Sounds like you have improved a lot on the mental side of poker and its showing in the results. Well done. GL on the grind.

Yeah, no tilt issues so far.


Reached a $500 mark and I'm gonna be taking a shot at nl25. I've been running good, not gonna lie. I've been playing good as well + no tilt issues.

Started playing more exploitative and looking more at the player types. I still study theory to know what I deviate from. The biggest problem I had was staying too true to 'gto' and calling it off against nits when they clearly have it, too much bluffcatching when population underbluff etc.

I got a lovely $110 from ggcare. Sometimes, it's good to have bad beats, I guess. My ev is skyrocketing as well.

Graph:



Hand 1:

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

BTN: 41.1 BB
SB: 112.8 BB
Hero (BB): 159.4 BB
UTG: 110.4 BB
MP: 336.3 BB
CO: 103.6 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 8 K

fold, MP raises to 3 BB, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls 2 BB

Flop: (6.5 BB, 2 players) 8 A 4
Hero checks, MP bets 2 BB, Hero calls 2 BB

Turn: (10.5 BB, 2 players) K
Hero checks, MP bets 7.1 BB, Hero calls 7.1 BB

River: (24.7 BB, 2 players) K
Hero checks, MP bets 20.1 BB, Hero raises to 65 BB, MP raises to 324.2 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 82.3 BB and is all-in

MP shows A Q (Two Pair, Aces and Kings)
(Pre 62%, Flop 82%, Turn 18%)
Hero shows 8 K (Full House, Kings full of Eights)
(Pre 38%, Flop 18%, Turn 82%)
Hero wins 314.8 BB

lol


bankroll: $519

Played 3k hands today at nl25 and it went crazy at first but I managed to come up on top at the end of the day.

It feels weird to have $25 on table. At first, I was a little bit scared to play my game because of how 'big' full stack is but ater a few hours I started playing like it's nl10.

Graph:


Hand of the session:

GG Poker - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 134.44 BB
SB: 95.48 BB
BB: 107.52 BB
UTG: 101 BB
MP: 131.16 BB
Hero (CO): 115 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has 9 9

fold, MP calls 1 BB, Hero raises to 4 BB, BTN raises to 8.44 BB, fold, fold, MP calls 7.44 BB, Hero calls 4.44 BB

Flop: (26.72 BB, 3 players) 6 9 2
MP checks, Hero checks, BTN bets 8.84 BB, MP calls 8.84 BB, Hero calls 8.84 BB

Turn: (53.24 BB, 3 players) J
MP checks, Hero checks, BTN bets 17.6 BB, MP raises to 106.04 BB, Hero calls 97.72 BB and is all-in, BTN raises to 117.16 BB and is all-in, MP calls 7.84 BB and is all-in

River: (378.72 BB, 3 players) 4

BTN shows K K (One Pair, Kings)

Main Pot [346.4 BB]: (Pre 67%, Flop 9%, Turn 5%)
Side Pot#1 [32.32 BB]: (Pre 81%, Flop 91%, Turn 5%)

MP shows J J (Three of a Kind, Jacks)

Main Pot [346.4 BB]: (Pre 18%, Flop 9%, Turn 93%)
Side Pot#1 [32.32 BB]: (Pre 19%, Flop 9%, Turn 95%)

Hero shows 9 9 (Three of a Kind, Nines)

Main Pot [346.4 BB]: (Pre 15%, Flop 83%, Turn 2%)

MP wins 374.24 BB

that's nasty


bankroll: $551.88

Almost 6k hands played and still at nl25. It honestly doesn't change almost anything comparing to nl5/nl10. It may on the other sites but on gg it's pretty much the same.

There's nothing much to add, just a little update.

Graph:




bankroll: $600.89

Just a casual missclick for 133bb effective. I was like 'what the ****?'

GG Poker - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 163.88 BB
SB: 239.68 BB
BB: 112.84 BB
UTG: 56.76 BB
MP: 93.12 BB
CO: 133.4 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has 7 7

fold, fold, CO raises to 2.52 BB, Hero raises to 7.36 BB, fold, fold, CO raises to 133.4 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 126.04 BB

Flop: (268.2 BB, 2 players) A A 9

Turn: (268.2 BB, 2 players) K

River: (268.2 BB, 2 players) T

CO shows K K (Full House, Kings full of Aces)
(Pre 80%, Flop 92%, Turn 100%)
Hero shows 7 7 (Two Pair, Aces and Sevens)
(Pre 20%, Flop 8%, Turn 0%)
CO wins 263.72 BB


Graph:




bankroll: $600.77

Another day, another update.

It's still going well but I must say that it's easier to get paid at nl25 than at nl5/nl10 because it's not much of a nitfest. There are still a lot of nits at this stake but not like at nl5 or nl10. Apart from that, it's pretty much the same. I always remember reading that there's a somewhat high skill jump from nl5 to nl25 which is bullshit.

