Midstakes heads up hypers - back to the grind

Originally posted by daun666
Hey acceleration,
Ok, it would be nice. But what is sweet sessions? I have seen this term so many times but still dont know what is it ♦
Where and what stakes are you playing?
I will pm my skypename you so we could contact trough skype if you use it.
Edit: I can't pm you, I invited you so I think after you accept me I should be able to pm you

It's called sweat, not sweet. It's when one is playing and livestreaming his screen, and the other one is watching and commenting his play.

Hope this clears it out a bit.

oh didn't read it carefully and was thinking it is sweet sessions ♦
ty for explanation

No more poker for this week.
Graph of this week

Yesterday had interesting match. Early stage was all in and lost and left with one bb - 30 other guy had 2970 And somehow managed to win it in the end ♦

Goals for next week:
move to 7$ games
play bigger volume
in the and of the day post some hands on 2+2 for evaluation
Figure out how to become silver, still want watch hu sng videos on ru.pokerstrategy

Time for update.
Didnt have much time to play so I played only about 30 sng. Was playing much live poker with friends - 5$ sng and NL10, up 25 $ ♦

Speaking about goals which I set.
Moved to 7s.
7s graph

As I expected game are pretty the same.
Now need 300$ br to take shots ar 15s.

And made small deposit of 20 $ in ladbrokes to receive strategy points.
Playing there 1+20$ Hu sng 4 players shootout because of rake - 2players hu sng has 20% rake ♦

Its 1st september.
Playing 7s, start is pretty swingy

Joined study group and hope that will help improve my game.

So main goals for september:
Move to 15s
Play about 30h every week
Be active in study group

PokerStars - $6.67+$0.33|10/20 NL (2 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

Hero (SB): 1,540.00
BB: 1,460.00

Hero posts SB 10.00, BB posts BB 20.00

Pre Flop: (30.00) Hero has T♦ K♣

Hero raises to 40.00, BB calls 20.00

Flop: (80.00, 2 players) 4♥ T♥ 2♥
BB checks, Hero bets 49.00, BB raises to 140.00, Hero calls 91.00

Turn: (360.00, 2 players) A♣
BB bets 270.00, Hero fold

This hand made different opinions how to play it.
Cbet or not? Jam flop or just call? Fold turn?

just jam flop. when you flat a ch/r with a monster like this, its to keep weaker hands in and let them barrel off if theyre spewy. since your hand is vulnerable and you hate so many turn cards, just get it in. hes not folding a T anyways.

7s isn't going well after 160 games I am breakeven. Yesterday lost 7(!) games in the row, I have never lost so much in the row

So will be doing game review to know if it is my bad play or variance, will be posting it here later.

So game review. Will be disscussing only key hands.

1st match
Opponent supper agressive, allmost every hand overbeting pot, betting 400 into 100 pot, raising recklessly.

SB: 1,800.00
Hero (BB): 1,200.00

SB posts SB 10.00, Hero posts BB 20.00

Pre Flop: (30.00) Hero has K♥ J♥

SB raises to 40.00, Hero raises to 120.00, SB calls 80.00

Flop: (240.00, 2 players) T♠ 8♣ 5♦
Hero checks, SB checks

Turn: (240.00, 2 players) J♠
Hero checks, SB bets 80.00, Hero raises to 300.00, SB raises to 520.00, Hero raises to 740.00, SB raises to 1,580.00, Hero calls 340.00 and is all-in

River: (2400.00, 2 players) 6♣

Hero shows K♥ J♥ (One Pair, Jacks) (PreFlop 66%, Flop 67%, Turn 0%)
SB shows 9♣ Q♥ (Straight, Queen High) (PreFlop 34%, Flop 33%, Turn 100%)
SB wins 2,400.00

For surprise he checked flop, and on turn I have tp good kicker, and made raise on drawy board. He re-raised now I get suspicious , he wanted me to call or he is making bluff but dont want to risk all his chips if called but ,there are so many wors jacks, draws, bluffs I cant fold it to him so I go all(I misclicked min raise) in and i could not put him on made straight because cant imagine he is checking back his draws after my check but he checked his gs.

Conclusions. I think I dont have choise vs such opponent to play for stacks with top pair good kicker and that is bad luck that that J gives me Tp and him straight.

