Results for the month of April

Started off in a bit of a rut but made it a point to not let it make my volume suffer. being able to push through resistance is what separates this month from the some of the previous ones.

In many other iterations of my game I would let a 10k hand stretch like this put me in the hospital for a few days. I'd take a couple days to excessively study and rebuild confidence.

The idea that I have an edge and not playing is -ev for my winrate finally started to kick in.

The good:
- went to the gym 2-3x times a week.
-started running
-made minor improvements in my eating
-started reading more
-studying routine was very consistent

The bad:
- still eating to self-soothe too much
-think im smoking too much weed. Been smoking pretty consistently to wind down after sessions. This seems harmless but I end up staying up too late.


To be improved:
-go to gym most days
-improving eating.
-better sleep schedule. (this month I felt like it was more +ev to start playing sessions later in the evening bc of game quality). im still not sure what is best? the good thing was more fish, but the bad part was going to bed at like 6 am. I dont mind staying up all night but this tendency does make sticking to things like going to the gym harder.


After the 10k hand mark I started running really well. Then I felt like things were clicking more. Finished the month off with tons of volume and ended up getting over 30k hands this month. Felt like I trusted my instincts. I maintained a steady level of curiosity, manifesting in a good deal of intuitive plays. I made tons of mistakes and I learned a bunch.

Added a few cool tricks to my tool bag -
1. implemented donk on turn and river. We can call wider on turn bc we gain ev by having donk option on some rivers
2. Added a few good exploits vs common mistakes. ie- when ppl aren't raising to your block bet on river then its good to size up with your value a bit since we dont generate ev from bluffcatching in the bet/call line.
3. Refined my thought process on flop sizings- I've been able to divorce myself from the idea that some sizes are bad. running aggregate reports was making me miss fish ev in a lot of spots. I'm much more keen to play the incentive of my hand vs fish after this month.
4. My mental bag is growing. A lot of this comes down to trial and error with myself. My expectations are now more in sync with reality so I am more equipped to cope with what poker throws my way.

Nice thread. Where you playing?

Was playing 200-500nl on iggy. Now playing on global.

Welp, never posted here. 2+2 is a little too boomer for me but I do like the thought of documenting my journey so I'm gonna be cross posting my blog post here from my discord study group.

I'm making the switch from Ignition to Global. Probably gonna be playing on StarsPA after the summer.

I haven't posted in the last couple months but I had been grinding 200-500nl. Here's an updated graph of my 2022 results so far.

Started jumping in the Global mix last week. Getting my feet wet in the 200nl streets first while I get accustomed to the dynamics that come with a known player pool.

Day 1:

Pretty poker centric day today. Reviewed hands from last couple days today. Attached is results from my first week on global.



Played 2 90 min sessions
Battled a bit HU
Meditated
Journaled
Sunlight
Ate moderately healthy
Reviewed hands using brain solver/GTO wiz/pio
Discussed hand/thought protocols in discord
Rebalanced NFT portfolio a bit - took loans out on them to swap into stable coin
Organized study topics for the rest of the month

Some poker takeaways from today:
1. in bvb AJ4 type boards sb is polar. we knew this. but bb response is also polar. This wasn't a spot I was familiar with.

With a hand like ATo on AJ4 the solver ob/b75/b50-75 on clean run outs.

2. I think a good line is x/b75/ob with value hands that can get stacks in with the river ob.

I haven't looked at MDA data for this line yet, but I feel like ppl might overcall to it bc villain is perceived to not be protected with his flop x back. A whale skull ****ed me in this line in a hand a couple days ago. TY ser. You may have introduced a new line into my bag.

3. Ahi flush draws are mostly played through the call line. This is something we know and have seen in sims a lot. But it looks like I needed a conscious reminder bc I jamming one today vs a combo draw.

4. Dont forget to miss the cbets in oop srp pots. For a while I was working on the check node to play
out of xr bc I was over cbetting some textures. But im starting to miss some cbets now bc my brain goes to auto check in these formations.

I'm going to be diving into some more HU study this month - as the situation seems to come up a fair bit on Global. I'm also really excited by the competitive nature that comes from the 1v1 dynamic.

First step is to get preflop right and then look at some of the non 6max spots like low-low-low or mid-mid-mid boards that I've heard cause 6max players some trouble.

