This is why I can’t get 25nl to a positive bb/100. đ Very card dead playing 6x25nl, didn’t catch flops, only won when I double barrelled. Was careful with aggression after the previous session. Raised AK from mid, got re-raised by a 43/30 short stack so I put him in, and his 88 wins. Finally […]
It’s summery, and the sun rises earlier and earlier. I’m not often up before the sun, but today I was up a bit early and had 45 minutes before I needed to leave for work and decided to play some 8x25nl. As expected, mostly European players but oddly enough there were a lot of busy […]
Last night I decided there isn’t enough of a difference between 10nl and 25nl for me with the amount and variety of experience that I have with these two levels. I shouldn’t have such a wide gap in terms of how many tables I play at each level. At 10nl I’ve been playing 12+, so […]
This is tough, but the more I look closer at his stats, the more I should have probably not even cbet and been willing to give this up earlier. He’s tight and not particularly aggressive postflop except when he’s the one raising. Open calls infrequently. Does steal some and has 3 bet once from the […]
One thing to add to the previous post/day; I played another relatively short session of 6x25nl and got a little back, but the interesting situation was running across a platinum star on one table to my right. Apparently he was on 9 tables, but what a platinum star is doing playing $25 tables is something […]
Well, I did it. I stopped my string of up sessions. Fortunately, at least, I downshifted from 6x25nl after realizing that I wasn’t on my game and being down 1 buyin, and then was only down another 2 buyins at 10x10nl. Coolered, by a minraiser Then later at the same table, against a 63/0 or […]
Preflop raiser is 13/10/3.5/27 over 168 hands, so TAG and aggressive postflop. Limp-caller donks the flop, I guess trying to see if anyone is scared of the two Queens. Raiser raises, and I tried to take some time rather than insta-calling. Because he’s aggressive and because we’re down to two on the turn, I opt […]
I liked my session last night. Didn’t end up ahead by too much, but my red line was way up. Over 200+ hands I only showed down 3 hands and only won one, but took down lots, and some fair sized ones, without showdown. ‘Course, it helps to run hot. I think I had AA […]
A 6x25nl session, tried to stay simple, finally ended up 1 buyin Started by losing to two short stack shoves, one with JJ, one with AK. Later, collected one back against a loose short stack with AK that hit against his 66 Found a fish at PL sitting on a 400 bb stack. He o/l […]
After a 3rd down session of 4x$25nl, went to 8 tables of $10 for 2 sessions Still overrolled, but I guess it’s preventative action to drop before tilt/spew gets too much Dropped down, to experience what winning sessions are like, had two up sessions. This may be a new project; multiply the $10nl tables. On […]
Cut the tables down to 4, while playing cheap SnGs to use my T$ Lost one stack to a player who had 3bet the player to my right twice and me once. Had JJ, raised, he 3 bet so I shoved, but he had QQ this time Won some chips from a bad short stack […]
Another -4 buyin session. Started with a cooler; KK/AA all in preflop Continued with hands like KKÂ with a Q54 flop that gets called to the river where she filled a A5 baby straight And a PFR with Q9s that calls my 3 bet with AA, he hits a Q on the flop, FD on […]
Short session, up just over one buy in. Played 7 tables, accidentally sitting at a 7th without realizing I already had 6 open and was just waiting for the blind to come around on a few of them. Had a connection problem at the end, lost all internet for a few minutes Fortunately it was […]
Short session, after returning from a weekend away. 1st hand, 1st table, 3 bet AKs, 2 callers, A high flop, bet, get one caller, check turn for pot control, he makes a tiny bet which I think is stupid so I reraise, he folds. Later I see he’s 75/25/6, watch him make a 4BB raise […]
Down 4 buyins. My $25nl bb/100 is now negative overall for this project. Two instances of having a small pot hand hand myself (QQ overcards, QT in a button steal), but reading the opponent as playing a possible draw aggressively. In one case he had a set of 4s, the other QJ In another I […]
Thought I would be up, but was down 0.40 Didn’t 3 bet pre w/JJ from SB. Opp was 19/19 and for some reason I thought that was reasonable. Maybe I just read the ratio and thought that was reasonable but I should have 3 bet pre. Instead he flops trip tens and I play WA/WB […]
Sunday session mentally much better lost one stack to flopped set while set mining, preflop raiser ch/cl on QT3 board with FD, he had FD and gut shot, hit gut shot on turn with a J gained one stack much later w/AA vrs KK, we both hit sets Bad FP/slow play of AA. Mid raise, […]
a 3 session Saturday. Sessions still around an hour in length First was only 4 tables as I tried to record a video for posterity plus to force myself to explain my thinking All three were not great sessions; all down a bit Ran into what seemed to be a lot of aggression; was 3 […]
Fifth up session in a row since the first session which was down Lost one stack to CO raise, I’m dealer with AK. 3-bet, 4bet, I shove, he calls with AA. As I recall he was relatively new to the table but seemed reasonable. It’s almost like blind/blind and we’re both ahead of the ranges […]
One 6x25nl session, third or fourth in a row up đ As the last two tables were winding down, I was down something over $1 for the session. Then I picked up AJ in mid, called by BB, dangerous flop so I checked down until the river had KQJTx with a 3 flush. I had […]
short 3x$25, longer 6x$25 Short session was fine. No big hands, but all tables were up a few bbs due to steals/raising limpers. This may be a general target of mine; to be patient for big hands but try to steal/raise limpers and win small pots Full session won two stacks. First AA vrs AK, […]
later, 2nd session of 6x$25 Felt much more comfortable, though my VP$IP was down to 9, PFR 6 <- -I was playing like a nit and it didn’t even feel like it! Basically it was a lack of cards/situations. Always seemed to get too many limpers ahead or raises instead of limps. Was surprised to […]
Had another good session of 8x$10, then next session suddenly decided to try $25, 6 tables Felt a little out of place Down one buyin but lost a stack with JJ to AA, both hitting a set on the flop and then a boat on the river Down 1/3 stack with JJ vrs AK all-in […]
