Midstakes heads up hypers - back to the grind

Played some 15s, was very short shot lost 3 in a row, back to 7s to rebuild to 300$ and than again 3 bi shot.
Current br 280$ so hopefully tomorow will be playing some 15s

Hand from first match:

Hero (BB): 1,430.00
SB: 1,570.00

SB posts SB 10.00, Hero posts BB 20.00

Pre Flop: (30.00) Hero has 4♦ A♦

SB raises to 40.00, Hero calls 20.00

Flop: (80.00, 2 players) J♠ K♦ A♥
Hero checks, SB bets 60.00, Hero calls 60.00

Turn: (200.00, 2 players) J♦
Hero checks, SB checks

River: (200.00, 2 players) Q♦
Hero bets 100.00, SB raises to 313.00, Hero raises to 1,330.00 and is all-in, SB calls 1,017.00

Hero shows 4♦ A♦ (Flush, Ace High) (PreFlop 60%, Flop 30%, Turn 5%)
SB shows J♥ K♣ (Full House, Jacks full of Kings) (PreFlop 40%, Flop 70%, Turn 95%)
SB wins 2,860.00

He raises me on river, Q completes flushdraw and straight draw.
I decided to re-raise all in because I think any flush is calling me, and mby he could call with T and ofcourse full house are calling me but this is 7th hand and he open raised once to 3x and now he openraises to 2x, why would he minraise strong hands like AA,KK,QQ,JJ,AJ, KJ if his standart openraise is 3x but I was wrong.

In second match made terrible call, his hand was kinda face up but still called, completely my mistake

And in 3rd match just lost flip :/

Pokerstrategy offered 2nd starting capital but unfortunately It was in party poker where I already have acc.

BR 300$ so I could play 15s but just like last time I won 6 matches in the row if I try 15s it is less likely I will keep winning.
So I think I will tomorrow play 7s and if I will have 300 in the end of the day I will play 15s.
Now just reviewing some matches from 15s.

Played some 15s.
Currently +1Bi.

BB: 1,190.00
Hero (SB): 1,810.00

Hero posts SB 20.00, BB posts BB 40.00

Pre Flop: (60.00) Hero has J♥ 9♥

Hero raises to 80.00, BB raises to 200.00, Hero calls 120.00

Flop: (400.00, 2 players) A♠ 7♣ K♠
BB checks, Hero bets 160.00, BB calls 160.00

Turn: (720.00, 2 players) 5♣
BB checks, Hero bets 300.00, BB calls 300.00

River: (1320.00, 2 players) 3♥
BB checks, Hero bets 530.00, BB calls 530.00 and is all-in

Hero shows J♥ 9♥ (High Card, Ace) (PreFlop 36%, Flop 4%, Turn 0%)
BB shows K♣ Q♣ (One Pair, Kings) (PreFlop 64%, Flop 96%, Turn 100%)
BB wins 2,380.00

Straightforward guy. Was 90% sure that he doesnt have A, most likely it is Kx or 88-QQ.
And it was my first time I called his 3bet, so I expect him to put me on strong hand and I choose take bet bet bet line. Mby I could bet ott a bit smaller to have more fold equty otr. Just happens that he had top of his range and he just couldnt let go his second pair

Edit: but now looking at hand and thinking that ott his range narrows to Kx hands as I think many pocket pairs are folding ott. And OTR probably we dont have enought fold equity to make fold King.
If I had been in his place I am calling flop, turn and mby making crying call on the river.

meh lost today 4 in a row so - 3BI back to 7s.
AQ run into AA, AJ run into KK, playing for stacks with flushdraw and gut shot in 3bet pot otf, and couldnt finish opponent twice with best hand and then AT<AK

I think I will next time take 5 bi shot because 3 bi is too few.
So now BR 250$, returning to 15 when reach 330$, it could be next week.

Did Not played a while because was visiting friend in sweden.
This week back home and played a bit.

