Hello y'all, I'm new to the forum so a little background of myself is probably appropriate. I would consider my self a very competent recreational live stakes player. Generally 500nl is my game. Recently I have found myself playing a lot less, this is a result of me being very serious about my academics at Texas Tech University. I am a proud member of phi kappa phi and I'm super competitive about that. This competitiveness is probably why I love poker so much, I feel there is no better feeling than out witting a "more established" person in life.

That said, as you may all know, there is a serious lack of live games within the vicinity of my school in Texas. So I've moved into very low micro stakes to keep me primed. In the past I've found online to be brutal, it really has a way of testing that next level discipline when it comes to BR management/Mathematical decision making. Additionally, it's hard grinding 2nl when you have a 5000bi+ bank roll at these levels.

For me this time is different, I want to know if I'm really a winning poker player like my live cash earnings might suggest. And not just a "good" player. To accomplish all this I will be utilizing a lesser known US poker site SB poker. I like SB poker because they have adequate tables available and so far seems fairly fishy, at least at these VERY low stakes. It also seems like the rake back (VIP points) is fairly decent. Id say .105bb/100.
-Note- If someone has actual numbers on the rake back please let me know

Method/Goals/Initial Results/First Impressions

Method will be four tabling for about 1500 hands each day. (I have a lot of free time) which is half the battle online.

here's my goal. I plan on making a trip to WSOP this year to splash in the lower stake cash games/tourneys. Before than I would like to ....

LOG- 30-40k hands

Achieve Win Rate- 5bb≥X/100 (Very low) My thinking is the average live 300nl 500nl simply cannot achieve this rate.

Ultimately , I would be ok with breaking even but that would suggest my null hypothesis of (just a good player) vs (winning player)

If this experiment is a complete failure, well may this post serve as a lesson to low stake "competent live players." You may not be as good as you think and may have to hit the books some more to enhance your game.

Initial Results

Hands Played- 2071
Profit- 33bb/100 (unsustainable) $13.86


Impressions

Okay so obviously it's a very small sample size. This will continue to grow over time but my initial thoughts on SB Poker are..

MICRO Stakes are infested with people buying in short stacked. Which would suggest a pretty favorable EV long term for regs.

On regs
-Regs are fairly easy to spot, I.E constantly topping off or are on 4+ tables. -Regs at these levels haven't really thrown me off, as most of them play very ABC and exploitable NIT-TAG.

All in all I think my approach will be favorable long term and I really look forward to show you all the finished results.

Like I said any information on the rake back will be highly appreciated.

So today I have yet to start cash today, dabbled in a 1.5kgtd. I cashed fourth for $114.

Updated results, no hud compatibility on SB poker so I have to screen copy for proof, see below!

Hands-2778
Profit Big Blinds- 32/100
Profit Big Bets- 16/100
Profit dollar amount- Gross Revenue 23.39
Net Income- 18.07
Hourly Rate-1.39 (four tabling) ..for giggles..

http://tinypic.com/r/i69li8/9

So still working on cash today, I logged about 500 hands this morning and lost about 12 big bets.

However, on the tournament side. I cashed 8th out of 139 runners in a 1.65 R/(add on .01) for $14.45.

My starting roll was $50 I am now at $163.5

Tough sledding today, in 608 hands I lost .01....


Hands-3608
Profit Big Blinds+ 25/100
Profit Big Bets+ 12.5/100
Profit dollar amount+ Gross Revenue 23.38
Net Income +18.06

away from cash I made $18 in a $2 MTT and $1 SNG

Just had a killer 200 hand session where I made almost 450 big blinds

I was happy with my play, I started down 100Big Blinds. But adjusted to how my opponents were playing, let the game come to me and capitalized on some big spots.

Hands-3843
Profit Big Blinds+ 35/100
Profit Big Bets+ 17.5/100
Net Income +26.85

https://ibb.co/duKZ3F

Another decent session in the slums of 2nl!

Might make a push to 5000 hands tonight


Hands-4527
Profit Big Blinds+ 33/100
Profit Big Bets+ 16.5/100
Net Income +30.14

https://ibb.co/mFH2sa

hey Y'all, I've been pretty busy this weekend, so not much cash. But I did sneak in one tournament and won $750. bringing my bankroll to $880.

https://ibb.co/i3BZoF

Won First place in a $2.40 400gt

Cashed for $117

brings my online roll to 997

Was light on cash again, ill try to get hands going tomorrow.

https://ibb.co/mkGoiF

Hey y'all, I still haven't been able to squeeze in online hands.

I had a live home game session yesterday

+$410