I haven't done much poker in 2015 except this month, but 2016 is definitely going to be my year. No slacking off anymore, just a solid hard grind of full ring zoom on stars. In the past I've been grinding 2nl and 5nl without bothering to move up, I made about $1.5k from these baby stakes before cashing most of it out. But now I've had enough, I'm moving up and not messing around! 10nl this month, 16nl next month, 25nl in January, 50nl by April/May and taking shots at 100nl by the end of the year. All full ring zoom, although I might switch to regular tables depending on how things go. Since I have uni on as well, I intend to put in only 40k/month most months but in the holidays I can potentially almost double my volume.

My current roll is $500. Here is what my bankroll management/shot taking scheme could look like if everything goes to plan. I intend to have roughly 32-40BI to take a 4-5BI shot at the next limit.

2015:

Nov $500: 10nl, 6bb/100

Dec $550: 16nl, 5bb/100

2016:

Jan $800: 25nl, 3bb/100

May $1800: 50nl, 2bb/100

Dec $4200: 100nl

I will ignore rakeback for now as I like to think of that as an extra perk as opposed to an integral part of my br. This will mentally help me to deal with any run bad/downswings better.

Will keep this page updated with regular graphs, interesting/funny hands, jokes etc. so make sure you stay to follow me on my journey to mid stakes and beyond!

5nl zoom graph this month:



10nl zoom shot so far going well:



Current roll: $499

PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 102.4 BB (VPIP: 16.58, PFR: 11.12, 3Bet Preflop: 2.23, Hands: 2,632)
SB: 84.5 BB (VPIP: 26.06, PFR: 17.19, 3Bet Preflop: 5.15, Hands: 456)
BB: 360.7 BB (VPIP: 20.75, PFR: 13.21, 3Bet Preflop: 9.52, Hands: 54)
UTG: 101.1 BB (VPIP: 16.62, PFR: 11.98, 3Bet Preflop: 4.85, Hands: 2,048)
UTG+1: 72.6 BB (VPIP: 18.60, PFR: 4.65, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 44)
MP: 105.4 BB (VPIP: 16.17, PFR: 10.78, 3Bet Preflop: 3.03, Hands: 168)
MP+1: 120.9 BB (VPIP: 15.44, PFR: 12.71, 3Bet Preflop: 4.38, Hands: 3,814)
Hero (MP+2): 107.6 BB
CO: 109.9 BB (VPIP: 14.99, PFR: 10.49, 3Bet Preflop: 5.94, Hands: 1,012)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 5 6

UTG raises to 2.5 BB, UTG+1 calls 2.5 BB, fold, fold, Hero calls 2.5 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold

Flop: (9 BB, 3 players) 4 3 8
UTG bets 4.5 BB, fold, Hero raises to 12 BB, UTG calls 7.5 BB

Turn: (33 BB, 2 players) T
UTG checks, Hero bets 22 BB, UTG calls 22 BB

River: (77 BB, 2 players) 7
UTG bets 64.6 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 64.6 BB

UTG shows A Q (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 63%, Flop 61%, Turn 70%)
Hero shows 5 6 (Straight Flush, Eight High)
(Pre 37%, Flop 39%, Turn 30%)
Hero wins 196.9 BB

My plan: raise flop with huge draw, bet turn, bomb most rivers.

I was disappointed that villain's disrespectful donk bet on the river prevented me from being able to follow through with my plan. Yet I was still happy to have won the hand.

Villain tried the classic "I hit my flush so now I'm all in" trick but unfortunately for him it backfired.

nh do u plan on moving to 6m any time? I ask cus FR seem to be dead above NL50, at least zoom?

Sick goals. Best of luck.

Thanks! I tried 6 max before but I didn't like it - it didn't really suit my style, variance much more too. I'm not sure I could cope with the swings of 6max in the longterm. If 50nlz is dead I might have to switch to reg tables at some point.

thanks bro!

In!

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Today I played over 2k hands 2 tabling 10nl zoom. By the end of it I made a handsome profit of... $0.07! I think this just goes to show that hard work really does pay off in poker.

don't spend it all at once m8
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Way to go! Wit dat pace we gonna have nl hundo roll by 2049 latest!

