taavi1337 - noob learning FL

Hello, here's a story about one Estonian FL player called Taavi, that is, me.

It all started on May 30, 2009 8:40 PM ET when I recieved my free starting capital at Full Tilt. (No, wait, it started from my school, where poker suddenly became extremely popular. It doesn't matter, anyway.)

At first, I thought the strategy needed to pass the test was not worth following, so I played "my own style" at FL FR 0.1/0.2 tables. Had some fun, until I suddenly found my BR on $32 or something.

Then I downl... erm... found from street Phil Hellmuth's book "Play Poker Like The Pros". Read the FL part and loved it. Started to follow his strategy and managed to win some of my money back. I still didn't believe in PokerStrategy's articles, don't know, why.

My bankroll started to grow, mostly because of the First Deposit Bonus. I found multitabling, started to believe in PS, spent more and more hours playing poker. Slowly (wasted lots due to bad play and MTTs) built my BR over $100.

When I got 18, erm... I mean 19, I decided to withdraw the minimum, $100 to buy drinks for my birthday party, cause I thought I wouldn't get enough money for it any other way. Grr... bad decision. Still have that withdrawal on my bank account, haven't used any cent of it.

Now I had about $4 and 1400 FTPs left at Full Tilt. Tried some FTP satellites, lost half of the points. Tried some SSS, lost the $4 (and started to hate SSS). In this miserable situation, taavi1337, poker addict, had only chance. He made a minimum deposit to Full Tilt, $30.

Thanks to my excellent play (no need to laugh) I made it to $160 in one month, moved up a limit to 0.25/0.50 FL FR, recieved Biggest Bonus Ever and some rakeback, so my BR was $209. In one week, I managed to do this (excluding $14 untracked winnings)

(http://img10.imageshack.us/i/hehej.png/)

so my current bankroll is $145 and I have moved back to 0.1/0.2. No tilting, just some bad luck and some mistakes. Mostly bad luck, I think. Still quite happy - remember the withdrawn $70 profit and the fact that I have grown my $30 to $145.

Hope you liked my first post. Sorry about my bad English.

(By the way, I'm playing at four tables while writing this. I shouldn't do that, right?? ♦)

Good luck, Taavi!

Thank you very much!

Ok, today I revieced rakeback for about $12, so I was able to move back to 0.25/0.50 with my $154. But soon I found myself on $142 again. Now I had some very good luck at 0.1/0.2 and earned $8.31 with 192 hands (21.64 BB/100).

Current BR: $150.55

I'll make a little break now, but tonight I'll be grinding 0.25/0.50 again. Let's see if I manage to survive at 0.25/0.50! ♦

Um, is your account TupeTaavi or something like that? I ask because I've seen you a million times in my coachings I think

Hi, TerrorBlade! My account is taavi1337 and I have never been in any coachings. But I have watched your videos, they have helped me a lot. Lol at TupeTaavi, it means "Taavi of Pussy" in Estonian.

About my last night's play, I was finally able to win something.

BR: $166.35

Hey.

Good luck, keep reading PS articles, stick to the BRM and don't tilt

Thank you, CoreySteel!

Played a nice session of 543 hands, lost only -$1.48 (at one point it was -$10). Here's one hand I couldn't forget:

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$0.25/$0.5 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (6 handed)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with J:s, K:d.

Hero raises, MP3 calls, 2 folds, SB calls, BB folds.

Flop: (7 SB) 6:d, J:c, 4:c (3 players)

SB bets, Hero raises, MP3 folds, SB calls.

Turn: (5.5 BB) Q:d (2 players)

SB bets, Hero calls.

River: (7.5 BB) 7:c (2 players)

SB bets, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 9.5 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows a pair of jacks(Js Kd).

SB shows a straight, seven high(5h 3h).

SB wins with a straight, seven high(5h 3h).

Well, I wasn't expecting that. ♦

BR: $164.87

Had another session tonight, won about 35 big bets ($17) with 600 hands.

Just wanted to share my good mood. ♦

BR: $183.92

Had a little session of 400 hands, won a little - 11 BB ($5.50).

BR: $189.27

When I fall, I usually don't climb up again on the same day. Today's session was a lucky exception.

(http://img200.imageshack.us/i/ronija.png/)

BR: $192.37

Nice comeback ♦

Thank you. ♦

Currently playing a session, I'd like to share some hands.

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$0.25/$0.5 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (8 handed)

Preflop: Hero is CO with A:h, K:s.

4 folds, Hero raises, BU folds, SB 3-Bets, BB folds, Hero caps, SB calls.

Flop: (9 SB) Q:h, Q:d, J:d (2 players)

SB bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (5.5 BB) 9:s (2 players)

SB bets, Hero calls.

River: (7.5 BB) K:d (2 players)

SB bets, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 9.5 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows two pairs, kings and queens(Ah Ks).

SB shows a royal flush(Ad Td).

SB wins with a royal flush(Ad Td).

Ok, this one was quite funny... But the next one, against the same FCKN player! ♦

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$0.25/$0.5 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (8 handed)

Preflop: Hero is UTG2 with A:h, A:d.

Hero raises, 6 folds, BB calls.

Flop: (4.4 SB) 7:h, 6:s, 8:d (2 players)

BB bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (3.2 BB) A:c (2 players)

BB bets, Hero raises, BB calls.

River: (7.2 BB) 4:d (2 players)

BB bets, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 9.2 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows three of a kind, aces(Ah Ad).

BB shows a straight, eight high(5s 5h).

BB wins with a straight, eight high(5s 5h).

Right now, still playing... ♦

BR: $179.27

You should fold that AK hand on a turn.

AA: I think it's too dangerous flop to just call here, so you should raise flop.

Thanks for advice.

Lost 40 BB with that 600-handed session.

BR: $172.52

Had another losing session, lost 15 big bets in 350 hands due to bad play and some bad beats.

BR: $163.92

Playing another session now, just had a crazy hand:

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$0.25/$0.5 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (9 handed)

Preflop: Hero is CO with A:s, A:d.

2 folds, MP1 calls, 2 folds, Hero raises, BU 3-Bets, 2 folds, MP1 calls, Hero caps, BU calls, MP1 calls.

Flop: (13.4 SB) T:c, 9:d, 5:s (3 players)

MP1 checks, Hero bets, BU raises, MP1 calls, Hero 3-Bets, BU caps, MP1 calls, Hero calls.

Turn: (12.7 BB) 8:d (3 players)

MP1 checks, Hero bets, BU calls, MP1 calls.

River: (15.7 BB) 6:h (3 players)

MP1 checks, Hero bets, BU raises, MP1 calls, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 21.7 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows a pair of aces(As Ad).

BU shows a pair of kings(Kd Ks).

MP1 shows two pairs, nines and eights(8s 9h).

MP1 wins with two pairs, nines and eights(8s 9h).

No big deal, cause I have still won a little.

Current BR: $170.86

Edit: The session was very swingy, I ended up with $166.86.

Got $15 rakeback yesterday and played a 500-handed swingy session. I ended up in -7 BB, but most of the time it was much worse. Also won the biggest pot in my life (so far, I hope):

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$0.25/$0.5 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (9 handed)

Preflop: Hero is BU with 3:s, 3:c.

UTG1 calls, UTG2 calls, 2 folds, MP3 calls, CO folds, Hero calls, SB calls, BB checks.

Flop: (6 SB) 3:h, 8:d, A:h (6 players)

SB bets, BB calls, UTG1 calls, UTG2 calls, MP3 calls, Hero raises, SB calls, BB calls, UTG1 calls, UTG2 calls, MP3 calls.

Turn: (9 BB) 8:h (6 players)

SB bets, BB calls, UTG1 calls, UTG2 calls, MP3 calls, Hero raises, SB 3-Bets, BB calls, UTG1 folds, UTG2 calls, MP3 folds, Hero caps, SB calls, BB calls, UTG2 calls.

River: (26.7 BB) 2:h (3 players)

BB checks, UTG2 checks, Hero bets, BB folds, UTG2 calls.

Final Pot: 28.7 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows a full-house, threes full of eights(3s 3c).

UTG2 shows two pairs, aces and eights(Ac 4s).

SB shows a flush, ace high(7h Qh).

Hero wins with a full-house, threes full of eights(3s 3c).

Profit was $10.60 (21.20 BB).

BR: $178.14

Another session, 541 hands, brought me income of 10 BB (again, I was down to 20 BB for a long time). Here's the hand I liked the most (you can guess, why ♦):

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$0.25/$0.5 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (9 handed)

Preflop: Hero is CO with J:h, J:c.

3 folds, MP2 raises, MP3 calls, Hero 3-Bets, BU caps, 2 folds, MP2 calls, MP3 calls, Hero calls.

Flop: (17.4 SB) J:d, 7:h, 8:c (4 players)

MP2 checks, MP3 checks, Hero checks, BU bets, MP2 calls, MP3 calls, Hero raises, BU calls, MP2 calls, MP3 calls.

Turn: (12.7 BB) 5:c (4 players)

MP2 checks, MP3 bets, Hero raises, BU calls, MP2 calls, MP3 3-Bets(All-In), Hero caps, BU folds, MP2 folds, MP3 calls.

River: (24.7 BB) 8:s (0 players)

MP3 gets uncalled bet back.

Final Pot: 23.7 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows a full-house, jacks full of eights(Jh Jc).

MP3 shows a full-house, fives full of eights(5d 5h).

Hero wins with a full-house, jacks full of eights(Jh Jc).

BR: $183.24

Played 293 more hands tonight.

+85 Big Bets!!

I'm satisfied with winrate like this, lol.

BR: $220.84

This is my face right now:

That's a rather ugly spot on the turn there. I would play it the same, but I'd seriously not appreciate the moment where BU and MP2 are calling!!

By the way: 85 BB in 300 hands is crazy ♠_biggrin:

Had a losing session of 740 hands, down to 30 BB. Very fishy tables, full of donks. Seems that I am one of them. ♦

BR: $206.79

1 donk = perfect

2 donks = cool

3+ donks = trouble

Originally posted by CoreySteel

1 donk = perfect

2 donks = cool

3+ donks = trouble

In my experience if you can get a TAG or Loosish/passive at your back (read on your left) 3+ can work out pretty well.

You raise with AA and at least 4 people see a flop... No thanks

Today's graph was different, I was on the positive side most of the time. Highest mountain was +25 BB but after that I had several bad beats in a row and ended up in +2 BB. 654 today, but in total, I now have over 50 000 hands in my database. Ha.

BR: $207.94

Yesterday I played immediately after school, was tired and semi-tilted. In the evening I managed to build some of my roll back, but still -25 BB/580 hands in total.

Now started a new session.

BR: $195.24

Today's 750 hands added $14.20 to my bankroll, that is 3.79 BB/100. Had some epic full houses and some huge pots.

BR: $209.44

Lost $9 yesterday, but recieved $12 rakeback. Pointless blog entries, I know. ♦

BR: $213.38

BR: $210

Originally posted by CoreySteel

You raise with AA and at least 4 people see a flop... No thanks

In the long run it would be quite profitable!! Yeah i understand u but... $$$$

Lots of good cards were dealt to me today, but most of my top- and overpairs were cracked by trips. (I hate 77 now ♦)

It seems that I cannot beat 0.25/0.50 FL FR... I'm down to -170 BB for 18k hands, that is -0.97 BB/100. Maybe I should watch lots of FL videos?

Here's my 0.25/0.50 graph:

(http://img84.imageshack.us/i/18khands.png/)

I have some good news, too. I recently earned $50 bonus from Take 2 promotion, I'm waiting for Full Tilt to transfer it to my account . Today I qualified for Iron Man Bronze, see you at $10,000 freeroll on October 10th.

BR: $191.33

Im having trouble at 0.25/0.5 myself. I know i can beat it, the players are really really bad, but i somehow just cant keep a winning streak going. I played with you a couple of hands on FTP. I normally try and avoid conflict with you and focus on the fish. Today you played 2 hands against me and you played a strange line.

You called my raises/3-bets on the turn and donked the river on blanks. I think it's better to raise directly on the turn and value bet the river in case you think you are ahead. You just miss out on a lot of value with the line you played (1 BB may seem trivial, but in the long run it ends up costing you a lot more). Just a friendly tip

Hi enemaze, I think I remember the hand you mentioned. I wasn't using tracking software at that time, so I can't prove it, but I think I had something like AA or KK and the river made the board paired which gave me two pairs. I put you on two lower pairs and made by weird decision due to strong hope it was so (it's also called tilt, I know :)). I decided to donk the river (which I guess, was not blank) for value (laughing time! ♦ ♦). Actually you had trips.

I hope it was you who I played against, otherwise I'm double-shamed.

Thanks for advice and reminding me my bad play, I had already forgotten the shame. I'll remember your name and will try to avoid you, especially when you have trips.

Damn, I need to work on my turn and river play.

Hmmm.

FL FR graph looking strangly swingy. I think it should be more constant and without so big ups and downs. I would say it is normal if it was SH graph. Are you sure you are not tilting, which will make downswings bigger? I would suggest to read psychological articles, develop good postflop game and start watching some SH videos. You should prepare well before switching to SH, because I think FR is pretty dry to fish ♠_biggrin:

My SH graph is MUCH swingier. This one looks good to me for FR. It just has to go up more

I'm not tilting, I think the downswing is caused by some bad decisions and some bad beats. The FR tables at this limit are full of fish, sometimes there are even too many donkeys (as described in previous posts).

All I need to do is to develop my skill by playing more hands and watching the videos. Psychology is not that big problem for me, I think I can handle it.

I am having new type of sessions now. I make profit and stay in the positive side for about 9/10 of the hands I play. Then I get some bad beats, fall below zero and finish my session.

BR: $188.33

Yesterday recieved my Full Tilt T-shirt, yay. ♦

But of course lost a bit again.

BR: $186.58

Well, thats nice Taavi, Im from Estonia myself and its good to see some Estonian players making blogs n stuff.

i wish u good luck !

i recived my 50$ at 28th

i played it to 25$ in first day somehow and for now im back in 50$ again

im playng NL10 SSS

Ha, started the new month with a nice session, won $12 today. The software crashed many times and the Blue Screen Of Death was seen once; I guess that's the reason why my PokerTracker claims I only won $2.46. Gotta laugh here.

In September things didn't go very nice, I lost over $70 with winrate -0.37 BB/100. 21 000 hands were tracked last month. Less than August's 25,5k; that's because of school. Very small difference, not taking my final grade too seriously, lol.

Here's the hand of the day:

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$0.25/$0.5 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (9 handed)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with J:d, J:c.

UTG1 raises, 2 folds, Hero 3-Bets, 4 folds, BB caps, UTG1 calls, Hero calls.

Flop: (12.4 SB) 7:c, 3:s, J:h (3 players)

BB checks, UTG1 checks, Hero bets, BB raises, UTG1 3-Bets, Hero caps, BB calls, UTG1 calls.

Turn: (12.2 BB) 9:c (3 players)

BB bets, UTG1 calls, Hero raises, BB calls, UTG1 calls.

River: (18.2 BB) Q:s (3 players)

BB checks, UTG1 checks, Hero bets, BB calls, UTG1 calls.

Final Pot: 21.2 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows three of a kind, jacks(Jd Jc).

UTG1 shows a pair of aces(Ad Ac).

BB shows a pair of kings(Kc Kh).

Hero wins with three of a kind, jacks(Jd Jc).

I would have hurt myself if he had had pocket queens.

BR: $198.54

I recieved the $50 Take 2 bonus yesterday, played 285 hands and won $7.46, and finally got $13 rakeback. My bankroll is higher than ever, the previous record was $221.

BR: $269.00

congrats

Thank you!

Had a 250 handed session, on hand 220 I was down to -22 BB, but then managed to win few pots in a row and ended up in -$0.15.

The boost included one weird hand, too:

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$0.25/$0.5 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (8 handed)

Preflop: Hero is CO with K:d, J:h.

4 folds, Hero raises, BU calls, SB folds, BB calls.

Flop: (6.4 SB) 3:d, 8:d, 4:d (3 players)

BB bets, Hero calls, BU calls.

Turn: (4.7 BB) 6:d (3 players)

BB bets, Hero raises, BU calls, BB calls.

River: (10.7 BB) 4:c (3 players)

BB bets, Hero calls, BU raises, BB calls, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 16.7 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows a flush, king high(Kd Jh).

BU shows a flush, eight high(5d Ac).

BB shows a flush, queen high(Qd Ks).

Hero wins with a flush, king high(Kd Jh).

I put them both on full house and made the crying call ♦ ♦.

BR: $268.85

Hi again. Today things didn't go that well, I lost over $15. But one day, I will have $300 so I'll be able to move to 0.5/1! Hmm... the first prize of Iron Man freeroll is over $1,000... that would be enough.

I also tried two $0.75 + $0.10 9-man satellites to FTOPS $250,000 tournament, lost both. If I'm able to win the satellite SnG, the main prize of $22,500 is going to be a walk in the park.

I can't see any easy-to-clear bonuses at Full Tilt in October! In August they gave away $100 and in September $50... lol.

BR: $252.25

Had a session of 413 hands, lost 40 cents. I feel so good, lol:

(http://img143.imageshack.us/i/auk.png/)

There was a cool player sitting next to me thanks to who the comeback was possible. I played only two hands against him (and won both), the first one was hilarious:

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$0.25/$0.5 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (9 handed)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with T:d, A:d.

3 folds, Hero raises, MP3 calls, 2 folds, SB calls, BB calls.

Flop: (8 SB) 9:d, 8:d, K:d (4 players)

SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets, MP3 calls, SB folds, BB folds.

Turn: (5 BB) A:h (2 players)

Hero bets, MP3 raises, Hero 3-Bets, MP3 caps, Hero calls.

River: (13 BB) J:c (2 players)

Hero bets, MP3 raises, Hero 3-Bets, MP3 caps, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 21 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows a flush, ace high(Td Ad).

MP3 shows high card ace(3h 2d).

Hero wins with a flush, ace high(Td Ad).

It's obvious he had 32o, or what? ♦ ♦

BR: 251.85

lol... A call from him would be even better ♦

Won about 40 BB today by playing over 500 hands. That's nice, a new bankroll record has been made.

BR: $271.05

Tonight I won $1.67, was up to +$11 once, which means my bankroll was over $280 for some time. In the end I tried to play enough hands so that the day would qualify in the Iron Man Bronze promotion, but I failed. I got so tired of poker that I quited while I had 47 FTPs of the necessary 50. I'm happy to say I didn't tilt. ♦

When I look back now I see that I played two sessions today with 3,5-hour break between them and they both lasted about an hour... Damn few, total of 585 hands.

