Two years ago I was a successful mid stakes pro with three consecutive low six figure years. Making this money in eastern Europe while in my early twenties made me believe I can do anything.

At some point I was getting bored with the daily grind. I had an interesting idea for a startup and being an arrogant little boy decided to invest all my time and money in it.

I don't want to go into details of the events that followed, but you can imagine without any experience in the relevant fields (coding/design/marketing/SEO+SMM/ etc) what happened... now two years later I am broke. I owe more than $20k to friends and family and have only $1150 to my name.

With all the money I have left I will try to get back into poker. Starting from 50NL will try to use strict bankroll management and try to move up the stakes. The games must have changed a lot for the past two years and will need to do a lot of work. I will put small goals to have a quantifiable way of measuring my progress.

Next 30 days.

50,000 hands
follow strict 50buy-in BRM
daily blog updates for motivation

Furst. Good luck !

Second....... =(

And GL with this!

Day1,

Played a lot and made many mistakes. The skill level is above what I expected but it is definitely beatable with a good winrate. I need to get subscription to a site with poker videos just to refresh my memory with the basics, and when I earn some money shuold buy a new laptop and HEM2. From what I saw it is a big stop from HEM1.

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what site and whats your sn?

thz!

I play in iPoker under a new nickname, but I will go back to my stars account soon, just need to grind some good rb for now. There are Euro/USD/GBP tables and that is the reason for the big spikes up and down in the graph.

tough times. I'm actually stuck quite a bit in loans myself, although my situation isn't as bad as yours. Best of luck man

Good Luck Buddy. Im trying to start from the bottom and make myself be disciplined to be a great poker player.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger. Gl mate.

Thz. Play a lot, study even more, and results will come.

Day2,

Made some really bad allin decisions and run terribly...


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Against unknown... should be a fold pre on this limit, considering he 3bets UTG and so big.. Tried to rep Ak, but didnt work out

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $0.50(BB) Replayer
SB ($101)
BB ($52.92)
UTG ($75.80)
UTG+1 ($92.62)
CO ($20.97)
Hero ($50)

Dealt to Hero Q Q

UTG raises to $1.50, UTG+1 raises to $5.50, fold, Hero raises to $50 (AI), fold, fold, fold, UTG+1 calls $44.50

FLOP ($102) 8 K 6

TURN ($102) 8 K 6 9

RIVER ($102) 8 K 6 9 6

Hero shows Q Q
(Pre 19%, Flop 8.4%, Turn 4.5%)

UTG+1 shows A A
(Pre 81%, Flop 91.6%, Turn 95.5%)

UTG+1 wins $99.25

Fish playing 80/1, what was i thinking ?!?!

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $0.50(BB) Replayer
SB ($55.17)
BB ($60.83)
Hero ($50)
UTG+1 ($32.75)
CO ($24.97)
BTN ($50.35)

Dealt to Hero T T

Hero raises to $1.50, fold, fold, fold, fold, BB calls $1

FLOP ($3.25) 2 4 2

BB checks, Hero bets $2.50, BB raises to $5, Hero raises to $10, BB calls $5

TURN ($23.25) 2 4 2 J

BB bets $5.75, Hero calls $5.75

RIVER ($34.75) 2 4 2 J J

BB bets $43.58 (AI), Hero calls $32.75 (AI)

BB shows Q 2
(Pre 27%, Flop 91.1%, Turn 95.5%)

Hero shows T T
(Pre 73%, Flop 8.9%, Turn 4.5%)

BB wins $97.25


Unknown fish... didnt see we are 150bb deep

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $0.50(BB) Replayer
SB ($50)
BB ($34.12)
Hero ($71.83)
CO ($71.79)
BTN ($75.45)

Dealt to Hero K A

Hero raises to $1.50, CO calls $1.50, BTN raises to $3.50, SB calls $3.25, fold, Hero raises to $71.83 (AI), fold, BTN raises to $75.43, fold

FLOP ($149) 6 9 7

TURN ($149) 6 9 7 J

RIVER ($149) 6 9 7 J 6

Hero shows K A
(Pre 7%, Flop 1.9%, Turn 0.0%)

BTN shows A A
(Pre 93%, Flop 98.1%, Turn 100.0%)

BTN wins $146

Day3,

Played a bit less and spent few hours analyzing some of my hands. There are some major flaws in my game and some adjustments I need to make. When i stopped playing I was playing 200 and 400 where people have wider ranges and on lower limits people are tighter, especially postflop so I need to stop barreling, 4/5bet bluffing and etc..

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Day4,

Running so bad, all my AK vs pair and AA/KK/QQ vs AK losing pre.. and ofcourse this gem, was surprized to see he has so much equity on the flop - 6.4%

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $0.50(BB) Replayer
SB ($76.51)
BB ($50)
Hero ($58.15)
UTG+1 ($40.81)
CO ($59.17)
BTN ($33.45)

Dealt to Hero A A

Hero raises to $1.50, fold, fold, BTN calls $1.50, fold, BB raises to $6.50, Hero raises to $12, fold, BB calls $5.50

FLOP ($25.75) 8 3 K

BB checks, Hero bets $8, BB raises to $38 (AI), Hero calls $30

TURN ($101) 8 3 K T

RIVER ($101) 8 3 K T Q

BB shows A J
(Pre 7%, Flop 6.4%, Turn 9.1%)

Hero shows A A
(Pre 93%, Flop 93.6%, Turn 90.9%)

BB wins $98.75



12bi below ev is not much of a big deal, but when u play with 18bi its depressing me So far I am breakeven including RB. I must say that the fault is mostly mine even with the bad run. There are many bad players from which to extract value, but I feel really rusty and keep making mistake after mistake.

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Not sure how to embed videos, but here is a good motivational video. Everytime I feel down it reminds me to keep moving forward.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgmVOuLgFB0

Day5,

Still running bad which makes me play even worse

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Maybe it would help you get back into the swing of things if you played a little lower for awhile. 25 or even 10nl

It's much less stressful when one buy in didn't represent such a large portion of your bankroll.

Good luck