888 Bankroll recovery

Once tournament I had entered was cancelled, and I was credited with $0.08

Profit!

A decent month, with 73% less spew

Tournaments
I need to play some more MTTs with $1.00 (or higher) buy-ins
 Buy-In  Net Won  Tournaments  Cashes  ITM %    ROI %  Win % 
   0.00    25.63          117      52  44.44        -  11.59 
   0.10    -0.10            1                 -100.00        
   1.00    -2.00            2                 -100.00        
           23.53          120      52  43.33                 

Cash
   Stake  Hands    Won 
  PLO8 2     74   3.55 
  PLO8 5    774  17.92 
 PLO8 10     16   5.31 
    NL 5    168   5.74 
   Total    848  32.52 

Gj... I miss 888. How are you doing at GG.

Originally posted by mardibg
Gj... I miss 888. How are you doing at GG.

I play their freebies every day, but that is it.

In November that worked out to $12.54 — thanks to a $5.00 Spin&Gold and a few decent Battle Royal finishes

...considering I was mostly playing elsewhere

See detailed report... https://forums.pokerstrategy.com/forum/thread.php?postid=3283586#post3283586

new balance: $814.69

93% On the Turn, 0% On the River
Pacific Poker - 1000/2000 Ante 200 NL - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (CO): 7,821
BTN: 23,041
BB: 2,583
UTG: 10,657
UTG+1: 959
UTG+2: 30,093
MP: 5,528
MP+1: 12

7 players post ante of 200, MP+1 posts ante 12 and is all-in, BB posts BB 2,000

Pre Flop: (pot: 3,412) Hero has 9♦:A♦:

UTG raises to 10,457 and is all-in, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls 7,621 and is all-in, fold, fold

Flop: (18,654, 3 players) 3♦:5♦:T♦:

Turn: (18,654, 3 players) A♠:

River: (18,654, 3 players) 5♥:

Hero shows 9♦:A♦: (Flush, Ace High)

Main Pot [96]: (Pre 50%, Flop 96%, Turn 93%)
Side Pot#1 [18,558]: (Pre 69%, Flop 98%, Turn 93%)

UTG shows 5♠:A♣: (Full House, Fives full of Aces)

Main Pot [96]: (Pre 23%, Flop 2%, Turn 7%)
Side Pot#1 [18,558]: (Pre 31%, Flop 2%, Turn 7%)

MP+1 shows 3♠:7♣: (Two Pair, Fives and Threes)

Main Pot [96]: (Pre 27%, Flop 2%, Turn 0%)

UTG wins 96
UTG wins 18,558

In the money though, but not nearly as much as I wanted.

6th of 45 Left in this Freeroll — and still playing
Every Friday 888PokerTV Twitch channel has a freeroll, which has only 1948 runners this week — and today paid 320

This wasn't my first suckout either — see https://forums.pokerstrategy.com/forum/thread.php?postid=3285078#post3285078

Pacific Poker - 5000/10000 Ante 1000 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

MP+1: 365,545
MP+2: 55,538
CO: 357,187
BTN: 191,006
SB: 58,058
Hero (BB): 170,524
UTG: 41,444
UTG+1: 85,370
MP: 164,636

9 players post ante of 1,000, SB posts SB 5,000, Hero posts BB 10,000

Pre Flop: (pot: 24,000) Hero has Q♦:T♦:

UTG raises to 40,444 and is all-in, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, BTN calls 40,444, fold, Hero calls 30,444

Flop: (135,332, 3 players) K♦:2♣:J♥:
Hero bets 129,080 and is all-in, fold

Turn: (135,332, 2 players) 5♣:

River: (135,332, 2 players) A♥:

Hero shows Q♦:T♦: (Straight, Ace High)
(Pre 67%, Flop 44%, Turn 25%)
UTG shows J♠:8♦: (One Pair, Jacks)
(Pre 33%, Flop 56%, Turn 75%)
Hero wins 135,332

I didn't play nearly as much this week
This is due in part to concentrating on PokerStars and a bunch of other stuff.
Of the tournaments I did play, I was ITM only 22% — quite a bit down from my usual 40 or so.
I failed to cash even one today, and Saturday is my usual high-volume day...

Full details are here: https://forums.pokerstrategy.com/forum/thread.php?postid=3285338#post3285338

But still, an new record, so no complaints.

However I finished my 40% rakeback challenge, so I thought I would play some NLHE on 888
I played a few hands of NL 20, thinking that player might play sanely.
No such luck.

