Another Hyper SNG Blog

Long time no posts:

Here I replayed again and decided to switch to full W4rm4chine mode, no drooling around just poker poker poker when I have time. I can't let this wonderful oppurtunity pass by.

So today: most games played, 5 hours :

Tommorrow no 2 hours of school only, will try 6 hours (2 in the morning, 4 in the afternoon/ evening).

Only managed 4 hours today. A friend came by and we played random stuff. Really good times. Graph:

Tilted a lot on the big Ev downswing (some nice spew). Regained the control of my emotion rather quickly though.

and

[X] +25$ EV game ♠_cool: ♠_cool:

Tomorrow 4 hours. Probably going out in the evening.

What goes up must come down eh? ♦ It doesn't even bother me (such a baller ♦). I keep printing ev and crushing the game (although 8% in ev seems too high.)

The funny fact about me is that I only tilt when my EV is going down, not my winnings (as I don't need any money at this point of my life. Pretty crazy .

Most money made in one hour: 200$ (today)
Most money lost in one hour: 140$ (today)

running 40 BI below Ev lifetime 7$. I think this is also a new record ♦

Okay very bad day

Played like shit (tilted a lot, can't steal shit etc...). -10 EV only, but with the card distribution I had, I should've crushed it. overall graph for the 7$:

And volume sucked. Why? Cause my big brother is downloading 32421423 movies, and all my family spent the afternoon on the PC. Results: 2 sec max to make decision, some timeouts. Impossible to do something proper. At least made 130 bucks today.

On a more positive note:

(steals only)

DEM sexy redline ♠_cool: ♠_cool: ♠_cool: ♠_cool: ♠_cool:

Huehaueauheua waddap? Watched the Wolf of wallstreet, cool movie.

Only managed to put 2 hours in, and we reach 800 games at 7$. Hallelujah:

Still running bad obviously. Is there anyway to life off EV? ♦

Won't be able to reach 3k games, I have to go abroad another weekend (poor me :f_biggrin:). But still if I catch up It could be a nice month.

Br: 1255$

And this hand:

Poker Stars $6.71+$0.29 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t60/t120 Blinds + t12 - 2 players - View hand 2406998
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BB: t1466 M = 7.19
Hero (BTN/SB): t1534 M = 7.52

Pre Flop: (t204) Hero is BTN/SB with 5 9
Hero raises to t240, BB calls t120

Flop: (t504) 2 3 6 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t240, BB calls t240

Turn: (t984) 3 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

River: (t984) 7 (2 players)
BB bets t480, Hero raises to t1042 all in, BB folds

Final Pot: t1944
Hero wins t1944

HEUHAEUAUE villain was tight, folding a lot (managed to chip up from 700 to 1.5k. SO i was min raising ATC. When I calls I'm pretty sure all his range are broadway cards (which missed), excluding the strongest one which he would have shoved so (KJ, Qj etc... maybe small pairs). What do you think?

So, only one hour in today mainly because of an appointement with the doctor. And I'll explain why, because it has a direct influence on my poker ''career''.

So basically the 6th February, I'll have an operation to the leg (very heavy, I'll get somekind of exoskeleton to my right leg). Hence I won't be able to go to school for 7-8 months. Yes that's right, 7-8 months that I'll completely dedicate to grow my bankroll and my 6 max hyper knowledge, move up stakes, put in this damn volume and if everything goes well and if I manage well, I'll be pro after this period.

While the operation and this metal thing to my leg obviously sucks hard, I'm thankful to this because I'll have a decent excuse for my parents to just play play play poker. And when I mean play I'll set myself 6 hours everyday (right now with school etc... between 4-3)

And with the school everything is okay, as I'm a good student, I can miss one semester (will just have to do the finals, but hey I can get a 2 / 6 grade and still pass, so who cares).

So from mid february (10-15 days after the operation to get used to this ''metal cage'' and to recover from the heavy operation) till my birthday in October 2014, I'll just have no life and grind like crazy.

BR: 1320$ (running 100$ under ev lifetime)

And I finally had my first Royal Straight Flush today!

