Hello everyone and happy new year!
I have not updated this in a while since i didnt have anything to write about really. I took a christmas break from poker for about 10 days , i was probably worn out by the mass 3k hand sessions i played at the mid of december to reach deuce status. My christmas was rather boring since i didn’t go anywhere and just hanged out with girlfriend and friends. I am at a pretty bored phase atm in general , i think i have to find some activities asap. I am pretty close to finishing my uni studies but i don’t really like it and don’t intend to follow it as a profession anyway , especially when you have to work your ass off for 600 euros a month. But i guess it has to be done eventually , and maybe get a job as a hobby for socializing purposes.
Anyway i am now officially a NL600 player (only after 35k hands on
NL400 but i still delayed it a lot bankroll wise) and my first session
was great , 18.5PTBB over 1.5k hands. Even my AF was decent 
.I find myself a bit too passive sometimes and i realize that it has to
change as i rise on limits. Still not very comfortable with making many
moves though. Have some trouble spotting major fishes , almost every
table is full of regulars and the bad players are in high demand since
the waiting lists on their tables are full ^^.
I have a couple of interesting hands. The first one is the biggest bluff i ve ever pulled. I invested 2 NL400 stacks. Opponent was a maniac and we were playing on the table for like 3 hours and he gave me way too much action whenever i raised , he frequently donk overbet flop of low cards and i was playing rather conservatively against him. His small bet on the river screamed blockbet and i decided to push. (His WTSD was rather low).
Known players: (for a description of vp$ip, pfr, ats, folded bb, af,
wts, wsd, hands go to
http://www.pokerstrategy.com/en/articles/182/?referer=grabem_hand)
MP3 (806.71)
CO (0)
SB (897.40)
BU (822)
BB (563)
2/4 No-Limit Hold’em (5 handed)
Hand recorder used for this poker hand: Texas Grabem 1.9 by www.pokerstrategy.com.
Preflop: Hero is MP3 with 8c, 9c
Hero raises to $14.00, 2 folds, SB calls $12.00, BB folds.
Flop: ($32.00) 8d, Kh, 3h (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $22, SB raises to $44.00, Hero calls $22.00.
Turn: ($120.00) Jd (2 players)
SB bets $60, Hero raises to $180.00, SB calls $120.00.
River: ($480.00) 5h (2 players)
SB bets $84, Hero raises to $568.71 (All-In), SB folds.
Final Pot: $1132.71
I took the rest of his chips on the very next hand , with my QQ vs his TT . He left the table and then so did the rest of his hunters. I love it when that happens ~~.
The 2nd hand i played today and was the biggest pot ive won so far.
We were both a bit deep so i decided to play my FD + gutshot passively
on the flop since i got the odds , and after a long consideration i
decided to call him on the turn as well because he showed a lot of
strength on the first 2 streets and i was easily getting the odds if he
fired a 3rd barrel. I am not really sure though if he would fire again
if the club came , and i also am not sure in any case whether i had to
play check/raise on the river or lead myself. In any case it ended up
good for me but i guess it troubles me a bit ^^.
Known players: (for a description of vp$ip, pfr, ats, folded bb, af,
wts, wsd, hands go to
http://www.pokerstrategy.com/en/articles/182/?referer=grabem_hand)
SB (949.55)
BB (591.40)
MP2 (0)
CO (521.77)
BU (875.79)
MP3 (902.35)
3/6 No-Limit Hold’em (6 handed)
Hand recorder used for this poker hand: Texas Grabem 1.9 by www.pokerstrategy.com.
Preflop: Hero is MP3 with Jc, 7c
MP2 folds, Hero raises to $21.00, CO folds, BU calls $21.00, 2 folds.
Flop: ($51.00) As, 9c, Tc (2 players)
Hero bets $35, BU raises to $130.00, Hero calls $95.00.
Turn: ($311.00) 4s (2 players)
Hero checks, BU bets $200, Hero calls $200.00.
River: ($711.00) 8d (2 players)
Hero checks, BU bets $524.79 (All-In), Hero calls $524.79.
Final Pot: $1760.58
Anyway , that’s it for now. Good luck and have fun at the tables
