Ain't no party like a DKB party
Greetings Everyone,
Plan is simple but hard to achieve 10k€ in the bank+bankroll and ~+2k$ income/monthly from poker.
After unexpected success in my first blog, where I succeed in making 1k$ profit in a month playing 25nl.
Wanted to continue keep myself accountable and have a good place for reflection.
In this blog I will be posting:
-Weekly updates (Result Graph,Sessions,RB,Interesting HH)
-Weekly goals and plans (upfront)
-Monthly updates
-Monthly goals and plans (upfront)
About me, I'm 26 year old male from Latvian and currently working full-time job(15days a month, 12h shifts). For now I'm playing 25nl PartyPoker Regular/Zoom tables and have a rakeback ~25%. In future might look into other options but for now I'm satisfied with 25nl pool of PartyPoker. Will be using aggressive bankroll management 20bi up with 2bi shots.
P.S. Will not end this blog until I achieve my goal, for how ever long it takes.
Thanks for reading.
Any feedback about how I played or thinks I could do better is much appreciated.
One thing that if you're not doing already and shouldn't be overlooked is taking care of yourself. Making sure you get outside, go for some long walks etc every day if you can. I read recently that walking actually helps with memory, as well as all the other obvious stuff like mood etc. Eat oily fish too, I eat a tin a day lol 😃
In free days had a morning routine to go outside, but Winter is coming 🙄, will have to think about how to put extra steps in when I leave. Walking is big part of my job so going from 100 to 0 would not be healthy.
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Easy to tell, which days I was at work and which at poker tables 😃.
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Week 24 Recap
Greetings,
Solid week, kept mixing 50nl/100nl and happy to get more and more confident in 100nl. Could not play that much as I had 4/7 days work, also did a IKEA shopping for new height adjustable table for me. Ran not the best but whatever. Got 2nd in 33$ PKO, which i'm upset about because I played HU poorly and left a lot of $ on the table.
Next week will have work Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. So Don't expect to put a lot of volume this week. Also have 8 shifts left before I leave my job.
Cash: +304.8$
MTT: +252$
RB: +62,5$
Total: +619,3$
Cash Graph:
Sessions:
Rakeback:
MTT:
Some interesting hands:
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Biggest Win:
HH1: Vs Aggro Reg, line seems so strong but he can do this with worse value.
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Biggest Loss/Unlucky:
HH2: Vs Mega Whale, +80% VPIP and defending range vs iso.
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Biggest Bluff/Blunder:
HH3: Vs Fun Player ( borderline reg/fish), I like the play but against the wrong guy.
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Biggest Hero-Call:
HH4: Vs Good Reg, checked to call river but still not the best spot. I did get out of line pre but I think its fine.
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Luckiest:
HH5: Vs fish, decided to stack OTF in case he has set/2p or draw.
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Bluff:
HH6: Vs Reg, great river to bluff.
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Weird One:
HH7: Vs Fish, after turn check and then only call, excluded sets/2p/straights. Sneaky fish.
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After 9 months of hard work PartyPoker finally thinks I'm good, going to hold 5knl lobby now.
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MTT Bink:
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Thanks for reading.
Any feedback about how I played or things I could do better is much appreciated.
In!! Keep crushing, best of luck.
Week 25 Recap
Greetings,
Very low volume week, had 4 shifts which ended up being 50h. Tuesday met an old friend to catch up on things. Thursday played the most but really struggled to focus, very odd, maybe something to do with full moon but never had problems with that. Sunday was tired after having Friday 12h shift and Saturday 14h shift until 11pm.
Played some mtt whenever I felt like I'm not ready or to tired to play cash, had some close results but noting really noteworthy.
Next week will have 3 shifts(Wen Fri Sat) (32h) and will take cat to veterinary on Tuesday. Plan to play at least 10k hands this week.
Cash: +176,1$
MTT: -168$
RB: +37,5$
Total: +45,6$
Cash Graph:
Sessions:
Rakeback:
MTT:
Some interesting hands:
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Biggest Win/Luckiest/Blunder??:
HH1: Vs Aggro-Fish, really not sure about my thought process here, I guess I was value bluffing.
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Biggest Loss:
HH2: Vs Fish, another one where I'm not sure, my thinking was that he can break under pressure and do this with AJ AT, maybe sometimes with bluff and there aren't that many value combos besides 88 77 A8s A7s A3s (11 combos)
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Biggest Hero-Fold:
HH3: Vs Fish, later found out that his an aggro-whale, if I knew that earlier might be closer.
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Unluckiest:
HH4: Vs Reg, not much to say besides I'm happy to hold 2nd.
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Weird One:
HH5: Vs Aggro-Reg, weird one not sure where my flush stands after double OB, but I should beat some value.
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Best Mtt Result:
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Chat Game:
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(My chat game was weak this week, need to keep up with other Regs as they have improved)
Thanks for reading.
Any feedback about how I played or things I could do better is much appreciated.
Biggest Win/Luckiest/Blunder??:
HH1: Vs Aggro-Fish, really not sure about my thought process here, I guess I was value bluffing.
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HH1: The way I see the donk is it has random air bluffs (like AQ AT or worse) and stuff that wants to get in money now like fd or Jx+. You probably jammed because you planned on not folding later and wanted to deny equity from their random overcard bluffs?
I think that's fine and probs +EV, but you can make more by just calling flop and just letting agg fish do their thing imo. They won't give up the air and will keep spewing, so you can use IP advantage and fact you'll play future streets better than them to gain extra EV
Biggest Loss:
HH2: Vs Fish, another one where I'm not sure, my thinking was that he can break under pressure and do this with AJ AT, maybe sometimes with bluff and there aren't that many value combos besides 88 77 A8s A7s A3s (11 combos)
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HH2: call is fine I think fish can have worse Ax like you say and even some merge that doesn’t know what to do. I also like going either bigger on flop, or smaller to induce raises / air floats
Biggest Hero-Fold:
HH3: Vs Fish, later found out that his an aggro-whale, if I knew that earlier might be closer.
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HH3: I think fold is fine their line looks so nutted lol. Can also check flop and let fish stab merge, putting bb in tough spot, then go for x raise
HH4: cooler
Weird One:
HH5: Vs Aggro-Reg, weird one not sure where my flush stands after double OB, but I should beat some value.
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HH5: like your line and would call then note their hotkey sizes used, 157% on the turn then 136% on the river. There is a reason they picked those sizings so I’d watch for them in future and see if can learn more about how they perceive spots / build ranges
Thanks for inpute @taggsy505 as always much appreciated!
In HH5 I think his hotkey is B150 and he scrolled up because he feels scared from bad river. And then OTR with close to nuts now want to get called more so he scrolls down. Weird because B150-B150 would be the same kinda.
That’s a cool car
Week 26 Recap
Greetings,
Solid week results wise even when volume is still low. Monday carried the week. On Saturday played 100 euro live PKO which I busted in first 30min getting allin AQo vs 99 vs 77 (covering both) and lost (still salty).
Cash: +871,3$
MTT: -192,6$ (-100 live mtt)
RB: +75$
Welcome Bonus: +50$
Total: +803,7$
Cash Graph:
Sessions:
Rakeback:
MTT:
Bonuss:
Some interesting hands:
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Biggest Win:
HH1: Vs aggro-call happy Reg, had many wild pots vs this guy and this one was one of the last ones.
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Biggest Loss/Unlucky:
HH2: Vs Fish, happy to see the shove when I hold the nuts, was hoping for smth like A9 or AJ.
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Biggest Hero-call:
HH3: Vs aggro-fish had a read that he over-bluffs.
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Biggest Bluff:
HH4: Vs Aggro-call happy Reg, one of the first hands against this guy. Preflop being this deep and OP vs standard 100bb 3B sizing I think I can defend wider. OTR was trying to target hands like these AK KQ KJ AA imo those make the biggest part of his range by the river.
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Thin value:
HH5: Vs same opponent from HH4 and HH1 (hand happened after HH4 and before HH1), made some adjustments (maybe too much but I think its fine in HU) was targeting A-high tbh.
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Straight Flush:
HH6: Vs Fish, Did go all-in while being favorite.
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Mega Punt:
HH7: Vs Reg, might be the biggest punt of the month. I do get stationy sometimes.
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Funny Hand:
HH8: Vs gambler, I think roughly once a month random guy joins the table and within 15min-30min his either up 5bi or down 5bi. My all-in score against him was 1:2 AQo vs J3s (lost) AKo vs KTo (won) and then this.
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Chat game:
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(Yes I played it in a weird way, and yes I was thinking about can he value bet worse (had like 20sec timebank and other spots on other tables).
Thanks for reading.
Any feedback about how I played or things I could do better is much appreciated.
Blog Update
Officially done with my job🍰
Oh hell yeah good luck!
@swerbs22 Thanks, G!
Gl poker pro 😉
GL bro
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GL
Week 27 Recap
Greetings,
Nice Results in first week as Pro, don't feel like I played the best I could but at the same time felt ill during mid week.
Monday/Tuesday had my last two shifts and then on Wednesday morning gave all my work stuff to be officially done with my job. Wednesday played very little as I felt sick. Thursday is my day off so went on a date with GF, then played live 60€ where I ended being 4/36 for nice profit of 166€. Friday, Saturday, Sunday played more but still wasn't at 100%.
Overall a lot of things to improve for following week like discipline, more structure and less distraction.
Cash: +748,4
MTT: +166€ (from 60€ live mtt)
RB: +62,5$
Total: +976,9$ (Yes I know $ & € is not the same)
Cash Graph:
Sessions:
Rakeback:
Some interesting hands:
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Biggest Win:
HH1: Vs Reg, obv best river possible. Was planning to follow up on some rivers.
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Biggest Loss:
HH2: Vs Fish, was happy until I saw his hand.
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Luckiest:
HH3: Vs Reg, not the best spot but imo fine.
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Unluckiest:
HH4: vs Aggro-Fish, looks thin but had a read that 3B/Calls QJo also from BB, so still happy to play for stacks vs this guy.
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Biggest Bluff:
HH5: Vs Reg, really not happy with my bluff OTR not so much because I think its bad in theory (I think this combo is fine), but more because I used larger sizing OTT because my plan was to give up OTR, but OTR I changed that plan because I really wanted to win the hand
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Biggest Hero-call:
HH6: Vs Unknow-Reg, even in 4B pot I felt like this spot is over-bluffed because its not that many flush combos or 77 AA, but I think I misunderstood the spot.
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Value-Owned:
HH7: Vs Fish but with no reads, imo easy all-in OTR.
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Funny Hand:
HH8: Vs S***-Reg, Cold 4B pot and I get raised OTF holding AA lol. No need to rush as its only half pot bet left.
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Weird Hand:
HH9: Vs Aggro-Reg, unluckily for my opponent I had 5 sec time-bank so I could not figure a reason to fold.
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Punt:
HH10: Vs Whale, idk what clicked in my brain but for whatever reason I decide to B33 OTT, imo B50-B75 would be much better to also make stacks perfect for river all-in. Even then I think I can go all-in vs Whale. Turning my value hands into bluff catchers vs non aggressive call-happy whale is imho big punt.
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Goals for next week
- +10k hands
- HH reviews in grind day mornings
- Study atleast 15min a day (HH review no including)
- 3x gym
- No Youtube
- No phone before getting out of bed
- Sleep before 23:00 (unless live mtt/cash)
- Keep track of my spendings
- Plan my days ahead
Thanks for reading.
Any feedback about how I played or things I could do better is much appreciated.
Week 28 Recap
Greetings,
Nice Results in 2nd week as Pro, still settling in the new lifestyle and grateful for freedom that I have now.
Monday/Thursday where my free days from poker(only study a bit), these kinda days feels mandatory. Mon/Thu/Sat went to the gym, going to gym 3x a week is my PR in like last 5 years.
