Freaky Styley

Today i made a try at NL25 with the new strategy. I'm up with almost 2BI despite of having lost one AA/KK. So the start was not that bad and still not tilting. (When i played my normal game it would have tilted me somehow for sure. But we will lose it every 5th times. That's what i try to implement into my head and get used to accept this. )

Regulars are the new fishes (one of my poker buddy told in the past), they just cannot fold and always suspect a bluff. Especially when i've got a crazy image. That's why the only way to go is to valeutown them. 

Some interesting hands from today:

1. Fish. If he raises at any point I'm down with the hand. Without 2p im checkfolding the river. 

Poker Stars $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 1371174

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MP: $25.00
CO: $25.26
BTN: $25.00
SB: $45.36
Hero (BB): $26.47
UTG: $24.65

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is BB with K T
2 folds, CO calls $0.25, 2 folds, Hero raises to $0.75, CO calls $0.50

Flop: ($1.60) T A 2(2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $0.25, Hero calls $0.25

Turn: ($2.10) 6(2 players)
Hero bets $2.10, CO calls $2.10

River: ($6.30) K(2 players)
Hero bets $6, CO calls $6

Final Pot: $18.30
CO mucks 3 A
Hero shows K T (two pair, Kings and Tens)
Hero wins $17.41
(Rake: $0.89)

2. Reg PFR and LAG cold caller. I guess it's a close your eyes and call type thing for villain

Poker Stars $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 1371177
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BTN: $25.46
Hero (SB): $27.55
BB: $11.98
UTG: $23.65
MP: $25.81
CO: $25.00

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is SB with 5 5
2 folds, CO raises to $0.75, BTN calls $0.75, Hero calls $0.65, 1 fold

Flop: ($2.50) A K 5(3 players)
Hero bets $2.50, CO calls $2.50, BTN calls $2.50

Turn: ($10.00) 3(3 players)
Hero bets $9.90, CO folds, BTN calls $9.90

River: ($29.80) 7(2 players)
Hero bets $14.40 all in, BTN calls $12.31 all in

Final Pot: $54.42
BTN shows A 8 (a pair of Aces)
Hero shows 5 5 (three of a kind, Fives)
Hero wins $52.42
(Rake: $2.00)

3. Stationy reg. River is not the best card as i could do this with AK. I was hesitating to overshoving or potting the river again, but got a lot of folds several times, so did a try to bet smaller. Good example that not much FE at the micros. It's quite hazardous to do this with total air. As they sometimes find a call. Unfortunately not this time

Poker Stars $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em - 4 players - View hand 1371182

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BB: $34.99
Hero (CO): $25.00
BTN: $113.18
SB: $25.00

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is CO with 4 4
Hero raises to $0.75, 2 folds, BB calls $0.50

Flop: ($1.60) 4 Q J(2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $1.60, BB calls $1.60

Turn: ($4.80) 3(2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $4.60, BB calls $4.60

River: ($14.00) T(2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $8.90, BB folds

Final Pot: $14.00
Hero mucks 4 4
Hero wins $13.32
(Rake: $0.68)

4. A bad bluff. Weak stationy reg. I tried to bluff him with his float. It's the price of creating an image. But i can make my bad image much cheaper, so it's not the way to go. My play was bad and there is no need for this. 

Poker Stars $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em - 4 players - View hand 1371185

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CO: $20.61
BTN: $25.35
SB: $28.51
Hero (BB): $27.99

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is BB with K A
1 fold, BTN raises to $0.62, 1 fold, Hero raises to $2, BTN calls $1.38

Flop: ($4.10) 3 6 6(2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $2.50, Hero raises to $5.20, BTN raises to $9, Hero folds

Final Pot: $14.50
BTN wins $13.79
(Rake: $0.71)

5. The min3bets are wonderful IP. First of all it's quite fishy. When i got these min3bets in the past i just played fitnfold. I hated them as it was difficult to know it's air or the nuts from the fish. It was very difficult to play OOP against this. The advantage is that it makes the fishy image and it's cheap. We can keep villain's range the widest. We've got enough fold equity, too. When they have a monster they will 4b and we can fold without any hesitation. When they just call, their range is weak. Nobody will flat call with a monster here. 

Villain here is 17/15. His big donk just doesn't make any sense. With Ax he would have just checkcalled here to get some bluffs from me and reach showdown. So his donk was only for fold equity. On the river i made a mistake not making a thin valuebet, but i just chose the safer route and wanted to avoid some random Ax hands. But true fishes are a champion to make thin valuebets here. 

Poker Stars $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 1371194

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BB: $52.07
UTG: $25.70
MP: $27.91
Hero (CO): $25.00
BTN: $37.60
SB: $25.10

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is CO with 8 A
UTG raises to $0.75, 1 fold, Hero raises to $1.70, 3 folds, UTG calls $0.95

Flop: ($3.75) 4 2 A(2 players)
UTG bets $2.50, Hero calls $2.50

Turn: ($8.75) 5(2 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks

River: ($8.75) 2(2 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks

Final Pot: $8.75
UTG shows J J (two pair, Jacks and Deuces)
Hero shows 8 A (two pair, Aces and Deuces)
Hero wins $8.33
(Rake: $0.42)

6. This was crazy. But. PFR is a huge nit, 13/7. His calling range is stronger broadways and pocket pairs. Overcaller is an overly aggro TAG with really high 3b percentage. I would have expected him squeezing with any strong hand. I expect them playing fitnfold here. And the dead money is nice. I was potting to avoid any random calls with the broadways and represent a monster here. Hazardous i know

Poker Stars $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 1371204
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UTG: $25.00
MP: $25.35
Hero (CO): $25.35
BTN: $29.36
SB: $37.37
BB: $25.32

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is CO with Q K
1 fold, MP raises to $0.75, Hero raises to $1.70, BTN calls $1.70, 2 folds, MP calls $0.95

Flop: ($5.45) J 4 6(3 players)
MP checks, Hero bets $5.10, BTN folds, MP folds

Final Pot: $5.45
Hero mucks Q K
Hero wins $5.18
(Rake: $0.27)