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Comment | puff_tuesday commented on Looking to form small study group

Me too! Playing around $25 ABI now.

Cheers!

July 2, 2018 | 7:51 p.m.

Comment | puff_tuesday commented on MTT Bankroll Building Challenge / Life Balance / Rediscovering Motivation

Day 3

~ 26 tournaments (might be more not sure if PT is counting re entries)
~ 30 mins Duolingo

Couldn't get too many games in today, had to move accommodation so lost a lot of time. Should be good for a full off peak grind tomorrow. BBs were breakeven today, definitely played a lot better so pretty happy! Lost around another 300-400, but will turn that around tomorrow! Also no gym, just staying at this place until moving on Tuesday so will do some home workouts or something, but today was a rest day anyway.

Feb. 16, 2018 | 9:34 p.m.

Comment | puff_tuesday commented on MTT Bankroll Building Challenge / Life Balance / Rediscovering Motivation

Cheers bud

Feb. 15, 2018 | 8:35 p.m.

Comment | puff_tuesday commented on MTT Bankroll Building Challenge / Life Balance / Rediscovering Motivation

Day 2 update

  • Went to the gym
  • 60 games
  • 40 mins Duolingo

Down about 400ish, slightly negative BB/100, but obviously small sample. Played too many tables today, gonna add a max table count of 9 for future sessions. Will post graphs etc once weekly or something.

Feb. 15, 2018 | 8:34 p.m.

Comment | puff_tuesday commented on MTT Bankroll Building Challenge / Life Balance / Rediscovering Motivation

Day 1 Update

Productive Updates:
~ 40 mins Duolingo
~ 3 hours study
~ Gym session
~ Tidied apartment

First session will be tomorrow, hopefully get one or two more in before I move on Tuesday.

Feb. 14, 2018 | 8:37 p.m.

Comment | puff_tuesday commented on MTT Bankroll Building Challenge / Life Balance / Rediscovering Motivation

Thanks!

Feb. 14, 2018 | 8:33 p.m.

Post | puff_tuesday posted in Chatter: MTT Bankroll Building Challenge / Life Balance / Rediscovering Motivation

Hey!

As you probably guessed from the title, I have lost a lot of the motivation I used to have for poker. I have been playing poker for a living for a few years now and recently took a 3/4 month break. I am currently living in a different city every few months and a combination of just having a laptop and Couchsurfing making it too easy to go out for beers, has not helped with the motivation.

I have played as high as $50 ABI, so the challenge is to get back there by the end of the year whilst withdrawing $2k per month for expenses/savings. I will start with a $5k bankroll and play at around a $10 ABI. I will be playing just off peak as I really don't think its possible to have a good life balance grinding peak time and being up all night (I write this at 7am having been up all night).

Poker Goals:

~ 1000 games a month (500 for Feb as we start halfway through)
~ Never quit a session early
~ 10 evBB/100

Life Goals

~ 5 gym sessions a week
~ Max two nights out a week
~ Update this thread daily (forces me to do something worth writing about!)
~ 30 mins duolingo a day

I will update this thread with Pokertracker graphs, studying results, goal tracking + some other random stuff. Not sure how interesting it is going to be as won't be sharing any names or any real life stuff, mainly just selfishly posting to give myself some accountability.

I am hoping that a combination of this bankroll challenge and the extra accountability from starting a thread here is going to help get my motivation back, that said I am not going to be in full time grind mode until next Wednesday/Thursday. Will try to still post about some of the other goals.

Feb. 14, 2018 | 6:01 a.m.

Comment | puff_tuesday commented on Big Mistake on the river in 3bet pot?

hey Robin,

I would definitely not be folding AQo here if we have some backdoor equity. I guess that would be near the bottom of our range but I am still learning this stuff.

Cheers!

Jan. 27, 2016 | 10:51 a.m.

Comment | puff_tuesday commented on Big Mistake on the river in 3bet pot?

ya been looking at this a bit more and I agree, will look into the hands I am calling a cbet with a bit more. Appreciate the responses guys!

Jan. 27, 2016 | 9:42 a.m.

Comment | puff_tuesday commented on Big Mistake on the river in 3bet pot?

oops sorry guys, wrong part of the forum. Feel free to move.

