downswing

i'm officially on a $2k+ downswing

5 out of my last 6 sessions have been losing ones

i feel like i'm losing my shit... about to go crazy here...

maybe one day i will move up to 200NL and actually run ok...

NOVA!

It feels like it's been forever, but I finally made it.

Now if only I could learn to play well, I'd be all set!

Good month so far

I'ts been a really good month for me so far - at least by my standards.

This is a chart of my 100NL 6max for the month... started out rocky but i've been doing a lot better lately.

I did try 200NL yesterday, but I didn't run particularly well at all. Lost a buyin w AA, then lost 3 buyins w KK, and that was that.

I came back down to 100NL where i'm a little more confident to work some of the roll back, but i should be stabbing at 200NL again soon.

nice day - moving up soon!

Another nice day - i'm having a pretty nice run these last cpl days and am going to step up to 200NL soon.

Some of the money I made today was due to players like this. I have no idea what he's trying to accomplish with that turn bet.

evny (SB): $110.05
BB: $128.90
UTG: $119.50
MP: $187.50
CO: $110.40
BTN: $278.00

Preflop: evny is dealt K K (6 Players)
3 folds, BTN raises to $2.00, evny raises to $9.00, BB folds, BTN calls $7.00

Flop: ($19) Q 7 8 (2 Players)
evny bets $15.00, BTN calls $15.00

Turn: ($49) 9 (2 Players)
evny checks, BTN bets $68.00, evny raises all-in to $86.05, BTN calls $18.05

River: ($221.10) 9 (2 Players - 1 All-In)
Pot Size: $221.10 ($3 Rake)

BTN had 2 6 (a pair of Nines) and LOST (-$110.05)
evny had K K (two pair, Kings and Nines) and WON (+$108.05)

Supernova soon!

So, to hit supernova status on PokerStars you need to get 100,000 VPP in a calendar year.

Since i started playing in March, i've accrued 92,597 VPP, so i'm only 7,403 VPP away - so close I can taste it.

I guess the benefits of nova is i'll get FPP 40% faster, I get to play in the weekly freerolls (which is equivalent to ~ $80 MTT) and i'll finally get to exchange my 225k+ FPP for some cold hard cash.

Also, i can slack off for a while and not lose status (a big one in my book)...

AHHHHHHHHH so close

Weird line w set

I think this is a weird line that i took but not positive. I guess the alternate lines would be crai on the flop, or check-call the turn, or lead the river if it went check-check on turn

I decided to try this out and see if it worked... and for some reason it did. I instadonked the turn (basically i think i got my chips in there b4 the turn card even showed) trying to make it look like some stupid steal bluff, bc ppl do this to me all the time w air.

SB: $120.35
evny (BB): $100.00
UTG: $191.50
MP: $98.00
CO: $17.75
BTN: $100.00

Preflop: evny is dealt J J (6 Players)
UTG raises to $2.00, MP folds, CO calls $2.00, 2 folds, evny raises to $10.00, UTG raises to $18.00, CO folds, evny calls $8.00

Flop: ($38.50) J A 3 (2 Players)
evny checks, UTG bets $35.00, evny calls $35.00

Turn: ($108.50) T (2 Players)
evny bets all-in for $47.00, UTG calls $47.00

River: ($202.50) 4 (2 Players - 1 All-In)
Pot Size: $202.50 ($3 Rake)

UTG had K K and LOST (-$100.00)
evny had J J (three of a kind, Jacks) and WON (+$99.50)

trippy villains completely own me

I'm not sure anything annoys me at the moment more than a hand getting cracked by some random low trips. I think i misplayed some of these hands, but i'm still annoyed.

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I contemplated 3betting the flop cuz he could have had draws, overs, etc etc but i didn't - i figgered there was a good enough chance he had some random over or often enough i see ppl pulling this minraise move on paired flops w the "other" card (the 5).

SB: $140.60
BB: $140.45
UTG: $26.40
evny (MP): $183.05
CO: $110.10
BTN: $78.80

Preflop: evny is dealt K K (6 Players)
UTG folds, evny raises to $3.50, CO folds, BTN calls $3.50, 2 folds

Flop: ($8.50) 7 5 7 (2 Players)
evny bets $6.00, BTN raises to $12.00, evny calls $6.00

Turn: ($32.50) J (2 Players)
evny checks, BTN bets $18.00, evny raises to $84.50, BTN calls all-in for $45.30

Uncalled bet of $21.20 returned to evny
River: ($159.10) A (2 Players - 1 All-In)

Pot Size: $159.10 ($3 Rake)

BTN had 7 A (a full house, Sevens full of Aces) and WON (+$77.30)
evny had K K (two pair, Kings and Sevens) and LOST (-$78.80)

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This one is just a bad beat sob story. Not much to see here.

evny (SB): $197.95
BB: $147.60
UTG: $111.60
MP: $100.00
CO: $101.00
BTN: $73.35

Preflop: evny is dealt A K (6 Players)
UTG raises to $4.00, 2 folds, BTN raises to $14.00, evny raises all-in to $197.95, 2 folds, BTN calls all-in for $59.35

Uncalled bet of $124.60 returned to evny

Flop: ($151.70) Q Q 5 (2 Players - 2 All-In)
Turn: ($151.70) 2 (2 Players - 2 All-In)
River: ($151.70) 6 (2 Players - 2 All-In)
Pot Size: $151.70 ($3 Rake)

BTN had K Q (three of a kind, Queens) and WON (+$75.35)
evny had A K (a pair of Queens) and LOST (-$73.35)

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I assumed that there weren't many 3's in his range here besides the occasional A3s type hand. I was obviously wrong.

SB: $52.65
BB: $44.20
UTG: $92.00
evny (MP): $100.00
CO: $188.20
BTN: $100.00

Preflop: evny is dealt Q Q (6 Players)
UTG folds, evny raises to $3.50, 3 folds, BB calls $2.50

Flop: ($7.50) 3 3 2 (2 Players)
BB checks, evny bets $5.00, BB calls $5.00

Turn: ($17.50) J (2 Players)
BB checks, evny bets $11.00, BB raises all-in to $35.70, evny calls $24.70

River: ($88.90) 2 (2 Players - 1 All-In)
Pot Size: $88.90 ($3 Rake)

BB had 3 4 (a full house, Threes full of Deuces) and WON (+$41.70)
evny had Q Q and LOST (-$44.20)

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I think i definitely screwed this one up. I'm not at all sure why I didn't bet the turn for value. He was short enough so I wasn't particularly worried about pot control. Good job man way to screw up a hand!

SB: $123.00
BB: $129.05
evny (UTG): $106.05
MP: $37.85
CO: $51.75
BTN: $99.70

Preflop: evny is dealt A T (6 Players)
evny raises to $3.50, MP calls $3.50, 4 folds

Flop: ($8.50) A 9 6 (2 Players)
evny bets $6.00, MP calls $6.00

Turn: ($20.50) T (2 Players)
evny checks, MP checks

River: ($20.50) 6 (2 Players)
evny bets $13.00, MP raises all-in to $28.35, evny calls $15.35

Pot Size: $77.20 ($3 Rake)

MP had 6 K (three of a kind, Sixes) and WON (+$36.35)
evny had A T and LOST (-$37.85)