Bankroll consists of 72o's, and is:

$272.72

BR: $259.57

Got kicked out in the Iron Man Bronze freeroll in early phase due to bad, tilty decision. I don't want to talk about that, too embarassing. ♦

Recieved $8 rakeback and had a winning session today. I'm also working on my strategy, posted some sample hands.

BR: $283.71

Heyyyy, not bad. Close to moving up to the next limit. What BRM requirments have you set for yourself in terms of moving up? Or is it going to be a question of confidence?

My last post got lost somehow, it was posted before Ejeckt's reply...

Short review:

I was up to +40BB today, now only +9 BB.

Look at this hand:

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$0.25/$0.5 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (8 handed)

Preflop: Hero is CO with K:c, A:c.

2 folds, MP2 raises, MP3 folds, Hero 3-Bets, 3 folds, MP2 calls.

Flop: (7.4 SB) 4:c, K:h, 9:c (2 players)

MP2 checks, Hero bets, MP2 raises, Hero calls.

Turn: (5.7 BB) 6:d (2 players)

MP2 bets, Hero raises, MP2 3-Bets, Hero calls.

River: (11.7 BB) 8:h (2 players)

MP2 bets, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 13.7 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows a pair of kings(Kc Ac).

MP2 shows three of a kind, nines(9h 9d).

MP2 wins with three of a kind, nines(9h 9d).

Nice flop or what?

The problem is I am not beating 0.25/0.5, even though I managed to move quite quickly up here from $30. But as soon as I get bankroll of $300, I'll try $0.5/$1. I love BRM, it seems impossible to go broke with it.

When I have $300, I'll start with the new limit - what do I have to lose? If I fall back to, for example, $290, I just move down again. Ok, I end this post now or it will get lost again.

BR: $273.71

Dont worry, all you need is one good day and you can beat 0.25/0.5.

0.5/1 is about just as soft @ FTP, i havent seen any exceptional players so far. It is a bit more aggressive, so stats come in handy.

BTW, i would keep playing 0.5/1 even if you go down to around 250$, since losing 10 BBs in a session is surely possible. I'ts just about having the discipline to move down at a certain point before you go broke.

Hehe, played about 150 hands and won 38 BB. At one point I had $296, only four dollars missing from new limit.

BR: $292.31

Oh, and thanks for advice, enemaze! I'm already using stats, they're really helpful.

Yeah, baby! I made it! Tomorrow I'll be playing $0.5/$1 at Full Tilt, cause I'm too excited tonight.

Played a session of 250 hands including some nice ones (quads twice). Here's a graph showing all hands I played today:

(http://img257.imageshack.us/i/over300.png/)

And the BR is...

$301.21

My first session of 566 hands on $0.5/$1 went pretty well, won 16 BB (2.95 BB/100).

Things I like about $0.5/$1:

I just had a winning session there.

BB = $1, so it's really easy to calculate and graphs are clear.

Pots are two times bigger than on previous limit.

I earn twice as much FTP's as I earned on previous limit.

I saw lots of donks at the tables, I think this limit is still low enough for them.

And finally, I have never seen a pot of 38 BB in FL. Now this happened at my table:

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$0.5/$1 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (8 handed)

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with 4:s, 5:d.

2 folds, MP2 calls, 2 folds, BU raises, SB calls, BB 3-Bets, MP2 calls, BU calls, SB calls.

Flop: (12 SB) 3:c, Q:d, 9:s (4 players)

SB bets, BB raises, MP2 calls, BU calls, SB 3-Bets, BB caps, MP2 calls, BU calls, SB calls.

Turn: (14 BB) 8:c (4 players)

SB bets, BB raises, MP2 calls, BU calls, SB calls.

River: (22 BB) 9:c (4 players)

SB bets, BB calls, MP2 raises, BU 3-Bets, SB calls, BB calls, MP2 caps, BU calls, SB calls, BB calls.

Final Pot: 38 BB.

Results follow:

BU shows a full-house, eights full of nines(8s 8d).

MP2 shows a straight, queen high(Jh Td).

SB shows a full-house, threes full of nines(3d 3s).

BB shows two pairs, aces and nines(Ah Ac).

BU wins with a full-house, eights full of nines(8s 8d).

By the way, the guy with AA called the winner a lucky donk or something like that (lol, he was beaten by everyone ♦ ♦).

BR: $317.91

Today's session:

(http://img261.imageshack.us/i/40bb.png/)

I don't complain.

BR: $360.76

Hi again! Today I won two biggest pots in my life, but still ended up with -17 BB.

Here are the hands:

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$0.5/$1 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (7 handed)

Preflop: Hero is BU with 6:h, 6:s.

MP1 folds, MP2 calls, 2 folds, Hero raises, 2 folds, MP2 calls.

Flop: (5.5 SB) K:c, Q:c, 6:c (2 players)

MP2 bets, Hero raises, MP2 3-Bets, Hero caps, MP2 calls.

Turn: (6.75 BB) 6:d (2 players)

MP2 bets, Hero raises, MP2 3-Bets, Hero caps, MP2 calls.

River: (14.75 BB) Q:d (2 players)

MP2 bets, Hero raises, MP2 3-Bets, Hero caps, MP2 calls.

Final Pot: 22.75 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows four of a kind, sixs(6h 6s).

MP2 shows a flush, ace high(Ac 4c).

Hero wins with four of a kind, sixs(6h 6s).

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$0.5/$1 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (8 handed)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with J:h, J:s.

UTG2 folds, MP1 calls, Hero raises, 4 folds, BB calls, MP1 calls.

Flop: (6.5 SB) T:s, J:d, 5:h (3 players)

BB bets, MP1 calls, Hero calls.

Turn: (4.75 BB) 7:h (3 players)

BB checks, MP1 checks, Hero bets, BB folds, MP1 raises, Hero 3-Bets, MP1 caps, Hero calls.

River: (12.75 BB) T:c (2 players)

MP1 bets, Hero raises, MP1 3-Bets, Hero caps, MP1 calls.

Final Pot: 20.75 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows a full-house, jacks full of tens(Jh Js).

MP1 shows a full-house, fives full of tens(5d 5s).

Hero wins with a full-house, jacks full of tens(Jh Js).

BR: $343.66

Had my worst session in this limit, lost 40 BB. Here's my all-time $0.5/$1 graph:

(http://img94.imageshack.us/i/newestgraph.png/)

BR: $302.76

Lost 20 BB more, I've had enough for today. Here's one quite good hand (I mean, they usually hit on the river):

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$0.5/$1 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (8 handed)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q:s, Q:h.

6 folds, SB raises, Hero 3-Bets, SB calls.

Flop: (6 SB) 7:d, 6:s, 3:h (2 players)

SB bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (4 BB) 4:s (2 players)

SB bets, Hero raises, SB 3-Bets, Hero calls.

River: (10 BB) 6:c (2 players)

SB bets, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 12 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows two pairs, queens and sixs(Qs Qh).

SB shows a straight, seven high(5s 2d).

SB wins with a straight, seven high(5s 2d).

BR: $283.76

Where the f do my posts go? Yesterday I posted a long ranting, now I see that I didn't. ♦

Anyway, my BR should tell you everything, it is (...tadah!):

$252.73

Here's a nice all-time graph:

(http://img101.imageshack.us/i/alltimeloser.png/)

You can see I was at 0.5/1 once which requires $300. At the highest point I had $360 but I had to move back down to 0.25/0.5 with $280. I don't think it's tilt or bad BRM, just lack of skills.

The BB graph is much better (♦):

(http://img137.imageshack.us/i/bbloser.png/)

That's all for whining. Less than 4 months ago I deposited $30, and now it's:

$241.52

You're right, the BB graph really does look much better than the $ graph. I'm going through a similar experience, actually. My decision was to apply more conservative BRM. I'm going to wait for 30-50% more BB's before I move up to the next limit... just because it's an ego-killer having to move down

Good luck, hope you crush 0.25/0.50 so bad it kicks you higher up and never wants you back

Thank you!

I dont think it's lack of skill that caused you to move down a limit. Im pretty sure your game is solid (yo can always improve it, obviously), you just hit a run of bad cards against bad players, and it happens sometimes :).

The play in 0.5/1 is about the same level as 0.25/0.5, so if you beat the first, you can take on the 2nd. Just a matter of time.

Thanks for support!

I think I share the same views with this article:

http://www.pokerstrategy.com/strategy/psychology/135/

There ain't such thing as a downswing. No excuses for losing ♦.

I think you missed the point of the article, it says that you should always strive to improve your game and criticize your play to maximize your edge.

Downswings can happen, you can play a hand perfectly and either get sucked out on or run into a better hand. This process can reoccur often, and there you have it, a downswing. You cant really do much about it, just analyze your game and make sure you in fact played it well. The article says "if you lost 100 BBs, maybe something is wrong with your game", not "if you lost 100 BBs you must be doing something wrong".

It's good you want to improve, but dont underestimate your skills. I think confidence in your game is also good, not in an "i know best" kind of way, but knowing you basically play better than most players at your limit to me at least is comforting and gets me through the suckouts. Im not saying never doubt your decisions, you should always review your play. And who knows? maybe other players will lose 200 BBs when you only lost 100, you cant really tell.

Thanks for encouraging words, enemaze!

Played 909 hands today, +18 BB. Here's a nice hand:

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$0.25/$0.5 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (8 handed)

Preflop: Hero is UTG2 with J:h, J:c.

Hero raises, MP1 folds, MP2 calls, MP3 folds, CO calls, 2 folds, BB calls.

Flop: (8.4 SB) J:s, 6:s, T:s (4 players)

BB checks, Hero bets, MP2 calls, CO folds, BB folds.

Turn: (5.2 BB) 5:d (2 players)

Hero bets, MP2 raises, Hero 3-Bets, MP2 calls.

River: (11.2 BB) 7:s (2 players)

Hero checks, MP2 checks.

Final Pot: 11.2 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows three of a kind, jacks(Jh Jc).

MP2 shows a flush, jack high(5s 5h).

MP2 wins with a flush, jack high(5s 5h).

How can he call that flop??

Tried a 9-man satellite to FTOPS warm-up, managed to quickly triple up with KK. After that it was soon 4-handed. Key hand:

AK for me, standard raise from BU. BB calls, flop comes AXX. He check-pushes, I call. He shows A4o and hits 4 on the river. Ha ha.

Edit: Wanted to add a cool rigged hand I saw at my table.

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$0.25/$0.5 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (8 handed)

Preflop: Hero is CO with 6:d, T:d.

2 folds, MP1 raises, MP2 calls, 3 folds, BB calls.

Flop: (6.4 SB) K:h, A:h, K:d (3 players)

BB checks, MP1 bets, MP2 calls, BB raises, MP1 3-Bets, MP2 caps, BB calls, MP1 calls.

Turn: (9.2 BB) 3:s (3 players)

BB checks, MP1 bets, MP2 raises, BB calls, MP1 3-Bets, MP2 caps, BB calls, MP1 calls.

River: (21.2 BB) 9:d (3 players)

BB checks, MP1 bets, MP2 raises, BB 3-Bets, MP1 caps, MP2 calls, BB calls.

Final Pot: 33.2 BB.

Results follow:

MP2 shows a full-house, kings full of aces(Kc Ac).

MP1 shows a full-house, aces full of kings(As Ad).

BB shows three of a kind, kings(Ks 7h).

MP1 wins with a full-house, aces full of kings(As Ad).

Hehehe.

BR: $250.02

I think it's time to set some goals:

Beat $0.25/$0.5

Fight it back to $0.5/$1

Beat $0.5/$1

I really can't think of playing $1/$2 or higher right now.

BR: $233.42

Running swingy, better than yesterday. I'd like to share today's two hands:

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$0.25/$0.5 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (9 handed)

Preflop: Hero is BU with Q:h, K:h.

UTG1 calls, 3 folds, MP3 calls, CO calls, Hero raises, SB folds, BB calls, UTG1 calls, MP3 calls, CO calls.

Flop: (10.4 SB) Q:s, 4:h, 5:c (5 players)

BB checks, UTG1 checks, MP3 checks, CO checks, Hero bets, BB folds, UTG1 calls, MP3 calls, CO calls.

Turn: (7.2 BB) K:c (4 players)

UTG1 checks, MP3 checks, CO bets, Hero raises, UTG1 folds, MP3 folds, CO calls.

River: (11.2 BB) J:d (2 players)

CO checks, Hero bets, CO raises, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 15.2 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows two pairs, kings and queens(Qh Kh).

CO shows three of a kind, jacks(Js Jc).

CO wins with three of a kind, jacks(Js Jc).

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$0.25/$0.5 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (9 handed)

Preflop: Hero is CO with 8:d, 8:h.

3 folds, MP2 raises, MP3 folds, Hero 3-Bets, BU folds, SB caps, BB folds, MP2 calls, Hero calls.

Flop: (13 SB) 8:s, 5:d, T:s (3 players)

SB checks, MP2 bets, Hero calls, SB calls.

Turn: (8 BB) K:h (3 players)

SB checks, MP2 checks, Hero bets, SB calls, MP2 calls.

River: (11 BB) J:d (3 players)

SB checks, MP2 bets, Hero raises, SB folds, MP2 calls.

Final Pot: 15 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows three of a kind, eights(8d 8h).

MP2 shows three of a kind, jacks(Jh Js).

MP2 wins with three of a kind, jacks(Jh Js).

Ironic.

BR: $220

Got some rakeback and won something blablablablabla.

One cool hand:

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$0.25/$0.5 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (9 handed)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 2:c, 3:s.

6 folds, BU calls, SB folds, Hero checks.

Flop: (2.4 SB) 2:h, 9:c, Q:c (2 players)

Hero bets, BU calls.

Turn: (2.2 BB) 3:c (2 players)

Hero bets, BU raises, Hero calls.

River: (6.2 BB) 2:d (2 players)

Hero checks, BU bets, Hero raises, BU 3-Bets, Hero caps, BU calls.

Final Pot: 14.2 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows a full-house, twos full of threes(2c 3s).

BU shows a flush, king high(6c Kc).

Hero wins with a full-house, twos full of threes(2c 3s).

Mwahahahahhahahaha.

BR: $263.74

Nice blog,

I started to play FL few days ago,

I play FL 0.25/0.5 at full tilt and now trying at stars with 1st deposit bonus, cause there is no good bonus at full tilt now and there is more tables at stars

I'm doing quite good at both sites until now, an up swing

4BB/100 at stars (3247 hands)

3.45BB/100 at full tilt (4112 hands)

just want to share a hands that I've lost today, I was favorite until river, CAP at preflop, postflop and turn, but then I missed 2x$ at river

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$0.25/$0.5 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (9 handed)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with A:s, A:h.

2 folds, Hero calls, MP2 calls, MP3 raises, CO folds, BU 3-Bets, SB calls, BB folds, Hero caps, MP2 calls, MP3 calls, BU calls, SB calls.

Flop: (21 SB) T:h, 5:h, 3:d (5 players)

SB checks, Hero checks, MP2 checks, MP3 bets, BU raises, SB folds, Hero 3-Bets, MP2 calls, MP3 calls, BU caps, Hero calls, MP2 calls, MP3 calls.

Turn: (18.5 BB) 3:s (4 players)

Hero bets, MP2 calls, MP3 calls, BU raises, Hero 3-Bets, MP2 folds, MP3 calls, BU caps, Hero calls, MP3 calls.

River: (31.5 BB) 6:h (3 players)

Hero bets, MP3 calls, BU raises, Hero 3-Bets, MP3 calls, BU caps, Hero calls, MP3 calls.

Final Pot: 43.5 BB.

Results follow:

MP3 shows two pairs, queens and threes(Qs Qh).

BU shows a flush, ten high(9h 2h).

Hero shows two pairs, aces and threes(As Ah).

BU wins with a flush, ten high(9h 2h).

Wow, that hand is so overplayed i dont know where to start

Originally posted by enemaze

Wow, that hand is so overplayed i dont know where to start

+1

OMG, pot of 43 BB??!! Wtf. ♦

You certainly overplayed your aces. Why do you check/3-bet flop? Bet it out. On the turn and river check/call, but fold to raise (he capped the flop in multiway pot, I'd put him on trips or at least two pair). Badly played. The river 3-bet is awful, I would fold that river to raise.

Well, I did great today, won over 60 BB with 519 hands (11.5 BB/100). Met some donks who just wanted to give their money to me ♦.

BR: $284.89

Hi again, my BR is now $300.84, but I decided to move up to $0.5/$1 when I have $325. When I fall below $300, I'll move back. I don't think I can handle these wild swings and therefore need more conservative bankroll management.

As I have written in my blog, last time I moved to $0.5/$1 I quickly built myself a bankroll of $360, but then fell to $275, moved down a limit, but the downswing continued until I had only $220 left. I hope I learned a lot from this.

I'm playing right now, so I finish with this entry.

Was up to $317 or sth once.

Saw a crazy hand:

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$0.25/$0.5 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (8 handed)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 4:s, 4:h.

UTG2 calls, MP1 calls, 4 folds, Hero calls, BB checks.

Flop: (4 SB) Q:d, K:s, K:d (4 players)

Hero checks, BB checks, UTG2 bets, MP1 calls, Hero folds, BB folds.

Turn: (3 BB) 9:d (2 players)

UTG2 bets, MP1 raises, UTG2 3-Bets, MP1 caps, UTG2 calls.

River: (11 BB) A:d (2 players)

UTG2 bets, MP1 raises, UTG2 3-Bets, MP1 caps, UTG2 calls.

Final Pot: 19 BB.

Results follow:

MP1 shows a royal flush(Jd Td).

UTG2 shows a full-house, nines full of kings(9c 9s).

MP1 wins with a royal flush(Jd Td).

Straight flush improved, LOL.

BR: $306.94

Just dropping by to say hi to fellow FL-er.

I see you only play FR, how about switching to SH? I started playing SH as soon as I reached silver and I can't imagine to go back to FR, because of all the action SH.

And nice lifetime $ graph you got there. ♦

Thanks!

Hmmm... I think I will try to beat $0.5/$1 FR first, then switch to SH. I don't think I'm good enough for SH yet, it's sure harder to play. What are your experiences? Is SH that much harder to beat?

To tell you the truth I can't really compare the two, because the same time I climbed up the limits I also switched to SH, because there were no FR tables on that limits on Pacific.

I'd say it requires more adjustment to players and game is way more aggresive than in FR, but it works for me, so playing solid FL I think you should do just fine there.

Oh, wait, you play on FTP!?! Nah, no need to come to SH. ♦

Yes, here at FT there are plenty of full FR tables at $1/$2 and some even at $2/$4, but I've heard they're full of TAGs ♦. But I still think I will switch to $0.5/$1 SH when I have over $500 in my BR.

I actually found that 0.5/1 FR at ftp is relatively tight and it's hard to find a good time to play when it's very fishy and profitable. I rarely made over 20 BBs in 2 hour sessions 4 tabling. In sh, 20 BBs profit is pretty much a slow day ♦

You also play on FTP? I haven't seen you, what's your nickname?

BR: $312.29

I got stuck near $300 and was unable to get it near necessary $325 (my BRM for $0.5/$1). I had an awful suckout day - I think I was playing my best poker but these fishes kept hitting that fucking river (which is rigged). Therefore, to avoid boredom, I decided to play SH. Results were quite expectable, soon I found I had only $280 left.

I love the action at SH tables, but it's keep me more busy than FR and exhausts my eyes. At noon, when FR tables are super tight and/or empty, there's still plenty of fish at SH tables. Sometimes everybody leaves and you get it to HU against a donkey, awesome! More FTPs and rake is being generated at SH, too.

So, today I played only $0.25/$0.5 SH and actually made some profit, about 25 BB with 1000 hands.

If I get $325, I think I'll play both $0.25/$0.5 SH and $0.5/$1 FR, depending on the amount of fish swimming around there.

BR: $303.88

Good decision

soon you'll find you cant even stare at a FR table without falling asleep

Originally posted by enemaze

Good decision

soon you'll find you cant even stare at a FR table without falling asleep

This.

I found FTP to be most fishy late at evening/night... probably American donkeys strike then.

If you're an [extreme] morning person try playing at Stars or FT at about 3-6AM GMT. Not only will you be fresh and energized... but the tables are just awesome ♦

Hey enemaze, I think you're right! ♦

SH addicts me, I won a lot there today, got $325, started playing 2 $0.5/$1FR

and 2 $0.25/$0.5 SH tables. I earned a lot from SH and lost it all to FR. And SH is much cooler to play ♦ I think I am able to master it.

More SH in the future and FR with very fishy tables only!

BR: $308.83

Just don't get carried away - it may be easy come on SH tables, but even easier go...

(just down 200 bb today... )

Played mostly SH today, in the evening also higher limit FR. Great day, +$36 with 950 hands (5.7 BB/100).

BR: $345.18

Damn swingy, was up to $360 and then down to $309. FL SH $0.25/$0.5 only.

BR: $356.17

Won again yesterday. In the morning the tables were insane:

(http://img149.imageshack.us/i/donks.png/)

The minimum recommended buy-in for this limit is $6 (12 BB). ♦

At night wasted about $5 on SnGs, not a big deal. Here's the all-time FL SH $0.25/$0.5 graph:

(http://img697.imageshack.us/i/23955814.png/)

BR: $376.72

I ended tonight's session pretty quickly, with 230 hands I was down to -55 BB, that is -24 BB/100. Maybe I'll try some SnG's now ♦.

BR: $349.52

Something incredible just happened, I just won the 180-man 20 FTP Turbo SnG, the supersatellite to Sunday Brawl. The satellite tourney with buy-in of 3500 FTP is on next Saturday, I think I'll be there.

(http://img697.imageshack.us/i/180winner.png/)

Today's graph was much like sinus function. Still managed to end with +2 BB.

I also spammed the sample hands thread with 11 hands. That's the spirit! ♦

BR: $349.92

Won over 40 BB today and released $10 of bonus. Spammed the forum with sample hands again, posted over 20 of 'em.

BR: $373.57

Just finished the satellite to Sunday Brawl...

(http://img98.imageshack.us/i/bustedonbubble.png/)

I had like 3,5 BB's left and called every-hand-allin-bigstack's raise with ATs. He showed A3s and of course hit the 3 on the flop. Can't complain that much though, at one point I pushed with A8o and got called by two AK's. Two pairs came happily to the board and we splitted the pot.

With some rakeback ($22!) and $10 bonus I have managed to grow my BR to $401.99.

Nice work.

Seems me and enemaze are just about to leave 0.5/1 SH, so all the fish will be left for you there...

Master Grinder reporting...

Lost all my notes due to Blue Screen Of Death (happens often to my XP Black Edition, but this time it corrupted some files, too).

Here's the graph of last two days:

(http://img245.imageshack.us/i/2daysofshi.png/)

Today some cool and not so cool swings happened, two times set came to the board, one time I held aces and the other time kings. Of course ran into quads both times. I found that I can laugh at bad beats while being in green numbers ♦. If I'm in red numbers, my attitude is more ironical.

BR: $444.27

Thank you, Berkstajger! I hope to get there! ♦

At the rate im winning in 0.5/1, are paths might cross there

I think it's -EV to play against you

Attended the coaching and played 1,5 hours. Nothing special, lost some cents.

BR: $443.42

1000 hands today, with winrate of 5.5 BB/100. I think I should play more at late night, most of the times I finish when the tables start getting fishier and fishier.

When there's madness at 16:00 ET (23:00 GMT +2, my zone), what could it be at 23:00 ET? I can't find it out, I don't think grinding till 05:00 is a good idea.

I'm happy, my BR is now over 5000 EEK (Estonian currency), that is, $481.87.

18.00+ ET is pure fish festival there.

Nice to hear you had a nice session (notice a crappy word game, there? ♦).

Say... EEK = Estonian E(?) Kurrency? ♦

Estonian Kroon.

However, I lost what my earnings on the next day (yesterday), losing 40 BB with 30 minutes and ending the session.

♦

Originally posted by Berkstajger

Say... EEK = Estonian E(?) Kurrency? ♦

EEK =

Played over 5 hours and almost 2000 hands today, swinged up and down after stopping at +30 BB. Recieved $10 rakeback despite the Holiday Hundred bonus. Had a BR of $511 but swinged to $496 in the end.

I'm planning to move to $0.5/$1 SH when I have $550, I have bad experiences with moving to the same limit FR tables (you can see it at the all-time graph below). I don't play FR anymore, but I think there's something evil luring at $0.5/$1 and I don't want to risk too much.

Here's the all-time $0.25/$0.5 SH graph:

(http://img691.imageshack.us/i/shalltime.png/)

And here's the funny one, The All-Time Graph:

(http://img402.imageshack.us/i/90khands.png/)

You can see a big number, larger than 90,000, and a stairway at the right side of the picture. I think I should cut off the left side ♦

Nah, nothing evil in 0.5/1... it starts at 1/2. ♦

Just kidding. I think it's good to set a BR at which you feel comfortable playing. However, you might consider playing one fishy 0.5/1 table with ~500$ BR, just to get a hang of the amounts and action going on (well, since you already played 0.5/1 FR, that shouldn't be a problem).

I haven't played any 0.25/0.50 tables at FTP, but believe me - 0.5/1 can be fishy as hell. Especially at times like - now, when fish are literally crawling around begging to take their money away. I just stopped playing and there were tons of 40+ VP$IP / 5 BB+ Avg Pot tables. If you hit some of your outs you may finish at 55bb/100 over 150 hands (it's a mere coincidence I'm mentioning these figures in the context of my play ♠_grin: ). On the other hand you may as well catch the other side of variance and make same loss, I just want to tell you there's plenty of bad players and you shouldn't be afraid of that.

taavi1337 good luck with 0.50/1.00. Going to follow your experience there. I played 0.50/1.00 SH for about 8k hands and lost 200$ (the 7th player on the table kicked my ass - his nickname is Variance&Bad beats ♦), but overall the fish is enormous.

I played one carefully selected table at $0.5/$1 SH as Berkstajger recommended (you'll pay for that joke!!! ). Results:

(http://img137.imageshack.us/i/verynice.png/)

I was running hot at the lower limit, these two hands came in a row:

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$0.25/$0.5 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (6 handed)

Preflop: Hero is CO with 8:d, 8:s.

2 folds, Hero raises, BU 3-Bets, 2 folds, Hero calls.

Flop: (7.4 SB) 3:h, 7:d, 8:c (2 players)

Hero checks, BU bets, Hero raises, BU 3-Bets, Hero caps, BU calls.

Turn: (7.7 BB) K:s (2 players)

Hero bets, BU raises, Hero 3-Bets, BU caps, Hero calls.

River: (15.7 BB) Q:s (2 players)

Hero bets, BU raises, Hero 3-Bets, BU caps, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 23.7 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows three of a kind, eights(8d 8s).

BU shows a pair of aces(Ad Ah).

Hero wins with three of a kind, eights(8d 8s).

Maybe just bet/call river, but he seemed to be a fish.

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$0.25/$0.5 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (6 handed)

Preflop: Hero is CO with A:c, A:h.

MP2 folds, MP3 raises, Hero 3-Bets, BU folds, SB calls, BB calls, MP3 caps, Hero calls, SB calls, BB calls.

Flop: (16 SB) 4:s, 6:h, T:c (4 players)

SB checks, BB checks, MP3 bets, Hero raises, SB folds, BB calls, MP3 3-Bets, Hero caps, BB calls, MP3 calls.

Turn: (14 BB) A:d (3 players)

BB checks, MP3 bets, Hero raises, BB folds, MP3 3-Bets, Hero caps, MP3 calls.

River: (22 BB) 6:c (2 players)

MP3 bets, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 23.2 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows a full-house, aces full of sixs(Ac Ah).

MP3 shows two pairs, kings and sixs(Kd Kc).

Hero wins with a full-house, aces full of sixs(Ac Ah).

I thought he had 66 on the river and made the crying call. Actually he had only 30 cents left and he went ALL-IN. I was confused too after taking another look at this hand. ♦

In the end I still managed to lose it all and see some red numbers.

BR: $489.79

Lost almost 100 BB with last few days.

BR: $450

$433

(http://img130.imageshack.us/i/shdown.png/)

Grrr. ♠_mad:

Rigged obviously.

Got to watch some videos, I feel so helpless in some situations. Not only when the fish hits the river, but also when I don't know what to do on the turn.

BR: $413

Just noticed it feels much better after watching a SH video and posting some sample hands. Analytical thinking helps a lot. I still won't go back to the tables today, maybe for some freeroll satellite only.

Lol, just like looking at my November garph... spewed away 300$ in 3 hours. Don't worry... that's normal for FLSH. ♦

Got up to $452 again, was in a hole of $380 yesterday. I'm up again mostly due to bonuses and rakeback ♦.

I still don't worry about my BR that much, as I'm going to win $1,100 from Iron Man Bronze Freeroll, $360 from One-A-Day Freeroll and of course $4,500 from MiniFTOPS Warm-Up. WSOP Main Event 2010 should also be a piece of cake.

Nice.

So actually considering implied odds your bankroll is around 6.000$. It's obvious your hugely overolled for FLSH 3/6, so I think 5/T would be the optimal level for you to play at.

I think you're right, according to today's graph I should play $5/$10. I think the graph is seriously rigged though, no way it can go in that direction.

(http://img689.imageshack.us/i/mwahaha.png/)

Actually those bastards were just helpless to my backdoor nut straights.

I think I also took some pots down with my amazing A-game (no need to laugh ).

In the end I had $500.02 or something and was hoping to sit out on big blinds in all of the tables without losing anything. Unfortunately I was dealt 99 in the last hand:

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$0.25/$0.5 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (6 handed)

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with 9:s, 9:d.

MP2 raises, Hero 3-Bets, CO calls, BU calls, 2 folds, MP2 calls.

Flop: (13.4 SB) 2:h, 7:s, 4:d (4 players)

MP2 checks, Hero bets, CO calls, BU calls, MP2 folds.

Turn: (8.2 BB) 7:c (3 players)

Hero bets, CO folds, BU raises, Hero 3-Bets, BU calls.

River: (14.2 BB) 6:c (2 players)

Hero bets, BU calls.

Final Pot: 15.9 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows two pairs, nines and sevens(9s 9d).

BU shows three of a kind, sevens(Ah 7h).

BU wins with three of a kind, sevens(Ah 7h).

He had like 2 BB left on the turn so I ignored the fact he was a supertight rock and put him all in. I would have dropped below $500 anyway. ♦

BR: $497.17 <---- OMG!!!!

Great to see you having success, good luck on your quest!

Thank you, stevegold87!

Played a session of 430 hands and won over 20 BB which means I'm back on track. Like what the heck, lost 200 BB this week and now won it back with two days. I'll post the graph before something weird happens again.

(http://img697.imageshack.us/i/shhole.png/)

My BR is $508.92 but I don't feel like playing one table of $0.5/$1 FL SH. I'll start insta 4-tabling new limit when I have $550 and of course move back at $500.

At least everything's normal again.

(http://img121.imageshack.us/i/normalagain.png/)

As I posted most of the yesterday's gigagrinding tough hands today, I've exceeded the thread creating level again. Half of today's hands will be posted tomorrow, tomorrow I'll exceed the limit again and so on. They took the chance of SPAMMING LIKE HELL from me!!!! Because I can't post all of the hands I want I will play worse, go on tilt, blow up my BR and won't generate rake anymore for this site. IS THAT WHAT YOU WANTED, POKER STRATEGY???

At least I'm not normal again.

BR: $488.42

Who's gold now??

Nice work, congrats!

Thanks! I see that there's a gold coaching going on but I'm afraid I have to go asleep.

Today I climbed out from yesterday's hole and won 40 BB, which gives me a nice bankroll of $522.22.

Finally $550! I will soon start a 4-table session at $0.5/$1 SH.

Hehee, i started to play poker in this year march ;). Atm i love fix limit holdem :). Finally i wound estonian who play limit holdem ♠_biggrin:

At the moment... ♦

taavi: I would still recommend you not to switch entirely to 0.5/1 in one moment, especially not 4-tabling. Variance is still the same, but a 25$ loss in 0.25/0.5 means 50$ loss in 0.5/1 and you well know 50 BB is something totally normal in FLSH.

Guess you're right, Berkstajger, but I don't like playing different limits at once... And less than four tables are boring ;). I know, I have to choose between what's smart and what's fun. BRM is quite fun actually, so relax.

The variance almost got me today:

(http://img231.imageshack.us/i/twolimitswithcomments.png/)

Hell yeah, I know 50 BB is nothing at FL SH, was down to 140 BB last week.

Hi, kevvu! I had no idea you were Estonian! (In fact, I'm still not so sure about that ♦)

I cleared the last piece of my $100 Holiday Bonus today, made it with 3 weeks.

BR: $557.42

Yeah i am estonian. U started recently that new limit ? I dont have time to read your blog atm (need to study). If so then its better to start with smaller amount of tables than u usually play. 50 BB swings are big, hehee ;). I have swings 140 BB s in one day. In fix u need to get used with that. Sweat sessions waiting. Climb quickly in limits ♠_cool:

Yea, I thought about it myself and today I'm going to play two tables of $0.5/$1 and two tables of $0.25/$0.5 FL SH. Thanks for good wishes

A4o is the nuts obviously.

(http://img215.imageshack.us/i/1012.png/)

Phew.

BR: $558.02

I just discovered the formula of poker:

$ Won = sin(number of hands played)

BR: $544.49

Best hand of today:

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$0.5/$1 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (6 handed)

Preflop: Hero is BU with A:s, A:d.

2 folds, CO calls, Hero raises, SB folds, BB calls, CO calls.

Flop: (6.5 SB) 6:h, 6:c, 6:s (3 players)

BB checks, CO checks, Hero bets, BB calls, CO folds.

Turn: (4.25 BB) K:h (2 players)

BB checks, Hero bets, BB raises, Hero 3-Bets, BB caps, Hero calls.

River: (12.25 BB) K:s (2 players)

BB bets, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 14.25 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows a full-house, sixs full of aces(As Ad).

BB shows a full-house, kings full of sixs(9c Kd).

BB wins with a full-house, kings full of sixs(9c Kd).

Lol at sin, it is beter than $ won = -(hand played) ♦

Don't laugh at sinus function, that's meta mathematics behind FLSH poker and is essential to every FLSH player!

You don't believe me?

Here's the proof:

I've been exploring this for the last 4 weeks now. I'll write a Diamond FLSH password protected article when I'm finished (still negotiating about the payment, SoyCD assured me it will be a 6 figure number). Since it will be the biggest breaktrough in poker since Izmet Fekali announced his LAG playing style there is probability that PS Diamonds will run with 43+BB/100 for at least as long as the entire world poker community discovers it.

But, PLEASE, don't talk around about this... it's highly confidential.

That graph ain't sinus function, sinus function goes over and over the zero BB line. ♦

Just won $17.50 from the Iron Man Bronze freeroll. I was going to ship it but one dumbass called my 4 BB Q7s-push with AA.

Originally posted by taavi1337

I was going to ship it but one dumbass called my 4 BB Q7s-push with AA.

What freakin' animals some dudes are. He clearly didn't understand he had less than a 25% chance of winning.

Yea, and he had only like 100 bb left. What a lucky donk.

Ok, he's not the only one. I won so much today I have never ever won before.

(http://img402.imageshack.us/i/plus120.png/)

It would be a shame to complain I didn't stay over $700... but I wanted to ♦

BR: $682.94

Nice heater, enjoy while it lasts.

Love those 8BB/100 heaters when they happen ... it's the -16BB/100 sessions that follow that are hard to take.

Originally posted by Berkstajger

Don't laugh at sinus function, that's meta mathematics behind FLSH poker and is essential to every FLSH player!

You don't believe me?

Here's the proof:

xxx

I've been exploring this for the last 4 weeks now. I'll write a Diamond FLSH password protected article when I'm finished (still negotiating about the payment, SoyCD assured me it will be a 6 figure number). Since it will be the biggest breaktrough in poker since Izmet Fekali announced his LAG playing style there is probability that PS Diamonds will run with 43+BB/100 for at least as long as the entire world poker community discovers it.

But, PLEASE, don't talk around about this... it's highly confidential.

LOL, you are saying it's highly confidential and that we should keep it in secret by posting this information in a public forum with readers around the world. nice work

Originally posted by EdgarAronov

Originally posted by Berkstajger

Don't laugh at sinus function, that's meta mathematics behind FLSH poker and is essential to every FLSH player!

You don't believe me?

Here's the proof:

xxx

I've been exploring this for the last 4 weeks now. I'll write a Diamond FLSH password protected article when I'm finished (still negotiating about the payment, SoyCD assured me it will be a 6 figure number). Since it will be the biggest breaktrough in poker since Izmet Fekali announced his LAG playing style there is probability that PS Diamonds will run with 43+BB/100 for at least as long as the entire world poker community discovers it.

But, PLEASE, don't talk around about this... it's highly confidential.

LOL, you are saying it's highly confidential and that we should keep it in secret by posting this information in a public forum with readers around the world. nice work

I trust all of the 2 million members here not to spread this information any further.

At leas I hope so. ♠_o:

Greetings again!

Today had a tiny downswing of 20 BB but came out and ended at +27 BB.

BR: $710.74

Oh, and the new pot record was beat:

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$0.5/$1 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (6 handed)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 9:h, 9:c.

MP2 folds, MP3 raises, CO folds, BU 3-Bets, SB calls, Hero caps, MP3 calls, BU calls, SB calls.

