taking on NL4 (and beyond) diary

The_Don90

In reponce to Bandini i meant i was going back as i felt the value was there.

15th Oct

Night session part 2

Looking over the HH of the last session i wasnt happy with 2 things, A) standing with that much value around. playing like a complete ape.

Anyways i sat back down and yes it was turblent but ive managed to recover some losses. Again however  i made a few daft calls.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
er425	Small blind		£0.04	£0.04	£3.94
The_Don90	Big blind		£0.08	£0.12	£16.68
	Your hole cards	A A
stevewha09	Fold
chippykyc	Call		£0.08	£0.20	£10.26
nessa779	Call		£0.08	£0.28	£4.99
er425	Call		£0.04	£0.32	£3.90
The_Don90	Raise		£0.48	£0.80	£16.20
chippykyc	Call		£0.48	£1.28	£9.78
nessa779	Call		£0.48	£1.76	£4.51
er425	Fold
Flop
		8 2 6
The_Don90	Bet		£1.32	£3.08	£14.88
chippykyc	Fold
nessa779	Call		£1.32	£4.40	£3.19
Turn
		3
The_Don90	Bet		£3.30	£7.70	£11.58
nessa779	All-in		£3.19	£10.89	£0.00
The_Don90	Unmatched bet		£0.11	£10.78	£11.69
The_Don90	Show	A A
nessa779	Show	5 3
River
		J
The_Don90	Win	Pair of Aces	£9.97		£21.66

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
shark11	Small blind		£0.04	£0.04	£13.35
ayauasca_a	Big blind		£0.08	£0.12	£8.60
	Your hole cards	A J
slim55	Fold
bankster1	Raise		£0.40	£0.52	£31.87
The_Don90	Call		£0.40	£0.92	£7.60
shark11	Fold
ayauasca_a	Call		£0.32	£1.24	£8.28
Flop
		2 J 9
ayauasca_a	Check
bankster1	Check
The_Don90	Bet		£0.93	£2.17	£6.67
ayauasca_a	Call		£0.93	£3.10	£7.35
bankster1	Fold
Turn
		5
ayauasca_a	Check
The_Don90	Bet		£2.33	£5.43	£4.34
ayauasca_a	All-in		£7.35	£12.78	£0.00
The_Don90	All-in		£4.34	£17.12	£0.00
ayauasca_a	Unmatched bet		£0.68	£16.44	£0.68
ayauasca_a	Show	Q A
The_Don90	Show	A J
River
		7
The_Don90	Win	Pair of Jacks	£15.20		£15.20

This hand, the flop completely confused me, tbh i was folding a 9 high flop. Because of the flop confusion i called turn and hit miricle river.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
ayauasca_a	Small blind		£0.04	£0.04	£11.14
crazynails	Big blind		£0.08	£0.12	£1.72
	Your hole cards	10 10
slim55	Call		£0.08	£0.20	£1.48
bankster1	Call		£0.08	£0.28	£41.25
The_Don90	Raise		£0.40	£0.68	£13.96
shark11	Call		£0.40	£1.08	£3.75
ayauasca_a	Raise		£1.64	£2.72	£9.50
crazynails	Fold
slim55	Fold
bankster1	Fold
The_Don90	Call		£1.28	£4.00	£12.68
shark11	Fold
Flop
		8 2 2
ayauasca_a	Check
The_Don90	Check
Turn
		4
ayauasca_a	Bet		£2.00	£6.00	£7.50
The_Don90	Call		£2.00	£8.00	£10.68
River
		10
ayauasca_a	Bet		£4.00	£12.00	£3.50
The_Don90	All-in		£10.68	£22.68	£0.00
ayauasca_a	All-in		£3.50	£26.18	£0.00
The_Don90	Unmatched bet		£3.18	£23.00	£3.18
ayauasca_a	Show	Q Q
The_Don90	Show	10 10
The_Don90	Win	Full House, 10s and 2s	£21.60		£24.78

Again here im not sure on this hand. Villian was all over the place and tbh, every time i managed to get in ahead he binked, so i guess this is what spite does to you.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
The_Don90	Small blind		£0.04	£0.04	£9.13
shark11	Big blind		£0.08	£0.12	£11.97
	Your hole cards	J J
ayauasca_a	Fold
slim55	Call		£0.08	£0.20	£2.18
bankster1	Call		£0.08	£0.28	£23.94
The_Don90	Raise		£0.36	£0.64	£8.77
shark11	Call		£0.32	£0.96	£11.65
slim55	Call		£0.32	£1.28	£1.86
bankster1	Call		£0.32	£1.60	£23.62
Flop
		6 7 3
The_Don90	Bet		£1.20	£2.80	£7.57
shark11	Fold
slim55	Fold
bankster1	Call		£1.20	£4.00	£22.42
Turn
		K
The_Don90	Bet		£2.00	£6.00	£5.57
bankster1	Call		£2.00	£8.00	£20.42
River
		8
The_Don90	Check
bankster1	All-in		£20.42	£28.42	£0.00
The_Don90	All-in		£5.57	£33.99	£0.00
bankster1	Unmatched bet		£14.85	£19.14	£14.85
The_Don90	Show	J J
bankster1	Show	4 K
bankster1	Win	Pair of Kings	£17.74		£32.59

Im a right homer simpson here. How easy do i need a fold to be.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
er425	Small blind		£0.04	£0.04	£4.45
The_Don90	Big blind		£0.08	£0.12	£28.37
	Your hole cards	10 J
SAM159	Call		£0.08	£0.20	£5.89
nessa779	Call		£0.08	£0.28	£4.45
ashers	Call		£0.08	£0.36	£1.22
er425	Call		£0.04	£0.40	£4.41
The_Don90	Check
Flop
		7 J 2
er425	Check
The_Don90	Bet		£0.30	£0.70	£28.07
SAM159	Call		£0.30	£1.00	£5.59
nessa779	Fold
ashers	Fold
er425	Fold
Turn
		6
The_Don90	Bet		£0.75	£1.75	£27.32
SAM159	Raise		£2.00	£3.75	£3.59
The_Don90	Call		£1.25	£5.00	£26.07
River
		8
The_Don90	Check
SAM159	All-in		£3.59	£8.59	£0.00
The_Don90	Call		£3.59	£12.18	£22.48
The_Don90	Show	10 J
SAM159	Show	K K
SAM159	Win	Pair of Kings	£11.26		£11.26

Closing Balance: £201.41

Recovered losses well and learnt something in doing so. Dont leave the table when theres a fish around. Im leaving now as i need to go to asda and the guy who i felt had most value took his 500BB and ran. I was just sitting waiting for a spot but it wasnt fothcomming.

Dudeskin8

Yh that A4s hand is insane, you know that so don't **** do it again !

JJ, nasty turn, you have to bet it and tbh kinda sick he hits top pair there, tough when he sets you in probably 50-50 for call.

J10 at the end looks like spew to me, turn I don't think you beat ANYTHING, river again gotta fold.

Overall though this level is pure value town, just about dodging beats and not tilting yourself.

The_Don90

In Response to Re: taking on NL4 (and beyond) diary:

Yh that A4s hand is insane, you know that so don't **** do it again ! JJ, nasty turn, you have to bet it and tbh kinda sick he hits top pair there, tough when he sets you in probably 50-50 for call. J10 at the end looks like spew to me, turn I don't think you beat ANYTHING, river again gotta fold. Overall though this level is pure value town, just about dodging beats and not tilting yourself.
Posted by Dudeskin8

yea i know ur right mate. im really not happy with how i played in honesty. Although i think i know the issue that caused it. I had a tourny running on stars which plays completely differently from all sort of sane poker, i think that really effected my game. Should slap myself for that.

However i think i showed caracter last night by willing to go through a full set of Hand Historys realise theres value and that im also playing bad. Yes i still didnt play close to well but i did play far better than what i had done throughout the previous 2 hours and i managed to recover.

The Jacks v K4 hand, im really bamboozled by that hand. Also the TT hand which you didnt mention im guessing thats a good thing.

I think by doing things a little differently ive developed as a player. I know thats came at a cost of a buy in, but i really proved alot to myself last night. I think thats worth 100 buy ins. And long term i think if i can keep learning i might actually cut out the stupid daft mistakes.

grantorino

A4 hand fold flop, pre is fine imo

JJ shove river

JT is an easy fold on turn, I'm not sure I lead flop 5way

The_Don90

16th Oct

Lone session

I was trying to stay up longer but ive been up since 10.30 last night and tbh its really kicked in. Id found a second wind which got me through most of the afternoon but im past it now. Anyways this wa a phenomial day. After my disappointment of last night i done my usual sunday. 2 primo sats. Never got anywhere. To add to the mix i noticed a £300 overlay on a UKOPs sat. Bingo into that for £4. Gave myself a goodd chance at that to bu6y one river later i was crippled no biggie. Saving my run down for cash, £10 is only one buy in right.

Anyways too many hands to post, so im posting highest value only.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
PIEMAN180	Small blind		£0.04	£0.04	£6.68
The_Don90	Big blind		£0.08	£0.12	£8.46
oswaldfich	Big blind		£0.08	£0.20	£7.92
Daniel-son	Big blind		£0.08	£0.28	£8.25
	Your hole cards	5 5
oswaldfich	Check
rancid	Call		£0.08	£0.36	£9.27
Daniel-son	Check
sisat1973	Raise		£0.32	£0.68	£11.48
PIEMAN180	Fold
The_Don90	Call		£0.24	£0.92	£8.22
oswaldfich	Call		£0.24	£1.16	£7.68
rancid	Call		£0.24	£1.40	£9.03
Daniel-son	Fold
Flop
		A 4 5
The_Don90	Bet		£1.08	£2.48	£7.14
oswaldfich	Call		£1.08	£3.56	£6.60
rancid	Fold
sisat1973	Call		£1.08	£4.64	£10.40
Turn
		7
The_Don90	Bet		£3.51	£8.15	£3.63
oswaldfich	Call		£3.51	£11.66	£3.09
sisat1973	All-in		£10.40	£22.06	£0.00
The_Don90	All-in		£3.63	£25.69	£0.00
oswaldfich	Fold
sisat1973	Unmatched bet		£3.26	£22.43	£3.26
The_Don90	Show	5 5
sisat1973	Show	Q A
River
		2
The_Don90	Win	Three 5s	£21.07		£21.07

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
cusse10	Small blind		£0.04	£0.04	£10.51
ktc2	Big blind		£0.08	£0.12	£3.12
	Your hole cards	K K
The_Don90	Raise		£0.32	£0.44	£7.66
Geosarge	Fold
adhawkins	Fold
cusse10	Call		£0.28	£0.72	£10.23
ktc2	Fold
Flop
		K A 10
cusse10	Check
The_Don90	Bet		£0.54	£1.26	£7.12
cusse10	Raise		£1.08	£2.34	£9.15
The_Don90	Raise		£1.98	£4.32	£5.14
cusse10	All-in		£9.15	£13.47	£0.00
The_Don90	All-in		£5.14	£18.61	£0.00
cusse10	Unmatched bet		£2.57	£16.04	£2.57
cusse10	Show	K 10
The_Don90	Show	K K
Turn
		A
River
		J
The_Don90	Win	Full House, Kings and Aces	£14.83		£14.83

not happy with this one tbh.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
adhawkins	Small blind		£0.04	£0.04	£9.49
tankspice1	Big blind		£0.08	£0.12	£5.19
	Your hole cards	A Q
daklan	Call		£0.08	£0.20	£5.06
duonross	Call		£0.08	£0.28	£16.71
The_Don90	Raise		£0.40	£0.68	£16.82
Geosarge	Raise		£1.36	£2.04	£13.79
adhawkins	Fold
tankspice1	Fold
daklan	Fold
duonross	Fold
The_Don90	Call		£0.96	£3.00	£15.86
Flop
		Q 8 6
The_Don90	Check
Geosarge	Bet		£1.50	£4.50	£12.29
The_Don90	Call		£1.50	£6.00	£14.36
Turn
		6
The_Don90	Check
Geosarge	Check
River
		7
The_Don90	Check
Geosarge	Bet		£3.00	£9.00	£9.29
The_Don90	Call		£3.00	£12.00	£11.36
Geosarge	Show	J J
The_Don90	Show	A Q
The_Don90	Win	Two Pairs, Queens and 6s	£11.10		£22.46

