Danny's Blog ---->Shooting NL25 zoom

Hard to comment those hands without knowing much about villain.

1st hand
If villain floats a lot and then stabs a lot when checked to, I think youre line is ok, but if his not so aggresive I preffer betting myself since the board is very draw heavy and he almost has some equity and you could easily give him free river this way.

2nd hand
I think his cbet size on this board is very suspicous and I would expect him to bet bigger for value and I like raising the flop and just taking it down a lot.
As played I'd also stab turn, but give up on river since its such a blank.

3rd hand
I think is more or less standart, I'd bet a but bigger on river.

Better luck next time at NL25 shoot, tableselect well and dont level yourself to much and you'll do ok.

Hi jachis, thanks for stopping by for the input
Totally agree with your thoughts on the hands. I do seem to level myself a bit or try to overplay hands when taking shots. I think its just a mindset thing, that i always assume the regs are just trying to run me over.

Not to worry, it was all a learning experience

Thief. Good sesh doon doon

Nearly at the halfway point of the month, so ill be posting my graph in the next few days.
I'm expecting to be down slightly i think, because of my failed NL25 shot.
But i don't feel to bad overall about the month so far.

Volume will be lacking though in the second half of the month as I'm going on a short holiday with my gf in Queensland for four nights.

Also have some live MTTs coming up as part of the Newcastle poker championships.
Fields will be sooo soft so i hope i can luckbox one of them

Some hands from today:

$0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players

Hero (BTN): $10.93 (109.3 bb)
SB: $19.42 (194.2 bb)
BB: $11.56 (115.6 bb)
UTG: $3.83 (38.3 bb)
MP: $33.69 (336.9 bb)
CO: $30.07 (300.7 bb)

Probably should have CB a bit bigger, but w/e, good result ♦

Preflop: Hero is BTN with K♥ K♦
UTG calls $0.10, MP folds, CO raises to $0.45, Hero raises to $1.50, SB calls $1.45, 3 folds

Flop: ($3.65) 2♣ 6♥ 2♠ (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $2.15, SB calls $2.15

Turn: ($7.95) 8♣ (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $7.28 and is all-in, SB calls $7.28

River: ($22.51) 9♣ (2 players, 1 is all-in)

$0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players

BTN: $10 (100 bb)
Hero (SB): $10.20 (102 bb)
BB: $9.85 (98.5 bb)
UTG: $17.26 (172.6 bb)
MP: $10 (100 bb)
CO: $15.62 (156.2 bb)

Cant decide if donking>c/raising here, but i think c/raising might be better to let him cbet his air.
On the other hand im protectin against weak FDs that might check back flop.

Preflop: Hero is SB with 4♥ 4♣
2 folds, CO raises to $0.30, BTN folds, Hero calls $0.25, BB folds

Flop: ($0.70) 5♥ 4♦ 9♦ (2 players)
Hero bets $0.45, CO raises to $1.39, Hero raises to $4.15, CO raises to $13.12, Hero calls $5.75 and is all-in

Turn: ($20.50) A♦ (2 players, 1 is all-in)
River: ($20.50) K♦ (2 players, 1 is all-in)

I love how ppl always stack off w/ just 1 pair against ur range lol..so fishy.

Here's my month graph so far, pretty gross ATM.
Looks like it will be another month where i chase losses until the last week, then finally breakeven in the last couple of days

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& in BB (because of NL25 shot)

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Busy packing to go away right now, but might get a chance to post some hands before i go.

If not, GL everyone!

EDIT: if anyone knows how to change my graph back to a normal graph instead of this stupid printer friendly one, please tell me!

EDIT: if anyone knows how to change my graph back to a normal graph instead of this stupid printer friendly one, please tell me!

I have the same opinion about this printer friendly graph. And would also like to know an easier way to export the usual graph. Until then I just open the usual graph, hit Print Screen on my keyboard, open Paint, hit Ctrl+V, crop the image and then save it as jpg. It's really easy once you do it a couple of times, but would be grerat if there was a way to export it straight away.

On holidays in queensland, about to sit in an NL400 live game @ jupitors casino.

Table is full off old degens, but max BI is only $300, & im only playing for an hour or so..
so im hoping for some rungood!!

Someone wish me luck!

NL400 live session is in the books!
Only finished up ~$40, but it was the softest table i think i have ever played at!

No decent regs, the whole table was 40+ recreational players.
Unfortunalty i was pretty card dead & only picked up some small pots.

The two biggest pots i viewed was AI OTF, QQ against 74o on 942r. 7 turn obv. $800 pot
Other was AKo vs K5o on K87, turn 9 river 6. $750 pot.
& Both pots were lost to the same poor guy!

So overall it was a fun experience & i wish i had the roll to play these guys every day!

Also my gf won $200 on rulette, so the night was a win!

What about your $60 win? haha

Originally posted by justkyle88
What about your $60 win? haha

Oh yeh, i couldnt really be bothered updating haha.

Ill quickly update now while im waiting at the airport.

I played a 2nd session of NL400, bought in for the max of $300 again.
Only played for about 90 mins so my gf wouldn't get too bored. (or spend too much on video roulette)

Table was super soft again, but i seemed to be fairly card dead. Maybe it just seems this way though because live FR is so slow.

No really big pots, just getting folds from cbets mostl.
On one occasion i remember shoving ~$160 into a pot of ~$210 on a board of Q42-9-2 with 3 clubs, holding Q9o vs the worlds biggest station. i was so sure he had Qx, but he ended up tank folding.

I have decided i'm officially addicted to live NL400! But cant see myself playing again any time soon.

Now boarding my plane home from QLD. Back to reality

you got a little taste of the big leagues ! grats now you know there is absolutely fish at the mid stakes as well, if not moreso then the micros, because the midstakes are filled with people (and this is pure speculation tell me if im wrong) who just got paid, from their nice little 9-5, and just need a night out, or are simply a fan of poker, dont want to do any of the work to improve their game other then strictly play live and maybe read a book or 2 about poker tells, but have lots of expendable cash at their disposal. alcohol may them, but only for a couple hands until everyone realizes they're piss drunk and just start playing their cards ABC style to counter drunk person clicking buttons, or in this case throwing chips.

Can't wait until I enter in my first ever casino sng here in charlottetown at the red shores casino. $25+$0 BI (yeah no entry fee how cool is that?) 40 player max DEEP STACK lol..who's got the edge there i wonder?? They put it on every friday at 6pm. Im usually busy or broke or both lol. Next week should be fun though

magic

Yeh i found it really strange, out of both of the nights i played there, i saw only one aggressive reg. (there was only one NL400 table running).
I ended up taking his seat though so it was just me & a bunch of drunk old guys ♦

Best of luck at your local SNG, i look foreward to hearing how it goes!

Just played my first session after getting back from holidays, finished up a few BI's & felt like i played fairly well.
Although as usual there were a few spewy hands

I'm thinking about switching back to regular tables for a while, just to see if it helps me improve my game or tilt less. But ill see what happens, i have a few days left to clear some more of my bonus, so i won't be switching any time soon.

$0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players

BTN: $9.12 (91.2 bb)
SB: $10 (100 bb)
Hero (BB): $10.15 (101.5 bb)
UTG: $14.13 (141.3 bb)
MP: $8.37 (83.7 bb)
CO: $35.93 (359.3 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K♣ K♦
2 folds, CO raises to $0.30, BTN calls $0.30, SB folds, Hero raises to $1.35, CO calls $1.05, BTN calls $1.05

Flop: ($4.10) 6♣ 4♥ 4♦ (3 players)
Hero bets $2.55, CO calls $2.55, BTN calls $2.55

Turn: ($11.75) 5♣ (3 players)
Hero bets $6.25 and is all-in, CO calls $6.25, BTN folds

River: ($24.25) 2♣ (2 players, 1 is all-in)

$0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players

BTN: $13.18 (131.8 bb)
SB: $7.74 (77.4 bb)
BB: $10 (100 bb)
UTG: $25.90 (259 bb)
Hero (MP): $10 (100 bb)
CO: $10.15 (101.5 bb)

Preflop: Hero is MP with A♦ A♥
UTG raises to $0.30, Hero raises to $0.95, 4 folds, UTG raises to $3, Hero raises to $7.20, UTG calls $4.20

Flop: ($14.55) 7♠ 3♥ 9♦ (2 players)
UTG bets $6.95, Hero calls $2.80 and is all-in

Turn: ($20.15) 2♦ (2 players, 1 is all-in)
River: ($20.15) 6♠ (2 players, 1 is all-in)

$0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players

BTN: $15.96 (159.6 bb)
SB: $10 (100 bb)
BB: $14.49 (144.9 bb)
UTG: $14.99 (149.9 bb)
Hero (MP): $10 (100 bb)
CO: $4.70 (47 bb)

Not sure about my river call on this one.
UTG is unknown, & when he calls mys 3bet, I gave him a fairly tight range.
JJ,TT,AK mostly.

JJ,TT make sense after he calls the flop cbet. On the turn i ruled out sets as 99,66 or 33(unlikely) would most likely raise flop or turn.

So when he donked river, i just thought to myself 'surely not 98' & called.
So that might be one of my spewy hands, but his line just didn't make sense to me.

Preflop: Hero is MP with Q♠ Q♣
UTG raises to $0.20, Hero raises to $0.65, 4 folds, UTG calls $0.45

Flop: ($1.45) 6♥ 3♦ 9♣ (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $1.05, UTG calls $1.05

Turn: ($3.55) 2♣ (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $2.35, UTG calls $2.35

River: ($8.25) 8♦ (2 players)
UTG bets $3.30, Hero calls $3.30

Hey guys, haven't updated for a few days.
Been spending most of my poker time either playing or reviewing, so I haven't had much time for my blog.

My 30 day bonus is up, I only cleared $40 but better than nothing i guess.
I'll spend the last days of the month just trying to play my best & not worrying too much about volume/bonuses etc.

Some good times:

$0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players

BTN: $10 (100 bb)
SB: $72.14 (721.4 bb)
BB: $10.11 (101.1 bb)
UTG: $10.33 (103.3 bb)
Hero (MP): $16.01 (160.1 bb)
CO: $14.67 (146.7 bb)

Preflop: Hero is MP with K♦ K♠
UTG folds, Hero raises to $0.30, CO folds, BTN calls $0.30, SB folds, BB calls $0.20

Flop: ($0.95) K♥ 2♣ J♥ (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.73, BTN calls $0.73, BB folds

Turn: ($2.41) 3♣ (2 players)
Hero bets $1.85, BTN raises to $3.70, Hero raises to $14.98 and is all-in, BTN calls $5.27 and is all-in

River: ($20.35) J♠ (2 players, 2 are all-in)

$0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players

Hero (BTN): $10.10 (101 bb)
SB: $11.15 (111.5 bb)
BB: $12.99 (129.9 bb)
UTG: $10 (100 bb)
MP: $18.07 (180.7 bb)
CO: $9.60 (96 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BTN with A♣ T♥
2 folds, CO raises to $0.30, Hero raises to $0.95, 2 folds, CO calls $0.65

Flop: ($2.05) 3♦ T♠ A♠ (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $1.35, CO raises to $3.05, Hero raises to $9.15 and is all-in, CO calls $5.60 and is all-in

Turn: ($19.35) 9♦ (2 players, 2 are all-in)
River: ($19.35) 4♦ (2 players, 2 are all-in)

$0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players

BTN: $11 (110 bb)
Hero (SB): $11.28 (112.8 bb)
BB: $9.08 (90.8 bb)
UTG: $13.07 (130.7 bb)
MP: $11.16 (111.6 bb)
CO: $42.04 (420.4 bb)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K♠ K♥
UTG raises to $0.30, 3 folds, Hero raises to $1.05, BB folds, UTG calls $0.75

Flop: ($2.20) 8♦ 7♣ 8♠ (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks

Turn: ($2.20) 5♦ (2 players)
Hero bets $1.35, UTG raises to $2.80, Hero calls $1.45

River: ($7.80) J♣ (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $5.50, Hero calls $5.50

Some not so good times

$0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players

BTN: $8.19 (81.9 bb)
SB: $10.86 (108.6 bb)
BB: $51.23 (512.3 bb)
UTG: $32.22 (322.2 bb)
MP: $1.93 (19.3 bb)
Hero (CO): $10.48 (104.8 bb)

Probably have more history with this guy at zoom than anyone else.
He 3bets me A LOT, & we both 4bet each other a lot too.
This was probably the 4thor 5th time i 4bet him this session.

Preflop: Hero is CO with K♣ A♠
2 folds, Hero raises to $0.30, 2 folds, BB raises to $0.90, Hero raises to $2.35, BB raises to $51.23 and is all-in, Hero calls $8.13 and is all-in

Flop: ($21.01) Q♠ Q♥ 6♦ (2 players, 2 are all-in)
Turn: ($21.01) 2♣ (2 players, 2 are all-in)
River: ($21.01) 6♠ (2 players, 2 are all-in)

$0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players

BTN: $9.65 (96.5 bb)
Hero (SB): $15.57 (155.7 bb)
BB: $13.50 (135 bb)
UTG: $8.03 (80.3 bb)
MP: $9.85 (98.5 bb)
CO: $29.51 (295.1 bb)

Posted this one for evaluation.
Not sure if i could b/f flop against this fish in 3bet pot.
Easy stack off 100BB deep IMO.
But its exactly for this reason i reset when i get deep...Because Im not very good

Preflop: Hero is SB with K♣ A♣
UTG raises to $0.30, MP folds, CO calls $0.30, BTN folds, Hero raises to $1.35, 2 folds, CO calls $1.05

Flop: ($3.10) 8♣ K♦ 9♥ (2 players)
Hero bets $2.05, CO raises to $4.10, Hero calls $2.05

Turn: ($11.30) K♠ (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $8.09, Hero raises to $10.12, CO calls $2.03

River: ($31.54) J♦ (2 players)

GL everyone, lets finish the month strong! gogogogo

Weekend now, so time to...

Having a good day today ♦ (in b4 doomswitch)

$0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players

BTN: $11.03 (110.3 bb)
SB: $8.73 (87.3 bb)
BB: $35.64 (356.4 bb)
UTG: $11.11 (111.1 bb)
Hero (MP): $12.23 (122.3 bb)
CO: $14.58 (145.8 bb)

Posted this for evaluation,seemed like a good spot to float & rep 8x boats & flushes. But now im not so sure.

Preflop: Hero is MP with A♠ Q♦
UTG raises to $0.40, Hero calls $0.40, 4 folds

Flop: ($0.95) 6♠ 8♠ 8♣ (2 players)
UTG bets $0.30, Hero calls $0.30

Turn: ($1.55) 9♠ (2 players)
UTG bets $0.90, Hero raises to $2.25, UTG calls $1.35

River: ($6.05) 3♠ (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $3.70, UTG calls $3.70

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$0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players

BTN: $28.47 (284.7 bb)
SB: $38.11 (381.1 bb)
Hero (BB): $10 (100 bb)
UTG: $8.05 (80.5 bb)
MP: $18.59 (185.9 bb)
CO: $14.11 (141.1 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A♠ A♣
2 folds, CO raises to $0.30, 2 folds, Hero raises to $1.05, CO calls $0.75

