Started playing in 2005 while in the Army. Got out of the Army and moved to Vegas for a warehouse job. Became good enough to beat 2/5 and a little 5/10 in 2006 and 2007 and thought i was destined to be the next Phil Ivey (spoiler alert....i wasn't). I also played online and was a winner in full-ring 50c/$1 and MTTs over a pretty decent sample (cash was Ihatezmonies on FTP, and MTT's was ahhhhhsht on Pokerstars). Early 2010 i gave up on the dream after being stuck at 2/5 for a couple years, moved from Vegas, got married, couple kids were made, and....

June 2016 i got the itch to play online poker again and deposited 500 on ACR. The plan was to play 25NL 6max and full-ring and kind of re-acclimate and learn on the fly. Instead i dumped 250 within a few sessions bc 1) it's not 2009 anymore, and 2) apparently i wasn't that good in 2009 anyway.

So i then said, "Ah well, i'll just watch some poker on youtube, read 2p2, and play some mtts to see if i can bink something." I binked for 1K, withdrew my 500 deposit, and then broke even forever at 1-3 table sng's until i decided to go hard for the big mtt score and busted everything to broke.

I also play live sometimes and was on an insane heater (won 3 straight 50 person MTT's and 8 straight 1/3 cash sessions for about 5K total profit) in December that instead of treating as a bankroll, i 1) Spoiled the kids even more than usual, 2) Paid for my wife's horrible cat to not die, 3) Paid for the wife and kids to go see her parents a few states away from us.

Shortly after depositing became a pain in the ass bc I'm too dumb and lazy to figure out bitcoin, so i had a buddy transfer me $100 and i donked that off in a few mtt's and 25NL.

So i was considering redepositing and i checked my acct and had $1.96. I decided to see what i could do.

I sat in a 1c/2c game and ran it up to $10.

I have since been on the 1c/2c grind and at my high point was at $40 today.

Currently sitting at $38.74 and I thought i'd start a thread to post some interesting hands on and talk some NLHE strat, while i see if i can beat 1c/2c (or maybe even higher!) 6max NLHE online.

To babble some more....when i dusted off 10 buyins at 25NL and felt completely outclassed, i started watching the 2010-2015 (and then 16) WSOP main events to see how the game was different and see if i could remember some stuff that i may have just forget as far as situational poker.

Believe it or not, it did help, and more importantly it suggested Doug Polk videos which i have learned a significant amount from. Things that probably seem simple, i noticed were big holes in my game now, and even back to 2009.

For example, when i used to think somebody was bluff heavy, i'd raise them off their bluff. But now i see the value in allowing them to bluff (and keeping their middling value hands betting) in some spots. Also i have started 3 betting from the SB A LOT more than i used to and calling from the BB a lot more than i used to.

I continue to watch Doug Polk, The Poker Guys, Tonkaaaa, Andrew Neeme, and a couple others and generally take away a good amount of knowledge that i have applied to my game and i feel i am much better now than ever. Maybe if this starts to progress, i might sign up for Upswing, but as of now, i have not.

I've been crushing live, but am just not comfortable with the financial swings of playing consistently (losing 3-5 buyins at 1/3 stings pretty hard and makes me feel guilty bc I'm taking it from savings) so i've decided to play a few select $300-500 live MTT's throughout the year to see if i can win a bankroll to play live more consistently, and in order to stay fresh and continue working on my game with no real investment (because i just don't feel that comfortable keeping money online....unless it's a total freeroll from this challenge) i've decided to see what i can do here.

I'm not pretending to be very good and am still very much learning, and i appreciate any feedback anybody has on any hands i post.

Here's a nice example of letting the player bluff. The board pairing on the turn is great for our hand obv, and then the river not shipping a spade and the villain betting big'ish on the river than i think most would value bet here made for a pretty easy call with bottom pair.

Winning Poker Network (Yatahay) - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: 121.5 BB (VPIP: 21.92, PFR: 20.55, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 75)
Hero (BTN): 139.5 BB
SB: 100 BB (VPIP: 20.90, PFR: 18.01, 3Bet Preflop: 8.11, Hands: 317)
BB: 104.5 BB (VPIP: 14.29, PFR: 10.71, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 30)
UTG: 127 BB (VPIP: 15.48, PFR: 12.90, 3Bet Preflop: 1.61, Hands: 158)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 3 A

fold, CO raises to 2.5 BB, Hero calls 2.5 BB, fold, BB calls 1.5 BB

Flop: (8 BB, 3 players) 4 3 6
BB bets 5 BB, CO calls 5 BB, Hero calls 5 BB

Turn: (23 BB, 3 players) 6
BB bets 14.5 BB, fold, Hero calls 14.5 BB

River: (52 BB, 2 players) J
BB bets 35 BB, Hero calls 35 BB

Hero shows 3 A (Two Pair, Sixes and Threes)
(Pre 55%, Flop 48%, Turn 66%)
BB shows T Q (One Pair, Sixes)
(Pre 45%, Flop 52%, Turn 34%)
Hero wins 116 BB

2 BB was deducted from the pot for the jackpot.

Woopsy daisy. I've been trying to find some places to turn my worst river hands into bluffs and i guess this wasn't one of them. Though i did go on to stack the guy (and i like to think there is value in letting the rest of the table see this once in awhile).

Winning Poker Network (Yatahay) - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: 77 BB (VPIP: 42.86, PFR: 14.29, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 7)
BTN: 119.5 BB (VPIP: 27.17, PFR: 22.83, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 94)
Hero (SB): 347 BB
BB: 87.5 BB (VPIP: 14.29, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 7)
UTG: 40 BB (VPIP: 42.86, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 7)
MP: 115.5 BB (VPIP: 14.29, PFR: 14.29, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 7)

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 3 3

UTG calls 1 BB, MP raises to 4 BB, fold, fold, Hero calls 3.5 BB, fold, fold

Flop: (10 BB, 2 players) 4 8 4
Hero checks, MP checks

Turn: (10 BB, 2 players) 5
Hero checks, MP bets 4.5 BB, Hero calls 4.5 BB

River: (19 BB, 2 players) 7
Hero checks, MP bets 6 BB, Hero raises to 30 BB, MP calls 24 BB

Hero shows 3 3 (Two Pair, Fours and Threes)
(Pre 66%, Flop 74%, Turn 5%)
MP shows 2 5 (Two Pair, Fives and Fours)
(Pre 34%, Flop 26%, Turn 95%)
MP wins 75.5 BB

1 BB was deducted from the pot for the jackpot.

Last one of today's session. I've been experimenting with floating like this on flops we hit where we have a ton of turn cards that can help us and allow us to raise it strong (a line i'd use similarly with set, two pair, and other strong draws. But i think i might be weighting this line too heavy towards draws than value hands.)

Winning Poker Network (Yatahay) - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: 120 BB (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 13.33, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 15)
BTN: 100 BB (VPIP: 18.18, PFR: 13.64, 3Bet Preflop: 4.76, Hands: 44)
SB: 106 BB (VPIP: 30.00, PFR: 20.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 42)
BB: 195 BB (VPIP: 37.84, PFR: 28.38, 3Bet Preflop: 9.68, Hands: 75)
UTG: 99.5 BB (VPIP: 40.74, PFR: 25.93, 3Bet Preflop: 3.33, Hands: 56)
Hero (MP): 129 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 8 7

fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, fold, fold, SB calls 2.5 BB, BB raises to 12 BB, Hero calls 9 BB, fold

Flop: (27 BB, 2 players) 6 7 Q
BB bets 14 BB, Hero calls 14 BB

Turn: (55 BB, 2 players) 3
BB bets 32 BB, Hero raises to 103 BB and is all-in, BB calls 71 BB

River: (261 BB, 2 players) 9

BB shows Q A (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 61%, Flop 81%, Turn 70%)
Hero shows 8 7 (One Pair, Sevens)
(Pre 39%, Flop 19%, Turn 30%)
BB wins 248 BB

4 BB was deducted from the pot for the jackpot.

Just under 300 hands today (277). Not many interesting spots, but i ran pretty hot and won 5.47 (plus 21c rakeback baby!).

This hand I wonder if i didn't get full value, but i like to mix in this check raise all in on the river line with missed diamonds too.....so balance?

Winning Poker Network (Yatahay) - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 4 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 151.5 BB (VPIP: 13.64, PFR: 9.09, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 22)
Hero (SB): 163 BB
BB: 136 BB (VPIP: 21.05, PFR: 18.42, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 39)
CO: 50 BB (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 28.57, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 22)

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 6 4

fold, fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, BB raises to 8 BB, Hero calls 5 BB

Flop: (16 BB, 2 players) 8 4 3
Hero checks, BB checks

Turn: (16 BB, 2 players) A
Hero checks, BB bets 7.5 BB, Hero calls 7.5 BB

River: (31 BB, 2 players) 5
Hero checks, BB bets 14.5 BB, Hero raises to 60 BB, fold

Hero wins 57 BB

1 BB was deducted from the pot for the jackpot.

And this hand is how i knew it was time to end the session and enjoy the day:

Winning Poker Network (Yatahay) - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 4 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 50 BB (VPIP: 16.82, PFR: 12.15, 3Bet Preflop: 9.09, Hands: 109)
CO: 113.5 BB (VPIP: 45.45, PFR: 27.27, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 22)
Hero (BTN): 106.5 BB
SB: 143 BB (VPIP: 37.25, PFR: 17.65, 3Bet Preflop: 12.00, Hands: 52)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Q J

CO raises to 3 BB, Hero calls 3 BB, fold, fold

Flop: (7.5 BB, 2 players) 7 5 4
CO bets 3.5 BB, Hero calls 3.5 BB

Turn: (14.5 BB, 2 players) 8
CO bets 7 BB, Hero calls 7 BB

River: (28.5 BB, 2 players) 8
CO checks, Hero bets 93 BB and is all-in, CO calls 93 BB

CO shows K K (Two Pair, Kings and Eights)
(Pre 83%, Flop 93%, Turn 95%)
Hero shows Q J (One Pair, Eights)
(Pre 17%, Flop 7%, Turn 5%)
CO wins 204 BB

3 BB was deducted from the pot for the jackpot.

Good luck! Sounds like coming back to poker after such a long time out was a bit of a shock! My advice to anyone would be to start pretty low, 25nl now will have some fairly solid players in the pool.

I really need to ship the turn here.

Winning Poker Network (Yatahay) - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 3 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 50.5 BB (VPIP: 19.77, PFR: 15.12, 3Bet Preflop: 5.88, Hands: 89)
SB: 175.5 BB (VPIP: 52.63, PFR: 15.79, 3Bet Preflop: 11.11, Hands: 20)
Hero (BB): 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 5 4

BTN raises to 3 BB, fold, Hero calls 2 BB

Flop: (6.5 BB, 2 players) Q 6 5
Hero checks, BTN bets 4.5 BB, Hero calls 4.5 BB

Turn: (15.5 BB, 2 players) 4
Hero checks, BTN bets 15 BB, Hero calls 15 BB

River: (45.5 BB, 2 players) A
Hero checks, BTN bets 28 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 28 BB

BTN shows A Q (Two Pair, Aces and Queens)
(Pre 64%, Flop 79%, Turn 18%)
Hero shows 5 4 (Two Pair, Fives and Fours)
(Pre 36%, Flop 21%, Turn 82%)
BTN wins 96.5 BB

1 BB was deducted from the pot for the jackpot.

Seemed right in the moment, and results oriented it was, but reviewing the HH....i dunno.

Winning Poker Network (Yatahay) - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 88 BB (VPIP: 18.12, PFR: 15.22, 3Bet Preflop: 9.43, Hands: 141)
UTG: 83 BB (VPIP: 37.50, PFR: 31.25, 3Bet Preflop: 14.29, Hands: 18)
CO: 100 BB (VPIP: 22.45, PFR: 13.27, 3Bet Preflop: 7.32, Hands: 99)
Hero (BTN): 293 BB
SB: 102 BB (VPIP: 18.18, PFR: 15.63, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 35)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has K A

UTG raises to 3 BB, fold, Hero raises to 11 BB, fold, fold, UTG calls 8 BB

Flop: (23.5 BB, 2 players) 5 8 7
UTG checks, Hero bets 12.5 BB, UTG raises to 72 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 59.5 BB

Turn: (167.5 BB, 2 players) 2

River: (167.5 BB, 2 players) 5

UTG shows 9 K (One Pair, Fives)
(Pre 27%, Flop 32%, Turn 32%)
Hero shows K A (One Pair, Fives)
(Pre 73%, Flop 68%, Turn 68%)
Hero wins 159.5 BB

2 BB was deducted from the pot for the jackpot.

Weeeeeeeeee

Winning Poker Network (Yatahay) - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BB: 99 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 1)
UTG: 125.5 BB (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 19.44, 3Bet Preflop: 11.11, Hands: 36)
MP: 78 BB (VPIP: 17.46, PFR: 14.29, 3Bet Preflop: 6.25, Hands: 129)
CO: 161.5 BB (VPIP: 19.05, PFR: 12.70, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 65)
BTN: 126.5 BB (VPIP: 100.00, PFR: 100.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 1)
Hero (SB): 100 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 8 7

fold, fold, CO raises to 3 BB, BTN raises to 9 BB, Hero raises to 27.5 BB, fold, fold, BTN calls 18.5 BB

