Whining around micros - GRODT Completed, but still on micros (NL5,NL10,NL25 6MAX)

oh dear.

hand 1 is fold preflop, especially vs someone who seems passive (low samplesize though)

hand 2 - why the f*** did you 4-bet shove AJo? instead of a regular 4bet or fold? You have 16 hands on him, he has 3bet of 20, that means he did 3bet one or 2 guys before. again, samplesize. I am not ecstatic about his 4x sizing as well.

hand 3 is a fold preflop, low pocket pairs play terribly postflop. I might call against a nit there with that low sizing, if 120+bb deep, for setmining

hand 2 from previous post - cold 4bet with a larger sizing

So it was very stupid of me thinking I could make a fresh start in July, when I knew that is the busiest time of year for me off poker!

Only a couple of sessions, as shown in previous posts, enough to prove I am not able to multitask poker and real life without a proper mindset.

Graph for July:

Mostly drunk sessions of NL25 ZOOM

And after that, for some reason, I decided to play just and only NL10 4 regular speed tables for the whole August!!!

Results:

And continued with the same routine in September:

Actually the last hill in September was NL10ZOOM, but just two sessions (good one followed by a terrible one OFC)

I was really affected by xflixx and his "Building it UP" challenge. As I will remain bronze on PS indefinitely, it was awesome to have someone post this type of blog on YouTube.

So I will stick to regular tables, trying to avoid ZOOM, if possible (as they say, more hands, more action, more troubles for me)

As for my game improvement, I'm trying to maintain my WTSD <30, playing my standard 18/13, reducing playing from UTG, and OOP in general, but playing wider CO and BTN. REducing my cBet as well, learning to use the check button!

As for the blog, will try to keep it as it was on the beginning, two posts per week, graphs and hands (will try to post hands that really could help me learn, and not whining about bad beats and coolers), and some off poker stuff- real life and sports updates...

So, I am back to being the same old me. Still not giving up, who cares...

September ending like this:

Tried to make it better with an MTT Big 11$, was going pretty awesome, until this guy destroyed me:

Poker Stars No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t/t Blinds - 9 players - View hand 2318008
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

Hero (BTN): t23220 1 BBs - VPIP: 22, PFR: 17, 3B: 7, AF: 3.7, Hands: 2305
SB: t6400 1 BBs - VPIP: 0, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 9
BB: t3455 1 BBs - VPIP: 2, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 43
UTG: t3450 1 BBs - VPIP: 0, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 5
UTG+1: t7723 1 BBs - VPIP: 15, PFR: 11, 3B: 7, AF: 2.0, Hands: 72
UTG+2: t19235 1 BBs - VPIP: 0, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 4
MP1: t22623 1 BBs - VPIP: 25, PFR: 17, 3B: 0, AF: 4.0, Hands: 12
MP2: t9883 1 BBs - VPIP: 13, PFR: 8, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 72
CO: t26738 1 BBs - VPIP: 51, PFR: 32, 3B: 5, AF: 2.8, Hands: 72

Pre Flop: (t0) Hero is BTN with Q A
3 folds, MP1 raises to t1323, 1 fold, CO calls t1323, Hero calls t1323, 2 folds

Flop: (t3969) 4 A 3 (3 players)
MP1 bets t2999, CO folds, Hero calls t2999

Turn: (t9967) 2 (2 players)
MP1 bets t5445, Hero raises to t18828, MP1 calls t12856 all in

River: (t46569) 7 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: t46569
Hero shows Q A
MP1 shows 4 5
MP1 wins t47959
(Rake: t-1460)

I am not much of a MTT player, but maybe I was supposed to shove on flop, maybe 3bet pre?

So couple of hands from September:

Hand 1.

Poker Stars $10.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 2318013
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

Hero (BTN): $11.56 - VPIP: 18, PFR: 13, 3B: 4, AF: 2.0, Hands: 43349
SB: $14.16 - VPIP: 72, PFR: 9, 3B: 0, AF: 2.1, Hands: 76
BB: $10.15 - VPIP: 24, PFR: 22, 3B: 0, AF: 4.0, Hands: 54
UTG: $22.13 - VPIP: 22, PFR: 19, 3B: 8, AF: 2.0, Hands: 221
MP: $10.00 - VPIP: 15, PFR: 11, 3B: 1, AF: 0.0, Hands: 212
CO: $4.19 - VPIP: 12, PFR: 5, 3B: 8, AF: 0.0, Hands: 78

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is BTN with 4 4
UTG raises to $0.30, 2 folds, Hero calls $0.30, SB calls $0.25, 1 fold

Flop: ($1.00) 4 K 7 (3 players)
SB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $0.50, SB calls $0.50, UTG folds

Turn: ($2.00) 6 (2 players)
SB bets $1.10, Hero raises to $3.50, SB calls $2.40

River: ($9.00) 6 (2 players)
SB bets $9.86, Hero calls $7.26 all in

Final Pot: $23.52
Hero shows 4 4
SB shows 7 6
SB wins $22.46
(Rake: $1.06)

Hand 2.

Poker Stars $10.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 2318016
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

Hero (UTG): $16.89 - VPIP: 18, PFR: 13, 3B: 4, AF: 2.0, Hands: 43349
MP: $20.71 - VPIP: 40, PFR: 25, 3B: 20, AF: 3.0, Hands: 48
CO: $10.00 - VPIP: 19, PFR: 19, 3B: 11, AF: 3.5, Hands: 26
BTN: $6.51 - VPIP: 48, PFR: 22, 3B: 16, AF: 4.1, Hands: 127
SB: $10.05 - VPIP: 31, PFR: 25, 3B: 24, AF: 0.6, Hands: 100
BB: $10.00 - VPIP: 23, PFR: 14, 3B: 23, AF: 0.5, Hands: 43

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is UTG with K K
Hero raises to $0.30, 2 folds, BTN raises to $0.90, SB raises to $3, 1 fold, Hero calls $2.70, BTN raises to $6.51, SB raises to $10.05, Hero calls $7.05

Flop: ($26.71) 6 T 3 (3 players)

Turn: ($26.71) T (3 players)

River: ($26.71) A (3 players)

Final Pot: $26.71
Hero shows K K
BTN shows A 2
SB shows 7 7
BTN wins $18.75
(Rake: $1.20)

Hand 3.

Poker Stars $10.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 2318018
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

Hero (BTN): $13.01 - VPIP: 18, PFR: 13, 3B: 4, AF: 2.0, Hands: 43349
SB: $10.63 - VPIP: 11, PFR: 7, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 28
BB: $5.56 - VPIP: 0, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 5
UTG: $10.05 - VPIP: 16, PFR: 13, 3B: 3, AF: 0.0, Hands: 87
MP: $10.07 - VPIP: 20, PFR: 11, 3B: 0, AF: 4.0, Hands: 35
CO: $10.43 - VPIP: 50, PFR: 17, 3B: 13, AF: 0.4, Hands: 12

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is BTN with A T
1 fold, MP raises to $0.35, CO calls $0.35, Hero calls $0.35, 2 folds

Flop: ($1.20) 5 A 3 (3 players)
MP bets $0.80, CO calls $0.80, Hero calls $0.80

Turn: ($3.60) Q (3 players)
MP checks, CO checks, Hero checks

River: ($3.60) T (3 players)
MP bets $2.60, CO calls $2.60, Hero raises to $11.86, MP calls $6.32 all in, CO folds

Final Pot: $24.04
Hero shows A T
MP shows J K
MP wins $22.96
(Rake: $1.08)

Still having a solid BR, adjusting my game, totally failing in setting a proper mindset, to much work keeps interrupting me, and if its not work, then there are tons of real life stuff, wife, friends, sports.... Ah sooo much looking forward to a nice and cold winter, with lots and lots of time to grind....

This guy today was really trying to tilt me to the max, kept calm and fed myself from other maniacs:

No1

Poker Stars $10.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 2318121
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

UTG: $7.46 - VPIP: 39, PFR: 14, 3B: 15, AF: 1.9, Hands: 169
Hero (MP): $20.76 - VPIP: 18, PFR: 13, 3B: 4, AF: 2.0, Hands: 44203
CO: $11.81 - VPIP: 26, PFR: 18, 3B: 7, AF: 1.5, Hands: 103
BTN: $10.00 - VPIP: 20, PFR: 17, 3B: 11, AF: 1.1, Hands: 100
SB: $6.14 - VPIP: 12, PFR: 6, 3B: 1, AF: 2.1, Hands: 460
BB: $6.86 - VPIP: 24, PFR: 6, 3B: 0, AF: 5.8, Hands: 66

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is MP with J Q
UTG calls $0.10, Hero raises to $0.25, 4 folds, UTG raises to $0.40, Hero calls $0.15

Flop: ($0.95) 9 J 5 (2 players)
UTG bets $0.10, Hero raises to $0.65, UTG raises to $1.20, Hero raises to $20.36, UTG calls $5.86 all in

Turn: ($15.07) 9 (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($15.07) A (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $15.07
UTG shows T A
Hero shows J Q
UTG wins $14.39
(Rake: $0.68)

No2

Poker Stars $10.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 2318122
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BB: $6.07 - VPIP: 39, PFR: 14, 3B: 15, AF: 1.9, Hands: 169
Hero (UTG): $23.97 - VPIP: 18, PFR: 13, 3B: 4, AF: 2.0, Hands: 44203
MP: $10.00 - VPIP: 16, PFR: 14, 3B: 4, AF: 6.0, Hands: 73
CO: $9.61 - VPIP: 14, PFR: 11, 3B: 2, AF: 1.6, Hands: 130
BTN: $4.14 - VPIP: 12, PFR: 6, 3B: 1, AF: 2.1, Hands: 460
SB: $19.15 - VPIP: 25, PFR: 21, 3B: 0, AF: 0.7, Hands: 53

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is UTG with K J
Hero raises to $0.25, 4 folds, BB calls $0.15

Flop: ($0.55) K 6 4 (2 players)
BB bets $0.10, Hero raises to $0.45, BB raises to $0.80, Hero raises to $23.72, BB calls $5.02 all in

Turn: ($12.19) 5 (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($12.19) A (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $12.19
BB shows 6 K
Hero shows K J
BB wins $11.64
(Rake: $0.55)

No3

Poker Stars $10.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 2318123
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

SB: $11.64 - VPIP: 39, PFR: 14, 3B: 15, AF: 1.9, Hands: 169
Hero (BB): $17.90 - VPIP: 18, PFR: 13, 3B: 4, AF: 2.0, Hands: 44203
UTG: $10.00 - VPIP: 16, PFR: 14, 3B: 4, AF: 6.0, Hands: 73
MP: $9.61 - VPIP: 14, PFR: 11, 3B: 2, AF: 1.6, Hands: 130
CO: $4.14 - VPIP: 12, PFR: 6, 3B: 1, AF: 2.1, Hands: 460
BTN: $19.10 - VPIP: 25, PFR: 21, 3B: 0, AF: 0.7, Hands: 53

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is BB with 2 J
4 folds, SB calls $0.05, Hero checks

Flop: ($0.20) 2 J 3 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $0.15, SB raises to $0.30, Hero raises to $17.80, SB calls $11.24 all in

Turn: ($23.28) 7 (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($23.28) 9 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $23.28
SB shows 3 J
Hero shows 2 J
SB wins $22.23
(Rake: $1.05)

Really thought I had him on the 3rd, to get even, but noooooo J3o killer....

Important thing, finished the session in green

The last day I posted here was an all poker day for me, played the most hands in a single day ever, which is not that much, but it means to me that I can play longer and keep my calm and concentration, and all of that on a shitty old dining table chair (ordered an office chair, supposed to arrive Thursday ♠_biggrin: )

As for results it's a green month starter again !!!

Not that many hands that I could post, but I can say I am nowhere close to improve my WTSD%, still calling like crazy all the way to showdown....

Anyhow, a couple more weeks of work stuff, and then it will be a grinding fest till spring (hopefully )

Off poker.....

I had so much work in a past month or so, besides that, and poker, there were a lots of parties, birthdays, weddings... Sometimes I just need days off from days off... Really looking forward to winter times, hopefully I will have more time for everything, including poker

Sports wise, Novak Djokovic lost his No1 place on APT rankings, but showed Nadal yesterday who is the boss still...

Got my season ticket for Red Star football matches, trying not to miss a single game, but those fellows just keep disappointing me, and humiliating themselves on the pitch...
However we are still there, hoping for better times....

Basketball season just started with a single point defeat, but all in all, we have a very promising team, and for the first time playing Euroleague, so there should be some interesting games to follow...

That's it from me,
GL @ the tables

Zooming pretty good these days, one interesting hand really bugged me, stopped playing after it, not because I lost, but to see how to avoid calling this...

Poker Stars $10.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 2322021
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

Hero (BTN): $15.27 - VPIP: 18, PFR: 13, 3B: 4, AF: 2.0, Hands: 47444
SB: $13.77 - VPIP: 21, PFR: 16, 3B: 0, AF: 2.0, Hands: 19
BB: $10.00 - VPIP: 0, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 1
UTG: $9.77 - VPIP: 17, PFR: 8, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 12
MP: $12.13 - VPIP: 67, PFR: 33, 3B: 0, AF: 0.3, Hands: 3
CO: $10.05 - VPIP: 0, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 10

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is BTN with Q Q
1 fold, MP raises to $0.20, 1 fold, Hero raises to $0.55, SB calls $0.50, 1 fold, MP calls $0.35

Flop: ($1.75) 8 2 J (3 players)
SB checks, MP checks, Hero bets $0.75, SB calls $0.75, MP calls $0.75

Turn: ($4.00) 5 (3 players)
SB checks, MP checks, Hero bets $1.75, SB folds, MP calls $1.75

River: ($7.50) Q (2 players)
MP bets $4.30, Hero calls $4.30

Final Pot: $16.10
Hero mucks Q Q
MP shows T 9
MP wins $15.38
(Rake: $0.72)

He c/call twice, and then decided to bet river, that now looks to me as an obvious draw hit on the river, wad I only blinded by the Q, or would you call that river bet???

This is mid-week, also pre weekend update!

Have to say that I am running pretty good this month, actually haven't had a losing day in October yet. (Hope I don't jinx it now ♠_o: )

This month graph so far

Yesterday I decided to try playing 6 tables, and to nit up, but I ended up running really hot, and hitting almost every flop, but than I had a couple of problems....

I am still unsure how to play when I hit monsters on the flop, two examples:

No1.

Poker Stars $10.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 2325564
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

UTG: $6.50 - VPIP: 11, PFR: 2, 3B: 6, AF: 0.6, Hands: 53
MP: $13.21 - VPIP: 22, PFR: 17, 3B: 6, AF: 2.9, Hands: 418
CO: $18.48 - VPIP: 22, PFR: 18, 3B: 7, AF: 1.0, Hands: 366
BTN: $8.76 - VPIP: 42, PFR: 34, 3B: 7, AF: 0.5, Hands: 38
Hero (SB): $10.00 - VPIP: 19, PFR: 13, 3B: 4, AF: 1.9, Hands: 50072
BB: $10.00 - VPIP: 15, PFR: 10, 3B: 9, AF: 0.0, Hands: 48

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is SB with J J
1 fold, MP raises to $0.30, 1 fold, BTN calls $0.30, Hero raises to $1.05, 1 fold, MP calls $0.75, 1 fold

Flop: ($2.50) J J 2 (2 players)
Hero bets $1.30, MP folds

Final Pot: $2.50
Hero wins $2.39
(Rake: $0.11)

No 2.

Poker Stars $10.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 2325565
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

CO: $13.56 - VPIP: 21, PFR: 18, 3B: 0, AF: 4.0, Hands: 61
Hero (BTN): $11.33 - VPIP: 19, PFR: 13, 3B: 4, AF: 1.9, Hands: 50072
SB: $10.00 - VPIP: 12, PFR: 6, 3B: 3, AF: 10.0, Hands: 83
BB: $5.00 - VPIP: 25, PFR: 16, 3B: 5, AF: 2.3, Hands: 61
UTG: $4.00 - VPIP: 41, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 17
MP: $10.00 - VPIP: 33, PFR: 25, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 12

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is BTN with T A
UTG calls $0.10, MP calls $0.10, 1 fold, Hero raises to $0.45, 2 folds, UTG calls $0.35, MP calls $0.35

Flop: ($1.50) Q 4 7 (3 players)
UTG checks, MP checks, Hero bets $0.45, UTG folds, MP folds

Final Pot: $1.50
Hero wins $1.43
(Rake: $0.07)

And when I try to slow play it:

Poker Stars $10.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 2325567
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

MP: $11.56 - VPIP: 34, PFR: 32, 3B: 13, AF: 0.0, Hands: 38
CO: $10.00 - VPIP: 3, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 31
BTN: $5.30 - VPIP: 27, PFR: 20, 3B: 11, AF: 1.9, Hands: 150
Hero (SB): $10.05 - VPIP: 19, PFR: 13, 3B: 4, AF: 1.9, Hands: 50072
BB: $10.64 - VPIP: 41, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 17
UTG: $10.63 - VPIP: 10, PFR: 10, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 48

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is SB with 8 A
3 folds, BTN raises to $0.30, Hero calls $0.25, BB calls $0.20

Flop: ($0.90) 5 9 7 (3 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, BTN checks

Turn: ($0.90) 6 (3 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, BTN checks

River: ($0.90) 3 (3 players)
Hero bets $0.40, BB calls $0.40, BTN calls $0.40

Final Pot: $2.10
BTN mucks K 4
Hero shows 8 A
BB mucks 3 Q
Hero wins $2.01
(Rake: $0.09)

Session ended up with 52$ in the green, in only 72 minutes and 619 hands. Epic day for me ♦

So it's gonna be a dry weekend poker wise, as I am going out of town, to my cousins' wedding....

Hope good grind continues from Monday again

GL @ the tables

Was getting excited, since for couple of times I managed to play 3 zoom tables for a couple of hours and maintaining good focus for the entire time of the session.

Today again played 3 zoom tables and one MTT, and played great for 1000 hands, ws about 3BIs up, but than had two weird plays:

No 1.

Poker Stars $10.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 2331744
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $9.85 - VPIP: 0, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 6
SB: $24.10 - VPIP: 0, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 3
BB: $17.55 - VPIP: 100, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 2.0, Hands: 1
Hero (UTG): $14.94 - VPIP: 18, PFR: 13, 3B: 4, AF: 1.9, Hands: 55084
MP: $14.15 - VPIP: 20, PFR: 13, 3B: 5, AF: 6.0, Hands: 46
CO: $14.80 - VPIP: 15, PFR: 9, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 33

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is UTG with A A
Hero raises to $0.30, 4 folds, BB calls $0.20

Flop: ($0.65) K 7 2 (2 players)
BB bets $0.10, Hero raises to $0.50, BB calls $0.40

Turn: ($1.65) J (2 players)
BB bets $0.10, Hero raises to $1.10, BB calls $1

River: ($3.85) 2 (2 players)
BB bets $0.10, Hero raises to $2.25, BB raises to $15.65, Hero calls $10.79 all in

Final Pot: $29.93
BB shows Q 7
Hero shows A A
BB wins $25.97
(Rake: $1.35)

Actually since multi tabling zoom, I missed to see that a flush was completed, was expecting a fold after that min raise, but than it was a clear fold after a re-raise, stupid of me....

No 2.

Poker Stars $10.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 2331746
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

Hero (BTN): $13.03 - VPIP: 18, PFR: 13, 3B: 4, AF: 1.9, Hands: 55084
SB: $15.29 - VPIP: 20, PFR: 20, 3B: 25, AF: 0.0, Hands: 5
BB: $10.00 - VPIP: 0, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 2
UTG: $13.89 - VPIP: 0, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 3
MP: $20.38 - VPIP: 20, PFR: 10, 3B: 5, AF: 1.0, Hands: 61
CO: $9.31 - VPIP: 0, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 3

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is BTN with K A
3 folds, Hero raises to $0.30, SB raises to $0.90, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.60

Flop: ($1.90) 4 6 4 (2 players)
SB bets $1.10, Hero calls $1.10

Turn: ($4.10) 9 (2 players)
SB bets $3.30, Hero calls $3.30

River: ($10.70) T (2 players)
SB bets $8.70, Hero calls $7.73 all in

Final Pot: $26.16
Hero shows K A
SB shows A Q
SB wins $24.98
(Rake: $1.18)

Should have given up earlier in the hand, but this was right after the hand No 1., so probably tilt calling... Finished session after those two hands, BE so not a big deal, but I could have evaded those mistakes...

and again one hand where I could probably play differently to extract more cash from the opponent...

No 3.

Poker Stars $10.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 2331748
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $4.71 - VPIP: 7, PFR: 4, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 27
SB: $17.37 - VPIP: 16, PFR: 10, 3B: 5, AF: 2.7, Hands: 122
Hero (BB): $28.92 - VPIP: 18, PFR: 13, 3B: 4, AF: 1.9, Hands: 55084
UTG: $18.00 - VPIP: 19, PFR: 19, 3B: 18, AF: 3.0, Hands: 68
MP: $21.54 - VPIP: 8, PFR: 5, 3B: 8, AF: 3.0, Hands: 77
CO: $10.17 - VPIP: 75, PFR: 75, 3B: 100, AF: 0.0, Hands: 4

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is BB with A K
4 folds, SB raises to $0.25, Hero calls $0.15

Flop: ($0.50) K K 3 (2 players)
SB bets $0.30, Hero raises to $0.75, SB raises to $2, Hero raises to $28.67, SB folds

Final Pot: $4.50
Hero wins $4.30
(Rake: $0.20)

Anyhow still in the MTT, going for ITM hopefully

Where to start, were to start?????

Of course monthly graph so far.....

Played my usual game, couple of hours regular tables or 1hr zoom per day, due to time limitations, all until yesterday...

Yesterday was at my parents house for Sunday lunch, when got back home decided to watch basketball on live stream, and open couple zoom tables, and still had one quarter of the monitor free, so decided to register to a MTT (bunch of unused FPPs, perfect solution)...
Registered to The Biggest 22$... Ran really hot in the beginning, but it got difficult to combine zoom and MTT, whilst watching the game that was edgy all the way to the final buzzer...
Liked the MTT so registered to The Hotter 11$, The Biggest 11$ and the Sunday Storm, the game was finished, but there was always place for at least one zoom table...

Got ITM @ The Hotter for ~30$, dropped from the others, couple of them really annoying:

Biggest 22$:

Poker Stars No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t/t Blinds - 9 players - View hand 2334926
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

UTG+1: t4383 1 BBs - VPIP: 29, PFR: 16, 3B: 6, AF: 2.0, Hands: 31
UTG+2: t5039 1 BBs - VPIP: 19, PFR: 5, 3B: 0, AF: 0.4, Hands: 21
Hero (MP1): t1840 1 BBs - VPIP: 21, PFR: 16, 3B: 7, AF: 3.4, Hands: 3041
MP2: t2605 1 BBs - VPIP: 6, PFR: 6, 3B: 12, AF: 0.0, Hands: 31
CO: t1754 1 BBs - VPIP: 41, PFR: 31, 3B: 27, AF: 1.7, Hands: 29
BTN: t5539 1 BBs - VPIP: 42, PFR: 8, 3B: 0, AF: 3.0, Hands: 12
SB: t1640 1 BBs - VPIP: 24, PFR: 18, 3B: 0, AF: 1.0, Hands: 17
BB: t5770 1 BBs - VPIP: 16, PFR: 13, 3B: 0, AF: 6.0, Hands: 31
UTG: t1515 1 BBs - VPIP: 19, PFR: 13, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 31

Pre Flop: (t0) Hero is MP1 with Q Q
3 folds, Hero raises to t120, MP2 raises to t400, 4 folds, Hero raises to t1840, MP2 calls t1440

Flop: (t3680) 3 7 T (2 players)

Turn: (t3680) J (2 players)

River: (t3680) T (2 players)

Final Pot: t3680
Hero shows Q Q
MP2 shows Q Q
MP2 wins t3740
(Rake: t-60)

Biggest 11$:

Poker Stars No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t/t Blinds - 9 players - View hand 2334928
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BB: t1275 1 BBs - VPIP: 19, PFR: 4, 3B: 0, AF: 2.0, Hands: 27
UTG: t2295 1 BBs - VPIP: 11, PFR: 4, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 27
UTG+1: t3610 1 BBs - VPIP: 30, PFR: 15, 3B: 0, AF: 1.0, Hands: 27
UTG+2: t3900 1 BBs - VPIP: 37, PFR: 22, 3B: 8, AF: 4.0, Hands: 27
MP1: t2030 1 BBs - VPIP: 11, PFR: 7, 3B: 8, AF: 1.5, Hands: 27
MP2: t2100 1 BBs - VPIP: 33, PFR: 19, 3B: 9, AF: 0.0, Hands: 27
Hero (CO): t4160 1 BBs - VPIP: 21, PFR: 16, 3B: 7, AF: 3.4, Hands: 3041
BTN: t4085 1 BBs - VPIP: 41, PFR: 11, 3B: 0, AF: 3.5, Hands: 27
SB: t3545 1 BBs - VPIP: 26, PFR: 7, 3B: 0, AF: 2.5, Hands: 27

Pre Flop: (t0) Hero is CO with A K
2 folds, UTG+2 raises to t80, 1 fold, MP2 raises to t200, Hero raises to t4160, BTN calls t4085 all in, 4 folds

Flop: (t8450) 7 9 7 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Turn: (t8450) J (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: (t8450) T (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: t8450
Hero shows A K
BTN shows 3 8
BTN wins t8510
(Rake: t-60)

Sunday storm not worth mentioning...

Meanwhile still played zoom, and was always around -3BIs, and decided not to stop until in the green (it was Sunday night, and the tables were extremely soft, and I was sure I could turn it around)...
Stubborn or not finished playing @ 1AM, +1BI, and almost 6000hands played, far the most I ever played in my life...

Graph of the zoom session

I still can't believe I played for over 7 hours (call me addicted ), and still all on diner table chair (still waiting for the office chair to be delivered), so but and back hurt pretty much all morning

Edit post:
Totaly forgot I took a PtrScn from yesterday tables @ the end:

So with 9BIs @ one table thats the deepest I ever was @ NL10, how the hell was I able to run so bad on othe tables

Waiting for more than a week now for a cashout from stars, and still undecided if I should transfer money to PKR or Uni, to finally start earning some PS points, anyhow remaining funds @ Stars still good even for NL25, but I will stick to NL10, probably till New Year, of course with some drunk sessions @ NL25 zoom

GL @ the tables

Short off poker update...

Finally after many years, I have time to go and watch my favorite club live on both football and basketball matches...

Combined pictures of last couple of weeks:

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Happy times

GL @ the tables

Week did not start as planned, lost 5BIs on Monday playing Zoom, and today started well but ended with few bad plays...

No 1.

Poker Stars $10.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 2336246
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $10.95 - VPIP: 14, PFR: 14, 3B: 0, AF: 1.5, Hands: 21
SB: $14.93 - VPIP: 22, PFR: 21, 3B: 12, AF: 1.8, Hands: 72
BB: $11.17 - VPIP: 29, PFR: 21, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 14
Hero (UTG): $12.60 - VPIP: 18, PFR: 13, 3B: 4, AF: 1.9, Hands: 64552
MP: $23.69 - VPIP: 28, PFR: 24, 3B: 4, AF: 10.0, Hands: 76
CO: $10.19 - VPIP: 12, PFR: 12, 3B: 11, AF: 0.0, Hands: 50

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is UTG with J J
Hero raises to $0.30, 3 folds, SB raises to $0.90, 1 fold, Hero raises to $2.30, SB calls $1.40

Flop: ($4.70) 2 4 2 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $2.50, SB raises to $12, Hero calls $7.80 all in

Turn: ($25.30) 9 (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($25.30) 2 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $25.30
SB shows K K
Hero shows J J
SB wins $22.46
(Rake: $1.14)

This guy 3bets 12%, but obviously when he called my 4bet he should hold a strong hand, should have given it up on flop

Funny thing is that I flopped quads two times today, both with one hole card, and on both with three players in the pot, and on both didnt make some serious profit

No 2.

Poker Stars $10.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 2336249
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $12.30 - VPIP: 33, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 1.0, Hands: 6
SB: $5.00 - VPIP: 7, PFR: 7, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 14
Hero (BB): $24.69 - VPIP: 18, PFR: 13, 3B: 4, AF: 1.9, Hands: 64552
UTG: $10.00 - VPIP: 13, PFR: 10, 3B: 2, AF: 4.0, Hands: 165
MP: $8.00 - VPIP: 22, PFR: 19, 3B: 8, AF: 0.2, Hands: 72
CO: $10.57 - VPIP: 56, PFR: 56, 3B: 50, AF: 0.0, Hands: 9

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is BB with J Q
1 fold, MP raises to $0.40, 1 fold, BTN calls $0.40, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.30

Flop: ($1.25) Q Q Q (3 players)
Hero checks, MP checks, BTN bets $0.40, Hero calls $0.40, MP folds

Turn: ($2.05) 9 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN checks

River: ($2.05) 8 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.85, BTN calls $0.85

Final Pot: $3.75
BTN shows A T
Hero shows J Q
Hero wins $3.58
(Rake: $0.17)

No 3.

Poker Stars $10.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 2336250
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $4.85 - VPIP: 39, PFR: 11, 3B: 0, AF: 7.0, Hands: 18
SB: $12.39 - VPIP: 0, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 7
BB: $5.16 - VPIP: 27, PFR: 13, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 15
UTG: $12.56 - VPIP: 20, PFR: 17, 3B: 3, AF: 2.0, Hands: 205
MP: $9.38 - VPIP: 33, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 6
Hero (CO): $10.27 - VPIP: 18, PFR: 13, 3B: 4, AF: 1.9, Hands: 64552

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is CO with J K
UTG raises to $0.30, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.30, BTN calls $0.30, 2 folds

Flop: ($1.05) K K K (3 players)
UTG bets $0.90, Hero calls $0.90, BTN folds

Turn: ($2.85) T (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $1.20, UTG calls $1.20

River: ($5.25) 8 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $2.40, UTG calls $2.40

Final Pot: $10.05
UTG mucks 9 9
Hero shows J K
Hero wins $9.60
(Rake: $0.45)

Still heading for a good month, hopefully I will win back this weeks loses, and reach the months peak again ♠_cool:

GL @ the tables

Interesting things to write about before the weekend grind...

First of all I deposited money on PKR today, and boy was I surprised!!!

How the hell can one be focused to play with so much 3D graphics, and multitabling is even harder.... Bright side, I don't see many regs, mostly recreational players, but the traffic is bad early in the day.....

Reason why I transferred part of my roll from stars is to get my account tracked and go for gold status here on PS, for study materials, live coachings etc.

Currently having some dispute with PS support, denying me that free 10$ (free money is free money ), but I am sure it will get sorted out...

Don't know if anyone follows PokerSchoolOnline by PStars, but I will most definitely be eligible to play their Premier League next month, hoping to get some serious free money from those freerolls... ♠_cool:

Back to everyday grind...

Yesterday while playing one of those Premier League Qualifiers, I opened some NL10 deep stack tables, and got crushed couple of hands with set over set, and flush over flush, played little bit on tilt after that, but had to maintain focus, as I was reaching final table on the qualifier!!!
When reached the final table i was about 90$ down on deep stack tables, so decided to close them, and open one NL25 Zoom (entered Drunk Mode ), cause I knew that by reaching final table, I will collect enough points to be safe on Leaderboard until the end of month and enter premier league on November, so decided to give myself a treat

Thank you poker Gods for this one:

Poker Stars $25.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 2337675
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $42.91 - VPIP: 27, PFR: 18, 3B: 0, AF: 0.3, Hands: 11
SB: $40.56 - VPIP: 17, PFR: 17, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 6
BB: $17.00 - VPIP: 67, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 3
UTG: $25.23 - VPIP: 0, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 2
MP: $63.35 - VPIP: 19, PFR: 10, 3B: 7, AF: 6.0, Hands: 31
Hero (CO): $63.49 - VPIP: 18, PFR: 13, 3B: 4, AF: 1.9, Hands: 68732

