Making a living with STT SNGs

About today

Day started weird. My student was late for lesson and we moved it for later in the day. I then went to meet with best friend for session where we discussed difficult texture over 1 hour as well as responded to some questions outside of texture that he had. He then played some 1 tabling and I observed and discussed lines. Many times he made the right play IP which shows that past 10 days or less from doing range vs range IP has been paying off well.
I then ate in coffee place my favorite meal (200gr of chicken breast with spinach and on the side tomato and cabbage salad) after which I watched Partizan 1st half and then grinded 3 tabling 15s 2nd half.
My focus in the coffee place was very good. I then got home and was deciding how to proceed since it was already 3pm. I ended up grinding until 5pm but the more time passed the worse I played. My focus was going off, I made -EV plays, my huds switching didn't work properly again, and that was that. Between grinding I went to market to get my 2nd meal for the day and that was huge -EV. I ended up buying Pepsi (drinking most of it) and things to make sandwiches. As you can guess I feel very bloated and full and simply want to explode from this crap food. I was telling today my best friend how I constructed financial plan for healthy eating and that it would cost me 200$ per month to eat less then 50gr of carbs per day, have 200gr of protein per day and eat the foods that I truly like. But, I did not account that on Sunday, my favorite restaurant which is close to place where I live does not work. So lesson learned there, it means that on Saturday's I need to buy 2 meals in advance there or simply get 2 meals from the other place where I eat close to the coffee shop.
Anyways, it may seem like I am going off topic but I am really not. With bad food and drink choices, this drops my focus and puts me in tired/need to lie down mode. You can guess that this mode is very lazy and is not ideal for playing poker or doing anything really.
So besides my poker related goals for 2017, my nutrition goal is to eat clean minimum 6 out of 7 days foods that I enjoy and are around 1.4k calories total with protein and fats emphasis and very low carbs (less then 50gr). 1 out of 7 days to have it as a cheat day due to going to cinema with my female friend and getting popcorn there with soda Outside of that, no more Pepsi, Coke and shit like that, just sticking to coffee and water.
On the other note, I am very excited to start exercising outside. I will start very light when weather gets better. I am thinking 10-15 minutes warming up which involves detailed stretching, and then just running couple of laps aiming to have each next lap not surpass the very 1st lap. So if I ran 1:45 minutes 1st lap, each next should not be over 1:45. Of course running them with moderately fast tempo, not light jogging or walking. If I see that I am exhausted after 2 laps, I will do 1 lap at the time and in between do some exercise like push ups, squats, sit ups or such and after completing it going for another lap but resting in between no more then 15 seconds.
Once I have my schedule down for both grinding, coaching sessions and guitar lessons and when weather gets nicer + I get additional $ to invest, I will re-hire my friend Sensei to keep me accountable for work outs. I am talking about 3 work outs per week in front of my building, doing things outside. The investment of 10 euro per session is 10x more value at least then the price asked. I will regain energy, be more focused, have accountability partner for my work outs, have plan to go from where I am now to 10% body fat target before next Thailand trip and finally I will with this make my nutrition stick much more better.
Mentally I found that if I don't exercise, my mind tends to say "relax its fine, have some candy or soda". This sucks for many reasons. While its okay to do it sometimes as a treat, doing this daily for long period of time is disaster. And I have been doing this pretty much from December last year. So I want to put myself back on track and stick to that track as long as possible. Falling off will happen but I want to keep getting back on it until it becomes full lifetime choice for me. Until then, I need to rely on outside help which is my Sensei and that requires investing money in fitness sessions with him but I am counting on that in the future. So 12 sessions per month is 120 euro monthly investment. I will likely not have that money to invest in April but have it for May so starting May my fitness financial goal is to get 8x120 euro which is 960 euro set apart for sessions with my Sensei. Training outside from September on will be very difficult and for that I will likely need to go again to Crossfit temple which is far and I will need 2 hours vs 1 for each work out long term that way which then becomes -EV for time management but +EV for life choice long term. So I will add those 960 euro to my financial goals this year as part of my goals. In the meanwhile before May, I will do my best to eat my favorite meals, revert back to intermittent fasting, stick to coffee and water and remove all distractions in this area + work out at home (pull ups, now at 8 per set, do them when I wake up 1st thing, 1 single set though!) and when sunny weather kicks in go early morning 1st thing for 30 minutes warm up with running and some exercises.

Phew, that was a long write up, but a needed one. Today reminded me how bad nutrition (food and drink choices) as well as lack of exercise effects my overall life, mood, energy levels, focus and ability to put my strong efforts in.
Due to nature of goals I have set in both studying and grinding this year, I need to change my lifestyle to things that are +EV.

To me, those things are:
- Steady schedule for everything!
- Schedule that prioritizes work out, studying and coaching 1st thing in the morning (most important and difficult things 1st)
- Grinding minimum 2 hours before 2pm , adding 3 more hours by 9pm
- Working out 3 times per week. Setting goals and going for them in this area, focusing on progression and enjoying work outs.
- Eating healthier and focusing on right number of protein vs carbs vs fats. Sticking to up to 1.5k calories daily intake
- Drinking water vs soda. 3l per day as a minimum
- Sleeping steady 7 to 7.5 hours. This is going great in 2017 so far but I don't like that I don't lie down on fixed times. This I want to change and hit bed by 2am, get up by 9am and start studying 9:30am or working out or coaching session at that time!

About working on my game, I will do it now before I hit the bed. There is over 60 hands marked and today I opened very 1st hand, saw mono texture, saw what I held, saw how I played the hand and my immediate reaction was "This is OK BUT There are better hands to play here that way". So that is just 1 hand and 1 reaction. That is not even complete analysis. I will take same hand now and do range vs range, 1st focusing on my value and then thinking of potential bluffs while also writting out opponents expected bet/stacking off ranges. That specific mono texture gives me trouble a bit so its something that I look forwad to in future checking with PIO.

Tomorrow have session with my friend, lunch with my dad brother and my dad's friend who is guest here in Nis, and my goal is to study in the morning before session with my friend, have session with my friend, grind 5 hours steady, pay my internet wireless bill, eat healthy, do pull ups through out the day and in the evening update blog. No lessons tomorrow so I can make tomorrow as productive as possible.

Not happy how I ended doing today at the tables and outside of them. Despite 3 hours playing, coaching my friend, watching Partizan, scheduling session with my friend, I had a lot of interupted time outside of tables and that is something I will look to eliminate.

Any suggestion for plug ins that can block sites like facebook or youtube? I want to potentially on my laptop just have at medium to low volume some light comedy sit coms while I 3 table on my desktop through out the day. This way I limit my access and responding to FB and do it only before the bed time for example.

Appreciate the suggestions, looking for non paying version of add on by the way!

Originally posted by IvicaIliev77
Any suggestion for plug ins that can block sites like facebook or youtube? I want to potentially on my laptop just have at medium to low volume some light comedy sit coms while I 3 table on my desktop through out the day. This way I limit my access and responding to FB and do it only before the bed time for example.

A couple of years ago, I was using Nanny for Google Chrome. I don't remember why I preferred it to StayFocusd.

I didn't research plugins for browsers other than Chrome.

Hey mate, can you go thru my last post in my blog - https://forums.pokerstrategy.com/forum/thread.php?postid=2604875#post2604875

Want to hear your thoughts about folding pocket 88s in that spot.

Regarding your healthy lifestyle - i would suggest you to try out KETO DIET. I've been in KETO for last 6 months and its awesome. Basically its carbs free diet (not more than 50g carbs per day). If you want more detail i can give you some tips and reviews from my experience.

I think it was a great idea to take a bit time off from poker. You´re working soooo hard, be careful that you don´t overload your brain, because then you get worse.

Looking forward to your next streamings .... ♠_thumbsup:

Originally posted by Primrose6789
I think it was a great idea to take a bit time off from poker.

That's also what Barry Carter focused on in his recent news article 'How to keep your passion for poker'.

Originally posted by Barry Carter
I have recently noticed myself often giving this following piece of advice, which is that the players I notice have the most fun and enthusiasm for poker are the ones who have something else going on too. Either they have other interests, other ways of making money or at least motivations to play beyond the money itself.

On the other hand, it's frustrating to have too much going on IRL like I'm doomed to in the next few months

Ironically, Barry mentions Doug Polk too in that article as 'crushing Youtube'.

Doug's story is curious. I understand his wish to reduce the time he spends on the actual poker grind, as almost everyone wants to stop grinding after they've earned enough.

What I don't understand is his wish to put so much effort into overpromoting / overhyping the Youtube channel and the coaching packages, as if they were giving him a big ROI on his presumably multi-million net worth. He surely can afford to stop all his poker-related commercial activity and to only talk poker on forums and streams occasionally for his own entertainment.

