Shev improving in Budapest

Hey hakan,

Sorry it took this long to reply. Been keeping myself busy lately

Hand #1:

Given his pre size, I expect him to be more depolarized than normally. Hence, I don't mind 4betting small and calling it off in case he jams. But calling against such a tight guy is also fine. Leading flop isn't bad but the std line is to c/c. Turn, I like c/fing more since I don't think most regs on nl100 will be betting hands lime QQ/JJon the turn for value with the plan of calling off a shove. That's why I don't think you'll get much if any value by shoving the turn and you shut down all the potential bluffs villain could have. Also, I don't think there are that many draws you protect against by shoving, since villain's pre range is so tight.

#2:

Unless you know villain isn't bluffing enough with this line, I call down. Sure, on nl100 most guys who play 16/13 prly don't bluff much with this line, but without more info (especially his open range!) I can make the decision that he's not bluffing enough.

#3:

Pre is good.

On that dry flop i think he would bet smaller if he had an Ax type hand.

this is a very very brave assumption to make. In general, I dislike making such statements/reads, without a lot of proof that this is actually the case. Don't project your own logic into your opponents! That said, flop is fine. Turn, it's close between betting and checking, since you clearly have showdown value with nut no pair. Once you get c/called on this turn, I think I prefer giving up river over betting. You block the Qx/KK/JJ types of hands that might c/c this turn and you don't block any of the Ax that could c/c turn (weak Ax). Hence, I prefer giving up with this hand.

Regarding, "who's range this board hits better" the answer is it hits villain's range better but not by a huge amount.

Thank you .

Hey guys,

Summer in Budapest is, or I guess I should start saying was, awesome. The city is currently at the top of the short list of places where I've lived. Looking back at f.e. Chiang Mai, that place seems like such a shithole compared to this awesomeness. Sure, living here is more expensive than in a lot of places in Asia but so many things are also better that I'm happy to pay more. Maybe for the pros (read: degenerates) who play nl25, it's better to be living in the cheapest place possible. But why not treat yourself to actual pleasantries of life instead of just minimizing the costs given the income permits it?
In short, summer was a lot of fun in Pest. I think the way to describe this city shortly is by comparing this to Vienna. You get everything in here as you get in Vienna but you pay a quarter of the price. The cities look similar. The feel is similar. You hear a lot less German here and a lot more some language you don't understand ♦ In both places the public transportation is timely and covers all the parts of the city you want/need to go to.
Next up is something I've not done before. I'm going to go to the roots of NLHE. Going to say #THANKSOBAMA in the US. Aka live poker for at least two months in the United States of America. First month is going to be with a friend from UK, we'll spend couple weeks in LV first and then go to LA for couple weeks. After that i'm going to pick one of those two cities for one or two months of grinding like a maniac. If I run as well as I ran at Macau, i need to figure out a way to embezzle all that money from the US to Europe
In thailand, I grinded quite a bit and worked a decent bit on my game. In budapest, I've played a little bit and worked a tiny bit on my game. Last month or so, I've been mixing in some full ring games to freshen up my fr game for the live pokers that follow. This year I've had one month of zero hands played, one legitimate losing month, one just below break even month and rest winning months. So far I'm up a solid 5 fig amount but unfortunately not at 6 figs yet. Getting to a min. 1X0.000$ winnings from poker this year is one of my goals and so far i'm in pace to achieve that.
Lately I've been playing normal tables and realized that zoom games are significantly tougher. Full ring, when it runs, is just absurd. It is so soft compared to six max. It is rly tough to get tables running in fr, though. At least on 2/4+. For the most part, I've been playing 2/4-5/10. The mix has been in the ballpark of 55% 2/4, 35% 5/10, 5% 3/6 and rest 2/5 zoom. Also have played some heads up recently. For the most part, while starting 6 max tables but on occasion bumhunting some regs who think i'm terrible How much i like heads up correlates quite a bit on how i run (yes, i'm a fish ). But some regs are making such clear mistakes in pre/flop spots that happen once in every 5 hands that it's tough to not end up a winner in those match ups.
All in all, life is good. University friends back in Winland (freudian typo) are getting back on the study grind. While i'm just sitting here, dipping my toes in the sand and sipping mojitos... There are some things I miss about studying and I've given going back some serious thought. Will I go or not, will likely be decided during my stay in the US but i might end up postponing that decision until december/xmas.
Wish me luck at trying my hand as a live donk, since that's precisely what i'll be trying to do for the next couple months. Flying there on the 9th. Just in time for the 9/11 celebrations, with all my indiscreet and inappropriate 9/11 jokes. Luckily, they take gun control seriously in Vegas casinos, so I might be alive on the 9/12 as well

Winland, I like that.

Cool update, have an awesome time out in the US, Vegas is awesome, I might even see you out there, been twice in the last year and definitely going back in the next couple of months. I keep coming back with more $$ than I leave with so I have to keep going back to try spend it! Please post your thoughts on LA, I've heard kind of mixed reports from friends who have been. I'm guessing they have tons of live action...

Nice update Shev! Good to see you are playing a good portion of your volume at 5/10
Have a great time in the US!

Missed the last flight of my planned trip and hence I took a detour and am on a layover in LA atm. Couple more hours before the flight takes off. The biggest poker room in the world is in LA, so I'd guess the action should be quite reasonable. Also, they have multiple casinos/poker rooms, so hoping to see some rungood there. If any of you guys are around these neighborhoods, let me know and let's try to schedule something

Doing some serious travel hacking in the LAX after realizing that my charging plugs aren't compatible with the US-standard. Solid nerdiness in the air when i'm charging multiple devices from an overhead TV Also, had to pull out my specialty: "I'm sorry, I'm not a native speaker" -card when I got complaints about using a TV as my personal charging station.

Quite fun to be in a country where I understand what people are saying around me. Everything seems more friendly when you can talk to them Who would have thought...

Some serious honing on my 9/11 jokes needed since so far no one has been even offended ♠_o: Maybe i need to schedule a coaching session with one of my comedian friends?! Now it's time to get something else than airplane food into my system, maybe these posts will be more frequent now that i'll be bored out of my mind at the live tables? Stay tuned!

Glad it's going well - good luck at the Commerce!