Pro Tilter. Working on my game.

Hi pokerprons,

Big welcome to our blog section! Glad to see you here finally!

Wish you best of luck to achieve your beautiful and free poker life for at least a couple of years ♦

Ingi

Thanks Ingrid!

btw how do I upload graphs?

Originally posted by pokerprons
Thanks Ingrid!

btw how do I upload graphs?

I stole a quick info from purplefizz:

To post your poker software graphs
1. right click on it and save the image somewhere in your computer
2. upload to a free image hosting service (like imgur.com, imageshack.com, etc.)
3. in that image hosting service, copy the link which says for posting in forums
4. paste in our message box
5. voila!

Thanks, lets give it a shot

Here are my NL10 and NL25 graphs. I guess I felt kinda intimidated by NL25 but thats not the case any more ♠_evil:

hey hey prons, thanks for my shoutout

good luck on the tables

NL10 graph is sick man ♦ Hope you're crushing NL25 now and will follow this blog

Originally posted by Wriggers
NL10 graph is sick man ♦ Hope you're crushing NL25 now and will follow this blog

Thanks Wriggers hopefully I'll turn the NL25 graph around too

Ok so first session since i started blogging is in the books. I logged a small profit 1.5 BIs but it wasn't a good session. I played bad at the beginning and started playing better towards the middle, but then i got 2-3 big suckouts by a couple of major fish and started to feel upset but i managed to control the tilt and wanted to play a bit more. Then a couple of good hands came and I stacked both those fish + valuetowned a nit who couldnt fold TPTK. There were only few interesting hands since either I played bad or I played ok in standard spots. But lets see a couple of interesting ones:

1) The guy is 18/16/7 over 132 hands but at the time of the hand I only had 30ish hands on him and his stats were 38/20/9 so i thought he was pretty loose. Would you fold the turn with all the missed draws?

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $0.25(BB) Replayer
SB ($25)
BB ($28.05)
Hero ($27.88)
CO ($25.57)
BTN ($31.69)

Dealt to Hero Q♦ Q♣

Hero raises to $0.75, fold, fold, SB raises to $2.50, fold, Hero calls $1.75

FLOP ($5.25) J♦ 5♠ 9♠

SB bets $2.50, Hero calls $2.50

TURN ($10.25) J♦ 5♠ 9♠ 9♣

SB checks, Hero bets $4, SB raises to $20 (AI), Hero calls $16

RIVER ($50.25) J♦ 5♠ 9♠ 9♣ 6♠

SB shows K♦ K♥
(Pre 82%, Flop 90.0%, Turn 95.5%)

Hero shows Q♦ Q♣
(Pre 18%, Flop 10.0%, Turn 4.5%)

SB wins $48.25

This is what happens when you call with crap OOP ♠_mad: Villain was pretty tight and i thought i might lead the turn to try to represent a flush. When he calls I realise he can very likely have AK and when the river brings a heart I think my best line is to bet/fold since if he has Ah or Kh well, obviously he's gonna raise but i thought he should fold his AKoff.

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $0.25(BB) Replayer
SB ($25)
BB ($28.05)
Hero ($27.88)
CO ($25.57)
BTN ($31.69)

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $0.25(BB) Replayer
SB ($22.76)
Hero ($61.68)
UTG ($41.01)
CO ($27.75)
BTN ($25)

Dealt to Hero Q♣ T♣

UTG raises to $0.75, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls $0.50

FLOP ($1.60) 6♠ Q♥ J♥

Hero checks, UTG bets $1.25, Hero calls $1.25

TURN ($4.10) 6♠ Q♥ J♥ T♥

Hero bets $2.50, UTG calls $2.50

RIVER ($9.10) 6♠ Q♥ J♥ T♥ 9♥

Hero bets $6, UTG calls $6

Hero shows Q♣ T♣
(Pre 38%, Flop 67.9%, Turn 9.1%)

UTG shows A♠ K♣
(Pre 62%, Flop 32.1%, Turn 90.9%)

UTG wins $20.07

And finally the hand where I valuetowned the nit. I think I should have maybe even led the flop. Any thoughts?

