Bankroll Building - Fortunatus

Your turn call looks optimistic to me with only 3 clean outs to a straight.
I would fold here for sure, but I’m no cash game player

Cheers,
SDK1987

yet another update!

so started playing well got a few lucky coin flips as you can see my EV line reflects, had a 4 way all-in KQs Flopped the flush proper donk call but these guys we're shoving almost anything and I didn't expect 2 behind to call it!

anyway playing well when I hit $125 I'll take a shot at 5nl I think

Bankroll : $112.00

nice red line!!

Enjoying this thread... so far so good for you.... will be keeping an eye on when you hit your $125 and start at nl5..

Originally posted by kirane
Enjoying this thread... so far so good for you.... will be keeping an eye on when you hit your $125 and start at nl5..

Thanks, getting there a lot quicker than I thought! Looking forward to taking some shots I figure the competition is the same as 2nl

small update I won $5 in 1 of the 6 All-in $150,000 tournaments a nice little bankroll boost!

Bankroll : $117.00 ♠_drink:

gratz! keep it goin

River is my enemy tonight, I have lost about 6bi to the river making everyone's sets its becoming very frustrating!

Poker Stars, $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: $2 (100 bb)
BB: $4.51 (225.5 bb)
UTG: $3.70 (185 bb)
MP: $2 (100 bb)
Hero (CO): $5.27 (263.5 bb)
BTN: $2.68 (134 bb)

Preflop: Hero is CO with K J
2 folds, Hero raises to $0.06, BTN calls $0.06, 2 folds

Flop: ($0.15) J 3 T (2 players)
Hero bets $0.07, BTN calls $0.07

Turn: ($0.29) 8 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.14, BTN calls $0.14

River: ($0.57) Q (2 players)
Hero bets $0.36, BTN calls $0.36

Results:

Poker Stars, $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: $2.33 (116.5 bb)
BB: $2.85 (142.5 bb)
UTG: $2 (100 bb)
MP: $0.97 (48.5 bb)
Hero (CO): $4.39 (219.5 bb)
BTN: $1.06 (53 bb)

Preflop: Hero is CO with 6 6
UTG raises to $0.06, MP folds, Hero calls $0.06, BTN folds, SB calls $0.05, BB calls $0.04

Flop: ($0.24) 4 6 8 (4 players)
SB bets $0.15, BB calls $0.15, UTG folds, Hero calls $0.15

Turn: ($0.69) K (3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $0.16, SB calls $0.16, BB calls $0.16

River: ($1.17) 2 (3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $0.56, SB folds, BB calls $0.56

Results:

what can you do this is no good

Poker Stars, $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

Hero (SB): $2.89 (144.5 bb)
BB: $1.96 (98 bb)
UTG: $4.79 (239.5 bb)
MP: $2.03 (101.5 bb)
CO: $2.09 (104.5 bb)
BTN: $2 (100 bb)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K A
UTG raises to $0.04, 3 folds, Hero raises to $0.06, BB folds, UTG calls $0.02

Flop: ($0.14) T 7 7 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.07, UTG raises to $0.14, Hero calls $0.07

Turn: ($0.42) A (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $0.10, Hero calls $0.10

River: ($0.62) A (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $4.49 and is all-in, Hero calls $2.59

Results:

slowly loosing all hope!

Poker Stars, $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: $3.09 (154.5 bb)
BB: $2.01 (100.5 bb)
UTG: $2.19 (109.5 bb)
Hero (MP): $3.33 (166.5 bb)
CO: $2 (100 bb)
BTN: $1.01 (50.5 bb)

Preflop: Hero is MP with K K
UTG raises to $0.07, Hero raises to $0.16, 2 folds, SB calls $0.15, BB folds, UTG raises to $2.19 and is all-in, Hero raises to $3.33 and is all-in, SB folds

Flop: ($4.56) 8 J 5 (2 players, 2 are all-in)
Turn: ($4.56) 9 (2 players, 2 are all-in)
River: ($4.56) 9 (2 players, 2 are all-in)

Results:

Originally posted by iFortunatus
River is my enemy tonight, I have lost about 6bi to the river making everyone's sets its becoming very frustrating!