Graph


Hand 1:
GG Poker - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 115.04 BB
SB: 54.52 BB
BB: 119.52 BB
UTG: 99 BB
MP: 218.04 BB
CO: 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has K T

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.52 BB, fold, BB calls 1.52 BB

Flop: (5.44 BB, 2 players) 7 2 Q
BB checks, Hero bets 2 BB, BB calls 2 BB

Turn: (9.44 BB, 2 players) J
BB checks, Hero bets 5 BB, BB calls 5 BB

River: (19.44 BB, 2 players) J
BB checks, Hero bets 14.6 BB, fold

Hero wins 18.48 BB



Hand 2:
GG Poker - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 260.04 BB
Hero (SB): 138.2 BB
BB: 194.52 BB
UTG: 100.4 BB
MP: 276.68 BB
CO: 125.68 BB

Hero posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has K A

fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, BB raises to 10 BB, Hero raises to 25 BB, BB calls 15 BB

Flop: (50 BB, 2 players) 7 5 9
Hero bets 16.52 BB, BB calls 16.52 BB

Turn: (83.04 BB, 2 players) J
Hero checks, BB checks

River: (83.04 BB, 2 players) A
Hero bets 45.52 BB, BB raises to 153 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 51.16 BB and is all-in

BB shows Q K (High Card, Ace)
(Pre 25%, Flop 15%, Turn 16%)
Hero shows K A (One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 75%, Flop 85%, Turn 84%)
Hero wins 271.92 BB

It was played against a fish reg who overbluffs way too much.


bankroll: $652.96

An update after a few days

Hit a 2 day downswing and I literally couldn't do anything. Running into terrible runouts, sets over sets, bluffcatching and running always into goods. The only good thing during this downswing was holding well during flips / all-ins. My bankroll went down to approximately $413.

After those 2 days, a doom switch was turned off, I started getting hands and finally started getting paid when I have value. I got $30 from rakeback and I went from $413 to $663.13. I like my ev line.

Graph:




bankroll: $663.13

Another day, another week, another update

It's been rough for a few days, like really rough. Running into AA and KK a couple times a day, running into jacks in 4 bet pots with aces when we're deep stacked. I know that my ev line maybe doesn't say that but when you run set into set on the river, your ev line doesn't move.

I still keep wondering why some poeple just snap call with absolute garbage. On one hand it's great but on the other hand it's bad because you can get caught bluffing. I started being more aggresive on the turn and 3 bet pots which is great. I've always been hesitant to pull a trigger on later streets but it's changing towards a good direction.

I get around $30 from fish buffet + sometimes leaderboards. So it's like around $45 a week.

Graph:


I will put up a ggpoker's graph lmao. It shows winnings before the rake:


Hand 1:

GG Poker - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 260.24 BB
SB: 171.68 BB
Hero (BB): 100 BB
UTG: 109.08 BB
MP: 169.92 BB
CO: 346.52 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has T K

fold, fold, CO raises to 2.4 BB, fold, fold, Hero calls 1.4 BB

Flop: (5.2 BB, 2 players) 9 6 J
Hero checks, CO bets 1.68 BB, Hero raises to 6.48 BB, CO calls 4.8 BB

Turn: (18.16 BB, 2 players) 8
Hero bets 18.64 BB, CO raises to 337.64 BB and is all-in, fold

CO wins 51.28 BB


Hand 2:

GG Poker - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 100 BB
Hero (SB): 117.44 BB
BB: 128.84 BB
UTG: 104.08 BB
MP: 150.56 BB
CO: 114.12 BB

Hero posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has K J

fold, fold, CO raises to 2.52 BB, fold, Hero raises to 11.56 BB, fold, CO calls 9.04 BB

Flop: (24.12 BB, 2 players) 7 9 7
Hero bets 12.48 BB, CO calls 12.48 BB

Turn: (49.08 BB, 2 players) 3
Hero bets 28.84 BB, CO calls 28.84 BB

River: (106.76 BB, 2 players) 4
Hero checks, CO checks

Hero shows K J (One Pair, Sevens)
(Pre 36%, Flop 14%, Turn 7%)
CO shows J J (Two Pair, Jacks and Sevens)
(Pre 64%, Flop 86%, Turn 93%)
CO wins 102.28 BB


bankroll: $770.39

Soon the january is over and still going strong.

