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CPallo
Joined: 12.04.2012

Rigged.. Played 130K hands on Titan poker and haven't achieved a thing. Of course, I played BE sth. like 50-70k hands on Speed poker and nearly got broke. My graphs are way better in no-zoom. Just need to know my opponents to maximize my winnings.


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yougotfelted51
Joined: 04.02.2010

Originally posted by CPallo
Rigged.. Played 130K hands on Titan poker and haven't achieved a thing. Of course, I played BE sth. like 50-70k hands on Speed poker and nearly got broke. My graphs are way better in no-zoom. Just need to know my opponents to maximize my winnings.

what stakes were you playing at titan?

from my experience in speed poker you don't need to know anything about your opponents, just:

:diamond:open wide in co/btn/sb
:diamond:3bet lots ip
:diamond:don't level yourself, if you get check/raised just give up all but your strongest hands
:diamond:bet once/give up as a standard with air
:diamond:play big pots with big hands, small pots with small hands

in speed people cant wait to give up their money, so just fold vs resistance without a hand, and take all their money when you do


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CPallo
Joined: 12.04.2012

It went fine as long as I played that way on speed, but then something happened. Not sure what, I'd say I had a major downswing there, too, but it made me to avoid those games. I love to use other players leaks, I play about 20-30 % of hands sometimes and I don't need to hit 'em.

Speed is different, you play sth. like 14-<20 % of hands and few of them go to post-flop. But yeah, regular poker suits me well so I'll play it, at least as long as they find a HUD that works on Titan poker.

Currently grinding NL20 with 2-6 tables, depends on how many tables are there available (and time of the day).

E: Going out tonight, so might be that you won't be seeing me tomorrow, not at the morning at least.


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CPallo
Joined: 12.04.2012

Hohhoo... Had an exam today, was pretty hard but I guess I made it through after all I was supposed to take a nap now to be energetic on next class, but no... Just poker.

Hand of the day, succesfull double float against a nit:

I'm 100 % sure that he had at least a pair, probably AJ+ there. Decided to call 2 streets because his river stats were bet/fold 5/5. And the river card was perfect to rep straight or flush. Decided to bet 1/2, made it look like a value bet and a bet that just hopes him to call... And it worked. Had to show that hand to him, though, so next time he thinks that I'm bluffin :)

iPoker - $0.20 NL - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

SB: $15.06
BB: $19.45
UTG: $20.00
CO: $22.97
Hero (BTN): $18.60

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.20

Pre Flop: ($0.30) Hero has A:heart: 8:heart:

fold, CO raises to $0.70, Hero calls $0.70, fold, fold

Flop: ($1.70, 2 players) A:spade: Q:spade: K:diamond:
CO bets $1.40, Hero calls $1.40

Turn: ($4.50, 2 players) 6:heart:
CO bets $3.20, Hero calls $3.20

River: ($10.90, 2 players) 6:spade:
CO checks, Hero bets $5.20, fold

Hero shows A:heart: 8:heart: (Two Pair, Aces and Sixes)
Hero wins $10.36

Another spot was against a fishy player who loved to donk and never folded a Hand. He lost a big pot before this with A3o, he hit TP and donated nearly a stack to another guy. He was the type to tilt off, so decided to 3bet broke with him. This time river was my friend...

iPoker - $0.10 NL - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

Hero (SB): $8.28
BB: $5.73
UTG: $6.86
MP: $10.35
CO: $9.55
BTN: $10.00

Hero posts SB $0.05, BB posts BB $0.10

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero has Q:spade: A:spade:

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to $0.25, Hero raises to $0.80, BB raises to $1.35, fold, Hero raises to $8.28, BB calls $4.38

Flop: ($11.71, 2 players) 5:diamond: 7:diamond: 5:spade:

Turn: ($11.71, 2 players) 7:spade:

River: ($11.71, 2 players) Q:heart:

Hero shows Q:spade: A:spade: (Two Pair, Queens and Sevens) (Pre 47%, Flop 28%, Turn 32%)
BB shows 9:heart: 9:club: (Two Pair, Nines and Sevens) (Pre 53%, Flop 72%, Turn 68%)
Hero wins $10.93


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CPallo
Joined: 12.04.2012

Got to add graph for this month. So far not so much volume (lack of tables, school works, hangovers..) Not bad, waiting for the downswing to strike

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Graph shows good on cash games, but also tournaments have gone well. Overall winnings on 1 month time: +270d

A random hand, had a wtf moment there for a while. Opponent was a maniac so I called despite the odds and knowing that he donks overpot only with total air.

iPoker - $0.20 NL - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

UTG: $28.96
CO: $20.31
BTN: $20.00
SB: $20.00
Hero (BB): $20.12

SB posts SB $0.10, Hero posts BB $0.20

Pre Flop: ($0.30) Hero has 2:club: Q:club:

UTG calls $0.20, fold, fold, fold, Hero checks

Flop: ($0.50, 2 players) 9:club: 5:club: K:diamond:
Hero checks, UTG bets $0.80, Hero calls $0.80

Turn: ($2.10, 2 players) A:diamond:
Hero bets $0.20, UTG raises to $1.80, Hero calls $1.60

River: ($5.70, 2 players) 4:heart:
Hero checks, UTG checks

UTG shows T:heart: 6:diamond: (High Card, Ace) (Pre 40%, Flop 14%, Turn 9%)
Hero shows 2:club: Q:club: (High Card, Ace) (Pre 60%, Flop 86%, Turn 91%)
Hero wins $5.42

E: And yes, I'm a reg, not a fish at all


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CPallo
Joined: 12.04.2012

I'm lazy son of a b*tch today, won't make a session analyze. Though the session was rather standard, didn't have any big mistakes there. Only the last hand was the one I would play differently now. I put him only on KK or AA, so I should have folded. Ofc I beat him on river when I hit my 2-outer, but as I'm not results oriented so I know I made a mistake. Luckily I was smart enough to quit when I realized that I'm not playing my A-game anymore.

And about lazy.. I have about 180 pages project to read this evening (about 2-3h to read it), it's old history texts about Finnish history. So "Interesting", but man's got to do what man's got to do :))


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CPallo
Joined: 12.04.2012

Very rocky tables on Titan poker tonight. No maniacs or stations, and all the fish there is have less than 20bb left on the table.

Lucily, against them we will make profit by stealing and using fear factor (in right places), so it's not that bad.


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CPallo
Joined: 12.04.2012

Ended up losing 1 BIN today. Just had no hands to play with. Had bad run and missed all the flops and fishy opponents that won't fold are hard to bluff out :P

Otherwise played well.


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bennisboy
Joined: 11.04.2011

Hey, welcome to the English community!

I'll be following your blog and will drop by to discuss some strategies and hands!


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CPallo
Joined: 12.04.2012

Thank you! Will be glad to hear you guys comment my blog. And to discuss some hands. I'm mostly posting here weird plays or big pot or tough spots, skipping the ABC (So I don't play only like a maniac or idiot!)


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CPallo
Joined: 12.04.2012

Been rather tired today, so I've played 200 hands on Hold'em and then switch to Omaha. There was quite tight NLHE tables so it wasn't that +EV to play.

On Omaha I'm somewhat a fish. But luckily, the opponents are more fishy and they overplay their weak combos and have no idea what to raise with. So had +2bin today, maybe I continue later in the evening.

P.s met Kyyberi on tables too, seemed like grinding fine!


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CPallo
Joined: 12.04.2012

I did went to gym today, too. First time for 6 weeks. I was sick for a while and it took long to recover. It felt good, but I guess I might have some muscle pain tomorrow.. No can do. :)


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Kyyberi
Joined: 09.07.2010

Solid grinding, -20bin in 2 days against those donkeys. :f_love:


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CPallo
Joined: 12.04.2012

Originally posted by Kyyberi
Solid grinding, -20bin in 2 days against those donkeys. :f_love:

I told you one can't beat 'em <3


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CPallo
Joined: 12.04.2012

Guess I stopped my grinding today on Omaha. Overall +3bin and quite many points on Titan poker and few for Pokerstrategy, too.

Hand of the day... Opponent was the biggest whalefish ever. First I decided to just 3-bet it small (coz had bad cards besides the aces). After the short-stack shove and the other guy calls the situation changes, though. I have perfect situation to make him go AI pre-flop. And he did. With a great hand that nearly got the reward he deserved..

Hand of the day..iPoker - $0.10 PL Hi - Omaha - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

CO: $10.00
BTN: $5.97
SB: $1.65
BB: $17.94
UTG: $10.15
Hero (MP): $9.98

SB posts SB $0.05, BB posts BB $0.10

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero has A:diamond: 5:spade: T:diamond: A:heart:

UTG raises to $0.20, Hero raises to $0.48, fold, fold, SB raises to $1.65, fold, UTG calls $1.45, Hero raises to $6.70, UTG raises to $10.15, Hero calls $3.28

Flop: ($21.71, 3 players) 7:club: 8:diamond: 9:spade:

Turn: ($21.71, 3 players) 7:spade:

River: ($21.71, 3 players) 7:heart:

SB shows 9:diamond: 3:club: 4:spade: 4:diamond: (Full House, Sevens full of Fours) (Pre 15%, Flop 2%, Turn 3%)
UTG shows 6:diamond: 5:diamond: 8:heart: 4:club: (Straight, Nine High) (Pre 29%, Flop 93%, Turn 86%)
Hero shows A:diamond: 5:spade: T:diamond: A:heart: (Full House, Sevens full of Aces) (Pre 56%, Flop 5%, Turn 11%)
Hero wins $20.27

And tomorrow I'm going to go out to buy coffee, I'm out of it already :// Feels odd, feels empty without it.


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CPallo
Joined: 12.04.2012

I need more VOLUME!!

Got to admit, Titan Poker isn't offering too good games in NL10/NL20. Just too nitty or not enough tables. I'd like to do at least 6 tables at a time, but preferably more. I know I have what it takes to beat these levels, but it just takes too long if I do like avg. of <500 hands/day

Just eagerly waiting to unlock the full bonus and then leaving to another poker site... Good suggestions? At least unibet might be an option..


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CPallo
Joined: 12.04.2012

Got to start to love PLO again. Especially on Friday nights. There's so much fish swimming in the pool. My favourites are those, who open pot with any Axxx hand and then C/F if missed. I also like all the maniacs and calling stations on board <3

haven't had that good feeling on NLHE, though. In the beginning of my session I spewwwed a lot against some CS when I missed all the time. Eventually got back to BE, and to Omaha. And it has been so wild, losing with good equity and sucking out with low outs.. :))

E: And after all, back to BE in PLO, too. Just 3 hands, and opponents levelz themselves Thank you, sirs.

E: Yes, EV shows me that I should have +1,5 bin, but I'm BE. Not that bad run after all..


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CPallo
Joined: 12.04.2012

One of those Omaha hands that makes me want to play only NLHE

iPoker - $0.10 PL Hi - Omaha - 4 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

UTG: $13.17
Hero (BTN): $10.28
SB: $10.48
BB: $13.92

SB posts SB $0.05, BB posts BB $0.10

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero has A:heart: 6:club: Q:club: 2:heart:

UTG raises to $0.35, Hero calls $0.35, SB calls $0.30, fold

Flop: ($1.15, 3 players) 5:heart: K:heart: 4:spade:
SB checks, UTG bets $1.15, Hero raises to $4.60, fold, UTG raises to $12.82, Hero calls $5.33

Turn: ($21.01, 2 players) J:club:

River: ($21.01, 2 players) 6:spade:

UTG shows A:club: J:heart: T:heart: 2:club: (One Pair, Jacks) (Pre 50%, Flop 23%, Turn 68%)
Hero mucks A:heart: 6:club: Q:club: 2:heart: (One Pair, Sixes) (Pre 50%, Flop 77%, Turn 33%)
UTG wins $19.61


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CPallo
Joined: 12.04.2012

Final results for today: Got ~+1bin Opponents leveled themselves for good, especially in the last case where I flopped straight and he had 2 pairs without draws. Raise on flop, and turn gave him FD, but couldn't beat me. So session was ++ today :))

