my thoughts on everything

quick update

day 3/25:

played 2.97 hours + 316 €
studied 3.5 hours (3 balugawhale videos)
daily total: 6.47 hours

Total so far: 23.16 hours + 593 €

some hands of note NL + PLO mixed:

Prima Network $100.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 771777
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UTG: $114.91
MP: $108.21
Hero (CO): $131.00
BTN: $126.82
SB: $42.14
BB: $101.00

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is CO with A 7
1 fold, MP raises to $3, Hero calls $3, BTN calls $3, 2 folds

Flop: ($10.50) 7 5 7 (3 players)
MP bets $7.00, Hero calls $7, BTN folds

Turn: ($24.50) Q (2 players)
MP checks, Hero bets $18.00, MP calls $18

River: ($60.50) J (2 players)
MP checks, Hero bets $48.00, MP calls $48

Final Pot: $156.50
MP mucks A A
Hero shows A 7
Hero wins $153.50
(Rake: $3.00)

not much to say about this :)

Prima Network $50.00 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 6 players - View hand 771778
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SB: $62.18
BB: $35.33
UTG: $60.25
Hero (MP): $68.35
CO: $50.26
BTN: $48.80

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is MP with J 2 J Q
UTG calls $0.50, Hero raises to $2.25, CO calls $2.25, 3 folds, UTG calls $1.75

Flop: ($7.50) A K T (3 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $6.75, CO folds, UTG raises to $13.50, Hero calls $6.75

Turn: ($34.50) 6 (2 players)
UTG bets $34.50, Hero raises to $52.60, UTG calls $10 all in

River: ($123.50) 4 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $123.50
UTG shows A A 3 7
Hero shows J 2 J Q
Hero wins $112.40
Hero wins $8.10
(Rake: $3.00)

I like the play in this hand as although I spike the nuts I realise that I should not be shoving this flop, his range here is basically all the sets and two pairs, and I while I am way ahead, I should always call this min raise as I can push the rest of my stack in on a safe card when my pot equity is even higher on the turn.

Prima Network $100.00 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 6 players - View hand 771782
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SB: $47.50
BB: $108.00
UTG: $152.00
MP: $119.48
CO: $73.50
Hero (BTN): $126.23

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BTN with T K 9 T
UTG calls $1, MP calls $1, 1 fold, Hero calls $1, SB calls $0.50, BB checks

Flop: ($5.00) A A T (5 players)
SB bets $2.00, BB folds, UTG folds, MP calls $2, Hero raises to $12.50, SB calls $10.50, MP calls $10.50

Turn: ($42.50) 8 (3 players)
SB checks, MP checks, Hero bets $33.00, SB raises to $33.50, MP folds, Hero calls $0.50

River: ($109.50) 5 (2 players)

Final Pot: $109.50
SB shows 9 A 6 J
Hero shows T K 9 T
Hero wins $106.50
(Rake: $3.00)

Here it is clear that both players have an Ace but its fairly unlikely they have a rundown hand with both an Ace and a T in it as I have two Tens and there is one on the board. His donk looks like exactly what it is and so I am happy charging him to hit his ten outs on the turn and at the same time I know I should be building a pot to protect my hand and get value from his Aces. When I get a caller behind and another call it becomes way more clear that I have the best hand that they they are both on a naked Ace. its clear that Turn is a great card as still unlikely to have filled him up. but at the same time I would not be comfotable betting, having the smaller stack call and then the bigger stack shove over the top and know I am facing a bigger boat. I think a better bet size on the turn would have been to make a bet which would essentially commit the smaller stack, like 18 € and to expect him to ship with any Ace and just call his bet, but fold should the smaller stack shove and the other player re-raise shove over the top where I can then safely assume I am beat, thus saving money when the OOP player has a bigger boat and effectively achieving the same result with the smaller stacked player. Overall happy with the result but I think I could have made a better bet on the turn to make the hand play more +EV.

Prima Network $50.00 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 5 players - View hand 771785
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SB: $111.12
BB: $82.75
Hero (UTG): $50.00
CO: $185.04
BTN: $0.00

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is UTG with 5 J Q Q
Hero raises to $1.75, CO calls $1.75, BTN calls $0 all in, SB calls $1.50, 1 fold

Flop: ($5.75) 4 3 Q (4 players - 1 is all in)
SB checks, Hero bets $7.50, CO calls $7.50, BTN folds, SB folds

Turn: ($20.75) 6 (2 players - 1 is all in)
Hero bets $22.50, CO calls $22.50

River: ($65.75) 5 (2 players - 1 is all in)
Hero bets $18.25, CO calls $18.25

Final Pot: $102.25
Hero shows 5 J Q Q
CO mucks T A 7 Q
Hero wins $101.00
(Rake: $1.25)

Here on the river I do consider check folding as the board gets so wet but I think I prefer my play here as if I check he will often shove all worse hands like two pairs and lower sets and make me fold the best hand, and only sometimes will he be betting with a straight. Also at the same time I think any hand with straight combinations in it would have shipped flop or turn so this narrows his hand range down to more likely lower sets, stubborn over pairs with a diamond flush in them, and two pairs, all of which I beat so on evaluation I think I can value shove this river pretty happily.

Prima Network $50.00 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 5 players - View hand 771788
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Hero (CO): $65.81
BTN: $14.94
SB: $36.95
BB: $9.70
UTG: $64.87

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is CO with 9 8 9 7
1 fold, Hero raises to $1.75, 1 fold, SB calls $1.50, 1 fold

Flop: ($4.00) 5 9 8 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $4.00, SB calls $4

Turn: ($12.00) 2 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $12.00, SB calls $12

River: ($36.00) 2 (2 players)
SB bets $18.95, Hero calls $18.95

Final Pot: $73.90
Hero shows 9 8 9 7
SB shows 8 Q 2 6
Hero wins $70.90
(Rake: $3.00)

This hand demonstrates how important it is to only play good hands OOP. Villain here towned himself and this should make it clear how important position is in omaha.

Prima Network $100.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 771792
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BTN: $115.91
SB: $106.03
Hero (BB): $101.00
UTG: $128.32
MP: $42.31
CO: $78.07

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BB with J A
2 folds, CO raises to $3, 2 folds, Hero calls $2

Flop: ($6.50) A 9 8 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $4.00, Hero calls $4

Turn: ($14.50) 7 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $10.00, Hero calls $10

River: ($34.50) 4 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $17.00, Hero calls $17

Final Pot: $68.50
Hero shows J A
CO shows T A
Hero wins $65.50
(Rake: $3.00)

CO was a very loose opener with a very high aggression %. Since watching the leak buster videos in HEM I have added this Agg% stat to my HUD and this is the first time I have used it in play of an actual hand. They recommended that you shouold let aggressive players barrell off and also slow play your bigger hands. Considering this is the TOP of my BB calling range here (i sometimes also 3bet this) I think this is the perfect time to use this read. TY leakbuster, you just paid for yourself :)

See you tomorrow

Acomb' :)