i don't necessarily agree with the way i played it ♦
i thought we were 150bb deep and against a 5bet vs utg he can easily fold QQ/AK/bluffs, and even KK doesn't have a super easy decision, right... or is it?
he might have bluffs, but it's usually going to be value and he prob just flats QQ/AK vs the 3bet. with KK they also tend to pay off somehow, either by shipping or by cry-calling pre and cry-calling post
meh, no other opinions on this drunk hand. lame 
i guess i'll post my thoughts in the spoiler, then.
as i said in the previous post, considering limit tendencies i think that his 4bet is rly often for value, and given stack depth and that he looks fairly decent... his value range is KK+ only, and as such i'm crushed.
so, best play is to 5bet preflop and, as played, fold turn - folding flop might be too weak as it's not a 100% certainty that he has KK+ only and he prob slows down on turn with weaker holdings.
however...
Turn: (105.5 BB, 2 players) 5♠
UTG requests TIME, UTG bets 115.8 BB and is all-in, Hero says "if its KK i deserved it", Hero calls 100.1 BB and is all-in (?)
River: (305.7 BB, 2 players) 9♥
UTG shows K♠ A♣ (Two Pair, Kings and Nines) (Pre 7%, Flop 13%, Turn 5%)
Hero shows A♠ A♥ (Two Pair, Aces and Nines) (Pre 93%, Flop 87%, Turn 95%)
Hero wins 291.9 BB
while the river was dealt and the pot handed out i wrote some more random nonsense in chat.
so it ends up that my inaccurate assumptions were right and i most likely took the best line against his actual range (pretty sure he could find a not-so-hard fold against a 5b), though i think that i couldn't get to these conclusions given the info i had (aka "i was seriously wrong").
so, what does that teach us? that i'm a damn luckbox and sometimes (rarely) two wrongs do end up making a right, i guess. 
ofc that doesn't make the play +++EV, it was just luck.
if anyone thinks that i'm wrong i'd like to hear other opinions. maybe am i giving him too much credit and it's actually standard for nl10 regs to randomly shove AKo utgvco 150bb deep
hey, thanks ♦
i'm back to evaluating hands in the nanostakes forum. i'll take mostly nl5-nl10 hands, specially fast fold format ones.
the main reason as to why i stopped was not because i was lazy (though that certainly counted), but rather because i wasn't feeling qualified.
the current hand evaluation team is very good and fast, and they should be better players than me.
however, i think that it's fair enough to consider myself well qualified to judge these stakes (this is my nl10 graph for this year) and i try to give my best in every hand that i evaluate in these forums, i hope that it shows.
in any case, if you don't like my evaluations/don't want me to evaluate your hands/don't think i am qualified, i can understand, i've been in a similar spot 
just post here/message me privately/whatever, i can take it.
see you!
some fun spewing around.
fkn rigged ♦
PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BTN: 122.3 BB
SB: 200.3 BB
BB: 111.4 BB
UTG: 100.9 BB
MP: 51.8 BB
Hero (CO): 158.5 BB
SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 9♠ T♠
UTG raises to 3 BB, fold, Hero raises to 8 BB, fold, fold, fold, UTG calls 5 BB
Flop: (17.5 BB, 2 players) 5♠ K♥ K♠
UTG checks, Hero bets 9.9 BB, UTG calls 9.9 BB
i don't expect him to fold any pocket pair to one bet, but i expect him to fold enough of them on the turn given the action. fd is good backup equity
Turn: (37.3 BB, 2 players) 2♦
UTG checks, Hero bets 19.9 BB, UTG raises to 42 BB, Hero calls 22.1 BB
thought process: 22 is super unlikely, 55 isn't that likely, AK is pretty likely (and it's the effective nuts against my range so it makes a lot of sense) and maybe he has other random suited kings. odds
River: (121.3 BB, 2 players) 6♠
UTG bets 41 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 41 BB
UTG shows 5♣ 5♥ (Full House, Fives full of Kings) (Pre 48%, Flop 98%, Turn 100%)
Hero shows 9♠ T♠ (Flush, King High) (Pre 52%, Flop 2%, Turn 0%)
UTG wins 194.2 BB
PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BTN: 155.5 BB
SB: 54.7 BB
BB: 74 BB
UTG: 103.4 BB
MP: 151.6 BB
Hero (CO): 116.6 BB
SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has T♠ A♥
fold, MP raises to 3 BB, Hero raises to 9 BB, BTN calls 9 BB, SB calls 8.5 BB, fold, MP calls 6 BB
Flop: (37 BB, 4 players) 9♦ J♣ K♦
SB checks, MP checks, Hero checks, BTN checks
Turn: (37 BB, 4 players) Q♥
SB checks, MP checks, Hero bets 29 BB, BTN calls 29 BB, fold, fold
River: (95 BB, 2 players) 4♠
Hero bets 78.6 BB and is all-in, BTN calls 78.6 BB
Hero shows T♠ A♥ (Straight, Ace High) (Pre 31%, Flop 28%, Turn 97%)
BTN shows T♥ T♦ (Straight, King High) (Pre 69%, Flop 72%, Turn 3%)
Hero wins 240.9 BB
PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
Hero (BTN): 132.5 BB
SB: 59.9 BB
BB: 105.4 BB
UTG: 173.8 BB
MP: 72 BB
CO: 100 BB
SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A♣ 3♣
fold, fold, CO raises to 2 BB, Hero raises to 6 BB, fold, fold, CO calls 4 BB
Flop: (13.5 BB, 2 players) 3♠ 8♣ Q♠
CO checks, Hero bets 7.5 BB, CO calls 7.5 BB
i'm not entirely sure about this flop decision but i guess it's ok. maybe i would bluff without a pair, so bluffing with one can't be too bad i guess...
Turn: (28.5 BB, 2 players) K♥
CO checks, Hero checks
not sure if i should turn my hand into a bluff, JJ- should be folding but Qx/broadway FD is probably a fair part of his range, now it seems clear that my fold equity is pretty bad actually...
River: (28.5 BB, 2 players) 3♦
CO checks, Hero bets 15 BB, CO raises to 86.5 BB and is all-in, Hero requests TIME, Hero calls 71.5 BB
the only hand that should beat me here is 3 combos of 88, i doubt he just flats QQ+ often enough, if at all. he just has the nuts everytime though ofc
i thought a) toppest of my range b) i was hoping for some KQ, 43, split, spaz type of hand but i wonder if that is actually too optimistic.
CO shows 8♠ 8♥ (Full House, Eights full of Threes) (Pre 66%, Flop 96%, Turn 100%)
Hero shows A♣ 3♣ (Three of a Kind, Threes) (Pre 34%, Flop 4%, Turn 0%)
CO wins 192.4 BB
PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BTN: 162.8 BB
SB: 28.6 BB
BB: 56.1 BB
Hero (UTG): 159.5 BB
MP: 232.2 BB
CO: 39.2 BB
SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Q♠ A♠
Hero raises to 3.5 BB, MP calls 3.5 BB, CO calls 3.5 BB, BTN calls 3.5 BB, fold, BB calls 2.5 BB
Flop: (18 BB, 5 players) T♥ K♠ 5♣
BB checks, Hero checks, MP checks, CO checks, BTN checks
Turn: (18 BB, 5 players) 8♥
BB checks, Hero checks, MP checks, CO bets 1 BB, BTN calls 1 BB, BB calls 1 BB, Hero calls 1 BB, MP calls 1 BB
River: (23 BB, 5 players) J♣
BB bets 22 BB, Hero raises to 66.6 BB, fold, fold, fold, BB calls 29.6 BB and is all-in
villain plays 4 tables
Hero shows Q♠ A♠ (Straight, Ace High) (Pre 65%, Flop 35%, Turn 20%)
BB shows J♥ T♠ (Two Pair, Jacks and Tens) (Pre 35%, Flop 65%, Turn 80%)
Hero wins 120.5 BB
PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BTN: 50 BB
Hero (SB): 184.5 BB
BB: 137.1 BB
UTG: 109.5 BB
MP: 251.2 BB
CO: 91.2 BB
Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A♦ J♠
fold, fold, CO raises to 3 BB, fold, Hero raises to 10 BB, fold, CO calls 7 BB
Flop: (21 BB, 2 players) Q♥ A♣ 9♥
Hero checks, CO bets 12 BB, Hero calls 12 BB
villain is swedish.
not sure how much value there is in a bet (though there def is some) so i try to let him vbet worse+bluffs. also i don't want to be capped when i check, so i think this is ok
Turn: (45 BB, 2 players) 6♣
Hero checks, CO bets 27 BB, Hero raises to 162.5 BB and is all-in, CO calls 42.2 BB and is all-in
River: (183.4 BB, 2 players) 7♥
Hero shows A♦ J♠ (One Pair, Aces) (Pre 45%, Flop 5%, Turn 0%)
CO shows 9♦ 9♣ (Three of a Kind, Nines) (Pre 55%, Flop 95%, Turn 100%)
CO wins 175.1 BB
Hi,
Impressive 17bb /100 win rate you have their over 46k hands. Even if you ran at ev it would still be above 10bb/100 and that's definitely qualified to judge nl10. How is your play at the next higher limit like and what are your plans to move up? The hands you are posting are on fast tables and not zoom? Or am I reading it wrongly?
Thanks
Cutegoldfish
hey sir, thanks for passing by!
i think that pokertracker nowadays just calls all quickfold type tables (in all networks) "fast", though i think i also remember that it used to be different.
these hands are all zoom, it's definitely the format i enjoy the most.
as for my plans... i'll probably get back to business sometime in the next months.
i'm just playing for fun and booze money right now, i'm somewhat busy with rl issues and don't want to get too stressed. with the amount i have in the ewallet i am actually almost rolled for nl50 ♦
anyway, the plan when i get back is to run good on nl25 for 20k hands or something (get that psychological cushion) and then get on with moving up and going pr00z (or not really). we'll see
so it's november feels like this year passed by pretty quickly.
anyway i think that i'll have a fair amount of free time for the rest of the year, so it seems like a good time to try to focus and get back to playing "seriously", climbing up the stakes again and going pr00z.
as opposed to the other times i have posted a "serious update" in here, this time it should actually be for realzies, as i've already been playing some nl25 behind the scenes for the past few days.
i'm also trying to get some things going that should help me greatly 
in fact, now i remember the things that i hate about nl25:
- the "skill range" between regs is wiiiiiiiiide, and so it's pretty hard to guess at which level a random unknown reg that you have no hands on is thinking at. ♦
- i always run fucking terrible at it. (29/oct graph, ruined the month's nl25 total non-volume ♦) i am overrolled and know that i have the skillset though, so whatever, that's poker.
anyway, i guess that the fact that the skill level range is wide + player pool is wide should be an incentive to brush up my theoretical game and "standard" game plan, which i feel that are rather weak, if i may say so myself.
after reading this post, it feels clear that i am often figuring the on the spot what is the best decision... and, while i think that i often get it right, i could definitely work at it away from the tables instead.
so... yeah, i'm not sure if this post's cohesion is too good, but whatever. instead of whineboxing let's post one of these hands that makes us smile when it goes our way
PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BTN: 121.6 BB
SB: 42.72 BB
BB: 173.04 BB
UTG: 100 BB
Hero (MP): 99.76 BB
CO: 100 BB
SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has K♠ A♥
fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, CO calls 3 BB, fold, SB raises to 13 BB, fold, Hero raises to 99.76 BB and is all-in, fold, SB calls 29.72 BB and is all-in
Flop: (89.44 BB, 2 players) 9♥ 4♥ 6♥
Turn: (89.44 BB, 2 players) 8♠
River: (89.44 BB, 2 players) 3♥
SB shows K♣ A♠ (High Card, Ace) (Pre 50%, Flop 32%, Turn 40%)
Hero shows K♠ A♥ (Flush, Ace High) (Pre 50%, Flop 68%, Turn 60%)
Hero wins 85.4 BB
Glgl, don't give up. And most importantly don't get lazy-arsed & stop playing!