From game to game, I start to play more aggro lines, more double barrels, more triple barrels. A month ago I wouldn't make some moves I make right now. One thing is still keep bothering me how some people snap call me with absolute trash. lol

Graph:




Hand 1:

GG Poker - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 135.16 BB
SB: 238.68 BB
Hero (BB): 139.96 BB
UTG: 101.4 BB
MP: 71.68 BB
CO: 90.68 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has A J

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 2.2 BB, fold, Hero raises to 12 BB, BTN calls 9.8 BB

Flop: (24.4 BB, 2 players) 2 K T
Hero bets 8.08 BB, BTN calls 8.08 BB

Turn: (40.56 BB, 2 players) 9
Hero checks, BTN bets 26.44 BB, Hero raises to 119.88 BB and is all-in, fold

Hero wins 88.96 BB

I didn't want to call, so I'm left out with busted FD on the river or if I hit the flush, the villain is gonna check and steal the pot wit ha pair so I jammed the turn. Villain tanked for a bit and folded.

Hand 2:

GG Poker - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 141.08 BB
SB: 146 BB
Hero (BB): 104.16 BB
UTG: 125.36 BB
MP: 116.32 BB
CO: 77.64 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has 9 8

fold, fold, fold, fold, SB raises to 3 BB, Hero calls 2 BB

Flop: (6 BB, 2 players) 5 J 6
SB checks, Hero bets 2 BB, SB calls 2 BB

Turn: (10 BB, 2 players) 5
SB checks, Hero checks

River: (10 BB, 2 players) K
SB checks, Hero bets 7.52 BB, fold

Hero wins 9.52 BB

It's a check on the river but I went for it.



bankroll: $860.64

And here comes the downswing, finally...

Today played around 3k hands and it was brutal, like really brutal. Stopped holding in all in spots, losing with aces deep stacked (how many times I lost with aces deep stacked is disgusting honestly). Running aces into kings three times etc. just typical downswing. Yesterday's session wasn't better, getting stacked in 3 bet pots against sets.

Suprisingly, I played really well and I didn't tilt even one buy in which I'm really happy about. After this session I had to remind myself what game I'm playing and variance exists. This session nets me 8 buy-ins down.

Graph:



Hand 1:

GG Poker - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 94.08 BB
Hero (SB): 147 BB
BB: 205.04 BB
UTG: 107.48 BB
MP: 100 BB
CO: 150.96 BB

Hero posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has A Q

fold, MP raises to 3 BB, fold, fold, Hero raises to 12 BB, fold, MP calls 9 BB

Flop: (25 BB, 2 players) 4 9 5
Hero bets 12.52 BB, MP calls 12.52 BB

Turn: (50.04 BB, 2 players) 9
Hero bets 25 BB, MP raises to 75.48 BB and is all-in, fold

MP wins 95.56 BB


Hand 2:

GG Poker - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 136.48 BB
SB: 102.24 BB
BB: 100 BB
UTG: 112.72 BB
MP: 72.72 BB
CO: 141 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has 5 5

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.52 BB, SB raises to 11.08 BB, fold, Hero calls 8.56 BB

Flop: (23.16 BB, 2 players) A 7 A
SB bets 6.52 BB, Hero calls 6.52 BB

Turn: (36.2 BB, 2 players) T
SB checks, Hero checks

River: (36.2 BB, 2 players) T
SB checks, Hero bets 11.96 BB, fold

Hero wins 33 BB

I don't know bout the sizing on the river. If I should be polarized or not.



bankroll: $743

The downswing is still on and it's nasty, I'm not gonna lie. Coolers, even my ev line is going down because I can't hold in a lot of spots lmao. My bankroll been swinging a lot I would say.

Sessions going south been a thing throughout this downswing and still is, I would say. Only today I played a session in which I won quite a lot, like 5 buy ins.

Overall I'm really happy about my game and not tilting away buy ins.

Graph



An update without any hands. I played them too many to find any good enough to post here.


bankroll: $827.53

Another update and I have to move down to nl10. It's just too funny what the **** is going on here. It's always the same thing when I try to build a bankroll, every single time. I'm hit with a horrible, nightmare downswing. I literally can't do ****, like literally.

Stopped winning flips, barely won any of them. Losing with AA vs JJ, AA vs QQ etc, running into KK with AA and losing which is standard but it's been happening for over 2 weeks.

Bricking most of the 3 bet pots, terrible runouts, terrible everything. Villains always getting there, villains always having hands, getting cold 4 bet, people donk betting. I literally couldn't do anything for the past 2 weeks, I'm getting destroyed by coolers, bad beats and terrible runouts.

Players in the pool blow my mind. Playing so bad and still getting there. Pool full of fish, whales and bad regs. There might be 2 good regs in the pool. Of course, whales and fish sitting with big stacks because why not. I know it's good to play against these players but it's just hilarious how bad I ran.

