No second chance - Low stakes blog 2nl-200nl

your profits running above your expected EV line means you got lucky and won a few hands you were behind on and generally won most (or all) of the hands you were ahead on.

(uless you're opponent is drawing dead, your equity share is not 100%)

so in HM, pick the "hands" view, make sure you pick "ALL" and then sort by "Equity %" to see the hands that are driving the graph.

then take a look at your all in equity in the hands you won & lost.
if you see yourself winning a lot of hands as a (significant) underdog, you've been "lucky".

in my hands, the only "underdog" hand I won, I was at 49% (coin flip).
10 times I have gotten in at 30% or less, and lost every time.
when I was "ahead", I have not fared as well.
I've lost with 88.6%, 81.8%, 69.7%, 68.2%, 62.3%, and 60.2% equity.

not surprisingly, I am running about $20 under EV.

the important thing to review is not whether or not you are "lucky".
look for hands where you were a big underdog (whether or not you won or lost) and review them closely. you want to avoid these spots in the future.
obviously, being a big underdog is -EV in the longterm.

I wish you well on your "last chance".
study your hands and see what lessons are there.
sometimes (say KK vs AA) the hands play themselves.
but plenty of times there were warnings to lay it down and we ignored them.
even if you suck out, it's a bad spot to be in.

Originally posted by William340
your profits running above your expected EV line means you got lucky and won a few hands you were behind on and generally won most (or all) of the hands you were ahead on.

(uless you're opponent is drawing dead, your equity share is not 100%)

so in HM, pick the "hands" view, make sure you pick "ALL" and then sort by "Equity %" to see the hands that are driving the graph.

then take a look at your all in equity in the hands you won & lost.
if you see yourself winning a lot of hands as a (significant) underdog, you've been "lucky".

in my hands, the only "underdog" hand I won, I was at 49% (coin flip).
10 times I have gotten in at 30% or less, and lost every time.
when I was "ahead", I have not fared as well.
I've lost with 88.6%, 81.8%, 69.7%, 68.2%, 62.3%, and 60.2% equity.

not surprisingly, I am running about $20 under EV.

the important thing to review is not whether or not you are "lucky".
look for hands where you were a big underdog (whether or not you won or lost) and review them closely. you want to avoid these spots in the future.
obviously, being a big underdog is -EV in the longterm.

I wish you well on your "last chance".
study your hands and see what lessons are there.
sometimes (say KK vs AA) the hands play themselves.
but plenty of times there were warnings to lay it down and we ignored them.
even if you suck out, it's a bad spot to be in.

just checked it on HM, I won 5 out 15 times when my equity is 40% or lower, and I won most of my coin flips (between 40% and 60%) and won lost few 80%-90%.
I guess i'm just running good ♦ hope that continues

most of the pots I lose being a big underdog (<30%) seems to be JJ or QQ preflop, and 2 set over set (it's hard to get away from a set on the flop I think) and few other trash hands like JTo and KJ etc ...

I will be posting some hands here soon, I just have to figure out how ♦

Hand Evaluations up to No Limit 0.05/0.10

then look around for some "copy hand history" and convert it, or some "copy hand history in forum format" in HM, or something. good luck ♦

Originally posted by Tomaloc
Hand Evaluations up to No Limit 0.05/0.10

then look around for some "copy hand history" and convert it, or some "copy hand history in forum format" in HM, or something. good luck ♦

thank you

Originally posted by booomm

just checked it on HM, I won 5 out 15 times when my equity is 40% or lower, and I won most of my coin flips (between 40% and 60%) and won lost few 80%-90%.
I guess i'm just running good ♦ hope that continues

most of the pots I lose being a big underdog (<30%) seems to be JJ or QQ preflop, and 2 set over set (it's hard to get away from a set on the flop I think) and few other trash hands like JTo and KJ etc ...

I will be posting some hands here soon, I just have to figure out how ♦

yes, you are supposed to go broke in set over set flops - no misplay there.
getting JJ or QQ in against AA or KK pre-flop is not bad, unless the villain is a rock who never raises or three bets.
then you would have had a warning.

sounds like you are playing pretty well.

you should review your (non all in) big hands (won or lost) after each session with an eye on how you could have won more or lost less.

quick session today before school, lost alot of hands where I was a big favorite but still in the green: +0.48 in 199 hands.
got AA and KK cracked by random hands, and lost AQ vs AT ai preflop, but who cares I am still winning ♦
and I reached chrome status, although I just found out that 888poker rewards program is absolut crap so it means nothing appearantly

will update later tonight with some hands.

new bankroll: 67.45$

running insanely bad alot of bad beats and inevitable hands (ran QQ vs AA against the same LAG fish twice, and some other set over set, set vs str8 etc )
but I am trying to keep my A game, I rarely tilt, but I am loosing I start to play a bit looser without being aware of it. so I'm trying to play tighter and watch my vpip and pfr stats closely.

new bankroll : 54.55

what do you guys do when you run bad ? do you just quit to minimize the losses ?? or you try to keep A game and get even ??

I just feel like to shoot someone right now

how ugly this hand is.. but well, that's poker, life goes on

** Cassava Hand History for Game 265973343 **
$0.01/$0.02 Blinds No Limit Holdem - *** 16 04 2012 01:58:31
Table Monaco (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: jwieczorek ( $2.29 )
Seat 2: Pedro76choc ( $1.76 )
Seat 3: luckypb6 ( $1.68 )
Seat 4: scorpion122 ( $2.86 )
Seat 5: booommmaaa ( $2.06 )
Seat 6: DoktorDream ( $1.63 )
Seat 7: moulan7 ( $1.80 )
Seat 9: beatsister ( $0.48 )
Seat 10: toker60 ( $1.44 )
luckypb6 posts small blind [$0.01]
scorpion122 posts big blind [$0.02]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to booommmaaa [ Th, Jd ]
booommmaaa calls [$0.02]
DoktorDream calls [$0.02]
moulan7 folds
beatsister folds
toker60 calls [$0.02]
jwieczorek raises [$0.13]
Pedro76choc folds
luckypb6 calls [$0.12]
scorpion122 folds
booommmaaa calls [$0.11]
DoktorDream folds
toker60 calls [$0.11]
** Dealing flop ** [ 9d, 8d, Qd ]
luckypb6 bets [$0.28]
booommmaaa raises [$0.70]
toker60 calls [$0.70]
jwieczorek raises [$2.16]
luckypb6 calls [$1.27]
booommmaaa calls [$1.23]
toker60 folds
** Dealing turn ** [ Qh ]
** Dealing river ** [ Ah ]
** Summary **
jwieczorek shows [ 9s, Qc ]
luckypb6 shows [ 9h, 3c ]
booommmaaa shows [ Th, Jd ]
jwieczorek collected [ $5.55 ]
jwieczorek collected [ $0.71 ]

played around 300 hands today and managed to recover some of my yesterday terrible downswing, my bankroll was down to around 49$, now I have 58.50$

gonna post my graph later, my ev line is looking really wierd and I have no clue how to interpret it

what you guys think ? some one could give me some analysis about my graph ?

took few shots at NL4 and NL6 today, tables looked really fishy so I thought I'd give it a try, run incredibely bad, loosing big pots where I was a big favourite against random hands, but managed to win few $ anyway ♦

new Bankroll 77.06$

graph looking swingy, but it is going up ♦

running at 39.58bb/100 at the moment ♦

played some crazy hands on nl2 against a maniac who raised every hand to 10bb preflop and broke almost everyone at the table and put them on tilt, but I finally managed to take his 600bb ♦ called him with A high on the river for like 50bb and then got it all in pf against him with AA (he had KQ or KJ or sthing) for the rest of his money.

bankroll: 80,83$

Now this blog is a real challenge.

It will be interesting for sure.
Has a dark aspect to the whole thing hehe. Goodluck!!

Originally posted by justkyle88
Now this blog is a real challenge.

It will be interesting for sure.
Has a dark aspect to the whole thing hehe. Goodluck!!

I think people will be interested when I reach something, like a proper bankroll for NL10 maybe ♦

but why does it have a dark aspect ^^?

quick session today, 218 hands played and and up few $$

new br: 85.25$

15$ short for NL4. it may be still early but I am thinking to keep grinding nl2 until I reach sufficient bankroll for NL6 (150$).

edit: just reached 7000 hands milestone with 39,94bb/100
vpip: 22.1
pfr: 13.7
I am working to reduce the gap between my vpip and pfr, looks like I am limping too much.

Graph starting to look steady, I like it ♦ 8$ short for NL4, so I will be moving up real soon If I keep running this way. I have alot of work for tommorow's school project, so I'll probably continue the grinding tommorow night.

current br: 92.05$

Keep on going the good stuff mate. I've always liked watching people's progressions and definetely will check your blog more often, especially given the fact that we currently play the same limit. Play well and good luck!

PS. Try to post converted hands here, the plain text is rather unreadable. Try weaktight or handconverter.com

Originally posted by philenvyy
Keep on going the good stuff mate. I've always liked watching people's progressions and definetely will check your blog more often, especially given the fact that we currently play the same limit. Play well and good luck!

PS. Try to post converted hands here, the plain text is rather unreadable. Try weaktight or handconverter.com

thx mate your feedback, suggestions and critics are most welcome

So played few 800 NL4 hands today, but didn't do very good, I am down 2BI right now and running 10$ under ev
I just switched from FR to SH, so I am trying to adapt, not good enough though, I am feeling SH is very different, and players are definatly much better then NL2.

br: 85$

those type of hands have been giving me trouble lately, is it the right move to play this hand agressively on the flop ? considering that vilain is a tight player that might fold an overpair ?

Cassava Poker $0.02/$0.04 No Limit Hold'em - 5 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

CO: $4.21
BTN: $4.23
Hero (SB): $8.21
BB: $1.28
UTG: $5.63

Pre Flop: ($0.06) Hero is SB with 9♦ 7♦
UTG calls $0.04, CO raises to $0.31, BTN calls $0.31, Hero calls $0.29, 1 fold, UTG calls $0.27

Flop: ($1.28) 3♦ T♣ 8♦ (4 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $0.64, CO calls $0.64, BTN folds, Hero raises to $1.50, UTG folds, CO raises to $3.90, Hero calls $2.40

Turn: ($9.72) 4♥ (2 players)

River: ($9.72) 5♠ (2 players)