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A Work in Progress: The Diary of a Micro-Limit NL Player/Poker Dealer
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First Cash Session of the Month
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By xxrod17xx
on 09/10/2025
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read xxrod17xx's complete blog
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Today was my first session at 25NL and I was mixed about my results. I sat for 5 minutes short of 2 hours and played 146 hands(1 tabling). But before I go into my play I want to talk about some of the things I have noticed in my game during this downswing I have been having. The first is I am winning a lot of small pots when I am flopping HUGE nut type hands. I have to attribute this to my lack of aggression pre-flop as well as just making some minor mistakes, like weather I should lead or or c/r in certain situations and trying to figure out which is the most profitable. When I 4 table, I am not able to think long or hard enough to figure out which of many options would be my best so I decided it would be best for me to 1 table until I am more comfortable with my decision making online. I also am making large mistakes in big pots too often to be profitable. That is not something I need to work on, that is something that needs to stop right now. I know I play much better than my opposition, but I haven't been recently. I know the only reason I broke even last month was because my opponents play so bad. That isn't going to fly this month. I am not dedicated to breaking even or winning money or moving up like I was in the past; I am dedicated to making the correct decision, thinking and planning my hands, and lastly improving my game. 4 tabling was taking away from me improving my game because I was not able to think long or hard enough about what was the right thing to do. I also was lacking in my post game analysis of my session, that is going to change as well (this blog will certainly help).
As for the session, it started of sloooow. I basically didn't pick up anything worth playing until at least 20-30 mins in. I had a lot of raising in front of me or just no cards worth raising in position to try and take pots down. I also was unable to pick up any pots post flop in position because one player was leading out on almost every flop and I had nothing to call or raise him with really. I had no real reads on this player until later in the session.
Here was my first mistake (minor one, but I think I could have gotten some more value possibly):
Full Tilt Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.10/$0.25 Blinds - 9 Players - (LegoPoker Hand History Converter)
SB: $17.75
Hero (BB): $25.35
UTG: $17.15
UTG+1: $23.45
MP1: $13.85
MP2: $26.70
MP3: $87.70
CO: $12.90
BTN: $24.05
Preflop: Hero is dealt 2 5 (9 Players)
5 folds , CO raises to $0.50, 2 folds, Hero calls $0.25
probably a really questionable call OOP, but I was looking to flop a big hand for really cheap and the stacks were pretty deep.
Flop: ($1.10) T 5 A (2 Players)
Hero checks, CO bets $0.50, Hero calls $0.50
Now I don't this this was a mistake at all. If the villan has an A I have a significant amount of outs here in my mind because I consider 9 hearts as outs. I can rep a flush on a turned heart in this spot and take it down often because the avg uNL player will not be betting their FD's. I also consider my 3 2's and 2 5's as outs which gives me 14 to win the pot. 14x4= 56 so I am a slight favorite in theory to win this pot. So this is why I elected to call on an A high board in a raised pot.
Turn: ($2.10) 5 (2 Players)
Hero checks, CO bets $0.75, Hero raises to $4.35 CO folds...
This is where i think my mistake was (after discussing it over with a friend of mine, thanks Dr. Foulk). This is a perfect spot to lead on both the turn and the river. I am way ahead against the villan's range here and I can either get him to raise me on the turn or call me on both the turn and the river with an A here which is his most likely holding (I figured him for something like Axsuited). C/Ring the turn here gives away how strong my hand is here while a lead also does it can be more profitable in the long run winning me probably a $1 or 2 more. Granted this is a small pot but I think these were the things I wasn't doing during my downswing that I need to do in order to break out of it.
Then this hand came up:
Full Tilt Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.10/$0.25 Blinds - 9 Players - (LegoPoker Hand History Converter)
Villan is 29/8.67/6.8 through 150 hands. He has show me that he is super aggressive post flop basically stupidly aggressive in a lot of spots.