Graph:


I will post some hands:

Hand 1:

GG Poker - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 163.28 BB
SB: 145.8 BB
BB: 111.84 BB
UTG: 153.52 BB
MP: 169.48 BB
CO: 359.92 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has 5 5

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.52 BB, SB raises to 9 BB, fold, Hero calls 6.48 BB

Flop: (19 BB, 2 players) 7 9 5
SB bets 6.28 BB, Hero raises to 20 BB, SB calls 13.72 BB

Turn: (59 BB, 2 players) T
SB checks, Hero bets 44.28 BB, SB raises to 116.8 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 72.52 BB

River: (292.6 BB, 2 players) A

SB shows T T (Three of a Kind, Tens)
(Pre 82%, Flop 12%, Turn 98%)
Hero shows 5 5 (Three of a Kind, Fives)
(Pre 18%, Flop 88%, Turn 2%)
SB wins 288.12 BB

I got stacked set over set multiple times when deep stacked.


Hand 2:
GG Poker - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 101.4 BB
Hero (SB): 108.92 BB
BB: 171.64 BB
UTG: 188.44 BB
MP: 101.4 BB
CO: 180.8 BB

Hero posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has K T

fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, BB calls 2 BB

Flop: (6 BB, 2 players) 5 9 K
Hero checks, BB bets 3 BB, Hero calls 3 BB

Turn: (12 BB, 2 players) 7
Hero checks, BB bets 9 BB, Hero calls 9 BB

River: (30 BB, 2 players) J
Hero checks, BB bets 25 BB, Hero raises to 93.92 BB and is all-in, BB calls 68.92 BB

Hero shows K T (Flush, King High)
(Pre 41%, Flop 84%, Turn 77%)
BB shows A 4 (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 59%, Flop 16%, Turn 23%)
BB wins 213.36 BB

running into nuts of course.

Hand 3:

GG Poker - $0.25 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 99.6 BB
SB: 84.64 BB
BB: 106 BB
UTG: 259.72 BB
MP: 138.8 BB
CO: 147.12 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has K T

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

Flop: (19.4 BB, 2 players) 4 8 K
CO bets 6.44 BB, Hero calls 6.44 BB

Turn: (32.28 BB, 2 players) 5
CO bets 19.2 BB, Hero calls 19.2 BB

River: (70.68 BB, 2 players) 2
CO bets 70.68 BB, fold

CO wins 66.2 BB

Amount of donk betting I saw is crazy.

And it's been like that for over 2 weeks.


bankroll: $344.51

It looks painful, but everyone has to go through it from time to time.
Don't let a downswing ruin your game and everything will return to normal in time.

Good luck and be patient!

I love it when plaeyrs who are losing are only blaming other players for playing bad and allways getting there. You don't even run bad your ev is on point. Just face the music you aren't good enough to beat NL25 atm. Stfu put your head down study and become better. Yor redline fe is atrocious. It should be atleast a bit under b/e. In your earlier post you said it's easier to get paid because they are not all nits. Perhaps you were just setting them up like they are setting you up now?

You just proved you don't know **** about poker having over 1000 posts on the site, lmao. Because having EV LINE ON POINT MEANS you are not running bad. EV line doesn't move when you get coolerd set vs set, flush vs higher flush, same with KK vs AA and terrible runouts. Do you even ****ing know what ev line is? EV line has least amount to do with running bad. I love when people like you sit on forums all day and still don't know anything about running bad. Today I learnt that if you have ev line on point, you can't run bad. Thank you mr genius.

'Just face the music you aren't good enough to beat NL25 atm.' but how do you even know that? I played only 76k hands lol. Players with winrate like 6bb/100 can break even for like 30k hands easy + there's like 30% chance that you're gonna have a 20 buy in downswing even with 6bb/100 winrate. It still amazes me how some people don't realize how nasty variance is.


'I love it when plaeyrs who are losing are only blaming other players for playing bad and allways getting there.' I'm running bad because of it. I'm telling like it is, forum genius.


OH NO AND THE MAGICAL REDLINE. I don't know who in the hell started this redline wave but you are a funny guy.

People who are good at poker?

His not wrong, you're just not very good and your red line is good indication of that.. Its lol bad..

next person who doesn't know anything about poker. It's very weird that otb redbaron had a losing redline and was crushing high stakes. It's very weird, he wasn't good I guess. It seems like a bunch of nl25 fish came to my thread and are mad. lmao

Little update

Still building up bankroll to hit $500 and take a shot at nl25 again. There's nothing much to add.

bankroll: $429.92

$500 reached and I'm taking a shot at nl25 again. I switched a poker site to pokerstars because ggpoker started to annoy me with their software, I will stick to PS for now.

I'm gonna be updating more from now on since I hit $500 mark.

bankroll: $500.95

I looked at hands you posted. You are definitely a shark on the table. GL on the grind and the results you want will definitely come in the near future. You are definitely good enough to play with 25nl opponents.

Still on the grind?