Helped out by two deep freeroll runs
Well, deep for me — an $11.00 2nd tier cash, and $3.20 for a top 2% finish, and a mincash.
Add a hand-of-the-day reward or two, and they all more than offset the $11.00 I tossed away playing NL 5
I was doing OK until I ran top pair, top kicker with a nut flush draw into a set of 8s
Oh well...
In two days, I'll be at level 100, and we'll see if that amounts to anything.
Current BR: $829.34
Record: $854.18
But a lovely 100BB suckout
First the suckout...
Definitely overplayed, but these guys can shove two overcards, so I called — oops
Pacific Poker - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BTN: $5.00
SB: $0.53
BB: $7.15
UTG: $5.23
Hero (MP): $8.44
CO: $5.67
SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05
Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has A♥:K♠:
fold, Hero raises to $0.15, CO raises to $0.45, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $1.80, CO calls $1.35
Flop: ($3.67, 2 players) 8♥:6♣:5♦:
Hero bets $2.42, CO raises to $3.87 and is all-in, Hero calls $1.45
Turn: ($11.41, 2 players) T♦:
River: ($11.41, 2 players) K♥:
Hero shows A♥:K♠: (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 44%, Flop 26%, Turn 14%)
CO shows J♠:J♥: (One Pair, Jacks)
(Pre 56%, Flop 74%, Turn 86%)
Hero wins $10.74
Rake paid $0.67
So I eneded in profit in the NL 5 — and I played some NL 2 as well, and picked up a few cents there,
But down 3 BI in PLO8 5 — tons of great starting hands, but no runouts
I late reg'd tonight's Green freeroll, and picked up a double-up early on
From then nothing,
Then just after the bubble burst, in the SB with less than 1BB left I get 5♥:3♦:
Pacific Poker - 4000/8000 Ante 800 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
UTG+1: 5,708
MP: 56,130
MP+1: 14,389
MP+2: 19,402
CO: 60,458
BTN: 17,060
Hero (SB): 5,120
BB: 5,404
UTG: 33,876
9 players post ante of 800, Hero posts SB 4,000, BB posts BB 4,604
Pre Flop: (pot: 15,804) Hero has 5♥:3♦:
fold, fold, fold, MP+1 raises to 13,589 and is all-in, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls 320 and is all-in
Flop: (20,728, 3 players) 6♠:8♦:4♠:
Turn: (20,728, 3 players) 7♣:
River: (20,728, 3 players) 4♣:
MP+1 shows A♦:A♣: (Two Pair, Aces and Fours)
Main Pot [20,160]: (Pre 77%, Flop 64%, Turn 2%)
Side Pot#1 [568]: (Pre 84%, Flop 96%, Turn 95%)
Hero shows 5♥:3♦: (Straight, Eight High)
Main Pot [20,160]: (Pre 11%, Flop 34%, Turn 95%)
BB shows 3♥:K♥: (One Pair, Fours)
Main Pot [20,160]: (Pre 12%, Flop 2%, Turn 2%)
Side Pot#1 [568]: (Pre 16%, Flop 4%, Turn 5%)
Hero wins 20,160
MP+1 wins 568
I doubled a couple of more times and finished in the top 5% for $2.50 finally losing with AQo vs JJ for my last 4 BB
NL 5 went really well today
For an example of how the day went, have a look at https://forums.pokerstrategy.com/forum/thread.php?postid=3294674#post3294674
Here's the Hold'em Giraffe
(we won't talk about PLO8 today ♠_cry: 🤮😭 )
I played a single table of NL 5 Snap (888's version of fast-fold) while playing the usual freerolls and PLO8 5
A couple of observations:
Playing with a 600BB stack in fast-fold poker is fun!
When you have a huge stack relative to the rest of the field you have almost unimaginable fold equity — and it is so easy to fold to 3Bets
There is a bit of "The Fastest Gun in the West" behaviour from the 100BB stacks, who think that they can out draw me. Let them try! [1]
I played much tighter than normal pre-flop, and because my hand selection was of higher quality, I had many more opportunities to bet for value post flop. Many opponents died thinking I was bluffing, and I was sure to show a few bluffs to help them think that.
[1] An example of 77 trying to muscle a 200BB stack pre-flop
Pacific Poker - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BTN: $7.40
SB: $6.81
Hero (BB): $12.18
UTG: $5.39
MP: $5.72
CO: $7.34
SB posts SB $0.02, Hero posts BB $0.05
Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has A♠:A♣:
fold, MP calls $0.05, fold, BTN calls $0.05, fold, Hero raises to $0.30, MP raises to $1.45, fold, Hero raises to $12.18 and is all-in, MP calls $4.27 and is all-in
Flop: ($11.51, 2 players) Q♠:3♣:J♥:
Turn: ($11.51, 2 players) 4♦:
River: ($11.51, 2 players) Q♥:
Hero shows A♠:A♣: (Two Pair, Aces and Queens)
(Pre 81%, Flop 92%, Turn 95%)
MP shows 7♣:7♠: (Two Pair, Queens and Sevens)
(Pre 19%, Flop 8%, Turn 5%)
Hero wins $10.84
Rake paid $0.67
I've recovered from my total tank job last week
Details tomorrow...
New record: $859.99
Played from 2022-01-23 to 2022-01-29 (Week 4)
Cash — Branched out to play more cash games:
Stake Hands +/-
NL 2 25 0.40
PLO8 5 1,023 -28.37
NL 5 3,350 35.38
Misc 4.46
Total 4398 11.87
Misc amounts come from Hand-of-the day rewards less adjustments made because @#$#!# 888 can't seem to write correct hand histories
Tournaments:
Buy-In Net Won Tournaments Cashes ITM % ROI % Win %
F/R 23.81 48 15 31.25 - 13.53
0.10 0.30 5 1 20 -40 42.86
ten-cent tournaments are from tickets awarded during cash games. 1 cash for 30 cents
Summary:
Start Last Wk This Wk +/- Goal To Date To Go
675.88 822.31 858.49 36.18 3,500.00 182.61 3,317.39
The problem with being very tight is ...
You get few hands that you can play multi-way (I play PLO8 9-handed on 888)
When you do get a playable hand, and hit a flop, opponents just fold if you bet, and you're struggling with low equity if you don't
Equities run close in PLO8, and if you totally miss the flop, there is no alternative but to give up.
And so it happened again yesterday — I lost over 7 stacks, and recovered only two of 'em.
So I shaved over 27 dollars off my record
Current bankroll: $844.77
The hand itself is unremarkable — it is just that I am 52 off the money here, and only one player behind me can cause problems — I raise hoping to have the pot to myself — or to get called by worse.
If I lose — I'm out, but I can't see folding ever.
Pacific Poker - 1250/2500 Ante 250 NL - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BTN: 17,975
SB: 5,993
BB: 3,912
UTG: 5,551
UTG+1: 10,513
MP: 3,354
Hero (MP+1): 14,144
CO: 1,534
8 players post ante of 250, SB posts SB 1,250, BB posts BB 2,500
Pre Flop: (pot: 5,750) Hero has K♠:A♠:
fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 5,000, fold, BTN raises to 17,725 and is all-in, fold, BB calls 1,162 and is all-in, Hero calls 8,894 and is all-in
Flop: (34,700, 3 players) 3♣:5♠:5♣:
Turn: (34,700, 3 players) 2♦:
River: (34,700, 3 players) 6♠:
BTN shows J♥:A♥: (One Pair, Fives)
Main Pot [14,236]: (Pre 24%, Flop 19%, Turn 19%)
Side Pot#1 [20,464]: (Pre 30%, Flop 20%, Turn 19%)
BB shows 8♦:9♦: (One Pair, Fives)
Main Pot [14,236]: (Pre 32%, Flop 21%, Turn 14%)
Hero shows K♠:A♠: (One Pair, Fives)
Main Pot [14,236]: (Pre 44%, Flop 60%, Turn 67%)
Side Pot#1 [20,464]: (Pre 70%, Flop 80%, Turn 81%)
Hero wins 14,236
Hero wins 20,464
because I called his pot-sized bet without the nuts
However this guy is a well-known hyper aggro bluffer, so why not?[1]
Pacific Poker - $0.05 PL Hi/Lo - Omaha Hi/Lo - 7 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BTN: $6.64
Hero (SB): $5.00
BB: $4.30
UTG: $1.00
UTG+1: $3.30
MP: $9.07
CO: $11.34
Hero posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05, UTG posts penalty blind $0.05
Pre Flop: (pot: $0.12) Hero has 5♣:A♠:2♣:J♣:
UTG checks, fold, MP calls $0.05, fold, fold, Hero calls $0.03, BB raises to $0.25, UTG calls $0.20, MP calls $0.20, Hero calls $0.20
Flop: ($1.00, 4 players) 2♠:3♦:T♣:
Hero checks, BB bets $0.66, UTG raises to $0.75 and is all-in, MP calls $0.75, Hero calls $0.75, BB calls $0.09
Turn: ($4.00, 4 players) Q♣:
Hero checks, BB checks, MP checks
River: ($4.00, 4 players) 9♣:
Hero checks, BB bets $2.64, fold, Hero calls $2.64
BB shows 9♦:4♥:7♠:T♦: (Two Pair, Tens and Nines)
(Pre 23%, Flop 22%, Turn 8%)
UTG shows 9♥:6♣:T♥:Q♥: (Two Pair, Queens and Tens)
(Pre 24%, Flop 22%, Turn 40%)
Hero shows 5♣:A♠:2♣:J♣: (Flush, Queen High)
(Pre 53%, Flop 56%, Turn 51%)
Hero wins $3.77
Rake paid $0.54
Hero wins $4.97
[1] Why not? How about calling him repeatedly only to find he actually either has it already, or outdraws me 6 or 7 times in a session
Played from 2022-01-30 to 2022-02-05 (Week 5)
Cash — Increased the PLO8 volume:
Also added some more NL 5 and NL 10 as a trial
Stake Hands +/-
NL 10 211 1.26
NL 5 614 2.68
PLO8 5 1694 -54.44
Misc 4.46
Total 2519 -46.04
Misc amounts come from Hand-of-the day rewards less adjustments made because 888 can't seem to write hand histories correctly, although I have partially automated the correction for those hands.
The problem hands are all split-pot hands where all players but one fold the river. In that situation, the amounts are not written correctly to the HH file.
Tournaments:
Buy-In Game Net Won Tournaments Cashes ITM % ROI % Win %
F/R Holdem 7.87 27 12 44.44 - 13.59
0.10 Holdem 1 0 0 -100 0
F/R Omaha Hi 1 0 0 - 0
Total 7.87 29.00 12.00 41.94
ten-cent tournaments are from tickets awarded during cash games. Omaha F/R was a streamer's special
Summary:
Start: 675.88
Last Wk: 858.49
This Wk: 820.05
+/-: -38.44
Goal: 3,500.00
To Date: 144.17
To Go: 3,355.83
One of my best recently in a large field tournament
As you can see, I was chip leader at one point.
Ended 16th...
and for the first time in a while, we were in profit in both PLO8 and NL 5
I played a blast ticket with a 5x multiplier, and on the first hand two players were all-in
I had J8o, so just folded.
On the next 4 hands opponent took the full time allotment and I could not challenge with my 76o, 84s, 54s or 42s
So I entered the forced-all-in segment about a 3:1 underdog
Here is what happened...
Hand #1:
Pacific Poker - 2500/5000 Ante 674 NL (3 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
SB: 674
Hero (BB): 226
0 player posts ante of 226, Hero posts ante 226 and is all-in, SB posts ante 674 and is all-in
Pre Flop: (pot: 452) Hero has 7♣:Q♠:
Flop: (452, 2 players) 8♣:K♠:9♦:
Turn: (452, 2 players) 4♥:
River: (452, 2 players) 8♦:
SB shows T♦:J♥: (One Pair, Eights)
(Pre 45%, Flop 45%, Turn 27%)
Hero shows 7♣:Q♠: (One Pair, Eights)
(Pre 55%, Flop 55%, Turn 73%)
Hero wins 452
Hand #2:
Pacific Poker - 2500/5000 Ante 452 NL (3 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BB: 448
Hero (SB): 452
0 player posts ante of 452, Hero posts ante 452 and is all-in, BB posts ante 448 and is all-in
Pre Flop: (pot: 896) Hero has 7♣:3♣:
Flop: (896, 2 players) 9♣:J♥:T♣:
Turn: (896, 2 players) 6♣:
River: (896, 2 players) 7♥:
BB shows 3♠:T♦: (One Pair, Tens)
(Pre 67%, Flop 54%, Turn 0%)
Hero shows 7♣:3♣: (Flush, Ten High)
(Pre 33%, Flop 46%, Turn 100%)
Hero wins 896
Revenge is sweet!
in which I get messed up by people playing all sorts of garbage
(including me)
Exhibit A:
Pacific Poker - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BTN: $27.42
SB: $3.50
BB: $5.00
UTG: $5.61
MP: $5.13
Hero (CO): $5.13
SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05
Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has Q♦:K♠:
fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.15, fold, fold, BB calls $0.10
Flop: ($0.32, 2 players) 3♥:J♥:J♠:
BB checks, Hero checks
Turn: ($0.32, 2 players) 8♦:
BB checks, Hero bets $0.16, BB calls $0.16
River: ($0.64, 2 players) Q♥:
BB bets $0.45, Hero calls $0.45
BB shows 4♥:6♥: (Flush, Queen High)
(Pre 40%, Flop 56%, Turn 34%)
Hero shows Q♦:K♠: (Two Pair, Queens and Jacks)
(Pre 60%, Flop 44%, Turn 66%)
BB wins $1.45
Rake paid $0.09
Exhibit B:
Pacific Poker - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
Hero (BTN): $5.36
SB: $6.70
BB: $5.79
UTG: $3.32
MP: $4.15
CO: $2.88
SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05
Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has T♥:8♥:
fold, fold, CO raises to $0.15, Hero calls $0.15, fold, BB calls $0.10
Flop: ($0.47, 3 players) 5♥:7♣:5♦:
BB checks, CO checks, Hero bets $0.23, BB raises to $0.92, fold, Hero raises to $3.68, fold
Hero wins $2.18
Rake paid $0.13
Down almost 3 BI at this point, but still playing...
