Ugh, back to 10nl me thinks. This is horrific.
5buyins below EV at 25nl hurts so much more than 10nl.
Gonna post a load of hands today, not gonna play anymore. I wont look at the hands more than to make sure I'm not just posting a load of coolers, going to post my biggest losers, and hopefully you guys will be able to tell me where to get away from then hand in the future.
Gonna open up to take serious flak here, so if a play is retarded in your opinion, slate it. My BR is 50% of what it was 2 weeks ago, so I'm pretty disappointed in my game, play and attitude at the moment.
Need a kick up the hole, and will definitely appreciate all criticism.
If I could give a bit of advice, Emmet. I think I read earlier that you got 4.5k hands in in one day, and in general seem to get through a sick volume. While that's commendable, and you've no idea how much I envy your workrate, it's probably counterproductive at this stage. If you're still learning and not super comfortable playing at the moment (I've no idea how good or bad you are, so don't read anything into that) and if you aren't relying on getting a certain amount of hands in for withdrawing and stuff like that, I'd really suggest lay off on the volume.
Play less tables or play non rush, get far less hands in and try and really think through every hand you play. Spend time you did spend playing reading the theory section here, or the multitude of threads on 2+2, review your hands and review your sessions and do it honestly, don't be afraid to be critical of yourself nobody plays perfectly. Then go back to the tables and like I said, really concentrate on thinking through every hand and try to play a session where you play every hand as good as you can rather than as many hands as you can, soon you'll find your game improved to the extent that you're comfortable enough at the level you're playing at to go back to playing the volume you get in now.
That's just random rambling general advice and could be way off for you personally but in general getting in sick volume at lower limits probably just enforces bad habits rather than lets you develop as a player so is usually counterproductive to you improving as a player and moving up etc.
"In the world, there are many kings but there is only one God. I am God, I am El Tren" :{)
Is this "standard"? I'm thinking that there are too many hands where I stack off, think "standard cooler", but its not. This is probably not one of them tbh, BBV material.
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (6 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
Preflop: Hero is SB with Q, Q 2 folds, CO bets $0.75, 1 fold, Hero raises to $2.30, 1 fold, CO raises to $6.75, Hero raises to $48.90 (All-In), CO calls $18.25 (All-In)
Appreciate if anyone can destroy or confirm any of my thoughts on the hands above. Realise there's a lot there, but am pretty devastated after what had started out as such a good month.
Thank fuck for rakeback and the bonus, otherwise I'd be in even worse form.
Sledgejammer's advice is good imo, swap some of your volume for reading theory forums and watching vids and your winrate will go way up and you won't be as susceptible to tilt/burnout.
1) Why do you donk the river, are you turning your hand into a bluff? Either he has a better hand than you and he'll call anyway or he has a bluff and he'll fold. I'm not actually sure whether you should shove turn, call and call or just fold, kinda tough spot given your deep. I'd prob call/call. Don't call and lead tho that makes no sense.
2) stats would help but that obv a cooler.
3) cooler
4) cooler
5) cooler
6) fold turn (sigh didnt see we had ac, call and prob fold river)
7) stats again would be helpful here because you can obv 4bet call if appropriate. Calling's cool too tho. Possibly fold turn, again are you turning your hand into a bluff? Don't donk the river and fold if he shoves.
8) flops bad, fold. Rest of its a cooler
9) Bet fold turn
10) You really need stats for these pre decisions, i mean 4bet call is obv standard most of the time but if he's a low stakes rush nit of which there are many then it might be bad. I like your line post actually and the river is kinda tough as i have no idea why he would want to check the turn with a hand better than yours. I mean he basically reps 67, i'd prob spite call and expect to lose.
11) cooler
12) ugh, nasty but ye bet/fold is prob right.
13) Well certainly don't bet call the flop, betting is prob not the worst thing but bet/fold
14) Need stats, prob standard.
15) Gay, prob fold has played but id prob check call the river. (Actually i change my mind, leading is prob fine since he won't value bet overpairs on that river so do lead but certainly fold to shove)
You're running pretty bad but you need to have more info on opponents for some of the decisions you're making because a lot of those pre spots become very marginal against the wrong type of opponent. Maybe don't play rush, as attractive as a prospect as it is for getting hands in.
1 - Yeah i shove turn but im happy getting the money in on the river
2 - Standard
3 - Standard
4 - Standard
5 - Standard
6 - I might 3bet the flop here, doubt im folding at any stage.
7 - Dont like the river shove here at all, id c/c of c/f depending on reads.
8 - Hate the check call oop here with an underpair, once you get to the turn im never folding.
9 - I stack off there more than likely
10 - If you 4bet you have to call a shove. I might c/c river or else b/f once he raises i think your toast
11 - I lead the flop here because theres too many awful turn cards. Once he checks back the flop defo bet the turn. Obv dont fold.
12 - Probably a b/f on the river, depends on reads again.
13 - Pre is fine, id bet flop the flop for 6.70.
14 - Probably have to stack off but ranges are tighter in Rush as you obv know
15 - I fold pre cause im a nit oop. Im not folding at any stage after that.
Are you using a hud on Rush??
A lot of your bet sizing is too small imo, especially on the turn and some of your check raises.
i think 12 is totally standard, though their is an arguement for check-call river
hand 13 i sorry but you totally butchered this hand its an easy fold once your c bet gets raised, you seem to be getting to attached to hands you can get away cheaply from
hand 14 no i dont think think this is standard, but you have had been playing with the villian for x amout of time, so maybe you have read on him, but to me he has either aa or aa or maybe if hes a weak/ loose player he has ak, i would fold when he 5 bets you all in
hand 15 again i go back to the point i made in hand 12 about getting to attached, your only beating total air on river i favour check -fold in this spot
I'm using the "FTP Rush Notes Export" option on HEM, which puts this info in the players FTP notes, its the only reads I have on any players.
Darren, I rivered a straight in 15...
I accept that 12 is more than brutal, I toyed with not putting it up, but decided it was better to put it up so that people may be able to get an overall read on my from a few hands, not just ones that were coolers.
I completely accept the problem with letting go of "big" hands, I think that call was a spite call tbh with you. Is the flop there a b/f or a c/f though?
as regards to the other hand i think its a c/f as i dont see the villain doing anything else other than raising as hes playing the hand quite strong imo
1. Yes yes yes a thousand times yes, shove the turn.
2. Fine
3. Fine.
4. Meh, yeah it's fine.
5. Fine.
6. Get em in on the flop.
7. Hate hate the river bet. Close your eyes and check/call.
8. Don't float at this level. There's too many players who don't know they should fold when you make your move.
9. Ugh spot, probably worth a thread of it's own.
10. 4bet pre depends on opponent's 3bet stat at this level. Some players are happy to get AK in pre and other's aren't. I would get them in and be ok with it if his 3bet is 5 or higher. Not 100% sure if this is a good guideline, but it's a place to start.
11. Fine. I might donk the flop if opponent's cbet stat is low.
12. I would check/call but I see why you would bet/fold.
13. I'm never really sure what to do here. If you lead the flop this small without intending to call a shove then that's bad. The idea is that you induce a bluff, is it not?
14. Again depends on the opponent at these stakes.
4) Against some guys this could be a fold but I think a call is fine.
5) Ok
6) Fold turn
7) I don't know why you decided to turn your hand into a bluff on the river but I think the turn is a pretty awkward spot. I'd probably fold turn. Raising the flop would be bad given that he'll continue with worse on the turn if you flat the flop.
8) Floating with 22 is really bad. Use hands like 2 overs+bd fds, gutters+bd fds to float. Even if you have specific reads that he'll cbet lots to fold the turn there are better spots to float than this.
9) I ran some equities and you're a slight dog against a range of J9, JT, AJ+fd, QT+fd. I think this is pretty tight between bet/3betting and bet/folding but I'm completely open to correction on this as I'm not sure. Reads would definitely help.
10) Calling pre is fine readless against a button 3better. He reps basically only 67 and your hand is underrepped so I'd call.
11) Completely standard
12) This is a weird enough spot. I think c/cing is best as I don't think he calls with his pairs given he never has a jack and he might decide bluff sometimes.
13) I think I'd check the flop. Your betsize looks really weak as it looks like you've sized it so you can fold to a shove imo. I'd like it if you had hearts, KK or AA. Betting for 7 would be awful imo as he never calls a 4bet to fold that flop.
14) Is fine.
15) Think colquhom got it right, b/f to get value from overpairs and 4s but best case scenario you're chopping here when he shoves.
Haven't looked at responses cos it took me too long just to go through my own
1: Pretty gay. I'd make it 25c more preflop anyway. Turn is fine I guess. Much better than shoving it in anyway. River donk is awful. Its pretty clear you should be either c/c or c/f. I'd c/c cos I don't like folding.
2: Fine
3: Fine. I like your almost CiB.
4: Fine
5: I'd 3bet to 2 here over a mr. Rest of the hand is fine I guess. Might make itt a few more cents on the turn so river is slightly smaller.
6: Fold turn. You can try get it in on the flop if you want though, and I probably would.
7: I have no idea what you are doing. Raising the flop would be lol bad. You really want to get your stack in there? I should hope that you don't. You might be able to fold turn, and against some guys I would, if they weren't aggro. Donking river is awesomely bad. What exactly does that achieve? Stop taking that line of donking rivers. Its nonsensical in almost all scenarios.
8: Fold flop. Don't float with like no equity, especially vs UTG there. You do have equity if he was LP, but he's not.
9: I'd b/f I think. Against some guys i'd get it in.
10: I'd be 4b/c pre. I don't know what this means "But is it a 4bet and call a push?" If you 4b QQ pre you are obv calling a push. I'd be snap 4betting here and being very happy. I'd be raising flop too. Might just minraise/call a shove, or shove myself, and hope he turns up with random jacks enough. I don't mind a call too much though. River is pretty gay. I'd bet smaller for one. I guess folding isn't terrible, but I guess calling isn't either. Its so read dependant. I think I just call and hope he bluffs enough crap there to make up for the times he has 5x, 67, JJ+.
11: Standard. I like your turn c/r.
12: I really don't like your turn c/r here. It gets checked back far too often. I defo fold river FWIW. Betting the river is fine though.
13: I'd c/f most of the time tbh. I hate calling once you've bet too. I really don't like betting here though.
14: Standard
15: I'd fold pre. I fold turn too. Why are you donking river again? In fairness this is probably the best of the spots you've done it in though. I'd fold to the raise though, and I would have bet a lot smaller.
Hey new to the site but ill give ya feedback on those hands.
1. shove turn
2. might have led flop other than that as played.
3. again might have led flop but as played
4. as played
5. as played
6. raise flop
7. raise flop prob fold to 4 bet
8. as played
9. as played b/f turn is too nitty in my book
10. 4 bet pre to 8 and call a push.
11. bet flop otherwise as played
12. lead turn maybe. as played fold river just
13. yeah prob c/f flop considering pf action
14. as played
15. as played he could easily have 77 or gone crazy with ak
finally got round to gettin omaha HM, played 1215 hands last nite - all 6 max (not much but meh)
Over this sample i am + 1.5 buyins
My EV is + 1.5 buyins
My Showdown winnings are +15 buyins
My Non Showdown winnings are - 12 buyins.
does this mean that when i'm called on the river i have the goods???
Yeah pretty much. Losing a buyin w/o SD per 100 hands is absolutely enormous though. Normally I wouldn't say anything about losing w/o SD if a person is winning money, but thats as negative a slope as I've seen.
This hand tilted me. Villain is 35/16/0.9. Thoughts on turn in particular. I'd dump a lot of hands to a min-raise here v this guy but seeing as I have a fking set and all... Should I just get it in? I think he can have stone cold nuts/sets/2pair/pair to see where he's at/other random hands. I mean wtf can someone min raise turn with on that board. I decide to b/f river. The is 70 in there and we have 100 behind. Can I bet 50 and fold? I dont trust myself lol so i bet 1/2 pot
Yeah get them in on the turn. Only Q9, bigger sets and the unlikely 79 has you beat and you've got bags of outs to a full house if he's got the straight. But his range almost entirely consists of draws, so get em in while you're ahead.
"I can’t find anyone who agrees with what I write or think these days, so I guess I must be getting closer to the truth." - Hunter S. Thompson
Looks like a bigger flush draw or possibly 77-99, Emmett. I like your turn bet. Did he tank it or call quickly? I'd probably fire a decent chunk at that river, probably $18+, he has to fold so much of his range.
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People only raise monotone boards at this level with very very strong hands.
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I must have some ridic bad image, this guy was a reg that sat in with me at a 6max table I was trying to start!! Starting new tables can be amazing at times especially if you can play a bit of HU.
I thought I'd been playing ok overall, and was running kind of rough. Filtered my results by position, and realised that I am losing a shitload in the blinds, and winning fine everywhere else.
I'm thinking that this could well be something that has always been going on, that I struggle hugely OOP, and reading players poorly when I'm OOP too.
Anybody got any good articles / videos I should be looking at for blind play?
I'm obviously beyond poor in the blinds compared to everywhere else.
FWIW, my overall stats (150k) hands, which includes lots and lots of recreational poker, have similar bb/100 per position
Emmet, attack limped pots from BB. Look at your aggression stats from there. Same with sb the times you limp. This is also good for your non SD winnings if that turns you on.
3bet the button more (most profitable position). It should be higher than sb and bb 3bet and it is v difficult to play versus.
Open more in CO(imo)
Regarding the blinds, you obv lose from there anyway. Maybe someone can give figures on what is okay and what needs to be shored up. I havent looked at my sb stats in ages.
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