[NL2-NL5 SH] Vilistaja microstakes blog + random stuff

So here is my graph in BBs, because of mixed limits, both NL2 and NL5.

As you can see just brake even, but at least last couple of months my graph is rising quite steadily, feel myself confident and moving to NL5 atm.

Most won hand today:

All opponents were fish.

PokerStars - $0.05 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

UTG: $3.39
MP: $5.38
CO: $5.12
Hero (BTN): $5.18
SB: $5.11
BB: $8.05

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has J♠ T♠

UTG calls $0.05, MP raises to $0.15, fold, Hero calls $0.15, SB calls $0.13, fold, UTG calls $0.10

Flop: ($0.65, 4 players) 6♠ 7♠ Q♠
SB checks, UTG bets $0.10, MP calls $0.10, Hero raises to $0.60, fold, UTG calls $0.50, MP calls $0.50

Turn: ($2.45, 3 players) 8♣
UTG bets $0.26, MP calls $0.26, Hero raises to $2.20, UTG raises to $2.64 and is all-in, fold, Hero calls $0.44

River: ($7.99, 2 players) K♣

Hero wins $7.66

Lost the most:

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

CO: $3.57
BTN: $2.08
SB: $2.09
Hero (BB): $2.28
UTG: $1.03
MP: $1.74

SB posts SB $0.01, Hero posts BB $0.02

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.03) Hero has Q♠ Q♣

fold, fold, CO raises to $0.06, BTN raises to $0.18, fold, Hero calls $0.16, CO calls $0.12

Flop: ($0.55, 3 players) 2♠ A♠ 8♠
Hero checks, CO checks, BTN bets $0.36, Hero calls $0.36, fold

Turn: ($1.27, 2 players) 3♠
Hero checks, BTN checks
Do not feel good about that check here.
River: ($1.27, 2 players) 3♦
Hero bets $0.36, BTN raises to $1.54 and is all-in, Hero calls $1.18

BTN wins $4.20

WTF with that QQ hand?

When played that QQ i was already little bit tired and got confused. Player on Button looks decent player and against his button 3bet range (AA, KK, AK) i even thought folding that hand, but it seems too tight. Since CO was fish i decided to call pre.
On flop i decided check/call, to draw for flush, when i hit that flush i started thinking if i bet there what worse hand calls me there, find out for myself that none and checked.
On river i decided to do small bet to get some value from AK, KK, but as played if i got raise should be easy fold, there can be only boat or nut flush.

Last day was not good play day:

First half nl2 second one nl4. Tried my new opening chart and HUD, seems they are not helping. With HUD i made some color coding to there, but i thinks i will take my old HUD back, new one gets too flashy and more like disturb me than help.
For playing i keep my new hand chart, yesterday i had a feeling that i never hit something and opponents always hit. Think that made me a spewing tilt monkey, so will try again with fresh head.

Posted one hand to evaluating too: [NL2 SH] 99 top set on dry board.

Also one example what happens if i tilt:

Was one of my last hands and very bad.

Microgaming - €0.04 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (UTG): €4.19
MP: €4.58
CO: €4.00
BTN: €3.50
SB: €1.55
BB: €4.25

SB posts SB €0.02, BB posts BB €0.04, CO posts DB €0.04

Pre Flop: (pot: €0.10) Hero has J♥ Q♥

Hero raises to €0.16, MP calls €0.16, fold, BTN calls €0.16, fold, fold

Flop: (€0.58, 3 players) 7♦ 7♣ 9♦
Hero bets €0.30, fold, BTN raises to €0.60, Hero calls €0.30
Should be easy fold here.
Turn: (€1.78, 2 players) 6♣
Hero bets €0.90, BTN calls €0.90
I really don't understand what was going on in my head.
River: (€3.58, 2 players) 2♠
Hero checks, BTN bets €1.84 and is all-in, fold

BTN wins €3.48

Quite okay day today.

I was tilting too much at 6max because of yesterday, so i went to look some confidence to FR tables and it went well.

That was especially nice:

PokerStars - $0.02 NL - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: $0.42
BB: $3.49
UTG: $1.40
MP: $4.97
CO: $0.98
Hero (BTN): $2.01

SB posts SB $0.01, BB posts BB $0.02

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.03) Hero has T♦ Q♣

UTG calls $0.02, fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.08, fold, BB calls $0.06, UTG calls $0.06

Flop: ($0.25, 3 players) J♣ 7♥ 8♣
BB bets $0.06, UTG calls $0.06, Hero calls $0.06
Calling for odds and outs
Turn: ($0.43, 3 players) K♠
BB bets $0.12, UTG calls $0.12, Hero calls $0.12
Still calling for odds and outs.
River: ($0.79, 3 players) A♦
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $0.26, BB raises to $0.52, fold, Hero raises to $1.75 and is all-in, BB calls $1.23
Made small bet to get call from most hands and to induce which worked this time.

Hero shows T♦ Q♣ (Straight, Ace High) (Pre 42%, Flop 41%, Turn 18%)
BB shows 7♦ K♦ (Two Pair, Kings and Sevens) (Pre 58%, Flop 59%, Turn 82%)
Hero wins $4.14

Posted one hand for evaluation too: [NL2 FR] JTo OOP w/ limpers

Okay need to get some sleep now, tomorrow morning is swimming time.

Went to pool at the morning and managed to swim 50m again on single breath. Have done this before but it haven't been so comfortable. Seems like i am approving at it, so i started my day with good mood.

About poker, played today some hands on NL5 FR, made some bad plays but still managed to leave the day on the upper side of graph.

One hand that i am not proud of, set actually seems so obvios on turn:

PokerStars - $0.05 NL - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

MP+1: $4.94
CO: $5.94
BTN: $0.99
SB: $5.46
BB: $5.83
Hero (UTG): $5.00
UTG+1: $3.63
MP: $5.08

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has Q♠ A♣

Hero raises to $0.20, fold, MP calls $0.20, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold

Flop: ($0.47, 2 players) 5♦ 7♣ 2♥
Hero bets $0.30, MP calls $0.30

Turn: ($1.07, 2 players) A♠
Hero bets $0.60, MP raises to $1.20, Hero calls $0.60

River: ($3.47, 2 players) T♠
Hero checks, MP bets $1.65, Hero calls $1.65

MP shows 7♥ 7♦ (Three of a Kind, Sevens) (Pre 55%, Flop 98%, Turn 100%)
Hero mucks Q♠ A♣ (One Pair, Aces) (Pre 45%, Flop 2%, Turn 0%)
MP wins $6.49

One hand for evaluation: [NL5 FR] QQ vs EP Lag

Maybe play some more later on evening and get more interesting spots to post.

Evaluated hand: [NL5 FR] AKs gets 4bet

Like when players give me odds to outdraw them.

PokerStars - $0.05 NL - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

UTG+1: $5.00
MP: $4.37
MP+1: $0.95
CO: $6.51
BTN: $13.24
SB: $5.45
Hero (BB): $6.66
UTG: $1.95

SB posts SB $0.02, Hero posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has 4♠ 3♠

fold, fold, MP raises to $0.11, MP+1 calls $0.11, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls $0.06

Flop: ($0.35, 3 players) T♥ 2♠ J♠
Hero checks, MP checks, MP+1 bets $0.10, Hero calls $0.10, MP calls $0.10

Turn: ($0.65, 3 players) 6♦
Hero checks, MP checks, MP+1 bets $0.25, Hero calls $0.25, fold

River: ($1.15, 2 players) 5♦
Hero bets $0.50, MP+1 calls $0.49 and is all-in

Hero shows 4♠ 3♠ (Straight, Six High) (Pre 40%, Flop 39%, Turn 25%)
MP+1 shows J♥ 6♣ (Two Pair, Jacks and Sixes) (Pre 60%, Flop 61%, Turn 75%)
Hero wins $2.04

Been away from poker lately, somebody needs to do some studying also.

One nice hand from last session:

PokerStars - $0.05 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (UTG): $5.00
CO: $12.23
BTN: $6.17
SB: $2.27
BB: $5.62

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has A♦ K♦

Hero raises to $0.15, CO calls $0.15, fold, fold, BB calls $0.10

Flop: ($0.47, 3 players) 9♦ A♣ 7♦
BB checks, Hero bets $0.25, CO raises to $0.50, fold, Hero raises to $1.20, CO raises to $1.90, Hero raises to $4.85 and is all-in, CO calls $2.95

Turn: ($10.17, 2 players) Q♥

River: ($10.17, 2 players) A♠

Hero shows A♦ K♦ (Three of a Kind, Aces) (Pre 75%, Flop 98%, Turn 93%)
CO shows J♦ K♣ (One Pair, Aces) (Pre 25%, Flop 2%, Turn 7%)
Hero wins $9.75

Hands that i posted for review:
1) [NL5 FR] OJs against Lagish player
2) [NL5 FR] Paired flop set vs 3 fish

One picture of my hometown oldtown that i managed to take at weekend:

Hey vilistaja

blogs are always good because they get you thinking a lot more about poker and it's a good chance to offload. Wow about holding your breath for that long too that's insane to me but then again I don't think i can swim 50metres.

Good luck!!

Time to conclude the month.
I am happy that i managed to start play on NL5, but results could be better:

Goals for February:
[ ] Stay on NL5 and play there
[ ] Play only 6max games
[ ] Watch all Pleno1 6max coachings
[ ] Do at least 2 sweat sessions
[ ] Play 10k hands minimum
[ ] Widen up my opening range a little bit from late positions
[ ] Be active on posting hands and learn how to do it faster and better

Non poker related goals:
[ ] Check my healt at doctor (gave blood today, EKG, blood pressure tests and fitness test to go). I have had high blood pressure for long time and i want to find out why to not have any bad suprises while diving.
[ ] Concentrate more to school and finishing my Bachelor degree on spring
[ ] Get habit of using my to do list

Running bad today:

PokerStars - $0.05 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: $8.67
BB: $5.00
Hero (UTG): $6.01
CO: $4.48
BTN: $4.42

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has Q♣ Q♥

Hero raises to $0.15, CO raises to $0.45, BTN calls $0.45, fold, fold, Hero raises to $6.01 and is all-in, CO calls $4.03 and is all-in, fold

Flop: ($9.48, 2 players) 5♥ A♥ 3♦
Turn: ($9.48, 2 players) 7♥
River: ($9.48, 2 players) T♦

Hero shows Q♣ Q♥ (One Pair, Queens) (Pre 82%, Flop 68%, Turn 16%)
CO shows T♥ J♥ (Flush, Ace High) (Pre 18%, Flop 32%, Turn 84%)
CO wins $9.09

And other one:

PokerStars - $0.05 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: $4.97
BB: $8.18
UTG: $5.30
MP: $3.77
Hero (CO): $5.66
BTN: $13.53

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has K♣ K♠

fold, MP raises to $0.15, Hero raises to $0.45, fold, fold, fold, MP raises to $3.77 and is all-in, Hero calls $3.32

Flop: ($7.61, 2 players) J♠ 4♦ A♣
Turn: ($7.61, 2 players) Q♦
River: ($7.61, 2 players) 4♣

MP shows J♥ J♦ (Full House, Jacks full of Fours) (Pre 19%, Flop 89%, Turn 86%)
Hero shows K♣ K♠ (Two Pair, Kings and Fours) (Pre 81%, Flop 11%, Turn 14%)
MP wins $7.29

Posted 2 hands from last session for review:
[NL4 SH] Turn flush, easy fold?
[NL4 SH] AKo vs river shove

Time to conclude February

In short BE month with no volume.

Here the graphs:
Cash:

BB:

Goals for February:
[ ] Stay on NL5 and play there Fail, ran bad in beginning of month and needed to go back NL2
[ ] Play only 6max games Done
[ ] Watch all Pleno1 6max coachings Done
[ ] Do at least 2 sweat sessions Actually made 3 sessions
[ ] Play 10k hands minimum Fail
[ ] Widen up my opening range a little bit from late positions Done got my stats from 19/17 to 22/20
[ ] Be active on posting hands and learn how to do it faster and better Huge fail, was not concentrating to poker too much and that part fell to dust

Non poker related goals:
[ ] Check my healt at doctor (gave blood today, EKG, blood pressure tests and fitness test to go). I have had high blood pressure for long time and i want to find out why to not have any bad suprises while diving. Done. Everything seems to be okay with my health, bloodpressure actually was normal when i was wearing monitoring device.
[ ] Concentrate more to school and finishing my Bachelor degree on spring Done. Last month was more dedicated to school and i was successful which is nice.
[ ] Get habit of using my to do list Done. Started using Evernote and it's good stuff, i recommend it. You can get so much more done.

