learning No Limit Holdem - adventure & lifestyle

Put in some $10 bucks to play lowest FL. Really weak "reg" checks back Kxx, it tells me he just has missed the flop, might have a better Ax though.

PokerStars - $0.02/$0.04 (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BB): 36 BB
UTG: 32.5 BB
MP: 41.5 BB
CO: 30 BB
BTN: 40 BB
SB: 10.5 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A♠ 6♠

fold, MP raises to 2 BB, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls 1 BB

Flop: (4.5 BB, 2 players) 5♠ K♥ 8♣
Hero checks, MP checks

Turn: (4.5 BB, 2 players) 3♦
Hero bets 2 BB, fold

Hero wins 4.5 BB

I've been completely away from poker for few months now... it has been tough at work. You know, when your work is that you have to be with a tough/fast child for 8 hours in a row... protecting the rules of kindergarten is not easy... The work will end in the end of June and I don't know what I will do then. I have labelled my current work 'too tough' and it is too hard, only when sometimes I get closer connection with the kid it is worth it.

I still feel fascinated with poker. Taking some time today to play the lowest stakes I feel part of me really likes the poker pros and how they think.

Originally posted by taavi1337
I've been completely away from poker for few months now... it has been tough at work. You know, when your work is that you have to be with a tough/fast child for 8 hours in a row... protecting the rules of kindergarten is not easy... The work will end in the end of June and I don't know what I will do then. I have labelled my current work 'too tough' and it is too hard, only when sometimes I get closer connection with the kid it is worth it.

I'm not sure what you mean by "tough/fast" — is it that they are extremely active?
Do you have many other children in your care as well?
I once taught school as a substitute, and taught everything from age 5-6 yr olds up to 17-18 yr olds.
I have great admiration for teachers who can make a connection with the little ones.

Is like there was this rules at the kindergarten and this child was just running around fast not caring about these rules. But the teachers demanded this rules, it was like I had to follow this one child and put him into these rules... but it was not a normal child. He was emotionally very sensitive and not a normal kid, with a strong personal will and character.

So I am done with that job! Yay!

Originally posted by taavi1337
Is like there was this rules at the kindergarten and this child was just running around fast not caring about these rules. But the teachers demanded this rules, it was like I had to follow this one child and put him into these rules... but it was not a normal child. He was emotionally very sensitive and not a normal kid, with a strong personal will and character.

So I am done with that job! Yay!

It wasn't me!
They didn't have kindergarten when I was that age.
The hardest lesson I had to learn in life was to sit still and focus on the task at hand.
Fortunately, I never completely mastered that skill

I'm trying to make the switch again from "online poker" to "meditation", meditation being more natural... sitting still and focusing the mind It was so much fun with poker

Check my Fixed Limit blog instead at the moment, it has some new content:

New content in Fixed Limit blog

Won a 45man SnG in the morning. Had some luck but also bluffed a reg in HU with a flop float

PokerStars - 600/1200 Ante 75 NL - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: 21.52 BB
Hero (BB): 34.73 BB

2 players post ante of 0.06 BB, SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.62 BB) Hero has K♣ 3♠

SB raises to 2 BB, Hero calls 1 BB

Flop: (4.12 BB, 2 players) T♣ 7♣ 2♥
Hero checks, SB bets 1 BB, Hero calls 1 BB

Turn: (6.12 BB, 2 players) Q♦
Hero checks, SB checks

River: (6.12 BB, 2 players) T♥
Hero bets 5 BB, fold

Hero wins 6.12 BB

Luck before... Such a nice flop, isn't it... sure win

PokerStars - 400/800 Ante 50 NL - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

UTG: 24.34 BB
CO: 6.67 BB
Hero (BTN): 5.39 BB
SB: 33.85 BB
BB: 14.13 BB

5 players post ante of 0.06 BB, SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.81 BB) Hero has 6♣ 4♣

fold, fold, Hero raises to 5.32 BB and is all-in, fold, BB calls 4.32 BB

Flop: (11.46 BB, 2 players) 7♥ A♦ K♦

Turn: (11.46 BB, 2 players) 5♣

River: (11.46 BB, 2 players) 3♥

BB shows K♠ A♥ (Two Pair, Aces and Kings)
(Pre 59%, Flop 96%, Turn 82%)
Hero shows 6♣ 4♣ (Straight, Seven High)
(Pre 41%, Flop 4%, Turn 18%)
Hero wins 11.46 BB

Today I finished 2nd in the 45man.. On the flop I was like: oh, i have won the tournament. oh... lol. Would've destroyed him if I won this hand:

PokerStars - 600/1200 Ante 75 NL - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: 45.06 BB
Hero (BB): 11.19 BB

2 players post ante of 0.06 BB, SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.62 BB) Hero has T♥ A♥

