What are the stakes?

He said 1/3 directly and indirectly.

1/3 NL, $300 maximum BI, 10 handed table, live.

4 months incredible.

Skimmed the post looking for stakes but didn't think to check at the top

Impressive, curious, we're you involved in any monster pots where you held up or sucked out?

i have won $63 in 40 hours this year ... off to a productive start

vnh wp

-$3,500 in last 33 hours.

So ya, cheer up.

hahah funny that you mention that, after nearly every losing session i spend so much money on KFC or Maccas.

Eating like **** right after, session review, a good nights sleep, and a good workout the next morning gets me ready to hit the felt again.

When I have a gf, sex or a good blowjob helps as well.

All in all my last couple gfs have been fun, but -ev for life goals.

I'm down around $1400.00 I think in 120 hours since I purchased a poker tracker for my phone.

Looking forward to starting at least a 5 session win streak tonight though.

I am capable of making all the right plays, I just have to execute better and get a little bit of run good.

oh, i know believe me. i had a stretch from dec. 15-31 that was sickeningly bad.

Surprisingly, no real monster pots come to mind. I don't really track pot size records, but if I recall, the biggest pot was against a spewmonkey where I flat a preflop raise with JJ, then spewmonkey limp/reraises 55, I just lol flat again, and we get it all in on the turn on a 8842 board, I think for around 200bb each total (this hand also helped me set my single session record of +$1598). Other than that, no real monster pots come to mind.

I will say my win streak should have ended at 9 as my last winning session in the streak I sucked out in a decent pot as a big underdog. I 3bet a gambooley extremely loose opener with AQ, a more sane person coldcalls the 3bet and then leads 1/2 PSB into me on a Q high board; he starts hand with less than 100bbs so I decide it's a ship vs fold situation, I decide to ship, he has KK, whoops, but I suckout. That hand enabled me to book a smallish winning session in my last session of the streak.

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I'm up $862 in 32 hours (7 sessions) for an hourly of:
$26.88/hour
at 2/5 and 3/5 = 5.4 bb/hour
but here's the fun part:

Standard lol Deviation is: $435.19/hour

So I have NO IDEA whether I'm winning or not.

OK, I know, I just can't prove it yet.

Edit: This year.

32 hours is nothing, thats 3-4 sessions for me.

4 100 bb buyins

5 80 bb buyins

6 short stack buyins

2 x 200bb buy-ins plus a job (in case you go broke)

yea this is suicide bro...run bad in your first session and your toast.

4x100 BB stack
For the most part if you get into a hand, you will have room to maneuver. Still gives you room to set mine over standard raises.

Having said that, you will need to run well in your first few sessions or your toast no matter what you buy in for.

I highly recommend against this unless you are totally fine burning 2k. Grind the 1/2 to 5k, but even then that's low, 10k is the recommended bankroll for 2/5.

That said, I would do the 4x 100bb, but there is an argument to be made for shortstacking. You need to have discipline, understand ss play, and have the right table.

i say 4 100bb because at least then you can get a feel for the game and learn a bit. When you short stack it more of picking your spots to get it in, and hope villains are incompetent or get coolered/run bad.

With 100bb at least then you can bluff raise, float, check raise etc. in addition to profitably setmine etc.

4 x 100bb and have a job is the right answer. Otherwise, keep check raising donks at 1/2.

GAME SELECTION

I think it's ok to take a shot at 1/2 with $2k. Just play tight and aggressively. 2/5? LoL, might as well just let it all ride on black.

Hence the usage of "shot"

I'm rolled for 1-2

Instead of waiting til I grind up to 8-9k bankroll, I'm willing to risk 2k in order to expedite moving up, fully knowing and being comfortable with going back to grinding 1-2 if i bust(inb4 'when')til I can afford another shot