Keep the updates coming! That last hand was a very very nice read!!!! You mentioned a timing tell, he waited a long time or was it an insta tell?
Did you enlist yourself for the 'Set your Goal on xxxxx yearly VPPs' on Pokerstars?
Keep the updates coming! That last hand was a very very nice read!!!! You mentioned a timing tell, he waited a long time or was it an insta tell?
Did you enlist yourself for the 'Set your Goal on xxxxx yearly VPPs' on Pokerstars?
Morning guys,
Well he instabet the turn and tankchecked the river. Usually this means an easy decision on turn (probably Kx+) and a difficult decision on the river. Then on the river a check means: Kx, bluff given up or a trap. However though, a fast river check always mean Kx (or bare 7x). Not a single brain cell from him will think about betting, his decision is easy, he will just c/c. He did however act fast. This can ofc mean that he was trying to think of a bluff but that doesnt rly matter since we beat bluffs and we wont get value from them anyways (just very occasionally he will c/r bluff here, and this is actually a bad thing cause i dont think we can call here against most players cause they are more weighted to value). So its looks very trappy. He can ofc have QT or a 7x but I think he would much rather bet QT, he doesnt want to c/r with that and dont want a Kx or 7x to check behind. We do lose some value from 7x but here again, his decision with bare 7x is easy and fast, its c/c.
I didnt set my goal yet since you can do it till the last day of this month. Setting it earlier would be a little foolish imo. You never know what will happen. But yeah Im gonna go for the 300k obviously :).
Allright off to grind!
Dang, had a pretty swingy day again ![]()
Was playing some 1k en 2k in the morning but lost some stacks there, all pretty std tho i think. Then grinded it back up 12-15 tabling midstakes. Then got some heads up action from a big whale at 600, but he won every single hand :P. Then got another big whale hu on 1k shallow and then I won every hand :f_biggrin:. And grinded a little bit more after that just on regular midstakes. Pretty sure it was my biggest rake day ever, $853.
Giraffe:

Some hands:
PokerStars - $10 PL Hi (2 max) - Omaha Hi - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BB: $1,152.50
Hero (SB): $1,543.50
Hero posts SB $5.00, BB posts BB $10.00
Pre Flop: (pot: $15.00) Hero has 7♦ A♠ 6♣ T♦
Hero raises to $20.00, BB raises to $60.00, Hero calls $40.00
Flop: ($120.00, 2 players) 4♠ 6♦ Q♥
BB bets $75.00, Hero calls $75.00
Turn: ($270.00, 2 players) K♦
BB checks, Hero bets $200.00, BB calls $200.00
River: ($670.00, 2 players) 9♥
BB bets $669.50, Hero raises to $1,208.50 and is all-in, fold
Hero wins $2,008.50
With like $140 left :P.
Just std hand here vs FakeOrReal
PokerStars - $20 PL Hi (6 max) - Omaha Hi - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BTN: $1,117.00
SB: $580.00
BB: $897.00
UTG: $2,518.65
MP: $1,000.00
Hero (CO): $530.00
SB posts SB $10.00, BB posts BB $20.00
Pre Flop: (pot: $30.00) Hero has A♠ K♣ K♦ 2♥
fold, fold, Hero raises to $40.00, BTN calls $40.00, fold, BB raises to $140.00, Hero raises to $470.00, fold, BB calls $330.00
Flop: ($990.00, 2 players) 6♥ J♣ K♥
BB bets $120.00, Hero calls $60.00 and is all-in
Turn: ($1110.00, 2 players) 6♣
River: ($1110.00, 2 players) 3♥
BB shows 7♠ T♥ Q♠ Q♥ (Flush, King High) (Pre 40%, Flop 38%, Turn 0%)
Hero shows A♠ K♣ K♦ 2♥ (Full House, Kings full of Sixes) (Pre 60%, Flop 62%, Turn 100%)
Hero wins $1,107.00
PokerStars - $20 PL Hi (6 max) - Omaha Hi - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
SB: $4,276.89
Hero (BB): $970.00
UTG: $2,030.00
MP: $2,030.00
CO: $1,299.50
BTN: $2,000.00
SB posts SB $10.00, Hero posts BB $20.00
Pre Flop: (pot: $30.00) Hero has J♦ T♠ 9♣ Q♣
fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to $40.00, SB raises to $140.00, Hero calls $120.00, BTN calls $100.00
Flop: ($420.00, 3 players) 6♦ 8♥ 8♠
SB checks, Hero bets $160.00, BTN calls $160.00, fold
Turn: ($740.00, 2 players) 7♠
Hero bets $670.00 and is all-in, BTN calls $670.00
River: ($2080.00, 2 players) 3♠
Hero shows J♦ T♠ 9♣ Q♣ (Straight, Ten High) (Pre 61%, Flop 0%, Turn 0%)
BTN shows 6♣ 6♥ 7♣ 3♦ (Full House, Sixes full of Eights) (Pre 39%, Flop 100%, Turn 100%)
BTN wins $2,077.00
PokerStars - $20 PL Hi (6 max) - Omaha Hi - 4 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
CO: $1,210.60
BTN: $778.50
Hero (SB): $738.50
BB: $1,400.00
Hero posts SB $10.00, BB posts BB $20.00
Pre Flop: (pot: $30.00) Hero has J♦ K♥ A♠ 8♠
CO raises to $40.00, fold, Hero raises to $140.00, fold, CO calls $100.00
Flop: ($300.00, 2 players) 8♥ 7♠ 9♦
Hero bets $298.50, CO raises to $1,070.60 and is all-in, Hero calls $300.00 and is all-in
Turn: ($1497.00, 2 players) J♠
River: ($1497.00, 2 players) Q♥
Hero shows J♦ K♥ A♠ 8♠ (Two Pair, Jacks and Eights) (Pre 58%, Flop 24%, Turn 38%)
CO shows A♣ 5♠ 3♥ 6♥ (Straight, Nine High) (Pre 42%, Flop 76%, Turn 63%)
CO wins $1,495.50
Didnt really have time during the session to mark the really interesting ones so I just went with potsize. Atm not that much else happening in real life.
