888 Bankroll recovery

Since my last update over two weeks ago, I've made a little progress.
Hampered by the fact that I don't play a lot on 888

BR 467.10

I haven't played at all except for a freeroll now and again...

But I got back into it today with a $5,000 open freeroll and dug deep into the luckbox...
Pacific Poker - 400/800 Ante 80 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

UTG: 5,010
UTG+1: 5,334
Hero (MP): 10,368
MP+1: 4,157
MP+2: 1,551
CO: 9,013
BTN: 1,441
SB: 1,622
BB: 5,034

9 players post ante of 80, SB posts SB 400, BB posts BB 800

Pre Flop: (pot: 1,920) Hero has K♣:Q♦:

fold, fold, Hero raises to 2,000, fold, fold, fold, fold, SB calls 1,142 and is all-in, fold

Flop: (4,604, 2 players) A♣:7♣:5♣:

Turn: (4,604, 2 players) 9♥:

River: (4,604, 2 players) Q♣:

Hero shows K♣:Q♦: (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 48%, Flop 68%, Turn 60%)
SB shows K♥:Q♥: (One Pair, Queens)
(Pre 52%, Flop 32%, Turn 40%)
Hero wins 4,604

BR 473.72
Picked up $3.05 just today

nice hand strange call by the sb on the flop i wonder why they didn't just shove pre.

Originally posted by RedsYNWA
nice hand strange call by the sb on the flop i wonder why they didn't just shove pre.

Uhh, they did I think -- or am I missing something again

Just over 1BB left, so nuttin' to do but get it in...
Pacific Poker - 12500/25000 Ante 2500 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: 18,628
Hero (BTN): 28,239
SB: 146,453
BB: 16,914
UTG: 43,405
UTG+1: 11,590
MP: 25,927
MP+1: 60,240
MP+2: 45,999

9 players post ante of 2,500, SB posts SB 12,500, BB posts BB 14,414

Pre Flop: (pot: 49,414) Hero has 8♠:A♣:

fold, fold, MP calls 23,427 and is all-in, fold, MP+2 calls 25,000, CO calls 16,128 and is all-in, Hero raises to 25,739 and is all-in, SB calls 13,239, MP+2 calls 739

Flop: (153,686, 6 players) 9♣:4♠:A♥:
SB checks, MP+2 checks

Turn: (153,686, 6 players) 8♥:
SB checks, MP+2 checks

River: (153,686, 6 players) 6♠:
SB checks, MP+2 checks

SB shows Q♥:J♥: (High Card, Ace)

BB shows J♦:6♣: (One Pair, Sixes)

MP shows 7♣:7♠: (One Pair, Sevens)

MP+2 shows 4♣:5♠: (One Pair, Fours)

CO shows 5♥:A♠: (One Pair, Aces)

Hero shows 8♠:A♣: (Two Pair, Aces and Eights)

Hero wins 108,984
Hero wins 8,570
Hero wins 29,196
Hero wins 6,936

Not so sure about the turn call, but I did have decent equity...
Pacific Poker - $0.10 PL Hi/Lo - Omaha Hi/Lo - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $4.33
SB: $10.76
Hero (BB): $13.14
UTG: $12.92
UTG+1: $19.75
MP: $6.15
MP+1: $3.45
CO: $12.30

SB posts SB $0.05, Hero posts BB $0.10

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.15) Hero has 2♥:A♣:3♦:6♦:

UTG calls $0.10, fold, MP raises to $0.45, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls $0.35, UTG calls $0.35

Flop: ($1.40, 3 players) T♦:A♦:6♥:
Hero checks, UTG checks, MP bets $0.70, Hero calls $0.70, fold

Turn: ($2.80, 2 players) J♥:
Hero checks, MP bets $1.40, Hero calls $1.40

River: ($5.60, 2 players) 6♣:
Hero bets $5.60, MP calls $3.60 and is all-in

Hero shows 2♥:A♣:3♦:6♦: (Full House, Sixes full of Aces)
(Pre 48%, Flop 54%, Turn 39%)
MP shows 7♥:A♥:T♣:5♥: (Two Pair, Aces and Tens)
(Pre 52%, Flop 46%, Turn 61%)
Hero wins $12.16
Rake paid $0.64

A few other decent runouts, plus an 888 "Hand of the Day" prize of $10 puts me back over $500

BR $506.00

The giraffe:

Originally posted by VorpalF2F

Originally posted by RedsYNWA
nice hand strange call by the sb on the flop i wonder why they didn't just shove pre.

