RiverBeavers
3 points
This is gonna be long.
I started playing poker more than 7 years ago, when I had a desk job, and sufficient salary that I thought that I could afford playing poker without knowing what I was doing. To make it worse, I was an aggressive LAG, watching one too many Highstakes Poker episodes, and playing for thousands of dollars (not USD - value was about 3 to 1 at the time) in underground live cardrooms in the city.
Needless to say, I went broke.
My dad had to bail me out of a tilt session and I thought I'd quit the game for good. A few months went by and PokerStars came to town - it was now available to play in my country. I gave it another shot, but this time, tried to learn the basics properly. Started at NL50, went bust, and re-bought. Played NL25 and went bust again. This happened a few times till I racked up substantial credit card debt. Thank god Pokerstars eventually left the country. I quit the game again.
Totally underestimated the love I had for the game though, and after a few more months, I was back at it again. I bought Ed Miller's Small Stakes No Limit Holdem. Posted in 2+2. Gained a ton of new insights, and started winning a little. Won a few tournaments here and there. Played about 150k hands on NL25 and PL25 and was a small winner (~1.8 BB/100). Burnt myself out playing, and stopped for a year, actually cashing out some for the first time ever to Neteller.
Got my love back for the game again playing in some live underground card rooms (which I do well), and fast forward till yesterday and today, which triggered this post. Playing at NL25 and PL25, I played about 10 sessions averaging ~600 hands a session, winning 80% of them. Problem was, the wins were 1-3 buyins. The other 20%, I lost massively, dropping 10 or so buy-ins in two major sessions.
I don't know what I'm doing wrong anymore. I need help. Would be great if anyone here could point me in the right direction. I don't think I'm a bad player, but I feel like I make sub-optimal decisions at some spots where I risk too much of my stack. I would love to get coaching if possible, and my goal is to move up from low stakes to mid and eventually highstakes. I don't think I want to quit, but I can't keep losing money at this game. I have a decent job, and have my life in order, debt free now with some savings and property. Have a gf and family. But what can I say, I love this game, and am very competitive. I would like to be better.
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RB
Oct. 27, 2017 | 9:15 a.m.
This is gonna be long.
I started playing poker more than 7 years ago, when I had a desk job, and sufficient salary that I thought that I could afford playing poker without knowing what I was doing. To make it worse, I was an aggressive LAG, watching one too many Highstakes Poker episodes, and playing for thousands of dollars (not USD - value was about 3 to 1 at the time) in underground live cardrooms in the city.
Needless to say, I went broke.
My dad had to bail me out of a tilt session and I thought I'd quit the game for good. A few months went by and PokerStars came to town - it was now available to play in my country. I gave it another shot, but this time, tried to learn the basics properly. Started at NL50, went bust, and re-bought. Played NL25 and went bust again. This happened a few times till I racked up substantial credit card debt. Thank god Pokerstars eventually left the country. I quit the game again.
Totally underestimated the love I had for the game though, and after a few more months, I was back at it again. I bought Ed Miller's Small Stakes No Limit Holdem. Posted in 2+2. Gained a ton of new insights, and started winning a little. Won a few tournaments here and there. Played about 150k hands on NL25 and PL25 and was a small winner (~1.8 BB/100). Burnt myself out playing, and stopped for a year, actually cashing out some for the first time ever to Neteller.
Got my love back for the game again playing in some live underground card rooms (which I do well), and fast forward till yesterday and today, which triggered this post.
Playing at NL25 and PL25, I played about 10 sessions averaging ~600 hands a session, winning 80% of them. Problem was, the wins were 1-3 buyins. The other 20%, I lost massively, dropping 10 or so buy-ins in two major sessions.
I don't know what I'm doing wrong anymore. I need help. Would be great if anyone here could point me in the right direction. I don't think I'm a bad player, but I feel like I make sub-optimal decisions at some spots where I risk too much of my stack.
I would love to get coaching if possible, and my goal is to move up from low stakes to mid and eventually highstakes. I don't think I want to quit, but I can't keep losing money at this game. I have a decent job, and have my life in order, debt free now with some savings and property. Have a gf and family. But what can I say, I love this game, and am very competitive. I would like to be better.
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RB
Oct. 25, 2017 | 6:39 p.m.
No history on villain (2 hands). Also, could I have taken a different line?
PokerStars Zoom Hand #177277772857: Omaha Pot Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2017/10/23 21:38:03 CCT [2017/10/23 9:38:03 ET]
Table 'Thyestes' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: pnikoletta84 ($17.31 in chips)
Seat 2: Grindmaster1 ($28.65 in chips)
Seat 3: rmfjslrk ($27.65 in chips)
Seat 4: CrotchSnifer ($43.36 in chips)
Seat 5: linglingqitt ($25 in chips)
Seat 6: RiverBeavers ($58.67 in chips)
Grindmaster1: posts small blind $0.10
rmfjslrk: posts big blind $0.25
* HOLE CARDS
Dealt to RiverBeavers [Jh Th Js 6c]
CrotchSnifer: folds
linglingqitt: folds
RiverBeavers: raises $0.42 to $0.67
pnikoletta84: folds
Grindmaster1: raises $1.59 to $2.26
rmfjslrk: folds
RiverBeavers: calls $1.59
FLOP [5h 9s Kh]
Grindmaster1: bets $3
RiverBeavers: calls $3
TURN [5h 9s Kh] [7h]
Grindmaster1: checks
RiverBeavers: bets $5.98
Grindmaster1: calls $5.98
RIVER * [5h 9s Kh 7h] [Ad]
Grindmaster1: bets $17.41 and is all-in
Oct. 23, 2017 | 2:22 p.m.
What are you repping here if you bluff? Board is too dry to bluff on imo and AK / AQ would not play this way as turn gives them no equity, unless he's a complete spazz. He's calling with Tx, 77+ of his range, and you only really fold out Ax of clubs. He's checking to induce a bet from draws a lot in this spot, and without more info / reads on villain, I would give up on the river.
June 21, 2016 | 1:12 p.m.
Yup, bet more pre flop and considering he limp calls preflop instead of limp raise / jam (a lot of fish do this, even at higher stakes like NL25), I would eliminate AA-QQ from his range. Over bet on flop with possible flush / straight draws could indicate some level of strength, e.g. Kx, bottom two, sets, or even TT / JJ / AQ as a spazzy player, and possibly Ax spades. I would fold turn same as you, as K9 only beats less than half of his range, i.e the spazzy range, but loses to hands like KT+, two pair hands and sets, and you're not even that far ahead of Ax of spades. Better spots imo.
June 21, 2016 | 1:03 p.m.
BB: 14,103
UTG: 16,399
UTG+1: 4,842
MP: 17,745
MP+1: 1,674
MP+2: 6,570
CO: 12,130
BN: 19,785 (Hero)
Stats: 26/20 over 37 hands
Call mid position raise, mid call, with 43s from SB, check call cbet on T63 two tone flop, check call turn A, check river 5
Will call 3bet out of position with KQo
BN lost and shows high card Ace.
UTG+1 wins 10,909
May 14, 2015 | 9:27 p.m.
MP+1: 47,752
CO: 89,011
BN: 28,092 (Hero)
SB: 28,144
BB: 10,521
UTG: 64,286
UTG+1: 49,689
SB wins and shows a pair of Queens.
SB wins 63,684
May 14, 2015 | 8:03 p.m.
I think cyclone420 makes a good point - if I had 99 in this spot, wouldn't it be a jam? If so, then 88 would be a very close comparison. But given that I had 0 reads, a fold would be correct even with 99?
May 14, 2015 | 4:23 p.m.
Thanks. I feel like I would lean toward folding in future to preserve stacks for better spots. Then again, every time I do that, the spot never comes, and I end up blinding down too quickly :(
May 13, 2015 | 11:51 p.m.
Thanks - need to tighten up my play
May 13, 2015 | 4:45 p.m.
MP+1: 18,419
MP+2: 31,411
CO: 51,165
BN: 13,828
SB: 17,863 (Hero)
BB: 10,948
UTG: 56,143
UTG+1: 9,128
SB lost and shows a full house, Tens full of Eights.
UTG wins and shows a full house, Tens full of Aces.
UTG wins 40,119
May 13, 2015 | 4:33 p.m.
SB: 5,000
BB: 5,000 (Hero)
UTG: 5,000
UTG+1: 5,000
MP: 5,000
MP+1: 5,000
MP+2: 5,000
CO: 5,000
With absolutely no reads, and a hand that can only beat a complete bluff, I fold. Thoughts?
Thanks will do. Perhaps you're right, but I'd like to hear from others too.
Oct. 27, 2017 | 9:14 a.m.