So i've been debating whether or not to make this thread, but it think it'll one day be worthwhile to look back on how far i've come.

Im currently an 18 y.o living in Australia. I graduated high school last year with meh results and enrolled university earlier this year. However, after almost dying from boredom during lecture/tuts, i've now decided to defer my studies for the year to try to take a chance while im young and have the ability to do so.

I first saw poker on youtube , watching nearly every clip available from P.A.D and all those high stakes cash games, aswell as the main event (all hail Jamie Gold) . I did fairly well during home games that we used to hold every summer when i was going away for tennis, and i actually thought i was decent at the game ( thought wrong) . I decided to deposit some money after i finished my final high school exams and see how it went. After playing 500 hands at 2nl and winning at 50bb/100, i thought i was the next poker prodigy, until i played the next day and realised just how lost i was.

In terms of my tennis, i am above your average player, and ranked fairly high in the Australian rankings, but nowhere near where i'd like to/think i should be. I had a really below average summer, which actually ended in me injuring myself after being light headed on a hot day (god damn Australian summer) and falling head first on bathroom tiles, causing a disc to go out of place in my neck and severe shoulder pain. Fast forward to right now and i just had surgery on my shoulder and am currently recovering, but hopefully will be back to playing tennis in a few weeks.


After playing poker on/off from around November-January because of tennis, i decided i might aswell put more effort into poker whilst i'm injured since i had a lot of spare time. I've slowly built up my roll from 2nl to 5nl, and i started taking shots at 10nl just under a month ago. I moved from regular tables to zoom about 4 days ago, and with some decent play (and a ridiculous amount of run good) , i can start taking some shots at 16nl.

Overall graph as of right now:



Anyways, in terms of my short term goals for both poker and tennis:

- Study daily
- Continue putting in volume
- Slowly get back into the tennis grind
- Daily gym.

As for my long terms goals/dreams

- Reach the high stakes.
- Get an ATP point.

Essentially to 'make it".

Ill be posting somewhat frequent updates (mostly about poker) with some interesting/funny hands and whatnot. The updates won't be as frequent for tennis but sometimes the occasional comp result or training update might find its way in there. Hopefully this PG&C will keep me in line, and like i said above, it will be very interesting to look back on in the future.

So sick that you play tennis at a high level.

Imo, put the most time and effort you have into tennis while you still can and are still young.

Being an ATP pro is ****ing sick.

I regret a bit myself not having taken tennis more seriously when I was younger and always think that maybe I could of done a career out of it or like played D1 in college... Oh well...

Poker will always be there, but tennis won't.

Glgl w your goals, please post updates about your tennis journey

Glgl with both your endeavours!

I'm fine with doing dangerous things, but the pointless fall on your head kind of injury always gives me chills when I hear about them. Scary stuff, best of luck recovering.

Thankyou! I've still got a long way to go, and a fair amount of time to make up for the past 4-5 months but hopefully i can get their.

I also was going to go to college and play Div 1 in the US and that was my main plan since 9th grade, but decided against it after not really wanting to leave everything behind . Kind of cost me with finishing year 12 too, since the subjects i did were to set me up for college, but i had no actual interest in them at all!

This is what i told my parents when i mentioned deferring from uni for a year, since ultimately uni and also poker won't go away , but i only have so long to play tennis.

Will post updates for sure, hopefully some good ones at that

Thankyou!

I've had it before where you just get up to quick and sort of black out for a few moments, apparently got told it was because i was actually in good shape or something, but this one was a bit different. Such a shame i could grab onto the door handle it time , but everything happens for a reason!

Also can you guys see the graph? It's not showing up on my computer.

Here's the overall graph again since its not showing in the first post!

So in terms of tennis, im going to be starting to get my cardio back so i don't die on my first training session back. Treadmill at the gym in 10 hours can't wait

Had a rough day on the felt. Didn't feel like i played too badly, but i lost majority of flips and a few standard 70/30 's . Twice ran into the 1 combo of aces left in the deck aswell Also played the sickest hand of my life!

The graph will be from today + yesterday.



For whatever reason the hand history converter isn't working, but ill try to make it look as nice as possible!

PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4: http://www.pokertracker.com

BTN: 141.4 BB
Hero (SB): 158.7 BB
BB: 137.1 BB
UTG: 309 BB
MP: 105.7 BB
CO: 303.8 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Ah 9h
fold, MP raises to 2.5 BB, fold, BTN calls 2.5 BB, Hero raises to 10 BB, fold, fold, BTN calls 7.5 BB

Flop : (23.5 BB, 2 players) Qh 8h 2s
Hero bets 14.6 BB, BTN calls 14.6 BB

Turn : (52.7 BB, 2 players) 4h
Hero bets 32.7 BB, BTN calls 32.7 BB

River : (118.1 BB, 2 players) Td
Hero bets 101.4 BB and is all-in, BTN calls 84.1 BB and is all-in



PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max)

BTN: 266.9 BB
SB: 213.7 BB
BB: 298.5 BB
UTG: 100 BB
MP: 248 BB
Hero (CO): 132.3 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Jh Jc
UTG raises to 3 BB, fold, Hero raises to 8.8 BB, fold, fold, fold, UTG calls 5.8 BB

Flop : (19.1 BB, 2 players) Kc As 2c
UTG checks, Hero checks

Turn : (19.1 BB, 2 players) Qc
UTG bets 12.4 BB, Hero calls 12.4 BB

River : (43.9 BB, 2 players) Kh
UTG checks, Hero bets 111.1 BB and is all-in, fold

Hero wins 41.9 BB

Loves an overbet

PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max)

BTN: 9.4 BB
SB: 181 BB
BB: 178.3 BB
Hero (UTG): 334.9 BB
MP: 88.2 BB
CO: 146.6 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 8s As
Hero raises to 3 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, BB raises to 10 BB, Hero raises to 28 BB, BB calls 18 BB

Flop : (56.5 BB, 2 players) Qh 8d 2s
BB bets 27 BB, Hero calls 27 BB

Turn : (110.5 BB, 2 players) 6s
BB bets 53 BB, Hero raises to 264.5 BB, BB calls 70.3 BB and is all-in



PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max)

BTN: 175.4 BB
SB: 101.5 BB
BB: 110.4 BB
Hero (UTG): 228.2 BB
MP: 421.5 BB
CO: 174.6 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 6h 6d
Hero raises to 3 BB, fold, CO calls 3 BB, fold, fold, fold

Flop : (7.5 BB, 2 players) 4h 6c 6s
Hero bets 2.3 BB, CO calls 2.3 BB

Turn : (12.1 BB, 2 players) 5s
Hero bets 7 BB, CO calls 7 BB

River : (26.1 BB, 2 players) 5h
Hero bets 40 BB, CO raises to 92 BB, Hero raises to 215.9 BB and is all-in, CO calls 70.3 BB and is all-in



I'll be back tomorrow with another update!

subd, used to travel the ITF circuit - more tennis updates!

Seems like you are playing a highly exploitable style. Be careful with that.

When i get back into it, will do!

Thats what im trying to do at microstakes, i have a decent idea of population tendencies and im just trying to exploit the most obvious leaks. I still think im not exploiting obvious leaks enough, + its more fun to take it to the streets instead of playing uber tight like 95% of the 10nlz pool do.

Subbed, gl in both your endeavours

Thankyou!

Today was my first attempt at cardio in around 2-3 weeks. Hoped on the treadmill in the gym started getting stitches 5 mins in. I've had these stitches on both sides of my abs that don't go away when i go (or used to go) running. Pulled through the pain and eventually started zoning out as i was doing jogging/walking intervals. Ended up on the treadmill for about an hour and did around 9km which isn't much, but it's a solid start. Off to the thousand steps sometime tomorrow for some uphill climbing to continue the cardio grind!

Shoulder is feeling slightly better, although when doing rehab exercises/stretches, my range of motion is super inconsistent. Sometimes its amazing, sometimes i can barely lift my arm, super frusturating

Now onto the action on the felt today!



Need to get in more volume, because by the time midnight comes around im fairly tired after a long day, but the action/player pool is super small during the day. For comparison, at around 3pm the zoom pool is 150-200 people and the regular tables are fairly dead, whereas at midnight the theirs 500-600+ in the zoom pool. Need to figure out a way around this.

