Played NL25 1.3k hands +190$





3bet 16.41%

Rake 21BB per 100 hand

I noticed one thing for months i grind but don't get any benefit from it, always try to move up higher limits but somehow get down when things go wrong then move up again, skill gap can be a reason or high rake, whatever it is, i never withdraw funds but never go busto either, i win a lot but have no benefit from it except the hope to someday reach high limits to stay there but that day may never come, so i'm like a mouse running cycles, i think i need to start withdrawing money to actually benefit from grinding

From now on i will have a system how to withdraw money in that way to benefit from winning as much as i can while still slowly build a bankroll, let's say i will never withdraw money if my bankroll is lower than 800$, this limit will allow me to always play at NL25 where games are super soft and beatable, if things go wrong i move down stakes but if things go good then i will withdraw 80% of winnings after every 5000 hands and leave 20% to increase bankroll slowly, so this way if bankroll slowly builds up to play NL50 and i lose there, i will have a lot of withdrawals and benefits received prior failure so i think this is the good way to go

Here is hand of the day, after i bluffed a tight reg few times finally he made a right hero call but words can't describe how pissed off the villain was after that call

GG Poker - $0.25 Ante $0.1 NL - Holdem - 7 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

UTG: 337.92 BB
UTG+1: 572.32 BB
MP: 233.92 BB
CO: 207.64 BB
Hero (BTN): 282.52 BB
SB: 211.84 BB
BB: 347.44 BB

7 players post ante of 0.4 BB, SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 4.2 BB) Hero has 6 6

UTG raises to 2 BB, fold, fold, CO calls 2 BB, Hero raises to 13 BB, fold, fold, fold, CO calls 11 BB

Flop: (32.2 BB, 2 players) 4 9 K
CO checks, Hero bets 13.2 BB, CO calls 13.2 BB

Turn: (58.6 BB, 2 players) 2
CO checks, Hero bets 23.6 BB, CO calls 23.6 BB

River: (105.8 BB, 2 players) T
CO checks, Hero bets 211.6 BB, CO calls 157.44 BB and is all-in

Hero shows 6 6 (One Pair, Sixes)
(Pre 81%, Flop 92%, Turn 95%)
CO shows 5 5 (One Pair, Fives)
(Pre 19%, Flop 8%, Turn 5%)
Hero wins 409.88 BB

You need more volume at least 3k hands a day and at least 90k-100k hands a month to see if you can beat 25nl before you move up in stakes.

Yes I need to put as high volume as i can everyday, i think 3k hands a day is very achievable also i'm working on consistency, it's very important to be consistent with my gameplay it will drastically affect my winrate in the long run

Played 3,8k hands today, lowered my VPIP from 19% to 15%, lowered my 3bet from 16% to 10%, surprisingly rake was lowered by a lot, now it's 15BB per 100 hand (previously it was 21BB)

Won over 300$, I feel like apex predator of NL25 9max deep ante games

Bankroll is now 1.2k$ but this time i won't be dumb to take shots at NL50, i will withdraw 240$ to my bank account and let the bankroll grow slowly while i'm full benefiting from winnings

This is how i lose 200BB stacks, greediness

GG Poker - $0.25 Ante $0.1 NL - Holdem - 7 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: 200 BB
Hero (BTN): 227.76 BB
SB: 283.92 BB
BB: 239.2 BB
UTG: 247.48 BB
UTG+1: 235.84 BB
MP: 456.88 BB

7 players post ante of 0.4 BB, SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 4.2 BB) Hero has Q Q

fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 4.8 BB, SB calls 4.4 BB, fold

Flop: (13.4 BB, 2 players) 4 9 6
SB bets 6.72 BB, Hero raises to 13.44 BB, SB calls 6.72 BB

Turn: (40.28 BB, 2 players) 9
SB checks, Hero bets 16.4 BB, SB calls 16.4 BB

River: (73.08 BB, 2 players) 9
SB bets 54.84 BB, Hero raises to 192.72 BB and is all-in, SB calls 137.88 BB

Hero shows Q Q (Full House, Nines full of Queens)
(Pre 72%, Flop 80%, Turn 5%)
SB shows 9 A (Four of a Kind, Nines)
(Pre 28%, Flop 20%, Turn 95%)
SB wins 447.72 BB

Today played NL25 3.7k hands

Bankroll is now 1010$

Was very close to BBJ, had QQ on AAA flop, villain had AJ, he made quads and beat my full house but then i saw GG rules that says "Pocket pairs are required for winner/loser’s four of a kinds." damn

Today played 4,5k hands of NL25 9 max ante games, rake was 18.3BB per 100 hand (VPIP 15,66%, 3bet 14,55% need to lower 3bet%)



Won share of BBJ it was only 100$ tho

Bankroll is now 1,3k$, not going to take shots at NL50, staying on NL25, will withdraw 500$

Current bankroll after todays money withdrawal: 800$

Total money withdrawn since 18 January 2024: 740$

Overall doing amazing but here i will post some hands to shame myself publicly to never play in a such shameful way ever again, so far those 2 hands were biggest loses of the todays session, shame shame shame see the spoiler below

Hey nice thread man.

Im grinding NL25 and NL50 mostly zoom at GG. Started playing a bit more regular tables now.

Your toughts on regular vs zoom? I see a lot more fishes, shortstacks and bad play at regular (6 max, havent tried 9max) But I do enjoy zoom format so much! Maybe ill look into the 9max tables.