Poker Stars, $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: $2 (100 bb)
BB: $4.51 (225.5 bb)
UTG: $3.70 (185 bb)
MP: $2 (100 bb)
Hero (CO): $5.27 (263.5 bb)
BTN: $2.68 (134 bb)

Preflop: Hero is CO with K J
2 folds, Hero raises to $0.06, BTN calls $0.06, 2 folds

Flop: ($0.15) J 3 T (2 players)
Hero bets $0.07, BTN calls $0.07

Turn: ($0.29) 8 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.14, BTN calls $0.14

River: ($0.57) Q (2 players)
Hero bets $0.36, BTN calls $0.36

Results:

Spoiler

$1.29 pot ($0.05 rake)
Final Board: J 3 T 8 Q
Hero showed K J and lost (-$0.63 net)
BTN showed 8 9 and won $1.24 ($0.61 net)

With a 4 card straight on river it is a extreme thin value bet I think.
Also your flop and turn bet could be a little bit bigger for value on NL2.

Originally posted by iFortunatus
Poker Stars, $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: $2.33 (116.5 bb)
BB: $2.85 (142.5 bb)
UTG: $2 (100 bb)
MP: $0.97 (48.5 bb)
Hero (CO): $4.39 (219.5 bb)
BTN: $1.06 (53 bb)

Preflop: Hero is CO with 6 6
UTG raises to $0.06, MP folds, Hero calls $0.06, BTN folds, SB calls $0.05, BB calls $0.04

Flop: ($0.24) 4 6 8 (4 players)
SB bets $0.15, BB calls $0.15, UTG folds, Hero calls $0.15

Turn: ($0.69) K (3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $0.16, SB calls $0.16, BB calls $0.16

River: ($1.17) 2 (3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $0.56, SB folds, BB calls $0.56

Results:

Spoiler

$2.29 pot ($0.08 rake)
Final Board: 4 6 8 K 2
SB mucked and lost (-$0.37 net)
BB showed Q 8 and won $2.21 ($1.28 net)
Hero showed 6 6 and lost (-$0.93 net)

I would raise the flop for protection in a multi way pot.
As played I would bet the turn approximately 2/3 pot for value and protection. ¼ pot is way to small 3 way. On river you bet looks fine. I expect you get still enough value against both villains.

Originally posted by iFortunatus
what can you do this is no good

Poker Stars, $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

Hero (SB): $2.89 (144.5 bb)
BB: $1.96 (98 bb)
UTG: $4.79 (239.5 bb)
MP: $2.03 (101.5 bb)
CO: $2.09 (104.5 bb)
BTN: $2 (100 bb)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K A
UTG raises to $0.04, 3 folds, Hero raises to $0.06, BB folds, UTG calls $0.02

Flop: ($0.14) T 7 7 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.07, UTG raises to $0.14, Hero calls $0.07

Turn: ($0.42) A (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $0.10, Hero calls $0.10

River: ($0.62) A (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $4.49 and is all-in, Hero calls $2.59

Results:

Spoiler

$5.80 pot ($0.20 rake)
Final Board: T 7 7 A A
Hero showed K A and lost (-$2.89 net)
UTG showed 7 7 and won $5.60 ($2.71 net)

Why are you min 3 betting pre-flop? I would 3 bet at least to 12c out of position.
On this flop I would fold on his min-raise. Based on my experience most fishy players doing this with a monster hand and you have only A high. As played I would play the hand the same way and on river your only beat by 77 and it’s not likely he has a Ace based on flop min-raise.

Originally posted by iFortunatus
slowly loosing all hope!

Poker Stars, $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: $3.09 (154.5 bb)
BB: $2.01 (100.5 bb)
UTG: $2.19 (109.5 bb)
Hero (MP): $3.33 (166.5 bb)
CO: $2 (100 bb)
BTN: $1.01 (50.5 bb)

Preflop: Hero is MP with K K
UTG raises to $0.07, Hero raises to $0.16, 2 folds, SB calls $0.15, BB folds, UTG raises to $2.19 and is all-in, Hero raises to $3.33 and is all-in, SB folds

Flop: ($4.56) 8 J 5 (2 players, 2 are all-in)
Turn: ($4.56) 9 (2 players, 2 are all-in)
River: ($4.56) 9 (2 players, 2 are all-in)

Results:

Spoiler

$4.56 pot ($0.16 rake)
Final Board: 8 J 5 9 9
UTG showed 8 8 and won $4.40 ($2.21 net)
Hero showed K K and lost (-$2.19 net)

I would 3 bet approximately 20c, but further I would play it same way.

