From Poker Donk To Winning Monk

[P0kerM0nk]

As hot my session was on Saturday, as cold it was on Sunday, started with 80/90 players in the pool (not unique) but after I joined one table I was seated in the queue and joined a 4 new tables with mostly regs... tried to join a few others later but didn't get many better tables. I just need to put in some volume nonetheless and it's not like regs at 25NL are that amazing. 

Already started with me mistyping a 3b 😂 he folded lol.

Next 2 pics of same hand, that's why I don't like getting it in with JJ lol, talked myself in it tbh, first of all its MP vs CO and MP should have a stronger range compared to BTN etc. 3b pre is pretty standard, faced a big 4b which is 1 or 2 bb too big imo, especially when you have AA lol. Reason I jammed is he was on all my tables and 3b happy to start with and his bigger 4b, more dead money on the table. 

He just turned out like most regs, betting big for value and x back with nothing. So yeh, 4b call pre is probably the way to play but on that low board the money would go in as well tbh.

 

Vs fun player, he opens 3x, I 3b and cb flop 1/3. Not the best flop for my hand but I would keep betting on any high card T+ , turn goes x/x as I don't really have 6x in my range and don't see him folding whatever he floated flop with, riv comes and he bets half pot, didn't feel like much value so popped it back, think I have a good hand here, no hearts and I block Q and T combos. He folded.

 

MP opens, I 3bet and get 4b... in line with the session nothing going my way lol, pretty big 4b again 2.5x my 3b but I decided to call, flop is meh and his cbet is mega LOL his range is better on this board than mines and being a 4b pot easy 1/4 cbet or even a check if he has a nutted hand, if he has an ace there it is a criminal cb size for sure 🤣 easy fold. 

Just checked in the solver and this is almost 100% fold vs 4b pre.

 

Was down almost 3 buy ins and decided to play a bit in bed on the ipad, only play 3 tables as 4 gets to manic especially when tables break down, are 3/4 handed or when you need to think or check a hand etc.

Managed to get the daily result back to +€6 😛

Next few hands are from that session, pulled the screenshots from the replayer so remember the BTN always shows one position ahead from what it actually was.

 

Open KK on BTN, get 3b so I 4b, SB calls, SB x flop and I cb 1/4 he minraises lol ok, easy call then he donk jams turn, worst played AQo ever, nice hand and thanks. 

 

BvB,  I open BB calls, I x and he bets 1bb so I raise and he calls,  I block 1/3 on turn and he minraises so easy call with double gutter and get there on the river, ofc KQ or Q8 make better straights but I'm not folding vs random button clickers. Then he jams 70bb stack over a 38bb pot, called him,  poor played AK but thanks again as well.

 

Standard hand preflop, UTG opens and MP fun player calls, I squeeze and BB 4bets... not folding with AK so I jam and he calls it off after thinking 5sec... 

ATs what... and he also gets there, sad lol, some kind of reg as well.

 

And here a hand from Saturday I posted in previous post, about the small 3bets pre, all pics of same hand:

Open A3s on CO and SB 3bets, get 3b small, we are deep easy call pre, 100% call I think vs this size and stack depth.

Boom I've got flopping skills lol, he bets so massive here, that's never a thing, solver likes check or 1/4 but yeh easy call for me no reason to raise.

Turn pairs the board, gets a bit dicey now but I can't fold vs randoms, if they have a nutted hand so be it vs my nut flush. Again he bets so big which is random on this flop and turn. I call again...

River makes it even more dicey imo, AK now beats me too and he checks... after him bombing the flop and turn I just can't see why he would check back a value hand so I just jammed, solver does the same here but in reality it will depend on villain, in this instance he folded which is very strange lol. Vs a reg I'm probably toast on the river.

 

On to the next session! 

[P0kerM0nk]

Rough day yesterday, hitting the wrong end of variance lots of times... first day I ended with a loss this month, 2 buy-ins down so not terrible terrible but was a tough day at the office 😅

Played on the pc and then again at night on the ipad.

2 next pics same hand, wet dream scenario with AA preflop, oh yess! I make it 30bb and SB calls which is random.

Bet 1/4 flop and he calls, I jam turn and he calls... ffs.

BvB, I open and get 3b, I 4b and he calls, 1/4 flop cbet and he calls, turn goes x/x and then I jammed the river, not exactly sure what he would call pre and on the flop, must have been a pocket pair under 99 or TJs / QJs type of hand I think as he folded, was kinda targeting A high or TT/JJ/QQ for a call.

 

Hand vs funplayer, call pre, he bet big on flop so just called, and same on turn and riv, just called it off, lucky git! Maybe I would fold holding a heart.

 

Lots of hands went like this where I just didn't connect at all with the flop, UTG opens, BTN calls, I squeeze and they all call, I just missed flop completely so just x/fold. They got it in and UTG had 88 and BTN had TJs. 

 

MP opens, CO raises, BTN calls, I just jam with the money in the middle and get called, oh well... story of the day.

 

BvB, he opens I call, he x flop and I 1/3 with a heart in my hand and he calls, I barrel the turn giving me more outs and he calls, then I 1/2 riv and get jammed on hmm... 

Guess I shouldn't have called the massive overbet jam lol, just thought with me having a Th blocker there aren't many flush hands out there and thought he would do this with Kh blocker type of hand, guess not, ouch. People never bluff on the river! 

 

CO opens, I raise he calls, I cb 1/2 and he raises, I jam and he calls... ok... what ffs!

 

I open on the CO, BTN who is same guy as above 3b and I call, not a bad flop but flop goes x/x, turn and river I check and call a bet, not sure I played this right tbh.

 

Out for some outdoor walking today but def playing tonight, better not be the same as yesterday ✊

[P0kerM0nk]

2 buy ins down yesterday but then played some more on my ipad before sleep and managed to get it to just above 1 buy in up for the day.

BTN limps, SB raises to 4bb, I 3b and he calls, then open shoves on flop lol, easy call...

A8s makes sense 🤔

 

And then not much later vs same villain as above, pre goes limp limp and I raises to 5bb and both call, I cb 1/3 and he jams lol, rigged 😋

 

Fun player on the BTN, very splashy, opens 3.6bb on BTN and I 3b and he calls, ok ish flop for my hand, I cb 1/2 and he calls, I check turn and he bets 35bb into 54bb pot, I just jammed over it, he has 56bb behind and snapcalls lol, guess my play is ok and should fold out AQo easily... button clicker nothing more to say.

