200-500z thread

looking forward to the update

Well it is not the end of the month, but Im not sure if i will play today and tomorrow since I am traveling to my home city. Although i will bring my laptop, today i might just take day off and go drinking, and there is a chance that the same will happen tomorrow.

I currently live in Kragujevac, and I am here since 2011 but never officially changed my address on paper. Presedential elections will be held in serbia on 2 april and if I want to vote i have to do it in home city, also was not there for last 2-3 months so i decided to go... i will live basically the same whoever wins, but the biggest favourite for president is Vucic (current prime minister, odds 1.02 to win) and it is just terrible choice for Serbia but people do not realize that since they are idiots and it is easy to manipulate with them.

so yeah will just vote for someone other than him.

Here is one comic candidate:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...b06c3d3d3e6e89

it is a joke but still better him to win than vucic for sure, that pretty much shows how bad situation is here. Also i put some money that he will be over 5.45% and on few other picks(not too much money, around 350euros since bookmakers did not allow to put more)

anyway back to poker, these are results since opening this thread:



few hands:

vs fish

Poker Stars $1/$2 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $426.05
SB: $266.36
BB: $199.01
UTG: $1015.54
Hero (MP): $251.66
CO: $220.18

Pre Flop: ($3.00) Hero is MP with 7 6
UTG raises to $6, Hero calls $6, 4 folds

Flop: ($15.00) 8 3 4 (2 players)
UTG bets $14, Hero calls $14

Turn: ($43.00) 8 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $27, UTG calls $27

River: ($97.00) 5 (2 players)
UTG bets $56, Hero raises to $204.66 all in, UTG calls $148.66




hero call vs reg

Poker Stars $1/$2 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $260.99
SB: $213.22
BB: $200.00
UTG: $173.69
Hero (MP): $203.68
CO: $205.69

Pre Flop: ($3.00) Hero is MP with Q A
1 fold, Hero raises to $4.98, CO raises to $17.94, 3 folds, Hero calls $12.96

Flop: ($38.88) J 4 4 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $11.82, Hero calls $11.82

Turn: ($62.52) 5 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $44.23, Hero calls $44.23

River: ($150.98) K (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $131.70 all in, Hero calls $129.69 all in



dont really have to make this kind of calls, but w/e...

playing focused/running good on nl500, will try to play a bit better on nl200 also. In april I will try to play at least 60-70k hands. If i keep my current rhythm of sleeping then it should be realistic to play that many hands. Trying to sleep in two parts, around 5 hours in the night and around 2 hours during the day, but when i go out drinking i stay awake untill 6-7-8am and then just screw my biorhythm. For the last few years I usually wake up around 3 pm because i can and dont have any reason to get up early. But my trial period with this 2 part sleeping schedule showed good results, so hopefully will have discipline to keep doing it after monday/tuesday. On sunday i want to play sunday million so in next few days will live my old "normal" style where i sleep from 6-7 am untill 2-3-4 pm.

and yeah the best situation would be if i bink sm and just retire soon

GL at 500z but I hope you don't bink that sunday mil soon and retire because I'll never get to learn your tricks then

https://i.gyazo.com/3e9657e7502ae0aa...35581d5f8f.png

close enough...

Well i can find few excuses - like that my friend from norway came over, I came to montenegro and went to some spring break with my college... but reality is that I am lazy *******...

anyway, as I said - i was on spring break with my college for last 5-6 days. Although I am not studing since 2013 (irrc) i know a lot of people from college so I decided to go. It was quite crazy but also really exhausting cause i was drinking and smoking weed for 6 days in a row. This spring break was in some smaller place on coast in montenegro, today I came back to Podgorica (capital of mongenegro) where I will stay until 10th may.

Plan is not to drink or smoke weed in next 4 days, also after that to do it but not with high frequency.

on 10th may I am flying back to serbia and also will try to party less also when I am back at home. PLan is to train more and will start tomorrow...

about poker - I would like to play at least 70k hands this month, but honestly not sure if I can make it. When I come back to kragujevac (10th may) I will be there until the end of the month when I am going to greece with few other players where we ranted some house for one month. Although I want to drink and party in greece, I just feel that we will be more motivated to play and also poker crew which i am going is not in the mood to drink and party as my regular crew. So i will probably want to go out a bit more in kragujevac in last 10-15 days of month....

anyway while I am here in podgorica i will try to play a lot, so 2nd-9th may i will try to play 24k hands.

to motivate myself I am gonna post update after every 2 days with at least 5 big hands.

i am super tired since I came today from spring break so this writing is probably mess but Im gonna post it anyway... GL

Where in Greece are you guys going?