Next week it will be Sinulog again here in Cebu. Which is like a parade that attracts more people than the carnaval in Rio so pretty sick stuff will happen soon
Didnt grind as much as I wanted today since our internet failed to work for quite a long time :(.
But still managed to put in 4 hours and was running pretty good :f_biggrin:. Probably one of 5 best days ever.

Some hands:
PokerStars - $10 PL Hi (6 max) - Omaha Hi - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
SB: $1,341.00
BB: $1,000.00
UTG: $1,330.50
MP: $765.82
CO: $1,000.00
Hero (BTN): $1,000.00
SB posts SB $5.00, BB posts BB $10.00
Pre Flop: (pot: $15.00) Hero has A♦ T♦ 9♥ A♠
fold, fold, CO raises to $30.00, Hero raises to $90.00, fold, fold, CO calls $60.00
Flop: ($195.00, 2 players) 5♣ J♥ 7♣
CO checks, Hero bets $150.00, CO raises to $642.00, Hero raises to $910.00 and is all-in, CO calls $268.00 and is all-in
Turn: ($2015.00, 2 players) 2♥
River: ($2015.00, 2 players) Q♠
CO shows 6♥ K♥ K♣ 6♣ (One Pair, Kings) (Pre 39%, Flop 54%, Turn 53%)
Hero shows A♦ T♦ 9♥ A♠ (One Pair, Aces) (Pre 61%, Flop 46%, Turn 47%)
Hero wins $2,012.00
PokerStars - $10 PL Hi - Omaha Hi - 4 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
CO: $533.75
BTN: $798.34
SB: $205.09
Hero (BB): $2,022.64
SB posts SB $5.00, Hero posts BB $10.00
Pre Flop: (pot: $15.00) Hero has K♦ K♠ 8♥ 9♦
CO calls $10.00, BTN calls $10.00, SB calls $5.00, Hero raises to $50.00, fold, BTN calls $40.00, SB calls $40.00
Flop: ($160.00, 3 players) Q♣ 2♦ 2♣
SB checks, Hero bets $60.00, BTN calls $60.00, SB calls $60.00
Turn: ($340.00, 3 players) 3♦
SB checks, Hero bets $111.00, BTN calls $111.00, fold
River: ($562.00, 2 players) 3♥
Hero checks, BTN bets $340.00, Hero calls $340.00
BTN shows 6♣ J♠ Q♦ 7♦ (Two Pair, Queens and Threes) (Pre 32%, Flop 10%, Turn 5%)
Hero shows K♦ K♠ 8♥ 9♦ (Two Pair, Kings and Threes) (Pre 68%, Flop 90%, Turn 95%)
Hero wins $1,240.50
PokerStars - $10 Ante $2 PL Hi (6 max) - Omaha Hi - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
UTG: $1,615.00
CO: $1,127.40
BTN: $518.39
SB: $2,550.00
Hero (BB): $1,709.00
SB posts SB $5.00, Hero posts BB $10.00, UTG posts ante $2.00, CO posts ante $2.00, BTN posts ante $2.00, SB posts ante $2.00, Hero posts ante $2.00
Pre Flop: (pot: $25.00) Hero has J♣ 9♣ T♥ 7♣
UTG raises to $30.00, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls $20.00
Flop: ($75.00, 2 players) 8♦ 5♣ 2♦
Hero bets $55.00, UTG calls $55.00
Turn: ($185.00, 2 players) A♣
Hero bets $130.00, UTG raises to $460.00, Hero calls $330.00
River: ($1105.00, 2 players) 4♦
Hero bets $650.00, fold
Hero wins $1,102.00
PokerStars - $10 PL Hi - Omaha Hi - 3 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BB: $706.43
BTN: $1,239.00
Hero (SB): $2,621.39
Hero posts SB $5.00, BB posts BB $10.00
Pre Flop: (pot: $15.00) Hero has A♥ A♠ J♥ T♦
fold, Hero raises to $30.00, BB calls $20.00
Flop: ($60.00, 2 players) K♥ K♠ A♣
Hero bets $40.00, BB raises to $80.00, Hero calls $40.00
Turn: ($220.00, 2 players) 3♣
Hero checks, BB checks
River: ($220.00, 2 players) 6♦
Hero checks, BB bets $100.00, Hero raises to $390.00, BB calls $290.00
Hero shows A♥ A♠ J♥ T♦ (Full House, Aces full of Kings) (Pre 79%, Flop 95%, Turn 97%)
