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He 3b BU from SB his range is mega polarized. He may have: total bluffs, something like AsKs-As2s, QQ+. I am underdog vs QQ+,AsKs,AsQs, I am flipping with AsTs-As2s I scare away his bluffs. If he has flash draw then odds he has 8+3 outs = 12 so it’s something like 48% on flop without second over card. I want to pay less when he beat me, take more cash from his bluffs, have more control on what will happen. I am IP so I don’t see any point in 3beting it That was just my thought process.

With balance I think it’s depend from personality. I like go from one extreme to the another. But balanced life is much healthier approach

What stats do you have on him, where do you know he has a 3bet polarized range?You are way ahead way behind here so you play guessing game.He bets weak 1/2 pot so?You have a backdoor SD and backdoor FD, of course calling is good but i would've raised here.

Hi, guys.
Are you talking about JJ hand?
I don't see how passive line can be chosen here without any detailed info on the opp.
By default, if opp is looks like reg, his range will be wide in this typical squeeze situation.
I don't like calling flop w overpair on middle connected 2 suited board vs opponent I have only stats on (no notes).
At decent percent of the time I would look for opportunity to put it in preflop, if opponent's aggression is above average.

I think JJ hand is played well. We do need villains sqeeze stat and overall range. This can be a fold pre, but it can also be a stack off pre depending on the stats. As played I think it's fine although you have to be able to fold river sometimes.

You guys are right. I put this hand in hand evaluation forum and mbml told me that It should be 4b/c vs lag players. I played it not most optimal way. Thanks for your opinions! Tomorrow I’ll write list of topics I should work on in the first place.

I’ve been playing three and a half hours and I could add two to three hours more but I ran so badly that I decided to do something different. Today I have really thoughtful day. First of all I find this article: http://dustyschmidt.net/dusty_schmidt_blog/ Dusty’s brain is damaged. I’ve heard many times from my computer programing teacher that a lot of guys who know it all end in nuthouse.

He means people who know every algorithm and who remember every book. I never understood what he mean but I think I do understand it now. My teacher has really great brain, he is best teacher at school, he’s far better than every computer programing teacher and he also know a lot of math and IT stuff I really admire him, his knowledge and his approach too life. Anyway he always says about keeping balance in life. He had problems with this too.

I love go from one extreme to another. This is a part of me. I used to be hedonistic I mean really hedonistic I was drunk or high every day for three months. I drank a lot and I party a lot. I had a lot of memorable experience and that was really good times but I gave up on it. Now I on my one year break from drinking and doing drugs. Even in New Year Eve I didn’t drink anything. It something about 7 months now. I am going to do this one year break I need it to show me that I can control those things. Again I went from one extreme to another. I was really bad at math and computer science but I become second best at my group. I paid my price for it, it was worth it because again I show myself I can.

I think it’s time for greatest challenge, it’s time for balance my life. It’s time for be happy and enjoy my life. I like sacrifice myself to achieve my goals. I am that kind of person who do his job even when he is depressed or feel bad about everything. I need to balance things a bit. I mean I still will spend on poker something like 6-8 hours a day but I won’t do it 24/7. I need to improve my sleep and my health I need to improve my diet again. I have a lack of sleep because I’ve spent a lot of time on poker lately but I need to take care about it.

Next thing I’ve realized is that when I win I feel normal, because “I always should win” and when I lose I feel like a shit. I need to work on it too. I need to change those believes to feel good when I did best decision I knew.

To do:

Write down most important areas of life. Make a week plan with goals in most important areas of life.

Change my system of believes a bit.

The most important lesson from 21.02.2013 is:

Balance in life is not overrated. If I want to be a poker pro I must improve my health and work on my mindset every day. Poker can give you a lot but you must care about your health and life.

I've read that Leatherass's article aswell like 2 days ago. Scared me aswell :f_o:. But thinking abt it 1 day later: i'm not playing 8-10 hrs/day, nor am i 15-20 tabling mid-high stakes. He is an exception. I think the only person like him is Randy Lew, but even he's playing way less hrs/day. I guess Dusty just went for it too hard.