Jan. 26, 2016 | 5:17 p.m.

Hand History | puff_tuesday posted in NLHE: Big Mistake on the river in 3bet pot?
Blinds: $0.50/$1.00 (6 Players) CO: $101.00 (Hero)
BN: $205.40
SB: $175.92
BB: $287.75
UTG: $40.00
MP: $102.00
Not too many reads as new to the site, but villain has been 3/4 betting a lot and seems a good reg
Preflop ($1.50) Hero is CO with Q A
MP folds, Hero raises to $3.00, BN folds, SB raises to $8.00, BB folds, Hero calls $5.00
Flop ($17.00) 9 2 K
SB bets $9.00, Hero calls $9.00
Im not sure whether or not I should just be folding this? My thoughts where that I have an overcard + backdoors and that villain is going to be cbetting this flop a fair amount of the time so it should be in my defend range. I could easily be convinced otherwise though!
Turn ($35.00) 9 2 K A
SB bets $16.00, Hero calls $16.00
River ($67.00) 9 2 K A 4
SB bets $142.92 and is all in, Hero calls $68.00 and is all in
In game I was thinking that he has AA/KK/AK/99 for value here, AK and AA we have a blocker too, the only credible bluffs I can see him having is JQ hearts and clubs? Again we block 1 combo of JQs. I think I just have a big leak of calling way to much on rivers and possibly on the flop too.
Final Pot CO lost and shows a pair of Aces.
SB wins and shows three of a kind, Kings.
SB wins $200.00
Rake is $3.00

Jan. 26, 2016 | 5:12 p.m.

Comment | puff_tuesday commented on Skype Group

added a few people from here, would be interested in joining an active group. Agree that big groups tend to end up being more of a distraction (general chit chat rather than strat discussion).

Dec. 12, 2014 | 3:28 p.m.

Comment | puff_tuesday commented on Top pair top kicker facing aggression against narrow range

Thanks for the advice whipman, seems good. Hadn't thought too much about how much easier the hand becomes when I 4bet pre. As for the postflop advice, I agree he pretty much always has me beat here.

July 14, 2014 | 10:17 a.m.

Comment | puff_tuesday commented on 25nl hand from Cash game beginner

Sorry guys, was having trouble with the replayer I think the stats and question got lost somewhere. Ya I was pretty much checking that I had to fold turn. Thanks.

July 14, 2014 | 10:14 a.m.

Hand History | puff_tuesday posted in NLHE: 25nl hand from Cash game beginner
BN: $25.71
SB: $35.18
BB: $10
UTG: $21.12
HJ: $31.61
CO: $25.47 (Hero)
Preflop ($0.35) (6 Players)
Hero was dealt K A
UTG folds, HJ raises to $0.75, Hero raises to $2, BN folds, SB folds, BB folds, HJ calls $1.25
Flop ($4.35) J 2 A (2 Players)
HJ checks, Hero bets $3, HJ calls $3
Turn ($10.35) 9 (2 Players)
HJ checks, Hero bets $6, HJ raises to $26.61, Hero calls $14.47
River ($57.43) 6 (2 Players)
Final Pot
HJ wins $48.73 , HJ wins $6.14

July 13, 2014 | 8:09 a.m.

Hand History | puff_tuesday posted in NLHE: Top pair top kicker facing aggression against narrow range
UTG: $30.33
HJ: $25.10
CO: $18.31
BN: $64.61
SB: $44.73 (Hero)
BB: $12.30
Preflop ($0.35) (6 Players)
Hero was dealt A K
UTG raises to $0.75, HJ raises to $2.25, CO folds, BN folds, Hero calls $2.15, BB folds, UTG calls $1.50
Flop ($7.00) 8 K Q (3 Players)
Hero checks, UTG checks, HJ bets $3.62, Hero calls $3.62, UTG folds
Turn ($14.24) 2 (2 Players)
Hero checks, HJ bets $7.12, Hero calls $7.12
River ($28.48) 9 (2 Players)
Hero checks, HJ bets $12.11, Hero calls $12.11
Final Pot
HJ has Q Q Hero has A K HJ wins $50.07

July 13, 2014 | 8:04 a.m.

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