Stream and Spin and Go (and rock)

On today's stream I was lucky enough to complete two of my motivational mid-term goals:

[✓] Win a 100x or higher multiplier game on 15$+
[✓] Win a 25x or higher multiplier game live on stream

In the first game I rolled a 120x and took it down with 820 chipEV.

Final hand:

PokerStars - 20/40 NL (3 max) - Holdem - 2 players

BB: 6.9 BB
Hero (SB): 30.6 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has T♣ 5♣

Hero calls 0.5 BB, BB checks

Flop: (2 BB, 2 players) T♥ A♦ 4♦
BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: (2 BB, 2 players) T♠
BB checks, Hero bets 1.05 BB, BB calls 1.05 BB

River: (4.1 BB, 2 players) 4♥
BB bets 4.85 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 4.85 BB

Not spectacular but what do you think about his river shove?

Nice result,

The shove looks very strong, but i mean you have the nuts. I thin he thought that if you have only an ace, you will call anyway. So his shove was for value, but he got punished ;-)

Thanks!

I mean that I'm not sure I like his shove here. This shallow I basically never have Ax here. Maybe he wants to get herocalls from hands playing the board? For me this hand basically played itself

CG to hit.... Did you have any reads on him?
Question is whitch range could be there.... he can take value from Ax hands but.... will you Ax hands just call to (7BB) or will you shove it PF...
Another question with witch hands you will have here you make some herocalls... some Kx or Qx....
btw i just play 3 dolars spin and there is just one simply rule if you have it... bet a lot of and with bluffs a bet 1-2BB max (via this rule you know who play as fish and who is thinking when he play)... dont know how it is on 15 dolars tables...
btw: I think push on river from his side was good choice... but unclucky....
GL in future

No good reads, seemed like a recreational.

Kx and Qx play the board, so if you herocall them you might as well call with 32. That's basically what villain was going for.

I just check Nash and a all Kx are push and Qx too... of course if he is receational he might dont know anything about nash but just for info it pretty slash his range here with Kx Qx..... but for recreational player will be call here good;)
btw: one question yestrday i just find you twitch stream and you play cash game there... Are you cashgame or sng player?
And last question when will be some next Spin stream?
glgl

Originally posted by 85Mangudai85
btw: one question yestrday i just find you twitch stream and you play cash game there... Are you cashgame or sng player?

Wasn't me I almost exclusively play spins. I auto-host some other streams, maybe you saw me hosting SamyBaem playing cash? My stream schedule on twitch is Monday-Thursday 11pm CE(S)T.

August 2017 recap

Graph on 15$ spins:

Time spent:

First off, not super happy, but all right with my August performance. Had a lot of non-poker stuff going on, working on the music side of life, playing gigs etc. I also had some health issues, especially with my "mouse arm", people who watched me on stream might remember. Still not fully recovered. But when I was unable to grind I should have probably watched more coaching videos.

On the other hand, I had some great achievements in August, like winning that 100x game on stream, increasing Twitch followers to 320+ and getting Twitch Affiliate status (you guys can all subscribe now ). My graph also looks really upswingy

✓40h stream
✗70h off-stream grind
✓1k games overall
✗25h coachings and videos
✓10h self-study, hand reviews, homework, reading, etc.
✓50+ chipEV / tournament (well, it's close enough)

Extra goals:
✓One long extra stream on a weekend

It amazes me how much total time I spent in the "Other" category, which includes this blog, some administrative or marketing stuff and relevant Skype / forum activity.

September 2017 goals

Basic: (don't want to call them minimal, because they're non-trivial)

• 40h stream
• 70h off-stream grind
• 1k games overall
• 25h coachings and videos
• 10h self-study, hand reviews, homework, reading, etc.
• 55+ chipEV / tournament

Advanced:

• One long extra stream on a weekend
• 100h off-stream grind
• 1.5k games overall
• 30h coachings and videos
• Finish reading Tipton's Expert Heads Up No Limit Hold'em vol. 1
• 60+ chipEV / tournament

Note that I didn't include workout goals this time. I have to think about it more and find and plan better activities. Also hopefully fully resolve my health issues.

Nice
I see that you're a man of time management as well ♠_tongue:
Looking forward to seeing you on twitch.
Cheers ♠_drink:

Originally posted by Tumlex
I see that you're a man of time management as well ♠_tongue:

Actually your blog inspired me It helps me to keep my motivation high.

