Hi, Name is Sami, Im 22 and have Been playing poker for ~2.5 years and ~2 years seriously, Started a thread around 2 years ago starting at 2nl and have worked my way up to nl200 and just recently mixing in some nl400. My ultimate goal when starting back then was to play poker for a living and although it has taken me much longer than i thought it would, Ive still made okay amount of coin to live on while putting my studies on hold to really focus on my goal.
Ive made this thread because i am really coming down to the last few months before i give up the dream and go back to focusing on school again and the reality of my situation, Basically living in high expense country (Sydney, Australia) i cant call myself a "pro" if i cant make at least 60k/yr playing virtual cards on-the-line.
Hands have been deleted numerous times this year due to computer crashing, Meant to have contacted stars to redownload all but decided to site-select abit more and have sunrunned nicely on numerous other sites, give or take a few thousand hands and +~1k for missed hands.
This year my total profits + RB netted me ~27k (Adjusted poorly/ran a bit under ev at nl100 and struggled there for a good portion of the year) although not that great monetary wise, I feel very confident in my overall game and have improved a boat load over the year, So i guess i can say i was getting payed to study
Although hourly wise i think its much higher online, I feel like i should be improving my live game if for some reason online games do turn to **** or regulations forces me out. So if any live-pros are reading id def love for you guys to chime in and give any pointers/tips on how you learnt to pick up on tells and any other cool live dynamics ive been too stubborn to learn.
Anyway, Going to cut this short and going to stick to some short-term goals for the moment and hopefully sunrun some coins to delude me more into thinking i can play cards for a living and then really focus on some long-term goals i have in mind
60k should be doable at 200NL I think. Maybe it's just your volume. I know your op doesn't show all your volume, but honestly I see a lot of other pros here get in 50k hands in a month.
60k should be doable at 200NL I think. Maybe it's just your volume. I know your op doesn't show all your volume, but honestly I see a lot of other pros here get in 50k hands in a month.
def not volume issue, my average month is 65-70k, i just suck
so pretty bad start to the month, 400 shots are going bad, then dropping to 200 but is also going bad, so thought id get some confidence at 100 but that also went bad
#badbeathhincoming, dont really care about losing coolers, hurts a tad more when shotting though.
Preflop: Hero is CO with A A
2 folds, Hero raises to $10.66, BTN folds, SB raises to $41.98, BB folds, Hero raises to $95, SB raises to $533.53 and is all-in, Hero calls $400.94 and is all-in
Flop: ($995.88) 6 7 T (2 players, 2 are all-in) Turn: ($995.88) 5 (2 players, 2 are all-in) River: ($995.88) K (2 players, 2 are all-in)
Spoiler:
Results: $995.88 pot ($4.00 rake)
Final Board: 6 7 T 5 K
Hero showed A A and lost (-$495.94 net)
SB showed K K and won $991.88 ($495.94 net)
Preflop: Hero is MP2 with A A
UTG+2 folds, MP1 raises to $5.75, Hero raises to $25, 5 folds, MP1 raises to $44.25, Hero raises to $214.04 and is all-in, MP1 calls $169.79
Flop: ($431.08) Q T 6 (2 players, 1 is all-in) Turn: ($431.08) 5 (2 players, 1 is all-in) River: ($431.08) 6 (2 players, 1 is all-in)
Spoiler:
Results: $431.08 pot ($4.00 rake)
Final Board: Q T 6 5 6
MP1 showed K A and won $427.08 ($213.04 net)
Hero showed A A and lost (-$214.04 net)
Preflop: Hero is SB with K K
UTG folds, MP raises to $5, CO calls $5, BTN folds, Hero raises to $23, BB folds, MP calls $18, CO calls $18
Flop: ($71) T K T (3 players)
Hero bets $28, MP calls $28, CO calls $28
Turn: ($155) 3 (3 players)
Hero checks, MP checks, CO bets $149 and is all-in, Hero calls $149, MP calls $149
River: ($602) 6 (3 players, 1 is all-in)
Hero bets $304.11 and is all-in, MP calls $142.72 and is all-in
Spoiler:
Results: $887.44 pot ($4 rake)
Final Board: T K T 3 6
MP showed Q Q and lost (-$342.72 net)
CO showed J T and lost (-$200 net)
Hero showed K K and won $883.44 ($540.72 net)
Personal advice from own exp is to completely drop 05/1 if you're going to play 2/4 btw, there's such huge skillgap between the two that it can get confusing at times (+ the usual reasons). Better to take the bull by the horns and grind it out even tho it'll likely decrease your hourly until you get comfortable.
gl mate. one bit of advice, pretty much no matter what happens you should make sure you finish your degree. what are you studying out of interest?
tyty and yeah a few other pros have said this.
studying occupational therapy
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Originally Posted by Nirwanda
GL Samir.
