learning No Limit Holdem - adventure & lifestyle

Did some yoga this morning again and went jogging. I feel like such an old man, last time I went running in the morning was like 10 years ago ♦ Now I'm 30years old with beard and long hair and 2 children... Feeling like old school sports

So I was watching this Phil Galfond vid about downswings on YouTube. Interesting thoughts... I don't know man... "crush NL5 and you would still live so well in India?" sooo in love with the game.

Interesting betsizing on the river... both from me and from him. I guess he is like: "I don't want to risk too much but he showed weakness by betting so small..." And I'm like: "he's thinking like that." Would he have shoved I couldn't call...

PokerStars - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

UTG: 100.5 BB
CO: 220.5 BB
BTN: 99.5 BB
Hero (SB): 170.5 BB
BB: 269 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 9♥ 9♠

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, BB calls 2 BB

Flop: (6 BB, 2 players) 3♣ 8♦ 4♠
Hero bets 5 BB, BB calls 5 BB

Turn: (16 BB, 2 players) T♣
Hero bets 10 BB, BB calls 10 BB

River: (36 BB, 2 players) Q♦
Hero bets 13 BB, BB raises to 26 BB, Hero calls 13 BB

BB shows 2♠ 3♥ (One Pair, Threes)
(Pre 14%, Flop 22%, Turn 11%)
Hero shows 9♥ 9♠ (One Pair, Nines)
(Pre 86%, Flop 78%, Turn 89%)
Hero wins 85 BB

I kind of found a good way to track my progress... it is looking at hours/month to know and see where I stand at. Coaches of poker keep telling me to "try it out at least a year" and "don't move up fast". This is also what I feel inside when playing, so thank you very much.

So here are the hours (I played online poker in a month):

Year 2021

May: 12 hours
June: 36 hours
July: 10 hours
August: 11 hours
September: 19 hours

I am a winning player for sure, it is just that results are a bit swingy, and I need a better foundation for tracking, I don't know if you understand. For me the practice, motivation, willpower, amount of concentration, how good you feel, confidence, happiness, peacefulness, calmness, passion, stability - this is like the real aim, of course along with increasing the skills in poker.

There are people who tell that you need ~100k hands sample to see if you are a winning player at all or not. This cannot be true. Think of live players for example. So anyway I am happy with what I am doing, and it is a new month!

I understand everything now... I keep loving this

Originally posted by taavi1337
I understand everything now... I keep loving this
This is the best post ever... lol

Keep up the yoga ang jogging my friend... it doesn't get easier as you get older (as I'm finding out) so it's super important to keep at it now.

thanks for the good feedback. much needed. super. thanks.

quite happy... had a tough opp in FL10c huhu but managed to find out his playstyle and leaks... you know huhu (FL HU) when there's a lagfishy opp and you hit a losing strike for like 20 hands... but the opp seems weak. very educational ♦

played 2hrs feeling I want to move up. sticking to bankroll still atm. yup FL20c is quite nice and I wish to get back to NL5 also

again played long FLHU10c vs one aggro guy. i think it is so worth it... experience, person reading, hand reading, confidence and I believe I was even winner at the table vs him... got it to break even in the end he making so many mistakes. like this 10BB up and down swings can be discouraging vs aggro fish HU ♦ we don't really know if we have the edge, rake and everything. the thing is, if they lose, they start to play worse... and 3rd person sometimes joins cause it's a 6max table. I like it. very educational and makes you to pay full attention. how exactly to beat them...

mastering my FL skills and rolling back into action !! here's something for us all to remember (who have played FL)

PokerStars - $0.05/$0.10 (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

UTG: 31 BB
Hero (MP): 39 BB
CO: 17.2 BB
BTN: 18.8 BB
SB: 16 BB
BB: 42.6 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has T♥ Q♦

fold, Hero raises to 2 BB, fold, BTN calls 2 BB, SB calls 1.6 BB, BB calls 1 BB

Flop: (8 BB, 4 players) J♥ Q♠ 3♥
SB checks, BB bets 1 BB, Hero raises to 2 BB, BTN calls 2 BB, fold, BB calls 1 BB

Turn: (14 BB, 3 players) K♥
BB bets 2 BB, Hero calls 2 BB, BTN calls 2 BB

River: (20 BB, 3 players) 5♥
BB bets 2 BB, Hero calls 2 BB, BTN raises to 4 BB, BB calls 2 BB, fold

BTN shows 5♦ J♣ (Two Pair, Jacks and Fives)
(Pre 26%, Flop 14%, Turn 0%)
BB shows J♠ K♦ (Two Pair, Kings and Jacks)
(Pre 74%, Flop 86%, Turn 100%)
BB wins 29.2 BB

So on River you get 1:15 for the call. But he ALWAYS has it right. Always. Yeah, look again ♦ ♦ ♦ Also a good test to see where you are emotionally, do you get angry or... :f_biggrin::f_drink: 3 fishes at the table

exploring huhu lol

PokerStars - $0.05/$0.10 (6 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 28 BB
Hero (SB): 31.6 BB

