Freerolling fish - bankrollbuilding from $50

previous two days:

review:
red line screams b-game, but i also think i ran bad. not super horribly god damn awful, just bad

some hands

soul ownage:

PokerStars - $0.25 NL ZOOM - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $56.05
Hero (SB): $26.62
BB: $13.91
UTG: $22.02
UTG+1: $51.13
UTG+2: $12.63
MP: $17.46
MP+1: $32.01
CO: $39.16

Hero posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has T♦ T♠

fold, UTG+1 calls $0.25, fold, fold, MP+1 calls $0.25, fold, fold, Hero calls $0.15, ...
UTG limper seemed pretty damn nitty. i flat because i was expecting a limp/raise trap so limpEV > isoEV... at least under that assumption

BB raises to $0.50, UTG+1 calls $0.25, MP+1 calls $0.25, Hero calls $0.25

i was WRONG! but thank you sir now UTG range is reeeaaaallly most likely capped at low pocket pairs.

Flop: ($2.00, 4 players) T♣ 3♦ A♠

Hero checks, BB bets $0.75, UTG+1 raises to $4.90, fold, ...

his hand is so face up that it's not even funny.

Hero calls $4.90, fold

minraiser folds which means no AA. now just print the monies

Turn: ($12.55, 2 players) A♣
Hero checks, UTG+1 bets $13.00, Hero raises to $21.22 and is all-in, UTG+1 calls $8.22

River: ($54.99, 2 players) J♦

Hero shows T♦ T♠ (Full House, Tens full of Aces) (Pre 81%, Flop 96%, Turn 98%)
UTG+1 shows 3♥ 3♠ (Full House, Threes full of Aces) (Pre 19%, Flop 4%, Turn 2%)
Hero wins $52.99

PokerStars - $0.25 NL ZOOM - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $13.47
SB: $26.71
BB: $35.82
UTG: $8.87
UTG+1: $29.80
UTG+2: $9.01
MP: $76.78
Hero (MP+1): $24.96
CO: $77.67

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has A♠ A♥

fold, fold, fold, MP raises to $0.75, Hero raises to $2.54, fold, fold, fold, fold, MP calls $1.79

Flop: ($5.43, 2 players) J♦ J♣ K♥

MP checks, Hero bets $3.11, MP calls $3.11

Turn: ($11.65, 2 players) 9♠
MP checks, Hero bets $6.01, MP calls $6.01

River: ($23.67, 2 players) 4♣
MP checks, Hero bets $13.30 and is all-in, MP calls $13.30

Hero shows A♠ A♥ (Two Pair, Aces and Jacks) (Pre 82%, Flop 90%, Turn 86%)
MP shows Q♦ Q♥ (Two Pair, Queens and Jacks) (Pre 18%, Flop 10%, Turn 14%)
Hero wins $48.27

when he checked the river i was like 90% sure that he had AK exactly.
guess what - he didn't. but that's okay

for "play of the day"... let's put up something by hero

PokerStars - $0.25 NL ZOOM - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $27.22
SB: $9.64
BB: $22.90
UTG: $24.15
Hero (UTG+1): $38.47
UTG+2: $11.90
MP: $40.46
MP+1: $31.06
CO: $28.41

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has Q♥ A♣

fold, Hero raises to $0.99, fold, fold, fold, CO raises to $2.25, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls $1.26

17/16/92h, 2/28 3bet

Flop: ($4.85, 2 players) 9♥ 6♠ 5♠
Hero checks, CO bets $2.40, Hero raises to $4.80, CO raises to $12.19, ...

fold

CO wins $13.80

so, nothing makes any sense? i completely agree.

in an informative note...
i'm not particularly pleased with the few hand histories, few gifs and "slow" updates. but seriously, i feel like i am running out of good enough gifs
might have to go the modest way and switch to jpegs still i think that i can hold my own with gifs for a little longer. but i'll be holding back a bit

Or you could reuse one, here & there

Not sure about the min-raise hand with very little equity other than overcards. Seems like a spew to me =(

His range isn't capped as he is the 3betting aggressor and he probably isn't folding his JJ+

However, your progress is still incredible. I'm trying to follow in your foot steps sir!

minraise hand def gets the prize for worst hand of the week

Originally posted by ukwagon
Or you could reuse one, here & there
i actually noticed that i reused one once. it was not intentional though

I have no idea why, but somehow I know that red devil thing is from power puff girls....

I'm honestly devastated I recognized him lol.