Bets of luck in May

https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/4299855

tnx, gl to you too, see u a bit more at nl500 this month hopefully

Sweet set up.

Ty, gl to you too

****ty start... too tired now, will post hands tomorrow

bluff vs fish

Poker Stars $1/$2 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $310.53
SB: $272.47
Hero (BB): $267.16
UTG: $214.28
MP: $236.08
CO: $200.00

Pre Flop: ($3.00) Hero is BB with A K
3 folds, BTN raises to $7, 1 fold, Hero raises to $23, BTN calls $16

Flop: ($47.00) Q T 7 (2 players)
Hero bets $14.29, BTN calls $14.29

Turn: ($75.58) 4 (2 players)
Hero bets $41.51, BTN calls $41.51

River: ($158.60) 9 (2 players)
Hero bets $188.36 all in, BTN calls $188.36

Final Pot: $535.32
BTN shows K Q (a pair of Queens)
Hero shows A K (high card Ace)
BTN wins $532.57
(Rake: $2.75)

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value bet vs fish

Poker Stars $1/$2 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $497.39
Hero (SB): $258.20
BB: $200.00
UTG: $730.34
MP: $159.22
CO: $516.87

Pre Flop: ($3.00) Hero is SB with K J
3 folds, BTN raises to $6, Hero raises to $21, 1 fold, BTN raises to $46, Hero calls $25

Flop: ($94.00) 7 5 J (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $56, Hero raises to $212.20 all in, BTN calls $156.20

Turn: ($518.40) T (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($518.40) Q (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $518.40
BTN shows 7 8 (a pair of Sevens)
Hero shows K J (a pair of Jacks)
Hero wins $515.65
(Rake: $2.75)

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Poker Stars $1/$2 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

Hero (BTN): $232.66
SB: $139.87
BB: $256.19
UTG: $239.64
MP: $202.27
CO: $268.14

Pre Flop: ($3.00) Hero is BTN with K K
2 folds, CO raises to $6, Hero raises to $18, 2 folds, CO calls $12

Flop: ($39.00) 2 T 2 (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $14.86, CO calls $14.86

Turn: ($68.72) 5 (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $49.52, CO calls $49.52

River: ($167.76) J (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $150.28 all in, CO calls $150.28

Final Pot: $468.32
Hero shows K K (two pair, Kings and Deuces)
CO shows Q Q (two pair, Queens and Deuces)
Hero wins $465.57
(Rake: $2.75)

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meh, should fold but was on semi tilt

Poker Stars $1/$2 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $497.12
SB: $205.22
BB: $200.00
UTG: $523.69
MP: $265.48
Hero (CO): $205.06

Pre Flop: ($3.00) Hero is CO with Q A
UTG raises to $6, 1 fold, Hero raises to $17, 3 folds, UTG calls $11

Flop: ($37.00) 3 2 9 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $11.25, UTG calls $11.25

Turn: ($59.50) Q (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $39.16, UTG raises to $106.70, Hero raises to $176.81 all in, UTG calls $70.11

River: ($413.12) 2 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $413.12
UTG shows 9 9 (a full house, Nines full of Deuces)
Hero shows Q A (two pair, Queens and Deuces)
UTG wins $410.37
(Rake: $2.75)

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vs reg, crazy

Poker Stars $1/$2 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $200.00
Hero (SB): $265.03
BB: $200.00
UTG: $223.07
MP: $103.94
CO: $294.55

Pre Flop: ($3.00) Hero is SB with 6 8
4 folds, Hero calls $1, BB raises to $5.20, Hero calls $3.20

Flop: ($10.40) 9 T 5 (2 players)
Hero checks, BB checks

Turn: ($10.40) J (2 players)
Hero checks, BB checks

River: ($10.40) A (2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $128, Hero calls $128

Final Pot: $266.40
Hero mucks 6 8
BB shows 9 K (a flush, Ace high)
BB wins $263.65
(Rake: $2.75)

I was a bit lazy to update every two days, also had 2 days off when I went to some city near where were some friends.