Originally posted by tonypmm

Originally posted by IvicaIliev77
Any suggestion for plug ins that can block sites like facebook or youtube? I want to potentially on my laptop just have at medium to low volume some light comedy sit coms while I 3 table on my desktop through out the day. This way I limit my access and responding to FB and do it only before the bed time for example.

A couple of years ago, I was using Nanny for Google Chrome. I don't remember why I preferred it to StayFocusd.

I didn't research plugins for browsers other than Chrome.

Thanks Tony, I found alternative solution using headphones on my desktop computer and putting laptop further away to eliminate any distraction before or after sessions.

Originally posted by Jaunais
Hey mate, can you go thru my last post in my blog - https://forums.pokerstrategy.com/forum/thread.php?postid=2604875#post2604875

Want to hear your thoughts about folding pocket 88s in that spot.

Without specific reads, I would say it is BE play at best to 3bet shove it. Playing that shallow CC will likely show better EV but the key thing is tendency on the limit that you play when it comes specific blind depth and position for MR range shallow. If they have enough fold equity that makes 88 profitable 3bet jam then you should play it that way until you gather enough reads/hands/notes on your opponents to make exploitable folds/calls. Until then, figuring out general tendency is the way to go because vs general tendency on your limit you will print money long term and can understand better average player on your limit.

Originally posted by Jaunais
Regarding your healthy lifestyle - i would suggest you to try out KETO DIET. I've been in KETO for last 6 months and its awesome. Basically its carbs free diet (not more than 50g carbs per day). If you want more detail i can give you some tips and reviews from my experience.

Appreciate it. Heard of Keto diet. It was recommended to me by a friend who dropped 40kgs in 2-3 years using Keto mostly.
I like the idea of keeping carb intake lower. However, for longer term sustainability I think sticking to balanced macros is win win win. Using for example 40-30-30 ratio of protein carbs fats, is probably ideal for me and my body. That way I get more then enough protein + I get enough calories for some favorite foods that contain carbs and fats more.
Also, have to account working out, how consistent, what happens besides work outs, what kind of work out and overall nutrition goals.
My goal is to drop to 77kgs 1st and then even lower likely by the end of the year or before I go to Thailand again with my best friend. Haven't weighted myself since 20th of January this year but I assume I am minimum now in the range of 84-85kgs from less then 80kgs leaving to Thailand.
So my nutrition goal is to hit right numbers while aiming to drop 0.5kgs per week before work outs start and 1kg per week when the work outs kick in.
This rate is very realistic, I proved it last year whenever I wanted to hit right macros and follow up with work outs I was dropping 1kg per week.

Hope that answers your question - appreciate the tip, lots of people recommend it!

Originally posted by Primrose6789
I think it was a great idea to take a bit time off from poker. You´re working soooo hard, be careful that you don´t overload your brain, because then you get worse.

Looking forward to your next streamings .... ♠_thumbsup:

Hi Prim,

I am not satisfied from taking time off in those 2 days. If I planed those 2 days as days off, they came on calendar and I did it I would have been thrilled. But for it to happen unexpected or unpredicted is not good in my opinion.
I strongly believe that when you set strong goals and push yourself, you need to strive to give absolute best version of yourself daily. Whether its in studying, grinding, teaching, sleeping, eating, regenerating, getting coaching - its all the same really.
So the reason I am not happy about it is not that I had 2 days off from grind but rather because I wanted to play those days but GOT DISTRACTED to do other things - like watch Partizan and other games, eat crappy food that affected my energy levels, sitting in coffee place 2 hours and instead of grinding just regenerating.

To accomplish all the things I have set out in this year, there needs to be clear follow up on every important habit and aspect set.
I was telling my best friend today that I am thrilled how Studying went from December until March but in March I am not happy as much. It is because I haven't been doing daily HH reviews, checking marked hand, writing range vs range and improving this way. What I did instead was create awesome game plan that increased on particular position my win rate (very happy about it obviously) but in the meanwhile lost EV on 2 spots where I was owning in 2016. Again, sample in March is still small but things that make me most happy about studying in March are:
- Sessions with my friend where we go over range vs range methodically taking every single hand and understanding why its played such way with such sizing. There is a lot of textures but also there is a lot of similarities between different types of them. I told my friend with which ones I am struggling with and my goal is to go over those types with him before we finish our deal.
- My HB game plan for very specific spot(s) and in both SB and BB. Found blind depth that causes me problem, found leaks in limped pots also. So since I started tackling that past several days my win rate has skyrocketed there.
- Found new edges where before I was making BE to slightly positive plays but now I know how to adjust and how to always be in +EV.
- Found textures that cause me most trouble.
- Found types of hands that I have problem with IP whether in HU pot , SRP , Limp, mway etc. Those hands are in the marked section and goal is to check them in PIO to see suggeted tendency and discuss with my friend how he would play them differently.

So while I am not thrilled about the fact how March is going for my HH review study, I am happy about 2 new edges, new texture that cleared a lot of doubts for such spots and the fact that I can based on stats do much better job adjusting.

Perhaps another cool thing in regards to studying is that I did SOME equity calculations for range vs range on different textures and BRIEFLY did vizualization of relative hand strength for each opponent in such cases.

So, yeah, I may be too hard on myself but I don't really see it that way. I choose to dedicate myself fully to poker in 2017. That means no excuses, no bullshit. I want to put hard work, I want to keep improving, keep increasing hourly, improving my grind habit, improving my time management and then when year gets to end to draw the line and see whats up.

In regards to Twitch, my setup with monitor is now on my desktop where I don't have a webcam. So to Twitch study or grind session, I would need to take that monitor and connect it to laptop again then take hands from desktop and add them to laptop for review. I am not saying no, I am saying its several steps process and I am in motion of automating everything and that doesn't fit in my mind right now. Some day when I have no lessons, coaching of any sort nor other life things, I am all up for doing it then. But the way time management is, I have 4 times per week lessons, coaching my best friend 2 times per week, working with my friend crusher also several times per week and besides that I need to put in 5 hours daily grind + dedicate 1 hour per day on another side project. Its hectic, its busy but right type of busy. Once I am done with side project I will have extra time to study which I look forward to.

Keep an eye out, I will announce Twitch session in near future, probably this Sunday.

Originally posted by tonypmm

Originally posted by Primrose6789
I think it was a great idea to take a bit time off from poker.

That's also what Barry Carter focused on in his recent news article 'How to keep your passion for poker'.

Originally posted by Barry Carter
I have recently noticed myself often giving this following piece of advice, which is that the players I notice have the most fun and enthusiasm for poker are the ones who have something else going on too. Either they have other interests, other ways of making money or at least motivations to play beyond the money itself.

On the other hand, it's frustrating to have too much going on IRL like I'm doomed to in the next few months

Yeah, I read that article, it was interesting point of view from Barry.
I think if you have million other things going on you will not be able to do poker like a pro - period. Poker is very challenging strategy game. Spins are difficult because you need to maintain focus in every single second of the game, take notes, adjust and readjust, have ready game plans how to counter your opponents and then there is both pre and post flop complexity. There is so many subtle lines and difference in EV of them varies on opponent and their tendency. So a lot of grind (due to very high variance format) needs to be put; sick mental game is necessary to shake off bad beats and not to enter tilts; a lot of studying and staying on top of the game needs to happen to be ahead of the curve and make money.
But, I signed up for it any day of the week. I really love poker as a game, just like I love PES for example I love poker even more. It keeps me wondering even when I don't play how specific hand type should play on specific texture for specific blind depths. This is how much poker takes space in my head and I have daily jokes from poker lingo and even when I talk about girls doing something I would say stuff like "The line she took there" or " She is not balanced in this spot". You get the idea

While playing poker for fun and keeping real work can work for a lot of people, on the other side we are not all made from the same cloth. I consider myself very motivated and willing to work hard, go through the pain barriers, get punched during crazy downswings but overcome it all to become better player and person - because every battle that I win with myself in poker, it helps me to take any situation in life and treat it with same expectation of success.
Success is very funny thing. If you have it in one area of life and understand and analyze how you got it, you can literally apply it to anything else in life. This is why for me achieving success is not amazing because unlike most people who think it happens over night or that people who are successful are freaks of nature, I know that it takes super solid and correct habits that get you there over time.
In poker that means that coach can help you become better player but you are the one that needs to put in the work.
For weight loss you can work out every day, but if you eat 2k+ calories you will likely gain weight if you are 80kgs and want to drop it.
If you want to be successful with woman, you need to put yourself in every crazy and out of comfort situation. To learn how to flirt, to be great story teller, funny, amazing listener, to understand what any woman wants and what vibe and signals she is giving you (to understand if she is just flirting for attention sake or really wants to esculate with you) and you need to have sex and have lots of it because relationships are held with sex as well as strong understanding, support, communication, fun etc.

