Great blog post !

I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts on what made you decide to play on Stars as opposed to Euro sites? Without obtaining SNE, the Euro sites provided you with 50% RB, which is a lot more then Stars. Is better software really enough to compensate for the ~20% extra RB that you earn at Euro sites?

My guess is:

-tons more action around the clock
-tons more fish
-probably more bad regs as smaller sites tend to attract a lot of US guys playing vs each other all the time

So overall much bigger liquidity pool coupled with software that makes big volume a lot easier means stars is +EV for most hard volumers like OP. totally different story for high stakes pros tho

nice read mate, and i think those goals are very attainable with the proper mindset and dedication
shouldnt be much of a problem for you, because its obvious the drive is there

Haha, thanks man, tell me about it, sooo lazy ;(
Thanks though, i'll try and keep it updated and as epic as possible
Hmm a lot of the above CliffLee, also my volume cap on euro sites is like 50k-70k probably per month and that's hard, there were no tables running at the times i wanted to play, i had to have like money on 3/4 sites at once and have them all open to get like 7-10 tables up, was crazy at times! Plus the rake being so high, Everleaf poker is no more because they werent paying out the players on cashouts. So overall feel safer and just prefer the software and Pokerstars
Thanks Martin, not long now for both of us! hopefully we'll keep each other on track and root the other along when falling behind or getting de-motivated lol GL to both of us next year mate!

Yo man where's that blog at?

Look to his location.

Thanks for that. I was considering moving to stars.

Shouldn't be too hard to find
Ahh cool, where do u play atm then? If u play 200 and 100nl i wouldn't bother it's terrible for those particular stakes

lol kinda hard on mobile

I play on the ipoker network at the moment - 50nl/100nl 6max. I have played on starts (25NL FR) a while back and remember being able to massively table select etc.

Oh, well if its bad for 100/200 I won't bother. Is that because of less tables and overall stronger players?

GL! Hope you get to your goals!

I just meant because i play there and i don't need more regs in the games lol
tyvm!



HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!! I'm just about to start my epic 2013 grindathon, wish me luck Don't forget to follow @glanza_mike on Twitter for my most regular updates this year! I wish everyone the very best of luck and hope we can make 2013 a super profitable year for us all

Simple goals for the month:
1. 100k+ VPP
2. Make money at the table's

Have fun....

Just curious to how you think the massive volume will effect your game style?

Happened to play a few hands with you today and thought it seemed like you were extremely tight. Very small sample though.

I'd also like to wish you gl!

I'll be following your blog.

GL man.

I'm playing 4 tables of 25NL Zoom and will be moving up to 50NL shortly .. but I don't know how you manage to play 6 zoom tables? Even 4 tables are very draining after a while and I'm thinking back to the good old MTT days where I could 10 table and still relax while pushbotting

Robot nit it up will work well

Well i think my winrate is going to get hurt a ton, like probably half or less what it was last year I don't think i'm extremely tight, but 6-tabling is tough to play super loose. I'm over 20% vpip though so :/ Ty
tyty, and yea 6 tables of ZOOM for me is very tough, this is one of the main reasons my winrate is going to suffer this year, i'm hoping i can still manage to have some sort of positive bb/100 though! Just practice and you'll get there.
Yea something like that


So I've been playing pretty badly today so far, and also running pretty badly, somehow actually made a little money though which is always cool!



Banked my first two stellar rewards too lol 1.8k VPP's down.

You're gunna learn a lot this month Glanza

GL

Yeah, not sure i will enjoy this learning curve unfortunately Rosh

So today went well.........

$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
PokerStars
6 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($182.48) 91bb
UTG+1 ($287.97) 144bb
CO ($194.16) 97bb
BTN ($669.19) 335bb
Glanza_Mike (SB) ($399.49) 200bb
BB ($251.80) 126bb

Pre-Flop: ($3, 6 players) Glanza_Mike is SB K K
4 folds, Glanza_Mike raises to $6, BB raises to $18, Glanza_Mike raises to $42, BB calls $24

Flop: 3 Q 6 ($84, 2 players)
Glanza_Mike bets $27, BB calls $27

Turn: 5 ($138, 2 players)
Glanza_Mike bets $47, BB goes all-in $182.80, Glanza_Mike calls $135.80

River: 7 ($503.60, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $503.60
Glanza_Mike shows a pair of Kings
K K
BB shows three of a kind, Queens
Q Q

BB wins $500.80 (net +$249)

Glanza_Mike lost $251.80



$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
PokerStars
6 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($248.20) 124bb
UTG+1 ($246.63) 123bb
Glanza_Mike (CO) ($237) 119bb
BTN ($212.70) 106bb
SB ($187) 94bb
BB ($408.16) 204bb

Pre-Flop: ($3, 6 players) Glanza_Mike is CO K A
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to $6, Glanza_Mike calls $6, 3 folds

Flop: 3 K 6 ($15, 2 players)
UTG+1 bets $9.88, Glanza_Mike raises to $30, UTG+1 calls $20.12

Turn: 10 ($75, 2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Glanza_Mike bets $50, UTG+1 calls $50

River: 7 ($175, 2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Glanza_Mike goes all-in $151, UTG+1 calls $151

Final Pot: $477
UTG+1 shows a straight, Six to Ten
9 8
Glanza_Mike shows a pair of Kings
K A

UTG+1 wins $474.20 (net +$237.20)

Glanza_Mike lost $237


$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
PokerStars
6 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($200) 100bb
UTG+1 ($644.38) 322bb
CO ($219.99) 110bb
BTN ($191.90) 96bb
SB ($215.43) 108bb
Glanza_Mike (BB) ($212.46) 106bb

Pre-Flop: ($3, 6 players) Glanza_Mike is BB K K
4 folds, SB raises to $6, Glanza_Mike raises to $17, SB raises to $40, Glanza_Mike goes all-in $212.46, SB calls $172.46

Flop: 4 7 5 ($424.92, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: 6 ($424.92, 2 players, 1 all-in)

River: 4 ($424.92, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $424.92
SB shows two pair, Aces and Fours
A A
Glanza_Mike shows two pair, Kings and Fours
K K

SB wins $422.12 (net +$209.66)

Glanza_Mike lost $212.46


Vs reg, couldn't think of any value hand he'd play this way
$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
PokerStars
6 Players
Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($143.48) 72bb
UTG+1 ($155.78) 78bb
CO ($215.86) 108bb
BTN ($114.29) 57bb
Glanza_Mike (SB) ($202.82) 101bb
BB ($162.42) 81bb

Pre-Flop: ($3, 6 players) Glanza_Mike is SB A A
4 folds, Glanza_Mike raises to $6, BB calls $4

Flop: 5 7 J ($12, 2 players)
Glanza_Mike bets $9, BB calls $9

Turn: 2 ($30, 2 players)
Glanza_Mike bets $22, BB calls $22

River: 9 ($74, 2 players)
Glanza_Mike bets $49, BB goes all-in $125.42, Glanza_Mike calls $76.42

Final Pot: $324.84
Glanza_Mike shows a pair of Aces
A A
BB shows a straight, Seven to Jack
10 8

BB wins $322.04 (net +$159.62)

Glanza_Mike lost $162.42


Not sure if u guys want me to post any hands or not, and if so what kind of hands/situations? opinions appreciated, may not post more tbh just a bit pissed off with how things went today! Racked up 3300VPP and lost 1.5k

Ouch. Im sure you will bounce back.

How many hours did you play today?

As long as you are well rolled you should be fine. Can I ask how much you are starting with? Its cool if you don't wanna say.

You seem pretty well prepared from everything you have said so far.

Reading that last line just reminded me of how my SNE attempt started in 2011. I however was totally under-rolled and under-prepared for what lay ahead

All the best for tomorrow

Ahh, bad start but it's a tiny loss compared to how much you'll be making over the year!

Hand histories are always nice, gotta make sure they're a little more interesting than KK<AA in the blinds though

a pretty sure after reviewing all the evidnce provided that villain in the last hand is not a regular.

i like how you played all 4 hands apart from actually hand 4 which is a prety easy fold on the river vs pretty much anybody. i m yet to see anybody bluff in that spot. i mean all the draws missed so hero will be put on a missed draw a lot of the time and will be called down light. villains range looks pretty much the same so when he raises allin on the 9 river that hist a whole bunch of hands he has in his range i think h never wants or expects you to fold much of anything. which basically means he beants one pair 90% of the time imo. lol long ramble

but gl tomorrow bro u ll get er back

Was thinking Tc8c or J9 before I read the results of the last hand .. but Ts8s is pretty interesting to say the least.

I had a similar session today, so I feel your pain.

Thanks man, actually just played shirt session and won $400 back, i played 8.5 hours today, started late, 11094 hands. PM me for roll info, don't want to talk on here lol I actually read that blog post last week unlucky man.
Haha, this is very true, if i decide to post more i'll try and spice them up a bit lol
Yea mate i thought the same but his stats look super reggy, who knows what's going on because his play is super fishy :/ Not sure what value hands he can have otr that actually beat us though? apart from J9? occasionally maybe 99, i don't know, maybe folding is better I don't like folding AA bvb tbh

Its a Marathon, not a sprint!!! Long way to go.

Fancy a blogroll swap? Try get some more traffic to oneanothers??

GL

well obv even regs do dumb stuff and fish look like regs cuz of samplevariance etc but on a J75cc 2o 9o board ppl rly dont take 9T and tunmadeintobluffjam it, dont take QJ and valuejam it or take KQcc , dont raise flop or turn and hen bluffjam river with it. realistic hands for villain to have here if he s some kinda rg are J9, 99, 86s, 97s all with fairly similar likelihood of being played that way and by far more often than his possible bluffs. spot just sucks so lolbad to bluff that those few value combos i think are enough to outweigh bluffs. I am known to be a huge nit tho