My journey back to NL50

GAZDE

Sounds like a nice challenge. Good luck with improving your game and reaching NL50

Cheers,
SDK1987

best of luck with your challenge! very swingy already ♦

Hey guys thanks for the support, sorry i haven't replied sooner, been helping my girlfriends mom's garden at night time after work i haven't had much time to play.

What should i post up to make it more interesting to read?

Originally posted by BadHabit1989
best of luck with your challenge! very swingy already ♦

Probably more like mistakes on my part

I just played a session, i felt i played very well, i was pretty close to the zone, witch is great because its kinda what im working on with TMGP2 here's the session graph and some interesting hands, and my thought process's. I think variance was slightly negative i lost 50bb with KK vs AK and split a 100bb pot with a fishy.

This guy was playing 14/14 28 sample.

preflop i asumed this guy was tighter then he should be, so i didn't want to isolate myself to his AK QQ+ range by 4betting so i decided to call keeping his bluffs in

Flop ok he bets 30% into 2 players, if he has JJ or AK id expect him to bet larger 1/2+, i expected to have underpairs maybe and bluffs, so i decided to call

Turn so he checks this J turn and now the board is 5KJ J rainbow, he checks, so im thinking, he probably doesn't have much now and was bluffing air, he could check call AK and JJ, again AK bets larger on the flop so im heavily discounting that but not totaly, so i decided i cant really bet for value, if im ahead im probably going to be ahead on the river unless and ace drops.

River He shoves all in on this brick river, so if he check calls AK on the turn he probably isnt going to change that plan on the river, so here i guessed his range to be 1 combo of JJ and the rest pure bluffs so i called

I was pretty happy with the thought i put into this hand

I played badly in this hand 20/18 40 sample, i called the turn 2bet and shove my TP on the river, i said he has hands i beat like AQ, if AQ didnt reraise my flop donk its not going to reraise the turn, so i never get value from that hand, his reraised was 2 pair or a turned set, and i should have folded the river

Preflop I should probably 3bet this hand however calling vs co i think is ok

Flop I decide to donk, i this i have enough folding equity AJ,AT, A9, K9 etc all fold, so i think donking is ok, but with my stack at 50bb, i think i check shove is probably a good play too

Turn I bet and get raised on this 9 turn and the board is Q73ss 9, he gave me great odds and has a very strong hand like 99 or Q9 for 2 pair, this is the range i should of assigned

River i donk shoved my TP into his monster range of 2 pair + my mistake in this hand was based on hand reading, i dont expect a player to reraise the turn with TPTK, maybe the flop but not the turn so much

Starting bank roll $1065
Current bankroll $1254
Target $1500

I just has a nice session made lots of mistakes though, here are a few hands one in particular i want to talk about is the first one

ok so i randomly 3bet a guy i know nothing about to resteal, with A2s, this is a mistake, if he calls a lot preflop witch most do in this spot, were getting floated on the flop, if we cbet 99% and have to check fold, if we check, he can check back and catch our bluff on the river since its an easy read, well played to him, i think oop we should really stick to the nits for deceptive 3bet bluffs oop.

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)
Hero (BB): $5.45 (54.5 bb)
UTG: $13.68 (136.8 bb)
MP: $16.49 (164.9 bb)
CO: $10.45 (104.5 bb)
BTN: $13.61 (136.1 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 2♠: A♠:
2 folds, CO raises to $0.25, BTN calls $0.25, SB calls $0.20, Hero raises to $1.60, CO folds, BTN calls $1.35, SB folds

Flop: ($3.70) 3♣: 8♦: J♦: (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN checks

Turn: ($3.70) 3♦: (2 players)
Hero bets $3.85 and is all-in, BTN calls $3.85

River: ($11.40) 9♦: (2 players, 1 is all-in)

Results:

Gift

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: $9.23 (92.3 bb)
BB: $13.79 (137.9 bb)
UTG: $23.85 (238.5 bb)
MP: $11.39 (113.9 bb)
Hero (CO): $17.12 (171.2 bb)
BTN: $30.57 (305.7 bb)

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

Flop: ($1) J♦: 9♠: 2♣: (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $0.72, BTN calls $0.72, SB calls $0.72

Turn: ($3.16) 3♥: (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $2.27, BTN folds, SB calls $2.27

River: ($7.70) 9♦: (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $13.83 and is all-in, SB calls $5.94 and is all-in

Results:

I think calling was out of the question

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: $23.62 (236.2 bb)
BB: $2.69 (26.9 bb)
UTG: $10.83 (108.3 bb)
MP: $20.18 (201.8 bb)
Hero (CO): $41.14 (411.4 bb)
BTN: $29.05 (290.5 bb)

Preflop: Hero is CO with J♠: Q♠:
UTG folds, MP raises to $0.30, Hero calls $0.30, 2 folds, BB calls $0.20

Flop: ($0.95) J♥: J♣: 2♠: (3 players)
BB checks, MP bets $0.59, Hero calls $0.59, BB folds

Turn: ($2.13) Q♦: (2 players)
MP checks, Hero bets $1.60, MP calls $1.60

River: ($5.33) A♦: (2 players)
MP checks, Hero bets $2.55, MP raises to $17.69 and is all-in, Hero folds

Results: