Few hands from last week

Rivering the straight, Villain is 23/15 over 1k hands, seems to be pretty bad
PSR is 19, i c/r with my gutshot here as i expect villain cbetting's range is very wide here. When he called, i think he could def have FD, Kx, QQ may be Jx, i also think he can be flatting with sets and KJ here some percentages of the time. I bet turn repping flush, trying to get him to lay down his marginal made hands, i think villain can really call with a Kx+ (sets and 2pairs that didnt 3bet flop) and a flush here, and folding the rest.
On the river, i hit my straight with 1 PSB left. I am not really sure what to do, i dont know if he will call with hands that i beat if i shove. My image is pretty bad, so there might b a chance i might get look up.
What do you guys think? I am thinking c/f > shove > c/c. But my friend thinks its a c/c as he thinks we have a bluff catcher here, but i just cant see him bluffing here ever. He cant possibly call a c/r and turn bet with air, i also dont think he will turn a made hand into a bluff in this spot too.


Pair+FD on turn deep, villain in this hand is 18/14.
Our PSR on the flop is 24. His cbet is kind of small on such a wet board, I guess the flop call is standard, does any1 like turning our hand into a semibluff being so deep?
PSR on turn is 11, i m really not sure what to do on the turn, i think draws and most strong made hands will just bet the turn to protect with 2 FDs out there. I am not sure the reason for my turn bet, may be i should just check behind on the turn and take a freebie? Our hand could still best, so i kind of feel like betting for protection.
I wasn't really expecting the c/r, wasnt sure what to do? What do u guys think? I dont really like calling as our draw is kind of obvious, not sure if i will get paid very often. Shoving is kind of meh too, i just dont think i have that much FE. I guess this is a fold?
If we call the turn c/r, and hit trips or 2 pair, are we calling if villain bets? My friend reckons he has a set a lot when c/r turn, therefore suggesting we should fold even if we hit our 2pair or trips outs.

QQ 3bet pot A high flop. Villain is 39/26 over 23hands so doesnt really mean much
PSR on flop is 3.2, i guess we dont mind stacking off here. My plan was to bet flop and call a raise. Villain donks 2/3pot into me, really wasnt sure what to make of it. I think most people will just c/c with Ax, and c/r with draw, so may be its a bet for information? I decided to call, keeping his range wide. He donks again on the turn, stacking off here is ok ye?

Floped Nutflush but fucked up. Villain is 24/16, i decided just to call preflop because hes folding a lot of 3bets.
PSR on flop is 18, i considered donking here but think c/r is better. I fucked up my raise size completely, should make it much bigger.
Turn is pretty shitty, but i think sets will probably get it in on the flop some percentage of the time, so i think he could have some overpairs and shit that will bet to protect when checked to.
I went for a c/r again trying to look like i m c/shoving with Ac. I know i fucked this hand up pretty badly, how would u guys play this turn, just keep betting?

FD 3bet pot IP as PFR
Villain is a 42/15 fish.
PSR on the flop is 2.6 which is pretty awkward for draws. I think i should of just check behind on flop and take a freebie as we cant get the last bet in. I ended up betting, what do you guys think of my bet size? Shall i make it bigger maxmizing our FE and making it easier to call it off? i was thinking by making it small, i can do a close to a pot size shove maximaing our FE. Once i get raised, we need 33% to continue, our FD has 36% equity vs Ax and the fact he could shove with worse draw, i decided to call

Turn Flush on paired board
Villain is 31/21, seems to be pretty fish but on the aggro side. I should be folding river right, i beat nothing but a bluff. I ended up calling cos i was tilting like a beast and my river bet size was so shitty, i was worried i induced the shove

3bet pot turned TP
Villain is 31/15 fish, Is this standard? we can still get value from worse on the turn right?

Pair+FD 3bet pot on turn 200bb deep
Cbet on the flop is pretty meh, its kind of protection but mostly as a semibluff. i think i can put a lot of pressure on JJ QQ etc. I decided to bet again on the turn as i think most marginal hands that call flop will have a tough time calling. what do u guys think i shud do once i got c/r? I dont think i have much FE if i shove here, so idecided to call thinking my 2pair and trips could be outs too and there are still a fair bit of money left. Once i hit my trips, i cant really fold right?

Let me know what u think guys, ur comments are much appreciated.

Just a quick whine, please ignore!!

After the -7bis session last week, i recovered well and won 5.5bis bk the next two sessions and finished the week 5bis up and 4bis below EV. This week been pretty shitty so far 700 down and fucking 7bis below EV.

I am really unhappy about my play the last couple of weeks, Iam playing way too passive, not 3betting enough, not fighting for enough pots postflop, and trying to make hero calls all the fucking time. My stats for the last 10k hands is 30/23 only 3betting 4% of the time, I guess i am calling too much and not 3betting enough. And because of this, my redline suffered like a beats, 7bis down after 8k hands.

I am not going to play much more this week, I need to review all the hands i have played and will be posting tons of hands here in the next couple of days!! I am also going to watch some Student Caine and make some notes on bobbo's coaching from the last couple of sessions.

Next week is going to be a good one, I am not going to keep feeling sorry for myself, I am going to man up and play really fucking aggro, the regs at 100NL are going the fuck down!! Also I will be doing some sweats with Chris on Wednesday, really looking forward to it!! I m sure I will learn a lot from him.

Hope u guys are doing well, good luck at the tables every1!!!

This week so far.

I started the week really well, winning about 8 bis from monday to wednesday. But yesterday was brutual, ended up losing 7bis. I played pretty shitty this week, my bet sizing is shit, both for value and bluff. I wasnt not being aggressive enough with my 3bets, whenever i get 4bets i ll just stop 3betting the guy until i have a real hand. Obviously by the time i have a real hand, he will just fold to my 3bet. I think the reason i been playing bad is i been winning too much, especially early on in the session. Whenever i m up by say 3 bis for the session, instead of sticking to my normal game plan, i end up playing passive trying to protect my win. I will still open a ton but i will 3bet less, fold to a lot of 3bets,play my draws passively and not making any moves postflop even if i have a read. I really need to stop worrying about the money and just focuses on making good decisions.

I don't actually have too many hands to post this week, nothing interesting really came up. But here are two hands which i m not sure about.



http://weaktight.com/2005162

Preflop raiser is 11/6 and DNALAND is a 33/11 AF 5 aggressive fish.

Flop:PSR is 17 against the nit and 25 vs the fish. I am obviously happy to get the money in against both players, so i raised flop both for value and protection. I guess i should of raised bigger, making it 55 about right?

Turn: Turn card is a fucking disaster, i really didn't know what to do. I guess with PSR of less than 2, i should just bet/call it off? But i ended up check calling and hoping the board will paired

River: I missed, and he shoves, i m getting little better than 3 to 1, so i need to b right about 25% of the time. The only missed draw there is QJ, but i guess he can still shove for value with worse? I ended calling in the end.

http://weaktight.com/2005144

Villain in this hand is 29/23 over 200 hands, my reads on him is he plays back a lot when he gets 3bets either by 4betting or making moves postflop, but may be he just had a hand who knows.

Given my read, i guess i shouldn't of 3bet him with junk at the 1st place.

Flop: PSR is around 22, i cbet hoping to take it down. But villain raised me which i wasnt expecting at all. I think with AA and KK, he wud of just 4bet preflop and try getting it in. I think some % of time AK and QQ will just flat. So when he called my 3bet, i think he has PP, SCs and SGs and suited boardway, suited Aces etc. At the time, i just didnt think there are many hands he can raised this flop with. Being so deep, i dont think he will always raise with AK AQ, i think he will just go for the c/c line. So the only hands he can raise me with is FD, 9x, 99, A9 which will prob chose to slow play anyway since its very possible i m cbetting with a wide range. I was pretty sure he was shitting on my chest, so i decided to float him, and shove over his turn bet if he bets. But looking back, my hand is so shit with no equity, i guess i shud just fold.

Turn: now i have SD value, i decided to call instead of shoving, and after calling turn i guess theres no way back for me

I guess this is way too FPS? Shud of just fold to the flop raise right?

Hope u guys r running good both in life and poker, Peace!

some hands i played last week

I played these 3 hands last week which i m not happy with the way i play them, any comments would be much apperciated

Hand 1:
JJ 3bet pots OOP, villain is 22/16 3bet 5% after 1.2k hands, my image is not very good, was running around 34/30 at the time. I played with villain a fair bit so i assume he knows i actually fold to 3bet a lot especially OOP.

Preflop: I don't think we can do anything but call. Since we are kind of deep i don't think villain will be 3betting with QQ and AK very often, so i think his nut range is probably very narrow but bluff range is probably wideish Axo SGs etc.

Flop: Our PSR is around 6, I think we have a nut hand here and are pretty happy to get it in right? I m not entirly sure about how to maxmize with our hand on the flop. I was thinking of raising and give him the room to jam with his draw etc, but by raising we only only get shoved on by draw and an overpair, so we are either slightly ahead or crushed. So may be it is better just to call and give him a chance to barrel on turn with his air?

Turn: Not loving the turn obviously, i considered of folding, but i think villain can still stay aggressive with his FD and used the Ace as a scared card, also i think villain would check behind with KK and QQ a lot of the time.

River: The ace pairing is kind of good, less likely he has an Ace, but the flush got there. I m really not sure what to do here, its hard to believe he is firing 3 barrels with complete air, so i guess its a fold?

Hand 2:
Another JJ 3bet pot Villain is 18/13 nit 3bet 5%, the guy who cold call the 3bet is just a fish

Flop: PSR is slightly more than 2, so i guess we are never folding. so i was just planning on c/c down

Turn: after the 3bettor check behind on turn, i m pretty sure i have the best hand, shall i bet to protect against his potential 6 outers? or shall i check and give him another choice to have a stab

River: gay river, we are getting pretty good odds, do u think this s a call? I personally think he s never bluffing here

Hand 3:
2pair on type 5 board, Villain is 46/35 over 86 hands, doesnt seem to be fishy tho. He just sucked out on me like 10 hands ago 130 deep, so he might think i m tilting like a beast

Flop: PSR is 15, even i have 2 pair, i still not 100% sure if we have a nut hand here. I don't think villain is ever donking with air here, so its either combo draw, sets ( he will prob 3bet JJ TT pre), worse and better 2pairs. Does anyone like flatting the donk and get it in on blank turn when our equity is much better?

Hey guys......

After reading Dan's and Chris's blogs, i think its a good idea to start 1 myself, It is going to force me to review hands i ve played which i dont do nearly often enough. Before posting hands and shit I just want to say i failed reaching my goal of 2009. My goal was to move from 25NL to 200NL, but i only managed to make it to 100NL in the end. The main reason of me failing was because I didnt play enough hands, i only managed to play 130k hands which is fucking poor. Also i just wasn't working hard enough on my game, I didn't really post in the forum, watched any videos or review any hands.

I m not going to make the same mistake this year, it is going to be different this time, I m going to be playing at least 30k hands a month and reviewing hands at least 4 times a week. By the end of the year, I want to be a consistent winner at 200NL and hopefully be ready for 400NL.

I will be start posting hands here tomorrow ( still trying to work out how!! )If you guys have time, have a look and give me some comments please, your feedbacks would be much appreciated.

Good luck at the table guys

ps. English s not my 1st language, so I will be making tons of mistakes, hope u guys don't find it to hard to understand.