Toro's quest

[toronexti]

OK, so I'm not playing and not gonna have a ton of time to play, but I want a bit of extra income. So, here's what I'm going to do during the rest of Fall semester:

10 hours/week of Multi-tabling 100NL FR from October 2nd to December 31st.

Goals:
140 hours of play
126,000 hands
$5,000 in winnings
Post at least one hand from every session

All of this should be fairly easy to accomplish, hopefully I'll be able to update this thread after every session. I'll have 2-3 weeks off at the end of December so even if I'm behind I'll be able to get it done at the end.

[blah730235]

Good Luck!

By the way...Isn't your specialty in multi-table tournaments?

[Llanlad]

Good luck with this toro .... should be able to run at 2PTBB/100 hands to do this ..

900 hands per hour .. thats a few tables !! ... where are you playing .. Stars ??

Out of curiousity .. whats your full ring PT stats for VPIP / PFR ?

Im trying out a new way of playing full ring ... early days so far ... i might post my stats after 10k hands and get some feed back ..

[jfletcher]

Wow, Toro. That's impressive.

If my math is correct, you'd have to play 15 tables at once (assuming 60 hands per hour at FR).

Even in the relatively straightforward ABC world of FR, I'd find that difficult.

Good luck.

[toronexti]

Well, I've played upto 18 tables at a time and my winrate is around 2.8ptbb/100 over like 500k hands. I just lowballed everything just to not stress about meeting the goals. I should also make ~$675 in FPPs but that won't be included in the winnings part.

[toronexti]

Session 1

Hands: 1,889
MT ratio: 15.39

Hours: 1.95

$$ won: $77.60

Biggest overall loser: 53s
Biggest overall Winner: AKo

Hand 1
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP1 ($107)
MP2 ($19)
MP3 ($151.05)
CO ($26.95)
Hero (Button) ($85)
SB ($88.60)
BB ($186.10)
UTG ($96.90)
UTG+1 ($33.05)

Preflop: Hero is Button with ,
2 folds, MP1 calls $1, 2 folds, CO calls $1, Hero raises to $5, SB calls $4.50, 3 folds

Flop: ($13) , , (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($13) (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $7, SB raises to $14, Hero raises to $35, SB calls $21

River: ($83) (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $45 (All-In), 1 fold

Total pot: $83 | Rake: $3


Hand 2
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

CO ($39.45)
Button ($100)
SB ($99.10)
BB ($107.50)
Hero (UTG) ($114.65)
UTG+1 ($105.65)
MP1 ($183.60)
MP2 ($103)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with ,
Hero raises to $4, 4 folds, Button calls $4, 2 folds

Flop: ($9.50) , , (2 players)
Hero bets $6, Button calls $6

Turn: ($21.50) (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $6.50, Hero calls $6.50

River: ($34.50) (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $8.50, Hero raises to $25, Button calls $16.50

Total pot: $84.50 | Rake: $3


I had a better post but my connection is a POS so I had to quickly retype everything.

[Piscivorous]

Cheater. Started a week early!

Good luck.

[toronexti]

you guys are free to tell me I played these hands retarded. In fact, I'll be happy to learn that I did as long as you tell me why. I'm not gonna be giving any info on opponents cause I mostly don't have too much info when I make the decisions.

[toronexti]

Session 2

Total Hands: 2.67
MT ratio: 15.76

Hours: 2.67

$$ won: $361.75
BB/100: 6.61/100

Biggest overall loser: 42s
Biggest overall winner: AA

This was a really swingy session I think I was down 2 buyins at one point, and was really running pretty bad. Then things just kinda turned around. I started out playing quite a bit looser than I typically do, after a while though I kinda settled in.


Hand 1
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

CO ($15.70)
Button ($54)
SB ($86.50)
Hero (BB) ($100)
UTG ($111.55)
UTG+1 ($123.55)
MP1 ($37.85)
MP2 ($94.35)
MP3 ($36.90)

Preflop: Hero is BB with ,
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $1, 4 folds, Button raises to $2, 1 fold, Hero calls $1, UTG+1 calls $1

Flop: ($6.50) , , (3 players)
Hero checks, UTG+1 checks, Button checks

Turn: ($6.50) (3 players)
Hero bets $5, UTG+1 calls $5, 1 fold

River: ($16.50) (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG+1 checks

Total pot: $16.50 | Rake: $0.80

Not really sure what the standard line on the turn is.

Hand 2
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP1 ($83.15)
MP2 ($26)
CO ($113.20)
Button ($113.95)
Hero (SB) ($100.15)
BB ($20)
UTG ($190.30)
UTG+1 ($91.55)

Preflop: Hero is SB with ,
3 folds, MP2 raises to $5, CO calls $5, 1 fold, Hero raises to $20, 1 fold, MP2 raises to $26 (All-In), CO calls $21, Hero calls $6

Flop: ($79) , , (3 players, 1 all-in)
Hero checks, CO checks

Turn: ($79) (3 players, 1 all-in)
Hero checks, CO bets $15, Hero calls $15

River: ($109) (3 players, 1 all-in)
Hero checks, CO checks

Total pot: $109 | Rake: $3

I have no idea if I played this right.

Hand 3
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP1 ($142.85)
MP2 ($111.25)
MP3 ($67.15)
CO ($80.60)
Button ($100)
Hero (SB) ($102.55)
BB ($99.50)
UTG ($188.40)
UTG+1 ($110.55)

Preflop: Hero is SB with ,
5 folds, CO raises to $3, 1 fold, Hero raises to $9, 1 fold, CO calls $6

Flop: ($19) , , (2 players)
Hero bets $10, CO calls $10

Turn: ($39) (2 players)
Hero bets $20, CO calls $20

River: ($79) (2 players)
Hero bets $50, 1 fold

Total pot: $79 | Rake: $3

3-barrelled it. just felt right

Hand 4
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (6 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

CO ($48.95)
Button ($20.50)
SB ($115.70)
Hero (BB) ($95.50)
UTG ($105)
MP ($64.35)

Preflop: Hero is BB with ,
4 folds, SB raises to $2, Hero calls $1

Flop: ($4) , , (2 players)
SB bets $3, Hero calls $3

Turn: ($10) (2 players)
SB bets $4, Hero calls $4

River: ($1 (2 players)
SB bets $8, Hero folds

Total pot: $18 | Rake: $0.85

What's the standard line on this flop?

]% of Goals met:
Hours Played: 4.60/140 (3.28%)
Hands Played: 4,625/126,000 (3.67%)
$$ Won: $439.35/$5,000 (8.79%)

Total WR: 4.75BB/100
Total HR: $95.17/hour

Pokerev graph for first 2 sessions:

[Llanlad]

Can someone explain this Poker EV tool please ..

What exactly is it telling us and what can we gather from it ?

Worth having or some tool to prove we are running good or bad ..

[toronexti]

Session 3
Total Hours: 1.62

Total Hands: 1,787
MT ratio: 15.41

$$ won: $135.65
BB/100: 3.80/100

Biggest overall loser: JJ
Biggest overall winner: AKo

Pretty vanilla session, I was playing quite a bit tighter than yesterday. It was a tad swingy but nothing crazy. My stats are actually quite different than they normally are, I don't think it really means anything though.

There weren't too many interesting hands. Here's probably the biggest pot that I saw in this session:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG+1 ($115.70)
MP1 ($103.10)
Hero (MP2) ($103.05)
MP3 ($81)
CO ($94.20)
Button ($55.05)
SB ($87.65)
BB ($94)
UTG ($9.50)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with ,
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $1, MP1 calls $1, Hero raises to $5, 3 folds, SB calls $4.50, 1 fold, UTG+1 calls $4, MP1 calls $4

Flop: ($21) , , (4 players)
SB checks, UTG+1 checks, MP1 bets $10, Hero calls $10, SB calls $10, 1 fold

