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H0witzer
Joined: 27.02.2023


[*] I found $75 in the "Lost and Found' section on Pokerstars.
[*] My goal is to reach $500 by grinding microlimits NL.

A wild Howitzer appears...

It's time to give some background info to my blog reader(s) on Howitzer and his sudden appearance on Pokerstrategy.com.

After a long absence I'm back in the online poker game. It's been since my college days that I was grinding daily on 10NL/25NL. Well that's been 15years ago :deadhappy:

In our lovely country there has recently been a tolerance policy to organize €50 tournaments (with a maximum of 1 addon/rebuy) outside the casino. A friend invited me to play a tournament in a cafe. The cafe is the clubhouse of a local pokerclub. They use the upperfloor for weekly poker tournaments and cashgames. I busted 30min before the break and did a rebuy. After the rebuy it was smooth sailing. Hitting sets, flushes and getting some preflop action with KK/AK. I even knocked out my 2 friends and collected their bounty on my way to the final table. No friends at the poker table, am i right? It was getting late and we made a deal to split the prize pool by 4 :profit:

Driving home that night, going over the hands i played in my head, that was the moment i caught the poker bug again.
The day after I downloaded pokerstars and to my surprise there was still $75 in my account :spit: :truestory:
My last login on Pokerstars was in 2015.

So i went looking for some motivation and the only dutch speaking forum i found was Pokerstrategy.nl
But it's pretty quiet there so i moved to this section. A good active forum can always appeal to me. So here i am!


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VorpalF2F
Joined: 02.09.2010

Hi H0witzer,
Welcome to the PokerStrategy.com blogging section :welcome:

Best of luck :gl: on your challenge!
VS


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H0witzer
Joined: 27.02.2023

Update week 1: Lost and found blog
Bankroll on start 75$
5NL +6,60$ [7.070 hands]
Bankroll now 81,6$
My goal: 500$

I am still a basic member so unfortunately no graphs or hands can be posted Q♥:Q♠:. I played badly on saturday. Did some studying on sunday. But i would like to review some hands with you guys. I marked the hands and will post them when i reach bronze level.


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H0witzer
Joined: 27.02.2023

Bronze baby :f_thumbsup:

I gonna post some hands where i was kinda lost on the river. Can i have some feedback?

Hand 1. I was convinced i was valuebetting every street and then he raised on the river. Can i call this?
Unknown villain

$0.02/$0.05Zoom No Limit Holdem
PokerStars
6 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by WeakTight Poker Hand History Converter

Stacks:
UTG ($134.6BB) 135bb
UTG+1 ($138BB) 138bb
CO ($126.6BB) 127bb
BTN ($100BB) 100bb
SB Hero ($100.8BB) 101bb
BB ($100BB) 100bb

Pre-Flop: (1.4BB, 6 players) Hero is SB T♣: K♥:
4 folds, Hero raises to 3BB, BB calls 2BB

Flop: 5♣: 5♥: T♥: ($6BB, 2 players)
Hero bets 3BB, BB calls 3BB

Turn: 3♠: ($12BB, 2)
Hero bets 6.8BB, BB calls 6.8BB

River: K♦: ($25.6BB, 2)
Hero bets 14.4BB, BB raises to 50BB, Hero?

Hand 2. Villain 17/9.1 (sample 68)

$0.02/$0.05Zoom No Limit Holdem
PokerStars
6 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by WeakTight Poker Hand History Converter

Stacks:
UTG ($87.2BB) 87bb
UTG+1 ($181BB) 181bb
CO ($122.2BB) 122bb
BTN Hero ($125.4BB) 125bb
SB ($100BB) 100bb
BB ($121.2BB) 121bb

Pre-Flop: (1.4BB, 6 players) Hero is BTN J♣: K♠:
3 folds, Hero raises to 3BB, SB calls 2.6BB, 1 fold

Flop: 6♥: J♠: K♥: ($7BB, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets 5.8BB, SB calls 5.8BB

Turn: 4♦: ($18.6BB, 2)
SB checks, Hero bets 11BB, SB calls 11BB

River: Q♠: ($40.6BB, 2)
SB bets 19.6BB, Hero?


