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PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
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BTN: 102.4 BB
Hero (SB): 413 BB
BB: 90 BB
UTG: 94.8 BB (VPIP: 21.38, PFR: 13.84, 3Bet Preflop: 4.11, Hands: 161)
MP: 80.6 BB (VPIP: 38.46, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 13)
CO: 95.2 BB (VPIP: 100.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 1)

Hero posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has Jh Jd
fold, MP raises to 3 BB, fold, BTN calls 3 BB, Hero raises to 13 BB, BB calls 12 BB, MP calls 10 BB, BTN calls 10 BB

Flop : (52 BB, 4 players) Qs Js Qh
Hero checks, BB checks, MP checks, BTN bets 25 BB, Hero calls 25 BB, fold, fold

Turn : (102 BB, 2 players) 5h
Hero checks, BTN bets 49 BB, Hero raises to 98 BB, BTN calls 15.4 BB and is all-in

River : (230.8 BB, 2 players) 4s

Hero shows Jh Jd (Full House, Jacks full of Queens)
(Pre 68%, Flop 99%, Turn 100%)

BTN shows Kd Td (One Pair, Queens)
(Pre 32%, Flop 1%, Turn 0%)

Hero wins 221.2 BB
 
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Today's graph. Happy to say I've recovered almost all the profits back

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PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
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BTN: 82.8 BB (VPIP: 14.71, PFR: 10.29, 3Bet Preflop: 3.85, Hands: 70)
Hero (SB): 584.6 BB
BB: 574.2 BB (VPIP: 22.76, PFR: 17.07, 3Bet Preflop: 10.00, Hands: 126)
UTG: 204.2 BB (VPIP: 8.70, PFR: 8.70, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 23)
MP: 101.4 BB (VPIP: 18.37, PFR: 12.24, 3Bet Preflop: 8.33, Hands: 103)
CO: 103.8 BB (VPIP: 15.09, PFR: 12.26, 3Bet Preflop: 2.78, Hands: 107)

Hero posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has Kh Kc
fold, fold, CO raises to 2.4 BB, fold, Hero raises to 11 BB, fold, CO calls 8.6 BB

Flop : (23 BB, 2 players) 2c Qc 5h
Hero bets 14 BB, CO calls 14 BB

Turn : (51 BB, 2 players) 4s
Hero bets 559.6 BB and is all-in, CO calls 78.8 BB and is all-in

River : (208.6 BB, 2 players) 4c

Hero shows Kh Kc (Two Pair, Kings and Fours)
(Pre 79%, Flop 68%, Turn 70%)

CO shows 4d 3d (Three of a Kind, Fours)
(Pre 21%, Flop 32%, Turn 30%)

CO wins 200 BB

The river ****ed me twice for $10+
 
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Luls how do you bend 15/12 player to do tricks like that.
 
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Update - I have a very serious tilt problem which I have to get fixed. Yesterday & today I ran really well but ended up wasting those sessions due to tilt & overbluffing.
Seriously though if I were to get rid of this my win rate would be excellent.
Will stop the sessions early if I'm satisfied with the progress so I don't waste it all by overbluffing & getting tilted.
 
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Update - I have a very serious tilt problem which I have to get fixed. Yesterday & today I ran really well but ended up wasting those sessions due to tilt & overbluffing.
Seriously though if I were to get rid of this my win rate would be excellent.
Will stop the sessions early if I'm satisfied with the progress so I don't waste it all by overbluffing & getting tilted.


Yeah dude, tilt is #1 bankroll killer IMO. It's really good that you realized it. I think most players struggle with it in one way or another, and that is why it's so difficult to be a pro. Most people just can't make it through the down swings without tilting off their entire roll.


Did 6ou ever read "The Mental Game of Poker" yet? I can't remember. Must read. Multiple times.
 
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Good Fold??