BB mucks T♥ T♠ K♦ 7♣ (Three of a Kind, Kings) (Pre 22%, Flop 5%, Turn 3%)
Hero wins $998.50
This one is vs TheAshman, I was surprised I held ![]()
PokerStars - $10 PL Hi (6 max) - Omaha Hi - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BTN: $801.80
Hero (SB): $490.00
BB: $2,176.38
UTG: $290.00
CO: $323.50
Hero posts SB $5.00, BB posts BB $10.00
Pre Flop: (pot: $15.00) Hero has T♠ K♣ 9♦ K♥
fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $30.00, BB calls $20.00
Flop: ($60.00, 2 players) 6♣ 4♦ T♣
Hero checks, BB bets $45.00, Hero raises to $192.30, BB raises to $634.20, Hero calls $267.70 and is all-in
Turn: ($980.00, 2 players) 2♥
River: ($980.00, 2 players) 3♦
Hero shows T♠ K♣ 9♦ K♥ (One Pair, Kings) (Pre 67%, Flop 44%, Turn 63%)
BB shows 6♥ Q♦ Q♣ 8♣ (One Pair, Queens) (Pre 33%, Flop 56%, Turn 38%)
Hero wins $977.00
PokerStars - $2 Ante $0.40 PL Hi (6 max) - Omaha Hi - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
MP: $308.77
CO: $371.59
BTN: $442.72
Hero (SB): $500.00
BB: $1,097.37
UTG: $200.00
Hero posts SB $1.00, BB posts BB $2.00, MP posts ante $0.40, CO posts ante $0.40, BTN posts ante $0.40, Hero posts ante $0.40, BB posts ante $0.40, UTG posts ante $0.40
Pre Flop: (pot: $5.40) Hero has 4♦ A♦ A♠ 7♥
fold, MP raises to $4.00, CO calls $4.00, BTN raises to $21.40, Hero raises to $76.60, fold, fold, fold, BTN calls $55.20
Flop: ($165.60, 2 players) 8♠ A♣ 2♠
Hero bets $106.00, BTN raises to $365.72 and is all-in, Hero calls $259.72
Turn: ($897.04, 2 players) 3♥
River: ($897.04, 2 players) 7♠
Hero shows 4♦ A♦ A♠ 7♥ (Three of a Kind, Aces) (Pre 65%, Flop 66%, Turn 75%)
BTN shows 6♠ 9♠ 3♣ 4♥ (Flush, Nine High) (Pre 35%, Flop 34%, Turn 25%)
BTN wins $894.24
Hope to grind some more again tomorrow. This SNE quest is actually harder than I thought :P. Probably will need to 12-14 table now as a std. We'll see how it goes cause I dont really wanna let it influence me too much. On my limits, winnings are much more important than rakeback.
Cheers!
the stackoff with AA109 on first hand this standart for u? or bc read on villan??
tnx
@Desk: I will update later tonight. Im at Negros atm for a few days with my gf, but Ill be heading back home tonight.
@Aviv: Yeah, this is really std. People will get it in with all pairs+draws, even just a bare fd. The big thing is in the fact that we have a gutshot. Bare AA with very few backdoor draws will probably be a fold (I would generally check those back though).
Heres a simulation that will very clearly state my point:
First example is AA without a gs vs a hand like 57xx
[table]ProPokerTools Omaha Hi Simulation
6,056,520 trials (Exhaustive)
board: 5♣J♥7♣
[/table]
[table=head]Hand |Pot equity |Wins |Ties
Ad Td 2h As|24.59% |1,487,670|2,881
57|75.41% |4,565,969|2,881
[/table]
Then we include our gutshot and look at how are percentage skyrocketed
[table]ProPokerTools Omaha Hi Simulation
6,056,520 trials (Exhaustive)
board: 5♣J♥7♣
[/table]
[table=head]Hand |Pot equity |Wins |Ties
Ad Td 9h As|35.73% |2,148,263|31,852
57|64.27% |3,876,405|31,852
[/table]
So jumping from a 25 to a 36% is VERY significant and that becomes the reason why its a very easy stackoff. Its not that I am happy about getting the money in, but im very sure that my hand has the right get-it-in-equity vs his range.