I can write about this all day long but will finish it with this.

If you value your time on this planet and see yourself being poker pro, don't wait, give your full self and see what happens.
If you don't make it, you can then play for fun or quit but at least you can say I GAVE IT MY ALL.
If you do things half done, your results will be half done. Very simple. This is why having sick bankroll would allow me to play way several hours less and add in 1-2 hours more in my studying daily which would improve me as a player and increase my future winnings.
Since I am in the process of doing both things at once (going for money which I need in this year for a lot of important things that I value in my life) then progress suffers due to emphasis on heavier grind with other life things (coaching, getting coaching, teaching guitar and music, down time to see a movie with female friend or spend time with family for lunch etc). I am however sure that before this year is over, I will have at least 1 month with EV of 30ish$ which is minimum goal for me in 2017 hourly wise.
One thing I am particularly happy in March is despite those 2 days where I didn't play, other days I have played very good volume. I will strongly consider as next months come to do 6 out of 7 days per week grinding and do it 6 hours instead of 5 per those days. I feel I am close to that accomplishment even now but I will likely set it up in the April, still go for 150 hours but play 25 days 6 hours each vs 30 days 5 hours each.

Originally posted by tonypmm
Ironically, Barry mentions Doug Polk too in that article as 'crushing Youtube'.

Doug's story is curious. I understand his wish to reduce the time he spends on the actual poker grind, as almost everyone wants to stop grinding after they've earned enough.

What I don't understand is his wish to put so much effort into overpromoting / overhyping the Youtube channel and the coaching packages, as if they were giving him a big ROI on his presumably multi-million net worth. He surely can afford to stop all his poker-related commercial activity and to only talk poker on forums and streams occasionally for his own entertainment.

Its getting fairly late, at 2pm I plan to hit the bed but will just say that my opinion is similar to yours Tony on a lot of things sad there but I also understand why Doug does it. He likes helping people, likes making money in the process and probably enjoys a lot being a go to guy and being in the spot light.

Quick recap about today:

1 guitar and music lesson
Lunch with my dad, brother and my dads friend from abroad
Payed my internet bill for 3 months in advance
Played 2.3 hours in coffee shop over 2.7 hours at home

Won 10x in coffee place and felt that today I made minimum 30 more buy ins besides that 10x. It felt like it was weekend, but the more that I played I realized that it doesn't have much to do with type of player but more the fact that a lot of doubts for textures and range vs range I have cleared in my head and that I am pounding post flop very solid now.
Since I returned to 3 tabling 15s after shot taking on 30s and 60s, my read line is BE 3 tabling which is phenomenal. Last year it was in constant decline with only some periods or month where it showed some positive tendency. In 2017 I did a lot of things to improve my game plan and game and I am really glad that it shows on my graph with red line. If the year ends and I don't make 50k , I would not be sad at all, I would feel very happy that I accomplished to improve my red line to BE on 3 tabling.
I still have leaks and those leaks keep popping up here and there for very specific several textures, hand types, IP and OOP both for different spots as well as different things for limp, SRP and 3bnai pot.

Lots of work awaits me, I am excited to tackle 1 leak at the time. Since I focused on my SB limped pots in HU, my win rate past 2 days went by EV much higher. My BB in HU is very strong and I am feeling very confident 3 tabling with it. My SB vs BB 3 way can always be better but on 15s I am doing very well with it after improving and fixing my leaks. My BB 3way is excellent however I have specific spot to tackle there vs SB that awaits me to crush it further. My SB vs BB is very strong and excellent as well. My BTN 3 way decreased due to me missing spots or miss playing some holdings - this is on this low March sample, over longer sample it is strong but I know I can crush it even harder. My SB in HU needs more work, I can get to absolute crushing win rate here once I work more in equilab, pio solver and ICMizer to get to optimal ranges that I will adjust pre flop based on game flow.

