I previously made a blog here - https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/1...games-1815681/

Some previous results on GGPoker from 2023



TLDR, I tried going pro for a summer, but didn't like it that much and didn't progress that much in poker. I have been on a downswing recently and have seen my bankroll come from heights of 50k, down to 20k, back up to 30k, due to poor financial decisions, risky shots, and spending.

Recently I have partitioned off around 15k for my bankroll. My goal is to grind it up to 100k by the end of the year by playing clubGG and underground/home games (1/3, 2/5) in NYC. I will be tracking every session via an online app and through pokertracker.

Currently the bankroll is -

$15,589 in a designated savings account
$0 in cash (need to carry a lot of cash for live games)

Some goals for the summer -

- 75k hands on clubGG
- 120 hours live
- Start studying live-specific stuff, such as tells or how to play preflop live
- stop smoking weed

gl man

glgl

If you are profiting at 200nl you will die fine and make a decent profit. From 200nl and up those are the best players on the site. You will do fine. You just need more volume. I would try to at least work your way to 100k hands a month to beat the variance. Try to add in more hands each month to work your way to that 100k volume and if you can do more then do it. That is only way you can make a profit every month in cash games creating that monthly cash flow to cover expenses and keep your bankroll from moving downward. GL

Good Luck OP

I enjoyed reading your previous blog, glgl

Thanks everyone - I'm doing this more as a challenge of building the roll and staying disciplined. My main priorities are to play more volume (at least 30 hours/wk) and to kind of get my life back on track on a few fronts. So I'm trying to quit weed and stop doing party stuff just in general living a more disciplined life.



Had a tough session last night however, running some pretty crazy nl400 ante games and couldn't win all ins.

Bankroll is ~$15.000, going to try and play some live 1/3 tonight and turn it around

Forgot to update but has been going really well - played some tournaments and got a score, also made a good deal of cash in live games. Online I'm playing 200 and 400nl on ClubGG, as well as some 200nl on GG.



Put some money in stocks to help passively grow the bankroll (fairly risk-adverse strategy since most of my income should be from poker, but down the road will try some riskier investments)

+ 2k in cash

So the bankroll is about $31,500

thus we made profit of ~+$15,015 this month

Some goals (poker related and non-poker related) -

• Start shottaking higher stakes
  - 5/5/10 and 5/10 games live, 600nl and occassional 1k on ClubGG and 500nl on GG for practice (these regs are getting tougher...)
• play less tournaments/degen games, it's a waste of time. prioritize grinding online and longer live sessions (6-8 hours)
• continue with gym 4x/week. potentially join local boxing gym or train for a marathon (i ran a half marathon a month ago)
• smoke less weed, and definitely NO weed when playing live
  - i have a bad habit of doing this sometimes but I make dogshit decisions high)
  - have reduced my intake since when I posted this, overall this is going well but it is still a priority. I have an addictive/obsessive personality and it is easy for me to go to extremes but recently I have had sucess using more moderation when quitting and over the past 28 days I smoked 13 days, which is an improvement.
• I'm working a job as well this summer with a trading company (it was part time before), so really just want to learn as much as possible about the industry as well as improve my math/statistics/research skills to potentially get further education such as a mfe in 5-6 years time

for someone grinding >100NL, would u choose to play on ACR or GG?

Depends on how much volume you put in. Although both have great rakeback systems, GG is probably better for high volume players since you can get more tables open and ultimately most of your winrate does come from rakeback. ACR has much lower rake and you can get some good tables there, so it's also a good option