As for a name...I couldn't tell you.

i also knew!
what's wrong with us

i didn't know the name either but i decided to look it up and it's "Him".
so yeah, now we know.

i'll post a hand looking for some opinions:

PokerStars - $0.25 NL ZOOM - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $8.14
SB: $36.14
BB: $16.21
UTG: $12.95
UTG+1: $24.58
UTG+2: $29.52
MP: $22.32
MP+1: $25.44
Hero (CO): $82.36

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has A♣ K♥

fold, UTG+1 raises to $0.50, fold, fold, MP+1 calls $0.50, Hero raises to $2.34, fold, fold, fold, UTG+1 calls $1.84, fold

Flop: ($5.53, 2 players) Q♠ 3♦ K♦
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $3.64, UTG+1 calls $3.64

Turn: ($12.81, 2 players) 3♠
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $8.43, UTG+1 raises to $18.60 and is all-in, Hero...?

29/10/21h fish, 1/5 overall AFq
i make huge bets because, well, he's a fish. but what to do vs the shove?

on one hand he reps almost nothing and could have decided to gamble with draws, on the other hand he looks like a passive fish. and when a passive fish ships the monies he ALWAYS has it

You need like 27% equity to call here. But when the fish shoves, it's always two pairs or better. I think we gotta fold =(

Is it too bad to check turn behind?

The problem I see with his stack and your bet size on turn is that he puts you in a really tricky spot by shoving

btw, any info on his fold to 3bet and fold to Cbet?

i folded

Originally posted by MisClick
Is it too bad to check turn behind?

aha!

when playing against fish i prefer to just bet/bet/bet until they play back, i think i was probably going to shove the river.
but when he ships himself i decided to fold due to the Fish Theorem

now what is THAT about?
when a fish shoves big $$$ into the pot, he ALWAYS has it, no matter how little he reps or if it makes no sense. end of story.

case in point:

PokerStars - $0.25 NL ZOOM - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $17.29
SB: $24.75
BB: $81.59
UTG: $14.02
UTG+1: $28.77
UTG+2: $12.15
MP: $25.35
MP+1: $12.15
Hero (CO): $49.67

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has J♠ J♣

UTG calls $0.25, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.99, fold, fold, fold, UTG calls $0.74

Flop: ($2.33, 2 players) 9♣ 3♠ 3♦
UTG checks, Hero bets $1.73, UTG raises to $3.46, Hero calls $1.73

Turn: ($9.25, 2 players) 5♠
UTG bets $9.57 and is all-in, Hero calls $9.57

UTG shows A♦ A♣ (Two Pair, Aces and Threes) (Pre 81%, Flop 92%, Turn 95%)
Hero shows J♠ J♣ (Two Pair, Jacks and Threes) (Pre 19%, Flop 8%, Turn 5%)

River: ($28.39, 2 players) 4♦

UTG wins $27.11

some may say "standard". NO!
calling the flop minr is debatable, but turn is just a clear fold. i mean this in all seriousness.

update on goldstar chase:

graph AA today

but still managed to have a + day somehow

can't attribute it all to runbad. enjoy the pain, extra added for playing horribly

PokerStars - $0.25 NL ZOOM - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $5.06
Hero (SB): $60.72
BB: $10.72
UTG: $27.04
UTG+1: $12.40
UTG+2: $25.10
MP: $32.42
MP+1: $24.17
CO: $30.50

Hero posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has A♦ A♠

fold, UTG+1 raises to $0.75, fold, fold, MP+1 calls $0.75, fold, fold, Hero raises to $2.87, fold, UTG+1 calls $2.12, MP+1 calls $2.12

Flop: ($8.86, 3 players) 4♦ Q♣ 9♠
Hero checks, UTG+1 checks, MP+1 checks
i hoped someone would float, they looked aggressive enough
guess what - it's 3way 3bet pot and no one is ever going to bluff here

Turn: ($8.86, 3 players) 4♠
Hero bets $4.56, fold, MP+1 calls $4.56

River: ($17.98, 2 players) T♠
Hero bets $5.12, MP+1 raises to $16.74 and is all-in, ...

fold

MP+1 wins $26.95

PokerStars - $0.25 NL ZOOM - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $33.30
SB: $31.61
Hero (BB): $24.98
UTG: $36.45
UTG+1: $25.00
UTG+2: $31.50
MP: $43.60
MP+1: $36.63
CO: $12.34

SB posts SB $0.10, Hero posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has A♣ A♦

fold, fold, UTG+2 raises to $0.75, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $2.54, UTG+2 calls $1.79

Flop: ($5.18, 2 players) 7♣ T♣ 6♥
Hero bets $2.67, UTG+2 calls $2.67

Turn: ($10.52, 2 players) 8♦
Hero bets $5.42, UTG+2 raises to $26.29 and is all-in, ...

fold

UTG+2 wins $20.40

and the most horrible and painful of all:

PokerStars - $0.25 NL ZOOM - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $11.10
SB: $41.33
BB: $19.65
UTG: $57.24
UTG+1: $93.47
UTG+2: $8.95
MP: $26.61
MP+1: $7.39
Hero (CO): $36.94

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has A♣ A♦

fold, UTG+1 raises to $0.75, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $2.69, fold, fold, fold, UTG+1 calls $1.94

Flop: ($5.73, 2 players) 8♦ 9♦ J♠
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $3.77, UTG+1 raises to $26.75, tanks, tanks, this makes no sense, Hero raises to $34.25 and is all-in, UTG+1 calls $7.50

UTG+1 shows J♥ J♦ (Three of a Kind, Jacks) (Pre 19%, Flop 86%)
Hero shows A♣ A♦ (One Pair, Aces) (Pre 81%, Flop 14%)

Turn: ($74.23, 2 players) 7♠

River: ($74.23, 2 players) 6♠

UTG+1 shows J♥ J♦ (Three of a Kind, Jacks) (Pre 19%, Flop 86%, Turn 91%)
Hero shows A♣ A♦ (One Pair, Aces) (Pre 81%, Flop 14%, Turn 9%)
UTG+1 wins $72.23

fish theorem - they will ALWAYS have it. end of story.

bragging post. please forgive me for the huge amount of self-serving that follows, it's also for future reference

goldstar chase:

the good thing about being massively overrolled for your limit is that you can have a ~3BI below EV day and not give a damn about it

yay, µRiches! definitely feeling like a µBalla atm
(first saw these terms in that verneer pdf, and if i remember correctly they were also picked from somewhere else)

Nice going, any plans for moving up again? Or you gonna hang around 25nl for awhile punishing reg's and fish alike?

yeah, next month possibly
i want to get goldstar exclusively on nl25 to show myself that i can put in the volume chase.

on another matter, regarding the stars new country flag avatars thingy...
i wanted to show my support for antarctica but wtf

the flag is wrong can anyone tell me if it's just a local issue?
still haven't restarted the client

taking the day to recreate my database and reimport my hands as recommended by the pokertracker guys.
also taking the opportunity to remove all nl10- hands for performance purposes

aaaaand antarctica flag still isn't showing up correctly which is letting me seriously disappointed
i want my money back! ...ohwait.

Mail to support
Hello!

I don't see the Antarctica flag showing up correctly...
It takes a little while to load, then it shows up the Antigua & Barbuda flag, like this:

I'd like to know if there's something wrong on my side.
Thanks!

i AM seriously concerned.

A massive LOL for the flag issue, but enjoying the blog, your my idol!!!

thank you sir! nice to see that there i actually still DO have some readers so that this feels less like a monologue.

for the first time i've been disappointed with a stars reply

Support reply
Hello,

Thank you for contacting PokerStars Support.

We are sorry to hear the flag is not displaying correctly.

Please try to change it to the correct one. Simply click on the Get avatar’ button on any of the banners currently running in the PokerStars game client and then select 'None' and your avatar will revert to your normal image. If you do not have any banners showing you can also change this from the lobby by selecting:

'Options' -> 'Country Avatars'

Please let us know if you experience any problems, or there is anything else we can assist you with.

Regards,

PokerStars Support Team
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NOOOOOOO!!!!!111
that is NOT what i wanted to know, i just want to know if there is a damn antarctica flag or not
now on to think of a polite way of writing that...

maybe if i threaten them with penguins they'll have a look on the issue?

With so many different countries having laid claim to various territories of antartica, I doubt if there's any one unifying flag, really...

nah, antarctica HAS a flag! (mostly only the blue one is used afaik)
actually i used wrong wording in my previous post, i did already know that antarctica has a flag. what i meant was if it was available for choosing

anyway i continued my conversation with that operator

Mail to support
Hello!

Thanks for the quick answer.
I'm fine with my normal image, but what I really wanted to know is if there really is a problem with that specific flag (Antarctica) or if it's something on my end and how to fix it.

Thanks!

Support reply
Hello,

Thank you for your reply.

It is an issue from our end, and it has been reported to our Programming Team. They are currently working on a fix it.

Unfortunately, we are currently unable to provide a time frame for a resolution of this issue. However, we are aware how important it is for this to be corrected and are working with haste to get it fixed.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused and thank you for your patience in dealing with this issue.

Please let us know if we can assist you further, and thank you for playing at PokerStars!

Regards,

PokerStars Support Team
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Mail to support
Hello,

Thanks for the quick answer (again)!
Right, that's fine, we can wait. Thanks for looking into it!

Best regards!

so yeah, after that little initial slip pokerstars support managed to quickly recover into awesomeness.
i mean, seriously, that's like the best support team that i've seen for anything, anywhere.

as a huge fan of just enjoying my playing experience it even wants to make me hold back for longer in my plans to randomly go around fdb whoring.