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Poker Stars $200+$15 No Limit Hold’em Tournament – t400/t800 Blinds + t50 – 9 players
bas0r (CO): t25500 M = 15.45
kregme (BTN): t10633 M = 6.44
magikpouf (SB): t25214 M = 15.28
LupinBlanco (BB): t48719 M = 29.53
andyh26 (UTG): t14850 M = 9
hithenose (UTG+1): t14260 M = 8.64
seppmann7 (UTG+2): t7750 M = 4.70
eljanich (MP1): t6268 M = 3.80
Hero (MP2): t30342 M = 18.39

Pre Flop: (t1650) Hero is MP2 with A A
3 folds, eljanich raises to t1600, Hero calls t1600, 3 folds, LupinBlanco calls t800

Flop: (t5650) K 3 9 (3 players)
LupinBlanco checks, eljanich bets t2400, Hero calls t2400, LupinBlanco raises to t9999, eljanich calls t2218 all in, Hero raises to t28692 all in, LupinBlanco calls t18693

Turn: (t67652) Q (3 players – 2 are all in)

River: (t67652) 8 (3 players – 2 are all in)

Final Pot: t67652
LupinBlanco shows 5 J (a flush, King high)
eljanich shows 8 K (two pair, Kings and Eights)
Hero shows A A (a pair of Aces)
LupinBlanco wins t48148
LupinBlanco wins t19504

Every time i try to get maximum value with AA i always loose. Very interesting hand and i am not sure did i played it perfectly. I didn’t 3bet preflop because MP1 opening 44%, so he usually will fold to a 3bet. Also it is perfect opportunity someone else make a squeeze. MP1 is a short stack and he almost always go all in on the flop. Problem that table chip leader from BB just made a call and i was involved in a huge pot. I put BB on flush draw because i saw how it plays flush draw before. I think i have 2 options on flop.
1. Call his 3bet on flop and if heart wont come on turn, call his all in on turn or go all in if he check. And fold to his all in on turn if heart come.
2. Make a push on flop to his 3bet. I almost sure he is going to call all in.
Definitely by EV i played it perfectly, but i risk all tournament life with 62.5% to make a double up.
Any ideas which option is better?

Text results appended to pokerstove.txt
990 games 0.005 secs 198,000 games/sec
Board: Kh 3h 9s
Dead:
equity win tie pots won pots tied
Hand 0: 62.525% 62.53% 00.00% 619 0.00 { AdAs }
Hand 1: 37.475% 37.47% 00.00% 371 0.00 { Jh5h }

I had a chance to become Baltics cempion of online poker.  I was playing very good all tournament. Stacks was so deep that i never risked tournament life till final table. I reached final table as a chip leader and was dominating at final table till i got a few bad beats.

Poker Stars $200+$15 No Limit Hold’em Tournament – t1500/t3000 Blinds + t375 – 9 players

Rudokas (CO): t187758 M = 23.84
Hero (BTN): t756140 M = 96.02
henri72 (SB): t167839 M = 21.31
vaik1111 (BB): t211428 M = 26.85
xmasasx (UTG): t303524 M = 38.54
trisgraudi (UTG+1): t262876 M = 33.38
m0nit (UTG+2): t171976 M = 21.84
samirua (MP1): t405453 M = 51.49
sekme (MP2): t153006 M = 19.43

Pre Flop: (t7875) Hero is BTN with K K
2 folds, m0nit raises to t7500, 1 fold, sekme raises to t24500, 1 fold, Hero raises to t57000, 2 folds, m0nit raises to t171601 all in, 1 fold, Hero calls t114601

Flop: (t375577) 7 J 5 (2 players – 1 is all in)

Turn: (t375577) 6 (2 players – 1 is all in)

River: (t375577) Q (2 players – 1 is all in)

Final Pot: t375577
Hero shows K K (a pair of Kings)
m0nit shows J J (three of a kind, Jacks)
m0nit wins t375577

And final hand:
Poker Stars $200+$15 No Limit Hold’em Tournament – t4000/t8000 Blinds + t1000 – 4 players

Hero (SB): t414867 M = 25.93
vaik1111 (BB): t254661 M = 15.92
m0nit (CO): t884397 M = 55.27
sekme (BTN): t1066075 M = 66.63

Pre Flop: (t16000) Hero is SB with A A
m0nit raises to t18000, sekme calls t18000, Hero raises to t58000, 2 folds, sekme raises to t1065075 all in, Hero calls t355867 all in

Flop: (t857734) 7 8 J (2 players – 2 are all in)

Turn: (t857734) 8 (2 players – 2 are all in)

River: (t857734) 2 (2 players – 2 are all in)

Final Pot: t857734
Hero shows A A (two pair, Aces and Eights)
sekme shows J J (a full house, Jacks full of Eights)
sekme wins t857734

I was very unlucky at final table, but i am glad that i played very good. I made a big progress in tournaments play and it’s only mater of time when i hit a big score.

