Thank god I am a nit!!
I have realized I really suck at poker, maybe micros are a different beast and I can only show profit against thinking players, (who are not psycho nose bleeders or wannabes who disassociated money) those players that when you bluff raise them $200 or 30ish BBs they actually think about what you have and it hurts when they lose a buy in so they fold TPGK to a reasonable line until they adjust, then you adjust, and then they readjust, etc then it is a multi-level game of wits and guts. Of course you can't start there you have to climb the ladder blah, blah. If you can't beat micros you suck like it or not I don't think anyone here can't crawl out of micros in 2-3 months time, so I deduce I suck.

I think the players are good now too which is great but not so great, Micros is like playing Risk, and mid stakes is like playing Call of Duty high stakes is like Laser Tag...sure you may be better at Laser Tag than you are Risk but if you can't outsmart the average risk player sitting down doubt you are going to beat the average Laser Tag pro no matter how well you aim or run. Even if you are a better Lasertag player if you do not have the patience and the flexibility to beat the average Risk player then your success at Laser Tag will be short lived, the exceptions to the rule are so few and far between special cases, they are not worth even factoing in. This is how I approached micros, if you can't handle the wicked beats and the gross carnage of having your kings cracked by Q9s 3 times in 2 hours, then you are not a true pro imo

I think the problem is that I do not have the mindset to play my game and counter the opponents games while staying on the right side of variance long enough to show profit and advance. Playing unimaginative meaningless pots is sort of like playing Jeopardy vs a mentally handicapped person, torture. When you win it never feels so good, and when you lose you really feel worse than scum. So the news is that I am running terrible, but it won't affect my lifestyle a bit. Even in a play money pot which I don't care about it breaks my heart when I get sucked out on, or I wait for the right time and when I finally outplay my opponent they get there in suspicious fashion and after losing to ~12% eq I still can't hit a draw to save my life.or get action with my other 85% fav big hands

I think I need to just be friends with poker, play for fun, watch and maybe doodle around, but poker has made me much money and taught me many awesome life lessons, I think the final lesson might be humility. All my life I succeed where I please, maybe i am overstepping my boundaries by trying to join the party here, it is 99.98% llikely these are self imposed barriers, but I don't think they are meant to be overcome. This is not to convince anyone to quit, I am not quitting, I am going to take it off the backburner and throw it in the fridge though, one day i will be able to hopefully pull it off and it will be sweet. I love the game for now enough to watch it and read about it without being on the frontlines, and that won't happen over night but it will be a victory for me if I can admit defeat. So poker you win, I can't beat you

...for now.
Best
:)

I am going to make it a goal to play at least 1000 hands a day or until I lose 5 buy ins or I know I am playing very poorly. I will be 4-6 tabling PLO and NLHE depending on how good I am feeling about playing. I need to get more experience/volume in so I can move up. I am tired of messing around!! No more bad beats for me thanks here was my last one:


Poker hand isn't working but this was a very interesting hand, as we were both playing pretty well, and not playing any pots out of position, as well as 3 betting in good spots with a wide range of hands, I am proud of myself, for getting action PF with the best hand IP finally, if I was in the BB the way the match went if he 3 bet me and I 4 bet him he shipped it everytime (thanks to krantz I bet lol) The flop is tricky, i am only really worried about a set which I think he could have once in a while and he would definitely lead out some of the time with a set on this board, as it is pretty doubtful it hit me and it is really draw heavy, but the draw heavy board and his image pretty much makes the hand play itself out plus I have the Ace diamond blocker pretty much there is no way I can check back this flop, which is the only way i might not go broke with a 4 of diamond and a straight on the river. Pretty interesting

Seat 3: StackJackin (11.40 in chips)
Seat 8: Pink*** (14.95 in chips)
StackJackin: posts small blind $0.10
Pink***: posts big blind $0.20
Dealt to StackJackin [ Ac Ad ]
StackJackin: raises to $0.60
Pink***: calls
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@ [ 6d 8d 2s ]
Pink***: checks
StackJackin: bets $1.40
Pink***: raises to $4.80
StackJackin: is all in 9.4000
Pink***: calls
StackJackin: shows Ac Ad
Pink***: shows 8h 6s
# # # TURN # # # [ 4d ]
&&& RIVER &&& [ 7s ]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Pink*** wins $22.30 with Two Pairs, Eights and Sixes

Sorry my grammar sucks it is too late for me to care eno9ught to fix)
I think that is what i am also missing besides a lot of the advanced skills and bank roll control (both of which I am doing very well on working on them) I just lack the guts to be a pro. Not so much the money in the middle that is fine, I don't know if I have the intestinal fortitude to handle the swings. To play right and to get beat up like that, with that i am changing my mindset, I think poker for me is more of a pit game than most people. I am a guy of extremes and if there is any luck involved I don't think skills advantage is huge, however with that said I am going to implement operation bankroll boot camp and see if that helps keep me afloat much longer.

I am losing player and most see this as pathetic, but I don't I am working on my game, and trying to see how much I can do in the way of changing my overall long term results. With THAT said, I am getting pretty much an inverted bell curve of W$SD and hand distribution, problem is that curve in itself must be crossed checked with my opponents and if our points don't click somewhere then someone else gets the money besides moi! I have theorized before that it is possible that the money is made on the marginal hands as many have suggested but seems like I am pulling down small pots with my big hands, getting called on my bluffs, and losing huge pots when I am protecting my flopped or turned sometimes made hands. One of these shift and then I win some money but sooner or later a 'set up hand' comes along, where I am trapping calling shoves with easily better than 2:1 equity and I would say the W$SD results are reversed unless I run into a bluff I swear. I am awesome with math and I know what the odds are even in PLO 85%+ of the time (08 is tougher)

The let downs and disappointment is what I think I don't have the guts to deal with, IRL yeah, I can deal, but with no big win or fat bankroll behind you this is just torture. I am starting to Mike Matasow myself like I get AQ to call shove vs my QQ++ and I know that 30% daylight is enough to cost me the pot EVERYTIME!!. Times I do win I am noticing short stacks are moving in or I catch a badly timed bluff anyways, I think I am officially a recreational player now so a long as I don't have to redeposit guess I am okay for now.

Here is about the worst play of the night by me, gut shot bottom two and flush draw all mediocre, not excited by this play but I thought I repped a made hand well...:

Seat 3: StackJackin (7.15 in chips)
Seat 6: Laug (9.65 in chips)
Laug : posts small blind $0.05
StackJackin: posts big blind $0.10

Dealt to StackJackin


Laug : raises to $0.30
StackJackin: calls
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@

StackJackin: checks
Laug : bets $0.60
StackJackin: raises to $1.20
Laug : calls
# # #
TURN:
# # #

StackJackin: bets $1.50
Laug : raises to $7.50
StackJackin: is all in 4.1500
Laug : returns uncalled bet $1.85
Laug : shows


StackJackin: shows


&&&
RIVER:
&&&

i Bluff BvB flop Bottoms Set and OESD oop so I take the lead he just flats the flop like he can see my hand, not many hands he is behind by river but he calls behind which is what i have to settle on as far as getting lucky:

Seat 3: StackJackin (6.92 in chips)
Seat 6: Laug (20.80 in chips)
Seat 8: domi (1.88 in chips)
StackJackin: posts small blind $0.05
Laug : posts big blind $0.10

Dealt to StackJackin

domi : folds
StackJackin: raises to $0.30
Laug : calls
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@

StackJackin: checks
Laug : checks
# # #
TURN:
# # #

StackJackin: bets $0.60
Laug : calls
&&&
RIVER:
&&&

StackJackin: bets $1.80
Laug : calls

SHOW DOWN :
StackJackin: shows
(Full House, Sixes full of Sevens )
Laug : shows
(Full House, Sevens full of Kings )
Laug wins $5.15 with Full House, Sevens full of Kings

Actually was shocked here, this guy was so aggro preflop he could have any four, I think bare aces are in his range here a lot but not enough to flat pre or to make it losing overall, I was ss and unless he flats and folds piostflop not getting it in here with a hand like kings double suited with a two gapper would cause me to make mistakes later, so I don't think this is a bad play versus a loose player. AS YOU CAN SEE COINFLIP WITH ALL THE MONEY IN THE POT PRE IS HOW I DOUBLE HEAD ASPLODED.

Seat 3: StackJackin (7.00 in chips)
Seat 8: INDU (67.65 in chips)
Seat 9: life (28.25 in chips)
life : posts small blind $0.10
StackJackin: posts big blind $0.20

Dealt to StackJackin

INDU : folds
life : raises to $0.60
StackJackin: raises to $1.80
life : raises to $4.80
StackJackin: is all in 5.2000
life : calls
StackJackin: shows

life : shows

@@@ F_L_O_P @@@

# # #
TURN:
# # #

&&&
RIVER:
&&&


SHOW DOWN :
StackJackin wins $13.30 with Full House, Kings full of Queens

Seat 2: doob (4.77 in chips)
Seat 3: StackJackin (10.85 in chips)
Seat 8: INDU (97.22 in chips)
INDU : posts small blind $0.10
doob : posts big blind $0.20

Dealt to StackJackin

StackJackin: raises to $0.70
INDU : calls
doob : folds
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@

INDU : checks
StackJackin: bets $1.60
INDU : raises to $3.20
StackJackin: raises to $9.60
INDU : raises to $16
StackJackin: is all in 0.5500
INDU : returns uncalled bet $5.85
StackJackin: shows

INDU : shows

# # #
TURN:
# # #

&&&
RIVER:
&&&


SHOW DOWN :
INDU wins $20.90 with Straight, Jack high

Hated poker yesterday check that hated microlimits hate them a bit less now. Ran super hot I think I will double check HH, before I sit back down. But everything I did worked today when I got it in really bad I lost and when i generally got it in good I won. Made about 2 consciously bad decisions today which is scary but I talked myself into them because I had outs so in all I should have stayed out of 2 marginal spots. Worked a bit on a couple of my leaks mainly betting and raising as need be and not gettng into fancy play, so at this point I am really just speculating more soo than playing the game, if things go my way I stay on the tables when I start getting horrible distribution or ugly bets I get off. I want to play sngs today was shockingly 2/4 in them so I figured i was running sick lol QQ>T9 AIPF double pump fist high five... Played some limit hold'em O8 PLO NLHE did it all and ran at about expectation (again would have to check HH) Think I am going to hang it up for the day and let my ROI of 36% in the past 2-3 sessions reinforce my skillz. Mainly I think I need to keep my eye on the game and not go into autopilot watching people play .40 rr pots and I might run lucky enough to move up to $50NL ($2500) by at least the end of the year (please don't hold back the laughs) playing part time and then keep going to where I can at least crai on the river and get called by less than the nuts and fold out top pair.


Here a 'steal' turns into a bad call. butchered hand, bad call, quit O8 right after this cause I was playing other tables and running better there.
Seat 1: barr (5.10 in chips)
Seat 2: Bill (4.89 in chips)
Seat 3: StackJackin (4.60 in chips)
Seat 4: Snow (4.85 in chips)
Seat 5: PoxN (2.90 in chips)
Seat 10: stor (15.45 in chips)
Bill : posts small blind $0.05
StackJackin: posts big blind $0.10

Dealt to StackJackin

Snow : folds
PoxN : folds
stor : calls
barr : calls
Bill : calls
StackJackin: checks
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@

Bill : checks
StackJackin: bets $0.40
stor : calls
barr : calls
Bill : folds
# # #
TURN:
# # #

StackJackin: bets $1.60
stor : calls
barr : is all in 4.6000
StackJackin: is all in 2.5000
stor : calls
StackJackin: shows

stor : shows

barr : shows

&&&
RIVER:
&&&


Wow, just wow my game has leaks too much varience post flop too many tricky plays and not enough aggression, pre flop just the opposite, I am solid TAG/ Fakiac if I am raising you have the worst hand 9/10 times also will lay down pretty big hands to uncharacteristic aggression - quit this game too I can't LITERALLY play for pennies and play well imo

Seat 1: Styl (1.00 in chips)
Seat 3: StackJackin (2.28 in chips)
Seat 8: Mast (2.42 in chips)
Mast : posts small blind $0.02
StackJackin: posts big blind $0.04

Dealt to StackJackin


Mast : calls
StackJackin: checks
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@

StackJackin: checks
Mast : checks
# # #
TURN:
# # #

StackJackin: bets $0.04
Mast : calls
&&&
RIVER:
&&&

StackJackin: checks
Mast : bets $0.16
StackJackin: folds
Mast : returns uncalled bet $0.16

Like I said I always get it in good :) No seriously this was a move that went too far, I never think I have the best hand here but I think my line of thinking was that the hand before I flopped 2 pair and played it passively, so he should be giving me tons of credit for a hand here especially this early in the match. I leveled myself and shove got super lucky not just to win the hand but this would establish my image for the match which i eventually leave after an hour with 3.5 buys to the good. Results aside I should have flatted the 3 bet and check back or folded the flop unless this guy did this for the 3rd time.


Seat 3: StackJackin (4.90 in chips)
Seat 8: lamA (27.65 in chips)
StackJackin: posts small blind $0.10
lamA : posts big blind $0.20

Dealt to StackJackin


StackJackin: raises to $0.60
lamA : raises to $1.40
StackJackin: is all in 4.3000
lamA : calls
StackJackin: shows

lamA : shows

@@@ F_L_O_P @@@

# # #
TURN:
# # #

&&&
RIVER:
&&&


SHOW DOWN :
StackJackin wins $9.35 with Three of a Kind, Fours

I actually like a min raise on the turn better, I am aware he has me beat but I want to beef the pot up or take it down I think he has a pretty strong hand here and I love his line, have been thinking this is actually a delayed min raise rather than a donk especially on a blank. I have to get better at reading lines and changing ranges as the board develops. Gave him all of the suck out money back and that may have been unconscious for all I know still don't like it, in the context of the game flow this was a horrible Idea.

Seat 3: StackJackin (8.10 in chips)
Seat 8: lamA (23.60 in chips)
StackJackin: posts small blind $0.10
lamA : posts big blind $0.20

Dealt to StackJackin


StackJackin: calls
lamA : checks
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@

lamA : checks
StackJackin: bets $0.40
lamA : calls
# # #
TURN:
# # #

lamA : bets $0.60
StackJackin: raises to $2
lamA : raises to $6.60
StackJackin: folds
lamA : returns uncalled bet $4.60

SHOW DOWN :
lamA : mucks
lamA wins $4.95

Here I get max value out of my hand - think I played it well, ideal board.

Seat 3: StackJackin (5.60 in chips)
Seat 8: lamA (25.65 in chips)
lamA : posts small blind $0.10
StackJackin: posts big blind $0.20

Dealt to StackJackin

lamA : calls
StackJackin: raises to $0.80
lamA : calls
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@

StackJackin: checks
lamA : bets $1.60
StackJackin: calls
# # #
TURN:
# # #

StackJackin: checks
lamA : bets $4.80
StackJackin: is all in 3.2000
lamA : returns uncalled bet $1.60
StackJackin: shows

lamA : shows

&&&
RIVER:
&&&


SHOW DOWN :
StackJackin wins $10.70 with Pair of Jacks


Last hand here was not my favorite spot, don't like doing it but the flow of the game was insane and I honestly knew my hand was ahead of the range he had for me in his head (similar spots i shoved with Ac4c so my hand is pretty face up here if he thinks about it which he does and makes the right call), he was proabably relieved it was a coinflip. I hated it that he called at this point he is on mild tilt, I think I just wanted to push back a little and got lucky - which seems to be the central theme(start steaming get lucky or people fold), so I am planning on upping the aggression now.

Seat 3: StackJackin (12.30 in chips)
Seat 8: lamA (17.70 in chips)
lamA : posts small blind $0.10
StackJackin: posts big blind $0.20

Dealt to StackJackin


lamA : raises to $0.60
StackJackin: is all in 12.1000
lamA : calls
StackJackin: shows


lamA : shows


@@@ F_L_O_P @@@

# # #
TURN:
# # #

&&&
RIVER:
&&&


SHOW DOWN :
StackJackin wins $24.10 with Pair of Sevens

I am pretty pissed off right now. I have been getting the worst of it religiously if I don't hit and run people. I started with $6 got runner runnered and knocked down to $2 rebought to $8 and started to pick villain apart as he thinks he can run me over and raises every c-bet i make if I bet more than a certain amount. So I make adjustments and proceed to crush his stack... was up to about $18 he caught some hands and then this hand comes up.


I am thinking has he slowplayed a big pair...but then I realized this is not his 'big pair" line. Also I have been ripping him apart and he is sure i have nothing by my bet sizing as this has been my bet fold bet size. Either he thought that I was on a draw or w/e decides to put me in I can't fold because this is what i wanted....
Seat 3: StackJackin (15.90 in chips)
Seat 8: St.. (21.20 in chips)
StackJackin: posts small blind $0.10
St.. : posts big blind $0.20

Dealt to StackJackin

StackJackin: raises to $0.60
St.. : calls
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@

St.. : checks
StackJackin: bets $0.80
St.. : raises to $2.30
StackJackin: raises to $4
St.. : is all in 18.3000
StackJackin: is all in 11.3000
St.. : returns uncalled bet $5.30
StackJackin: shows


St.. : shows


# # #
TURN:
# # #

&&&
RIVER:
&&&


SHOW DOWN :
St.. wins $31.30 with Flush, Ace high

I honestly don't know what to think. After running like hell all day in a 150-250 hand sample maybe and watching opponents who play reckless back into hands like Brittney in the car park and get bailed out like Citi on a DUI, I am having trouble seeing that there is any light at the end of the tunnel or if you can actually beat this game playing solid at the lower stakes. I don't think it is even worth trying - my strategy is going to be try to get lucky in a donkament and then play realer poker at $100NL or something. I am seriously wanting to quit but I actually enjoy playing and would like to get better but this plain sucks balls, which is why i used to play with 4-5BI and bust or run it up thinking like a microdonk has already regressed my game to laughable levels, has anyone ever done this? I heard Ferguson did but I think it was all donkaments no way he played penny poker to run his roll up.
I don't think I am overall seeing the big picture here, wish I could find out the TRUTH about this game online live etc. I am not suggesting foul play but not ruling it out. When I say truth I wish there was an honest disclosure of what this game is really about. We play with imperfect information in the hands but seems that it is the same thing overall.

Wow I felt so good playing yesterday, but dropped 3 buy ins in sngs in record time, not to mention had some great soviener beats to push me out the door. Today was sick, had 3 buy in swings went up as much as 5 buy ins or so and then proceeded to get it in with tons of equity in PLO against the most aggro opponents who's hands held or they hit their draws. Started tilting but the stop loss saved me. Decided to jump back in better resulkts in the sngs but still i am 0-4/5 playing HU, which is sick as i have gotten everyone down to 500t or less and then had then shove every hand and come back in. Just berated some guy in the chat, felt so good it actually got me mad even though i wasn't mad when i started i just wanted him to stop shoving, because i was getting 10 high over and over and the blinds were at $100, lost that ldo. I am rusty sitting out so long but I am still proud of myself that I have gottten away before I started tilting. Unfortunately on the 4th session I was real -EV which is why i should have followed my 3 session a day cap. I wish cake allowed me to record hands so i could see if this is just ass end distributiion or am I just suckin balls. Seems like in reraised pots in position vs an opponent i can read I am seeing some crazy boards, and getting bet into or raised but if I have anything with SD value I can't sneeze on the pot without it getting folded out. Think I am going to take a break this was a complete waste of time trying to play today.

I honestly didn't see the 3rd diamond until now must have been on some serious tilt, just thought the kid was playing 'you check I bet poker'.
Seat 3: StackJackin (11.20 in chips)
Seat 8: poke (10.33 in chips)
poke : posts small blind $0.10
StackJackin: posts big blind $0.20

Dealt to StackJackin

poke : calls
StackJackin: raises to $0.60
poke : calls
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@

StackJackin: bets $1.20
poke : calls
# # #
TURN:
# # #

StackJackin: checks
poke : checks
&&&
RIVER:
&&&

StackJackin: checks
poke : bets $1.20
StackJackin: folds
poke : returns uncalled bet $1.20

SHOW DOWN :
poke : mucks
poke wins $3.45

Well I have been playing a bunch and I mean a bunch of $20 NLHE HU on Cake, excluded myself from FTP for 6 months cause they suck and won't give me le rakeback and it is tilting me. Was up about $120 playing anyone and everyone on Cake. Their HH suck but I will try to post some here. Anyways was running crazy hot and getting feels for most of my opponents ranges and not playing awesome poker but getting awesome results. Went through a period where I flopped sets 4 pp hands in a row over 4 different tables, whicih was a wake up call. Anyways, I would like to talk about tilt and BR management, which has reduced my edge past zero. Also the lack of respect for money and poker mindsets. In reverse order, poker mindset is a leak for me, I need tons of more experience with the game to understand what is what in a sense of expectations. I have been playing for the past 4 years but due to BR problems may have logged in about 25k hands, which is pathetic. Again diue to bad BR I dropped about 14k! Being underrolled is a lot to blame I played on average I'd say $135NL on a hands per level scale and probably $375NL using dollars per level scale if you get my line of thinking.
For a while I would deposit ~$400 bust it or run it up and then cash out or bust it and was less than a standard deviation below expectation for a break even or decent reg, overall was down like $2500. Then I made some more money and tried to turn pro and ran break even for a while on Absolute and Stars then got crushed by tilt and bad BR, but my mindset then was poker is beatable, if you play right, just get a decent roll and grind your way up.This is mostly wrong unless you are lucky and very smart. But I thought I would be the next "insert internet pro name here". I have read tons of books, so many that I am ashamed to say, posted a little online and watched videos. I think your mindset in whatever you do is like making a sculpture, unless you know what it is then you are just chipping away trying to get lucky, often you ruin it and have to start over, but if you keep doing it and don't ruin yourself, eventually you get the arms right then the hands, and so on
..to be continued till then here are some hands would love any feedback


1. This is somewhat spew at the end of a tired long session trying to get a loose image like 3rd hand of the game, not completely degen sick and my equity is kinda good but usually i like to check this and use my position.

Hand #1798012354000362: Odesa (6-max) 12354
Seat 3: StackJackin (4.35 in chips)
Seat 5: Danc (6.45 in chips)
Seat 8: Stun (13.45 in chips)
Stun : posts small blind $0.05
StackJackin: posts big blind $0.10

Dealt to StackJackin

Danc : calls
Stun : calls
StackJackin: raises to $0.40
Danc : calls
Stun : calls
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@

Stun : checks
StackJackin: bets $1.20
Danc : calls
Stun : raises to $6
StackJackin: is all in 2.7500
Danc : folds
Stun : returns uncalled bet $2.05
Stun : shows
Tc
StackJackin: shows
7h
# # #
TURN:
# # #

&&&
RIVER:
&&&


SHOW DOWN :
Stun wins $9.80 with Three of a Kind, Sevens

2. Same table people etc I think my flat on the flop really sticks me in flush draw range, I don't know if I can fold much by the turn but he does have redraws so i don't think he played it poorly.

Hand #1798012354000367: Odesa (6-max) 12354
Seat 3: StackJackin (7.55 in chips)
Seat 4: benn (10.95 in chips)
Seat 5: Danc (3.35 in chips)
Seat 8: Stun (17.70 in chips)
benn : posts small blind $0.05
Danc : posts big blind $0.10

Dealt to StackJackin

Stun : raises to $0.35
StackJackin: calls
benn : folds
Danc : calls
F_L_O_P

Danc : bets $0.10
Stun : raises to $1.40
StackJackin: calls
Danc : folds

TURN:

Stun : bets $4
StackJackin: is all in 5.8000
Stun : calls
Stun : shows
7d

RIVER:


SHOW DOWN :
StackJackin wins $14.85 with Three of a Kind, Fours

3. I think I am actually a favorite here , in a HU pot i would have possibly taken it down on the turn but had to push the action I felt here, may be wrong, I think playing a bit slower and maybe flush over flushing the Stun kid who may help get the redraws out may have been a better line/less variance was definitely not thinking past 1.4 levels and was thinking of the Vegas and the Mirage lol I felt I was up against a set but again I have 15 outs even after I take the Jh and xh on a blank turn out so i may be wrong and the site doesn't show odds but I htink I am actually a fav. Wish I had KxAhTh9c here

Hand #1798012354000372: Odesa (6-max) 12354
Seat 3: StackJackin (15.07 in chips)
Seat 4: benn (10.55 in chips)
Seat 7: Fitz (5.40 in chips)
Seat 8: Stun (13.13 in chips)
benn : posts small blind $0.05
Fitz : posts big blind $0.10

Dealt to StackJackin

Stun : calls
StackJackin: calls
benn : calls
Fitz : checks
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@

benn : bets $0.20
Fitz : folds
Stun : raises to $1
StackJackin: raises to $3.40
benn : raises to $10.30
Stun : folds
StackJackin: is all in 11.5700
benn : is all in 0.1500
StackJackin: returns uncalled bet $4.52
StackJackin: shows
9c
benn : shows
7s
# # #
TURN:
# # #

&&&
RIVER:
&&&


SHOW DOWN :
benn wins $21.20 with Full House, Sevens full of Kings

HU Hands:
1. Towards end of long brutal session. Definitely tilt set in by this point plus was watching a video on HU play and decided to try a more aggressive HU pf game, started to incorporate a lot more marginal 4 bets into my super tight tight preflop imaged game. I didn't think THAT hard but I had no reason to think that he was calling here lol. Gotta remind myself.
People at this level never 4Bet fold or bluff EVER.
People at this level never 4Bet fold or bluff EVER.
People at this level never 4Bet fold or bluff EVER.
People at this level never 4Bet fold or bluff EVER.
People at this level never 4Bet fold or bluff EVER.

Hand #1798013142000846: Calgary (1 on 1) 13142
Seat 3: StackJackin (9.85 in chips)
Seat 8: dkon (45.72 in chips)
dkon : posts small blind $0.10
StackJackin: posts big blind $0.20

Dealt to StackJackin

dkon : raises to $0.60
StackJackin: raises to $1.60
dkon : raises to $4
StackJackin: is all in 8.2500
dkon : calls
dkon : shows

StackJackin: shows

F_L_O_P


TURN:


RIVER


SHOW DOWN :
StackJackin wins $19.20 with Pair of Kings

2. I switch it up and limp here with Aces because I figured i could get him to raise and/or then stack off if he flopped anything. Luckily the way the hand played out well when I made an exploitable and bad call on the river, however he had been showing tons of aggression with air when i played passively, so two pair if anything was in his range, and mine looked drawy or 7x ish imo. I think I got outplayed here pretty badly all in all and will pat myself on the back for figuring it was about a 60/40 call but was still 1/7 level thinking. I called because I had a showdownable hand and his line made no sense unless he thought I had a 6/7 88++ hand, which I would have folded on the turn so all in all it was slightly bad but profitable for him to make it I would have like it more if a 7 hit the river as that would be a good hand to get value from with your monsters if you do get called and fold out a bunch of hands that beat your bluffs, I think a boat is in his range but his bet size tell and the 6 riv puts a bunch of hands like 7x and 88++ in there sometimes too. So I would give myself a C+ for the way this played out all in all.

Hand #1798013142000861: Calgary (1 on 1) 13142
Seat 3: StackJackin (14.60 in chips)
Seat 8: dkon (39.67 in chips)
StackJackin: posts small blind $0.10
dkon : posts big blind $0.20

Dealt to StackJackin

StackJackin: calls
dkon : checks
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@

dkon : checks
StackJackin: bets $0.40
dkon : calls
# # #
TURN:
# # #

dkon : checks
StackJackin: bets $1.20
dkon : raises to $4.80
StackJackin: calls
&&&
RIVER:
&&&

dkon : is all in 34.2700
StackJackin: is all in 9.2000
dkon : returns uncalled bet $25.07

SHOW DOWN :
dkon : shows
(Two Pairs, Queens and Sixes )
StackJackin: shows
(Two Pairs, Aces and Queens )
StackJackin wins $28.70 with Two Pairs, Aces and Queens

I am pretty much in the driver's seat here waiting for him to stack off and reload and keep padding my bankroll :) This hand comes up. Here he surprises me with his hand strength thought he wold flip Ax. I need to discover more about the all in calling ranges at these limits got lucky and got paid this time - as you can see he is adjusting his shove range OOP which is why I am shocked, at this point I should figure that he is better than I first thought but I didn't cause he played so out of control: and I am running hot baby yeah!

Hand #1798013142000921: Calgary (1 on 1) 13142
Seat 3: StackJackin (32.40 in chips)
Seat 8: dkon (20.20 in chips)
StackJackin: posts small blind $0.10
dkon : posts big blind $0.20

Dealt to StackJackin

StackJackin: raises to $0.60
dkon : raises to $1.80
StackJackin: calls
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@

dkon : bets $2.15
StackJackin: calls
# # #
TURN:
# # #

dkon : checks
StackJackin: bets $0.40
dkon : raises to $4.50
StackJackin: calls
&&&
RIVER:
&&&

dkon : is all in 11.7500
StackJackin: calls

SHOW DOWN :
dkon : shows
(Two Pairs, Aces and Queens )
StackJackin: shows
(Straight, Five high)
StackJackin wins $39.90 with Straight, Five high

Hand #1798013142000938: Calgary (1 on 1) 13142
Seat 3: StackJackin (48.85 in chips)
Seat 8: dkon (22.45 in chips)
StackJackin: posts small blind $0.10
dkon : posts big blind $0.20

Revenge time :/
Dealt to StackJackin

StackJackin: raises to $0.60
dkon : raises to $2
StackJackin: raises to $5.80
dkon : is all in 20.4500
StackJackin: calls
dkon : shows

StackJackin: shows

@@@ F_L_O_P @@@

# # #
TURN:
# # #

&&&
RIVER:
&&&


SHOW DOWN :
dkon wins $44.40 with Pair of Jacks

Last hand this one tilts me I proceed to go from up about 3.3 buyins to down 3.4 buyins (bought in for $12)! About my play I think I am far ahead of his range everytime (forgetting people never bluff with 4 bets or more) Don't know why this tilts me I am just spoiled sometimes when I go on autopilot and people outplay me like this or I lose races I get emotional, now I think this hand may have made me a much better player because in the future I should have recognized that this is overall not optimal for me to play this hand like this even though I know I am really never behind enough to make it a correct fold would not have been surprised if he turned up KQs here, no seriously. My new line of thinking though is that if you have a post flop edge and money goes AIPF then you are gambling not playiing and you can't ever complain even if your aces get cracked by 27o. If you have no edge then u know the rest...

Post Game Report:
Basically was too tired and worn down from the hands today to monitor my thinking stopped thinking and started fishing, from the water not the boat though :) Gonna take a break because I dropped ~33% of my roll in the 2-3 sessions since I did not set a $$ stop loss and was playing wayyyy too long. The -33% is BAD buttttt actually not as bad as it sounds, aliong the way I stopped reviewd my hands try to judge my play etc, but I was too tired to call it quits and too tilted to see that my play was transparent now and that 'their luck would not run out'. I would play this guy and others here everyday if I could because I think I have a good sized edge, but that tilted and tired I don't think it is enough to make it worth while. I usually do an extra work out to discipline myself for breaking BR rules, which I will do tonight so I hopefully learn my lesson. Also as my stop loss is usually set at 5% I will have to take the next 7 days off, which is good to get back fresh and watch some videos and comment on some hands etc
I don't know how to adjust my mindset to understand how to deal with a dimished or lost edge it is like how does Chauncy Billups walk away from a one on one vs a Div I College starter? Even if Chuancy is DEAD tired, he should win, but I think that is more gamble than anything and if the shots/cards don't go well Chauncy will get crushed I guess. I am not convinced yet, that I can't play when tired but the faster I can convince myself of this the more success should follow. Thanks for reading!