martins1337: A-game development

Hello, I'm Martins from Latvia and I think it's time to start a blog. It will help to keep track on progress (if any ♦ ) and my game improvement.

I started with Pokerstrategy 50$ at FTP. Played SSS for about 2 month and realized this kind of poker is not for me. Switched to ST SNG's and also thought it's kinda lame. Moved to FL and I was happy....for a while ♦

Then moved to BSS and now it's about 2 years and still BSSing

Peak of my pokering was playing NL50SH. It was a few weeks before Black Friday and then. meh. After this, I didn't play poker for a while.

Starting of 2012, deposited to pokerstars, played some NL10, NL16, NL10zoom and NL25zoom. When I cleared my 1st deposit bonus, I changed to tracked site and now I'm playing NL25SH.

I think it's about 1.5 months since I've again thought about poker as a job opportunity (if one can say that) and I think it can be. With proper mindset and commitment making decent money is doable. So this blog is my road to that goal.

I play on laptop, so 4-6 tables is maximum that I play, but for game development, 4 tables is excellent. ~1h long session 2-4 times a day. When exams end, I will play more. GL&HF

The way to win at poker is to make better decisions than your opponents do. The way to improve at poker is to make better decisions than you used to.

From book "Elements of poker"

Woohoo, another Latvian player!

Welcome to our blog section!

It seems like we're getting more and more Latvian bloggers every day... I think you're about the 5th newcomer in the past 2-3 weeks!

Which part of Latvia are you from or currently living in?

On which site are you playing these days?

I live in Latvia too; although I wasn't born here, I still adore it!

Summer's approaching — and the girls, oh, the girls...

You said "When exams end" — what are you studying? How old are you? Share a bit more about yourself!

Thanks frunktpuff!

I'm originally from Cesis, though I live in a student apartment in Riga.

I'm studying for a master’s in electrotechnology, so that's going well.

I play at WPT poker, but I'm not very fond of it. I'll wait and see—maybe I'll stay, maybe I'll move to another site.

Ooh, our countryside is near Cesis, somewhere in the woods outside Amata, so we go there sometimes, nice town for visiting over the day, not sure about if I'd want to live there though, I'm used to larger cities..

Will you be moving back after the term ends or stay in Riga?

Why don't you like WPT poker then? I always found it nice and fishy when I played at PartyPoker.

Regards,

Richard

I don't like the Party network that much because the client is kind of "interesting" when it comes to table selection. You don't always land on the table you clicked ♦

and there are shortstackers everywhere.

there are always fish, and also 2/3 - 4/5 of the player pool are regulars, playing 4+ tables, so it's intriguing.

and sometimes buttons vanish on the table for about 1sec.

I think I need more time to get used to this software, or to stop comparing it to how the PokerStars client feels ♦

and I pay 6.5bb/100 in rake

Originally posted by fruktpuff

Woohoo, another Latvian player!

Seems like Latvian bloggers are popping up more and more each day.. I think you're about the 5th startup in the last 2-3 weeks!

Couldn't agree more.

Hi Martins! I'll be following you — good luck with your goals! ♠_thumbsup:

Best regards, Tilt

yesterday played ~800hands and was bit tilted b/c left mouse button doesn't work, so I had to push with M1 with laptops touchpad, but at the end got used to it.

Hand:

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Were you 4 or 6 tabling at the time?

Didn't consider taking a break to cool off while you were tilting and realized it?

1st session I was 4tabling and played ~300 hands, then took a break and later played 6 tables. I prefer playing many short (~1 h) sessions.

And the tilt wasn't because I played badly; it was just mouse issues where it worked sometimes and other times it didn't.

Downloaded TableNinja so I don't have to push mouse buttons. I won't have the right equipment to fix the button until next weekend.

Here is music I sometimes listen to while playing ♠_cool:

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haven't played that much last days due to Uni stuff, but broke 4 digit mark. fells good, man.

I'm setting myself a starting challenge - 10k hands a week, starting next week. It's not much, but 4tabling is ~300-350hand/h, so it's ~30h of playing. And then the week after that - a bit more hands and so on.