 

Other fun player, BvB, I open he calls, 1/3 cb flop he calls, I 1/3 turn and he raises and I call. He 1/2 bets river and I call, doh lol. Think I should have bet bigger on turn though.

 

Fun player CO limp pre, I raise, BB and CO call (I'm BTN), I cb 1/2, BB folds and CO calls then donks out 3/4 on 8 turn, not happy but not folding JJ. Then he shoves and just called it off... AJo very nice, thanks!

 

UTG fun player opens, I call as BB is a fun player too but BB folds, flop decent and I raise his 2/3 cb and he calls. I bet 1/3 on turn and he jams, easy call and we hold. 

 

I'm now halfway to loyalty lvl 5 and just cleared the 1000 bonus points. And I'm halfway my 3rd €100 segment of €500 playthrough bonus. Almost enough bonus points to buy 2 more €100 playthrough bonuses once I get through these first.

 

Also logged in on RIO having a look and thinking of taking out the remaining €300 as don't really play there anymore atm and can always put money back on it if / when I wanted but I noticed I had a free €5 SNG ticket so played it that day and won it for €10 lol. Haven't withdrawn the money yet but still think I will. Think I rather put some volume in on Unibet insteady of spreading it over 2 sites.

Logged in on RIO again today as had another ticket, €2 this time and won it for €4 lol.

 

2 pics of yesterdays walk around Glen Esk (Scotland), was absolutely roasting up there, probably close to 25 degrees.

 

Had another walk today already but not as long, still a very warm day again being September, probably last day of hot weather this week so maybe get some more poker done lol.

[Ch0p5Re1d]

On 8/28/2021 at 6:04 PM, P0kerM0nk said:

Part 2 🙃

Bit of a weird hand this, open JJ on the BTN and get 3b by SB albeit small 3x OOP but JJ is for me a 100% call as if I 4b and get jammed on I'm not in a great spot with JJ. Villain x the flop so I bet and get x/r and I call and same on the turn lol, I thought villain was just clicking buttons or something as such a weird line and it off, fancy play with the nuts I guess, suckered me in lol, doubt I can ever fold here anyway though.

 

QJ on the BTN, CO opens and I 3b and he calls, all the money goes in on the flop. Literally a flip, I'm 1% ahead with 51% vs 49% 😁 

 

SB opens, I 3b, he 4b with ATo which is a good combo and I call which is standard but he also made the 4b small as was just above 2x. SB pets 1/2 on flop which is bigger than solver says, 1/3 better but w/e and I called flop with back door FD and SD, he jams turn which is more of a x with his hand but mixed anyhow and we have an easy call here, funny to see a hand we already beat at that point. And we hold!

 

Fun player limps BTN, SB raises and we both call, good flop for us, SB bets out 1bb not sure wtf that is about but I raise and BTN calls and SB folds. I big bet turn and get raised so all the money goes in, oh well one of the few combos that we don't beat. He was one of those fun players you couldn't beat with anything, running like god.

 

172bb deep - CO limps I raise, SB aggro ish reg re-raises and I call, boom hit a set, he bets 2/3 flop and we call, bets 2/3 on turn again and I call and he jams river and I call again. Board runs out pretty ugly even the turn and I was on the fence of raising or just calling it off, me raising would also just fold out his bluffs so just called it, bit ugly being this deep. But because he was aggro and he kept betting on a board that's actually better for my range especially the turn I find it a bit bizar. He should do a lot more small betting flop and checking turn so... thanks anyway 🙂

 

Still a few more hands after this... do you guys even like these hands getting posted or is this just a waste of time? lol 

 

 

Really enjoy reading the hand history. 
 

Some weird stuff goes on. I mean A4 hand is an interesting triple barrel. 😂

[P0kerM0nk]

  

14 hours ago, Ch0p5Re1d said:

Really enjoy reading the hand history. 
 

Some weird stuff goes on. I mean A4 hand is an interesting triple barrel. 😂

Even worse when it comes from a reg. Lots of these 25NL regs I see playing day in day out, (with the same avatar and nickname!), have proper leaks in their games. Like coldcalling 3bets and opening/calling rubbish hands pre etc. Another weird thing is when they play like 10 tables and one table they sit with 350bb and on another with 60bb... don't really understand that 😂

 

Wednesday / Thursday rough days again, down half a buy in on Wednesday and surprisingly up almost 4 buy ins yesterday after going through hell lol. Played 2h in the afternoon on Thursday and ran pretty crap but ended up only -€8 at the end of the session. I don't keep an eye on my bankroll whilst playing and felt I was down a few so seeing a small loss was nice. Then played another hour at the evening and that went pretty well raking in the dollahs 😛

Had quite a few all ins pre over these 2 days, all ins with JJ / TT or A9 etc are vs random button clickers or short stacks etc. 

Wednesday: won 2 / lost 5 🙄

TT-QQ 0-1
JJ-99 1-0
KK-AK 0-1
KK-QQ 0-1
AK-AA 0-1
A9-AQ 1-0
TT-JJ 0-1

Thursday: won 4 / lost 2 😋

AQ-AA 0-1
KK-AK 1-0
KK-99 1-0
JJ-TT 0-1
AJ-A4 1-0
KK-AT 1-0

Now some hands, have quite a few...

I open KK and the whole bloody table calls... SB checks and BB donks out 1/2 pot, I raise 2.5x here, calling is bad as if everyone else calls you still don't have a clue who has what and turns can be bad connecting the board more or pairing it. My raise is also a bit of a 'to see where I am at' raise to see who has what lol but everyone folded 🙂

 

CO opens, I 3b and BB coldcalls and CO reg calls as well. Not the best flop and BB donks out for 1/2 pot and CO reg folds which is pretty good. Reg range when continuing on this flop would be pretty strong vs a donk bet of a fun player which could be anything, AA to A5s lol. I raise his donk 3x and he re-raises me so I just went all in... 34o 😆

 

MP opens, I decided to 3b as MP is a fun player, SB coldcalls and MP calls as well, flop checked through. Note sure if I wanted to cb small here or delay it, my thought was to check as probably little fold equity vs 2 fun players and being IP maybe just taking my equity is better, not sure. Turn the SB donks out for just under 1/3 pot, MP folds and SB only has 20bb behind so I just jammed and he snap called A8o no heart lol and we don't get there. Should probably bet flop knowing they have this rubbish in range 😅

 

Hand vs reg ish villain, CO opens 4x, I 3b to 12bb, he 4bets to 27bb so I call. We are slightly deep 120bb. Good flop imo vs his 4bet range, should not include these pocket pairs but mostly JJ+ and AJo/KTo/A5s etc. So I cbet 1/3 and he calls and then he donk jams the turn... nice and thanks, terrible line with QJs. Standard 3b call pre as we are deeper and no need to 4b turn this hand into a bluff? Post flop is just mad imo.

 

I open KTs and get 3b to 3x vs halfstacker, easy call, flop amazing and he pots the flop, not much behind him so easy shove and he calls it off... T4s... okay thanks 👍

 

BTN limp I raise he calls, I 1/3 flop he calls, I overbet turn piling on pressure and making it easier for me to shove riv, he calls, we miss the river and check it down... 🤨

 

Next hand same villain as above, I open, BTN calls, SB squeezes and vs him I just 4b and we got it all in pre. AA 🙄

 

Same table as above again, I open ATs on BTN and SB calls, BB squeezes again and I just call and so does SB. BB pots the flop and I just call and so does SB again. BB checks turn and I jam it, SB calls and BB folds... and we don't hold 😔 Lots of these hands didn't go my way unfortunately.

 

Why oh why did I fold a straight flush pre? 😂 

 

Weird ish hand vs reg I think, he min opens BTN and we call, he cb 1bb into 4.6bb pot so we raise with T decent kicker. And he re-raises... very strange, I folded. Not exactly sure what hand this is but I'd say zero chance this is a bluff. Might not even be a 5 but maybe AA being fancy.

 

Another fun player, I open AA, get 3b so I 4b and he calls. I 1/4 flop and he calls. I x turn and he bets 1/2 and I call, I x riv too and he jams and I call. Thanks, if he has a J so be it but when we check turn we can let him bluff or get value on river vs another pair. If turn goes x/x and we bet riv and face a jam it's more likely to be a J I'd say. But this guy was just clicking buttons so never folding anyway.

 

Another one those pots I had a few of, pots where I'm not too sure if I should bluff river and if I even should bluff vs this opponent and then it checks down and they win with some rubbish hand lol. BvB, he opens I call, he cb flop I call, he x turn I bet big and he calls, then riv decided to x as didn't feel like he was going to fold anything... sometimes you get unlucky that heaps of these spots come up and you keep losing out vs random hands but all these small pots add up sadly enough.

 

Another one "that got away" lol, BTN opens I call, I was going for a x/r on flop but goes x/x, I bet turn myself and get called, nice river and I bet again I got raised 3x... I called thinking this could be a 7 but then he shows 85o.

 

Nothing too special, BTN opens I call in BB, he triple barreled for 1/2 bet on 3 streets and I just called it down. 32s okay lol

 

Another silly hand, MP limps I raise he jams I call, he is just one of the randoms from another hand so easy call again, if he has a better hand so be it. We get rivered which makes it worse to swallow lol 

 

I open and SB and BB call, flop checks through then SB donks out on turn and I just call, river not great and he donks again but hard to fold vs a fun player so I call.

 

Another hand that didn't go my way, CO opens I call, flop is better for my range but w/e, villain is a fun player although I think he used to play 100bb deep before so maybe a broke reg lol. He bet big and I raise and he calls. Worst turn in the deck he bombs it again so easy fold and another pot lost lol.

 

Another of these silly pots, BvB, SB limps I raise, he donks 1bb on flop and I raise he calls, turn goes x/x and I hit the river and go for a 1/3 value bet and he calls... ffs, another pot lost lol.

 

UTG and MP limp, I raise to 7bb and BTN calls and so do UTG and MP. Flop goes x/x and SB then bets 2/3 on turn which I call being deep. Riv goes x/x again and he has 88. I have a hard time grasping this opponent as he played on a few tables, looks like reg but then he bets 2/3 with 88 no club on a K high board into 3 opponents... f knows but another pot lost lol.

 

I open and BB calls, I cb 1/3 and he calls, I cb 1/3 again on turn and he minraises, he then bets close to pot on river, hard to fold here again and he flopped the nuts. Damn turn card!

 

Hand vs same opponent as hand above. Finally a pot that goes our way lol, BTN minopens and I raise he calls. I 1/4 cb flop and he calls, I 1/2 turn and he jams, thank you 🙂

 

Next hand vs same guy as above again, I open KK, BTN calls and BB open shoves, easy call and he doesn't have AA cool 😆 and we hold! Nice being 200bb deep.

 

And that's all hands I think, some post this lol. Really hard to play some hands as fun players ranges can be so wide and sometimes it's like you just keep losing vs random crap over and over. But eventually they make too many mistakes anyway and then they will donate their entire stack like in the last hand 😎

Edited September 10, 2021 by P0kerM0nk

[P0kerM0nk]

1 hour played on Unibet this afternoon and about 1.5 hours on RIO this evening for a change, just checking how its still running there, barely tbh lol.

Belter of a session on Unibet, up almost 4 buy-ins 🤗

2 next pics same hand, BTN opens SB calls I overcall, should actually squeeze this I think but w/e. Flop goes x/x/x and I bet out on the turn, BTN calls SB folds, then I bet 3/4 on riv and get raised... 

Easy call, don't think we want to re-raise here, he could have checked a boat back on flop or turn or even got there on the river with Q2. Getting jammed on would make me feel sick tbh lol.

 

BTN limps and I raise 4x, he calls and I big bet flop, he raises 4.5x lol and I just jam over it, nice hand button clicker. Poker is hard 😂

 

Weird hand vs fun player on CO, 2 players on table are AFK, he limps I raise 4x and BB and CO call, I bet 1/4 on flop and BB reg raises 3.5x and CO calls, I fold like the nit I am. BB x turn and CO bets 1/2 and BB calls. Flush gets there and BB x again and CO bets 1/2 again and BB folds... weird facking hand, wonder what BB had, what do you raise on the flop multiway to go x/x even when the flush hits? F knows...

 

Nothing too special, BTN fun player halfstack opens and I call, flop decent and raise his cbet and got shoved on, not fun but can't fold, lots of hands could jam on this flop but he has the nuts, oops 😆

 

Then 3 hands from on RIO, ran like crap, crap site 😂 played 2x 20NL and 3x 10NL tables and was €10 down at the end... doesn't really matter.

