Ending tonight after one last hour session. Today we were able to put in only about 1k hands almost split evenly between ACR and Ignition. Reg tables really put a dent in how many hands I can fit in. ACR we called down and lost with Aces to start the session off but was able to end strong with +150bbs over 400 hands. Later on Ignition was able to build up 4 buy ins over 3 45-60 minute sessions, in between I would decompress and review. I burn one about every hour or so this this works out perfectly. Can't wait to get back at it tomorrow.

Thanks bro.

Been a long while since we had a winning day as far this many BBs in a session. Last time this happened on ACR was months ago. Looks like the hard work is paying off. Graph for ACR, didn't get as many hands as I would have liked to today but I'm not at all upset as I said before I'm more concerned about quality over quantity. Night isn't over yet so I might get back on after I burn and review a little. Hit a new PR for biggest stack size in this last session. If you play on ACR 10nl blitz you may have saw me. 1k hands and the largest pot I lost was 100BBs AQvsAK both flopped an Ace. The next largest pot is 20BB... This is kind of unheard of for my sessions... Usually am spending all session crawling back from the depths of punthell.




Played a bit on all 3 sites today, won small on Ignition and Global. Ignition is so ****ing slow on reg tables like man how do you not get bored? ACR for me is just nice to play on. Going to be really stoked if I can maintain this uptrend again. Might have been the confidence boost I was looking for, but going to be dipping into The Mental Game of Poker tomorrow at some point and brush up on winner's tilt.

Yatahay Network - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 295.6 BB
SB: 344.8 BB
BB: 100 BB
UTG: 143.4 BB
Hero (MP): 220.9 BB
CO: 131.8 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has T A

fold, Hero raises to 2.5 BB, fold, fold, SB calls 2 BB, BB calls 1.5 BB

Flop: (7.5 BB, 3 players) J Q 5
SB bets 10.5 BB, fold, Hero?


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Yatahay Network - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 120 BB
SB: 168.8 BB
Hero (BB): 126 BB
UTG: 126.5 BB
MP: 100 BB
CO: 106.3 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 4 J

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 2.5 BB, fold, Hero calls 1.5 BB

Flop: (5.5 BB, 2 players) 8 J 4
Hero checks, BTN bets 3.2 BB, Hero raises to 13.6 BB, BTN calls 10.4 BB

Turn: (32.7 BB, 2 players) T
Hero bets 25.5 BB, BTN calls 25.5 BB

River: (83.7 BB, 2 players) 6
Hero bets 84.4 BB and is all-in, BTN calls 78.4 BB and is all-in

BTN shows K K (One Pair, Kings)
(Pre 83%, Flop 29%, Turn 18%)
Hero shows 4 J (Two Pair, Jacks and Fours)
(Pre 17%, Flop 71%, Turn 82%)
Hero wins 228.5 BB
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Yeah I mean like I'm not complaining.

Yatahay Network - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 100 BB
Hero (SB): 537.3 BB
BB: 162.5 BB
UTG: 179.5 BB
MP: 184.3 BB
CO: 294.9 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has J J

fold, fold, CO raises to 2.5 BB, fold, Hero raises to 9.5 BB, BB calls 8.5 BB, fold

Flop: (21.5 BB, 2 players) 8 4 J
Hero bets 21.5 BB, BB calls 21.5 BB

Turn: (64.5 BB, 2 players) 8
Hero bets 37.8 BB, BB raises to 75.6 BB, Hero raises to 506.3 BB and is all-in, BB calls 55.9 BB and is all-in

River: (327.5 BB, 2 players) 9

Hero shows J J (Full House, Jacks full of Eights)
(Pre 87%, Flop 86%, Turn 100%)
BB shows 7 T (Straight, Jack High)
(Pre 13%, Flop 14%, Turn 0%)
Hero wins 311.2 BB
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Yeah I like how you played the flopped nut flush.
I would've gone the same route.

I'm not playing much blitz, how do you think the strategy differs from the reg tables?

I would never shove that hand like that if I didn't post that one hand in the other thread there facing a river raise when I had the nuts and everyone said to shove. lol funny how it works. Do I have to balance this out with bluffs though?