Keep e LMAO gifs coming ♦
thanks ♦
i guess that my goal for the month will be to get the following message pretty often:
(the thread limit is 20/day, in case anyone is wondering)
in accordance to what's in my previous post, i post a lot of "standard" spots.
how standard are they really? as opposed to many that post only the biggest pots, i believe that the most important spots are those that happen with a high frequency.
that means "fundamentals", preflop ranges, flop ranges and hand planning. while being coolered all the time is quite not cool, it doesn't really matter that much in the long run
from these days i have seen a bunch of spazzy tendencies, both in myself and in my opponents ♦ i'd say that i'm generally being too much of a station and valuebetting too thin against weaker players, i think.
here are some random things:
PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BTN: 114.96 BB
SB: 457.92 BB
Hero (BB): 116.24 BB
UTG: 102.8 BB
MP: 115.2 BB
CO: 104 BB
SB posts SB 0.4 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has Q♥ J♥
fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 2.48 BB, fold, Hero calls 1.48 BB
Flop: (5.36 BB, 2 players) 6♦ 9♥ T♦
Hero checks, BTN checks
Turn: (5.36 BB, 2 players) Q♣
Hero checks, BTN bets 3 BB, Hero calls 3 BB
River: (11.36 BB, 2 players) 4♥
Hero checks, BTN bets 6 BB, Hero calls 6 BB
BTN shows 5♣ 8♥ (High Card, Queen) (Pre 33%, Flop 22%, Turn 16%)
Hero shows Q♥ J♥ (One Pair, Queens) (Pre 67%, Flop 78%, Turn 84%)
Hero wins 22.32 BB
PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
Hero (BTN): 132.16 BB
SB: 100 BB
BB: 100 BB
UTG: 164.92 BB
MP: 115.84 BB
CO: 213.8 BB
SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has 6♠ 5♠
fold, fold, CO raises to 3 BB, Hero raises to 8 BB, fold, fold, CO calls 5 BB
Flop: (17.4 BB, 2 players) 2♦ Q♥ Q♣
CO checks, Hero checks
Turn: (17.4 BB, 2 players) K♥
CO checks, Hero bets 12 BB, fold
Hero wins 16.6 BB
PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BTN: 110.2 BB
SB: 221.64 BB
Hero (BB): 99.52 BB
UTG: 258.8 BB
MP: 153.36 BB
CO: 110.96 BB
SB posts SB 0.4 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has J♣ J♥
fold, fold, fold, fold, SB raises to 3 BB, Hero raises to 9 BB, SB calls 6 BB
Flop: (18 BB, 2 players) 7♦ 7♠ 2♦
SB checks, Hero bets 10.24 BB, SB raises to 28 BB, Hero calls 17.76 BB
Turn: (74 BB, 2 players) 2♠
SB bets 71 BB, Hero calls 62.52 BB and is all-in
this is potentially a bad call here
River: (199.04 BB, 2 players) 8♦
SB shows 9♠ 9♦ (Two Pair, Nines and Sevens) (Pre 19%, Flop 12%, Turn 5%)
Hero shows J♣ J♥ (Two Pair, Jacks and Sevens) (Pre 81%, Flop 88%, Turn 95%)
Hero wins 191.04 BB
PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BTN: 29.68 BB
SB: 297.68 BB
BB: 43.24 BB
UTG: 49 BB
MP: 139.96 BB
Hero (CO): 190.6 BB
SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has T♥ T♠
fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.4 BB, fold, SB raises to 8.2 BB, fold, Hero calls 5.8 BB
Flop: (17.4 BB, 2 players) 8♠ 2♦ 6♦
SB bets 10 BB, Hero calls 10 BB
Turn: (37.4 BB, 2 players) 8♣
SB bets 18 BB, Hero calls 18 BB
River: (73.4 BB, 2 players) 4♠
SB checks, Hero checks
SB shows 4♦ 4♥ (Full House, Fours full of Eights) (Pre 19%, Flop 16%, Turn 5%)
Hero mucks T♥ T♠ (Two Pair, Tens and Eights) (Pre 81%, Flop 84%, Turn 95%)
SB wins 70.08 BB
i'll probably post 1 graph/week or something, else i feel that i get too results oriented.