I watched the sorts of hands they played and realized that it was a case of "fit or fold" since a) nobody folds to bets or raises and b) it isn't really possible to assign a range to a player.

This is the rock-bottom of my UTG open range, and I hadn't played any hands at all during the first orbit, so I thought I'd give it a go...
Pacific Poker - $0.20 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $6.80
SB: $21.16
BB: $20.73
Hero (UTG): $20.00
MP: $21.63
CO: $4.50

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.20

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.30) Hero has 6♦:7♦:

Hero raises to $0.50, fold, fold, BTN calls $0.50, fold, fold

Flop: ($1.30, 2 players) Q♥:5♠:8♣:
Hero bets $0.65, BTN calls $0.65

Turn: ($2.60, 2 players) 4♠:
Hero bets $1.71, BTN calls $1.71

River: ($6.02, 2 players) 7♥:
Hero bets $1.20, BTN calls $1.20

Hero shows 6♦:7♦: (Straight, Eight High) <<<888 now no longer automatically shows folded hole cards unless the player allows it.

Hero wins $8.00
Rake paid $0.42

There were a couple more like this...

Pacific Poker - 200/400 Ante 50 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

MP: 6,077
MP+1: 31,499
Hero (MP+2): 3,037
CO: 8,231
BTN: 1,438
SB: 10,419
BB: 32,915
UTG: 9,158
UTG+1: 1,412

9 players post ante of 50, SB posts SB 200, BB posts BB 400

Pre Flop: (pot: 1,050) Hero has 4♠:4♥:

fold, UTG+1 raises to 1,362 and is all-in, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2,987 and is all-in, fold, fold, fold, BB calls 2,587

Flop: (7,986, 3 players) 9♣:K♥:8♥:

Turn: (7,986, 3 players) 5♥:

River: (7,986, 3 players) J♦:

Hero shows 4♠:4♥: (One Pair, Fours)

Main Pot [4,736]: (Pre 45%, Flop 61%, Turn 67%)
Side Pot#1 [3,250]: (Pre 53%, Flop 67%, Turn 70%)

BB shows A♠:J♥: (One Pair, Jacks)

Main Pot [4,736]: (Pre 33%, Flop 21%, Turn 12%)
Side Pot#1 [3,250]: (Pre 47%, Flop 33%, Turn 30%)

UTG+1 shows A♥:T♠: (High Card, Ace)

Main Pot [4,736]: (Pre 22%, Flop 18%, Turn 21%)

BB wins 4,736
BB wins 3,250

See the https://forums.pokerstrategy.com/forum/thread.php?postid=3286698#post3286698

Not nearly the usual volume — most of my play has been on PokerStars.
I played a few hands of NL 20 on 888, and frankly I really don't want to play hold'em here.
Every enters the pot pre, no-one folds on the flop, and more often than not, somebody gets runner runner boat, straight, flush or whatever.

I'm a poker player, not a gambler.

On the other hand, I could turn this to my advantage (how?)
Just tighten way up and pound the crap out of my good hands? <<< That works in freerolls, and I do well in those.
Alternatively, enter a wider range of pots, and just exit flops with no pair, no draw.

anyway, the full weekly report is at https://forums.pokerstrategy.com/forum/thread.php?postid=3286710#post3286710

to a pair of deuces yet
Pacific Poker - 600/1200 Ante 240 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 16,123
SB: 20,537
Hero (BB): 5,397
UTG: 21,499
MP: 5,170
CO: 9,361

6 players post ante of 240, SB posts SB 600, Hero posts BB 1,200

Pre Flop: (pot: 3,240) Hero has T♠:J♣:

UTG calls 1,200, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero checks

Flop: (4,440, 2 players) Q♥:A♠:K♣:
Hero checks, UTG bets 20,059 and is all-in, Hero calls 3,957 and is all-in

Turn: (12,354, 2 players) A♣:

River: (12,354, 2 players) A♥:

Hero shows T♠:J♣: (Straight, Ace High)
(Pre 52%, Flop 97%, Turn 91%)
UTG shows 2♥:2♠: (Full House, Aces full of Twos)
(Pre 48%, Flop 3%, Turn 9%)
UTG wins 12,354

Standard in PLO :f_ugly::f_ugly::f_ugly::f_ugly:

No tournaments cashes
Hey — gimme a break! I had tons of stuff to do...

