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Back from Aspers/live poker.
Went earlier so wasnt tired this time. Played v well i think. Followed my guidelines of being v quiet at the table and focusing on preflop ranges mostly. The rest comes easily.
Played 3 interesting spots.
Hand #1: AThh HIJ. Villain is 50 yrs old weaker player. Sth like 70 17 3.
limps, Hero raises 5, BTN raises 15, BB cold calls, fold, Hero calls.
Flop: T :club:8 :diamond:3 
(47)
Checked through.
Turn : T :club:8 :diamond:3 (47) 7 
BB checks, Hero bets 25, BTN folds AK lol, BB raises 135 (allin).
Hero ?
V weird as i expect him to lead all of his str8/sets and 2p. But couldnt see this guy bluffing me, although i still cant think of a value ahnd especially since i expect str8 and sets to put in a lol min check raise. Clicked the fold button somehow.
Hand #2: K :club:2 
BTN.
Same guy limps, Hero raises 5, BB calls.
Flop: A :diamond:J :diamond:3 (16)
BB checks, Hero bets 10, BB calls.
Turn: A :diamond:J :diamond:3 Q (26)
BB checks, Hero bets 22, BB calls.
River: A :diamond:J :diamond:3 Q 8 
(70)
BB leads 12... Hero raises 100.
Wasnt able to make thoses plays live a year ago - "dont bluff the live players son, value bet your good hands".
Hand #3: KJo BTN.
Villain is semi reg-fish laggy. playing sth like 40 25 3.
We play 300 deep. maybe a bit deeper.
UTG limps, UTG+1 calls, Villain raises 7, Hero raises 22, folds, folds, Villain raises 47, Hero calls.
Flop: J 7 2 (100)
Villain bets 55 , Hero calls
Turn: J 7 2 4 :club:(210)
BB checks, Hero checks
Turn: J 7 2 4 A (210)
BB checks, Hero ... ?
Its the third time i 3bet villain since i saw him raising K8s utg and that kind of shit. Saw him isoing JJ and AK betting 10 pre so I ruled out most of the hands. The thing is, I dont even think villain knows the meaning of 4betting so not sure he could have that many bluffs. pretty sure he just calls AQ-AT pre vs the 3bet.
Think flop/turn are pretty str8 fwd. River he checks quickly/didnt even think.
I tanked forever. We have sth like 200-250 left and I still really dont know if he folds Ax and the QQ-KK, AK he act raises 7 pre instead of 10. Maybe i put too much read into these preflop sizings dunno.
Cant remember i if have a club.
Finding your A-Game: Warm-up
http://www.pokerstrategy.com/video/28571/
• Sample size. just do it and see the results not in a week, not in a month but in like 100 sessions.
• Actual rituel:
- 10min mindfulness
- write 2 poker strategy goals & mindset
Just prepare yourself to do one thing: making decisions. Nothing more. Nothing less.
• Unresult-orientedness/Grey day: meditate just to calm our mind. the goal is not to get great poker results right away. This is a thing i struggle a lot with; i need to accept that.
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Arrived in gib on friday night staying at my friends place who also works for pokerstrategy.
Online
We played a funny session sweating each other, taking some let's say difft lines
Ppl fold like crazy on .fr - at least on our website.
MP: $49.12 (98.2 bb)
CO: $57.25 (114.5 bb)
Hero (BTN): $57.22 (114.4 bb)
SB: $95.25 (190.5 bb)
BB: $104.35 (208.7 bb)
UTG: $49.32 (98.6 bb)
Preflop: Hero is BTN with J♠ T♥
3 folds, Hero raises to $1, SB folds, BB raises to $3, Hero raises to $8, BB calls $5
Flop: ($16.25) 6♠ 9♣ 3♦ (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $7, BB calls $7
Turn: ($30.25) 9♠ (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $11, BB calls $11
River: ($52.25) 4♣ (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $31.22 and is all-in, BB folds
guy told me he folded JJ...
CO: $338.80 (169.4 bb)
BTN: $197 (98.5 bb)
SB: $132.10 (66.1 bb)
BB: $418.90 (209.5 bb)
UTG: $255.30 (127.7 bb)
Hero (MP): $282.50 (141.3 bb)
Preflop: Hero is MP with A♣ 7♣
UTG folds, Hero raises to $6, CO folds, BTN calls $6, SB calls $5, BB folds
Flop: ($20) A♥ 9♣ 8♦ (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $13.50, BTN calls $13.50, SB folds
Turn: ($47) 3♣ (2 players)
Hero bets $12, BTN calls $12
River: ($71) K♦ (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $35.50, Hero raises to $251 and is all-in, BTN folds
Live
OMG.
Went to see patrick with ceran yesterday and as this pleno fish busted out every mtts he was playing we decided to go hit on gibraltar casino. best decision ever. well, ev-wise at least because i didnt book a win.
So ceran and pat started the table playing HU and 10 min later 3 guys decide to join us. For charity.
One guy was playing EVERY HAND and was the good old 2003 station. you dont find that kind of guys anymore. Patrick took on a 1000bb pot... guy called down K2 on K43JJ... Think it took him 4sec to call pat.
Oh, and also, there was NO RAKE. ... Like i said, best game ive ever played.
Strategy-wise, even though i was card dead i should have definitely played looser as pat and ceran were. Goal was to flop anything and value mode. especially since we were 400bb deep.
Random but, anyone being in Gib should eat at THIS place at least once in his/her life. Amazing stuff. Chocolate cake is like heaven. Really.
Next week should be pretty fun.
Going to grind with the good old Siete now.
Take care
-Ben