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Varune
Joined: 24.04.2009

Today was colornoting day. Colornoted almost everyone online during my session, quite a work, but it'll help in the future for sure. :)
And made a nice small profit on nl100.

awkward handstats from one of my positions:


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Varune
Joined: 24.04.2009

Had a party last night and only slept a couple of hours, so i wasn't planning on grinding superhard today. Played a relaxed session, where i just thought about every spot 3x longer than usual, which resulted in a nice profit of a few bi. :)

Do love when people have random brainfarts.

Poker Stars, $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

BTN: $178.39 (178.4 bb)
SB: $52.63 (52.6 bb)
Hero (BB): $235.13 (235.1 bb)
UTG: $127.79 (127.8 bb)
MP: $87.34 (87.3 bb)
CO: $107.73 (107.7 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A K
2 folds, CO raises to $2.50, BTN folds, SB calls $2, Hero raises to $11.50, CO calls $9, SB calls $9

Flop: ($34.50) 6 A 9 (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $14.50, CO calls $14.50, SB folds

Turn: ($63.50) J (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $81.73 and is all-in, Hero calls $81.73

River: ($226.96) A (2 players, 1 is all-in)

Results:

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$226.96 pot ($2.80 rake)
Final Board: 6 A 9 J A
Hero showed A K and won $224.16 ($116.43 net)
CO showed 3 3 and lost (-$107.73 net)

Lolled:

Poker Stars, $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

BTN: $1,229.45 (1,229.5 bb)
SB: $133.53 (133.5 bb)
Hero (BB): $106.42 (106.4 bb)
UTG: $99.85 (99.9 bb)
MP: $100 (100 bb)
CO: $124.45 (124.5 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A A
2 folds, CO raises to $10, BTN folds, SB calls $9.50, Hero raises to $28, CO folds, SB calls $18

Flop: ($66) J Q 6 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $25, SB calls $25

Turn: ($116) J (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $53.42 and is all-in, SB folds

Results:

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$116.00 pot ($2.80 rake)
Final Board: J Q 6 J
SB mucked and lost (-$53 net)
Hero mucked A A and won $113.20 ($60.20 net)

And one for the recordbooks. :) SICK VALUE OMFG

Poker Stars, $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

BTN: $56.12 (56.1 bb)
SB: $249.38 (249.4 bb)
Hero (BB): $176.10 (176.1 bb)
UTG: $155.07 (155.1 bb)
MP: $100.66 (100.7 bb)
CO: $113.15 (113.2 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q J
UTG folds, MP raises to $3, 3 folds, Hero calls $2

Flop: ($6.50) A 9 K (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $4, Hero calls $4

Turn: ($14.50) K (2 players)
Hero checks, MP checks

River: ($14.50) T (2 players)
Hero bets $7, MP folds

Results:

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$14.50 pot ($0.65 rake)
Final Board: A 9 K K T
Hero mucked Q J and won $13.85 ($6.85 net)
MP mucked and lost (-$7 net)


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Varune
Joined: 24.04.2009

lol tried to go to some friends' house after that last post, but he wasn't home yet. And i couldn't text him, cuz i don't have his # anymore because of broken phone. So i went back home and grinded a bit more. :)

And i'm back in the green for nl100 :heart:, played 31k hands (nl50/100) this month, which is a quite nice volume i think. Aiming for 100k, but anything above 75k i'm fine with aswell.

Thoughts about villains line? I think it's rather shit to be honest.

Poker Stars, $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

Hero (BTN): $100 (100 bb)
SB: $123.27 (123.3 bb)
BB: $105.23 (105.2 bb)
UTG: $61.62 (61.6 bb)
MP: $35.39 (35.4 bb)
CO: $106.06 (106.1 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BTN with 6 8
3 folds, Hero raises to $2, SB folds, BB calls $1

Flop: ($4.50) 4 5 7 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $3, BB calls $3

Turn: ($10.50) 2 (2 players)
BB bets $6.01, Hero raises to $19, BB raises to $55.02, Hero raises to $95 and is all-in, BB calls $39.98

River: ($200.50) 4 (2 players, 1 is all-in)

Results:

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$200.50 pot ($2.80 rake)
Final Board: 4 5 7 2 4
Hero showed 6 8 and lost (-$100 net)
BB showed 7 7 and won $197.70 ($97.70 net)


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Varune
Joined: 24.04.2009

Pretty disgusting session, some fish on the tables that were shoving random hands it seemed, had only 5 hands on them or so, but their stats were 100/100/100, so i snapshove with AQs vs their 50bb, ofc they have KK+.

