Gervinho's Galaxy ツ 4NL Back to Basics!

Originally posted by Gerv

It's pretty sick I rake around 70$ per day or something like that. Back in the days when I was shortstacking, I laughed at some Fixed Limit players who showed their winrate and their rake in bb/100. They showed that they made more rake than that they won.
Since Weighted Contributed is diffferent than dealt, I think i will be in the same ship as them

Some NL players also rake more than they win. Personally i have raked atleast 30 thousand times more than i have won.

Yeah and I raked $96 that day instead of $70. So RB has still a major share in its winrate even though one can earn more in bb/100 than Shortstacking

Originally posted by Gerv
Dealt to Hero 5♥ J♥

UTG calls $1, fold, fold, Hero raises to $4

I see you've been coached by TwiceT ♦

lmfao you got me there ♦ but but they were suited

isolate atsc otb obviusly ♦

Jackson five ftw!!

[x] B o n k e r s!

Action on the tables today was real Bonkers! I just stayed ''Solid Poker'' as our good friend Dusty Schmidt ''Leatherass'' recalls.

Again I woke up at 12 which should not be my habit as I will miss extra hours to do some stuff. Once again I read a chapter of Outliers written by Malcolm Gladwell.

I'm not sure but I always wake up with my cellphone alarm vibrating+annoying sound and my other alarm is my Radio. I am not sure but I am sure I woke up by listening to this song ''All the Right moves'' by One-Republic as the tune I heard was catchy.

The only song I would instantly sing along is TiKToK By Ke$ha ♦ FYI.

In the afternoon i did not do many things besides analyzing my hands, watching some Stox vids and preparing some SSS videos. I had planned a session in the afternoon but since I had to make Lasagne aka Cooking Pro , well I couldn't make a session.

Coaching session was fun and interesting, a lot of interesting questions asked and I like that. Unfortunately I went from +7BI to +0.5 BI, variance ay?

Half a hour later I was on the Shorthanded tables for like 1.5 hours (played from 21:10 till 23:xx I think) - Played some TF2 and talked to my parents in the 1 hour break

Then I played from 00:15 till 02:00
Last 30 minutes were really C-game played IMO but I guess I will watch that back in the video.

When playing my sessions I tend to record them to watch it back myself or to use it for Private coaching. For me it also acts like a virtual spectator as embarassing plays are revealed in the video and I do not like SHAME // Feeling like a Fish ( Yes Vonki that includes you and your stupid 7:c 6:c... )

With a 1571 hands day, I played 21.2/16, 6.8 3bet , 28% WTSD!! (I like) and modest ATS of 30% (25/42/25)
I raked 105$ today which is pretty sick

boom but the game is just starting Today I noticed that I went out of line sometimes with 3betting and got 4bet. I do notice that I bluffcatch a lot and try to analyze hands based on Timing Tells since that eases the guessing game

Saturday will be a day of making videos + being the vodkaboy so no playing from my part ♦

Sleep well boys'n'Girls!

- Gerv

No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (6 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

saw flop | saw showdown

Button ($130.50)
SB ($101.81)
Gerv (BB) ($117.82)
UTG ($212.67)
MP ($106.93)
CO ($235.93)

Preflop: Gerv is BB with Q♥, Q♦
1 fold, MP bets $4, 3 folds, Gerv raises to $13, MP calls $9

Flop: ($26.50) 4♦, 3♦, 8♦ (2 players)
Gerv bets $18, MP calls $18

Turn: ($62.50) Q♠ (2 players)
Gerv instabets $85.82 (All-in), MP calls $75.93 (All-In)

River: ($214.36) J♦ (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $214.36
Main pot: $214.36 between Gerv and MP, won by Gerv

Results:
Gerv had Q♥, Q♦ (flush, Queen high).
MP didn't show (8:h 9:h )
Outcome: Gerv won $221.25

Hahaá I made one 10NL SSS video on how to play SSS (#2 iPlay Nano) and the 3rd one I just recorded

The 3rd one is about leaks and I played monkeystyle SSS by limping AK/AA/KK utg and /calling or /shoving with them
Or I just openlimped SCs, PPs from nowhere and called for setvalue ♦

I laughed my ass off and should be a fun video on how NOT to play SSS

Anyways VodkaBoy is out, gotta improve my drinking habits
Last week I drank 25% of 1litre Vodka bottle with only Energydrinks

Today I am aiming at an ambitious 33% up to 40%

I hope I will be sober tomorrow otherwise I am screwed

i was wondering about the 2nd video does anyone actually play sss at nl2?

Hey Gerv.

Nice to see you are posting looong interesting posts again

Too bad i dont have too much time to read through all blogs

Im not sure if you did.. But wouldnt you mind posting some overall graph of your NL50 BSSing?=)

Im sure people would like it We liiike graphs

Hey guys

@fun101rockets

Well yes some players do when 10NL wasn't going great for them by a combination of bad luck and learning to play

@ JuiceQuadre

Sure I have 2 graphs for you both on different platforms (hence different DB so couldn't merge together)

November 2009 - Jan 2010 50NL SH

playing

Jan 2010 - February 2010 50NL Euro/Dollar

click to expand

Playing VPIP 24, PFR 20, 3bet 6.5, WTSD 22.2%, steal 43%, Sqz 5.5%

Clubbing on Saturday was b0ring, I failed to drink 0.4 litres of Vodka with Mango Juice, Monster Energy, Monster Ripper Juice, GoFast! EnergyDrink, classic Energydrink

We Dutch got the best kebab compared to other kebab stores I've ate so far in the rest of the world! At least that was good while clubbing ♦

Alas back to work now, just had a private coaching with someone else. Noticed some small mistakes and again the parts I have to work on:
*3bet pots preflop (Opportunities)
*3bet postflop and beyond (Selective aggression)
*BB/SB game versus UTG/MP/CO being OOP (Loosen up)
*Freeplays (Giving up too much)
*3bet dynamics

- Gerv

Since I never play on Saturday and was NOT able to play on Sunday and Network was Lagging due upgrade on Monday, I decided to start out a Tuesday afternoon session to catch up a bit.

While a coach told me rarely to start out with a 5betjam AKo preflop without dynamics, I surely didn't want to 3bet/fold this time:

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $1(BB) Replayer
SB ($49.89)
BB ($30.28)
UTG ($100)
UTG+1 ($67.71)
Hero ($100)
BTN ($105)
24/21 guy, 3bet versus CO open = 10-14% & 4bet 9% 331 hands although I never sat with him on the table before.. must be a 200NL reg moving down back in the days where I had mined hands

Dealt to Hero A♠ K♥

fold, fold, Hero raises to $3, BTN raises to $11, fold, fold, Hero raises to $27, BTN raises to $105 (AI), Hero calls $73 (AI)

FLOP ($201) 8♥ T♦ Q♠

TURN ($201) 8♥ T♦ Q♠ 2♥

RIVER ($201) 8♥ T♦ Q♠ 2♥ T♥

Hero shows A♠ K♥
(Pre 71%, Flop 84.0%, Turn 93.2%)

BTN shows 4♦ K♦
(Pre 29%, Flop 16.0%, Turn 6.8%)

Hero wins $198

is there another line With AKo sh for 100bb??

nh

Today I tilted in my 3rd session just starting up. That was like 5 minutes ago. Did had a coaching where we discussed my statistical leaks and ingame leaks. Very refreshing and educating

I must admit I boxxed a few big pots so I marked them and analyzed them whether they were EV(MAX) in my shoes.

This hand caused me to tilt because I knew I was beat and didn't thinked objectively about it enough to fold...

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $1(BB) Replayer
SB ($108)
Hero ($102)
UTG ($110)
CO ($104)
BTN ($169)

Dealt to Hero 2♣ 2♦

fold, fold, fold, SB raises to $3, Hero calls $2

FLOP ($6) K♥ 3♣ 8♦

SB bets $4, Hero calls $4

TURN ($14) K♥ 3♣ 8♦ 3♥

SB checks, Hero bets $10, SB calls $10

RIVER ($34) K♥ 3♣ 8♦ 3♥ 2♠

SB checks, Hero bets $21, SB raises to $91.13, Hero calls $63.50

SB shows K♠ K♦
(Pre 81%, Flop 99.9%, Turn 100.0%)

Hero shows 2♣ 2♦
(Pre 19%, Flop 0.1%, Turn 0.0%)

He ships it on the SB within like 2 or 3 seconds! He times on the Turn when making both the CHECK and the CALL

So this line was in my head 33 and also 88, KK but never K8, AK,KQ and stuff

should have folded

Tomorrow is another day so guess I catch up and take my money back from this goodfella ♦

Didn't met the 1.5k hands per day deadline but I dont want to play my Z-game now..

From the Old Vice City Radio:

Fever-One-Oh-Five

Best anti-tilt music on the net ♦

Gerv stop clicking, start thinking.
Despite being up in my first session today, I think I played horribly. I used my 90 seconds timebank against an overbet and I think these excercises would make me a better player, he showed up with a busted FD while I rivered 2pair nevertheless i think I was either beat or totally ahead

Tonight mister TwiceT in da house focusing on putting pressure on Regulars and beating them with a schnitzel!

Guess I cut my tables to 5 instead of 6 because I feel that I am not controlling things well and everyone says I have to take the time for decisions and never rush things.

Heyho guys!

Just finished up my 3rd session (including Coaching with TwiceT himself). Unfortunately there weren't many interesting spots during the coaching but hey that's what happens when you do a silent sweat. A recording session review will be next probably, I can get more out of it since I do not have to multitask like a little girl ♦

I think I roll out stronger after every coaching I get from people whether it is just on the same day or the day after(ssssssssssss)

I may be results orientated but I see for myself that I know more about certain situations, how Villains are thinking in particular spots and how to squeeze more money out of the Fish

I quite disliked the last session btw where I rolled back into my fishy habits

I made one big mistake which should ease the loss abit for 100bb =/ (6handed, UTG clicks, mp+co+BTN calls, sb folds, me calls on BB with 2:c3:c -> Flop Q:c8:c5:c, I bet 90% pot, UTG calls. Turn is a 9:d, I bomb the Turn and he minraises.

I decide to click it back and he snaps, rivercard: J:c
I check with the intention to fold and he checks back T:cJ:h

Unlike yesterday , I didn't tilt but talked myself into continue playing. Unfortunately without success (22 < AA on AT8:c:c flop versus semi-fish for instance OR luckboxing K:dQ:d with a semibluff shove on the Turn against JTo on J73T )

Anyways time to hit the gym tomorrow and learn some more theory but also more important: reviewing hands ♦

Oh and the coaches gave me some general zoom-in Subjects where I have to pay a little more attention to or atleast restudy them
One of them is just Taking time for certain things

Just a rememberance for me: I came to play ♠_evil:

Oh and Shortstacking is still alive and kicking.

Some 100bb players who complained will see a backlash coming lol

I just scanned 50NL FR tables for my Silver coachings

20-50big blind tables are 250% more fishier
35/40-100 big blinds tables are topping off 10 good tables at most
100-250 BB have 3 solid tables

I think Stars Players meant ''banning'' shortstackers but that would be a losing situation for Stars in terms of profitability so they tried to meet 2 things: 1) give the illusion that SS is getting banned from the zone and 2) give the delusion that the fullstackers are then superior (In terms of raking yes but I doubt that as a shorty will quickly see 3 20bb pots worth $2 rake while a 200bb pot needs dynamics and stuff

Playing 50bb on the other hand ain't bad, lower SPR, more big bet poker ^^

Shortstackers are only ''isolated'' but Fish play on the 20-50bb tables

Guess Supply/Demand is in its Equilibrium now. Let the 100bb regs play each other and the shortstackers play the (fishy) shortstackers ♦

Originally posted by Gerv
Just finished up my 3rd session (including Coaching with TwiceT himself). Unfortunately there weren't many interesting spots during the coaching but hey that's what happens when you do a silent sweat. A recording session review will be next probably, I can get more out of it since I do not have to multitask like a little girl ♦

true, not many rly sick postflop hands. however, dont underestimate all the small pots we discussed. they might be more important for your wr than the big hands.

FUCK STARS!!!!!!!!!!!! CUNNING BASTARDS!!!!!!!!!
♠_evil: ♠_mad:

I think tables are even worse than before, especially for Short handed. I used to play normal tables for 6max cause fish play there but now they are isolated in the shallow tables

When HEM fixes the HUD issue, maybe we can do some SSS sweating on 6max, make up our own strategy and pwn all those fish. I think it's such a profitable game playing there.

you could buyin for 30bb and play cap sh strategy