I played about 2k hands today and finished $5 in the red. But when I think what it could have been had a couple of these not happened, I don't know whether to pissed off that I got beat on big pots so much, or to be proud that I played well enough to only be down $5 after all this shit. This first one wasn't the first one chronologically but it was the one that irritated me the most as I had been playing well and had amassed a 3buyin stack when it happened. All for naught.

$0.1/$0.25 No Limit Holdem
6 players
Converted at

Stacks:
UTG ($25.25)
Hero ($74.05)
CO ($27.50)
BTN ($28.15)
SB ($38.40)
BB ($13.65)

Pre-flop: ($0.35, 6 players) Hero is UTG 1 [Tc]
1 fold, Hero raises to $0.9, 2 folds, SB calls $0.8, 1 fold

Flop: [Ac][7s] ($2.05, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $1.4, SB raises to $7.75, Hero raises to $25.7, SB goes all-in $37.5, Hero calls $11.8

Turn: ($77.05, 2 players)

River: ($77.05, 2 players)

Final Pot: $77.05
Hero shows: [Tc]
SB shows: [Th]

SB wins $74.05 ( won $35.65 )
Hero lost -$38.40
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I've been using Spadeye for picking my tables the last couple of days. Great program and I know I'm not the only one here using it. It lets you pick from MANY different things to look for when choosing a table. Just basically makes it that much easier to find the loose players who lose money.

The villain in this hand was the only reason I was at this table and he likes to CR bluff a lot which is why I called the flop CR.

$0.1/$0.25 No Limit Holdem
5 players
Converted at

Stacks:
UTG ($26.00)
CO ($26.55)
BTN ($40.65)
SB ($35.35)
Hero ($30.35)

Pre-flop: ($0.35, 5 players) Hero is BB [3d]
3 folds, SB calls $0.15, Hero checks

Flop: [8s][5h] ($0.5, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $0.3, SB raises to $1.4, Hero calls $1.1

Turn: ($3.3, 2 players)
SB goes all-in $33.7, Hero calls $28.7

River: ($65.7, 2 players)

Final Pot: $60.70
SB shows: [8d]
Hero shows: [3d]

SB wins $62.7 ( won $27.35 )
Hero lost -$30.35
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Pretty standard. I suck at poker and the gods want to make sure I know it.

$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
6 players
Converted at

Stacks:
UTG ($73.75)
Hero ($56.70)
CO ($52.75)
BTN ($50.00)
SB ($49.50)
BB ($47.40)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 6 players) Hero is UTG 1 [Ac]
1 fold, Hero raises to $1.75, 2 folds, SB raises to $6, 1 fold, Hero raises to $18.5, SB goes all-in $49.5, Hero calls $31

Flop: [8s][Jh] ($99.5, 2 players)

Turn: ($99.5, 2 players)

River: ($99.5, 2 players)

Final Pot: $99.50
SB shows: [Qd]
Hero shows: [Ac]

SB wins $96.5 ( won $47 )
Hero lost -$49.50
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OK, now the gods are just piling it on and that just isn't fair.

$0.1/$0.25 No Limit Holdem
4 players
Converted at

Stacks:
CO ($35.25)
BTN ($32.25)
Hero ($25.10)
BB ($25.00)

Pre-flop: ($0.35, 4 players) Hero is SB [2h]
CO raises to $0.85, BTN calls $0.85, Hero calls $0.75, BB calls $0.6

Flop: [2s][4c] ($3.4, 4 players)
Hero bets $2.2, BB calls $2.2, 1 fold, BTN raises to $9.5, Hero goes all-in $24.25, BB calls $21.95, BTN calls $14.75

Turn: ($76.05, 3 players)

River: ($76.05, 3 players)

Final Pot: $76.05
BB shows: [Js]
BTN shows: [4s]
Hero shows: [2h]

BTN wins $74.05 ( won $48.95 )
BB lost -$25.00
CO lost -$0.85
Hero lost -$25.10
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I sorta feel like I shoulda seen this coming. But meh.

$0.1/$0.25 No Limit Holdem
5 players
Converted at

Stacks:
UTG ($20.30)
CO ($13.25)
Hero ($48.35)
SB ($42.35)
BB ($37.15)

Pre-flop: ($0.35, 5 players) Hero is BTN [Kh]
UTG calls $0.25, 1 fold, Hero raises to $1.1, 2 folds, UTG calls $0.85

Flop: [6h][7c] ($2.55, 2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $1.7, UTG calls $1.7

Turn: ($5.95, 2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $3.9, UTG raises to $7.8, Hero raises to $29.4, UTG calls $9.7

River: ($52.85, 2 players)

Final Pot: $40.95
UTG shows: [6s]
Hero shows: [Kh]

UTG wins $38.95 ( won $18.65 )
Hero wins $11.9 ( lost -$20.3 )
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AAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!

$0.1/$0.25 No Limit Holdem
5 players
Converted at

Stacks:
UTG ($25.00)
Hero ($25.60)
BTN ($21.95)
SB ($19.80)
BB ($21.20)

Pre-flop: ($0.35, 5 players) Hero is CO [Ad]
1 fold, Hero raises to $1, 1 fold, SB raises to $3.25, 1 fold, Hero goes all-in $25.6, SB calls $16.55

Flop: [Js][Kc] ($45.65, 2 players)

Turn: ($45.65, 2 players)

River: ($45.65, 2 players)

Final Pot: $39.85
SB shows: [Tc]
Hero shows: [Ad]

SB wins $37.9 ( won $18.1 )
Hero wins $5.8 ( lost -$19.8 )
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I hope to god I made over $5 in RB over those 2k hands so that I at least made money overall after these. I always seem to lose these big pots and then have to grind my way back from it. There were others than these as well, these were just the nastiest ones.

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dammit, double and triple posting for some reason.

Sick.

Today has gone a little bit better so far. Not as well as it COULD have been, but I will most definitely take it over the shit I've gone thru most of the month.

The gods started out where they left off last night, but then must have finally got sleepy and took a nap around hand 300 as after that I only lost ONE big pot (but it did cost me more than a full stack). WOOT!!!




Unfortunately, I still get sick when I look at my month to date graph. Therefore I try not to look at it very often. I bet if I had looked at it the day I tore my hamstring, I prolly woulda tore them both.
Kinda reminiscent of some of the graphs I've seen in Twelver's journal recently. Guess it's a good thing I ain't playing at his stakes. But then again this is just as devastating, if not more so, to my BR than his has been to his BR.

So for those of us who whine about playing 20k hands and are still break even for the month, and you know who you are, *cough*MVP*cough*, I'll trade ya if you want.

dark green above light = running good
dark green below light = running bad
eg.


but Kuso right, you're putting a lot of $ in behind...

you're winning more than you should be but still putting $ in when behind.

no matter what, when your EV line is in the negative you've put $ in bad.

ok, I was misunderstanding it then. I was thinking that if the EV line was going down, it meant that I was expected to lose, hence running bad. I think I 'sorta' see what it actually means though now. But I probably don't.

Sebbbbbbbbb

Get that EV line above the horizontal - as they've said here, you're putting money in as a dog, even when outs and pot sizes are taken into account.

Are you calling shoves with draws when you don't have the odds to make the call? Are you getting all in with one pair hands too often?

This was nice.