Of course they have to hit a set first time they call a 3bet 🙄

Can't even remember preflop action here but f that river...

More river nonsense lol

Back to Unibet tomorrow anyway! 

Edited September 10, 2021 by P0kerM0nk

[P0kerM0nk]

2 sessions played yesterday, 1st one was amazing, 2nd one was terrible 😃 was surprised I ended the day up half a buy in lol.

I open CO and BTN calls, I check flop and call 1/2 bet, I x turn and he bet 1/2 again so I raise 2.5x and he re-raises 2x then folds to my jam lol

 

I open T9s in the CO and BTN and BB reg call, nice flop and I bet 1/3, BTN folds and BB calls, I overbet the turn and he calls. not the best river and he donk jams 77bb into a 49bb pot... we lose to KT and KTo is actually a bad call pre multiway and KTs can call I guess but also squeeze pre. I can't fold so just call expecting to see a chop with a T and hope its not KT.. but its 87s, not sure if I like his jam on the river, he'll never fold out a T and him blocking the flush means I will have less flush draws myself which could also overbet turn. 

 

I open UTG and BB calls, I big bet flop, good flop for me and I have good blockers, I overbet the turn and he calls... river is pretty hmm and I checked it back, would barrel on a diamond and a high card probably. He shows AK lol and he seemed a reg. Guess you can call AKo vs UTG half the time but my standard will be 100% 3b tbh.

 

BvB, he minraises I 3b and he calls. Bad flop for my hand and I check. I delay cb the turn and he calls, river is bad so check it down... 22 nice lol.

 

Open AA UTG, SB 3b, BB calls so I 4b. SB jams woop easy call... what da fuck...
This table was bit mad, I 3b the SB often as he was just random as hell. Sad no pots went my way.

 

This table is same table as above. 2 biggest stacks are the fun players and all the rest are regs... regs couldn't win a pot on this table lol crazy.

 

BvB, SB opens, I 3b he calls, I 1/2 cb flop and get raised and I call, he checks turn and I bet 1/3 and get jammed on, called it off, enough draws or pocket pairs lower than TT etc... no luck.

 

Hand vs weird fun player, loves 3betting small vs me lol, I open he 3b small again in SB so I call, ok flop, he bets flop I call, he bets turn big and I jam, decent outs and he calls... I'm miles ahead and we win with a pair of 5's lol.

 

One of the last hands of 2nd session, sore one, 180bb deep, open KK on CO and get 3b, easy 4b and he calls, 1/3 cb on flop he calls, 1/3 cb on turn again and he calls, riv is hmm I jammed and he called obviously. Being this deep its a bit weird, he could have AA, JJ and Jx like AJs or QJs but then also QQ-TT-99-88 and random flush floats like AQ / T9 / 87 of clubs etc. Me having Kc not the best but my thought on the river was if I check back he will check back all these medium type hands which would potentially call as a bluff catcher when I jam. AA vs KK this deep is always sad when you have KK 😆 

Quit the session after that !! 😂

[P0kerM0nk]

So back to work now after a week of holiday, back on to overtime as well so won't be getting much poker in till the weekend again 😭 😂

Did win €20 on RIO's rakerace for playing 1.5h of 10/20NL lol, shows you how much worse traffic is than before. Nonetheless I was down €10 so now up €10 😃

"Congratulations on your performance on September 10th. You placed 3rd in the 10 + 20NL leadRboard and won €20."

Just passed a hand milestone on Unibet, pretty irrelevant but hey ho 😄

 

Will post hands later this week or at the weekend, playing some poker today but not sure if I get some more in during next few days, will see.

[P0kerM0nk]

So managed to play a bit more this week as didn't do as much over time at work. I just reached a bankroll milestone.   So will try and mix some 50NL in from now on but will do better table selection to try and get the best tables. Also play less tables as now I can play up to 6 at 25NL but cutting it down when moving up, to a max of 4 tables.

Have also played a bit on RIO again lol, rake race going again so thought I try and pick some of the lower prices as not that many people play anyway... played 1 table of 50NL as nothing else was going and lost 4 buy ins vs a fun player who ran hot and I couldn't win a flip.

1st hand I stuck it in on the turn I believe... that tilted me off 🤣

Then lost 3 more all ins pre: AQ-TT / AK-QQ / AQ-KK 😭 and then he left with his big stack 😠 😂

Losing a few stacks gave me a tilted image on the table I guess as this was a hand vs a reg where he called a 3b and then just called off a 3 barrel lol.

And had this one, a Royal Flush once again, I can't even remember ever having one on Unibet whilst I have played more volume here, so weird. Getting paid off at the river was nice too 😄

 

86% on the playthrough bonus on Unibet so almost there for another €100 too.

Have more hands from Unibet which I'll try to post later today. 🙂 

Edited September 19, 2021 by P0kerM0nk

[P0kerM0nk]

Alright, just posting some hands, some are from a while ago so might have forgotten the exact context but whatever 😃

All in pre.. nothing to be said 

 

Not involved in this hand but you think someone is a reg and then they do this: BvB, reg in bb calls SB open,  bets 1/2 flop when x to, 1/2 turn when x to and then x back river lol. 99 oh yeh makes sense... not.

 

BvB, I 3b and SB calls, I 1/2 flop and he calls, I block 1/3 on turn and x riv and we win K high lol. Solver prefers x back on this flop but half pot is next best option. Solver does same on turn with 1/3 bet, villain should fold turn with his hand. River solver x back too with my hand. Damn I'm good 😂

 

Open TJs pre, BTN calls and so does BB, I x and BTN bets, BB folds and I call, x flop and call a bet. Sometimes I wonder if I should raise this but can't remember if I knew BTN was a fun player or not in this hand. In general TJs is a good hand but not amazing as there are better Tx out there and more combo- draws that have lots of equity. Turn went x/x and riv I called a 1/2 pot bet after checking... solver plays it the same or can block river myself... just terrible 57o call pre lol.

 

Some weird hands at times vs fun players, BTN limps and I raise to 5bb, BB calls and BTN folds, flop goes x/x and I bet big on turn and he calls. I bet big on riv again getting there and get raised 3.5x 😮 Don't think we ever fold and if he got there so be it, T8o... terrible call pre, guess he played it not too bad post flop lol, having the T flush blocker. But no idea if he knows that as well or just clicking buttons 😆

 

Seems every all in pre is always a sweat with me, even when I hit a set it isn't over yet... but standard anyhow.

 

144bb deep, BTN opens I 3b and he calls, I big bet flop as this flop mostly favours BTN more than SB 3b range. Get raised 3.5x which is pretty big so only option is fold or jam I think as pot would be bigger than what I have left so went with the jam. Thankfully we got there, never sure how to play with deeper stacks or what is the right play. Guess getting it in with a FD and 2 overs isn't the worst...

 

Hand vs a luckbox, not sure if regfish or rec, limps pre so I raise and he calls, I triple barreled it off, hitting two pair on the riv I still like the jam, too bad he hit a set on the flop lol.

 

MP opens 3x, CO calls, SB calls so I squeeze and they ALL CALL 😂 60bb pot already and I have a shit hand on a shit flop lol. CO bets 1/4 and wins the pot 🙄 d!ck 🤣 I'm never bluffing vs 3 opponents though.

 

I still have more hands but making this the last one to showboat as still wanna play some poker now. 

UTG opens, SB calls, BB squeezes, I 4b and SB calls (doh) and so does BB. SB checks and BB bets out and I  call and so does SB who is all in. Turn BB bets 1/4 and I just jam, ugly board already for AA but seeing KK is like yesss... been there with KK as well, tricky spot when we are so deep. Bagged this one and 600bb+ stack 😎

 

Can't lose em all!  Will post more hands again one of the coming days probably. Good luck on the tables.

[WuDu]

Hey @P0kerM0nk,

Could you give me a rundown of the SNG and MTT situation at RIO? Or is that a site mainly for (PLO) cash games?

[P0kerM0nk]

@WuDu no MTT's I'm afraid, and they don't even have the traffic for it either.

SNG's, hard to say as you can't see how many are in the pool or queue'ing and I don't play em.

You can play them either in jackpot (hexapro) or in classic mode. Only 3 handed ones.

 

Just finished for the day, played some 50NL, quite reg heavy at this time. I had 1 or 2 tables open few hours earlier and seemed spewy'er with more recs. Will probably be mixing 25NL and 50NL and just find the best tables etc. If bankroll goes under €850 I'll go back to 25NL to take it back up to €1000 and so forth. If I ever get back to 100NL I'll go with a 30 buy in rule so need 3k. But that's a while away imo, no need to think about that yet. Don't think my game is good enough yet for tougher games either tbh. But we keep on moving forward 🙂

Edit: @WuDuand I feel your pain mate with the stupid regulations, hope they come back to it somewhere in the near future.

Edited September 19, 2021 by P0kerM0nk

[WuDu]

41 minutes ago, P0kerM0nk said:

@WuDu no MTT's I'm afraid, and they don't even have the traffic for it either.

SNG's, hard to say as you can't see how many are in the pool or queue'ing and I don't play em.

You can play them either in jackpot (hexapro) or in classic mode. Only 3 handed ones.

Edit: @WuDuand I feel your pain mate with the stupid regulations, hope they come back to it somewhere in the near future.

 

Thank you very much @P0kerM0nk. This was a fast and efficient answer. Everything I needed to know to dismiss RIO immediately. 😀

3 handed hyper turbos are absolute rake traps and nothing for me. I always liked their anonymous tables and the design though...

Losing Unibet hurts, but hopefully some profitable option will open up for me now. We'll see.

Good luck to you at the tables.

 

[P0kerM0nk]

Making some decent progress at NL50, was a bit 'scary' first session thinking oh god hope the regs aren't all beasts 😂 but so far so good, does not feel very different from 25NL apart from more regs and less recs. Think overall regs are too tight and underbluffed from what I've seen so far but that's a general thing in poker. Not like I'm all crazy and sh!t at the table myself 😆

Just reached loyalty lvl 5 and have also just cleared my 3rd €100 part of the €500 playthrough bonus today, sadly enough lost a flip and some small pots here and there so only up €20 today lol but the week has been fine so far like I said.

New lvl 5 stuff for me: think the All-In luck just counts your loss/wins for every hand you had all in pre so not just premiums etc. If you jam AT vs a 20bb stack his 95s and you win this will count to this graph as well. So in a way a bit of a useless graph.

Looks like I ran hot last month though 😛

 

Other graph is for bad beats, the bad beat that is showing up (I'm not involved) with quads AAAA is pretty rubbish imo, not sure why it's showing that one?

The next picture is my personal bad beat. All in pre with KK vs AK. He has 4% equity on flop, 4.5% on turn lol, shame. I'm sure I posted the hand in one of the previous posts.

Still got plenty of hands to post but will need to find some more time for that. Also need to see if I can get my playthrough bonus revived again once it expires in 6 days as still have 2x €100 left of the €500 bonus. Will definitely be easier to clear at 50NL anyway.

The quarter coming to an end as well and not sure how much I rake per hour at 50NL but would be good to be able to get to loyalty lvl 6 next quarter to keep the multiplier in to the following quarter (1st Jan). Will check that out in the coming days and see how many hours I would have to 4 table 50NL for it.

Stay tuned for more 😋

 

 

Edited September 22, 2021 by P0kerM0nk

[P0kerM0nk]

Right, Friday afternoon, sunny outside, weekend has started, time to sit behind a pc and post some hands 😄

I open AQo on the CO, SB 3b and BB fun player cold calls so I 4b to 30bb to isolate the fun player. SB is squeezed in between so he should play pretty face up and he folds vs my 4b and fun player calls. SPR is about 1 so whatever the flop I'm never really folding. I bet 1/5 ish on the flop, if he folds fine but I also don't want to check and see another diamond which would be crap if he jams turn with a non diamond hand and I kinda have to fold. But he minraises my cb so I shovel it in and he calls... T3s nice.

 

One of the regs at 50NL, not sure what this was about, did not have a 3b meta game going on with each other I'm aware of but I opened QQ, he 3b, I 4b and then he jammed.. easy call... has A8s very strange. Think if you want to jam Ax it's always A5s or A4s? But not sure if that works on BTN vs CO. A8s fold pre vs 4b unless you are deep, but then you could call more pre as well.