@aviv: no worries
Took almost 2 weeks off from poker which of course is too long of a time but it started off with some health issues in the beginning. I had to rest for a couple of days and go to the doctor for tests etc but nothing too big. After that my gf came here to celebrate Sinulog (maybe the worlds biggest parade/festival, around 5mil people) and to finish off with a few days of holiday in Negros.
Didnt really take any pictures during Sinulog cause I went there as well last year and then I took plenty. Anyways some impressions of Negros/Dumaguete:
The resort

We went biking+hiking to Twin Lakes National Park but it was a rather rainy and foggy day


I actually dyed my hair before the trip but I didnt really like it, so I shaved it all off :P, heres what it looked like before + with my gf

Gonna try and do some grinding again today although I actually started fasting since sunday evening just to detox my body and give my digestive system a rest. Probably will eat something again for dinner.
Lately I have also been reading a lot about real estate investing. Wil probably start a company in this real soon too.
Cheers
Hi, just wanted to ask u smth.
What about ftp? Did u just cashout and left? Btw do you even play NLHE anymore?
Nice picss, plzz more. Nice gf u got btw. Gl doing business
Yeah I left ftp cause ofc every time I play I wanna play on Pokerstars if I wanna catch SNE :). No no, I don't play the fishes game anymore ![]()
And thanks
So the month is over and having some mixed feelings about it.
Good things:
- Did spent a lot of great time with my gf and I'm really happy with her. Havent felt this much love in probably my entire life
- Ran hot. It was welcome after running almost 20k below EV in December.
Bad things:
- Didn't play as much as I wanted, but given that I traveled for 4-5 days and that my gf was here for 10 days its reasonable.
- Had some health issues that lasted for almost 2 weeks, but feeling better now which is great.
Number recap:
Winnings: $22,109.65
Rake: $6,214.61
Rakeback (40%): $2,485.84
Profit: $24,595.49
Hands: 42,072
Hours: 91:03
Winrate: 15.11bb/100 (9.06 EV adjusted so did run pretty good at the higher limits)
VPP Count: 33172/83000 (SNE pace)
Graph:

I think this actually might be my best month ever, but ofc EV helped me so it doesnt feel like a big month.
Goals for February:
- Play more, try to maintain SNE pace. I think it will be hard though since it contradicts a little with my table selecting play style but I will try. If I see it is not really working out too well, no worries. If I will be palying 1k etc a lot more in the future I dont really care about those extra 10-15% rakeback its just not worth the cut in your winnings.
- Read more about real estate. Im getting to a point where I should really start investing my money/savings into something. Real estate is probably one of the best fields to do that in, so I am reading tons of books and forums about this. I want to continue doing this in February
- Move to Manila. Ill be moving to Manila in about 10 days from now. The distance with my gf is just too far and I can't handle it anymore. I will be going to a pokerhouse there as well.
- Eat healthy and work out: My roommates from Manila are all gym and health freaks so I will have to join them in their quest :f_biggrin:.
Thats it for now, wish me luck achieving these goals
Just got omahahaha'd ![]()
PokerStars - $6 Ante $1.20 PL Hi (6 max) - Omaha Hi - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BTN: $222.56
SB: $804.86
BB: $579.28
UTG: $1,431.87
Hero (MP): $1,317.30
CO: $710.05
SB posts SB $3.00, BB posts BB $6.00, BTN posts ante $1.20, SB posts ante $1.20, BB posts ante $1.20, UTG posts ante $1.20, Hero posts ante $1.20, CO posts ante $1.20
Pre Flop: (pot: $16.20) Hero has J♣ 5♥ K♣ T♥
UTG raises to $18.00, Hero raises to $64.20, fold, fold, fold, BB calls $58.20, UTG calls $46.20
Flop: ($202.80, 3 players) 5♠ 5♦ 8♣
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $70.00, BB calls $70.00, UTG raises to $191.00, Hero calls $121.00, BB calls $121.00
Turn: ($775.80, 3 players) J♦
BB checks, UTG bets $556.00, Hero raises to $1,060.90 and is all-in, fold, UTG calls $504.90
River: ($2897.60, 2 players) K♠
UTG shows 4♦ K♥ 3♣ K♦ (Full House, Kings full of Fives) (Pre 62%, Flop 14%, Turn 3%)
Hero shows J♣ 5♥ K♣ T♥ (Full House, Fives full of Kings) (Pre 38%, Flop 86%, Turn 97%)
UTG wins $2,894.80