Any headsup format or spins will be much easier to get a similar hourly.

For example 4 tabling $7 spins with 70 chips/game would be about ev $11.7/hr and would require much much lower skill than 5-6bb/100 at 25z. Or if your bankroll is small then husng is probably the fastest way to grow it provided you have a solid winrate. If you have 8% in turbos (which is kind of on the low side for turbos in 2019, some fish crushers are near that in hypers), Kelly criterion requires 12 buyins for maximal bankroll growth.

Thanks valuecutting, appreciate the info. 12 BIs kind of shocks me lol; I would have thought anything turbo/hyper would require a lot more. What kind of BR is required for spins? At times, I've thought about giving spins a go. husngs never even crossed my mind. Something else to look into.

For now though, I'll continue with 6max zoom cash. I'm having the best results (by quite a margin). I'm not really sure I can afford to take the time to study a new format right now and the risk associated with it, since I need to be able to withdraw from my roll for rent for the next little while at least. And I have some extra expenses coming up in a couple months. Not ideal obviously. At least, playing zoom, I know I'll be able to cover the extra costs. And then if I have extra time, I can maybe take a look at either taking shots higher, or learning a new format. I still enjoy zoom, so I'm ok continuing with that for now.

Since the Kelly criterion was mentioned, I´d like to add that it´s really important to understand that it will always give to you the fraction of your BR you can wager for growth rate maximizing, but it should be adjusted in real time winning or losing (because your BR will be changing all the time), otherwise (in a downswing) you´ll end up broke eventually. Better to use it when you´re already playing higher and can aggressively move up/down, you know (or think you know with a high degree of confidence) your true winrate, and in a situation where you don´t need the money for living expenses. Just my 2c.

Thanks Fazendeiro, I should research the Kelly criterion lol. Heard the term before, but not sure what it means.

One hand of note that just happened now... Feel like guessing what he had hahaha?

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

BTN: $2.00 (VPIP: 19.57, PFR: 13.04, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 48)
SB: $2.00 (VPIP: 18.90, PFR: 14.63, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 167)
Hero (BB): $3.48
UTG: $2.29 (VPIP: 50.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 2)
MP: $4.34 (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 21.88, 3Bet Preflop: 25.00, Hands: 32)
CO: $4.38 (VPIP: 16.18, PFR: 11.76, 3Bet Preflop: 5.00, Hands: 73)

SB posts SB $0.01, Hero posts BB $0.02

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.03) Hero has A K

UTG raises to $0.06, fold, CO calls $0.06, fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.24, UTG raises to $2.29 and is all-in, fold, Hero calls $2.05

Flop: ($4.65, 2 players) 3 8 Q

Turn: ($4.65, 2 players) Q

River: ($4.65, 2 players) J

AQo? lol

Btw, on a serious note, isn´t AKo a little bit too loose to call a 4bet shove vs an unknown who raises utg? FR I´m pretty sure it is

Against some people. But if I feel something's close, I look at what country they're from. If they're Russian, I give them the benefit of the doubt. If they're from the UK (like this guy was), I tend not to. If they're from Romania, I assume they're always bluffing lol.


EDIT: Oh, you're right by the way. AQo.

I think there must be some video out there telling people to go crazy with AQo hahaha.

I mean, FR from MP, which should have more or less the same RFI range of 6-max utg. And considering there was a tight caller before you. But I might be levelling myself here. As blackrain used to say, 2nl is a circus

Oh, I do country profiling all the time with unknowns lol. Works pretty well on avg.

The fun player's not gonna care about a tight caller, and probably won't even know the caller's tight lol. He's just there to have fun. And having fun apparently means stacking off with AQo preflop.

AKo is fine versus the 4 bet jam, very rarely it is going to be nutted. Often it will be a bunch of pocket pairs and enough Ax to make this call really profitable in 6max. A lot of times your dominating their range and sometimes your flipping which is fine of course. Your country reads are very very solid =)

AKo hadn seems quite standard

Thanks. Actually, that AK hand got me thinking about stacking off ranges in general, so did a bit of work on that. Seems that from EP, stacking off with only AA/AKs/AKo gives us the most profit. KK is better off probably just calling 3bets. Either that, or 4bet/folding, which I think is the worst option. This is under the assumption that we're not using mixed strategies with raising hands, in order to keep it simpler. Kind of surprised me a little. Currently, I'm only stacking off with KK+ from EP, and using AK to call 3bets. Seems I'm doing it a bit wrong lol.

Anyway, ended up working a bit extra this week, so volume suffered near the end of the week. But still got a decent amount of hands in. Mostly played nl2z, but put in a little volume at nl5z as well. Will probably continue this next week. Maybe 20% nl5z and 80% nl2z. Graphs for this week:

nl2z:


nl5z:


nl2z since implementing the strategy change:


One think I noticed so far is that my WR after RFI is a lot higher now. I'm averaging 0.8 bb/hand after RFI, which is much better than it was before. But I still don't know if it's that great. Interested to hear what it "should" be, approximately.

Been awhile, so I thought I'd post a fun hand lol.

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It's not AQo this time!!!

PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $4.27 (VPIP: 40.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 5)
SB: $4.62 (VPIP: 22.22, PFR: 16.67, 3Bet Preflop: 20.00, Hands: 20)
BB: $6.33 (VPIP: 19.88, PFR: 16.02, 3Bet Preflop: 7.75, Hands: 343)
UTG: $5.44 (VPIP: 100.00, PFR: 80.00, 3Bet Preflop: 66.67, Hands: 6)
MP: $4.62 (VPIP: 9.09, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 23)
Hero (CO): $5.64

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has A K

UTG raises to $1.35, fold, Hero raises to $5.64 and is all-in, fold, fold, fold, UTG calls $4.09 and is all-in

Flop: ($10.95, 2 players) 9 A A

Turn: ($10.95, 2 players) J

River: ($10.95, 2 players) 5



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Just to show nl5z is not all nits lol. Volume has suffered somewhat this week again, as picked up more extra shifts at work (and had 1 or 2 somewhat more stressful shifts as well). But I'll try to put in a lot of hands tomorrow before I post the week's update.

I'm starting to go all-out exploitative now, and the nits of nl5z are feeling my wrath hahaha. Should have a nice graph tomorrow if all continues to go well. Also, with the extra shifts lately at work, I'm probably not gonna have to withdraw this month. So I can afford to solely play nl5z now (until the end of the month at least). Unless I start losing badly and lose some confidence. But might also shot-take nl10z again before the month is over. BR is currently around $230, so have ~46BIs for nl5z.

I didn't lie, I do have a nice (nl5z) graph. Nice in a bad way lol.

nl2z this week:


nl5z this week:


nl10z this week:


all stakes this week:


Losing some confidence in my game again, especially at nl5z. I have more confidence at nl10z for some reason lol. Like this week for example, started the week having great results at nl5z. Then the downswing occurs, and I don't know if I'm just experiencing a downswing, or if I'm making too many mistakes, or if people are just adjusting better to my exploitive tendencies.

So, I withdrew $50 from my Stars roll and bought Peter Clarke's course on RIO, along with the RIO essential subscription (after hearing Fazendeiro mention that course). So am gonna spend some time going through that, mixed with some playing of course. My BR is now around $168, so will probably play at nl5z again to get the BR back up.

Always nice when you buy a course, watch the first couple vids, play for 1k hands at nl5z, have a nice little heater and half the course is already paid for.

One thing that helps mitigate variance in 5nlz is playing tighter pre and doing a lot more 3betting than calling pre. Mainly due to the rake being so high that seeing lots of flops can get super costly. Also you get more hands in per hour and over time this should help the winrate. If you want to increase the bankroll I would actually suggest just playing reg tables with obvious whales. One other thing you can do is open sit ante tables and wait for shortstackers/fish to sit you and just play them HU, happens more often than you might think and can play pretty ABC to stack them. Not sure why it happens on ante tables specifically but maybe I've just gotten super lucky with good timing.