Was fairly card dead, and with the amount of times i got AQo, its like the game wanted me to 4-bet bluff

Onto some hands (hand history converter still not working):

Hero (BTN): 269.9 BB
SB: 164.3 BB
BB: 111.1 BB
UTG: 139.3 BB
MP: 100 BB
CO: 149.9 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Kd Qc
fold, fold, CO raises to 2 BB, Hero raises to 5.8 BB, SB calls 5.3 BB, BB calls 4.8 BB, CO calls 3.8 BB

Flop : (23.2 BB, 4 players) Ts Kh 6s
SB checks, BB checks, CO checks, Hero bets 14.4 BB, SB calls 14.4 BB, fold, fold

Turn : (52 BB, 2 players) 5c
SB checks, Hero bets 32.3 BB, SB calls 32.3 BB

River : (116.6 BB, 2 players) Qh
SB bets 111.8 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 111.8 BB



PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4: http://www.pokertracker.com

BTN: 103.7 BB
SB: 105.7 BB
BB: 212.9 BB
UTG: 32 BB
Hero (MP): 264 BB
CO: 82.4 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Ac Qs
fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, CO calls 3 BB, BTN raises to 13.5 BB, fold, fold, Hero raises to 29.5 BB, CO calls 26.5 BB, BTN calls 16 BB

Flop : (90 BB, 3 players) As 6c 6h
Hero bets 86 BB, fold, BTN calls 74.2 BB and is all-in

Turn : (238.4 BB, 2 players) Jd

River : (238.4 BB, 2 players) 9d

Players agreed to run it twice.

Turn #2: (238.4 BB, 2 players) 7s

River #2: (238.4 BB, 2 players) Td



PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4: http://www.pokertracker.com

BTN: 142.8 BB
SB: 92.1 BB
Hero (BB): 110.5 BB
UTG: 114.4 BB
MP: 126.9 BB
CO: 83.1 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Ad Ks
fold, fold, CO raises to 3 BB, fold, fold, Hero raises to 9.2 BB, CO calls 6.2 BB

Flop : (18.9 BB, 2 players) Kh Qc 2d
Hero bets 9.1 BB, CO calls 9.1 BB

Turn : (37.1 BB, 2 players) Kc
Hero bets 17.7 BB, CO raises to 35.4 BB, Hero raises to 92.2 BB and is all-in, fold

Hero wins 103 BB

That's it for now, more updates tomorrow

Unfortunately the cardio progress was stalled today. Was meant to go to the thousand steps which is gruelling, especially when you do the hill aswell as the steps, so i didn't go to the gym and hit the treadmill. But my thousand steps plans got cancelled, so i didn't do any cardio Will make up for it tomorrow though, treadmill first thing.

Now onto poker



I think i've noticed the past two days, where i have this huge surge between 500-1000 hands, and then slowly grind down all my winnings. I think i have to start my sessions earlier, even if that means the player pool being smaller. Started autopiloting the end of my session, and as soon as i timed out and ended up checking a set instead of jamming, i stopped.

Some interesting/badly played hands below:

PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4: http://www.pokertracker.com

Hero (BTN): 221.9 BB
SB: 100.5 BB
BB: 100 BB
UTG: 147.2 BB
MP: 128.2 BB
CO: 35.3 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Qc Qh
UTG raises to 3 BB, fold, CO calls 3 BB, Hero raises to 11 BB, fold, fold, UTG calls 8 BB, CO calls 8 BB

Flop : (34.5 BB, 3 players) 3s Qd Jh
UTG checks, CO checks, Hero checks

Turn : (34.5 BB, 3 players) 9d
UTG bets 15 BB, CO raises to 24.3 BB and is all-in, Hero raises to 72.6 BB, UTG calls 57.6 BB

River : (204 BB, 3 players) 7s
UTG checks, Hero bets 138.3 BB and is all-in, UTG calls 63.6 BB and is all-in



PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4: http://www.pokertracker.com

BTN: 167.9 BB
Hero (SB): 148.2 BB
BB: 95.8 BB
UTG: 101.5 BB
MP: 142.7 BB
CO: 156 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Qd Ad
fold, MP raises to 3 BB, fold, fold, Hero raises to 9.2 BB, fold, MP calls 6.2 BB

Flop : (19.4 BB, 2 players) Qs 3c Jh
Hero bets 9.3 BB, MP calls 9.3 BB

Turn : (38 BB, 2 players) Ac
Hero bets 23.6 BB, MP calls 23.6 BB

River : (85.2 BB, 2 players) Qh
Hero bets 106.1 BB and is all-in, MP calls 100.6 BB and is all-in



PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4: http://www.pokertracker.com

BTN: 81.2 BB
Hero (SB): 285.1 BB
BB: 102 BB
UTG: 102.1 BB
MP: 100 BB
CO: 101.5 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Ac 5c
UTG raises to 3.5 BB, MP calls 3.5 BB, fold, fold, Hero raises to 12.5 BB, fold, UTG calls 9 BB, MP calls 9 BB

Flop : (38.5 BB, 3 players) Qs Ad 5d
Hero bets 28 BB, UTG raises to 89.6 BB and is all-in, fold, Hero calls 61.6 BB

Turn : (217.7 BB, 2 players) 7s

River : (217.7 BB, 2 players) Js



PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4: http://www.pokertracker.com

BTN: 108.5 BB
Hero (SB): 112.3 BB
BB: 10.7 BB
UTG: 148.8 BB
MP: 100 BB
CO: 205.1 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Td Kd
fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 2.5 BB, Hero raises to 7.7 BB, fold, BTN calls 5.2 BB

Flop : (16.4 BB, 2 players) Jd 4c Qd
Hero bets 10.2 BB, BTN calls 10.2 BB

Turn : (36.8 BB, 2 players) 8c
Hero bets 23 BB, BTN calls 23 BB

River : (82.8 BB, 2 players) Qc
Hero bets 71.4 BB and is all-in, BTN calls 67.6 BB and is all-in



PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4: http://www.pokertracker.com

Hero (BTN): 237.4 BB
SB: 41.9 BB
BB: 74.6 BB
UTG: 131.3 BB
MP: 100 BB
CO: 9.4 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Qh Qc
UTG raises to 3 BB, fold, fold, Hero raises to 9.2 BB, fold, fold, UTG raises to 26.4 BB, Hero calls 17.2 BB

Flop : (54.3 BB, 2 players) 5h 9h 7h
UTG bets 25 BB, Hero calls 25 BB

Turn : (104.3 BB, 2 players) 6s
UTG bets 79.9 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 79.9 BB

River : (264.1 BB, 2 players) Qs



Hopefully knock out double the cardio, get an earlier session in tomorrow and make some progress!

Going to just start posting weekly since my rehab is kinda boring and its just cardio + poker every day for the next few weeks. Most of you would be more interested in the tennis grind then the poker grind anyway and tbh, i would be too Saw the physio today and was told max 6 weeks until i can return to the court. Also did a solid 9km on the treadmill yesterday, but my calves are tight af so ill take a break till tomorrow on the cardio

Onto poker:



Had a rough last two days. Heaps of setups and run bad in general. I think im still somewhat struggling with preflop spots but its slowly getting their and ill be doing better once i have a larger sample at 10nl and can start to exploit the player tendencies more.

Onto the biggest / most interesting pots:

BTN: 168.9 BB
Hero (SB): 306.2 BB
BB: 100 BB
UTG: 145.2 BB
MP: 196.1 BB
CO: 47.8 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 7s 7h
fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 2.5 BB, Hero raises to 7.7 BB, BB calls 6.7 BB, BTN calls 5.2 BB

Flop : (23.1 BB, 3 players) 5c 6d 9s
Hero checks, BB bets 11 BB, fold, Hero calls 11 BB

Turn : (45.1 BB, 2 players) 8c
Hero checks, BB checks

River : (45.1 BB, 2 players) 2s
Hero bets 287.5 BB and is all-in, BB calls 81.3 BB and is all-in



BTN: 162.9 BB
SB: 100 BB
BB: 37 BB
UTG: 51.5 BB
Hero (MP): 112.3 BB
CO: 127.1 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Kc As
fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, fold, BTN raises to 8 BB, fold, BB raises to 37 BB and is all-in, Hero raises to 112.3 BB and is all-in, BTN calls 104.3 BB

Flop : (262.1 BB, 3 players) Ts 9d 5d

Turn : (262.1 BB, 3 players) Ah

River : (262.1 BB, 3 players) 4h



Oh god here we go...

BTN: 55 BB
Hero (SB): 194.5 BB
BB: 193.9 BB
UTG: 163.3 BB
MP: 213.7 BB
CO: 229 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Qh Ah
fold, MP raises to 2 BB, CO raises to 9 BB, fold, Hero raises to 27.5 BB, fold, fold, CO calls 18.5 BB

Flop : (58 BB, 2 players) 9c 2s Kd
Hero bets 17.7 BB, CO calls 17.7 BB

Turn : (93.4 BB, 2 players) As
Hero checks, CO bets 35.7 BB, Hero calls 35.7 BB

River : (164.8 BB, 2 players) 5d
Hero checks, CO bets 148.1 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 113.6 BB and is all-in



Had to stop playing after this following hand and take a break, lucky maintenance was happening so i would've had to take one anyway

Hero (BTN): 245.5 BB
SB: 100 BB
BB: 103.2 BB
UTG: 102.5 BB
MP: 101.5 BB
CO: 158.7 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Ks Qs
UTG raises to 2 BB, fold, CO raises to 7 BB, Hero calls 7 BB, fold, fold, UTG calls 5 BB

Flop : (22.5 BB, 3 players) 2s Kd 7d
UTG checks, CO bets 14 BB, Hero calls 14 BB, fold

Turn : (50.5 BB, 2 players) 9h
CO bets 22 BB, Hero calls 22 BB

River : (94.5 BB, 2 players) Qc
CO bets 115.7 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 115.7 BB



Might post a session or two during the week ahead,but unless i have a +10/-10 buyin day or something drastic happens in terms of tennis, ill instead just post an update next week, cya then

Soooooo was going to make an update on Thursday, but after the session i just played i think ill have to just update today.

Cardio has been slightly stumped because of my ridiculously tight calves that are on the verge of causing shin splints. Going to take a few days off. Heading to the physio either Wednesday or Thursday aswell.

Now onto the worst session of my life.

Since last update:



Todays session:



Thought i actually played fairly well, one call down i thought was borderline , but was just dealt cooler after cooler in the last 200 or so hands. All of these hands happened within half an hour. Also, i thought when i signed up for upswing poker i'd go on an upswing , guess not Won't post the coolers from previous sessions since i considered those fairly standard, but todays were just ridiculous.

Also one last thing, microstakes forum on 2+2 is dead for me, gotten 1 response in around 4 threads

Had a note on villain that he previously limp/reraised AA hence the 3-bet/call . Lol @ result.

BTN: 100 BB
Hero (SB): 298.9 BB
BB: 141.3 BB
UTG: 193.3 BB
MP: 51.1 BB
CO: 100 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Ac Kc
UTG calls 1 BB, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 5 BB, fold, UTG raises to 13 BB, Hero calls 8 BB

Flop : (27 BB, 2 players) 9c 8d Ts
Hero checks, UTG bets 12.9 BB, Hero calls 12.9 BB

Turn : (52.8 BB, 2 players) Kh
Hero checks, UTG bets 48 BB, Hero calls 48 BB

River : (148.8 BB, 2 players) 4s
Hero checks, UTG bets 119.4 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 119.4 BB



Had villain tagged as a fun player but for some reason no note as to why. I do know why now.

BTN: 59.1 BB
SB: 84.3 BB
BB: 97.8 BB
UTG: 114.5 BB
Hero (MP): 178.9 BB
CO: 95.7 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Kd Qs
UTG calls 1 BB, Hero raises to 4 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, UTG calls 3 BB

Flop : (9.5 BB, 2 players) Ks 9s Js
UTG checks, Hero bets 6.8 BB, UTG calls 6.8 BB

Turn : (23.1 BB, 2 players) 6c
UTG bets 55 BB, Hero calls 55 BB

River : (133.1 BB, 2 players) 7s
UTG bets 48.7 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 48.7 BB



Thin value that was nice until the river

BTN: 133.6 BB
SB: 133.9 BB
Hero (BB): 105.6 BB
UTG: 125.1 BB
MP: 126.3 BB
CO: 110.7 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Th Ts
fold, fold, CO raises to 3 BB, fold, fold, Hero raises to 9 BB, CO calls 6 BB

