April 2024 results




Not the result I was hoping for. Ended up winning this month but considering that I managed to lose over 50% of the profit in the last 1.5 weeks really bothers me. I was up around 2.2k € after the first 20 days of the month playing NL50 and a bit of NL100 but then my big downswing started. Thankfully I dropped NL100 early on when things weren't going my way but at the moment I have been losing in NL50 aswell. I knew a big downswing was long overdue and I am slowly getting used to losing every day. However I believe its better to have a big downswing early on in my career and learn how to deal with it when the money in question isn't that significant. 5th month in a row running below ev btw

On a positive node my game improved a lot this month. I fixed all my biggest leaks and started to develop strategies for each board instead of just playing by feeling. I also connected with other poker players to study and discuss poker together. Outside the tables I improved my quality of life by eating healthier, quitting alcohol, sleeping more and exercising every single day.

April was my first month where I exclusively focused on poker. Resultswise a disappointing month but at least I made some progress in my game and learnt a lot. For May I plan on putting higher effort on studying and obviously getting out of the downswing.

Not quitting before a +10k month

Played my last session of April. Made a cool 9 BI comeback which brings my April total to +1045€

Here's hoping my downswing ends today



H1 - Idk why I even bother against ppl who don't like folding

iPoker - €0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 3 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (SB): 100 BB
BB: 102.84 BB
BTN: 113.54 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

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

Flop: (6 BB, 2 players) 9 Q J
Hero bets 1.98 BB, BB calls 1.98 BB

Turn: (9.96 BB, 2 players) 7
Hero bets 12.44 BB, BB calls 12.44 BB

River: (34.84 BB, 2 players) 5
Hero bets 82.58 BB, BB calls 82.58 BB

Hero mucks 8 K (High Card, King)
(Pre 65%, Flop 29%, Turn 16%)
BB shows 9 8 (One Pair, Nines)
(Pre 35%, Flop 71%, Turn 84%)
BB wins 197 BB


H2 - Found the solvers favourite river raise canditate


iPoker - €0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

MP: 39 BB
CO: 102 BB
Hero (BTN): 209.36 BB
SB: 114.32 BB
BB: 100 BB
UTG: 202.64 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

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

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.22 BB, fold, BB calls 1.22 BB

Flop: (4.94 BB, 2 players) Q J 6
BB checks, Hero bets 1.62 BB, BB calls 1.62 BB

Turn: (8.18 BB, 2 players) A
BB checks, Hero checks

River: (8.18 BB, 2 players) 6
BB bets 6.2 BB, Hero raises to 23.68 BB, BB calls 17.48 BB

Hero mucks 7 7 (Two Pair, Sevens and Sixes)
(Pre 83%, Flop 78%, Turn 89%)
BB shows 3 6 (Three of a Kind, Sixes)
(Pre 17%, Flop 22%, Turn 11%)
BB wins 53.86 BB


H3 - Some rungood

iPoker - €0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BB): 189.2 BB
SB: 102.94 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

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

SB raises to 2 BB, Hero raises to 11 BB, SB calls 9 BB

Flop: (22 BB, 2 players) J 8 T
Hero checks, SB bets 3 BB, Hero raises to 21.48 BB, SB calls 18.48 BB

Turn: (64.96 BB, 2 players) 7
Hero checks, SB bets 70.46 BB, Hero calls 70.46 BB

River: (205.88 BB, 2 players) 8

Players agreed to run it twice.

River #2: (205.88 BB, 2 players) 7

SB shows K 9 (Straight, Jack High)
Board #1 (Pre 32%, Flop 25%, Turn 74%)
(Straight, Jack High)
Board #2 (Pre 33%, Flop 26%, Turn 76%)

Hero shows T T (Full House, Tens full of Eights)
Board #1 (Pre 68%, Flop 75%, Turn 26%)
(Full House, Tens full of Sevens)
Board #2 (Pre 67%, Flop 74%, Turn 24%)

Hero wins 102.44 BB
Hero wins 102.44 BB

My best NL50 session followed by my worst NL50 sesh

this game is sadistic

May 4th


May 5th




Also reached 50k hand breakeven period

Graph since 1st of April 2024 when I started playing NL50 as my main stake. 7k hands of NL100 as well.



I'm not sure 50k hands is a meaningful sample but I have a feeling something big is clearly wrong in my game to have such stalling results in an easy game like NL50. Also noticed that my redline has been losing lately and I'm not sure if that's something desirable in low stakes. In a way my downswing made me passive and timid to the point that I am no longer better than the passive fishes I'm up against.

I am still motivated to play however my focus has been terrible. I experimented with playing up to 9-12 tables simultaneously and noticed my results being worse compared to playing 4-6 tables. Funny thing is that in April I made most of my profit playing 4 tables on a shitty laptop while being isolated in a cottage. As soon as I got home to a better pc and a bigger screen I couldn't win a single dime.

Im going back to maximum of 6 tables to see if my results improve and then perhaps start to slowly add more if I really feel like it.

I agree with not playing more than 6 tables. It's the max I can play without turning into a zombie. 4 is the max I can play if I want to think deeply about decisions.

Losing redline is not necessarily a problem, although losing more than 5bb/100 without showdown is probably a warning sign.

On the other hand, a redline that is winning more than 5bb/100 may be a warning sign as well.

Saw this graph a while back

Took a few days off then returned to the tables with newfound motivation. Moved a big portion of my roll to Stars since I really wanted to take part in SCOOP-series even though I mostly play cash. Also the software is much better compared to the 2003 looking like IPoker software.

Apart from couple mincashes, my SCOOP results have been marginal so far. However I managed to book a nice win in another MTT.


Regardless of decent success in MTTs, I'll still stick to cash games as my primary focus. Even with the added boost to my roll I'll keep playing NL50 for a while to make sure I feel comfortable in that stake before moving up. Most likely shotting NL100 again if the next 1-2 weeks go well.

Managed to pick up a study routine again and after dropping the amount of tables I play simultaneously I can actually think deeply about spots and reduce my spewing