Played 5 matches at 15s and won 4 of them, finally no bead beats, no coolers, and even won a coinflip with deep stacks ♦

So looks like this time will be playing 15s longer than usually.
Will update next week how I am doing at 15s

7s graph and I hope I will not have to return back to 7s

Didnt play much this week, was more studing.
15s this week

I feel that my game has improved. Making way less big mistakes.
So keep playing and studing.

I will be following this! ♦

So my 5 bi shot at 15s ended.

I like to think I just caught downswing, had one day -100$ under ev.
Now rebuild on 7s and analyze database to find some leaks.

So on first sight I am loosing many chips in position and wining even more out off position that is wierd.

Taking closer look I found that I am calling down too light with my TP hands or I cant fold my sets or two pairs on wet boards. Turn or river aggression oop 90% means strong TP or better. I have much tighter requiremants to call down when oop so it could be reason why I am losing chips IP and winning oop.

Other thing is that I play my draws too agressive when I have allmost no fold equity as result I am re-raised all in and dont have odds to call but still making that wrong call. Mostly it happens on the turn when opponent donks.

Other big chip loss comes from endgame when stealing with A2-A6 hands and running into bigger A or pp but that is pretty much standart.

And I could save some chips not bluffing, people are calling down very light.

Thats reviewing my play in position when went to showdown, tomorrow will look at my play IP when Not went to show down.

Conclusion could be - just play straight forward and respect opponents bets and raises on later streets.

Long time no update.
Took one week off from poker than put a lot of time and effort in studing.

Was watching videos from husng, making hand history reviews with others.

Worked on my game, especially on 3beting, endgame, needed equity vs opponent range to pot odds to make calll.

Managed to improve my non showdown winnings, at least I am not loosing anymore.

After improvements -

So now have br to play 15s but will continue 7s this week and play 15s next week.

When I saw your chip graph, I was like "wow" at first ♦ would be nice if it was real money ♠_biggrin:

anyways, good luck with the 15's, I'm sure you will beat it, it is not as big of a jump in skill

Yeah, it would be nice ♦

I am also sure I am beating them played some regs who make profit and they wasnt good.

Today played:

Games - 23
Profit - 29$
ROI - 8.45 %
ITM - 56.5%

I think I played good today, was running neither good nor bad.
Made some good and bad plays.

Hero (SB): 1,485.00
BB: 1,515.00

Hero posts SB 25.00, BB posts BB 50.00

Pre Flop: (75.00) Hero has 3♣ A♥

Hero raises to 100.00, BB raises to 250.00, Hero raises to 1,485.00 and is all-in, BB calls 1,235.00

Flop: (2970.00, 2 players) J♣ 8♦ 5♣

Turn: (2970.00, 2 players) 8♠

River: (2970.00, 2 players) 4♠

BB shows A♦ K♦ (One Pair, Eights) (PreFlop 75%, Flop 82%, Turn 86%)
Hero shows 3♣ A♥ (One Pair, Eights) (PreFlop 25%, Flop 18%, Turn 14%)
BB wins 2,970.00

This was big mistake as he wasnt 3beting wide enought to make this shove profitabe.

Hero (SB): 1,010.00
BB: 1,990.00

Hero posts SB 30.00, BB posts BB 60.00

Pre Flop: (90.00) Hero has 4♥ 5♥

Hero calls 30.00, BB checks

Flop: (120.00, 2 players) 9♥ 2♣ 7♦
BB checks, Hero bets 60.00, BB raises to 120.00, Hero calls 60.00

Turn: (360.00, 2 players) K♥
BB bets 180.00, Hero calls 180.00

River: (720.00, 2 players) 2♦
BB bets 300.00, Hero raises to 650.00 and is all-in, fold

Hero wins 1,320.00

I think he has so much air when he c/raise this flop so I floated. Turn also is good card to 2nd barrel. River bet looks scary, like value bet but it cost me 650 chips to win 1620 so I think there is enought air in his range as he is repping K or full house or trips.

