[Closed] ilovemagic: i love the game.

Sorry. Plo2 zoom...no matter. Im just dead $ at those tables.

Yeah its great to feel in complete control of a table. Only 1 table had 2 "TAG'S" but its because i just table select loose passive and fish. I try to stayaway from maniacs, they put me on tilt and ruin the game imo. I am a little more forgiving toward fish, because they know not what they do. Maniacs usually run if they catch a hand or 2. And u can never find em in the search feature..theyre elusive. Fuckers.

Are you using software like tablescanner?

No, i just pick 3 ish nicely loose vpip tables with nice pot sizes 7-9 ppl, and 40-60 hands per hr. I then get on 3-4 waiting lists of even fishier looking tables, and tjen i just click the session mode option, run 6 tiled tables ( i tried 8 but found i was doing poorly). Less is ok too. And i just do like 30 hands, see if my fave players types r sitting. IF its all nits or tags, i close it up and a new one convieniently opens itself. Rinse and repeat.

You should definitly try out table scan turbo if you get a chance.
It's free, and great for finding fish! You can also buddy list people to find them easier.
So those maniacs will have a hard time getting away from you

Originally posted by dannywratten
You should definitly try out table scan turbo if you get a chance.
It's free, and great for finding fish! You can also buddy list people to find them easier.
So those maniacs will have a hard time getting away from you

I'm going to try this, thanks for the tip

ahh i might do that if i get some motivation to download anything else.

Had another good session today. played like 700 hands and finished up 7.5 BI. Felt very good about my reads all day. Didnt get into any crazy bluff situations at all. Expect more of these types of heaters in the coming days as i try to move out of this limit.

magic

Today I'm mixing it up a little and doing some $1.50 9man, 18man, and 12 man sng's. some are 6max. $+5.5 on the day after my first session of 5 sngs. here are some interesting hands. this one got me very pissed off, because hes not supposed to call with A7, his stats were like 20/10 thru 100 hands, he shouldnt make this call too often with A7o:

PokerStars - $1.29+$0.21|150/300 NL - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

BTN: 6,822.00
Hero (SB): 4,110.00
BB: 7,275.00
UTG: 6,243.00
CO: 2,550.00

BTN posts ante 25.00, Hero posts ante 25.00, BB posts ante 25.00, UTG posts ante 25.00, CO posts ante 25.00, Hero posts SB 150.00, BB posts BB 300.00

Pre Flop: (575.00) Hero has A♦ J♠

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 4,085.00 and is all-in, BB calls 3,785.00

Flop: (8295.00, 2 players) 6♥ 2♦ 7♦

Turn: (8295.00, 2 players) Q♥

River: (8295.00, 2 players) J♣

as far as i know, i value shove here vs 2 fish:

turns out i wasnt right lol.

kind of debatable against 2 fishy players who were playing loose preflop:
too spewy against some loose looking fish??? looked like i couldve folded and got closer to $$?

PokerStars - $1.29+$0.21|100/200 NL - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

BB: 2,360.00
UTG: 1,762.00
MP: 3,324.00
CO: 1,925.00
BTN: 2,290.00
Hero (SB): 1,839.00

Hero posts SB 100.00, BB posts BB 200.00

Pre Flop: (300.00) Hero has 9♦ 9♣

UTG raises to 400.00, MP calls 400.00, fold, fold, Hero raises to 1,839.00 and is all-in, fold, UTG calls 1,362.00 and is all-in, MP calls 1,439.00

Flop: (5640.00, 3 players) K♣ 3♠ 7♥

Turn: (5640.00, 3 players) Q♦

River: (5640.00, 3 players) A♠

couldve folded and gotten closer to $$ imo.

anyways we'll keep at it and see where we go from here. also made a stack on cash game today as well, just 1 tabling during my tourneys cuz i had space left on my tv for another table lol:

I bet this hard on turn and river putting tight passive player on an Ax hand specifically.
PokerStars - $0.02 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

MP+1: $1.94
LP: $1.10
CO: $2.16
BTN: $2.00
SB: $1.05
BB: $2.81
Hero (UTG): $2.00
UTG+1: $3.08
MP: $2.61

SB posts SB $0.01, BB posts BB $0.02

Pre Flop: ($0.03) Hero has K♠ K♦

Hero raises to $0.08, fold, MP calls $0.08, fold, fold, fold, BTN calls $0.08, fold, fold