Flop: (16 SB) 8:d, 9:s, A:s (4 players)

SB bets, Hero raises, MP3 folds, BU calls, SB 3-Bets, Hero caps, BU calls, SB calls.

Turn: (14 BB) 4:c (3 players)

SB bets, Hero raises, BU calls, SB calls.

River: (20 BB) T:d (3 players)

SB bets, Hero raises, BU calls, SB calls.

Final Pot: 25.85 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows three of a kind, nines(9h 9c).

BU shows a pair of aces(Jd Ac).

SB shows two pairs, nines and eights(9d 8h).

Hero wins with three of a kind, nines(9h 9c).

I withdrew over $20 within the last week in $5 increments. How? Two of my friends asked me to send them $5. They went broke (of course) and I did it again. Got $20 cash from them, which is great, as minimum withdrawal is $100.

Lost some money today, tables were full of regs...

BR is around $680.

I chose a long-term goal, that is, to beat $5/$10 FL SH.

If I can do that, I can do anything.

BR: $654.54

I'm losing it all, dollar by dollar.

BR: $618.19

Welcome to the club, mate.

It's FTP Christmas bonus - lose now when you have money and win back in January when everybody is broke.

I really don't know what took you so long to join, me and Waiboy are enjoying it for quite a while, while enemaze stupidly fled to the army... I'm sure he envies us.

I don't know why it took so long...

Maybe because I was busy destroying my computer. That's right, I got depressed of those XP's blue screens of death and installed Windows 7. While doing that I accidentally deleted the partition list and lost access to my hard drive. I thought my files were gone forever and smashed my head against the floor. Then I managed to recover the partitions by the help of Google.

As I dual-boot and use Windows only for poker, I expect the Microsoft's system to do at least that one thing I need. Failed. Blue Screen again of course, twice in 60 minutes. Now the system's running without crashing over 2 hours, must be some kind of record.

Even if it doesn't crash, the system is still awful. I'd say Win 98 was way better.

Seriously, screw you, Microsoft.

After I had been doing useless installations all day, I expected to win at poker. You know, bad luck there, good luck here. But instead I fell into some club of losers (no offence ♦).

Have fun!

I hope this helps.

Or not, because WINDOWS FAILS.

Right. But I don't think I am smart enough to get Full Tilt and PokerTracker with HUD to work under Linux. :/

Recieved $40 rakeback and climbed up again

(http://img10.imageshack.us/i/valleyofwindows7.png/)

BR: $704.09

It wasn't that hard, I just got payed off from threepairs.

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$0.5/$1 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (5 handed)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A:d, T:d.

MP3 calls, CO folds, BU calls, SB folds, Hero raises, MP3 calls, BU calls.

Flop: (6.5 SB) T:c, A:c, K:h (3 players)

Hero bets, MP3 calls, BU raises, Hero 3-Bets, MP3 calls, BU calls.

Turn: (7.75 BB) A:h (3 players)

Hero bets, MP3 calls, BU calls.

River: (10.75 BB) K:c (3 players)

Hero bets, MP3 calls, BU calls.

Final Pot: 13.75 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows a full-house, aces full of kings(Ad Td).

MP3 shows two pairs, aces and kings(4c Th).

BU shows two pairs, aces and kings(Ts 9c).

Hero wins with a full-house, aces full of kings(Ad Td).

Had a similar session to yesterday's, no need to post a duplicate graph.

There were good fish...

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$0.25/$0.5 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (5 handed)

Preflop: Hero is CO with A:h, J:h.

MP3 calls, Hero raises, BU folds, SB calls, BB calls, MP3 calls.

Flop: (8 SB) 8:h, K:s, 4:d (4 players)

SB checks, BB checks, MP3 checks, Hero bets, SB calls, BB folds, MP3 raises, Hero calls, SB calls.

Turn: (7 BB) K:h (3 players)

SB checks, MP3 checks, Hero checks.

River: (7 BB) 5:s (3 players)

SB checks, MP3 checks, Hero checks.

Final Pot: 7 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows a pair of kings(Ah Jh).

MP3 shows a full-house, kings full of eights(8s Kc).

SB shows two pairs, kings and fives(5h 7c).

MP3 wins with a full-house, kings full of eights(8s Kc).

...and bad fish.

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$0.5/$1 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (6 handed)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K:d, K:c.

MP2 raises, 3 folds, SB calls, Hero 3-Bets, MP2 calls, SB calls.

Flop: (9 SB) Q:h, 3:d, 3:s (3 players)

SB checks, Hero bets, MP2 raises, SB calls, Hero 3-Bets, MP2 calls, SB calls.

Turn: (9 BB) 6:d (3 players)

SB checks, Hero bets, MP2 calls, SB calls.

River: (12 BB) 5:d (3 players)

SB checks, Hero bets, MP2 calls, SB calls.

Final Pot: 15 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows two pairs, kings and threes(Kd Kc).

MP2 shows two pairs, queens and threes(Qc Jc).

SB shows three of a kind, threes(3c 9c).

SB wins with three of a kind, threes(3c 9c).

BR is about $695.

FTP client always gave me bluescreens on Windows XP! I had to install W2K in a virtual machine to get it to run.

I'm glad it works okay in Windows 7. (for me)

Lol wut, another valley graph. Happy end!

(http://img705.imageshack.us/i/2012y.png/)

BR: $701.34

I never thought it was the Full Tilt software that caused Blue Screens... The problem is most likely in my hardware, it seems that Windooza just can't accept it.

Just finished a session which added nice income of $41.70 to my account. I decided not to bonus whore (they have 3x FTP Happy Hour at Full Tilt !), the session would have gone too long. I started to lose at the end, too.

My plan is to focus on the money, collect it, move up limits and earn 10 x FTP

BR: $742.04

A9s is the nuts!!

Had a nice +40 BB session again, 800 hands.

BR: $780.34

Nice heater you caught there, just get prepared for the downswing when it hits you.

Thank you for your optimistic predictions!

Today I returned to poker tables after a 3-day flu-period. I checked the cashier and found that I had recieved another $40 of rakeback. I also played 300 hands with winrate of 7.8 BB/100.

I really like my BR, it's $822.25

Merry Christmas to all!

I had a great hand today:

Hero is BB with 8♣6♣

Someone openlimps, someone raises, someone calls, Hero calls, we go to the flop at least 4-way.

Flop: 6♠6♥3♦

SB donks, Hero calls for overcalls, at least 2 more calls.

Turn: J♥

SB bets again, Hero raises for value and protection, one call, SB 3-bets, Hero calls, one call.

River: 8♦

SB bets, Hero raises and instantly gets Blue Screen of Death, restarts his computer..., maybe now the one coldcaller folds, but SB definitely 3-bets, Hero tears his hair cause he times out and loses the hand.

I'd like to thank Microsoft for their nice rigged operation system.

As I cashed out a bit and gambled a bit after Christmas, my BR wasn't so great anymore. Today I added +35 BB and now I'm at $787.

Happy New Year!

Try Virtual PC software maybe it helps.

Poker client runs in virtual sandbox and should help stop crashes.

Originally posted by martizzo

Try Virtual PC software maybe it helps.

Poker client runs in virtual sandbox and should help stop crashes.

Let's say I run Win 7 in sandbox using Linux. When Windows crashes, I can boot it up rather quickly and maybe don't time out so often. But when Linux crashes (doesn't happen so often) I'm helpless because I have to reboot and then load up VirtualBox. Also VirtualBox is quite inconvenient in my opinion.

I just had trouble replacing XP with Win7 and I'm to lazy to reinstall all that software again (PokerTracker, FTP, Pidgin, Firefox blablablabla).

We need some kinda Poker OS, Linux can't run all things like PT3 and Windows crashes all the time and is awful to use.

You don't understand my point that you may install two Virtual Machines running WinXP. So if one crashes you instantly logon on other.

And if you don't like VirtualBox try Microsoft Virtual PC, VMWare.

Another hand from yesterday:

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$0.5/$1 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (5 handed)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K:d, 9:s.

2 folds, BU raises, SB folds, Hero calls.

Flop: (4.5 SB) T:d, 9:d, 9:h (2 players)

Hero checks, BU bets, Hero raises, BU calls.

Turn: (4.25 BB) 9:c (2 players)

Hero bets, BU raises, Hero 3-Bets, BU calls.

River: (10.25 BB) 8:h (2 players)

Hero bets, BU calls.

Final Pot: 12.25 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows four of a kind, nines(Kd 9s).

BU shows a full-house, nines full of aces(Ah Ac).

Hero wins with four of a kind, nines(Kd 9s).

He was a taggy-looking guy and I said in the chat: "wtf, how did you put me on quads??" "Soul read imo", he replied. Pfft, why didn't he cap turn and river? ♦

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$0.5/$1 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (6 handed)

Preflop: Hero is BB with T:c, 8:s.

4 folds, SB calls, Hero checks.

Flop: (2 SB) 7:c, 5:h, 4:h (2 players)

SB checks, Hero bets, SB calls.

Turn: (2 BB) 4:d (2 players)

SB checks, Hero checks.

River: (2 BB) J:s (2 players)

SB checks, Hero checks.

Final Pot: 2 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows a pair of fours(Tc 8s).

SB shows a straight, seven high(6h 3h).

SB wins with a straight, seven high(6h 3h).

I think my flop bet scared him... he would have liked to check all three streets I guess.

Another +40 BB day

I was down to -35 BB, then watched the Cornholio's new video and started to win

BR: $835

---Tournament Summary---

MTT: Payout unknown

Data for 1 hand.

You played 1 hand (100%)

You raised 1 time preflop (100%)

The Tournament Trimmer (http://poker-tools.flopturnriver.com/Tournament-Hand-History-Converter.php) (v2.0) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com (http://www.flopturnriver.com/)

-----Hand 1-----

Hero's M = 39.87

Full Tilt Poker Game #17305422462: The Big Little Tournament (125973700)

Seat 1: Hero (2,990)

Seat 2: RicardezR (1,375)

Seat 4: lerche41 (2,600)

Seat 6: Deburr (4,180)

Seat 7: ATTILA1942 (1,510)

Seat 8: UncleRod108 (1,230)

Seat 9: GSF827 (3,505)

ATTILA1942 posts the small blind of 25

UncleRod108 posts the big blind of 50

The button is in seat #6

Preflop

Dealt to Hero K♠ K♥

GSF827: raises to 300

Hero: raises to 900

RicardezR: folds

lerche41: folds

Deburr: folds

ATTILA1942: raises to 1,510, and is all in

UncleRod108: folds

GSF827: calls 1,210

Hero: raises to 2,990, and is all in

GSF827: calls 1,480

Hero: shows K♠ K♥

ATTILA1942: shows A♣ A♠

GSF827: shows A♦ J♥

Flop: 3♦ 2♣ J♣

Turn: 4♦

River: 5♠

GSF827 wins the side pot (2,960) with a straight, Five high

Seat 9: GSF827 showed [Ad Jh] and won (5,250)

I don't think I can lay this down. No $22,500 this time!

Nothing to worry about cashgame, had another day of +40 BB.

BR: $864

(http://img177.imageshack.us/i/2010start.png/)

Nothing to complain about the starting of 2010

BR: $884.57

$905 ♠_cool:

kas see fixed limit tüütu pole? bankroll kasvab ka sellega ikka päris aeglaselt

Originally posted by EdgarAronov

kas see fixed limit tüütu pole? bankroll kasvab ka sellega ikka päris aeglaselt

No Limit is more swingy and you can lose more with one hand than in Fixed Limit. BR might grow slowly, but at least you wont lose so much, when you catch a downswing.

Stick to English next time.

Thanks for replies.

Originally posted by EdgarAronov

kas see fixed limit tüütu pole? bankroll kasvab ka sellega ikka päris aeglaselt

I once tried NL SSS, it was the most boring thing I have ever done. I think NL BSS is more fun, but it's damn complicated. Also you play much tighter than in FL SH and get much less action.

Now when I'm starting to handle FL I see how tricky it really is. You have to make so much tough decisions, like thin valuebets and calldowns with ace high or bottom pair + no kicker. In FL almost every hand goes to the flop and every flushdraw goes to the river. It's just SO MUCH action. FL SH is the best form of poker I have ever tried. Seriously.

You say that BR grows slowly. I don't know about that, I thought my bankroll skyrockets incredibly fast. And I'm still a total noob at poker.

Originally posted by poizzike

No limit is more swingy

I don't think so. They say that FL SH is one of the swingiest. You can run hot over 5k hands just because you're lucky. That's what generates regular fish.

I though that FL is less swingy but yesterday I suffered ~ 180 BB in downswing + some tilt in FR FL 0.25/0.5

I'm down to -90 BB with last two days, which means that The New Year Upswing is officially over (I made at least +25 BB every day 1st-5th Januar). BR is just below $800. I have that feeling again that they should remove river from holdem

this is how poker site keeps fish alive, but ... why choice me to feed him

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$0.25/$0.5 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (10 handed)

Preflop: Hero is UTG1 with Q:h, A:h.

UTG folds, Hero raises, 3 folds, MP3 calls, 4 folds.

Flop: (5.4 SB) A:s, 6:c, J:d (2 players)

Hero bets, MP3 calls.

Turn: (3.7 BB) 8:c (2 players)

Hero bets, MP3 calls.

River: (5.7 BB) 9:c (2 players)

Hero bets, MP3 calls.

Final Pot: 7.7 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows a pair of aces(Q:h A:h).

MP3 shows two pairs, nines and eights(9:s 8:h).

MP3 wins with two pairs, nines and eights(9:s 8:h).

You should be happy and grateful for that hand. Villain not raising the river is superb for you, just don't take it so hard and understand that this is big part of poker. Care for your play, not the money you make from it.

Originally posted by cash4mebg

You should be happy and grateful for that hand. Villain not raising the river is superb for you, just don't take it so hard and understand that this is big part of poker. Care for your play, not the money you make from it.

Indeed! Once you move to $1/2 they'll still play this hand the same way, but they'll raise the river, making you loose another BB! ♠_mad:

I won quad A ♦ ♦

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$0.25/$0.5 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (10 handed)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with Q:d, K:d.

3 folds, Hero raises, MP2 3-Bets, MP3 caps, 4 folds, Hero calls, MP2 calls.

Flop: (13.4 SB) 3:d, 2:d, 4:h (3 players)

Hero checks, MP2 bets, MP3 raises, Hero calls, MP2 3-Bets, MP3 calls, Hero calls.

Turn: (11.2 BB) 7:d (3 players)

Hero checks, MP2 checks, MP3 bets, Hero raises, MP2 calls, MP3 calls.

River: (17.2 BB) 4:s (3 players)

Hero bets, MP2 calls, MP3 calls.

Final Pot: 20.2 BB.

Results follow:

MP3 shows two pairs, aces and fours(A:d A:c).

Hero shows a flush, king high(Q:d K:d).

MP2 shows two pairs, aces and fours(A:s A:h).

Hero wins with a flush, king high(Q:d K:d).

The good old days are back.

(http://img695.imageshack.us/i/niceday.png/)

BR: $750

Originally posted by taavi1337

The good old days are back.

(http://img695.imageshack.us/i/niceday.png/)

BR: $750

Just another day at the office! I was beginning to think you were wearing a -ve variance retardant flamesuit.

Won $90 from fishes today ♠_grin:. Just amazing what a joke Full Tilt is at the weekends, especially at Happy Hour.

Today is The Freeroll Day again, I am going to ship the $10,000 Iron Man Bronze one.

BR: $891.91

Of course I screwed it up at the freeroll.

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$0.5/$1 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (6 handed)

Preflop: Hero is CO with K:c, K:s.

2 folds, Hero raises, BU calls, SB calls, BB calls.

Flop: (8 SB) 9:d, 4:s, 8:s (4 players)

SB checks, BB bets, Hero raises, BU calls, SB calls, BB 3-Bets, Hero caps, BU calls, SB calls, BB calls.

Turn: (12 BB) K:d (4 players)

SB checks, BB bets, Hero raises, BU calls, SB calls, BB 3-Bets, Hero caps, BU calls, SB calls, BB calls.

River: (28 BB) T:c (4 players)

SB checks, BB bets, Hero raises(All-In), BU folds, SB calls, BB calls.

Final Pot: 34 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows three of a kind, kings(Kc Ks).

BB shows two pairs, nines and eights(9c 8c).

SB shows two pairs, nines and eights(8d 9s).

Hero wins with three of a kind, kings(Kc Ks).

New biggest pot, both in BB and $. Session ended at -12 BB though.

I wasn't all-in on the river, don't know what the hand history converter was thinking.

BR: $879

Down to -40 BB today, BR is around $840.

Down to -63 BB today. Thanks to bonuses my BR is $875.

Here's my FL SH $0.5/$1 graph.

(http://img32.imageshack.us/i/200c.png/)

BR: $810

Hey taavi1337

I have a piece of advice that I think is relevant. Apologies if I'm off beam as I don't mean to be preachy, but it occurs to me you need to hear it, like I've needed to hear diferent advice in the past.

I don't expect that you'll fully appreciate what I'm about to say for lots of reasons (it took me over a year to REALLY get this, despite being really open to the idea), but this advice is the nuts:

You post BR updates every day, but you need to forget about winrate/bankroll other than as a leak identifier. The only leaks I'd look for with these is VPIP/PFR/AF breakdown type statistics. Improving your game through study is all that matters (which I know you do through posting hands at the very least).

I never used to think the bankroll updates I posted were causing me to focus on them... I always convinced myself that I was comfortable the BR was the byproduct of my play + variance. But until you REALLY stop looking at your BR you won't realise just how much it plays on your mind.

As a tester, try deliberately not checking your BR for a week. Focus more on your play in each hand, in the moment. If you find your mind drifting toward thinking whether a session was positive or negative or what your BR is at any given time, then you can be sure it is impacting on your game more than it should.

I'll end my (hopefully welcome) monologue here. If I'm off beam with my comments I apologise as they are meant to be well meaning and supportive.

And best of luck!

I know you're damn right, Waiboy! I'm trying to not care about my BR (while playing, I already look at my graph and Cashier less often than I used to! ♦).

It's not easy for me to ignore the money, I have never had a sum like $900 before. I hate the "scared money" syndrome or whatever it's called. But I'm not a robot and I'm not capable of playing my A-game after a -8 BB/100 session with WTSD 29 and W$SD 34.

I post my BR so you can see where I'm at, whether moving to the next limit or dropping down to the previous one.

As a tester, try deliberately not checking your BR for a week

Or try to ignore your life?? ♦ I'm happy if I can forget my BR for 5 seconds.

Thank you for the great advice, I know I have a long way to go to be a succesful player.

Originally posted by taavi1337

I post my BR so you can see where I'm at, whether moving to the next limit or dropping down to the previous one.