BB: 1,705.00
Hero (SB): 1,295.00

Hero posts SB 15.00, BB posts BB 30.00

Pre Flop: (45.00) Hero has 9♣ 9♠

Hero raises to 60.00, BB calls 30.00

Flop: (120.00, 2 players) 4♣ J♦ 5♠
BB checks, Hero bets 75.00, BB raises to 180.00, Hero calls 105.00

Turn: (480.00, 2 players) 7♥
BB bets 288.00, Hero calls 288.00

River: (1056.00, 2 players) 8♣
BB bets 528.00, Hero calls 528.00

BB shows J♠ 7♠ (Two Pair, Jacks and Sevens) (PreFlop 32%, Flop 91%, Turn 95%)
Hero mucks 9♣ 9♠ (One Pair, Nines) (PreFlop 68%, Flop 9%, Turn 5%)
BB wins 2,112.00

Here I also put villain on bluff especially when he bets river on 4 card straight, dont see many 6 in his range and called but this is reg and looks like he was thinking one step ahead of me :/ Now looking and thinking that could fold turn because of that 7, bad card to 2nd barrel

Another day at 15s.

Played 2 short sessions:
Games: 14
Profit: -8.45$
ROI: -4.07%
ITM: 50%

2bi under ev

I am really happy with my non show sown winnings also at 15$ level.
First shot at 15s:

And after improvments:

Will keep playing and hope wont hit downswing.

Interesting day ev line = actual winnings

Games: 16
Profit: 19.02$
ROI: 7.93%
ITM: 56.25%

Nitty guy. After he check flop I put him on AK, AQ, AJ and decide to turn my hand into bluff, board runs good so I shove river and he calls, then it was o shit but turned out he is not a nit ♠_biggrin:

Hero (SB): 1,590.00
BB: 1,410.00

Hero posts SB 10.00, BB posts BB 20.00

Pre Flop: (30.00) Hero has A♣ J♠

Hero raises to 50.00, BB raises to 160.00, Hero calls 110.00

Flop: (320.00, 2 players) 3♥ 2♥ 5♥
BB checks, Hero bets 150.00, BB calls 150.00

Turn: (620.00, 2 players) 5♠
BB checks, Hero bets 300.00, BB calls 300.00

River: (1220.00, 2 players) 8♦
BB checks, Hero bets 980.00 and is all-in, BB calls 800.00 and is all-in

Hero shows A♣ J♠ (One Pair, Fives) (PreFlop 73%, Flop 78%, Turn 82%)
BB shows T♣ A♦ (One Pair, Fives) (PreFlop 27%, Flop 22%, Turn 18%)
Hero wins 2,820.00

After he 4bets I am sure 90% he has AA or KK, I have never seen a player who 4bets small with worse hand but I decide to call to hit 6, after that flop with A I dont think he has AA and decide to bluff out KK but that was stupid idea ♦

Hero (BB): 1,270.00
SB: 1,730.00

SB posts SB 10.00, Hero posts BB 20.00

Pre Flop: (30.00) Hero has 6♣ 6♥

SB raises to 40.00, Hero raises to 140.00, SB raises to 300.00, Hero calls 160.00

Flop: (600.00, 2 players) T♥ A♠ 2♥
Hero bets 300.00, SB calls 300.00

Turn: (1200.00, 2 players) 9♠
Hero bets 670.00 and is all-in, SB calls 670.00

River: (2540.00, 2 players) Q♠

Hero shows 6♣ 6♥ (One Pair, Sixes) (PreFlop 19%, Flop 13%, Turn 5%)
SB shows K♠ K♣ (One Pair, Kings) (PreFlop 81%, Flop 87%, Turn 95%)
SB wins 2,540.00

After he 4bets I am sure 90% he has AA or KK, I have never seen a player who 4bets small with worse hand but I decide to call to hit 6, after that flop with A I dont think he has AA and decide to bluff out KK but that was stupid idea ♦

Hi daun666, as you are pretty sure the guy has AA or KK a lot of time and you can win only if you hit 6, do you think it's profitable to call there in the long term? Basically you have less then 15% chance of hitting a 6 and calling 160 into a 440 pot doesn't seem a very good idea in the long run.. Just my opinion, hope you don't mind, I might be wrong obviously...

