Hey aka47 - congrats on your success so far - have subscribed to your thread, so will be following!

Keep it going man

Good luck bro.

Thanks for the support guys (and or girls) means a lot, really thanks!

I'm not giving away my sn just yet, I'm still thinking about how to handle taxes.
So since I'm not paying any now..

Thank you, I'm following yours as well!

Thanks, will do! I'll try to get a session going tonight, maybe today we leave the $0,50's

Sup guys, played some sessions earlier this week and played well I think.
Added some more $1,50's to the grind. Still feel there's no real skill difference between them and the $0,50's.
Was looking at some players at my tables, some one played over 70k games at the $0,50's wtf, he made about 10k, but it must have taken him forever..
So we're still on schedual for playing the $7's in May-June.

Allso played some more $2nl fr, went pretty well actally. Sick how much more you rake 12 tabeling, compared to 15 tabeling sng's though.
Ah well, wasn't planning to run for sn anyway, lol.

Bankroll up to $195,-
Roi: 35%

Pretty close to $1,50's only

Go! keep it up!

Thanx Maxostoch, it's working

Had my biggest winning session of this year so far!
Won my 2nd $1,50 and had a 3rd place, also had some minor cashes at some $0,50's. And only played 20 games.
profit: $22.63

Bankroll up to $217,-
avg roi 40.6%
496 games played
It's $1,50's from now on

Let's see if we can sneak in an opr rating of 95% playing just 45's
93.7% at the moment.

**February wrap up**

Last month went really well. I never thought this to be going so smooth. Allthough the month isn't over yet, I think I got out of it more then I could wish for. Played 352 45 player sng's so far of which 311 were $0,50's and 41 $1,50's. Had an overall roi of 35.5% and made a $74.70 profit playing sng's. Not bad at all
Also played some $2nl fr (6479 hands) and made a small profit of $13.28 (10.25 bb/100) so far. A few bucks under ev, but who cares right? Allthough I still feel I suck playing cash, it feels nice to finally win some at the ring games. And playing with over a 100 buy-ins really helps getting a good mind set. I used to play with around 40 buy-ins, but twelve tabeling means allmost half my roll on the tables.
Built my br up to $223,- from $60 at the start of the year.
Me thinks we're on the right track!

**March goals**

As for March I feel I have to set some goals to help improve my game, and to have something to look out for. So here we go.

Stakes: I managed to get my roll up over $200, so I can play $1,50's, if for some reason I fall back under $200 it's mixed with $0.50's again. As for cash, I still won't allow myself to play higher then $2nl.
Volume: Since I don't have all the time in the world, I want to play at least 400 games, so that's 100 a week. Averaging at about 10 games per hour, this should not be difficult.
Profit: I'm aiming at a profit of $180,- wich will get my roll up to $400,- At that point I can purchase TableNinja. This is no number that just fell out of the sky. If I manage to keep an roi of 30% this equals $0,45 per game. 400 games of $0,45 = $180,- You have to set the bar at some point, might as well be here. If I make it, TableNinja will be my reward .
Hands: Since I'm not posting any hands at the moment, I need to post a minimum of ten hands per week here on 2+2. This keeps me digging in played tourney's, confront me with my own game, and try to better my play and plug some leaks.

I think this will do for a first actual goal month, wish me luck!

[ ] Play $1,50's only
[ ] 400 games
[ ] $180 profit
[ ] post 10 hands per week

Worst day so far..
Played 20 $1,50's, final tables: none!
Couldn't win a hand.

Bank down to $189,-
gonna be hard hitting my goals for March.. surely gonna mix with $0,50's again, so that's one missed goal already, and March hasn't even begun yet

Very nice illustration of how I ran today

.. and just lost $11,- at the ring games as well *sigh*
last two hands I was tilting. Jammed JJ from SB into BB, he wakes up with AQ an hits it of course, final hands I jam AK fom the button over one limper, and whatta ya know, he's limping aces
Dumb moves on my part of course, no more poker today!
Bank down to $178,-

Back to the grind tomorrow

First day of play in March.
Had been busy the last few days wrapping things up at work, working late. But finally got to put in some games last night, and this morning.
Must say it feels good to win some after a 5 day brake

Played: 43 (26 0,50's 17 1,50's)
Won: $26.69
Bank: $205 (back to 1,50's only)

[-] Play $1,50's only (Failed because of bad last session in February )
[ ] 400 games (43/400)
[ ] $180 profit ($26.96/ $180)
[ ] post 10 hands per week (0/10)

Graphs so far:

March


Year

Keep going - graph looks good - if you can get your volume in will definitely pay off. Just watch with playing after work, especially if you've been working late, I find this is where I put in my biggest losing sessions - I seem to be impatient / frustrated, so end up doing some really dumb ****!

The downswings will come - know that they will, and try not let it bother you. Aces will get cracked, dominated aces will get there etc. Put in the volume and it'll even out - just don't make the mistake of putting in volume when you're playing your B game.

Keep going!

Thanks aka47
Very long time lurker
Joined up this morning to post a Thankyou, As i did not know you could get Pokerstars to limit your buy in amounts in sit n go's.
it will be a forced bankroll management for me.
This is already helping immensley.
Thanks and good luck

Thanks CayGurl, I know the swings will come, for the good and the bad. It's reassuring to know I'm not alone in this
Volume will come as well, I feel very comfortable 15 tabling atm, as of two days ago, I downloaded and fired up the trial of tableninja. Now 15 tabling feels like walking in the park

Glad to hear I could be of assistance
Gl at the tables

As for my goals.. well lets say it isn't April yet

[-] Play $1,50's only (Failed because of bad last session in February )
[ ] 400 games (147/400) Volume wise is going better then planned
[ ] $180 profit ($15/ $180) Played well, but lost some. No biggie
[ ] post 10 hands per week (0/10) did do some posting on a dutch site, will be posting here soon.


Lets hope we run better!!

Time for some updates.
I've been a little lazy updating this thread, sorry for that. Couldn't find the motivation.
March hasn't been very nice to me Volume wise it was a great month. I tried tableninja in combination with a gamepad. It works great! Zooming through the tables, just relaxing in my chair. Other than sitting with a bent back and my face up the screen.
But other than that I just plain sucked! I'm break even for the last 600 games or so. And I can't really put my finger up to where it's going wrong.. Looking back through hand histories tells me its just variance I guess.
Maybe I should practice in winning flips
Anywho, of all March goals, I met one, which is volume. Miserably failed all the others.
So for April I want to buy tableninja (gonna cost me 1/4th my roll )
I'm gonna scale down a bit on volume, only 12 tabling. Keep working on my game.
Oh and keep posting!

March results:


Year so far:

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