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learning target: take up time
Im getting better in paying attention to stats and showdown hands. Its hard to beat any reg without that.

other matters
Today I started book 5 of Lee Child with Jack Reacher. I like it very much. Its thrilling and entertaining.

hand of the day (villain is unknown
How would you react to this 3bet (and why)?

Party, $0.50/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 2 Players
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Hero (SB): $100 (200 bb)
BB: $100 (200 bb)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K K
Hero raises to $2, BB calls $1

Flop: ($4) 2 Q 6 (2 players)
BB bets $2.85, Hero raises to $8, BB raises to $27.80, Hero ?

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goals of the week
Next week my main goal is take up time again. I will use the time to plan the hand, analyse betsizes and pay attention to the stats and collect reads when I saw the showdown.

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learning target: take up time
I was a little bit tired yesterday but tried my best. I played fine and didnt make any big mistakes. I took up enaugh time and planned well.

chess position of the day
We have a tactical position and white is next.

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learning target: take up time
I try my best and get better and better. Tell me do you have a time frame when you play?

other matters
What is your thought process when you play chess and its your turn?

hand of the day (villain is unknown)
Would you have called?

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Hero (BB) ($100)
SB ($42.28)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 4, J
SB calls $0.50, Hero checks

Flop: ($2) 7, 2, 4 (2 players)
Hero bets $2, SB calls $2

Turn: ($6) 4 (2 players)
Hero bets $5, SB calls $5

River: ($16) Q (2 players)
Hero bets $8, SB raises to $19, Hero ?

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goals of the week
Next week my focus is still on taking up time. But I will use this time to improve my handreading process. I will start with the river. In chess I will try to contrate on tactical things.

d5-f6 ?

d5-c7?♦

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Originally posted by Pytzu
d5-c7?♦

No

Originally posted by VaskataBuci
d5-f6 ?

Right and what is next?

other matters
I had a busy weekend. Had to take my wife to her exam with the car (more than 400 km) and had to clean the flat. But I also relaxed by sleeping without using the alarm clock.

hand of the day
Reads: Villain 4Bet/ Fold first hand and had a 3bet stat of > 30 %. What is your plan on the flop and why?

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BB (€419.12)
Hero (SB) (€452)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K, 9
Hero raises to €8, BB raises to €28, Hero calls €20

Flop: (€56) 3, K, 8 (2 players)
BB bets €32, Hero ?

Call and let villian barrell off with hes air. I dont think there is any other option here but to go for a calldown.

d5-f6 and if ur opponent does g7-f6 we move f1-d3?
I am awfull at chess haha

@ chess: 1.Nf6 Kf6 2. Be5 Ke5 (2...Kg5. 3. Bf6; 2..Ke6 3. Qf6) 3.Qe4 Ke4. 4.Re1 K moves 5.Re8 and we grab one of the bishops +-
Very nice combination

@ poker K9 hand: call, not much else to do?

BILL GATES WON!

ok j/k

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Originally posted by Veini
Call and let villian barrell off with hes air. I dont think there is any other option here but to go for a calldown.

What about raising the flop?

Originally posted by Skojj
d5-f6 and if ur opponent does g7-f6 we move f1-d3?
I am awfull at chess haha

Tell me more. But the 3rd move is not correct.

Originally posted by Dublimax
@ chess: 1.Nf6 Kf6 2. Be5 Ke5 (2...Kg5. 3. Bf6; 2..Ke6 3. Qf6) 3.Qe4 Ke4. 4.Re1 K moves 5.Re8 and we grab one of the bishops +-
Very nice combination

@ poker K9 hand: call, not much else to do?

Sounds well.

Originally posted by Varune

BILL GATES WON!

ok j/k

Yeah, after 9 moves

learning target: take up time
I played fine. Should pay more attention to handreading and take my time.

other matters
I add the london opening to my chess openings. I like this systems (played it in the beginning of my chess career) and add some interesting moves.

hand of the day
Villain was a villain who levels a lot. What would be the best play to make him crazy things.

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Hero (BB) (€1,009.50)
SB (€339.12)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q, Q
SB raises to €8, Hero raises to €28, SB calls €20

Flop: (€56) 9, 4, 9 (2 players)
Hero ?

^I would bet simething like 37 to be big enough to interests him, and small enough to give him space to be creative

Btw. Noce blog keep it up, i'm subbed.

Cheers mate!

Fran

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Originally posted by FFRRAANNKKIIEE
^I would bet simething like 37 to be big enough to interests him, and small enough to give him space to be creative

Btw. Noce blog keep it up, i'm subbed.

Cheers mate!

Fran

What about a smaller bet on the flop like 1/3 (what I did and he made a 3bet)?

learning target: take up time
Yesterday it was not good. Played a reg on NL400 for about 800 hands without a break on 2 tables. I played too fast and didnt make too much thoughts.

hand of the day
Ugly riverdecision. Would you have called/ foldet?

