Freerolling fish - bankrollbuilding from $50

^ if you've read the above, congratulations! you probably have too much time in your hands, as well as a reasonable attention span. ofc these are good things
if you have THAT much time and THAT much attention span (and probably also THAT much boredom), you might want to consider continuing to read

now well, i am not exactly rolled, but that's at least monies for some shots at fr100 zoom. i feel at least as scared as when i wanted to move up 10->25, probably even more because this just means SOOOOO much on so many levels.

this is the point where with rakeback and volume i could make a reasonable living (not super baller, but definitely good enough) out of this. maybe could even help my parents by going a little further.
also... this is THE final boss of fullring fast poker tables. nl200+ just never runs.

so i have been watching the names playing there for a while. saw some familiar faces from nl50, some good, some not that good, a fair share of fish also. but also a lot of different 4-tabling guys, which i suppose that are mostly some really good players.
looked up some of them... one of them has a blog somewhere and has been crushing midstakes since past year, other guy has over 200k in pretty consistant mtt wininngs, and a few more such curriculums.

also i've been reading the nl100+ evaluations since i got gold status back on nl5
since then i've always thought (and even now i still do) "wow, that's deep. i wish i could think like that". now... guess i should finally step up?

i guess that of course that's all to be expected in the highest fr zoom game running. still, whew, that's scary. it's just so much going on.

so... my point?
i have no idea really, just saying what has been coming to mind. maybe i'll do some coaching/whatever and stick to 50 for some more time.

to antecipate a question... "are you going to move to SH?"
yeah, in the long term probably. but i want to clear this first.

actually i did play some fr100 action today. this is how it went:

i'm not even sure how to evaluate it. 200 hands, whatever.

pic unrelated

[edit: monthly recap ended up being thrown to the previous page. just in case you somehow didn't want to accidentally miss it, post link (actually i doubt that you really care. i don't blame you)]

" MWAHAHAH SHIP MONIES I SUCKOUT U "

lolololololoooool EPIC phrase:D

And the pic!! ..........made my day:D

Good to see you running good buddy:)
Hope you will hold to NL100 nicely some more:)

thank you sir i also hope so

i decided to stick to nl100 today because weekends are just too tempting.

NL100 is a quite interesting place. by now i think that at least weekends should be profitable
let's have some hands for your entertainment:

this is how to play top set like a jackass

PokerStars - $1 NL ZOOM - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $98.50
SB: $78.38
BB: $107.00
UTG: $244.78
UTG+1: $73.14
UTG+2: $359.85
Hero (MP): $105.53
MP+1: $119.13
CO: $124.12

SB posts SB $0.50, BB posts BB $1.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $1.50) Hero has T♥ T♠

fold, UTG+1 raises to $3.00, fold, Hero calls $3.00, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold

Flop: ($7.50, 2 players) K♦ Q♦ J♠
UTG+1 checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($7.50, 2 players) 9♣
UTG+1 bets $7.16, Hero calls $7.16

River: ($21.82, 2 players) 7♦
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $7.16, ...

this is an "irony bet". you bet the amount that villain bet in the previous street

UTG+1 calls $7.16

Hero shows T♥ T♠ (Straight, King High) (Pre 19%, Flop 25%, Turn 75%)
UTG+1 mucks K♣ K♥ (Three of a Kind, Kings) (Pre 81%, Flop 75%, Turn 25%)
Hero wins $34.51

well, his play makes no sense. whatever
now i'll show you how to setmine profitably on nl100

PokerStars - $1 NL ZOOM - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $103.69
SB: $64.19
BB: $100.14
UTG: $114.03
UTG+1: $51.18
UTG+2: $100.00
MP: $167.38
Hero (MP+1): $99.91
CO: $98.08

SB posts SB $0.50, BB posts BB $1.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $1.50) Hero has 6♠ 6♣

fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $2.87, CO calls $2.87, fold, fold, BB raises to $4.74, Hero calls $1.87, CO calls $1.87

Flop: ($14.72, 3 players) 6♦ 9♦ J♥
BB checks, Hero bets $7.77, fold, BB raises to $22.57, Hero raises to $44.44, BB raises to $95.40 and is all-in, Hero calls $50.73 and is all-in

Turn: ($205.06, 2 players) 5♣

River: ($205.06, 2 players) 9♣

BB shows A♦ 2♦ (One Pair, Nines) (Pre 34%, Flop 25%, Turn 16%)
Hero shows 6♠ 6♣ (Full House, Sixes full of Nines) (Pre 66%, Flop 75%, Turn 84%)
Hero wins $202.26

actually i knew that this guy was bad but he was running pretty tight and at a super low 3bet% so his hand was totally unexpected.
i was totally expecting something like QQ+, with FD combos only in A:d K:d and by a long shot A:d Q:d

lesson: all fish are unpredictable, even nitfish

so... what about the "new regs"?
i guess there is one main point: they have a raise button. and they like to use it in position.

still i guess i'm going to avoid hero calldowns with J high for the while

So now you will play NL100 fulltime?

heh, that's the plan.
however for now i consider it just as shot-taking, i'll move down if i lose "a lot". not sure how much that is but def moving down if i hit under 2k

i know that the basic article talks about 25bi brm, but that's just not enough for the limit. that seems to be the general opinion by players and coaches.
people are just that more aggressive, and you should be also

Gz on the move up!

Let's hope you manage to stay on, but don't be too stubborn to move down and rebuild if needed!

thank you sir

figured i should give you an update:

played too much while tired, rumour has it that i lost about at least 2 BI due to some god damn awful plays.
with all that i'm surprised that i'm still making an EV bucks profit. however, damn it, this is NOT the time to be running under EV! ONE (more) TIME

point: i feel that my a-game is profitable.
however, my b-game is most likely not profitable, and my c-game is DEFINITELY not profitable (euphemism for "much to the opposite")
when off my a-game i should immediately nit up. i spew a loooot in marginal spots, feel that i can most likely still breakeven if i just revert to "ABC" and "table select"

anyway, after the massive downers there i decided to switch from tilted pokers to tilted chess.
now what's that about? well, tilted chess plays pretty much the same as tilted pokers, except that you don't lose any money. that's a big plus imo

it's tough to put it in words, so see some games to see what i mean:

game 1 (def recommended)
game 2
game 3

games are 1 minute for each side + 1 second bonus for each move

PokerStars - $1 NL ZOOM - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $100.00
SB: $148.01
BB: $223.95
UTG: $47.68
UTG+1: $101.50
UTG+2: $50.00
MP: $159.89
Hero (MP+1): $99.94
CO: $186.26

SB posts SB $0.50, BB posts BB $1.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $1.50) Hero has K♥ K♦

fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $2.77, fold, fold, SB raises to $7.00, fold, Hero raises to $16.66, SB raises to $35.00, Hero raises to $99.94 and is all-in, SB calls $64.94

SB shows A♥ A♣ (One Pair, Aces) (Pre 82%)
Hero shows K♥ K♦ (One Pair, Kings) (Pre 18%)

OMGWTFYYYYYFRIGGED

Flop: ($200.88, 2 players) Q♥ 4♣ J♦

Turn: ($200.88, 2 players) 2♣

River: ($200.88, 2 players) K♠

SB shows A♥ A♣ (One Pair, Aces) (Pre 82%, Flop 90%, Turn 95%)
Hero shows K♥ K♦ (Three of a Kind, Kings) (Pre 18%, Flop 10%, Turn 5%)
Hero wins $198.08

seriously, i run really bad when it comes to kings into aces.

i know what they say - if you are seeing aces a bit too often, then you are probably not 4betting+ enough. but damn it, these guys always have only like 200-1k hands on me, and i am not a THAT huge 4bet/stackoff nit. i should at least get a fair share of aces into kings

[edit]
this suckout means something cool tho:

fun i guess

Nice to see you on the surface again! Keep it up.

Originally posted by coconauta

Spoiler

Nice to see you on the surface again! Keep it up.

