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Thanks for your answers mate, you seem to have a really profi approach to online poker which is really great to see in a world in which you see tons of recreational players
As for HM1 i agree wih you that it's not necessary up to NL10 but even so it's a good way to keep track of your results
BR before the session: 77,64$ BR after the session: 79,75$
I remember that I promised to post some hands. I apologize, but I am pretty busy these days. To post a hand and to write comments will make it a long post and I honestly don't have time for it. Will do it as soon as I have some free time.
BR before the session: 79,75$ BR after the session: 75,25$
Maybe I will play a bigger session tonight. Also I might play a bigger buy-in tourneys if I feel good. If so I will not include their buy-ins or winnings into the stats of this challenge.
Finally, I am ready to post a hand from micro limits and comment it. The hand is not very interesting or sophisticated (strategy wise) but on these limits you play tons of hands like this and considerable share of profit (or loss) comes from them. It is the first hand of the tournament. PokerStars Hand #82491579148: Tournament #579529474, $1.29+$0.21 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2012/06/26 22:13:10 MSK [2012/06/26 14:13:10 ET] Table '579529474 1' 9-max Seat #1 is the button Seat 1: pixie000513 (1500 in chips) Seat 2: Hero (1500 in chips) Seat 3: wrickyro (1500 in chips) Seat 4: lesbiynKA (1500 in chips) Seat 5: Jay_Wise78 (1500 in chips) Seat 6: mito taxik (1500 in chips) Seat 7: Rhory25 (1500 in chips) Seat 8: Vogesel (1500 in chips) Seat 9: galij (1500 in chips) Hero: posts small blind 10 wrickyro: posts big blind 20 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to Hero [Jc Ac] lesbiynKA: folds Jay_Wise78 has timed out Jay_Wise78: folds Jay_Wise78 is sitting out mito taxik: folds Jay_Wise78 has returned Rhory25: raises 40 to 60 Vogesel: calls 60 galij: folds pixie000513: folds
Ok. Here comes our first decision. Fold is out of question here. On micro limits with AJs most of the times we will be ahead, even against two opponents. Raise then? No. Raise would have been a good move to make at least one opponent fold. But they refuse to fold in this situation on micro limits. Probably, it is this stupid notion among fishy players that if you already entered the pot it is a disgrace to give up without seeing the flop. So, the only move feasible for us here is a call.
Hero: calls 50 wrickyro is connected wrickyro: folds *** FLOP *** [Qh Ad 5s]
We hit a top pair. Do we bet here? I think, not. If we bet half a pot (roughly 120) we might get raised and find ourselves in a difficult spot, because calling the raise here will commit us. We have not the slightest notion what our opponents are holding. We can be against AQ or A5 here if opponents are reasonable, or we can be against Q5 as well if opponents are lotto gamblers. So, I think, the best thing here is to play pot control, because top pair is not the hand to play for the stack. And I know from my experience that on these limits it is cheaper to control the pot by letting the opponents bet. So, we check.
Hero: checks Rhory25: bets 120 Vogesel: folds
The opponent bets half a pot. We can’t fold because top pair in this situation is pretty good and we don’t raise or shove because it MIGHT be not good enough. Of course, we call.
Next bullet fired by the opponent. The turn card didn’t change anything here. So, following the reasons mentioned above, we just call.
Hero: calls 320 *** RIVER *** [Qh Ad 5s 9h]
The river doesn’t change anything on the board. We still have a stack of 1000 and we don’t want to put it at risk with just a top pair. If we are ahead we scoop a nice pot, if we are behind we want to save some chips to stay in the tourney. If the opponent goes all in, we fold. If the opponent bets anything within 500, we probably call. But we need to give the opponent a chance to check.
Hero: checks Rhory25: checks *** SHOW DOWN *** Hero: shows [Jc Ac] (a pair of Aces) Rhory25: mucks hand Hero collected 1080 from pot *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 1080 | Rake 0 Board [Qh Ad 5s 9h 3c] Seat 1: pixie000513 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 2: Hero (small blind) showed [Jc Ac] and won (1080) with a pair of Aces Seat 3: wrickyro (big blind) folded before Flop Seat 4: lesbiynKA folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 5: Jay_Wise78 folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 6: mito taxik folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 7: Rhory25 mucked [6d 6h] Seat 8: Vogesel folded on the Flop Seat 9: galij folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Honestly speaking, the hand is played not too good. On higher limits I would have played it in a different manner. But on micro limits this game style works.
You are welcome to post your opinions and criticize.
As soon as doomdy complimented on my line, I had a disastrous session yesterday Played 8 games. Lost them all. Didn't even come close to cashing in a single one. Oh, well...
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Posted by schmoyster: Finally, I am ready to post a hand from micro limits and comment it. The hand is not very interesting or sophisticated (strategy wise) but on these limits you play tons of hands like this and considerable share of profit (or loss) comes from them. It is the first hand of the tournament. PokerStars Hand #82491579148: Tournament #579529474, $1.29+$0.21 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2012/06/26 22:13:10 MSK [2012/06/26 14:13:10 ET] Table '579529474 1' 9-max Seat #1 is the button Seat 1: pixie000513 (1500 in chips) Seat 2: Hero (1500 in chips) Seat 3: wrickyro (1500 in chips) Seat 4: lesbiynKA (1500 in chips) Seat 5: Jay_Wise78 (1500 in chips) Seat 6: mito taxik (1500 in chips) Seat 7: Rhory25 (1500 in chips) Seat 8: Vogesel (1500 in chips) Seat 9: galij (1500 in chips) Hero: posts small blind 10 wrickyro: posts big blind 20 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to Hero [Jc Ac] lesbiynKA: folds Jay_Wise78 has timed out Jay_Wise78: folds Jay_Wise78 is sitting out mito taxik: folds Jay_Wise78 has returned Rhory25: raises 40 to 60 Vogesel: calls 60 galij: folds pixie000513: folds
Ok. Here comes our first decision. Fold is out of question here. On micro limits with AJs most of the times we will be ahead, even against two opponents. Raise then? No. Raise would have been a good move to make at least one opponent fold. But they refuse to fold in this situation on micro limits. Probably, it is this stupid notion among fishy players that if you already entered the pot it is a disgrace to give up without seeing the flop. So, the only move feasible for us here is a call.
Hero: calls 50 wrickyro is connected wrickyro: folds *** FLOP *** [Qh Ad 5s]
We hit a top pair. Do we bet here? I think, not. If we bet half a pot (roughly 120) we might get raised and find ourselves in a difficult spot, because calling the raise here will commit us. We have not the slightest notion what our opponents are holding. We can be against AQ or A5 here if opponents are reasonable, or we can be against Q5 as well if opponents are lotto gamblers. So, I think, the best thing here is to play pot control, because top pair is not the hand to play for the stack. And I know from my experience that on these limits it is cheaper to control the pot by letting the opponents bet. So, we check.
Hero: checks Rhory25: bets 120 Vogesel: folds
The opponent bets half a pot. We can�t fold because top pair in this situation is pretty good and we don�t raise or shove because it MIGHT be not good enough. Of course, we call.
Next bullet fired by the opponent. The turn card didn�t change anything here. So, following the reasons mentioned above, we just call.
Hero: calls 320 *** RIVER *** [Qh Ad 5s 9h]
The river doesn�t change anything on the board. We still have a stack of 1000 and we don�t want to put it at risk with just a top pair. If we are ahead we scoop a nice pot, if we are behind we want to save some chips to stay in the tourney. If the opponent goes all in, we fold. If the opponent bets anything within 500, we probably call. But we need to give the opponent a chance to check.
Hero: checks Rhory25: checks *** SHOW DOWN *** Hero: shows [Jc Ac] (a pair of Aces) Rhory25: mucks hand Hero collected 1080 from pot *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 1080 | Rake 0 Board [Qh Ad 5s 9h 3c] Seat 1: pixie000513 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 2: Hero (small blind) showed [Jc Ac] and won (1080) with a pair of Aces Seat 3: wrickyro (big blind) folded before Flop Seat 4: lesbiynKA folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 5: Jay_Wise78 folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 6: mito taxik folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 7: Rhory25 mucked [6d 6h] Seat 8: Vogesel folded on the Flop Seat 9: galij folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Honestly speaking, the hand is played not too good. On higher limits I would have played it in a different manner. But on micro limits this game style works.
You are welcome to post your opinions and criticize.
I agree with you on the way you called and checked this down - too many will shove on a gamble and you can't call (if you're a good player). Nice work so far.
I am back from my vacation. I was in Croatia with my family. One week in Seget Donji and one week in Makarska. Had a wonderful time. Strongly recommend both places. It's time to get back to my challenge. Maybe I will play a session today or tomorrow.
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I hope that vacation time you had was really great, followed by such results as the ones you had before.Just keep playing they way you did to reward yourself with more vacations. gl in your new start.
Sorry, guys, I haven't posted for a while. Was very busy at work. I managed to play 3 sessions though. I will not post the list of all results like I did before. I will only say that I played 25 games of the same format as before cashed in 9 of them and increased my bankroll from 82,87$ to 101,44$. There were no hands of extreme interest worth posting here.
Though I feel very tired today but I will start a session in half an hour.
Joined: Aug '12
Location: Argentina
Age: 29 (M)
Posts: 4
Something similar happened to me, but it is difficult for me to deposit since there is a dollar problem in my country... hope you get lucky at the table, im trying freerolls right now and im doing pretty well... see you in the tables
Hey, guys, My office schedule is killing me and I don't have time either to play poker or to post in the forum. Since my last post I managed to play only two sessions. Played 16 games with 1.50 $ buy-in and 1 game for 2,50 $. Cashed in 5 games. Increased bankroll from 101.44$ to 106.04 $. There were couple of hands worth discussing here, but I didn't save them at once and now it is too much of a pain to search for them in hand history. As I normally follow a 40 buy-in rule for bankroll management, I will also add to my games a 2.50$ 90-seater. At least while my bankroll is over 100 $.
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A break can help to get new motivation to play, with €, $ or playmoney... And a challenge after a break from zero to hero can be a tilt protection. But to start in micro levels is really a different game like the mid- and higher levels.
I played 3 sessions since my last post . Played 17 games with 1.50 $ buy-in and 2 games for 2,50 $. Cashed in 5 games. Increased bankroll from 106.04 $ to 121,97 $.
I am thinking about closing this thread...The idea was to discuss hands and game style and I definitely have no time even to post a hand...
Joined: Jun '08
Location: Germany
Age: 46 (M)
Posts: 55
i agree to u..its right to play at micro vs the book. Cause most players on Mircos are from Pokerschool and believe if they play tight , they would we a winning player in long time.. true is No Risk No Fun.
On other Side, there are many, that have a non depsoir bonus and are dammed to play micros at cash tabkes...u see many allins with 5$ or more $ at limits nl 0,02-0,04. so i dont understand u play micro sitngos.
Welcome back to poker, and goodluck grinding the low limits. Playing micro limits are very different from higher limits, so have fun and Keep us updated
I played 1 session since my last post . Played 7 games with 1.50 $ buy-in and 1 game for 2,50 $. Cashed in 4 games. Increased bankroll from 121,97 $ to 136,83 $.
Looks like I am not going to play any events in WCOOP this year. Too tired and too little sleep recently to play long and expensive events...
but played well.
