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Affltr
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Affltr
Joined: 05.07.2017

Originally posted by taavi1337
nice blog, thanks for sharing

Ty


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Affltr
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I found a way to play rush and cash in GG. Just fold almost EVERYTHING on the river. They NEVER bluff expect some aggressors who have 25% 3bet. I am looking for the game where I play the best. I was playing sit n gos but I run so bad in Stars that I decided to move my bankroll to GG. So if you are playing micro/low-stakes cash games, fold EVERYTHING on the river and you are fine. I learned that from RaphDarko who is a Swedish crusher in Twitch. I still make sick bluffs sometimes when the pot is big enough. I haven't played Omaha as the swings are just insane. 20 bins is nothing to lose or win on Omaha in one day. I hate variance maybe because I always play with aggressive bankroll.

But that's all for now. Stay tuned!


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Will this become a neverending story where you switch the game every 2 days. My opinion is you endurance, confidence and work to beat a game. I think you have tested now a lot and should stay at one game and make this to your game or you are a genius who could switch without problems between the different games.


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taavi1337
Joined: 29.05.2009

Lol if you always fold on the river, you can't know if he bluffed or not? :f_biggrin:


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Affltr
Joined: 05.07.2017

Originally posted by taavi1337
Lol if you always fold on the river, you can't know if he bluffed or not? :f_biggrin:
They rarely bluff..but I found that in partypoker nl2 they bluff much more. Depends on the pool a lot. I still take bluff catches sometimes but there is no exploit in Partypoker if I haven't marked them so basically GTO is the way to go.


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Affltr
Joined: 05.07.2017

Originally posted by DonWolfo
Will this become a neverending story where you switch the game every 2 days. My opinion is you endurance, confidence and work to beat a game. I think you have tested now a lot and should stay at one game and make this to your game or you are a genius who could switch without problems between the different games.

Yes, I should stick to the one game instead of changing game variants. Right now I am playing cash games in partypoker and it's going well there. So cash games right now and some tournaments sometimes. I am still looking for the best game for me, but I should master one instead of jumping around.

Bankroll: 60 USD @ nl2


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Affltr
Joined: 05.07.2017

Originally posted by Diplomatta

Originally posted by Affltr
I switched to turbo-speed sit-n-gos and seems like the downswing is over at least for now. Variance in hypers is just so brutal. I will play Turbos for now. It was good to play hypers to learn short stack play. Maybe I play later but now 8 tabling turbos. I won 20 bins in 2 hour session so seems to go well. I try to play 6-8 hours per day. Looking good.

Awesome graphs! 🌟
Fingers crossed the luck stays on your side! πŸ€žπŸ€

Thanks m8!


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Affltr
Joined: 05.07.2017

Originally posted by DonWolfo
But this graph is more then 6 month old. Did you still play SNG or OMAHA now?

I play cash games now but sometimes some SNG and MTT as well.


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Erakko
Joined: 07.10.2011

Originally posted by Affltr

Originally posted by taavi1337
Lol if you always fold on the river, you can't know if he bluffed or not? :f_biggrin:
They rarely bluff..but I found that in partypoker nl2 they bluff much more. Depends on the pool a lot. I still take bluff catches sometimes but there is no exploit in Partypoker if I haven't marked them so basically GTO is the way to go.

Grinding micro stakes myself, nl4 mostly, and can confirm that regs rarely have bluffs in river, and feels like their only bluff is c betting flop, fold too much to bets in flop, meaning that their turn and river ranges are value heavy, so I would say overfolding river in micros is correct, I think this was discussed in some micro stakes related video here in pokerstrategy aswell.


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Affltr
Joined: 05.07.2017

Originally posted by Erakko

Originally posted by Affltr

Originally posted by taavi1337
Lol if you always fold on the river, you can't know if he bluffed or not? :f_biggrin:
They rarely bluff..but I found that in partypoker nl2 they bluff much more. Depends on the pool a lot. I still take bluff catches sometimes but there is no exploit in Partypoker if I haven't marked them so basically GTO is the way to go.