When i play 9max i have 9 tables open at the same time while i can watch youtube/twitch and do other tasks too, when i play zoom i have 4 tables open and i need to be focused, i have no time to do other tasks, little stressful i think, not my style

Also zoom winrate always will be lower than regular tables but sure you can play more hands per hour, in my opinion if you want to be a big winner in zoom you need to master exploitative poker, people are tend to fold more often and somehow if you exploit this your red lane can sky rocket, if i was zoom regular definitely i would work on my redlane, i think thats where most of the dead money is in zoom.

Personally i prefer regular tables because i can play vs fish mainly, i have option to choose tables where there is at least one fish and leave table when there is no fish left on the table, winning poker is all about playing vs recreational players i believe, these days regular players are so careful, even if they make mistakes, feels like they playing style "i won't win but you neither" so for me is no point to stay in a table with no fish and full of regs, sure i can battle them and win but in the long run thats a waste of time

Played around 3k hands today, first half i was big winner but than everything went bad



Bankroll now: 671$

Played only 850 hand today, little exhausted from previous day, going to rest well and will eat good food

Bankroll is at 815$ now



I could win 100$ more as usual but need to work on my mental game of poker and make some adjustments in my game

1. Even if opponent has high 3bet% and seems like he's raising me with weak hands i need to control myself and just fold and find better moment to catch him, no need to fight regs

2. Even in situations where clearly I'm out of luck I need to be more careful to not lose big pots, it's very important to not lose big pots

3. If 2 players called my CBET on flop i need to slow down even if i flopped top pair, more pot controlling by checking and even folding if one of them go crazy with big bets

4. Need to remove some suited connectors from early position ranges and lower overall 3bet% and VPIPI, this way i get lesser rake and for 9max my ranges will be a bit stronger if i get raised

Today played 2,7k hands of NL25 9 max ante games, rake was 18.6BB per 100 hand (3bet 14% still very high, need to lower it to 10% somehow so rake will drop down to 14-15BB)



Bankroll is now 1,022$, will withdraw 200$

Current bankroll after todays money withdrawal: 822$

Total money withdrawn since 18 January 2024: 940$

Here is one hand when i folded KK postflop, i'm getting better with folds



Here i folded straight, pretty sure he had me beat there, most likely he had full house the way he played

Not the best day, bankroll down to 500$, will play some NL10 until 600$+

It took 1,3k hands of NL10 to get back to 600$ bankroll, rake was whooping 22BB per 100 hand lol



Even tho i withdrawn 940$ last 9 days, main thing here is that i never deposited money since first 50$ deposit i made, imo this is good approach for now, if my bankroll goes down i move down stakes, if my bankroll goes up i withdraw more funds

Now will play some NL25 hopefully to go up 800$+ and again will start withdrawing some funds which i will save and maybe will play some live poker too while grinding online.

I had bad NL25 session where i lost 800BB pot

Moved down to NL10 played 800 hands, won 40$



I was gonna end the session and play NL25 but i told myself to stay 5min more and during this 5min i got BBJ lol too bad it was NL10, ofc i have no luck i play tons of hands of NL25 and just few hands of NL10 and i win BBJs in NL10

Bless GG

UPDATE: Just checked my balance has +120$ lol blessings continue

Got it from todays #ThanksGG Flipout, i wasn't expecting to place in the money at all because i had only 60k chips lol usually i have around 150-220k chips when i play a lot



That's why I'm saying even tho GG has highest rake i think it has also highest rakeback overall, i mean not only pure rakeback but leaderboards, flipouts and everything combined can give at least 10BB per 100 hand

Played 1,3k hands of NL25 today +170$

I had rake under 14-15BB per 100 hand for the first time as i decreased my 3BET under 8-10% but red line went down hmmm



Bankroll now will withdraw 300$

Current bankroll after todays money withdrawal: 805$

Total money withdrawn since 18 January 2024: 1,240$

Not bad, I'm happy with my result so far, considering playing micro stakes, 11 days +1240$ in my pocket and bankroll is still 800+$, yet not taking shots at 50NL, gonna continue playing NL25

Today played vs one of the top regs of NL25 full ring

His name is "proFuriouS50" according to statname he is #2 in rankings, his result is insane, 8BB winrate after 250k hands, it's like he's printing money because even if you are -8BB loser you still win by rakeback in GG as you get +10BB from all other benefits



OK here i really had him crushed, he hit that 3 outer on the river and he choose to run once, i had mental breakdown after this hand, really



Here against him again, he hit miracle river second time, i was really mad at this point because this two hands happened in one short session



Right after I'm against a fish, little tilted, tanking with 88 but surely it was right decision, till the river... and again miracle river comes, at this point i threw my chair lol




But good things happen too, right after i started winning some pots here and there + won the biggest pot of the day



And when i ended up the session i was still +177$ up lol but i'm so mentally exhausted not sure if i will play more poker today, definitely need some good food and rest

Good stuff

Another sicko run



400BB pot train

This son of bitch, all night he, "Check. Check. Check." He trap me!







Bankroll now:



Will withdraw 200$ and leave bankroll at: 953$

Total money withdrawn since 18 January 2024: 1,440$

Maybe from now on i will mix up 25NL and 50NL but will open NL50 only when there will be juicy fish on the table

BTW for the first time rake was as low as 13.69BB per 100 hand because i dropped my 3bet at 7.4% and when i checked all top regs had 3bet at 7% range maybe this is the key to optimally decrease rake

Tried mixing up NL25 and NL50 but no luck so far



Bankroll down to 841$

Keep up the grind! Why did you limp min-raise AA 200bb deep?