I'm not sure how well I can speak on the subtle differences between blitz and reg tables. I think people folding too much in blitz is likely. Easy to hunt recs and bums if you tag them. I don't mind the dynamic of positions always changing vs different villain line ups, I think it makes it harder for those villains to play balanced vs Hero honestly. I wouldn't doubt it if you actually found "better" recs and fish there than on reg tables because of how easy it is to punt and fold.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbEpM-VwOU8

this has been my background noise while playing lately, seems to keep me focused

At these stakes? Nah. And people aren't folding flopped flushes so just get the max.

Yatahay Network - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 75.1 BB
SB: 90.6 BB
BB: 131.7 BB
Hero (UTG): 128.2 BB
MP: 240.2 BB
CO: 346.9 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has K 7

Hero raises to 2.5 BB, fold, CO calls 2.5 BB, fold, fold, fold

Flop: (6.5 BB, 2 players) 3 3 7
Hero bets 4.8 BB, CO raises to 15.6 BB, Hero calls 10.8 BB

Turn: (37.7 BB, 2 players) A
Hero checks, CO bets 20.3 BB, Hero calls 20.3 BB

River: (78.3 BB, 2 players) J
Hero checks, CO checks

Hero shows K 7 (Two Pair, Sevens and Threes)
(Pre 61%, Flop 79%, Turn 86%)

Nice hand. Between the weird flop raise and the turn sizing it's consistent from what I've seen with air.

Just wanted to jot down about something that just hit me. I have just come back from a 20 buy in downswing over like a few 10s of thousands of hands on ACR blitz. I am not sure exactly what the amount of BBs it was (i will have to look at home). I think the peak was something like just over 300bbs won and we dropped back down to almost 0 breakeven. At the time it felt like poker was over and was a complete waste of time. I thought this day would never come.

Confidence restored. Motivation is high.

Above was a few weeks ago. That was the worst of the downswing I think.




Above is some progress I made during work hours. At some point I will merge my data again but adding on the 8 buy ins we just won this weekend plus I some more from the weekdays puts me basically out or above this downswing now.

Managed to get in a few hands today after spending a few hours studying this morning and watching some Upswing modules. The Upswing material is starting to take longer to get through. I'm finding myself rewinding often if my focus drifts and I zone out even for a few seconds, I will force myself to watch it again with intention. I think this is a good thing.

Had some really nice calls against fish today to get me closer to even after kinda punting off with AK. I'll post relevant hands

Yatahay Network - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 102 BB
SB: 127.7 BB
Hero (BB): 153.6 BB
UTG: 120.5 BB
MP: 134.6 BB
CO: 108 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 9 Q

fold, MP calls 1 BB, fold, fold, fold, Hero checks

Flop: (2.5 BB, 2 players) 6 Q 2
Hero checks, MP bets 1 BB, Hero calls 1 BB

Turn: (4.5 BB, 2 players) 7
Hero checks, MP checks

River: (4.5 BB, 2 players) 5
Hero checks, MP bets 13 BB, Hero calls 13 BB

Hero shows 9 Q (One Pair, Queens)
(Pre 29%, Flop 57%, Turn 75%)
MP shows T T (One Pair, Tens)
(Pre 71%, Flop 43%, Turn 25%)
Hero wins 29 BB
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Yatahay Network - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 239 BB
Hero (SB): 113.2 BB
BB: 98.2 BB
UTG: 112.8 BB
MP: 126.7 BB
CO: 108.2 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has K A

UTG raises to 3 BB, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 10.5 BB, fold, UTG calls 7.5 BB

Flop: (22 BB, 2 players) J 8 J
Hero checks, UTG checks

Turn: (22 BB, 2 players) T
Hero checks, UTG bets 11 BB, Hero calls 11 BB

River: (44 BB, 2 players) 3
Hero checks, UTG bets 24 BB, Hero calls 24 BB

Hero shows K A (One Pair, Jacks)
(Pre 60%, Flop 77%, Turn 77%)
UTG shows 7 4 (One Pair, Jacks)
(Pre 40%, Flop 23%, Turn 23%)
Hero wins 87.4 BB
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Yatahay Network - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 113.9 BB
Hero (SB): 148.5 BB
BB: 107.4 BB
UTG: 39.3 BB
MP: 159.8 BB
CO: 128.1 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has J J

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 2.5 BB, Hero raises to 9.5 BB, fold, BTN calls 7 BB

