Game analysis

Venting

I decided to set some goals up, i got a win rate of 1.2bb/100 over 35k hands at NL25, i must be doing something right :f_biggrin:, or wrong, at least its positive, heres the graph, i have a lot of work to do to, if i want to accomplish my goals.

Number of hands played 449
Profit/loss -$53
Bankroll $1150

Mini Goal Play 20k hands and check out my win/loss rate at NL25 - Complete +1.2bb/100
Mini Goal 2 Play another 20k hands and beat previous win rate at NL25
Long term goal develop a 10bb+ win rate at NL 25

Analysis

I was playing for about 350 hands, before i made my first mistake, variance was not on my side,i was a bit card dead, i was getting 3bet constantly and my top pairs were dominated postflop, and my cbet bluffs just kept getting called by middle and top pairs, i kept repeating to myself, remain solid, its just a little turbulence, it wont be forever. I am actually really surprised, about how much tilt control i had, usually id 3bet treble barreled air, or called some guy down with bottom pair by now, so there really was some improvement here, moving on to the hands.

I wanted to talk about these 2 hands, the first hand where i have JJ on this low paired board, i donked here because the guy to my left was a fishy player, he called as expected, now something out of the ordinary happened, and the TAG reraised, at the time i couldn't work out why i made the all in, even though i new he had a set, its clear to me now that this was injustice tilt, this regular player foiled my plans of winning a big pot vs the fish, so i tilted and shoved. I have been running really well recently apart from the last 2 sessions where even then without my mistakes i would of lost about half a stack,

Here is the second hand, after the last loss, this spiked mild frustration in me, witch caused me to make a play like reraising the flop here multi-way, with a weak hand, this seems to be my pattern when i am losing money, i seem to be very aggressive to win pots, i believe it to be related to, tieing my confidence to short term results, i make these aggressive plays in order to win and regain my confidence, since i have realised this, i am much calmer less frustrated when things don't go my way, and if i aint making mistakes with these kind of things still, its because i already know what is correct.

Because i knew i was running bad, i actually called his hand to QQ

Venting

I failed work today :f_cry:, had a few beers last night and didnt wake up til like 2pm today lol.

I started vaping hopefully this will help me quit smoking, well see how it goes.

Number of hands played 1045
Profit/loss -$23
Bankroll $1127

Mini Goal Play 20k hands and check out my win/loss rate at NL25 - Complete +1.2bb/100
Mini Goal 2 Play another 20k hands and beat previous win rate at NL25
Long term goal develop a 10bb+ win rate at NL 25

Analysis

I definatley had the wrose side of variance this session, im really happy with how i am managing my emotions and tilt, here are some of the hands

Poker Stars, $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: $47.12 (188.5 bb)
BB: $25.78 (103.1 bb)
Hero (UTG): $25 (100 bb)
MP: $59.33 (237.3 bb)
CO: $60.69 (242.8 bb)
BTN: $62.33 (249.3 bb)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with K♥: A♦:
Hero raises to $0.75, MP folds, CO calls $0.75, BTN folds, SB calls $0.65, BB calls $0.50

Flop: ($3) 2♦: 4♥: A♠: (4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $2.25, CO calls $2.25, 2 folds

Turn: ($7.50) A♥: (2 players)
Hero bets $5.37, CO calls $5.37

River: ($18.24) 8♠: (2 players)
Hero bets $16.63 and is all-in, CO calls $16.63

Results:

Poker Stars, $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: $30.15 (120.6 bb)
BB: $27.72 (110.9 bb)
UTG: $25 (100 bb)
MP: $178.19 (712.8 bb)
Hero (CO): $43.21 (172.8 bb)
BTN: $67.88 (271.5 bb)

Preflop: Hero is CO with 5♠: 5♦:
UTG raises to $0.75, MP folds, Hero calls $0.75, 3 folds

