Stopped playing poker in 2013 due to personal issues that I won't discuss on here. Before though, I played zoom on pokerstars (I think it had just came out when I started in 2012 I think?) Managed to win at 5nl for roughly 10bb/100 and 10nl for roughly 6-7bb/100 over a million hands or so. Rough estimates since it was years ago and I've lost all my stats since then. But I worked up a bankroll for 120BIs at 25nl, played 100k hands or so breaking even I think before the personal issues started.

Anyway, i'm back! Started playing again last week, I do have a bankroll for 25nl but decided to start at the very beginning and work my way up again, mainly just to prove to myself i'm still a decent player I guess lol. It's been ages so obviously i'm a little rusty and I haven't played as many hands per day as I used to, will take me a while to get back into it. Sticking to the same strategy as before, play for an hour (500 hands on 2 tables) then take a 30-60 min break depending on how I feel before repeating.

I've only played 7.5k hands at 5nl in the past week, couple hours a day. Been taking prolonged breaks just until I get into it again, I will eventually but there's no rush lol. My stats so far are: 23VPIP/16PFR/5.5%3bet and currently winning 12bb/100. But 7.5k hands is next to nothing I know lol. Would like to get my VPIP and PFR closer to each other but I tend to call certain hands IP and also I defend my BB light as i'm pretty confident playing post-flop especially at these stakes.

I'll be updating this every now and then with my progress, hopefully I can get back to 25nl and maybe even go further this time

Not much of a forum poster, as i'm terrible with technological things. And I struggle with words/grammar etc but I will update as much as I can, post hands etc.

It will probably take me a while to get back to the normal schedule I had 4 years ago due to rustiness and the fact there isn't any rush. At the minute i'm perfectly fine with a couple hours play per day, little half hour sessions.

Wish me luck! If you have any questions or whatever, feel free to ask, I've probably missed out some information, like I said i'm terrible with using forums, this is my first time posting in one lol.

Spent the entire weekend binge watching the new episodes of PAD, was brilliant lol. I have a lot more stuff to watch to catch up on in the past 4 years, WSOP and EPT mainly. So will be watching those in the next few weeks while also playing 5nl for maybe an hour a day until I've watched everything

Only played 1k hands over the weekend (2 hours) - half of which were drunk poker lol. Lost a couple BIs, mainly due to Tom Dwan bluffing with 93o in PAD, made my drunken self do the same thing lol :P

Will take me maybe a month or so until i'm fully back into the swing of things, but i'm definitely starting to get my love for the game back

Reached 10k hands.. profit of £23.36 at 6bb/100. I know it's taken me 2 weeks to reach just 10k hands but i'm only playing an hour or 2 per day right now until I finish catching up on all the poker I've missed over the years lol. (Currently watching the 2015 WSOP, no spoilers please lol )

A couple hands from my last session:

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $5.16 (VPIP: 26.97, PFR: 19.10, 3Bet Preflop: 8.11, Hands: 94)
Hero (SB): $5.71
BB: $5.73 (VPIP: 28.57, PFR: 28.57, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 7)
UTG: $4.38 (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 4.76, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 22)
MP: $18.73 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 2)
CO: $4.33

Hero posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has J J

fold, fold, CO raises to $0.15, BTN raises to $0.50, Hero raises to $1.25, fold, CO calls $1.10, fold

Flop: ($3.05, 2 players) 6 6 3
Hero bets $1.40, CO calls $1.40

Turn: ($5.85, 2 players) 9
Hero bets $2.05, CO calls $1.68 and is all-in

River: ($9.21, 2 players) Q



PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $5.30 (VPIP: 13.51, PFR: 10.81, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 37)
Hero (SB): $5.19
BB: $5.00 (VPIP: 50.00, PFR: 16.67, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 13)
UTG: $5.19 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 6)
MP: $3.30
CO: $4.95

Hero posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has 3 3

fold, fold, CO calls $0.05, BTN raises to $0.15, Hero calls $0.13, fold, CO raises to $0.30, fold, Hero calls $0.15

Flop: ($0.80, 2 players) 6 6 3
Hero checks, CO bets $0.40, Hero raises to $1.20, CO calls $0.80

Turn: ($3.20, 2 players) 9
Hero bets $1.70, CO raises to $3.45 and is all-in, Hero calls $1.75

River: ($10.10, 2 players) Q



Is there any easier way to search for particular hands? Rather than making a note on the time and hole cards then manually searching, takes me ages lol.

Wanted to post a graph, I saved it and copied it but it won't paste on here , once I figure out how to do it i'll post it .

Finally figured out how to post graphs on here, took me ages searching the internet lol. I really am terrible with technology, honestly my dear old gran knows more than me

First 10k hands at 5nl:



I will post more graphs and hands every now and then

I keep fluctuating between £20-30 profit, been up and down a lot, that's variance for you lol. Not running very well right now but i'm happy with the way i'm playing that's all that matters. Being emotionless is great, means I never go on tilt lol

A few nice hands from the last couple days:

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): $6.99
SB: $6.36 (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 33.33, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 22)
BB: $10.38 (VPIP: 37.50, PFR: 25.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 8)
UTG: $5.09 (VPIP: 18.18, PFR: 18.18, 3Bet Preflop: 14.29, Hands: 24)
MP: $7.70
CO: $11.59 (VPIP: 16.67, PFR: 13.89, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 145)

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has K K

fold, MP raises to $0.10, fold, Hero raises to $0.35, fold, BB calls $0.30, MP calls $0.25

Flop: ($1.07, 3 players) 6 9 5
BB checks, MP bets $0.45, Hero calls $0.45, fold

Turn: ($1.97, 2 players) 2
MP bets $1.85, Hero calls $1.85

River: ($5.67, 2 players) 3
MP bets $5.05 and is all-in, Hero calls $4.34 and is all-in



Probably should've folded the river there but I went with my gut and thankfully it was right lol.

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $11.89 (VPIP: 27.27, PFR: 18.18, 3Bet Preflop: 20.00, Hands: 12)
SB: $5.70 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 6)
Hero (BB): $12.86
UTG: $5.75 (VPIP: 15.79, PFR: 14.04, 3Bet Preflop: 12.00, Hands: 115)
MP: $5.74 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 3)
CO: $2.34 (VPIP: 13.64, PFR: 9.09, 3Bet Preflop: 3.13, Hands: 67)

SB posts SB $0.02, Hero posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has 8 T

fold, fold, fold, fold, SB raises to $0.15, Hero calls $0.10

Flop: ($0.30, 2 players) J 9 7
SB bets $0.15, Hero raises to $0.50, SB calls $0.35

Turn: ($1.30, 2 players) A
SB checks, Hero bets $0.85, SB raises to $3.80, Hero raises to $11.32, SB calls $1.25 and is all-in

River: ($11.40, 2 players) K



Always nice to flop the nuts and get paid off

Nice £18 profit over the weekend over 1.5k hands

Plus my footy accumulator came up for an extra £90 so that's a bonus

Going to take advice from someone on a different topic - play 25k hands at 5nl and if i'm still above 5bb/100 then i'll move up to 10nl. Currently at 7.25bb/100 in 12.8k hands.

Haven't played too much in the past few days - just 1k hands. Been busy with other things and i'm in no rush whatsoever

Total loss of £2 over those 1k hands, was up a few BIs but played pretty terrible last night.

Not sure if anyone is actually reading this? I'll continue to update, but less frequently - maybe once a week or so.

Next update will be once I reach 25k hands, might take a while but like I said no rush