Weeks Results: Stayed at 2nl and went on a downswing

Hi guys, Alex here.

To contrary of what I said last week I stayed in the 2nl games. This was mostly because of a stressful week at work and a bit of moving up anxiety. Regardless I played some fun sessions (small volume), got coolered a little but it was all good fun.

Some notable hands:

bluff gone bad:

• PokerStars Hand #156378653942: Hold'em No Limit ($0.01/$0.02 USD) - 2016/07/24 9:35:12 ET
• Table 'Mezzarco' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
• Seat 1: DeJa6666 ($2.19 in chips)
• Seat 2: baynce ($0.75 in chips)
• Seat 3: Nadyac95 ($2 in chips)
• Seat 4: Factor232 ($0.78 in chips)
• Seat 5: Zac992 ($2.04 in chips)
• Seat 6: goingpaper ($2.10 in chips)
• goingpaper: posts small blind $0.01
• DeJa6666: posts big blind $0.02
• *** HOLE CARDS ***
• Dealt to goingpaper [Ah Qs]
• baynce: calls $0.02
• Nadyac95: folds
• Factor232: folds
• Zac992: raises $0.04 to $0.06
• goingpaper: raises $0.20 to $0.26
• DeJa6666: folds
• baynce: folds
• Zac992: calls $0.20
• *** FLOP *** [5d Jc Jd]
• goingpaper: bets $0.24
• Zac992: calls $0.24
• *** TURN *** [5d Jc Jd] [5s]
• goingpaper: bets $0.48
• Zac992: calls $0.48
• *** RIVER *** [5d Jc Jd 5s] [9c]
• goingpaper: bets $1.12 and is all-in
• Zac992: calls $1.06 and is all-in
• Uncalled bet ($0.06) returned to goingpaper
• *** SHOW DOWN ***
• goingpaper: shows [Ah Qs] (two pair, Jacks and Fives)
• Zac992: shows [Qh Qd] (two pair, Queens and Jacks)
• Zac992 collected $3.98 from pot
• *** SUMMARY ***
• Total pot $4.12 | Rake $0.14
• Board [5d Jc Jd 5s 9c]
• Seat 1: DeJa6666 (big blind) folded before Flop
• Seat 2: baynce folded before Flop
• Seat 3: Nadyac95 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
• Seat 4: Factor232 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
• Seat 5: Zac992 (button) showed [Qh Qd] and won ($3.98) with two pair, Queens and Jacks
• Seat 6: goingpaper (small blind) showed [Ah Qs] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Fives

I probably shouldn't really be bluffing that much in this spot but I figured I would turn up with AJ + AA + KK so much here that I don't even really have enough bluffs and doubt nitty villains are floating with 5x on the flop.

Hit a set on a board with a huge range advantage:

• PokerStars Zoom Hand #156630370561: Hold'em No Limit ($0.01/$0.02) - 2016/07/30 8:34:02 ET
• Table 'Halley' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
• Seat 1: flushali ($2 in chips)
• Seat 2: Pansarfisken ($2.02 in chips)
• Seat 3: K_1_JACKPOT ($3.50 in chips)
• Seat 4: butrosLT ($2 in chips)
• Seat 5: Pineal Hand ($2.32 in chips)
• Seat 6: goingpaper ($2.77 in chips)
• Pansarfisken: posts small blind $0.01
• K_1_JACKPOT: posts big blind $0.02
• *** HOLE CARDS ***
• Dealt to goingpaper [3h 3c]
• butrosLT: folds
• Pineal Hand: folds
• goingpaper: raises $0.04 to $0.06
• flushali: folds
• Pansarfisken: calls $0.05
• K_1_JACKPOT: folds
• *** FLOP *** [2c 5h 3s]
• Pansarfisken: checks
• goingpaper: bets $0.05
• Pansarfisken: calls $0.05
• *** TURN *** [2c 5h 3s] [5s]
• Pansarfisken: checks
• goingpaper: bets $0.12
• Pansarfisken: raises $0.28 to $0.40
• goingpaper: calls $0.28
• *** RIVER *** [2c 5h 3s 5s] [4h]
• Pansarfisken: bets $0.69
• goingpaper: raises $1.57 to $2.26 and is all-in
• Pansarfisken: folds
• Uncalled bet ($1.57) returned to goingpaper
• goingpaper collected $2.34 from pot
• goingpaper: doesn't show hand
• *** SUMMARY ***
• Total pot $2.42 | Rake $0.08
• Board [2c 5h 3s 5s 4h]
• Seat 1: flushali (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
• Seat 2: Pansarfisken (small blind) folded on the River
• Seat 3: K_1_JACKPOT (big blind) folded before Flop
• Seat 4: butrosLT folded before Flop (didn't bet)
• Seat 5: Pineal Hand folded before Flop (didn't bet)
• Seat 6: goingpaper collected ($2.34)

