Never deposit - ZOOM poker (i'm back! ...maybe)

Originally posted by Tomaloc
yeah, that sounds about right. make an exception for russians ♦

as for 3barreling yourself... the reg must be at least half decent so that he actually can give you credit. (rightly, given the field's tendencies)
i've seen it many times bad regs doing some ridiculous calldowns in pretty much pure fish "lolz i has TP" style

also remember that the theorem specifically mentions bet sizing (a big bet), although any 3barrel is most often a fairly good hand too ofc.

The best part though is that a decent amount of regs don't think to cover up timing tells, and when they're in the "lolz i has TP" mode, they call much quicker.

Originally posted by metza
The best part though is that a decent amount of regs don't think to cover up timing tells, and when they're in the "lolz i has TP" mode, they call much quicker.
that's another good point. random TP or draws evrytiem

also - i finally have a winning session against this rigged site OMGOMG!!!11!1
just something to motivate me to actually put in more volume

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just for lulz here's the monthly volume:

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dismotivated and hitting super early stop-losses much?

here's just a rly super standard hand but trust me, i don't remember having stacked anyone with KK+ this month before this one.

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 99.76 BB
SB: 113.68 BB
BB: 309.56 BB
UTG: 45.8 BB
MP: 98.6 BB
CO: 45.72 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has A♣ A♥

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2 BB, fold, BB raises to 8 BB, Hero raises to 17.76 BB, BB calls 9.76 BB

Flop: (35.92 BB, 2 players) T♦ 5♠ T♥
BB bets 24 BB, Hero calls 24 BB

Turn: (83.92 BB, 2 players) 3♠
BB bets 1 BB, Hero raises to 20 BB, BB calls 19 BB
oh my god, this fucking retarded fish fucking spiked his T again. whyyyyy thisssss happens to meeeeeeeee

River: (123.92 BB, 2 players) 2♥
BB bets 161 BB, Hero calls 38 BB and is all-in

BB shows Q♣ Q♥ (Two Pair, Queens and Tens) (Pre 18%, Flop 8%, Turn 5%)
Hero shows A♣ A♥ (Two Pair, Aces and Tens) (Pre 82%, Flop 92%, Turn 95%)
Hero wins 191.92 BB

oh nvm i won

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playing at a low frequency because my sleeping schedule sucks (as usual)
sessions are very short since that's as far as my attention span goes, at least i'm running pretty well.

here's an example of what happens

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 174.12 BB
Hero (SB): 108.36 BB
BB: 46.84 BB
UTG: 100 BB
MP: 91.04 BB
CO: 78.72 BB

Hero posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 2 BB, Hero raises to 7 BB, fold, BTN calls 5 BB

Flop: (15 BB, 2 players) 3♠ J♦ 3♦
Hero bets 8 BB, BTN calls 8 BB

Turn: (31 BB, 2 players) 3♥
Hero bets 16 BB, BTN calls 16 BB

River: (63 BB, 2 players) 5♦
Hero... (77.36BB effective)

heh, wtf is with the effective stacks on the river...
i don't even know what was going on with the SPR, probably was just randomly clicking any buttons. fuck everything i'll shove anyway

bets 77.36 BB and is all-in, BTN calls 77.36 BB

Hero shows Q♠ Q♦ (Full House, Threes full of Queens) (Pre 71%, Flop 76%, Turn 86%)
BTN shows A♦ J♥ (Full House, Threes full of Jacks) (Pre 29%, Flop 24%, Turn 14%)
Hero wins 209.72 BB

if its a fish, absolutely no brainer shove, he might as well check back the Jx sometimes, but he is NEVER EVER EVER EVER folding it
if its someone competent, just bet like 55-60% of the pot

yeah, the spr sucks, but you have to look at this on the turn really cuz ur gonna get into such awkward spots

even here, someone competent will probably fold his Jx most of the time here vs your river overbet, but if u make 2 bigger bets and leave yourself with like 60-65% on the river, he just isnt gonna like folding that often due to lol pot odds