I feel I am within 60 to 90 days away of fixing several more leaks in my game and that my win rate on 15s will skyrocket from that point on. Mark my words, next 60 to 90 days are key because:
- I will finish deal with my great friend who stakes me
- I will also finish deal with my friend crusher
- I will be playing on my own with my own money limit where I am proven winner
- I will put minimum 60 hours of study tackling each of those larger leaks and yet focusing on overall spots that occur very often and give me hard time

All this with 3 tabling should get me to 30ish$ post RB easy. I feel now that I am above 25$ 3 tabling which is probably 60ish cEV.

All this while it matters it doesn't. Its just money, its paper that gets you certain things in life. I am more focused on targeting leaks that I found or keep popping up and over long term these things will go away, my C- C game will become like B- game, my A game will also improve and my overall win rate will sky rocket. Another cool thing is that in this year I set volume goal of 1500 hours while in 2016 I played 700-800 hours !!! So to hit 1.5k hours and play twice as much in comparison to last year when I REALLY NEEDED MONEY would be phenomenal for me. I am not giving up on that goal. There will be months with over 150 hours , that is for sure.

I am on the right track, just need to kill 99% of distractions (FB and Youtube) while maximizing my daily time management with all the things set. Results will follow very soon.

See you tomorrow where I plan to:
- Teach 1 hour
- Have session with my friend and continue on texture study
- Grind 5 hours
- Cut my hair and beard
- Grind in coffee place and have my favorite clean meal there
- Do minimum 5 hands at the end of the day with detail range vs range
- Update blog at the end of the day

A hand we both missplayed ♦ :

Poker Stars $14.10+$0.90 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t15/t30 Blinds - 3 players
Hero (BTN): t430 14.33 BBs
SB: t580 19.33 BBs
BB: t490 16.33 BBs

Pre Flop: (t45) Hero is BTN with Q Q ; IvicaIliev77 is SB with A 3
Hero raises to t60, SB calls t45, 1 fold

Flop: (t150) 2 A 6 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t51, SB raises to t520 all in, Hero calls t319 all in

Turn: (t890) 4 (2 players - 2 are all in)

River: (t890) Q (2 players - 2 are all in)

Final Pot: t890
Hero shows Q Q (three of a kind, Queens)
SB shows 3 A (a pair of Aces)
Hero wins t890

Originally posted by wlaaaaad
A hand we both missplayed ♦ :

Poker Stars $14.10+$0.90 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t15/t30 Blinds - 3 players
Hero (BTN): t430 14.33 BBs
SB: t580 19.33 BBs
BB: t490 16.33 BBs

Pre Flop: (t45) Hero is BTN with Q Q ; IvicaIliev77 is SB with A 3
Hero raises to t60, SB calls t45, 1 fold

Flop: (t150) 2 A 6 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t51, SB raises to t520 all in, Hero calls t319 all in

Turn: (t890) 4 (2 players - 2 are all in)

River: (t890) Q (2 players - 2 are all in)

Final Pot: t890
Hero shows Q Q (three of a kind, Queens)
SB shows 3 A (a pair of Aces)
Hero wins t890

Haha I remember this!
At was at very brief period when I tried BVB 3x sizing. I gave up on on that sizing very shortly. As far as this hand goes, I don't hate the way I played it. I certainly have 2 pairs and sets on this texture + TPbetter kickers. However when there is Axx 2tone texture and I hold Ax with BDSD, I am going with it because I expect opponents to jam there with FDs, some sort of combo draws (Pair+FD) and am not afraid of any sets (block AA, 22 and 66 3 bet pre) - the only potential hands I am loosing to are 2 pairs (A2 A6) which certainly falls under CC SB vs BTN range for certain opponent types.
Also, since we are in shallow stack waters, only 2xhh combos that are see CC pre vs BTN open here are other A2s hands which are not combo draws (1 more combo here) and then there is hand like K2hh (1 combo) and maybe something like Q2hh. The rest looks like FDs that x/jam in this spot very frequently.

Originally posted by IvicaIliev77
I certainly have 2 pairs and sets on this texture + TPbetter kickers.
you have 8 Kombos 2-pairs and maybe 2-3 Kombos sets when you decide to trap AA in sb vs BU mr-range, or? However when there is Axx 2tone texture and I hold Ax with BDSD, I am going with it because I expect opponents to jam there with FDs, some sort of combo draws (Pair+FD) and am not afraid of any sets (block AA, 22 and 66 3 bet pre how can you block them? think you missread the action, no possiblites for 3-betting for me) - the only potential hands I am loosing to are 2 pairs (A2 A6) which certainly falls under CC SB vs BTN range for certain opponent types. you lose against a lot of Ax kombos (90 kombos in my range, even if you block)
Also, since we are in shallow stack waters, only 2xhh combos that are see CC pre vs BTN open here are other A2s hands which are not combo draws (1 more combo here) and then there is hand like K2hh (1 combo) and maybe something like Q2hh. The rest looks like FDs that x/jam in this spot very frequently.

I defently shouldnt c-bet flop, block draws (you shouldnt have straight draws in your sb calling range on that flop), blocking KQ and stuff like that, so no need for protection against anything, and enough suited Aces and maybe A7o-A9o, so no value in c-betting here. And if you jam I should fold could call all QQ without heart maybe, because drawing dead against your Ax kombos and blocking fd.

Originally posted by wlaaaaad

Originally posted by IvicaIliev77
I certainly have 2 pairs and sets on this texture + TPbetter kickers.
you have 8 Kombos 2-pairs and maybe 2-3 Kombos sets when you decide to trap AA in sb vs BU mr-range, or? However when there is Axx 2tone texture and I hold Ax with BDSD, I am going with it because I expect opponents to jam there with FDs, some sort of combo draws (Pair+FD) and am not afraid of any sets (block AA, 22 and 66 3 bet pre how can you block them? think you missread the action, no possiblites for 3-betting for me) - the only potential hands I am loosing to are 2 pairs (A2 A6) which certainly falls under CC SB vs BTN range for certain opponent types. you lose against a lot of Ax kombos (90 kombos in my range, even if you block)
Also, since we are in shallow stack waters, only 2xhh combos that are see CC pre vs BTN open here are other A2s hands which are not combo draws (1 more combo here) and then there is hand like K2hh (1 combo) and maybe something like Q2hh. The rest looks like FDs that x/jam in this spot very frequently.

I defently shouldnt c-bet flop, block draws (you shouldnt have straight draws in your sb calling range on that flop), blocking KQ and stuff like that, so no need for protection against anything, and enough suited Aces and maybe A7o-A9o, so no value in c-betting here. And if you jam I should fold could call all QQ without heart maybe, because drawing dead against your Ax kombos and blocking fd.

Yeah I was hand reading like I was BTN.
Regarding my OOP play here, I have all 2 pair combos + TP with BDSDs which allows me to play this flop with x/shove because I have both value and semi value (FDs with equity).
Your QQ seems okaish but I wouldn't play it that way to be honest. I would check and bluff catch vs turn probe since you have blocker for flush and you are blocking my draws x/s ranges on flop. So that decreases the likely hood that I x/jam draws and then I end up with more Ax there and you turn QQ into bluff this way.
Just my 2 cents.

Super quick update

Yesterday grinded less due to Stars not working and I meet with very good friend for coffee.
Don't regret it a single bit because we discussed if we should do profit splits as they come or wait. Yesterday in Coffee place with my best friend to show him balance, found out I was 800+$ in profit since last cash out. So I decided to split that and have total 2600$ out of 5000$ profit set.
After doing split last night, I set up stop loss of 2 buy ins to treat myself with 100$ spins.
As you can guess, shot taking went really well, and I cashed out thanks to yesterdays and today's 1 tabling grind additional 1000$. So now sitting at 3600$ profit split out of 5000$ with 2 months left from initial deadline to to make 5k!

100s were not as difficult as I expected. I miss played 3 or 4 hands total while 1 tabling IMO. I also saw some wide adjustments and plays from regs. There were also recreational players less but also multi tabling regs more. So I saw edge in both pre and post flop although being aware that there are textures that require me to work and clear my doubts for post flop.
In HU I think I adjusted fairly well. Money aspect didn't scare me, I was going for +EV plays always and that payed off.

Since I played in coffee place today most of that 1 tabling volume, and am still here, I will upload now graph from 1 tabling 100s in coffee place. Back home I made 2-3 buy ins last night 1 to 2 tabling.

Continuing March to 3 table 15s, it felt awesome to test the waters on 100s and see that playing less tables with sick BR is possible to be profitable there as well - since I didn't see strategy or post flop wise any WOW play that made me wonder about my strategy in all spots.

100s graph from coffee place:

Had only my nickname and games in the graph. To post it for the blog had to add in information box all the other stats. Nice to see such EV on LOL sample despite running bellow it.