Made one mistake in the end, bet/called IP vs a bet/bet ch/r line from utg with rivered two pair. Leveled myself a bit too much.

Oh well, tomorrow is a new day i heard.


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Varune
Joined: 24.04.2009

NL100 is stil not treating me nice. The regs are pretty bad, but keep getting lucky in big pots vs me. Guys with terrible betsizings etc and no clue about ranges. Even wanted to fold bottom set on a drawy board vs a taggish reg, but i couldn't do it, eventough my stats on him told everything he had me crushed. :(

Dropped 10BI on showdown today and yesterday, won 2 on nonsd.
Annoying with those random fish hitting random 2p everytime. But nl100 should be beatable easily.


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wlcKeD
Joined: 24.02.2009

Originally posted by Varune
But nl100 should be beatable easily.

That's the most important sentence right here. Keep moving forward, man !


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Varune
Joined: 24.04.2009

Originally posted by wlcKeD

Originally posted by Varune
But nl100 should be beatable easily.

That's the most important sentence right here. Keep moving forward, man !

I seem to be a magnet for coolers , had 3 times set vs set or KK vs AA, in a few 100 hands lol. Almost back in the green again on nl100. (Post-rb i already am).

And i'm Platinumstar already again this month :o, wanted to get SN by december, might as well get it earlier on NL100. :f_love:


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Rihard4a
Joined: 08.09.2010

Just play good and don't care about run bad or run good. This is poker, either way variance is always going to be there attacking. :)


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Varune
Joined: 24.04.2009

Reviewed some hands and think i made some stupid calls in big pots. Calling/shoving vs nits with a nuttype hand, while they're range has ~0 bluffs is just stupid imo.

And had some gay variance again vs 66/54 fish with QQ<KK, which is getting annoyinngg.
Down another 2Bi, but i'm making progress. :)


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Varune
Joined: 24.04.2009

Did some rebuilding on nl50, trololol

:f_p:
Poker Stars, $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

Hero (BTN): $275.75 (551.5 bb)
SB: $63.08 (126.2 bb)
BB: $50 (100 bb)
UTG: $70.58 (141.2 bb)
MP: $54.47 (108.9 bb)
CO: $50 (100 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BTN with A A
2 folds, CO raises to $1.25, Hero raises to $3, 2 folds, CO raises to $9, Hero calls $6

Flop: ($18.75) 3 5 Q (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $5, CO calls $5

Turn: ($28.75) 9 (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $261.75 and is all-in, CO calls $36 and is all-in

River: ($100.75) 9 (2 players, 2 are all-in)

Results:

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$100.75 pot ($2.50 rake)
Final Board: 3 5 Q 9 9
Hero showed A A and won $98.25 ($48.25 net)
CO showed J Q and lost (-$50 net)


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FFRRAANNKKIIEE
Joined: 30.12.2010

Nice results Varune,

Seems that NL50 is not that challenging to you :)

Great looking graph


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Varune
Joined: 24.04.2009

Thanks Frank, approaching the game a bit different, seems to be a good approach, but time will tell.

Having a bit of an upswing on NL100 and i'm back in the green for nl100 :)
Up 1k 'today' with that last session of tonight on nl50, might play another one after football.

Laptop does seem to get a bit slower, might be because i'm downloading 2 seasons of game of thrones.


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FFRRAANNKKIIEE
Joined: 30.12.2010

^ Didn't know he's named Frank somewhere, in Croatia is Gregor or something like that


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Varune
Joined: 24.04.2009

Played over 5k hands last 3 days, 16,5k total. It's quite alot for me and not sustainable. We're halfway through april and i'm at 49k hands, need to play this volume for the rest of the month to get 100k, which is alot.

Also my 'FPP roll' hit a new Highpoint, first time it has 100k in it :), normally i used it for sats and other gibberish. Saving for the SN bonuses.

Tried to boost my NL50 winrate a bit this afternoon, 70k hands played in my database and it's at 8bb/100 now :). nl100 only at 0.8 :(


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yeeaaaaah buddy! lookin' good :)

howmany yearly vpp's overthere?


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Varune
Joined: 24.04.2009

Sigh this chronic badrun at nl100 is getting annoying. Fish that keep hitting 2p vs me and losing all the flips.

Squeezehappy reg, got him right where i want him.
Aaaaaaaaand it's gone.
Poker Stars, $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

BTN: $91.03 (91 bb)
SB: $481.91 (481.9 bb)
BB: $102.82 (102.8 bb)
UTG: $110.21 (110.2 bb)
MP: $111.18 (111.2 bb)
Hero (CO): $124.05 (124.1 bb)

Preflop: Hero is CO with K K
UTG raises to $3, MP folds, Hero calls $3, BTN folds, SB raises to $14, 2 folds, Hero calls $11

Flop: ($32) Q 7 7 (2 players)
SB bets $18.34, Hero calls $18.34

Turn: ($68.68) 4 (2 players)
SB bets $28.84, Hero calls $28.84

River: ($126.36) 3 (2 players)
SB bets $74.14, Hero calls $62.87

Results:

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$252.10 pot ($2.80 rake)
Final Board: Q 7 7 4 3
SB showed 5 6 and won $249.30 ($125.25 net)
Hero showed K K and lost (-$124.05 net)


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Varune
Joined: 24.04.2009

Originally posted by Farmarchist
yeeaaaaah buddy! lookin' good :)

howmany yearly vpp's overthere?

37k


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Varune
Joined: 24.04.2009

Poker Stars, $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: $63.76 (127.5 bb)
BB: $61.94 (123.9 bb)
UTG: $44.38 (88.8 bb)
MP: $156.69 (313.4 bb)
CO: $92.83 (185.7 bb)
Hero (BTN): $51.50 (103 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BTN with J A
UTG folds, MP raises to $1.50, CO folds, Hero calls $1.50, SB calls $1.25, BB folds

Flop: ($5) T K 9 (3 players)
SB checks, MP bets $3.29, Hero calls $3.29, SB folds

Turn: ($11.58) Q (2 players)
MP checks, Hero checks

River: ($11.58) A (2 players)
MP checks, Hero bets $9, MP folds

Results:

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$11.58 pot ($0.52 rake)
Final Board: T K 9 Q A
MP mucked and lost (-$4.79 net)
Hero mucked J A and won $11.06 ($6.27 net)

Poker Stars, $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: $73.38 (146.8 bb)
BB: $46.61 (93.2 bb)
UTG: $50.40 (100.8 bb)
MP: $51.25 (102.5 bb)
CO: $91.10 (182.2 bb)
Hero (BTN): $50 (100 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BTN with 6 6
UTG raises to $1.50, 2 folds, Hero calls $1.50, SB raises to $4.50, 2 folds, Hero calls $3

Flop: ($11) A 7 6 (2 players)
SB bets $5.50, Hero calls $5.50

Turn: ($22) A (2 players)
SB bets $11.50, Hero calls $11.50

River: ($45) 7 (2 players)
SB bets $21.50, Hero folds

Results:

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$45 pot ($2.02 rake)
Final Board: A 7 6 A 7
SB mucked and won $42.98 ($21.48 net)
Hero mucked 6 6 and lost (-$21.50 net)

Poker Stars, $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: $35.81 (71.6 bb)
Hero (BB): $53.66 (107.3 bb)
UTG: $46.71 (93.4 bb)
MP: $44.38 (88.8 bb)
CO: $50 (100 bb)
BTN: $33.64 (67.3 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 6 6
UTG calls $0.50, 4 folds, Hero checks

Flop: ($1.25) 6 J 8 (2 players)
Hero bets $3, UTG calls $3

Turn: ($7.25) J (2 players)
Hero bets $11, UTG calls $11

River: ($29.25) J (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $8.50, Hero calls $8.50

Results:

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$46.25 pot ($2.08 rake)
Final Board: 6 J 8 J J
Hero showed 6 6 and won $44.17 ($21.17 net)
UTG showed 9 7 and lost (-$23 net)


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Varune
Joined: 24.04.2009

Time to start updating this again more regularly!

Pokerwise i'm doing not that great for my doing. playing ~BE for the month, spewing away waaaay too many stacks, so i started reading the mental game of poker and will add things of it to my game/life. Played 45k hands thusfar, started grinding really hard in the first few days, first few sessions were going great but after that i got kinda stuck. Over the month i'm running 2bb/100EV which is way too low for my standards. My game has adapted quite alot in this month, still working on it to get it perfect before moving back up.

Also moved back to my parents' place, I already had a screen standing there, and took my screen with me from my studenthouse. So basicly i have a screen too many now or my desk is too small.

That's it for now, will try 'n update more regularly again, but i'm still in the middle of moving places and busy studying my ass off.


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dannywratten
Joined: 11.05.2010

What do you use to run both monitors with your laptop?
One with VGA & the other with HDMI?

Nice blog btw, been following for a while :)


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