SB raises to 2 BB, Hero raises to 11.13 BB and is all-in, SB calls 9.13 BB

Flop: (22.38 BB, 2 players) 9♦ 7♠ A♣

Turn: (22.38 BB, 2 players) 8♦

River: (22.38 BB, 2 players) A♠

Hero shows T♥ A♥ (Three of a Kind, Aces)
(Pre 72%, Flop 82%, Turn 3%)
SB shows J♦ T♠ (Straight, Jack High)
(Pre 28%, Flop 18%, Turn 97%)
SB wins 22.38 BB

Got beautifully past the bubble in 45man, folding Queens even... then it was time to go... :/ I would've so owned these people

PokerStars - 300/600 Ante 50 NL - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: 15.47 BB
BTN: 42.56 BB
SB: 31.24 BB
Hero (BB): 5.47 BB
UTG: 17.75 BB

5 players post ante of 0.08 BB, SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.92 BB) Hero has Q♠ Q♦

fold, fold, BTN raises to 2 BB, SB calls 1.5 BB, Hero raises to 5.38 BB and is all-in, BTN calls 3.38 BB, fold

Flop: (13.19 BB, 2 players) 7♦ 8♣ 2♣

Turn: (13.19 BB, 2 players) 2♠

River: (13.19 BB, 2 players) A♥

Hero shows Q♠ Q♦ (Two Pair, Queens and Twos)
(Pre 89%, Flop 91%, Turn 2%)
BTN shows Q♥ 2♥ (Three of a Kind, Twos)
(Pre 11%, Flop 9%, Turn 98%)
BTN wins 13.19 BB

Took some shots on $0.50 cent 9man SnGos... they're a lot of fun but I so fail at them always. I just don't know how to play them. Here I go broke on bubble

PokerStars - 100/200 Ante 25 NL - Holdem - 4 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BB): 6.11 BB
CO: 23.15 BB
BTN: 28.83 BB
SB: 9.4 BB

4 players post ante of 0.13 BB, SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 2 BB) Hero has 4♣ 5♠

fold, BTN calls 1 BB, fold, Hero checks

Flop: (3 BB, 2 players) 4♦ 6♥ A♠
Hero checks, BTN checks

Turn: (3 BB, 2 players) 3♣
Hero bets 1.65 BB, BTN raises to 3.3 BB, Hero raises to 4.99 BB and is all-in, BTN calls 1.69 BB

River: (12.98 BB, 2 players) T♣

Hero shows 4♣ 5♠ (One Pair, Fours)
(Pre 19%, Flop 23%, Turn 30%)
BTN shows K♥ K♠ (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 81%, Flop 77%, Turn 70%)
BTN wins 12.98 BB

Got in the money for the first time in $0.5 9man Sit and Go. It took me 7 Sit n Gos and I finished 3rd. They are a huge waste of money but this time I got my buy-in back at least.

So I am trying to move up to NoLimit 2 (from flhe.04) without a proper bankroll. When I open it on Pokerstars, there is like 48 tables running of NL2 at 11:00 in the morning. Why? What? That's scary. In flhe.04 the player pool was so small everyone knew everyone. Maximum that was running was two tables.

Getting a bit used to NL2 again after not playing it for a long time. Learning, trying to use my player-reading style I got from FL.04.

First bluff that worked... I am a bit too crazy . feels like burning money. i shouldnt bet the flop and turn, but after i do, i have to bet this river, right.

PokerStars - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

UTG: 102 BB
MP: 98.5 BB
Hero (CO): 100 BB
BTN: 100 BB
SB: 100.5 BB
BB: 40.5 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 6♥ 4♥

UTG raises to 2.5 BB, MP calls 2.5 BB, Hero calls 2.5 BB, fold, fold, fold

Flop: (9 BB, 3 players) K♦ 4♠ J♠
UTG checks, MP checks, Hero bets 5.5 BB, UTG calls 5.5 BB, fold

Turn: (20 BB, 2 players) 5♥
UTG checks, Hero bets 12 BB, UTG calls 12 BB

River: (44 BB, 2 players) 9♠
UTG checks, Hero bets 30.5 BB, fold

Hero wins 42.5 BB

he like tankfolded the river.. huh. so scary.

So I got it down to an average 1.3 hours gameplay/day in March from the 1.6 hours/day in February. February was intense, i was really trying to put in a lot of effort, but I cannot continue at that pace forever.

Joined KKPoker, the mobile-only app. It's like sooo fun! One day, when I get an address, I might be able to cash out... ♦

Take that!!

PokerStars - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: 145.5 BB
Hero (BB): 101.5 BB
UTG: 71.5 BB
CO: 102 BB
BTN: 278 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 6♣ T♣

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

Flop: (6 BB, 2 players) 4♦ 3♠ J♦
SB checks, Hero bets 1 BB, fold

Hero wins 5.5 BB