As a tester, try deliberately not checking your BR for a week

Or try to ignore your life?? ♦ I'm happy if I can forget my BR for 5 seconds.

HA! I know exactly where you're coming from which is why I hoped my unrequested advice was given!

I spent a year or two playing play money on PokerSchoolOnline/PokerPages trying to win free moniez (before I knew that such things as free bankrolls existed). When I joined PS.com I went from $50 to $500 within a few months and thought I was gonna be a pro!

Since then I've had some sick periods where I've lost heaps, gone through the "why am I doing this to myself" phase of dropping from $1/$2 SH with a 700BB roll, back to playing $.25/$.50 with a 700BB roll. What I've now become comfortable with is that unless I'm playing 5/T - hell 20/40+ - the bankroll, and therefore the limit, is kinda irrelevant. All that matters is constant study, constant improvement. Results will come.

I have known this for about 10 - 11 months, I only really understood it and appreciated it 1 - 2 months ago. Work really hard at wrapping your head around this concept and you'll go a long way!

PS - contrary to a long held belief of mine, psychology articles, books and videos are not a waste of time. If you haven't had a good look at some of these, do so. There are some really important lessons contained in them - and even if you know it, the articles et al reinforce just how important applying the lessons is.

Here! I created a tiltblocker with PokerTracker HUD which hides the amount of money I have left at the table. Isn't it cool?

Now I'm ready for the Waiboy's week-without-looking-BR challenge!

The first Blind Day is over and I think I did great! I'm probably at $4.5k now. Damn it, don't think about the money!

Originally posted by taavi1337

The first Blind Day is over and I think I did great! I'm probably at $4.5k now. Damn it, don't think about the money!

Not sure which I liked more, the smilie tilt blocker or this post.

Hey, can someone give a tip how to make such a tiltbloker with Holdem Manager ?

I think it is a great idea. ♠_thumbsup: Taavi and watch out for me, next month moving to Full Tilt to ruin some of your tables ♦

Originally posted by cash4mebg

Hey, can someone give a tip how to make such a tiltbloker with Holdem Manager ?

I think it is a great idea. ♠_thumbsup:

I think You can just move stats over it - works for me. There is a "tiltblocker" software as well - TB used it in some of his vids (PM if You need a link).

Taavi and watch out for me, next month moving to Full Tilt to ruin some of your tables ♦

Nice, finaly You leave my tables

Taavi: nice tiltblocker Are You adjusting those smileys according to Your actual mood? ♦

Taavi and watch out for me, next month moving to Full Tilt to ruin some of your tables

Cool, we always need more calling station fishes!

Are You adjusting those smileys according to Your actual mood?

No, I just chose the player icon which keeps me happy. ♦

Originally posted by taavi1337

Are You adjusting those smileys according to Your actual mood?

No, I just chose the player icon which keeps me happy. ♦

Avatar management is now crucial in the post Avatar 3D environment. Neural links to Avatar emotions provide maximum opportunity to inspire monkey tilt in our opponents.

It must be true, I read it on teh interwebz.

Hi Waiboy, run to Full Tilt to play some poker! ♦

Seems like the Rush Poker brought a lot of fish to FL tables, too!

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$0.5/$1 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (6 handed)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with 9:h, 9:d.

Hero raises, MP3 calls, 2 folds, SB calls, BB calls.

Flop: (8 SB) 3:c, K:s, 4:s (4 players)

SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets, MP3 calls, SB calls, BB calls.

Turn: (6 BB) 2:c (4 players)

SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets, MP3 calls, SB calls, BB calls.

River: (10 BB) J:s (4 players)

SB checks, BB checks, Hero checks, MP3 checks.

Final Pot: 10 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows a pair of nines(9h 9d).

SB shows high card king(7d 6c).

BB shows a pair of fours(Ad 4c).

MP3 shows a pair of threes(3h Qd).

Hero wins with a pair of nines(9h 9d).

FU, I would have earned $3 with a river valuebet (that's right, the 76o guy would have called, too).

Well, at least they didn't try the bluffdonk/call-bluffdonk-bluffdonk line which I also experienced today. Such a donkfest going on there

HA! That must be why I had a winning session yesterday.. er.. not watching results or anything ofc!

yea crap river there. But I think you played it well.

Today the donks were replaced with Easten Europe TAGs, yay!

Some fishes tried to play but had to leave quickly...

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$0.5/$1 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (6 handed)

Preflop: Hero is BU with 4:c, 4:d.

MP2 calls, MP3 calls, CO calls, Hero calls, SB raises, BB folds, MP2 calls, MP3 calls, CO calls, Hero calls.

Flop: (11 SB) 8:c, 6:c, 5:h (5 players)

SB bets, MP2 calls, MP3 calls, CO folds, Hero calls.

Turn: (7.5 BB) Q:h (4 players)

SB checks, MP2 checks, MP3 checks, Hero checks.

River: (7.5 BB) A:s (4 players)

SB checks, MP2 checks, MP3 checks, Hero checks.

Final Pot: 7.5 BB.

Results follow:

MP3 shows high card ace(7h Jd).

Hero shows a pair of fours(4c 4d).

SB shows high card ace(Ts Kd).

MP2 shows high card ace(Jc 9h).

Hero wins with a pair of fours(4c 4d).

Again, I missed some valuebets here

I have many hands waiting to be posted to evaluation forums, but I'm too tired to do that. I have to sit at school eight hours a day and when I come home I'm not that excited of learning anymore.

The Challenge is over. I took a deep breath and opened the Cashier, starting to slowly direct my eyes upwards...

$920.42

This is the Blind Week's graph.

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I'm really glad I didn't know I had 70 BB swings :f_eek:. Thanks to the darkness I continued playing normally, without quitting the sessions after falling below -50 BB.

From now on, I won't look at my BR or graphs during the session. And of course I will keep using my tiltblocker!

Thank you, coach Waiboy!

Ha! No problem.

Of course, if you'd finished the week down 100BB that would have been fine as well.

Yea, +70 BB for 4000 hands is break even.

Had a nice day. Not watching results, of course!, but running 10BB/100 for 2,5 hours brings smile to my face

Session details:

Hands: 181

WTSD/W$SD: 39/23

You can easily imagine the graph.

Omfg, it's bad, but why you stopped the session. You shouldn't stop just because you didn't win a showdown, you should stop when you don't feel confortable. Don't know how bad beats reflect you, but I think that you should play more hands to beat the variance.

Hmm.. I think you should stop if you are thinking about the results, not the correct play.

If you continue to play volume to beat variance, it doesn't sound like you are completely focused on the play.

If you are lucky enough to be able to divorce a series of coolers/beats/bad decisions from your decision making, then playing on makes sense. Personally, I stop as soon as I realise I'm thinking about the losing hands too much - that's tilt for me.

I agree with Waiboy.

BTW: Once You decide to not watching Your results, don't even watch the tracker (except of turning on the HUD). E.g. how did You manage this:

Had a nice day. Not watching results, of course!, but running 10BB/100 for 2,5 hours brings smile to my face

Eighter You are watching the results and lying to Yourself or there is a tracker in Your head

I see it's not easy to don't track Your results at all for some time and not everybody is able to do that, but once (If) You get used to it, Your game will rise to next level. You did a first step by hiding Your buy-in. I took me a lot of time to not watching all those mighty numbers during or just after sessions, but I feel much better now.

Just watch Your graph for a previous months - there are no 181 hands long "bad runs?" What helped me a lot in the past was switching from watching daily/weekly graphs to monthly ones. I mean only monthly ones. Give it a shot and You'll see

Or ignore this post if it's completely out

That "not watching results, of course!" was a joke copied from Waiboy.

Thank you guys for help.

I'm still working on my attitude, horrible sessions start to affect my play and I have to stop when I can't win a single hand. Playing on tilt is the last thing I want to do.

I just stacked one guy at FL. These four hands came exactly in a row against the same guy at one table, incredible!

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$0.5/$1 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (5 handed)

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with 8:h, 8:d.

Hero raises, 2 folds, SB calls, BB folds.

Flop: (5 SB) J:d, 5:h, 2:d (2 players)

SB checks, Hero bets, SB calls.

Turn: (3.5 BB) A:s (2 players)

SB checks, Hero bets, SB calls.

River: (5.5 BB) J:c (2 players)

SB checks, Hero bets, SB calls.

Final Pot: 7.5 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows two pairs, jacks and eights(8h 8d).

SB shows two pairs, jacks and fives(6d 5d).

Hero wins with two pairs, jacks and eights(8h 8d).

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$0.5/$1 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (4 handed)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q:h, K:h.

CO folds, BU raises, SB folds, Hero 3-Bets, BU calls.

Flop: (6.5 SB) Q:c, 2:s, 9:h (2 players)

Hero bets, BU calls.

Turn: (4.25 BB) T:d (2 players)

Hero bets, BU calls.

River: (6.25 BB) J:c (2 players)

Hero bets, BU raises, Hero 3-Bets, BU calls.

Final Pot: 12.25 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows a straight, king high(Qh Kh).

BU shows a straight, queen high(Ad 8h).

Hero wins with a straight, king high(Qh Kh).

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$0.5/$1 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (4 handed)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A:s, K:d.

CO raises, BU folds, Hero 3-Bets, BB calls, CO caps, Hero calls, BB calls.

Flop: (12 SB) J:s, A:d, 4:c (3 players)

Hero checks, BB checks, CO bets, Hero raises, BB folds, CO 3-Bets, Hero caps, CO calls.

Turn: (10 BB) 9:c (2 players)

Hero bets, CO raises, Hero calls.

River: (14 BB) 5:d (2 players)

Hero checks, CO bets, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 16 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows a pair of aces(As Kd).

CO shows a pair of aces(Ac Qs).

Hero wins with a pair of aces(As Kd).

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$0.5/$1 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (5 handed)

Preflop: Hero is BU with 7:s, 7:c.

MP3 raises, CO folds, Hero 3-Bets, 2 folds, MP3 caps, Hero calls.

Flop: (9.5 SB) 4:h, 3:h, 4:s (2 players)

MP3 checks, Hero bets, MP3 calls.

Turn: (5.75 BB) 9:c (2 players)

MP3 checks, Hero bets, MP3 calls.

River: (7.75 BB) 4:d (2 players)

MP3 checks, Hero bets, MP3 calls(All-In).

Final Pot: 9.75 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows a full-house, fours full of sevens(7s 7c).

MP3 shows three of a kind, fours(Jd Qc).

Hero wins with a full-house, fours full of sevens(7s 7c).

mwahahahahahaha I got him all-in and demolished him

I'm getting impatient. All I want is just 100 BB more so I could play $1/$2. New limit would give me new passion! (or perhaps cause some tilt at least)

if you're that close and a bit impatient you may well start to add some FISHY 1/2 tables to get better table selection. It also makes the "jump" less big and makes it less of a deal to move down again if you run into a bad streak there.

I tried this once and I do it all the time now when moving up. Just mix in some good tables of the higher limit.

An added bonus is is that it makes you really indifferent about the limits. They all become BB's instead.

You'll discover more advantages yourself. Too long to list them here. Maybe not, but I don't like typing a lot

Originally posted by DarthBobo

if you're that close and a bit impatient you may well start to add some FISHY 1/2 tables to get better table selection. It also makes the "jump" less big and makes it less of a deal to move down again if you run into a bad streak there.

I tried this once and I do it all the time now when moving up. Just mix in some good tables of the higher limit.

An added bonus is is that it makes you really indifferent about the limits. They all become BB's instead.

You'll discover more advantages yourself. Too long to list them here. Maybe not, but I don't like typing a lot

I've always liked this approach too. Either this or develop more patience!

Cheating? Hmmm... I'll try the honest way, that is, developing more patience. BRM is like a bunch of goals and I think I should reach them by playing according the "rules". Ah wtf, I'm just scared of losing my BR ♦

Imo the BRM PS teaches is so ppl don't waste the 50$ and to show that it's important. I agree it's important. That doesn't mean that this approach is perfect.

So who did decide the BRM has to be 500BB and not 509 BB? Or 480? Or 450BB?

The guideline is 500BB if you decide to move up AT ONCE. So today I played 1/2. And tomorrow I'll play 2/4 and 1/2 is past.

If you have common sense then mixing in some fishy tables of a higher limit is actually a good approach.

• you have double the tables to choose from, so better table selection

• less rake at the higher limit

• you slowly get used to the play at the higher limit intead of doing it at once.

• less bad feelings when moving down

• whether you want it or not, you'll start thinking in BB's.

Perhaps my advice is more useful starting at 1/2 or 2/4 where you will notice that you can break even in terms of $ even when permanently losing at like 0.6 BB/100 due to rakeback.

This makes the fear of losing the bankroll disappear.

disclaimer: this post only makes sense if you feel comfortable at your current limit and that you think you can beat it.

that may be my longest post ever.

Originally posted by taavi1337

Cheating? Hmmm... I'll try the honest way, that is, developing more patience. BRM is like a bunch of goals and I think I should reach them by playing according the "rules". Ah wtf, I'm just scared of losing my BR ♦

Inspired by this subdiscussion, I decided to do some cheating today. It felt so goooooood! Played $1/$2 SH with 475BB to be more specific, so hardly acting like a maniac...

Ofc, if it goes pear shaped it won't bother me in the least... been there, done that. And that is the attitude you need to be able to adopt to take shots at higher limits earlier than recommended BRM with some comfort IMO.

I got inspired too and mixed in one $1/$2 table.

(http://img85.imageshack.us/i/12start.png/)

(don't know what's up with the black edges of the thumbnail)

OVER $1000

I HAVE NOW

Just wanted you to know.

I have some more news too, 64s is now officially the nuts cause it took down The Biggest Pot Ever In Online Poker History.

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$1/$2 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (6 handed)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 6:s, 4:s.

MP2 raises, MP3 folds, CO calls, BU calls, SB calls, Hero calls.

Flop: (10 SB) 7:c, 5:d, Q:s (5 players)

SB checks, Hero checks, MP2 bets, CO folds, BU calls, SB calls, Hero raises, MP2 calls, BU calls, SB calls.

Turn: (9 BB) 3:d (4 players)

SB checks, Hero bets, MP2 folds, BU calls, SB calls.

River: (12 BB) Q:d (3 players)

SB checks, Hero bets, BU raises, SB calls, Hero 3-Bets, BU caps, SB folds, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 22 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows a straight, seven high(6s 4s).

BU shows three of a kind, queens(4c Qc).

Hero wins with a straight, seven high(6s 4s).

That river cap was freakin scary ♦

Congrats on the new benchmark!

Originally posted by taavi1337

That river cap was freakin scary ♦

Have to admit, I saw that hand going differently!

Hi, do you think I should value bet in river?

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$0.5/$1 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (10 handed)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with T:h, A:h.

3 folds, MP1 calls, Hero raises, 2 folds, BU calls, SB folds, BB calls, MP1 calls.

Flop: (8.5 SB) J:c, A:d, K:s (4 players)

BB checks, MP1 bets, Hero raises, BU calls, BB calls, MP1 calls.

Turn: (8.25 BB) 6:d (4 players)

BB checks, MP1 checks, Hero bets, BU calls, BB calls, MP1 calls.

River: (12.25 BB) 9:c (4 players)

BB checks, MP1 checks, Hero checks, BU checks.

Final Pot: 12.25 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows a pair of aces(Th Ah).

BB shows high card ace(Qc 4c).

BU shows a pair of aces(Ac 5h).

MP1 shows a pair of kings(Kh 5d).

Hero wins with a pair of aces(Th Ah).

A valuebet here is good if you think you have more than 25% equity on the river.

I think that's the case. So I would bet/fold it.

By the way, I didn't see the result before I wrote this.

I think bet/fold too, depending on reads on who raises - you'd be folding in a big pot and there are definitely players capable of opportunistic raises here. The 9 is more or less a total blank as all straight draws miss.

Against TAGs and most passives it's a definite bet/fold.

Tilted around and screamed at chat at PLO 0.01/0.02 for the lulz. Too bad I forgot that I had the auto-rebuy on, so I actually lost about $2.

I couldn't beat $1/$2 this time... But soon I'll CRUSH it

But next time I will be there crushing you and 1$/2$

Kidding, I would hardly crush you, but also hoping to kick some 1/2 asses.

Just a tip, get a break from poker for 2-3 days, helps A LOT. Then review your game, you will feel like da BOSS.

Originally posted by cash4mebg

I would hardly crush you

Nah, you're far better than me ♦

I'm not in a "serious OMG massive downswing" or something like that (yet). But I see I need to improve in so many spots. I will learn more and play less during the working days anyway, all the coachings and stuff. And the break will be next weekend, then I'm away from home.

How the heck did you get to Platinum with $0.5/$1? You must be a robot ♦

Sorry tav.. I'm sucking up all the +ve variance on FTP $1/$2 atm. Let me get to around 750BB and I'll start sharing.

Just WAIT until I get to $1/$2, I'll steal half of your BR

I wanted to learn something today but got this:

"You have reached the maximum amount of threads in our sample hand board for today. Tomorrow you will be able to post new threads again. Meanwhile you can discuss hands posted by other members."

Tomorrow I will get that message again, I have about 20 hands more to be evaluated!!

Some nice players play at FT:

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$0.5/$1 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (5 handed)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 7:s, 7:d.

CO posts deadblind, MP3 folds, CO checks, BU raises, Hero 3-Bets, BB calls, CO calls, BU caps, Hero calls, BB calls, CO calls.

Flop: (16 SB) J:c, 6:h, 7:h (4 players)

Hero bets, BB folds, CO raises, BU 3-Bets, Hero caps, CO calls, BU calls.

Turn: (14 BB) Q:h (3 players)

Hero bets, CO raises, BU calls, Hero 3-Bets, CO caps, BU calls, Hero calls.

River: (26 BB) 3:h (3 players)

Hero checks, CO bets, BU calls, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 29 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows three of a kind, sevens(7s 7d).

BU shows a pair of jacks(Js Ad).

CO shows a pair of fours(4d 4c).

Hero wins with three of a kind, sevens(7s 7d).

Good grief. That's one of those "lets throw away a BB making the river call 'cause I'm never ever winning this - but the pot is HUUUUGGGGEEE" moments.

I believe some folks refer to these player types as "mouth breathers".

Indeed, this hand is the 4% when I'm ahead

HELL YEAH!!!!

I once was 2nd in chips also:

(http://img138.imageshack.us/i/wowt.png/)

Great job man! Keep it up!

Thanks man!

I also love the amount of the FTP's I have:

i have a bit of these points as well...any idea what you will do with them..i mean what is the best deal to use them for??

btw congratz for your nice cash from the tourney..i was playing that one too but had a bad beat..

Originally posted by antonin87

i mean what is the best deal to use them for??

Purchase a T-shirt from the Full Tilt Store and brag with it in front of your friends (that's what I did ).

