Hello 2+2,

I am a long-time lurker on this forum but have never considered making my own thread until recently. I played micros through college as a fun hobby but never took it too seriously; however, I have found poker to be a real passion of mine recently even if it likely won't be a career. So I decided to make this blog to follow my progression and keep myself accountable in regards to volume and studying. My primary goal of this thread is simply create a virtual time capsule for my future self and get insight from those much better than I. I look forward to speaking with other members of the community, so please comment on my punts and terrible red line

About Me
I am a recent college graduate and have a final interview with JP Morgan at the end of this month for a cushy finance job (wish me luck)! Outside of that, my life is fairly uneventful. I really enjoy personal challenges and I see poker as another problem to solve, so although I can't pursue it full-time I will be putting in decent volume and consideration to studying.

Poker and I
I started with a very meager bankroll of $85 three days ago (I don't have the cushy job yet) and hope to grind out of the microstakes by end of 2023. I believe setting high goals is a recipe for disappointment, so breakeven at 100nl is my manageable goal for this year. I have about 20 days before my interview to put in significant volume and grind the leaderboards on GGpoker before my interview. Additionally, I will be using a fairly aggressive BRM to avoid the raketrap that is 5nl/10nl/25nl.

Journey Begins

Update 1
A couple points I didn't mention in my introduction: I am starting at 5nl and this thread will be updated as regularly as possible with interesting hands and graphs. As mentioned above the bankroll started at $85 but now sits at $155 with a strong start. A couple of hands from the first 10k hands.

Hand 1 Flop is probably be a high % check, but I was unsure about this exact hand
GG Poker - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 155.4 BB
SB: 99 BB
BB: 100 BB
Hero (UTG): 234.4 BB
MP: 302.2 BB
CO: 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has Q Q

Hero raises to 2.6 BB, fold, fold, BTN calls 2.6 BB, SB raises to 11 BB, fold, Hero raises to 25 BB, BTN calls 22.4 BB, fold

Flop: (62 BB, 2 players) T 8 J
Hero bets 15 BB, BTN calls 15 BB

Turn: (92 BB, 2 players) 9
Hero checks, BTN bets 33 BB, Hero raises to 194.4 BB and is all-in, BTN calls 82.4 BB and is all-in

River: (322.8 BB, 2 players) 3

Hero shows Q Q (Straight, Queen High)
(Pre 68%, Flop 87%, Turn 95%)
BTN shows J K (One Pair, Jacks)
(Pre 32%, Flop 13%, Turn 5%)
Hero wins 318.4 BB

Hand 2 I always tell myself they can have flushdraws, but it's always TT or KTs
GG Poker - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 146.8 BB
SB: 403.6 BB
BB: 97.8 BB
UTG: 120.2 BB
MP: 116.6 BB
CO: 96.8 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has K A

fold, MP raises to 2.6 BB, fold, Hero raises to 8 BB, fold, fold, MP calls 5.4 BB

Flop: (17.4 BB, 2 players) 5 K T
MP checks, Hero bets 5.8 BB, MP raises to 20.4 BB, Hero raises to 138.8 BB and is all-in, MP calls 88.2 BB and is all-in

Turn: (234.6 BB, 2 players) 5

River: (234.6 BB, 2 players) 2

Hero shows K A (Two Pair, Kings and Fives)
(Pre 43%, Flop 3%, Turn 5%)
MP shows T T (Full House, Tens full of Fives)
(Pre 57%, Flop 97%, Turn 95%)
MP wins 230.2 BB

Hand 3 I don't know what I expected lol, I am fish
GG Poker - $0.05 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 100 BB
SB: 185 BB
BB: 86.4 BB
UTG: 122.8 BB
Hero (MP): 100 BB
CO: 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has J A

fold, Hero raises to 2.6 BB, fold, BTN calls 2.6 BB, fold, fold

Flop: (6.6 BB, 2 players) 2 2 J
Hero bets 2.2 BB, BTN raises to 7 BB, Hero raises to 16 BB, BTN raises to 31 BB, Hero raises to 97.4 BB and is all-in, BTN calls 66.4 BB and is all-in

Turn: (201.4 BB, 2 players) K

River: (201.4 BB, 2 players) K

Hero shows J A (Two Pair, Kings and Jacks)

BTN shows 2 A (Full House, Twos full of Kings)

BTN wins 197 BB

Good luck with the new job!