2nd match
Opponent loose aggresive, not folding much.

Hero (BB): 1,420.00
SB: 1,580.00

SB posts SB 10.00, Hero posts BB 20.00

Pre Flop: (30.00) Hero has 2♣ 7♣

SB raises to 40.00, Hero calls 20.00

Flop: (80.00, 2 players) 2♠ 5♣ 3♠
Hero checks, SB bets 55.00, Hero calls 55.00

Turn: (190.00, 2 players) T♣
Hero checks, SB bets 135.00, Hero calls 135.00

River: (460.00, 2 players) Q♦
Hero checks, SB bets 300.00, Hero calls 300.00

SB shows 9♠ 9♦ (One Pair, Nines) (PreFlop 84%, Flop 76%, Turn 68%)
Hero mucks 2♣ 7♣ (One Pair, Twos) (PreFlop 16%, Flop 24%, Turn 32%)
SB wins 1,060.00

My mistake just fold pre. But I called and on flop I call becaus I have 5 outs and backdoor flush, turn fd, I call with my 14 outs. And when he bets turn I was putting him on bluff, he is betting 3 streets, all draws missed and turn and river are good cards for 3 barrels to make me fold some low pair or missed draw and i dont see many hands that he would play this way.
But for surprise he shows 99, wierd river bet.

Hero (BB): 920.00
SB: 2,080.00

SB posts SB 15.00, Hero posts BB 30.00

Pre Flop: (45.00) Hero has K♥ 7♥

SB raises to 60.00, Hero calls 30.00

Flop: (120.00, 2 players) K♦ J♠ 3♦
Hero checks, SB bets 75.00, Hero calls 75.00

Turn: (270.00, 2 players) K♣
Hero checks, SB bets 190.00, Hero raises to 420.00, SB raises to 1,945.00 and is all-in, Hero calls 365.00 and is all-in

River: (1840.00, 2 players) 4♥

Hero shows K♥ 7♥ (Three of a Kind, Kings) (PreFlop 29%, Flop 12%, Turn 14%)
SB shows A♣ K♠ (Three of a Kind, Kings) (PreFlop 71%, Flop 88%, Turn 86%)
SB wins 1,840.00

Turn i raise because of draws and for value and he went all in now there is a good chance that I am beat but I have to call. Yeah just AK ♦

Conclusions. my mistake costed 500 chips but that ok I still have 1k chips and good chance to win but second hand is just cooler.

3rd match
Opponent loose pre. tight aggrssive post and i am very aggressyve 3beting very light, check raising very light, but he keeps folding and playing back in wrong time so why not.

Hero (BB): 1,443.00
SB: 1,557.00

SB posts SB 15.00, Hero posts BB 30.00

Pre Flop: (45.00) Hero has 8♠ K♠

SB raises to 60.00, Hero calls 30.00

Flop: (120.00, 2 players) 7♣ 5♠ Q♠
Hero checks, SB bets 60.00, Hero raises to 180.00, SB calls 120.00

Turn: (480.00, 2 players) 6♦
Hero bets 270.00, SB calls 270.00

River: (1020.00, 2 players) 7♦
Hero checks, SB bets 1,047.00 and is all-in, fold

SB wins 1,020.00

So on flop c/r again, he calls, so he have somthing good becaus I think he knows that I will 2nd barrel very offten.

Turn i choose 2nd barrel because I dont think he is raising me here because he wants all my bluffs not folding and I can choose price myself and he still can fold and if he raises me I can call his all in becaus of big draw but draw missed and I just c/f.

Hero (SB): 628.00
BB: 2,372.00

Hero posts SB 20.00, BB posts BB 40.00

Pre Flop: (60.00) Hero has 5♦ 9♦

Hero calls 20.00, BB checks

Flop: (80.00, 2 players) 7♦ Q♣ K♣
BB checks, Hero bets 50.00, BB calls 50.00

Turn: (180.00, 2 players) T♠
BB checks, Hero checks

River: (180.00, 2 players) A♣
BB bets 95.00, Hero raises to 538.00 and is all-in, BB calls 443.00

Hero shows 5♦ 9♦ (High Card, Ace) (PreFlop 38%, Flop 17%, Turn 9%)
BB shows 7♥ T♦ (Two Pair, Tens and Sevens) (PreFlop 62%, Flop 83%, Turn 91%)
BB wins 1,256.00

last hand. On river pot 275 and I decided to bluff and represent J but he called me down, I would say light call.