ZOMG TENTACLES

thank you

i think i have finally figured the secret to winning money in poker:

PokerStars - $1 NL ZOOM - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $100.00
SB: $86.60
BB: $50.00
UTG: $199.12
UTG+1: $283.81
UTG+2: $69.00
MP: $495.53
MP+1: $379.15
Hero (CO): $99.91

SB posts SB $0.50, BB posts BB $1.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $1.50) Hero has K♣ A♣

fold, fold, UTG+2 raises to $2.00, fold, fold, Hero raises to $8.88, fold, fold, fold, UTG+2 calls $6.88

Flop: ($19.26, 2 players) 9♠ 5♣ 3♣
UTG+2 bets $6.12, Hero raises to $22.22, UTG+2 raises to $38.32, Hero raises to $91.03 and is all-in, UTG+2 calls $21.80 and is all-in

thoughts at the time: fairly unknown fishy guy and i want to charge his draws (aha) and random one pair hands, and i'm ready for the likely flip if he ships.
his min3bet though is super strong, more than a ship i 100% know that i am screwed and he has a set all the time. however with the money in the pot i should have barely enough equity to ship the monies MAY YOU HAVE FINGER CANCER MAN - eh, i mean, keep on playing and have a good time

post analysis: turns out that with rake i am a few % short against a range of only sets, but i was expecting him to have a wide range at the time i raised. didn't know that i'd face a min3bet )

after the min3bet calling is probably theoretically better since i am pretty sure about what he has, but in the heat of rage i am not sure that i'd be able to get away if A or K came... and my read could be wrong (which most likely would mean that i get a flip which is cool)

so i have no regrets

Turn: ($139.50, 2 players) Q♣

River: ($139.50, 2 players) 7♦

UTG+2 shows 3♠ 3♦ (Three of a Kind, Threes) (Pre 51%, Flop 74%, Turn 23%)
Hero shows K♣ A♣ (Flush, Ace High) (Pre 49%, Flop 26%, Turn 77%)
Hero wins $136.70

the other suckout on the graph was that KK into AA hand.
so, guys, so easy is poker! ship it and hit it, fish have been doing this since the beginning of time

hello everyone! fr100 shot is over.

that EV line is a stupid liar.
i ran worse than bad, i ran sickeningly god damn awful. for the first time in a while i've felt poker pain, that horrible pain that poker pros have to learn to love. on the wrong side of coolers all the time

Originally posted by TerrorBlade
To play FL SH you have to learn to LOVE pain, pure soul-stripping pain. There's gonna be times you'll be so sick to your stomach and feel so empty you'll wana break the nearest bottle and stab yourself just to feel something

that's my feeling right now. i'm writing this post because i couldn't sleep

now please let me whine.

let's go through every big pot:

PokerStars - $1 NL ZOOM - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $327.40
SB: $96.48
Hero (BB): $99.94
UTG: $135.07
UTG+1: $187.01
UTG+2: $62.53
MP: $122.27
MP+1: $225.29
CO: $154.80

SB posts SB $0.50, Hero posts BB $1.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $1.50) Hero has K♦ K♣

fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to $2.50, SB raises to $8.00, Hero raises to $19.99, fold, SB calls $11.99
3bettor is kinda tight fishy guy 16/9 over 150h, quite positionally unaware and spotted with broken stack

Flop: ($42.48, 2 players) 7♦ 3♦ T♣
SB checks, Hero bets $22.22, SB raises to $76.49 and is all-in, Hero calls $54.27

easy game, just ship the monies asap vs QQ-JJ maybe even AK which he has all the time

SB shows A♦ A♥ (One Pair, Aces) (Pre 82%, Flop 92%)
Hero shows K♦ K♣ (One Pair, Kings) (Pre 18%, Flop 8%)

OHWAIT OMGWTF

Turn: ($195.46, 2 players) 6♣

River: ($195.46, 2 players) 9♠

SB shows A♦ A♥ (One Pair, Aces) (Pre 82%, Flop 92%, Turn 95%)
Hero shows K♦ K♣ (One Pair, Kings) (Pre 18%, Flop 8%, Turn 5%)
SB wins $192.66

actually despite his perceived fishiness imo he played the hand perfectly. and well, i just had to be on the wrong side of it, like pretty much every other KK

this might as well be the story of how KK broke my roll

PokerStars - $1 NL ZOOM - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $118.64
Hero (SB): $110.18
BB: $92.50
UTG: $139.55
UTG+1: $42.89
UTG+2: $53.99
MP: $110.74
MP+1: $42.17
CO: $100.50