Tomorrow I am traveling back to serbia (Belgrade) and after that back to city where I live. Wont play tomorrow, not sure how much I will play untill the end of the month, but decided when I play, I will play nl500 also except if I feel really rusty.

anyway here is graph and few hands:


Poker Stars $2.50/$5 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $894.18
Hero (SB): $539.50
BB: $764.07
UTG: $924.17
MP: $555.50
CO: $1217.53

Pre Flop: ($7.50) Hero is SB with Q J
4 folds, Hero calls $2.50, BB raises to $15, Hero calls $10

Flop: ($30.00) A K 6 (2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $9.98, Hero calls $9.98

Turn: ($49.96) T (2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $71.19, Hero calls $71.19

River: ($192.34) 7 (2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $667.90 all in, Hero calls $443.33 all in

Final Pot: $1079.00
Hero shows Q J (a straight, Ten to Ace)
BB shows K K (three of a kind, Kings)
Hero wins $1076.00
(Rake: $3.00)

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Poker Stars $2.50/$5 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

Hero (BTN): $525.18
SB: $466.41
BB: $545.85
UTG: $598.82
MP: $341.53
CO: $908.28

Pre Flop: ($7.50) Hero is BTN with 6 6
3 folds, Hero raises to $12.45, 1 fold, BB raises to $44.50, Hero calls $32.05

Flop: ($91.50) 8 6 J (2 players)
BB bets $26.55, Hero calls $26.55

Turn: ($144.60) 5 (2 players)
BB bets $116.11, Hero raises to $454.13 all in, BB calls $338.02

River: ($1052.86) K (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $1052.86
Hero shows 6 6 (three of a kind, Sixes)
BB shows 9 7 (a straight, Five to Nine)
BB wins $1049.86
(Rake: $3.00)

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Poker Stars $2.50/$5 No Limit Hold'em - 5 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $1060.13
SB: $520.00
Hero (BB): $507.50
UTG: $726.40
CO: $514.43

Pre Flop: ($7.50) Hero is BB with Q J
3 folds, SB raises to $10, Hero raises to $35, SB calls $25

Flop: ($70.00) 5 8 K (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $21.44, SB raises to $72.88, Hero calls $51.44

Turn: ($215.76) Q (2 players)
SB bets $105, Hero calls $105

River: ($425.76) 5 (2 players)
SB bets $307.12 all in, Hero calls $294.62 all in

Final Pot: $1015.00
SB shows K 5 (a full house, Fives full of Kings)
Hero shows Q J (two pair, Queens and Fives)
SB wins $1012.00
(Rake: $3.00)

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Poker Stars $1/$2 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

BTN: $193.50
SB: $480.29
BB: $235.87
UTG: $550.46
MP: $363.57
Hero (CO): $216.18

Pre Flop: ($3.00) Hero is CO with K A
UTG raises to $6, 1 fold, Hero raises to $17, 3 folds, UTG raises to $43, Hero calls $26

Flop: ($89.00) Q K 3 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($89.00) 2 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks

River: ($89.00) 7 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $173.18 all in, UTG calls $173.18

Final Pot: $435.36
UTG shows Q A (a pair of Queens)
Hero shows K A (a pair of Kings)
Hero wins $432.61
(Rake: $2.75

So as I mentioned - we are in greece... took some house, quite good, so the plan was that we are gonna play here and rest. Ofc my plan was to rest much more than to play, since house is great:










but yeah - I am here 10 days (should came on 1st june, but we come on third because why not ). And I already played 30k hands so far, which is crazy, definitely crazy for my usual volume and definitely crazy since I am on vacation...

so instead of this:



the situation is next:




Pfff awfull run, I am trying to play my best game... not making mistakes, maybe few but quite happy with my game atm. Mental game also suprisingly on high level... i mean - this is not thaaat bad downswing, but timing is *****. Anyway i am playing a lot, working on my game, playing also zoom 500 good % of time, i am also training which is always good. Hopefully situation will get better soon, since now i feel like this:



On wednesday i am going to cyprus, will stay for 4 days and play some live, hopefully with success... GL to me

What college did you go to?

Started with mathematic and quited after one year.

After that tried programming and was a bit more persistent so did not quit after first year. Quited after two

But it is hard to find motivation because at that time i played nl50-nl100, starting with nl200 and in serbia earnings from those limits are way above average payments (have friend that finished maths and is working for 150-200e per month, another one is programming for 900e per month)...

and also i did not like studying those stuff but poker seemed much more interesting... i never regretted it since i made okish money, made new friends, have traveled more..

I have not updated my blog for long time for 2 reasons. First one is that I am not sure if anyone is reading this, I dont have some desire to write and dont have any benefit from it. On serbian poker forum I used to write blog regularly because i had pleasure writing about my progress through stakes, my shots on higher limits, my thoughts about poker because I started from NL4 and through years i climb on higher levels, get to know the game, both sides of it: playing on tables and the other one - off tables side, life with poker, dealing with swings, then after that coaching, having students... Lately, for quite some time, I've been playing the same level, because I do not work enough and definitely do not play enough to go higher. This leads me to second reason for not writing in my blog recently - there is nothing new about what I would write about. Of course, I am not happy because everyone used to dream about playing high stakes, and now it seems unrealistic because the road to the top is now harder than ever. Although dissatisfaction is not sufficient due to the fact that I will almost certainly not play 2k + but because of the fact that I lost the wish to try. Maybe that is natural, Im playing poker for a long time, when i look back it can be said that I make enough money to live from poker since February 2012. So I can call myself a professional with 5.5 years of work experience.

So I am hangover, sitting here in apartment thats in chaos and Im sure that I need to change something. Not sure what or how, but the logical step would be to get more organized and become more serious. For the last 3 months, I was 2 times seaside with friends, and we know how it looks like when you are on vacation with your friends. In fact, it's becoming more and more frequent everyday, you end up with a kind of beachfront beach, evening in a pub, coffee shop, a concert ... tomorrow reset and repeat. I have nothing against this time, sometimes it needs to be used, rest from work and everyday life, and after that it must also sea. Basicly we were drinking everyday, during day at some bars on beach, later in pub, some club, or wherever. Tomorrow reset and repeat. I like this lifestyle and sometimes u need to live like that, u need some time for yourself, to party and chill, after all we go to vacation because of that. But the problem is that "vacation" is happening in Kragujevac also (city where I live) for last 3 months. Almost everyday - during day there is some barbecue or whatever, during night clubs, kafana, pubs... Im not sure when i became so extrovert. Because of this lifestyle I spend a lot of money, and in addition I spent 15k euros more on some stuff. I paid some life insurance (although i am not a fan of it, I think if you are not an idiot, you can use that money smarter and earn more, but I put some money that was just staying in bank and i never used it and had no idea where to invest so w/e), bought some bitcoins and ethereums and invested 6k in some business with friend. So its time to make some fkn money.

As I said, during summer I was extremely poorly productive, which is realistic to expect when u see how many hands i played:



Less than 60k hands in 3 months, and I play zoom tables. Im still doing okish at zoom 200 but Im sure it would be better to work on my game. I do not remember when was the last time i watched some RIO video, recently friend asked me to do some analysis of high stakes hands and that is what i used to do regularly so it is time to start again. I also want to play more this month so I can get back into "poker state of mind". So i wont be playing anything higher than NL400 until novembar. I used to work on my game for days, was a bit obsessed. Nowdays I watch premier league football, read a lot about players and teams because of fantasy that i play in some small bets, and I am not working on poker which is my main job.Where did that obsession get lost?

In February I set myself few goals and I basicly ignored those. I started doing well and then forgot about most of the things I wanted to hold. Thats why I will set monthly goals and write those here in blog, maybe it will make me do more, I will probably feel some kind of community pressure or whatever. I am going to Vienna to watch football match between Austria and Serbia because I have to buy tickets for my friend cause I lost some bet. But after that I want to play and work more, so by the end of the year I will not travel anywere and will party less in order to grind more.