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
SCOUT49	Small blind		£0.04	£0.04	£2.65
pokertiger	Big blind		£0.08	£0.12	£1.40
	Your hole cards	A A
The_Don90	Raise		£0.32	£0.44	£13.80
necrochimp	Fold
svenstr8s	Call		£0.32	£0.76	£6.86
SCOUT49	Fold
pokertiger	Call		£0.24	£1.00	£1.16
Flop
		6 10 7
pokertiger	Check
The_Don90	Bet		£0.75	£1.75	£13.05
svenstr8s	Call		£0.75	£2.50	£6.11
pokertiger	Call		£0.75	£3.25	£0.41
Turn
		4
pokertiger	Check
The_Don90	Bet		£2.44	£5.69	£10.61
svenstr8s	Call		£2.44	£8.13	£3.67
pokertiger	All-in		£0.41	£8.54	£0.00
River
		10
The_Don90	Bet		£4.27	£12.81	£6.34
svenstr8s	All-in		£3.67	£16.48	£0.00
The_Don90	Unmatched bet		£0.60	£15.88	£6.94
pokertiger	Show	J 9
The_Don90	Show	A A
svenstr8s	Show	A 8
svenstr8s	Win	Flush to the Ace	£14.68		£14.68

Closing Balance: £226.53

So close. Knew i would be close when i finnished but i was too tired to try and push. plus i felt that would lead to mistakes. Anyways Back to NL8 after a snooze and then the following session will hopefully be NL10. Also to note of how much im increasing grind. Ive already broke the most ive ever had for a months C4P with still half the month to go.

Poker_Fail

Grats on almost making it to NL10, Keep it going

stien

Don when I have played at this level (ok I don't take it too serious I know but) I have found that getting callers isn't a problem, the number of callers is the issue. IMO at this level your 4x raise size is too small, with 2 limpers you only 5x it, as a minimum its got to be 4x plus one for each limper but I would suggest you try 6x plus one for each limper and see how you go. I've have got plenty of callers with 10x and more.

A bigger pre flop raise = a bigger pot pre, your raising pre because you believe you have a strong hand now so get more money in the pot now. A bigger pre flop pot means your flop/turn bets can be bigger so you can get all the money in quicker post flop if you decide to, exactly what you want to do when your raising pre with the strongest part of your range. 

On the flop with a strong made hand you bet 3/4 pot, I would just pot it as a minimum, try over pot betting it too, if they are calling charge them while you believe you have the best hand. Looking at the last AA hand you only have 40% equity v 92ss and QTo for example, if 92ss was 56ss you have only 34% equity on the flop v 2 villains, sure you're very likely ahead now but charging them 3/4 pot is just too cheap. I would also pot/jam the turn, by raising more pre and potting the flop its easier to get your stack in on the turn. I just don't believe these guys care what the bet size is, if they are calling they are calling so charge them as much as they will pay. 

Finally when you get 3 or 4 bet and you have AK why take a race when their range is QQ+ and AK has only 38% equity v this range. You play at this level so feel free to tell me i'm wrong but racing as a dog at this level makes no sense to me. Sure higher up we need to get it in pre with AK and worse but at nl8 how many are able to exploit you on the few occasions you raise with AK and fold to an obvious RR thats QQ+ all day long.  

The_Don90

In Response to Re: taking on NL4 (and beyond) diary:

