Ok, so as I said I'm going to post results/progress in here each week. I have no idea how to post a picture on this forum, it's telling me that i can't use img BBcode in posts so I'm not sure how to do it.
Most of the play in the sample was for the videos but there were a few short sessions that I didn't record.
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A mixture of 2 and 5nl, both 6max and full ring. Not a big sample, this is probably about a typical days worth of Zoom for hardcore grinders. I've probably played more hands in a single session before, but since I'm not grinding like I used to this will likely be my volume/week.
Our play got a little worse since we decided to 4 table Zoom over the last few sessions, lost a fair amount of non showdown but we still won at the tables. Ran really well overall. We only got set over set against us once and I think we had it in our favour 2 or 3 times. No real big suckouts either and our hands held more than is to be expected I'd say. I think we're 3 BIs above EV at 2nl which is always nice too.
It's important to note that this was a good run, we won't win at that rate playing Zoom tables for too long. We might breakeven (or worse) next week over a similar sample, anything can happen in 10k hand samples. Zoom winrates will be down overall vs regular tables, but hopefully we can post another winning sample next week.
One fun hand from my last session...
PokerStars - $0.02 NL FAST - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
vlad568 (BTN): $1.46 (VPIP: 13.33, PFR: 10.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 30)
HellNative (SB): $3.34
snussan (BB): $4.81 (VPIP: 80.00, PFR: 40.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 5)
ramirito17 (UTG): $1.94 (VPIP: 11.17, PFR: 4.48, 3Bet Preflop: 5.79, Hands: 364)
Bolshoi Boy (UTG+1): $3.73 (VPIP: 17.48, PFR: 14.08, 3Bet Preflop: 8.57, Hands: 209)
KIYON_15 (MP): $1.04 (VPIP: 13.11, PFR: 6.15, 3Bet Preflop: 3.67, Hands: 245)
Funman83 (MP+1): $1.56 (VPIP: 20.83, PFR: 1.39, 3Bet Preflop: 3.03, Hands: 72)
erioncrazy (MP+2): $2.13 (VPIP: 13.66, PFR: 9.49, 3Bet Preflop: 2.91, Hands: 439)
olemelan.ole (CO): $2.10 (VPIP: 11.38, PFR: 5.99, 3Bet Preflop: 2.86, Hands: 168)
HellNative posts SB $0.01, snussan posts BB $0.02
Pre Flop: (pot: $0.03) HellNative has 6♥ A♦
fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, HellNative raises to $0.05, snussan calls $0.03
Flop: ($0.10, 2 players) 2♥ Q♦ 6♦
HellNative checks, snussan bets $0.10, HellNative calls $0.10
Turn: ($0.30, 2 players) J♦
HellNative checks, snussan bets $0.29, HellNative calls $0.29
River: ($0.88, 2 players) J♣
HellNative checks, snussan bets $0.85, HellNative calls $0.85
snussan shows 4♠ A♥ (One Pair, Jacks)
(Pre 42%, Flop 2%, Turn 0%)
HellNative shows 6♥ A♦ (Two Pair, Jacks and Sixes)
(Pre 58%, Flop 98%, Turn 100%)
HellNative wins $2.49
I'm not sure why it's not showing my stats but it doesn't matter since this guy probably didn't know me, but he seemed a bit crazy and he called our raise really fast. Each bet he made almost instantly. I've found 2nl players to be extremely spewy when x to, particularly BVB, so
bluff catching is going to be a good strategy for you guys to use. Perhaps wait for a top pair type hand though.
I think calling down here was fairly standard given our perception of the villain and the way the board ran out, we block the nfd and I doubt he insta pots OTT when the flush comes in, but maybe he does, who knows.
One observation about 2nl, it's probably not a good idea to try to get people off TP, or any pair in some cases, even the regs, and it's probably mostly correct to fold to big river bets if you have a marginal hand, unless your hand reading skills are very good, or you know your opponent. One final thing, don't give your opponent credit for bluff raising rivers unless you know they're capable, I got stung a few times with that, it's almost always a strong hand at 2nl FR.