For every goal that I do I will give 1k rsd (around 8-9e) to charity, while for every goal i do not reach I am gonna give 5k rsd.

1) 40 k hands of zoom 200
2) 5k hands of reg tables 200/400
3) analysis of my game - 15 sessions
4) analysis of high stakes hands - 3 sessions
5) watch 3 videos from RIO - I have some old videos, but now I am not subscribed anymore. Is it still worth for nl200 player? Can someone recommend good instructors to watch?
6) Read two books not related to poker
7) Meditation - 10 sessions
8) do 10 trainings
9) Dont drink 20 days - would choose bigger number, but my birthday is coming soon and as mentioned - will be in Vienna 4-5 days, also some student parties are starting

Gl bud, can relate with fantasy football, such a massive time rake for me doing research for $30 tournaments on draft kings but so much more fun than grinding!

nice thread, glgl

Ty.

yeah it is really addicted, and now we have to wait 2 weeks for next gameweek. Fkn tooo looong


ty ty

Rio not wroth it anymore once you are a steady 200z winning reg.

No offense towards them, but not a fan of the 500z video makers on their site. Obv Sauce and Kevin Rabichow are nice to watch from time to time, but other than that, I don't think you would get that much out of a subscription.

Like the blog, gl getting back some motivation.

The more you do everyday, the better you'll feel about yourself and getting to work will come easier.

u've failed to jump on higher limits in poker because of that lousy FPL team ??? that's pretty sick...

Glgl in


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yeah I thought the same, never enjoyed watching videos too much anyway. Tnx


i failed because I am lazy idiot... and yeah, do not insult my fantasy team, espacially dont do that if u have less points

ty ty

Interesting thread, can you say something more about moving up in stakes since nl4? What was you 'aha' moment, something like what would you told to yourself to improve faster?

I guess my story is standard story for many regs. Started with some no deposit bonus, lost it, found new one, lost it a bit slower, found new one and finally made some bucks. Played on cake with 25$ bonus, managed to make around 200$ and then started with nl10. iirc there was my first problem - getting from nl10 to nl20. It took me a couple of months until i finally made it. After few unsuccessful shots in february 2012 I had huge month. So my start with no deposit bonus was at the end of june/beginning of july, and until February (7 months) I made less than 1000 euros. And then BOOOOOM, made almost 1500 euros in one month, went from nl10 to nl50 quite quick, and after few more months I was playing NL100. That was possible because I had help from one more experienced player who used to play at that time nl50-nl100, now he is playing nl100-nl400 and is one of the biggest winners on 888 poker on those levels, his nick is uskebasi. Anyway, from the beginning I had right approach, cause I was shortly before poker in betting businnes. I was thinking about long run, did not cry because of variance and wanted to have somehow okish balanced strategy (lol at doing that at nl10-nl20 but later it helped to develop my game)... He recognized the qualities I possessed and we started talking frequently. He is basicly king of exploating other players, so my "natural GTO wish approach" and his exploating skills helped me to be in the golden middle.

Jump from nl100 to nl200 was my 2nd setback, I think it took me almost a year to finally settle down on that level. I also started playing with big boys, on pokerstars... I think it was around the end of 2013/beginning 2014, and yeah I remember that was the first time I had coaching from some player (paid coaching, had a lot of sessions with uskebasi and other players), it was from internet from this forum. Had one or two classes and it helped a lot with blind defending game...

And for last three years I am playing zoom nl200, tried a bit 500 and playing nl200/400 reg tables... I guess this is my third problem with going up, from 200-500 but there is difference between this and the previous two cases. In the past I wanted to go up, worked a lot and played enough... now dont have desire, dont work that much and surely dont play close to enough. Hopefully it will change...

At the end - what advices I would give to younger me, or some player from smaller levels?

Do not cry, software is fine, luck is fine - Its your fault and only u can change things with hard work.

Find other players from similiar levels to work together.

Have okish balanced strategy, but also learn how to exploit fish and bad regs, there are tons of them playing. But most importantly - learn when to use one strategy and when another one.

Shot taking while young.

Never do heroin, never bet on liverpool.

Yeah already feeling withdrawal symptons

If you play DFS on draft kings fwiw, international fixtures can actually be super fun, harder for people to know who takes corners for Malta etc!