Don when I have played at this level (ok I don't take it too serious I know but) I have found that getting callers isn't a problem, the number of callers is the issue. IMO at this level your 4x raise size is too small, with 2 limpers you only 5x it, as a minimum its got to be 4x plus one for each limper but I would suggest you try 6x plus one for each limper and see how you go. I've have got plenty of callers with 10x and more. A bigger pre flop raise = a bigger pot pre, your raising pre because you believe you have a strong hand now so get more money in the pot now. A bigger pre flop pot means your flop/turn bets can be bigger so you can get all the money in quicker post flop if you decide to, exactly what you want to do when your raising pre with the strongest part of your range.  On the flop with a strong made hand you bet 3/4 pot, I would just pot it as a minimum, try over pot betting it too, if they are calling charge them while you believe you have the best hand. Looking at the last AA hand you only have 40% equity v 92ss and QTo for example, if 92ss was 56ss you have only 34% equity on the flop v 2 villains, sure you're very likely ahead now but charging them 3/4 pot is just too cheap. I would also pot/jam the turn, by raising more pre and potting the flop its easier to get your stack in on the turn. I just don't believe these guys care what the bet size is, if they are calling they are calling so charge them as much as they will pay.  Finally when you get 3 or 4 bet and you have AK why take a race when their range is QQ+ and AK has only 38% equity v this range. You play at this level so feel free to tell me i'm wrong but racing as a dog at this level makes no sense to me. Sure higher up we need to get it in pre with AK and worse but at nl8 how many are able to exploit you on the few occasions you raise with AK and fold to an obvious RR thats QQ+ all day long.  
Posted by stien

Stien im confused as to what hands we're discussing.

tbh im about rolled for my target for moving up, NL8 has been a rollercoaster ride, although tbh it was an mtt win losing at cash for 2/3 days then ive ebeen winning since. Bar one session where i played terrible last night. I have full respect for what your saying. Ive found at NL8 more than at NL4 you need to find how to get value from regs. Maybe because i prefer playing 4-6 tables really doesnt help you on a limit like NL8 where theres only ever 6 - 7 tables at most running. That means im bumping into the regs on a solid basis.

Ive found at NL8 unlike at NL4, a 32p raise (16p equivellent for NL4) is often enough to ghet a HU pot. Obviously i do pick up fish and last night i have had tables where i open twice and on occassions triple that amount. Tbh there was one guy who never folded pre once if he put money in the pot so i double my open, then kept adding to it till he folded pre. Now tis wasnt to see if he'd fold, this was to see how much can i get out of him pre and he was c/f 99% of flops.

ty for some good feedback although if you can direct me to the hands we're discussing i might be able to follow it a little better.

Don

The_Don90

17th Oct

Early morning session

Tbh this session didnt last long, due to tables dying constantly. In the end i decided to stop for now and wait for more value later. I tried NL8 was only one game running and it was full, NL4 was full of shorties so NL10 shot seemed ok. I managed to get onto 2 tables and get some imprtortant notes.

Im not sure what my Profit/loss will be on NL10 yet as really i ahvent been able to get a full assessment of what fair and what isnt. So since theres 3 winning hand above £1 ill show them and whatever losing hands.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
sillyluke	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£11.84
BIGAL90	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£0.96
	Your hole cards	A 10
Jonno02	Call		£0.10	£0.25	£10.73
Cannon223	Raise		£0.30	£0.55	£16.83
The_Don90	Call		£0.30	£0.85	£9.70
sillyluke	Fold
BIGAL90	Fold
Jonno02	Call		£0.20	£1.05	£10.53
Flop
		A 10 6
Jonno02	Check
Cannon223	Bet		£0.53	£1.58	£16.30
The_Don90	Raise		£2.11	£3.69	£7.59
Jonno02	Fold
Cannon223	Fold
The_Don90	Muck
The_Don90	Win		£1.95		£9.54
The_Don90	Return		£1.58	£0.16	£11.12

This hand below i really went to bluffing town, i felt my opponent was weak. As soon as he called i said, Im and Idiot he has AQ, when it was shown i said "im a genuis"

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
Cannon223	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£16.15
The_Don90	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£11.02
bellooww	Big blind		£0.10	£0.25	£7.90
	Your hole cards	A K
sillyluke	Fold
BIGAL90	Call		£0.10	£0.35	£2.03
bellooww	Raise		£0.10	£0.45	£7.80
Jonno02	Fold
Cannon223	Call		£0.15	£0.60	£16.00
The_Don90	Raise		£0.70	£1.30	£10.32
BIGAL90	Fold
bellooww	Raise		£1.20	£2.50	£6.60
Cannon223	Fold
The_Don90	Call		£0.60	£3.10	£9.72
Flop
		2 9 3
The_Don90	Check
bellooww	Check
Turn
		Q
The_Don90	Check
bellooww	Bet		£3.10	£6.20	£3.50
The_Don90	All-in		£9.72	£15.92	£0.00
bellooww	All-in		£3.50	£19.42	£0.00
The_Don90	Unmatched bet		£3.12	£16.30	£3.12
The_Don90	Show	A K
bellooww	Show	K 8
River
		2
The_Don90	Win	Pair of 2s	£15.07		£18.19

This hand i was in two minds over. I felt i could re-raise flop but wasnt sure how that would play out at NL10 so i decided to flat and "fish" once the river lands and all the action comes however i think my re-raise is a little too strong,  i think im only ever getting called by a K high flush here. Maybe a smaller raise or what do people think about a flat?

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
elmakem	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£24.44
ATID	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£24.92
	Your hole cards	A Q
The_Don90	Raise		£0.30	£0.45	£9.45
devil_tear	Fold
elmakem	Call		£0.25	£0.70	£24.19
ATID	Call		£0.20	£0.90	£24.72
Flop
		9 5 2
elmakem	Bet		£0.40	£1.30	£23.79
ATID	Call		£0.40	£1.70	£24.32
The_Don90	Call		£0.40	£2.10	£9.05
Turn
		K
elmakem	Check
ATID	Check
The_Don90	Check
River
		4
elmakem	Bet		£0.10	£2.20	£23.69
ATID	Raise		£1.25	£3.45	£23.07
The_Don90	Raise		£4.78	£8.23	£4.27
elmakem	Fold
ATID	Fold
The_Don90	Muck
The_Don90	Win		£4.34		£8.61
The_Don90	Return		£3.53	£0.36	£12.14

This hand below im not putting another penny in if i dont fill on river.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
ATID	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£25.04
The_Don90	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£9.90
	Your hole cards	Q 6
pealead	Fold
elmakem	Call		£0.10	£0.25	£21.84
ATID	Call		£0.05	£0.30	£24.99
The_Don90	Check
Flop
		Q 3 3
ATID	Check
The_Don90	Check
elmakem	Check
Turn
		2
ATID	Check
The_Don90	Bet		£0.23	£0.53	£9.67
elmakem	Call		£0.23	£0.76	£21.61
ATID	Fold
River
		3
The_Don90	Bet		£0.57	£1.33	£9.10
elmakem	Raise		£2.80	£4.13	£18.81
The_Don90	Call		£2.23	£6.36	£6.87
elmakem	Show	5 3
The_Don90	Muck	Q 6
elmakem	Win	Four 3s	£5.88		£24.69

Closing Balance: £230.96

Small winning in a small session from NL10 although alot of hands there im not happy with. Tbh i think its going to take a week or so to properly settle into NL10 but im happy to do that. Im also happy to drop back down. Ive also stated that once i get to £300 i will withdraw £50. This is for a number of reasons which i wish to remain private, but in honesty i cant remember what its like to Withdraw. This will also allow my a little extra time at Nl10 on which i can spend developing my game. £500 the next target for moving on up. Although i may move up sooner than that. I just want to be rolled.

The_Don90

17th Oct

Morning session

Took a full blown battering to say the least. Tbh i think i didnt find my feet at all. I jumped off the plane and forgot how to land a paracute. I had 3 major issues. A i wasnt running brilliant. B i couldnt find value. C i dont particularly played well.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
111pete115	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£8.00
The_Don90	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£10.83
	Your hole cards	9 9
painy12	Fold
kerrim	Raise		£0.40	£0.55	£2.35
J0NSEY	Fold
111pete115	Call		£0.35	£0.90	£7.65
The_Don90	Call		£0.30	£1.20	£10.53
Flop
		4 10 5
111pete115	Check
The_Don90	Check
kerrim	Bet		£0.60	£1.80	£1.75
111pete115	Fold
The_Don90	Raise		£2.40	£4.20	£8.13
kerrim	All-in		£1.75	£5.95	£0.00
The_Don90	Unmatched bet		£0.05	£5.90	£8.18
The_Don90	Show	9 9
kerrim	Show	7 7
Turn
		4
River
		K
The_Don90	Win	Two Pairs, 9s and 4s	£5.45		£13.63