Conclusions. dont think here is bad play or bad luck it just dont worked out.

4th match

Opponent again crazy one, making preflop raises to 250 when bb is just 20 ♦ and overbeting post flop.

Hero (BB): 1,380.00
SB: 1,620.00

SB posts SB 10.00, Hero posts BB 20.00

Pre Flop: (30.00) Hero has 9♦ 3♣

SB calls 10.00, Hero checks

Flop: (40.00, 2 players) 4♥ 9♠ 6♦
Hero checks, SB bets 40.00, Hero calls 40.00

Turn: (120.00, 2 players) 3♦
Hero checks, SB bets 40.00, Hero raises to 160.00, SB calls 120.00

River: (440.00, 2 players) 7♥
Hero bets 220.00, SB raises to 1,400.00 and is all-in, Hero calls 940.00 and is all-in

SB shows 7♣ 7♠ (Three of a Kind, Sevens) (PreFlop 71%, Flop 12%, Turn 14%)
Hero shows 9♦ 3♣ (Two Pair, Nines and Threes) (PreFlop 29%, Flop 88%, Turn 86%)
SB wins 2,760.00

He limps, dont know what to think, first limp instead of raise to 200+, mby trapping wiht monster.
flop - small bet looks, could be strong hand but have 5 outs, if I hit i think he is paying me off. Turn two pair, was pretty sure he will bet big, but again so small bet, really loks like he is betting here AA KK, decide to raise and try to get it in. but he just calls, river 7, not great car but not worst I was more afraid if board pairs. River value bet and he raises me all in, yes I know there is 4 cadr straight but I think he really dont have it, donks play AA/KK the same way but for surprise he shows 77 and hit his two outer on river, he so confident make jam on river his set of 7s on 4card straight board

Conclusions. Was lucky to get play vs such a donk but in the and lost it because of bad luck.

5th match
Opponet tight semi agressive

Hero (BB): 1,180.00
SB: 1,820.00

SB posts SB 10.00, Hero posts BB 20.00

Pre Flop: (30.00) Hero has A♥ K♣

SB raises to 60.00, Hero raises to 180.00, SB calls 120.00

Flop: (360.00, 2 players) 2♦ 4♥ 8♣
Hero checks, SB checks

Turn: (360.00, 2 players) 7♦
Hero checks, SB bets 240.00, Hero calls 240.00

River: (840.00, 2 players) A♠
Hero bets 760.00 and is all-in, SB calls 760.00

Hero shows A♥ K♣ (One Pair, Aces) (PreFlop 58%, Flop 24%, Turn 0%)
SB shows 8♠ 7♠ (Two Pair, Eights and Sevens) (PreFlop 42%, Flop 76%, Turn 100%)
SB wins 2,360.00

Played hand really bad. 1st should c-bet flop cos opponent is tight and he will fold offten here and if called still have two overs. But decided to play safe, becaus he is calling here only with better hands and check back all rest or bet really strong and I can fold. Turn 7 not changes much, I check, he bets, looks like he is trying to pick up pot or some mid pp pair or hit some 7x hand, I call, river A and I guess was tilting and went all in, because what worse could call me here? dont think A is betting turn only if A7, so most likely he dont have A or if have it beats me. And all other hands that could bet turn are folding or calling only better hands.

Conclusions. Bad play

6th match
opponent agressive station

SB: 2,139.00
Hero (BB): 861.00

SB posts SB 10.00, Hero posts BB 20.00

Pre Flop: (30.00) Hero has A♥ Q♦

SB calls 10.00, Hero raises to 80.00, SB raises to 140.00, Hero raises to 861.00 and is all-in, SB calls 721.00

Flop: (1722.00, 2 players) 5♦ 9♦ 2♥

Turn: (1722.00, 2 players) 4♦

River: (1722.00, 2 players) 8♥

Hero shows A♥ Q♦ (High Card, Ace) (PreFlop 28%, Flop 13%, Turn 11%)
SB shows K♦ K♣ (One Pair, Kings) (PreFlop 72%, Flop 87%, Turn 89%)
SB wins 1,722.00

Have small stack. Lost chips in previous hands. But them all was standatrs.
Kinda his limp minraise really loks like monster but could tilting person fold AQ ? ♦

Conclusion. Was tilted and couldnt make best decision.