As for this week - finishing semester > all

Yeah, you should definitely focus on your school as priority until that's completed for the term.

Interesting line

BB: $25.00

Hero (BTN): $29.80

SB: $42.63

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has K♦ K♥

Hero raises to $0.75, SB raises to $2.50, fold, Hero raises to $5.50, SB raises to $11.00, Hero raises to $29.80 and is all-in, SB calls $18.80

Flop: ($59.85, 2 players) 3♥ 3♦ 2♠

Turn: ($59.85, 2 players) Q♣

River: ($59.85, 2 players) T♥

Spoiler SB shows 2♣ K♣ (Two Pair, Threes and Twos) (Pre 11%, Flop 8%, Turn 5%)

Hero shows K♦ K♥ (Two Pair, Kings and Threes) (Pre 89%, Flop 92%, Turn 95%)

Hero wins $57.85

Those are the times to gracefully not and receive. And be polite and thank him after!

Took a shot at NL50. Think, I go back to NL25 when I lose ~2BI.

Interesting hand from my point of view, has to be some history between these two guys. both regulars.

I thought about squeezing, but chickened out

$0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players

Hand converted by PokerTracker 4 (http://www.pokertracker.com/)

BB: $91.22

UTG: $125.13

CO: $50.00

BTN: $52.22

Hero (SB): $82.75

Hero posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has A♥ T♦

fold, CO raises to $1.75, BTN calls $1.75, fold, fold

Flop: ($4.25, 2 players) 3♠ 7♥ K♠

CO bets $3.03, BTN calls $3.03

Turn: ($10.31, 2 players) 4♣

CO bets $7.35, BTN calls $7.35

River: ($25.01, 2 players) 3♦

CO bets $17.82, BTN raises to $40.09 and is all-in, CO calls $20.05 and is all-in

Spoiler CO shows K♥ A♦ (Two Pair, Kings and Threes) (Pre 58%, Flop 76%, Turn 80%)

BTN shows 3♥ 5♥ (Three of a Kind, Threes) (Pre 42%, Flop 24%, Turn 20%)

BTN wins $0.00

BTN wins $97.75

OK, it's time to uninstall TableNinja

$0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players

BB: $32.27

UTG: $52.93

Hero (CO): $78.13

BTN: $63.67

SB: $51.48

SB posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has Q♥ Q♠

UTG raises to $1.50, Hero calls $1.50, BTN raises to $3.50, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $10.00, BTN calls $6.50

Flop: ($22.25, 2 players) K♠ 5♥ 8♦

Hero bets $21.14

Difference between nl50 and nl25 isn't that big. Just need to Table select, Table select and Table select.

Been reading one poker book which I red more than year ago. And it's different. I think it's because when I am reading it, I can relate to different spots and say "yes, that's me, that weak player"

The challenge has begun.

Morning session - 350hands.

Got quads and decent pot with it

$0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players

BTN: $132.75

SB: $50.25

BB: $58.54

UTG: $45.31

Hero (CO): $50.75

SB posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has K♥ K♦

UTG calls $0.50, Hero raises to $2.00, fold, fold, BB calls $1.50, UTG raises to $10.50, Hero raises to $50.75 and is all-in, fold, UTG calls $34.81 and is all-in

Flop: ($92.87, 2 players) K♠ 8♥ 6♥

Turn: ($92.87, 2 players) 7♦

River: ($92.87, 2 players) K♣

UTG shows Q♥ A♦ (One Pair, Kings) (Pre 28%, Flop 2%, Turn 0%)

Hero shows K♥ K♦ (Four of a Kind, Kings) (Pre 72%, Flop 98%, Turn 100%)

Hero wins $0.00

Hero wins $89.87

Also spewed off my stack in 3bet pot. Or did I?

Spoiler $0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players

MP: $47.83 41/19

CO: $57.98

Hero (BTN): $52.27

SB: $48.50

BB: $61.65

UTG: $51.52

SB posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has Q♠ A♣

fold, MP calls $0.50, CO raises to $2.25, Hero raises to $6.00, fold, fold, MP calls $5.50, CO calls $3.75

Flop: ($18.75, 3 players) J♠ 4♠ T♠

MP checks, CO checks, Hero checks

I didn't think anything better would fold and worse call, so I check back. I think this was bad move. VS going broke range I have ~24,5%

Board: T♠J♠4♠

Equity Win Tie

MP2 24.55% 24.55% 0.00% { AcQs }

MP3 75.45% 75.45% 0.00% { JJ-TT, 44, JTs, As9s, As8s, 9s8s, As7s, 8s7s, As6s, As5s, 6s5s, As3s, As2s } = 2.04% of all hands

VS both of them going all in on flop I have ~14%

what they would call pre and fold to cbet?

~8%of all hands,

22-33,55-99,Adxd,Ahxh,Acxc,suited nonspade broadways and 98s,78s,67s nonspades.

This means ~1 in 4 times he has me beat and 3 out of 4 hes folding to cbet (lets assume I play vs MP, and CO folds everything except TT,JJ)

Lets say I cbet 10$ he folds 3/4 of the time and pushes 1/4 of the time an I need to call 47.83-6-10=31,83$. This is 31,83$/(18,75$+10$+31,83$=60,58$) ~ 1/2

EV = Equity * (Win + Investment) - Investment

Money won = FEdeadMoney + (1-FE)(Equity * (Win + Investment) - Investment)???????????????????

Money won = 3/4 18,75$ + 1/4 ( 24,5%*(60,58-31,83)-31,83) ~9,4$????? if investment is also cbet - Money won = 6,6$

If this is correct, cbet/call flop

And vs both of them ... ok time to eat some lunch ♦

Turn: ($18.75, 3 players) 5♥

MP bets $8.00, fold, Hero calls $8.00

River: ($34.75, 2 players) 2♠

MP bets $24.76, Hero calls $24.76

MP shows A♠ 6♠ (Flush, Ace High) (Pre 30%, Flop 100%, Turn 100%)

Hero mucks Q♠ A♣ (Flush, Queen High) (Pre 70%, Flop 0%, Turn 0%)

MP wins $81.27

Posted this hand in Hand evaluation forum. Got to wait and see how wrong I am

EDIT: Yes! It was bad play. Needed to check back flop and fold turn

Back to NL25

Ran pretty bad, but it was just a shot

One thing I found is - I need good BRM to comfortably play a certain limit. But I think this is normal.

Played ~1.2k hands, so it's ~8.8k to go

"Hit quads, got paid off." [ ] ran bad.

I see your point, one hand doesn't determine the outcome!

Which BRM will you be using going forward then?

6,2k hands left

I have another challenge in mind, but that will be for next week. To be honest, I don't like to play just because certain number of hands has to be met. Maybe it's better. If I want to make money in poker, I have to be better then rest of the table, not just grinding for rakeback.

Originally posted by fruktpuff

What BRM will you be using from now on then?

30BI is ok, just when I tried NL50, I didn't have that much. + I never took a shot at FTP, I just played till I had 30+BI and moved up.

won't play much today due to headache.

$0.25 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players

UTG: $32.30

MP: $25.35

CO: $25.90

BTN: $32.89

Hero (SB): $25.10

BB: $25.00

Hero posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has A♥ Q♥

UTG raises to $0.75, fold, CO calls $0.75, fold, Hero calls $0.65, BB calls $0.50

Flop: ($3.00, 4 players) 7♦ K♥ J♥

Hero checks, BB checks, UTG bets $2.13, CO calls $2.13, Hero raises to $9.00

My plan was to ch/raise/call. If one of them calls I have ~2/3 pot bet on Turn. If they go all in I have ~34% pot odds =call all in

Board: K♥J♥7♦

Equity Win Tie

MP2 36.85% 36.85% 0.00% { AhQh }

MP3 27.68% 27.68% 0.00% { KK, JJ, 77, KJs }

CO 35.46% 35.46% 0.00% { KK, JJ, 77 }

My equity doesn't change if it is against one villain.