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is CO with A A
1 fold, MP raises to $0.75, Hero raises to $2.25, 3 folds, MP calls $1.50

Flop: ($4.85) 6 8 5 (2 players)
MP checks, Hero bets $2.75, MP raises to $9.70, Hero calls $6.95

Turn: ($24.25) A (2 players)
MP bets $13.20, Hero calls $13.20

River: ($50.65) 6 (2 players)
MP bets $19.00, Hero raises to $38.25, MP calls $19.20 all in

Final Pot: $127.05
MP shows 5 5
Hero shows A A
Hero wins $125.05
(Rake: $2.00)

Boooom!!!! Biggest pot ever won on cash games

With the money won from the qualifier, ended the night in $$$

Also yesterday the new chair arrived, so now its very comfy to grind and blog and surf (hell I'm gonna sleep on this chair as well....) Just kidding, but it is a big difference from the diner table chair I used for the last couple of months.....

Off topic: I see that the number of views of my blog is rising, but it would be nice to get some comment on any topic, what should I do to make this blog more interesting ?

Thread Savers

Changes are always tough, but sooner I get used to new things better for me!!!

For example I got used to my new chair instantly, really enjoy spending time in front of my monitor much more...

End for PKR...

Still not used to... Played a couple of sessions, at first didnt even know what camera view to use, every table and environment are different and the HM2 just confuses as much as I do...
Finally decided to use my seat view, and am getting adapted...
NL10 doesnt have that much traffic, could only 4 table during morning hours, but even those 4 tables were hard for me to follow...
The opponents are much softer than on Stars, but I need to make a lot of changes to adapt to that kind of play (limps, min raises, min 3bets, random bets, donking)...
Hope for some better EV run to avoid hands like this:

PKR $10.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 2339760
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $4.46 - VPIP: 29, PFR: 25, 3B: 14, AF: 2.0, Hands: 181
SB: $4.27 - VPIP: 96, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 2.3, Hands: 28
BB: $8.25 - VPIP: 72, PFR: 6, 3B: 0, AF: 1.5, Hands: 18
UTG: $9.90 - VPIP: 32, PFR: 7, 3B: 2, AF: 2.1, Hands: 362
MP: $3.79 - VPIP: 50, PFR: 0, 3B: 0, AF: 0.7, Hands: 8
Hero (CO): $10.00 - VPIP: 24, PFR: 18, 3B: 8, AF: 2.2, Hands: 1205

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is CO with T T
2 folds, Hero raises to $0.30, 1 fold, SB calls $0.25, BB calls $0.20

Flop: ($0.90) A 7 7 (3 players)
SB checks, BB bets $0.45, Hero calls $0.45, SB raises to $0.90, BB folds, Hero calls $0.45

Turn: ($3.15) T (2 players)
SB bets $3.07, Hero calls $3.07

River: ($9.29) A (2 players)

Final Pot: $9.29
SB shows 8 A
Hero shows T T
SB wins $8.37
(Rake: $0.92)

And will be looking for more of this:

PKR $10.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 2339761
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

CO: $16.04 - VPIP: 50, PFR: 32, 3B: 8, AF: 4.0, Hands: 38
BTN: $10.59 - VPIP: 8, PFR: 4, 3B: 2, AF: 0.2, Hands: 100
SB: $9.90 - VPIP: 8, PFR: 8, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 12
BB: $10.47 - VPIP: 32, PFR: 7, 3B: 2, AF: 2.1, Hands: 362
UTG: $4.19 - VPIP: 26, PFR: 16, 3B: 0, AF: 1.0, Hands: 19
Hero (MP): $18.86 - VPIP: 24, PFR: 18, 3B: 8, AF: 2.2, Hands: 1205

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is MP with Q Q
UTG raises to $0.20, Hero raises to $0.60, CO calls $0.60, BTN raises to $2.40, 3 folds, Hero calls $1.80, CO calls $1.80

Flop: ($7.55) 9 3 Q (3 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $13.64, BTN calls $8.19 all in, Hero calls $13.64

Turn: ($43.02) Q (3 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($43.02) K (3 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $43.02
CO shows 8 8
BTN shows K K
Hero shows Q Q
Hero wins $10.90
Hero wins $30.12
(Rake: $2.00)

Expecting gold status here, so another change to adapt to... Already happy about potential free money for status upgrade next month, and with playing Premier League on Stars, with regular cash tables @ the same time, and grinding for status upgrade on PKR (and clearing FDB), November should be a lot of fun poker wise...

And besides poker, will have first anniversary with Mrs., as well as both of our birthdays, many interesting sports games to watch live, and as little job to do as I haven't had for months, keeping fingers crossed for nice month of November

GL @ the tables everyone

So October wrap up...

Played decent amount of hands on Stars, NL10 both regular and Zoom, some NL25 hands, mostly drunk sessions ... All in all can be very happy with results:

As previously said, I transferred some money on PKR to clear FDB and get upgraded status here on PS... What I can say about the platform is that most of people there are recreational players, and the reason is the 3D platform, really annoying, and very hard to multitable, to make things even worse opponents always hit their two or four outer on the river, so I can just hope to avoid tilt and extract money from them when they don't hit that 5% chance


Adapt,adapt,adapt...

