Above is my week thus far. I do still have a short session tonight planned, but I may bail on that and spend time with the wife.
I am trying to pace myself this month because I may make an attempt at some super high volume next year. I am still undecided on SNE. My br with fpps included in only about 3k right now. I assume 3k would be the minimum I would want to begin a try for SNE, 4-5k would be much better. I also need to cash something out by the end of the month. So if I can't add at least 2k more to the BR by the end of the year, I will likely need to either readjust the SNE schedule or just try for something lesser.. like 600k vpps or something.
In the past 50k hands or so I am running just under 3ptbb/100 at 25/50NL. 90% of my volume right now is at 25NL, I plan to slowly shift that to mostly 50NL by months end so the transition to 100NL won't be such a culture shock.
Right now I feel completely in control of my game. (isn't that usually when the wheels come off?)
I have gone back to basics and made several key adjustments to my game.. and how I adjust to the game of others. The area I have improved the most is extracting more value from my medium strength hands and losing less on them as well. I won't bore you with the details. Here is a couple fun hands from the day. I got paid on quads 3 times btw, ridiculous good variance.
Hand #1: The villain in this hand is a 14/12 reg who cbets the flop 46% but 3 barrels a whopping 75% of the time after cbetting. Once he commits to a hand he pretty much goes all the way with it. If he has AA/66 here its a cooler. I had him on AK the whole way but pretty surprised by what he had. This was a 50bb table and we were extremely deep for these games. This guy is definitely a level 1 thinker.
saw flop | saw showdown
MP1 ($5.73)
MP2 ($17.84)
Hero (CO) ($24.03)
Button ($7.18)
SB ($10)
BB ($11.93)
UTG ($26.96)
Preflop: Hero is CO with 3
, 3
, 3UTG bets $0.75, 1 fold, MP2 calls $0.75, Hero calls $0.75, 2 folds, BB calls $0.50
Flop: ($3.10) 3
, 6, A
(4 players)
, 6, A (4 players)BB checks, UTG bets $2.21, 1 fold, Hero calls $2.21, 1 fold
Turn: ($7.52) 2 (2 players)
(2 players)UTG bets $5.37, Hero calls $5.37
River: ($18.26) 10 (2 players)
(2 players)UTG bets $18.63 (All-In), Hero calls $15.70 (All-In)
Total pot: $49.66
Results:
UTG had A, Q (one pair, Aces).
, Q (one pair, Aces).Hero had 3, 3 (three of a kind, threes).
, 3 (three of a kind, threes).Outcome: Hero won $47.66
Hand #2: The villain in this hand is a 38/4 drooler. Note I would have played it a bit different were it a more competent player. I feel I did a good job of maximizing value. One question I asked myself, is whether he knew he was playing the board on the river. I think he thought he still had a strong hand. It appears that I got lucky on the river.. but I'm pretty sure he is never folding even if the last jack never comes.
saw flop | saw showdown
Button ($4.65)
SB ($23.92)
Hero (BB) ($46.23)
UTG ($9.94)
MP ($16.36)
CO ($12.50)
Preflop: Hero is BB with 2, J
, J4 folds, SB calls $0.15, Hero checks
Flop: ($0.50) 5, J, J (2 players)
, J, J (2 players)SB checks, Hero bets $0.40, SB raises $0.80, Hero calls $0.40
Turn: ($2.10) 5 (2 players)
(2 players)SB bets $1.50, Hero calls $1.50
River: ($5.10) J (2 players)
(2 players)SB bets $1.75, Hero raises $43.68 (All-In), SB calls $19.62 (All-In)
Total pot: $47.84
Results:
SB had 7, 5 (full house, Jacks over fives).
, 5 (full house, Jacks over fives).Hero had 2, J (four of a kind, Jacks).
, J (four of a kind, Jacks).Outcome: Hero won $68.15
Hand #3: Another major drooler.. 50/5ish who has trouble finding the fold button. (please don't add a tutorial on where it is stars) In this given hand, I sized my 4-bet both to make it as cheap as possible for him to call and to give me just under a pot sized shove for the flop or turn.. depending on the texture. I find that bet sizing is extremely important at the 50bb tables.. you are always thinking about the next 2 streets when betting, since the commitment threshold varies so widely from hand to hand. Its much different than playing deep stacked where you are less worried about facing all-ins at any given moment.
Note the delayed shove on the turn. I did that to allow him a chance to get a piece with his missed broadways and to allow him the chance to feel I am full of crap if he has AK. Another thing I have improved on in maximizing value is to remember the entire range.. not just the weak part and the strong part.
saw flop | saw showdown
Hero (MP2) ($13.73)
CO ($35.42)
Button ($5.33)
SB ($4.51)
BB ($5)
UTG ($5.50)
MP1 ($5.50)
Preflop: Hero is MP2 with A, A
, A2 folds, Hero bets $1.25, CO raises $3, 3 folds, Hero raises $3.50, CO calls $1.75
Flop: ($9.85) 5, 5, 8 (2 players)
, 5, 8 (2 players)Hero checks, CO checks
Turn: ($9.85) 10 (2 players)
(2 players)Hero bets $8.98 (All-In), CO calls $8.98
River: ($27.81) 7 (2 players, 1 all-in)
(2 players, 1 all-in)Total pot: $27.81
Results:
Hero had A, A (two pair, Aces and fives).
, A (two pair, Aces and fives).CO had A, K (one pair, fives).
, K (one pair, fives).Outcome: Hero won $26.45
sick graph! gogogogoo
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