Another hand, Quads again

Spoiler OH, WAIT

$0.25 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players

UTG: $24.65

Hero (MP): $25.00

CO: $15.90

BTN: $33.85

SB: $25.92

BB: $25.00

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has 8♠ 8♣

fold, Hero raises to $0.75, CO calls $0.75, BTN raises to $3.25, fold, fold, fold, CO calls $2.50

Flop: ($7.60, 2 players) 8♥ 2♥ 8♦

I think it's a call preflop. CO is a fish and likely will call as well. And BU shouldn't sqz with complete garbage - bigger chance to stack him if I hit.

Getting paid with decent hand

$0.25 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players

Hero (SB): $25.00

BB: $31.84

UTG: $43.85

CO: $12.40

BTN: $35.77

Hero posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has 3♣ 3♠

UTG raises to $0.75, CO calls $0.75, fold, Hero calls $0.65, BB calls $0.50

Flop: ($3.00, 4 players) 8♦ 8♥ 3♦

Hero bets $2.00, BB calls $2.00, fold, fold

Turn: ($7.00, 2 players) 4♣

Hero bets $4.16, BB raises to $10.00, Hero raises to $22.25 and is all-in, BB calls $12.25

River: ($51.50, 2 players) K♥

BB shows 8♣ 9♣ (Three of a Kind, Eights) (Pre 53%, Flop 23%, Turn 16%)

Hero shows 3♣ 3♠ (Full House, Threes full of Eights) (Pre 47%, Flop 77%, Turn 84%)

Hero wins $48.93

I lead on the flop because CO fish and UTG won't cbet much - only pairs and Fdraws, and I don't have word slowingplay (or how you pronounce it ) in my vocabulary

Running really good......on flop. hitting sets left and right, the only problem is that there's 2 more community cards to come

Funny hand, I called preflop because everybody was doing it, I just wanted to be popular

$0.25 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players

UTG: $27.92

MP: $36.52

CO: $46.71

Hero (BTN): $25.00

SB: $27.69

BB: $25.35

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has 7♦ 6♦

fold, MP raises to $0.75, CO calls $0.75, Hero calls $0.75, fold, BB raises to $4.00, MP calls $3.25, CO calls $3.25, Hero calls $3.25

Flop: ($16.10, 4 players) 3♠ 4♥ Q♠

BB checks, MP checks, CO checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($16.10, 4 players) 8♥

BB checks, MP checks, CO checks, Hero checks

River: ($16.10, 4 players) 7♣

BB checks, MP checks, CO checks, Hero checks

Spoiler BB shows K♥ A♣ (High Card, Ace) (Pre 30%, Flop 18%, Turn 13%)

MP mucks A♦ T♦ (High Card, Ace) (Pre 20%, Flop 11%, Turn 7%)

CO shows 5♣ 5♠ (One Pair, Fives) (Pre 26%, Flop 46%, Turn 60%)

Hero shows 7♦ 6♦ (One Pair, Sevens) (Pre 24%, Flop 24%, Turn 20%)

Hero wins $15.30

I believe I'm finished for the week. I'll just spend time reading and watching some poker material.

Cooler

$0.25 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players

BTN: $109.51

SB: $25.00

BB: $25.00

Hero (UTG): $33.70

CO: $25.00

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has 9♦ 9♥

Hero raises to $0.75, fold, fold, SB calls $0.65, fold

Flop: ($1.75, 2 players) Q♦ 9♣ J♦

SB checks, Hero bets $1.25, SB raises to $3.75, Hero raises to $10.00, SB raises to $24.25 and is all-in, Hero calls $14.25

SB shows J♠ J♣

Spoiler Turn: ($50.25, 2 players) T♠

River: ($50.25, 2 players) 8♠

Hero shows 9♦ 9♥ (Straight, Queen High) (Pre 19%, Flop 10%, Turn 11%)

SB shows J♠ J♣ (Straight, Queen High) (Pre 81%, Flop 90%, Turn 89%)

SB wins $23.87

Hero wins $23.87

Feels good to see positive variance even when luck isn’t on your side — the rake is a small cost to accept!

one orbit earlier same villain 3bets me and I 4bet, he folds. this time, he 3bet much bigger, I thought why so big if for value? 4bet all in or 4bet ~2x his 3bet. After he 5beted I remembered that hand, when different villain had K2s in similar spot, so I smiled and went all in.