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
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Hero (BTN): 319.8 BB
SB: 77 BB (VPIP: 41.18, PFR: 11.76, 3Bet Preflop: 8.33, Hands: 17)
BB: 126.6 BB (VPIP: 22.58, PFR: 19.35, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 35)
UTG: 101 BB (VPIP: 19.48, PFR: 15.56, 3Bet Preflop: 6.03, Hands: 785)
MP: 108 BB (VPIP: 23.16, PFR: 19.26, 3Bet Preflop: 7.69, Hands: 472)
CO: 127 BB (VPIP: 28.57, PFR: 21.43, 3Bet Preflop: 28.57, Hands: 15)

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has Ah 7s
fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, SB calls 2.6 BB, fold

Flop : (7 BB, 2 players) 7h Kd 6d
SB checks, Hero bets 4.4 BB, SB calls 4.4 BB

Turn : (15.8 BB, 2 players) Ad
SB checks, Hero bets 9 BB, SB raises to 42 BB, fold

SB wins 32.4 BB

Hilarious Hand

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
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BTN: 130.2 BB (VPIP: 42.86, PFR: 35.71, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 15)
Hero (SB): 288.2 BB
BB: 238.6 BB (VPIP: 22.22, PFR: 18.06, 3Bet Preflop: 3.70, Hands: 76)
UTG: 183.8 BB (VPIP: 27.45, PFR: 22.00, 3Bet Preflop: 15.79, Hands: 52)
MP: 217 BB (VPIP: 23.73, PFR: 12.71, 3Bet Preflop: 4.55, Hands: 120)
CO: 81.6 BB (VPIP: 47.06, PFR: 35.29, 3Bet Preflop: 20.00, Hands: 18)

Hero posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has As 8c
fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, BB calls 2 BB

Flop : (6 BB, 2 players) 7c 9h 5c
Hero bets 3.8 BB, BB calls 3.8 BB

Turn : (13.6 BB, 2 players) Tc
Hero bets 9 BB, BB raises to 24 BB, Hero raises to 46 BB, BB calls 22 BB

River : (105.6 BB, 2 players) Kh
Hero checks, BB checks

Hero shows As 8c (High Card, Ace)
(Pre 65%, Flop 77%, Turn 70%)

BB mucks Ac 4d (High Card, Ace)
(Pre 35%, Flop 23%, Turn 30%)

Hero wins 101.2 BB
 
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They were going all-in with a pair of fours (not even pocket fours)? Lol. What a bad beat. But you played the hand well, so it's not your fault.
 
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Not sure about the A7, I certainly wouldn't be in a hurry to fold. He's a fish and could be completely over valuing Ax or any two pair. But of course he could have a flush and just be in a hurry to gii. Its close. I sometimes dont mind donating to a fish on a regular table if I know I'm going to be sitting with him for a while. You can view it as a temp loan. But if it's zoom I might be less inclined.

A8. Well he totally whiffed the opportunity to blow you off the hand on the river. When you have the A of the same suit as three on the board you can rep the nut flush and get most thinking players to fold. I dont like your turn raise here. Its too small to get a fold and if he shoves you might have to fold and not get the chance to draw to your hand.

Sorry to hear you are still tilting. You must read the Mental Game. Lex calls it the most important poker book ever written and I tend to agree with him. What use is learning to play poker if you throw all your hard work away. When you are tilting your body goes towards fight/flight and your higher thinking functions shut down. Its really important to get off the tables as soon as you realise you are tilting.
 
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Hate these spots. Wanted to shove but didn't cause was scared because both are deep.
Never did put him on a middle pair. crazy!

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4: http://www.pokertracker.com

BTN: 93.8 BB (VPIP: 12.50, PFR: 12.50, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 25)
SB: 183.8 BB (VPIP: 17.39, PFR: 13.04, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 23)
BB: 201 BB (VPIP: 17.14, PFR: 11.43, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 38)
Hero (UTG): 288.4 BB
MP: 100 BB (VPIP: 11.59, PFR: 8.59, 3Bet Preflop: 3.33, Hands: 168)
CO: 213.2 BB (VPIP: 19.05, PFR: 14.29, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 46)

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has Kd Ah
Hero raises to 3 BB, fold, CO raises to 10 BB, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 28 BB, CO calls 18 BB

Flop : (57.4 BB, 2 players) 2s 4d 9d
Hero bets 34 BB, CO calls 34 BB

Turn : (125.4 BB, 2 players) Ts
Hero checks, CO checks

River : (125.4 BB, 2 players) Tc
Hero checks, CO checks

Hero shows Kd Ah (One Pair, Tens)
(Pre 45%, Flop 29%, Turn 14%)

CO shows 8h 8s (Two Pair, Tens and Eights)
(Pre 55%, Flop 71%, Turn 86%)

CO wins 120.2 BB

Taking a break. I'm down today. My red line has gone to utter shit while my blue line is break even.