7th match

Opponent - dont remember but quick look at hands looks very nitty.

Hero (BB): 1,612.00
SB: 1,388.00

SB posts SB 10.00, Hero posts BB 20.00

Pre Flop: (30.00) Hero has Q♣ K♠

SB raises to 60.00, Hero calls 40.00

Flop: (120.00, 2 players) 9♠ J♣ Q♥
Hero checks, SB bets 60.00, Hero calls 60.00

Turn: (240.00, 2 players) 4♠
Hero checks, SB bets 120.00, Hero calls 120.00

River: (480.00, 2 players) 5♣
Hero bets 220.00, SB calls 220.00

Hero shows Q♣ K♠ (One Pair, Queens) (PreFlop 45%, Flop 15%, Turn 9%)
SB shows 9♥ 9♣ (Three of a Kind, Nines) (PreFlop 55%, Flop 85%, Turn 91%)
SB wins 920.00

I think is pretty standart.

Hero (SB): 1,482.00
BB: 1,518.00

Hero posts SB 10.00, BB posts BB 20.00

Pre Flop: (30.00) Hero has 9♥ T♠

Hero raises to 50.00, BB raises to 80.00, Hero calls 30.00

Flop: (160.00, 2 players) 2♥ 8♣ Q♠
BB bets 80.00, Hero calls 80.00

Turn: (320.00, 2 players) Q♥
BB bets 60.00, Hero calls 60.00

River: (440.00, 2 players) T♥
BB checks, Hero checks

BB shows 8♠ 8♦ (Full House, Eights full of Queens) (PreFlop 53%, Flop 85%, Turn 100%)
Hero mucks 9♥ T♠ (Two Pair, Queens and Tens) (PreFlop 47%, Flop 15%, Turn 0%)
BB wins 440.00

On flop decided to float with my gs and mby 9 or T could be good.
And he checked his FH to me dont know what he was thinking ♦

Hero (SB): 1,037.00
BB: 1,963.00

Hero posts SB 15.00, BB posts BB 30.00

Pre Flop: (45.00) Hero has 9♠ 7♠

Hero raises to 60.00, BB calls 30.00

Flop: (120.00, 2 players) 5♥ 7♥ 2♠
BB checks, Hero bets 75.00, BB calls 75.00

Turn: (270.00, 2 players) 3♠
BB checks, Hero bets 170.00, BB calls 170.00

River: (610.00, 2 players) 4♥
BB bets 180.00, Hero calls 180.00

BB shows 5♦ A♦ (Straight, Five High) (PreFlop 56%, Flop 20%, Turn 14%)
Hero mucks 9♠ 7♠ (One Pair, Sevens) (PreFlop 44%, Flop 80%, Turn 86%)
BB wins 970.00

Just unlucky hand. called river because looked like block bet with some pair or straight with A.

Hero (BB): 687.00
SB: 2,313.00

SB posts SB 15.00, Hero posts BB 30.00

Pre Flop: (45.00) Hero has 9♥ 6♣

SB raises to 60.00, Hero calls 30.00

Flop: (120.00, 2 players) 8♣ J♣ 7♠
Hero checks, SB bets 60.00, Hero calls 60.00

Turn: (240.00, 2 players) 9♦
Hero checks, SB bets 90.00, Hero calls 90.00

River: (420.00, 2 players) 5♦
Hero bets 477.00 and is all-in, SB calls 477.00

Hero shows 9♥ 6♣ (Straight, Nine High) (PreFlop 27%, Flop 11%, Turn 3%)
SB shows 9♠ T♥ (Straight, Jack High) (PreFlop 73%, Flop 89%, Turn 97%)
SB wins 1,374.00

Made 2 mistakes - 1st fold pre 2nd was so excited about may straight that didnt see that just T makes better straight ♦

Final conclusions.
Consecutive bad luck mixed with some unsuccessful play = lost couple matches in a row.
lost couple maches in a row = tilt
tilt = bad decisions

so I think I should make some stoploss limit, for example if I loose 3 matches i a row make short break and make quick review on some hands and see if I am not making bad decisions, if all is ok just keep playing if I see some bad decisions which I normally wouldnt make stop playing for couple of hours.

