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I always seem to run bad after posting good results, I'm not sure if it's some kind of winners tilt where I want to keep on winning so somehow change my play to try and force it to happen and then get tilted when it doesn't, or whether it's because I kind of expect it to happen because it has done before and play bad according. Some weird psychological issue indeed, so I think maybe it's better for me not to post anything related to my results and BR. Withdraw tilt…well, I wouldn't know about that ;)
 
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Blinds are now $0.01 / $0.02
Button is at seat 10
Seat 1: TinyTimm23 - $1.92
Seat 2: JIenin - $2.05
Seat 3: psychoflush - $0.78
Seat 5: DrazaFFT - $3.29
Seat 6: BroScienceBro - $0.86
Seat 7: GVcH1985 - $3.25
Seat 8: lubomancho - $3.04
Seat 9: Pechenyuk - $2.51
Seat 10: azordaudi - $2
Moving Button to seat 1
JIenin posts small blind ($0.01)
psychoflush posts big blind ($0.02)
Dealing [A s][9 s] to DrazaFFT
DrazaFFT raises to $0.08
BroScienceBro folds
lubomancho calls $0.08
Pechenyuk folds
azordaudi folds
TinyTimm23 folds
JIenin folds
psychoflush folds
Pot sizes: $0.19
Dealing Flop [7 s][J s][A h]
DrazaFFT checks
lubomancho checks
Pot sizes: $0.19
Dealing Turn [6 c]
DrazaFFT bets $0.12
lubomancho calls $0.12
Pot sizes: $0.43
Dealing River [Q s]
DrazaFFT bets $0.21
lubomancho raises to $0.42
DrazaFFT raises to $0.63
lubomancho raises to $2.84 (all-in)
DrazaFFT calls $2.84
Pot sizes: $6.11
DrazaFFT shows [A s][9 s]
lubomancho shows [K h][T d]
Taking Rake of $0.61 from pot 1
lubomancho has Straight, Ace high
DrazaFFT has Flush, Ace high
DrazaFFT wins $5.50 with: Flush, Ace high
 
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  • #3,953
bet the flop, 3bet larger on the river.
 
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Thanks Blob, i realize that check on the flop was mistake, on river my logic was that he might fold larger bet so i 3 bet smaller and expected him to shove..
 
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DrazaFFT said:
Thanks Blob, i realize that check on the flop was mistake, on river my logic was that he might fold larger bet so i 3 bet smaller and expected him to shove..

People aren't bluff-raising rivers. If he was planning to b/f, then he's gonna fold. With that said, go for value. Otherwise you're gonna hate your sizing when he has a hand that flats your 3bet but would've called a shove.
 
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Blobweird123 said:
People aren't bluff-raising rivers. If he was planning to b/f, then he's gonna fold. With that said, go for value. Otherwise you're gonna hate your sizing when he has a hand that flats your 3bet but would've called a shove.

i see the point... i would loose value with small 3 bet if he just flat but if he wasn't bluff raising he would call a 3 bet shove as well as any other smaller 3 bet. Have i got it right?
 
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DrazaFFT said:
i see the point... i would loose value with small 3 bet if he just flat but if he wasn't bluff raising he would call a 3 bet shove as well as any other smaller 3 bet. Have i got it right?

sounds about right :)
 
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Draza fold pre...as played bet flop, bet bigger on river.
 
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Thanks Alfie i guess that im just not disciplined enough, i play them to often and dream abut flopped flush :D, i do same with small pockets in EP
 
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Just in case no one's said it and you haven't thought about it... It's hard to flop a flush :D
 
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Scourrge said:
Just in case no one's said it and you haven't thought about it... It's hard to flop a flush :D

oh i know, i flopped a nut flush yesterday, didnt end well :D
i posted it at hand analyse
 
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Ugh just came 114/4200 in a Zoom $2.20 MTT, lost JJ<99, then lost a flip 55<AK when I shoved with 10bb left. There was $1400 up top :(

Not sure if it makes me want to play more MTTs or less really
 
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micromachine said:
Let me say my mental game has massively improved as time has gone on. I tilt far less than I used to and suck-outs and beats are literally water off a ducks back these days. I have read Mental Game and I do "inject logic" when I play, like when I get sucked out I tell myself that I should be happy that I played the hand well and that there are idiots like this on the tables. OR when I make a mistake I tell myself it's OK and it's part of the learning process.

But I still have big losing sessions where I should have stopped sooner. They usually involve quite a bit of run bad but towards the end I'm definitely playing my c-game and doing dumb stuff like running big bluffs that don't work or being overly aggro with flush draws etc. Running bad + playing c-game --> lots of buy-ins lost. Like I eventually stop after losing 10 or so buy-ins but feel like I should've stopped after losing 6 because I can't play my A-game after that.

I have table restrictions set to stop me playing outside my roll, ideally I would also be able to set stop loss restrictions and limit the number of tables I could play to a max of 4. Honestly think that would solve a lot of my problems :) It would be great if I could self impose these restrictions but I don't think I have the will power unfortunately, which is probably whats keeping me at the micros

Practice doing things outside of poker that you enjoy doing, and quit abruptly before you would normally be done. Maybe it sounds stupid... but it's a great exercise in building some mental fortitude to walking away from something.

Also, can't understate the importance of meditation, as it's a constant practice of letting go. And if all else fails, just stare at this...



lol

Oh the fans...
 
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^you've got me all distracted and not thinking fuzzy, infact I cant even realise why I'm here.
 
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Oh yeah now I remember












This atrocity.
As played I should be snap shoving right since BB and UTG and sb probably don't have premium hands since they are just calling, but before this I'm meant to fold to BBs squeeze right?
Hand converted with online PokerStrategy.com hand converter:

Play hand

$0.02/$0.05 No-Limit Hold'em (6 handed)

Known players:
[tg]BU (Hero)$6.01:///////;SB$2.10:///////;BB$5.68:///////;MP2$5.09:///////;MP3$5.23:///////;CO$8.29:///////;[/tg]

Preflop: Hero is BU with A:s, Q:h.
MP2 calls $0.05, 2 folds, Hero raises to $0.20, SB calls $0.18, BB raises to $0.70, MP2 calls $0.65, Hero calls $0.50, SB raises to $2.10, BB calls $1.40, MP2 calls $1.40, Hero folds.

Flop: ($7) Q:d, 3:d, 8:c (2 players)
BB checks, MP2 checks.

Turn: ($7) 6:c (2 players)
BB checks, MP2 checks.

River: ($7) 6:h (2 players)
BB bets $0.50, MP2 folds, BB gets uncalled bet back.

Final Pot: $7.

Results follow:

SB shows two pairs, sixes and twos(2:s 2:d).
BB shows two pairs, sevens and sixes(7:c 7:d).

BB wins with two pairs, sevens and sixes(7:c 7:d).
 
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loafes said:
^you've got me all distracted and not thinking fuzzy, infact I cant even realise why I'm here.

Hehe... I couldn't believe it when I saw it either. :eek:
 
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loafes said:
Oh yeah now I remember











This atrocity.
As played I should be snap shoving right since BB and UTG and sb probably don't have premium hands since they are just calling, but before this I'm meant to fold to BBs squeeze right?
Hand converted with online PokerStrategy.com hand converter:

Play hand

$0.02/$0.05 No-Limit Hold'em (6 handed)

Known players:
[tg]BU (Hero)$6.01:///////;SB$2.10:///////;BB$5.68:///////;MP2$5.09:///////;MP3$5.23:///////;CO$8.29:///////;[/tg]

Preflop: Hero is BU with A:s, Q:h.
MP2 calls $0.05, 2 folds, Hero raises to $0.20, SB calls $0.18, BB raises to $0.70, MP2 calls $0.65, Hero calls $0.50, SB raises to $2.10, BB calls $1.40, MP2 calls $1.40, Hero folds.

Flop: ($7) Q:d, 3:d, 8:c (2 players)
BB checks, MP2 checks.

Turn: ($7) 6:c (2 players)
BB checks, MP2 checks.

River: ($7) 6:h (2 players)
BB bets $0.50, MP2 folds, BB gets uncalled bet back.

Final Pot: $7.

Results follow:

SB shows two pairs, sixes and twos(2:s 2:d).
BB shows two pairs, sevens and sixes(7:c 7:d).

BB wins with two pairs, sevens and sixes(7:c 7:d).

Villian stats?...if they are unknown or you have just sat at the table then I would just let it go when sb 4bets and take a note if the hand goes to showdown....if no showdown and you don't use a hud them keep an eye on them in future hands.....icky situation though.
 
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Also john is is correct, meditation is the nuts for relaxing and letting go, will benefit people in poker and more importantly in your life imo....been doing it for just under a year, good stuff.
 
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variance reared her ugly head. just lost a bunch of 10NL buy ins


JJ on Kh 10h Jh Kc board, money goes in on the turn river A and villain has AK


A10 on 10 high board money goes in on turn (against this fish top pair is the nuts) he has 88 and river is 8


JJ bvb flops all unders turn is J money goes in on turn villain rivers a straight


QQ vs 33 against 50bb fish AIPF turns 3

AA vs KK AIPF flops K


Believe it or not all these hands happened within about 2 and a half to 3 minutes. The action at the 888 6 max tables is pretty good

What's probably more amazing is that as far as I can tell none of these hands even put me slightly of tilt. I guess because I know that these are all very +ev spots and I was actually still up for the session because I was running well and playing well. heck just before it started I had won a big pot when I was able to get paid off with a nice checkraise all in with a straight flush
 
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Unlucky man, those are some unfortunate hands. Getting it in way ahead so many times and losing is frustating. Are the 10NL games at 888 still really weak? I'm still at 6NL now and hoping to move up soon. If the quality is at all similar I'll be really happy.
 
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I think there are slightly more regs, but only slightly and even then a lot of the "regs" are pretty bad themselves. over all the play does improve a tiny bit but 10NL on 888 is still extremely soft. one thing I did notice though is that there are more short stackers at the full rig tables. The 6 max have about the same amount as 6NL. also you get the odd player every now and then who just decides to randomly show up and blow some cash which is great.
 
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situation I've come across a surprisingly high amount of the time and think its a leak since I never know what to do.



No stats/reads. villain opens button for 3x me in BB makes it 9x villain 4 bets, hero?? I've been calling and playing fit or fold post flop and I'm starting to think this is the worst possible line. I'm thinking shove/fold is least exploitable right? because at the moment I'm just missing the flop then check folding to a cbet when they're c-betting 100% of boards
 
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Yeah I played a 2nl game on 888 a few days ago and could only buy in for 50bbs...what's up with that?....managed to double up in 10 mins because it is lolsoft though.
 
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loafes said:
situation I've come across a surprisingly high amount of the time and think its a leak since I never know what to do.



No stats/reads. villain opens button for 3x me in BB makes it 9x villain 4 bets, hero?? I've been calling and playing fit or fold post flop and I'm starting to think this is the worst possible line. I'm thinking shove/fold is least exploitable right? because at the moment I'm just missing the flop then check folding to a cbet when they're c-betting 100% of boards
Yeah, you don't want to be calling 4-bets out of position. If you think he is bluffing then you can shove with your bluffs too, if you have a value hand and think you're ahead of his range then you should also shove.
 
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AlfieAA said:
Yeah I played a 2nl game on 888 a few days ago and could only buy in for 50bbs...what's up with that?....managed to double up in 10 mins because it is lolsoft though.
Yeah, it's a new thing. I used to play at 2nl and back then it was 100bbs max buy in. I don't really get why they changed it.
 
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