Tomorrow I'll try to play floorball for the first time this year, had a bad back injury that kept me off for so long. And Maybe I'll join NLHE in the evening, hopefully I'm not tired anymore so I can play it with my A-game ;)

Last winning:

Opponent was one of the type "88/53/89", so decided to limp/call (this hand wasn't good enough for 3-bet, his percentage was close to 25). And on flop the hand played itself. I had bluffed this guy once on flop when he potted it and I raised and showed the hand, so guess he put me on bluff again. Or then he is da fish :)

iPoker - $0.10 PL Hi - Omaha - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

MP: $3.03
CO: $3.13
BTN: $42.96
SB: $30.68
BB: $9.50
Hero (UTG): $10.07

SB posts SB $0.05, BB posts BB $0.10

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero has 2:spade: K:spade: J:spade: T:diamond:

Hero calls $0.10, fold, fold, fold, fold, BB raises to $0.35, Hero calls $0.25

Flop: ($0.75, 2 players) Q:heart: J:diamond: 9:club:
BB bets $0.75, Hero raises to $3.00, BB calls $2.25

Turn: ($6.75, 2 players) A:heart:
BB checks, Hero bets $6.72, BB calls $6.15

River: ($19.05, 2 players) 7:diamond:

BB shows 9:heart: A:club: J:club: 7:heart: (Two Pair, Aces and Jacks) (Pre 60%, Flop 25%, Turn 33%)
Hero shows 2:spade: K:spade: J:spade: T:diamond: (Straight, Ace High) (Pre 40%, Flop 75%, Turn 68%)
Hero wins $17.78

BB/100 is only 20.xxbb/100, but I don't care that much :) Omaha is more like a hobby for me, whilst NLHE is a game that might me my profession one day.


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CPallo
Joined: 12.04.2012

Got very split feelings right now (maybe not even +Ev to play). Had great session on Floorball today, realized that I could be a professional goalkeeper after all. Just a little bit stretching and that's it

But... Essay for school. It could be a piece of cake, but my ex-gf made a nasty trick for me today and my thoughts are flying all over the place. And this essay requires high concentration coz it is in medieval English. Le Fü.

All in all, poker is going well. Had 2 omaha sessions today, 1st lasted for 5 hands:

iPoker - $0.10 PL Hi - Omaha - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

CO: $13.83
BTN: $4.65
SB: $4.53
BB: $19.29
UTG: $5.82
Hero (MP): $10.54

SB posts SB $0.05, BB posts BB $0.10

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero has 8:heart: 7:diamond: 8:club: 7:heart:

UTG calls $0.10, Hero calls $0.10, CO calls $0.10, BTN calls $0.10, SB raises to $0.70, fold, UTG calls $0.60, Hero calls $0.60, CO calls $0.60, BTN calls $0.60

Flop: ($3.60, 5 players) 3:club: 8:spade: 3:heart:
SB bets $3.60, fold, Hero raises to $9.84, CO raises to $13.13, fold, SB calls $0.23

Turn: ($27.11, 3 players) K:club:

River: ($27.11, 3 players) A:club:

CO shows 6:spade: K:heart: 4:heart: 3:diamond: (Full House, Threes full of Kings) (Pre 33%, Flop 6%, Turn 8%)
SB shows Q:diamond: 9:diamond: 7:spade: Q:club: (Two Pair, Queens and Threes) (Pre 42%, Flop 10%, Turn 6%)
Hero shows 8:heart: 7:diamond: 8:club: 7:heart: (Full House, Eights full of Threes) (Pre 25%, Flop 84%, Turn 86%)
Hero wins $25.31

No can do, easy money Know that one of them has a 3 and the other one was overplaying all his hands. And the other session was +0,5 bin, so in total I have had 2 bin today. Nice!

Overall today quite nice run. My graph includes few hands from last evening, too:

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I'm trying not to get too excited about Omaha, coz it can take back all the winnings in no time and even broke you. It has so high variance, after all.


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