Flop : (18.5 BB, 2 players) 5c 6s 2h
Hero bets 13.3 BB, CO calls 13.3 BB

Turn : (45.1 BB, 2 players) 9h
Hero bets 32.3 BB, CO calls 32.3 BB



Hero (BTN): 100 BB
SB: 65.8 BB
BB: 397.3 BB
UTG: 181 BB
MP: 127.1 BB
CO: 162.3 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Kd Kc
fold, fold, CO raises to 2.5 BB, Hero raises to 7.5 BB, fold, fold, CO calls 5 BB

Flop : (16.5 BB, 2 players) Qd 9h 7d
CO checks, Hero bets 11.9 BB, CO calls 11.9 BB

Turn : (40.3 BB, 2 players) 5s
CO checks, Hero bets 28.9 BB, CO calls 28.9 BB

River : (98.1 BB, 2 players) 9c
CO bets 114 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 51.7 BB and is all-in



So, my br has slowly been deteriorating since i made this PG&C , coincidence , so one more losing session and its back down to the slum streets of 5nl Hopefully things will turn around soon

Have you considered there is a check button? So many hands in this thread you bet in a situation where I'd check. I mean the TT hand, there are so many floats you can let him bluff with and you take all that away when you bet. Then on the river I guess you're looking to get called by strictly 77 and 88?

I did say it was a fairly thin on the river, however my logic at the time was doesn't have any 3x and he has alot of pair+straight draw hand's that i can get vlaue from that called flop e.g 76,98,97 . Can't see where i could have checked in any other of the hands though?!?!

Oh I was mostly talking about the turn actually.

Oh ok, so basically on the turn from my pov, hes going to be calling all 9x floats, i think this card makes for a decent barrel with overpairs considering villain was unlikely to have improved to 2 pair with the only combo to have improved being 87s and 99. Id imagine villains best hand here to be 65 since i would think he would raise all sets on the flop. I think theres alot of value to be missed by not betting here, hence the barrel, but hey no doubt i could be wrong!

It makes no sense two pairs would call but sets would raise. They have the same relative value but two pair is more vulnerable. He probably won't raise any of them although he only has 1 two pair to begin with.

I just ran TT against a range that can call which is basically 22-QQ and I added in all the suited connectors and suited one gappers (within reason) up to 9 high and some backdoor flushdraws that floated. TT has 50% but it needs to be called by all of those hands and none of those hands need to bet themselves for betting to be better. On top of that it makes all flop air floats fold.

i would assume villain would raise all sets on the flop and yes they do have the same relative value, so maybe he would also raise that on the flop. I don't think villain would slow play any sets here and two pairs i guess since im not going to be really folding any overpairs to a raise. Also, 65s is somewhat of a borderline call pre anyway.

It really depends what range you put villain on here. On this board on the flop, majority of his hands will be overcards with BDSD and BDFD. If he floats with T9s,J9s,Q9s,K9s,A9s with a BDFD then he won't be folding imo to a turn bet.

Here's my assigned range for villain in this spot, assuming he would raise sets/2 pairs on flop.



All the over card combos are heart combos, with the 9x aswell as pair combos being every suit but diamonds. All yellow combos have every suit. I think this is a fairly standard range OTT (could add in 44 obviously hahah). Vs this range my numbers are ALOT different then yours :



If we included 66,55,44 aswell as 65 (which i still think is a raise OTF) , then our equity is still 65% vs this range.

Although im 2 days late on the update, better late then never right?

So it's been a really really bad 2 weeks. Shin splits are a thing, and i can't run at all so cardio has been put on hold. Constant icing, foam rolling and stretching has been having a mediocre effect on the recovery, but hopefully ill be back to running by next week. Gotten back into gym, however it's really really boring doing light weights and therabands exercises. Hopefully back to hitting within the next 2-3 weeks , can't wait to hit the first ball . However, all these problems are really really small . Had a close friend pass away a few days ago. Makes you realise how short life is, how small your problems really are and really changes your overall outlook on life . R.I.P beautiful :'(

So onto poker:
cbf posting a graph for the week but you can get the overall jist of it from this graph of June:



My 30BI Bankroll for 10nl and at the peak of the graph , a 30BI Bankroll for 16nl has taken a huge hit. Confidence is at an all time low. Majority of the losses are coolers , which have been confirmed as coolers by my discord group (shoutout to them) , however there has defs been a fair amount of bad play mixed in there aswell. I've gone down to 2nl even though im rolled for 5nl just to get a bit of confidence back and to make sure im not going insane.

