March 19th, 2024 Session 1:
Session Change: Lost $44.81
Session Playtime Duration: 1hour 13 minutes

Current Balance: $340.48 (+$6 in $2 tourno tickets)
March 9th, 2024 Challenge Starting Balance: $354.22



Fast played against guy who repeatedly was calling with with any kicker, any flop pair:


3-bet bluff vs op who I saw made the same line earlier. He has the A9s...


check 3-bet all in semi bluff on mono flop with open ended straight draw... OP has the A6s...


WTF. Massive downswing... I did receive $6 worth of $2 tourno tickets from my room this session for reporting the bug at least on March 6th.

its not a downswing

Show your results.

March 19th, 2024 Session 2:
Session Change: Lost $3.55
Session Playtime Duration: 3 minutes
Current Balance: $336.93
March 9th, 2024 Challenge Starting Balance: $354.22



Typical...

I'm heads up. Player calls pre raise and shoves flop. I saw them do this earlier with 2 over cards. I called with overcard and potential backdoor flush, and of course they have top pair. WTF.


I think I'm going to go back to tournaments. If I get back to the daily main event, and crush it I can get rolling again. I did receive 3 tourno satellite tickets for a satellite ticket for a 6 figure tournament. So hopefully I can turn those tickets into a entry into that Main event and take it down.

This variance sucks BIG TIME.

March 20th, 2024 Session 1:
Session Change: Lost $1.64
Session Playtime Duration: 1 minute
Current Balance: $335.29
March 9th, 2024 Challenge Starting Balance: $354.22





I wanted to try to book a quick win in a only 10 minute session, and break this swing. Played NL4. I raise 22 high. get call. check shove flop. Get called by 73o. Has gutshot straight. Hits 3 on turn... WTF.

I dont think you will succeed in poker - your bankroll strategy and your handhistories are awful

Love how you only commented on the post where I got into a hand for free because a dude limped the SB while I was on the big blind. Then ignore all the days where I was playing well, all the detailed range analysis posts I've done in here as well, and then decided to come back and talk s when I'm getting hit by variance. Hilarious. Post your own results then.

You also ignored when I got top 5 in a main event tourney 3 days in a freaking row in a 6 hour + MTT...

How is my "bankroll strategy bad and hand histories are awful"? Let's hear it!

My bankroll strategy of playing the level under, then the one I'm at once I have a buyin? My strategy of having a spending limit on my account? Which strategy is the awful one? LMAO!

My hand histories are:
AQs
QJo
A6o for free
33
34s
AQs
QQ
34s
99
J8s for free
Q7s or free
J4o for free (the hand you commented on, but were so good at the game that you completely missed that I obviously was on the Big Blind and got in for free and decided to talk trash. Genius!)
AA
AQo

Those are the hands I've posted here lmao. Those are bad hands??? lmfao!

YoU're 99.9% likely just a jealous hater just like the itsy mitsi spider who keeps coming up in my threads. If I'm so bad, show us all how it's done Mr. Ivey!

If you're so good challenge me to a bankroll challenge. Otherwise, sit down, be quiet, and learn something.

I am not a hater. I wish you the best, but for me it does‘t look good what you are doing. Playing NL25 with 350 dollar - suddenly playing NL4 for 3minutes and shoving 4th pair 22????? You play with 1/2 a buyin on one table and hope you get lucky?

You failed 2 times already and the new play doesn‘t look better to me.

If you want to succeed you should start with a proper bankrollmanagement at 2NL or 5NL and try to make your way through the stakes….

The J4o hand is a lie. You didnt get in for free as AA raised for sure before…

Sorry man - but this pokerjourney seems to be a big trainwreck for sure…

You’ll probably interpret this as hate which is your right, but what others have tried to advise you on are true:

You’re lack of disciple with proper bankroll management is a recipe for disaster, you’re playing with 10 bi’s and your skill doesn’t appear to align with the stakes you play, this is evident since you always blame variance when you lose to a rec as you state, but regardless of the villain is a rec you’re overplaying your single pairs and your understanding of back door draws isn’t very good.

When someone responded and suggested courses/training sites you listed blackrainpoker as an influence. His content literally is for beginners and you’re not even playing his recommended ranges correctly.

The biggest flaw though isn’t your actual skill, it’s your ego. The second someone posts a different perspective you go on the offensive. You challenge them to heads up, call them names, etc. You literally act like a child.

For your sake I hope you achieve all you want from this game, but your attitude and lack of humility will probably cause a spiral.

