Didnt play as many hands this week as I usually do, but I dont mind that. I ran + 70bb EV so that is nice, but I did suffer several setups and I didnt end up on the good side of any of them. On another note I am happy to be back playing my 25/20 style, I feel really comfortable playing like that and feel really in control. My bankroll just crossed $6000 dollars and I'm looking forward to hitting $7000 and moving up to 200NL.

Things are going good and table selection has been awesome lately, I just need to stay at the table when the fish are there. I always feel tempted to leave when I am in the green. Got a good feeling about this week!

Good luck to all of you, unless you're sitting at my table.

Welcome to the first edition of this weekly write-up. Every sunday I will post hand histories from the previous week. I thought that it would be a catchy name for this and it will also be how the hand histories are catagorized. Lets get on with it.

The Good

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1686741

Opponent was 35/15 and rarely folded anything. And he was also a huge trapper with made hands. My 3-bet can be called questionable, but I find the hand easier to play in 3-bet pot. I can't say I have this pot fresh in mind. Betting that flop just folds out all worse the hands I want money from. Dont really know if I like his turn call, but I guess it could be worse, he doesnt think i have a J when I push that turn, so I guess he isnt to much out of line. I wish I remember why I took that flop line. Maybe because I couldnt stand a raise myself.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1686782

Played itself. Giving the board texture I really like the size of my flop raise. Horrid play by villian thought. Dont even remotely understand what he was trying to rep.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1686812

This hand I kinda liked. And the squeeze plays where going everywhere at the table, he might have had air when doing it. I wasnt really scared of popster set mining, as he would overcall with a sick amount of hands that where not likely to hit big. I CC his big 3-bet with plans of shoving his c-bet(which this player did to much in RR pots) on any not A high boards.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1686801

This was kinda interesting I think, i had been very active 3-betting on this table, just the last orbit I think i 3-bet three times. I had really annoyed the shit out of gonne on the other tables, so I this was an easy AI call. I almost timed down trying to figure out the best betsize. I wanted to make something that would commit them if they had an ace, and could be bluffed.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1686838

Not much to say, kinda horrid play by him to go broke in a limped pot here. Love my turn bet as it really takes advantage of him being a poor player and gives him rope to make a mistakes. I also like my flop 3-bet as I have to begin building on flop since it limped.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1686870

This is a fresh one. I was rather unsure of the situation, but I figured that I was only in bad shape against a made flush (unlikely play) or a AsKx type hand, althought I would expect a 4-bet. I felt unsure if I had potodds to call, but I felt rather sure of it. Looking at this in PT i was actually 45/55 to win, so I had great odds to call his shove.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1686888

I had been told by a pokerbuddy that this GreenCap was a horrid player, but PF his play is very strong, raising a UTG opener from the blinds is strong. But I had position and a good hand, so I decided to call and proceed carefully. On flop I felt kinda unsure. I decided to CC his c-bet and re-eval turn (and hope for low). When he leads almost pot I know he has nothing as he wouldnt try to scare me away with an OP. Easy shove and he calls with AK, i win :).

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1686908

DrHook is a notorious bluffer. I knew he had basicly nothing as he would have slowplayed anything great, let me catch up or bluff again. I love these guys :)

THE BAD

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1686941

Holy god, I remember for some shitty reason that i put him on 78, althought there was noe reason on earth to do that. I also thought alot about that stupid open, no need to go crazy in late position.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1687000

The reason this was so bad was since just two hands ago I had called an AI overbet (he was short) with bottom pair ace kicker since I was very sure he had the flush draw, he had slowplayed QQ and won the pot. So he knows I can call AI light, so he isnt doing this as a bluff, so I should have folded. Even without a read this might be a fold, since your up against AK very often, and sometimes AA KK and rarely PP worse than QQ.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1687063

I really should have let this hand go to his AI RR, he was a total donk, but still, his line is strong and im never good here. Horid call.

THE UGLY

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1687057 - KK vs AA hand.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1686947 - KK vs AA hand.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1686960 - AK vs AA hand. (Same villian as above, 7 min later)

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1686984 - Flush over flush.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1687012 - Ouch, the sites #1 fish, I still love him thought :)

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1687041 - Flop OESFD. Get called down by bottom pair that BD flush.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1687104 - This can be found in the forum here

The story of the $482 dollar mistake!

This will be a short post. But my poker site have a 200, 300 and 500 dollar monthly bonus that you can all be completed. The 200 and 300 ones are easily cleared, but the 500 one is hard at the level I'm at.

Anyway, I spottet a fine print that said that I would get the % of the bonus i cleared at the end of the month if I didnt manage to finish it. First month up I e-mailed them about this, i had cleared 42% of the 500 dollar bonus and hadnt gotten any. The friendly support worked explained that it will be handled in a couple of days. Then i got $68 dollars. I emailed and asked why I got so little and she explained:

For the 200 dollar bonus you need to earn a total of 1000 points.

For the 300 dollar bonus you need to earn a total of 3400 points.

For the 500 dollar bonus you need to earn a total of 9000 points.

I had cleared some 3900 points, so althought in my bonus overview it said that I had cleared 3900 out of 9000, i had only cleared 500 out of 5600 or something along those lines. Thats why I got so little, I figured that was poorly explained, but that it seemed reasonable.

So two months went by, and i cleared 45% and 52% of the total 9000 points each month respectivly. And looking over the transcript I saw that I hadnt gotten those bucks, and I thought an email for some 130 dollars isnt to much of an hassle, so I explain.

Somehow the new guy calculating how much I was to get does it the way I first understood it to be, and when I check my balance I had been transfered 482 dollars.

That put a smile on my face, I hope they dont take it back (doubt it).

Session Review - November 4th

Another breakevenish session. And this time I didnt even run bad, actually ran decent. I really need to get my game straight. I don't really know what I'm doing wrong, but it's not good. Thinking about reading a poker book or something. If I dont manage to book a good winning day any time soon I don't know what I'm going to do, just give up playing and admit to myself that I dont have what it takes isnt something I'm used to. Maybe it's time I invested some money on coaching. Blah...

Poker Tracker Stats

PokerEV Overview

Hand Analyses

97BB effective

dealt to Nqon [Qd Qs]
corinna1: folds
Nqon: raises to $4
MoNsTeR85: calls $4
hihelen: folds
ProBoj: folds
kvarts: calls $3
----- FLOP ----- [3c Jd 5s]
kvarts: checks
Nqon: bets $7
MoNsTeR85: calls $7
kvarts: folds
----- TURN ----- [3c Jd 5s][9c]
Nqon: bets $16
MoNsTeR85: calls $16
----- RIVER ----- [3c Jd 5s 9c][3h]
Nqon: bets $36
MoNsTeR85: raises to $70.20 and is all-in

This hand I think I played okey. I think my betsizing here is good enough for AJ or KJ to call. Anyway, once he pushes in on a card that essentially is good for me (and he only has 1.00 aggression factor) I think that I'm beat, but at this point im getting 1:5 pot odds, so I it's a easy call. Opponent CC alot PF, think he was like 26/12 or something. I think my line is very good here, althought I ended up loosing.

Results: He had quads, 33.

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108BB effective

dealt to Nqon [Js 9s]
Jimmy-san: folds
Imert2: folds
Hitchiker: raises to $3
kalledam: folds
Emma19: folds
Nqon: calls $2
----- FLOP ----- [2s 4h 6s]
Nqon: checks
Hitchiker: bets $4
Nqon: raises to $13
Hitchiker: calls $9
----- TURN ----- [2s 4h 6s][Jd]
Nqon: checks
Hitchiker: bets $20
Dean1962 joins the table at seat #2
Nqon: calls $20
----- RIVER ----- [2s 4h 6s Jd][Ad]
Nqon: checks
Hitchiker: bets $40

I really dont know what to say about this hand, opponent had 3 as standard open and a very high attempt to steal procent. First of all I should have ditched this hand PF, I call those 3bb openers way to lightly from BB. Anyway, I flop a decent hand and check-raise. When he calls his range is very wide I think. As he could put me on alot of hands he could play off, and there are alot of semi-good hands with draws. Maybe i should have gone 4x, to 16bb. I think I should have done that.

On turn I wont really get called by any worse hands, and he would bet to protect a PP lower than J. So I check/call, thinking he has few outs. On river he fires big a big sized bet that I dont really know what to do with, he has ether turned his hand into a bluff or he flopped a set. I dont think he would valuebet the bare ace this strongly. Anyway, i call, he shows 22. I think I could have folded river here, but unsure.

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63BB effective

dealt to Nqon [5s 5d]
WINNER!: folds
Nqon: raises to $4
Falcon: raises to $10
Nqon: calls $6
----- FLOP ----- [2c 7d Ah]
Nqon: checks
Falcon: bets $7
Nqon: raises to $16
Falcon: calls $9
----- TURN ----- [2c 7d Ah][2s]
Nqon: bets $37
Falcon: is all-in $36.35
Returned uncalled bets $0.65 to Nqon

I was 100% that most of his range didnt include an ace, and i thought I could get him to fold anything lower than that on turn. But obviously I was wrong. He had JJ.

Session Review - November 3rd

Didnt play horrid poker yesterday. But far from good. Ran as usual pretty crappy, was at one point down 300 but managed to only loose 20BB. Getting really tired of loosing now.

Poker Tracker Stats

PokerEV Overview

Hand Analyses

105BB effective stacks

----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Nqon [8h 9h]
Nqon: raises to $4
Bellboy: folds
Myrr: folds
Chefhase: folds
Alice_: raises to $10
Nqon: calls $6
----- FLOP ----- [7s 4s Th]
Alice_: bets $15
Nqon: calls $15
----- TURN ----- [7s 4s Th][Ad]
Alice_: bets $17
Nqon: calls $17
----- RIVER ----- [7s 4s Th Ad][Ah]
Alice_: checks
Nqon: bets $63.35 and is all-in

This hand is kinda fucked up. Let me explain. I was playing Alice on the table just above this table, and he had a 230BB stack on each of them, and we where sitting on the exact same seats aswell. But on the other table I had him covered. Something I didnt have at this, so I kinda fucked up.

I should have shoved turn here after looking at it closer. And I thought about it, his range is probably (JJ)QQ+ and AK. He would have had a hard time calling with the most likely of that range on the turn. And I still would have had outs. The river bluff is really horrid as he is calling me with KK-JJ here every time.

Results: He called with KK.

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92BB effective stacks

----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Nqon [Ad Kd]
fdcgsf: folds
mkynde: raises to $3
skeggbief: folds
Naruto69: folds
Nqon: raises to $12
tombola: folds
mkynde: calls $9
----- FLOP ----- [3c Jd 3d]
Nqon: bets $18
mkynde: calls $18
----- TURN ----- [3c Jd 3d][Ac]
Nqon: checks
mkynde: bets $25
Nqon: calls $25
----- RIVER ----- [3c Jd 3d Ac][2h]
Nqon: checks
mkynde: bets $37.50 and is all-in
Nqon: calls $37.50

I dont think I could have played it any better. Sucks that he had AJ. Im not getting away from this hand at any point, and I played it in a way to get him to bluff off max with a worse holding. But I did feel that by postflop play AJ and JJ was the only hand that made sense. But who calls wi

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90BB effective stacks

----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Nqon [Kd Td]
mrwolle: folds
l000ser: raises to $3
Alice_: calls $3
Dentist1: folds
Nqon: calls $2
----- FLOP ----- [Th 6c 8c]
Nqon: checks
l000ser: bets $6
Alice_: folds
Nqon: calls $6
----- TURN ----- [Th 6c 8c][Js]
Nqon: checks
l000ser: bets $15
Nqon: calls $15
----- RIVER ----- [Th 6c 8c Js][Qc]
Nqon: bets $30
l000ser: calls $30

Opponent was on tilt and playing horridly. Thats why i made the kinda loose call. Anyway, i dont know why I didnt raise flop... But I had been getting on my opponents nerves all day and I thought he would use alot of money on bluffing me off, with draws or overs or whatever. Anyway. The river bluff is kinda stupid. He is tilting, I have been hitting him all day. He called with 95o for the straight.

Session Analyses

I had a couple of coolers. An AK vs AK that went AI PF:

Junniper: shows [Ad Kd] (A Flush, Ace high)
Nqon: shows [Ah Kh] (A Pair of Jacks, Ace high)

Considering I ran bad I dont feel like I played the worst poker yesterday, stuff where about where they should be. Played more my ordinary LAG 25/20 style today, although slightly less aggressive PF than I used to be. Anyway, looking forward to booking a win.

Running bad

I've had a feeling i've been running bad for the last couple of days, suffering from a small downswing I took a look at my numbers for the last 7 days. This is what the PokerEV graph looked like.

For those of you that dont understand how this work, it takes hand that went to showdown and calculates how often you gotr outdrawn and how much money you got in "good" and such. For example, when you have AK on a K high flop, and opponent has KQ and you get 100 dollars into the pot on the turn, you are 90% to win that hand. So, EV wise, you should on average win $90 dollars there, so win it 9/10 times and get rivered 1/10 time.

If you look at that graph you can see that the blue line is how much i've lost/won on showdown, while the red tells you where that blue line should average out, my Equity. The green line is how much I've won/lost and it takes into account all the money I've won/lost without showdown. As you can see I'm running terrible, 850 dollars below expectation over 4500 hands.

Its nice to see that I should have been winning lately, althought not much, it's better than loosing. It feels good to have a graph tell me my play isnt as horrid as I feel it is right now.

Session Review - November 2nd

Im not a great poker player. I really played horrid yesterday and spew away alot of money calling with shitty hands that wherent likely to be good in a million years. I hope I manage to improve my game soon.

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PokerEV Overview

Hand Analyses

130BB effective stack

----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Nqon [Ks Qh]
badboy100: raises to $4
Nqon: raises to $12
Master0so: folds
skif300: folds
Vense1: folds
Emma19: folds
badboy100: calls $8
----- FLOP ----- [Jc Ts 6d]
badboy100: checks
Nqon: bets $18
badboy100: raises to $61
Nqon: raises to $230.70 and is all-in
badboy100: is all-in $58.44

This hand really sucks. I dont really mind RR with KQ, but I need to think more about it when they call. First off, I hadnt been 3-betting alot this session. So I guess I got some respect. Secondly, I dont have any fold equity when I shove flop, he has 60 behind and he is calling with all of his raising range. And my equity against his range is not very good. He rarely shows up with AJ here, 66, TT and JJ is more likely, so is QQ KK AA. He is fairly good.

I think I could fold this PF against most UTG openers, im not likely to be ahead of anything a decent player opens. I really dont know how to play the flop here, i guess that I kinda have to go with it when I got myself into this situation. But it's still pritty horrid.

Results: He had KK, I didnt hit.

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100BB effective stacks

----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Nqon [Ac Jh]
Emma19: calls $1
Naruto69: raises to $5
GreenCap: folds
Nqon: calls $5
Kasparoso: folds
skif300: calls $4
Emma19: folds
----- FLOP ----- [3s Js 8h]
skif300: checks
Naruto69: checks
Nqon: bets $11
skif300: raises to $31
Naruto69: folds
Nqon: raises to $74
skif300: raises to $95.50 and is all-in
Nqon: is all-in $20.50
Returned uncalled bets $1 to skif300

Naruto was a pretty bad player and I didnt mind calling with AJ. Skif was a 15/13 tag, seemed very solid. Anyway, what was going through my mind at the flop was that: A: If I call now, i might aswell go AI. B: The board has alot of decent draws straight/flush that a tag will raise up. This thoughts rushed through my head so I decided to make a raise that he kinda would have odds to call with a worse hand, but would then pot commit himself and have to go AI.

But what I didnt think about was that this player was very tight, and he probably wouldnt overcall with anything else than a PP. He showed 33 and took it down. I could have folded on flop I think.

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100BB effective stacks

----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Nqon [Js Jd]
Kasparoso: calls $1
skif300: folds
Emma19: raises to $4
Naruto69: folds
GreenCap: folds
Nqon: calls $3
Kasparoso: calls $3
----- FLOP ----- [Qh 6s 7h]
Nqon: checks
Kasparoso: checks
Emma19: bets $8
Nqon: calls $8
Kasparoso: folds
----- TURN ----- [Qh 6s 7h][2c]
Nqon: checks
Emma19: bets $16
Nqon: calls $16
----- RIVER ----- [Qh 6s 7h 2c][2d]
Nqon: checks
Emma19: bets $44
Nqon: calls $44

This was really horrid. Opponent is my a bad regular that I actually know really well how to play against. And I think I could have folded on turn here. I knew he was valuebetting. There is alot of things I could and should have done different in this hand. I could raise flop and give up if called, I could have easily folded turn as he isnt the type to double barrel here without a Q or better. He doesnt have the 3 barrel in him, even with draws. I should have had no problem getting away from this hand. I could have RR PF, but his MP opening range isnt crappy, and he mostly opens to 3 with the worst of his range, and 4 with the best of it.

Anyway, he had KK and I suck bigtime.

Session Analyses

I played really bad today. That I managed to have profit is pritty sick considering the numbers off horrid plays I made. It feel like such a bad player posting these hands here as it's so clear I'm having problems laying a hand down. I called down with underpair, ran bluffs agaisnt players that cant lay down a hand and generally played shitty poker. I'm going to read a pokerbook or something to get my head on straight. I'm really having a hard time laying anything down lately, even when I know I should.

Time to get my head on straight.

Session Review - November 1st

I plan to do session reviews after every session and post them here. I've done this before and I felt it really helped my game. Then I got arrogant and tired of doing it. Time to start up again. I will have a set template for my reviews. I will start up with some random words, then go to PT image, then EV image, then 3 (or more) hand histories. Then my thoughts on my general play.

Poker Tracker Stats

PokerEV Overview

Hand Analyses

100BB effective stack

PhilH: posts small blind $0.50
Nqon: posts big blind $1
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Nqon [5d 6s]
rabben: calls $1
mrwolle: folds
Emma19: folds
Rumuru: raises to $3
PhilH: calls $2.50
Nqon: calls $2
rabben: calls $2
----- FLOP ----- [6h 5h 7c]
PhilH: checks
Nqon: bets $9
rabben: raises to $30
Rumuru: folds
PhilH: folds
Nqon: calls $21
----- TURN ----- [6h 5h 7c][Tc]
Nqon: bets $68.75 and is all-in
rabben: calls $68.75

This is a very difficult spot for me. There was several things I should have consider here. First of all, its is a 4-way flop, not very unlikely someone flopped a straight. Secondly my bet here should be considered very strong by other players. Thirdly, i only a small favouritt against the worst of his range, have 4 outs to the rest of it. I didnt know rabben very well at all, didnt seem to good or to bad. Lets put out a pokerstove:

Hand 0: 30.783% 27.39% 03.39% 25491 3156.00 { 6s5d }
Hand 1: 69.217% 65.83% 03.39% 61257 3156.00 { 88-55, AhTh, Ah9h, Ah8h, A7s, Ah4h, 98s, 87s, 84s, 76s, 65s, 43s, 98o, 87o, 84o, 76o, 65o, 54o, 43o }

Even giving him this wide range (might have done it slightly wrong, first time I used PS), I am behind anything that makes any sense. And overly aggressive play with draw (not very commen amongs most utg limp-callers) is not something you are going to see to often here.

So this should have been an easy flop fold to his raise.

Results: He had flopped the nuts.

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97BB effective stacks

----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Nqon [As Kh]
HenkeHaj: calls $1
Rumuru: raises to $3
PhilH: calls $3
Nqon: raises to $11
rabben: folds
mrwolle: folds
HenkeHaj: folds
Rumuru: folds
PhilH: calls $8
----- FLOP ----- [7c Ts 7d]
PhilH: checks
Nqon: bets $20
PhilH: calls $20
----- TURN ----- [7c Ts 7d][4h]
PhilH: checks
Nqon: bets $66

What can I say, I put him on PP below Ts. He isnt a terrible player, but one I think it's profitable to sit with. Pot was 60ish, he had 60ish left. I thought putting him AI here would force him to fold his weak holdings. But what I didnt know was that I made it look my hand alot like a bluff. If I had an OP, I would now only be called if I was beat, so it allowed him to make a reasonable light call with the hand range I put him on. I just didnt feel like giving up on this hand, but clearly I should have.

Results: He called with 88.

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98BB effective stacks

----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Nqon [Ac Jh]
Vense1: folds
Nqon: raises to $4
rednesh: folds
Master0so: folds
Kasparoso: calls $3.50
corinna1: folds
----- FLOP ----- [4c Js 9d]
Kasparoso: checks
Nqon: bets $6
Kasparoso: calls $6
----- TURN ----- [4c Js 9d][3h]
Kasparoso: checks
Nqon: bets $12
Kasparoso: raises to $24
Nqon: calls $12
----- RIVER ----- [4c Js 9d 3h][2h]
Kasparoso: bets $43
Nqon: calls $43

This is spots I suck at. I dont think I can fold to his turn minraise, but perhaps I can. I really dont see him doing this with anything I can beat thought. Opponent is a decent regular. And I was really having a hard time putting him on a legit hand except J9 and 44/99. I was thinking what the hell can I beat to his turn minraise. And on river I just wanted to know what he had, I really didnt think I was good, althought there was a slim chance.

This is an obviouse spot to fold river. He isnt doing this with any Jx hand that I could beat. I think if I was a better player I might be able to fold on turn agaisnt this player. He showed 44.

Session Analyses

I got outdrawn when i got it in with a set vs flushdraw early on in this session. I do think I play worse when I loose a big pot to begin with. I played pretty bad today and I made alot of spewy plays that I dont like. Last blog post I posted on a worklist and I tried to improve follow it. I did tone down my experiemental play, but I think maybe a bit to much as it affected my aggression factor a bit to much. There was a couple of spots where I felt like bluffraising on river but let it go. Dont know if that saved or earned myself money. I did make a greater effort with putting my opponents on ranges, but I didnt really play those ranges very well. I also could have quit a bit earlier as I felt tired, I want to play my A-game every time I play. Althought my game sucked today, I did to many calls, wrong plays and such, I still think I focused on improving those points I talked about in my last blog. Today I will try better to put my opponents on ranges and play accordingly aswell as turn up my aggression factor. You'll hear how it went tomorrow.

PS. Now I understand why I stopped doing these, its a bitch and takes alot of time :P Not gonna stop now thought, expect to see a new session review every day.

My Worklist

I have been playing mediocre break even for this last month. I had a 15 BI downswing that I did manage to recover from, but acording to PokerEV my equity is break even for this month. In other words, I've been playing mediocre, breakeven, shitty poker lately. Time to work on that. Here is what I need to improve:

TONE DOWN THE EXPERIEMENTAL PLAY
I dont think i need to play so extreemly tricky to beat the 100NL level, I dont need to make huge bluffs or play very lag. I dont need to be 3-betting and 4-betting light all the time. I dont need to make it difficult on myself. I'm not saying to cut this out, but I just need to be aware that I rarely need to do that.

PLAY SLIGHTLY LESS LAG
I've averaged 25/20 this last month, and I honestly think I'm getting myself into more situations than I can handle. I'm thinking, in numbers I want to be more like 23/19 just to get out the worse of the worse.

PLAY QUALITY INSTEAD OF QUANTETY
I've tried to play alot of hands lately, and I think I need to be more focused on playing good than on playing alot. I constantly find myself loosing focus and not thinking through my play. I need to be fit for match every time I play, or just dont play.

PUT PLAYERS ON RANGES AND PLAY ACCORDINGLY
I need to think throught my play more, especially river valuebets. I need to put people on hand ranges and play accordingly to that specific player. Really need to put some more time into every action I take.

GIVE UP ON MORE POTS
I'm, without doubt, trying to win to many pots and it's costing me dearly. I need to learn when to just give up on the hand. Sure, I will get bluffed more, but thats just something I need to learn to live with. It's poker, you are gonna get outplayed every now and then. Just let it go.

ADJUSTING TO MY TABLE
It's the old saying that you should play opposite from the table. I need to take into account the aggression of my blinds and the aggression of my right hand player into account. I also need to be more aware of WHY I am sitting at a table. Most of the tables at my site run like 23/12 or something like that. What I mostly need to take advantage of then is the basic flaws of other players, I dont need to be overly lag or anything, standard play will be enough to make a profit. And avoiding the worst of the regulars.

WRITING NOTES
When my game is good I write alot of notes, but lately I have been unfocused and not been playing my A-game at all. I need to follow the table more intresting, and write notes when I win hands aswell as when I loose.

SESSION REVIEW, SESSION REVIEW, SESSION REVIEW
This is something that i've completely ignored doing to most extent this month. There are times where I would write several pages each day, but I've seemed to think I dont need that anymore. Well thats gonna stop. I am emberrased of some of my plays but I will broadcast it and say, ey, I made this and that mistake, and it was a really bad play. That will help me stop doing it.

October 25th Session

I'm going to try to write a couple of words after each session. Not anything long.

Ran 80-90BB below expectation, but that doesnt bother me. I did try to do some none standard plays, there was one I kinda liked against thinking players. I cold called a lag MP opener from CO with 56s, BB overcalls, flops comes AK3ss.

Now this is where I try something new. He bets 4/5 pots, and I try to generate a plan on how I can win this hand without having to hit my flush. So what I am asking is how can I get him to fold a ace? If I raise here? No, he will most likely call me and re-evaluate turn, maybe even call me all the way down. I decided that I wanted to add some perseption.

Anyway, I cold call his bet (BB folds) and he strong leads 2/3 a Q turn. (pot = 30, he bet 20). Now I'm thinking to myself that I can fold out a huge part of his range (AJ- + all better flushdraws, any K or Q, perhaps KQ), I only think he can call me with AK, AQ, JT and 33, which I think is in his range. So I make a 2.5x raise to 50, leaving myself with 40, basicly committing myself to the pot. My odds are really bad thought, i have 9 outs of 46, so to make a profitable call i have to get a 1:5, wich is 40 to win 220. Well, anyway, it worked out great as he folded. Not really a play I would ever recommend, but I think you need to have some moves. I didnt overuse them today like I did yesterday.

My biggest loosing hand was KK, I misplayed them hugely. I wanted to do something different, some not standard plays. I think you have to try some of these stuff out sometimes, but anyway, this play was flat out wrong. A decent 18/5 regular limped from MP, lag CO isolates, and I CC from SB with KK. My thoughts where that it was a move I dont have, and I wanted to try it out. What I did think of, but didnt listen to myself on was that I would set myself up to play a multiway pot OOP. Ouch, played it pritty horrid as the flop hits his range very good. I almost timed out trying to figure out what to do on that flop. I ended up CC as I didnt get there in time and we where kinda deep and didnt want to get into trouble on that flop. My plan was to check-raise a blank turn. Blank turn didnt hit. And I end up playing spew. Timing wise I was representing the AJ with the A of spades pritty good. But I still think my river bet is going be called with any likely spade in villians holding, its time to give up.

dealt to Nqon [Kh Kc]
M4CE: folds
mickeyo7: calls $1
cacheton: raises to $5
1000: folds
1000 sits out
Nqon: calls $4.50
Teacups: folds
mickeyo7: calls $4
----- FLOP ----- [7s Jd 6s]
Nqon: checks
mickeyo7: checks
cacheton: bets $12
Nqon: calls $12
mickeyo7: folds
----- TURN ----- [7s Jd 6s][9s]
Nqon: checks
cacheton: bets $22
Nqon: calls $22
----- RIVER ----- [7s Jd 6s 9s][2s]
Nqon: bets $40
cacheton: calls $40

What I learned from this is that if you are going to CC a open with KK AA you should:
A: Have position, or be the last to enter the pot.
B: And you need to have a solid reason for doing it against this player (example: he willing to give alot of money with just TP).
C: Have a decent/good read against him and an understanding of his game.
D: Know how to fold overpairs .

I fail on A, B, C and D here, so I got myself in a tricky spot, but at least I took some learndom from it.

Second biggest hand i get it AI on the flop with nut straight and get called by undercards FD. Flush hits on river. Third biggest was a multiway pot where I had second pair on a T73 flop. CC c-bet (mistake number 1), got overcalled by OTB, Tried to bluff the turn [T73][T] even thought I had told myself that OTB probably had a low T that he kind of wanted to fold but didnt manage. Fourth biggest pot I lost because I called river light, and his line didnt make sense to bluff. Anyway, only played 250 hands today. See ya tomorrow.