Few hands from the end of last month (hand history converter still broken :

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4: http://www.pokertracker.com

BTN: 108.8 BB
SB: 93.8 BB
BB: 265 BB
UTG: 123.6 BB
Hero (MP): 135.2 BB
CO: 121 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has 5c 5d
fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, fold, BTN raises to 9 BB, fold, fold, Hero calls 6 BB

Flop : (19.4 BB, 2 players) 5h 4s Ac
Hero checks, BTN checks

Turn : (19.4 BB, 2 players) 9c
Hero bets 12.4 BB, BTN calls 12.4 BB

River : (44.2 BB, 2 players) 2d
Hero bets 32 BB, BTN raises to 78 BB, Hero raises to 113.8 BB and is all-in, BTN calls 9.4 BB and is all-in



PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4: http://www.pokertracker.com

BTN: 270.6 BB
SB: 111.8 BB
Hero (BB): 102.4 BB
UTG: 160 BB
MP: 154 BB
CO: 104.2 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has Ad Qh
fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 3 BB, SB raises to 5 BB, Hero calls 4 BB, BTN calls 2 BB

Flop : (15 BB, 3 players) Qc As 7h
SB checks, Hero bets 9.6 BB, fold, SB raises to 19.2 BB, Hero raises to 97.4 BB and is all-in, SB calls 78.2 BB

Turn : (209.8 BB, 2 players) 8h

River : (209.8 BB, 2 players) Kd



PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4: http://www.pokertracker.com

BTN: 100 BB
SB: 121.2 BB
BB: 105 BB
UTG: 145.2 BB
MP: 110 BB
Hero (CO): 238.8 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has Qs Qc
fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.4 BB, fold, SB raises to 11 BB, fold, Hero raises to 25 BB, SB raises to 121.2 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 96.2 BB

Flop : (243.4 BB, 2 players) Ah 2c 2h

Turn : (243.4 BB, 2 players) 7s

River : (243.4 BB, 2 players) As

Players agreed to run it twice.

Flop #2: (243.4 BB, 2 players) 5s Js 4s

Turn #2: (243.4 BB, 2 players) 7c

River #2: (243.4 BB, 2 players) 2d



3 minutes later :

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4: http://www.pokertracker.com

BTN: 127.4 BB
Hero (SB): 117.6 BB
BB: 128.4 BB
UTG: 176.8 BB
MP: 80.4 BB
CO: 201.4 BB

Hero posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has Qh Qd
fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 2.4 BB, Hero raises to 7.2 BB, fold, BTN raises to 21 BB, Hero raises to 117.6 BB and is all-in, BTN calls 96.6 BB

Flop : (236.2 BB, 2 players) Th 5s 3s

Turn : (236.2 BB, 2 players) Kc

River : (236.2 BB, 2 players) Js

Players agreed to run it twice.

Flop #2: (236.2 BB, 2 players) 7c 5d 8s

Turn #2: (236.2 BB, 2 players) 4d

River #2: (236.2 BB, 2 players) 3h



Just donating to that villain, QQ obvs need a buff



Thought i may aswell put some goals for the month of July:
- Rebuild the bankroll.
- Continue studying.
- Reduce tilt.
- Minimum 60k hands this month.
- Get that + red line.
- Learn how to play QQ
- Gym every second day.
- Return to the tennis court.
- Catch up with friends that i haven't seen in a very long time.

Update this time next week! (Hopefully)

Once again late on the update, kind of forgot when i had made the last one.

Not exactly sure if your allowed to just spew real life thoughts and feelings into your pg&c, someone please let me know if i can't tho. I find it pretty funny that none of my IRL friends know about this thread at all (don't think any of them will find out anytime soon either) so i can just talk about a bunch of stuff without them knowing, which i kinda like.