Also, the reason people ask for your screen name is for receipts. Anyone can post a congratulatory email with no name attached to it, means nothing.

broke?

its not variance in the way you think it is. Its just returning to the norm, which is that you are a losing player.

Your hand histories prove you are not good. These are just the facts.

But you just wont listen and keep bulldozing forward.

Anyone congratulating you and encouraging you are just not nice people, they want you in poker because they want losing players to keep playing

GLGL, keep blogging and working on your game!
I would recommend moving down stakes and grind back up while learning key concepts!
99% of people at the start of their poker career were losing players!

What are you talking about? I don't even play NL4 AND I don't have any 22 hands I've shoved lmao. You must be confused bro. Big time. You can just say my bad and walk away but you must be confusing me with someone else. You also still ignored my MTT results conveniently. Hmm I wonder why. Also I move up in the stakes progressively. If you read my thread you'd know I only move up when I have a specific number of buyins. Poker is a game you have to pay to learn. I am relatively a beginner still. You should just say good job and go find some sand castles to kick down or something.

Bro I was the one who was actually at the table .... Just look at the screenshot and you can clearly see where the freaking button is in the photo... You can't be serious lol! Just say you don't like my results man! It's fine. Lol! I screen recorded every single hand I have ever played in this game... I was on the big blind lmao.

Man the reality if you simply don't cash in the same MTT 3 times in a freaking row if you're terrible... I'm not Phil Ivey but I am only 2 years into this game and I am getting better. If you don't want to believe my results just move along ... I literally have detailed hand breakdowns in this thread. If that's not good enough then go find someone who does this for a living and not a relative beginner who never said they were the best of all time.

The reality is I went from not knowing what a wheel straight was when I first started playing to cashing in MTTs with players who have played longer than myself to getting my ass kicked at cash tables to getting my first 1,000+ bb session at NL10.

I keep working on my game and improving.

Blackrain79 content is great, for my stake level as well as other content and books. I study pot odds, equity, combinatorics, board textures, ranges, etc.

If you want to come in here and **** on my results then that's on your conscience. Now if you want to give constructive feedback about a hand and how I could of played it better then that is fine and welcome.

I am working on my bankroll management. Not all of us have $1,000 just lying around. I'm not gonna sit on my hands. I'm gonna work hard in this game and get in there like I'm doing. If you wanna support then ok. Otherwise good bye.

Thanks man I appreciate it! Yeah it's sad people are here basically telling me I suck and should quit when I know I'm a beginner and learning everyday.

It's like they forgot Doug Polk and everyone else had to start somewhere.

Hey guys I decided to start playing poker again around a week ago.

This time I decided to try it differently.

I took a punt at it. I decided to try NL25 because I still want to figure this game out.

Good news was I had $23 in rake back sitting in my account so that was awesome .

Anyways I played and lost the $23. Then I used my own $25. I played and ran it up to $125 at least. 400bb profit at NL25.

I withdrew the principal $25 as I do and used the remaining $100 to learn NL100. Lost the money.

Since then I played every day. I deposit $25, play it up to $129 (417BB profit) then withdraw the $29 and play NL100. I played NL100 that day up to around 300BB at the high and ended at 200 BB around. So I profited a cool $200 off $25 deposit in one day. I withdrew all the funds past $100.
I then played the next day at NL100 and lost the $100. I then had to deposit $25 either that day or the next day. Ran it up again this time with mostly NL25 and some NL50. Withdrew $29 (I deposited with $25 e gift card from target.com) and went to NL100. Lost at NL100 again but I'm learning the ropes and how the stake plays differently.

The run down is in around the last 5 sessions I ended up earning at least $100 at least 3 of the 5. I had 2 days in a row where I achieved this profit target and then 2 I didn't because I was trying some new 3 betting strategies and then I had another day where I hit.

Technically the first day was a $200 day ($100 profit NL25 / NL50, $100 at NL100).

My account is positive in deposits vs withdrawals.

I'm not going to make a graph this time because I think it got me into my head when I would log a losing session.

My new strategy is 1 NL25 buyin, play up to $100 profit. Withdraw the principal buyin, and go play NL100 up to $120 profit. Then withdraw $100, and I'm left with $100 for tomorrow session and $20 for tournaments. Worst case I lose $29. Best case I earn $100. I'll take that. Then I'll have $100 profit + 2 buyins for tournaments. Mentally I have realized that it's best to only view the $100 withdrawn as profit. The $120 is for learning the game and playing tournaments. This way we are properly experimenting and learning and not playing scared to lose. This trick has been working very well so far.

I also will only play with 3 opponents at least at the table (so the blinds don't kill me), and I will play 15 minutes with 5 minute required breaks for anything not poker related).

At this point I'm not tilting, I'm making the proper folds, following my range, thinking about my opponents range, make more bold lines, check raising, floating, 3-betting, following the equity, and when I lose a hand I am staying focused and cool as a cucumber, and I'm also changing my play when required and being careful with my OOP c-betting depending on the situation.

Last session I only had a single losing 15 minute period.

At one point I made a 4-bet all in semi bluff to take down the hand (villain folded) vs river 3-bet because of my understanding of the board texture, ranges and position.

Last session I got $100 profit at NL25 / NL50 and then $80 profit from NL100. (Unfortunately the table closed).

I unfortunately can't play because I'm out of state for a whopping 2 weeks ... So I guess I'll have to study ...

Getting better and I am very close to hitting my goal of $100 a day from this game! I used to hate cash tables but now I love cash. Thanks for those of you who have been constructive and helpful. Those of you who hate I hope to see you on my right

cant see what can go wrong solid plan bro!

we did start at the bottom yes, but one thing we never failed was the bankroll management part, if you have 50$ you play NL2 and at most 1$ tournaments

having somewhere between 20 and 40 buy ins for any given stake is simply to reduce risk of ruin ideally below 5% (depends on your true winrate)

it allows you to make mistakes and learn without going busto and allows you to handle more variance, if you no longer have 20 buy ins for a given limit you move to the one below

must be a troll - nobody can be this stupid

Lol. Only thing that sucks is you mate

CHALLENGE ANNOUNCEMENT:

Wow the haters came out to play. LOVE IT!

I love haters because I always get better.

Well haters, I'm on vacation and it's really made me see even more the time is now to get money flowing in this game and get out there so I can enjoy my 20s and all these beautiful women.

I challenge any of you haters to a 1 on 1 daily bankroll challenge for the month of June 2024. We will compete at NL25 through NL100. The competition will be based on BBs won. No on table HUDs allowed. We will report BBs won once a day. You must screen record all your hands so we can audit if needed. You must post the results for the previous day at 3 PM EST the following day (or earlier if there's a time conflict that day).

You can only use $100 the entire month for this challenge (4 NL25 buyins.)

You must start at NL25 (only 1 $25 deposit allowed per day), and can play only NL25, NL50, and NL100.

You can only use up to $100 from the previous day and must withdraw all money past $100 (so no more than $100 in your accounts balance at the beginning of a new days session).

Who ever earned the most BBs by the end of the month wins.

If your balance (including your earnings) goes all the way to $0 you lose. Same for me obviously.

This will go either 2 ways:
1. I win and defeat a hater. You have to admit I am better than you at cash games.
2. I lose and get better at poker. I have to admit you are better than me at cash games. (And you get to keep hating on a beginner since I know you really like to do that for some reason.)

It's a win win.

I challenge Mitsi, Kendo, kych1, puntMeister, ImePaskaa and anyone else that's talked s on this post.

I'm all in, you got the nuts?

Put your chips in.

Hope for this fish he is a troll. Everybody with half a brain would know that playing with 4 buy ins is a trainwreck. But I really fear this guy is real… - 2 months then we will not hear anything again from this broken fish…

it's a "challenge" not a "cakewalk". Do you really need 500 buyins to beat a "broken fish" in only 1 month? That's sad...

Anyone with "half a brain" can make a profit against a "broken fish" on 4 buyins. What's the matter you "Broke?" (like you asked me) and can't put up the $100 for the month?

Also sounds like you just can't take the pressure of only 4 buyins. Means you'll actually have to play well. You must actually be the broken fish. Where's your 1000bb sessions and 3 consecutive top 5 finishes in the same 6+ hour MTT?

If you're so good you should be able to beat me easily in a month. I've turned $25 or less into $125 multiple times at NL25. Why you scared now?

You've talked a lot. Now: It's game time. Either take the challenge. Or just admit you're not good enough or too afraid to play me.

The only "trainwreck" will be when I beat you badly in this challenge.

You got the nuts to win Mr. Pro?

Then put your chips in! I'm all in!

Who has the guts to put their poker skill with their trash-talking? Let's do it!

Mitsi? Kendoo? All other haters? It's poker time! Don't hide now, let's do it!

The challenge will go from June 8th, to July 8th, 2024.

You've talked a lot of sh t
Now it's time to show your grit
Grab up all your chips
And throw em in
All in