VisionBoard's online poker journey

Happy New Year Everyone!
I hope you all doing great on the tables!

BR Goal $500 cleared!
BR Started $35
Hands Played: ??? (I played mainly 4Poker but that site can't count.)
Last reported $844.1
GG Poker Balance $64.54
Poker Stars Balance $50.91
4Poker Balance $197.31
BetOnline Balance $11.65
KK Poker Balance $595.32
Net Won: +$75.63
Bankroll: $919.73

Comment:
Last week was also nice. 4Poker was good. BetOnline was not good, I just got unlucky.
KK poker was good because there was promo, so 20NL FLASH was a little bit easy game.

BR Goal$500 cleared!
BR Started$35
Hands Played: ??? (I played mainly 4Poker but that site can't count.)
Last reported$919.73
GG Poker (total)$62.15
Poker Stars(total)$50.72
4Poker (total)$236.9
BetOnline (total)$0.18
KK Poker (total)$595.32
Net Won:+$25.54
Bankroll: $945.27

Comment:
Last week was not good... I got some at 4Poker's leaderboard, but I lost much money there.:f_mad:
I think regular adjusted me... how can I adjust again?
I also lost at BetOnline by bad beats:f_cry: I will leave BetOnline for a while.

Good luck on the tables everyone!:f_thumbsup::f_thumbsup:

BR Goal$500 cleared! at last Dec.
BR Started$35
Hands Played: ??? (I played mainly 4Poker but that site can't count.)
Last reported$945.27
GG Poker　(total)$59.95
Poker Stars(total)$47.01
4Poker　　(total)$270.78
BetOnline　(total)$0.18
KK Poker　　(total)$540.51
Net Won:-$26.84
Bankroll: $918.43

Comment:
Last week was so so. I played KK poker because there are many players on 20NL Flash. It was almost rungood but I got 2 or 3 bad beats and then I lost.
I also played 4Poker, I tried battle with regs and lost. They are strong...

GL on the tables, guys:f_thumbsup:

BR Goal: $3000 <- Next Goal.
(last goal $500 cleared! at last Dec.)
BR Started$35
Hands Played: 300+ hands (I played mainly 4Poker but that site can't count.)
Last reported$918.43
GG Poker　(total)$74.08
Poker Stars(total)$49.17
4Poker　　(total)$283.72
BetOnline　(total)$0.18
KK Poker　　(total)$550.87
Net Won:$39.59
Bankroll: $958.02

Comment:
I forgot to upload 2 weeks ago. Last week was bad. Maybe I was tilted and kept playing badly.
I felt I should study something and clear my head.:f_zZz:
I will skip this week's update because I will visit Philippines and play live poker:sfishy:

Wish me luck!

GL, on the tables, guys:sfishg:

BR Goal: $3000 <- Next Goal.
(last goal $500 cleared! at last Dec.)
BR Started$35
Hands Played: 300+ hands (I played mainly 4Poker but that site can't count.)
Last reported$882.11
GG Poker　(total win)$63.89
Poker Stars(total win)$18.25
4Poker　　(total win)$260.91
KK Poker　　(total win)$551.18
Coin Poker　(total win)$6.67
BetOnline　(total win)$0.18
Net Won:$18.97
Bankroll: $901.08

Comment:
4Poker's promo was changed badly so I stopped. I started CoinPoker, there are so so tables and played 10NL. I will focus on that.
Also I will try to start GG MTT because traffic is good.

BR Goal: $3000 <- Next Goal.
(last goal $500 cleared! at last Dec.)
BR Started$35
Hands Played: -
Last reported $901.08
GG Poker　(total)$74.13
Poker Stars(total)$24.74
4Poker　　(total)$259.51
KK Poker　　(total)$535.84
Coin Poker　(total)-$53.43
BetOnline　(total)$0.18
Net Won:-$60.11
Bankroll: $840.97

Comment:
So far not good:f_mad: Coinpoker cash game was not good for me...
I read Stackoffski's blog and tempted Hyper MTTs. I will keep playing cash game but also try some MTTs.

I played PokerStars cash game and got these,

3 times Aces and once Kings in a row. I LOVE PokerStars:f_love::f_love:hahaha

GL at the tables!

