I dont understand how people can learn preflop in any other way other than memorizing solver outputs. I see so many people writing ''i learn preflop from videos'' and i am like how? Possibly there are the same people who think they play perfect preflop and then you check their database and they are leaking 2-5% on every single spot preflop or defend against 3bets 30% more and they dont understand why they are breakeven

If you really want to learn preflop i agree with the advice above. Unfortunately if you want to be good at poker and make 1.5k/month as a side job (which i dont think is possible with daughters and job but i hope i am wrong) you need to invest in your side job first (plo trainer) If it is such a big expense it would be better to buy it for a month and grind it hard, take notes and do nothing else. If your preflop is bad it will be very difficult to have a decent profit, in stakes where you can make a decent profit

That maybe true. Thanks for comment.

3rd week into the challenge.

week 1 - played 18 hr - 7600 hands
week 2 - played 17.5 hrs - 4800 hands
week 3- played 18 hr - 7000 hands

I started with rush, moved to 6 max and the last have playing rush again.

first week I was playing 3 tables of rush. second week played 4 tables of 6 max, 3rd week played 2 tables rush.

I'm down 22$. been playing mainly 0.01/0.02 but taking stabs at 0.02/0.05 (every time I took a stab I lost big - 45$ ).

played with my regular group 3 times and won in total 330$.

was invited to an underground poker game that runs here in Israel, was a 5/10 NIS game which is like 1/3$. I lost 3 buy-ins and left. I wasn't playing my bankroll, I was staked for half my winnings. I think it was wrong to sit down at the table, there was no cap for the buy-in, and 3 players bought in for 1,500$... which made me nervous and very under-stacked...

Next week I'll register to the PLO mastermind. If I want to improve quickly I have a lot to learn.

Hope all of you are doing well at the tables. would love to hear thoughts and comments.

What about the things you are doing to improve?

Good question.

Spots that I know I should improve:

playing KKxx - in early position I simply fold them, that might be to tight. If there is a limper before me I'll limp as well/
Defending blinds, and re-raising.

Bluffing - when to bluff?
Playing multiway pots - when on a draw or when I have the best hand at the moment (finding the balance between hand protection and wanting calls from inferior hands).

watched some videos by JNandez, and I realize I have plenty to learn, to the extent that when I reread KingOfKaos comment here, I understand just how right he is. After playing over 20,000 hands, I only now start to realize how deep this learning needs to be in order for me to become successful in the game.

From my experience:

KKxx - It depends on the side cards and whether it's suited / double suited. If the hand has good connectivity then I wouldn't be folding them. Depending on table, if i've got a read on someone and know they can 3bet / 4bet light then i've stuck 100bb in pre-flop with a double suited KKxx hand.

Bluffing - Honestly....at low stakes i'm not sure whether it's worth it. Fold the hand and move on. I have tried pulling bluffs with nut flush blocker / straight blockers. Sometimes it works, other times you get check-called by 3rd nut flush or lower straights / sets. Really depends whether you think your opponent is good enough to call / fold.

Check out online content like [if you keep linking to another website, you'll be banned] learn as much as you can for free to solidify your fundamentals and strategy. Then sign up for just the videos from sites like plo mastermind, or Run it one and take very detailed notes while completing their entry level courses. Once you have a good conceptual understanding, add in the trainer side and just relentlessly study and review your hands. Remember to not just see if you got betting/checking correct in practice or in game, but understand WHY the solver did this, and if you get it wrong, figure out what assumption you were making that were incorrect about the spot at a high level as you are likely making that mistake consistently across other spots.

Hope that helps!