Keep crushing johnny

This is over 340 hours or so. I played break even in 2014 over 350 hours but that involved a run up to $4000 followed by going bust. I made a big lifestyle change in February 2015 which basically consisted of stopping drinking while playing poker. I used to get ridiculously drunk 1 out of every 3 times I played and on a "normal" night I would have 5-8 beers. Total 2015 is around 400 hours at $20/hour but I had a really bad January which pushed me to make the lifestyle change.

I realized if I wanted to make poker a serious hobby and potentially a source of serious income I had to cut out the drinking, as much as I love being a lush. Ever since I stopped drinking I have been crushing 1/2. None of the 1/2 regs scare me, I feel like I am in control at all times, my boredom tilt is non-existant, hand selection is solid, I just let the game come to me now. If that means folding all night, so be it. If that means raising AK/AQ all night and missing the flop and c-bets not taking it down, so be it.

I spend a lot more time thinking about how to exploit certain player types these days. 1/2 is fun, but I know I want to move up sooner or rather than later. I am targeting 2016. I think I have enough to work on to get me through 2015.

Thanks buddy!

Great stuff, johnny!

That said, in my experience the player pool at $2/5 is not much different than $1/2. The aggression is slightly higher, but you'll see a lot of the same leaks, just with more money behind them. You've got the BR to play $2/5 regularly - take more shots. That's the only way you'll get more comfortable.

Sounds like you've conquered boredom tilt - now you have to conquer confidence tilt!

Haven't played much 1/2 lately, mostly OFC and 2/5. 1/2 update:






Just hit 500 hours of 2/5:

Very nice - hoping I can keep mine near there after the next 500 hours.

jeez that 1/2 WR at 1000+ hours is insane. 300 max?

All $300 max, only time I play 100bb max is the odd 2/5 session at B once in a blue moon.

Sick results dude, congratz.

How long did it take to reach 1000hrs at 1/2 and 500hrs at 2/5?

Gratz on hitting 500hrs.

How have the games changed since 2013 in your opinion?

Good question. Maybe in a general sense games have gotten slightly more aggressive (rec players know they should be cbetting almost always) and I've seen some call stations start to make decent laydowns.

So yeah the games have gotten tougher in that rec players maybe have started to adapt to the TAG style, but adjustments can always be made to stay ahead of the metagame.

500 hours since late 2013 also isn't a very big or concentrated sample so I could have some selection bias. I also play in a small player pool aside from trips to vegas/AC.

haven't played many sessions in June but ...



definitely a sustainable 1/2 win rate

* no sets during this time

Yeah my june winrate for 1/3 is totally sustainable.

21.5 hours
+$3900
$181/hour

haha keep it up as long as you can!

Hey guys,

I just recently graduated college and have played live poker on and off during college. But, now I want to get serious about it as a hobby. I've paid off most of my debits, but, I should have at least 20 buy-ins at 1-2 correct? So around $4000 ? Should I wait until I save up that much or should I play when I have $2000. What happens if I get crushed? Just take a break and study up more? Thanks for all the help.

If you have cash flow (aka "a job") - there are no roll requirements for 1/2

some remarkable low stakes win rates itt

Ya, there are some awesome ones.

My guess is posting bias (people with awesome winrates are more likely to post theirs than those with less awesome ones), and sample size.

Gbutstill,veryimpressiveG

Holy ****! Apparently I need to pay more attention to your strat posts. Very nice work.

Oh absolutely, because if you have good result, you must be a good poster.

I don't think this is always the case.

I know some good posters with bad results and some bad posters with good results.

What does that make HWSNBN? Bad imaginary hand poster with good imaginary results? Good/bad?

I wonder if he has bad runs of variance in his mind games.

Probably bad poster with bad results.

I can't really say tho tbh because I wasn't around when he was here.

It could have been that I was a fish way back when he was posting and I had a different SN but I thought he wasn't turrible with his strat poasts.

Then I found out he actually doesn't play because he's a broke down dick dang and the Illusion was shattered.

Felt the absolute same when the whole DGI scandal took place.

The difference is DGI actually played poker versus imagining dream scenarios to stack fools for their maniez