The other hands are off course more interesting.
I don’t think its bad to post them on the Hand discussions for No Limit as well.
I think you can learn a lot of feedback of other members.

Best regards,
SDK1987

Thanks a lot for the reviews, when I read how you would of played it makes a lot of sense I'll take note of it all for future still learning the ropes! I'll look into posting on the evaluation sections too cheers SDK!

update;

so I'm finally rolled for 5nl

final 2nl graph took me 14K hands plus 2x $20 bonus's and a $5 win in the all-in shootout

excited and hope I hit the ground running!

Bankroll : $125.14

Update:

Positive my 5nl shot has not gone just well but unreal!! I've been reading "Texas Hold'em by Paul Mendelson" and improving my aggression factor and plays a a little better, understanding pot odds and implied odds something I've never really learnt much about and I'm focusing on my table appearance. I don't expect to carry on running this hot but it's a great feeling to hit the ground running at 5nl!

I lost about $10 playing a few MTT, I seem to be awful at these obviously its a completely different style of play required but at low buy-in MTT's people seem to shove with almost anything!

Bankroll : $156.67

Hands of the Day:

held out on this one I had hopes he was on the flush draw, didn't want to raise to much when I hit the full house I wanted to check he still wasn't drawing or trying to defend a KA, I knew if he hit the flush he would be betting big, if not he would be folding any bet i made

so this guy done exactly what I've done so, so many times slow playing his aces. I've lost way too many AA / KK hands not being aggressive enough and letting people draw against me, seeing it in reverse and me drawing against another I think is a good learning curve for myself seeing it happen and played out on the other foot. so besides the big pot I won I think I've learnt a lot from this hand.

First hand is standard I think.

Second hand is a lot more interesting.
Pre-flop is already close to call with 56o, but isn’t to bad I think.
On a flop like this I would fold already, because UTG bets in to 4 players and he will newer do that as bluff and you have only 4 outs to hit a straight. As played is turn a clear fold as well. Same reasons as flop and you get lucky on river. On long run these kind of hands cost you a lot of money if you didn’t hit your draw and that happened more than you hit your straight.

Cheers,
SDK1987

Originally posted by SDK1987
First hand is standard I think.

Second hand is a lot more interesting.
Pre-flop is already close to call with 56o, but isn’t to bad I think.
On a flop like this I would fold already, because UTG bets in to 4 players and he will newer do that as bluff and you have only 4 outs to hit a straight. As played is turn a clear fold as well. Same reasons as flop and you get lucky on river. On long run these kind of hands cost you a lot of money if you didn’t hit your draw and that happened more than you hit your straight.

Cheers,
SDK1987

thanks, for the reviews and thanks for always checking in on my blog

the second hand I knew I was playing silly but I was on a big upswing and was hitting everything ($40 up in 1600 hands) so I was taking a few more hands, not all but the odd one here and there

one of those hands you always hope you hit the flush and I did! sorry to the guy!

Poker Stars, $0.02/$0.05 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 5 Players
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SB: $9.55 (191 bb)
BB: $7.67 (153.4 bb)
MP: $5.34 (106.8 bb)
CO: $5.50 (110 bb)
Hero (BTN): $6.34 (126.8 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BTN with K K
2 folds, Hero raises to $0.15, SB folds, BB raises to $0.42, Hero raises to $1, BB raises to $7.67 and is all-in, Hero calls $5.34 and is all-in

Flop: ($12.70) Q T A (2 players, 2 are all-in)
Turn: ($12.70) 7 (2 players, 2 are all-in)
River: ($12.70) Q (2 players, 2 are all-in)

Results:

Sick hand for him that he lost with the same pre-flop hand, but cooler for sure.