$20s and SCOOP

Played the scoop $16 event today, got bodied in the 1st round by a guy who was pretty solid mainly a mtt player with like $9k winnings or something like that but he still played heads up like a wasteman, I felt like I had a big edge and was always thinking one step ahead of him throughout the 30 or so hands we played then this hand came about

Poker Stars $15.00+$1.50 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t30/t60 Blinds - 2 players - View hand 676676

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flush634 (BB): t4265 M = 47.39

Hero (BTN/SB): t5735 M = 63.72

Pre Flop: (t90) Hero is BTN/SB with K T

Hero raises to t120, flush634 raises to t325, Hero calls t205

Flop: (t650) 8 T 9 (2 players)

flush634 bets t365, Hero raises to t1000, flush634 calls t635

Turn: (t2650) 9 (2 players)

flush634 bets t2940 all in, Hero calls t2940

River: (t8530) 7 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: t8530

flush634 shows J K (a straight, Seven to Jack)

Hero shows K T (two pair, Tens and Nines)

flush634 wins t8530


He started 3 betting me pretty light so I knew that flop hit him with a draw or a pair of some sort, so I was not looking to give him a cheap price to pay hence the raise on the flop, then obviously he made a mistake of calling with his open ender with like 30% equity, then decides to spazz out then shoves the turn when it bricks and by magic he hits his straight like what has been happening to me all day today and yesterday, but its okay that's how it goes, its nothing to a bawsssss you win some and you lose some although that $22,593.89 1st place prize money would have looked pretty nice in my backpack.

Another interesting hand occurred in a 1$ 16 man satellite for the $16 scoop

Poker Stars $1.10+$0.05 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t10/t20 Blinds - 2 players - View hand 676681

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Hero (BB): t1180 M = 39.33

RouNdeRs2O10 (BTN/SB): t820 M = 27.33

Pre Flop: (t30) Hero is BB with T J

RouNdeRs2O10 raises to t40, Hero calls t20

Flop: (t80) J 2 Q (2 players)

Hero checks, RouNdeRs2O10 bets t20, Hero calls t20

Turn: (t120) 9 (2 players)

Hero checks, RouNdeRs2O10 bets t40, Hero calls t40

River: (t200) 5 (2 players)

Hero checks, RouNdeRs2O10 bets t720 all in, Hero calls t720

Final Pot: t1640

Hero shows T J (a pair of Jacks)

RouNdeRs2O10 shows 6 8 (high card Queen)

Hero wins t1640

A bit of background information, I could sense that I had him on tilt with my continuous raising and c betting, so he started insta 3 betting me and insta c betting me, then he insta bet the flop that automatically told me he didn't have the queen because if he did he would have taken fractions of a second longer to bet, so I played my pair of jacks as if it were top pair, then with his shove on the river I assumed I was ahead unless he rivered trips or 2 pair or something and so was an easy call.
I've been playing $20s again keep getting sucked out on with straight draws and stuff but it's okay because I'm just aiming to feel comfortable playing at the limit, if i win then its a bonus, I just at least want to break even for now and emphasize correct decision making, I will focus on taking out these wastemen after. I've played 6x20$ today and won 3 lost 3. one of the ones I lost, I went all in with AQ preflop got called by AT and he hits a T on the flop obv. In on of the other games I got it in on the flop with TT and the guy calls with an open ended straight draw and guess what happened? he hit! So yeah today not been a good day for variance but however I am happy about the decisions I've made since they were all the mathematically correct ones just results wise, they just didn't go my way (I'm trying to adopt a less results orientated mindset see)

This tune is bien loco

Fuckkkkkkkk orrrffffffffffffffffffffffffffff!

This is me right now, 5 seconds in is where my AA gets rivered by 75o preflop all in



Today has been such a joke, ive been playing the wackest guys ever on the earth calling down with any hand and constantly hitting straights and flushes on the fucking river arrrrrrrrrrrrrrghhhhhh how the fuck do I get fucked up by these dickheads bossman actually has the fishbowl next to his name, kmt.



I will be back in action later on today after I calm down and will be back with avengence ready to take these fish off road like a food standards inspector at walthamstow market.

respect bedrin

Set Up

There was a post on pokerstrategy.com where everyone posted thier set up, so may aswel post mine here too.



Mordaunt-Short Aviano 2 speakers for banging out that wisin y yandel
Cambridge Audio 550a amp
Cambridge Audio s90 sub for banging up the floor
Hp2159m Monitor
13'macbook

April ---> May

April has been a pretty good month, I stuck to grinding 10.50$ and 11.50$ and was running really well so I couldn't help but play a few 21$ and 23$ along the way which also went well. I tried to focus on controlling tilt, and only playing when I wasn't tilt venerable and it seemed to have worked, i was losing less money when i was feeling bad and making more when i was feeling good. As i described in my last post i tried to take 2 days off due to my head feeling like apressure cooker but 2 days wasn't enough so I ended up taking about 6 days off instead, so I did miss a bit of volume there but i cant really think of it in that way since if i continued playing I would have been more likely to lose moneys.

Results wise I started the month at $1581.87 and finished at $2353.19



Playing: +$731.31
Bonuses: +$40


Month profit: +$771.31


So best month so far, but i think i should be able to do 1000$+ if this month goes well. current bankroll is currently at $2353.19 I'm gonna start making monthly withdrawals since at the stakes I'm playing there is no need to have more than 30 buy ins + my ISA needs to be filled up for an investment I'm making later this year.



sharkscope on My bodog account is still missing about 150 games or so although I think they was from earlier becuase I havn't noticed many games missing recently. But yeah I'm happy about the shape of the graph which is showing consistency and the reduction of downswing sizes after 225 games where i started to focus on controlling tilt a lot more.

With other things I've also started teaching my self Portuguese using a course called pimsluer, i already taught myself Spanish using it and fsi now i've decided Portuguese would be a good next language to learn since its quite similar and so wouldn't be as much hassle to learn.

My goals for this month are to defiantly be a reg at the 21$/23$ games its getting ridiculous now since I have a 21% roi at 10.50$/11.50$ and the competition is so wack I don't think I'm learning as much as I could be if I was playing better opponents.

I'm gonna aim to get an average of 10 games a day, I know I can play more, but since I'm gonna be playing a new limit i don't wanna put too much pressure on playing when I can't play my A game.