Hi Visionboard...
WIth the mtt's, If you're good at cash-games, you can probably outplay your opponents in the earlier levels when you are deeper. A big part of the game is shove or fold later on, and for a lot of players that's the whole game, so they tend to be bad postflop due to lack of experience.

For the shove/fold, having a good gasp of your hand's value according to your position/people left I think is good to have! Knowing what you can shove for value because you are 'supposed to' have the best hand a lot of the time. (coming from non-expert haha)

Hey there Visionboard! I want to echo what Stackofski is saying. I think one of the best decisions I ever made for the development of my game was to stop playing tournaments and hit the cash tables and work on my fundamentals. Pot Odds, Outs and Equity REALLY opened my eyes to how much money I was lighting on fire. And once I tied that too player types, ranges and preflop/postflop actions...... boy oh boy..... it's a completely different game. Anyways, thanks for the blog and sharing your journey! Can't wait to see where you end up!

Hi Stackoffski

Originally posted by Stackoffski
WIth the mtt's, If you're good at cash-games, you can probably outplay your opponents in the earlier levels when you are deeper.

Yeah, that's right. I play from beginning when I can be focused.

Originally posted by Stackoffski
For the shove/fold, having a good gasp of your hand's value according to your position/people left I think is good to have! Knowing what you can shove for value because you are 'supposed to' have the best hand a lot of the time. (coming from non-expert haha)

I'm still learning... By the way, I won at the Coin Poker's MTT like Speed Racer Bounty a while ago.
I was nervous but excited at the same time, haha.

I remembered poker is sooo fun, after we chat this forum. Thanks!:f_thumbsup:

Hey there! saltybob246:f_cool:

Originally posted by saltybob246
I think one of the best decisions I ever made for the development of my game was to stop playing tournaments and hit the cash tables and work on my fundamentals. Pot Odds, Outs and Equity REALLY opened my eyes to how much money I was lighting on fire. And once I tied that too player types, ranges and preflop/postflop actions...... boy oh boy..... it's a completely different game. Anyways, thanks for the blog and sharing your journey! Can't wait to see where you end up!

Thank you sooo much for the comments!! I feel the same way. I also keep playing cash games learning poker.
Let's play and enjoy poker:f_grin:

I read your blog and you developed your game, right? It's sooo nice!

Hi Visionboard, some info about the speedracers in case you want to play them still:

So first level is 20 min, after that it will take about 15 more min to get into the money, and just around that time 60K chips will be 10bbs.

The way I play it, if I get 35bbs or more during the first level I start to call tighter (passing some +EV spots) because losing a big part of a stack that can get you into the money would be disastrous. So I go a
bit in stack-protection mode.

Oh, how do you like the normal cashtables at GG if you played them?

Hi Stackoffski,
THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!! Your tips for speedracers are definitely useful:f_thumbsup:
I noted:f_cool: (I wanted to reply yesterday but this server was down...)

Originally posted by Stackoffski
Oh, how do you like the normal cashtables at GG if you played them?

I choose to play around 8pm to 10pm JST, because there are many players.
If I can't play that time zone, I play at PokerStars.

Here is a graph of GG 5NL normal tables.

Here is a graph of PokerStars 5NL normal tables.

It's easy to win but hands are slow as you said.

Hi, what a coincidence ... still awake and I just got online haha ...

It doesn't matter if it is slow if you are winning a lot ... better then fast and breaking even like me!

I forgot to upload last week:f_mad:

BR Goal: $3000 <- Next Goal.
(last goal $500 cleared! at last Dec.)
BR Started: $35
Hands Played: 1058
Last reported: $840.97
GG Poker　(total): $67.36 (vs last) -$6.77
Poker Stars(total): $57.52 (vs last) +$32.78
4Poker　　(total): $259.51 (vs last) $0.00
KK Poker　　(total): $527.56 (vs last) -$8.28
Coin Poker　(total) -$128.34 (vs last) -$74.91
BetOnline　(total) $0.18 (vs last) $0.00
Net Won since last week: -$57.18
Bankroll: $783.79

Comment:

5NL on PS and GG seems nice. 10NL on Coin Poker was not strong but I lost.

I played only about 800 hands at 5NL.

I wanna beat 10NL at Coin Poker but I don't know how I should study.
I'm not good at post-flop play 3bet pot and blinds battle.
Should I try GTO Wizard to know standard play?

I shouldn't play when I feel sleepy:f_mad:
I lost money like this hand....