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
marcus191	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£10.30
mcbay	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£10.03
	Your hole cards	9 A
The_Don90	Raise		£0.30	£0.45	£11.44
NColley	Fold
J0NSEY	Fold
marcus191	Call		£0.25	£0.70	£10.05
mcbay	Call		£0.20	£0.90	£9.83
Flop
		7 9 8
marcus191	Check
mcbay	Bet		£0.68	£1.58	£9.15
The_Don90	Call		£0.68	£2.26	£10.76
marcus191	Fold
Turn
		4
mcbay	Check
The_Don90	Bet		£1.13	£3.39	£9.63
mcbay	Call		£1.13	£4.52	£8.02
River
		9
mcbay	Check
The_Don90	Bet		£2.26	£6.78	£7.37
mcbay	Fold
The_Don90	Muck
The_Don90	Win		£4.18		£11.55
The_Don90	Return		£2.26	£0.34	£13.81

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
M_Tutte	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£4.54
4ePeH	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£9.90
	Your hole cards	K K
The_Don90	Raise		£0.30	£0.45	£12.96
gamegenie	Fold
NColley	Fold
chimpi16	Fold
M_Tutte	Call		£0.25	£0.70	£4.29
4ePeH	Call		£0.20	£0.90	£9.70
Flop
		Q J 2
M_Tutte	Check
4ePeH	Check
The_Don90	Bet		£0.68	£1.58	£12.28
M_Tutte	Fold
4ePeH	Raise		£1.90	£3.48	£7.80
The_Don90	Raise		£4.75	£8.23	£7.53
4ePeH	All-in		£7.80	£16.03	£0.00
The_Don90	Call		£4.27	£20.30	£3.26
4ePeH	Show	J Q
The_Don90	Show	K K
Turn
		9
River
		3
4ePeH	Win	Two Pairs, Queens and Jacks	£18.90		£18.90

Really not happy with this hand tbh. It looks worse every time i look at it.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
NColley	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£9.85
Zeextenr	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£9.90
	Your hole cards	Q Q
J0NSEY	Fold
111pete115	Call		£0.10	£0.25	£7.81
The_Don90	Raise		£0.40	£0.65	£13.18
painy12	Fold
NColley	Raise		£1.25	£1.90	£8.60
Zeextenr	Fold
111pete115	Fold
The_Don90	Call		£0.90	£2.80	£12.28
Flop
		8 3 9
NColley	Bet		£2.10	£4.90	£6.50
The_Don90	Call		£2.10	£7.00	£10.18
Turn
		10
NColley	All-in		£6.50	£13.50	£0.00
The_Don90	Call		£6.50	£20.00	£3.68
NColley	Show	K K
The_Don90	Show	Q Q
River
		K
NColley	Win	Three Kings	£18.60		£18.60

Notes told me he has second pair here. Which makes the river even more tilting.

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
4ePeH	Small blind		£0.05	£0.05	£18.65
GAZLEAMAC	Big blind		£0.10	£0.15	£32.00
	Your hole cards	8 7
allybungle	Fold
The_Don90	Raise		£0.30	£0.45	£21.54
4ePeH	Call		£0.25	£0.70	£18.40
GAZLEAMAC	Fold
Flop
		10 9 2
4ePeH	Bet		£0.53	£1.23	£17.87
The_Don90	Raise		£1.85	£3.08	£19.69
4ePeH	Call		£1.32	£4.40	£16.55
Turn
		Q
4ePeH	Check
The_Don90	Bet		£3.30	£7.70	£16.39
4ePeH	Call		£3.30	£11.00	£13.25
River
		9
4ePeH	Bet		£6.70	£17.70	£6.55
The_Don90	Fold
4ePeH	Muck
4ePeH	Win		£10.17		£16.72
4ePeH	Return		£6.70	£0.83	£23.42

Closing Balance: £205.89

DOHHHHHHH

Welcome to the most depressing level on the site.

H8 nl10. 

