no money in ZOOM poker in current year, everyone is solid

Originally posted by VorpalF2F
Nice hand -- it took me a few seconds to realize why your open raise was over 4BB, then I saw the antes.
Villain's call on the turn makes some sense -- decent pair and a gutshot, but the call on the river is rather strange.

Is this normal for NL 25?

this villain looked like a weaker reg.
what did he think? i'd guess he thought "pot odds" and maybe i bluff T9s, Jxdd, K9s (not in my range)... but i always have value here against such an opponent.
i expected his calls to be mainly AQ and AK, as well as QQ and AA, of course

Originally posted by Swish29
Didn't he raise to 2.32?

Doh!
Of course, you're right
I read it as $2.32 not 2.32BB

<sigh>

You are very lucky he was so bad most likely fishy REG! PRF his 3b is very questionable and BE! Even his call OTF is very questionable and BE! His call OTT is horribly -EV aka snap fold, the Jam is BE too versus some aggro players who can fold, but fold is best! And OTR is a clear fold as well!
Woah they put an ante even at NL25!

Originally posted by vengeance77
Woah they put an ante even at NL25!

Only on zoom, and only on NL 10, NL 16 and NL 25

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PokerStars - $0.16 Ante $0.02 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 161 BB
SB: 63.56 BB
BB: 78.63 BB
Hero (UTG): 100 BB
MP: 120.94 BB
CO: 100 BB

6 players post ante of 0.13 BB, SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.25 BB) Hero has A♦ T♣

Hero raises to 2.31 BB, fold, fold, fold, SB calls 1.81 BB, fold

Flop: (6.38 BB, 2 players) A♥ 8♥ T♥
SB bets 61.13 BB and is all-in, Hero requests TIME, Hero calls 61.13 BB

SB shows 2♠ A♠
(Pre 33%, Flop 4%)
Hero shows A♦ T♣
(Pre 67%, Flop 96%)

Turn: (128.63 BB, 2 players) 2♣

River: (128.63 BB, 2 players) A♣

SB shows 2♠ A♠ (Full House, Aces full of Twos)
(Pre 33%, Flop 4%, Turn 5%)
Hero shows A♦ T♣ (Full House, Aces full of Tens)
(Pre 67%, Flop 96%, Turn 95%)
Hero wins 122.81 BB

PokerStars - $0.16 Ante $0.02 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 100 BB
SB: 137.63 BB
BB: 729.75 BB
UTG: 100 BB
Hero (MP): 100 BB
CO: 80.69 BB

6 players post ante of 0.13 BB, SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.25 BB) Hero has A♦ K♠

fold, Hero raises to 2.31 BB, fold, fold, SB raises to 11.5 BB, fold, Hero raises to 26 BB, SB raises to 137.5 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 73.88 BB and is all-in

SB shows A♠ A♥
(Pre 93%)
Hero shows A♦ K♠
(Pre 7%)
Players agreed to run it twice.

Flop: (201.5 BB, 2 players) K♦ 2♥ 6♥

Turn: (201.5 BB, 2 players) K♥

River: (201.5 BB, 2 players) 8♦

Players agreed to run it twice.

Flop #2: (201.5 BB, 2 players) T♣ J♣ Q♥

Turn #2: (201.5 BB, 2 players) 5♦

River #2: (201.5 BB, 2 players) J♥

SB shows A♠ A♥ (Two Pair, Aces and Kings)
Board #1 (Pre 93%, Flop 92%, Turn 23%)
(Two Pair, Aces and Jacks)
Board #2 (Pre 95%, Flop 5%, Turn 1%)

Hero shows A♦ K♠ (Three of a Kind, Kings)
Board #1 (Pre 7%, Flop 8%, Turn 77%)
(Straight, Ace High)
Board #2 (Pre 5%, Flop 95%, Turn 99%)

Hero wins 96.25 BB
Hero wins 96.19 BB

That last one would have made a fantastic Hand of the Day

aurora update fucked up my layouts
well, i needed to clean up my HUDs, anyway.

how to crack AA twice with Anna Kournikova

Originally posted by Tomaloc
aurora update fucked up my layouts
well, i needed to clean up my HUDs, anyway.

Be sure to compain bitterly.
It might make a difference in the long run.[1]

[1] Not likely, but we can try...

button clicker plays against fellow button clicker

PokerStars - $0.16 Ante $0.02 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 174.88 BB
SB: 106.94 BB
BB: 81.88 BB
UTG: 117 BB
Hero (MP): 118.88 BB
CO: 124.06 BB

6 players post ante of 0.13 BB, SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.25 BB) Hero has J♥ Q♥

fold, Hero raises to 2.31 BB, fold, fold, SB calls 1.81 BB, BB calls 1.31 BB

Flop: (7.69 BB, 3 players) K♥ T♥ K♣
SB bets 4 BB, fold, Hero calls 4 BB

Turn: (15.69 BB, 2 players) T♣
SB checks, Hero checks

River: (15.69 BB, 2 players) A♥
SB checks, Hero bets 69 BB, SB raises to 100.5 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 31.5 BB

