fergrberger

Before bed last night I decided to four table some 10NLz for a short bit. It went.......well.

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I cashed in $30 rakeback also which has left me with:

Current BR: $1,142.35

Also almost drew a straight line with you non showdown. You'll need a ruler next time

Ha yeh, one unfortunate little blip early on then a few squiggles here and there

Before bed time brags! Wp my man

Been playing off stream a lot more this week. Things have been......successful.

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Current BR - $1383.01

I'm off to Vegas for the ME in 3 weeks, I'm going to attempt to put in some hours between now and then and aim to reach the $2k mark before I leave! If I keep running the same way it will be a walk in the park

Really incredible and inspiring stuff. I would be on you hitting it before you go for sure!

Ev'rybody crushing, looks like early finish for you Ferg!

Grinded out a couple of hours and rescued the session quite nicely tonight. A few sad spots, one AWFUL stack off, then a few very nice spots added up to a relatively OK session.

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I've lent a buddy a few quid on stars so current BR is displaying $1254, he owes me $150 though so we have officially crossed the peak of the challenge so far and are sitting pretty at:

BR - $1404.71

There has been a distinct lack of posting of actual hands throughout this thread so I've decided evrey session I play I will post an update with an interesting hand. The hand can be interesting for whatever reason, nice play, funny outcome, etc etc.

Fun hands of the evening/casual brag

Hand Conversion Powered by WeakTight Poker Hand History Converter
$0.10/$0.25 No Limit Holdem PokerStars
6 Players

Blinds$0.10/$0.256
UTG Player4 $60.42
UTG+1 Player5 $45.19
CO Player6 $38.54
DHero $28.73
SB Player2 $20.91
BB Player3 $30.01

Preflop
6$0.35Hero is BTNKJ
2 folds, Player6 raises to $0.67, Hero raises to $1.90, 2 folds, Player6 calls $1.23

Flop
2$4.15Q59
Player6 checks, Hero bets$2.34, Player6 calls $2.34

Turn
2$8.839
Player6 checks, Hero checks

River
2$8.83Q
Player6 bets $6.77, Hero calls$6.77

Final Pot$22.37
Hero shows KJ
Player6 shows 88

Hero wins$21.36 (net +$10.35)
Player6 lost $11.01

Mental note, go for thin value vs Fergal, dude calls river as light as he 3bets pre.

Love that K high call as it makes total fucking sense vs the guys range. Nice work ending on a high also

Agreed Jon, I struggled to see what he'd choose this sizing with that was for value that plays this way. Unless he's seen some of my outrageous calls previously.....

@jongordon84 I don't class this as a light 3bet on the BTN really. KJo fairs well vs a CO opening range and taking the betting initiative IP counts for a hell of a lot. Plus it's fun to say Jack King off Kappa

fergrberger:

@jongordon84 Plus it's fun to say Jack King off Kappa

True dat.

Would you consider bluff raising KJ on the river facing the lead? You block KQ and QJ, and you have AQ, KQ, maybe QJ and once in a blue moon QQ in your range.

Given the type of range I have assigned villain I think raising makes 0 sense. He won't ever choose this sizing with a hand like A high so raising doesn't make much sense when we have (some) showdown value.

Todays session was.......Interesting.

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The important thing is that I got it all back, and even some profit including rakeback. It was a seriously rough session, a couple of very unfortunate spots combined with a few ill timed bluffs lead to a very frustrating start. I feel I managed to maintain a cool head and play close to my A-game which I was pleased with. Hand of the session had to go to this one:

Hand Conversion Powered by WeakTight Poker Hand History Converter
$0.10/$0.25 No Limit Holdem PokerStars
6 Players

Blinds$0.10/$0.256
UTG Player4 $37.07
UTG+1 Player5 $39.65
CO Player6 $25.35
D Player1 $32.42
SB Player2 $34.18
BBHero $30.49

Preflop
6$0.35Hero is BBA2
4 folds, Player2 raises to $0.63, Hero raises to $1.89, Player2 calls $1.26

Flop
2$3.78JQK
Player2 checks, Hero bets$1.70, Player2 calls $1.70

Turn
2$7.185
Player2 checks, Hero checks

River
2$7.18K
Player2 checks, Hero bets$4, Player2 goes all-in $30.59, Hero calls$22.90

Final Pot$64.67
Player2 shows AQ
Hero shows A2

Hero wins$58.98 (net +$28.49)
Player2 collects $7.38 (net -$26.80)

Not a massive hand sample on the guy but he seemed solid and I had just one a decent threebet pot against him on a different table prior in the same dynamic (blind v blind). When he jammed at first I was pretty sad, but when I gave it a bit of thought it seemed nearly impossible that he doesn't raise his two-pairs or sets on this board. Ballsy turning AQ here into a bluff, but fortunately I found the call to get back to that beautiful state.

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Hi!

First of all: nice topic and nice to see you are running up a nice BR!

I've watched a video (Part 3/4 of a 20NL session you play on Guts, Tips for crushing). A few questions, on spots that I would play different. I'm curious to hear your reasoning, if you could care to elaborate a few spots:
1. I always fold offsuit broadways in the earlier positions for RIO's and I think my range gets very wide in these spots if I have to defend a lot vs. 3bets. I saw you open QTo in MP for instance and KJo UTG. Do you make a profit playing these in the long run?
2. In contrast to these hands you fold stuff like T9o and 97o on the BTN. These hands I would open for a minraise, so here I'm looser than you are?
3. Whats your range for flatting in the Small blind vs. a BTN open? I see you flat KQs for instance (I 3bet this 100%). Also, I saw you flat 22 vs a UTG open, where I would normally fold this hand, to keep my range vs UTG tighter.

I'm most of all curious to your strategy in the SB vs BTN opens. I only 3bet for value with a wider range (around 15%) and fold some of these hands vs a 4bet, call other OOP and rip the top x%....

May I ask why hero doesn't barrel? I would nearly always barrel with more outs is all. If we think we might get raised off it then why do we cbet?

Thanks, interesting hand for me because I think I'm getting a bit aggro.

Turn is a pretty trivial check back here IMO. When flop bet gets called we're going to get called on the turn a lot IMO, I'm happier to check back and realise equity here rather than continuing.

@guzzleguts123:

1) Opening these broadways from EP will be a fairly EV neutral play, I like to include them as it widens my overall range vs perceptive opponents using positional stats within their HUD.

2) Generally I would be opening these hands from the BTN, not sure why I didn't in the video in question.

3) Like any poker situation, a lot will depend on villain in this dynamic. If we have a tight BB and BTN overfold, I will three bet incredibly wide. Against other opponents I tighten up. In general I use a mixed strategy with a lot of hands, I will three bet PP's with some frequency as well as flat them, same goes for the suited broadways.

Also, alcohol and poker do not mix well. I believe I lost ~$200 last night while hammered drunk. Not wise

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