Flop: ($2.15) 6♦ 8♥ 3♥ (2 players)
Hero bets $1.35, CO calls $1.35

Turn: ($4.85) 9♠ (2 players)
Hero bets $3.05, CO raises to $11.71, Hero calls $4.55 and is all-in

River: ($20.05) 6♠ (2 players, 1 is all-in)

For the lolz:

$0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players

BTN: $11.03 (110.3 bb)
Hero (SB): $11.95 (119.5 bb)
BB: $16.86 (168.6 bb)
UTG: $9.47 (94.7 bb)
MP: $7.20 (72 bb)
CO: $29.19 (291.9 bb)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 2♣ K♣
3 folds, BTN raises to $0.30, Hero raises to $1.05, BB folds, BTN calls $0.75

Flop: ($2.20) 8♣ J♠ 6♣ (2 players)
Hero bets $1.35, BTN calls $1.35

Turn: ($4.90) J♣ (2 players)
Hero bets $2.90, BTN calls $2.90

River: ($10.70) 2♦ (2 players)
Hero bets $6.65, BTN calls $5.73

$0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
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BTN: $10 (100 bb)
SB: $12.24 (122.4 bb)
BB: $19.46 (194.6 bb)
UTG: $10.15 (101.5 bb)
MP: $8.51 (85.1 bb)
Hero (CO): $14.15 (141.5 bb)

Moar rungood, Pretty surprised when he didn't jam turn.
He tank called every street

Preflop: Hero is CO with A♠ A♣
UTG raises to $0.30, MP folds, Hero raises to $0.95, BTN folds, SB calls $0.90, 2 folds

Flop: ($2.30) 7♣ 4♠ J♥ (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $1.65, SB calls $1.65

Turn: ($5.60) A♥ (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $3.55, SB calls $3.55

River: ($12.70) K♥ (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $8, SB calls $6.09 and is all-in

$0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players

BTN: $8.79 (87.9 bb)
SB: $35.85 (358.5 bb)
BB: $8.98 (89.8 bb)
Hero (UTG): $10.83 (108.3 bb)
MP: $11.17 (111.7 bb)
CO: $10.79 (107.9 bb)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with Q♥ A♦
Hero raises to $0.35, 3 folds, SB calls $0.30, BB calls $0.25

Flop: ($1.05) A♥ 3♣ 6♠ (3 players)
SB bets $0.10, BB calls $0.10, Hero raises to $0.80, SB calls $0.70, BB calls $0.70

Turn: ($3.45) 8♠ (3 players)
SB bets $0.10, BB calls $0.10, Hero raises to $1.85, SB calls $1.75, BB folds

River: ($7.25) 8♦ (2 players)
SB bets $0.10, Hero raises to $3.50, SB folds

Hopefully I can keep the rungood going!

yes! keep the run good coming danny! maybe i can sweat with you sometime to see how this zoom thing works?? i just cant get a handle on it and kind of got lost in the shuffle as the regs play 3k hands per day and all i could play was like 20 mins before losing 3 stacks or more and turbo tilting. at the beginning was fine, but now its just sooooo fucked up...the regular tables seem sooooo much fishier and my monsters and marginal hands are getting paid a lot more i find.

magic

Originally posted by ilovemagic
yes! keep the run good coming danny! maybe i can sweat with you sometime to see how this zoom thing works?? i just cant get a handle on it and kind of got lost in the shuffle as the regs play 3k hands per day and all i could play was like 20 mins before losing 3 stacks or more and turbo tilting. at the beginning was fine, but now its just sooooo fucked up...the regular tables seem sooooo much fishier and my monsters and marginal hands are getting paid a lot more i find.

magic

Yeh sure, what are you doing now? I have about 45 minutes if your free?

3:08 am,..in bed :((

haha ohk, that sucks. I was just wondering what time it must be over there.
I thought it was a bit strange hearing from you at 4:10pm here.

I think its going to be difficult to find a good time for both of us
Maybe I should quit my job ♦