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Any merit to 4 betting pre or is the sample to small to consider his 15% 3 bet? I raised flop to get value from single club hands like QcQx, JcJx, AcKx and I could even see QQ in general peeling since it is an odd flop to raise. Not saying its great but it was my thought process. Club turns would just be disastrous. I do think I could x/back turn atleast since only hands that beat me are calling at this point and they shouldn't be turning hands I beat into a bluff on river. He did show up with AcQc for the flopped nuts here and it really made me think of how 3bet or fold the TAG players are from the blinds at these stakes. I really don't think I can call/call and fold blank rivers here since I still have 30% equity even if he never bluffs(against AK, KK+) and I'm sure I will be priced in by river.

Give you guys a small update and the update is, I am still running quite bad. I have recovered quite a bit though and have made some adjustments to my game and am going to play a little bit tighter but all in all I think I am playing decent and I would be crushing if I was to run at neutral EV but unfortunately, I am not. I actually haven't had an above EV session since the 5th of this month, lol. I am closing in on my goal of 20k hands and am on pace to crush that but with Xmas, New Years and moving into an apartment all coming up in the next two weeks chances are my volume will drop even more then it already has.
You guys have any feedback up to this point? Leaks you have seen come up often? Do you guys like when I post 1 hand/post or should I post 3-4 hands per post?

bankroll: $451.49 (Peaked at $570 a couple sessions ago)
 
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PokerStars - $0.25 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
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BB: 357.56 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 5)
Hero (UTG): 115.28 BB
CO: 26 BB (VPIP: 20.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 5)
BTN: 89.88 BB (VPIP: 60.00, PFR: 40.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 5)
SB: 110.72 BB (VPIP: 40.00, PFR: 20.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 5)

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has J:club: K:club:

Hero raises to 3 BB, fold, BTN calls 3 BB, fold, BB calls 2 BB

Flop: (9.4 BB, 3 players) 6:club: T:club: 3:heart:
BB checks, Hero bets 7.08 BB, BTN raises to 30.64 BB, BB raises to 108.4 BB, Hero ???
 
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PokerStars - $0.25 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
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Hero (BTN): 106.04 BB
SB: 143.12 BB (VPIP: 92.31, PFR: 23.08, 3Bet Preflop: 42.86, Hands: 13)
BB: 96.2 BB (VPIP: 11.76, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 18)
UTG: 132.8 BB (VPIP: 28.30, PFR: 22.64, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 54)
CO: 362.16 BB (VPIP: 49.06, PFR: 11.32, 3Bet Preflop: 10.00, Hands: 54)

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has K:heart: K:club:

fold, CO calls 1 BB, Hero raises to 4.4 BB, SB calls 4 BB, fold, CO calls 3.4 BB

Flop: (14.2 BB, 3 players) J:spade: Q:spade: 3:club:
SB checks, CO bets 7.08 BB, Hero calls 7.08 BB, SB calls 7.08 BB

Turn: (35.44 BB, 3 players) 5:heart:
SB bets 17.72 BB, CO calls 17.72 BB, Hero raises to 94.56 BB and is all-in, fold, CO calls 76.84 BB

River: (242.28 BB, 2 players) 6:club:

How bad did I play this one? SB was super aggro
 
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PokerStars - $0.25 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
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Hero (UTG): 92.32 BB
MP: 63.12 BB (VPIP: 85.19, PFR: 29.63, 3Bet Preflop: 14.29, Hands: 29)
CO: 74.4 BB (VPIP: 22.00, PFR: 12.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 50)
BTN: 127.04 BB (VPIP: 28.57, PFR: 19.48, 3Bet Preflop: 3.70, Hands: 77)
SB: 29 BB (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 6)
BB: 123.88 BB (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 16.67, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 6)

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has A:heart: A:club:

Hero raises to 3 BB, MP calls 3 BB, fold, BTN calls 3 BB, fold, fold

Flop: (10.4 BB, 3 players) J:heart: 4:diamond: 7:heart:
Hero bets 8.92 BB, MP calls 8.92 BB, fold

Turn: (28.24 BB, 2 players) 5:heart:
Hero bets 17.28 BB, MP calls 17.28 BB

River: (62.8 BB, 2 players) J:spade:
Hero checks, MP bets 32 BB, fold,

How poor was this played?

My tilt is sooo unreal right now, I don't get how I can't win a hand postflop. Its either everyone folds pre, or I get a caller and get this kind of run out.

Every.

Time.
 
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PokerStars - $0.25 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
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Hero (BTN): 161.96 BB
BB: 97 BB (VPIP: 13.79, PFR: 3.45, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 30)
UTG: 127 BB (VPIP: 24.62, PFR: 20.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 66)
MP: 137.76 BB (VPIP: 50.00, PFR: 30.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 10)
CO: 562.6 BB (VPIP: 47.69, PFR: 10.77, 3Bet Preflop: 8.33, Hands: 66)

BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1 BB) Hero has Q:club: Q:spade:

fold, fold, CO calls 1 BB, Hero raises to 4.8 BB, fold, CO calls 3.8 BB

Flop: (10.6 BB, 2 players) 2:heart: 9:diamond: 5:club:
CO checks, Hero bets 8.48 BB, CO raises to 20 BB, Hero calls 11.52 BB

Turn: (50.6 BB, 2 players) 9:club:
CO checks, Hero checks

River: (50.6 BB, 2 players) K:club:
CO bets 50.6 BB, fold,

how poorly did I play this?
 
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PokerStars - $0.25 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
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Hero (MP): 100 BB
CO: 101.36 BB (VPIP: 84.38, PFR: 28.13, 3Bet Preflop: 12.50, Hands: 34)
BTN: 73 BB (VPIP: 20.00, PFR: 10.91, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 55)
SB: 123.04 BB (VPIP: 28.05, PFR: 18.29, 3Bet Preflop: 3.45, Hands: 82)
BB: 23.6 BB (VPIP: 36.36, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 11)
UTG: 123.28 BB (VPIP: 36.36, PFR: 18.18, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 11)

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has 5:club: A:club:

fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, CO calls 3 BB, fold, fold, BB calls 2 BB

Flop: (9.4 BB, 3 players) K:club: J:diamond: 2:club:
BB checks, Hero bets 6.68 BB, CO calls 6.68 BB, BB calls 6.68 BB

Turn: (29.44 BB, 3 players) 2:spade:
BB checks, Hero bets 15.08 BB, CO calls 15.08 BB, fold

River: (59.6 BB, 2 players) 7:spade:
Hero checks, CO checks

Hero shows 5:club: A:club: (One Pair, Twos)
(Pre 48%, Flop 56%, Turn 32%)
CO shows 4:heart: 4:spade: (Two Pair, Fours and Twos)
(Pre 52%, Flop 44%, Turn 68%)
CO wins 56.64 BB

How bad did I play this hand?
 
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All these hands in a couple of minutes, time to get off. You know how when you are really sick for awhile and you get the thoughts of will you ever be healthy again? Is this cough going to last forever?

Thats kind of how I feel about poker at the moment. I have never ran this bad before. Up to running 10 buy ins under EV over these last 15k hands.
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PokerStars - $0.25 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
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Hero (CO): 142.48 BB
BTN: 78.36 BB (VPIP: 66.67, PFR: 16.67, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 12)
SB: 109.28 BB (VPIP: 50.00, PFR: 50.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 6)
BB: 143.92 BB (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 18.52, 3Bet Preflop: 12.50, Hands: 27)
UTG: 29 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 1)

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has K:spade: K:diamond:

fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, BTN calls 3 BB, SB calls 2.6 BB, fold

Flop: (10 BB, 3 players) J:heart: 7:club: 9:heart:
SB checks, Hero bets 8.48 BB, BTN calls 8.48 BB, SB raises to 103.16 BB, Hero raises to 139.48 BB and is all-in, fold, SB calls 3.12 BB and is all-in

Turn: (231.04 BB, 2 players) T:club:

River: (231.04 BB, 2 players) 9:diamond:

Hero shows K:spade: K:diamond: (Two Pair, Kings and Nines)
(Pre 79%, Flop 62%, Turn 76%)
SB shows 3:heart: 4:heart: (One Pair, Nines)
(Pre 21%, Flop 38%, Turn 24%)
Hero wins 223.04 BB

Final hand of session and had to post some run good, finally held up! I EVEN RAN OVER EV TODAY!!! Still had a losing session though............

Bankroll: $428.77
 
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Against his stats, I wouldn't mind 4-bet/GII with AK, but tbh I really hate stacking off 2-5% of my bankroll on AK preflop. Especially given the read that he 3-bets/folds from the blinds. He's going to be 3-betting something like 1010+/AJs+.

When you raise that flop, it looks like exactly what you have: AK. There aren't too many flushes in your range after you open UTG and flat a 3-bet from the BB. KK/AA would GII, and QQ/JJ are probably not raising that flop. I don't really think a TAG is ever going to stack off with TPTK/TPGK or worse on this type of board texture. You will have only put in about 60% of your stack OTR if you just call down and fold to a river shove. It doesn't really matter that we are "pot committed" if we 99% of the time have 0% equity by the river when he 3-barrels. And a TAG is never 3-barreling AK for value. Only sets/flushes are 3-barreling this runout. So we pretty much have 0% equity most of the time. We can't really fold to a turn barrel because he could be semi-bluffing with Ac or have the same hand as us.

QQ with a club might not be c-betting that board vs UTG flatting range. Imo check-calling is the stronger option than c-betting with QQ. And JJ/QQ with a club are probably folding to flop raise. They are not drawing to the nuts, and they could already be drawing dead. I don't think club turns are as disastrous as people think they are. If our opponent has no club, he should be afraid that we flatted the flop with a club. Villain is pretty much checking almost all his sets, TPTK type of hands if a 4th club comes.
 
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Yeah, you are probably right except i think more hands 3 barrel then just sets and flushes here. I also think I should just be 4 betting against this guy.
 
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I don't really think you have many leaks. Maybe double-barreling less with hands without strong equity against passive fish who just can't find a fold button, and not stacking off too lightly here and there. I make the mistake of stacking off too lightly sometimes, and it's pretty frustrating. Especially with Zone, where the time bank is ticking super fast. Losing 60%+ of a BI is really frustrating when you know that you could have gotten away from it.

I think I like seeing hands posted 3-4 at a time. 1 at a time and we have to keep scrolling back and forth haha.

Yeah, running below EV sucks. I haven't been running well for the past 10k hands either. Seems like for the past few sessions at 50NL I keep getting sucked out on and coolered every single time. KK into AA 4 times in the past 3 sessions (6k hand sample!), and never had AA vs KK. Obviously lost all of them lol. KK losing to A5s, never getting paid off on my big hands, and always getting rivered. Still up a little bit, but it's pretty frustrating. Want to move to 100NL asap due to 50NL zone only running at night for 2-3 hrs daily :(.
 
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My bad, I meant 3-barreling all-in on this runout. I don't think TAGs, though, at these stakes are capable of 3-barreling with a bluff/Ac/TPGK here. He might 3-barrel AK, half-potting each street, but I really don't think he's going to 3-barrel all-in with AK. What do you think a 3-barrel range is on this type of board?

When we flat the flop and turn, our range is pretty strong. Yet it's also probably capped and he could 3-barrel all-in with a lone Ac since we basically have 0 nutted hands, but I don't expect many people to realize this at these stakes. TAGs should also probably know that 3-barrel bluffing a strong range isn't going to be profitable and probably don't 3-barrel bluff very often.
 
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I think this is why I've been sticking to tourneys. Limits the down side when I start tilting. And when I blow 2 hands and am out, it's pretty clear to stop buying into sit n gos.

I don't know how you know when you are running right in the head. Maybe just start out reviewing your plan on how and when you are going to get away from hands before you start? For me that's usually it, to think about my plan and see how I'm going to get to the final table.

Usually I see two nice cards pop up and I don't sit back and watch the table enough.
 
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KJs betting flop is good. As played, we have to fold to the raise. One or both of them has a set. No two pair combos out there, and there aren't any big combo draws other than 98/87s. The play at 25NL is pretty passive, and I don't really remember seeing a lot of aggression with combo draws.

KK hand is pretty annoying. CO should be pretty strong here, as he's a nit donking into 2 other players. I don't expect nits to be donking out and calling a turn bet with J10, Q10s, KT, etc. I probably just flat turn and hope it goes check check. If the nit leads out on the river or calls a shove, I'd consider folding but not happy about it.

QQ I think I make my standard c-bet sizing on such a dry board. We don't want to give away our hand strength, get called by double broadway hands, etc. And when we 80% PSB and get raised by a passive player, we shouldn't be that happy. As played, folding or peeling is okay, and definitely folding river.

A5s I think checking behind or 70-75% PSB is better. I prefer a bigger turn bet to fold out Jx and random gutshots, and if the CO fish has Kx, we might get paid off on our flush. And an A is probably good, so we have pretty strong equity.

KK against a 50/50 fish I'm never folding. Against a decent reg, I'm probably folding. He could be doing this with a set trying to make it look like a draw, or have a big combo draw we're flipping with. I actually did this with bottom set multi-way (4 players in pot) when the PFR led out pretty big on a draw heavy board. Got snapped off by AKs; he had a GS + NFD. Of course I get owned for my stack on the turn and don't boat up OTR.

Yeah, poker can get pretty frustrating. Just gotta keep grinding and hope we stop running bad during our downswings/below EV sessions :(. When I went on my 14BI downswing for 6-7 sessions at 25NL, I went pretty numb and got some depression.
 
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PokerStars - $0.25 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
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BB: 77.76 BB (VPIP: 27.27, PFR: 18.18, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 22)
UTG: 95.4 BB (VPIP: 57.14, PFR: 28.57, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 7)
Hero (MP): 128.04 BB
CO: 111.36 BB (VPIP: 17.86, PFR: 14.29, 3Bet Preflop: 11.11, Hands: 29)
BTN: 145.76 BB (VPIP: 17.24, PFR: 10.34, 3Bet Preflop: 11.11, Hands: 29)
SB: 104.4 BB (VPIP: 27.27, PFR: 18.18, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 12)

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has T:club: T:spade:

UTG calls 1 BB, Hero raises to 4.4 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, UTG calls 3.4 BB

Flop: (10.2 BB, 2 players) 8:heart: 8:spade: 3:diamond:
UTG checks, Hero bets 8.48 BB, UTG raises to 17.96 BB, Hero calls 9.48 BB

Turn: (46.12 BB, 2 players) 6:heart:
UTG checks, Hero bets 20.48 BB, UTG calls 20.48 BB

River: (87.08 BB, 2 players) Q:diamond:
UTG checks, Hero ???

What range do you give UTG at this point?
 
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Not much wrong imo.

KK: when SB donks turn he's ridiculously strong. His agg might be high in heads up pots but his turn donk needs to be given credit, I don't like Shoving.

A5cc I prob just X turn since the board paired.

TT: just check behind the turn.

Your turn plays seem to be pretty aggressive, which is where I think you might be losing a bit. However it can swing the other way, as tons of players at the micros can't play the turn properly.

When were raised on the flop though I see it to be best to proceed with extreme caution, nit folding stuff like TPTK against some villains isn't wrong. Not many people are bluff raising flops if your image is within reason.
 
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KK hand I don't think SB is particularly that strong. He's an aggro fish; he has a 90%+ VPIP and pretty high PFR/3-bet%. I think shoving is a little spewy, especially given that a nit seems interested in the pot, but I don't give much credit to the SB here.

TT hand and other hands in general: I think you are c-betting too big with your overpairs OTF. It turns your hand face-up, and people probably aren't giving you any action with two overcards once you bet that big. We want A high/KQ/low pocket pairs like 22/33 to call here, so a standard 66%ish c-bet is good. When you start 80% PSB this super dry flop, it sort of allows our opponents to play perfectly against us if they are not a fish.

As played, check back turn and decide river.

I find that at the micros, even at 50NL, there isn't much bluff-raising going on. I know it feels like people are making moves on us more than they are at times, but I think a lot of flop raises are from real hands. I see some bluff-raises here and there on Zone, but cash games it's almost nonexistent on Bovada. I think I myself make a decent amount of bluff-raises, so I start thinking people are messing around with me too at times. I love it when the SB/BTN min-raises, and then half-pots a board where it's pretty obvious they're FOS and trying to pick up the pot, and then fold to a bluff-raise :).

Played a 3 hr session at 50NL today and ran really terrible, but still ended up about 1.5BI. Got my aces cracked 3 times in a row :(. AA vs KK after getting KK vs AA 4 times in the past 3 sessions (all of which I lost), and he turns his straight. AA vs KQs in 4-bet pot. AA vs 84o multi-way 5-way flop against a short stacker on a 98x board, and he turns his two pair lol... If I didn't have 50 BI for 50NL, I'd go on mega tilt pretty easily the way I've been running lately. When I get a big hand, I can't get paid off, or when I have a big hand and go all-in, I keep losing. Really frustrating lately.
 
