taavi1337 - noob learning FL

So it took me 14,500 hands to reach +1000 BB in FL.04

I am afraid to show the best hand from today, once I showed similar stuff from high stakes 888 and my friend told me to stop or the regs will come and take it all over.

PokerStars - $0.02/$0.04 (6 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BB): 108.5 BB
SB: 13 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 3♦ 4♦

SB calls 0.5 BB, Hero checks

Flop: (2 BB, 2 players) 4♥ T♠ Q♦
Hero bets 1 BB, SB calls 1 BB

Turn: (4 BB, 2 players) 4♠
Hero bets 2 BB, SB calls 2 BB

River: (8 BB, 2 players) 2♦
Hero bets 2 BB, SB calls 2 BB

Hero shows 3♦ 4♦ (Three of a Kind, Fours)
(Pre 42%, Flop 75%, Turn 100%)
SB mucks 6♠ 5♥ (One Pair, Fours)
(Pre 58%, Flop 25%, Turn 0%)
Hero wins 11.5 BB

It is nice concept vs fish. You have missed the board on river, they have missed the board on river. You realize it by them checking. Do they ever play back to a river bluffbet in FLHE? They just look if they have hit. Can I rep something? Of course, and even if not much, they look at the board more, having missed their desired draw. The problem with us not bluffing and checking on the river, giving up, is that the pot is very big and we have nothing. So many better hands will fold and we get a very good price for bluffing where the opponent is very likely to have missed and will fold.

PokerStars - $0.02/$0.04 (6 max) - Holdem - 3 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 64.5 BB
SB: 25.5 BB
BB: 35.5 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 6♠ 8♠

Hero raises to 2 BB, SB calls 1.5 BB, fold

Flop: (5 BB, 2 players) J♦ 2♦ K♦
SB checks, Hero bets 1 BB, SB calls 1 BB

Turn: (7 BB, 2 players) 9♥
SB checks, Hero checks

River: (7 BB, 2 players) 9♣
SB checks, Hero bets 2 BB, fold

Hero wins 6.5 BB

PokerStars - $0.02/$0.04 (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: 57.5 BB
BB: 30 BB
Hero (UTG): 38 BB
CO: 45.5 BB
BTN: 52 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has T♥ 6♥

Hero raises to 2 BB, CO calls 2 BB, fold, SB calls 1.5 BB, fold

Flop: (7 BB, 3 players) J♣ J♦ K♠
SB checks, Hero bets 1 BB, CO calls 1 BB, fold

Turn: (9 BB, 2 players) 2♠
Hero checks, CO checks

River: (9 BB, 2 players) 8♥
Hero bets 2 BB, fold

Hero wins 8.5 BB

So I actually sent out a letter to different youth centers in our town, saying we are creating a gamedev company that wants to give gamedev workshops for children.

He needs to team up with neighbor's kid... But he's more passive. It is so relaxing after a long day of poker to play this league. I was invited by the casino owner that these games are going on at the nearby casino.

Had a chat with a player after my A9 hit a 9 against his AQ on the river. He started to berate me very hard for being there. I love talking in chat. First I berated him back but then I said, "I hear UK is no longer part of EU?" noticing that he is from United Kingdom. He immediately calmed down and liked it, that someone showed interest in him. We were also discussing how an average player should play on FL.04

3way dynamics... CO is a regular, SB is someone else, who I had a note on that he likes to bluffdonk paired rivers. Would be nice if CO folded Ax ♦

PokerStars - $0.02/$0.04 (6 max) - Holdem - 4 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BB): 61.5 BB
CO: 17.5 BB
BTN: 33 BB
SB: 15.5 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has K♥ K♣

CO raises to 2 BB, fold, SB calls 1.5 BB, Hero raises to 3 BB, CO calls 1 BB, SB calls 1 BB

Flop: (9 BB, 3 players) Q♥ 6♠ 4♠
SB checks, Hero bets 1 BB, CO calls 1 BB, SB calls 1 BB

Turn: (12 BB, 3 players) A♦
SB checks, Hero bets 2 BB, CO calls 2 BB, SB calls 2 BB

River: (18 BB, 3 players) Q♣
SB bets 2 BB, Hero raises to 4 BB, fold, SB calls 2 BB

Hero shows K♥ K♣ (Two Pair, Kings and Queens)
(Pre 85%, Flop 82%, Turn 89%)
SB mucks 6♥ 9♣ (Two Pair, Queens and Sixes)
(Pre 15%, Flop 18%, Turn 11%)
Hero wins 25.5 BB

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practicing

running +40BB/100 for last 235 hands in FL.04 today

So I won like $50 in FL.04 in about two months and less than 100 hours of gameplay. I go to NL2 now even though I don't have the bankroll for it. I sadly announce.... this... is the end.

I wouldn't think I would be back, and moving to FL higher than .04.... but here we go... is like too nice not to play them when a fish is tablestarting and waiting for everybody BTN is Laggish thinking player not too good, who I have a note on that bluffs lightly. UTG is loose-verypassive who caught my bluff two times this session and after that was very suspicious and showdown-bound.

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

BB: 38.2 BB
UTG: 28 BB
Hero (MP): 31.2 BB
CO: 39.8 BB
BTN: 25.4 BB
SB: 26.8 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has A♠ K♦

UTG calls 1 BB, Hero raises to 2 BB, fold, BTN raises to 3 BB, fold, BB calls 2 BB, UTG calls 2 BB, Hero raises to 4 BB, BTN calls 1 BB, BB calls 1 BB, UTG calls 1 BB

Flop: (16.4 BB, 4 players) T♥ 2♥ 2♠
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets 1 BB, BTN calls 1 BB, fold, UTG calls 1 BB

Turn: (19.4 BB, 3 players) 8♣
UTG checks, Hero checks, BTN checks

River: (19.4 BB, 3 players) 5♦
UTG checks, Hero checks, BTN bets 2 BB, UTG calls 2 BB, Hero calls 2 BB

BTN shows A♦ Q♥ (One Pair, Twos)
(Pre 23%, Flop 18%, Turn 14%)
Hero shows A♠ K♦ (One Pair, Twos)
(Pre 53%, Flop 65%, Turn 79%)
UTG mucks K♥ J♣ (One Pair, Twos)
(Pre 23%, Flop 17%, Turn 7%)
Hero wins 24.6 BB

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Here's a hand what looks like a crazy 3barrel and it is in a way. The opponent is 43/4 VPIP PFR 37 WTSD; so it is a nice player to play against, that is why I open so loose, too loose maybe. Flop my standard is often to bet 100%, it is a really bad board but I think betting is better than checking with our hand, he could still fold A2o etc. Turn I hope to get him off his 6outers and low pairs, but after he calls the turn, he can easily still have gutshot straight draw with 7x or 9x that has us beat, so as played, I have to bet the river I guess.

PokerStars - $0.02/$0.04 (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

UTG: 29 BB
CO: 60 BB
BTN: 30 BB
Hero (SB): 70 BB
BB: 10.5 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 3♥ J♠

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2 BB, BB calls 1 BB

Flop: (4 BB, 2 players) 8♠ 6♦ T♥
Hero bets 1 BB, BB calls 1 BB

Turn: (6 BB, 2 players) A♦
Hero bets 2 BB, BB calls 2 BB

River: (10 BB, 2 players) 2♦
Hero bets 2 BB, fold

Hero wins 9.5 BB

BU is aggro reg who is getting better every day. That flop check is just so 2010

PokerStars - $0.02/$0.04 (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: 15.5 BB
BB: 18 BB
Hero (UTG): 30 BB
CO: 48.5 BB
BTN: 42.5 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has T♣ A♦

Hero raises to 2 BB, CO calls 2 BB, BTN raises to 3 BB, SB calls 2.5 BB, fold, Hero calls 1 BB, CO calls 1 BB

Flop: (13 BB, 4 players) 6♣ 4♥ 2♥
SB checks, Hero checks, CO checks, BTN checks

Turn: (13 BB, 4 players) 3♣
SB checks, Hero bets 2 BB, fold, fold, fold

Hero wins 12.5 BB

The same, sicko reg at FL.04...

PokerStars - $0.02/$0.04 (6 max) - Holdem - 4 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 31.5 BB
SB: 71.5 BB
Hero (BB): 96 BB
CO: 11.5 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 6♥ 5♥

CO calls 1 BB, fold, SB raises to 2 BB, Hero calls 1 BB, CO calls 1 BB

Flop: (6 BB, 3 players) K♦ K♣ 4♥
SB bets 1 BB, Hero calls 1 BB, fold

Turn: (8 BB, 2 players) 2♣
SB checks, Hero bets 2 BB, fold

Hero wins 7.5 BB

Back crushing FL HU. once considered impossible stakes to win at.. after a long journey i take it seriously once again. he tablestarted the table but was marked as a very weak player who plays 60/2 vpip pfr style even vs them you can lose in hu. but you have to know the edge somehow. after losing two stacks he quit..

+6BB/100 in FLHE this year for 26k hands, 97% of which is FL.04. It is super high winrate, cause BB means Big Bets (not big blinds, but 2x big blinds). Trying to get to NLHE though, but it's such a different game...

omg Taavi you are alive !!!! and still playing FL. its been like 10 years since we last spoke buddy!!! Hope life has been treating you well! <3

Originally posted by Avataren
omg Taavi you are alive !!!! and still playing FL. its been like 10 years since we last spoke buddy!!! Hope life has been treating you well! <3

good old times ♦ alot has happened meanwhile.. was thinking of visiting you, Denmark, was it? (joking) there is also a PLO player from Finland, but other than that, the community seems to be quite dead...

Originally posted by taavi1337

Originally posted by Avataren
omg Taavi you are alive !!!! and still playing FL. its been like 10 years since we last spoke buddy!!! Hope life has been treating you well! <3

good old times ♦ alot has happened meanwhile.. was thinking of visiting you, Denmark, was it? (joking) there is also a PLO player from Finland, but other than that, the community seems to be quite dead...

You are very welcome to come visit partner! ♦

Yeah those were the days, nowadays i just dabble in spins and then not touching poker for years at a time wifey and kids all okay! you?
You are literally the only one left from those FL days ive said hi to in a decade probably. oh this is exciting !!! ♦