How many tables do you play? If you 4 table zoom I think variance can increase, not certain on this though, just intuitively feels this way.

Thanks 291, you know what's good for decreasing variance? When I get villains making calls like these:

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PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $5.18 (VPIP: 21.67, PFR: 15.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 123)
SB: $5.13 (VPIP: 34.94, PFR: 16.87, 3Bet Preflop: 2.94, Hands: 85)
Hero (BB): $15.53
UTG: $23.93 (VPIP: 22.83, PFR: 17.72, 3Bet Preflop: 9.90, Hands: 260)
MP: $5.03 (VPIP: 26.17, PFR: 20.70, 3Bet Preflop: 8.33, Hands: 260)
CO: $5.28 (VPIP: 10.53, PFR: 10.53, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 20)

SB posts SB $0.02, Hero posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has 5 6

fold, fold, CO raises to $0.10, fold, fold, Hero calls $0.05

Flop: ($0.22, 2 players) 3 6 2
Hero checks, CO checks

Turn: ($0.22, 2 players) Q
Hero bets $0.07, CO raises to $0.24, Hero raises to $0.70, CO calls $0.46

River: ($1.62, 2 players) 4
Hero bets $14.73 and is all-in, CO calls $4.48 and is all-in



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PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $7.45 (VPIP: 29.73, PFR: 21.62, 3Bet Preflop: 11.11, Hands: 38)
SB: $5.81 (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 22.50, 3Bet Preflop: 12.50, Hands: 40)
BB: $4.72 (VPIP: 16.09, PFR: 12.66, 3Bet Preflop: 4.17, Hands: 235)
UTG: $3.23 (VPIP: 14.29, PFR: 9.52, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 42)
MP: $12.34 (VPIP: 23.26, PFR: 14.73, 3Bet Preflop: 5.36, Hands: 135)
Hero (CO): $8.70

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has J Q

fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.12, BTN calls $0.12, fold, fold

Flop: ($0.31, 2 players) Q 2 J
Hero bets $0.20, BTN calls $0.20

Turn: ($0.71, 2 players) 9
Hero bets $0.22, BTN calls $0.22

River: ($1.15, 2 players) Q
Hero bets $8.16 and is all-in, BTN calls $6.91 and is all-in



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You know what's bad for decreasing variance? Hands like this:

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PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $5.46 (VPIP: 24.27, PFR: 17.96, 3Bet Preflop: 6.67, Hands: 210)
SB: $6.58 (VPIP: 23.08, PFR: 15.38, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 28)
Hero (BB): $11.15
UTG: $8.06 (VPIP: 15.38, PFR: 12.82, 3Bet Preflop: 4.35, Hands: 79)
MP: $5.07 (VPIP: 12.50, PFR: 11.25, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 80)
CO: $8.41 (VPIP: 24.16, PFR: 20.81, 3Bet Preflop: 13.33, Hands: 154)

SB posts SB $0.02, Hero posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has Q Q

fold, fold, CO raises to $0.12, fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.48, CO calls $0.36

Flop: ($0.98, 2 players) 5 A T
Hero checks, CO bets $0.45, Hero calls $0.45

Turn: ($1.88, 2 players) A
Hero checks, CO bets $1.35, Hero calls $1.35

River: ($4.58, 2 players) J
Hero checks, CO bets $6.13 and is all-in, Hero calls $6.13



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And then there's this hand where villain is spewing, but not sure if I played it correctly (but if I had to guess, I think I played it ok considering the villain).

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PokerStars - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: $5.93 (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 12.50, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 33)
SB: $5.02 (VPIP: 18.23, PFR: 16.26, 3Bet Preflop: 4.40, Hands: 206)
Hero (BB): $14.83
UTG: $5.93 (VPIP: 23.91, PFR: 21.19, 3Bet Preflop: 10.50, Hands: 521)
MP: $11.71 (VPIP: 100.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 1)
CO: $5.21 (VPIP: 33.45, PFR: 25.00, 3Bet Preflop: 15.45, Hands: 300)

SB posts SB $0.02, Hero posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.07) Hero has K J

fold, fold, CO raises to $0.15, BTN calls $0.15, fold, Hero raises to $0.60, CO calls $0.45, fold

Flop: ($1.37, 2 players) J 9 6
Hero bets $0.43, CO calls $0.43

Turn: ($2.23, 2 players) 3
Hero bets $0.71, CO raises to $1.42, Hero calls $0.71

River: ($5.07, 2 players) 7
Hero checks, CO bets $2.76 and is all-in, Hero calls $2.76



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The thing about reg tables I don't like is them breaking all the time. And trying to search for the good tables, only to sit with a bunch of regs when you're finally able to get on the table. Not saying I would never play reg tables again, but for now, zoom tables are much more convenient. And they are beatable as well. If I don't get better results soon though, I may contemplate it lol.

I am 4-tabling zoom mostly. Although after watching a video and trying to implement stuff, I was dropping to 3. 4-tabling doesn't increase variance. If 4-tabling causes you to play differently, then variance can decrease/increase indirectly based on that. Otherwise, getting more hands per hour means that the affect of variance isn't felt quite as much.

I think most of the variance from zoom comes from the lower potential winrates, not the speed. I was playing 3 tables of zoom when I tried, and I got more or less the same hands/hr I was getting a few years ago 12 tabling FR normal (800 hands), but in zoom we get more hands because of the fast fold. If you don´t use the fast fold during a big hand/big decision, and do your best at all times, I think there´s no reason to see a big drop in winrates.

I tried to play zoom today, but hem2 refused to work there, so I´m still a nit ring regular lol.

Buy PT4 lol

Too lazy to post graphs this week lol, cause volume sucked. Spent too much time watching RIO vids, and then tried to change too much at once. Played terrible, took a small break from playing. Went back to my old strategy at nl2z, and started playing again. Will just try to focus on improving a small bit of my game at a time. Don't know what I was thinking. BR took a bit of a hit lately; it's around $140 now. I'm tempted to just play nl2z until the BR hits $500, giving me 100 BIs for nl5. I definitely play better when I'm over-rolled. Or is it playing worse when under-rolled? If I could just put in some massive volume, it shouldn't take that long to get there. So that's my goal for the next couple weeks. Get the BR to $500 playing nl2z.

Some fun hands for today:

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Getting value from A-high.

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

BTN: $3.49 (VPIP: 28.57, PFR: 14.29, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 29)
Hero (SB): $10.80
BB: $0.48 (VPIP: 52.17, PFR: 39.13, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 23)
UTG: $1.90 (VPIP: 24.49, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 49)
MP: $2.67 (VPIP: 11.25, PFR: 8.75, 3Bet Preflop: 6.25, Hands: 87)
CO: $1.76 (VPIP: 47.06, PFR: 29.41, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 17)

Hero posts SB $0.01, BB posts BB $0.02

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.03) Hero has Q A

UTG calls $0.02, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.10, fold, UTG calls $0.08

Flop: ($0.22, 2 players) 8 K K
Hero bets $0.07, UTG raises to $0.42, Hero calls $0.35

Turn: ($1.06, 2 players) 4
Hero checks, UTG bets $1.02, Hero raises to $2.04, UTG calls $0.36 and is all-in

River: ($3.82, 2 players) 3



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I sure hope this was a good fold.

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

Hero (BTN): $5.13
SB: $2.38 (VPIP: 10.78, PFR: 10.78, 3Bet Preflop: 2.38, Hands: 106)
BB: $2.19 (VPIP: 20.73, PFR: 15.45, 3Bet Preflop: 4.39, Hands: 252)
UTG: $2.77 (VPIP: 16.36, PFR: 11.82, 3Bet Preflop: 7.89, Hands: 117)
MP: $2.40 (VPIP: 60.00, PFR: 13.33, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 16)
CO: $2.03 (VPIP: 38.46, PFR: 38.46, 3Bet Preflop: 36.36, Hands: 27)

SB posts SB $0.01, BB posts BB $0.02

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.03) Hero has 6 A

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.05, fold, BB calls $0.03

Flop: ($0.11, 2 players) 6 6 3
BB checks, Hero bets $0.04, BB calls $0.04

Turn: ($0.19, 2 players) T
BB checks, Hero bets $0.06, BB calls $0.06

River: ($0.31, 2 players) T
BB checks, Hero bets $0.10, BB raises to $2.04 and is all-in, fold,

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This is how you do it

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

BTN: $2.54 (VPIP: 25.10, PFR: 6.67, 3Bet Preflop: 1.89, Hands: 260)
SB: $2.33 (VPIP: 11.92, PFR: 9.27, 3Bet Preflop: 3.17, Hands: 154)
BB: $2.93 (VPIP: 23.08, PFR: 19.23, 3Bet Preflop: 7.69, Hands: 53)
Hero (UTG): $12.59
MP: $3.04 (VPIP: 20.90, PFR: 14.93, 3Bet Preflop: 4.00, Hands: 139)
CO: $1.34 (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 19)

SB posts SB $0.01, BB posts BB $0.02

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.03) Hero has 9 9

Hero raises to $0.05, MP raises to $0.18, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls $0.13

Flop: ($0.39, 2 players) 4 9 A
Hero checks, MP bets $0.13, Hero calls $0.13

Turn: ($0.65, 2 players) 3
Hero checks, MP checks

River: ($0.65, 2 players) 3
Hero bets $11.72, MP calls $2.73 and is all-in

It´s funny I will be saying this, as I´m probably the biggest BR nit that ever lived, but you don´t need to grind 100 5nl bis to play there with peace of mind. Having a solid plan with clear rules to move up, and a stop loss, seems better. Hopefully your next one will be a little bit more conservative than the last one

Anyway, first of all, if you´re still unsure about your game, as you told you are, keep working at the cheapest stake. Baby steps >>>>>> implementing all changes at once. Then, try something aggressive, but not suicidal. I´d recommend this one (adapt to your br):

100-150: nl2
150-300: nl5 (move down to nl2 below 125)
300-750: nl10 (move down to nl5 below 250)
750-1500: nl25 (move down to nl10 below 625)
And it goes on and on until you reach your goals.

But, again, only do this after you´re sure about your game.

GL!

Thanks, I'm not sure I wanna take short shots right now. The problem with those (that I've found in my experience) is that as soon as I lose a couple BIs, I start thinking about having to move back down soon. And if it fails, I don't see growth in the bankroll, which is a little discouraging as well. And it also sucks when you run bad during a failed shot, and then run well when dropping down to build it back up. Cause if you could just switch to the next level instead of taking a shot, that run-good could have happened at that next level instead.

The other side of it is, if this decision can force me to start putting in tons of volume, then it will be worth it. I have no reservations about playing now, because I'm comfortable at nl2z and I'm not worried about the possibility of losing. So should be easier to start putting in a lot of hours, and will get me going in the right direction work-ethic wise. And then when switching to nl5z, it's the same thing. I won't have to worry as much about volume, cause I won't be worried about losing my shot and having to rebuild, which has affected my desire to play at times.

So, I think it might be better for the next couple weeks. Should only take a couple weeks or so to build it up if I can put in the volume, and then will try to put in massive nl5z volume at that point.