So here we come to a double edge sword: good coaches teach us to push it harder than anyone else in order to succed. No compromises. While i think this really is a must if one wants to become really succesfull, making no compromises will leave it's consequences. They may be as bad as Dusty's are or even worse.

But the fact is: Dusty is one of the online poker elite. He made $1m+/year. 99,999999% of poker players will never achieve that/go for it as hard as him. We are in this group. We can still push harder if our coaches tell us so, and we wont be pushing it to our limits. We are too lazy. If we werent we'd be playing with him on the tables.

So i think the way to go is trying harder and harder but NOT without compromises. Well maybe for some time, but not forever. Doing things you really love the most must be our priority. You cant fight against urself (you can but you will loose in the long run). Doing things u really love will still leave us plenty of time to improve and play. I think if we just cut out things we arent really enyoing (we just do it to kill time, knowingly or unknowingly) and replace it with time we invest in order to succed, we should do pretty well.

my 2c.

Read Dusty's blog too. It's a pity that he got some problems, but conclusion like "SNE is bad" are childish, the same like "nuclear plants are bad". Seems he doesn't fully understand the underlying causes of the stuff happened to him.

Not to clog other people blogs with long posts, here I posted my more detailed thoughts about that situation.

@tomzyb
I am glad you wrote it on my blog ♦ Yesterday I was pretty scary about it but today I woke up with a huge smile on my face. I knew what is going to happen. After I’ll write down my goals and prepare breakfast I’ll start session review. I like it very much. I see my improvement and I see what I should improve. It is something I like to do and something I ought to do.

I’ll balance my life in different way I’ve thought. Poker isn’t a problem nor martial arts or gym. The problem with unbalance life is when I spend too much time on 9gag or facebook or other sites like that. I’ll just stop doing those things and I’ll hang out with someone or do something that make me feel happy. I need to spend less time on PC but poker is not a problem, problem is wasting my time doing nothing. Checking email thirty times a day or doing something stupid as that.

To sum it up. I’ll change few things but I won’t change poker. I’ve been playing 4 hours today and I think soon I can start playing 5 hours a day. It is something that make me smile when I wake up.

@Yersh
Very thoughtful post about Dusty. I’ll read rest of your blog pretty soon. I think it’s something like people who say: “intelligent people aren’t happy, they are depressed” like being unhappy make them more intelligent than otherwise. Just huge bullshit. He didn’t eat well, he didn’t realx and this is what had happen.

Today I am very very very happy about my game. I had a lot of sick spots and still play pretty well:

Hero (BTN): $37.21 (186 bb)
SB: $40.54 (202.7 bb)
BB: $23.55 (117.8 bb)
UTG: $20 (100 bb)
MP: $21.20 (106 bb)
CO: $27.46 (137.3 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BTN with 5♣ Q♥
3 folds, Hero raises to $0.40, SB folds, BB calls $0.20

Flop: ($0.90) Q♦ Q♣ A♦ (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.70, BB calls $0.70

Turn: ($2.30) 5♥ (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $1.70, BB calls $1.70

River: ($5.70) T♠ (2 players)
BB bets $5.70, Hero raises to $34.41, BB calls $15.05 and is all-in

SB: $25.75 (128.8 bb)
Hero (BB): $20 (100 bb)
UTG: $11.64 (58.2 bb)
MP: $24.40 (122 bb)
CO: $20 (100 bb)
BTN: $20.02 (100.1 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 9♦ K♦
3 folds, BTN raises to $0.60, SB calls $0.50, Hero calls $0.40

Flop: ($1.80) K♣ 4♦ 9♣ (3 players)
SB bets $1, Hero calls $1, BTN calls $1

Turn: ($4.80) Q♦ (3 players)
SB bets $14.20, Hero calls $14.20, BTN folds

River: ($33.20) 4♣ (2 players)
SB bets $9.95 and is all-in, Hero calls $4.20 and is all-in

Ok I wasn’t happiest man alive. I was swearing a bit but I was calm. I was just in a mod when I say something like: “oh I have AA I’ll iso to 6bb and lose stack against 72o” (btw when I’ve said this guy called my iso and the board was 773 I was really afraid but he folded against cbet. I was so happy because I won with aces ♦ I am realy glad I did pretty well because today was hard day.