Tuesday Wednesday where solid quite days for poker. Friday Saturday Sunday where kinda wild days with good action and lucky outcomes. Something I have implemented and I see instant positive results is playing 5min-15min of 25nl zoom before first session and trying to be very precise with my preflop ranges
A little off my volume goals but original goal of 4 session of 90min per grind day seems a bit too large esp when game only really get good after 5pm. To reach higher tier rakeback (25% to 30%) need to increase my weekly volume by ~20% and if I play 3 session of 90min (5 days a week) it would surpass last weeks 19h of play time.
Also watched 0 Youtube last week, which is probably biggest achievement of the week, because in the first day I tried opening Youtube like 10-20 times.
Overall improved from last week and want to keep improving moving forward... No Youtube/ 3x Gym/ HH review daily/ Study daily. Will play live mtt on Tuesday for fun.
Cash: +990,5$
MTT: +60,62$ (used only free tickets)
RB: +125$
Total: +1126,12$
Cash Graph:
Sessions:
Rakeback:
Some interesting hands:
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Biggest Win:
HH1: Vs unknow Reg (seen him only at 100nl), feels a bit thin but after he checks back OTR I think I can go for value.
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Biggest Loss/Biggest Bluff:
HH2: Vs Reg, not sure about this one as OTR I felt like I could have bluffs that gets there like AK AQ OTT and Im only worried about 99 6x AJ maybe JJ... so river felt like a good card to bluff. Never expected him to have this hand.
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Luckiest:
HH3: Vs Fish, I'm a fan of fastplaying strong value vs fish. Unlucky and the lucky.
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Biggest Bluff(that worked):
HH4: Vs Reg, he snapped called OTT and imho when someone does that he pretends to be strong and trying to discourage me from betting...I'm All-in.
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Biggest bluff-catch:
HH5: Vs super aggro-spewy fish that also under-valuebets. In game easy call imo.
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Biggest bluff-catch(that worked):
HH6: Vs Aggro-Reg, vs most players I'm folding but this guy is known for making huge all-in bluffs like these.
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Thin Value:
HH7: Vs Fish, thin but I'm #Greedyvsfish...I'm all-in.
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Donation:
HH8: Vs aggro-fish, he was bet happy/bluff happy and did not like to fold, perfect run-out.
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Punt:
HH9: Vs Whale, I had label but no notes and I just sat down at this table. Funny that he got me with speech play a bit as before I did bet OTR he typed "set?" and snap 4x raise after my bet. Obv easy fold and eps after he types that.
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Goals for last week:
- +10k hands
Almost will improve next week
- HH reviews in grind day mornings
Done
- Study atleast 15min a day (HH review no including)
Done
- 3x gym
Done
- No Youtube
Done
- No phone before getting out of bed
80% done,still a bit but much better then before
- Sleep before 23:00 (unless live mtt/cash)
Failed, most day was 23:00-00:00
- Keep track of my spending's
Done
- Plan my days ahead
Done
Goals for upcoming week:
- +12k hands
- HH reviews in grind day mornings
- Study at least 15min a day (HH review no including)
- 3x gym
- No Youtube
- No phone before getting out of bed
- Sleep before 23:00 (unless live mtt/cash)
- Keep track of my spendings
- Plan my days ahead
- Meditate before first session
- 25nl zoom warm up before first session
Thanks for reading.
Any feedback about how I played or things I could do better is much appreciated.
Glad to see first couple of weeks have went well 
Week 28 Recap
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Biggest Win:
HH1: Vs unknow Reg (seen him only at 100nl), feels a bit thin but after he checks back OTR I think I can go for value.
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HH1: I like your line. Can also just 33% turn jam river
KK strong enough to play for everything on that flop/turn I think. Small SPR, QJs probs low freq pre for SB and although you lose to 99 TT sometimes they also have JJ-QQ, Tx
Interesting thing I was thinking about is what line will SB put in most money against. People are kinda passive and nitty in 4b pots relative to solver in general imo, so probably need to just put in money yourself
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Biggest Loss/Biggest Bluff:
HH2: Vs Reg, not sure about this one as OTR I felt like I could have bluffs that gets there like AK AQ OTT and Im only worried about 99 6x AJ maybe JJ... so river felt like a good card to bluff. Never expected him to have this hand.
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HH2: I've seen solvers flat AKo there as well. Dominating SB Kx draws and Ax draws post and having showdown value in lot of lines is part of it and why they get to river there imo
Agree with what you said and your QTs line looks good, only worry if they show up with the 0EV theory calldowns like Jx or 77-88. On turn there's lot of bluff options for u like KT KQ and weaker Ax, but when they keep folding just keep blasting lol. Check raise QTs on turn to own their floats and stabs or realise eq and bluff river is nice option too
Week 28 Recap
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Luckiest:
HH3: Vs Fish, I'm a fan of fastplaying strong value vs fish. Unlucky and the lucky.
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HH3: like it, fish don't seem to fold much to raise after donking and can overplay
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Biggest Bluff(that worked):
HH4: Vs Reg, he snapped called OTT and imho when someone does that he pretends to be strong and trying to discourage me from betting...I'm All-in.
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HH4: Agree snapcall unlikely to be top range. Q is really good river too since lot of your bluffs improve. Unblocking flushdraw is nice for uoir hand too and I'd defo jam if got there. Solvers usually giveup your hand on turn since it blocks backdoor flushdraw folds, but I think it's fine. Would only worry if they show up the 0EV turn and river stuff like 77-TT
Week 28 Recap
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Biggest bluff-catch:
HH5: Vs super aggro-spewy fish that also under-valuebets. In game easy call imo.
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HH5: looks fine esp vs profile
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Biggest bluff-catch(that worked):
HH6: Vs Aggro-Reg, vs most players I'm folding but this guy is known for making huge all-in bluffs like these.
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HH6: Pretty nice call. Not in love with spot since BTN bluff combos should be quite filtered after flop, but maybe easy for BTN to overdo river especially if some sets bet turn
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Thin Value:
HH7: Vs Fish, thin but I'm #Greedyvsfish...I'm all-in.
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Donation:
HH8: Vs aggro-fish, he was bet happy/bluff happy and did not like to fold, perfect run-out.
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HH7-HH8 nice early christmas presents from fish
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Punt:
HH9: Vs Whale, I had label but no notes and I just sat down at this table. Funny that he got me with speech play a bit as before I did bet OTR he typed "set?" and snap 4x raise after my bet. Obv easy fold and eps after he types that.
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HH9: their chat was pretty honest lol. Hindsight is 2020, but I'd guess most people are less likely to put stuff in chat when weak since scared of giving it away
I'd bet the river bigger (50% or jam) as well expecting them to be pretty capped. Bet small would be to induce or get hero'd, but heros probs call b50. Their bluffs probably bet river themselves so after they raise this has to be pair or air turning into bluff, or just trap. I'd need special read to call that, bit too fancy a play for fish bluff I think. Fish check raise turn or river is alarm bells for me
Thanks for reply @taggsy505 much appreciate it!
I wish my blog would be as advance as your reply editing.
As always agree with your analyses completely.
HH2 was one of those hands that is hard to get out of your mind as session continues, because I start to question my understanding of the spot and then what could be his reasoning for playing that hand in that way... Maybe he just RNG this spot and doesn't know what his doing and I'm overthinking.
HH9 Yea pure fu** up, chat got me too curious... If you ever want me to call just type some dumb sh** and I won't be able to help myself.
H2 I know what you mean. They maybe like the deception aspect of flatting or assume sb will put in too much money on A/K hi boards. But no one plays vs 4b perfect so it’s not clear how flat>4b imo, which is why I think they just RNG and played well post. Or maybe it’s clear to them and they’re a 100nl crusher idk
Hahah can relate to the curious call so bad lol, when I cant make sense of fish play I just call