So it's been quite a while since last update so let's do a quick recap:

January:

Played around 1000 7$ 6 max hypers + last day MTT session to end the month +500$. Volume mostly sucked because I went out quite frequently to profit from my last days before my heavy surgery (which meant I wouldn't go out for another 4 months).

February:

Had my surgery which went really well, couldn't sit long in front of my computer so almost no volume, played a few MTOPS, lost a little, mixed MTTs won a little so breakeven month

March:

Played a little 6 max hypers (10 hours) lost like 60 bucks. Volume and motivation very low.

April:

Challenged myself to make just 1500 SNG (which with all my free time is peanuts) and didn't make, however playing great a running hot ( catching up with ev line after a little 70 BI -ev run, which I'm ok with because those are hypers). Beggining to hate those games more and more. + 500$

What now?

So 1/3 of the year passed by with me putting less than 100 hours, and made 1k (as much as last year). I'm making lots of money considering I was playing the 0.11 hypers on 888 one year ago, yet my motivation is low. I'm just getting sick of those games, playing little postflop and very boring. Props to the sickos which manage to play 100'000 of them in a year without killing themselves ♦. When I had a 20$ BR I thought making 12$/h would make me put 6 hours everyday into poker. Boy was I wrong :f_biggrin:.

Also I decided to leave them behind because I was so sick of them, I stopped studying them. In fact I consider my push fold game quite okay, but I'm sure because of the lack of study I would get crushed at 15$ and above. Plus my play are really unbalanced sometimes (which isn't a problem against fishes or bad reg, but at higher level I'm just so easy to figure out). Anyway final graph at the 7$:

As you can see my Ev was cool, even though sample is ridiculous. I think I was more around 6% EV ROI (instead of 7% now) 4 tabling, which isn't exceptional but no that bad too.

With all this my BR is sitting now at 2000$! Which is quite an okay number if you ask me and looking back I'm proud I achieved it and it was worth every hour I put in this wonderful game.

And now what I'm going to play?

The answer is:

1-

2-

I'll start by playing some MTTsng. It'll be a mix of 2.50$ 90 men, 2.50$ 180 men turbo, 3.50$ 45 men and 4.5'$ 180 men and small scheduled tournaments.

I'll give the scheduled the priority when I have time, playing up to 11$ regular ones and up to 5.50$ for the turbos.

The reasons I'll play more MTT SNG in the beggining is because I'll go back to school soon, so I will not always have the time to play scheduled. I'll also play them to perfectionate my game. I have played 0.25$ 45 man 2 weeks in June 2013 and was crushing them (50% ROI), but I guess the level will be a lot better at the 3.50$ ones. I think I'll start 8 tabling at first, possibly only 6 tabling in the beggining. I'm not very good at heavy multitabling.

Play my first small session today, ended bricking everything (10 tournies) for -25$. I reviewed all the plays I wasn't sure but I mostly got badbeat or loosing 60/40, 70/30 n flips. I played fine I think for a rusty mtt fish :f_grin:.
I read all acoimbra's blog and stole his equilibrium range for shoving while being shortstacked far away from the money. I'm pretty happy because before I hadn't any clear range to do this. It was more like (ZoMG I az pocket 33 shove 12 BB UTG and stuff like that ♦) or like shoving 90% of the hands in the SB because hey he will call me so rarely since he is a 9 max MTT nit .

Will aim for 30 games tommorrow. Will maybe degen the 27$ SCOOP if I'm in the mood along with the sunday storm. Will try to watch some acoimbra's or gripsed videos. I also rewatch gripsed guide and make some notes in my notebook.

That's all and hope I'll start shipping soon ♦.

BR: 2000$ (0.2% till lifetime achievement ♠_cool:)

Hi BBQ,

Nice update,

May I say that I'm a little bit sad that you are switching from 6max hypers?

I love reading about 6max hypers ♠_cool:

Bestof luck in crushing MTT's though, keep us updated.