Have to give this a follow!

tyty

hopefully the games will still be running by then!

yaay thanks!

I have decided that over the summer (next 3 months in nz) I will be playing equal volumes of zoom and regular tables, to see which format I do better at. Here are my goals for this challenge:

[] I will play 8-10 regular tables, and 2 zoom tables
[] My aim is to play at least 1k hands of each format per day
[] If I move up stakes during the challenge, it will be simultaneously for both formats
[] Daily stop loss will be 5BI total
[] I will judge the winner based not on bb/100 but on hourly
[] Graph updates will be posted for each format every 5k hands, or 10k hands

Let the challenge begin! Any predictions?

Sounds great, best of luck!

Thanks!

I predict that you'll soon realise how ridiculously specific your goals and forecasted bankroll growth targets are, and eventually just aim to improve and move up limits when/if you are able to.

Oh, and you'll give up on zoom.

Nostradamus itt

They are quite specific, but I feel like these goalposts give me a sense of direction and motivate me more. If I just make a broad goal of "move up" then I'll probably feel like I'm lost in the middle of the Sahara desert not trying to find an African village but not sure how much further I have to walk and which direction to take, when what I really need is a trail of footprints in the sand leading me towards my destination. I think my specific goals can act as these "footprints" and whilst I may not match every single footprint with my own feet, I think they will still aid me on my voyage to 100nl.

Could happen, cos 50nl+ is dead for fr zoom as someone's already pointed out, so either I'll need to switch to regular tables, or 6max. But we'll see how things go for now.

Haha

PokerStars - $0.10 NL FAST - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 150 BB (VPIP: 11.07, PFR: 8.84, 3Bet Preflop: 3.73, Hands: 1,093)
SB: 168.2 BB (VPIP: 32.37, PFR: 19.32, 3Bet Preflop: 3.59, Hands: 421)
BB: 180.9 BB (VPIP: 21.03, PFR: 15.36, 3Bet Preflop: 4.45, Hands: 1,942)
UTG: 104.2 BB (VPIP: 16.54, PFR: 12.60, 3Bet Preflop: 3.42, Hands: 383)
UTG+1: 107.7 BB (VPIP: 11.86, PFR: 8.22, 3Bet Preflop: 4.07, Hands: 14,597)
Hero (MP): 103.8 BB
MP+1: 100 BB (VPIP: 20.00, PFR: 13.33, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 15)
MP+2: 108.5 BB (VPIP: 17.22, PFR: 12.58, 3Bet Preflop: 5.65, Hands: 1,766)
CO: 121.6 BB (VPIP: 16.78, PFR: 12.75, 3Bet Preflop: 3.25, Hands: 303)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A K

fold, fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, fold, MP+2 raises to 10.5 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls 7.5 BB

Flop: (22.5 BB, 2 players) Q J 6
Hero checks, MP+2 checks

Turn: (22.5 BB, 2 players) 7
Hero bets 12 BB, MP+2 raises to 27 BB, Hero raises to 93.3 BB and is all-in, fold

Hero wins 73.1 BB

Villain was an aggressive 19/14 reg who'd so far raised turns 3/5 times to a bet. I didn't think villain's line made all that much sense as I expected him to bet most of his flush draws on the flop so when he raised turn he didn't rep too many flushes. Holding the K of hearts blocker, a gutshot and 2nd nut fd I decided to go for glory here. Felt like a genius when it got through!

Could be repping QQ, KK, AA still tbh, but good bluff hand as we do have QQ/JJ/AKhh here

Yea true, I might have even got him to fold those hands or hands that have a ton of equity like AK with the A of hearts cos a lot of 10nl players will only show up with a flush when they take my line and even QQ isn't doing so well against that range. Would feel a bit guilty if I got him to fold a set, but still a guilty pleasure nonetheless

Round 1 of the REG vs ZOOM challenge is complete. Here are the results:

REG: 350 hands, $12
ZOOM: 1.7k hands, $-5

Results: Reg wins.

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