Hero posts SB $0.50, BB posts BB $1.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $1.50) Hero has K♥ K♦

fold, UTG+1 raises to $2.50, UTG+2 calls $2.50, fold, MP+1 calls $2.50, fold, BTN calls $2.50, Hero raises to $11.11, fold, UTG+1 raises to $20.00, UTG+2 calls $17.50, fold, fold, Hero raises to $110.18 and is all-in, UTG+1 calls $22.89 and is all-in, UTG+2 calls $33.99 and is all-in

utg is some random midstack reg, utg+2 is a huge fish. 42/7 over 70 hands
utg min4... damn it, we know where this is going, but i may be wrong, and we have mp fish, so quite commited there

UTG+1 shows J♠ J♥ (One Pair, Jacks) (Pre 15%)
YESSSSSSSS THERE IS JUSTICE IN THIS WORLD

UTG+2 shows A♥ A♠ (One Pair, Aces) (Pre 67%)
ASDFZXPQPZOMGWHAT

Flop: ($156.87, 3 players) 3♦ 7♠ 4♠

Turn: ($156.87, 3 players) 8♠

River: ($156.87, 3 players) 2♥

Hero shows K♥ K♦ (One Pair, Kings) (Pre 18%, Flop 9%, Turn 2%)
UTG+2 shows A♥ A♠ (One Pair, Aces) (Pre 67%, Flop 83%, Turn 93%)
UTG+1 shows J♠ J♥ (One Pair, Jacks) (Pre 15%, Flop 9%, Turn 5%)
UTG+2 wins $154.07

there can never be enough KK into AA

PokerStars - $1 NL ZOOM - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $123.45
Hero (SB): $170.57
BB: $100.00
UTG: $103.60
UTG+1: $100.00
UTG+2: $170.22
MP: $156.68
MP+1: $138.20
CO: $337.50

Hero posts SB $0.50, BB posts BB $1.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $1.50) Hero has K♥ K♠

fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to $2.19, Hero raises to $7.77, BB raises to $17.90, fold, Hero raises to $170.57 and is all-in, BB calls $82.10 and is all-in

Flop: ($202.19, 2 players) 5♥ A♥ Q♠

Turn: ($202.19, 2 players) 3♦

River: ($202.19, 2 players) 6♥

Hero shows K♥ K♠ (One Pair, Kings) (Pre 70%, Flop 10%, Turn 2%)
BB shows K♦ A♣ (One Pair, Aces) (Pre 30%, Flop 90%, Turn 98%)
BB wins $199.39

YESSSS i did not run into AA this time - oops, nevermind, it doesn't matter.

PokerStars - $1 NL ZOOM - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $282.42
SB: $100.10
BB: $129.27
Hero (UTG): $116.50
UTG+1: $41.15
UTG+2: $174.55
MP: $67.83
MP+1: $250.17
CO: $263.09

SB posts SB $0.50, BB posts BB $1.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $1.50) Hero has K♠ K♦

Hero raises to $3.33, UTG+1 raises to $7.77, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $15.55, UTG+1 raises to $41.15 and is all-in, Hero calls $25.60

Flop: ($83.80, 2 players) 5♠ 6♣ 6♥

Turn: ($83.80, 2 players) J♥

River: ($83.80, 2 players) 7♦

Hero shows K♠ K♦ (Two Pair, Kings and Sixes) (Pre 18%, Flop 8%, Turn 5%)
UTG+1 shows A♠ A♥ (Two Pair, Aces and Sixes) (Pre 82%, Flop 92%, Turn 95%)
UTG+1 wins $81.00

yeah, also never mind that about not running into AA

PokerStars - $1 NL ZOOM - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $86.43
SB: $58.67
Hero (BB): $113.51
UTG: $41.00
UTG+1: $105.32
UTG+2: $121.89
MP: $91.03
MP+1: $127.81
CO: $43.50

SB posts SB $0.50, Hero posts BB $1.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $1.50) Hero has Q♦ Q♣

UTG calls $1.00, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $4.44, UTG calls $3.44
random fishy player

Flop: ($9.38, 2 players) T♠ 8♣ 6♦
Hero bets $6.18, UTG raises to $36.56 and is all-in, Hero calls $30.38

Turn: ($82.50, 2 players) 7♥
asd

River: ($82.50, 2 players) 2♣

Hero shows Q♦ Q♣ (One Pair, Queens) (Pre 84%, Flop 67%, Turn 3%)
UTG shows T♥ 9♣ (Straight, Ten High) (Pre 16%, Flop 33%, Turn 97%)
UTG wins $79.70

i think flop is a pretty standard call vs his line, not being result oriented

now let's have some aces for good measure

PokerStars - $1 NL ZOOM - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $50.97
SB: $137.71
BB: $107.00
UTG: $255.63
UTG+1: $147.19
Hero (UTG+2): $105.08
MP: $196.40
MP+1: $62.06
CO: $76.26

SB posts SB $0.50, BB posts BB $1.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $1.50) Hero has A♥ A♠

UTG raises to $3.00, fold, Hero raises to $9.99, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, UTG calls $6.99
utg is fishy 12/9/600h guy spotted with broken stack, 30% fold to 3bet and 14% raise first in from the button. = has no clue of positional awareness at all

Flop: ($21.48, 2 players) 5♥ 5♠ J♠
UTG checks, Hero bets $12.34, UTG raises to $50.00, Hero raises to $95.09 and is all-in, UTG calls $45.09

easy game, ship it vs KK-QQ, AJ, maybe some randomspaz draw which he has all the time

UTG shows J♥ J♦ (Full House, Jacks full of Fives) (Pre 19%, Flop 91%)
Hero mucks A♥ A♠ (Two Pair, Aces and Fives) (Pre 81%, Flop 9%)

OHWAIT OMG WHAT IS THIS I DONT EVEN ASDF

Turn: ($211.66, 2 players) Q♣

River: ($211.66, 2 players) T♣

UTG shows J♥ J♦ (Full House, Jacks full of Fives) (Pre 19%, Flop 91%, Turn 95%)
Hero mucks A♥ A♠ (Two Pair, Aces and Fives) (Pre 81%, Flop 9%, Turn 5%)
UTG wins $208.86

i only won 1 pot >50bb invested which was this:

PokerStars - $1 NL ZOOM - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $120.27
SB: $40.87
BB: $119.99
Hero (UTG): $108.95
UTG+1: $100.00
UTG+2: $100.00
MP: $47.00
MP+1: $255.45
CO: $103.60

SB posts SB $0.50, BB posts BB $1.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $1.50) Hero has J♠ J♦

Hero raises to $3.33, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, BB calls $2.33

Flop: ($7.16, 2 players) Q♥ 8♣ J♣
BB checks, Hero bets $4.71, BB raises to $9.42, Hero raises to $23.28, BB raises to $54.00, Hero raises to $105.62 and is all-in, BB calls $51.62

Turn: ($218.40, 2 players) 6♦

River: ($218.40, 2 players) Q♦

BB shows 9♦ T♦ (Straight, Queen High) (Pre 18%, Flop 65%, Turn 77%)
Hero shows J♠ J♦ (Full House, Jacks full of Queens) (Pre 82%, Flop 35%, Turn 23%)
Hero wins $215.60

reeeeaally, this is what it takes for me to win a pot? freaking damn unbelievable.

also, if you've read up to this point, i thank you for your sympathy.
i should finish this in a more light-hearted note i guess...

PokerStars - $1 NL ZOOM - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $79.94
SB: $100.00
BB: $84.80
Hero (UTG): $114.41
UTG+1: $99.00
UTG+2: $22.71
MP: $127.71
MP+1: $137.85
CO: $97.85

SB posts SB $0.50, BB posts BB $1.00

Pre Flop: (pot: $1.50) Hero has A♦ Q♦

Hero raises to $3.33, fold, UTG+2 raises to $9.00, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $19.99, UTG+2 raises to $22.71 and is all-in, Hero calls $2.72

Flop: ($46.92, 2 players) 7♣ 6♥ 5♦

Turn: ($46.92, 2 players) 8♣

River: ($46.92, 2 players) 4♣

Hero shows A♦ Q♦ (Straight, Eight High) (Pre 13%, Flop 7%, Turn 9%)
UTG+2 shows A♣ A♠ (Straight, Eight High) (Pre 87%, Flop 93%, Turn 91%)
Hero wins $22.41
UTG+2 wins $22.40

utg guy was some maniac fish if you were about to ask.

i feel that i actually played my a-game through all that bullshit which explains how i ended up losing relatively little considering all that, but in the end i finally gave in and tilted off about 1BI. not "damn you all i'm open shoving 76s" type of tilt, but bleed monies type of tilt. (aka c-game)

now well, as you may see, the graph already had a worse low.
that means that i could continue, but i just can't endure anything close to another day like today, and this is pretty much close to the lower bound that i had set from the beginning.

so yeah, rebuild roll, try to run better! much love, may you all also run better than this

Sick hands man... but this is the reason why I stopped playing Zoom... Too many KKvsAA and not many the other way around to compensate... Also to see AAvsKKvsQQ 3 times in a 2 hour session was a bit too much for me.

Could be just variance, go down, rebuild bankroll, get back and crush them May the Variance be with you!

yeah, whatever.

the aftermath:

thoughts on nl100?
average aggression levels are even higher, but not everyone's being a total maniac. there's a considerably higher amount of lighter flop raises and preflop bluffing, and 5bet jamming rag Ax or something...

the regs, well... i felt like a "standard reg".
that sucks, because you always want to be a "good reg" and the thought of being a breakeven rakeback grinder makes me sick.
i don't think i have an edge on most of the field, and i feel that enough regs have some/a considerable edge on me.

there are enough of fish though, perhaps also lured by the thought of playing on the highest fr zoom limit.
ironically most of my biggest losses were vs fish/regfish

considering the whole picture things didn't go that bad, survived 8.5k hands on the limit and only 2.5BI down in total...
however just thinking about that last run makes me feel a bad taste in my mouth.
i mean, it's not THAT much about the money, but rather about how intensely and quickly the hands came and that this was a shot, ie underrolled and x2 stakes and everything which makes for intensified pain.

i could not take a day like that again anytime soon.
so to prevent further stomach pains and temptation from playing nl100 to GET IT BACK (and because it is sunday) i went ahead and made a cashout for $444.

the main point is that it makes my roll feel really low for nl100 which will make me avoid these tables for the while.
the other point... get something nice for myself! (which i don't really know what it may be)
i have built this from just $50 after all, poker is not only coolers and pain i should reward myself with some random little something by now, maybe a new monitor and speakers (something i'll be using all the time), partyhard and give some to parents perhaps.

yeah, that's it i guess

cashier:

definitely feeling super poor now ♦

plans:

- practice a more aggro style on nl50
- rebuild roll to 3k before moving up again. i didn't really play too much like scared money when shooting, but these games are variance heavy and moving up and down repeatedly is painful

also, i apologize for the heavy whining.
you readers know that there is usually not a lot of whining here, but that was some necessary venting

WELCOME BACK TO NL50!!!!11 :heart: :heart:
WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH

ran good, think i played very well also.
poker nirvana - "i run good, i am playing my best, i don't give a damn about the money involved".

the joys of moving down! also i feel like i have an edge on most people again

random hand:

PokerStars - $0.50 NL ZOOM - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $42.46
Hero (SB): $75.19
BB: $31.54
UTG: $32.24
UTG+1: $17.16
UTG+2: $66.44
MP: $23.50
MP+1: $50.25
CO: $63.84

Hero posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has Q♠ Q♦

fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $1.69, BB calls $1.19
random fish

Flop: ($3.38, 2 players) J♥ 3♥ 9♣
Hero bets $2.51, BB calls $2.51

Turn: ($8.40, 2 players) 9♥
Hero bets $4.33, BB calls $4.33
i hated this card at the time, went for some value vs Jx before c/f river. think a 2/3 bet was better though.

River: ($17.06, 2 players) Q♣

Hero bets $66.66 and is all-in, BB calls $23.01 and is all-in

Hero shows Q♠ Q♦ (Full House, Queens full of Nines) (Pre 66%, Flop 54%, Turn 9%)
BB shows 5♥ A♥ (Flush, Ace High) (Pre 34%, Flop 46%, Turn 91%)
Hero wins $60.58

the other (very) good thing about being comfortably rolled is that we don't care too much when we lose a big pot.

PokerStars - $0.50 NL ZOOM - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $61.09
SB: $64.98
BB: $78.92
Hero (UTG): $79.73
UTG+1: $196.09
UTG+2: $126.51
MP: $40.00
MP+1: $24.25
CO: $84.46

SB posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has T♦ T♥

Hero raises to $1.69, fold, UTG+2 raises to $4.50, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls $2.81

Flop: ($9.75, 2 players) 8♠ T♠ J♥
Hero checks, UTG+2 bets $6.50, Hero raises to $75.23 and is all-in, ...

thought process:

guy is a weakish reg with about 2% 3bet. guess what is his range for 3betting vs utg...

on this board i have the nuts all the time because he is not 3betting JJ. since both of us don't want to see a ton of cards i just go for c/shove and let him have the guessing game with the overpair that he has 95% of the time (the other 5% of the time i'm wrong and he has JJ or AK spades)

UTG+2 calls $68.73

Hero shows T♦ T♥ (Three of a Kind, Tens) (Pre 19%, Flop 88%)
UTG+2 shows A♦ A♣ (One Pair, Aces) (Pre 81%, Flop 12%)

Turn: ($160.21, 2 players) A♠

River: ($160.21, 2 players) J♠

Hero shows T♦ T♥ (Full House, Tens full of Jacks) (Pre 19%, Flop 88%, Turn 2%)
UTG+2 shows A♦ A♣ (Full House, Aces full of Jacks) (Pre 81%, Flop 12%, Turn 98%)
UTG+2 wins $157.71

i was surprisingly calm after this.
playing overrolled is so underrated that feeling of "AHA that suckout can't hurt me!"

i've been really happy with my play these days, playing a solid slightly-LAG nl100 style putting on pressure and making good thin valuebets. running reasonably well helps

i have been appointed as a hand judge for the nanostakes forum!

that is... cool, i guess. i hope that you find my commentary useful
and... whatever, if any of you want to give feedback, i'll be reading it here

Congrats Tomaloc for becoming a judge. Looking forwrd to reading your insights...

thank you sir, i've evaluated a few hands already ♦

apparently my karma reward is to have variance rape me:

admittedly i could be EV-bucks breakeven if i didn't spaz out in a few 4bets and 4bet pots, also made a bad stackoff with AK against a super obvious KK+ range.

afterthoughts:

- if a guy has like 3% 3bet, DO NOT 4bet him light no matter how weak his sizing is or what is the situation
- DO NOT 4bet light against fish, even if they are oop and very aggressive with preflop raising and 3betting they don't like folding
- run better

for your amusement:

PokerStars - $0.50 NL ZOOM - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): $54.69
SB: $52.30
BB: $50.92
UTG: $45.25
UTG+1: $50.00
UTG+2: $26.66
MP: $64.68
MP+1: $83.73
CO: $45.04

SB posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has Q♠ Q♥

fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, CO raises to $1.00, Hero raises to $4.04, fold, fold, CO calls $3.04
this is "balanced" 3betsizing but i should not have bothered because he's a fish

Flop: ($8.83, 2 players) 4♣ 5♥ 4♠
CO bets $12.00, Hero raises to $50.65 and is all-in, CO calls $29.00 and is all-in

CO shows 6♥ K♥ (High Card, King) (Pre 31%, Flop 20%)
Hero shows Q♠ Q♥ (Two Pair, Queens and Fours) (Pre 69%, Flop 80%)

Turn: ($90.83, 2 players) 7♣

River: ($90.83, 2 players) 3♥

CO shows 6♥ K♥ (Straight, Seven High) (Pre 31%, Flop 20%, Turn 25%)
Hero shows Q♠ Q♥ (Two Pair, Queens and Fours) (Pre 69%, Flop 80%, Turn 75%)
CO wins $88.33

lol. That did indeed make me laugh ♦