Subbed ♠_cool:,
Fran

waddap? So haven't been playing much, and when playing this happened:

I have my first small taste of thee legendary mtt frustration. I have made 1 final table in a 180p for 6th ♦. Have played decently, ofc sometimes I just blew a stack or 2 away but it was okay. In fact I bust so rapidly mtt's that I never have the time to practise the ante phase xD. But i'm running way below ev in bbs so I guess it's not that bad. Also I find kind of strange to play without an EV line. With hypers it was assuring me that I was making correct decisions and that I was making money, but in MTT's when you have a downswing you can't check if you've run below EV and if you do things correctly, which I find disturbing. Anyway I can't be that much of a fish. Been playing mostly scheduled. It only takes 1 tournament to change your life!!!

Few hands:

1)

Poker Stars $3.00+$0.30 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t60/t120 Blinds + t15 - 9 players - View hand 2502735
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

Hero (SB): t4927 M = 15.64
BB: t3095 M = 9.83
UTG: t25035 M = 79.48
UTG+1: t5806 M = 18.43
UTG+2: t6906 M = 21.92
MP1: t5025 M = 15.95
MP2: t2121 M = 6.73
CO: t3591 M = 11.40
BTN: t7021 M = 22.29

Pre Flop: (t315) Hero is SB with 9 9
5 folds, CO raises to t282, BTN raises to t840, Hero raises to t4912 all in, 2 folds, BTN calls t4072

Flop: (t10361) T 3 A (2 players - 1 is all in)

Turn: (t10361) 8 (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: (t10361) 2 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: t10361
Hero shows 9 9 (a pair of Nines)
BTN shows T T (three of a kind, Tens)
BTN wins t10361

Villain had a 3 bet of 11%. Is it enough to consider him capable of light 3 betting in LP?

2)

PokerStars Hand #116142641191: Tournament #907641707, $1.50+$1.50+$0.30 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XVII (500/1000) - 2014/05/13 23:07:36 CET [2014/05/13 17:07:36 ET]
Table '907641707 281' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: LaPelao (1419 in chips)
Seat 2: GHEMBALLA (29245 in chips)
Seat 3: kareklos007 (20015 in chips)
Seat 4: cincoAses (41888 in chips)
Seat 5: delftenaar (36664 in chips)
Seat 6: LangeV (58490 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 7: VuNcEnT (24863 in chips)
Seat 8: W4rm4chine (21813 in chips)
Seat 9: santoseterno (23643 in chips)
LaPelao: posts the ante 125
GHEMBALLA: posts the ante 125
kareklos007: posts the ante 125
cincoAses: posts the ante 125
delftenaar: posts the ante 125
LangeV: posts the ante 125
VuNcEnT: posts the ante 125
W4rm4chine: posts the ante 125
santoseterno: posts the ante 125
kareklos007: posts small blind 500
cincoAses: posts big blind 1000
HOLE CARDS
Dealt to W4rm4chine [Qc Ah]
delftenaar: folds
LangeV: folds
VuNcEnT: folds
W4rm4chine: raises 1000 to 2000
santoseterno: folds
LaPelao: folds
GHEMBALLA: folds
kareklos007: calls 1500
cincoAses: calls 1000
FLOP [Th 7c 3d]
kareklos007: checks
cincoAses: checks
W4rm4chine: bets 2655
kareklos007: calls 2655
cincoAses: folds
TURN [Th 7c 3d] [9s]
kareklos007: checks
W4rm4chine: checks
RIVER [Th 7c 3d 9s] [Kc]
kareklos007: checks
W4rm4chine: bets 7000
kareklos007: calls 7000
SHOW DOWN
W4rm4chine: shows [Qc Ah] (high card Ace)
kareklos007: shows [Td 8d] (a pair of Tens)
kareklos007 collected 26435 from pot
SUMMARY
Total pot 26435 | Rake 0
Board [Th 7c 3d 9s Kc]
Seat 1: LaPelao folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: GHEMBALLA (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: kareklos007 (small blind) showed [Td 8d] and won (26435) with a pair of Tens
Seat 4: cincoAses (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: delftenaar folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: LangeV folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: VuNcEnT folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: W4rm4chine showed [Qc Ah] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 9: santoseterno folded before Flop (didn't bet)

villain 21/14/6 over 100 hands. I know I don't rep much but I was 100% sure he had a ten with a very weak kicker or a 7 and I thought he would've fold. Is it okay to barrel here?