 

Hand vs fun player again, limps pre I raise 4bb, he calls, I cb 2/3 he minraises I call, I could jam here too but want to keep his crap hands in, yes lots of ugly turns but don't think AA is the worst check, probably easier check if you have A of diamonds. He checks turn so I just go 2/3 again and he calls, not the best river and get checked to... I kinda think that if he has a decent hand or got there on the river he would jam himself so that's why I jammed the river myself, looks thin but knowing the opponent it is fine to do, and as you can see that's exactly why as he showed up with 89o lol.

 

Nothing too special, prob a bit spewy of my side. BTN opens, SB calls, I squeeze and BTN 4b. I decided to jam. Not sure why I did, villain is reg ish I know now. Hit a set but no good lol. Should have folded vs 4b. Maybe better jamming KQs or something which blocks AK KK and QQ more. 

 

I open UTG, CO which is same reg as the A8s hand above 3b and I call with JJ which is standard I guess. He bets 40% on flop and it's probably already a fold for me but I did call. Then he overbets turn lol, easy fold guess he has AA or AK, not sure if he would do the same with a FD or something.

 

Hand on a splashy table, MP who is a whale opens 4x and BTN calls and so do I as me and whale are 200bb deep. MP checks and BTN bets 1/2 and I call, MP folds. BTN pots the turn so I just got it in and he called. Obviously a fun player as Kx will be in someone's range once you bet multiway and one calls. Pot bet turn is just mad but then again, it is a fun player.

 

Same table as above, mega whale gets it in pre vs reg and holds up lol, shocker.

 

Hand vs same whale as above, I open get 3b small and QQ feels dicy being 255bb deep even vs a whale. He had that one all in with T9o but for the rest he didn't go all in anymore. I call pre and he 3/4 cb flop and I call, he goes 1/2 turn and I call, and again 3/4 river and I call. He can really have anything here and me jamming is thin imo as just having an over pair does not feel like great as he folded hands before so not like he was calling off random bottom pairs etc. I just let him bluff as he liked to bomb the board so if he had it so be it. But he didn't.

 

CO min opens, I 3b and decided to check flop and he bet 1/2 and I called. Hit a set on an ugly board as all AK gets there. He bet 3/4 on turn and I call mainly hoping for a pair of the board or a check back. Might already be a fold here weirdly enough as many combos of AK out there and it feels like he has AK to me. Him jamming a 9 would be weird as I have lots of AK in my range as well. Folded the river.

 

Same whale as above, when they hit the nuts and people don't believe them lol.

 

BTN opens and I 3b Q8s, prob a bit too loose on my end. Bet 1/2 and get min raised, I called with TP, not a fun spot. Turn a FD. He bets 1/4 on turn and I jammed. No good.

More hands later or tomorrow etc.

[P0kerM0nk]

Just posting some more hands, didn't play last night as was too tired, had a crap sleep night before so made the decision not to play.

 

Hand vs fun player, he limps and I make it 5bb he calls, he bets 1/2 and I call, turn is 🤮 but decided to call it off, he bets 2/3 turn and I call and then he jams riv and I call.... sick folding after flopping a flush and the best flush I beat is 8dx so gets pretty thin but think I made the call based on villains previous tendencies. Was just hoping for some spastic button clicking I guess because it does happen, just not this time lol.

 

CO opens and I 3b, BB coldcalls and CO folds, I 1/3 flop and he calls, I big bet turn as still lots of combo draws out there and the 3 doesn't change anything. Decided to x back riv, had a feeling! Draws etc all miss and he could have an 8 or even a weird AK. Damage limitation ✌️He should have jammed the turn imo being OOP.

 

Bit of a weird hand, MP opens and I call with weaker players behind, flop decent, MP bets 2/3 and don't think we want to raise yet with also other player behind who calls as well. Turn MP bets 3/4 and I call again and BB folds. Strange spot multiway, few better hands out there 99 TT, QJ gets there on turn as well. Then he bets about 1/2 on river and guess only option to call here. See A5s which is terrible flop bet into 2 opponents imo. Don't know why he doesn't jam river though. SPR 1

 

Nothing special, just showing off flopping skills 😄 all in pre.

 

Nice 150bb deep pot, open AA get 3b and I 4b being this deep, he calls, I bet 1/4 on flop and he raises 4x lol. I call and x turn and he bets 1/2 so I just jam no point in calling that. Pretty much never lose here as what do you 3b vs UTG that hits 282-3 right. Was expecting KK maybe QQ. Not sure what he thinks I have after 4b pre and calling a raise on flop and jam turn over his bet.

 

CO opens, BTN calls and I squeeze. CO calls BTN folds, dry flop 1/3 cb and he calls, Q doesn't change much and I go about 40% cb and he calls, pretty blank river again so just jam... A5 hmm ok... reg fish lol. Just calling up to the rive with just a STR draw seems bad. Solver seems to be betting bigger with KK here, big bet on the flop. Think you would get too many folds in reality so still prefer my range bet.

 

This hand was on the table with the whale from my previous post, MP opens I call and so does the whale in BB, flop is good and bad as lots of bad turns and rivers, whale bets big and MP reg calls so I'm raising here as they have to pay to see a turn lol. Both folded.

Same whale again as above and previous post, he opens 4x gets 3b and calls, donks out half pot and SB jams the flop. Weird play with AQo but that's what happens when you play a aggro whale type I guess. I would have folded flop tbh vs donk bet because I'm a nit and there will be better spots anyway.

 

Weird hand really, not for me but for BTN. We are 190bb deep, he opens 3x and I 3b to 14bb and he 4b to 43bb lol. I call, if I jam this deep all the bluffs will fold and I end up vs AA a lot or QQ if I'm lucky. He bets pot on flop which is mad but drawy flop so I jam and he calls... ok nice hand.

 

Think this was my very next hand vs same villain, he open shoves his remaining stack and easy call. Never seems to be that lucky to win a few pots in a row lol. Think he left after this.

 

UTG opens 3x I raise 9x and SB coldcalls and UTG joins the pot. I go 1/2 on flop vs 2 opponents and SB calls. Q turn isn't the best and vs 2 opponents I would def check but decided to block 1/4 turn here and he called. River goes x/x so saved some money there. Bad preflop play with AQo. Pretty much 100% fold with the preflop action CO vs UTG.

 

CO reg opens, I 3b and he 4b so we call. We are 140bb deep. Flop and turn go x/x and then he bets this on river. Felt very much like AK type of hand so I called and he did have AK. Thought of raising but my balls weren't big enough 🤣

 

BTN opens and I call, I c/r flop and he calls, I bet big on turn and he calls, river goes x/x. Looks like exact what solver does on BTN and BB so perfect play by both lol. Even if I would jam the river his hand should almost always call. I get it that he doesn't block FD's and SD's but in reality I don't see me calling K6s on the river vs c/r bet and jam line. Mad solvers.

 

Again BTN open and I call, he range bets flop and I call, then bets this on turn lol. TJ much? Easy fold. Overbet seems right but should be about 12bb and I should call that too. Doubt villain was playing in solverland though. 

 

I open BB reg calls, same reg that jammed A8s in a previous post. small cb flop and he calls, turn goes x/x and river I bet 1/4 and he went in to a tank for ages... then called with A7s... lol dunno what he had to think for that long tbh. Solver says he should donk bet riv big and as played I should bet river big too. Vs my small bet A7 should raise, maybe he was thinking about it.

 

[P0kerM0nk]

Few more hands, first 2 are worst folds in poker history 😂 

First hand, CO limp and SB completes and I check, flop checks through and turn the SB bets out and I fold and I didn't realise I had flopped a boat 😅 I wasn't paying much attention as was a limped pot and other hand was going on so folded to quick.

 

Next hand, I open CO 2.5x and BTN raises to 4x lol, SB calls and I ended up folding. Both BTN and SB are fun players so even with QTo I think we should call, I didn't notice they had raised so small and just folded but then when I saw the flop I was like damn! Worst this is that the flop checked through, turn went 1/2 and pot bet on the river. Might have stacked him unless he hit a flush on the river.

 

3b pot I probably butchered a bit, def on the river. BTN opens I 3b bit bigger as we are 135bb deep, he calls. Flop goes x/x as monotone flops are mostly x back or bet small as a rule. I bet 1/3 on turn but solver likes to keep checking with my hand. But small bet is still ok and I get 3x raised. I called and so does solver. Face a 65% bet on the river, having the K high flush I prob suckered myself into a call but what bluffs do people have here in reality? I only beat J high flushes and worse and don't see them betting that size on river. A reg wouldn't anyway imo.

 

Next 3 shots same hand, and again the whale table from before. I open AQo, CO calls, BTN raises 10x which is a bit small I'd say being a bit deeper, whale in SB calls, I have the option of 4b or fold. Opted for a fold as I don't really want to play a big pot with this hand. CO calls 3b as well.

 

BTN bets 1/3 on flop, seems fine multiway on this board, SB calls and CO folds.

 

Turn goes x/x and so does river. KK wins... BTN is a reg and he bets KK on the flop into 2 fun players in a 3b pot on a A high board... terrible lol. If it's heads up a range bet is fine with KK as BTN range smashes that flop but vs 2 fun players it seems rather thin, the chance of any of them having an A is high and I prefer a bet on the river if it gets checked through.

 

That's about it for now, time to play some more 

 

[P0kerM0nk]

Pretty bad weekend, me vs fish, fish always got the better of me 🙄 dropped 7 buy ins at 50NL on Saturday as couldn't hit a thing. Then played an hour of 25NL today and 4 buy ins up, then played some 50NL again but pretty much break even. Cut off for going back to 25NL is €850 and got close to it but not there yet lol.

Some right bloody whales out there but not being able to hit a flop isn't making it easy.

I open AK UTG, SB 3b to 8.5bb and BB calls, easy 4b for me to 25bb and SB folds and BB calls, pot is about  60bb and he has 70bb behind, never folding AK here but its a weird situation. I 1/4 flop and he jams so I just call, 2 overs and back door FD and SD. Sad, one stack gone.

 

Same villain as above, I open KK and BB 3b to 7bb (too small) so I pop it to back to 20bb and he calls. I go half pot and he raises, I just get it in... ffs... other stack and half gone.

 

UTG fun player limps and I raise to 5bb, CO calls and so does UTG. I cb 1/3 flop and CO calls and UTG folds. Turn doesn't change much so bet big and he jams... I find it hard folding top 2 especially when villain is a reg fish or something. Could have a worse 2 pair or a combo draw type of hand. No luck.

 

Next hand same villain as above, he opens UTG I 3b he calls, I cb 1/2 as he shouldn't have much that hit that board, block bet the turn and he jams, I called because he's an idiot obviously lol, calling 3b with A5o lol. But looks like I'm the real idiot /doh.

 

Same luck on RIO, small player pool as feck but some guys play like 60/40 or 50/40 etc so it's very aggro.
Then I get a hand, triple barrel it off and they get there on the river sigh.

Same calling a 3b and I get there with my hand, of course they have the nuts vs my 2nd nuts. 

 

Annoying thing here, CO opens and I 3b and BB (shorty) coldcalls, CO folds. I bet 1/2 flop and he donkbets 2.2bb and I timed out on another table I think and then on this table too. So my hand got folded, weird stuff. I barely ever time out so not sure what happened. And I can't check anymore as I forgot to record the start of that session lol.

 

I 3b SB vs BTN open, he calls, I bet 1/2 flop and turn and ship the river. I thought he had some pocket pair so decided to jam on the A riv too, didn't feel like my K high was going to win at showdown much. Im not too sure about his float tbh... 

 

Same villain as previous hand, at least I got some cash back lol.

 

Limps pre and I raise to 4bb and he calls, 1/2 flop and bam decent turn I have pretty much the nuts so check back and he bets out the riv so I ship it. Feck me again!

 

Few hands later this, he limps again and I raise, eventually get it in on the river.... sigh lucky button clickers.

 

Sb is a megawhale, no foldbutton, floats anything. Nightmare if you don't flop anything. I open KK, BTN 3b and SB calls so I make it 25bb and BTN and SB both call. SB donk jams flop so can only call here and I jam... bloody flopped the nuts...

Few hands later this, he limps I make it 6bb, flop is decent enough for 88, I'm just pissed off and he is doing more button clicking and I'm not folding now... K2 F off mate.

Again vs same whale, open KK he calls, he donk pot bets flop I call, turn goes x/x and he pot bets riv again and I call... the guy does random stuff all the time but hey ho... KK no good.

 

Same guy again, limp calls my raise, calls a 1/2 bet on the flop so he just floats whatever. Turn and river get checked through... def pissed off, when I have a hand I can't win, and when I don't flop anything he still gets there with a worse hand... frustrating.

 

Next hand other table, think I won a pot vs villain before so I open AJs and he open jams his 30bb stack, easy call... and lose again vs A worse kicker...

 

Hard times atm, but we are still at 50NL for now. Hope we get the giraffe going again soon 😄

[P0kerM0nk]

That's a quarter done and so is September, have requested my stats for last month and just waiting on it. €550 profit last month where €100 was from my playthrough bonus. Still have €200 left on the €500 bonus but that has now expired so just seeing if I can get it revived once again, fingers crossed. 

50NL has been mixed results so far, bankroll almost hit 1.5k but then had a dip and bottomed out at around €950 but we are still playing 50NL and bankroll is somewhere halfway in between now. Sessions have been weird at times, some where I got 3/4 betted time after time and then like yesterday not being able to flop a thing ever. I played 4.5h yesterday and just made a small profit. Had only 2 all ins pre in those 4.5h 🤨  my KK vs AA which I lost and my AK vs AQ which I won. Lots of hands even 3b pots going 3way etc so it's hard to get value if you keep flopping nothing and I'm forced to fold most flops. Player pool seems still very splashy at times so definitely money to be made.

As I didn't make Loyalty lvl6 last quarter I started back from lvl 1 and atm I'm halfway to lvl 4. Goal should be to make lvl 6 this quarter so I can take the bonus point multiplier over to next quarter. Should be just about feasible at 50NL.

Few hands now, I squeeze pre with KK, UTG fun player and BTN both call and we see a A high flop, UTG donks half pot... BTN folds and so did I, not much we can do here but sigh fold.

 

UTG opens, MP fun player calls I decided to squeeze here, both call and again, MP donks out and nothing I can do but fold.

 

Another squeeze pot where both fun player and a reg call, nothing I can do with AQo here once again, with a heart I could potentially cbet but vs 2 it already gets pretty thin.

Same hand here but no more bets were done and we checked it down. Very ugly run out on the board so didn't feel like betting the turn either. Silly hands.

 

Another 3b squeeze pot, MP opens, CO calls and I sqeeze and both call, MP big bet donks out and I just jammed it in, CO folded. Poorly played but he gets there, fun player villain is on tables above as well, just a button clicker really lol.

 

Another weird multiway pot, 3 limps pre and I make it 8bb and UTG and MP both call. Went x/x/x to the river and board ran out Ks and Jh and I just blocked the river and both folded. Very strange once again.

 

Also play a few hands on the side on RIO still, games are very random there as well, my run good there has run away I think. People rarely folding vs 3bets and getting it in with random crap as long as it hits the board in some way, very splashy.

AA hand all in on the flop, villain jammed 64o in a hand before pre lol, of course I'm not allowed to win a single hand there.

 

Another weird situation where I 3b and one coldcalls so we go 3 way to the flop, hard to win a pot if you don't flop amazing and other people are willing to gamble anything.

 

One of the monkeys sitting with 1100bb's lol, guy couldn't lose a pot, just ridiculous. Very frustrating to say the least.

 

I'll update again once I get my stats for 25NL and 50NL September results.

Edited October 3, 2021 by P0kerM0nk

[P0kerM0nk]

Online poker confirmed rigged. I 3b on 2 tables and the same flop came down at the same time, only mirror imaged by suits!! 

Edited October 3, 2021 by P0kerM0nk

[comanimal]

stop jamming the RNG ffs 🤣

[P0kerM0nk]

23 hours ago, P0kerM0nk said:

Online poker confirmed rigged. I 3b on 2 tables and the same flop came down at the same time, only mirror imaged by suits!! 

Mirror imaged?? Wtf is that for English? Silly me 🤣

Numbers are in for the month of September, raked €565 / 22,600 hands played / €442 profit (25NL & 50NL) 

25NL -> 15202 hand played / €560 profit -> 14.7bb/100
50NL -> 7402 hands played / -€118 loss ->  -3.2bb/100

Last months 25NL was 11bb/100 ish so quiet a big difference between 25NL and 50NL, small sample of course but still about break even at 50NL atm. I'd like to believe I'm better than -3.2bb/100 lol. The 50NL games don't really feel too much different than 25NL so I guess I can only point out variance as the main cause. We will see what happens for the rest of September.

 

[P0kerM0nk]

*quite a big difference (spelling police previous post lol)

Few more hands from past few days,

1st hand, not involved but I play a hand vs BTN in the next pic, here he limp calls pre, flop goes x/x and the jams over a bet on the turn with K high lol

 

Few hands later I open and he minraises, no point in me re-raising OOP so lets see a flop, flop goes x/x and I bet out on Q turn, his range is wide as anything as you can see in previous hand. He raises my bet and I call, he bet big on river and I call again... not my luck yet again.

 

Similar situation, can't find the hand anymore but villain shoved random hand before this one, now he limps and I raise 4x and he shoves, I call with ATo which is probably about the cut off for me vs any 2 cards range. Of course he has to have KK here and I can't spike an A.

Next hand same table as above, not involved but hand goes limp pre, even the reg with QJo limps lol, then all the money goes in on the flop, as you can see rec from above happily gets it in with ATo vs 2 others lol.

 

UTG rec limps, I raise, BTN calls and so does UTG, I cb flop, BTN folds and UTG calls, I just jam the turn as he has about 1.5 pot left... QQ of course...

 

What a hand next as well, BTN is a reg, I open he 3b I call, flop jin, he bets small I call, he bets 1/2 and I raise 2.5x on the turn and he calls, and I just jam the river, KQ sprung to mind before jamming... can't make this up. 

 

CO opens pre, I call as more fun players behind, and BB also calls, CO bets 1/2 on flop I call, he bets 1/2 on turn again and I raise and he calls. Then he donk jams the river... have to fold here, bloody sigh.

 

No wonder I'm not getting anywhere at 50NL atm lol.

[FreedoM]

@P0kerM0nk It's one of those days, nothing you can do. 🤕 Hang in there. 💪

Edited October 5, 2021 by FreedoM

[P0kerM0nk]

FFS, that last hand is one I wanted to post later as had no time left lol, but this dumb system here on the forum with pics made it post anyway lol, didn't notice. 

All in all it could be going worse as I'm about breakeven, better than losing I guess! 😛