Uhh, they did I think -- or am I missing something again

Me misreading it graph looking good

I opened up 888 and noticed a red dot by "Rewards"
So I checked -- and there was not one, but three unclaimed cashback bonuses in there.

Nice. I've no idea how I earned them, but I'll take it.
As you can see, my balance is at $515.83 (I don't count the bonuses until they are turned into cash).
We're still down a wee bit from the all-time high of $520.80, but no complaints.

Looking for something to play while I finished off today's $3.30 NL 2-7 Single Draw PKO on Stars, I played a $1 PLO8 DoN on 888 -- and cashed.
Sadly, the tournament where I had my biggest win on 888 no longer runs -- it was a $3.00 PLO8 freezeout.

On entry to this hand I'm 42 out of 71 left of 10,000 original runners
On Exit, I'm 2nd
Pacific Poker - 87500/175000 Ante 17500 NL - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: 773,141
BTN: 511,969
BB: 450,271
UTG: 460,311
UTG+1: 181,971
UTG+2: 259,276
MP: 91,292
Hero (MP+1): 283,764

8 players post ante of 17,500, BB posts BB 175,000

Pre Flop: (pot: 315,000) Hero has A♥:J♦:

UTG raises to 350,000, fold, UTG+2 calls 241,776 and is all-in, MP calls 73,792 and is all-in, Hero calls 266,264 and is all-in, fold, fold, BB raises to 432,771 and is all-in, UTG calls 82,771

Flop: (1,587,374, 5 players) A♦:8♦:3♦:

Turn: (1,587,374, 5 players) 8♣:

River: (1,587,374, 5 players) 4♣:

BB shows 3♠:J♥: (Two Pair, Eights and Threes)

Main Pot [508,960]: (Pre 7%, Flop 7%, Turn 5%)
Side Pot#1 [671,936]: (Pre 7%, Flop 7%, Turn 5%)
Side Pot#2 [73,464]: (Pre 8%, Flop 7%, Turn 5%)
Side Pot#3 [333,014]: (Pre 25%, Flop 15%, Turn 13%)

UTG shows 6♣:6♦: (Two Pair, Eights and Sixes)

Main Pot [508,960]: (Pre 31%, Flop 8%, Turn 5%)
Side Pot#1 [671,936]: (Pre 47%, Flop 8%, Turn 5%)
Side Pot#2 [73,464]: (Pre 61%, Flop 8%, Turn 5%)
Side Pot#3 [333,014]: (Pre 75%, Flop 85%, Turn 87%)

UTG+2 shows T♦:A♠: (Two Pair, Aces and Eights)

Main Pot [508,960]: (Pre 15%, Flop 11%, Turn 17%)
Side Pot#1 [671,936]: (Pre 21%, Flop 11%, Turn 17%)

MP shows Q♥:K♠: (One Pair, Eights)

Main Pot [508,960]: (Pre 31%, Flop 2%, Turn 0%)

Hero shows A♥:J♦: (Two Pair, Aces and Eights)

Main Pot [508,960]: (Pre 17%, Flop 72%, Turn 72%)
Side Pot#1 [671,936]: (Pre 24%, Flop 73%, Turn 72%)
Side Pot#2 [73,464]: (Pre 31%, Flop 84%, Turn 89%)

Hero wins 508,960
Hero wins 671,936
Hero wins 73,464
UTG wins 333,014

Finished 34th for $11
New Record: 527.51

I made back nearly 1/2 a buy-in, to add to my freeroll winnings

As I mentioned we have a new record, so that requires a new graph...

