I'll check him out. Been looking for more content like that. I had a few days where it wasnt tracking my leaderboard but took 1 day off and when I came back it was working again. What's your PS name? We must've played some hands together by now

Good luck bro!

Thank you sir. Luck is my middle name

over 2 weeks of playing 50nl now and ~12k hands! I've been running pretty well, but the last 5k hands I've played well too. Account is up quite a bit from rakeback.
I took a shot at 100nl (not seriously) just to see what its like and got absolutely thrashed. fun experience but wish I hadn't. Punted 2 BI very quickly.

I'm really getting into GTO wizard studying about 25/75. I'd like it to be more like 50/50. Sometimes GTO play seems to get me into trouble though. This hand for example was completely solver approved and just felt punty as hell.

BTN: 246 BB
SB: 78.84 BB
BB: 134 BB
Hero (UTG): 193.3 BB
MP: 89.56 BB
CO: 100.24 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 5 A

Hero raises to 2 BB, fold, fold, BTN raises to 8 BB, fold, fold, Hero raises to 20 BB, BTN calls 12 BB

Flop: (41.5 BB, 2 players) 2 4 K
Hero bets 9.86 BB, BTN calls 9.86 BB

Turn: (61.22 BB, 2 players) J
Hero bets 14.54 BB, BTN calls 14.54 BB

River: (90.3 BB, 2 players) A
Hero bets 21.58 BB, BTN raises to 201.6 BB and is all-in, fold

BTN wins 129.46 BB

I guess the idea is that my range is so value heavy that I can bet small and still have fold equity? the gutshot to the wheel with the A as blocker makes it perfect barrel candidate. I'd just studied this spot and was confident I was playing it right but in retrospect I don't feel like I need bluffs here to get paid most of the time. dang I guess balance is a thing but sometimes the non-GTO play seems to naturally exploit the populations tendancies. Its GT-NO in those spots.

28k hands in and over a month now at 50nl



With RB and some 25nl not shown in graph, my acct is up $250 in the last month.

Crazy enough, I think I'm going to stick here at 50nl!! Confidence is on the rise. Really thought it was a long shot but I seem to be holding my own. getting absolutely crushed on every flip lately which is starting to wear on me, but seeing the gold line rise is way more important to me than the green line.

here's some good punts from last session:



Not sure why donking makes my head explode but if you'd like to take me for stacks, just donk and I'll call 3 bets and then raise river with A high and 0 equity


Outside of poker, we had an absolute monsoon where I live (100mm of rain in 12hrs), and I'm right in the middle of building a patio cover over my deck, meaning I had to rip into my roof. well, the roof leaked and cracked my drywall and my basement ended up with 5 inches of water in it. The ultimate runbad.

Noted.
I actually love donking OOP and try to find excuses to do it.

Not surprised that it seems like you’ll stick/thrive at 50z though.

Sorry to hear about the house issues, that sucksssss.

Its good your not discouraged and you continue to play at 50nl. You have to play with them to get better no way around it. From what i have read so far you are way to good for 2nl. EVen 25nl i think your better then that pool. I think 50nl is perfect limit for you to grow as a player and take your game to the next level.

I see you are posting hands i don't think you should worry about. calling down with top pair or losing with KJ to a flush. Those are spots its ok to be wrong. Just cause you lost doesn't mean you did anything wrong. You should be looking at winning and losing hands that are small pots. And try to find spots where you could of bluffed or got more value. You are in those spots the most and if its 1000 times you are in that spot and you can get 1 more dollar out of it thats 1000 more in your pocket. These big pots you keep posting even out over time. You want to focus on smaller more repetitive type pots to max your ev. And if you do that you will make a lot more money. Just don't beat yourself up over check calling down sb vs bb with A8 top pair. Its fine you have top pair and hes going to rep the A sometimes since you check call down. Sometimes you will be right and catch a nice bluff. THE KQ 4b vs btn 3b and bet and shoving is fine too. IF he don't have AA and has AK even a pair its tough call for him. Most of the time you get a fold there vs buttons range. You were just repping what he had was unlucky. Its fine to lose and other players see what your capable of. Now when you have AA they gotta pay you off.

And the people saying the villain with the 75s was clicking buttons he played his hand fine as well. I don't see anything he did wrong. I would never note him as a guy clicking buttons. He is probably a decent player. That is one thing i also did in the past was underestimate how good my opponents were as i moved up in stakes and i would make horrible decisions from that assumption.

I bet there's some major benefits in putting people out of their comfort zone. Gotta close up the leak fast now before our next hand together 😂
saw your name super high up on the leaderboard a week ago, congrats on that cash $$$

Hey man appreciate the kind words and advice! Thanks for the read. Always been a mental leak of mine to be too results oriented. Its hard for me to see a bad play when I make money on the hand

I 100% lack an edge over regs at 50nl but there seems to be enough rec players to stay afloat while I learn. I take it as a huge compliment that you think I'd beat 25nl as a month ago that was miles away in my mind.

Hope you stick around man! Love getting insight like that on hands I post

60k hands in!
I'm turning into PokerStars most breakeven redline fish

Just got back from Mexico, which was a blast. The girlfriend and I rented a car there and explored around the Puerto Vallarta area, found this hike to this secluded little cove beach and it was UNREAL. I'm not much of a resort guy so these are the kinds of things I live for.



Didn't play much poker down there which has set me majorly behind on my exclusive challenge on Stars. Trying to play 2k hands a day to make up for it this week. Been working on a few big tweaks to my game which should help my blueline go positive, mainly dialing back bluffs vs recs.

Some Hands!

These are some of the most uncomfortable positions for me. Kind of just a gross spot, but I think I played it right.


This hand is pretty interesting from V's point of view. I was thinking on the river that if he shoved, I'd be in a really tough spot. not a fan of the smaller sizing since his boats aren't holding anything back. With the K I think my hand is bluff catching any size

GL with the challenge. I am hoping to be at 50nl by february. I am at 10nl. Probably wishful thinking but I hope to be playing at the limits you are at soon.

Thanks man! GL with your challenge as well. I don't know what 10nl is like since I skipped it but I think its doable

What an insane month!




this'll be my last update here. I may start a new blog in the new year but I feel like I've accomplished the original goal which feels wicked good. It's time for some new goals!

all in all I played 84k hands in 76 days. Bankroll is at $8600 with rakeback for a total profit of $3600. I moved up to 100nl during the upswing and so about 14k hands were at the higher stake.



so many crazy hands from last month but here are a couple:

He wrote in the chat that he folded QT. I had him labeled a weaker player and so was trying to juice him. (note to avoid labeling players until I'm 100% sure), but it got me wondering if I have enough air to actually balance this jam and if I would ever come up with a play like this with air. Getting a fold from a straight would be pretty sick.



thought this was a pretty sick thin value river check-raise.


anyways, thanks for reading. It's been a blast doing the updates. Look for a new one from me in the newyear!

Sick results, hugely inspiring! GL in NY

wow just found this thread, hope you do a new one in the new year those results so quickly are incredible - was thinking wow you are doing good looking at the break even graph and then with the nice upswing at the end to put you as a nice winner

good luck for the new year what ever you decide on doing!

Thanks guys. Appreciate the kind words