Also wanna dive a bit deeper into bvb.

More on that in the coming weeks.

Tomorrow will be more of an IRL day as I have some errands that need attending. Not sure I'll have much time for study but I'll def get some volume in at night.

I think you have impressive results man, definitely following.
although I'm still at the micros I like to read threads like that, it gives me inspiration to study harder

good luck

Appreciate it mate. Starting playing 10nl blitz about 18 months ago. Find the right information/group of people to surround yourself with and there's progress to be made. GL GL

Day 2 - pretty uneventful session last night. IRL stuff got in the way so I couldn't carve out the study time I wanted. Still have a bunch of spots to review.

I dunno I think Id rather get negative winrate but with super duper rb I dunno

Lol wut?

Day 3- Hooped a good bit today. Had nice night with my gf. Had some spanish cheese, ham n wine. Grind starts now.

Not sure why you would be playing on anything other than regulated sites if you live in PA. My impression was that these isolated pools are just full of fish with minimal regs. Global is obviously soft as ****, but StarsPA has to be infinitely better from what I can tell

But best of luck OP. Very impressive that you're playing this high after playing 10 blitz less than 2 years ago, but not too surprising given how well you seem to understand how the game works

Sorry for the confusion. I'm not in PA now. But will be moving back at the end of summer.

But don't see anything wrong with playing ignition even in PA. There's benefits to anon pools. IMO its easier to construct strategies in these pools bc its tougher for regs to adjust. Makes it easier to red line ppl to death. on sites like starsPA even a fish will occasionally catch on to the fact you're overdoing it. Think you can achieve higher wr on ignition games bc of this.

Fully agree that the Global UI is trash. The whole no HUD thing is the worst part in terms of tracking hands. Studying becomes less efficient. Fwiw if I was in PA rn I would fs be playing Stars.

have you ever searched about a hand catcher for global network?
I think there's some options out there that can help you track your hands and study your own game properly

Ohhh ok, that makes a bit more sense lol

Nothing wrong with Ignition, that's probably the exception to the rule for the reasons you've listed

That's a blatant ToS violation, a lot of players have been banned for doing that

are you sure? it's not for the guy to use the HUD, it's just to let him review hands and study his own game

Yeah, no kind of software is allowed to interact with the game state

Yea.. using software fully against ToS on global.

Day 4-

Got done:

Simplified HU ranges today. Not mixing anything. Except for 4b where ill 4b 25% of the offsuit bw combos. This should be simple enough.

Prioritizing getting frequencies right first. Limiting decision fatigue as much as possible.

Actually really surprised how simple HU ranges could be. Feels nicer than 6m since it's less formations.

What's next?:

Gonna run the ranges I created in a trainer for the next couple days.


Strategy Construction:

Looking at flop aggregates to make heuristics. Will prob only use a 1 size strategy on flop. b30 or b67, depending on texture. Will evaluate if splitting on some boards is necessary. Leaning towards using b67/b125 sizes on turn. And splitting into 3 sizes on river (only 2 when IP).


Where to start?:
I've heard that 654 type boards are non intuitive to 6max players bc the aggressor isn't at such a disadvantage. So I'll prob start there.

Does anyone have any spots they recommend taking a look at?

For 6 max I'd tell someone learning the game to look at 983tt, AK4tt to learn overbetting concepts. Or K72r to learn about range betting. T73tt to learn about b67. etc.


Questions for HU regs:
How many sizes do you have on each street? Better to split multiple sizes like 1-2-3 or keeping it simple with something like a 1-1-2?

I'd love to pick someone's brain about how they go about developing HU strat before. hmu if you'd be interested in studying together.

not sure why ur putting so much effort into hu if it's only against other 6maxers starting tables when they're so unlikely to find any exploits against individual opponents

?? It's a simple strat. Starting off with 1 flop size. Its the bare minimum. Simply approaching the game in the same way I approach 6max.

you do you, I'm just too lazy

Day 5-

Exchanged coaching session with a HU reg.

Did some work on preflop adjustments in HU.

Drilled basic blue print vs HU fish.

Went over oop srp and big bet srp spots in 6max.

Feeling about ready to jump in the HU mix.

Will have access to starspa action in about a month.