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H0witzer
Joined: 27.02.2023

After reading the blog of yangmartins and watching '10 Tips 2 win on NL10' from MartaiMrko i decided to stop multitabling and work on my game.
I was autopiloting 3 or 4 tables but my autopilot is not up2date with the game these days.
So I will play 1 table and try to play every hand to it's fullest potential.


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H0witzer
Joined: 27.02.2023

Inch by Inch. Dollar by dollar.


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H0witzer
Joined: 27.02.2023

Updated my first post with some background info.


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VorpalF2F
Joined: 02.09.2010

Originally posted by H0witzer
A wild Howitzer appears...

After a long absence I'm back in the online poker game. It's been since my college days that I was grinding daily on 10NL/25NL. Well that's been 15years ago :deadhappy:
Glad to have you here
I've never seen this movie — but that is one hell of a speech.

I love the way BTN overplayed AKs on that hand. It's great to find people like that. I hope you take notes!


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Sogar
Joined: 23.02.2023

Hey good luck with your challenge! _drink:


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H0witzer
Joined: 27.02.2023

Lost and found challenge
Update week 2

Start + Goal: From $75 to $500
Hands played this week: 8.469 hands
Level played: 5NL PokerStars
Week result: $15,33
Current bankroll: $92,25
Studied:

  • 10 tips that will make you on NL10 (MartaiMrko)
  • Climb Stakes like a Pro - NL10 Live (MartaiMrko)

Focus:

  • Playing less tables with more focus
  • Put MartaiMrko his tips to good use


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H0witzer
Joined: 27.02.2023

Bad start of the week -3 buyins in the first session of 50min. Played 8500 hands last week to end up +3 buyins while running below EV. And to piss it away the day after I am gutted at the moment.

I have a problem that I am too aggressive and overplay my hands too often. Which is the worst of all because I am doing exact what i hope my opponents would do :( Maybe zoom/fast play is not for me after all.

Gonna post the 3 hands i am refering to later tonight.


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H0witzer
Joined: 27.02.2023

Originally posted by H0witzer
Gonna post the 3 hands i am refering to later tonight.


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H0witzer
Joined: 27.02.2023

I encountered Neo dodging bullets on the flop


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SvenBe
Joined: 19.04.2006

But if he dodged bullets,would he not have just folded? I guess that is more being unnecessarily scared of flushes...


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VorpalF2F
Joined: 02.09.2010

Originally posted by SvenBe
But if he dodged bullets,would he not have just folded? I guess that is more being unnecessarily scared of flushes...

Nothing unnecessary about that!

Just out of curiosity...
Flop
Board: A:heart:4:heart:T:club:
       Equity     Win     Tie
SB     91.11%  91.11%   0.00% { AdAc }
BB      8.89%   8.89%   0.00% { ThTs }

Turn
Board: A:heart:4:heart:T:club: 6:heart:
       Equity     Win     Tie
SB     77.27%  77.27%   0.00% { AdAc }
BB     22.73%  22.73%   0.00% { ThTs }

Neo picks up some solid equity OTT though!


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H0witzer
Joined: 27.02.2023

Bad start of week 3. Lost 5 buyins on 5NL. Had 13 buyins left so decided wisely to drop down a limit.
I ran extreme well for my first session on 2NL this evening. Won 755 bigblinds in 563 hands.


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H0witzer
Joined: 27.02.2023

:spit::spit::spit:


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H0witzer
Joined: 27.02.2023

Bad morning session. I struggle in the weekends.

AA < JJ preflop allin 100bb
The hand after AA at the same table, I got dealt QQ in BB, another allin preflop
QQ < A10 100bb


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H0witzer
Joined: 27.02.2023

Lost and found challenge
Update week 3

Start + Goal: From $75 to $500
Hands played this week: 9.034 hands
Week result: $25,25
Current bankroll: $66,80


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