Starting Bankroll: $50

I am going to spend this month dedicating some time to beating 2nl PS Zoom with the goal of moving up to 5nl next month. This thread will follow my progress and let me know how badly I played some hands!

2nl history




September so far




Current Bankroll: $78.15 (some untracked hands + rakeback)

Goals this month:
[] 60k Hands
[] Move up to 3 tabling
[] Post hand histories of the 3 biggest pots every 15k hands
[] 3 hours study per week
[] $120 bankroll?

Good luck! Just keep it simple. Avoid trying to get tricky. Play extremely tight-aggressive, ABC poker. Avoid marginal situations and value-bet hard with your strong hands.

Also, make sure to post some hands in here for evaluation. That's an extremely good way to improve at the micros.

First 15k hands played
Bankroll is $67.55

Hand histories from 3 big pots

(1)
PokerStars - $0.02 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 100 BB
Hero (SB): 149 BB
BB: 105 BB
UTG: 120.5 BB
MP: 115 BB
CO: 148.5 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, MP raises to 3 BB, CO calls 3 BB, BTN calls 3 BB, Hero raises to 15 BB, fold, MP calls 12 BB, CO calls 12 BB, BTN calls 12 BB

Flop: (61 BB, 4 players) J 5 7
Hero bets 23 BB, MP calls 23 BB, CO raises to 133.5 BB and is all-in, fold, Hero raises to 134 BB and is all-in, fold

Turn: (351 BB, 2 players) 2

River: (351 BB, 2 players) K

(2)
PokerStars - $0.02 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 218.5 BB
SB: 134 BB
BB: 30 BB
UTG: 119.5 BB
MP: 51.5 BB
CO: 69 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.5 BB, SB raises to 4 BB, fold, Hero calls 1.5 BB

Flop: (9 BB, 2 players) J Q 9
SB bets 2 BB, Hero calls 2 BB

Turn: (13 BB, 2 players) 8
SB bets 6 BB, Hero calls 6 BB

River: (25 BB, 2 players) K
SB bets 24 BB, Hero raises to 206.5 BB and is all-in, SB calls 98 BB and is all-in

(3)
PokerStars - $0.02 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 200.5 BB
Hero (SB): 220 BB
BB: 69.5 BB
UTG: 101.5 BB
MP: 103.5 BB
CO: 109 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A 5

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 3 BB, Hero raises to 9 BB, fold, BTN calls 6 BB

Flop: (19 BB, 2 players) 3 3 4
Hero bets 7 BB, BTN raises to 15 BB, Hero calls 8 BB

Turn: (49 BB, 2 players) 6
Hero checks, BTN bets 15 BB, Hero calls 15 BB

River: (79 BB, 2 players) 2
Hero bets 33 BB, BTN raises to 161.5 BB and is all-in, fold,

(1)Is this call fine?
(2)Annoyed that I shoved river
(3)Villian in this has fold to 3b 17/18. Think I should have called used my full time bank on it

H1 think I go bigger pre, prob 18bb and poss even more considering the level and the fact we’re In sb + ev1 full-stacked. As played I prob just bet a bit bigger to set up an easier turn jam when flatted and to give straight draws even worse odds. With 3 callers it’s super likely there’s a set out there (bigger 3b might’ve thinned field) but without a read I’ll just get it in because it’s the lowest cash level and not impossible to be ahead of multiple allins here at 2nl. Wouldn’t beat yourself up for running into a set, it happens. You also have Th which blocks some flushes.


H2 it’s a big river size and I’m not totally sure about the shove, but honestly I think it’s just a bit of a cooler. The 3b pre means it’s clearly a fish so you’ll get called by all straights and there’s also a chance they make this bet terribly with a set or two pair then call vs the shove. Ye thinking about it I think it’s fine. Don’t worry too much imo just seems a spot you need to take against a probable fun player.


H3 you should 3b bigger pre, at least 12bb as you’re in sb and 200bb effective with BTN. I’d prob go 15bb although not much bigger but only because BB is shorter than full stack and can 4b jam or cold-call and leave is very little room to manoeuvre post flop.
Post flop looks fine to me and def folding this river vs a guy who fold to 95% of 3bs pre. That seems a conservative player so it’s unlikely they’re bluffing river often. They can also have all boats and, even though they fold so much to 3bs, poss even have 75s vs your 3b sizing coupled with deep stacks. Actually like the sink on river I think so well played ��

Hey man, any update on this? how did it go?