Combo from two days:
1) Just fold AK / QQ vs cold 4bet from unk in best case you have 40%, usually you have 20%
2) On uNL people rarely stack light, remember about math and 3b
3) 3 bet pot overpair facing x/r ? Fold this shit without any reads
4) Even 88 vs 20% range is flipping just fold anything vs fish except 99/TT otherwise you make variation higher
5) More value bets vs fish, esp on the river
6) When you face raise on monoboard and you have ace just fold, there are no implied odds on 4 suited boards + if he has Flash you have 16%
7) Bet xb bet is value bet line TPWK or something like that
8) Search reason to fold
9) Vs fish search reson for bet and thik vs what kind of range you want to bet against
10) Xb w/ draw in multiway pot you don’t have FE
11) Fold vs 3bets OOP remember about math
12) Vs short stack there is lees FE because they like to push
13) Flat w/ AK QQ vs UTG MP
14) If UTG xb and there is A on the T just x/c w/ Ax he represend ace and usually can bet on Ax
15) Blinds CC 3b usually have strong range
16) Fold everything vs 3b OOP if hand is strong enough 4b/c if not just fold

The most important lesson from 22.02.2013 is:
You rather calling too much than folding too much. So if you don’t know what to do just fold.

Today I find out I gained 1 cm in biceps so I have 36cm right now. I am pretty glad because I am slimmer and I still gain muscle. I find out something delicious, oh my good protein shake with cocoa, this is so fucking delicious that tomorrow I’ll go to the gym in the morning to eat it again ♦

Btw Hand of the day:

SB: $18.05 (90.3 bb)
BB: $12 (60 bb)
UTG: $30.98 (154.9 bb)
MP: $20.84 (104.2 bb)
Hero (CO): $20 (100 bb)
BTN: $19.70 (98.5 bb)

Preflop: Hero is CO with 8♣ 9♠
UTG raises to $0.60, MP folds, Hero raises to $1, 2 folds, BB calls $0.80, UTG calls $0.40

Flop: ($3.10) 6♠ 5♦ 6♦ (3 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $1.60, 2 folds

I find an isue of those weird hands. When I write something on chat and press enter, on active table enter means mini raise...

plz provide some info about opponents in hands you are posting, it's very hard to discuss anything with tables full of unknown opponents.

For example, K9s can be both cold-called and squeezed preflop depending on the open-raiser and caller stats.
The only thing I can say for certain, that if you are planning to call 14$ on the turn, it's better to push, considering only 4$ left in you stack.

In both cases they were fish. w/ Q5 this guy was 70/3 and he x/r b b (small sizing) w/ A7 on board like A99r. I call down him w/ AQ so it was no brainer to push w/ third best hand he could call my push w/ any ace ass well. T on river well it happens.

Second case he was some sort of agro donkey who just pressed keys. He donk push w/ two overs for full stack on the flop on board: 46Tr Yeah he probably wouldn't fold vs my raise against his huge bet but anyway I've saw different things. Board was dry and I didn't want to make him fold some bluffs. Yeah my EV graphs would look nicer becasue I should win this hand and I lose and it doesn't have impact on it. But I don't give a fuck about stats, most EV decisions is the things I care most about.

Third hand was just because of enter. Board was pretty dry and I need to be good only once every four time i bet. I think vs that play I would probably fold every poket up to TT because mini 3bet always looks like trap for me.

Second hand is not about EV graphs looking nicer, it's about putting more money in with strong hand on double fd turn, which is much more +EV than calling turn and playing river where missed draws wouldn't pay, and the draws that hit could scare some hands away. In this case he will not be scared with 4$ left in stacks, but it still slightly more+ EV to push turn.

Dude pretty good point! I didn't think about it but yeah, I lose some value from FD.

Today I've been playing live poker for 4-5 hours or so and online poker 2.5h, it's pretty nice day. More things I'll write tomorrow because friend stay at my place and I am pretty tired. Yesterday even I’ve lose 5-6BI I didn’t find a lot of mistakes so after my SR I haven’t any new conclusions.

The most important lesson from 23.02.2013 is:
Just jam donk fish on flop, he will donk/call raise jam pretty often and he won’t afraid any brodways on latter streets.