$0.25 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players

CO: $25.00

Hero (BTN): $29.32

SB: $25.10

BB: $25.00

UTG: $31.39

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has K♠ A♠

fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.75, fold, BB raises to $3.75, Hero raises to $7.00, BB raises to $11.00, Hero raises to $29.32 and is all-in, BB calls $14.00 and is all-in

Flop: ($50.10, 2 players) 2♦ 3♣ 8♠

Turn: ($50.10, 2 players) 6♦

River: ($50.10, 2 players) J♣

Spoiler BB shows A♦ 2♠ (One Pair, Twos) (Pre 25%, Flop 82%, Turn 93%)

Hero shows K♠ A♠ (High Card, Ace) (Pre 75%, Flop 18%, Turn 7%)

Hero wins $0.00

BB wins $47.60

Just keep getting it in good, and results will follow.

It may suck a bit to lose when massively dominating him, but as long as he keeps making these calls, you'll be the one laughing in the end!

exactly fruktpuff!

Didn't play much last week. Losing money is not fun

I will try to put some volume this week + at least one article a day. Also I think it's time to reread The Poker Mindset.

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Tell us what you thought of it and what you were able to take away from it afterward!

I will try to write some thoughts about the book. I read it ~1.5 years ago, and because I'm losing money, The poker mindset should be a good read. Also not forgetting about hand posting and articles

Yesterday I made huge mistake ♦ I had 20$ left on Stars and played zooom. The software, the hands/hour . After that, playing on party network was like going to 3rd word country.

My plan in to finish FDB and move to site, that has fastfolding poker - iPoker or microgaming. Stars is last option - not tracked.

I will switch to MSS for a while. I don't want to drop down to NL10, so I'll remain at NL25 and play MSS. I don't think this choice is that bad. Understanding how MSS is played should improve my results versus MSSers.

From one article

It is also appropriate for BSS players who want to experiment. Perhaps you simply wish to view things from another angle. Maybe you feel uncertain versus other BSS regulars and want to reorganize your approach. You don't play mid stack merely because you think "I'm a fish and if I play mid stack I'll only lose half." It can be worthwhile for BBS players to try MSS if they've reached a stage in their game where they're unsure how to move forward and want to rejuvenate their play with a fresh strategy.

Back to articles and after that - tables, maybe

Got my hands on a monitor. Now 8 tabling is pretty easy and pleasant. I think I'll soon play NL25 BBS again; I need to get accustomed to 2 monitors and 8 tabling.

As for MSS - it's now simpler to play against MSSers. Other players’ errors versus them are setmining and not 3betting enough.

Cheers!

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I wrote a list of things I need to do every day — running, reading, pokering, plus a few optional items. This month my objective is to stick to that schedule.

June was a pretty shitty month for poker. I think I played 2,5 weeks and lost a bunch of money. But now things are different. I’m playing 8 tables BSS at NL10 just to get a feel for it and maybe in the next few days shift back to NL25.

Last month graph

was playing NL10 and NL25 and saw couple of regs playing both stakes. I think it's a good idea - not many good tables running, but on both limits combined, there's plenty of action.

Now I'm playing 4h a day average and I like this much more than playing certain number of hands.

Funny pic I found in interwebs

From "The Poker Mindset"

"Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win." - Sin Tzu from The Art of War

I think, if you want to be victorious poker player, you need to have hand reading skills and knowing you are the best player at the table. I have this feeling while i play NL10, now I need to get it at NL25.

The Five Realities of Poker - understand and accept it.

1. Poker is a game of both skill and luck.

2. In the short term, luck is king.

3. In the long term, skill is king.

4. Poker is a game of small edges.

5. Poker is a game of high variance.

Won 20$ from EURO2012 promo, too bad I still have FDB to clear, so by by 20 bucks

Playing those tournaments - Summer Superstars and Championship Challenge. Don't know is this helps me for my game, plus if I want to play them all, it's 5+h of tournament poker a day. And it's in the evening when, in my opinion, my pokering skills are the worst. Love that morning/day grind.

Here is a hand that sums up (all) my tournament history

SB: 7,610.00

BB: 2,970.00

UTG: 3,621.00

UTG+1: 6,050.00

Hero (UTG+2): 2,990.00

MP: 2,960.00

MP+1: 3,590.00

MP+2: 4,300.00

CO: 2,809.00

BTN: 2,910.00

SB posts SB 20.00, BB posts BB 40.00

Pre Flop: (pot: 60.00) Hero has K♦ K♠

UTG calls 40.00, fold, Hero raises to 160.00, fold, fold, MP+2 calls 160.00, fold, fold, SB raises to 2,960.00, fold, UTG raises to 3,621.00 and is all-in, Hero calls 2,830.00 and is all-in, fold, SB calls 661.00

Flop: (10432.00, 3 players) 8♠ Q♥ 2♠

Turn: (10432.00, 3 players) 6♦

River: (10432.00, 3 players) A♠

SB shows K♥ A♦ (One Pair, Aces) (Pre 17%, Flop 2%, Turn 0%)

UTG shows A♥ Q♣ (Two Pair, Aces and Queens) (Pre 10%, Flop 16%, Turn 10%)

Hero shows K♦ K♠ (One Pair, Kings) (Pre 73%, Flop 83%, Turn 90%)

UTG wins 1,262.00

UTG wins 9,170.00

Last week was good. Played 6days, 13,3k hands. This week I will mainly focus on blind battles - reading articles, videos. Also will write down vision and goals, like Schnitzelfisch said in coaching and his post (https://www.pokerstrategy.com/forum/thread.php?threadid=181760).

Cheers!

Interesting that I couldn't go all in this hand - after villains 5bet only fold or call was the option.

Still nice hand tho

Maybe just bet all in on flop?

$0.25 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players

MP: $11.89

Hero (CO): $27.60

BTN: $33.59

SB: $8.49

BB: $26.51

UTG: $8.90

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has K♦ K♠

fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.75, BTN calls $0.75, SB raises to $1.25, fold, Hero raises to $5.00, BTN calls $4.25, SB raises to $8.49 and is all-in, Hero calls $3.49, BTN calls $3.49

Flop: ($25.72, 3 players) J♣ K♣ 6♠

Hero bets $10.50, BTN calls $10.50

Turn: ($46.72, 3 players) 6♥

Hero bets $8.61 and is all-in, BTN calls $8.61

River: ($63.94, 3 players) 5♣

Spoiler Hero shows K♦ K♠ (Full House, Kings full of Sixes) (Pre 57%, Flop 85%, Turn 100%)

BTN shows A♦ Q♦ (One Pair, Sixes) (Pre 28%, Flop 14%, Turn 0%)

SB mucks Q♥ J♥ (Two Pair, Jacks and Sixes) (Pre 15%, Flop 1%, Turn 0%)

Hero wins $36.50

Hero wins $24.44

when fish goes mental

SB: $25.22

BB: $50.78

UTG: $25.92

MP: $21.67

CO: $17.95

Hero (BTN): $31.09

SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has 8♣ 7♣

fold, MP calls $0.25, fold, Hero raises to $1.00, fold, fold, MP calls $0.75

Flop: ($2.35, 2 players) 5♥ 4♦ 6♠

MP bets $1.00, Hero raises to $2.75, MP raises to $20.67 and is all-in, Hero calls $17.92

Turn: ($43.69, 2 players) Q♣

River: ($43.69, 2 players) J♠

Hero shows 8♣ 7♣ (Straight, Eight High) (Pre 43%, Flop 97%, Turn 100%)

MP mucks K♣ 4♣ (One Pair, Fours) (Pre 57%, Flop 3%, Turn 0%)

Hero wins $41.51

Haha I love that last hand, his heart must have dropped. Enjoying the blog and will be following, good luck for this month. I'm playing NL10 atm and going to be taking shots at NL25 this month --- would you say that you notices a jump in the skill levels that is significant? Or is it still just as fishy?

Good luck at the tables!