SB: $26.65
Hero (BB): $25.00
UTG: $24.05
UTG+1: $18.25
MP1: $15.65
MP2: $26.50
MP3: $85.95
CO: $26.45
BTN: $24.50
Preflop: Hero is dealt 5 A (9 Players)
3 folds, MP2 calls $0.25, 4 folds, Hero checks
Flop: ($0.60) 2 6 5 (2 Players)
Hero bets $0.35, MP2 calls $0.35
Turn: ($1.30) 6 (2 Players)
Hero checks, MP2 bets $1.00, Hero calls $1.00
This is a spot where I thought my hand was good against my opponents betting range. Yes he could be betting with a 6 but based on his stupid aggression that he has been showing me most of the session I figured I had positive equity at this point. I also knew I wasn't committed to the hand either so I chose to keep the pot small and hope a club doesn't come off and I get to see a showdown.
River: ($3.30) T (2 Players)
Hero checks, MP2 bets $2.00, Hero calls $2.00
If I called on the turn with a solid read thinking my hand was good then I don't see how I can fold here. He did bet out rather quickly which I really read as strength, but I still felt my read was solid.
Pot Size: $7.30 ($0.35 Rake)
MP2 had T A (two pair, Tens and Sixes) and WON (+$3.35)
Hero had 5 A (two pair, Sixes and Fives) and LOST (-$3.60)
And well, it was...until the river of course. I could have folded the hand on the river, but I think if I fold in this spot I am probably folding to too many river bets as I did show weakness on the turn. Now i wish a club did come off...river prob goes check check and I take down the pot. This pot upset me a bit, but things like this are part of the game.
I lost a few more pots (one with a dumb misclick) and found myself down $20.5 when this hand came up:
Full Tilt Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.10/$0.25 Blinds - 9 Players - (LegoPoker Hand History Converter)
SB: $38.20
BB: $84.95
UTG: $25.15
UTG+1: $18.90
MP1: $14.65
Hero (MP2): $25.20
MP3: $33.30
CO: $21.70
BTN: $19.10
Preflop: Hero is dealt J 8 (9 Players)
UTG calls $0.25, UTG+1 folds, MP1 calls $0.25, Hero calls $0.25, 2 folds, BTN calls $0.25, SB calls $0.15, BB checks
Flop: ($1.50) 6 7 9 (6 Players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, MP1 bets $1.00, Hero calls $1.00, 4 folds
Turn: ($3.50) 5 (2 Players)
MP1 bets $1.50, Hero calls $1.50
River: ($6.50) 3 (2 Players)
MP1 bets $2.50, Hero raises to $14.00, MP1 calls all-in for $9.40
My friend didn't like my river shove there. He said he would min-raise in that spot, I assumed it was because of the likelihood that we would be splitting the pot. I was not on tilt, but I clearly was looking to make some of the money back that I had lost throughout the session so I was dedicated to taking this punk to valuetown and luckily he had a strong enough hand for me to do so.
villan showed AA
Well, its late and I am beat. Overall I am very happy with my play. The session was filled with bad cards and a tough beat/situation or two, but overall I though that was some of the better poker I have played recently. I ended up -3.7 on the day which I am OK with considering the events that occurred during the session (such as a $10 misclick)Thanks for reading everyone, goodnight and good luck at the tables.
P.S. None of the landlords and I was hoping to hear from today called me. One I think is clearly standing me up and the other I assume they are in the process of checking out all my info and I do really expect a call back with in the next day or so. I also have another property in the works, but she is unsure if she wants to rent to a person my age because of a bad experience. So she wants to meet me. I told her I would let her know when I can come down, but today I thought why do I need to go 2 hours out of my way to prove to her that I am a good person? If I am in the area I'll let her know I will be around, but I am not going out of my way to talk to her for what maybe 20 minutes where shes not going to know if I am a good person or not. I hope to have good news in this area in the next blog or two.
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