Hi there!
I'm another micro stakes grinder who's tired of breaking even. From now on I'll be posting everything I find interesting from my sessions along with the results.

I could say that the main goal of this "challenge" is to leave to the small stakes once and for all!! but the true reason for which this thread has been made is to improve my game. Therefore I'd love to read your opinions and I'm widely open to everykind of tip or criticism from your side

All this being said I'd like to share some info about me:

I'm a 21 years old law student from Spain. As a poker player I reckon myself as a solid, tight and steady player. My "Achilles' heel" might be folding too much when it isn't clear and doing wild things after a bunch of badbeats

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This is the point where the journey begins: 110$-5nl

So I've finally played my first session which enden up like this:



The hand which made me lost the most was this one:

Villian was 3betting 20% of his range from the BB and his squeeze was 17% out of 100 hands.

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $0.05(BB) Replayer
SB ($6.55)
BB ($10.10)
Hero ($5.93)
UTG+1 ($1.64)
CO ($2.28)
BTN ($7.33)

Dealt to Hero A K

Hero raises to $0.15, fold, fold, fold, SB calls $0.13, BB raises to $0.65, Hero raises to $1.30, fold, BB calls $0.65

FLOP ($2.75) J 7 K

BB checks, Hero bets $1.57, BB raises to $8.80 (AI), Hero calls $3.06 (AI)

TURN ($12.01) J 7 K 4

RIVER ($12.01) J 7 K 4 8



I know the sizing of the 4bet is too small so he made the call and got lucky. Guess I was playing too much tables at the same time :P
I'll decrease the number for the next session.

Another point that made me burn money was the Cbet, I only got a succes of 28% out of the 76% of the times I was cbetting the flop :O

Fold the flop on the first hand, he's not raising a draw or KQ here. Best case your chopping

Pass.

I've played another small session today:



Don't really mind the losses as they came from a couple of set up hands. But there was a hand I played badly. I'd like to get some tips on how to extract more value of this kind of situations:

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $0.05(BB) Replayer
SB ($1.80)
BB ($5)
UTG ($5.05)
Hero ($10.86)
CO ($5)
BTN ($5)

Dealt to Hero A K

fold, Hero raises to $0.15, CO calls $0.15, fold, fold, fold

FLOP ($0.37) J 7 9

I checked villian's stats and I found out he was betting all the time after a missed Cbet so this looked like a perfect spot to c/r. For some reason I ended up just calling instead, wanting to c/r the turn, which I later found to be a big mistake as he was very likely to be holding a pp here and might has hit a set.

Hero checks, CO bets $0.28, Hero calls $0.28

TURN ($0.93) J 7 9 Q

I check again hoping to see a bet from a decent heart/set/bluff...

Hero checks, CO checks

RIVER ($0.93) J 7 9 Q K

Hero bets $0.49, CO calls $0.49



So, what's the best way to get any extra value here?

gnight:P

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This session: +11$
Total: +7$

What... im snapcalling here.

TPTK in 3bet pot is le nuts. And he's getting good odds aswell even if he's behind

A resume for yesterdays+todays hands:



It's been awful. I have made some mistakes and I have been at the bad side of the coolers and lost every possible flip :S

I'll share some hands with you and hope to get some comments :P

#1

36/21 folded50% to 3b 0.7 af over 70 hands

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $0.05(BB) Replayer
SB ($5)
BB ($4.24)
Hero ($5.59)
UTG+1 ($1.95)
CO ($5)
BTN ($5.68)

Dealt to Hero K K

Hero raises to $0.15, fold, fold, BTN raises to $0.40, fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.95, BTN calls $0.55

FLOP ($1.97) 6 7 5

Hero bets $1.35, BTN calls $1.35

TURN ($4.67) 6 7 5 A

Hero...?



#2

Villian had ABC stats so far after 60hands has been played btween us.

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $0.05(BB) Replayer
SB ($5.74)
BB ($6.01)
UTG ($3.27)
Hero ($5.03)
CO ($5.38)
BTN ($2.71)

Dealt to Hero J A

fold, Hero raises to $0.15, fold, fold, fold, BB calls $0.10

FLOP ($0.32) J 2 J

BB checks, Hero bets $0.19, BB raises to $0.38, Hero calls $0.19

TURN ($1.08) J 2 J 6

BB bets $0.75, Hero calls $0.75

RIVER ($2.58) J 2 J 6 T

BB bets $2.40, Hero...?


#3

60/5 3.0 in 20 hands

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $0.05(BB) Replayer
SB ($4.27)
BB ($4.35)
Hero ($5)
UTG+1 ($5.93)
CO ($7.69)
BTN ($7.15)

Dealt to Hero Q Q

Hero raises to $0.15, fold, CO calls $0.15, fold, fold, fold

FLOP ($0.37) 2 K Q

Hero bets $0.18, CO calls $0.18

TURN ($0.73) 2 K Q J

Hero bets $0.39, CO raises to $7.36 (AI), Hero...?

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I'm gonna need some motivation now :P

Total: -13$

Hello!!
A resume from the last days:



I've changed a bit the way I was playing. I am raising 4bb with strong hands rather than the 3x I used to raise before. It seems to be working as I make bigger pots and can value bet harder!

ps: It's cool that my red line isn't falling straight to hell!

Hello!
I've finally managed to get rolled for 10nl, it has taken me a while. There been moments when I almost gave up and thought of gambling, but I managed to calm down and keep going afterall

I've needed about 50k hands: