The Poker Thread

If you feel good about your play then try $50NL when you reach $1500. How many hands of $25NL do you have? You probs want 20k under your belt. Don't forget a large amount of your roll comes from tournaments too so whilst you are rolled you may not have had enough experience and fall into annoying spots.

With regard to using your roll to finance your life I wouldn't do that at all. I am sure you are playing an ok game right now but it's completely possible that you are running hot. Your sample isnt exactly huge and whilst by recent hands your roll is going up nicely it won't always. Don't rely on poker to pay for anything in your life IMO. Some weeks you will lose money. Some you won't.

Video made. Downloading yours, T-Bag, will have to watch it tomorrow as I'm off out for at 7. Hopefully my video should be uploaded. There is one point in the middle of the video where my friend rings me and is on the phone for a few minutes which throws me off a bit.

I lied, I watched the first few minutes.

Rex, on HEM said, not wrote:Don't worry about it for the very low stakes though, you don't need it, everyone is the same... retarded basically.

strawberry float you!

Ergh. Another terrible session. Yet another day where I am now running 2 buyins under EV. My last 4.5k hands leave me over 5 buyins below EV. Just let that be a lesson to you Nova! Short run variance can be annoying as. I just cannot get anywhere. Roll is only where it is thanks to RB tbh. £548 ~ $884.

EDIT: LOL.

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Rex, on HEM said, not wrote:Don't worry about it for the very low stakes though, you don't need it, everyone is the same... retarded basically.

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Rex McGee wrote:If you feel good about your play then try $50NL when you reach $1500. How many hands of $25NL do you have? You probs want 20k under your belt. Don't forget a large amount of your roll comes from tournaments too so whilst you are rolled you may not have had enough experience and fall into annoying spots.

With regard to using your roll to finance your life I wouldn't do that at all. I am sure you are playing an ok game right now but it's completely possible that you are running hot. Your sample isnt exactly huge and whilst by recent hands your roll is going up nicely it won't always. Don't rely on poker to pay for anything in your life IMO. Some weeks you will lose money. Some you won't.

Nonononononono. No. I'm not going to be relying on anything other than my student loan. I just want to try and use when I'm running good as a way to supplement myself occasionally. I won't need the money, but it will certainly help.

A helpful thing, rather than a reliance.

EDIT - Oh, and I've only got 6k hands at 25$. I won't move up until I get 20k hands.

Watched your video Rex. Pretty interesting, particularly for me with your mega fish on the top right who half my tables are made of! Had one to my left earlier and it was really tricky, ended up 2 barrelling a bit less like you were doing towards the end of the session. Also I learned something about holdem manager! - Didn't realise the lightness/brightness of the font was indicative of stat strength. Harder for me to tell though as I don't have a bold font but pretty cool. So many little touches in the software.
Also a hand, obviously ultra micro stakes but wasn't sure what to do, ended up timing out and people's thoughts would help me. After the hand I felt I should have 3 bet but BB is mega loose passive( over a small sample of 50 hands we have a 90/3/1.2 (lol, my stakes are so bad.)) Given how loose he was his c/r seemed pretty weird and I guess I was just concerned given we could easily get it all in and he had a decent amount.

Alright boys, I've been working hard on a few essays due for Wednesday and decided to take an hour out. Ended up $33 for the session but really think I could have made more. That happens though, I guess, and I can't really complain.

Here's a couple of really interesting hands. For the first one I'll just stick the history up and you can tell me how badly I played it and the second I'll ask you what you would do in this spot.

Lenty wrote:Watched your video Rex. Pretty interesting, particularly for me with your mega fish on the top right who half my tables are made of! Had one to my left earlier and it was really tricky, ended up 2 barrelling a bit less like you were doing towards the end of the session. Also I learned something about holdem manager! - Didn't realise the lightness/brightness of the font was indicative of stat strength. Harder for me to tell though as I don't have a bold font but pretty cool. So many little touches in the software.
Also a hand, obviously ultra micro stakes but wasn't sure what to do, ended up timing out and people's thoughts would help me. After the hand I felt I should have 3 bet but BB is mega loose passive( over a small sample of 50 hands we have a 90/3/1.2 (lol, my stakes are so bad.)) Given how loose he was his c/r seemed pretty weird and I guess I was just concerned given we could easily get it all in and he had a decent amount.

Party Poker $2.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

Hero (UTG): $3.29
MP: $1.27
CO: $0.24
BTN: $1.38
SB: $1.84
BB: $2.73

Pre Flop: ($0.03) Hero is UTG with 9 9
Hero raises to $0.08, 2 folds, BTN calls $0.08, 1 fold, BB calls $0.06

Flop: ($0.25) 2 5 2 (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.18, BTN calls $0.18, BB raises to $0.36, Hero folds, BTN folds

Final Pot: $0.79
BB wins $0.74
(Rake: $0.05)

I think you probably have a much better idea that me about what is going on at these stakes. I have no idea what a min raise means at all so don't want to give you rubbish advice. At the end of the day though you have an overpair to the board which is pretty strong. I don't like folding it really at all, especially to such a small raise. What do you think he has? 2? TT+? There are surely hands he does this with you are beating? 5X probably. Flush draws? I would probably raise, well, I definitely would if this was 20NL. I think perhaps you might want to consider raising more than 4X at this level? Might make things easier post flop.

Nova wrote:Alright boys, I've been working hard on a few essays due for Wednesday and decided to take an hour out. Ended up $33 for the session but really think I could have made more. That happens though, I guess, and I can't really complain.

Have you even had a losing session? You make a buyin and complain! I've lost every day for like a week!!!

The first hand I think is fine. I might consider raising the flop bet. You don't give any info on the guys you are playing with. This should affect your decision.

The QQ hand I 4bet pre. If you are calling then the situation you are hoping for is the one that developed tbh. You want to get it all in on a flop like that. He might have you beat though. You have queens! I r-r-r-r-raise preflop.

I'm about to go play now and lose another 2 buyins. Cya!

Rex McGee wrote:

Nova wrote:Alright boys, I've been working hard on a few essays due for Wednesday and decided to take an hour out. Ended up $33 for the session but really think I could have made more. That happens though, I guess, and I can't really complain.

Have you even had a losing session? You make a buyin and complain! I've lost every day for like a week!!!

The first hand I think is fine. I might consider raising the flop bet. You don't give any info on the guys you are playing with. This should affect your decision.

The QQ hand I 4bet pre. If you are calling then the situation you are hoping for is the one that developed tbh. You want to get it all in on a flop like that. He might have you beat though. You have queens! I r-r-r-r-raise preflop.

I'm about to go play now and lose another 2 buyins. Cya!

I just want to get maximum value from the good sessions whilst I'm getting the run of cards!

I should have raised the flop, but didn't really have much info on the guy myself tbh.

I'll say what the other chap had in the QQ hand when a couple more people have said something, but yeah, I should have 3 bet really.

Thanks for looking at my video Rex, it has been very helpful. Played a session today and was a lot tighter and tried some 3 betting, you'll be happy to know Rex that I folded 10J lots today!. Was all going well until I ran into a couple of bad hands, luckily it picked up again later. What would other people have done here?



Overall much happier with my play today and I'll make up another video soon. I can already think of a couple of things that will probably be commented on. Does anyone have the link to the guide that Rex put up, want to read up on playing position and 3-betting. Thanks!

With that many callers, it's a tough spot. Someone may have A5 or a similar rag, but that bet on the end is an overbet. That check on the turn confuses me. Just check calling and then shoving the river seems like an odd play, unless they have something like A2 and were hoping to fill a gutshot straight. Still, I don't mind a laydown there.

I've watched your video Rex, but I'll watch it again when my exam is over and I'll see if I have any questions to ask

I know you wanted to see me fall a bit, Rex, so here you go



After that hand lost with AK vs QT and some other dodgy hand, leaving me 2 buy-ins under.

Rex video: You mentioned you're not comfortable raising hands like Q9 from the button. Is there any particular reason for this given you have the power of being the opening raiser and position?

Also, I got Goldstar in Pokerstars Uk promo, getting the amount of points I needed just about as the clock struck midnight last night. Guess their servers are a little slower, heh.

Now, I'm going to post a hand I just played and I want you guys to help me figure out the right way to play it and we can compare it to how I actually did.

Alex is 22/17/2 and doesn't seem to get out of line. Ken Jude got his mahoosive stack before I sat at the table (Pretty much my main reason for doing so) and is running 32/16/1.6. I won the extra money in my stack earlier by raising a limp and betting 2 streets w/flopped top pair and turned top two pair. I called a river donk bet from a guy w/smaller two pair. I have been very tight aggressive.

PokerStars Game #28878501200: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2009/06/01 22:31:12 WET [2009/06/01 17:31:12 ET]
Table 'Rosalia V' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: bialko07 ($11.05 in chips)
Seat 3: thorstent ($6.30 in chips)
Seat 4: AlexTeslin ($14.40 in chips)
Seat 5: Ken Jude ($56.05 in chips)
Seat 6: PsychicSykes ($16.90 in chips)
bialko07: posts small blind $0.05
thorstent: posts big blind $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PsychicSykes [Kc As]
yapa6eu joins the table at seat #2
AlexTeslin: raises $0.30 to $0.40
Ken Jude: calls $0.40
PsychicSykes: ?????

Call? If so, why?
Raise, how much and why?
Fold, and give up poker?

For me, personally, I'd raise here. Alex has been solid but has still played 22% of hands, and of course you're beating most of his raises here anyway. Jude has a big stack, which is daunting, but for me I'd want to see where I stand. AK is a great hand, but is still unmade and so I'd make it around $1.20-$1.50, there.

Ok stupid question time but what do the stats '22/17/2' mean?

That out of the way, this is exactly the type of hand that gets me a bit stumped at the moment. I'd say the correct play is probably to do as Nova said and raise here to $1.20 as you do have a strong hand and you should then be able to gain an advantage from your position (you're on the button right ). That said I know I could also easily just call from here but I'm not sure that is the right decision.

Apologies Jebus. The stats you'll often see me post are the percentage of hands they play/the percentage of times they are the first to raise before the flop/ their overall aggression. And yeah, I'm on the button. I'll see if anybody else has anything to add before I reveal what I did tommorow.

I think I'm weak willed.

I think you may have a problem.

I started to make a video earlier, but I didn't talk because it was a bit late and everyone was in bed, and I thought they might hear me. Plus I was mainly just testing that Camtasia worked and the videos didn't take up too much HDD space. There were a few funny hands though, maybe I'll upload it anyway
I'll do a proper video with commentary in the next couple of days.

Nova wrote:For me, personally, I'd raise here. Alex has been solid but has still played 22% of hands, and of course you're beating most of his raises here anyway. Jude has a big stack, which is daunting, but for me I'd want to see where I stand. AK is a great hand, but is still unmade and so I'd make it around $1.20-$1.50, there.

I'd do the same, raise it up to about $1.40 so they know you've got a good hand. They might both fold to your reraise and you can take the pot right then, or one or both of them might call and depending on the flop and whether they make a decent sized bet or not, you can play agressive and they should put you on a good hand even if you have actually missed.