other than that, nh

u can instamark him as a fish, his river call is worse than terrible vs your jam

yeah that's the point. if my brain was actually working then surely i would have noticed that the betsizings were being terrible

i haven't even played yesterday (and probably not playing today too), my schedule is too fucked up and thus the best i can reach is like B- game or something.
and his call, yeah, he actually kind of SNAPcalled it which i found to be hilarious. really thought i gave him an easy way out but nl25 regs

not playing much, just going to post the monthly volume

the funny part is, i made out more money playing my C-game than my A-game (OMGOMOGMOGMG c-game more profitable??//?/?)
variance is a fucking bitch

against 6/4/50h retarded nit playing 4 tables

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 100 BB
SB: 124.88 BB
Hero (BB): 129.08 BB
UTG: 122.44 BB
MP: 110.28 BB
CO: 193.52 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has 9♦ 9♣

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 3 BB, SB calls 2.6 BB, Hero calls 2 BB

Flop: (9 BB, 3 players) 9♥ 2♠ 6♠
SB bets 6 BB, Hero calls 6 BB, fold

Turn: (21 BB, 2 players) 7♣
SB bets 15 BB, Hero raises to 42.4 BB, SB raises to 115.88 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 73.48 BB

River: (252.76 BB, 2 players) 5♣

SB shows T♠ T♣ (One Pair, Tens) (Pre 82%, Flop 14%, Turn 14%)
Hero shows 9♦ 9♣ (Three of a Kind, Nines) (Pre 18%, Flop 86%, Turn 86%)
Hero wins 244.76 BB

i was pretty much 100% expecting to cooler a lower set...

so i was thinking about getting back to schedule today. no such luck

this is almost hilarious, as of this month whenever i decide to put in more hands or happen to play well the stacks just happen to fly away somehow.
can't hit a flop, hit one underset and QQ is worst hand obv

well i might try again later i guess

i think vs such a nit openraising like TT+,AQ+ you should try and get it in on the flop as soon as possible, before he gets scared by an overcard/spade on the turn....

he is probably never folding an overpair otf and ur not getting any more streets from his overcard bluffs, so imo just raising flop is gonna be more +EV

the nit called pre and donked the flop which is much stronger than a cbet imo.

a raise is still attractive but i think i should give btn a shot at raising his overpairs/whatever or calling (no idea what is his actual range there), it's a bit higher variance but i think it's ok

making some profit with very short hit-and-run and lose-and-run sessions (at least it's better than playing hit-and-run and lose-and-getstuckforever)

monthly:

i think i'm slightly lacking on confidence as i haven't had a solid winning streak and that feeling of soulreading all the regs.

i might try some things to increase the volume, i think that all i need is a solid winning streak then i'll be able to put in long sessions everyday. sorry but i'm a results oriented fish and i can't seem to fix it

hello again

that was another fairly long break... i switched mostly to chess and life.
during that time, i figured two main issues that have plagued me through my entire online pokers career: bad self-confidence and massive amounts of lazy.

bad self-confidence: i guess this is a form of results orientation.
i feel bad after a few losing sessions and the questions start... "am i even profitable" "did the games change this much in this time" "how to play second pair" "is life good" "does mom still love me" etc and then i look for reasons to avoid playing.

massive amounts of lazy: this is related to lack of motivation. i'm not sure exactly how this happens, but i feel like it does happen to me pretty often in various areas...
so pokerwise, sometimes, for some reason i feel like posting hands and stuff isn't that important and then everyone knows how that goes... i end up not doing it.
fortunately, the solution for this is rather simple: start actually doing things but it'd be nice to eventually uncover what is behind it. this can probably help with the confidence issues too.

i'm not really sure on what i plan to do, but i've already started out with a plan of marking every single damn hand where i have any random doubt and posting it, no shame.
as you can see, i've already started pretty well with putting it in practice.

a fair number of them are fairly standard, but i believe that looking at "standard spots" is at least as important as reviewing big pots.

so, these are my highly subjective goals for this month (it's up to me to evaluate my progress honestly):

[ ] play often when my mind is feeling well
[ ] when i do play, post A LOT of hands
[ ] read a lot of other evaluations
[ ] something

gogogo?