March goals:
[ ] Climb back to NL5.
[ ] Play only 6max games.
[ ] Watch all Pleno1 6max coachings.
[ ] Do at least 2 sweat sessions.
[ ] Play 10k hands minimum.
[ ] Be more active on that blog (kind of hard when not many replays, but i'll still try to give my best).

Non poker related goals:
[ ] Start running again and run at least 50km in month.
[ ] Start my pool training again. (had hip injury because of sledding and could not swim)
[ ] Stay on track in school.

Some hands from last session:
[NL2 SH] KQo vs fish on wet board.
[NL2 SH] KQs river play?

Maybe not best play from me, but very interesting play from opponent

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

Hero (BTN): $2.03
SB: $2.26
BB: $1.81
UTG: $2.25
MP: $4.56
CO: $1.51

SB posts SB $0.01, BB posts BB $0.02

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.03) Hero has Q♦ T♦

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.06, SB calls $0.05, BB raises to $0.16, Hero calls $0.10, fold

Flop: ($0.38, 2 players) T♠ Q♠ K♠
BB bets $0.02, Hero raises to $0.25, BB raises to $0.56, Hero calls $0.31

Turn: ($1.50, 2 players) 8♥
BB checks, Hero checks

River: ($1.50, 2 players) T♥
BB bets $0.30, Hero raises to $1.31 and is all-in, BB calls $0.79 and is all-in

Hero shows Q♦ T♦ (Full House, Tens full of Queens) (Pre 67%, Flop 82%, Turn 86%)
BB shows 8♣ 9♥ (Two Pair, Tens and Eights) (Pre 33%, Flop 18%, Turn 14%)
Hero wins $3.55

Hmm... I have found out that for some reason i can't play my A-game poker at home. It's so irritating, lately i have been playing mostly in school library after other things are done and before going home. Yesterday i tried to play at home and insta tilt, feels like my girlfriend is constantly annoying me when actually she is just asking couple of things and everything feels so uncomfortable.

Played about 100 hands last night, here is last one that made me close tables:

Against player who has been very aggressive

Microgaming - €0.04 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: €5.21
UTG: €7.26
MP: €4.18
Hero (CO): €4.41
BTN: €4.37
SB: €4.02

SB posts SB €0.02, BB posts BB €0.04

Pre Flop: (pot: €0.06) Hero has T♦ T♠

UTG raises to €0.14, fold, Hero calls €0.14, BTN calls €0.14, fold, fold

Flop: (€0.48, 3 players) 3♣ 3♥ 5♠
UTG bets €0.32, Hero calls €0.32, fold

Turn: (€1.12, 2 players) 3♦
UTG bets €0.74, Hero raises to €3.95 and is all-in, UTG calls €3.21

River: (€9.02, 2 players) 7♣

UTG shows Q♣ Q♦ (Full House, Threes full of Queens) (Pre 82%, Flop 92%, Turn 95%)
Hero shows T♦ T♠ (Full House, Threes full of Tens) (Pre 18%, Flop 8%, Turn 5%)
UTG wins €8.92

I wanted to talk about my yesterdays sweat session. I came to idea to play heads up with play money against my friend and try to put each other on ranges. We discussed every hand and our thought process and i must say i recommend that method for hand reading training a lot. We were both pretty loose preflop and flop, but on turn and river we were both quite successful guessing opponent range. So i can't wait to test things that i learned yesterday on 6max tables, since there are ranges much tighter than on heads up and it should be easier to narrow opponents range there.

Unfortunately i didn't find place where to convert play money hands so i can't put any examples here :(.

Some hands from todays play:
[NL2 SH] 92o, 2 pair on limped pot
[NL2 SH] River call w/ top pair draw heavy board
[NL2 SH] 88 from blinds against many players.
[NL2 SH] Bad set play