If all is ok and I still keep loosing just stop play for the rest of day because I dont think I can play my best game and there is big tilting risk.

tgif ♦
This week had big downswing but climbed out of it. So hope next week will be running better.
7s

Originally posted by daun666
PokerStars - $6.67+$0.33|10/20 NL (2 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

Hero (SB): 1,540.00
BB: 1,460.00

Hero posts SB 10.00, BB posts BB 20.00

Pre Flop: (30.00) Hero has T♦ K♣

Hero raises to 40.00, BB calls 20.00

Flop: (80.00, 2 players) 4♥ T♥ 2♥
BB checks, Hero bets 49.00, BB raises to 140.00, Hero calls 91.00

Turn: (360.00, 2 players) A♣
BB bets 270.00, Hero fold

This hand made different opinions how to play it.
Cbet or not? Jam flop or just call? Fold turn?

WP, call raise - reevalaute OTT. Jaming here so deep is a huge overplay.

On other hands - pretty standard, it's good that you review HH and see your mistakes yourself. The AQ allin pre and K7h hands are ok. Only hand I didn't like (besides the 27 oop) was the 59d, where you don't rep much there by limping 15bb deep.

Veiksmi tālāk.

Still playing 7s.
Current br 220$
Found how to see some all in ev in pt3 for tournaments


As I expected, no surprises ♦
10k chips so around 6-7bi under ev.

After some advices next week will be trying turbos so need to study more about endgame.

PokerStars - $6.67+$0.33|10/20 NL (2 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

Hero (BB): 1,410.00
SB: 1,590.00

SB posts SB 10.00, Hero posts BB 20.00

Pre Flop: (30.00) Hero has Q♦ A♣

SB raises to 60.00, Hero raises to 180.00, SB calls 120.00

Flop: (360.00, 2 players) 3♠ 5♣ A♥
Hero checks, SB bets 180.00, Hero calls 180.00

Turn: (720.00, 2 players) 6♠
Hero checks, SB bets 380.00, Hero calls 380.00

River: (1480.00, 2 players) J♦
Hero checks, SB bets 700.00, Hero calls 670.00 and is all-in

What line to choose here? Decided to check flop as most likely I am way ahead/behind.
he bets, think no point raising.
turn 6 c/c.
and on river I start thinking about folding it, 3 barrels as bluff, dont think so. So I am beating here only some AT,A9 which may have bet 3 streets as I am checking it so called, ofcourse I am beat

I think I like turbo more than reg speed sng.
You can better take advantage of tight players because of faster blind structure.
Turned my FPP into some T$.
Current BR 270$.
Hopefully I will be taking shots at 15s in this week

Today took shot at 15s.
First match first hand my QQ<KK -1bi.
Second match fifth hand had K9 :diamond:, board 7 :club:6 :diamond:q 8 7 - second nut flush, villain had nut flush ♦
-2bi.
Last bi to lose and back to 7s but this time had coolered someone else in first hand ♦

SB: 1,500.00
Hero (BB): 1,500.00

SB posts SB 10.00, Hero posts BB 20.00

Pre Flop: (30.00) Hero has 5♠ 3♠

SB raises to 40.00, Hero calls 20.00

Flop: (80.00, 2 players) Q♠ 4♠ K♣
Hero checks, SB bets 40.00, Hero calls 40.00

Turn: (160.00, 2 players) 2♦
Hero checks, SB bets 100.00, Hero raises to 280.00, SB calls 180.00

River: (720.00, 2 players) A♣
Hero bets 360.00, SB raises to 1,140.00 and is all-in, Hero calls 780.00 and is all-in

SB shows K♦ A♥ (Two Pair, Aces and Kings) (PreFlop 59%, Flop 61%, Turn 68%)
Hero shows 5♠ 3♠ (Straight, Five High) (PreFlop 41%, Flop 39%, Turn 32%)
Hero wins 3,000.00

However my turn checkraise is questionable.

And than lost one and won two, so breakeven, will keep shoting tomorrow.

First impression games are not much toughter but more tighter.

Played one guy who was folding allmost 100% in bb and 3bet-all in 1 or 2 times, I guess some big pairs ♦
and was opening like 40% I wasnt 3beting him much, only for value and when I had AQ I 3bet/shove and he snap called with A2o 30bb deep lol so wierd

back to 7s
lost 4 and won 1.
But I think I played well.
3 times made 3bet/shove: AJ run into KK, AT run into QQ and A9 run into QQ.
Ofcourse all times I lost ♦
Ok mby one 3bet/shove with A9 was mistake where villain was opening only 30% buttons and was tightening up in the end.

And running into better hands didnt stop ♦
Next match at 7s played guy who was raising to 5bb my limps, I limped 2 times and he both raised, and than I get ATs and limp, he raises to 250 I jam and he turns over KK, I lost ofcourse ♦

Just dont understand as soon as I start winning, for example won 5 of 6 sng and I am not just getting lucky just winning my 70:30 or 60:40 spots or just holding up after flop or turn all in I start loosing, like running TT into bigger pair, getting coolered and they hit all their draws with 4 or 5 outs when all in and loosing 70:30 spots or loosing all flips and suddenly I am where I was starting.

Just up and down.

For example standart hand after winnig couple sng in the row.

Hero (BB): 1,270.00
SB: 1,730.00

SB posts SB 10.00, Hero posts BB 20.00

Pre Flop: (30.00) Hero has K♥ J♥

SB raises to 40.00, Hero raises to 120.00, SB calls 80.00

Flop: (240.00, 2 players) 2♠ J♠ 4♦
Hero bets 151.00, SB calls 151.00

Turn: (542.00, 2 players) K♣
Hero checks, SB bets 400.00, Hero raises to 999.00 and is all-in, SB calls 599.00

River: (2540.00, 2 players) A♥

Hero shows K♥ J♥ (Two Pair, Kings and Jacks) (PreFlop 64%, Flop 84%, Turn 82%)
SB shows T♥ Q♥ (Straight, Ace High) (PreFlop 36%, Flop 16%, Turn 18%)
SB wins 2,540.00

Villain loose aggroo, was 80% sure he will bet turn on that K so c/raise.
On river boom A and gg.

As you can see much more bad luck ♦

yeah I know its poker but it is becoming depressing I mean it is much more fun to play when you are running good and winning something.
So this week is done for poker, hope next week will be different, however I guess it cant be worse ♦

Again this bullshit, starting week good up 60$ and than again some crazy bad beats, AQ into AK etc, some never loosing fishes.

For example flop set, all in on flop, only runner straight wins me(odds 3.23%) ofcourse villain hits it and next sng similar situation set on flop, all in, runner flush wins me (odds 3.64%) wtf?

Played one very tight fish, very easy just raise he folds alot, when he has left 10-15bb he wakes up, and I couldn finnish him off 4 times in the row with the best hand, he double up then folds to 10-15bb and again I double up him, finnaly my AK< TT, gg.

Never played late in evening so much, I think I should change my schedule ♦
So many donks playing evenings.

Guys just calling 3 streets with Q high or c/raising otf bottom pair and than c/c turn and river ♦

Tomorrow will take another shot at 15 but hope it will be different than last time:
run good -> try 15s -> catch downswing -> down to 255$ -> back to 7s -> downswing continues -> down to 200$

Last week and this week 7s:

nice to see you making progress.
I'm thinking about moving to 30's. BR is ready, my mind not I guess.
We can do sweat session sometimes. If you're interested, PM me

PS: where did you make the "good luck, bad luck" graph?

Thanks,
About sweat sessions there are problem that I cant speak english fluently :/
And about that luck - http://pokerluckmeter.com/
just upload hands ♦
And my question to you as you have experience in 7s and 15s, is there a big skill gap between these levels?
I played only ~10 sng and it looked to me it is pretty the same as at 7s?

Originally posted by pavels4444
I'm thinking about moving to 30's. BR is ready, my mind not I guess.

About this, If I were you I wouldnt just hop and start playing 30s in one day.
lets say play 2-3 in day and as you feel more comfortable start playing more and more and than switch completely.

the gap between the 7's and 15's isn't that huge but the concentration of fishes is definitely a little higher at the lower level. There are a few good regs at both levels (I'm talking about Turbo HU SnG)