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Just to echo what Minh has said, nobody is bluff raising. You may get the odd maniac who does but think of all the times they're not bluffing, and our TPTK is drawing dead to a set etc. Say we pick off a bluff raise, some of the time villain will just give up OTT and let us have it, it's uncommon at micros to even see triple barrels.

I myself often call flo raises with TPTK, then fold the turn. It's burning money when you think about it. I'm gonna literally fold every TPTK and see how it goes.
 
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KK, SB is an aggro fish so I don't think he is too strong here and CO is far from a nit. I flatted flop to let SB spaz and if he flatted or folded I was raising blank turns. If I am going to flat turn isn't it better to just jam and get value from draws? I range villains to Qx and draws basically with the only hands crushing me as 33, QJ.

A5cc, I thought me continuing betting turn with just a little over the sizing of the BB stack would look strong and get folds sometimes(especially from CO but I gave him way to much credit and thought he might pick up on the situation that I am hardly ever bluffing here) and sometimes get me all in against the BB with decent equity. Also liked the idea of setting my own price. I kind of cringed when I reviewed the turn sizing later, maybe I should of just made it 75% but lets be real, CO probably calls anyway.

TT, I agree with checking back turn and I don't exactly think I was being bluffed but that villain was overvaluing PP and "raising to see where he is at" which is something I have started to see a lot of when reviewing hand histories. I think once he checks call turn we should be ahead here often though and probably against 22-99.

Minh, I agree with flop sizing but if you look at villains in all of these hands. They are all big fish so that is why I sized the bets large. If they were regs, the hands probably wouldn't be posted. Lol
 
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KK hand my bad must have misread. CO isn't a nit, and I think the jam is fine here. I expect to be good here most of the time vs Qx/draws, and sometimes GII pretty bad vs QJ. Would expect 33 to raise flop or turn. Don't know why but players at these stakes raise two pair much less than sets.

A5s I think a 75% PSB might have gotten it done. When I barrel turns big I don't tend to get called down light. Don't give him a good price/excuse to keep calling. He probably just saw it as "small bet? I haz pair. I call."

It's kinda dumb when people raise to see where they are at. Sometimes we can outlevel ourselves or get blown off the best hand. So tilting at 100NL once when in a 3-bet pot I c-bet KK on AAx board with intentions to check turn and value bet river, then I get min-raised. AA44 now and he leads out again pretty big this time. I tank fold, and he says JJ. I snap called his flop raise, and he just kept betting for no reason lol. Basically just turning his hand into a bluff.

Haha okay if fish are calling your big bets with marginal holdings, then keep betting big by all means :).
 
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Whew. I took a shot at 100NL for 3.5 hrs and ran really hot. Won 8.5BI with a winrate of 33bb/100 over 2500 hands and gave a big boost to my bankroll. Aggression/spaz level is super high at 100NL, and bluff-catching becomes super important. Much more reggish players at Zone with 150bb+ stacks too.

I won a 630bb pot with top set vs SB cold caller who had 88 in a 3-bet pot. Man, if I got one-outered, I would have been sick to my stomach. My adrenaline was going crazy, and I swear I started seeing stars. Lol did he really think I was going to stack off OTF with AA/KK for 310bb on J8x? He snapped jammed over my flop raise. In-game I probably would have jammed too, but would have felt pretty sick about it. Also check-jammed AA in a 4-bet pot on Kxxr for 160bb. Got called off by J9s (yes, Jack high with no straight draws), and he turned a BDFD. I was really hoping he didn't have KK. I 4-bet super huge because I was OOP, and we were pretty deep. Luckily he missed.

Should I continue playing at 100NL with 33BI? 50NL I'm a decent winner, but winrate definitely decreased by a few bb from 25NL. I also think it's really stressful, jumping from 50NL to 100NL in 1.5 wks. Money-wise, and the players are super super aggro compared to 50NL. Whenever I check, I'm usually thinking, "Oh great, he's going to bet into me" haha. And people stack off much more lightly. This is my second shot at 100NL since 50NL Zone only runs 2-3 hrs a day on Bovada. Super frustrating with 50NL, as I have to play at night and only have 2-3 hrs. First shot I took at 100NL went pretty well too.
 
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TT, I agree with checking back turn and I don't exactly think I was being bluffed but that villain was overvaluing PP and "raising to see where he is at" which is something I have started to see a lot of when reviewing hand histories. I think once he checks call turn we should be ahead here often though and probably against 22-99.

I think if he was raising to see where he was at he'd fold turn. Probably him over valuing pairs over an 8 on the 88x flop. My first instinct is that the turn bet is too thin but if you see villians raising in nonsense spots and not folding then go for it. River seems too thin to bet unless villian is biggest station of all time.
 
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True, I bet turn to do something I almost never do, and it was kind of to see where I was at and get value from weaker PP that he would not want to fold. Obviously the much better line would of been to check back and bet/fold most rivers though.

Oh and sweet run Minh, if you are rolled for 100 I would grind it a little bit and see how it goes. Only way to know if you can hang and get a feel of the games.


Hope everyone enjoyed the holidays. I might have one more day of grinding before the New Year so thread will be pretty inactive, maybe I should just post graphs now since the month is pretty much over and it will give us something to talk about.
 
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PokerStars - $0.25 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 81 BB (VPIP: 61.54, PFR: 23.08, 3Bet Preflop: 16.67, Hands: 13)
Hero (SB): 99 BB
BB: 206.12 BB (VPIP: 27.27, PFR: 9.09, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 11)
UTG: 144.12 BB (VPIP: 17.65, PFR: 11.76, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 17)
CO: 748.52 BB (VPIP: 23.53, PFR: 11.76, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 17)

Hero posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has A:heart: K:club:

fold, CO raises to 3 BB, BTN raises to 10.4 BB, Hero raises to 30.6 BB, fold, fold, BTN raises to 81 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 50.4 BB

Flop: (166 BB, 2 players) 4:heart: 7:diamond: 5:spade:

Turn: (166 BB, 2 players) Q:heart:

River: (166 BB, 2 players) 2:club:

Did I over play AK or am I still running like shit? I feel like I have been running AK into AA quite often the last month or so so idk if I am overplaying or not.

PokerStars - $0.25 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 218.16 BB (VPIP: 9.62, PFR: 9.62, 3Bet Preflop: 7.14, Hands: 52)
Hero (UTG): 160.92 BB
MP: 15.2 BB (VPIP: 37.78, PFR: 2.22, 3Bet Preflop: 5.00, Hands: 46)
CO: 134.6 BB (VPIP: 23.08, PFR: 5.77, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 52)
BTN: 45.48 BB (VPIP: 43.18, PFR: 6.82, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 45)
SB: 98.4 BB (VPIP: 53.85, PFR: 38.46, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 13)

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has T:club: T:heart:

Hero raises to 3 BB, fold, fold, BTN calls 3 BB, fold, BB raises to 11.4 BB, Hero calls 8.4 BB, BTN calls 8.4 BB

Flop: (34.6 BB, 3 players) 4:spade: 8:spade: 5:club:
BB checks, Hero bets 18.48 BB, BTN raises to 34.08 BB and is all-in, fold, Hero calls 15.6 BB

Turn: (102.76 BB, 2 players) 6:club:

River: (102.76 BB, 2 players) J:heart:


Did I overplay 1010 here?

Pretty sure I am about to say **** it and withdraw my money and go to the club. Atleast I will have fun burning $400 that way
 
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PokerStars - $0.25 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: 111.24 BB (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 4)
Hero (BTN): 100 BB
SB: 107.6 BB (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 25.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 4)
BB: 24.96 BB (VPIP: 50.00, PFR: 25.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 4)
UTG: 37.52 BB (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 4)
MP: 113.76 BB (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 25.00, 3Bet Preflop: 50.00, Hands: 4)

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has 7:spade: 8:diamond:

fold, MP raises to 3 BB, CO calls 3 BB, Hero calls 3 BB, SB raises to 8 BB, fold, MP calls 5 BB, fold, Hero calls 5 BB

Flop: (28 BB, 3 players) 8:club: 6:diamond: 7:heart:
SB bets 16 BB, MP calls 16 BB, Hero raises to 52 BB, SB raises to 99.6 BB and is all-in, MP raises to 105.76 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 40 BB and is all-in

Turn: (311.6 BB, 3 players) A:diamond:

River: (311.6 BB, 3 players) Q:club:
 
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