[Closed] Will i beat it? [Fishing on weekdays?]

I played some more last night. Played better than in the daytime, but only got up to 40$ BR. Was back up to 45$ at one point but i got some harsh hands;

Is this avoidable? As is, could i have played it better in this situation?

And what about this one? Unlucky? or should i not push a AK after a 4bet on the board..

This one. With 2 overcards and a flushdraw, i call his allin. Wrong play? ( Player was fishy, as you can see with his pair of 4's allin.. (Calling 4bet with A4?)

Im going to watch a few video's and play another session today. Lets hope it doesnt go as bad as yesterday. I have a couple of printouts laying next to me now including font 32 letters; 'Einde emotie" meaning 'Stop your emotions'.

I cant beleive my backluck lately..
Ending this session with +$0.08 after at one point being 5$ up..

Let me know what you think, leak or variance? (Read back page 2 of my blog, where i made some decent profits)

Hands ;
Offcourse its a Set vs FullHouse flop.

Here i flop the set, and the last thing i put my 'VERY TIGHT 8/8' villian on is 2 random harted cards, so i call all-in to what i thought would be a AK / QQ / JJ. And was i wrong! Offcourse i was!

Im going to eat and workout now, back later for more.

What do you guys think of playing in the daytime? Is it even profitable? I cant manage to get any value out of my good hands, and lose All-in's so often that i can hardly break even..
What should i learn next? I have basicly all the articles coverd for silver. What do you guys think is the one big thing im missing in my mind?

Thanks for reading ;)!

So after a 7km run and 3 x 10 100KG squats i was obviosly hungry! KFC saved made my day with 6 Crispy Strips.

Had this sweet sweet hand were i felt the nerves on the flop, and broke out in laughter after the Q. Even the people in the chat where lolling;
AA vs KK vs QQ

Upswing to my second session today, allthough i did make 1 mistake again against a super agressive fish (82/46????) ;

I dont see how this was +EV for the villian but hey, it happens i guess..;

Finishing this afternoon at 45.60$ BR and this graph to show;

Im going out with my friends now, ill most likely be playing another stoned session tonight, lets see if i can win another tournament!
( Last night i enterd the same tourn as the night before, i played stackleader for 3/4 of the time, and eventualy got stacked with AA vs KKKK and won 5th position, good fun! )

Today was intresting to say the least!
Was down 8$ at one point, and up 8$ now! Making 16$ in ~1000hands is quite good i think! ( 45bb/100 )

This graph is 3 sessions;
1st being 00;00 till about 01;00
2nd 12;00 till 14;00
3rd is from 17;00 till 18;45
I find it really intresting how the time of day affects my winrate and mindset.
**Playing at night doesnt seem to pay off for me, im making mistakes and generally not finding any playable tables (Weekends exception)..

The night session went very bad here are some hands;

This afternoon was simply very boring, no big losses, and no profits either. Every 4bet was folded to me, every all-in push to a 4bet was folded to me.. The tables are so much tighter in the daytime..

Then this evening! That was sweet for sure..

My biggest profits of the day coming from the JJ's today, after i told myself never to push them they seem to bring me some luck today. This wont change my thought on them however.

I was hoping for some better results today.. Turned out to be not fishy at all.

EDIT! Graph updated since latest post;

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It was a pretty stressfull session, i got annoyed a couple of times, but i did manage to prevent tilt;

Ok ok maybe i tilted a little.. There was this maniac at my table, raising allin whenever he had position. He's stats were showing 90/90 , so i was assuming he'd been here for atleast 10 hands, raising 9 of them all in. I get dealt AJ and i'm like; you made a mistake raising this one..

After being quite annoyed by his over aggresive game, the same guy shows this hand;

And offcourse right after he wins the second stack of me, he leaves the table.
And that is the last hand in de graph, taking a breath of fresh air.I'm NOT letting this guy set me off my game. Saturday is supposed to be fish day?

Current BR 61.11$ . If i get it over 65$ today thats satisfying enough.

The first table i enter, i get this ;
Obvious sign of tilt imo.

Known players:  
[tg]Hero$2,18:///////;MP2$3,19:///////;CO$0,36:///////;BU$2,46:///////;[/tg]
0,01/0,02 No-Limit Hold'em (6 handed)
Hand recorder used for this poker hand: PokerStrategy.com Elephant 0.104 by www.pokerstrategy.com.

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q♥, 9♥
MP2 raises to $0,06, MP3 folds, CO calls $0,06, BU calls $0,06, SB folds, Hero calls $0,04.

Flop: ($0,25) Q♦, J♥, 2♣ (4 players)
Hero checks, MP2 bets $0,18, CO folds, BU calls $0,18, Hero raises to $2,12 (All-In), MP2 raises to $3,13 (All-In), BU folds, MP2 gets uncalled bet back (All-In).

Turn: ($4,67) 5♣
River: ($4,67) A♠ (2 players)

Final Pot: $4,67

Results follow (highlight to see):
MP2 shows two-pair, queens and deuces (Qs 2s)
Hero shows (Qh 9h)

MP2 wins with two-pair, queens and deuces (Qs 2s)

Why would a 22/13 player raise Qs2s preflop? I really feel he should have lost that one.

Followed right up by ;

Known players:    
[tg]MP1$0,3:///////;MP2$2,27:///////;Hero$2,18:///////;[/tg]
0,01/0,02 No-Limit Hold'em (7 handed)
Hand recorder used for this poker hand: PokerStrategy.com Elephant 0.104 by www.pokerstrategy.com.

Preflop: Hero is CO with A♥, K♥
MP1 calls $0,02, MP2 calls $0,02, MP3 folds, Hero raises to $2,18 (All-In), 3 folds, MP1 calls $0,28 (All-In), MP2 folds, Hero gets uncalled bet back (All-In).

Flop: ($0,65) 9♣, 5♣, 3♣
Turn: ($0,65) 7♠
River: ($0,65) 8♥ (2 players)

Final Pot: $0,65

Results follow (highlight to see):
MP1 shows a pair of eights (Ks 8s)
Hero shows (Ah Kh)

MP1 wins with a pair of eights (Ks 8s)

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Now i feel very very annoyed with a BR of $58;45 something. I think its best if i dont play for atleast an hour. Im down 6$ ( I allready was once earlier today )

GRRRRR theres nothing i can say really, my good cards havent done much for me today.

EDIT ; Nope, it would affect me to much if i was to play again today. Its wisest for me to have a nice saturday evening, Only having lost 6$ / €4 thats not to bad.
I cant beleive how angry i am atm. Strange to feel this mad at a game.

** Im up 18$ from my initial buyin, im doing allright. This cant upset me that much, i was trying to hard to get the money in.

After calming down, my conclusion is the following;

I ups and downs all week, saying to myself. It will all balance out saturday, somany fish online i just have to make atleast 5$.
My high expectations vs low results + allot of time put into = TILT.
I have to accept that i will not be rewarded for my effort/time for a long while.

**The mindset is to become a good player, not to win lots of money on a saturday. If i make a mistake, chill out. Learn from it, even if i make it again. CHILL OUT, LEARN FROM IT!

Emotions (tilt) is caused when expectations are not met.

Expecting to win money in poker is dangerous, since we can't control the outcome of what cards are dealt.

By expecting to play your best, and nothing else, you stand a much better chance at staying tilt-free.

Originally posted by vonki
Emotions (tilt) is caused when expectations are not met.

Expecting to win money in poker is dangerous, since we can't control the outcome of what cards are dealt.

By expecting to play your best, and nothing else, you stand a much better chance at staying tilt-free.

Those are some wise words i'll really have to burn into my brain.

Dont you secretly look forward to the weekends? Because the average winrate should be slightly higher?

Sure I do look forward to them, and I know they're a great time to play, but I don't expect to win more, or even to win at all.

One thing to keep in mind is that the more fish, the more variance. If they call you down more often, they're also likely to outdraw you more often.

It's important to remember that just because your winrate SHOULD be higher, it's not sure it's going to be. Far from it actually.

I don't check my short term results, so I won't know until way later how things went. If I just focus on playing my best at all times I should be making money and my play is the only thing I can control myself thus the only thing that should matter.

Ofc it's easier said than done and I fuck up sometimes and get affected by bad runs aswell but the more you try not to be, the easier it will get. It requires a ton of effort and time, but I think it's essential for a winning pokerplayer.

I needed someone to say so;) Thanks!

In general i am focussing on playing +EV. But after 4 hours playing, and hardly any profit, it got to me. ( I have to stop constantly checking my profits of the day )
Every day i come up with new idea's to keep cool and focus on +EV.
I just watched nr1 of your Pink Performance series, that was a good video! Ill watch the others too soon!

Theres this hand that i have double thoughts about;

Known players:    
[tg]MP1$2,11:///////;Hero$2,63:///////;BU$2:///////;[/tg]
0,01/0,02 No-Limit Hold'em (7 handed)
Hand recorder used for this poker hand: PokerStrategy.com Elephant 0.104 by www.pokerstrategy.com.

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with A♠, K♥
MP1 raises to $0,04, Hero raises to $0,12, 2 folds, BU raises to $0,36, 4 folds, BU gets uncalled bet back.

Final Pot: $0,31

I folded, because the apponent was showing 8/3 . What cards can he PFR with 3%?
Was i wrong folding AK? As you can see my bet was allready a 3bet, but him 3betting me, with 8/3 just gave me the feeling he was holding AA. I avoided being stacked in my opinion. What would you guys do in such a situation?

Dont you secretly look forward to the weekends? Because the average winrate should be slightly higher?

yes!! but sometimes it just does not work out like I want it to either!!

Good luck and keep your cool

Originally posted by YabYayo
Theres this hand that i have double thoughts about;

Known players:    
[tg]MP1$2,11:///////;Hero$2,63:///////;BU$2:///////;[/tg]
0,01/0,02 No-Limit Hold'em (7 handed)
Hand recorder used for this poker hand: PokerStrategy.com Elephant 0.104 by www.pokerstrategy.com.

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with A♠, K♥
MP1 raises to $0,04, Hero raises to $0,12, 2 folds, BU raises to $0,36, 4 folds, BU gets uncalled bet back.

Final Pot: $0,31

I folded, because the apponent was showing 8/3 . What cards can he PFR with 3%?
Was i wrong folding AK? As you can see my bet was allready a 3bet, but him 3betting me, with 8/3 just gave me the feeling he was holding AA. I avoided being stacked in my opinion. What would you guys do in such a situation?

If his pfr was only 3% i would say it was good play to fold
Do you have equilab?

Roo

Originally posted by roopopper

If his pfr was only 3% i would say it was good play to fold
Do you have equilab?

Roo

Thats what i thought:) I do actualy yes, i didnt think of checking what a 3%range meant tho.

I played some hands from 13;30 - 15;00.. Not kicking off great tho, i can hardly find any tables that arent -15vpip average.. I did get some good hands and luckily im up 3$

Fullhouse vs Fullhouse ;

** STOP SLOWPLAYING AA **

I have to learn at least an hour for my exam tomorrow, ill play another session later today.

Tournaments are defenetly anti -> Yab.

I Played a 0.25 45man , a 0.50 45man and a freeroll on Partypoker.

All 3 of them i was stack leader, up till someone dubbles up on me, on a flush-draw allin. 3 times! Left with 20% of my stack i couldnt do much more than push all in with the best next pocketpairs, lost them 3 times to a overpair on the board..

Its fun tho! I made 2$ in a 6max game, so ending for now with 65$BR

I just found 'The Poker Mindset' PDF online. Gives me a good read during this week when the tables are tight!

**I learnt a sweet trick from the book! Whenever i feel some emotions at the table. Write down what kind of, and what caused them. From there on i can easily recognize such emotions. This makes it easier to avoid these situations, or learn to live with this emotion without tomuch consequences. Eg. [Ohh im very annoyed, my note says i was before, at a bad beat. This is a bad beat to! /CarryOnPlaying ]

Note to self ;

Continue reading at page 44.

check your communitypage

Today i got accepted for Vonki & Wriggers 's mentoring. Im sure that after theyre done with me, i'l be a pretty good pokerplayer.
My first session with Vonki was good, not much post-flop action but i got to understand how profitable 4bets can be and also to not 3-bet AK against a UTGraiser.
I got to see how Vonki demonstrated her reading skills and damn their sharp!

I enjoyed the session and am looking forward to playing some hands tomorrow.

* I also bought HEM via the Pokerstrategy Bonus tonight.

Losing pocket AA to someone who has 57 offsuit is pretty common in micro stakes
I faced the same problem when i was restricted to the 5NL limit

Made all the way upto 100$ in a month. Then had a tilt session, played out of my BR and boom down to 40$ now climbing back again

Play on FR for now
Watch tons of videos and try to note the betting patterns of your opponents. Dont feel sad folding AA kk qq post flop if the boards represents obvious flushes and loads of draws with too many people in it

Playing with K5 and only calling with AA is not good your bound to get into trouble