Thing is u gonna be here for ages too, need 400 for nl20.

U thought nl4 was tough . . . . . . . . . .

fyl. 

NColley

In Response to Re: taking on NL4 (and beyond) diary:

Welcome to the most depressing level on the site. H8 nl10.  Thing is u gonna be here for ages too, need 400 for nl20. U thought nl4 was tough . . . . . . . . . . fyl. 
Posted by DOHHHHHHH

This is so true.

The_Don90

In Response to Re: taking on NL4 (and beyond) diary:

In Response to Re: taking on NL4 (and beyond) diary : This is so true.
Posted by NColley

i played those Queens so badly, enjoy the free money lol .

Dudeskin8

I actually really like NL10 although that's probably due to more proper limp, limp, calling station players.

That QQ hand is tricky, you can't really fold pre imo, just cooler imo.

The_Don90

In Response to Re: taking on NL4 (and beyond) diary:

I actually really like NL10 although that's probably due to more proper limp, limp, calling station players. That QQ hand is tricky, you can't really fold pre imo, just cooler imo.
Posted by Dudeskin8

i cant fold pre but by the turn i only beat Jacks,

rancid

Why is there NL8 and NL10, they play just the same

DrSharp

************HIJACK******************

Firstly, well done Don. 

Just a couple of questions to whomever feels the need to answer them from someone in a similar situation to The Don90.

I have now got just shy of $260 in my account after grinding through the levels. I am a BR nit fwiw. I wanted to move up to NL10 once i got to $250. My problem is that after having an absolutely hideous start to NL8 i found that i was at one point $50 down at NL8 (hands like running KK in to AA for example), i have now ground that back and now show a profit of $10 at that level. I dont feel i have bested that level as yet even though i feel very confident there. Just a profit of $10 doesnt sit easy with me. Should i stick around at NL8 a bit longer?

When i have played NL10 stuff, i have done really well and made good profit. Move up now?

Why have some commented on the fact that NL10 is a horrible level? Explanation please?

Thankyou.

PiAnOpLaYa

In Response to Re: taking on NL4 (and beyond) diary:
************HIJACK****************** Firstly, well done Don.  Just a couple of questions to whomever feels the need to answer them from someone in a similar situation to The Don90. I have now got just shy of $260 in my account after grinding through the levels. I am a BR nit fwiw. I wanted to move up to NL10 once i got to $250. My problem is that after having an absolutely hideous start to NL8 i found that i was at one point $50 down at NL8 (hands like running KK in to AA for example), i have now ground that back and now show a profit of $10 at that level. I dont feel i have bested that level as yet even though i feel very confident there. Just a profit of $10 doesnt sit easy with me. Should i stick around at NL8 a bit longer? When i have played NL10 stuff, i have done really well and made good profit. Move up now? Why have some commented on the fact that NL10 is a horrible level? Explanation please? Thankyou.
Posted by DrSharp

Horrible level because i takes so long tog et out of it.

start with £200 and need £400 to get out so thats 20buy ins. where as alot of levels you not need to win as many buy ins to level up.

FWIW i think you can play NL10 with 25 buy ins happily esp if you have been turning a profit at it all ready.

I'm hopefully will be playing tonight so there's loads of value down about 5 buyins recently at it (think i need to stop playing any 2)

Dudeskin8

@ Don - he had KK here well done to the dealer but what if he has AK, wouldn't getting it in pre be better ?

@ Sharp - You don't need £260 to start playing NL10, imo £220 is more than enough maybe less. Oh and you play with POUNDS on Sky not DOLLARS ££££££££££££££££££££, sorry it's tilted me for a while now.

DrSharp

@ pianoplaya - got it. I started with 8 quid at NL4 so i am used to being stuck at one level for ages. ;-)

@ Dudeskin - lmao, dunno where my 'pound' sign is on this **** keyboard so have resigned myself to the fact that i have to use dollars. It tilts me too but i dont know how to change it, i think the keyboard settings were set up incorrectly on this darn laptop. Sorry.
 
!@#$%^&amp;*()_+{}|":< />?|\`~[]\';,./+-*/  See, no quid sign. Frickin annoys me!