I like small sizing on flop and turn due to a big range advantage and to balance out when im trying to get value from just an overpair. obviously cant do anything but shove with the nuts on the river lol.

shoved into the nuts:

• PokerStars Zoom Hand #156623785479: Hold'em No Limit ($0.01/$0.02) - 2016/07/30 3:58:55 ET
• Table 'Halley' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
• Seat 1: haczyk130 ($4.06 in chips)
• Seat 2: goingpaper ($2.49 in chips)
• Seat 3: Almic13 ($3.05 in chips)
• Seat 4: etale.K3 ($2.88 in chips)
• Seat 5: beatrice1014 ($3.01 in chips)
• Seat 6: Ungdomskulen ($2.03 in chips)
• goingpaper: posts small blind $0.01
• Almic13: posts big blind $0.02
• *** HOLE CARDS ***
• Dealt to goingpaper [3s 3c]
• etale.K3: folds
• beatrice1014: calls $0.02
• Ungdomskulen: raises $0.04 to $0.06
• haczyk130: folds
• goingpaper: calls $0.05
• Almic13: calls $0.04
• beatrice1014: calls $0.04
• *** FLOP *** [9c 8d 3d]
• goingpaper: checks
• Almic13: checks
• beatrice1014: bets $0.10
• Ungdomskulen: calls $0.10
• goingpaper: raises $0.36 to $0.46
• Almic13: folds
• beatrice1014: folds
• Ungdomskulen: calls $0.36
• *** TURN *** [9c 8d 3d] [7c]
• goingpaper: bets $1.97 and is all-in
• Ungdomskulen: calls $1.51 and is all-in
• Uncalled bet ($0.46) returned to goingpaper
• *** RIVER *** [9c 8d 3d 7c] [Th]
• *** SHOW DOWN ***
• goingpaper: shows [3s 3c] (three of a kind, Threes)
• Ungdomskulen: shows [Jh Tc] (a straight, Seven to Jack)
• Ungdomskulen collected $4.13 from pot
• *** SUMMARY ***
• Total pot $4.28 | Rake $0.15
• Board [9c 8d 3d 7c Th]
• Seat 1: haczyk130 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
• Seat 2: goingpaper (small blind) showed [3s 3c] and lost with three of a kind, Threes
• Seat 3: Almic13 (big blind) folded on the Flop
• Seat 4: etale.K3 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
• Seat 5: beatrice1014 folded on the Flop
• Seat 6: Ungdomskulen showed [Jh Tc] and won ($4.13) with a straight, Seven to Jack

I probably could've used a better sizing on the flop due to it being multiway. I think shoving turn is fine due to any other sizing being awkward (i guess this highlights on my flop bet sizing) + not charging enough for draws and the amount of draws still to be completed and the likelyhood of hands like pair+flushdraw or straight flush draws being in the villains range.

I've only played 800 hands this week ( 2 sessions ) but I'm going to try picking up the volume next week and also play some 5nl. I was involved in an all week company workshop last week where I had to work overtime so it was weighing on my mind to keep stress levels low. I would love any feedback about my posts here.