November

Thank you for kicking me in the nuts, sweet month of November

Stars

PKR

Stars graph i mostly bad luck, as you can see from the EV line, but PKR is a serious tilt against maniac with over 90% VPIP, he was just hitting it like crazy...

He left the table after 3 hours, with 80$+, not just my money, he was hitting against all others (bot rigged )... Nahhh it's just me whining as usual...

I'm still determined to crush PKR cause the maniacs cant always win, hope FDB and RB improve my BR, cause soon I'll be under rolled for NL10 on PKR (or maybe I shouldnt look @ my BR separately ), cause my combined BR is good for NL25...

Anyway, my bad is that I played yesterday after basketball team lost to the greek Panathinaikos in EuroLeague, in the overtime, so my mindset was a fuck probably, and I got the punishment I deserved...

Better luck to all of you @ the tables, cause we still hope for an amazing month of November

Well it has been a while, I managed to grind every day this month, but just didn't find time to update the blog...

So graphs for starters:

Stars:

PKR:

I'm still getting crushed with 70%+ EV AI situations, but more important I still go to showdown with mediocre hands, as presented with blue lines on the graphs...

Have to learn to give up hands, especially AA & KK on heavy boards...
aces don't mean nuts

PKR is still pretty funny, there are maybe 3% of players that would call a regular 3bet, so if you have good cards pre, you can just min 3bet, and expect to have at least 2 opponents on the flop... Just hope for good flop, cause later they call barrels with bottom pairs, funny people , and most important things of all NEVER BLUFF A FISH

Actually I am still very happy with poker, that downswing at the beginning of the month was me trying to mix stars and PKR, because it is boring to play 4 tables of PKR, I add 2 tables of Zoom, and make irrational decisions on zoom provoked by tilt on PKR, so decided to just play those 4 tables (explained here why I don't open more than 4), and play 4-6 regular tables on stars while playing Premier League...

As for the Premier League, cashed in 1/3 tournaments so far, bad thing is that I had to leave that tour that I cashed in, cause it was time to go out in a club, so just sat out and saw results the next morning ...

Lets get those graphs back into green$$$

I really thought that I climbed above those moments where I lose stack over stack due to tilt, but the past few days have proven me so wrong...

Stars:

PKR:

What I tried is to raise my VPIP/PFR stats, while playing aggro (raising my 3bet, cBet as well).
Bad choice to do when you are card dead, as I was, and besides that got crushed on the river numerous times. That made me so angry, and on tilt, not because I lost some hands, but because I wanted to change my game, without proper education, and just looked stupid @ the tables

Good thing is that I unlocked a FDB @PKR for ~50$, and already raked there 250$ (~80$RB);
and @Stars coming close to a 50$ Stellar, and having some FPPs to spend...

Conclusion, I don't have the knowledge to play more aggro than 17/14 so I will remain tight for now...

A usual whining hand:

PKR $10.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 2358323
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

CO: $8.01 - VPIP: 21, PFR: 17, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 29
BTN: $9.40 - VPIP: 29, PFR: 10, 3B: 6, AF: 1.9, Hands: 156
SB: $5.19 - VPIP: 46, PFR: 22, 3B: 0, AF: 10.0, Hands: 41
Hero (BB): $11.45 - VPIP: 22, PFR: 17, 3B: 6, AF: 2.5, Hands: 12158
UTG: $14.29 - VPIP: 14, PFR: 10, 3B: 2, AF: 2.5, Hands: 568
MP: $9.91 - VPIP: 10, PFR: 3, 3B: 0, AF: 1.5, Hands: 315

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is BB with 7 7
1 fold, MP calls $0.10, 2 folds, SB raises to $0.60, Hero calls $0.50, 1 fold

Flop: ($1.30) 7 6 9 (2 players)
SB bets $1.00, Hero calls $1

Turn: ($3.30) K (2 players)
SB bets $3.59, Hero calls $3.59

River: ($10.48) T (2 players)

Final Pot: $10.48
SB shows J J
Hero shows 7 7
SB wins $9.44
(Rake: $1.04)

Need to get something positive out of this, maybe ship the Mission week 2: Possible (just need good 6 hands in a row, easy game )

Heading out to go to the market and by some proper mindset for playing poker (what section of the market should that be?)

Pinching myself back to reality, and preparing some late breakfast for Mrs. and me

As mentioned many times, when November comes, I should have more time for poker and other stuff, since my work is mostly seasonal March-October, but the start of November really left me thinking: If I spend more time grinding, and continue like this, I will just go broke in couple of months...

So what should more time actually mean is that I should spend that free time studying and improving, and not raising the amount of hands per day, cause that's just stupid...

Watched Schnitzelfisch's "Maximize Your Productivity: Building Momentum", realized it's the thing I was thinking about so many times in my life, and it's basically a proper way to start a day with some routine after which You fell good and ready for every task ahead, so perfect time to actually try and implement those small things into everyday life

Off poker:

So season is getting pretty much over, still having some busy days, but actually already spending most of the day like I'm on vacation...

We had one very serious show, it was organized by ITF, and it was a honorary dinner for Davis Cup finalists... Unfortunately Czechs won the finals, but at least Mrs. and me had a chance to take picture with the great trophy:

Sports wise, after beating our city rivals in football, we continued the same way in water polo and last night in basketball as well:

So at least off poker November is turning out to be very nice for now

Playing MicroMillions Main Event to turn this month around ♠_cool:

Poker Stars give me my birthday present ♠_biggrin: