Something Interesting Has Happened - When It Rains It Pours

Well that was a nice session. I will allow a screen shot to explain:



As you can see I managed to win over 4 BIs a 100NL and a BI at 50NL. I accidentally clicked on a 50NL table hence I only played a few hands, but luckily the last had I played I managed to win a nice pot:

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1463854
- I'm not sure how correct my push was tbh. I think he's calling the shove with enough hands that I beat to make this +Ev, most Kx and flush hands are paying me off.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1463864
- The aspect of this hand I dislike is how it was not planned or thought through, it was very much on instinct, especially the river calls. In retrospect I think villain could def be playing a set like this. My thought process was that I didn't want to inflate the pot on the flop, and when he bet 20 on turn I figured a raise to say 50-60 is either going to fold out all the hands I beat and get a shove from all the hands that have me crushed (giving me a horrible decision for $20 more).

My thought process was as follows;

Pre-flop is standard, 1 limper and I raise it up in position.
Flop: I flop pretty good, but villain seems to be a weak player, and plays alot of hands. I elect to control the pot by just calling.
Turn: Villain fires another bet, at this point I figured I was beat like 60% of the time. I put villain on T9/T7 (although I doubt T7 bets 15 on flop)/QQ/JJ/TT/99/55/77/air (effectively). My call was based on the fact that jamming would fold out most hands I beat, and I still wasn't sure where I was.
River: I failed to improve, I was hoping for a K or 5, either would have put me ahead of anything but a set/straight. Villain fires 50 into an 85 pot. A set is definitely doing this but so is air and QQ/JJ, I considered how my line may look to him, and decided that as I have played this hand so weak, I have induced greater bluff equity and therefore I called.

I was fairly new to the table so didn't have many reads on player but he did seem to be mixing it up alot. I think my line was ok, but not as +Ev as raising flop.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1463908
- I dont like the way I played this. I put villain on a flush as soon as he potted turn, hes always calling a turn raise, and my line is super strong when I just call like this, plus the shorty is always getting it in, even w/ TP. I should have made it 30 to go on turn, maybe he shoves if not, jam river.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1463951
- Again im not liking this call, but when you play these Euro sites, you see just how bad these players are. In the session I think this is fine, villain is pushing alot of hands here, they are just so bad.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1463960
- I checked turn to make my hand seem weaker, I think 2nd best hands will pay off more if you take this line.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1463980
- Got a bit unlucky here, 65% equity edge for a 250BB pot.

To sum up how well im running, my biggest losing pot of the day was this one:

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1463989
- A pretty horrible river, but I still only lost $21.


It feels good to win nearly $500 in a day, but I don't really think of it as money, its still just 5 buy-ins.

20 more BIs will take me to 5k, along with rake back and my bonus I would make my September goal. Im still not comfortable at 100nl, bank-roll wise, I think I will need at least 35 BIs to feel comfortable.

Hopefully I can carry todays momentum on tomorrow and rack up a few more buy-ins and properly establish myself as a 100NL player.

VB

(BTW I have added Episode 2 of HSP, I will be adding Episode 3 probably Tuesday)