surprisingly still had 17% equity OTT, but lowly pocket 3s win the day
Pacific Poker - 150/300 Ante 30 NL - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
MP: 2,481
MP+1: 5,558
CO: 2,407
BTN: 23,707
SB: 2,861
Hero (BB): 2,850
UTG: 6,210
UTG+1: 2,039
8 players post ante of 30, SB posts SB 150, Hero posts BB 300
Pre Flop: (pot: 690) Hero has Q♠:K♦:
fold, fold, fold, MP+1 raises to 600, fold, BTN calls 600, SB calls 450, Hero calls 300
Flop: (2,640, 4 players) 3♣:4♥:Q♦:
SB checks, Hero bets 2,220 and is all-in, MP+1 raises to 4,440, fold, SB calls 2,231 and is all-in
Turn: (9,322, 3 players) Q♥:
River: (9,322, 3 players) 3♥:
MP+1 shows A♠:A♦: (Two Pair, Aces and Queens)
Main Pot [9,300]: (Pre 70%, Flop 11%, Turn 5%)
Side Pot#1 [22]: (Pre 82%, Flop 11%, Turn 7%)
SB shows 3♠:3♦: (Four of a Kind, Threes)
Main Pot [9,300]: (Pre 18%, Flop 87%, Turn 79%)
Side Pot#1 [22]: (Pre 18%, Flop 89%, Turn 93%)
Hero shows Q♠:K♦: (Full House, Queens full of Threes)
Main Pot [9,300]: (Pre 12%, Flop 2%, Turn 17%)
SB wins 9,300
SB wins 22
This was the week I was supposed to turn it around — but down 4 buy-ins already 121 hands in...
In one I called a pot-sized bet in PLO8 with second nut flush and no low on board — opponent had nut flush of course.
But this one stung...
Pacific Poker - $0.05 PL Hi/Lo - Omaha Hi/Lo - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
CO: $3.30
BTN: $1.95
Hero (SB): $5.00
BB: $0.63
UTG: $0.87
UTG+1: $2.44
MP: $3.24
MP+1: $0.29
MP+2: $3.39
Hero posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05
Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has Q♠:8♥:T♠:T♦:
fold, UTG+1 calls $0.05, fold, MP+1 calls $0.05, fold, CO raises to $0.10, BTN calls $0.10, Hero calls $0.08, fold, UTG+1 calls $0.05, MP+1 calls $0.05
Flop: ($0.55, 5 players) T♣:9♣:Q♥:
Hero checks, UTG+1 bets $0.13, fold, fold, BTN calls $0.13, Hero raises to $0.52, UTG+1 raises to $2.24, fold, Hero raises to $3.96, UTG+1 calls $0.10 and is all-in
Turn: ($5.36, 2 players) 9♥:
River: ($5.36, 2 players) 9♦:
Hero shows Q♠:8♥:T♠:T♦: (Full House, Tens full of Nines)
(Pre 56%, Flop 29%, Turn 98%)
UTG+1 shows K♦:9♠:J♠:6♦: (Four of a Kind, Nines)
(Pre 44%, Flop 71%, Turn 3%)
UTG+1 wins $5.05
Rake paid $0.31
And I'm going to declare that I am officially on tilt
It pretty much happens that if I bet at any point, I either get the pot right there. If I get raised, I can fold, but that almost never happens (the raising I mean).
I usually get called.
At that point, I've lost the hand — opponent either has me beat already, or I get outdrawn by the river.
Wow, looks like all the trolls are on a "solidarity downswing" right now...
It can only get better, I suppose. For all of us.
Originally posted by Harrier88
Wow, looks like all the trolls are on a "solidarity downswing" right now...It can only get better, I suppose. For all of us.
I ran "Leaktracker" tool from PT4 against my NLHE play for this month.
Everything was more-or-less within range except this section:
I say "more-or-less" because "CBet Turn" and "Fold to Turn Bet" are both way too low, as is "CBet Flop"
I'll play another thousand hands tomorrow and look for opportunities to correct those situations.
Oh yeah — and I will be very, very careful playing vs players with small stacks. If they play a hand, the almost always hold a pocket pair that either a) hits a set or b) holds vs my overcards. Oh yeah, and they never fold them either...