Hero posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has 5♥ T♠

Hero raises to 2 BB, BB calls 1 BB

Flop: (4 BB, 2 players) 9♠ 4♠ J♦
BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: (4 BB, 2 players) 6♣
BB checks, Hero checks

River: (4 BB, 2 players) 2♦
BB checks, Hero checks

BB shows 7♣ 8♦ (High Card, Jack)
(Pre 45%, Flop 34%, Turn 27%)
Hero shows 5♥ T♠ (High Card, Jack)
(Pre 55%, Flop 66%, Turn 73%)
Hero wins 3.8 BB

tried some PLO today for few hands. it went 3way in on the flop, I had Khi flushdraw plus OESD, other guy had Ahi flushdraw and third guy had middle set. So I somehow hit my straight and won $3 in PLO2 ♦ I don't have tracker for PLO but it's quite fun.

Originally posted by taavi1337
mastering my FL skills and rolling back into action !! here's something for us all to remember (who have played FL)

So on River you get 1:15 for the call. But he ALWAYS has it right. Always. Yeah, look again ♦ ♦ ♦ Also a good test to see where you are emotionally, do you get angry or... :f_biggrin::f_drink: 3 fishes at the table

I only play FL HE as part of HORSE and 8-Game, however vs fish or no fish, I don't think I could fold that river.

Originally posted by VorpalF2F

Originally posted by taavi1337
mastering my FL skills and rolling back into action !! here's something for us all to remember (who have played FL)

So on River you get 1:15 for the call. But he ALWAYS has it right. Always. Yeah, look again ♦ ♦ ♦ Also a good test to see where you are emotionally, do you get angry or... :f_biggrin::f_drink: 3 fishes at the table

I only play FL HE as part of HORSE and 8-Game, however vs fish or no fish, I don't think I could fold that river.

yup i also misread the board was playing many games, didn't see that I had the second nuts... thought it's just a low flush. anyway. lot to learn from this mistake. not the first time i do this kind of thing,

Originally posted by taavi1337
exploring huhu lol

PokerStars - $0.05/$0.10 (6 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 28 BB
Hero (SB): 31.6 BB

Hero posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has 5♥ T♠

Hero raises to 2 BB, BB calls 1 BB

Flop: (4 BB, 2 players) 9♠ 4♠ J♦
BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: (4 BB, 2 players) 6♣
BB checks, Hero checks

River: (4 BB, 2 players) 2♦
BB checks, Hero checks

BB shows 7♣ 8♦ (High Card, Jack)
(Pre 45%, Flop 34%, Turn 27%)
Hero shows 5♥ T♠ (High Card, Jack)
(Pre 55%, Flop 66%, Turn 73%)
Hero wins 3.8 BB

- you have perceived no showdown value (well you have but that is probably one lucky shot)
- thus the only way of winning the hand is to bluff
- would your opponent fold better hands? SURE! often enough to make a 2 BB bet worth it? I believe so
=> you should have bet the river with every value hand and every hand lower than King high, unless you have 2 spades in which case i'd only bluff Ten high and less

Originally posted by SvenBe

Originally posted by taavi1337
exploring huhu lol

PokerStars - $0.05/$0.10 (6 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 28 BB
Hero (SB): 31.6 BB

Hero posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has 5♥ T♠

Hero raises to 2 BB, BB calls 1 BB

Flop: (4 BB, 2 players) 9♠ 4♠ J♦
BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: (4 BB, 2 players) 6♣
BB checks, Hero checks

River: (4 BB, 2 players) 2♦
BB checks, Hero checks

BB shows 7♣ 8♦ (High Card, Jack)
(Pre 45%, Flop 34%, Turn 27%)
Hero shows 5♥ T♠ (High Card, Jack)
(Pre 55%, Flop 66%, Turn 73%)
Hero wins 3.8 BB

- you have perceived no showdown value (well you have but that is probably one lucky shot)
- thus the only way of winning the hand is to bluff
- would your opponent fold better hands? SURE! often enough to make a 2 BB bet worth it? I believe so
=> you should have bet the river with every value hand and every hand lower than King high, unless you have 2 spades in which case i'd only bluff Ten high and less

yup im afraid to mention he had like 56 WTSD. not sure

OMG i found a way that's actually working for me ! so I could do this virtual Skrill card and I can pay in online food shops in Estonia. SOOOOOO i just withdraw 10dollars from time to time from my Stars account to Skrill to buy fooooood for my partner so amazing ! it's working for me the whole system is actually working !

so i play FL.04 to FL.20 and I only need $100 bankroll for that! yaayyy! getting better crafting my FL skills ♦ im so passionate about FLHU it is quite fun.

Originally posted by taavi1337
OMG i found a way that's actually working for me ! so I could do this virtual Skrill card and I can pay in online food shops in Estonia.

Nice.
For some oddball reason, Skrill won't let Canadians use their service for withdrawing/depositing on gaming sites.

I can't use credit cards either, but I can make deposits and withdrawals directly from a bank account.

Doesn't make sense at all -- but then, most government rules don't make sense -- we just have to obey 'em

I love Skrill a lot and Stars seems to prefer it over other options .