Hi all, I've been lurking for about 2 years but just recently opened an account here and posted a hand or two for review.
I started playing online poker at the end of 2006, and as surprising as it may sound, I directly started as a winning player, bar maybe the first couple weeks where I just messed around at 0.02/0.04 full ring LHE or something. I played 6max LHE at first, up to 3/6, then cashed out the 2k I made out of a 10$ deposit and felt like I was the shat (most likely I just ran hot because I was so ignorant of everything about poker really).
I messed around some more and got PT and those graphs represent my lifetime graphs since I got it (mid-2007).
I consider myself a winning player up to and including NL100 FR and 6max.
I started putting in serious (for me) volume recently. Right now I'm looking at about 50k hands / month, however I can't be sure I will be able to maintain this volume every month (without getting brain damage/getting burned out). 20k appears to me to be the very minimum, and I'm definitely trying to keep it at at least 30k / month.
There's something wrong, however, and it is - I can't beat NL100. I've been taking 4 NL100 shots, FR and SH, and just can't get past it. It's full of fish at the site I play on, but I just don't seem to be able to take their money.
I'm pretty much sick of NL100 by now and I want to play higher. I feel like I'm wasting time trying to beat NL100, when I could spend the same time being +EV in higher games. I guess it will be up to the staker/coach to decide whether or not I am actually +EV in higher games.
I'm actually rolled for NL200 and even almost rolled for NL400, BUT I'm just too much of a wimp. My BR is at about 7k but I doubt I could emotionally cope with a negative 2k session, which is only 5 buyins at NL400. I couldn't cope with it because 2k represents too much money for me in real life, outside of my poker BR. Therefore, playing with someone else's money might do the trick.
I use PT2 and PT3 (for hud only) and PokerEV. Setometer after really rough sessions, lol.
I'm trying to put in at least 1k hands per evening on average, and I've been doing about 2k / evening on average for the past month (however, as I said, I might not be able/willing to continue at this precise rate for a very long time, because of how it affects my real life. However, a few months would probably be possible).
So, I'm looking to get staked for NL200 or higher, however I'm only interested in it if some decent coaching comes along. I emphasize it - I'm looking for a stake 70% because of coaching, and 30% because I want to play higher.
I have NO references on this forum and I live in Paris, France, however I'm a honest guy and am ready to undertake anything reasonable to prove it.
Graph in BB:
Graph in USD:
PT2 stats: