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IvicaIliev77 Topic starter
IvicaIliev77
Joined: 31.05.2012
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Bluff catching cl in 54 bubble

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $200(BB) On Game
SB ($1,765)
BB ($4,360)
Hero ($3,875)

Dealt to Hero T♦ T♥

Hero raises to $400, fold, BB raises to $600, Hero calls $200

FLOP ($1,300) 8♥ 8♠ A♠

BB checks, Hero checks

TURN ($1,300) 8♥ 8♠ A♠ 7♣

BB checks, Hero checks

RIVER ($1,300) 8♥ 8♠ A♠ 7♣ 8♣

BB bets $700, Hero calls $700

Hero shows T♦ T♥
(Pre 68%, Flop 86.9%, Turn 93.2%)

BB shows Q♣ 9♣
(Pre 32%, Flop 13.1%, Turn 6.8%)

Hero wins $2,700


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33$ raise c bet 27%!

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $20(BB) On Game
SB ($1,460)
BB ($1,490)
Hero ($1,380)
CO ($1,730)
BTN ($1,440)

Dealt to Hero Q♣ J♦

Hero raises to $50, fold, BTN calls $50, fold, fold

FLOP ($130) Q♠ 5♥ T♥

Hero bets $60, BTN calls $60

TURN ($250) Q♠ 5♥ T♥ T♣

Hero bets $120, BTN raises to $240, Hero calls $120

RIVER ($730) Q♠ 5♥ T♥ T♣ 8♠

Hero checks, BTN checks

Hero shows Q♣ J♦

Hero wins $730


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Joined: 31.05.2012
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Quick update

Ongame
I have been adding 54s last week and things are going well. I am raking high again and playing my A game. Current ROI 4.8%, avg ROI 1.4%.
Need 1593$ to rake more and then I am switching to Stars. Hope to maintain this win rate by the end of this raking period and get that extra financial boost before moving to Stars. Will post some more hands in future from interesting spots and plays.

Stars
After Ongame heading to Stars. Will shoot for 150k SN by the end of this year. I was 1st planing to play 7-15$ 6 max turbos but I definitely think I can add 30s so that I can rake more and have some off day by the end of the year, otherwise I would have to play every day 140+ games for 150k SN which is 6+ hours (depending how many tables I will play, tiled or stacked, using table ninja or not etc)
If all goes well on Stars financially (earn 18k post rb have 9k left for myself) then I will go for SNE on hypers from January 1st.

That is it for now, going to play now and try to maintain this heater


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New hand
Bubble 22$
Reg is short on the button he uses AAI (almost all in) or NAI (non all in) shove
I get J10s on sb call and donk CL shoves reg calls what would you do here???
I think J10s is easy 3 way all in vs wide reg and donk who wants to steal there however after donk shoves I am risking to much in that 3 way so I should have folded there (I think)

Here is the hand

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NL Holdem $200(BB) Replayer
Hero ($2,125)
BB ($4,970)
BTN ($405)

Dealt to Hero J♠ T♠

BTN raises to $400, Hero calls $300, BB raises to $4,970 (AI), BTN calls $5 (AI), Hero calls $1,725 (AI)

FLOP ($4,655) 6♥ 5♦ 8♥

TURN ($4,655) 6♥ 5♦ 8♥ K♥

RIVER ($4,655) 6♥ 5♦ 8♥ K♥ 9♥

Hero shows J♠ T♠
(Pre 39%, Flop 21.9%, Turn 9.5%)

Spoiler

BB shows Q♦ A♣
(Pre 46%, Flop 47.7%, Turn 54.8%)

BTN shows 4♥ Q♠
(Pre 16%, Flop 30.3%, Turn 35.7%)

BB wins $3,440
BTN wins $1,215


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Another hand
This one is vs wide reg (AJo 4 bet call, A10o 4 bet call btn vs co etc) and unknown 54/7 guy
I folded here 77 as I was thinking he would never shove wide over caller especially if that guy is unknown who will at this depth call and ready to stack of to 3 bet shove.
I am thinking JJ+ would be ideal here, 1010 is the boarder for me in this situation.
What do you think? Here is the hand

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $100(BB) Replayer
SB ($900)
BB ($1,220)
Hero ($1,900)
BTN ($3,480)

Dealt to Hero 7♣ 7♦

Hero raises to $200, BTN calls $200, fold, BB raises to $1,220 (AI), fold, BTN calls $1,020

FLOP ($2,690) 5♣ A♥ K♥

TURN ($2,690) 5♣ A♥ K♥ 8♥

RIVER ($2,690) 5♣ A♥ K♥ 8♥ A♠

Spoiler

BTN shows 9♥ Q♣
(Pre 25%, Flop 5.6%, Turn 20.5%)

BB shows K♠ Q♠
(Pre 75%, Flop 94.4%, Turn 79.5%)

BB wins $2,690


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Joined: 31.05.2012
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OK before going to bed just some graphs on this last account
I have raked so far a bit over 2000$ have about 1320$ left to rake to finish with Ongame. Have to say that I played worse on previous account and have fixed 2-3 leaks in my game between this and last account and results are following. Sample is still small but regardless of everything I know I can now always come back to Ongame (just will always need bigger roll for it) and play 22 33 54 maybe even 108s.
Important note, first 100 games I played on 15th and 16th of May, the rest of the grinding is from 20th of May on.
Total games 973
Without further ado two graphs

Without RB

With RB

I have no doubt about that now just swings are so sick and I expect stars to be smoother (deeper structure and blinds, rake per game % is less by 2.6% which influences ITM % and swings also). I might come back in the future to Ongame when I have tons of money to comfortably play 22 33 54 108 and not worry about 300 buy in downswing or maybe even sell action for it here on Poker strategy :)

When I finish this account I will post joined graph for all the accounts with and without RB.

Good night all


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New habit
I started playing basketball with my brother and another fellow grinder. We have this primary school that has fantastic complex of sport things to offer. Will post picture of it some other day. Its right outside of my building and like in Boston MIT I always loved playing at those types of places.
Goal is to play basketball 2vs2 1vs1 every day and do that instead of cardio for an hour or so and still go to gym for 5x5 on mon wed fri.

Ongame

Not too much to tell here except that my enemy on Ongame was watching me play session for an hour or so. Demonic can go ahead and say how it went :) I was running bad in particular that session and also in general way to many 2nd places in HU. My raise calls were very strong not only HU but in late game also but guys kept sucking out on 3 outers. Overall had about 200-300$ loosing day pre rb but post rb was be that day.
Got another 860$ to rake which I plan to do in next 3 days! After that I will take a brake from poker until Monday (3-4 days) recharge and mentally get ready to grind like crazy Stars for SN 150k. Will aim to play 150 games minimum or more,depends on what I will play (with hypers it will be much easier with other formats who knows).

Will post Ongame overall graph when I finish with this one but overall I am playing my A game now and feel that I have edge over 90% of opponents there (tough ones are Demonic and 2-3 other guys to be honest).

That's all for today :)


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Yes um, how shall I put this nicely?

Let's say he is a good fish :f_biggrin:


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Originally posted by Demonic226
Yes um, how shall I put this nicely?

Let's say he is a good fish :f_biggrin:

Fish with 50% ITM on 100s+ limit :f_eek:


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Originally posted by IvicaIliev77

Originally posted by Demonic226
Yes um, how shall I put this nicely?

Let's say he is a good fish :f_biggrin:

Fish with 50% ITM on 100s+ limit :f_eek:

Sample size 2?


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Originally posted by Demonic226

Originally posted by IvicaIliev77

Originally posted by Demonic226
Yes um, how shall I put this nicely?

Let's say he is a good fish :f_biggrin:

Fish with 50% ITM on 100s+ limit :f_eek:

Sample size 2?

It was large enough to be close to my real ITM _o:


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added you in community, maybe we can talk some stt sometime ;)


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Originally posted by variancekiller
added you in community, maybe we can talk some stt sometime ;)

Accepted your request, sure we can talk some stt in the future on skype


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Bye bye Ongame!

Taking a brake until Monday from poker. Will recharge my batteries and mentally prepare for heavy grind on stars from Monday 10th of June until 31st of December for 150k Supernova.

Enjoy your week and weekend everyone!


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Good morning good people!

The batteries are recharged, rest period is over, time to play some stars!

Some rough calculations until the end of the year say that I must play 146 games 6 days a week with one day rest. To reach 150k Spernova, I will aim to play 150 games 6 days a week, 30 x 30$ buy in and 60 x 7 as well as 60 x 15$.
Will be posting graph here with progress, perhaps some interesting hands.
If things go well, I will increase average buy in and also add 6 max hypers.

It is 8:56am, will go for my 1st session on Stars, 90 minutes long aiming to play 12-14 tables tiled without table ninja. Heading to gym around 11am after the session.

Good luck me


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At least you started the first day of your challenge nice and early, let's see how long you can keep that up


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Originally posted by Demonic226
At least you started the first day of your challenge nice and early, let's see how long you can keep that up

True that :)
So far I played 3 session, morning session 9 to 10:30 (11 tops) and 2 x 2 hour sessions.
total of 143 games with roi of 5.5% total. 103 15s 40 7s...
Couple of important things.
Table ninja didn't work , table droid blocked my computer so in the end (in the 3rd session) I set Pokerstars hotkeys and did it that way.
Was spewing a lot in the 1st session mainly because 12 tables on stars are faster was also very early morning brain not functioning like now :)
Overall I am pleased for the 1st day!


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Good luck ! Make sure to post the results/graphs/etc


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Originally posted by unshpe
Good luck ! Make sure to post the results/graphs/etc

Thank you. Will try to post graphs however it won't be complete since I will play 1/3 time at coaches place. Instead I can post sharkscope graph which will be 100% accurate.


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