July is over!

So July is pretty much over for me now, I'm off to Spain from Sunday until 4th August, so I probs won't be playing any more hands this month. All in all, this month was a bit disappointing although it's fair to say I made a good recovery towards the end. Graph:

Totals:

+$108 at 100NL

+$432 at 50NL

+$906 RB

+$75 bonus

+$75 coaching

+$259 staking

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+$1855 total

Pace is about $8k so I'm pretty far behind but I put that down to running and playing bad early in the month, and dropping down to 50NL. I think moving back to 50NL was a bad idea since it stunts my growth so much; I'm really overrolled for 100NL so there's really no reason for me to drop down unless I feel I'm -EV at a certain stake (although perhaps I was at the time, since I was spewing so much).

Anyways, holiday should be fun and a break from poker is pretty welcome right now.

I finished my month off with a decent session of 100NL, got into a couple of interesting spots vs a really aggro reg, 25/20 with 11% 3bet over a decent sample. I think I played both spots fine but if you have a different opinion please post it.

BTN was a reg, folded to 3bets quite a lot. Obviously I can't really flat with BB behind me so I 3bet. I feel an over-aggro reg like this is going to think that everyone else 3bets a lot more than they actually do, so even though my image was pretty tight on that table he probably thinks it's a great spot to cold 4b bluff (which I think is fine). His sizing is a bit fishy though, I would expect him to go to 24bbs or so with a legit hand, imo most regs aren't all that consistent with their sizing in spots like this. If he calls, I figure KJs doesn't do too badly vs his range (although I would rather have something like 22-77). So I stick it in and he snap folds.

Poker Stars $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 4 players
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BB: $100.00
CO: $128.45
BTN: $144.75
Hero (SB): $120.95

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is SB with K J
1 fold, BTN raises to $2.50, Hero raises to $9, BB raises to $20, 1 fold, Hero raises to $120.95 all in, 1 fold

Final Pot: $42.50
Hero mucks K J
Hero wins $42.50
(Rake: $0.00)

Later in the session, same table - having watched Newman's DC vid on exactly this kinda spot, I think it's a good spot to "polarise" my range (even though it's not polarised because both of us rarely have 3x or 87s). I think he almost always has a bluff-catcher so I shove river, I think the weakest hand I value shove is J9s since he could potentially be trying to induce with something like J7s. He ended up snapping river.

Poker Stars $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 5 players
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SB: $106.65
BB: $100.00
UTG: $431.35
CO: $72.00
Hero (BTN): $134.60

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BTN with J A
2 folds, Hero raises to $2, SB raises to $6, 1 fold, Hero calls $4

Flop: ($13.00) 5 6 J (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $7, SB calls $7

Turn: ($27.00) 4 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $20, SB calls $20

River: ($67.00) 2 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $101.60 all in, SB calls $73.65 all in

Final Pot: $214.30
SB shows T T (a pair of Tens)
Hero shows J A (a pair of Jacks)
Hero wins $212.30
(Rake: $2.00)

Good to have it work out and not get snapped off by 87s or something, lol

Games are not dead btw

Full Tilt Poker $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
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CO: $100.00
Hero (BTN): $143.90
SB: $151.15
BB: $45.35
UTG: $104.55
MP: $172.45

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BTN with T 9
3 folds, Hero raises to $2, SB calls $1.50, 1 fold

Flop: ($5.00) 6 9 5 (2 players)
SB bets $5, Hero calls $5

Turn: ($15.00) 3 (2 players)
SB bets $15, Hero calls $15

River: ($45.00) J (2 players)
SB bets $45, Hero raises to $121.90 all in, SB calls $76.90

Final Pot: $288.80
Hero shows T 9 (a flush, Jack high)
SB mucks 6 K
Hero wins $285.80
(Rake: $3.00)

- HappyPixel