Hello guys!
(Rambling starts here, if you want to cut to the poker challenge scroll down)
Last year I registered here and started my first thread ever, a PLO5 to PLO200 attempt that failed at the PLO25 shot, and I stopped playing poker as I busted the roll.
So long story short..I´ve been playing poker since I was 19 (**** 6 years now!) but never took it seriously.
Why I was doing it wrong?
At the beggining I LOVED poker. It was fun! I was going to the local casino, had some really nice results in tournaments, good results also in cash. Then I discovered online poker and the same happened. Good deep in many small tournaments winning 600-1000$, qualified to play big events.. it was really nice.
Then I started wondering if I could ever be a poker pro? Work from home grinding? And then it all started to go wrong.
I started to put a lot of volume, push myself to play higher stakes, etc. And I wasn´t ready for that!
So for the last 2-3 years I´ve had many attemps to build a roll from a 100-200$ deposit. All of them were unsuccessful and I stopped playing for good last year.
Why I am coming back?
Well I´ve never stopped reading the forums (specially the PG&C), I´m always watching the youtube episodes of the WSOP and the EPT and I´m trying to play home games with friends when I can.
The turning point was a few months ago when I had a job interview for a really great position, and the interviewer asked me: What are your hobbies?
I really don´t know why but I didn´t know what to answer at that moment. When I came home, I told my gf laughing that the only question I ¨failed¨ was the hobbies one. She said: C´mon you have many hobbies! Why you didn´t say poker? You love it!
So that made me decide to start again from scratch.
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Why it will be different this time? For many reasons:
1. I´m studying the game. I´ve bought a poker book and I plan to post hands here, review my play and learn.
2. I´ve got a really good job (Sales Executive) which is very demanding and stressful but I love it. So I´ll only play poker as what it should be: my hobby.
3. I´ll only move up stakes when my roll allows it and I make sure I´ve crushed the previous one. Starting at NL2 with a 60$ deposit.
The plan:
Only move up in stakes when I have at least 30 BIs in the level + 10 BI´s on the next one to take a shot at it.
When my bankroll reaches 250$ start playing PLO also from PLO5. The swings there are massive so I will only play PLO with 50BIs roll at the micros, then 100BIs.
Graph since I started:
Right now I´m trying to focus on identyfing the player types and hand ranges.
Biggest pot won:
Poker Stars, $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 9 Players
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#29605271
BTN: $1.79 (89.5 bb)
SB: $2.25 (112.5 bb)
BB: $3.50 (175 bb)
UTG+1: $3.55 (177.5 bb)
UTG+2: $2.32 (116 bb)
MP1: $3.45 (172.5 bb)
Hero (MP2): $4.33 (216.5 bb)
MP3: $2.46 (123 bb)
CO: $2.02 (101 bb)
Preflop: Hero is MP2 with A
K
2 folds,
MP1 raises to $0.08,
Hero raises to $0.20, 5 folds,
MP1 raises to $0.40, Hero calls $0.20
Flop: ($0.83) 3
J
Q
(2 players)
MP1 bets $0.54, Hero calls $0.54
Turn: ($1.91) T
(2 players)
MP1 bets $0.66,
Hero raises to $1.32, MP1 calls $0.66
River: ($4.55) Q
(2 players)
MP1 bets $1.19 and is all-in, Hero calls $1.19
Results: $6.93 pot ($0.24 rake)
Final Board: 3
J
Q
T
Q
MP1 showed A
A
and lost (-$3.45 net)
Hero showed A
K
and won $6.69 ($3.24 net)
Is it OK my call on the flop? My plan was floating and try to catch the T for the nuts + all his stack if he had AA or KK and try to steal the pot if a heart on the turn or he would check. Fold if he would barrel again.
I wanted to mark many hands to post here and review them but I didn´t know how lol. I just saw how to do it so from now on I will.
Bankroll: 88.91$ +29$ almost from the start, 40 bb/100 over 3500 hands.
VPIP 21.2 PFR 14.4 playing a solid TAG style. Feeling really good.
More updated soon