Just a funny hand I want to share:

PokerStars - 10/20 NL (3 max) - Holdem - 3 players

BTN: 25 BB
Hero (SB): 25 BB
BB: 25 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 9♥ J♥

BTN calls 1 BB, Hero calls 0.5 BB, BB checks

Flop: (3 BB, 3 players) 9♠ 9♣ 3♠
Hero checks, BB checks, BTN bets 1 BB, Hero raises to 2.5 BB, fold, BTN calls 1.5 BB

Turn: (8 BB, 2 players) 6♦
Hero bets 4.55 BB, BTN calls 4.55 BB

River: (17.1 BB, 2 players) 6♥
Hero bets 8.2 BB, BTN calls 8.2 BB

Nice river call, I guess he put me on 32 for the chop

Originally posted by Xanham

Originally posted by Tumlex
I see that you're a man of time management as well ♠_tongue:

Actually your blog inspired me It helps me to keep my motivation high.

Whaou! Thanks a lot
I'm looking forward to seeing you up there on 15$ ♦

Originally posted by Xanham
Just a funny hand I want to share:

PokerStars - 10/20 NL (3 max) - Holdem - 3 players

BTN: 25 BB
Hero (SB): 25 BB
BB: 25 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 9♥ J♥

BTN calls 1 BB, Hero calls 0.5 BB, BB checks

Flop: (3 BB, 3 players) 9♠ 9♣ 3♠
Hero checks, BB checks, BTN bets 1 BB, Hero raises to 2.5 BB, fold, BTN calls 1.5 BB

Turn: (8 BB, 2 players) 6♦
Hero bets 4.55 BB, BTN calls 4.55 BB

River: (17.1 BB, 2 players) 6♥
Hero bets 8.2 BB, BTN calls 8.2 BB

Spoiler

Hero shows 9♥ J♥ (Full House, Nines full of Sixes)
(Pre 53%, Flop 93%, Turn 95%)
BTN mucks 2♦ 2♣ (Two Pair, Nines and Sixes)
(Pre 47%, Flop 7%, Turn 5%)
Hero wins 33.5 BB

Nice river call, I guess he put me on 32 for the chop

23o is the only hand he beat. He is also dead against J Q K or A high.

I hope you make a note on him.

Does spin legend allow you to stream spins?

Originally posted by stephenunitedspin
Does spin legend allow you to stream spins?

Yeah, with some restrictions / rules.

Today I mostly streamed Power Up though, just for fun

It's been quiet here, so a short update. I'm busy with band / music stuff, having some good small gigs and working on a new music video. Might post it in a month or so

Poker-wise it's a rough month again, 15$ spins are still very swingy for me. The good thing is that my stream is getting viewers consistently and there's more and more interesting twitch chat interaction. Some very nice people hanging around

I'm working on several fronts to reach my goals:

• studying and improving my game - kinda stuck around 50 cEV
• improving consistency and mindset - there are some bad days that ruin my overall results
• improving multitabling - I'm still having trouble when playing more than 2 tables
• better time management - it throws me off for 2-3 days whenever I'm busy with other stuff (e. g. music) for a day or more

September 2017 recap

Graph on 15$ spins:

Time spent:

I had a great start in September for the first 300 games. Unfortunately, the rest wasn't very good. Maybe I had too high expectations? All in all I'm happy that I still got ok-ish volume in, because I tend to lose motivation when things are not going well. At least I managed to meet my learning / studying goals.

✗40h stream
✗70h off-stream grind
✓1k games overall
✓25h coachings and videos
✓10h self-study, hand reviews, homework, reading, etc.
✗55+ chipEV / tournament

Extra goals:
✓One long extra stream on a weekend

October 2017 goals

• 40h stream
• 80h off-stream grind
• 1.4k games overall
• 10h coachings and videos
• 10h self-study, hand reviews, homework, reading, etc.
• 50+ chipEV / tournament

(140h total)

In October I'll try to use my studying time more effectively and focus on volume. The way things are right now, I have to postpone my goal of moving up to 30$ spins.

Btw, I'll try to stream more on weekends, especially Sundays, because I think it's good for my game and mindset. Can't make a fixed weekend schedule though.

Nice results so far. Hopefully this month will be great for you as well

Cheers,
SDK1987

Always feels good to get it all-in with aces preflop, right?

PokerStars - 10/20 NL (3 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BB): 20.8 BB
SB: 54.2 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A♣ A♠

SB calls 0.5 BB, Hero raises to 2.5 BB, SB raises to 54.2 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 18.3 BB and is all-in

Flop: (41.6 BB, 2 players) 8♣ T♣ 7♦

Turn: (41.6 BB, 2 players) 5♦

River: (41.6 BB, 2 players) 4♥