Turn: ($51) (3 players)
SB checks, MP1 checks, Hero bets $25, SB raises to $68, MP1 raises to $88.10 (All-In), Hero calls $63.05 (All-In), SB calls $4.65 (All-In)

River: ($299.75) (3 players, 3 all-in)

Total pot: $299.75 | Rake: $3

% of Goals met:
Hours Played: 6.22/140 (4.44%)
Hands Played: 6,412/126k (5.09%)
$$ Won: $575/$5,000 (11.5%)

Total WR: 4.48BB/100
Total HR: $92.25/hour

[blah730235]

Session 1 hand 2:

What was your plan if villan shoved on the river after that C/R? Isn't there alot of danger in C/Ring the river? I think villans call down range is Ax & meakly played 2pairs. Weaker hands are probably going to shove/fold and stronger hands will shove putting us in a tough spot. Prefop and flop pretty standard, and I like your line on the turn to extract value from bluffs but i'm a bit iffy on the river as I think we have to fold to a shove most of the time.

Session 3 hand 1:

I raise on the flop here almost always. Alot of small pp and small sc have missed that flop which is good news with all of this limp/calling preflop. We have a decent hand but alot of turn cards are going to reduce the value.

Turn is fine we're 1:3 to suck-out on what is probably a straight. And the pot odds are 1:5

[toronexti]

[toronexti]

Session 4

Total Hours: 1.25
MT ratio: 15.16

Total Hands: 1,374

Total $$ won: $101.00

Biggest overall loser: J9s
Biggest overall winner: K5o

Won a bunch at the start than lost a few big hands to land at where I finished. There was a particular fun situation where there was a guy playing at 2-4 of the same tables as me and kept popping me (he did it like 4 times in 100 hands or so which is ridiculous). So I started playing around with him and took around half a buyin off of him from these situations.

I didn't really win any huge hands, biggest one was only a net of +$70 (the K5o) which I'll post.

A few interesting hands:

Hand 1
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (7 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (BB) ($121.20)
UTG ($10.50)
MP1 ($101.40)
MP2 ($93.20)
CO ($115.75)
Button ($60.85)
SB ($37.65)

Preflop: Hero is BB with ,
4 folds, Button raises to $3, 1 fold, Hero calls $2

Flop: ($6.50) , , (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $4, Hero raises to $12, Button calls $8

Turn: ($30.50) (2 players)
Hero bets $10, Button calls $10

River: ($50.50) (2 players)
Hero bets $36, 1 fold

Total pot: $50.50 | Rake: $2.45

Preflop isn't standard but I like the way I played it post-flop, I'll also bet that I got him to fold a decent flush.


Hand 2
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (BB) ($100)
UTG ($102.50)
UTG+1 ($104.70)
MP1 ($129.05)
MP2 ($101.80)
CO ($72.95)
Button ($43.65)
SB ($118.90)

Preflop: Hero is BB with ,
6 folds, SB calls $0.50, Hero raises to $4, SB calls $3

Flop: ($ , , (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $5, SB calls $5

Turn: ($1 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $10, SB raises to $20, Hero calls $10

River: ($5 (2 players)
SB bets $44, Hero calls $44

Total pot: $146 | Rake: $3

A few orbits later villian said something like "you just waste rake when you do that" when the same sort of situation happened PF, which I don't think is true for various reasons.

% of Goal completed:
Total Hands: 7,786/126k (6.18%)
Total Hours: 7.48/140 (5.34%)
Total Won: $676/$5,000 (13.52%)

Total WR: 4.34BB/100
Total HR: $90.33/hour

Graph for sessions 3+4:



I'm running pretty bad according to Pokerev, $289 below equity over the entire sample - which is apparently in the 18th percentile I like this new norm curve feature though.

[cowboyinexile]

Session 4, hand 1-what was your range on button? The river card was a decent bluffing card, but from what the opponent could put you on, I don't understand why he would call the turn and fold the river.