Flop: (59 BB, 2 players) 8 6 A
Hero checks, BTN checks

Turn: (59 BB, 2 players) Q
Hero checks, BTN checks

River: (59 BB, 2 players) Q
Hero bets 72.5 BB and is all-in, fold

Hero wins 56.5 BB


Starting Bankroll - 44.34
Ending Bankroll - 47.59

Yeah playing 50 NL on WPN is pretty frustrating.

Good luck to the OP on the grind!

Bad news guys. I sat 2PLO and found out i'm pretty bad at it.

-3.

BR at 44'ish (ACR updating their software now).

I came up with a definitive bankroll plan that i'd imagine I will blow up completely one day when I get sick of grinding micros/tilt/feel like playing a tournament/etc.

2NL $40 - $55 or 0
5NL $55 - $130, drop down to 2NL at $40
10NL $130 - $350, drop down to 5NL at $100
25NL $350 - $650, drop down to 10NL at $200
50NL $750 - $1500, drop down to 25NL at $600
100NL $1500 - $2600, drop down to 50NL at $1200
200NL $2600 - $12,000 GOAL!.

If somehow i hit 12K, i will take 10K off ACR and start a live roll for 1/3 Cash and MTT's ranging from $60 - occasional $365 WSOPC and MSPT events.

I will then drop back down to 50NL and some 100NL shots with the 2K left on ACR and see how high i can go.

It will be interesting to see if i can stay focused to the plan and play/get good enough to keep up the climb. (joining a training site *most likely Upswing* is something i'd def consider if i get stuck at a level, but for now, i want to see if i can do it without a training site.)

I feel pretty tuned in right now, but it might just be the run good of the last 4K hands being up 20 buy ins. (actually less bc i played a few mtt's and won one of those 50c buy in $25 ones for $8).

One reason for optimism is i did this two years ago on Bovada (now Ignition). That time i somehow remembered my log in that i hadn't used since it was Bodog and signed in to see i had $3.50.

I then sat 3, $1.10 sngs and took first in all 3 and went on to run that up playing SNG's and 6max LHE to $1500 which i cashed out and took the family on vacation with. (that was before my wife was working and when i made less money at my job too, so the vacation was nice as it was our first in a couple years at that point).

Destroying a massive field (90 players)/high stakes ($2) mtt and trying out a new ACR feature. $38 to first. Let's go!

https://www.americascardroom.eu/obse...TourID=7282960

MTT froze we got ICM'd payouts. Thank god for those ACR avatars though....

It seems like there isn't much interest in talking hands so I'll just post this graph instead, with the announcement that we're up to a 3 buy in shot at 2c/5c.



oh and this was the very first hand i was dealt at 2c/5c.

Winning Poker Network (Yatahay) - $0.05 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 102.4 BB
SB: 142.8 BB (VPIP: 20.00, PFR: 16.00, 3Bet Preflop: 5.56, Hands: 52)
Hero (BB): 100 BB
UTG: 64.8 BB (VPIP: 15.63, PFR: 12.50, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 33)
MP: 144.8 BB (VPIP: 23.73, PFR: 15.25, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 60)
CO: 112.4 BB (VPIP: 17.77, PFR: 10.66, 3Bet Preflop: 2.13, Hands: 200)

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has 6 5

fold, fold, fold, BTN calls 1 BB, fold, Hero raises to 4 BB, BTN calls 3 BB

Flop: (8.4 BB, 2 players) J 4 6
Hero bets 5.2 BB, BTN calls 5.2 BB

Turn: (18.8 BB, 2 players) 9
Hero bets 12 BB, BTN raises to 33 BB, Hero calls 21 BB

River: (84.8 BB, 2 players) 6
Hero checks, BTN bets 60.2 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 57.8 BB and is all-in

BTN shows J 9 (Two Pair, Jacks and Nines)
(Pre 59%, Flop 47%, Turn 77%)
Hero shows 6 5 (Three of a Kind, Sixes)
(Pre 41%, Flop 53%, Turn 23%)
Hero wins 190.4 BB

3.2 BB was deducted from the pot for the jackpot.