I spent a lot of the time on grinding. I want to be platinum member this month. I never been something higher than gold member. I need to earn 900 strategy points more it means I must grind for ~5h+ for next four days. Today I’ve spend 5.5h on grinding. Probably next two-three days I won’t go out only exception is martial art training and gym. After platinum member I’ll go out and chill out a bit but now let the game began ♦

Yesterday two of my close friends were at my place. Unfortunately we don’t see each other very often but anyway we still have pretty good relationships. I think I should spend more time with them than with some other people. We were playing live poker and I realized how much I’ve learned in previous month. It isn’t about money but mostly about having a good time but still I won 3 / 4 BI. One of my friend play NL50 / Nl100 I see how much more things he know and because of him I saw how much things I need to learn. That’s great. I’ll improve a lot. I also watch him playing online a bit, his hand reading is pretty damn good!

Girl from shop try to pick up my friend. She was very nice, she flirting with him a bit. When we go out from the shop I told him: “Dude she’s very into you”. “You saw that too?”. “Hell yeah, don’t you want to get her number?”, “Yeah I’ll go”, “wait until people leave the shop and then talk with her.’ He was like a ninja waiting for his moment. He was hiding outside until she was alone… and bam someone interrupt them after 5s… Fucking customer… Anyway I was very happy for him. It’s great that he talk with her.

Can’t wait tomorrow session review. I have a lot of crazy actions today.

The most important lesson from 24.02.2013 is:
Avoid fancy play. Keep it simple.

lol @ the k9 hand.

First hand of this dude:

BB: $24.91 (124.6 bb)
UTG: $35.37 (176.8 bb)
MP: $20 (100 bb)
Hero (CO): $22.97 (114.9 bb)
BTN: $25.09 (125.5 bb)
SB: $19.60 (98 bb)

Preflop: Hero is CO with A♣ A♥
2 folds, Hero raises to $0.60, 2 folds, BB calls $0.40

Flop: ($1.30) 6♦ J♣ 2♥ (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $1, BB raises to $24.31 and is all-in, Hero calls $21.37

Turn: ($46.04) 8♠ (2 players, 1 is all-in)
River: ($46.04) 5♥ (2 players, 1 is all-in)

I wasn’t sure about putting here my photo but I am so fucking proud of it:

I used to have scoliosis all my life, I gain muscle and get rid of it. I used to be fat. My photo from 2010 was taken after I’ve lost 30kg (70lbs). I almost forgot how I looked like. I almost forgot that I used to look at the mirror and think: “dude you look like a shit”. I almost forgot that I wasn’t always well dressed and have some muscle. Now I look at the mirror and smile. Every time I see myself in the mirror I smile not because I look much better but because I see how I can change everything.

Most people won’t recognize me. They say: “Wow is that really you?! Oh my fucking God I can’t believe it!” And I replay: “people change, everything change”. The only constant is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be by Isaac Asimov.

Session today went pretty bad so again I had some reflections about life..

The most important lesson from 25.02.2013 is:
Don’t forget how you changed. Remember what you’ve achieved.

It will be easier to achieve what you want to achieve when you realize how much you’ve done to be where you are. You realize that it never was easy, that you always made sacrifices and you always did it hard way, with sweet, blood and tears. You realize that it was totally worth it. Just for one fucking moment. If you don’t know that feeling well… you have nothing to lose you can still do your best and one day you’ll know what I mean.

Is the last photo teleported from the future?

About the hand, it's a clear fold. From opponent push we can get 2 things. First he is not a reg. Second, in 95% of cases he has 2pair or set. And while you haven't put any money in the pot, it's a easy fold.

Originally posted by Yersh
Is the last photo teleported from the future?

About the hand, it's a clear fold. From opponent push we can get 2 things. First he is not a reg. Second, in 95% of cases he has 2pair or set. And while you haven't put any money in the pot, it's a easy fold.

I only agree with the 3rd part of your hand evaluation. Well, first one too, but you can't know if he's on tilt or anything since it's the first hand. About the second part, I've seen countless times that people do this with all sorts of garbage and it would most likely be totally opposite of what u estimated - 95% garbage, TP, draws, and 5% 2 pairs and sets.