Flop: ($0.27, 3 players) A♠ 8♦ A♥
Hero bets $0.13, fold, BTN calls $0.13

Turn: ($0.53, 2 players) K♥
Hero bets $0.48, BTN calls $0.48

River: ($1.49, 2 players) 2♠
Hero bets $1.31 and is all-in, BTN calls $1.31 and is all-in

This guy was just flat out donk, but no one did anything about it all tourney and he amassed all these chips for me to deal with. This final hand tells a story of his whole tourney:

PokerStars - $1.29+$0.21|300/600 NL - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

SB: 17,878.00
Hero (BB): 9,122.00

SB posts ante 50.00, Hero posts ante 50.00, SB posts SB 300.00, Hero posts BB 600.00

Pre Flop: (1000.00) Hero has J♠ J♣

SB raises to 17,828.00 and is all-in, Hero calls 8,472.00 and is all-in

Flop: (18244.00, 2 players) 6♦ T♣ A♣

Turn: (18244.00, 2 players) 2♠

River: (18244.00, 2 players) 8♠

anyways, had fun today and won something. A good day in my books

Magic

hey all.
I played a 6 game session tonight. It went to shit quickly as i lost all bi's and was shoving seemingly 12-14 BB with the bottom of my range from MP and ran into the tops of loose passive players ranges about 4 times. QQ and AA were signing my death wishes tonight. I just kept getting into big confrontations when my opponent held them. Had a chance to cash in one...but when i shoved with JJ, guy calls for half my chips with A9. Board runs out A9xxx ...fml. and then 2 hands later i get KQo with 14BB left, 5 players left, 4 get paid. i shove. same player now has QQ. board runs out 3445T. Not my night at all.

My second session went btter. Played cash, just cuz it was saturday, my fave day to play poker..lots of fish :). Up $5 on th session, spot on reads, no bad bluffs, no suckouts or badbeats...yay! Br up to ~65 after tossing dad $3 for his sick gambing habit lol...

I think all this poker theory is starting to produce results

More to come tomorrow after a short ssessin today i will b makin lobster for wife. PEI is gr8 For seafood ;). $5.47 CAD/ Lb ..what a deal

Happy mother's day all you moms out there!

Magic

here are some of the key hands from the session today:
+$9, Bankroll up to ~$80.

AA NL2 FR 5way
AK 3bet pot NL2 FR
A8s Vs maniac
QQ vs
tight passive SS
Let's get some discussion on the JJ hand please. Tough spot.
JJ vs maniac fish
Q8s 3bet bluff preflop NL2
77 Vs unknown (13/5 tight passive thru 22 hands)
AA FR Nl2 heads up pot vs SS

If this run good and play good keeps up for a while, I wont complain. Wish it would stay this way forever.

With the JJ hand, i b/f turn & river. Still a lot of worse hands will call & if he is fairly straightforeward on turns he wont raise light.
As played when fish overbet shove rivers like that its almost always nuts. Id just give it up

Thanks the replies were well received everyone

Today, not good. Not even a bit to take away from today. -$15 on the day. busted out of 4 MTT's . came this l---l close to cashing in one tourney, but lost this hand with QQ all in for 10 BB vs A7, he flops the guaranteed A. Another similar situation, but with less equity then 73% happened as well, but i forget. and there were multiple tourneys that ended without bad beats. by the time my 45 man was at final 7 players, i was so furious and on tilt i went all in with 76o and lost to TT. i hit a 5 on the flop though!!

My cash game was unfun. heres some of the misery to share with you all:

just when i think my lucks about to turn around on the night after several playbad coolers/coolers/bad beats/suckout/no action on monster..this happens against a 66/40 guy on tilt:

PokerStars - $0.02 NL - Holdem - 7 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

Hero (UTG): $5.00
UTG+1: $3.14
MP: $2.71
CO: $2.00
BTN: $0.77
SB: $1.09
BB: $2.00

SB posts SB $0.01, BB posts BB $0.02

Pre Flop: ($0.03) Hero has A♦ A♣

Hero raises to $0.08, UTG+1 raises to $0.28, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $1.02, UTG+1 raises to $3.14 and is all-in, Hero calls $2.12

Flop: ($6.31, 2 players) 3♦ 7♦ K♣

Turn: ($6.31, 2 players) K♥

River: ($6.31, 2 players) 9♣

PokerStars - $0.02 NL - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

Hero (CO): $5.43
BTN: $1.91
SB: $3.90
BB: $2.05
UTG: $1.61
UTG+1: $2.00
MP: $5.00
MP+1: $4.66

SB posts SB $0.01, BB posts BB $0.02

Pre Flop: ($0.03) Hero has A♦ A♣

UTG calls $0.02, fold, fold, MP+1 raises to $0.08, Hero raises to $0.14, fold, fold, fold, fold, MP+1 calls $0.06

Flop: ($0.33, 2 players) 5♣ T♦ 9♥
MP+1 checks, Hero bets $0.20, MP+1 calls $0.20

Turn: ($0.73, 2 players) T♠
MP+1 checks, Hero bets $0.40, MP+1 calls $0.40

River: ($1.53, 2 players) 2♦
MP+1 bets $0.60, Hero raises to $1.50, MP+1 raises to $2.70, Hero calls $1.20

PokerStars - $0.02 NL - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

UTG+1: $1.96
MP: $2.02
MP+1: $2.14
CO: $1.50
BTN: $1.94
SB: $2.10
Hero (BB): $5.00
UTG: $1.05

SB posts SB $0.01, Hero posts BB $0.02

Pre Flop: ($0.03) Hero has Q♣ Q♠

fold, UTG+1 raises to $0.08, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.24, UTG+1 calls $0.16

Flop: ($0.49, 2 players) 5♦ T♥ 8♠
Hero bets $0.24, UTG+1 raises to $0.70, Hero raises to $4.76 and is all-in, UTG+1 calls $1.02 and is all-in

Turn: ($3.93, 2 players) 9♠

River: ($3.93, 2 players) K♠

Hero shows Q♣ Q♠ (One Pair, Queens) (Pre 80%, Flop 11%, Turn 14%)
UTG+1 shows 8♥ 8♦ (Three of a Kind, Eights) (Pre 20%, Flop 89%, Turn 86%)
UTG+1 wins $3.79

i was so fucking agitated i just had to close everything and sit here and bitch about how the fuck im supposed to win if i cant even beat a 66/40 maniac with AA after already haveing a piss poor night to begin with. cant win a fucking importantly big pot on tourneys, and go into 45 man final table, gain chip lead with 7 players left, lose with 7 players left.

a big FUCK YOU goes out to all the players i played tongiht. hope i never see any of you again.
FUCK YOU.

Im done playing for the night. SOOOOOOOOOOO on tilt... so fucking pissed. NEVER playing again. see you tomorrow.

magic

ok, im gonna go ahead here and double post/ post my mid month report just for a little confidence booster...i cant friggen believe tonight losing $15....and like $6 with AA on 2 hands alone.

this is showing some good climb toward the end. I forget what the big loss was at the beginning of the graph...

i thought i was doing good in my sngs/tourneys as well...but the graph just told me something else when i looked at it...

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so i guess this wasnt the confidence booster i was looking for...and quite frankly i dont even kno how i still have $$ playing so bad lately...i feel like im playing better then i really am i guess...

man im just one sad puppy dog tonight

i just dont understand really how im up for the month..i mean, like i havent won all that much and in fact im even -EV in sngs/tourneys which surprises me. but whatever i will continue the trek.

looking at my key stats for this month thru 12k hands is:
VPIP 17.7
PFR 12.2
AGG.F 3.49 (2.0 PRE, 3.4 FLOP, 3.07 TURN (this needs to come down), 3.0 RIVER (so does this))
WTS 24%
W$SD 53%
3BET 4%
FOLD TO 3BET 78% (not sure about this being bad)

just figured out my confusion about my recent sucess, I have a zoom graph, and a nl2 regular graph....this is why im loving nl2 regular at the moment. can you guess which graph is which and how they make the graph at the top of this page? :P:

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now things seem a little less confusing. plus i think i overrate my sng skill, just because most players are total fish on there.

magic

Yay! The day is finally here where my online casino winnings finally arrived in my bank account It took 90 days for www.onlinecasino.ac to pay me my winnings off my free chip they gave me. But $95 arrived today how sweet. So I added $36.31 to my poker bankroll and now it sits at a cool $100 even. With 20 BI I feel like I have an edge at NL5 for now. Coulda gone with 15 but decided to play the safe route, considering I'm in no rush or anything. So overall today +$95, and I guess I could say I worked for it. I spent well over 24 hrs reeling the slots. Even had to risk it all at one or two points on a blackjack hand. So brutal. I will never do it again not worth it.

So before stabbing at this elusive limit for the trifecta-th time, I will study a bit before I sit down. Tonight I will watch the amazing video about playing after the flop with initiative. Hopefully this garners amazing results like it did the first time I watched it.

I have a stop loss of 2 BI tonight, because I don't want to lose much, but I feel I can handle a bit of variance as well with 2 BI rather then 1. My plan B if this shot goes bad is move back down to NL2 at $75.

Magic

so far session not going well. running into bad beats in smaller pots everywhere i turn...i just cant win vs short stacks if luck is involved tonight. and i got involved in a sick cooler vs 2 fish just 5 mins ago. so before i tilt, heres what happened:

vs 2 fish with 50/10 stats each lol

PokerStars - $0.05 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

SB: $5.00
Hero (BB): $5.32
UTG: $6.20
UTG+1: $10.04
MP: $2.86
MP+1: $5.00
LP: $5.00
CO: $4.41
BTN: $5.10

SB posts SB $0.02, Hero posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero has 8♣ 8♠

fold, fold, MP calls $0.05, fold, LP calls $0.05, CO calls $0.05, BTN calls $0.05, SB calls $0.03, Hero checks

Flop: ($0.30, 6 players) 8♦ 4♥ 6♦
SB checks, Hero bets $0.30, MP raises to $0.60, fold, CO calls $0.60, fold, fold, Hero raises to $5.27 and is all-in, MP calls $2.21 and is all-in, CO calls $3.76 and is all-in

Turn: ($11.83, 3 players) K♣

River: ($11.83, 3 players) A♦

i dont know what ill do if i lose BI # 2....since my stop loss is fuckin 2 BI and im playing fantastic...but just cant close any pots where i get the $$ in good.

im gonna go back in 5 and see what happens. $-5 so far.

Do you write this as you grind? or do you take a break in your session and write it?

Personally i fond my concentration wanders when I've got Internet tabs open

i take a break ! this is when im on tilt. so i cant really play

Yesterdays session ended up me losing ~40 to start the day. Then i decided to give nl5 zoom another shot. Be more agressive and try to use my hud to 3bet light and make other profitable bluffs. In like ~1k hands i found i needed to show more aggression, so i started 3betting ip and restealing a lot. It seems that regs and fish alike just can't deal with ruthless agression early in a hand without a monster. I think i can beat this limit. I just hope the regs dont adjust too much. I even 5bet a reg light when i felt he was weak and he folded Immediately. This game is not as impossible to beat. Thru my last 2k hands i am +6 bi and lost 2 big pots with AA to suckouts by KK and TT, so couldve been +10 bi if those didn't happen. I dont think the regs will adjust too easy. Im startin to get better with timing tells as well. Im glad i didnt give up on zoom. Just needed to use more ruthless agression. Its easy to see your playing well when in less than 2 hrs all ive done is bluff and im up 6 bi . I cant leave now that i see where the dead money is..its in the bluff

The cbetting worked even when they call the 3bet. I am glad finally understand my first mistake on zoom- not raising enough.

Know I am writing this to lift my own spirits, which are kind of dampered cause of life right now. Why do I play this game? I Play to have a better future. Because the present living conditions are shit. I play so that one day I wake up with $ in my bank account that isnt owed to some bill or other person. Fml. I can't take much more of thos poverty. It may seem great sometimes. But in reality I sometimes wonder if this will ever end. Im fucking working my ass off to make this work. Its my only hope at this point.

you will get there Magic...you have the determination and mindset!!
I have been around this forum for quite some time now and poker students like yourself with the ambition to crack this game are the ones who always break through!!

Keep your chin up

Thx roo. I think i got so depressed just sittin there @ work wondering how i could've just got paid ~1600 between me and fiancee 1 day ago and basically all of it is owed to someone..
I should be ok noe, i just have to break from same old routine sumtimes and go out and treat myself..
Magic.