Will try a couple more days at zoom & if things doesn't work out will move away.
I'm not actually losing. But I'm not winning enough.
 
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Sorry to hear you are still tilting. You must read the Mental Game. Lex calls it the most important poker book ever written and I tend to agree with him. What use is learning to play poker if you throw all your hard work away. When you are tilting your body goes towards fight/flight and your higher thinking functions shut down. Its really important to get off the tables as soon as you realise you are tilting.

Yeah want to read that asap.
I don't know why but my red line is a constant downhill. Maybe my bluffs are getting caught??
Will try to reduce bluffing in unnecessary spots & will see how it goes
 
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Yeah want to read that asap.
I don't know why but my red line is a constant downhill. Maybe my bluffs are getting caught??
Will try to reduce bluffing in unnecessary spots & will see how it goes

Hey Alucard,

Having quietly grinded ZOOM over the last two years at 2NL, 5NL and 10NL, the biggest thing I've noticed is when I turn good starting hands into bluffs, I almost always lose. People tend to get very sticky with hitting flops with any pair that I've reduced my bluff range considerably and noticed improvements in my bankroll, even if it means giving up AKs but only having ace high on the turn.

Maybe it's me, maybe it's my style, but I find the only time I can get away with bluffs on a regular basis is on drawing boards that don't hit. And I've tilted when I've bluffed on dry boards with AKo, AJd, KQs, etc, and get called by calling stations with 3rd pair b/c they get sticky and put me on high card.

Regardless, know that you will get past your tilting.

I'm with Figaroo though on your A7 hand. There are a lot of people that float flops looking to hit scare cards to push players off hands, and even if they have the flush you aren't drawing dead.

Curious - what range did you put the 88 on in that AKo hand? I agree 88 seems outside given his stats but it is only 48 hands

That KK v 34d hand....yikes. Sad part is this that cost you a buy-in. But it's a good example of how you played the hand well, got your money in great as a 70% favourite, and variance kicked your butt. That's a bad beat that can't get to you b/c you win that 7 out of the next 9 times.
 
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I’m not sure if you have noticed but your stack size has notable impact against unknown/almost unknown players. So when you are deep (villain stack size doesn’t matter) add some extra fold equity (so if called they are mostly a bit stronger). That is if you have tag stats, if more agressive, they read you bully.
 
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I’m not sure if you have noticed but your stack size has notable impact against unknown/almost unknown players. So when you are deep (villain stack size doesn’t matter) add some extra fold equity (so if called they are mostly a bit stronger). That is if you have tag stats, if more agressive, they read you bully.

Yeah I've noticed it. And it has come to the point that I can't even get a preflop call sometimes. lol
But the zoom crowd is getting tougher & tougher man. Every goddamn player is 3betting from the blinds. It's insane.
I try to steal from the button but somehow they 3bet.
 
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Yeah want to read that asap.
I don't know why but my red line is a constant downhill. Maybe my bluffs are getting caught??
Will try to reduce bluffing in unnecessary spots & will see how it goes

Don't put off reading Tendlers material. As Arni says "Do it, DO IT NOW." Honestly you won't regret it, it will save you money immediately and when you've finished you'll realise what a mental game fish we all were at the start.

If you have been caught bluffing that should normally be at showdown which shouldn't effect your red line, it would impact your blue line. Make an effort to study the hands Duggs is posting.

Target your bluffs versus the better players who know how to read a board and can fold. edit check their WTSD% before every bluff, if its 28 or over save it only for the very best bluffing runouts. If its under 23 you can push them off tons of hands.

The AK v 88 hand. That is the 4bet AK oop shove spot we talked about. It would be a tough call for 88 even on that board. You could easily have TT+. I posted one ladt week. Edit ,,,, I didn't see you were that deep, we should only be shoving at around 100bb
 
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I'm with Figaroo though on your A7 hand. There are a lot of people that float flops looking to hit scare cards to push players off hands, and even if they have the flush you aren't drawing dead.

Curious - what range did you put the 88 on in that AKo hand? I agree 88 seems outside given his stats but it is only 48 hands

That KK v 34d hand....yikes. Sad part is this that cost you a buy-in. But it's a good example of how you played the hand well, got your money in great as a 70% favourite, and variance kicked your butt. That's a bad beat that can't get to you b/c you win that 7 out of the next 9 times.

A&, I don't know. Probably you are right. I thought about it a lot & folded.
88 one is freakin insane!! I never did put him on a middle pair.
I mean who the f would call a 4bet with 8s both this damn deep??
I should've shoved there I think. Don't know. Some people can't let go of a hand.
I had him on 10s+,A10s+ perhaps KQs... & that's it.
Seriously got me tilted & I quit the session.

KK<AA happened twice today. 2buyins then & there. I'm down quite a lot today if you calculate the midnight tilt as well.

These things frustrates me a lot. It feels like no improvement at all. That's why I'm considering moving away from zoom after a couple of days.
 
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Yeah I've noticed it. And it has come to the point that I can't even get a preflop call sometimes. lol
But the zoom crowd is getting tougher & tougher man. Every goddamn player is 3betting from the blinds. It's insane.
I try to steal from the button but somehow they 3bet.

I did a challenge a couple years ago, where I played $5 NL on Bovada. I think I put in 15k-20k hands.



All I played pretty much was "Zone" tables. They are like zoom tables.


The strategy I found most effective was simply folding a ton of hands, and playing really tight. I found the same things you did, people extremely sticky with any piece of the flop, bluffing largely unsuccessful, and lots of 3b from the blinds.


Players are all anonymous on Bovada too. So every time you go to a new hand, your image is new, unless you have a unique stack size.



I just played tight, and didn't bluff too much in that format. Make hands, and hit them hard with value bets. Sometimes even offensive over bets. They all seemed to call too much, so yeah, we exploit that by making hands and just bending them over dude.




Just some thoughts I have on the issue.
 
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Don't put off reading Tendlers material. As Arni says "Do it, DO IT NOW." Honestly you won't regret it, it will save you money immediately and when you've finished you'll realise what a mental game fish we all were at the start.

If you have been caught bluffing that should normally be at showdown which shouldn't effect your red line, it would impact your blue line. Make an effort to study the hands Duggs is posting.

Target your bluffs versus the better players who know how to read a board and can fold.

The AK v 88 hand. That is the 4bet AK oop shove spot we talked about. It would be a tough call for 88 even on that board. You could easily have TT+. I posted one ladt week.

AKK vs 88 yeah I know but both are 300BBs deep. I was really scared of a call there.
My bluffs getting caught are affecting the red line cause they don't call the bluff they raise it so I have to fold :D
Sometimes I use the bet fold line as well other than the check call line. I think it's better & more profitable. John is recommending the same. But these days my red line has gone really awol.
Will start reading the book first thing tmrw
 
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A&, I don't know. Probably you are right. I thought about it a lot & folded.
88 one is freakin insane!! I never did put him on a middle pair.
I mean who the f would call a 4bet with 8s both this damn deep??
I should've shoved there I think. Don't know. Some people can't let go of a hand.
I had him on 10s+,A10s+ perhaps KQs... & that's it.
Seriously got me tilted & I quit the session.

KK<AA happened twice today. 2buyins then & there. I'm down quite a lot today if you calculate the midnight tilt as well.

These things frustrates me a lot. It feels like no improvement at all. That's why I'm considering moving away from zoom after a couple of days.

I'm with you on that range - that makes sense. 88 is a stretch but some players play any pair to go set hunting - and on a 9 high flop I can see how someone with that range would continue with 88 even with that flop bet.

KK into AA twice sucks big. But...nothing you can do. Skill, luck, whatever won't stop a stack going in if you end up in that situation. You kind of have to ignore that if you're talking the mental aspect - nothing you did, nothing you did wrong, it just flat out sucks. And eventually variance catches up and you get AA v KK twice in a session.

But my point is when you deal with a bad loss - not necessarily a bad beat - you have to go back through the hand and figure out if you played it correctly. If you did, you need to recognize that. Playing badly and getting rewarded is often overlooked - we tend to focus on the big negatives but often we play these correctly and can't get over the end result. Poker variance is a nasty thing in isolation but you have to look bigger picture to overcome the mental speed bumps.

This hand of mine from the weekend actually tilted me. I won the hand, but I was down roughly 70BB at this point before this hand happened. It tilted me because I couldn't get it out of my head after, and when I stopped my session shortly after this and re-played it several times, I think I totally butchered this hand which was what was bothering me. I was more concerned with showing him up and on my loss at that point rather than playing the hand proper. Thoughts???



pokerstars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4: http://www.pokertracker.com

BTN: 131.6 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 3)
SB: 100 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 5)
Hero (BB): 100 BB
UTG: 135 BB (VPIP: -, PFR: -, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 1)
MP: 43.2 BB (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 25.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 4)
CO: 103.7 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Kh As
UTG raises to 9 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls 8 BB

Flop : (18.5 BB, 2 players) 5c 5s Ks
Hero checks, UTG bets 10 BB, Hero calls 10 BB

Turn : (38.5 BB, 2 players) Kd
Hero checks, UTG checks

River : (38.5 BB, 2 players) Td
Hero bets 81 BB and is all-in, UTG calls 81 BB

Hero shows Kh As (Full House, Kings full of Fives)
(Pre 45%, Flop 92%, Turn 100%)

UTG shows 6c 6s (Two Pair, Kings and Sixes)
(Pre 55%, Flop 8%, Turn 0%)

Hero wins 191.5 BB
 
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pre is fine. Besides fish doesn't know how to fold even if you 3bet 50BB. If you lead turn I'm not sure you are able to get much value on river unless you jam & fish calls it a bluff but the same thing happened in river lol. Against a decent reg I guess you can't get much value anyhow

The shit I'm dealing with right now. My bluffs getting caught by bottom pair. I'm stopping double barrelling for now

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4: http://www.pokertracker.com

BTN: 350 BB (VPIP: 23.53, PFR: 14.71, 3Bet Preflop: 11.76, Hands: 35)
SB: 108.8 BB (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 33.33, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 3)
BB: 100 BB (VPIP: 17.83, PFR: 12.74, 3Bet Preflop: 3.33, Hands: 161)
Hero (UTG): 170.6 BB
MP: 141 BB (VPIP: 24.24, PFR: 21.97, 3Bet Preflop: 14.89, Hands: 138)
CO: 147 BB (VPIP: 24.12, PFR: 21.01, 3Bet Preflop: 9.69, Hands: 535)

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has Kh Th
Hero raises to 3 BB, fold, fold, BTN calls 3 BB, fold, fold

Flop : (7.4 BB, 2 players) 9h 4c Ad
Hero bets 4 BB, BTN calls 4 BB

Turn : (15.4 BB, 2 players) 2s
Hero bets 9 BB, BTN calls 9 BB

River : (33.4 BB, 2 players) 9c
Hero checks, BTN checks

Hero shows Kh Th (One Pair, Nines)
(Pre 66%, Flop 27%, Turn 14%)

BTN shows 4h 3h (Two Pair, Nines and Fours)
(Pre 34%, Flop 73%, Turn 86%)

BTN wins 32 BB
 
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That KK v 34d hand....yikes. Sad part is this that cost you a buy-in. But it's a good example of how you played the hand well, got your money in great as a 70% favourite, and variance kicked your butt. That's a bad beat that can't get to you b/c you win that 7 out of the next 9 times.
This is very important point, I know most logically understand it, but somehow brains fail to really comprehend what it means: only EV has meaning

Bad beat for you just means that somewhere along the line someone else is feeling the ‘bad beat’ when you triumph with our 2 outers. A fun way to look it is that against bad beat, the lady luck is on depth to you, and she will give it back one day. Normally this balancing factor would just mean that you win your 70% hand, ‘like you should’, maybe even 3 times in a row :eek:
 
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hear hear!!!

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4: http://www.pokertracker.com

Hero (BTN): 114 BB
SB: 23.2 BB (VPIP: 75.00, PFR: 75.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 4)
BB: 172.6 BB (VPIP: 16.67, PFR: 11.11, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 39)
UTG: 135.4 BB (VPIP: 20.18, PFR: 16.51, 3Bet Preflop: 12.50, Hands: 112)
MP: 119.6 BB (VPIP: 22.68, PFR: 17.25, 3Bet Preflop: 7.14, Hands: 324)
CO: 96.6 BB (VPIP: 15.79, PFR: 5.26, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 19)

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has Qh As
fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, fold, BB calls 2 BB