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $0.25(BB) Replayer
SB ($25)
Hero ($51.78)
UTG ($25)
UTG+1 ($50.58)
CO ($27.75)
BTN ($25)

Dealt to Hero A♥ 3♥

UTG raises to $0.95, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls $0.70

FLOP ($2) 3♣ 3♠ K♥

Hero checks, UTG bets $1.52, Hero raises to $3.75, UTG calls $2.23

TURN ($9.50) 3♣ 3♠ K♥ 9♠

Hero bets $6.50, UTG calls $6.50

RIVER ($22.50) 3♣ 3♠ K♥ 9♠ 9♥

Hero bets $16, UTG calls $13.80 (AI)

Hero shows A♥ 3♥
(Pre 29%, Flop 91.3%, Turn 95.5%)

UTG shows A♦ K♦
(Pre 71%, Flop 8.7%, Turn 4.5%)

Hero wins $48.10

Had another short session this morning not much was going on but i booked a profit of 120bb. The thing I'm happy about is that I started playing 100% focused from the get go. This is something I have to do every time. I used to just sit down and start grinding and often lose a couple of buy ins just because i wasn't focused enough on my decisions and that caused me to spew. From now on I'm gonna tell myself to be fully focused from the point I start opening tables.
Time for another session

Cheers!

RL interfered with my poker yesterday since I forgot to pay the internet bill and they cut me off in the middle of the session. I was holding bot pair+fd in 3bet pot on one table and had re raised flop, and on the other one I was holding AA with a raise and a re raise PF Anyway, I went to pay the bill but had no time to play in the evening since I had a mini soccer match and was to tired to play after that.
Pokerwise, recently I've been talking to a friend who is a HU specialist to get a coaching and staking deal to play HU and today we had our first session. I'm excited to learn more about HU. I have played NL50 HU a bit but when I watch him play I see how bad I am There is so much more aggression and dynamics in HU it's just insane, at least the way he plays it (I'm a scared fish ). So, I'm looking forward to branching out from NLSH, but till then- keep grinding the moniez on NL25 and improve improve improve!

Cheers

Hi, nice NL10 graph, hope you get the same or better one on NL50 later :).

Thats about 2.45BB/100 isn't it?

thx LudiCoka

It's 4.91bb/100 according to HEM so that's it.

Hi everyone
I've played a bit yesterday, ran pretty bad but managed to brake even in the last session of the day. Earlier today I put in a short session and managed to log a 1BI profit.
Check out the graph. I guess today is "fair play day" at pokerstars. No suckouts allowed ♦

Here is a hand I could use some help with:

Villain is a TAG reg. I had been aggressive in the previous couple of hands. Should I 4bet pre flop here? And as played, should I 3bet/fold flop? Or just c/f or c/c flop c/f turn? Or something else?

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $0.25(BB) Replayer
SB ($23.48)
BB ($16.06)
Hero ($26.98)
CO ($25.27)
BTN ($74.05)

Dealt to Hero Q♣ Q♥

Hero raises to $0.75, CO raises to $2.25, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls $1.50

FLOP ($4.85) 8♥ 6♦ 5♣

Hero checks, CO bets $3.25, Hero raises to $8, CO raises to $23.02 (AI), Hero calls $15.02

TURN ($50.89) 8♥ 6♦ 5♣ T♥

RIVER ($50.89) 8♥ 6♦ 5♣ T♥ 8♦

I'll play some more now and later I have a football match, this time vs friends so it's game on ♠_evil:

cheers!

You played that QQ hand fine. If you have a read his 3bet range is KK and AA you can fold pf. Other options are 4bet/broke and call. If you call then you must be willing to go broke on suck low card flops. Check-raise on flop is the best option if he conti-bets these situations which I know most NL25 TAGish players do. After that it's just so much -EV to fold.

Hey man, good to see you at the tables today, sick sick 10nl graph hopefully u can repeat it at 25 now.

In regards to QQ, I think it depends a little on history in these spots, what's his 3b %, and his 3b %'s from BTN and CO. These spots are really awkward, you need to know if he gets out of line in them or not, and how often.

Think you need to in general build some sort of gameplan for these spots. Personally I hate stacking QQ off without some sort of dynamic or being sort of BTN vs blinds etc.

Originally posted by fusionpk
Hey man, good to see you at the tables today, sick sick 10nl graph hopefully u can repeat it at 25 now.

In regards to QQ, I think it depends a little on history in these spots, what's his 3b %, and his 3b %'s from BTN and CO. These spots are really awkward, you need to know if he gets out of line in them or not, and how often.

Think you need to in general build some sort of gameplan for these spots. Personally I hate stacking QQ off without some sort of dynamic or being sort of BTN vs blinds etc.

Good to see you too
Yea, you are absolutely right about having a plan for those situations.
We do have a bit of a history but still, now that I think, he probably doesn't go out of line much in these spots.
I was thinking (more like hoping like a true fish) that he could have JJ here because I was pretty aggro at the time.
But the best line would probably be to re raise/fold flop.

Originally posted by LudiCoka
You played that QQ hand fine. If you have a read his 3bet range is KK and AA you can fold pf. Other options are 4bet/broke and call. If you call then you must be willing to go broke on suck low card flops. Check-raise on flop is the best option if he conti-bets these situations which I know most NL25 TAGish players do. After that it's just so much -EV to fold.

I still have ~50bb left after I re raise flop and his line looks so strong even though it can be attributed to reg wars. I think the only thing I beat there is JJ or maybe 77.

I guess an update is in order.
I've played a bit in the last couple of days, and had one big downswing. I'm recovering now but i really need to work on my mindset. I need to stop tilting when I get sucked out on, but it's easier said than done. I've even said I would strictly follow a 4BI stop loss but that went out the window when I was steaming.
I was too blinded with rage to mark any hands so i'll do it in today's sessions so I have something to post here for discussion.
Wish me luck

Hi guys
It's been a swingy week. I played a lot and was running pretty bad, especially vs big donks which made it much more frustrating. I'm not going to complain too much because I've seen graphs here on PS, such as fusionpk's that make me wanna cry so I guess I have no right to complain. I managed somehow to brake even and started to control tilt a bit better. I stopped a couple of times when I was down only to come back later and get some of that money back, so this is definitely a good thing.
Here's my graph of the month so far

The first few days were still NL10 i think, the rest is NL25.

Here are some interesting hands, some are just to show how donks make me tilt and some need discussion.

First let me show you how donk own me.

This guy soulread both me and pokerstars RNG

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $0.25(BB) Replayer
SB ($15.25)
Hero ($26.99)
UTG ($25)
UTG+1 ($29.09)
CO ($30.53)
BTN ($36.45)

Dealt to Hero A♥ J♥

fold, fold, fold, fold, SB calls $0.15, Hero raises to $1.25, SB calls $1

FLOP ($2.50) 7♣ 7♦ J♦

SB bets $1.75, Hero raises to $4.50, SB calls $2.75

TURN ($11.50) 7♣ 7♦ J♦ K♠

SB checks, Hero bets $10, SB calls $9.50 (AI)

RIVER ($30.50) 7♣ 7♦ J♦ K♠ 9♣

SB shows Q♥ K♥
(Pre 39%, Flop 24.9%, Turn 88.6%)

Hero shows A♥ J♥
(Pre 61%, Flop 75.1%, Turn 11.4%)

SB wins $29.01

What can I say about this one?

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $0.25(BB) Replayer
SB ($80.95)
BB ($26.23)
UTG ($49.38)
CO ($15.55)
Hero ($25)

Dealt to Hero 7♥ 7♣

fold, CO raises to $1, Hero calls $1, fold, fold

FLOP ($2.35) 3♦ 2♥ 8♣

CO bets $2, Hero raises to $6, CO calls $4

TURN ($14.35) 3♦ 2♥ 8♣ 4♣

CO checks, Hero bets $9, CO calls $8.55 (AI)

RIVER ($31.45) 3♦ 2♥ 8♣ 4♣ T♦

CO shows A♥ T♣
(Pre 46%, Flop 25.6%, Turn 22.7%)

