB mucked and lost (-$0.10 net)
UTG mucked and won $0.69 ($0.39 net)
Hero mucked J J and lost (-$0.30 net)

Also discovered videos of ge5ternte. Gonna watch them all!!! Will keep you posted.

Yesterday had a session about 2 hours (696 hands). My overall winnings were bigger because I have lost some BI with Zoom. Also my HEM database crashed so I now work with the PT4-beta.

Winst: $7,93
Bankroll: $51,53

Things went very good playing my A-game and was even $12,98 up untill I played the stupidest hand of this session.

PokerStars - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

UTG: $1.83
CO: $1.68
BTN: $4.52
Hero (SB): $7.02
BB: $2.67

Hero posts SB $0.01, BB posts BB $0.02

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.03) Hero has A♣ 9♥

fold, CO calls $0.02, BTN raises to $0.06, Hero raises to $0.18, fold, fold, BTN calls $0.12

Flop: ($0.40, 2 players) 3♣ 9♦ 6♠
Hero bets $0.22, BTN calls $0.22

Turn: ($0.84, 2 players) 5♦
Hero bets $0.56, BTN raises to $1.52, Hero calls $0.96

River: ($3.88, 2 players) Q♥
Hero checks, BTN bets $2.60 and is all-in, Hero calls $2.60

BTN shows 6♦ 6♣ (Three of a Kind, Sixes) (Pre 56%, Flop 98%, Turn 100%)
Hero shows A♣ 9♥ (One Pair, Nines) (Pre 44%, Flop 2%, Turn 0%)
BTN wins $8.78

I won't do it again.....ever!!!!

Will post some hands in the judge section so comments are welcome.

And if someone is interrested for a sweatsession or discus some hands/session

See that I didn’t update my blog here for a while. Think because I was very busy updating my blog in the Dutch section. First a update how things went after the last update:

First I tried to play on Pokerstars NL2 and ZOOM but this was not very succesfull. Specially ZOOM because I lost here several buyins. My bankroll on Stars dropped near to $30,-. At this point I realized me that I’m a big fish on ZOOM and decided that I don’t play this anymore. This was around the period that PS introduced the HEM2 offer. I also decided that my roll (Stars + Neteller) is big enough to play NL5. Those 2 decisions had a big (positive) impact on my game. In a week I played around 4,5k hands and had a winrate over 37bb/100!!! I don’t like posting graphs without having a good sample but if I take in mind my sample on Betfair (15k hands with winrate around 12 bb/100) I’m really satisfied with my progress. Here is the graph:

Spent last week to study on my preflop game. That is the key I think for a good solid game. First I played with a SHC but I don’t use it anymore!!! 3- and 4-betting makes more sense to me. Try to think in ranges already preflop. Why I do 3-bet villain x with AQ and don’t 3-bet villain y. My preflop stats are now V:18.6/P:17.1/3b:6 which I’m very satisfied with. But it still at the micros so I must keep improving.

And I know my postflop skills still suck and this is the next thing I’m gonna work on. First area to improve is cbetting I now cbet around 80% this was over 90%.and is way too high. I’m now learning on floptextures, which board is good for cbetting and why do I cbet. Next step is when to play aggressive and when passive, odds and outs, etc.

Every day I try to read at least one article on the subject I’m learning and I repeat this until I get this. Also try to watch 2 videos that are related to the subject in one week. Can be the same video that I watch twice. Think that repeating is the key to succeed. Watching or reading more gives an overkill to me and I don’t use the things I learned in a good way.

Also a very important thing is that I have a mindset that’s solid as a house. I (almost) never tilt on a pokertable. If I lose I lose and if I win I win. Last thing is nice the first is not so nice but I don’t tilt and only think that I will win it back if I keep playing my A-game. To improve my mindset even more I ordered Tommy Angelos book: Element of Poker. Also want to take a look at DC for his mindset serie which seem to be great. I think mindset is the most important thing in poker, especially at the micros where fish gives you a lot of badbeats.

Long story but I try to keep this blog alive. Hope you all appreciate it, read it on a regular base and post sometimes a comment that I stay motivated.

Just played a very short session of 301 hands. Not feeling great have a sore throat so I quit. But again I gone up for a little more than 1 BI so still running hot!!! Also got a bonus from Stars so my bankroll grows and grows. If everything stays this way I'm soon gonna move to NL10!!!

Some hands I had today:

I c/c because villain seems a little agressive. Not a big sample but he played 41/29. Should I raise the turn and/or bet the river for value. I was planning to play check/call again.

Poker Stars, $0.02/$0.05 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players

Hero (UTG): $5 (100 bb)
MP: $5.07 (101.4 bb)
CO: $4.40 (88 bb)
BTN: $4.83 (96.6 bb)
SB: $10.01 (200.2 bb)
BB: $5.11 (102.2 bb)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A Q
Hero raises to $0.20, MP folds, CO raises to $0.35, 3 folds, Hero calls $0.15

Flop: ($0.77) 6 7 A (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $0.30, Hero calls $0.30

Turn: ($1.37) Q (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $1.15, Hero calls $1.15

River: ($3.67) 3 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO checks

Here again a hand that I play check/call. Villain was a bit lag 29/24 but again a very small sample. I think if I raise flop I show too much strenght and villain wil fold.

Poker Stars, $0.02/$0.05 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players

BTN: $5.16 (103.2 bb)
SB: $5.33 (106.6 bb)
Hero (BB): $5.14 (102.8 bb)
UTG: $3.89 (77.8 bb)
MP: $4.71 (94.2 bb)
CO: $5.20 (104 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A 5
3 folds, BTN raises to $0.15, SB folds, Hero raises to $0.45, BTN calls $0.30

Flop: ($0.92) 5 5 7 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $0.66, Hero calls $0.66

Turn: ($2.24) T (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $1.07, Hero calls $1.07

River: ($4.38) 2 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $2.98 and is all-in, Hero calls $2.96

Results: $10.30 pot ($0.43 rake)

A very bad played hand. Think I should bet the flop IP and fold to a raise or the turn here.

Poker Stars, $0.02/$0.05 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players

UTG: $7.42 (148.4 bb)
MP: $7.50 (150 bb)
Hero (CO): $5 (100 bb)
BTN: $8.53 (170.6 bb)
SB: $9.73 (194.6 bb)
BB: $1.30 (26 bb)

Preflop: Hero is CO with Q A
UTG raises to $0.10, MP folds, Hero calls $0.10, BTN folds, SB calls $0.08, BB calls $0.05

Flop: ($0.40) 8 6 J (4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($0.40) T (4 players)
SB checks, BB bets $0.20, UTG folds, Hero calls $0.20, SB folds

River: ($0.80) Q (2 players)
BB bets $1 and is all-in, Hero calls $1

Results: $2.80 pot ($0.12 rake)