Flop : (6.4 BB, 2 players) Qd 9d 3c
BB checks, Hero bets 4 BB, BB raises to 10 BB, Hero calls 6 BB

Turn : (26.4 BB, 2 players) 7c
BB bets 15.2 BB, Hero calls 15.2 BB

River : (56.8 BB, 2 players) Kc
BB checks, Hero checks

BB shows Qs Kd (Two Pair, Kings and Queens)
(Pre 25%, Flop 19%, Turn 7%)

Hero mucks Qh As (One Pair, Queens)
(Pre 75%, Flop 81%, Turn 93%)

BB wins 54.4 BB
 
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I'm getting absolutely crushed man. Don't know what to say

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4: http://www.pokertracker.com

BTN: 161.8 BB (VPIP: 26.79, PFR: 17.86, 3Bet Preflop: 4.35, Hands: 59)
Hero (SB): 131 BB
BB: 130.8 BB (VPIP: 22.82, PFR: 17.23, 3Bet Preflop: 6.99, Hands: 361)
UTG: 107.8 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 5)
MP: 108.8 BB (VPIP: 41.67, PFR: 33.33, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 12)
CO: 105.2 BB (VPIP: 23.53, PFR: 18.30, 3Bet Preflop: 3.45, Hands: 159)

Hero posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has Jd Jh
fold, MP raises to 3 BB, fold, fold, Hero raises to 11 BB, fold, MP calls 8 BB

Flop : (23 BB, 2 players) 4c 9h 5d
Hero bets 13 BB, MP calls 13 BB

Turn : (49 BB, 2 players) 5c
Hero checks, MP bets 23.6 BB, Hero calls 23.6 BB

River : (96.2 BB, 2 players) 8h
Hero checks, MP bets 61.2 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 61.2 BB

MP shows 9c 9s (Full House, Nines full of Fives)
(Pre 19%, Flop 91%, Turn 95%)

Hero shows Jd Jh (Two Pair, Jacks and Fives)
(Pre 81%, Flop 9%, Turn 5%)

MP wins 209.6 BB

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4: http://www.pokertracker.com

BTN: 123.6 BB (VPIP: 44.00, PFR: 16.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 25)
SB: 124.6 BB (VPIP: 28.21, PFR: 10.26, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 40)
BB: 101.4 BB (VPIP: 10.00, PFR: 10.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 20)
UTG: 120.6 BB (VPIP: 26.67, PFR: 10.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 31)
Hero (MP): 112 BB
CO: 104.8 BB (VPIP: 66.67, PFR: 66.67, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 3)

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has 5c 5d
fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, CO calls 3 BB, fold, fold, BB calls 2 BB

Flop : (9.4 BB, 3 players) Td 9c 5s
BB checks, Hero checks, CO bets 5 BB, fold, Hero calls 5 BB

Turn : (19.4 BB, 2 players) 4h
Hero checks, CO checks

River : (19.4 BB, 2 players) Jh
Hero bets 12 BB, CO raises to 51 BB, fold

CO wins 41.6 BB
 
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PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4: http://www.pokertracker.com

BTN: 54.2 BB (VPIP: 41.18, PFR: 11.76, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 17)
SB: 98.6 BB (VPIP: 6.73, PFR: 6.73, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 106)
Hero (BB): 191.6 BB
UTG: 174 BB (VPIP: 14.89, PFR: 4.26, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 51)
MP: 117.4 BB (VPIP: 22.08, PFR: 19.48, 3Bet Preflop: 12.00, Hands: 79)
CO: 100 BB (VPIP: 15.00, PFR: 10.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 40)

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has Ac Ks
UTG calls 1 BB, fold, CO calls 1 BB, fold, SB calls 0.6 BB, Hero raises to 10 BB, fold, CO raises to 32 BB, fold, Hero raises to 191.6 BB and is all-in, CO calls 68 BB and is all-in

Flop : (202 BB, 2 players) 8d Td 8c

Turn : (202 BB, 2 players) 4d

River : (202 BB, 2 players) 3s

Hero shows Ac Ks (One Pair, Eights)
(Pre 7%, Flop 2%, Turn 0%)

CO shows Ah Ad (Two Pair, Aces and Eights)
(Pre 93%, Flop 98%, Turn 100%)

CO wins 193.6 BB
 
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