Some railbirds have recently asked me how i'm doing in the 115 turbo. My standard answer is that im up more than 150 buy ins, so i guess im doing ok.
A pretty big portion of my profit comes from FPP rakeback. Typically 1-2K every month. Yesterday i made a new all time high total profit in the 115 turbo, gotta love that after having a ridiculous 3K downswing some weeks ago.
115 turbo stats
The important thing now is to just keep grinding the 100s, stay away from the 230. If i keep grinding it like this sharkscope 50K total profit should be right around the corner, and when thats achieved 100K total profit is not that far away eather. I gonna be the next ekko1.
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PokerStars Game #26330157318: Tournament #150560266, $110+$5 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2009/03/25 3:30:47 CET [2009/03/24 22:30:47 ET]
Table '150560266 1' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: black_czech (1560 in chips)
Seat 2: thomasny (1440 in chips)
black_czech: posts small blind 10
thomasny: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
black_czech: raises 40 to 60
thomasny: raises 120 to 180
black_czech: raises 1380 to 1560 and is all-in
thomasny: calls 1260 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (120) returned to black_czech
*** FLOP *** [Jd Qc 5s]
*** TURN *** [Jd Qc 5s] [Jc]
*** RIVER *** [Jd Qc 5s Jc] [Ts]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
thomasny: shows [Ah Kd] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
black_czech: shows [Qd Ac] (two pair, Queens and Jacks)
thomasny collected 2880 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2880 | Rake 0
Board [Jd Qc 5s Jc Ts]
Seat 1: black_czech (button) (small blind) showed [Qd Ac] and lost with two pair, Queens and Jacks
Seat 2: thomasny (big blind) showed [Ah Kd] and won (2880) with a straight, Ten to Ace
Is this standart ? With Effective Stax > 15 ? Thomas ? Hokie ?
I can answer for both of them. Yes. Stars hu sng's are never more than 75 bb deep so very standard unless u knew u were playing a huge fish ;-) jk.
If you're being facetious because thomas made a straight on the river, well then I took the bait.
Is this not gambling with that amount of effective stacks ? It's not my hand, so relax. I was only observer.
yes.
Its totally standard and a great spot to call a shove, its not even close. AK is a +ev spot anytime pre flop against pretty much any opponent. AQ is also a standard shove, however im a lot more comfortable shoving or calling a shove with AK than AQ.
But its a bit opponent dependent. Against some players im calling a shove (or shoving my self) with AT 75BB deep.
Against players with a very tight 3-bet range i might just flat AQ or fold to a big 3-bet. I never fold TT+ and AK preflop against anyone in a HU sng turbo.
I dont like your tought process about "gambling". Poker is not about getting the money in good every time. You will never becom a great poker player if you get too risk aversive and focus too much about getting the money in good every time. If you get too conservative you will get abused too often and basically blinded down to 2:1 or even worse, especially agianst good players that probably wont pay you when you finally get your pocket aces or flop your set.
Weak players are eather gamling when the shold fold, or just as bad, folding or calling when they shold gamble. Great players know when its +ev to gamble. My AK hand was a very nice spot to gamble.
hmm, maybe you was mostly asking about AQ as a bad shove?
AQ is a standard shove unless you know opponent got a ridiculously tight 3-bet range. (which i actually do when im not tilting).
it's pretty much the most standard thing i have ever seen....especially if you are capable of shoving AQ (or worse?)
thomas probably has a 55-60% edge against your shoving range with AK here
thomas has almost 15% of eff stx committed already
it's pretty simple.
Thanks a lot for your response guys..
good luck
btw, I think I really need a mentor. I have ~16% ROI at $10, nad about 10% at 20$. I don't have that much bankroll to get a 135$/h lesson from one of hu stars, but If I will make any progression, I could split cash from winnings with coach. i'm 22, european, determined, and vulnerable to tilt..
anyone ?
Ok, that explanes your conservative attitude. At low stakes I think its ok to play very conservative until you got a made hand because a lot of the players there are bad enough to pay you off even though you only play two hands in the whole game.
Not that its bad to shove AK any time in a low stake game against a fish. But your win rate might be slightly higher if you play pretty conservative there.
At higher stakes against better opponents you gotta say yes thank you to smaller and more risky edge-situation.
I'll take a look a your game if your going to take a shot 50s or 100s.
Download skype so we can talk while you play. I can menter you in 10 games total or 5 games total if that suites you better. And I can take 50% of your eventually profit in those games. So its free mentoring if you break even or lose in the games.
Email me at soonfm@hotmail.com if youre interested.
Thomas...4K aint bad homie! Good luck on the April goals....
I wanted to post this HH to substantiate your assertion that jamming AK vs a fish isnt a bad play. This donk was calling every preflop raise and would not fold to any cbet no matter what....so when he repopped me when I had AK, I had seen enough, and shoved. He called with A7 (donk play obv)....
cha ching...ship $44...thk u very much. (4 man/$11 buy in)
PokerStars Game #26677264728: Tournament #152989650, $11.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round II, Level III (50/100) - 2009/04/03 11:40:11 ET
Table '152989650 1' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Wingpin (3194 in chips)
Seat 2: sildhu (2806 in chips)
Wingpin: posts small blind 50
sildhu: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Wingpin [Kd Ac]
Wingpin: raises 100 to 200
sildhu: raises 100 to 300
Wingpin: raises 2894 to 3194 and is all-in
sildhu: calls 2506 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (388) returned to Wingpin
*** FLOP *** [6s 4c Qd]
*** TURN *** [6s 4c Qd] [Td]
*** RIVER *** [6s 4c Qd Td] [6c]
Wingpin said, "gg"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
sildhu: shows [7s As] (a pair of Sixes)
Wingpin: shows [Kd Ac] (a pair of Sixes - Ace+King kicker)
Wingpin collected 5612 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5612 | Rake 0
Board [6s 4c Qd Td 6c]
Seat 1: Wingpin (button) (small blind) showed [Kd Ac] and won (5612) with a pair of Sixes
Seat 2: sildhu (big blind) showed [7s As] and lost with a pair of Sixes
Yes, 3bet shoving and 4bet shoving strong hands pre flop is often good deep stacked against unserious players. If they miss the flop they mght not stack off. But pre flop they sometimes call ridiculously light.
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