Flop: (20 BB, 2 players) Q 8 6
Hero bets 11.1 BB, BTN calls 11.1 BB

Turn: (42.2 BB, 2 players) T
Hero checks, BTN checks

River: (42.2 BB, 2 players) 3
Hero checks, BTN bets 29.6 BB, Hero calls 29.6 BB

BTN shows A 5 (High Card, Ace)
(Pre 33%, Flop 44%, Turn 25%)
Hero shows J J (One Pair, Jacks)
(Pre 67%, Flop 56%, Turn 75%)
Hero wins 96.4 BB
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Not sure what made me punt here. Just didn't want this random getting the pot. I'm doing really good at controlling myself in these spots. Was one of the first hands of the session, so if it might help defuse this urge I might have to find a warm up to do or something.
Yatahay Network - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 119.2 BB
SB: 72.8 BB
Hero (BB): 101 BB
UTG: 109.6 BB
MP: 101.7 BB
CO: 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A K

fold, fold, CO raises to 2.5 BB, BTN raises to 7.3 BB, fold, Hero raises to 26.5 BB, fold, BTN calls 19.2 BB

Flop: (56 BB, 2 players) 5 T 5
Hero bets 74.5 BB and is all-in, BTN calls 74.5 BB

Turn: (205 BB, 2 players) 2

River: (205 BB, 2 players) 2

BTN shows 8 8 (Two Pair, Eights and Fives)
(Pre 55%, Flop 71%, Turn 70%)
Hero shows A K (Two Pair, Fives and Twos)
(Pre 45%, Flop 29%, Turn 30%)
BTN wins 194.8 BB

Wow awesome to see. Great work in persevering.

I'm still trying to work out of my rut as well.
I feel at least like I'm making small improvements each day.

Graph since saturday. Really lacking volume but still employing quality over quantity. I think. Obviously running pretty nice. Feels like we aren't giving anything away either. Getting some "regs" to be tanking so I'm hoping I'm putting them to tough decisions. I suppose time will tell if this is just sun running or improvement.

Haven't really put any time into Ignition even though that was supposed to be this months goal but I feel like it was a fine detour considering I didn't feel like I could perform well while shot taking. This detour has actually allowed my bankroll to hit a new high and I think I've learned so much in the last few weeks alone. I played a little 5nl zone on Ignition but was losing so I just stopped, I won back the losses at the 10nl reg tables. Honestly just doesn't feel comfortable there either so I've been avoiding it. Same with global, played a little and got a few stacks but just not feeling it. I'm fine with it. I'm really impressed with how much quality study I've gotten too, everything seems like it jumped up a tier.

Always nice starting off the day running good
Yatahay Network - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 97.5 BB
SB: 200.2 BB
BB: 145.5 BB
UTG: 120 BB
MP: 223.3 BB
Hero (CO): 153.1 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Q K

UTG raises to 2.5 BB, fold, Hero raises to 7.5 BB, fold, fold, fold, UTG calls 5 BB

Flop: (16.5 BB, 2 players) 2 J 9
UTG checks, Hero bets 5.4 BB, UTG calls 5.4 BB

Turn: (27.3 BB, 2 players) 3
UTG checks, Hero bets 9 BB, UTG calls 9 BB

River: (45.3 BB, 2 players) K
UTG checks, Hero bets 131.2 BB and is all-in, UTG calls 98.1 BB and is all-in

UTG shows J K (Two Pair, Kings and Jacks)
(Pre 29%, Flop 45%, Turn 0%)
Hero shows Q K (Flush, King High)
(Pre 71%, Flop 55%, Turn 100%)
Hero wins 229.5 BB
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Obviously everything’s better when you’re winning.

Didn't really get in many hands this weekend. Have been continuing the uptrend though, winning on all sites still. Had a losing session this morning on ACR (still +$) and was just some run bad. I wouldn't say it was enough to take me down to my C game but I was definitely closer to B game than A game. Pushed through the session and ended -3 buyins but breakeven in all-in EV so actually pretty happy. Someone mentioned it can help to turn off everything but the all-in EV line so I've been giving it a shot when running bad. Keeps my mind off whether we are short term winning or losing and to stay focused on the tables.

Gave 25nl zone a shot on Ignition. Same story as ACR, running under EV but managed to end +1 buy-in. Figured I have been finding success again at zoom and I need to be shot taking at least a little bit. I'm building the roll and still a little scared to lose it or lose a large chunk of it if I move up. I have been winning at 25nl so there's no reason to not play it except mental block. I need to get on these tables because I'm actually closing in on the next milestone of $1,875. At 25nl I need less than 15 buy-ins to be rolled to shot take 50nl. Idk what I'm doing. I need to strap in and put in some work because the goal is right there.

