Hello everyone,I am a noob of playing NLHE,spent my spare time to grind it,study it and play it sucks(hahaha,suck joke).

My poker goal is being a good cash game poker, maybe someday I could take a sit on high stake poker game(online only),also seeking friends for willing grinding poker, discuss it and enjoy the game.

And I apologize for my broken english cos I'm not a native english speaker.

In the beginning,I thought NLHE is a cool game,everything about calculation,probability and mental war(In the era of GTO......LOL),and being attracted.But I study it in a silly way,like reading Harrington on Cash Games......and playing in horrible way,due to not much knowledge about how to exploit your opponent and easy to on tilt.

When I calm down and decide to facing my problem,then I watched a ton of course and module(E.G.pokercoaching.com, upswing poker) ,finally I beat NL2.(the red line.....Do I underbluff?but I consider I shouldn't bluff like Tom Dwan on low stack poker)

and let'ts me my ~10000 hands on NL 2


I considered that I should move on stacks recently,move on to NL5,then I realized my mental game is too suck.When I start to play NL5,I am overthinking my opponent is much better,didn't playing too tight/maniac.So,I Became an GTO fish......defend too much hand.......


So,I lost lots of money, desired for gain it back, and a odd mindset still in my brain-overthinking my opponent(I used to call a re-raise on river on NL5......)Being anxious when didn't opening preflop for a long time.Not being patient waiting for a good hand(Most of profit are made by good hand in low stack???????).Does anyone willing to share your experience of climbing stacks?How do you overcome the obstacle,or your learning path?

I know being a good poker isn't easy,so I asking for some advice sincerely.

Finally, I would show how bad when I play NL5

Hi!

I don't think you should bother with things like GTO, expanding your defense ranges to be non-exploitable, and other advanced things, simply because no one will exploit you at these limits.
And if there are a couple of such opponents, then it will not really affect your win rate.

Just try to find/buy some actual micro-limits course.
Study it well and implement it into the game. Up to nl25 this should be enough.

Losing 4 BI for 3k hands is not representative. You should not evaluate your game by graph for such short distances.

GL!

Thanks for your inspiration,I feel playing much more better than when my mental game improved.

Your opinion are practical that I saw most of NL2 Reg also have much of leaks(such as 3bet frequency too low,check a lot on a high equity board)
Just exploit them and forget GTO.

Sharing sth are useful for our mental game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fovk...Ln_forW93ImvTw

efficient way to clear mind, relaxing.

In a downswing again,and get bad beat with a monster hand in 2-3 sessions.....

I should stop a while and calm down,doing something else,having a dinner and come back to grind.

Accepting variance also a important part of playing good poker,I'm learning about it,and keep my life healthy.

It's a long time not to update,due to I have a daily job so I decided change to play NL5 zoom that I can play huge volume of hand.

I know I should face the variance in positive way but I can't withstand emotion coming my mind, so I play really suck recently.....

My biggest enemy is me since day one.....



When I lose 1buyin , I'm being hurry to gain it back,bluffing the wrong,have a bad call being like below,villain easy to have some KJ/KQ,but I didn't fold because I really want to win a big pot and can't admire my equity being lower.....

I should being patient for a good hand and stop bluffing when villain had a good hand,and seldom call a big river stab......The player pool is underbluffing

The big problem is too much care about money,and care about the variance

So I will take a rest for two days to clear my mind.I will not easy to give up on playing poker,even the process is too slow....

GGPoker, Hold'em No Limit - $0.02/$0.05 - 6 players
Hand delivered by Pokeit

UTG: $5.08 (102 bb)
MP: $6.93 (139 bb)
CO: $13.10 (262 bb)
BU: $7.35 (147 bb)
SB: $5.19 (104 bb)
BB (Hero): $5.46 (109 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($0.07) Hero is BB with T T
4 players fold, SB raises to $0.10, Hero 3-bets to $0.40, SB calls $0.30

Flop: ($0.80) T 6 9 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $0.27, SB calls $0.27

Turn: ($1.34) Q (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $1.01, SB calls $1.01

River: ($3.36) J (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $3.78 (all-in), SB calls $3.51 (all-in)

Total pot: $10.38 (Rake: $0.22)

Showdown:
BB (Hero) shows T T (three of a kind, Tens)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 56%, Flop: 85%, Turn: 23%, River: 0%)

SB shows J K (a straight, Nine to King)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 44%, Flop: 15%, Turn: 77%, River: 100%)

SB wins $10.16

Also,I should fold this hand on flop coz micro stake player would 4bet bluff and 4bet with QQ+

My villain's range is KK+ and no doubt to flop.

Recording my trash play and remember my mistake

GGPoker, Hold'em No Limit - $0.02/$0.05 - 6 players
Hand delivered by Pokeit

UTG: $5.37 (107 bb)
MP: $5.09 (102 bb)
CO (Hero): $5.23 (105 bb)
BU: $4.66 (93 bb)
SB: $8.05 (161 bb)
BB: $4.98 (100 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($0.07) Hero is CO with Q Q
1 fold, MP raises to $0.11, Hero 3-bets to $0.35, 1 fold, SB 4-bets to $1, 2 players fold, Hero calls $0.65

Flop: ($2.16) T 4 5 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $0.72, SB raises to $2.52, Hero calls $1.80

Turn: ($7.20) 3 (2 players)
SB bets $2.38, Hero calls $1.71 (all-in)

River: ($10.62) K (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $10.62 (Rake: $0.22)

Showdown:
SB shows A A (a pair of Aces)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 81%, Flop: 92%, Turn: 95%, River: 100%)

CO (Hero) shows Q Q (a pair of Queens)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 19%, Flop: 8%, Turn: 5%, River: 0%)

SB wins $10.40

Hi mate, you just have to accept you are going to get stacked sometimes.