Why you posting coolers and bad beats tho?
Personal advice from own exp is to completely drop 05/1 if you're going to play 2/4 btw, there's such huge skillgap between the two that it can get confusing at times (+ the usual reasons). Better to take the bull by the horns and grind it out even tho it'll likely decrease your hourly until you get comfortable.
Many many sixes btw
haha any reason why you call me samir?
and yeah thats probably good advice, mixing stakes is a pretty underrated skill that i probably dont have.
Could you talk through some of those hands please? They might be super std for you,but for me it is so confusing. Why do u call AJ? Do you just pick a hand u call down? Which hands you fold?
Could you talk through some of those hands please? They might be super std for you,but for me it is so confusing. Why do u call AJ? Do you just pick a hand u call down? Which hands you fold?
Thanks
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ha sorry, ill try abit better to go slightly more indepth in the future.
AJ hand wasnt std call down, i probably wont even peel flop vs some regs, vs this particular "reg" he has a high 3b% and loves bashing off, but doesnt really take into account his sizing and how wide his bluffing in specific spots.
didnt exactly plan to call down, basically i know his overbluffing and i need to adjust so im not over-folding so he doesnt print moneys. just taking it one street at a time looking for any timing/sizing tells that split his range up and make a decision on later streets based on that and how the board runs out.
luckily enough he gave a sizing tell ott that reduced his value combos and a K otr reduced them even more when he shoved.
really not the greatest at explaining thought processes on hands, hope that helped
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Originally Posted by TWhelan
gl
ty sir
sooo, pretty much done with shotting 2/4 until next year, cant seem to string a few winning sessions together so best to drop it and just try get into the green for the end of the month.
we shall meet again mr400
hand that made me quit for the day, lessons on how to give away free coins to "regs" i should 100% fold river and probably even pre
pretty spew by me, not sure what to make on his turn sizing, i like it but i find it hard to believe he sizes his entire range like this. feel like its more lolboathalfpotinduceftw
Sub'd... always fun to hear from fellow 1/2 grinders! Gl
KQ is pretty much the only way to go. I would fold a ton of turns, but not a flush draw obviously. wp.
AA is def spew. I think against an unknown fold > call > raise. If you're up against a spazzer, call > fold > raise. Raising is pretty bad as a Q never folds and no worst hands call here.
Do know why have you decided to raise the river in the hand #2
being a spewtard
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Originally Posted by birdayy
gl yabish
think AA is pretty spewy.
iknowiknow
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Originally Posted by Vinny80
Sub'd... always fun to hear from fellow 1/2 grinders! Gl
KQ is pretty much the only way to go. I would fold a ton of turns, but not a flush draw obviously. wp.
AA is def spew. I think against an unknown fold > call > raise. If you're up against a spazzer, call > fold > raise. Raising is pretty bad as a Q never folds and no worst hands call here.
KQ: think i agree, turn is most interesting, think my strat willchange vs different regs.
AA: im pretty certain Qx can fold river, i mean im only ever shoving with flushes. i just think its spew cause im 97% certain he uses different sizing with Qx.
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Originally Posted by TWhelan
H3 I play the same as you, and probably play H1 the same also
ty
still doing pretty meh this month, playing decent, feeling abit tilty lately but its not effecting my game, or not much at least
need to stay focused and remember that getting angry at the distribution of cards is the most ******ed thing ever.
vs reg that splits range pre
his abit too nitty on rivers and needs to be turning Jx into bluffs often enough for me to want to call
On 88, I think that if you check back the turn, you should r/f the river. I think you miss quite a lot of value against his 2p here. Otherwise, bet the turn imo, Ax is a hand he might c/c flop with. Gl.