SB shows A♦ T♠ (Full House, Tens full of Aces)
(Pre 55%, Flop 37%, Turn 93%)
Hero shows J♥ Q♥ (Royal Flush)
(Pre 45%, Flop 63%, Turn 7%)
Hero wins 207.31 BB

Originally posted by Tomaloc
button clicker plays against fellow button clicker

In honour of your paid-off Royal Flush, today's Joke is just for you:
https://forums.pokerstrategy.com/forum/thread.php?postid=3185167#post3185167

don't worry, we'll still follow the "no whining" principle for now

Originally posted by Tomaloc
don't worry, we'll still follow the "no whining" principle for now

After a day like that, you get 3 free whine tickets.[1]
You can use them any time you like, and we won't roll our eyes ...

[1] I would have given you 4, but I'm going to use one myself https://forums.pokerstrategy.com/forum/thread.php?postid=3185231#post3185231

PokerStars - $0.16 Ante $0.02 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 172.31 BB
SB: 164.5 BB
Hero (BB): 100 BB
UTG: 100.13 BB
MP: 123.75 BB
CO: 224.06 BB

6 players post ante of 0.13 BB, SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.25 BB) Hero has 3♠ 6♠

UTG raises to 2.5 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls 1.5 BB

Flop: (6.25 BB, 2 players) 5♦ 8♦ Q♣
Hero checks,

UTG said, "fole"
UTG said, "fold"

UTG bets 2.13 BB,

Hero said, "ok"
Hero said, "just this time"

fold

UTG said, "thanks"

UTG wins 6 BB

it's that time of the year where we reconsider our options.
what are the other reasonable networks with fast fold? thoughts on partypoker, gg, bodog, or anything else?

No clue, I can only play on PS at the moment

If you like to play hudless or believe the HUD does not give you a significant edge, I would consider playing elsewhere tbh

month:

just a terrible month overall. the negative BB/100 is because i won at NL25 and lost at NL16
winning felt really difficult, as if you need to play brilliantly to win a stack, but losing a stack just happens in some trivial coolers and it's back to the beginning not hitting massive EV draws against recreationals who will pay me off while the opposite happens, a lot of AK into AA, undersets, underflushes, etc.

this brings the total ante-EV-winrate to 8.8 over 90k hands, for the curious.

for the next month, i intend to play a bit less and try to play better.

Originally posted by Swish29
No clue, I can only play on PS at the moment

If you like to play hudless or believe the HUD does not give you a significant edge, I would consider playing elsewhere tbh

yeah, the rake hurts when you have a bad month like this ♦

PokerStars - $0.25 Ante $0.03 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 70.76 BB
SB: 94.72 BB
BB: 131.36 BB
UTG: 116.2 BB
MP: 416.96 BB
Hero (CO): 327.48 BB

6 players post ante of 0.12 BB, SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.12 BB) Hero has 7♣ 6♣

fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.32 BB, BTN raises to 9.08 BB, SB calls 8.68 BB, fold, Hero calls 6.76 BB

Flop: (28.96 BB, 3 players) 2♥ 6♠ 3♣
SB checks, Hero checks, BTN bets 27.64 BB, fold, Hero raises to 318.28 BB and is all-in, BTN calls 33.92 BB and is all-in

Turn: (152.08 BB, 2 players) 6♥

River: (152.08 BB, 2 players) 9♦

BTN cashed out 27.88 BB for a fee of 0.28 BB

Hero shows 7♣ 6♣ (Three of a Kind, Sixes)
(Pre 48%, Flop 81%, Turn 100%)
BTN shows A♣ 2♠ (Two Pair, Sixes and Twos)
(Pre 52%, Flop 19%, Turn 0%)
Hero wins 145.24 BB

PokerStars - $0.16 Ante $0.02 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 114.94 BB
SB: 203.63 BB
BB: 86.25 BB
UTG: 100 BB
Hero (MP): 104.56 BB
CO: 155.31 BB

6 players post ante of 0.13 BB, SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.25 BB) Hero has T♣ 9♣

fold, Hero raises to 2.56 BB, fold, fold, SB raises to 10 BB, fold, Hero calls 7.44 BB

Flop: (21.75 BB, 2 players) 5♣ 7♠ A♣
SB bets 7.88 BB, Hero calls 7.88 BB

Turn: (37.5 BB, 2 players) 5♠
SB bets 24 BB, Hero calls 24 BB

River: (85.5 BB, 2 players) 5♥
SB checks, Hero bets 22 BB, fold

Hero wins 81.63 BB

FF traffic stars, gg, party, wpn!
reward system: party, wpn, gg
N.B. if you cash in daily LB: GG, party, WPN.
player toughness/from tough to soft/: party, wpn, gg.
cheers

I get the exclusive poker challenge on PS every month and can complete it 2 out of the max 3 times.
That's still some nice profit when you have a bad month.

But a friend of mine doesn't get the challenge, so I have no idea what to conditions are to get it.