P.S. I hate Jacks

You could find me grinding at NL 1/2$  for a few weeks at PokerStars. I boost my bankroll at 1/2$, so i started grinding at Nl 2/4$.  I am going to stay at Nl 2/4$ for a few weeks.

Poker tells and body language are an important aspects of live poker play.  Of course, reading body language takes practice, and it requires a deep understanding of the “signs” to look for. I started learning body language, that’s why i changed my poker strategy.  From now i wont make any shots at higher cash level without 50 buy ins.  I hate grinding, but i will do it.  Most of my winnings will be used for live tournaments buy ins or satellites to them. Traveling all over the world will be my bonus for grinding.

Let the new story begin!

What first live tournament you would recommend to me in Europe?

I almost go broke in 1 day at 25/50$ Nl on PokerStars.  I have almost 5k$ left in my PokerStars account and i am going to tell the full story how that happened.  I love to play poker at my parents villa  in a small village, because i never had a loosing session their.  A day before a big loss i talked about that with my brother who was visiting my parents also. I mentioned him that fact that i never had a loosing session at this villa and he just said that i wouldn’t talk about that because it might happen soon. Next day everything was going fine ,  i was wining about 5k$ and i was ready to close all my tables. I was waiting only for free cards till big blinds come, of course i got some good cards and 3 or 4 horrible bad beats on river  in a row.  Problem that i had many $ on my tables , so theses bad beats made me a huge loss.  I couldn’t close these tables anymore  and of course started tilting.  That day i had the worstest session in my poker life, i lost almost 20k$ by bad beats +17k$ by tilting. That’s life, shit happens.

I played as bad as i can on tilt at  25/50$ nl, but my all performance at 25/50$ still should be with profit by probabilities.

I am sure i will rebuild my bankroll on PokerStars to a new high in 1-1.5 month.

I am playing now 1/2$ Nl and i am going to play these small stakes for a few days.  I am doing that for a few reasons: 1. obv. i have a small bankroll; 2. I try to get used to play 9 tables at once.

I might seek supernova elite in 2011 year. By PokerStars VPP calculator i would need to play 9 tables 5/10$ 6 max No limit Holdem 22 hours a week. Looks easy, but it would be very hard to do that.

I gave a few promises to myself:

1. I will make a shoot to a new level only if i have at least  20 buy ins and of course if i have less than 15 buy ins i won’t play on that level.

2.  Never play poker on tilt

3. Improve my poker game.

4. Learn English

5. Start yoga classes

I started to play Nl 25/50$. First day i was extremely unlucky, also made a few poor bluffs  when i was on tilt after so many bad beats. Results: -20k

After big downswing  i worked with my leaks and smash all opponents like PiS.ToTo, nanonoko at Nl25/50$.

I survived big downswing  and won +3k$ at Nl25/50, but EV shows me that i should be wining almost +20k$

Nice feeling when you are top winer.

1 month past when i started this challenge “1 Million $ in 1 year”.
My plan:
Great news!  I exceeded my plan by 6942.37$. I have 36942.37$ in my account.

I was very exited to play at WCOOP-02 event, it was my first high roller tournament. I won a satellite to this tournament last minute, so i had a chance to play with best poker players. I outplayed many good poker players and i had a feeling that really i can take it down.  From 313 players i finished 35th and won 20345$

Poker Stars $10000+$300 No Limit Hold’em Tournament – t1000/t2000 Blinds + t250 – 8 players Hero (BTN): t84058 M = 16.81
jakoon1985 (SB): t63665 M = 12.73
phounderAA (BB): t173538 M = 34.71
goleafsgo41 (UTG): t32961 M = 6.59
nanonoko (UTG+1): t22429 M = 4.49
big3e (MP1): t25510 M = 5.10
shaihulud (MP2): t23254 M = 4.65
paulgees81 (CO): t183396 M = 36.68

Pre Flop: (t5000) Hero is BTN with T T
4 folds, paulgees81 raises to t4333, Hero raises to t11000, 2 folds, paulgees81 raises to t183146 all in, Hero calls t72808 all in

Flop: (t172616) J A 6 (2 players – 2 are all in)

Turn: (t172616) 7 (2 players – 2 are all in)

River: (t172616) K (2 players – 2 are all in)

Final Pot: t172616
Hero shows T T (a pair of Tens)
paulgees81 shows K A (two pair, Aces and Kings)
paulgees81 wins t172616

It was a good call by EV 57% vs 43% also there was 20k in the bank. I put my opponent exactly on AK and it was very hard to make a call. If i won this hand i would probably reached the final table. Was it worth tournament life? I think i could fold last hand and wait for better spot.

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