Found a nice hand which I played few days ago, being in a 5-way capped pot on turn is not so common for me ♦

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$0.5/$1 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (5 handed)

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with K:d, K:s.

Hero raises, CO 3-Bets, BU calls, SB calls, BB calls, Hero caps, CO calls, BU calls, SB calls, BB calls.

Flop: (20 SB) 7:c, Q:d, 6:s (5 players)

SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets, CO calls, BU calls, SB calls, BB calls.

Turn: (12.5 BB) 2:s (5 players)

SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets, CO folds, BU folds, SB calls, BB calls.

River: (15.5 BB) 8:s (3 players)

SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets, SB folds, BB calls.

Final Pot: 17.5 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows a pair of kings(Kd Ks).

BB shows a pair of queens(9d Qh).

Hero wins with a pair of kings(Kd Ks).

What a horrible river card. Bet you cried a little before those two checks...

After the $240 tourney winning I started to add one or two $1/$2 tables to my sessions again. I'm running break even or slightly under zero in the last few days, but I'm still capable of semi-grinding $1/$2. Here's one interesting hand against typical Full Tilt $1/$2 FL SH reg:

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$1/$2 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (5 handed)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 9:c, 4:c.

2 folds, BU calls, SB calls, Hero checks.

Flop: (3 SB) 5:c, J:c, 2:s (3 players)

SB checks, Hero bets, BU folds, SB calls.

Turn: (2.5 BB) A:d (2 players)

SB checks, Hero bets, SB calls.

River: (4.5 BB) J:d (2 players)

SB checks, Hero checks.

Final Pot: 4.5 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows a pair of jacks(9c 4c).

SB shows a pair of jacks(4h 7d).

Hero wins with a pair of jacks(9c 4c).

I was going to bet all streets for value against seven high. But on the river he waited two seconds before checking; he had only done that before with ten high. Therefore I decided to check behind, take the free showdown, and correct my note on him.

lol

Cornoholio's Philosophy about timing tells in action FTW !!!!!!!!

Just played a quick 15-min session:

(http://img171.imageshack.us/i/wtfr.png/)

50BB/100. My normal WR

be happy it's not -50 BB/100 (i have experienced that, too)

Today took part of a 63 km ski marathon, so I can't feel my legs

It is fucking impossible to win a hand while playing under the almighty Microsoft Windows. I flop a set, he calls me down to the river where the flushdraw completes and board pairs. He donks and I get THE FUCKING BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH! And no, I won't make it back to the table because I had another BLUE SCREEN some minutes ago and my disconnect time bank is empty. You owe me $20, dear Microsoft (disregard the fact that I pirated your awful not-even-worth-pirating OS). And I can't even continue my session because I'm so pissed at Windows.

Just download a "improved" version. Haven't seem a BSoD for a while now (years)!!

Over 2,5k hands at $1/$2. Still up there. Great success! ♦

Tried to avoid ya tav - declined taking immediate position on you on a couple of tables 'cause I'm such a nice dude! Unfortunately, your table selection was awesome so I couldn't avoid you completely.

Thanks man! I don't want to see TAGs on my right side either, those places are reserved for calling stations and maniacs. I have started to use the different-color notes which Full Tilt offers. I mark huge fish with blue, semi-fish with orange and TAGs with red. That way it's easy to avoid taggy tables and pick the fishy ones. My SpadeEye trial-period is over and the note system is even more comfortable to use.

Found the hand that I had posted on 10th August, 2009:

CAP all streets with AA? (https://www.pokerstrategy.com/forum/thread.php?threadid=60987)

Hahahahahaha I owned him so much ♦ ♦

Played only 9k hands in February, still managed to keep the gold status and gain the Iron Man Bronze at Full Tilt. Had to purchase two iron days, though.

February was an important landmark in my poker career. My BR grew over $1000, I actually won something in a MTT ($240 from BLT), and started to play $1/$2 FL SH.

Here's another hand against a typical 1/2 fella:

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$1/$2 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (6 handed)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 8:c, 4:h.

3 folds, BU calls, SB folds, Hero checks.

Flop: (2.5 SB) 5:d, 9:s, 8:h (2 players)

Hero bets, BU calls.

Turn: (2.25 BB) K:h (2 players)

Hero bets, BU calls.

River: (4.25 BB) 4:c (2 players)

Hero bets, BU calls.

Final Pot: 6.25 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows two pairs, eights and fours(8c 4h).

BU shows a pair of queens(Qs Qd).

Hero wins with two pairs, eights and fours(8c 4h).

Nice try, man ♦:

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$1/$2 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (6 handed)

Preflop: Hero is CO with A:s, 8:s.

MP2 calls, MP3 calls, Hero raises, BU folds, SB calls, BB folds, MP2 calls, MP3 calls.

Flop: (9 SB) 6:h, 3:c, A:d (4 players)

SB checks, MP2 bets, MP3 folds, Hero raises, SB folds, MP2 3-Bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (7.5 BB) 3:s (2 players)

MP2 checks, Hero checks.

River: (7.5 BB) J:h (2 players)

MP2 bets, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 9.5 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows two pairs, aces and threes(As 8s).

MP2 shows four of a kind, threes(3d 3h).

MP2 wins with four of a kind, threes(3d 3h).

Ladies and gentlemen, I proudly present my first Royal Flush:

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$1/$2 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (2 handed)

Preflop: Hero is SB with T:d, J:d.

Hero raises, BB calls.

Flop: (4 SB) Q:d, K:d, T:h (2 players)

BB checks, Hero bets, BB calls.

Turn: (3 BB) A:d (2 players)

BB checks, Hero bets, BB calls.

River: (5 BB) 4:s (2 players)

BB checks, Hero bets, BB calls.

Final Pot: 7 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows a royal flush(Td Jd).

BB shows two pairs, aces and queens(Qc As).

Hero wins with a royal flush(Td Jd).

Congrats on the Royal taavi! Pity villian was so passive, but at least you got three streets out of it!

Thanks man! I already thought nobody reads this blog, there were no replies for more than a week.

Yesterday I recieved my hoodie from Full Tilt, which means I'm officially cool now.

It looks like this: http://cgi.ebay.com/Full-Tilt-Poker-Scottevest-Hi-tech-Ultimate-Hoodie-NEW_W0QQitemZ120538611435QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item1c10a93eeb

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Slovania lol.

Now over 7k hands at $1/$2, the limit where $100 means nothing

My goals:

[ ] to get 8,100 Full Tilt Points and purchase "The Mindset of Poker" (currently 4,5k points)

[ ] to climb to 5/T

New worst day record! -$142!

Hey taavi1337,

How's the hoodie? I've been thinking of getting the same one when I've got the points.

peche

Originally posted by peche025

Hey taavi1337,

How's the hoodie? I've been thinking of getting the same one when I've got the points.

peche

The hoodie looks really cool and fits me well. The logo is cool and so are the pockets with magnets :f_p:. However, it's totally synthetic fleece or whatever you call that material; I would've preferred cotton. This one just doesn't let the air through. With +18 degrees by Celsius and up it's too hot to wear imo.

Originally posted by taavi1337

My goals:

[ ] to get 8,100 Full Tilt Points and purchase "The Mindset of Poker" (currently 4,5k points)

[ ] to climb to 5/T

[ ] and to establish solid BR for 1/2

I'm almost falling down again...

That's it, I'm temporarily down at 0.5/1 again. Here's my 1/2 graph, nothing special, just -170 BB.

(http://img408.imageshack.us/i/onetwosh.png/)

Tomorrow is the rakeback day and I've been a good child this week (grinded almost every day), so maybe the bonus can push my roll back to $1000+ if my skills can't.

I'll fight till the final dollar ♠_evil:

Yea swing is just about usual I think. Hope you get up soon. Don't forget for the sweet sessions Sat or Sunday, depends how I do in the miniFTOPS and when I will have time.

The first three times you laugh when your opponent hits a set on the river. The fourth time is also not a big deal. But fifth time in 100 hands and in the way like this...

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$0.5/$1 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (5 handed)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A:h, 7:d.

MP3 raises, 3 folds, Hero calls.

Flop: (4.5 SB) 9:h, 7:h, 2:h (2 players)

Hero checks, MP3 bets, Hero raises, MP3 3-Bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (5.25 BB) 7:c (2 players)

Hero checks, MP3 bets, Hero raises, MP3 calls.

River: (9.25 BB) J:h (2 players)

Hero bets, MP3 raises, Hero 3-Bets, MP3 caps, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 17.25 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows a flush, ace high(A:h 7:d).

MP3 shows a full-house, jacks full of sevens(J:d J:c).

MP3 wins with a full-house, jacks full of sevens(J:d J:c).

What can I say? The best hand won. Tbh I wanted to fold to the river cap

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$1/$2 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (6 handed)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A:c, T:c.

MP2 folds, MP3 raises, 2 folds, SB calls, Hero calls.

Flop: (6 SB) 4:s, K:c, 7:s (3 players)

SB checks, Hero checks, MP3 bets, SB folds, Hero calls.

Turn: (4 BB) Q:c (2 players)

Hero checks, MP3 bets, Hero calls.

River: (6 BB) J:c (2 players)

Hero bets, MP3 raises, Hero 3-Bets, MP3 caps, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 14 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows a royal flush(Ac Tc).

MP3 shows three of a kind, fours(4h 4d).

Hero wins with a royal flush(Ac Tc).

Too bad the royal flush can't bring me back these 60 BB I lost in this session

due to the new legal situation in Estonia I have been "hacking" in the last few days instead of playing poker

Are you an outlaw now taav?

Yes, I am. I'm breaking the Estonian law because I don't pay taxes from my winnings to our country. Well, I guess it would be ok if they payed compensation to me while in a dowswing. HAH!

Lol this sucks much, I hope the tax you have to pay isn't so big.

What? Nobody actually pays the tax and nobody will ever do it, it's just written in the law. Oh, and I have to be 21.

I thought that only in Bulgaria nobody actually cares about the laws ♦

It's time to post the all-time graph! No, the formula ain't "money won = sin (hands played)" anymore. I proudly present:

money won = -(hands played)^2

...

Lol, the constitution of Estonia says "No censorship." Of course nobody cares and now they're happily blocking the Internet. Welcome to 1984.

now somebody please answer to my hilarious post or i'll make another user at PS and write some praising comments here

Never mind. Still trying to climb up to 1/2. I feel so inconvenient while playing at those tables with bankroll of $1,020... damn it, I need to ship some big tourney ♦

Nice garph

Thank you! ♦

Our hero has comfortably taken position on huge fish. Just look at his stats, we have a pure calling station here.

MP2 stats: 56/5/0.6/64 (50 hands)

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$1/$2 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (6 handed)

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with A:d, K:s.

CO posts deadblind, MP2 calls, Hero raises, 4 folds, MP2 calls.

We can see that another fish has joined the table and the calling station of course limps in, too. Ha! Let's raise them.

Flop: (6.5 SB) A:c, J:s, 4:s (2 players)

MP2 checks, Hero bets, MP2 calls.

Nice board. Let's valuetown him if he is on a Queen high or 22+.

Turn: (4.25 BB) J:d (2 players)

MP2 checks, Hero bets, MP2 raises, Hero calls.

Wtf just happened. He has never ever checkraised anybody in the whole poker history. The question is whether he would checkraise worse hand than JJ here... I want to fold. I am sure that calling is a mistake here. My only hope is that he is on a misclick.

River: (8.25 BB) 9:s (2 players)

MP2 bets, Hero calls.

Now the flushdraw gets in... ah, that's a blank anyway against his monster range. Is he capable of turning his misclick into a bluff? Maybe he's just double misclicking for balancing reasons... OK. I call.

Final Pot: 10.25 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows two pairs, aces and jacks(Ad Ks).

MP2 shows a pair of jacks(8c 7d).

Hero wins with two pairs, aces and jacks(Ad Ks).

What? Wtf... WOW. I won't trust any stats anymore. EVER.

Originally posted by taavi1337

Never mind. Still trying to climb up to 1/2. I feel so inconvenient while playing at those tables with bankroll of $1,020... damn it, I need to ship some big tourney ♦

Hey there.

Sorry to hear that FLSH 1/2 is still so hard to beat. You must be playing that around 3 months now, right? It's a really buggerish limit, I agree.

Good luck!

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$0.5/$1 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (6 handed)

Preflop: Hero is BU with Q:d, J:d.

2 folds, CO calls, Hero raises, SB calls, BB calls, CO calls.

Flop: (8 SB) A:d, 6:c, K:d (4 players)

SB checks, BB checks, CO checks, Hero bets, SB calls, BB folds, CO calls.

Turn: (5.5 BB) K:c (3 players)

SB checks, CO checks, Hero bets, SB calls, CO calls.

River: (8.5 BB) T:d (3 players)

SB checks, CO checks, Hero bets, SB calls, CO folds.

Final Pot: 10.5 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows a royal flush(Q:d J:d).

SB shows two pairs, aces and kings(A:h T:s).

Hero wins with a royal flush(Q:d J:d).

♠_evil:

Another nice hand from today:

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$1/$2 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (3 handed)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 4:c, 2:c.

CO posts deadblind, CO checks, BU calls, Hero checks.

Flop: (3 SB) 4:d, 3:c, 2:h (3 players)

Hero bets, CO calls, BU raises, Hero 3-Bets, CO calls, BU caps, Hero calls, CO calls.

Turn: (7.5 BB) K:c (3 players)

Hero checks, CO bets, BU raises, Hero calls, CO 3-Bets, BU calls, Hero calls.

River: (16.5 BB) J:c (3 players)

Hero checks, CO checks, BU bets, Hero raises, CO calls, BU calls.

Final Pot: 22.5 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows a flush, king high(4:c 2:c).

CO shows a straight, six high(5:h 6:h).

BU shows a pair of eights(8:c 8:s).

Hero wins with a flush, king high(4:c 2:c).

See you at 5/T! ♦

Only 527,6 FTP to go till the "Mindset of Poker"!

Oh yeah, these limits are sooo fishy. Must... get... out of here...

At least there is one 20/0

Perfect opportunity if you want to experiment with your loose side

lol, nice table.

Is it possible to run hot in FL SH for, let's say, 5k hands? I don't think so.

Taavi sick table ♦ I told you I hate this early morning EU time tables. Same people donating to rake. Atleast I am out of your sight so you can crush them a little bit.

Originally posted by gape0000

Perfect opportunity if you want to experiment with your loose side

Did you see his stats? taavi just went off the deep end - mash the bet button!!!

The March Graph:

Nothing to be proud of. Back to $0.5/$1.

The biggest BB hand in my life so far:

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$0.5/$1 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (5 handed)

Preflop: Hero is CO with 9:h, K:h.

MP3 folds, Hero raises, BU 3-Bets, SB caps, BB calls, Hero calls, BU calls.

Flop: (16 SB) J:h, T:h, K:d (4 players)

SB bets, BB calls, Hero raises, BU calls, SB calls, BB calls.

Turn: (12 BB) Q:h (4 players)

SB checks, BB bets, Hero raises, BU folds, SB 3-Bets, BB calls, Hero caps, SB calls, BB calls.

River: (24 BB) 4:d (3 players)

SB checks, BB bets, Hero raises, SB 3-Bets, BB calls, Hero caps, SB calls, BB calls.

Final Pot: 36 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows a straight flush, king high(9:h K:h).

BB shows a straight, ace high(A:d 6:h).

SB shows a flush, ace high(8:h A:h).

Hero wins with a straight flush, king high(9:h K:h).

The funny thing is that SB was super passive super nit who never ever raised a hand ♦. Total ownage, NICE setup.

Yesterday I played the Baltic freeroll with my three friends. We made a deal that the winner (the one who gets the best result) gets a beer from everyone. I ran so hot and owned them as they fell out pretty quickly.

Funny things started to happen on the bubble. I had one bigstack bully in my table with 500k. Everyone else had 100k or less. I had 30k and was so tired I started to play back at the bigstack who raised every hand. Finally it was me who had 500k and he was down to 80k. As he cared about the bubble and the $2 he started to fold his hands.

Then I trolled everybody with my massive lead and had lots of fun. The bubble lasted about 45 minutes (lol!). Just imagine your 500k stack and the second stack at your table is 80k and you're on the bubble. SO MUCH RESPECT :f_p:. However when the bubble bursted, I went to sleep and finished 3rd.

What site do you play on? If its Full Tilt, see you soon on 0.5/1

It's Full Tilt indeed. I'm slowly moving to $1/$2 to get out of your way.

Just fell out from the Iron Man Silver $15k freeroll (surprise!).

---Tournament Summary---

MTT: Payout unknown

Data for 1 hand.

You played 1 hand (100%)

You raised 1 time preflop (100%)

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-----Hand 1-----

Hero's M = 34.17

Full Tilt Poker Game #19975902543: Silver $15,000 Freeroll (143393617)

Seat 1: rzeszu (2,079)

Seat 2: Hero (5,125)

Seat 3: Philhimself9 (4,876)

Seat 4: bienchen78 (575)

Seat 5: dstang26 (6,910)

Seat 6: ImALuckSac (565)

Seat 7: AgainsAllOdds (6,035)

Seat 8: Nomoreblackjack (575)

Seat 9: Chiba5 (590)

rzeszu posts the small blind of 50

Hero posts the big blind of 100

The button is in seat #9

Preflop

Dealt to Hero Q♠ Q♥

Philhimself9: folds

bienchen78: folds

dstang26: folds

ImALuckSac: folds

AgainsAllOdds: raises to 300

Nomoreblackjack: folds

Chiba5: folds

rzeszu: folds

Hero: raises to 900

AgainsAllOdds: calls 600

Flop: K♣ K♦ 9♦

Hero: bets 1,100

AgainsAllOdds: raises to 5,135, and is all in

Hero: calls 3,125, and is all in

AgainsAllOdds: shows 6♦ A♦

Hero: shows Q♠ Q♥

Uncalled bet of 910 returned to AgainsAllOdds Uncalled bet of 910 returned to

Turn: 8♦

River: 2♦

AgainsAllOdds wins the pot (10,300) with a flush, Ace high

Seat 7: AgainsAllOdds showed [6d Ad] and won (10,300)

Should I fold the flop? My calculations have shown that my opponents hit their draws 96% of the time while all-in. Bad call I think. Against 99 I would have had more hope to win the hand.

I have played like 5k hands in total this month, 1k of them was today. Now that the school's finished I hopefully have more time and energy to grind the hell out of FL. Still, some damn important graduation exams are probably going to disturb me.

My goals:

1. to grind like hell

2. to reach 5/T

Here's my all-time FL SH $0.5/$1 graph...

(http://img163.imageshack.us/i/pointfiveone.png/)

...and $1/$2 graph:

(http://img249.imageshack.us/i/onetwo.png/)

1/2 is just a downswing, thugh it is getting kinda big for 1/2 limit, it prolly wouldn't get over 300BB if one plays well enaugh, so keep improving and dont think about getting money, and you'll se where you' ll be in 100k hands (if you dont move up to 2/4 already by then).

There was a funny guy in my table yesterday. He talked in the chat for an hour about the riggedness of online poker. After this hand against me he left:

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$1/$2 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (6 handed)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with K:d, Q:h.

Hero raises, 4 folds, BB 3-Bets(All-In), Hero calls.

Flop: (6.5 SB) 4:h, 6:c, T:d (2 players)

BB bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (4.25 BB) J:d (2 players)

River: (4.25 BB) A:d (2 players)

Final Pot: 4.25 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows a straight, ace high(K:d Q:h).

BB shows three of a kind, tens(T:h T:s).

Hero wins with a straight, ace high(K:d Q:h).

I lol'd hard

More entertainment for you:

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$0.5/$1 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (5 handed)

Preflop: Hero is BB with J:c, T:s.

MP3 raises, CO calls, BU folds, SB calls, Hero calls.

Flop: (8 SB) 9:d, T:c, 9:s (4 players)

SB checks, Hero checks, MP3 bets, CO raises, SB folds, Hero 3-Bets, MP3 folds, CO calls.

Turn: (7.5 BB) T:h (2 players)

Hero bets, CO raises, Hero 3-Bets, CO caps, Hero calls.

River: (15.5 BB) J:s (2 players)

Hero checks, CO bets, Hero raises, CO 3-Bets, Hero caps, CO calls.

Final Pot: 23.5 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows a full-house, tens full of jacks(J:c T:s).

CO shows a full-house, tens full of nines(T:d A:d).

Hero wins with a full-house, tens full of jacks(J:c T:s).

Just won the biggest pot in my life (so far), over $54:

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$1/$2 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (5 handed)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 7:s, 7:c.

MP3 folds, CO raises, BU calls, Hero 3-Bets, BB calls, CO calls, BU calls.

Flop: (12 SB) 3:c, 9:d, 7:d (4 players)

Hero bets, BB raises, CO calls, BU calls, Hero 3-Bets, BB caps, CO calls, BU calls, Hero calls.

Turn: (14 BB) 2:h (4 players)

Hero bets, BB raises, CO calls, BU calls, Hero 3-Bets, BB calls, CO calls, BU calls.

River: (25.125 BB) 5:d (3 players)

Hero bets, CO calls, BU folds.

Final Pot: 27.125 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows three of a kind, sevens(7s 7c).

CO shows a pair of fives(5s Ac).

BB shows a pair of nines(9s 8d).

Hero wins with three of a kind, sevens(7s 7c).

Nice river or what

I wonder what BU had, folding with 27:1 odds ♦

probably T8 or some weird gutshot ♦

Lol 1/2 looks fishier than .25/.50 ♦

The Amazing April Graph:

Nice! Great month.

1/2 or .5/1?

Very nice graph anyways!

402$ won... 4.24 BB/100 winrate... 9,4k hands... 0.5/1

Thank you

Lol, that graph also contains 71 hands of NL2 with a winrate of 87 BB/100 ♦. Here are the details of my April hands:

As you can see, it's mostly 1/2, but the winnings are mostly 0.5/1.

lol... even better

-80 BB in 400 hands... it's affecting me, can't deny it.

I think it's time for another Week Without Looking BR Challenge.

Yup, the challenge is now in progress. Tbh, I don't wanna see my BR ♦

Here's a nice table available at Full Tilt Poker right now! (red marker means that the player seems to be a TAG)

Tervitused Tallinnast , liitusin ise ka täna FT saidile , proovin seda Rushi - päris hea tundub grindida sellega

Edu sulle pokris ja eks ma jälgin su blogi ♦

Thanks, Märt! Good luck with Rush

edit: Wow, the US dollar is getting stronger and stronger compared with Euro and Estonian kroon. Great, keep it up!

Originally posted by taavi1337

Yup, the challenge is now in progress. Tbh, I don't wanna see my BR ♦

Here's a nice table available at Full Tilt Poker right now! (red marker means that the player seems to be a TAG)

Ummm.. do these dudes just love to pay rake or summit? Why?

A tag who's sitting at the table with 4BB?

Originally posted by IcMean

A tag who's sitting at the table with 4BB?

There are a couple of TAG regs that do this. Never sure why tbh.

Yes, at first I marked him as "semi-fish" due to his stack size, but realized pretty soon he was playing TAG poker.

edit: Today I received "The Poker Mindset" from Full Tilt. Read some, and enthusiastically started a session with perfect mindset. No bad beats could affect me until...

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$1/$2 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (6 handed)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 8:s, 9:s.

3 folds, BU raises, SB folds, Hero calls.

Flop: (4.5 SB) 4:s, 6:c, 7:d (2 players)

Hero checks, BU bets, Hero raises, BU 3-Bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (5.25 BB) Q:h (2 players)

Hero checks, BU bets, Hero calls.

River: (7.25 BB) T:s (2 players)

Hero checks, BU bets, Hero raises, BU 3-Bets, Hero folds, BU gets uncalled bet back.

Final Pot: 9.25 BB.

The worst than can happen. You hold the nuts and time out on the river after a reraise. And this time it wasn't even because of Blue Screen or anything, it was totally my fault.

edit2: I failed the Don't-look-at-BR Challenge. I fell from 1,55k to 1,15k within a short amount of hands and started to worry about falling out from the limit. Hopefully "The Poker Mindset" gives me the power to ignore this.

Ouch...

Few days ago on 3/6, I flopped stone cold nuts with AA on AK7r board... Against 70/65 guy. Cap flop, some brick on a turn and... Lost connection.

My ISP had some problems with abroad connections (all Slovenian sites were working, all foreign one not). I was so pissed... In this hand I lost more than I pay for 3 months subscription with that ISP

It could be that I had all-in protection in that hand, but I'll never know.

A WINNING SESSION! HAHAHA, BACK ON TRACK

I have bigger e-penis ♦

Look at my swings ♦

Finished "The Poker Mindset" today. One of the greatest books I know and a must read for every poker player.

I'm down to -$640 at $1/$2 FL SH in 20k hands. The graph tells me I can't beat this limit. We'll see about that! ♠_evil:

$5 FL 9-man SnGs at FT are easy money, too bad you can start like 1 in an hour because nobody plays them

I'm posting my selected hands to the evaluation forum and found a funny one:

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$0.5/$1 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (6 handed)

Preflop: Hero is CO with J:h, K:h.

MP2 folds, MP3 raises, Hero 3-Bets, 2 folds, BB calls, MP3 calls.

Flop: (9.5 SB) K:c, T:d, K:d (3 players)

BB bets, MP3 folds, Hero calls.

Turn: (5.75 BB) 5:s (2 players)

BB bets, Hero raises, BB calls.

River: (9.75 BB) T:c (2 players)

BB checks, Hero bets, BB calls.

Final Pot: 11.75 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows a full-house, kings full of tens(J:h K:h).

BB shows two pairs, kings and tens(4:c 4:d).

Hero wins with a full-house, kings full of tens(J:h K:h).

He probably called the river for split pot against 55, 54, 53, 52, 44, 43, 42, 33, 32 and 22 which are major part of my range.

I'm running so horrible that I move back to 0.5/1.

"Understand and accept the realities of poker."

[x] Dropping down from 1,5k to 1k (with 12 days).

Accepted

Taavi1337 good that "The Poker Mindset" helped you. I am starting it now. Were you thinking about reviewing your play overall? Maybe there are some leaks you haven't thought about.

I need to improve my turnplay a lot... and use stricter BRM so that the swings won't kick me so hard.

$5 HU SNG's FTW! I'm gonna grind them ♠_evil:

edit: this is FL HU SnG btw

Aha, nice !!

Bit tired of FL ?

this is FL, sorry for not mentioning that ♦

FLHU sngs? Nice ^^ ♦

Aaaaah, nice

HU FL SNG, didn't know they had those :-)

Go blast those fishes out of their pond ♠_biggrin:

Visited Unam's SnG coaching for the first time just to see what it looks like. Well, it's a place to go if you need to lol

beach volleyball > poker

Originally posted by taavi1337

beach volleyball > poker

Surely it depends on poker variant and opposition.

kids, don't go to the showdown unless you have the best hand

...therefore continue from the flop only with the absolute nuts:

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$0.5/$1 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (6 handed)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K:s, A:s.

MP2 raises, 4 folds, Hero 3-Bets, MP2 calls.

Flop: (6.5 SB) J:s, Q:s, T:s (2 players)

Hero bets, MP2 raises, Hero 3-Bets, MP2 calls.

Turn: (6.25 BB) 9:h (2 players)

Hero bets, MP2 calls.

River: (8.25 BB) J:c (2 players)

Hero bets, MP2 calls.

Final Pot: 10.25 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows a royal flush(Ks As).

MP2 shows two pairs, queens and jacks(Ac Qc).

Hero wins with a royal flush(Ks As).

I have proudly been part of this community for a year now. It's time to make some kind of sum-up.

First of all, I would like to thank PokerStrategy. You're just awesome!

Successes and achievements in my first poker year:

not going broke

mastering the basics of FL

serious improvements in attitude towards poker

building a BR of over $1k

won $240 in a $2 tournament by finishing 53. (BLT)

over 1k posts (mostly spam)

slowly cashed out about $300 by selling FT money to my fishy friends

purchased a Full Tilt T-shirt, hoodie, "The Poker Mindset" and two poker decks

All-time cash game graph (from July 2009):

All-time FL graph in BB:

You can notice a nice 500 BB swing which ate 1/3 of my BR ♦. I also didn't think I have to move back to .5/1 ever again, but now I am here and afraid to move up until I have 600 BB.

Current BR: $1,193.65

Well that's a bitch

Looking at your graph i'm taking you got some nice bonusses/rb, but now go up 1000BB for real ♠_cool:

Originally posted by skimon

Well that's a bitch

Looking at your graph i'm taking you got some nice bonusses/rb, but now go up 1000BB for real ♠_cool:

standard variance ♦

Yes, I have recieved over $1k rakeback. 1000 BB?? I have to play 0.05/0.1 FR then i guess

Some kind of TagFest going on at FT again. Wanna join the waiting list?

Took some shots again at 1/2 but of course failed miserably. I need to put more volume in poker, seriously. 1 hour a day is just ridiculous. One more exam to pass on Friday, after that I hope I'll have the strength to grind seriously. I will try to dedicate myself to poker.

Hey taavi

I can't remember the number of shots I took at 1/2 till I finally got established - and your game beats the bejesus out of mine! I'd likely still be there if I hadn't spat the dummy and withdrawn a ton of my BR.

Patience and application my friend. Patience and application. ♠_cool:

I also once thought I finally got established to 1/2

Thanks for you post, dude. Great honor to see these in my blog

gl with your struggle

just for the heck of it I tried a couple hours of FL today... amount of times you get rivered by people is just ridiculous, not mentioning the range that everyone is playing... that was nl10, but still..

Originally posted by dubadal

gl with your struggle

just for the heck of it I tried a couple hours of FL today... amount of times you get rivered by people is just ridiculous, not mentioning the range that everyone is playing... that was nl10, but still..

it's fun, sometimes ♠_cool:

It's painful most of the time

most?

Okay, you're right Waiboy, it's painfull all the time .. I have no idea why anyone would start FL

I just started to play FL. Felt some challange in it! so i have allmost beaten first lvl!

It's fun, but still agree to all of guys, it's painful!

taavi, what range are you playing atm? doesnt feel that playing the SHC could possibly work.. but on most of your posted hands you are mostly doing the chart thing...

Originally posted by dubadal

taavi, what range are you playing atm? doesnt feel that playing the SHC could possibly work.. but on most of your posted hands you are mostly doing the chart thing...

Follow the SHC at the beginning! It is a must.

I personally like to isolate fish looser than the chart says, for example any Ax seems to be good from the button. Depends on the situation, though. I also loosen up with suited connectors, both isolating and open raising. I think this becomes pretty standard among players with some experience.

Originally posted by skimon

I have no idea why anyone would start FL

Why not? NL BSS is too hard at the beginning I guess, SnG's require too much time and stable connection. And I think FL is very easy to beat at the micro stakes.

Thanks for the replies! They keep my blog alive

Originally posted by Waiboy

most?

Yeah, most of the time, because there are some nice moments... Like this one yesterday ♠_biggrin:

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$2/$4 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (5 handed)

Preflop: Hero is BU with 9:d, J:d.

MP3 folds, CO raises, Hero 3-Bets, SB folds, BB calls, CO calls.

Flop: (9.5 SB) Q:s, K:d, T:d (3 players)

BB checks, CO checks, Hero bets, BB folds, CO calls.

Turn: (5.75 BB) Q:d (2 players)

CO checks, Hero bets, CO calls.

River: (7.75 BB) A:d (2 players)

CO checks, Hero bets, CO folds, Hero gets uncalled bet back.

Final Pot: 7.75 BB.

P.s. Sorry taavi for spaming.

Because you are just torturing yourself by chickening out to put some time in playing/learning a serious version of the game!

Before Waiboy comes over to kill me while I'm asleep: I also play FL, but it's hard, I think FL players are more men ♠_evil:

NL HE is the mainstream version of poker. Mainstream is not cool as we all know.

Keep spamming! You still can't beat my flopped royal: taavi1337 - noob learning FL (https://www.pokerstrategy.com/forum/thread.php?threadid=64261&threadview=0&hilight=&hilightuser=0&page=17)

Originally posted by taavi1337

NL HE is the mainstream version of poker. Mainstream is not cool as we all know.

Keep spamming! You still can't beat my flopped royal: taavi1337 - noob learning FL (https://www.pokerstrategy.com/forum/thread.php?threadid=64261&threadview=0&hilight=&hilightuser=0&page=17)

Though Corey had a 9 to A supermegaroyal ♦

Originally posted by skimon

but it's hard, I think FL players are more men ♠_evil:

The truth will set you free.

Played the Iron Man Silver $15k freeroll. I was 100% concentrated, observed every hand at my table. No three FL tables around ♦. Finished in 180th place, the first one after bubble when I called a push with AQs vs 87s for 5 bb. Hehe. $37.50 is a nice cash though, like 1/30 of my BR.

Poker just makes me sick. I need it to be fun so that I would be motivated for The Serious Summer Grind. Maybe Cornholio's coaching tonight will fix this.

"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 (TerrorBlade)"

CoreySteel's signature.

So true. I have learned to love pain. Vital skill for FL SH. What is that so-called success? Can't remember.

This might sound miserable, but actually it isn't. I love poker.

I Pain

Now I have a new strategy, it is the first day I applied it. I woke up at 5 AM, ran like 6 km, went for a swim in the lake and grinded for 2.5 hours. The tables were VERY fishy until now, I just ended my session. Lots of huge fishes, including Waiboy. I even played HU against him and bluffed him hard.

At 01:30 ET Eastern American and NZ fishes go to sleep and are replaced by German TAGs, who have just waken up. I have to get up earlier tomorrow ♠_cool:

pwned:

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$0.5/$1 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (4 handed)

Preflop: taavi1337 is BB with 8:c, 5:c.

2 folds, Waiboy (BU) raises, taavi1337 calls.

Flop: (4 SB) 9:h, 2:d, 9:s (2 players)

taavi1337 checks, Waiboy bets, taavi1337 raises, Waiboy calls.

Turn: (4 BB) 4:s (2 players)

taavi1337 bets, Waiboy calls.

River: (6 BB) J:h (2 players)

taavi1337 bets, Waiboy folds, taavi1337 gets uncalled bet back.

Final Pot: 6 BB.

Hah! I remember I had decided you were on air or something that beat me and decided you were unlikely to 3 barrel complete air. HAH! Donk.

level thinking

Nice spew, i love having opponents who play like this HU. His river fold was pure luck for you and will hapen 1 in 50 times on a given board when he calls turn.

Woke up again at 5 AM, this time it wasn't worth it (pokerwise). Real fish came to the tables 6 hours later ♠_love:. I'm planning to use the Mid-Year Bonus to move up to 1/2 or hopefully 3/6. You see, I've decided to run good in July.

Originally posted by taavi1337

I've decided to run good in July.

Sounds like a plan! I have to implement this into my game as well

I just filtered PokerTracker to show my FL SH 1/2 and 0.5/1 overall progress and it appears that I have lost 600 BB in the last 23k hands. Way to go!

Originally posted by taavi1337

I just filtered PokerTracker to show my FL SH 1/2 and 0.5/1 overall progress and it appears that I have lost 600 BB in the last 23k hands. Way to go!

We'll have to stop playing the same tables obv.

Originally posted by taavi1337

I just filtered PokerTracker to show my FL SH 1/2 and 0.5/1 overall progress and it appears that I have lost 600 BB in the last 23k hands. Way to go!

Result of all your spewy plays summed up.

Originally posted by tomzyb

Result of all your spewy plays summed up.

• bad folds on the river + incompetent turnplay + folding the flop too often + not coldcalling enough preflop

600 BB is not that bad actually in total, I was probably on a heater.

Originally posted by Waiboy

Originally posted by taavi1337

I just filtered PokerTracker to show my FL SH 1/2 and 0.5/1 overall progress and it appears that I have lost 600 BB in the last 23k hands. Way to go!

We'll have to stop playing the same tables obv.

I came to FTP last week and had 400BB downswing in 17k hands, but with FDB combined im pretty close to BE So I was wondering maybe in FTP not much FL fish left ?

There are certain hours of the day, where it is full of super fishes. Mostly at the times when you least expect it, like at 12:00 ET or 04:00 ET. But these hours seem to change every day. Bigger traffic != fishier tables at FT, that's for sure. I haven't played on other platforms so I really can't tell you how "fishy" it is. Depends on the stakes, too. Sometimes the 1/2 tables are much better than the .5/1 ones.

There are more than enough loose/passive players and bad TAGs( )/LAGs to play against at FTP IMO.

Is running -2,5 BB /100h over 7-9k hands normal in shorthanded or its bad play? Because i play same style like PS and stats exactly match.

What hours in EET(Easter Europen Time BTW i'm from Lithuania ) are best to play?

Originally posted by justdoingit88

Is running -2,5 BB /100h over 7-9k hands normal in shorthanded or its bad play? Because i play same style like PS and stats exactly match.

What hours in EET(Easter Europen Time BTW i'm from Lithuania ) are best to play?

Be happy it's only -2,5 BB/100 ♦. Totally normal, yes.

As I said, I don't know which hours are best to play, they seem to vary depending on the weekday or season or whatever. It has become quite fishy this summer, probably due to WSOP (?)

Remember, poker is just a game.

