Road to $5k/NL50

Hello. Good luck with the challenge !

Originally posted by ddoichev
My name is Doychin Doychev and I am Bulgarian fun poker player. In general I work in IT industry but have passion for poker since 2008.

Hi ddoichev,
Welcome to PokerStrategy.com EN community blogs
What sort of IT work do you do?
When I was working I was the IT Dept manager at a printing plant. It was (at the time -- late '90s ) a state-of-the art setup, with everything being either run or managed by computers. We had a wide range of OSs there -- everything from OS2, through several versions of Windows and some unix/linux. It was quite the job.

hey maugr1s,

I used to be an Web&Middleware engineer for an outsourcing company. We support update and patch Application servers, Web servers and UNIX/LINUX systems. For 2 years I am leading a team of such engineers and very happy how we perform. Recently we developed our skills on another level and now working mainly on Automation, DevOps, and Cloud systems for our clients. Frankly I am very happy from my job and team. There isn't much pressure and can keep on track with poker after office hours, no overtime or working late.

Today was a good profitable day at the tables. Nothing special with the hands after analysis, made 1-2 bluffs and some did not succeeded but that is life I guess and sometimes we ran into villain's top range .

I would like to hear your opinions on the hand if possible. Unknown opponent - only 20 hands but looked quite stable. Actually I don't know whether this is a profitable shove against them. We are definitely behind their calling range

MP2 35.89% 35.42% 0.47% AhTh
MP3 64.11% 63.64% 0.47% JJ-66, KhQh, KhJh, JhTh, 9h8h, Ad5d, As5s, Ac5c

and there aren't many better hands they can fold except AQs, AJs, AKo(if they do not shove preflop). If they flat the half of the combos of AKo, we have totally 12combos that fold, not so much FE. I don't think that any pair from 66-JJ can fold here on this board and these are 36 combos.

Poker Stars, $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: $10.56 (105.6 bb)
Hero (BB): $10 (100 bb)
UTG: $26.45 (264.5 bb)
MP: $10.28 (102.8 bb)
CO: $12.41 (124.1 bb)
BTN: $12.71 (127.1 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BB with T♥: A♥:
2 folds, CO raises to $0.25, 2 folds, Hero raises to $1.10, CO calls $0.85

Flop: ($2.25) 6♣: 4♠: 3♥: (2 players)
Hero bets $0.71, CO calls $0.71

Turn: ($3.67) 4♥: (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $1.95, Hero raises to $8.19 and is all-in, CO calls $6.24

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

This is the very next hand that return back my lost BI

Poker Stars, $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: $10 (100 bb)
BB: $13.54 (135.4 bb)
UTG: $23.14 (231.4 bb)
Hero (MP): $10.51 (105.1 bb)
CO: $10.86 (108.6 bb)
BTN: $10.66 (106.6 bb)

Preflop: Hero is MP with 6♠: A♠:
UTG folds, Hero raises to $0.25, CO calls $0.25, 3 folds

Flop: ($0.65) 4♦: 8♥: 6♥: (2 players)
Hero bets $0.20, CO raises to $0.60, Hero calls $0.40

Turn: ($1.85) 6♣: (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $0.88, Hero raises to $2.85, CO calls $1.97

River: ($7.55) 8♠: (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $7.16 and is all-in, Hero calls $6.81 and is all-in

Results: $21.17 pot ($0.95 rake)
Final Board: 4♦: 8♥: 6♥: 6♣: 8♠:
Hero showed 6♠: A♠: and won $20.22 ($9.71 net)
CO showed 5♥: A♥: and lost (-$10.51 net)

Unfortunately had a terrible end of the week, but it is fine we can not always run good

Nevertheless I am very happy of the volume, the studies and the fact that did not tilted so hard after these terrible sessions. Next week will be better for sure.
These days will post and monthly graphs, unfortunately after successful July we will have almost break even August.

Hey guys,

We officially survived through terrible August and made also a little profit after successful session yesterday.

I also decided to change the format and will play only regular tables instead of zoom tables. The reason behind it was the softer pool as always and the edge we get when having more information the opponents. There are also disadvantages off course - less volume and irritation when I have to reopen tables when fish sit out and other regs immediately close sit out with the fish. ♦

New Long Term Goal:

25k hands per month

We will see how the September goes soon

hello guys,

Septembers starts exactly where August left us - Roller-coaster. We are going upside and downside and starting to wonder whether the problem is somewhere in my play. I find a lot of spew in my game but there were a lot of suck outs as well. And the strange thing is we actually can't win NL16 pool atm and it is so soft and full of fishes. I will not post any bad beats in the thread as there are nothing to discuss. Just to have an idea what is going on with my game post my most loosing hands from today.

Very happy with the volume btw. I will definitely play another session tonight and see how it goes. But should stop complaining for now

BR: $745

BR
Doychin

Tonight's session was exactly the opposite, fishes paid out our value hands and we got back some of the loses in the morning.

Some interesting hands:

Dream flop, dream opponents!

The same opponent from previous hand as CO. My note for them was very passive - call down nut flush on paired board. I was super annoyed when they 3bet the river and was thinking they do not have J9o and Js9s, so we actually loose only to Jh9h. Unfortunately they showed us exactly this hand. What I can improve here probably is betting the Turn as he is a big fish considering previous hand.

We can cooler second nuts as well!

What are these guys doing???:profit::profit::profit:

BR
Doychin

Originally posted by ddoichev
Dream flop, dream opponents!

Very nice!
I love it when my opponents block each others' outs.

Originally posted by VorpalF2F

Originally posted by ddoichev
Dream flop, dream opponents!

Very nice!
I love it when my opponents block each others' outs.

I was really frightened by the Queen on the turn because was running really bad back then, fortunately it ended with a brick

Good luck with your challenge! 🔥

Originally posted by monteCarlol
Good luck with your challenge! 🔥

Thanks mate

Second time I flop a royal. Honestly I am not aware how to get value ♦
I thought that it will be good to target monster hands when they open raise from UTG - 2 pairs +. Unfortunately they didn't have it this time.
Poker Stars, $0.08/$0.16 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: $16.08 (100.5 bb)
Hero (BB): $27.63 (172.7 bb)
UTG: $23.66 (147.9 bb)
MP: $28.09 (175.6 bb)
CO: $29.12 (182 bb)
BTN: $10.33 (64.6 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q♦: J♦:
UTG raises to $0.48, 4 folds, Hero calls $0.32

Flop: ($1.04) A♦: T♦: K♦: (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $0.33, Hero raises to $1.42, UTG folds

Results: $1.70 pot ($0.08 rake)
Final Board: A♦: T♦: K♦:
Hero mucked Q♦: J♦: and won $1.62 ($0.81 net)
UTG mucked and lost (-$0.81 net)

Well played. I think we have to raise versus small cbet size being super deep. You can throw some QdXx combos as semibluff. 3bet preflop would likely be fine as well but depends on villain type.

Hello guys,

Our journey continues and we are doing fine. Still playing NL16 regular tables but hopefully we will shot NL25 soon if we run and play good. Still I see a lot of spew in my game postflop, especially overfolding in same spots and overcalling in others.

Current Bankroll: $990

Some interesting hands we can discuss:

Villain:22/16/13.0 - 150hands
We are deep and therefore I flat call the 4bet preflop because we can stack our opponent if we hit good.
OTF: I expect them to bet probably all of their range so I guess call is more than fine.
OTT: When they check on Turn I believe they have a hand like QQ-KK, AQ, ATs and they will call me with all hands that beat me and fold QQ-KK.
OTR: I chop with weaker Ahigh and expect from them to bet AK and KK when Turn go x-x. Again do not see a reason for betting as don't think they will fold Ax type of hands and QQ is not calling definitely.

What do you guys think?

Poker Stars, $0.08/$0.16 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: $21.68 (135.5 bb)
BB: $16.24 (101.5 bb)
UTG: $37.68 (235.5 bb)
MP: $7.99 (49.9 bb)
CO: $16 (100 bb)
Hero (BTN): $36.65 (229.1 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BTN with A♦: 5♦:
UTG raises to $0.40, 2 folds, Hero raises to $1.28, 2 folds, UTG raises to $4.16, Hero calls $2.88

Flop: ($8.56) J♠: 7♥: A♥: (2 players)
UTG bets $2.53, Hero calls $2.53

Turn: ($13.62) J♣: (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks

River: ($13.62) K♠: (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks

- I just love playing in Stars. Top set apparently is not enough to stack on flop.

Poker Stars, $0.08/$0.16 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 5 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: $21.14 (132.1 bb)
Hero (BB): $16 (100 bb)
MP: $18.44 (115.3 bb)
CO: $29.24 (182.8 bb)
BTN: $16 (100 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 2♥: 2♦:
MP folds, CO calls $0.16, BTN folds, SB completes, Hero checks

Flop: ($0.48) K♣: 6♣: 2♠: (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $0.40, CO calls $0.40, SB folds

Turn: ($1.28) A♦: (2 players)
Hero bets $1.76, CO calls $1.76

River: ($4.80) J♣: (2 players)
Hero bets $1.51, CO calls $1.51

Results: $7.82 pot ($0.35 rake)
Final Board: K♣: 6♣: 2♠: A♦: J♣:
Hero showed 2♥: 2♦: and lost (-$3.83 net)
CO showed K♦: K♥: and won $7.47 ($3.64 net)

Poker Stars, $0.08/$0.16 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: $10.10 (63.1 bb)
BB: $16.79 (104.9 bb)
Hero (UTG): $16.84 (105.3 bb)
MP: $6.10 (38.1 bb)
CO: $19.65 (122.8 bb)
BTN: $64.24 (401.5 bb)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 7♣: 7♦:
Hero raises to $0.40, MP folds, CO calls $0.40, BTN calls $0.40, 2 folds

Flop: ($1.44) 9♣: 6♠: 7♠: (3 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $0.69, BTN calls $0.69, Hero raises to $3.36, CO calls $2.67, BTN folds

Turn: ($8.85) K♠: (2 players)
Hero checks, CO checks

River: ($8.85) 3♠: (2 players)
Hero checks, CO checks

Results: $8.85 pot ($0.40 rake)
Final Board: 9♣: 6♠: 7♠: K♠: 3♠:
Hero showed 7♣: 7♦: and lost (-$3.76 net)
CO showed 9♠: 9♥: and won $8.45 ($4.69 net)

Hi there, I am sorry to not see a discussion about the hand - still, any updates from your side? Lucky you did not loose the max in the last hand!