3)

Poker Stars $5.00+$0.50 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t100/t200 Blinds - 9 players - View hand 2502736
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

CO: t1250 6.25 BBs
BTN: t8692 43.46 BBs
SB: t2254 11.27 BBs
BB: t2550 12.75 BBs
UTG: t2495 12.47 BBs
UTG+1: t17200 86 BBs
UTG+2: t3600 18 BBs
MP1: t6586 32.93 BBs
Hero (MP2): t7200 36 BBs

Pre Flop: (t300) Hero is MP2 with J J
3 folds, MP1 raises to t400, Hero raises to t800, 3 folds, BB calls t600, MP1 raises to t2000, Hero raises to t7200 all in, BB calls t1750 all in, MP1 calls t4586 all in

Flop: (t15822) 9 T 2 (3 players - 3 are all in)

Turn: (t15822) T (3 players - 3 are all in)

River: (t15822) 8 (3 players - 3 are all in)

Final Pot: t15822
BB shows 6 6 (two pair, Tens and Sixes)
MP1 shows A A (two pair, Aces and Tens)
Hero shows J J (two pair, Jacks and Tens)
MP1 wins t8072
MP1 wins t7750

Is it okay to 5 bet shove here? Villain 11/6 and I think it was a total spazz from me. i knew with is 4 bet non all in he had kings or aces. But I couldn0t fold god knows why. I was so sure of my read but didn't trust it

4)

PokerStars Hand #116134750580: Tournament #907641707, $1.50+$1.50+$0.30 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level V (40/80) - 2014/05/13 20:45:48 CET [2014/05/13 14:45:48 ET]
Table '907641707 89' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: ArchiGoodvin (2837 in chips)
Seat 2: N4cho_Scocco (7102 in chips)
Seat 3: DDDVVVMMM (2580 in chips)
Seat 4: harakiri333 (2758 in chips)
Seat 5: mahoney209 (8524 in chips)
Seat 6: ALO4KA QQ (3200 in chips)
Seat 7: W4rm4chine (4363 in chips)
Seat 9: JCMCNL18 (3000 in chips)
harakiri333: posts small blind 40
mahoney209: posts big blind 80
HOLE CARDS
Dealt to W4rm4chine [7s 7c]
ALO4KA QQ: calls 80
W4rm4chine: calls 80
JCMCNL18: folds
ArchiGoodvin: calls 80
N4cho_Scocco: calls 80
DDDVVVMMM: folds
harakiri333: folds
mahoney209: checks
FLOP [3c 5c 2s]
mahoney209: checks
ALO4KA QQ: checks
W4rm4chine: bets 320
ArchiGoodvin: folds
N4cho_Scocco: folds
mahoney209: calls 320
ALO4KA QQ: raises 2800 to 3120 and is all-in
W4rm4chine: raises 1163 to 4283 and is all-in
mahoney209: folds
Uncalled bet (1163) returned to W4rm4chine
TURN [3c 5c 2s] [5h]
RIVER [3c 5c 2s 5h] [8d]
SHOW DOWN
ALO4KA QQ: shows [8h 8s] (a full house, Eights full of Fives)
W4rm4chine: shows [7s 7c] (two pair, Sevens and Fives)
ALO4KA QQ collected 7000 from pot
SUMMARY
Total pot 7000 | Rake 0
Board [3c 5c 2s 5h 8d]
Seat 1: ArchiGoodvin folded on the Flop
Seat 2: N4cho_Scocco folded on the Flop
Seat 3: DDDVVVMMM (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: harakiri333 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: mahoney209 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 6: ALO4KA QQ showed [8h 8s] and won (7000) with a full house, Eights full of Fives
Seat 7: W4rm4chine showed [7s 7c] and lost with two pair, Sevens and Fives
Seat 9: JCMCNL18 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Acceptable broke here? I also think it was kinda bad. Villain that felted us was 50/8 so I knew he would've raise big pairs. But he never check raise a multiway pot light. Best case scenario he had 2 over + flushdraw.

If anyone could give his thoughts on those hands ♦