June graph:

May was even worse because I played higher limit then, hahaha. So I have improved.

Originally posted by taavi1337

So I have improved.

Congrats! Lol

At only 11k hands though it's honestly doesn't mean anything. Keep working on your game, keep grinding. Forget the short term for it means NOTHING (although it does occassionally make us weep like little girls).

Plus there's a chunk of cash awaiting at the end of the month thanks to Mr Iron Man mid year bonus.

Originally posted by Waiboy

At only 11k hands though it's honestly doesn't mean anything. Keep working on your game, keep grinding. Forget the short term for it means NOTHING (although it does occassionally make us weep like little girls).

Plus there's a chunk of cash awaiting at the end of the month thanks to Mr Iron Man mid year bonus.

^^ play 100k a month and you are like 99.99% going to have a winning month unless you suck

Keep grinding mate

+1 Just keep grinding it

Originally posted by Waiboy

At only 11k hands though it's honestly doesn't mean anything. Keep working on your game, keep grinding. Forget the short term for it means NOTHING (although it does occassionally make us weep like little girls).

1000 hands is fckn longterm already

thanks for your supportive comments, I won't give up (because, #1: Nobody can give up poker; and #2: MID YEAR BONUS; and #3: I want to prove that I'm able to beat this game)

But how can I grind at the summertime?? Ignore the sun?

Things are going well in July, I'm really getting used to constantly losing money.

Originally posted by taavi1337

Things are going well in July, I'm really getting used to constantly losing money.

This is the key. I had a 1500 hand -15BB/100 day on the 2nd that I'm sure has set up my month perfectly - cause it's gonna be REALLY tough to beat that. TBH I tried pretty hard yesterday but failed... went from -80BB to +20BB.

Semi seriously, study a little bit of omaha (just opening hands and the like) then play like 1000 hands at PLO2/4. You should see enough serious sickness to desensitise you somewhat to ANYTHING you'll see at $.50/$1.

Originally posted by Waiboy

I had a 1500 hand -15BB/100 day on the 2nd

Now that's sick. Why don't we never ever have heaters like +15BB/100 for 1500 hands? The opposite variance doesn't exist imo.

Originally posted by taavi1337

Things are going well in July, I'm really getting used to constantly losing money.

I do that too, but manage to have a nice positive return after promotions/points/rakeback/whatever to keep it interesting enough anyway.

But yeah, start playing more to get the volume in. 11k hands is really nothing, sadly.

Here's a weird hand from yesterday's session:

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$0.5/$1 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (6 handed)

Preflop: Hero is CO with Q:s, K:d.

MP2 folds, MP3 calls, Hero raises, BU calls, SB calls, BB calls, MP3 calls.

Flop: (10 SB) J:h, 6:c, A:d (5 players)

SB checks, BB checks, MP3 checks, Hero checks, BU checks.

Turn: (5 BB) T:h (5 players)

SB bets, BB calls, MP3 raises, Hero 3-Bets, BU folds, SB folds, BB caps, MP3 calls, Hero calls.

River: (18 BB) 3:d (3 players)

BB checks, MP3 checks, Hero bets, BB folds, MP3 folds, Hero gets uncalled bet back.

Final Pot: 18 BB.

On the river, BB had only $0.50 left ♦

Originally posted by taavi1337

Here's a weird hand from yesterday's session:

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$0.5/$1 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (6 handed)

Preflop: Hero is CO with Q:s, K:d.

MP2 folds, MP3 calls, Hero raises, BU calls, SB calls, BB calls, MP3 calls.

Flop: (10 SB) J:h, 6:c, A:d (5 players)

SB checks, BB checks, MP3 checks, Hero checks, BU checks.

Turn: (5 BB) T:h (5 players)

SB bets, BB calls, MP3 raises, Hero 3-Bets, BU folds, SB folds, BB caps, MP3 calls, Hero calls.

River: (18 BB) 3:d (3 players)

BB checks, MP3 checks, Hero bets, BB folds, MP3 folds, Hero gets uncalled bet back.

Final Pot: 18 BB.

On the river, BB had only $0.50 left ♦

4♥ 2♥ obviously no good.

Had a nice session of 276 hands:

Originally posted by taavi1337

Had a nice session of 276 hands

How many tables do you play at once actually?

4 tables. This session lasted 44 minutes, then I had to go.

Graph since May 1st.

I have only one question: WTF??

Dude, that just sucks.

You know what the real answer is. It doesn't matter. The last hand doesn't matter. All that matters is playing all future hands as best you can and keep trying to improve.

Now, having said that, 800BB to the bad is pretty WTF? But that's the game. Those results are all just a combination of how you've played each hand, how your opponents played their hands (table/seat selection impacts this), and natural RNG variance.

No matter what the graph looks like, this is the reality.

So, can I suggest a few days off. I tend to play every day, so when I have had enough I've taken two or three days off and I usually feel way better (I tend to get my 1 FTP to get the 15 bonus medals at the end of the month). Depending on your usual volume I can strongly recommend a break for at least a couple of days.

Otherwise you start looking for the beat rather than looking for the opportunities.

Originally posted by Waiboy

You know what the real answer is. It doesn't matter. The last hand doesn't matter. All that matters is playing all future hands as best you can and keep trying to improve.

Yeah, but it feels good to sometimes make other people tell me this wise cliche instead of constantly repeating it by myself. Thanks buddy, I've always admired your attitude and excellent English skills.

So, can I suggest a few days off. I tend to play every day, so when I have had enough I've taken two or three days off and I usually feel way better (I tend to get my 1 FTP to get the 15 bonus medals at the end of the month). Depending on your usual volume I can strongly recommend a break for at least a couple of days.

Otherwise you start looking for the beat rather than looking for the opportunities.

First I have to get one. Maybe I should take a break of not playing poker. Maximum of 2 hours a day is just ridiculous. The main motivation for me so far has been $$$ (sad, I know), now I need to find something else. I don't want to grind emotionlessly like a robot. I want to enjoy the game, not to become its slave.

I think it would be pointless to abandon FL. This is the home of my skills.

My mindset has become sooo strong. I just need the passion what I had when grinding FL FR 0.10/0.20 six hours a day... that was almost a year ago.

Tried to 4-table Rush $0.25/0.5 FL SH. That's pretty sick and exhausting, but I had some nice heater of 4 BB/100 (30 mins of play).

Normal tables sucketh IMO at the moment. Fish all at $.25/$.50 SH Rush obv.

Yep, almost no traffic at $0.5/$1, that's why I searched for alternatives. No SnG traffic either, so I tried Rush ♦

edit: of course, there's never any traffic at FL SnGs

I tried FL SnGs 5$ & 10$ before Rush week so there was some traffic at 6max.

Also tried NLFR Rush good traffic and nitty style pays off good.

Originally posted by taavi1337

Graph since May 1st.

I have only one question: WTF??

not FL player..

Does this mean u r up 4k on rakeback ? ♦

nah.. sucks rly!

When u fall, get up eyo eyo!

More luck sir!

Originally posted by GooRukYONG

not FL player..

Does this mean u r up 4k on rakeback ? ♦

nah.. sucks rly!

When u fall, get up eyo eyo!

More luck sir!

Thanks!

Nah, I guess it's like $300-$400 rakeback. ♦

Grinded till the early morning last night ♦. Started a new session 2 o'clock at night cause I couldnt sleep. The tables were awesome, mostly like this:

That guy on the BU was a huge maniac, I 3-betted him with almost any ace, then he capped and bluffed down with any two. Just had to pray he wouldnt hit anything

You gotta love those guys...

...or you hate them, if you loose like 100 BB to their lucky *** over a bunch of hands.

But yeah, maniac + 2 passive fish + LAG + unknown is a pretty good table. ♦

Siiick grinding night again. Longest session ever, 5.5 hours. Made some tiny breaks of course. I also 6-tabled instead of usual 4-tabling and took some shots at $1/2 again. Volume = profit, I ran 3 BB/100 during these 2,6k hands and even 14 BB/100 at $1/2 for 145 hands.

I guess it was the opposite day, that is, the opposite night.

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$0.5/$1 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (6 handed)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with A:c, T:d.

Hero raises, 4 folds, BB 3-Bets, Hero calls.

Flop: (6.5 SB) A:d, 5:c, J:h (2 players)

BB bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (4.25 BB) Q:c (2 players)

BB bets, Hero calls.

River: (6.25 BB) K:h (2 players)

I hope he has aces...

BB bets, Hero raises, BB calls.

Final Pot: 10.25 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows a straight, ace high(A:c T:d).

BB shows three of a kind, aces(A:s A:h).

Hero wins with a straight, ace high(A:c T:d).

MWAHAHAHA, THE OPPOSITE NIGHT

edit:

Found another nice hand:

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$0.5/$1 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (4 handed)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 5:d, J:h.

2 folds, SB calls, Hero checks.

Flop: (2 SB) 7:d, 6:h, 4:h (2 players)

SB bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (2 BB) K:s (2 players)

SB bets, Hero calls.

River: (4 BB) A:h (2 players)

SB checks, Hero bets, SB calls.

Final Pot: 6 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows high card ace(5:d J:h).

SB shows high card ace(T:d 8:d).

Hero wins with high card ace(5:d J:h).

On the river I knew he would try to induce bluffs from busted draws, so I made a valuebet.

Originally posted by taavi1337

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$0.5/$1 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (4 handed)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 5:d, J:h.

2 folds, SB calls, Hero checks.

Flop: (2 SB) 7:d, 6:h, 4:h (2 players)

SB bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (2 BB) K:s (2 players)

SB bets, Hero calls.

River: (4 BB) A:h (2 players)

SB checks, Hero bets, SB calls.

Final Pot: 6 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows high card ace(5:d J:h).

SB shows high card ace(T:d 8:d).

Hero wins with high card ace(5:d J:h).

On the river I knew he would try to induce bluffs from busted draws, so I made a valuebet.

Ok, this river play really doesn't make any sense at all.. If he was trying to induce bluff on the river by a busted draw, he suceeded, but obv this was not this guy's intention (he is obv just a huge fish).

Pls tell me about how many times will you get paid of by a WORSE hands on the river with J-high LOL,1 in 100 times maybe? You just got lucky huge here again to get paid by T-high.

Hand is pretty much set for a standard line: call flop, raise turn, and probably check river because there arent enaugh Qhigh strightdraw combos (better hands that you make to fold).

Don't be too angry at me but with your spewiness no wonder you are down 800BB - it's not a bad luck, you are getting beat. I have never got in a downswing bigger than 350BB or so and i have quite some chunk of hands behind me from 1/2 to 5/10 all tipes of FL (FR, SH and HU). Even the 350BB were not just bad luck but getting beat my ass off on higher limits by better plrs.

The thing is the bigger your edge, the smaller the downswings.

Stop making silly moves as they are so costly especially on such low limits where rake is so high.

hahaha, I must really look like a huge fish

Ok, I try to explain it better. The reason why I didn't raise the turn was that this guy had 50 WTSD and he wouldn't have folded anything there. When the river came he instantly checked it so I thought maybe he is capable of folding a better hand there, like Qx or Jx. Yes, it doesn't seem to be a profitable bluff at all, but the reason why I bet there was the timing tell. But you're right, it's probably a spew.

I added this hand for entertainment, right after my bet, he thought a little and called. I was like: "Oh, what a silly bluff attempt from me, I won't do it again", and then the chips were slided to me. Sweet emotion, positive WTF.

Don't be too angry at me but with your spewiness no wonder you are down 800BB - it's not a bad luck, you are getting beat. I have never got in a downswing bigger than 350BB or so and i have quite some chunk of hands behind me from 1/2 to 5/10 all tipes of FL (FR, SH and HU). Even the 350BB were not just bad luck but getting beat my ass off on higher limits by better plrs.

TerrorBlade moved from 5/10 down to 1/2, probably another fish around: TerrorBlade's Poker Career (https://www.pokerstrategy.com/forum/thread.php?postid=142474#post142474)

Ah, I can't convince you anyway. I'm a fish forever, and you're the shark since you were born (no offence).

Thanks for the criticism, always appreciated.

Originally posted by taavi1337

TerrorBlade moved from 5/10 down to 1/2, probably another fish around: TerrorBlade's Poker Career (https://www.pokerstrategy.com/forum/thread.php?postid=142474#post142474)

The only thing I'd say about this, is if you ask TB, he'll tell you he was a terrible player at this time, and now he is way better (LDO).

Still, as long as we're all trying to play each hand better than the last we're on the right path.

Originally posted by Waiboy

The only thing I'd say about this, is if you ask TB, he'll tell you he was a terrible player at this time

Still much better than me at the moment I guess.

Sweet hand from last night's session:

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$0.5/$1 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (6 handed)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K:h, Q:h.

CO posts deadblind, CO posts deadblind, MP2 folds, MP3 calls, CO checks, BU calls, Hero raises, BB calls, MP3 calls, CO calls, BU calls.

Flop: (10.5 SB) K:c, 2:d, 9:d (5 players)

Hero bets, BB calls, MP3 calls, CO calls, BU folds.

Turn: (7.25 BB) 8:c (4 players)

Hero bets, BB calls, MP3 calls, CO calls.

River: (11.25 BB) 9:h (4 players)

Hero bets, BB calls, MP3 calls, CO calls.

Final Pot: 15.25 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows two pairs, kings and nines(K:h Q:h).

BB shows two pairs, nines and eights(7:d 8:d).

CO shows two pairs, kings and nines(7:c K:s).

MP3 shows two pairs, jacks and nines(J:s J:d).

Hero wins with two pairs, kings and nines(K:h Q:h).

Hehehe, value town 3 people with just top pair, sounds like micro stakes.

Man, tables were a happy place today! Except for this one annoying TAG who kept snaking my action.

I Sunday mornings at FTP!

I don't complain either, I have won over $400 + rakeback in the last 6 days, and soon I will clear the $225 mid year bonus.

And it was YOU who sat on my left on three tables. I'm now a $1/$2 reg again (for how long, we'll see), deal with it. ♠_cool:

Originally posted by taavi1337And it was YOU who sat on my left on three tables.

Look, there's no need to point fingers here - especially when you're correct.. although I did LOL a little when I sat down on your right - you asked the TAGs to go.. I offered but I think you missed the offer as you disappeared... then you reappeared 2 mins later on my right!

I usually don't mind TAGs on my left TBH... better that than 42/24/3.3 dudes with a 20% 3B stat...

I'm now a $1/$2 reg again

YAY! Me too, at least until the next decent losing session...

Hand from last night's session:

It was my first hand at this table against totally unknowns, so I guess villains are typical 1/2 regs:

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$1/$2 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (5 handed)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q:h, Q:c.

CO posts deadblind, CO posts deadblind, MP3 calls, CO raises, BU calls, SB calls, Hero 3-Bets, MP3 folds, CO caps, BU folds, SB calls, Hero calls.

Flop: (15 SB) K:c, A:s, T:d (3 players)

SB checks, Hero checks, CO bets, SB calls, Hero calls.

Turn: (9 BB) J:c (3 players)

SB checks, Hero checks, CO bets, SB calls, Hero raises, CO 3-Bets, SB calls, Hero caps, CO calls, SB calls.

River: (21 BB) 4:s (3 players)

SB checks, Hero bets, CO calls, SB folds.

Final Pot: 23 BB.

Results follow:

Hero shows a straight, ace high(Q:h Q:c).

CO shows a pair of jacks(9:s J:s).

Hero wins with a straight, ace high(Q:h Q:c).

w00t ♦

Finished in 652. place at the Big Little Tournament for $12. Almost would've gone really deep. Average stack was 12 bb, I got it all in preflop against a bigstack with KK for a 28 bb pot. He had AKo and rivered a flush.

Hey. It's my first post in this blog, i've been reading for a while though.

I'm glad you are running good, past days. It gives me hope that I some day will too, lot of improving needed till then probably

I wish you a successful shot at 1/2.

Originally posted by taavi1337

TerrorBlade moved from 5/10 down to 1/2, probably another fish around: TerrorBlade's Poker Career (https://www.pokerstrategy.com/forum/thread.php?postid=142474#post142474)

Thanks for the criticism, always appreciated.

Yes and it was most likely lack of confidence to play on 5/T, but he definitely didn't play crazy like you..

You can't expect to beat 1/2 if you are only B/E at 0.5/1 lifetime.

Originally posted by Tommino

Hey. It's my first post in this blog, i've been reading for a while though.

I'm glad you are running good, past days. It gives me hope that I some day will too, lot of improving needed till then probably

I wish you a successful shot at 1/2.

Thanks a lot! You will.

Got my Mid Year Bonus, so the BR is higher than ever before, $1580. I also noticed I can't really profitably 6-table when I'm not in extremely enthusiastic grinding mood. I just forget all the preflop action and lose lots of money because of that. I'll switch back to 4 tables.

Sweet fella! I hate losing track of the action - often I'll check back to see whether I have built any donk EV for future hands.

IMO playing 3-4 is enough and you'll prolly make more in making better decisions than you'll make from increased rb or reduced winrate * volume.

Especially when you 3bet a LAGtard with A6s and then check/fold QQ9 rainbow flop with initiative.... I'm strong but after this I hate myself and want to get out of the tables as soon as possible.

Later I 3-betted a passive fish with J9s cause I thought he limped in... It's definitely not my A-game anymore when I can't see whether the opponent limped or raised preflop.

Originally posted by taavi1337

Especially when you 3bet a LAGtard with A6s and then check/fold QQ9 rainbow flop with initiative.... I'm strong but after this I hate myself and want to get out of the tables as soon as possible.

Later I 3-betted a passive fish with J9s cause I thought he limped in... It's definitely not my A-game anymore when I can't see whether the opponent limped or raised preflop.

HAHAHAHA sick, sick, sick - but funny 'cause it's true.

Originally posted by Waiboy

IMO playing 3-4 is enough and you'll prolly make more in making better decisions than you'll make from increased rb or reduced winrate * volume.

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• the downswings get smaller when you are more observant and more aware of opponents actions

• full tilt prolly has the fastest software out there and playing 4 tables is like playing 5 on Stars (though they have a great software too), and like 6+ on crappy-software sites aka Ipoker and such.

The tables are so awful at FT in the middle of the week, I really hate clicking on each table just to see (at least) 3 red-marked TAGs sitting in every one of them.

Wanna grind some 1/2 SH at Full Tilt?? Probably the hardest limit to beat

oh man I can't wait till my BR is big enough to join these fish fields at higher stakes ♦

WTF I should be going to play $2/4 and $3/6 on FT, that's like $0.25/$0.50 on Party... Are those tables usually like that?

I've never played higher stakes than 1/2, so I can't tell. I usually have them filtered off from the list. But 1/2 hasn't been this crappy since I climbed back here few days ago. Full Tilt should ban all German and Russian players imo (except jollylester, he is allowed to coach us).