Waiting for graphs until I have more hands.

Woah you have 18 buy ins for 100nl and still playing 25nl on Ignition?

Dude take a 3 buy in shot on a Friday or Saturday night. Idk if you've seen my latest hand histories but there was literally a guy who called off almost 200bb vs a 5bet jam and another cold jam with 32.

Like 15 buy ins for 100nl.

Lol yeah I’ve been keeping up with some of this HHs… I had a guy call me all in preflop with 74 today so the games are definitely good. I’m bleeding EV by playing on ACR.

Yeah I'm only using ACR to practice and play some tourneys at this point. Because Bovada is not challenging me in terms of any spots ever coming up. I don't think I had a single decision so far.

What's mainly preventing you from moving up on Ignition? Mental block? Like you think the stakes will affect how you play? Or you can't recoup if you bust?

Ummm I think it's massively favored towards mental block.

I went on a decent downswing on Ignition zone before and took a while to come out of it. I mean not really considering I probably put in some of the lowest volume numbers around here. But it kinda sucks when you are the only person in your life who is focused on poker so like downswings are rougher and more unknowing if its run bad or im bad. I ended up closing in on my first 50k sample on ACR and I was performing great and about to have a very successful sample size and the last 10k hands or so I just blew it and ruined the winrate and went on basically a downswing all the way back to zero. So I've kinda been on a mission to prove to myself, and I guess you guys, that I can beat 10nl blitz on ACR. It took until just a few days ago for me to finally close back in on my peak winnings on ACR. I'm just a few buy ins away now. But it's still barely a big hand sample and I was really hoping to be able to beat the stake for at least 5bb/100.

I was going to wait until the 100k mark on 10nl blitz ACR to reevaluate where I thought my skill level was and mental game and if it would make sense to move up. I think I have something like 80-90k hands right now so it wasn't that far away if I just played there. Last time this strategy put too much pressure on performing perfectly in the last few k hands. Moving up being a losing player seemed like a recipe for torching cash to me and for me likely a pathway to torching paychecks trying to recoup losses. I've had some urges to turn into Major General Puntitaway before and don't want that to happen at shot takes. I suppose I'm putting a lot more weight into feeling confident in having a strong mental game than putting weight towards size of bankroll or short term results when making the decision to move up.

I mean, I have to look again but I'm something like +10 or more buy ins are 25nl from the shot taking I did so I should be comfortable. And honestly I am more comfortable at the tables than I thought I would be. I suppose I just thought there would be a definitive time or thing that would pop up and go "yes, you are ready. shot take and move on"

Also the shot takes have been pretty awkward. I put most of my time into Fast Fold games and the only site that I can shot take this format is Ignition. I was under the impression that Fast Fold players are typically players from higher stakes so the games can be tougher. Didn't want to be shot taking 25nl zone if I felt like I was going to be up against 50nl-100nl players skill wise and potentially run into a downswing at the same time and decimate my BR. The reason I'm mentioning this is because every single time I have gave reg tables a chance, I have ran under EV and lost for the first few k hands. I think ACR reg tables I'm almost 10 BIs under EV, Ignition is also still a handful under EV on reg tables too. The only sites I perform(ed) well on reg tables are WSOP and Global poker, at least off the rip.

Basically I don't believe in myself? lol

Maybe because I don't have a goal past 50nl right now, and 50nl was supposed to be the goal for the end of the year and I'm probably scared to not know what to do if I succeed and do start moving up and the possibility of having this as a way to earn money and having to deal with it.

Also some stupid life drama going on and in the middle of fighting basically on the daily with my chica. Not really able to drown out the world and get in the zone to play

Makes sense. Yeah I think getting mental game in tact is the key so I've learned.

If you're afraid of 50nl and 100nl players playing 25NL Zone I gotta tell you, they are not good so there is nothing to be worried about even if that's true.

I'm going to play some 25NL Zone right now to see how it is.

I’m winning at a really small sample at 25nl zone there. It will only take like 15 but ins at 25nl for me to be rolled to shot take 50nl per my BR rules. So that’s what I’m saying about not having a plan at 50nl.

Seems like the more I learn the more I know I need to learn

And like I said, I’ve never had something that I was able to consider earning income from that wasn’t a “job” more or less. Just feel unprepared in some way

And 200bbs won on ACR as well at 25nl but very small sample.