Flop: ($1.85) J♦: K♦: 5♥: (2 players)
UTG bets $1.33, Hero raises to $4, UTG calls $2.67

Turn: ($9.85) Q♦: (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $6.27, UTG calls $6.27

River: ($22.39) 2♣: (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $32.19, UTG calls $13.98 and is all-in

Results:

Poker Stars, $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

Hero (SB): $25.10 (100.4 bb)
BB: $51.10 (204.4 bb)
UTG: $25.91 (103.6 bb)
MP: $30.73 (122.9 bb)
CO: $27.28 (109.1 bb)
BTN: $28.06 (112.2 bb)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K♦: K♥:
4 folds, Hero raises to $0.50, BB calls $0.25

Flop: ($1) 8♦: 3♥: 6♠: (2 players)
Hero bets $0.75, BB calls $0.75

Turn: ($2.50) 8♠: (2 players)
Hero bets $2.25, BB calls $2.25

River: ($7) Q♣: (2 players)
Hero bets $5.01, BB calls $5.01

Results:

Poker Stars, $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: $13.56 (54.2 bb)
BB: $34.76 (139 bb)
UTG: $53.40 (213.6 bb)
MP: $20.39 (81.6 bb)
CO: $25.10 (100.4 bb)
Hero (BTN): $31.12 (124.5 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BTN with A♠: Q♥:
UTG folds, MP raises to $0.62, CO folds, Hero raises to $1.50, 2 folds, MP calls $0.88

Flop: ($3.35) J♥: 6♣: T♥: (2 players)
MP checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($3.35) Q♣: (2 players)
MP bets $1.63, Hero raises to $5.94, MP calls $4.31

River: ($15.23) J♣: (2 players)
MP checks, Hero checks

Results:

Venting

Im starting to feel like whats the point im just getting robbed anyway, logically i know i make tons of mistakes, that cause's me to lose, i seem to be having trouble laying down hands i know are beat at the moment.

I just made gold star, ive collected 17k fpps, im thinking about using it for this weeks Sunday millions tournament.

I feel like im making tons of mistakes cbet bluffing in 3bet pots, maybe i should watch some videos, the only thing is i cant seem to be interested in the videos, however i love reading books, thats strange because i used to hate reading and loved watching stuff.

Number of hands played 750
Profit/loss 24
Bankroll $1165

Mini Goal Play 20k hands and check out my win/loss rate at NL25 - Complete +1.2bb/100
Mini Goal 2 Play another 20k hands and beat previous win rate at NL25 Progress 5573/20,000 hands +573bb
Long term goal develop a 10bb+ win rate at NL25

Analysis

I feel robbed left right and center at the moment like i said above, i know a lot of my loss's are down to my own mistakes, but i seem to have learned to a high level that in the moment, the game is fixed, in some big pot spots, i struggle to realize that its not when playing and this really throws my game off track.

like this hand, i know he has a 54, a full house is more likely to slow play but could be possible, i was about 95% certain he had a 54, i even said it out loud, yet i could not lay this down, this has to be connected to the feeling im having of "whats the point, im going to get robbed anyway" i need train my brain that online poker is not fixed, i need to work on recognizing my own mistakes and variance, and focus on the long term not the short term.

Poker Stars, $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: $29.70 (118.8 bb)
BB: $26.90 (107.6 bb)
Hero (UTG): $25 (100 bb)
MP: $49.81 (199.2 bb)
CO: $25 (100 bb)
BTN: $25 (100 bb)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A♠: 7♠:
Hero raises to $0.75, 3 folds, SB calls $0.65, BB calls $0.50

Flop: ($2.25) 6♣: 7♦: 7♣: (3 players)
SB checks, BB bets $1.40, Hero raises to $4.70, SB calls $4.70, BB folds

Turn: ($13.05) 3♥: (2 players)
SB bets $24.25 and is all-in, Hero calls $19.55 and is all-in

River: ($52.15) Q♦: (2 players, 2 are all-in)

Results: