Sunday 30 June 2013

Results of June: OK

Hi guys,

this month started really well and i was running a few stacks above ev, and basiclly thats how the rest of the month went. I was playing 26 of the 30 days in June and was winning money at 25 of them. In the last few days i was adding the 200pl tables to my list of tables and will keep them since i saw that there are the same regs as on 25pl, 50pl and 100pl except for a few low/midstakes-regs who are not that big of a deal.

 Playing 100nl, 50nl and 25nl with the focus on the middle limit, i was running about 17 stacks above ev this month. My ev-winrates are under average because it felt like whenever i was all in, i had a coinflip or running against the same hand but having some extra draws.







Hands:                   10012 100nl, 29749 50nl, 5962 25nl
Winrate:                 7,12bb/100 / 11,90bb/100 10,18bb/100
Vpps:                     9834
Played:                  86,94 hours
 
+3834$ cashgame winnings
+551$ fpp value
+98$ stellar reward value
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= +4483$



Graph of June 2013:



Wednesday 19 June 2013

Blindstealing hit-and-run reg lost a stack

Hi guys,

i like to start new tables and there are some annoying regs trying to sit at my table and stealing blinds, raising any2 and making hit and run after they got some cash. this gif basicly shows this hand




Holdem Manager No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (2 handed)
SB ($50)
NicoleOA (BB) ($49.50)

Preflop: NicoleOA is BB with ,
NicoleOA bets $1.50, SB raises to $4.50, NicoleOA calls $3

Flop: ($9) , , (2 players)
SB bets $6.50, NicoleOA calls $6.50

Turn: ($22) (2 players)
SB bets $15.50, NicoleOA calls $15.50

River: ($53) (2 players)
SB bets $23.50 (All-In), NicoleOA calls $23 (All-In)

Total pot: $99 | Rake: $0.50

Results below:
SB had , Ad (one pair, threes).
NicoleOA had , (two pair, tens and threes).
Outcome: NicoleOA won $98.50

Saturday 15 June 2013

Half of June is done - results: OK

Hi guys,

i managed to play 14 of the 15 days this month and was able to keep a good mindset even playing at the day i was a littel bit hangover from the party the night before. After all i think the results are ok, because the milestone-promotion was running and brought a lot of fish to the tables and i was running 9 stacks above ev.

To everyone who is wondering why the winrates on the limits do not match with the cashgame winnings on the tables: i use to take the winrate from the ev-graph instead of the actuall winnings. I had some funny differences of 20stacks/month in the past and decided to use the ev-graph weather i run above or below.

I am happy that the 100nl shots are going very well and i am able to get used to the limits without losing massive stacks to running bad or setups like i did in the shots on 25nl, 50nl and the last time i tryed 100nl. Maybe mixing tables instead of taking pure shots to a limit is a better way for me to gain some experience on the higher limit.





Hands:                   5402 100nl, 18203 50nl,  3770 25nl
Winrate:                 0,74bb/100 / 12,11bb/100 17,22bb/100
Vpps:                     5800
Played:                  51,08 hours
 
+1698$ cashgame winnings
+325$ fpp value
+58$ stellar reward value
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= +2081$



Graph of the first 15 days of June 2013:

Friday 7 June 2013

K9s in 3way

Hi guys,

the nice player JoMedici was asking to talk about a hand we played today and i think we can discuss it in this blog.


Holdem Manager No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (9 handed)

FISH ($29.62) 36/21/10 on 28 hands
Hero (BB) ($55.05)
UTG ($54.72)
Jo_Medici ($56.08) 16/12/2,6 on 1,2k hands
MP1 ($20.91)
MP2 ($50)
MP3 ($44.79)
CO ($50)
Button ($16.50)

Preflop: Hero is BB with ,
1 fold Jo_Medici bets $1.50, 5 folds, FISH calls $1.25, Hero calls $1

Flop: ($4.50) , , (3 players)
FISH checks, Hero checks, Jo_Medici bets $2.50, 1 fold, Hero calls $2.50

Turn: ($9.50) (2 players)
Hero checks, Jo_Medici bets $5.50, Hero raises to $15.50,  Jo_Medici calls $10

River: ($40.50) (2 players)
Hero bets $22.50 Jo_Medici raises to $36.58 (All-In), Hero calls $13.05 (All-In)

Total pot: $111.60 | Rake: $2.60

Results below:
Hero had , (flush, King high).
Jo_Medici had , (two pair, Queens and fours).
Outcome: Hero won $109




Preflop: I call because i can play a 3way pot and i am last to act on the flop + the fish is in the sandwitch, i get good odds because i m the bb and the reg got 15% openraise from early positions.

Flop: Good board to cbet for the reg, i guess he will cbet with 100% of his range. At this point i am not folding because of the flop, i got a gutshot + bdfd and the fish folded the hand. I decide to call because raising this board makes not that much sense because there are almost no draws out there.

Turn: I check to the preflop- and flopagressor and raise his 2nd barrel because i got K high with has no showdownvalue + gs + fd and can represent hands like 44, TT and QTs, not knowing that the turn paired the board. After i pushed the raise button i realized that my raise makes not that much sense because he is representing the overpair, in witch case i should not raise QT; its more unlikely to have 44 in my hand because another one cam on the board and the only hand that makes sense is now TT.

River: This is one of the few spots i get in every month one or two times when i have no clue what to do :)
 I mean, everything looks bad. Check/fold is possible but weak, since he should fold hands like AQ on the turn unless he sees that i got 13% raise cbet turn and called.
Blockingbet/fold is maybe the worst because he might push AA/KK or fold it. So i remembered Gus Hansen writing in his book (witch i never red but heard about it) that "when u have no idea what to do - bet or push"
So after all i think bet/call is the right move on the river since only QT, QQ, TT and 44 got me beat and these hands are most unlikely in his hand (they are in his range, but not likely in his hand).




There are maybe some missing hands in the ranges i give the people or what i expect the people give me but that are my thoughts:

Flop handranges: JoMedici: top 15%    FISH: top 36% - 50%

Turn handranges: JoMedici: AA KK QQ JJ TT 44 AQ KQ KJ AcXc QTs    i think he will put me on KQ KJ QTs TT 44

River Handranges: JoMedici: AA KK QQ TT 44 AQ QT AcXc    i think he will put me on TT KJ