   Game        Date  Win/Loss  Balance 
 PLÓ   ̀  Mon Dec 20      0.84   819.17 
   NL 2  Wed Dec 22      1.50   820.67 
 PLO8 5  Wed Dec 22      0.47   821.14 
   Misc  Wed Dec 22     -0.05   821.09 

3 Tournaments so far — one cash

It has been a very busy month all over Vorpal Manor, so not much time to devote to the Hold'em micros

I was watching a twitch streamer playing the $3.30 Deepstack Turbo, and thought "why not?"

Finished 10th of 149 runners for $8.69 to bring the 888 roll to $830.23

This hand: https://forums.pokerstrategy.com/forum/thread.php?postid=3288620#post3288620 helped immensely, since I bought in with 3minutes of late reg left.

So that really helped. What helped even more is how strangely wildly the opponents were.

Can I actually win at hold'em? I do, but I don't feel like I am any good at it. I guess that is a weird form of tilt, but there it is.

To rescue a totally card-dead session
This is the session:

This is the hand...
Opponent in BB is playing 90/30/12.5, but is normally very passive post-flop.
I called the turn pot bet with 1/2 the pot locked up, with outs to the scoop.
As it turns out, I 3/4 MP+1 and scooped BB — who shouldn't have been in the pot at all.

Pacific Poker - $0.05 PL Hi/Lo - Omaha Hi/Lo - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: $0.88
BTN: $4.93
SB: $1.07
BB: $14.77
Hero (UTG): $6.25
UTG+1: $2.46
MP: $5.04
MP+1: $0.99

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has 9♠:3♥:A♣:2♥:

Hero calls $0.05, UTG+1 calls $0.05, fold, MP+1 calls $0.05, fold, fold, fold, BB checks

Flop: ($0.22, 4 players) K♦:8♦:A♠:
BB bets $0.22, Hero calls $0.22, fold, MP+1 raises to $0.94 and is all-in, BB raises to $1.66, Hero calls $1.44

Turn: ($4.48, 3 players) 3♣:
BB bets $4.48, Hero calls $4.48

River: ($13.44, 3 players) 5♠:
BB checks, Hero checks

BB shows A♦:J♦:Q♦:T♦: (One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 33%, Flop 47%, Turn 25%)
Hero shows 9♠:3♥:A♣:2♥: (High: Two Pair, Aces and Threes, Low: 8532A)
(Pre 39%, Flop 34%, Turn 31%)
MP+1 shows 3♦:6♥:4♣:K♣: (High: Two Pair, Kings and Threes, Low: 6543A)
(Pre 28%, Flop 19%, Turn 44%)
Hero wins $1.45
Rake paid $0.67
MP+1 wins $1.44
Hero wins $4.94
Hero wins $4.94

Year-End Report to follow tomorrow

Cash — only two sessions this week:
             Stake  Hands      $Won 
    $0.05 PL Hi/Lo     70      4.83 
             Total     70      4.83 

Tournaments:
     Buy-In  Net Won  Tournaments  Cashes   ITM %   ROI %      Win % 
       0.00     0.73            7       3   42.86       -      11.73 
       3.30     5.39            1       1  100.00  163.33      10.87 
                6.12            8       4   50.00                    

  Start  LastWeek  ThisWeek    +/-      Goal  To Date      ToGo 
 675.88    821.09    832.14  11.05  3,500.00   156.26  3,488.95 

Better than I expected, not as good as I hoped

 Buy-In         Game     Net   Trns  ITM   ITM %    ROI %  Win % 
   free       Holdem  363.54  1,289  480   37.24        -  12.76 
   0.10       Holdem   -3.59     40    3    7.50   -83.68  35.61 
   1.00       Holdem  -18.00     20    1    5.00   -85.71  11.31 
   1.00       Holdem   -1.76      3    1   33.33   -49.58  18.41 
   3.30       Holdem    5.39      1    1  100.00   163.33  10.87 
   0.75  Omaha Hi/Lo    2.44      4    4  100.00    81.33  32.35 
   1.00  Omaha Hi/Lo    1.68      2    2  100.00    84.00  25.81 
   3.00  Omaha Hi/Lo   -3.00      1    0          -100.00  19.51 
               Total  346.70  1,360  492   36.18     9.05  36.18 

   Stake  Hands     Net 
    NL 2   1360   -1.66 
    NL 5    331     7.8 
   NL 10    362    9.26 
   NL 20     46    1.54 
   NL 25    101  -11.97 
   NL 30      6       0 
  PLO8 2     92    3.25 
  PLO8 5  11219  -96.76 
 PLO8 10    527    0.72 
   Total  14044  -87.82 

Nice giraffe!