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Hero (BB) (€637.36)
SB (€464)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A, 2
SB raises to €8, Hero calls €4

Flop: (€16) 10, 5, 8 (2 players)
Hero bets €12, SB calls €12

Turn: (€40) 4 (2 players)
Hero bets €36, SB calls €36

River: (€112) 6 (2 players)
Hero bets €88, SB raises to €408 (All-In), Hero ?

OTR I think we can never fold Ah flush.. We can certainly bet fold weaker flushes which we were betting for thin value but certainly not Ah flush.

Maybe if you have a huge sample and he never x/r the river, you can potentially think of making an exploitive fold

Having said that, I would definitely call. If he has the straight flush then gg

OTR why do you bet 3/4 and not pot? IMO his calling range is inelastic and we lose value when we bet slightly less.

hey! nice blog just looked through it
1) why do you need job with such nice income from poker?
2) how many hours mounthly have you been playing poker before getting job, and how much time do you spend on reviewing ur sessions?
3) how do you select opponents? just seat and wait for a fish to join the table?
4) you mentioned you play multirooming. why not just pokerstars, its much more convenient to play one room as i imagine it. and how do you multiroom if you 2tabling? 0_0

and what about this chess stuff, poker provides not enough thinking for you hey??

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Originally posted by maritsula
OTR I think we can never fold Ah flush.. We can certainly bet fold weaker flushes which we were betting for thin value but certainly not Ah flush.

Maybe if you have a huge sample and he never x/r the river, you can potentially think of making an exploitive fold

Having said that, I would definitely call. If he has the straight flush then gg

OTR why do you bet 3/4 and not pot? IMO his calling range is inelastic and we lose value when we bet slightly less.

In such situation we have to ask the following questions (if the answer is yes to one of both questions, we have to call):

(1) Does he valuebet worse? I dont think that villain will shove a worse hand. We could have the nutflush oder straightflush. And even if Villain woudl raise a Kh Flush, he would make it smaller.
(2) Could Villain bluff? First, villain was not very aggressive postflop. So 1 argument for a fold. Second our range looked like a Q Flush and better or a bluff. When we bluff and villain has nothing a small raise would be fine. And our strong line also reduces the possitbilty of a bluffshove.

All in all its an easy fold.

Originally posted by MagXedin
hey! nice blog just looked through it
1) why do you need job with such nice income from poker?
2) how many hours mounthly have you been playing poker before getting job, and how much time do you spend on reviewing ur sessions?
3) how do you select opponents? just seat and wait for a fish to join the table?
4) you mentioned you play multirooming. why not just pokerstars, its much more convenient to play one room as i imagine it. and how do you multiroom if you 2tabling? 0_0

and what about this chess stuff, poker provides not enough thinking for you hey??

(1) because I have a familily. Maybe I will be a full time pro in the future. Now its fine to play part time.
(2) I played more than 3 hours/ day before I started with my job. Now I play maybe 2 hours for a day. For handreviews I need about 30 minutes.
(3) when you just play fish just open tables and wait for villain. When you play regs you want villain which are very aggressive.
(4) The more rooms you have the more opponents you can play and the more you can earn.

I like chess and it helps in in poker. For example planing the hand, take up time,....

chess position of the week
White ist next to move. What position is better and what are the plans for both sides?

(1) because I have a familily. Maybe I will be a full time pro in the future. Now its fine to play part time.

hmm i just ment that it has to be unbelievably good job to be better then 10k mounth. its like 15-20times average russian salary but obviously germany is better in this sense

(4) The more rooms you have the more opponents you can play and the more you can earn.

ye but you said somewhere you play 2-5tables, that could be played at one pokerroom. but probably it increases probability and speed of fish joining

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Originally posted by MagXedin

(1) because I have a familily. Maybe I will be a full time pro in the future. Now its fine to play part time.

hmm i just ment that it has to be unbelievably good job to be better then 10k mounth. its like 15-20times average russian salary but obviously germany is better in this sense

(4) The more rooms you have the more opponents you can play and the more you can earn.

ye but you said somewhere you play 2-5tables, that could be played at one pokerroom. but probably it increases probability and speed of fish joining

Money is not everything. I also want social contact and other things. The more rooms you have the more fish will join your table.

Goals of the week:
These week my main goal is handreading. I will try this mainly on the river. rr-pots, cr-Pots and when I face a 3rdBAR. I will also try to take a break every hour so that I can calm down, to analyse myself and rewatch my session goals. In chess I will concentrate on tactical things. I will ask the following questions:

(1) when villain moves: on which fields can villain move in the next move
(2) what is my worse figure and where is the best field?