hello sir!
id like to ask why is JJ hand a bad call? considering that he flat your raise preflop, its unlikely he has 2 or 7 in his range and QQ+ most likely would be a reraise pre? (thats just my tought process, please point it out if im wrong) 
ps. laughed hard on that gif ♦ 
thank you ♦
Originally posted by vuciitis
hello sir!id like to ask why is JJ hand a bad call? considering that he flat your raise preflop, its unlikely he has 2 or 7 in his range and QQ+ most likely would be a reraise pre? (thats just my tought process, please point it out if im wrong)
ps. laughed hard on that gif ♦
i said "potentially" ♦ i tend to agree with the comments here.he could have a trapping range and/or call 87s oop because too pretty to fold, happens often.
they often don't continue pure bluffs on the turn too (and they shouldn't), so i was actually mostly hoping to see ♦ and eventually ♠... a hand like the one he had most often just plays passively because nothing worse calls and nothing better folds (what was he thinking? probably ZOMFG raise for protection!!1!1)
anyway i'm a station so i never fold anyway i guess, if you rep an unlikely hand you'll have to show it (at least for the first time)... they always have it thoughon the topic of brilliant reg plays...
everyone knows that a trendy line nowadays is to donk with your strong hands, as a way to induce spaz and also because a c/r might look too strong.
this is NOT how you are supposed to do it:PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4BTN: 100 BB
SB: 101.4 BB
BB: 259.68 BB
UTG: 150 BB
Hero (MP): 120.16 BB
CO: 799.56 BBSB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has 7♥ 7♦
fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, fold, fold, SB calls 2.6 BB, fold
Flop: (7 BB, 2 players) 4♠ 7♠ 5♣
SB bets 5 BB, Hero raises to 15 BB, SB calls 10 BBTurn: (37 BB, 2 players) 9♥
SB checks, Hero bets 25.68 BB, SB raises to 83.4 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 57.72 BBRiver: (203.8 BB, 2 players) 9♣
SB shows Q♦ Q♠ (Two Pair, Queens and Nines) (Pre 81%, Flop 14%, Turn 5%)
Hero shows 7♥ 7♦ (Full House, Sevens full of Nines) (Pre 19%, Flop 86%, Turn 95%)
Hero wins 195.8 BB
how do you deal with these days where you just feel like your play is garbage?
today was one of those.
ran somewhat good for a while, then the realization i wasn't quite at my best came after a marginal river call (umm, this might not have been good). some time later, i was given the chance to make another bad river call (ZOMGWTF type), which was gladly taken. after that i was 1.2 BI down
clearly not satisfied with that amount of loss, i went on to spew some more money until i was 2 BI down. then i finally thought that was enough
i could feel the tiredness/lack of focus/w/e after the first call, but i talked myself into playing more. then i clearly should have quit after the second bad call (and suboptimal decisions all over), but i played on anyway. what do?
it's ok though, i just printed a reminder to punch myself in the face when that happens.
that kind of bad session DOES NOT get better. what the hell am i hoping for?
here's some regs spazzing out. wtf?
PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
Hero (BTN): 104.28 BB
SB: 105.28 BB
BB: 122.88 BB
UTG: 117.36 BB
MP: 101.08 BB
CO: 181.24 BB
SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has 3♣ 7♣
fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2 BB, fold, BB calls 1 BB
Flop: (4.4 BB, 2 players) 9♣ 7♦ 4♠
BB checks, Hero bets 2.28 BB, BB raises to 5.72 BB, Hero raises to 11.44 BB, BB calls 5.72 BB
Turn: (27.28 BB, 2 players) J♠
BB checks, Hero bets 1.6 BB ?(, BB calls 1.6 BB
River: (30.48 BB, 2 players) K♥
BB checks, Hero checks
BB shows J♥ A♥ (One Pair, Jacks) (Pre 64%, Flop 22%, Turn 89%)
Hero mucks 3♣ 7♣ (One Pair, Sevens) (Pre 36%, Flop 78%, Turn 11%)
BB wins 29.12 BB
posting a first week update. poker ez, just win all flips:
technical play: B
studying: B
luck: somewhat good
technical play: it all goes wrong when i try to get too fancy/too "balanced"/too anything and start doubting my intuition. my microlimits intuition is mostly pretty good (if i may say so myself), so i should trust it
sometimes i also dragged on a few sessions where i was clearly not doing well and these should have been stopped. at least i eventually found the quit button, but should have been found earlier.
studying: got lazy these last few days. i'm happy with some random progress, and with that i am actually folding more buttons, though 90% RFI on button isn't sustainable as i move up, unfortunately
luck: don't get me wrong, i had a few of "those" sessions where you just feel like you can't win a single damn pot, but i think that these were also offset by some rungood sessions.
so it's probably fair to say that i ran pretty decent. also good AI luck ofc
tip: nl25 regs mostly don't have anything when they raise somewhat unconnected boards! have fun with it.
standard
PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
Hero (BTN): 99.52 BB
SB: 100 BB
BB: 161.16 BB
UTG: 79 BB
MP: 170.64 BB
CO: 38.2 BB
SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has T♥ J♣
fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2 BB, fold, BB calls 1 BB
Flop: (4.4 BB, 2 players) 2♣ 8♥ Q♥
BB checks, Hero bets 2.88 BB, BB raises to 8 BB, Hero raises to 20 BB, fold
Hero wins 19.48 BB
i don't know why i called this one (should probably 3bet just to take it down, 6 pair too vulnerable) but hey whatever.
PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
Hero (BTN): 160.04 BB
SB: 169.56 BB
BB: 100 BB
UTG: 260.12 BB
MP: 58.16 BB
CO: 104.2 BB
SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has 6♦ K♣
fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2 BB, fold, BB calls 1 BB
Flop: (4.4 BB, 2 players) Q♦ 4♠ 6♣
BB checks, Hero bets 2.28 BB, BB raises to 8.04 BB, Hero calls 5.76 BB
Turn: (20.48 BB, 2 players) Q♣
BB checks, Hero bets 3.96 BB, fold
Hero wins 19.56 BB
this one was interesting.
i would call any non-spade (though turn is also bad because it completes some gutters), but river was damn terrible, spade+counterfeit my 2p. so i considered turning my hand into a bluff, but then the whole thing didn't make sense to me.
spades would vbet, flopped twopair+ have a fullhouse or quads (and i block them) and pretty much no one in nl25 is a sick ass thin valuebettor who goes for a c/r with AT, and definitely not with that sizing.
and a straight would probably c/c because hell, why not. so i don't make anything better fold and just have to cbh and hope for the best.
PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
Hero (BTN): 100.52 BB
SB: 229 BB
BB: 105.44 BB
UTG: 136.6 BB
MP: 94.36 BB
CO: 34.6 BB
SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has 2♣ T♣
fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2 BB, fold, BB calls 1 BB
Flop: (4.4 BB, 2 players) 5♣ 2♠ T♠
BB checks, Hero bets 2.88 BB, BB raises to 10 BB, Hero calls 7.12 BB
Turn: (24.4 BB, 2 players) 4♥
BB bets 17.6 BB, Hero calls 17.6 BB
River: (59.6 BB, 2 players) 5♠ 
BB checks, Hero requests TIME, Hero checks
BB shows K♦ J♣ (One Pair, Fives) (Pre 66%, Flop 6%, Turn 0%)
Hero shows 2♣ T♣ (Two Pair, Tens and Fives) (Pre 34%, Flop 94%, Turn 100%)
Hero wins 56.92 BB
Originally posted by Tomaloc
PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4Hero (BTN): 99.52 BB
SB: 100 BB
BB: 161.16 BB
UTG: 79 BB
MP: 170.64 BB
CO: 38.2 BBSB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has T♥ J♣
fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2 BB, fold, BB calls 1 BB
Flop: (4.4 BB, 2 players) 2♣ 8♥ Q♥
BB checks, Hero bets 2.88 BB, BB raises to 8 BB, Hero raises to 20 BB, foldHero wins 19.48 BB
Spot and hand nicely chosen, wp here. 
No need to balance at all at micros and very little at low stakes.
People just dont ever ajust. Ever
here's some piece of common sense advice: don't play your usual stakes while drunk.
despite what i already knew, and my habit of playing at least one limit lower when i feel like that, i somehow did it again yesterday.
WTF what is this, it doesn't even make any sense? (besides some other random hands)
WTF: i swear that the guy had minraised preflop postflop is ????????
this: loool this saved the session. i assumed that the fishes would go mental for absolutely no good reason, and they did! isn't it so much fun when you take a terrible line and get rewarded?
anyway this is how "this" went:
PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BTN: 85.2 BB
Hero (SB): 124.72 BB
BB: 249.64 BB
UTG: 112.8 BB
MP: 283.32 BB
CO: 47.84 BB
Hero posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has K♣ Q♦
fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 3 BB, Hero raises to 9.6 BB, BB calls 8.6 BB, BTN calls 6.6 BB
Flop: (28.8 BB, 3 players) 7♣ 5♣ K♠
Hero requests TIME, Hero checks, BB checks, BTN bets 28 BB, Hero calls 28 BB, BB calls 28 BB
Turn: (112.8 BB, 3 players) 8♦
Hero requests TIME, Hero checks, BB bets 33 BB, BTN raises to 47.6 BB and is all-in, Hero raises to 87.12 BB and is all-in, BB calls 54.12 BB
River: (334.64 BB, 3 players) 4♥
Hero shows K♣ Q♦ (One Pair, Kings) (Pre 38%, Flop 58%, Turn 76%)
BB shows J♣ A♣ (High Card, Ace) (Pre 43%, Flop 40%, Turn 24%)
BTN shows A♦ T♠ (High Card, Ace) (Pre 19%, Flop 2%, Turn 0%)
Hero wins 326.64 BB
props to btn for playing it like a pro, if there's a number that could represent BTN's fold equity in the turn spot it would be somewhere around -100 or something.
anyway after this hand i somehow realized "ZOMGWTF am i doing" and managed to close the session with a pretty good profit (about +1.5BI) instead of losing 3 or something like i deserved.
so... variance is pretty high in short term pokers, i run good, cool story?
well, luck gives karma takes ♦ lost 3bi on saturday.
point taken though: just fold to river bets on this limit, it's not worth it. it seems like i have to lose a few buyins every week in order to be reminded of that
on the other hand, i was thinking about something... just how can people zoom 4+ tables?
i mean, it's ok if you're pr00z with experience and a solid base game plan that you know by heart, but for the average microlimits reg... just sounds like "no".
i watched the "TwiceT and friends" coaching where they reviewed some guy playing 4 zoom tables.
his play mostly looked pretty good to me, but TT still said something to the effect that some EV was lost due to autopiloting, play less tables, think about every decision... something like that.
so... what's my point? idk, but i guess it's something like if you're struggling on your new limit or something, try cutting out some tables. it's pretty amazing how much info there's available in each hand which is often unused or not even noticed!
no wonder that most zoom microlimit regs can fall victim to blatant exploitation imo you rly need a very solid game before you start to 4table zoom.
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