This hand is a bit of a stretch -- Aces are nice, but in hi/lo split they don't often scoop -- and you need to scoop to win

Pacific Poker - $0.05 PL Hi/Lo - Omaha Hi/Lo - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

UTG: $3.22
UTG+1: $3.76
MP: $5.00
MP+1: $4.39
MP+2: $1.14
CO: $4.65
BTN: $2.49
SB: $1.41
Hero (BB): $5.70

SB posts SB $0.02, Hero posts BB $0.05, MP+2 posts penalty blind $0.07

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.14) Hero has 6♠:K♣:A♥:A♣:

UTG calls $0.05, UTG+1 calls $0.05, fold, fold, MP+2 checks, CO calls $0.05, fold, SB raises to $0.12, Hero raises to $0.58, << In a culture where no-one folds pre-flop, I decided to do my best to thin the field with a pot-sized raise.
UTG calls $0.53, UTG+1 calls $0.53, fold, fold, SB raises to $1.41 and is all-in, Hero raises to $5.51, UTG calls $2.64 and is all-in, UTG+1 calls $3.18 and is all-in<< which clearly didn't work. However, once SB is all-in, there is so much dead money, and the pot odds are so good there is nothing to do but throw more $ in

Flop: ($12.27, 4 players) 6♣:8♠:Q♣: << The two clubs are helpful, but there are two low cards out, so a split pot is a large possibility. 60% of all boards can make a low hand

Turn: ($12.27, 4 players) T♦:

River: ($12.27, 4 players) 9♣: << Boom. running high cards so there is no low, and the gives me the nut flush. Note that with so many people in the hand, even half the pot is still profit.

UTG shows 3♦:K♠:5♠:4♦: (High Card, King)

Main Pot [$5.76]: (Pre 32%, Flop 21%, Turn 11%)
Side Pot#1 [$5.43]: (Pre 42%, Flop 42%, Turn 25%)

UTG+1 shows 7♥:3♥:8♥:3♣: (Straight, Ten High)

Main Pot [$5.76]: (Pre 18%, Flop 3%, Turn 9%)
Side Pot#1 [$5.43]: (Pre 21%, Flop 9%, Turn 14%)
Side Pot#2 [$1.08]: (Pre 40%, Flop 39%, Turn 38%)

SB shows Q♦:2♣:4♣:Q♥: (Flush, Queen High)

Main Pot [$5.76]: (Pre 22%, Flop 57%, Turn 58%)

Hero shows 6♠:K♣:A♥:A♣: (Flush, Ace High)

Main Pot [$5.76]: (Pre 28%, Flop 19%, Turn 22%)
Side Pot#1 [$5.43]: (Pre 37%, Flop 49%, Turn 61%)
Side Pot#2 [$1.08]: (Pre 60%, Flop 61%, Turn 63%)

Hero wins $5.48
Rake paid $0.61
Hero wins $5.16
Hero wins $1.02

Looking over the equities, nobody was really out of line, and notice that I didn't have the best equity pre-flop.
But doesn't matter where you start, it is where you end up that counts.

BR: 539.20

Just for giggles,
I decided to put the hand into Equilab-Omaha to compare the equities to those that PT4 calculated.
Pre-Flop
Note that the best pre-flop hand is the low-rundown with the suited K

      Equity  Scoops  Wins Hi  Ties Hi  Wins Lo  Ties Lo
MP2   32.04%  20.29%   29.12%    0.09%   25.52%    0.07% { 3dKs5s4d }
MP3   18.14%  12.20%   22.88%    0.02%    2.10%    0.00% { 7h3h8h3c }
SB    21.59%  12.24%   15.68%    0.07%   16.20%    0.07% { Qd2c4cQh }
BB    28.22%  18.01%   32.14%    0.00%    6.68%    0.00% { 6sKcAhAc }

OTF

Board: 6♣8♠Q♣
      Equity  Scoops  Wins Hi  Ties Hi  Wins Lo  Ties Lo
MP2   20.94%   6.81%   14.40%    0.00%   26.92%    0.00% { 3dKs5s4d }
MP3    3.22%   2.46%    3.61%    0.00%    1.13%    0.00% { 7h3h8h3c }
SB    56.73%  36.17%   51.15%    0.00%   39.20%    0.00% { Qd2c4cQh }
BB    19.11%   6.99%   30.84%    0.00%    0.38%    0.00% { 6sKcAhAc }

OTT
Note that Equilab shows overall equity, whereas PT4 breaks out the side pots

Board: 6♣8♠Q♣ T♦
      Equity  Scoops  Wins Hi  Ties Hi  Wins Lo  Ties Lo
MP2   10.94%   0.00%    6.24%    0.00%   15.64%    0.00% { 3dKs5s4d }
MP3    9.38%   9.38%    9.38%    0.00%    0.00%    0.00% { 7h3h8h3c }
SB    57.80%  40.60%   56.24%    0.00%   28.12%    0.00% { Qd2c4cQh }
BB    21.89%  15.63%   28.15%    0.00%    0.00%    0.00% { 6sKcAhAc }