This play line is weird? Or/And what do you think?
Should I fold on the preflop? Should I not bet on the river?

Please feel free to tell me:welcome:

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

MP: 136.2 BB (VPIP: 21.74, PFR: 13.04, 3Bet Preflop: 8.00, Hands: 46)
CO: 123.8 BB (VPIP: 30.77, PFR: 20.51, 3Bet Preflop: 7.14, Hands: 40)
BTN: 100 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 3)
SB: 108.4 BB (VPIP: 100.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 1)
Hero (BB): 100 BB
UTG: 70.8 BB (VPIP: 83.33, PFR: 50.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 6)

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has K♥ T♣

UTG raises to 3 BB, fold, fold, fold, SB calls 2.6 BB, Hero calls 2 BB

Flop: (9 BB, 3 players) 4♥ 8♣ K♣
SB bets 3 BB, Hero calls 3 BB, UTG calls 3 BB

Turn: (18 BB, 3 players) 9♠
SB bets 4 BB, Hero raises to 8 BB, UTG calls 8 BB, SB calls 4 BB

River: (42 BB, 3 players) K♠
SB checks, Hero bets 30 BB, UTG raises to 56.8 BB and is all-in, fold, Hero calls 26.8 BB

UTG shows J♣ K♦ (Three of a Kind, Kings)
(Pre 73%, Flop 85%, Turn 93%)
Hero shows K♥ T♣ (Three of a Kind, Kings)
(Pre 27%, Flop 15%, Turn 7%)
UTG wins 147.8 BB

Originally posted by VisionBoard
I shouldn't play when I feel sleepy:f_mad:
I lost money like this hand....

This play line is weird? Or/And what do you think?
Should I fold on the preflop? Should I not bet on the river?

Please feel free to tell me:welcome:

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

MP: 136.2 BB (VPIP: 21.74, PFR: 13.04, 3Bet Preflop: 8.00, Hands: 46)
CO: 123.8 BB (VPIP: 30.77, PFR: 20.51, 3Bet Preflop: 7.14, Hands: 40)
BTN: 100 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 3)
SB: 108.4 BB (VPIP: 100.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 1)
Hero (BB): 100 BB
UTG: 70.8 BB (VPIP: 83.33, PFR: 50.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 6)

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has K♥ T♣

UTG raises to 3 BB, fold, fold, fold, SB calls 2.6 BB, Hero calls 2 BB

Flop: (9 BB, 3 players) 4♥ 8♣ K♣
SB bets 3 BB, Hero calls 3 BB, UTG calls 3 BB

Turn: (18 BB, 3 players) 9♠
SB bets 4 BB, Hero raises to 8 BB, UTG calls 8 BB, SB calls 4 BB

River: (42 BB, 3 players) K♠
SB checks, Hero bets 30 BB, UTG raises to 56.8 BB and is all-in, fold, Hero calls 26.8 BB

UTG shows J♣ K♦ (Three of a Kind, Kings)
(Pre 73%, Flop 85%, Turn 93%)
Hero shows K♥ T♣ (Three of a Kind, Kings)
(Pre 27%, Flop 15%, Turn 7%)
UTG wins 147.8 BB

Why do you raise the turn? Which worse hands in the UTG opening range are continuing vs the turn raise?

edit: sorry misread the hand history

Hi, taavi1337

Originally posted by taavi1337
Why do you raise the turn? Which worse hands in the UTG opening range are continuing vs the turn raise?

edit: sorry misread the hand history

Thank you for the comment! No worries, that was weird hand history, haha.

Your first comment is also right. UTG opened so my KTo seems weak. UTG could have stronger Kx in his range.

Thanks, again! GL on the tables!

I would fold vs EP if SB wasn't in it for the reasons you mentioned. Because EP is short (70bbs) it might be a weaker player, but I would still fold oop heads-up. But when the SB joins, I think the call is fine! Just remember not to overplay a K with KT vs either of them.

On the turn it's a weird small bet but could definitely be a K multiway, no need to make a weird raise back, this is overplaying the K, especially multiway.

His riverplay is so weird, I would think it was a badly played full house. I think it's good to fold, but close ... I think I would call KQ and better (not based on results), maybe KJ, but only vs a weaker player that might overplay a K here. A better player would not raise a worse hand, but then again, a better players would just shove on the river with a better hand than yours.