Hero shows 7♥ 7♣
(Pre 54%, Flop 74.4%, Turn 77.3%)

CO wins $29.92

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $0.25(BB) Replayer
SB ($9.50)
BB ($13.53)
UTG ($25)
CO ($10)
Hero ($40.64)

CO posts $0.25

Dealt to Hero A♦ 3♦

fold, CO checks, Hero calls $0.25, SB raises to $0.50, BB calls $0.25, CO calls $0.25, Hero calls $0.25

FLOP ($2) 3♣ J♦ 3♠

SB bets $0.25, BB raises to $0.50, CO folds, Hero calls $0.50, SB calls $0.25

TURN ($3.50) 3♣ J♦ 3♠ 5♣

SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $2, SB folds, BB calls $2

RIVER ($7.50) 3♣ J♦ 3♠ 5♣ 5♦

BB bets $0.75, Hero raises to $4, BB calls $3.25

Hero shows A♦ 3♦
(Pre 56%, Flop 96.2%, Turn 95.5%)

BB shows 4♥ 5♥
(Pre 44%, Flop 3.8%, Turn 4.5%)

BB wins $14.75

Now something more serious

the whole hand was strange to me but I guess he had to have me beat there? Or can I beat something?

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $0.25(BB) Replayer
Hero ($25)
BB ($20.79)
UTG ($29.25)
CO ($50.21)
BTN ($25.35)

Dealt to Hero 9♥ 9♦

fold, CO raises to $0.75, fold, Hero calls $0.65, fold

FLOP ($1.75) 9♣ K♠ 5♠

Hero checks, CO bets $1.25, Hero raises to $3, CO calls $1.75

TURN ($7.75) 9♣ K♠ 5♠ 8♠

Hero checks, CO checks

RIVER ($7.75) 9♣ K♠ 5♠ 8♠ T♣

Hero bets $4, CO raises to $46.46 (AI), Hero folds

CO wins $14.99

I really don't see why he would check back flop with JJ+ although I've seen people do it. This guy is 13/12/ 3bet 2.7/4bet 29 over 629 hands and such rocks usually go broke on this flop right?

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $0.25(BB) Replayer
Hero ($47.72)
BB ($53.39)
UTG ($26.86)
UTG+1 ($27)
CO ($20.97)
BTN ($26.65)

Dealt to Hero T♥ T♣

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to $0.75, Hero raises to $2.50, fold, BTN raises to $5.85, Hero calls $3.35

FLOP ($11.95) 5♥ 7♣ 3♠

Hero checks, BTN checks

TURN ($11.95) 5♥ 7♣ 3♠ 7♦

Hero checks, BTN bets $8.52, Hero raises to $41.87 (AI), BTN folds

Hero shows T♥ T♣

Hero wins $27.57

Finally this is how I made a reg spew ♦ he is 24/17 fold to 3bet 53 and I've been 3betting a lot but this is just lol. I took some time before betting flop so he thinks I'm contemplaiting a bluff or something

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $0.25(BB) Replayer
Hero ($33.02)
BB ($22.05)
UTG ($27.27)
UTG+1 ($20.90)
CO ($63.14)
BTN ($39.22)

Dealt to Hero K♠ K♥

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to $0.75, Hero raises to $2.50, fold, BTN calls $1.75

FLOP ($5.25) 5♣ 9♣ 5♠

Hero bets $3, BTN raises to $10.25, Hero raises to $30.52 (AI), BTN calls $20.27

TURN ($66.29) 5♣ 9♣ 5♠ 3♦

RIVER ($66.29) 5♣ 9♣ 5♠ 3♦ 8♠

BTN shows T♦ 2♦
(Pre 17%, Flop 0.6%, Turn 0.0%)

Hero shows K♠ K♥
(Pre 83%, Flop 99.4%, Turn 100.0%)

Hero wins $64.29

I hope I'll run good till the end of the month and make it my biggest CG month.
Tonight- drinking night ♠_cool:

Run good everyone!

Very cool NL25 reg you had there. T2s is the nuts ofc!

Your monthly graph is turning out to be very sweet. Congratz and keep it up!