Grinding micro stakes myself, nl4 mostly, and can confirm that regs rarely have bluffs in river, and feels like their only bluff is c betting flop, fold too much to bets in flop, meaning that their turn and river ranges are value heavy, so I would say overfolding river in micros is correct, I think this was discussed in some micro stakes related video here in pokerstrategy aswell.

Right. There are some maniacs who bluff but those guys need to be marked as maniacs.


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Erakko
Joined: 07.10.2011

https://www.pokerstrategy.com/video/?query=MartaiMrko

Watched his videos when I started playing poker again after few years hiatus and learned a lot from him, highly recommended if you ares struggling in micro stakes.


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Affltr
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Originally posted by Erakkohttps://www.pokerstrategy.com/video/?query=MartaiMrko

Watched his videos when I started playing poker again after few years hiatus and learned a lot from him, highly recommended if you ares struggling in micro stakes.

Alright, ty. I guess I need to buy to the gold level?


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Erakko
Joined: 07.10.2011

His videos are basic or silver level, silver level would be easy to grind even in nl2


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Affltr
Joined: 05.07.2017

Originally posted by Erakko
His videos are basic or silver level, silver level would be easy to grind even in nl2

I have already registered for all poker rooms available here sadly. Luckily I don't have payz just yet so I will get gold status soon.
edit: I didn't get gold status..its only for Payz status.


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Affltr
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I did it again! Played too high stakes and lost 80% of my bankroll in a day. This is a psychological issue I guess. I just can't play nl2 even though I win 10 USD per hour when I play it. I guess I am just a shit whale and lose my money. This is getting ridiculous. I don't understand why I can't beat nl 10! I made mistakes and ran badly as well and it's a combination of failure. Now I play SNG for my last money and nl2. Nl2 and nl10 have a huge difference. They never bluff in nl10 and it's always a nit fest. I just can't play against nits..Should fold, fold, and fold! In NL2 they play horribly.

I don't know..should I just quit poker completely. That is an option for me. I just can't handle this anymore.

Ps. I lost 300 USD in a day so that was more than my bankroll. But I increased my bankroll to 400 USD this month.


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taavi1337
Joined: 29.05.2009

Thanks. Even if you crush NL2 for 50bb/100, how long can you manage to do that? 2 hours a day for 30 days? I am interested in your overall gameplan and endurance.


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Erakko
Joined: 07.10.2011

I just can't play nl2 even though I win 10 USD per hour when I play it

I think this is where you should stop and re-evaluate, is this really realistic winrate? Or are you looking at too small sample in upswing, fooling yourself to be a better player than you are, and getting overconfident and moving up the stakes when you shouldn't. When talking of mental game and tilting, in poker it usually happens when player loses a lot and keeps throwing away money, but it can also happen when you are winning and begin making mistakes because you think you can't lose.


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Affltr
Joined: 05.07.2017

Originally posted by Erakko

I just can't play nl2 even though I win 10 USD per hour when I play it

I think this is where you should stop and re-evaluate, is this really realistic winrate? Or are you looking at too small sample in upswing, fooling yourself to be a better player than you are, and getting overconfident and moving up the stakes when you shouldn't. When talking of mental game and tilting, in poker it usually happens when player loses a lot and keeps throwing away money, but it can also happen when you are winning and begin making mistakes because you think you can't lose.

I am confident that I can beat the game. I have now moved to lower stakes and started to win. Bankroll management was the issue and it's now solved.


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Affltr
Joined: 05.07.2017

I think I finally found the game. I have started to play double-or-nothing tournaments. I have won 60 USD in two days playing 2 USD games. I take shots to 5 USD from time to time. These games suits me as it has a different kind of strategy and people make huge icm punts. I think I need to practice with ICMIZER to improve my game.


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