Hi 2+2, long time lurker here and I finally got something to post.

I know you probably read this kind of story time and time again "I have to make it in poker bla bla bla" and mine is no different but it is a bit more dramatic or so I like to believe.

I'll spare you all the boring details of how I got in this situation and just paint the picture for you:
-26y old, no job, no education
-190$ and change to my name
-next 2 months in rent paid upfront (may and june)

Basically I got 2 months to grind up before I will become homeless.
The good news is that I live somewhere in eastern europe so the cost of living is pretty low, thus the goals that I need to hit to stay alive are hopefully achievable in the time that I got.

After doing some math, here are the goals:
-get to 25NL
-hit 1300$
-beat 25NL at 4bb/100

Once I get to 1300$, I will take 300$ out to pay rent and living expenses (tight budget) and the rest is going to be my bankroll.

How do I plan on getting there:
-deposit in increments of 10$
-play at least 10hours per day
-review hands and study the game for 2 hours
-move up once I got 40BI at current stakes and 4BI of the next stake (i.e. once I hit 100$ I move to 5nl: 80$ + 20$)
-drop down when I get to 35BI of previous stakes (i.e. drop to 2nl from 5nl when I hit 70$)

Hopefully I won't need to reload more then a few times otherwise my food budget is going to be really low.

I will try and post daily graphs and hands that need a 2nd or 3rd opinion.

So there you have it.

(At the time of writing this I've already started the grind, I'm on day 3 now, I will post some graphs and numbers in a few)

Day 1 graph:




Day 2 graph:



Overall:


(the reason there are 3 dates is because on 17th I only played a bit to setup my computer/hud get ready and stuff so I included it in the 1st day of grind since 400 hands is nothing)

By position:



The good news it that I only loaded once so far thus I'm not going to have to eat cockroaches for the next 2months.

Back to grinding, next update tomorrow.

That is a tought situation you are in and I hope you make it man. What country do you come from?

Good luck!

Done with Day3, a bit disappointed because I had to cut it shorter then usual (about 8 and a half hours) because my eyes are getting tired.
It's probably because of my ****ty small 19" monitor, have all the tables as small as possible so I can fit them in the screen so in order to be able to read the hud stats I have to stand pretty close to the screen. I'll buy some eye drops tomorrow and try and make up the time that I lost today.

Here are the graphs:



Overall:



By position:




Time to crash. Next update tomorrow.

Following. Good luck, buddy!

hi man! contact me in private... I also live in eastern europe... and I recently started to grind.

Good luck!

good luck with this, i find gunnar glasses help with eye strain but maybe there not in your budget yet.

Done with Day4.
When I first started in Day1 I only played 3 tables then I slowly started to add more once I felt more comfortable, today I added 3 more then yesterday (total of 9) and I got some interesting results.

Basically I ended up playing tighter then I would like to, harder to keep track of all the things that is happening on all the tables, had a tougher time doing table selection because of the extra action and taking player notes became a nuisance.
Also I feel like I lost a lot of small pots when I could of won them.
Conclusion? Stick to 6 tables, the extra hands that I can squeeze in are not worth it if I play my B game.

Here are the graphs:



Overall:



By position:



Graph so far for all days:



Crashing now, next update tomorrow.