Hand of the day: I was praying, please have AQ.. please have AQ.. lol (don't know why I didn't just wish he had a lower flush )

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

Hero (BTN): $6.14
SB: $7.93 (VPIP: 26.32, PFR: 22.37, 3Bet Preflop: 13.33, Hands: 80)
BB: $1.46 (VPIP: 25.49, PFR: 17.65, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 53)
UTG: $4.71 (VPIP: 21.43, PFR: 14.29, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 14)
MP: $4.22 (VPIP: 18.18, PFR: 13.64, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 22)
CO: $2.70 (VPIP: 32.26, PFR: 12.90, 3Bet Preflop: 2.22, Hands: 94)

SB posts SB $0.01, BB posts BB $0.02

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.03) Hero has A T

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.05, SB raises to $0.20, fold, Hero calls $0.15

Flop: ($0.42, 2 players) K T 2
SB bets $0.14, Hero calls $0.14

Turn: ($0.70, 2 players) J
SB bets $0.30, Hero calls $0.30

River: ($1.30, 2 players) 8
SB bets $0.74, Hero raises to $5.50 and is all-in, SB calls $4.76

Trying to make things more structured. Came up with a tentative playing schedule for the rest of this week (Jun 1-4). Trying to treat it more like a job, so it's like another work schedule. So goal for the rest of the week:

[] Get in 24k hands between now and the end of Jun. 4

After this week, I'll try to do the same weekly hand target goals every week (based around my work schedule) and get in the habit of treating it like a job.

nl2z this week:


nl2z luck bell curve this week (If I'm posting all-in EV line, may as well post this too lol):



[N] hand goal (15,231 / 24k hands played)

Didn't reach the number of hands played goal, but I'm ok with how the week went. Mostly. My volume got sidetracked in part because I had a really bad stretch where everything went wrong, and lost 6-7 BIs. Was starting to tilt, and quit for the day. But I did spend time studying, so I'm happy with that. After thinking more about what I need from poker in the short term, I set myself a goal to try and achieve:

Achieve a 10 bb/100 WR at nl10z over a 200k hand sample.

That is my ultimate goal in the first stage of my journey, and all of my study efforts will go towards achieving that goal. Don't know if this is possible, but will do my best to work towards this. If not possible, I will see what I can achieve, and reevaluate. Once I've achieved this goal, I will figure out what I want to achieve in the next stage of my journey.

I will try to move towards this goal as quickly as possible, without doing anything too risky. Not sure what that will entail exactly. One thing I know, is that it's hard to work 4 days a week, and then grind 40-50 hours at nl2z. Especially when all I'm making is $1-2/hr and the BR is growing at a snail's pace.

So I don't know if I can do what I intended, and just grind nl2z until I hit $500. At this point, I'm thinking either grinding nl5z for the next little while (have 32 BIs), or taking a shot at nl10z. I know I can win at nl10z; I just don't have the BR for it. So one thought is depositing $300 or so to have a nice roll for nl10z. And just focusing on that right away. The downside to that idea is that it's money I can't afford to lose (unless I can find another job right away if things don't go well). So I'd better be able to win enough at nl10z to be able to start withdrawing before the end of the month. Or I could just play nl10z with the 16 BIs I have, and see how I do with that before I think about depositing more.

I will most likely not watch anymore RIO vids until I achieve my nl10z goal. I will instead just focus on intensive database analysis. Searching for areas where I'm bleeding money (or not making enough money), and finding ways to fix those leaks. Will start with the most general areas, and work my way into more specific spots. Will go from most frequent / needing most improvement, to less common spots or spots that don't need as much improvement. I think this is the most time-efficient (and probably also the most effective) way to improve my game at this stage.

That is what I started doing after the downswing a couple days ago. I found that spots where I 3bet aren't winning that much, and did some work on that. Used PT4s filters to look at a number of things with respect to that, and came up with a new 3betting strategy. After playing since then, the new 3bet strategy seems to be working quite well. I'll put up some hands in the next post.

Also noticed that limping behind other limpers with weaker hands is doing better than isolating them with stronger hands. So unless I'm closing the action, I will limp behind with my entire (playable) range. And limp-3Bet some of that range. Just something I wanna try out and see if it's more +EV for me. Never open-limping though, just after other limper(s).

One last change I made: I noticed I was losing by cold-calling too much (both opens, and 3Bets). So will continue calling quite a bit from the BB, but will tighten up considerably from other positions. Seemed to be doing quite well from the BB, so that part's good.

After applying those changes, had a couple great sessions yesterday. Looking to keep up the momentum.