Originally posted by Tomaloc
gogogo!
FYP! and wb once again ♦ was wondering where you disappeared to.

hi ♦ thanks

haven't played these days because kinda hungover. just reading some evaluations

YEY GIFS!

Originally posted by Tomaloc
so, these are my highly subjective goals for this month (it's up to me to evaluate my progress honestly):

[ ] play often when my mind is feeling well
[ ] when i do play, post A LOT of hands
[ ] read a lot of other evaluations
[ ] something

allfail

i need more concrete goals, and love for the game i actually hardly even played that month.

so, right now i'm being a casual sometimes playing super massively overrolled nl10 and nl25, depending on my state of mind... mostly nl10 as it's a lot of fun, super soft and i soul own everyone ♦
things haven't been going too bad (graphs from after previous post):

so, what can i say? i need concrete goals and regular posting in order to make myself accountable.
when i do actually make my Great Return (not now, dunno when), expect some srs sh25 grinding and daily posts, or something. it'll be FUN!

in the meanwhile here are some pro mlg plays that happened

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 89.32 BB
SB: 128.2 BB
Hero (BB): 107.4 BB
UTG: 23.72 BB
MP: 115.12 BB
CO: 105.52 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, CO raises to 2.52 BB, BTN calls 2.52 BB, fold, Hero calls 1.52 BB

Flop: (7.96 BB, 3 players) 8♥ A♦ 3♣
Hero checks, CO bets 6 BB, BTN calls 6 BB, Hero calls 6 BB

Turn: (25.96 BB, 3 players) T♣
Hero checks, CO bets 18 BB, BTN raises to 80.8 BB and is all-in, Hero requests TIME, Hero raises to 98.88 BB and is all-in, fold

River: (205.56 BB, 2 players) 2♣

Hero shows A♠ T♠ (Two Pair, Aces and Tens) (Pre 73%, Flop 84%, Turn 100%)
BTN shows A♣ 2♦ (Two Pair, Aces and Twos) (Pre 27%, Flop 16%, Turn 0%) rivered twopair LOL!
Hero wins 197.56 BB

PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 222.6 BB
SB: 194.6 BB
BB: 100 BB
UTG: 119.2 BB
MP: 100 BB
Hero (CO): 113.9 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

UTG raises to 3 BB, fold, Hero raises to 9 BB, fold, fold, fold, UTG calls 6 BB

Flop: (19.5 BB, 2 players) K♥ A♠ 4♠
UTG checks, Hero bets 11.1 BB, UTG calls 11.1 BB

Turn: (41.7 BB, 2 players) A♥
UTG checks, Hero bets 22.2 BB, UTG calls 22.2 BB

River: (86.1 BB, 2 players) Q♥
UTG checks, Hero bets 71.6 BB and is all-in, UTG calls 71.6 BB

Hero shows Q♦ A♣ (Full House, Aces full of Queens) (Pre 70%, Flop 80%, Turn 86%)
UTG shows A♦ 8♦ (Three of a Kind, Aces) (Pre 30%, Flop 20%, Turn 14%)
Hero wins 219 BB

PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 111.4 BB
SB: 100.5 BB
BB: 214.7 BB
UTG: 158.8 BB
MP: 193.2 BB
Hero (CO): 353.8 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 2♣ 2♠

fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.5 BB, fold, fold, BB raises to 9 BB, Hero calls 6.5 BB

Flop: (18.5 BB, 2 players) 9♥ K♦ 2♦
BB bets 13 BB, Hero calls 13 BB

Turn: (44.5 BB, 2 players) 3♥
BB bets 29 BB, Hero calls 29 BB

River: (102.5 BB, 2 players) 7♠
BB bets 65 BB, Hero requests TIME, Hero raises to 302.8 BB and is all-in, BB calls 98.7 BB and is all-in
i was thinking whether i actually had value in shoving the river. there is ALWAYS value in nl10!
to be fair, though, he had good blockers.

Hero shows 2♣ 2♠ (Three of a Kind, Twos) (Pre 49%, Flop 83%, Turn 91%)
BB mucks K♣ 9♣ (Two Pair, Kings and Nines) (Pre 51%, Flop 17%, Turn 9%)
Hero wins 414.9 BB

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 100.4 BB
SB: 41.8 BB
BB: 125.04 BB
UTG: 100 BB
MP: 116.68 BB
Hero (CO): 101.16 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has J♣ J♦

fold, MP raises to 2.8 BB, Hero calls 2.8 BB, fold, SB calls 2.4 BB, BB calls 1.8 BB

Flop: (11.2 BB, 4 players) 2♣ 6♦ 2♥
SB bets 7.6 BB, fold, MP raises to 51.6 BB, Hero requests TIME, .........., Hero calls 51.6 BB, fold

Turn: (122 BB, 2 players) 7♥
MP bets 62.28 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 46.76 BB and is all-in

River: (215.52 BB, 2 players) 4♠
Players agreed to run it twice.

River #2: (215.52 BB, 2 players) 7♠

MP shows T♦ T♣ (Two Pair, Tens and Twos)Board #1 (Pre 17%, Flop 8%, Turn 5%)Board #2 (Pre 17%, Flop 8%, Turn 5%)
Hero shows J♣ J♦ (Two Pair, Jacks and Twos)Board #1 (Pre 83%, Flop 92%, Turn 95%)Board #2 (Pre 83%, Flop 92%, Turn 95%)
Hero wins 103.76 BB
Hero wins 103.76 BB

PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 163.7 BB
SB: 50 BB
BB: 53.8 BB
UTG: 100.5 BB
MP: 100.9 BB
CO: 143 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2 BB, fold, BB raises to 6 BB, Hero raises to 12.3 BB, BB raises to 53.8 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 41.5 BB

Flop: (108.1 BB, 2 players) 5♥ A♥ 4♦
BB says "nh"

Turn: (108.1 BB, 2 players) A♦
Hero says "ty"

River: (108.1 BB, 2 players) 7♠
BB says "idiot"

BB shows 6♠ 5♠ (Two Pair, Aces and Fives) (Pre 23%, Flop 22%, Turn 5%)
Hero shows J♣ J♥ (Two Pair, Aces and Jacks) (Pre 77%, Flop 78%, Turn 95%)
Hero wins 103.2 BB

it would be safe to guess that bb was some random fish, but it was actually a 4-tabling mss. oops!
maybe "random fish" and "4-tabling nl10 mss" is close enough?

have a good time

awesome bb/100 i wonder if you would be able to hold on so high on large sample...

yeah right? i can hardly believe it myself, but it seems that my nl10 winrate doesn't want to go down too much
nl10 graph since starting the blog:

so yeah - for all microstakers players out there reading this, nl10 is beatable! of course i have a somewhat more advanced skill set and shouldn't play this limit, but yeah, the point stands.

Nice Graph! Seems I only beat Nl10 but you crush it ♦

thank you sir ♦

interesting drunk hand from today. thoughts? i'd like to hear some from others before adding my own.
villain is 4-tabling swedish - 29/23/48h, 1/9 open from utg (not including this), limited usefulness popup

PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 100 BB
SB: 119.7 BB
BB: 209.5 BB
UTG: 167.8 BB
MP: 91.3 BB
Hero (CO): 152.1 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

UTG raises to 3 BB, fold, Hero raises to 11 BB, fold, fold, fold, UTG raises to 24 BB, Hero requests TIME, Hero calls 13 BB

Flop: (49.5 BB, 2 players) 9♣ K♣ 6♠
UTG bets 28 BB, Hero calls 28 BB

Turn: (105.5 BB, 2 players) 5♠
UTG requests TIME, UTG bets 115.8 BB and is all-in, Hero says "if its KK i deserved it", Hero...? (100.1 BB effective)

don't get fancy and just 5bet preflop