Don't really know how to put my feelings rn into words but i'll do my best. I mentioned in the last post how my close friend passed away, well today was the funeral. Pretty much the most heartbreaking few hours of my life, seeing everybody around me (myself included) devastated over the part of our lives that we had all lost. Seeing everybody from high school again today , most of which i hadn't seen since we all graduated, was good, it was just such a shame that instead of seeing them over lunch or at a party, i had to see them like this. Talking with everybody, reminiscing over memories that we had all made with each other only a few months ago, really hit hard with me. I kind of came to the realisation that although its difficult and your circle is going to become smaller as you continue through life, you have to put as much effort you can into friendships that you can because you never know what might happen. Even though majority of my friends live a fair way away, i realised i just have to deal with it and put in the effort to see them all on a regular basis, which i had not been doing at all. 100% something that i really need to work on. Fitting it some catch up time over lunch after/before training or sometimes on weekends after comps is something ill have to get into the habit of doing.

Onto my tennis update. I'll be back on court again starting next week (**** yeah). Even though it will consist of mainly light hitting and getting the hand-eye and footwork back, i still can't wait. I can say (with pride) that since the last time i posted, a day hasn't gone passed where i haven't been in the gym
Kind of getting addicted to it, just being able to go in there and lift and just let out all the tension/stress is amazing. Most likely going to have to slow down and go 4-5 days a week instead of every day once i get back into hitting though. Oh and shin splints are gone

So this poker update is going to be pretty lackluster so i'll just skip it. Ill just post a graph next week which will include both weeks instead. Volume has somewhat been lacking (for obv reasons) but tomorrow is a new day. Also, back upto 5nl

Till next time

Ps: Might have to do one of these thoughts and feelings every week, it feels really good to get this stuff out of me.

I love ambition, and maybe im just being sour. But id say, quit poker and go all in on Tennis.

Realize that every second "wasted" on poker, is a second the other competitors isnt wasting on poker. Leaving great space in their minds to develop new paths and become better in ways you arent even aware off.

Poker might be gone in 3 years, like literally dead.

Tennis will not

Tennis you are somwhere, poker you are nowhere.

But wish you all the best.

Writing this only cause i know how hard poker is, even though its clearly beatable etc. But i wish for you to realize, if you want to excel in one field, you need to focus on just that one field, cause your competitors are.

"If all my peers are ONLY playing Tennis, will i still make it if i play 20% poker? Am i 21% more naturally talented, smarter and physically gifted than ALL the others Tennis players? "

If this is something you feel into your bones. Then by all means, go nuts in both areas.

But if not, throw in the cards in chimney, and study tennis every second of your injury.

Very very best of luck

Im 100% sure you will make it in life, just make sure you understand how hard people are working, so you can realize the path of which you want to go so you can get to exactly where you need to go.

Not somewhere inbetween and get left in cracks, seeing your poker and tennis peers run past you cause you just had to be one of the best in two areas, when most struggle with one.

One love man, inspiring. <3

Hey! Thanks for the good wishes

So i obviously don't plan on being average or mediocre in both fields. Obviously at one point, one is going to turn into a recreational activity/hobby and the other will turn into my "profession". I understand this will happen at some point.

Basically, poker really isn't taking up any of my time that would be spent playing/training for tennis. There is only so much gym i can do each day without getting injured and only so much tennis i can play for the next few months without re-injuring myself. Basically, i have just replaced the time i would spend playing PS4 with playing poker, which i see as a pretty decent tradeoff, since instead of spending money i can make money (i know its micros, but id rather a dollar then no dollar).

It's always in the back of my mind questioning if i made the right decision to take a year off of uni (which really the more i think about it, the less of a "risk" it really is since its only a year) and try to pursue a career. I have heaps of tennis friends and i see what they are doing to try to "make it" and i know their ability and i really believe deep down that i can be better then them. I guess only time will tell though!

Also just a quick update since i really cbf posting tomorrow since i already know ill be tired af, basically up 24BI over 15k hands this week, ran 16BI over EV though, but still a 4.3 All-in Adj BB/100 which although its a small sample is still promising. Also still haven't missed a day of gym since my last post and tomorrow i'll hit my first tennis ball of the comeback! Can't wait