Current BR: $597.98

Haven't been really focused for the past few sessions. Probably playing my B game.

Some lulz hands

Here I figured there was a good chance 1 of the villains in the hand had a 7 so I over-shoved river since I think they are both rec players and will call with the straight.




The previous KK hand and this hand occurred within 1 minute of each other and figured it's a sign to take a break.

Current BR: $659.66

Still not really focusing at the tables. Not sure why I am having trouble concentrating, maybe I should talk out loud while I'm thinking about a hand to help keep my though process clear. Played one long session today, 4hrs and got in 1500 hands. Made Gold+ status today so I reach another status level, rakeback still feels yucky. So far I have $10.77 convertable pts, and yet I paid in $402 in rake so far on this site. Not sure how much rb I will get with gold + status, I think it's supposed to be around 8%, and the next tier which is diamond is supposed to be around 10%? I guess I will figure it out next month, if I continue to only get 2% I'll contact CS however I heard wsop's CS is bad.

So had about 100 hands on villain when this hand happened. Villain had about 15% 3b and was pretty active.


So like 10 minutes later this hand occurs with same villain. Didn't need to turn my hand into a bluff here, but I thought I would get respect when I rep strength since the way our first hand played together, but maybe I needed more history with villain to pull this move off. Tried repping a set/AJ, should have bet turn larger, but once I bet turn large I probably should have given up otr since I know from the previous hand that villain makes calling mistakes, and so this was destined to be a -EV play after they called flop raise and turn barrel.

Current BR: $730.45

Thanks again for the sweat Brokenstars. Definitely was playing more focused than the past few sessions b/c of the sweat: going through the hands, my thought process, and what I should be thinking about that I don't do while at the tables.

Instead of multi-tabling the rest of this month, I may cut back to 2 tables for awhile to try to apply the concepts Brokenstars was teaching me and get good enough at it so it becomes second nature and won't take up as much of my focus as it currently is now.
Some of the things like knowing which hands villain will take a certain line with, and knowing spots where villains are bluffing a high % of the time still elude me and I guess it will just take more experience at the tables to be able to spot.

Current BR: $859.39

Lately have been crushing 10NL, atm I'm 13.7bb/100 and running 11 BI's above EV. Been getting in good volume this month, just about at 37k hands, my goal was for 40k hands. I'm 228 points away from the next status tier for RB, not sure if I will make it for this month. Played 1.2k hands in this afternoon's session and made around 30 points, so it will be close, have 6 more days.

#crushing

Current BR: $941.58

Played well in yesterday's and this afternoon's session. Been making good laydowns, picking good spots to double/triple barrel, been reading villains well too. Past week I've been really aggressive, running 29/21. My 3b is still at a low % since there aren't many villains who rfi preflop, just mostly limping at the tables. Despite what Brokenstars says about me wasting time at 10NL, I am happy staying here till the end of the month as originally planned. I think my previous biggest leak was not sticking to BRM, so I will be staying at 10NL for the rest of the month even though I am close to being rolled for 50NL shot taking.

waste of time

Current BR: $1069

Played well, ran well.

Mason showed me your giraffe. Very sexy.

Current BR: $960.31

Hud says I dropped 9 BI's this afternoon's session, my actual BR says I dropped 11 so wtf.
Was running bad early in the session, tilted me and prevented me from playing well. Some bluffs I was running might have been bad, will have to look later when I'm more focused. Had quite a few aggrodonks at my tables, made too many hero calls vs them I think.

Move up where they respect your raises

lmao. No I'm definitely playing like **** atm.

Current BR: $916.71

Took a break, ate, relaxed then started another session. Played for 1.5 hrs down 4 BI's. Started the session ok, then started playing tilted about an hour into it. Will try it again tomorrow.

Current BR: $914.48

Played fairly well today, got in almost 2k hands. Ran pretty bad all throughout today and didn't get into many good spots. Hero'd a few spots where I could have folded.
Made platinum status which will be the final status tier I will reach for this month. There is still platinum +, diamond, and diamond + but I won't reach them at 10NL.

Some hands from today.

Lots of hands you could easily fold, and a lot of your raises are spewy.

Agreed, some of the hands I thought were close though since I thought I had reads, maybe I need a new pair of glasses.

Current BR: $921.73
A few hands from this morning's session.













Pacific, $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 5 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: $5.04 (50.4 bb)
BB: $6.01 (60.1 bb)
MP: $13.17 (131.7 bb)
Hero (CO): $13.25 (132.5 bb)
BTN: $9.99 (99.9 bb)

Preflop: Hero is CO with 4 4
MP folds, Hero raises to $0.30, BTN calls $0.30, SB calls $0.25, BB calls $0.20

Flop: ($1.20) 5 K 4 (4 players)
SB checks, BB bets $0.10, Hero raises to $1, BTN calls $1, SB calls $1, BB folds

Turn: ($4.30) Q (3 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, BTN checks

River: ($4.30) J (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $1.40, BTN raises to $2.80, 2 folds



Pacific, $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

Hero (SB): $18.62 (186.2 bb)
BB: $7.86 (78.6 bb)
UTG: $10 (100 bb)
MP: $17.59 (175.9 bb)
CO: $10.45 (104.5 bb)
BTN: $24.79 (247.9 bb)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A Q
UTG raises to $0.30, 3 folds, Hero calls $0.25, BB folds

Flop: ($0.70) 9 Q 7 (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks

Turn: ($0.70) 6 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.40, UTG calls $0.40

River: ($1.50) 3 (2 players)
Hero bets $1, UTG raises to $2.50, Hero folds

Current BR: $1001.59

Quite the month of poker for me. Stuck to playing 10NL for the entire month which is the accomplishment I'm most proud of this month. Got in good volume (48k hands) which my goal was 40k. Made $23.00 in rakeback this month, paid $649.83, now that I have a somewhat decent status level hopefully rakeback will be better next month, should be 6% which utterly sucks, but better than nothing for NJ players. Unlocked $130/$200 of my first deposit bonus, so will be able to clear that next month.

Overall I think I played fairly well, definitely grateful for Brokenstars and all the help he gave me to improve my game. Worked a bit on blind defense which I intend on improving. My bet sizing is getting better as well. Need to stop hero calling less vs. certain villains, and give up on some of my bluffs.

Graph and stats for January.

Pretty sick tbh, well played.

Current BR: $1210.48

Some new villains at 20NL, saw some old 10NL regs. Overall played pretty solid today, had some rungood too, had aces 14 times today. Thinking about shot taking 50NL with a $1500 bankroll, would like to get some volume in at 20NL though, regs are way better than the 10NL ones.
Played in the weekly $500 freeroll, binked it with 334 entrants, made $112.50

Graph of today.


Some hands from today at the new stake.
Was being sweated in one of my sessions, and wasn't paying attention as I think I should b/b/b vs this villain type.


I put villain on a 1p hand here like AJ, I think with 2p or sets they raise at some point. So wasn't sure if I'd get a call if I jammed river.




ugh this river...


Folding here felt nitty, villain is a LAG reg.


So I moved up, they still don't respect my raises.

Current BR: $1317.27

Need to balance my ranges vs. regs. Need to start playing back at raises postflop as baluga theorem doesn't seem to apply since a lot of the players at 20NL play back aggressively. Got in good volume today almost 2k hands.

Current BR: $1384.68

Had to cut my session short, router went haywire on me and the site couldn't locate me so I got booted mid-handed.... usually I can play the last hand before it logs me out.
Hand I don't have the outcome for is, I raised pre with A3dd got 2 callers. Board was something like 86642 with turn and river bringing the backdoor flush. Flop and turn got checked around, river 1 villain bet about 3/4th psb, I raised 3.5x and didn't get to see the rest. The discrepancy from my actual BR and my HEM doesn't account for $9 so I assume I won that hand.

Got into some tricky spots today vs some regs, I think I held my own quite well. Maybe misplayed 1 or 2 hands out of 663 for this session.

Current BR: $1505.32

Only played 6.3k hands at $20NL. I feel like I could spend another week or two there since I am still working on my game with balancing, blind defense, and post-flop play vs regs. I will be taking shots at 50NL though and hope I can keep this pace for awhile as 50NL is packed with players, 100NL doesn't seem so busy. Lots of players were more aggressive at the 20NL limit, my 3b% went up as a result though small sample. Overall I think I played well, definitely ran hot.

Graph and stats at 20NL

Lol, break even to crushing by just talking to me. Sick.

18 buyins in 6k hands...