Its pure math question.
We start hand with 1270.
After he re-raises us we have to call 160 to win 600 and if we hit we think we can easely get it in so we are calling 160 to win 600 + ours 970 + his 970 so 160/2540 = 6.2% and we hit set on flop 12% of the time so if my calculations is right its profitable long term + you never know mby he 4bet AK and miss flop and its checked down

Originally posted by daun666
Its pure math question.
We start hand with 1270.
After he re-raises us we have to call 160 to win 600 and if we hit we think we can easely get it in so we are calling 160 to win 600 + ours 970 + his 970 so 160/2540 = 6.2% and we hit set on flop 12% of the time so if my calculations is right its profitable long term + you never know mby he 4bet AK and miss flop and its checked down

Yeah, that's the thing, I'm not sure that is that simple though. From a cash game perspective I am agreeing with you 100% here. But, from a hu sng it all goes down to two different scenarios in my opinion.

1. You make the call and you win 1 in 8 times, so basically, at the end of the hand you will be playing

1 game with a 5:1 chip advantage
7 games with a 1:2 chip disadvantage

2. You fold the hand and you you will be playing

8 games with a 1.13:1.87 chip disadvantage

I'm not saying here that the second option is better cause I honestly don't know. I pretty much think that it depends on the opp you are facing as well and how comfortable you are playing with him. It's just that I'm not that sure that it's a clear calling spot.

I will post this hand on 2+2 and then hopefully we will have answer

So week is over, not happy about volume.
I am satisfied with my play, didnt make many big mistakes.

This weeks graph:

Some hands from today.

BB: 1,595.00
Hero (SB): 1,405.00

Hero posts SB 20.00, BB posts BB 40.00

Pre Flop: (60.00) Hero has K♥ 3♣

Hero raises to 80.00, BB calls 40.00

Flop: (160.00, 2 players) 2♥ J♣ A♦
BB checks, Hero bets 80.00, BB raises to 240.00, Hero raises to 500.00, fold

Hero wins 640.00

This guy was 3beting wide range and just cant see any A in his range mby A2.

Hero (SB): 1,556.00
BB: 1,444.00

Hero posts SB 20.00, BB posts BB 40.00

Pre Flop: (60.00) Hero has 9♣ 8♦

Hero raises to 80.00, BB raises to 200.00, Hero calls 120.00

Flop: (400.00, 2 players) T♣ T♥ 9♦
BB bets 240.00, Hero raises to 666.00, BB raises to 1,244.00 and is all-in, Hero calls 578.00

Turn: (2888.00, 2 players) 3♥

River: (2888.00, 2 players) J♣

BB shows A♣ 4♥ (One Pair, Tens) (PreFlop 55%, Flop 15%, Turn 7%)
Hero shows 9♣ 8♦ (Two Pair, Tens and Nines) (PreFlop 45%, Flop 85%, Turn 93%)
Hero wins 2,888.00

Couple hands ago called his 3bet and raised exact way with semi bluff, he folded, so here I like board texture and raise and he decided to stack off with A high

You were right about that 66 hand, my math was incorrect and its fold there and this is reason why we dont 3bet 66 pre

Originally posted by daun666
You were right about that 66 hand, my math was incorrect and its fold there and this is reason why we dont 3bet 66 pre

Well, at least now we have our confirmation. I still think you should 3bet there sometimes depending on your opponent. If you always call you basically need to hit a 6 or draw or just give it up postflop. If your opponent is willing to fold to your 3bet, which I know doesn't happen to often on those limits you should probably do it. Also if you have a history and know that he calls 3bets light but then usually fold to a cbet if doesn't hit you can do it as well I suppose.

I don't think I could always flat 66 there, unless I'm playing a really passive fish that only raises QQ+ preflop. But yeah, facing a 4bet you now know how to react