It tilts me when I lose 2 buyins at the start of a session but in reality, poker is just one long session. If you know you have an edge, you can be relaxed and realise you will make money long term.

Just keep a proper bankroll so your mental ability won't be affected by huge swings in terms of % of bankroll.

Losing 5 buyins at NL5 is fine when you say 40 buyins, but if you have 10 buyins that's a huge punch in the face.

You seem like you have a good attitude so keep it up and good luck! I'm currently studying cash games and trying to move through the stakes with good BRM so hit me up on discord if you want to chat poker LFC_Fan#0225

Hello sharks,I had sent a request to you,thanks a lot.My discord ID is BlackSwan0227#5150

Not many people playing online in my living place, so let’s be a friend.

It's a long day not to update this thread,but my poker journal doesn't end,ha.
I never give up and study makes perfect,I believe it.

I had known that if you want to play a good poker,just study the theory thoroughly and found out your mistake and leak.
I know my mental game is really suck!My knowledge is really suck and do not have a good working ethnic!
In order to fix my mental game,I read some mental game article that written by Jared Tendler,knowing how to be a good loser,being focus on your game and playing in the zone.
And I have a new habit to prevent my auto driving mode turn on-talking to myself while playing(self awareness)
But I still have some running emotion in my brain when on table,but I can find them now.

And the biggest leak is my knowledge about poker is so suck!
Finally,I find the problem is not knowing too much about the theory,not knowing how did the GTO work and deviate it.(Just live to fold and fold,due to population is being unbalance)
When I search for some course about theory fundamental,carrot corner school is much helpful and teach everything in a intuitive way(and his youtube channel has many of good free content)
He teaches the mechanics of the poker and I think I can go much further in the poker pathway.

GTO is a fundamental of poker,it doesn't a nuclear power to crashing the population,just study and realize it.Don't get it too far and bombing yourself.
It just a guide for find out the population mistake and slash them all!
Also,sometimes you may have a read for population.
And knowing when should you escape(fold it!fold it!)

It's time to save my redline and study my database...

fix my leak and not doing wrong again,I believe study makes perfect

~20000 hands keep going (2.97BB/100,and not a big sample)


Thanks GG poker,your rake is too much high......

Heard many good reviews about this school.

I think you are on the right way

You can share your stats and we can suggest what to look for.

At first, it’s very difficult to understand what to look for in your database and what to do with what you found

Appreciate it sir, willing to view my broken poker blog again.

I just believe that study makes perfect,even I am not talented as trueteller. Through steady studying, someday I would be a good player.

Carrot corner is a such a good place to learn poker and his youtube channel is a very good free learning resource

I had bought his new course"cash injection"about exploitative strategy ,is really valuable and I am testing (day1,not many example)

What I learning from this,in 2023,exploitative play should based on solid GTO theory not a feeling, the more you know GTO,you can spot player pool mistake easily(and some data supported)

In order to beat micro and mid stake,knowing the base of GTO and don't go too far from population tendency,perform a perfect gto play is killing win rate.

I am practicing on focus on the whole session,I think small and mid pot are the invisible killer of my win rate.


Also, thanks for your free coaching,here is my data(~200000 samples)







Thanks for your help again,sir

keep going and being focus

Low win rate on BU and CO. Work on Aggressor Single Raise Pot.

-40bb/100 in the BB is probably ok for the micros, but the target winrate should be -30bb/100.

thanks for everyone's helping,my late position winrate is going up but utg winrate going down....

new leak found!

I'm working on find out a good spot to bluff/exploit and take a nor-gto line to gain the true ev.



Practice and review the hand I played,building a strategy for population weak/tendency based.

my idiot red line on last month

Disappear for a long time, spend a lot of time to CPS lesson and homework, doing hand review and watching coaching video.

Ok I think my thought process in my game had improved but doesn't the best performance, I can beat NL5 RnC after raked(more rake doesn't better man), I should study more and take a lesson of CPS Grade3 later.

Blindly following what the solver said is really burning money, this video told me that even the high stake crusher would perform some frequency mistake, solid theory based thought process is a must, hand reading makes you more easier to reading what does villain doing, how you can react of the villain's play?Does player pool would have frequency mistake on this time(especially BB turn probe for no reason and check-raise nuts on river only), so to speak, exploitative poker is the king.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKldWC3ZY9I

Finally, I get the 10k hands sample to prove that I can beat it! Poker is a tough game that is about competitive, and the short-term variance is goddamn high, also you should have a good mental game to keep you mind clear(Reading the mental of Poker recently).

I was the idiot that playing with auto-pilot mode and get hurt when downswing(making wrong decision over and over again), not try to judge my play by graph, the thought quality is a important matter, even I still feeling bad when I get stack, cooler and make a mistake, I would write down my emotion and what I think in a excel, and think about how to adjust to the emotion.

Being a good poker player is not easy, a long journey to go.



My redline still sucks.

Yes, poker is a marathon and not a sprint.
Glad to see your progress.

GL!

Subbed and looking forward to updates. Sounds like you are on a good trajectory