Potlimit-Holdem

The Fish river Canyon in southern Namibia, the second largest canyon in the world:



Dune 7 close to Soussusvlei in the Namib desert in Namibia, one of the most beautiful sand dunes in the world:



Soussusvlei in the Namib desert in Namibia:



View from our room the the Twyffelfontein Lodge in the Namib desert in Namibia:



View from a small plane out of the window to the dunes of teh Namib desert south of Swakopmund:



Birds, zebras and antilopes at a water hole in the Etosha national park, the largest animal reservate in Namibia:

I show some pictures from my holiday to Namibia in the first two weeks of December:



The largest Quarz crystal in the world in Swakopmund. Who is more valuable: me or the Quarz?



Playing elephants in the Etosha national park.



Drinking Cebras in the Etosha national park.



The fish river canyon, the 2nd largest canyon in the world (I bet you know the largest one).



One of the most beautiful dunes in the Namib desert, dune 7.




I climbed the 114m high 'Dune 45' close to Soussuvlei in the Namib desert and am proud of myself!



A heavy sand storm close to Luderitz.

From Dec 1st to Dec 16th my wife and I are making a trip to the beautiful Namibia. We make a bus tour and will visit the whole country with its famous and oldest desert of the world Namib, the second largest canyon of the world, the Fish River Canyon, we want to explore lions and other nice animals at the Etosha pan in the north and we want to experience the infinite empty spaces there.

In the moment I stake just two guys, but with a heavy amount:

kbraver is a very good heads-up player, who is listed number 4 in Sharkscope in the category most $ won in 'heads-up between 16$-35$'! His overall ROI is 31% and he really crushes the 21$ 4-man heads-up tourneys at Pokerstars. I stake him with 400$ together with some other guys for a total of 1000$. He plays some higher heads-up games with the money and I am confident that he will succeed there, too. Additionally, he is a very nice guy. I hope that we can build a friendship (at least a net-based one).

herschelw has an unorthodox playing style. I once saw him calling an all-in at a draw heavy-board with small cards on the flop with just K-high. He knew that his opponent did not have an A and is just on a draw or a bluff. He was right, but unfortunately his opponent had KQo. But what for a read! His main success was the 8th place at the Sunday Millions (unfortunately someone else staked him ;-)).
I stake him (again with some others) for an amount of 520$ for a total amount of 1000$. He will play 3/6 and 5/10 Stud H/L with it.

I started an experiment: I multitable 0.05/0.10 NL and add one table after another and want to see how many tables I can handle at the same time. Yesterday I had 10 tables and still had time left. I put the tables on full screen so that they pop-up one after another. My hourly win rate is higher and the variance much lower than at my usual 0.25/0.50 NL 3-tabling. Hm, interesting result. Let's see if I can handle even more tables.

I know that playing 0.05/0.10 does not sound much, but if the amount of tables is huge together with a win rate of 10BB/100 it adds up.

I am doing this staking now for 1 1/2 months. Well, the stakes alone produce a nice profit. However, there are at least 2 persons out of 11 who screwed me and have not payed back yet. If I therefore add the total I am still in the negative. I hope that these 'nice' guys will pay back soon.
Two major stakes will end 31st of October. Then I will give a total summary.

MHFlush

Well, it is too early to draw conclusions. The bandwidth is broad. 1-2 guys took my money and it will be a hard time to get it back. Some other have not so nice results, some have good results and few have great results.

Most of teh stake deals end at the end of October when I will have more to say about this topic.

Due to looking for stakers and rail with them when they play my own play became less and less time-consuming.

MHFlush

I started staking 7 players mainly at Pokerstars last week. The deals are else that I keep 60% or 50% of the winnings so 60:40 or 50:50. If they lose then I lose the same amount.
Example: 200$ -> 250$. I get 225$ they keep 25$
200$ -> 150$. I get 150$ back they get nothing.

Until now I am not so happy about the results: 2 are positive, 2 are even, 2 are somewhat negative and 1 is big in the red. However, the staking deals will last for some time and they did not play so much. Shorttime fluctuations are normal.

MHFlush

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In total 2.1BB/100. Not what I want but not bad either.

MHFlush

I am still analysing the differences between NL50, NL 200 and NL 5000. It is interesting how loose the play becomes at NL5000. On the other hand at NL200 the players are generally extremely tight (VPIP 15). I will publish the results after datamining some more hands.

MHFlush

** Game ID 902215560 starting - 2006-08-19 12:12:21
** Runaway Jury [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- Sol_Tiger sitting in seat 1 with $53.60
- DonCalavera sitting in seat 2 with $51.40
- Pocok sitting in seat 3 with $12.25
- Ingpin sitting in seat 4 with $34.50
- renaddel sitting in seat 5 with $29.61
- HERO sitting in seat 6 with $48.50 [Dealer]
- togoodforyou sitting in seat 7 with $73.50
- RocKRoy sitting in seat 8 with $81.56
- brum-brum sitting in seat 9 with $38.60
- kirsty sitting in seat 10 with $13.50

togoodforyou posted the small blind - $0.25
RocKRoy posted the big blind - $0.50

** Dealing card to HERO: Ac, Ah
brum-brum folded
kirsty folded
Sol_Tiger folded
DonCalavera folded
Pocok folded
Ingpin folded
renaddel raised - $3.00
HERO raised - $9.00
togoodforyou folded
RocKRoy folded
renaddel called - $9.00

** Dealing the flop: Js, 5s, 3c
renaddel bet - $4.00
HERO raised - $24.00
renaddel went all-in - $16.61

** Dealing the turn: 8 c

** Dealing the river: 10c
renaddel shows: Jh, Jd
HERO mucks:
renaddel wins $57.02 from the main pot

End of game 902215560

He was shorted-stacked and my reraise amount was okay I think. Nothing I could do.





















** Game ID 828477739 starting - 2006-06-14 18:44:38
** Lazy Days [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money


- Smedberg sitting in seat 1 with $10.75
- bgammonb sitting in seat 2 with $8.05
- D_E_M_O_N sitting in seat 3 with $18.60
- kusettaja232 sitting in seat 4 with $48.50
- GotSomeNutz sitting in seat 5 with $34.15
- mrjntu sitting in seat 6 with $48.80
- SavageS sitting in seat 7 with $33.45 [Dealer]
- LEAPOFFAITH sitting in seat 8 with $56.87
- james805 sitting in seat 9 with $83.01
- HERO sitting in seat 10 with $50.00


LEAPOFFAITH posted the small blind - $0.25
james805 posted the big blind - $0.50


** Dealing card to HERO: 10c, 10d

HERO called - $0.50
Smedberg folded
bgammonb folded
D_E_M_O_N folded
kusettaja232 folded
GotSomeNutz folded
mrjntu raised - $2.00
SavageS folded
LEAPOFFAITH folded
james805 folded
HERO raised - $8.00
mrjntu called - $8.00


** Dealing the flop: 9d, 4h, 5s

HERO bet - $9.00
mrjntu called - $9.00


** Dealing the turn: 4c

HERO checked
mrjntu bet - $8.00
HERO folded

mrjntu mucks:

mrjntu wins $41.05 from the main pot


End of game 828477739



Limp-Reraise with TT is sometimes okay, I have to vary my game. Of course I conti bet the flop, although my bet is too weak. On the turn my fold is ok?










** Game ID 772378091 starting - 2006-04-27 18:01:44
** One After 909 [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money



- Hela-Inne sitting in seat 1 with $43.55
- J_Bore sitting in seat 2 with $38.15
- wzw sitting in seat 3 with $48.28
- Dr_Ost sitting in seat 4 with $25.50
- ola_pson sitting in seat 5 with $60.65 [Dealer]
- MrHugoBoss sitting in seat 6 with $55.60
- wildbrain sitting in seat 7 with $41.50
- HERO sitting in seat 8 with $50.00
- samanian sitting in seat 9 with $14.55
- ohforf sitting in seat 10 with $20.75



MrHugoBoss posted the small blind - $0.25
wildbrain posted the big blind - $0.50
ohforf posted to play - $0.50



** Dealing card to HERO: 9s, 9c

HERO raised - $2.50
samanian folded
ohforf folded
Hela-Inne folded
J_Bore folded
wzw folded
Dr_Ost folded
ola_pson folded
MrHugoBoss called - $2.50
wildbrain folded



** Dealing the flop: 3d, 7s, 8c

MrHugoBoss checked
HERO bet - $4.00
MrHugoBoss called - $4.00



** Dealing the turn: Kd

MrHugoBoss checked
HERO bet - $10.50
MrHugoBoss called - $10.50



** Dealing the river: K s

MrHugoBoss went all-in - $38.85

HERO folded

MrHugoBoss mucks:

MrHugoBoss wins $72.10 from the main pot


End of game 772378091

I see nothing wrong with my play.





** Game ID 893946120 starting - 2006-08-12 19:03:09
** All Down the Line [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- HERO sitting in seat 1 with $50.00
- venomsnake sitting in seat 2 with $53.20
- 1crazysucka sitting in seat 3 with $22.75
- Sihvo1 sitting in seat 4 with $47.60
- Santiagoo1 sitting in seat 5 with $50.00
- troooogdor sitting in seat 6 with $61.00 [Dealer]
- EmilOfSweden sitting in seat 7 with $64.75
- Mr_Quads sitting in seat 8 with $73.00
- TBlind sitting in seat 9 with $51.90
- ScottieD18 sitting in seat 10 with $60.92

EmilOfSweden posted the small blind - $0.25
Mr_Quads posted the big blind - $0.50

** Dealing card to HERO: 3d, Ad
TBlind folded
ScottieD18 folded
HERO called - $0.50
venomsnake folded
1crazysucka folded
Sihvo1 called - $0.50
Santiagoo1 folded
troooogdor folded
EmilOfSweden called - $0.50
Mr_Quads bet - $2.00
HERO raised - $6.50
Sihvo1 folded
EmilOfSweden folded
Mr_Quads called - $6.50

** Dealing the flop: 2d, As, 10h
Mr_Quads bet - $5.00
HERO raised - $10.00
Mr_Quads called - $10.00

** Dealing the turn: 4h
Mr_Quads bet - $10.00
HERO folded
Mr_Quads mucks:
Mr_Quads wins $42.30 from the main pot

End of game 893946120

Tilt play? On the turn I have to give up of course. What about my flop raise?











** Game ID 797208538 starting - 2006-05-18 21:34:07
** First Date [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- Jd7 sitting in seat 1 with $58.45
- Kboyk sitting in seat 2 with $27.65
- Varin sitting in seat 3 with $70.97
- trwade sitting in seat 4 with $15.07
- HERO sitting in seat 5 with $50.00 [Dealer]
- MrSavi sitting in seat 6 with $8.00
- gnip sitting in seat 7 with $49.50
- xxcindyxx sitting in seat 8 with $23.25
- Besserwisser sitting in seat 9 with $49.00
- ivruth sitting in seat 10 with $47.50


MrSavi posted the small blind - $0.25
gnip posted the big blind - $0.50


** Dealing card to HERO: Kc, Ah

xxcindyxx folded
Besserwisser called - $0.50
ivruth folded
Jd7 folded
Kboyk folded
Varin folded
trwade folded
HERO raised - $2.50
MrSavi folded
gnip folded
Besserwisser called - $2.50


** Dealing the flop: Qs, 5h, 2c

trwade reconnected
Besserwisser checked
HERO checked


** Dealing the turn: 5d

Besserwisser checked
HERO bet - $5.00
Besserwisser called - $5.00


** Dealing the river: 6h

Besserwisser checked
HERO bet - $11.50
Besserwisser called - $11.50

HERO shows: Kc, Ah
Besserwisser shows: Q d, K s

Besserwisser wins $36.85 from the main pot


End of game 797208538

This time no overplayed AK. I do not see anything wrong.



** Game ID 853348677 starting - 2006-07-08 15:43:15
** 2000 Man [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- HERO sitting in seat 1 with $47.50
- Luvia sitting in seat 2 with $14.10
- Sonet1234 sitting in seat 3 with $22.29
- Dann71 sitting in seat 4 with $37.26
- rebis sitting in seat 5 with $13.46
- Converze sitting in seat 6 with $23.75
- jimmy17 sitting in seat 7 with $49.15 [Sitting out]
- bellbird sitting in seat 8 with $49.00
- cp83700 sitting in seat 9 with $28.25 [Dealer]
- roydex sitting in seat 10 with $22.63

roydex posted the small blind - $0.25
HERO posted the big blind - $0.50

** Dealing card to HERO: Jh, Jc
Luvia called - $0.50
Sonet1234 folded
Dann71 folded
rebis folded
Converze folded
bellbird folded
cp83700 folded
roydex called - $0.50
HERO bet - $2.50
Luvia called - $2.50
roydex folded

** Dealing the flop: 7s, 3s, 7c
HERO bet - $3.00
Luvia raised - $6.00
HERO raised - $21.00
Luvia went all-in - $5.60

** Dealing the turn: Ac

** Dealing the river: 8d
Luvia shows: 8c, As
HERO mucks:
Luvia wins $27.30 from the main pot

End of game 853348677

Suckout, nothing wrong.





















** Game ID 849168319 starting - 2006-07-04 17:00:57
** Indiana Jones [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- cangjing sitting in seat 1 with $4.50
- HERO sitting in seat 2 with $49.50
- Benny74 sitting in seat 3 with $48.25 [Dealer]
- stevenofgile sitting in seat 4 with $77.50
- N1111K sitting in seat 5 with $59.45
- Heggood sitting in seat 6 with $22.45
- _JmF_VmF_ sitting in seat 7 with $50.70
- mantcaira sitting in seat 8 with $52.68
- xsteveyseex sitting in seat 9 with $83.40
- Bergmeg sitting in seat 10 with $25.45

stevenofgile posted the small blind - $0.25
N1111K posted the big blind - $0.50
cangjing posted to play - $0.50
HERO posted to play - $0.50

** Dealing card to HERO: Kc, As
Heggood called - $0.50
_JmF_VmF_ called - $0.50
mantcaira folded
xsteveyseex folded
Bergmeg folded
cangjing checked
HERO bet - $3.50
Benny74 folded
stevenofgile folded
N1111K called - $3.50
Heggood folded
_JmF_VmF_ folded
cangjing folded

** Dealing the flop: 3h, Ad, 7c
N1111K checked
HERO bet - $5.00
N1111K called - $5.00

** Dealing the turn: 2 h
N1111K checked
HERO checked

** Dealing the river: 4 d
N1111K bet - $15.50
HERO called - $15.50
N1111K shows: 7s, 7d
HERO mucks:
N1111K wins $47.30 from the main pot

End of game 849168319

Nothing wrong, lost the minimum possible I think.
















** Game ID 854270651 starting - 2006-07-09 13:37:07
** Nervous Breakdown [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- namco sitting in seat 1 with $55.85 [Dealer]
- HERO sitting in seat 2 with $49.25
- escrima sitting in seat 3 with $39.00
- _FerT_ sitting in seat 4 with $41.10
- cyog sitting in seat 5 with $32.40
- matlock77 sitting in seat 6 with $73.15
- misanthrope sitting in seat 8 with $49.50
- baz273 sitting in seat 9 with $48.50
- FourWolves sitting in seat 10 with $39.15

HERO posted the small blind - $0.25
escrima posted the big blind - $0.50

** Dealing card to HERO: 7d, Ad
_FerT_ folded
cyog folded
matlock77 folded
misanthrope folded
baz273 folded
FourWolves folded
namco folded
HERO called - $0.50
escrima bet - $1.50
HERO raised - $5.50
escrima raised - $9.50
HERO called - $9.50

** Dealing the flop: 6h, Jd, 9c
HERO bet - $11.50
escrima raised - $23.00
HERO folded
escrima mucks:
escrima wins $51.40 from the main pot

End of game 854270651

Blind battle. Preflop okay I think. At the flop, too.




























** Game ID 824402056 starting - 2006-06-10 17:32:04
** Dogville [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money



- R1CH13 sitting in seat 1 with $178.83 [Dealer]
- HERO sitting in seat 2 with $49.25
- jax1000 sitting in seat 3 with $48.00
- TedMechanic sitting in seat 4 with $49.50
- Marginale sitting in seat 5 with $42.25
- andy-akb sitting in seat 6 with $53.95
- Gobo27 sitting in seat 7 with $39.68
- james805 sitting in seat 8 with $80.86
- misanthrope sitting in seat 9 with $48.75
- XMJ9558 sitting in seat 10 with $2.75


HERO posted the small blind - $0.25
jax1000 posted the big blind - $0.50



** Dealing card to HERO: 8d, 5d

TedMechanic called - $0.50
Marginale folded
andy-akb folded
Gobo27 folded
james805 folded
misanthrope folded
XMJ9558 folded
R1CH13 called - $0.50
HERO called - $0.50
jax1000 checked



** Dealing the flop: Qd, 9c, 6h

HERO checked
jax1000 checked
TedMechanic checked
R1CH13 bet - $0.50
HERO called - $0.50
jax1000 folded
TedMechanic folded



** Dealing the turn: 10h

HERO bet - $3.00
R1CH13 raised - $6.00
HERO raised - $15.00
R1CH13 raised - $24.00
HERO folded
R1CH13 mucks:

R1CH13 wins $40.35 from the main pot



End of game 824402056

Turn was completely braindead.



** Game ID 795776676 starting - 2006-05-17 17:57:31
** All Down the Line [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money



- escrima sitting in seat 1 with $50.00 [Sitting out]
- troooogdor sitting in seat 2 with $51.45
- DonkeyDeluxe sitting in seat 3 with $46.10
- quietguyRN sitting in seat 4 with $48.50
- Orcinus sitting in seat 5 with $69.84
- Berj sitting in seat 6 with $61.85
- blue_gesus sitting in seat 7 with $71.00
- BoltNo1 sitting in seat 8 with $57.19 [Dealer]
- HERO sitting in seat 9 with $59.15
- brian123 sitting in seat 10 with $65.48



HERO posted the small blind - $0.25
brian123 posted the big blind - $0.50



** Dealing card to HERO: Js, Jc

troooogdor folded
DonkeyDeluxe folded
quietguyRN called - $0.50
Orcinus raised - $2.50
Berj folded
blue_gesus folded
BoltNo1 folded
HERO called - $2.50
brian123 folded
quietguyRN folded



** Dealing the flop: 10h, 10s, 9h

HERO bet - $4.00
Orcinus called - $4.00



** Dealing the turn: 3c

HERO bet - $8.00
Orcinus called - $8.00



** Dealing the river: 8c

HERO bet - $9.50
Orcinus called - $9.50

HERO shows: Js, Jc

Orcinus shows: Kd, Kh

Orcinus wins $46.55 from the main pot


End of game 795776676

I should have given up at the river.





** Game ID 845523600 starting - 2006-06-30 23:24:23
** 2000 Light Years [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- billycarl sitting in seat 1 with $0.00 [Sitting out]
- spazattack sitting in seat 2 with $36.05
- quietguyRN sitting in seat 3 with $33.40
- chiphazard sitting in seat 4 with $49.90
- HERO sitting in seat 5 with $48.00
- Stevealdinho sitting in seat 6 with $57.93
- MrTilt2005 sitting in seat 7 with $52.10
- _JmF_VmF_ sitting in seat 8 with $80.10
- Nibleheim sitting in seat 9 with $54.80
- chairboydot sitting in seat 10 with $93.75 [Dealer]

spazattack posted the small blind - $0.25
quietguyRN posted the big blind - $0.50

** Dealing card to HERO: 8s, 8h
chiphazard folded
HERO called - $0.50
Stevealdinho folded
MrTilt2005 folded
_JmF_VmF_ raised - $2.00
Nibleheim folded
chairboydot folded
spazattack folded
quietguyRN folded
HERO called - $2.00

** Dealing the flop: 10d, 3s, 7s
HERO bet - $2.50
_JmF_VmF_ called - $2.50

** Dealing the turn: 6 s
HERO bet - $4.50
_JmF_VmF_ raised - $13.50
HERO called - $13.50

** Dealing the river: Js
HERO checked
_JmF_VmF_ went all-in - $62.10
HERO folded
_JmF_VmF_ mucks:
_JmF_VmF_ wins $97.05 from the main pot

End of game 845523600

Flop bet more, give up at the turn after his raise.





















** Game ID 782795177 starting - 2006-05-06 13:36:29
** Lazy Days [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money



- Santiagoo1 sitting in seat 1 with $48.75
- Iwel sitting in seat 2 with $62.70
- TheRock__ sitting in seat 3 with $52.45
- Scrags sitting in seat 4 with $68.72 [Dealer]
- 1690 sitting in seat 5 with $34.22
- HERO sitting in seat 6 with $49.50
- blackrosepo sitting in seat 7 with $15.50
- folly14 sitting in seat 8 with $57.13
- Berj sitting in seat 9 with $50.15
- Sursmurf sitting in seat 10 with $32.78



1690 posted the small blind - $0.25
HERO posted the big blind - $0.50



** Dealing card to HERO: 2s, 2d

blackrosepo folded

folly14 folded
Berj folded
Sursmurf folded
Santiagoo1 folded
Iwel folded
TheRock__ folded
Scrags folded
1690 called - $0.50
HERO bet - $2.50
1690 called - $2.50



** Dealing the flop: 4d, 9d, Kd

1690 checked
HERO bet - $4.50
1690 called - $4.50



** Dealing the turn: Qd

1690 checked
HERO bet - $9.00
1690 called - $9.00



** Dealing the river: 4h

1690 checked
HERO checked
HERO shows: 2s, 2d
1690 shows: Ad, 10s

1690 wins $30.40 from the main pot

Give up at the turn, bad spot to bluff.

End of game 782795177


** Game ID 797216188 starting - 2006-05-18 21:40:18
** Lord Of The Rings [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money



- syke2 sitting in seat 1 with $32.46
- RDog69316 sitting in seat 2 with $8.50 [Dealer]
- HERO sitting in seat 3 with $49.25
- nam24 sitting in seat 4 with $10.45
- Besserwisser sitting in seat 5 with $73.95
- dewalt-power sitting in seat 6 with $12.76
- H_Kenshin sitting in seat 7 with $20.09
- pitik63 sitting in seat 8 with $34.65
- willste33 sitting in seat 9 with $55.65
- gnip sitting in seat 10 with $38.99


HERO posted the small blind - $0.25
nam24 posted the big blind - $0.50



** Dealing card to HERO: 7c, 7s

Besserwisser folded
dewalt-power folded
H_Kenshin raised - $2.00
pitik63 folded
willste33 called - $2.00
gnip folded
syke2 called - $2.00
RDog69316 folded
HERO called - $2.00
nam24 folded



** Dealing the flop: 6h, 5c, 4s

HERO bet - $6.00
H_Kenshin folded
willste33 folded
syke2 called - $6.00



** Dealing the turn: Ad

HERO checked
syke2 checked



** Dealing the river: 9c

nam24 reconnected
HERO bet - $7.00
syke2 raised - $14.00
HERO folded
syke2 mucks:

syke2 wins $39.80 from the main pot

Nothing wrong.

End of game 797216188



** Game ID 899083049 starting - 2006-08-16 21:34:15
** Get Back [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- HERO sitting in seat 1 with $51.75
- RElias sitting in seat 2 with $42.85
- mor_tam sitting in seat 3 with $78.70
- Fugazi_0806 sitting in seat 4 with $64.15 [Dealer]
- ISimonI sitting in seat 5 with $49.25
- sture86 sitting in seat 6 with $63.45
- HarryBack sitting in seat 7 with $49.50
- fish242 sitting in seat 8 with $20.00 [Sitting out]
- TobiasNRW sitting in seat 9 with $7.75
- Nutman180 sitting in seat 10 with $17.90

ISimonI posted the small blind - $0.25
sture86 posted the big blind - $0.50

** Dealing card to HERO: Js, Ah
HarryBack folded
TobiasNRW folded
Nutman180 folded
HERO raised - $2.50
RElias folded
mor_tam called - $2.50
Fugazi_0806 folded
ISimonI folded
sture86 folded

** Dealing the flop: 10d, As, Jc
HERO bet - $4.50
mor_tam called - $4.50

** Dealing the turn: 3d
HERO checked
mor_tam bet - $8.50
HERO called - $8.50

** Dealing the river: Qh
HERO checked
mor_tam checked
HERO shows: Js, Ah
mor_tam shows: 10 h, 10 s
mor_tam wins $30.20 from the main pot

End of game 899083049

Nothing wrong, good pot control.

















** Game ID 837781256 starting - 2006-06-23 16:23:16
** Angels [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- Ducksman222 sitting in seat 1 with $107.70
- Nauthiz sitting in seat 2 with $40.40
- malakismeno sitting in seat 3 with $55.43
- HERO sitting in seat 4 with $50.95
- northpolez1 sitting in seat 5 with $17.50 [Dealer]
- EvilAllIn sitting in seat 6 with $65.95
- bogabc sitting in seat 7 with $2.50
- UglyMutt sitting in seat 8 with $15.00
- Tete21 sitting in seat 9 with $39.95
- XYULO sitting in seat 10 with $69.40

EvilAllIn posted the small blind - $0.25
bogabc posted the big blind - $0.50

** Dealing card to HERO: 6s, 8s
UglyMutt folded
Tete21 called - $0.50
XYULO folded
Ducksman222 folded
Nauthiz folded
malakismeno folded
HERO called - $0.50
northpolez1 folded
EvilAllIn folded
bogabc went all-in - $2.50
Tete21 called - $3.00
HERO called - $3.00

** Dealing the flop: 4d, 8d, Qh
Tete21 checked
HERO bet - $4.00
Tete21 called - $4.00

** Dealing the turn: Ad
Tete21 checked
HERO bet - $8.00
Tete21 called - $8.00

** Dealing the river: 9s
Tete21 checked
HERO checked
Tete21 shows: Jh, Jd
HERO mucks:
bogabc shows: Qc, As
bogabc wins $8.79 from the main pot
Tete21 wins $22.81 from side pot 1

End of game 837781256

Fold Preflop. Give up at the turn (against a calling-machine at least).












** Game ID 795767526 starting - 2006-05-17 17:48:28
** Barbershop [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- Tanqal sitting in seat 1 with $44.75
- Lathspell sitting in seat 2 with $47.40
- hihe55 sitting in seat 3 with $24.15
- troooogdor sitting in seat 4 with $32.00
- benj189 sitting in seat 5 with $23.00
- raynald76 sitting in seat 6 with $15.14
- HERO sitting in seat 7 with $49.75
- fron sitting in seat 8 with $49.50
- DAAAYDREAMER sitting in seat 9 with $45.70
- quietguyRN sitting in seat 10 with $51.20 [Dealer]


Tanqal posted the small blind - $0.25
Lathspell posted the big blind - $0.50
fron posted to play - $0.50
DAAAYDREAMER posted to play - $0.50


** Dealing card to HERO: Js, 9c

hihe55 folded
troooogdor folded
benj189 folded
raynald76 called - $0.50
HERO called - $0.50
fron checked
DAAAYDREAMER checked
quietguyRN folded
Tanqal raised - $1.75
Lathspell called - $1.75
raynald76 called - $1.75
HERO called - $1.75
fron folded
DAAAYDREAMER folded


** Dealing the flop: 8s, 9d, 2h

Tanqal checked
Lathspell checked
raynald76 bet - $2.50
HERO raised - $7.50
Tanqal folded
Lathspell folded
raynald76 called - $7.50



** Dealing the turn: 2 d

raynald76 went all-in - $5.89
HERO called - $5.89

raynald76 shows: Qs, 9s



** Dealing the river: 7c

aynald76 wins $33.08 from the main pot

End of game 795767526

I see nothing wrong.



** Game ID 854137104 starting - 2006-07-09 08:52:12
** Nervous Breakdown [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- HERO sitting in seat 1 with $56.35
- Vince497 sitting in seat 2 with $12.72
- pavlovsdogg sitting in seat 4 with $48.75
- Andee1998 sitting in seat 6 with $55.90 [Dealer]
- gonzo952 sitting in seat 7 with $2.00
- Sworn2fun sitting in seat 8 with $24.96
- onetee sitting in seat 9 with $10.05
- garbage17 sitting in seat 10 with $46.17

gonzo952 posted the small blind - $0.25
Sworn2fun posted the big blind - $0.50

** Dealing card to HERO: Kc, Jc
onetee called - $0.50
garbage17 folded
HERO called - $0.50
Vince497 folded
pavlovsdogg folded
Andee1998 called - $0.50
gonzo952 folded
Sworn2fun checked

** Dealing the flop: 10h, 7c, 9c
Sworn2fun checked
onetee bet - $2.00
HERO raised - $5.00
Andee1998 raised - $8.00
Sworn2fun folded
onetee went all-in - $7.55
HERO called - $9.55
Andee1998 called - $9.55

** Dealing the turn: 10s
HERO checked
Andee1998 bet - $5.00
HERO called - $5.00

** Dealing the river: Ah
HERO checked
Andee1998 bet - $5.50
HERO folded
Andee1998 shows: 6d, 8h
onetee shows: 9d, 9h
Andee1998 wins $9.54 from side pot 1
onetee wins $29.36 from the main pot

End of game 854137104

Already discussed at bet-the-pot. Everything fine.

















** Game ID 821268805 starting - 2006-06-07 20:27:25
** Eternity [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money



- moruth sitting in seat 1 with $62.30 [Dealer]
- Two_Ronnies sitting in seat 2 with $123.36
- joppeff sitting in seat 3 with $26.80
- HERO sitting in seat 4 with $50.00
- auakds sitting in seat 5 with $2.75
- bluesea sitting in seat 6 with $87.05
- andersonh sitting in seat 7 with $19.00
- BigGip sitting in seat 8 with $49.10
- redzhou sitting in seat 9 with $20.14
- Ginola14 sitting in seat 10 with $4.25



Two_Ronnies posted the small blind - $0.25
joppeff posted the big blind - $0.50



** Dealing card to HERO: Kh, As

HERO called - $0.50
auakds folded
bluesea folded
andersonh raised - $1.00
BigGip called - $1.00
redzhou folded
Ginola14 folded
moruth folded
Two_Ronnies folded
joppeff called - $1.00
HERO raised - $5.00
andersonh called - $5.00
BigGip folded
joppeff folded



** Dealing the flop: 2h, Kc, 9h

HERO bet - $34.50
andersonh went all-in - $14.00

andersonh shows: 9s, 9c


** Dealing the turn: 10c


** Dealing the river: 3h

andersonh wins $38.25 from the main pot



End of game 821268805

Suckout against shortstack.






** Game ID 797193348 starting - 2006-05-18 21:22:15
** Lazy Days [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money



- dallas123 sitting in seat 1 with $15.80
- fron sitting in seat 2 with $43.10 [Dealer]
- mrweest sitting in seat 3 with $72.00
- HERO sitting in seat 4 with $49.50
- MrSavi sitting in seat 5 with $6.75
- Reedy1905 sitting in seat 6 with $10.45
- sergus sitting in seat 7 with $36.34
- BreedOfEvil sitting in seat 8 with $45.00
- deuce36 sitting in seat 9 with $50.60
- Labsen sitting in seat 10 with $25.40



mrweest posted the small blind - $0.25
HERO posted the big blind - $0.50



** Dealing card to HERO: Kd, 4d

MrSavi folded
Reedy1905 folded
sergus folded
BreedOfEvil folded
deuce36 folded
Labsen folded
dallas123 called - $0.50
fron folded
mrweest folded
HERO checked



** Dealing the flop: Qs, 6s, Kh

HERO checked
dallas123 bet - $2.00
HERO raised - $4.00
dallas123 called - $4.00



** Dealing the turn: 4h

HERO checked
dallas123 checked



** Dealing the river: 9d

HERO bet - $14.00
dallas123 went all-in - $11.30

dallas123 shows: 10c, Jh
dallas123 wins $30.30 from the main pot

End of game 797193348

Check-raise more at the flop. Why not bet the turn?




** Game ID 857686178 starting - 2006-07-12 18:01:31
** Return Of The K [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- qyzyy3326 sitting in seat 1 with $4.50
- Hindy_99 sitting in seat 2 with $44.85
- Pocok sitting in seat 3 with $17.87
- chibus sitting in seat 4 with $9.00
- Sosua sitting in seat 5 with $79.57
- HERO sitting in seat 6 with $62.60 [Dealer]
- Red-eye sitting in seat 7 with $28.75
- roger222 sitting in seat 8 with $3.50
- cyclones06 sitting in seat 9 with $52.50
- ntrik sitting in seat 10 with $55.25

Red-eye posted the small blind - $0.25
roger222 posted the big blind - $0.50

** Dealing card to HERO: Qd, Qh
cyclones06 folded
ntrik folded
qyzyy3326 raised - $2.00
Hindy_99 folded
Pocok folded
chibus folded
Sosua called - $2.00
HERO raised - $8.00
Red-eye folded
roger222 went all-in - $3.50
qyzyy3326 went all-in - $2.50
Sosua called - $8.00

** Dealing the flop: 6h, Kd, 6s
Sosua checked
HERO bet - $11.50
Sosua called - $11.50

** Dealing the turn: 5 c
Sosua checked
HERO checked

** Dealing the river: 10c
Sosua checked
HERO checked
Sosua shows: 9c, Kc
HERO mucks:
qyzyy3326 mucks:
roger222 shows: Ah, Ks
Sosua wins $1.43 from side pot 1
Sosua wins $29.96 from side pot 2
roger222 wins $15.44 from the main pot

End of game 857686178

Nothing wrong.













** Game ID 858807719 starting - 2006-07-13 18:56:34
** Millenium [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- Treborious sitting in seat 1 with $24.40
- ladna sitting in seat 2 with $6.85
- mrcourt sitting in seat 3 with $51.90
- Hitman118 sitting in seat 4 with $17.00
- Doc81 sitting in seat 5 with $19.25 [Dealer]
- hapina sitting in seat 6 with $44.40
- nhmyazz sitting in seat 7 with $6.55 [Sitting out]
- Worther sitting in seat 8 with $16.50
- ntrik sitting in seat 9 with $57.30
- HERO sitting in seat 10 with $60.01

hapina posted the small blind - $0.25
Worther posted the big blind - $0.50

** Dealing card to HERO: Ks, Kd
ntrik called - $0.50
HERO raised - $2.50
Treborious folded
ladna folded
mrcourt folded
Hitman118 folded
Doc81 folded
hapina called - $2.50
Worther folded
ntrik folded

** Dealing the flop: 4d, Jd, Qd
hapina checked
HERO bet - $3.50
hapina raised - $10.50
HERO went all-in - $54.01
hapina went all-in - $31.65

** Dealing the turn: 8c

** Dealing the river: 6d
hapina shows: Ad, Qs
HERO mucks:
hapina wins $87.30 from the main pot

End of game 858807719

Odds at the Flop: 51.5 –48.5%
Suckout.




















** Game ID 914038963 starting - 2006-08-28 17:10:23
** Eternity [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- mantcaira sitting in seat 1 with $25.00
- brum-brum sitting in seat 2 with $23.85
- Ripx sitting in seat 3 with $50.00 [Sitting out]
- tips1905 sitting in seat 4 with $38.12
- Kutyafasz sitting in seat 5 with $29.94
- Cobra2000 sitting in seat 6 with $7.71
- Treborious sitting in seat 7 with $4.50
- -TheMatador- sitting in seat 8 with $33.25
- HERO sitting in seat 9 with $45.00
- pokerkung sitting in seat 10 with $57.35 [Dealer]

mantcaira posted the small blind - $0.25
brum-brum posted the big blind - $0.50
** Dealing card to HERO: As, Qs
tips1905 folded
Kutyafasz called - $0.50
Cobra2000 folded
Treborious folded
-TheMatador- folded
HERO raised - $2.50
pokerkung raised - $4.50
mantcaira folded
brum-brum folded
Kutyafasz folded
HERO called - $4.50

** Dealing the flop: 8d, Ac, 10h
HERO checked
pokerkung bet - $5.50
HERO raised - $11.00
pokerkung called - $11.00

** Dealing the turn: 3h
HERO checked
pokerkung bet - $12.50
HERO folded
pokerkung mucks:
pokerkung wins $43.15 from the main pot

End of game 914038963


Check-raise more or let it be.

In this post I show the hands with the biggest losses in my NL50 FR 'career'. Some of them are unlucky (some KK vs.AA) some are played badly, some are bad bluffs, some are unlikely outdraws. Please comment!




** Game ID 828435658 starting - 2006-06-14 17:54:02
** 2000 Light Years [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- craigy24 sitting in seat 1 with $88.20
- rootwine sitting in seat 2 with $52.70
- donnerhal sitting in seat 3 with $11.15
- Roudi16 sitting in seat 4 with $23.55
- dei sitting in seat 5 with $46.75 [Sitting out]
- Hanniba1 sitting in seat 6 with $9.95
- el_matador sitting in seat 7 with $53.70
- HERO sitting in seat 8 with $50.00
- kusettaja232 sitting in seat 9 with $45.85
- killerblade sitting in seat 10 with $55.84 [Dealer]

craigy24 posted the small blind - $0.25
rootwine posted the big blind - $0.50

** Dealing card to HERO: 6s, 7s

donnerhal called - $0.50
Roudi16 folded
Hanniba1 folded
el_matador folded
HERO called - $0.50
kusettaja232 folded
killerblade raised - $1.00
craigy24 folded
rootwine folded
donnerhal called - $1.00
HERO called - $1.00

** Dealing the flop: Kd, 8h, 5s

donnerhal bet - $0.50
HERO called - $0.50
killerblade raised - $3.00
donnerhal folded
HERO raised - $10.50
killerblade went all-in - $51.84
HERO went all-in - $38.50

** Dealing the turn: 10d

** Dealing the river: 8s

HERO mucks:
killerblade shows: 8d, 5d
killerblade wins $99.25 from the main pot

End of game 828435658

Overplayed straight draw.





** Game ID 799241639 starting - 2006-05-20 15:08:21
** Long Winding Road [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- Sissel1 sitting in seat 1 with $3.53
- maldini4life sitting in seat 2 with $51.65
- CraknHeads sitting in seat 3 with $51.05
- Torbis sitting in seat 4 with $23.60
- xbof sitting in seat 5 with $23.50
- UNDERTAKER13 sitting in seat 6 with $36.70
- HERO sitting in seat 7 with $55.65
- Suwalski sitting in seat 8 with $72.10 [Dealer]
- niulifang sitting in seat 9 with $4.25
- dodgy-d sitting in seat 10 with $5.95



niulifang posted the small blind - $0.25
dodgy-d posted the big blind - $0.50

** Dealing card to HERO: Kc, As

Sissel1 folded
maldini4life raised - $2.00
CraknHeads folded
Torbis called - $2.00
xbof folded
UNDERTAKER13 folded
HERO raised - $8.00
Suwalski folded
niulifang folded
dodgy-d folded
maldini4life called - $8.00
Torbis folded

** Dealing the flop: 8d, 10h, Ah

maldini4life checked
HERO checked

** Dealing the turn: Kh

Torbis was disconnected
maldini4life checked
HERO bet - $13.50
maldini4life raised - $27.00
HERO went all-in - $34.15
maldini4life went all-in - $16.65

maldini4life shows: 9h, Qh

** Dealing the river: 4c

maldini4life wins $103.05 from the main pot

End of game 799241639

Unlucky? Of course I should conti bet the flop but I wanted to mix my play. Should I have folded to his raise on the turn?







** Game ID 821063727 starting - 2006-06-07 17:45:46
** Let It Be [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- HERO sitting in seat 1 with $50.45 [Dealer]
- clx sitting in seat 2 with $40.05
- JMACHELOR sitting in seat 3 with $49.50
- outnumber sitting in seat 4 with $55.05
- Bergmeg sitting in seat 5 with $21.00
- Erik-H sitting in seat 6 with $31.68
- Alterna sitting in seat 7 with $18.07
- arilzo sitting in seat 8 with $49.25
- willste33 sitting in seat 9 with $70.47
- AMark sitting in seat 10 with $18.75

clx posted the small blind - $0.25
JMACHELOR posted the big blind - $0.50

** Dealing card to HERO: As, Ac

outnumber folded
Bergmeg folded
Erik-H folded
Alterna folded
arilzo raised - $2.00
willste33 folded
AMark folded
HERO raised - $6.00
clx folded
JMACHELOR folded
arilzo called - $6.00

** Dealing the flop: 6d, 2d, 10h

arilzo checked
HERO bet - $12.00
arilzo raised - $30.00
HERO went all-in - $32.45
arilzo went all-in - $13.25

arilzo shows: 10c, 10s

** Dealing the turn: 9d

** Dealing the river: 4s
arilzo wins $96.25 from the main pot

End of game 821063727

Overplayed. I should have folded to his flop check-raise.






** Game ID 765351237 starting - 2006-04-21 17:23:20
** All Down the Line [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money


- chelsea100 sitting in seat 1 with $160.00
- Master_Yeung sitting in seat 2 with $27.50
- Hontis sitting in seat 3 with $28.55
- Kis00 sitting in seat 4 with $39.80 [Dealer]
- HERO sitting in seat 5 with $50.50
- McGuru sitting in seat 6 with $67.85
- Bergmeg sitting in seat 7 with $21.75
- WolvesFI sitting in seat 8 with $43.23
- johan_haren sitting in seat 9 with $52.20
- r1a2z3 sitting in seat 10 with $31.35


HERO posted the small blind - $0.25
McGuru posted the big blind - $0.50

** Dealing card to HERO: Kd, Ad

Bergmeg called - $0.50
WolvesFI folded
johan_haren raised - $1.50
r1a2z3 folded
chelsea100 folded
Master_Yeung folded
Hontis folded
Kis00 folded
HERO called - $1.50
McGuru folded
Bergmeg called - $1.50

** Dealing the flop: 7s, Ks, 2c

HERO bet - $4.00
Bergmeg called - $4.00
johan_haren folded



** Dealing the turn: 9h

HERO bet - $8.00
Bergmeg called - $8.00



** Dealing the river: Jh

HERO checked
Bergmeg went all-in - $8.25
HERO called - $8.25

Bergmeg shows: Kh, Kc

Bergmeg wins $43.25 from the main pot

End of game 765351237

This one was okay I think, I could not do anything to avoid it.





** Game ID 765326088 starting - 2006-04-21 16:52:50
** All Down the Line [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money



- chelsea100 sitting in seat 1 with $106.40
- calima sitting in seat 2 with $50.45
- polmito sitting in seat 3 with $42.25
- Kis00 sitting in seat 4 with $42.75
- HERO sitting in seat 5 with $50.45 [Dealer]
- lumplump sitting in seat 6 with $88.29
- Warm_Flesh sitting in seat 7 with $74.25
- WolvesFI sitting in seat 8 with $8.85
- johan_haren sitting in seat 9 with $47.85
- N2M sitting in seat 10 with $24.55


lumplump posted the small blind - $0.25
Warm_Flesh posted the big blind - $0.50


** Dealing card to HERO: Qd, Qc

WolvesFI folded
johan_haren folded
N2M folded
chelsea100 called - $0.50
calima folded
polmito called - $0.50
Kis00 folded
HERO raised - $3.00
lumplump folded
Warm_Flesh folded
chelsea100 called - $3.00
polmito folded

** Dealing the flop: 6d, Kd, 9s

chelsea100 checked
HERO bet - $4.50
chelsea100 called - $4.50

** Dealing the turn: 10h

chelsea100 checked
HERO bet - $11.50
chelsea100 called - $11.50



** Dealing the river: As

chelsea100 bet - $12.00
HERO folded
chelsea100 mucks:
chelsea100 wins $49.30 from the main pot

End of game 765326088

Overplayed? Should I have checked the turn? The river is a clear fold, isn't it?







** Game ID 818406898 starting - 2006-06-05 12:44:59
** First Date [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- azonicds1 sitting in seat 1 with $25.20
- HERO sitting in seat 2 with $50.00
- AMark sitting in seat 3 with $9.25
- DJFriend sitting in seat 4 with $14.93
- yuhcouq sitting in seat 5 with $11.25
- Roel103 sitting in seat 6 with $49.35 [Dealer]
- Affisen sitting in seat 7 with $34.03
- Peligroso sitting in seat 8 with $49.25
- Bergmeg sitting in seat 9 with $30.80
- Treasurer5 sitting in seat 10 with $57.15


Affisen posted the small blind - $0.25
Peligroso posted the big blind - $0.50


** Dealing card to HERO: Kh, As

Bergmeg folded
Treasurer5 folded
azonicds1 folded
HERO raised - $2.00
AMark folded
DJFriend folded
yuhcouq folded
Roel103 called - $2.00
Affisen folded
Peligroso folded

** Dealing the flop: 4s, Ah, 3h

HERO bet - $3.00
Roel103 called - $3.00

** Dealing the turn: 8c

HERO checked
Roel103 bet - $5.00
HERO raised - $15.00
Roel103 called - $15.00


** Dealing the river: 5c

HERO bet - $3.00
Roel103 called - $3.00

HERO shows: Kh, As

Roel103 shows: 3c, 3d

Roel103 wins $44.45 from the main pot


End of game 818406898

I think check-call at the turn is better.






** Game ID 818419873 starting - 2006-06-05 13:05:25
** First Date [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- azonicds1 sitting in seat 1 with $19.40
- HERO sitting in seat 2 with $50.00
- MartyDK sitting in seat 3 with $49.50
- DJFriend sitting in seat 4 with $26.58 [Dealer]
- sasa002 sitting in seat 5 with $8.05 [Sitting out]
- Roel103 sitting in seat 6 with $76.55
- Affisen sitting in seat 7 with $77.53
- Peligroso sitting in seat 8 with $48.30
- Bergmeg sitting in seat 9 with $37.25
- Treasurer5 sitting in seat 10 with $58.80

Roel103 posted the small blind - $0.25
Affisen posted the big blind - $0.50
MartyDK posted to play - $0.50

** Dealing card to HERO: 10h, Jh

Peligroso folded
Bergmeg folded
Treasurer5 folded
azonicds1 folded
HERO called - $0.50
MartyDK checked
DJFriend folded
Roel103 called - $0.50
Affisen checked


** Dealing the flop: 3d, 9d, Kh

Roel103 checked
Affisen bet - $0.50
HERO called - $0.50
MartyDK folded
Roel103 folded

** Dealing the turn: Kd

Affisen checked
HERO bet - $2.50
Affisen called - $2.50


** Dealing the river: 3h

Affisen bet - $4.00
HERO raised - $12.00
Affisen called - $12.00

HERO shows: 10h, Jh

Affisen shows: Ks, 8s

Affisen wins $30.40 from the main pot


End of game 818419873

Bad bluffs at the turn and river.






** Game ID 896591575 starting - 2006-08-14 21:01:44
** Get Back [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- Nagy sitting in seat 1 with $47.20
- irld sitting in seat 2 with $69.20
- moose11 sitting in seat 3 with $25.88
- mezopot sitting in seat 4 with $31.30
- wHiTe_StAr sitting in seat 5 with $20.65
- HERO sitting in seat 6 with $49.50
- alfredb15 sitting in seat 7 with $0.00 [Sitting out]
- betthelot sitting in seat 8 with $58.05 [Dealer]
- szib77 sitting in seat 9 with $57.60
- chuckdiesel sitting in seat 10 with $28.50

szib77 posted the small blind - $0.25
chuckdiesel posted the big blind - $0.50

** Dealing card to HERO: Kc, Kh
Nagy folded
irld folded
moose11 folded
mezopot folded
wHiTe_StAr folded
HERO raised - $2.50
betthelot folded
szib77 raised - $9.25
chuckdiesel folded
HERO raised - $29.50
szib77 raised - $49.75
HERO went all-in - $20.00

** Dealing the flop: 10h, Ks, Jc

** Dealing the turn: Qd

** Dealing the river: 6d
HERO shows: Kc, Kh
szib77 shows: Ad, As
szib77 wins $96.50 from the main pot

End of game 896591575

KK vs. AA nothing I could do.







** Game ID 899028512 starting - 2006-08-16 21:07:24
** Lazy Days [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- MrSavi sitting in seat 1 with $6.50
- Converze sitting in seat 2 with $23.70
- jejje1972 sitting in seat 3 with $47.50 [Dealer]
- Bonefeld sitting in seat 4 with $7.19
- sture86 sitting in seat 5 with $89.73
- MrDAM10 sitting in seat 6 with $49.75
- Bezman sitting in seat 7 with $44.75
- HERO sitting in seat 8 with $51.75
- FoldMonkey99 sitting in seat 9 with $48.70
- mbr066 sitting in seat 10 with $89.90

Bonefeld posted the small blind - $0.25
sture86 posted the big blind - $0.50

** Dealing card to HERO: Js, Jh
MrDAM10 folded
Bezman folded
HERO called - $0.50
FoldMonkey99 called - $0.50
mbr066 folded
MrSavi folded
Converze folded
jejje1972 folded
Bonefeld called - $0.50
sture86 checked

** Dealing the flop: Jc, 6h, Ad
Bonefeld checked
sture86 checked
HERO bet - $2.00
FoldMonkey99 called - $2.00
Bonefeld folded
sture86 folded

** Dealing the turn: 7c
HERO bet - $3.00
FoldMonkey99 called - $3.00

** Dealing the river: Kc
HERO checked
FoldMonkey99 bet - $6.00
HERO raised - $12.00
FoldMonkey99 raised - $24.30
HERO called - $24.30
FoldMonkey99 shows: Ac, 8c
HERO mucks:
FoldMonkey99 wins $57.60 from the main pot

End of game 899028512

I never expected him to have runner-runner Flush. I should have bet more on the turn.





** Game ID 825591391 starting - 2006-06-11 20:10:49
** Nervous Breakdown [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money


- bicepmania sitting in seat 1 with $43.20
- HyCda sitting in seat 2 with $4.15
- Atout sitting in seat 3 with $5.65
- bigbob25 sitting in seat 4 with $19.90
- Calle_Balle_ sitting in seat 5 with $42.00 [Dealer]
- Mogo89 sitting in seat 6 with $12.45
- HERO sitting in seat 7 with $50.75
- helip1lot sitting in seat 8 with $28.15
- thebatfrom9k sitting in seat 9 with $10.60
- sisisi sitting in seat 10 with $18.50


Mogo89 posted the small blind - $0.25
HERO posted the big blind - $0.50

** Dealing card to HERO: Kc, Ah

helip1lot folded
thebatfrom9k folded
sisisi folded
bicepmania folded
HyCda folded
Atout folded
bigbob25 folded
Calle_Balle_ raised - $2.00
Mogo89 folded
HERO raised - $6.50
Calle_Balle_ called - $6.50


** Dealing the flop: 9h, 8d, 2d

HERO bet - $10.50
Calle_Balle_ called - $10.50



** Dealing the turn: 4d

HERO bet - $18.00
Calle_Balle_ went all-in - $25.00
HERO called - $25.00

Calle_Balle_ shows: 10d, Ad



** Dealing the river: 5h

Calle_Balle_ wins $81.25 from the main pot



End of game 825591391

I should have given up at the turn. Very bad bluff and overplayed AK.





** Game ID 772367995 starting - 2006-04-27 17:50:35
** 2000 Man [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- Jersey-Slack sitting in seat 1 with $3.75
- terrellk11 sitting in seat 2 with $81.70
- weiyinye sitting in seat 3 with $7.10
- wildbrain sitting in seat 4 with $46.25
- HERO sitting in seat 5 with $47.00
- Sepi_ sitting in seat 6 with $42.90 [Dealer]
- Mrbergo sitting in seat 7 with $67.55
- EttaBoo sitting in seat 8 with $95.55
- balinski sitting in seat 9 with $35.75
- smoKcrack sitting in seat 10 with $17.00



Mrbergo posted the small blind - $0.25
EttaBoo posted the big blind - $0.50



** Dealing card to HERO: 4d, 5d

balinski folded
smoKcrack folded
Jersey-Slack folded
terrellk11 folded
weiyinye called - $0.50
wildbrain folded
HERO called - $0.50
Sepi_ folded
Mrbergo called - $0.50
EttaBoo bet - $2.50
weiyinye called - $2.50
HERO called - $2.50
Mrbergo folded


** Dealing the flop: 3h, 8c, 7h

EttaBoo bet - $7.00
weiyinye folded
HERO raised - $14.00
EttaBoo went all-in - $86.55
HERO went all-in - $30.50

EttaBoo shows: Qs, Ah


** Dealing the turn: 9s


** Dealing the river: 10s

EttaBoo wins $94.00 from the main pot


End of game 772367995

Completely braindead bluff.





** Game ID 852379467 starting - 2006-07-07 17:25:23
** Eternity [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- NofolknChanz sitting in seat 1 with $1.10
- buckeyevet sitting in seat 2 with $10.30
- hellvys sitting in seat 3 with $73.05 [Dealer]
- Bergmeg sitting in seat 4 with $14.35
- Puolikas sitting in seat 5 with $56.55
- xiaojie58 sitting in seat 6 with $3.75
- elozo sitting in seat 7 with $23.00
- -Ghefy- sitting in seat 8 with $48.05
- HERO sitting in seat 9 with $54.85
- InMyCap sitting in seat 10 with $40.35

Bergmeg posted the small blind - $0.25
Puolikas posted the big blind - $0.50

** Dealing card to HERO: 10d, Jd
xiaojie58 folded
elozo folded
-Ghefy- folded
HERO called - $0.50
InMyCap folded
NofolknChanz folded
buckeyevet folded
hellvys folded
Bergmeg called - $0.50
Puolikas bet - $2.00
HERO called - $2.00
Bergmeg folded

** Dealing the flop: As, Qd, Ad
Puolikas checked
HERO bet - $3.00
Puolikas raised - $6.00
HERO raised - $15.00
Puolikas raised - $24.00
HERO went all-in - $37.85
Puolikas called - $52.85

** Dealing the turn: 8d

** Dealing the river: Kh
HERO shows: 10d, Jd
Puolikas shows: Qh, Ah
Puolikas wins $107.20 from the main pot

End of game 852379467

Do not chase draws on a paired board against so much action!







** Game ID 853436976 starting - 2006-07-08 17:41:39
** 2000 Man [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- Abesilverbus sitting in seat 1 with $50.00 [Sitting out]
- HERO sitting in seat 2 with $51.80
- cliff1970 sitting in seat 3 with $50.48
- -loser- sitting in seat 4 with $49.50
- rikumon7 sitting in seat 5 with $29.50
- kentyu sitting in seat 6 with $31.19 [Sitting out]
- odds2be sitting in seat 7 with $50.65 [Dealer]
- lugworm sitting in seat 8 with $34.35
- matlock77 sitting in seat 9 with $48.75
- Lexilois sitting in seat 10 with $53.10

lugworm posted the small blind - $0.25
matlock77 posted the big blind - $0.50
-loser- posted to play - $0.50
rikumon7 posted to play - $0.50

** Dealing card to HERO: Kc, Ah
Lexilois raised - $1.50
HERO raised - $4.50
cliff1970 folded
-loser- folded
rikumon7 folded
odds2be folded
lugworm folded
matlock77 folded
Lexilois called - $4.50

** Dealing the flop: 2c, Ks, 3s
Lexilois checked
HERO bet - $5.50
Lexilois raised - $11.00
HERO called - $11.00

** Dealing the turn: 5c
Lexilois bet - $4.00
HERO called - $4.00

** Dealing the river: Qs
Lexilois went all-in - $33.60
HERO went all-in - $32.30
Lexilois shows: Kh, Qh
HERO mucks:
Lexilois wins $102.35 from the main pot

End of game 853436976

Should I have folded the river? Until that point I like my play.






** Game ID 892585600 starting - 2006-08-11 16:52:15
** Long Winding Road [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- KlLLAH sitting in seat 1 with $35.30
- sheeprustler sitting in seat 2 with $19.75
- Gampler sitting in seat 3 with $21.20
- kirsty sitting in seat 4 with $4.60
- Northerly sitting in seat 5 with $78.08
- wisefish sitting in seat 6 with $8.05
- Fripplingen sitting in seat 7 with $20.45
- HERO sitting in seat 8 with $50.00
- Bergmeg sitting in seat 9 with $47.51 [Dealer]
- fabztr1 sitting in seat 10 with $44.78

fabztr1 posted the small blind - $0.25
KlLLAH posted the big blind - $0.50

** Dealing card to HERO: Ah, 9h
sheeprustler raised - $1.50
Gampler folded
kirsty folded
Northerly called - $1.50
wisefish called - $1.50
Fripplingen folded
HERO called - $1.50
Bergmeg folded
fabztr1 folded
KlLLAH folded

** Dealing the flop: 8h, Jh, 3d
sheeprustler checked
Northerly checked
wisefish checked
HERO bet - $3.00
sheeprustler raised - $6.00
Northerly folded
wisefish folded
HERO went all-in - $45.50
sheeprustler went all-in - $12.25

** Dealing the turn: Ks

** Dealing the river: Kd
sheeprustler shows: Qs, Js
HERO mucks:
sheeprustler wins $41.10 from the main pot

End of game 892585600

I see nothing wrong here.




** Game ID 853517086 starting - 2006-07-08 19:13:16
** Eternity [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- HERO sitting in seat 1 with $49.75
- aiyuki sitting in seat 2 with $4.55
- BuyFerrari sitting in seat 3 with $40.70
- SavageS sitting in seat 4 with $31.75
- Cypherz sitting in seat 5 with $52.30
- DaveG11111 sitting in seat 6 with $45.50
- w2g4u sitting in seat 7 with $57.78
- odds2be sitting in seat 8 with $52.47
- leaeil56 sitting in seat 9 with $0.00 [Sitting out]
- Phish_Food sitting in seat 10 with $51.25 [Dealer]

HERO posted the small blind - $0.25
aiyuki posted the big blind - $0.50

** Dealing card to HERO: 3s, 3h
BuyFerrari raised - $1.50
SavageS folded
Cypherz folded
DaveG11111 folded
w2g4u folded
odds2be called - $1.50
Phish_Food folded
HERO called - $1.50
aiyuki folded

** Dealing the flop: 3d, Ah, As
HERO checked
BuyFerrari checked
odds2be bet - $0.50
HERO raised - $5.00
BuyFerrari called - $5.00
odds2be folded

** Dealing the turn: 7s
HERO checked
BuyFerrari checked

** Dealing the river: 8h
HERO bet - $10.00
BuyFerrari raised - $20.00
HERO went all-in - $33.50
BuyFerrari went all-in - $14.20
BuyFerrari shows: Ad, Ac
HERO mucks:
BuyFerrari wins $80.90 from the main pot

End of game 853517086

I should have bet directly at the flop. At the turn I should bet. At the river it is just a call not a rereraise.






** Game ID 888885249 starting - 2006-08-08 18:14:26
** Roswell [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- rvr07645519 sitting in seat 1 with $49.50
- d0gg3 sitting in seat 2 with $8.55
- Mogo89 sitting in seat 3 with $32.92
- htb21 sitting in seat 4 with $52.05
- Bergmeg sitting in seat 5 with $19.70 [Dealer]
- JoeShabadoo sitting in seat 6 with $48.55
- HERO sitting in seat 7 with $49.50
- erraoik sitting in seat 8 with $48.40
- kirsty sitting in seat 9 with $4.20
- mtze sitting in seat 10 with $29.82

JoeShabadoo posted the small blind - $0.25
HERO posted the big blind - $0.50

** Dealing card to HERO: 2c, Ac
erraoik folded
kirsty called - $0.50
mtze folded
rvr07645519 folded
d0gg3 folded
Mogo89 raised - $1.50
htb21 called - $1.50
Bergmeg folded
JoeShabadoo called - $1.50
HERO called - $1.50
kirsty called - $1.50

** Dealing the flop: 2h, Ad, 2s
JoeShabadoo checked
HERO checked
kirsty checked
Mogo89 bet - $1.50
htb21 folded
JoeShabadoo folded
HERO called - $1.50
kirsty folded

** Dealing the turn: 4h
HERO checked
Mogo89 checked

** Dealing the river: 8s
HERO bet - $9.00
Mogo89 went all-in - $29.92
HERO called - $29.92
Mogo89 shows: 8h, 8c
HERO mucks:
Mogo89 wins $67.34 from the main pot

End of game 888885249

I should have lead at him at the flop. I should have bet the turn. The river is okay I think.




** Game ID 859866470 starting - 2006-07-14 18:02:11
** Let It Be [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- Doc81 sitting in seat 1 with $8.00
- Spoon2fst4u sitting in seat 2 with $11.40
- qns sitting in seat 3 with $73.87
- Linda- sitting in seat 4 with $24.23
- ialwyslose sitting in seat 5 with $32.00 [Dealer]
- mth210 sitting in seat 6 with $34.25
- CCXIAO sitting in seat 7 with $23.81
- HERO sitting in seat 8 with $52.00
- Elek sitting in seat 9 with $46.40
- PokerHajarSe sitting in seat 10 with $46.50

mth210 posted the small blind - $0.25
CCXIAO posted the big blind - $0.50

** Dealing card to HERO: Qh, Qd
HERO raised - $2.00
Elek folded
PokerHajarSe folded
Doc81 folded
Spoon2fst4u folded
qns folded
Linda- folded
ialwyslose called - $2.00
mth210 folded
CCXIAO called - $2.00

** Dealing the flop: 3h, 2h, 8c
CCXIAO checked
HERO bet - $3.00
ialwyslose folded
CCXIAO called - $3.00

** Dealing the turn: 5d
CCXIAO bet - $0.50
HERO raised - $6.50
CCXIAO raised - $12.50
HERO raised - $30.50
CCXIAO went all-in - $6.81

** Dealing the river: 10d
CCXIAO shows: 6h, 4c
HERO mucks:
CCXIAO wins $48.37 from the main pot

End of game 859866470

I see nothing wrong.





** Game ID 829465815 starting - 2006-06-15 17:25:17
** Lord Of The Rings [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money


- HERO sitting in seat 1 with $49.25 [Dealer]
- lulle70 sitting in seat 2 with $30.60
- EvilAllIn sitting in seat 3 with $76.60 [Sitting out]
- rejes sitting in seat 4 with $49.50
- Poisonblack sitting in seat 5 with $19.31
- folly14 sitting in seat 6 with $79.80
- geronemo sitting in seat 7 with $47.96
- GotSomeNutz sitting in seat 8 with $17.25
- wlongwin sitting in seat 9 with $27.68
- Slamme sitting in seat 10 with $8.90



lulle70 posted the small blind - $0.25
rejes posted the big blind - $0.50


** Dealing card to HERO: Kh, Kc

Poisonblack folded
folly14 called - $0.50
geronemo raised - $1.00
GotSomeNutz folded
wlongwin folded
Slamme folded
HERO raised - $7.00
lulle70 raised - $13.00
rejes folded
folly14 folded
geronemo folded
HERO called - $13.00



** Dealing the flop: 10c, 3h, 9s

lulle70 bet - $2.50
HERO raised - $22.50
lulle70 went all-in - $15.35


** Dealing the turn: 6d


** Dealing the river: 3d

lulle70 shows: As, Ad
HERO mucks:

lulle70 wins $60.70 from the main pot


End of game 829465815

In position I just call a reraise with KK. Nothing I could do.





** Game ID 844894269 starting - 2006-06-30 07:09:46
** Angels [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- Ki11Factor sitting in seat 1 with $75.75
- pseudo7 sitting in seat 2 with $60.39
- iamthelaird sitting in seat 3 with $49.25
- chazztheK sitting in seat 4 with $25.05
- poker6410 sitting in seat 5 with $51.70 [Dealer]
- HERO sitting in seat 6 with $49.25
- dchanco sitting in seat 7 with $31.83
- jl2003 sitting in seat 8 with $11.75
- phathead72 sitting in seat 9 with $22.10
- dogdog11 sitting in seat 10 with $5.00

HERO posted the small blind - $0.25
dchanco posted the big blind - $0.50

** Dealing card to HERO: Kc, Ks
jl2003 folded
phathead72 folded
dogdog11 folded
Ki11Factor folded
pseudo7 folded
iamthelaird folded
chazztheK folded
poker6410 folded
HERO raised - $1.75
dchanco raised - $3.00
HERO raised - $9.25
dchanco raised - $15.50
HERO went all-in - $40.25
dchanco went all-in - $16.83

** Dealing the flop: Kh, Jh, 5s

** Dealing the turn: Ac

** Dealing the river: 5 h
dchanco shows: Ah, As
HERO mucks:
dchanco wins $61.66 from the main pot

End of game 844894269

KK vs. AA again.






** Game ID 825596776 starting - 2006-06-11 20:15:28

** Dogville [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money


- Lumpy82 sitting in seat 1 with $19.70 [Dealer]
- quietguyRN sitting in seat 2 with $39.50
- meimei44 sitting in seat 3 with $2.75
- TJBlackEye sitting in seat 4 with $100.02
- Tor sitting in seat 5 with $50.70
- Die_Schlange sitting in seat 6 with $50.45
- llewes sitting in seat 7 with $4.15
- HERO sitting in seat 8 with $48.25
- arilzo sitting in seat 9 with $49.00
- Calle_Balle_ sitting in seat 10 with $78.40



quietguyRN posted the small blind - $0.25
meimei44 posted the big blind - $0.50


** Dealing card to HERO: Kd, Kh

TJBlackEye folded
Tor called - $0.50
Die_Schlange folded
llewes folded
HERO raised - $2.50
arilzo folded
Calle_Balle_ called - $2.50
Lumpy82 folded
quietguyRN folded
meimei44 folded
Tor folded


** Dealing the flop: 10s, Ad, 6c

HERO checked
Calle_Balle_ bet - $4.00
HERO raised - $8.00
Calle_Balle_ called - $8.00


** Dealing the turn: 4c

HERO bet - $10.00
Calle_Balle_ called - $10.00


** Dealing the river: 4h

HERO checked
Calle_Balle_ checked

HERO shows: Kd, Kh

Calle_Balle_ shows: Qd, As
Calle_Balle_ wins $40.15 from the main pot


End of game 825596776

Else I should have given up directly at the flop or at least check-raise more. At the turn it is check-fold.

In this part I present some graphical results of all 34 players with more than 2000 hands. Players 1-20 are winners, players 21-34 are losers.



Conclusion: VPIP should be between 15% and 28%, no real correlation visible




Conclusion: The winning players have an overall higher number of steal attempts, something like 15-30%.




Conclusion: The winning players have an overall higher medium aggression number. The average value of the aggression is 2.21+/- 1.12 for the winning players with >2k hands and 1.65+/-0.81 for the losing players with >2k hands.




Conclusion: The continuation bet number is calculated as how often you bet instead of check (1 means equal numbers of bet and check). The bad players else bet too often or not often enough after a preflop raise. Best numbers 2.5-6



Conclusions: The winning players CR a little bit more often than the losers.

Above you can see a picture of me playing chess.


Out of these 34 players with >2k hands there are 9 players with worse than –2BB/100. Is it possible to give an explanation from the pokertracker data for that? Are these players all calling machines?

Player 1) –15.64BB/100. He has a VPIP of 25% and a total aggression of 2.26, his steal attempts are 27%. His continuation bet number is 3.36. So far so good. But here are some bad stats: PFR: 15%, fold SB to steal 58%, BB to steal 68%, fold to river bet 57%. He raises too often preflop not only as a steal attempt and he refuses to fold his blinds and to river bets.

Player 2) –10.93BB/100. He has a VPIP of 25.5%, a PFR of 4%, he folds the blinds 94% and 78% and has a total aggression of 1.66. However, his continuation bet number is 7.3, which is too high but on the other hand his steal attempts are only 4%. His flop aggression is only 1.73, which does not fit with his continuation bet number. He nearly always bets when he raised preflop but else his aggression on the flop is too low.

Player 3) –9.50BB/100. He has a VPIP of only 13%, a PFR of 14%, total aggression of 2.74, fold to river Bet 69% and Won$SD of 57%. Looks like a good playing rock, does it not? Why is he losing? He folds his SB to 100% steals, but his own steal attempts are only 5%. His continuation bet number is only 1.14. He nearly never CR, his number is only 0.13.
On the button against him, I can raise with any two cards. After he checks to me on the flop, I would nearly always bet without much risk.

Player 4) –6.72BB/100 . He has a VPIP of 14.96, PFR of 6, total aggression 2.88. However, his continuation bet number is 15! This means he bets the flop after a preflop raise nearly always even against more than 1 opponent. He only folds to river bets 61% and folds his SB to a steal only 75%. This numbers say to me that he is highly predictable. After his preflop raise I could very nicely call him down with a monster and could even bet it on the river.

Player 5) -5.52BB/100. He has a VPIP of 25.15, PFR of 9.79, Won$SD of 52. However, he never never CR, number is 0. And he continuation bets far too less, his number is 0.94. This means after his preflop raise there is a good chance that he does not bet and I am able to catch something nice on the turn.

Player 6) - 4.59BB/100. This one is easy. His total aggression is only 0.91 and his VPIP is 27%. The good old calling machine.

Player 7) –3.29BB/100. VPIP 15%, PFR 2%. His total aggression is only 1.01 and his steal attempts are only 2.5%.

Player 8) –2.56BB/100. He has a Won$at SD of 59% and a VPIP of 17. Why is he losing? His continuation bet number is only 0.78 and his steal attempt only 2.5%.

Player 9) –2.19BB/100. He only has a VPIP of 14 and a PFR of 1.3. His steal attempts are only 4.3 and he folds his SB to 95%.

I have just analysed 120k hands of NL50 full-ring, which I have data-mined. I was especially interested in the stats of the best players (very, very few with >8PTBB/100).

The hands are from Prima, Party, Pokerroom, Full Tilt and Pokerstars this and last month.

Excessions pokertracker (www.bet-the-pot.com) series is well known and excellent. However, sometimes he dives not deep enough for my likely and he has many data from guys with only 50 hands or so.

Well, here are the total results:
12472 players with a medium PTBB/100 of –3.92 (of course it is negative due to the rake). 141 players have >1000 hands and 34 players >2000 hands. Out of these 34 players I take a look at the top 4 players, with >8PTBB/100, which have roughly the same style of play. There are two other players with >8PTBB/100, but they have completely different styles and to draw conclusions it is easier to leave them out.

Here are the medium values of the 4 top players, comparison to the worst players out of that 34 (which are still better than the normal fish) and some comments:

1.) PTBB/100: 11.05

2.) VPIP: 21.0 It is well known that a VPIP of roughly 20 yields the best results. The top players have 17-23 VPIP. But also most of the bad players are in that range.

3.) PFR: 6.23% This number seems to be not so important, since many bad players are also in this range.

4.) VPIP_SB: 37.75% I was surprised about this number, I expected a much lower one. And what is even more interesting is that the 4 top players have VPIPs_SB from 23 to 62%! Interesting to note is that the bad players have a smaller VPIP_SB.

5.) Folded SB to steal: 87.20% The SB is the worst position after the flop so one should fold it quite often. But the bad players have roughly the same number.

6.) Folded BB to steal: 79.81% The BB has a slightly better position and more money in the pot. Bad players fold a little bit less often.

7.) Steal attempts: 19.55% This seems to be very important because the bad players steal only 8.07% of the time.

8.) Continuation bet percentage: 4.16. This number is NOT in pokertracker, I divided the “First action after PF raise bet: Bet” though “First action after PF raise bet: Check”. So 4.16 means that you bet 4.16 times more often than check (so roughly 80% to 20%). This number is also surprisingly high. I expected something like 60%. However, also the bad players have 4.22, so this is not a difference to distinguish good and bad players.

9.) Total aggression (without preflop): 3.30. Here we come to the most important thing. The bad players do only have an aggression of 1.95, what is still not bad. But higher aggression leads to higher BB/100. The numbers for flop-turn-river aggression are: 4.09, 2.96, 2.15

10.) Folded to river bet: 69.24%. This is just for reference since the bad players have roughly the same number. However, there are many with a smaller number, which means that one should not call too often.
11.) CR: 0.55%. Also just for reference.



Conclusion (1): Many Blinds Steal attempts, high overall aggression and a high number of continuation bets are important. Less important are VPIP and VPIP_SB. Well, aggression counts that are no new news. However, the exact numbers are somewhat surprising and interesting.




12.) WTSD and Won$at SD: 20.05 and 56.61 Players with high win rates should win often at the showdown, therefore the 56% is no surprise. However, what is important is how often they go to the showdown. The number is 20% with a range from 16-24%. 16% is a surprise since that is the weak-tight region (I am close to it with 17% and have to work on it). 20% on the other hand is a solid number.

13.) Usage of position: VPIP UTG to VPIP Button 8-22% to 20-25% Of course one should play much more hands on the button. Here the real surprise is that 3 out of the 4 heros have 21-22% VPIP UTG and 21-25% VPIP on the button. The 4th guy has 8% UTG and 25% on the button, which sounds more solid. Also interesting is that all 4 raise differently often dependent on position. One has 7% PFR UTG and at the button, one has 0.6% UTG and 10% at the button. Different styles of play lead to nearly the same VPIP and PFR in total.


MHFlush

This one is nice:




I started to play with only 10xBB in NL20 and NL50. Until now the results are very good. I have nearly the same win rate as usual but with a much much lower variance.

This graph shows my NL50 full ring results of the last 3 months.

I am still struggling but on the other hand I feel that my game has become better and better.

MHFlush

Here are my results after 10k hands of NL50 full ring:


VPIP: 17.23%
VPIP from SB: 27.62%

Folded SB to Steal: 91.23%
Folded BB to Steal: 75.00%

Att. to Steal Blinds: 33.09%
Won $ When Saw flop: 30.58%
WTSD: 16.51% (increased compared to 5k hands)
Won $ at SD: 49.67% (but this is still too low...)

BB/100: 3.85 (8BB after 3k hands, 5BB after 5k, 2BB after 8k)
Standard deviation: 36.42BB

Raised Preflop: 6.76%
Flop Aggression: 5.16
Turn Aggression: 2.73
River aggression: 2.07

Total aggression: 3.82

Folded to River Bet: 75.34% (better now...)
Check-Raises: 1.42% of possible actions

First action on flop after a preflop raise:
raise 2.5%
Bet: 18.65%
call: 1.76%
check: 11.16%
check-raise: 1.47%
fold: 2.94%
no flop: 61.53%

Here the stats for some starting hands:

AA: 4.02BB/hand
KK: 3.25BB
QQ: 1.85BB
JJ: 2.24BB
TT: -0.86BB
99: 2.88BB

AKs: 1.15BB
AKo: -0.86BB
AQs: -0.14BB
AQo: 0.02BB

I replayed my biggest losses with AKo and TT and I found out that I overplayed and bluffed to much with them.
I am satisfied with the results. My aim is to reach >5BB/100 (This are PTBB, 10 real BB) Only roughly 5% of all players are better than 5BB/100.

MHFlush

I do not plan to update this blog regularly. It is a lot of work.

Anyway, since February I play NL50 with good success. I play 3-tables of NL50 full ring at Royalvegaspoker. I am ambitious in poker in general and hope to move up to NL100 soon.

MHFlush

I quit Poker. Well, not totally. But I cashed out most of my money and plan to just play a few times per month on NL 0,10/0,20 at Royalvegaspoker (Prima skin) with my 70 Dollar remaining cash.

The reason is that I am a winner at low limit NL but not as much as it should be or I would like to be. So I keep poker as a hobby with small extra income and just have some fun playing it. This means I will not keep records of my play and do not have any aims any more.

This is different from what I planned. I wanted to have Poker as second income. But fun is much more now.

MHFlush

http://PLO8.blogspot.com

I cashed out all my money from BetHoldem. After all, I won 5500 Euro (6500 Dollar) in my poker 'career' so far. I need a break. Well, after 2 days, I read some things about Omaha High/Low, which should fit to me: Omaha is a highly complex game with not-so-much bluffing opportunities and you need a smaller bankroll than for Holdem. Since I am a strategic chessplayer, who cannot bluff so well, this hopefully is the right game for me.

Therefore, I will only cash out 1000 Euro from Neteller and use the other 500 Euro for my Omaha 'career'. I will play at 24poker.com (part of Prima network), which offer some nice bonuses. If you are interested for playing there, please give me some feedback. 100$ (50$ for both) refer-a-friend is very nice.

I will study Omaha this weekend until next weekend. This is of course not sufficient but a the lower levels preflop hand selection will work as the winner (at least I hope so).

MHFlush

Two difficult hands from yesterday, NL50:

Hand 1:

2 MP limper in front of me , I call in the CO with [Ks] [Qs], button calls, BB checks.

Flop: [3s] [4d] [Kd] Pot: 2.50$

BB checks, 1. MP limper bets 1.50$, 2.MP limper folds, I raise to 4.50$, only 1.MP limper calls. We both have full stacks.

Turn: [Qd] Pot: 11.50$

1.MP limper bets 7.50$, I call.

River: [7d]

He checks, I check, he wins with [Td] [8d]

[color=blue]Preflop and flop I think everything is okay. What about the turn? Correct call? I have top two pair vs. a possible flush. River: Should I have bluffed?[/color]
Hand 2:

I raise 2$ in early MP with [Tc][Th], only LP calls. We both have full stacks.

Flop: [8c][Ts][9s]

I bet 3$, he calls.

Turn:[Jd]

I check, he bets 10$, I fold.

[color=blue]Too weak-tight? Never fold a set? I could call his pot-sized bet and hope for my full house on the river. Comments?[/color]

I present 4 hands from NL50 from yesterday. I think I was able to read my opponents well. Please comment!


Hand 1:

EP calls, MP calls, very aggressive LP raises 2$, I call in the BB with [5d] [5c], EP limper calls.

Flop: [6d] [8d] [7c]. I check, EP checks, very aggressive LP bets 1$, I raise to 5$, EP folds, very aggressive LP raises to 9$, I call.

Turn: [Ah] I check, very aggressive LP checks.

River: [4c] I bet 11$, he raises 29$ to put me all-in, I call and win with my straight against his [Ad][Kd]

Very aggressive LP plays the hand very bad but what about my play on every street?


Hand 2:

I raise in MP with [Qh] [Qc], 2 LP caller and BB calls, too.

Flop: [7d] [6h] [3d] BB bets 4.50$, I think and fold my overpair. LP raises all-in to 13$, BB calls. LP has [8d] [Ad], BB shows [Td] [7s]

Folding my overpair is weak-tight of course but the board is very dangerous. Comments?


Hand 3:

I call UTG with [Ac] [Ks], a couple of limper behind me.

Flop: [2s] [7c] [Ad] SB, BB check, I check with the intention of check-raising, 2 guys check behind me, button bets 0.50$, SB and BB fold, I raise to 3$, guy behind me calls and now MP raises to 5.50$. I call, guy behind me calls, too.

Turn: [Jd] I check, guy behind me checks, MPO bets 17$, we both fold. He shows [2h] [2d]

Good laydown on the turn but what about the flop bets?


Hand 4:

I raise 2$ in MP with [Ah][Ks], guy directly behind me calls.

Flop: [9d] [Qs] [Tc] I check, he checks.

Turn: [6c] I check, he bets 2$, I raise 6$, he calls.
River: [Kc] I check, he checks
He has [9c][9s]

What about my bets on all streets?

Here I present 4 tough hands from the weekend. I do not say anything to them, please comment!

MHFlush


Hand 1:
** Angels [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money



- vanDahl sitting in seat 1 with $18.25

- papaz sitting in seat 2 with $14.36

- Kaksnel sitting in seat 3 with $30.39

- RUGE1002 sitting in seat 4 with $34.10

- butyour3 sitting in seat 5 with $3.75

- flunt sitting in seat 6 with $51.65

- JupeJones sitting in seat 7 with $48.50

- Woody_bear sitting in seat 8 with $38.05 [Dealer]

- bigjohn_151 sitting in seat 9 with $11.63

- HERO sitting in seat 10 with $51.50



bigjohn_151 posted the small blind - $0.25

HERO posted the big blind - $0.50



** Dealing card to HERO: [9c] [9d]

vanDahl folded

papaz folded

Kaksnel folded

RUGE1002 folded

butyour3 folded

flunt called - $0.50

JupeJones folded

Woody_bear folded

bigjohn_151 folded

HERO bet - $2.50

flunt called - $2.50



** Dealing the flop: [8h] [9h] [Qs]

HERO bet - $4.00

flunt called - $4.00



** Dealing the turn: [8c]

HERO checked

flunt bet - $8.50

HERO called - $8.50



** Dealing the river: [4d]

HERO bet - $14.00

flunt called - $14.00

flunt mucks: [Qc] [Kd]

HERO wins $55.35 from the main pot





Hand 2:

** Gangs Of New York [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money



- Pinking sitting in seat 1 with $26.60

- BONDS01 sitting in seat 2 with $27.65

- grenov sitting in seat 3 with $18.75

- AndyDufresne sitting in seat 4 with $51.75

- ronkan111 sitting in seat 5 with $47.25

- Masi_1215 sitting in seat 6 with $42.70

- JupeJones sitting in seat 7 with $48.00

- Fantommen sitting in seat 8 with $18.30

- ShaunOfClubs sitting in seat 9 with $18.25

- HERO sitting in seat 10 with $50.50 [Dealer]



Pinking posted the small blind - $0.25

BONDS01 posted the big blind - $0.50



** Dealing card to HERO: [Ah] [Jh]

grenov folded

AndyDufresne folded

ronkan111 folded

Masi_1215 called - $0.50

JupeJones folded

Fantommen folded

ShaunOfClubs folded

HERO raised - $2.00

Pinking folded

BONDS01 folded

Masi_1215 called - $2.00



** Dealing the flop: [3d] [Ad] [5d]

Masi_1215 checked

HERO bet - $3.00

Masi_1215 called - $3.00



** Dealing the turn: [9s]

Masi_1215 checked

HERO checked



** Dealing the river: [4s]

Masi_1215 bet - $6.50

HERO called - $6.50

Masi_1215 shows: [As] [8s]

HERO wins $22.60 from the main pot



Hand 3:
** Harry Potter [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money



- dyckert sitting in seat 1 with $64.30 [Dealer]

- mic83 sitting in seat 2 with $67.45

- Punkrock_kid sitting in seat 3 with $82.75

- TedMechanic sitting in seat 4 with $36.04

- vanDahl sitting in seat 5 with $25.00 [Sitting out]

- HERO sitting in seat 6 with $50.50

- Larry_Hmm sitting in seat 7 with $82.60 [Sitting out]

- Ned_Flander sitting in seat 8 with $52.10

- ahvisst sitting in seat 9 with $47.75

- bigjohn_151 sitting in seat 10 with $23.25



mic83 posted the small blind - $0.25

Punkrock_kid posted the big blind - $0.50



** Dealing card to HERO: [Td] [Tc]

TedMechanic folded

HERO raised - $2.00

Ned_Flander called - $2.00

ahvisst folded

bigjohn_151 folded

dyckert folded

mic83 called - $2.00

Punkrock_kid folded



** Dealing the flop: [5h] [9c] [9s]

mic83 checked

HERO checked

Ned_Flander bet - $1.50

mic83 folded

HERO raised - $6.00

Ned_Flander called - $6.00



** Dealing the turn: [2h]

HERO checked

Ned_Flander checked



** Dealing the river: [3h]

HERO checked

Ned_Flander went all-in - $44.10

HERO folded

Ned_Flander shows: [Kh] [Th]

Ned_Flander wins $61.70 from the main pot





Hand 4:

** Barbershop [Hold 'em] (0.25|0.50 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money



- zhiaad sitting in seat 1 with $85.65

- HERO sitting in seat 2 with $49.50

- bigjohn_151 sitting in seat 3 with $7.54 [Dealer]

- superkyrre sitting in seat 4 with $50.00 [Sitting out]

- krabo1 sitting in seat 5 with $37.55

- JupeJones sitting in seat 7 with $51.15

- TedMechanic sitting in seat 8 with $76.40

- bakks sitting in seat 10 with $31.47



krabo1 posted the small blind - $0.25

JupeJones posted the big blind - $0.50



** Dealing card to HERO: [Td] [Tc]

TedMechanic called - $0.50

bakks folded

zhiaad folded

HERO raised - $2.50

bigjohn_151 folded

krabo1 folded

JupeJones folded

TedMechanic called - $2.50



** Dealing the flop: [Ks] [Qd] [As]

TedMechanic checked

HERO bet - $3.50

TedMechanic called - $3.50



** Dealing the turn: [9d]

TedMechanic checked

HERO checked



** Dealing the river: [Th]

TedMechanic bet - $22.50

HERO folded

TedMechanic mucks:

TedMechanic wins $34.65 from the main pot

I got a new computer yesterday. My old one crushed after 5 years of usage :-(
Therefore, I was not able to play for 2 weeks and had to do something different in that time. I read Super System and Harrington 2 different times and I am impressed of the quality of both books.

Yesterday I got my new computer and had to adjust to the Windows XP graphics and just played 1 hour. 9 dollars win and close to 2000 dollar bankroll.

Two hands:
a) KK in LP. On raiser in front of me, I raise 3x his amount, he called in EP. Flop 852, he leaded for 5 dollars (1/2 Pot) I thought for a while and just called. Turn Q. Bad card. He went all-in for 25 dollars. I folded. What could he have with which he called a reraise preflop and play so aggressively after the flop? AA-QQ I guess. Against AA and QQ I am dead. Fold okay?

b) 55 in EP, I limp, one raiser, one caller, I call, too. Flop 965 rainbow. I bet pot, raiser raised, other caller folded, I reraise and we were all-in. He had QQ and lost a huge pot.

MHFlush