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Hey all,

I'm honestly beyond bored of NLH cash and need something different.

I've bought the "from the ground up" PLO course and it looks like a really interesting game, I guess my question is - are there rewards for dedicating myself to it, or is it hard to get much action with it not being NLH? I know online mixed games for example seem non existent these days.

I live in England so there Isn't THAT much live PLO cash - are the games online good and plentiful? Or will I be waiting awhile for a seat and everyones pretty decent?

And final question - my local cardroom does run PLO but it tends to be 4:5:6 with the button choosing (apparently 6 is the most popular) - will the 4 card course help me with 5 and 6 card or is it just a totally different game.

Thanks for any advice!

Hi all,

I'm really not a fan of Online Poker anymore, but I realise its a necessarily evil to improve in live play.

The smallest game in London is £1/£2 which is pretty big for my bankroll, I'd much rather learn online and improve by playing online in smaller stakes first.

Just looking for recommendations on what to study on RIO to help[ improve my live game overall as I understand they play pretty differently (I also have all the courses but haven't been through them yet)

Any advice much appreciated!

Cheers

Hi all,

I've just purchased GTO Wizard to start looking into GTO spots, I've also been recommended something called PreflopGuru.

I'm very new to GTO stuff so just wanted to check to see if GTO Wizard offers a similar thing to preflopguru, or if both will be beneficial?

Thanks all!

Hey all!

So I've been away from poker a LONG time. I used to crush pretty nicely at $2/$4 and $5/$10 between 2004 - 2007 but then get fed up and moved onto other things.

I've decided to give it another go....and promptly discovered I dont think I can even beat 5c/10c now! My old moves do not work in the slightest!

I decided to deposit $1500 ($500 each on ACR, GG and looking for a third recommendation...Stars maybe?) and I've also invested in GTO Wizard..it seems very complicated but I hear it mentioned near constantly now so figured I needed to learn it!

Anyway I'm just looking for advice on starting this challenge - does 25NL sound about right? I prefer cash but I'll probably throw some $5 tournaments in there too. I didn't want to play across mass amount of different sites as I thought building up rakeback is probably important at these stakes, but any advice would be much appreciated!

The goal is to build up $1500 to $5000 then move into the live £1/£1 cashgames we have here

Thanks for any advice and looking forward to starting! (Got 3 weeks off work Monday 11th so seems a good time to start with a week of studying beforehand)

Hi all,

Just had a couple of queries in regards to live bankrolls.

There is a game at my local casino £1/£1 £50 min £250 max. I presume whatever one buy in for is "the buyin" and its not just worked out at 100bb counts as a buy in for bankroll management.

Lastly - I'll be planning to play live for about 20 hours a week, I planned to take out £800 a month from my salary starting next week so I have 24 £100 buyins - as an average player in a live game, does this seem a sustainable model? Or do people wait until they have the full bankroll in their account before playing? Obviously I wasn't planning on going through 24 buyins in 3 months, but I'm not sure how fast variance can catch up in slower live games

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Hey all,

I'm not sure if this is just a cooler, or being 200BB deep I should have been able to get away from this? I always find stuff like this difficult, especially at the micros, as there's so many combos of flush and people would stack off with any of them. It took me from a good winning session to breaking even, so want to know if I should have folded on the jam or not? Thanks!

* Hand History for Game 1591450948791jw62scdycrp **
0.01/0.02 Texas Holdem Game Table (NL) - Sat Jun 06 09:41:07 EDT 2020
Table Table 6132929 (Real Money) -- Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 6/6
Seat 1: Player6 ($6.82) is sitting out.
Seat 2: Player1 ($2) is sitting out.
Seat 3: Player2 ($4.29) is sitting out.
Seat 4: Player3 ($1.97) is sitting out.
Seat 5: Player4 ($3.23) is sitting out.
Seat 6: Hero ($6.02)
Player1 posts small blind (0.01)
Player2 posts big blind (0.02)
* Dealing down cards *
Dealt to Hero [ Jd, Kd ]
Player3 folds
Player4 folds
Hero raises 0.05 to 0.05
Player6 folds
Player1 folds
Player2 calls (0.03)
* Dealing Flop * : [ 2h, 6d, 9d ]
Player2 checks
Hero bets (0.07)
Player2 raises 0.24 to 0.24
Hero calls (0.17)
* Dealing Turn * : [ Td ]
Player2 bets (0.48)
Hero raises 1.37 to 1.37
Player2 raises 3.52 to 4
Hero calls (2.63)
* Dealing River * : [ 7s ]
Creating Main Pot with $ 8.17 with Player2, Hero
* Summary *
Main Pot: $8.17 Rake: $0.42
Board: [ 2h, 6d, 9d, Td, 7s ]
Player6 balance $6.82, didn't bet (folded)
Player1 balance $1.99, lost $0.01 (folded)
Player2 balance $8.17, bet $4.29, collected $8.17, net +$3.88[ 7d, 8d ] [ a straight flush, six to ten -- Td,9d,8d,7d,6d ]
Player3 balance $1.97, didn't bet (folded)
Player4 balance $3.23, didn't bet (folded)
Hero balance $1.73, lost $4.29[ Jd, Kd ] [ a flush, king high -- Kd,Jd,Td,9d,6d ]

Hey all,

I've been playing some partypoker fast forward, I'm quite enjoying it and I seem to tilt less due to the speed, but with no HUD on party - how do people adjust their play? I don't have time to put notes on anyone, as by the time the hands have flipped its a new table. Are we just playing ABC poker in these games?

This is a hand I'm sure I played horribly, JJ is a nightmare for me to know what to do with, but I'm interested to hear what my optimal should be.

* Hand History for Game 15913591061444kq22tthdr **
0.01/0.02 Texas Holdem Game Table (NL) - Fri Jun 05 08:10:45 EDT 2020
Table Table 6132308 (Real Money) -- Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 6/6
Seat 1: Player6 ($2) is sitting out.
Seat 2: Player1 ($2.38) is sitting out.
Seat 3: Player2 ($2.19) is sitting out.
Seat 4: Hero ($2.01)
Seat 5: Player4 ($2.23) is sitting out.
Seat 6: Player5 ($2.26) is sitting out.
Player1 posts small blind (0.01)
Player2 posts big blind (0.02)
* Dealing down cards *
Dealt to Hero [ Jh, Js ]
Hero raises 0.05 to 0.05
Player4 folds
Player5 folds
Player6 folds
Player1 raises 0.15 to 0.16
Player2 folds
Hero calls (0.11)

First issue is being 3bet! I presume I can never fold here, and need to see a flop most of the time? I don't know how often I need to 4-bet against an unknown?

* Dealing Flop * : [ Ad, 7c, 8d ]
Player1 bets (0.10)
Hero calls (0.10)

This was a super small bet, I had no clue where I was, but presume his range may include some 99,TT so for the price I called.

* Dealing Turn * : [ 5d ]
Player1 checks
Hero bets (0.37)
Player1 calls (0.37)

Villian didn't seem thrilled with the turn, thought I may either be ahead or be able to fold out a higher PP so took a stab. I didn't get the feeling they had a flush.

* Dealing River * : [ Jc ]
Player1 checks
Hero bets (1.38)
Player1 calls (1.38)
Creating Main Pot with $ 3.84 with Hero, Player1

When they called the turn I had them on a strong ace, with the set on the river I thought I was ahead against all of their range bar the AA so decided to jam to get value from a big Ace which I'd convinced myself they had.

* Summary *
Main Pot: $3.84 Rake: $0.2
Board: [ Ad, 7c, 8d, 5d, Jc ]
Player6 balance $2, didn't bet (folded)
Player1 balance $4.21, bet $2.01, collected $3.84, net +$1.83[ As, Ah ] [ three of a kind, aces -- As,Ah,Ad,Jc,8d ]
Player2 balance $2.17, lost $0.02 (folded)
Hero balance $0, lost $2.01[ Jh, Js ] [ three of a kind, jacks -- Ad,Jh,Js,Jc,8d ]
Player4 balance $2.23, didn't bet (folded)
Player5 balance $2.26, didn't bet (folded)

Turns out I was wrong! I'm sure I made multiple mistakes, but one thing I never do is talk about my plays, I'm really wanting to get better now so this forum seemed a good place to start!

Hi,

Sorry for the newb question, how do I actually add a hand history?

I'm copying directly from pokertracker in the "hand history" post type, but all it ever says is invalid hand - even though pokertracker is down as ok?

Thanks!

Hey all,

I was thinking of putting in some hours at the zoom tables...mainly because I can play so many so quickly, but a big part of that is that I want to improve my game for when live play is back.

Would playing a ton of zoom hands be a positive or a negative to this goal? I don't want it to create bad habits in my play when I go back to real tables.

Hi all,

Can anyone recommend any coaches for the micro sakes who have a reasonable rate?

Many thanks!

Hi all,

I got a $109 ticket for depositing on Partypoker and I managed to fluke my way through that phase into the $530 phase.

I play $2 and $5 NL cash and have no idea what I'm doing in tournaments, this is way above my head (and sadly I can't exchange the ticket for credit!)

Can anyone recommend any videos to watch to try and help prepare myself a little for this? I've got 6 days...so I'm hoping I can prep atleast a little!

Thanks

Hi all,

I've started playing Cash on PartyPoker which doesn't allow any HUDS or trackers at all.

How do people tend to review their play, or keep track of winnings/losses on sites like this?

Cheers!