This hand sure helped...
https://forums.pokerstrategy.com/forum/thread.php?postid=3244148#post3244148

BR: $557.20

I had a chuckle when I saw this shove...
Pacific Poker - 50/100 Ante 10 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (CO): 2,846
BTN: 2,871
SB: 2,691
BB: 11,789
UTG: 2,971
UTG+1: 6,351
MP: 2,926
MP+1: 2,914
MP+2: 6,570

9 players post ante of 10, SB posts SB 50, BB posts BB 100

Pre Flop: (pot: 240) Hero has Q♣:A♣:

fold, UTG+1 calls 100, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 400, BTN raises to 2,861 and is all-in, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls 2,436 and is all-in

Flop: (6,012, 2 players) 2♠:T♣:6♥:

Turn: (6,012, 2 players) 9♣:

River: (6,012, 2 players) 2♣:

Hero shows Q♣:A♣: (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 67%, Flop 29%, Turn 34%)
BTN shows 5♠:2♥: (Three of a Kind, Twos)
(Pre 33%, Flop 71%, Turn 66%)
Hero wins 6,012

BR: 557.76

Before the inevitable downswing...

BR: $560.23

As I sat down to breakfast I realized I could late reg to a $200 freeroll.
OK fine, I can often win a hand or two and make the money, because so many players just shove-and-hope.

Ended up on the FT

Bust out QQ < 87o
Pacific Poker - 100000/200000 Ante 20000 NL - Holdem - 7 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: 1,151,614
Hero (BTN): 1,028,830
SB: 1,148,647
BB: 1,118,068
UTG: 6,016,338
UTG+1: 493,088
MP: 689,415

7 players post ante of 20,000, SB posts SB 100,000, BB posts BB 200,000

Pre Flop: (pot: 440,000) Hero has Q♦:Q♠:

UTG calls 200,000, UTG+1 calls 200,000, MP raises to 669,415 and is all-in, fold, Hero raises to 1,008,830 and is all-in, fold, fold, UTG calls 808,830, fold

Flop: (3,327,075, 3 players) K♠:A♦:6♠:

Turn: (3,327,075, 3 players) 5♠:

River: (3,327,075, 3 players) 9♦:

Hero shows Q♦:Q♠: (One Pair, Queens)

Main Pot [2,648,245]: (Pre 66%, Flop 85%, Turn 83%)
Side Pot#1 [678,830]: (Pre 81%, Flop 93%, Turn 86%)

UTG shows 8♠:7♥: (Straight, Nine High)

Main Pot [2,648,245]: (Pre 18%, Flop 7%, Turn 14%)
Side Pot#1 [678,830]: (Pre 19%, Flop 7%, Turn 14%)

MP shows 3♥:3♦: (One Pair, Threes)

Main Pot [2,648,245]: (Pre 16%, Flop 8%, Turn 2%)

UTG wins 2,648,245
UTG wins 678,830

I won $3.10, and as I said above (OK, I guess I didn't post that), I will use my freeroll winnings to enter regular MTTs
So I can play up to $3 worth of regular MTTs as well as the usual PLO8 cash.

BR: $557.99

Originally posted by VorpalF2F
As I sat down to breakfast I realized I could late reg to a $200 freeroll.
OK fine, I can often win a hand or two and make the money, because so many players just shove-and-hope.

I remember those Pokerstars freerolls where you could literally late reg into the money...

Thank for recommendation.

Originally posted by marksumir
Thank for recommendation.

Hi marksumir,
Welcome to PokerStrategy.com

I'm not sure what I recommended, but hey, you're welcome.

Here's some more recommendations...

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Cash Games? Sit-and-Go? MTTs?
Do you just play Hold'em or do you play any other variants?

If you're totally new to poker, I recommend reading our No Limit Hold'em lessons overview articles first.
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All the best,
VS

When you're down to your last few chips, it is surprising how often that final shove wins...
Today, twice in the same tournament...

Cashed that one and another two today.

I'll play a regular Hold'em MTT on my stream tomorrow.

Several freeroll cashes today, including one for $5.00

BR: 565.17