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_Anonymous_

18.02.2011, 20:30 0

:diamond: Introduction:

For those who don't know me yet, I am a 20 year old computer science student from Slovenia, a former pokerstrategy FL voluntary hand judge and a former pokerstrategy moderator.

:diamond: Poker:

Pokerwise, I've played mostly FL with decent success in the past, some SNGs at which I was mostly breakeven and some MTTs at which i suck ;). I've taken a break from the poker carreer in the middle of August 2010 as I've encountered a too big of a FL downswing, (I believe it was something like 800BB) which totally took away my desire to play poker.

Later on I've got a pretty well paid temporary job (like 15€/hour + work at home, no downswings ;)) and made quite a few thousand € with it, spent most of it on more or less useful stuff, now I have some left and I realized that the only way for me not to spend all my money is to put some in the poker account... I do not have much time on my hands (perhaps 1-2 hours of free time a day) due to university and personal life, however I shall try to play an hour or two of poker a day if possible (and study my game a bit whenever possible).

Now I've decided to give NL BSS a try as I've never really played it, I have a BR that is sufficient for NL25, but until I am confident enough in my game, I should probably stick to NL10. I do remember some stuff from FL so it shouldn't take long for me to adapt to NL, there is of course a difference in ranges and bet sizing, but most of the basic concepts are pretty much the same (equity, fold equity, odds, outs, implied odds, etc). I will play at everest poker, the software is so-so, the players are rather bad and the traffic is ok.

:diamond: Goals until the end of February:

-Play at least 5k hands
-End the month up
-Prepare my game for NL25 in March
-Get involved in the hand evaluation section

If you have any tips for me regarding NL BSS, go ahead and write them down ;). I will post some graphs/hands here when I have some time, and if anyone that plays similar limits wishes to contact me, here is my poker skype account: b-boy-fire

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_Anonymous_

19.02.2011, 00:00 0

Just played a quite interesting short session with some dumb/interesting hands.

Firstly, a hand to justify my name:

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $0.10(BB) Replayer
SB ($10.44)
BB ($10.57)
Hero ($9.70)
CO ($10)
BTN ($6.20)

Dealt to Hero A♣ K♠

Hero raises to $0.35, fold, BTN calls $0.35, fold, BB calls $0.25

FLOP ($1.10) 7♣ 9♦ A♦

BB checks, Hero bets $0.75, BTN calls $0.75, BB calls $0.75

TURN ($3.35) 7♣ 9♦ A♦ 4♣

BB checks, Hero bets $2, BTN folds, BB raises to $9.35, Hero calls $6.60 (AI)

RIVER ($20.55) 7♣ 9♦ A♦ 4♣ 6♠

Spoiler

BB shows 8♣ T♣
(Pre 39%, Flop 36.4%, Turn 31.8%)

Hero shows A♣ K♠
(Pre 61%, Flop 63.6%, Turn 68.2%)

BB wins $19.55

However I look at it, there is no way I can make that call on the turn. Oponnent seemed to be a reg/TAG, not much info on him though, only like 300 hands and no reads. It's usually 2pair+ if not even a set with this line. Despite my luck at his actual holdings the ironic river brought me the punishment I deserved. But the results aren't important, my play was bad and I shall not play TPTK like quads anymore... It's FL's fault, bet bet bet ♦.

Alright, the second hand:

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $0.10(BB) Replayer
Hero ($9.90)
BB ($10.16)
BTN ($10.02)

Dealt to Hero J♠ 9♥

fold, Hero raises to $0.30, BB calls $0.20

FLOP ($0.60) Q♦ 2♦ 3♥

Hero bets $0.30, BB calls $0.30

TURN ($1.20) Q♦ 2♦ 3♥ A♦

Hero bets $0.70, BB raises to $2, Hero folds

BB wins $2.44

I played this according to the SHC preflop, but I'll tighten up a bit in SB in the future. The flop is probably not that bad for cbetting, although I don't know why I only bet 50%, I usually cbet around 75% on draw heavy boards. Turn seemed like a good scare card but of course there is no way for me to continue after getting raised.

Moving on...

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $0.10(BB) Replayer
SB ($10.03)
BB ($5)
UTG ($11.41)
Hero ($9.85)
BTN ($8.25)

Dealt to Hero Q♦ J♦

fold, Hero raises to $0.35, BTN calls $0.35, fold, fold

FLOP ($0.85) T♦ 8♣ 5♥

Hero bets $0.50, BTN calls $0.50

TURN ($1.85) T♦ 8♣ 5♥ K♦

Hero bets $1, BTN calls $1

RIVER ($3.85) T♦ 8♣ 5♥ K♦ A♦

Hero bets $2.40, BTN raises to $6.40 (AI), Hero raises to $8 (AI)

Hero shows Q♦ J♦
(Pre 67%, Flop 37.3%, Turn 45.5%)

BTN shows 8♠ 9♥
(Pre 33%, Flop 62.7%, Turn 54.5%)

Hero wins $15.65

Is there anything nicer than a runner runner royal flush and a fish paying you off with a 4th pair ♦?

Last but not least, a 4bet attempt:

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $0.10(BB) Replayer
SB ($11.01)
BB ($13.05)
UTG ($6.28)
UTG+1 ($10.25)
CO ($18.52)
Hero ($9.98)

Dealt to Hero A♠ Q♣

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.35, fold, BB raises to $1, Hero raises to $3.05, fold

Hero shows A♠ Q♣

Hero wins $2.05

Not many hands on this guy, his tendency was towards TAG though. I'm not sure whether the 4bet was correct, but I decided to stop being a pussy and start playing a bit more agressively (3bet and 4bet more preflop), I would fold to the shove I guess. I decided to 4bet because he could easily be 3betting me lightly BB vs BU to resteal. What do you know, it worked... But I'm not sure if it was a correct play. I can't really call it a bluff 4bet as AQ isn't exactly trash, but vs his 5betting range it's still crushed.

That's it for today, I probably won't be playing during the weekend so expect some more updates next week ;). And please do comment on my fishhands, I really do need to improve my game.