A weekly blog: documenting the 2024 poker journey
12-20-2023
, 12:20 PM
Background story
The 2023 story.... not much poker but when I did play I did document it here. Feel free to read what you would like etc...
My first blog on 2p2 is here: https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/1...ssion-1823635/
To summarise: Started out playing very aggressive at 10NL Blitz on ACR and was a losing player over a 56k hand sample (see graph below)
Changed my strategy completely and did some study alongside playing and played a further 31k hands at 10NL and became a winning player (see graph below)
Overall the graph at 10NL for 86k hands did a bit of U-turn (see below - quite funny really)
I played a bit at 50NL Blitz on ACR and even 200NL (but nothing serious at all in terms of volume - more just to see what it was like to play the limit there).
Decided to take a break from poker around the time of moving house and used a little bit of my roll to play at GG poker.
I started this thread here: https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/1...urney-1825124/
I played 25NL and reported 10k hands on the blog here with this graph....
Since then, I haven't played a huge amount poker but have played.... results have been somewhat break even but here is my graph after 44k hands on GG poker.
I have also played a tiny bit at 50NL and 200NL on GG poker but nothing really to report. Here are my results from the site (see below)
*I have also played a little at Pokerstars this year but have not got results on poker tracker 4 (I believe I am around breakeven but mainly due to punting it off ha)
The 2024 poker journey
I am looking to play a lot more. I am looking to be a lot more consistent with the time I play.
I want to set myself five goals for 2024 (in no particular order)
1) Play at least 1 million hands (ideally 1.5 million if I can be really committed) - anywhere from 30-50 hours per week 3 tabling zoom/blitz/rush n cash etc...
2) Be a winning player before rake back and bonuses
3) Maintain a sensibly bankroll management (shot take when above 22BI for the next stake (2BI shot take) *only if winning before rake back and bonuses at prior stake)
4) Study with a select few people *as much or as little as needed* (looking to connect with a couple of people - so please reach out - I do have discord)
5) Update blog once a week (52 blog posts for 2024)
Where should I play poker in 2024?
I will be depositing in the next few days and may play a few hands before the new year but the question I have (and I would like some input with this is...)
Where should I play poker?
I am wanting to put in a lot of volume, so the question is where will I best be served in terms of rake back and bonuses etc... as well as balancing the idea of soft/hard sites to play at.
I have accounts at GG Poker, Pokerstars and ACR, so deposit bonuses etc will not come in to effect there (but I could play at Ya Poker *ACR skin* and get a 200% $ deposit bonus).
I also think I could hit the $125 or $250 beast leaderboard payout each week and the Elite Program may be one to consider for a nice juicy bonus or set of bonuses throughout the year.
I haven't looked too much into GG poker or Pokerstars rake back and bonus program but I imagine both sites could be slightly softer to play at (esp GG poker but the rake is higher).
So any thoughts or advice, please comment below....
To end this first blog post: I would like to say that I will be playing poker alongside a full time job and having a family. But if I can be successful and complete all five of my goals for 2024, then perhaps 2025 could look a lot different in terms of work and poker etc.
*Wish me luck - the grind starts soon - Week 1 blog will be posted on Sunday 8th January and I aim to update each Sunday*
The 2023 story.... not much poker but when I did play I did document it here. Feel free to read what you would like etc...
My first blog on 2p2 is here: https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/1...ssion-1823635/
To summarise: Started out playing very aggressive at 10NL Blitz on ACR and was a losing player over a 56k hand sample (see graph below)
Changed my strategy completely and did some study alongside playing and played a further 31k hands at 10NL and became a winning player (see graph below)
Overall the graph at 10NL for 86k hands did a bit of U-turn (see below - quite funny really)
I played a bit at 50NL Blitz on ACR and even 200NL (but nothing serious at all in terms of volume - more just to see what it was like to play the limit there).
Decided to take a break from poker around the time of moving house and used a little bit of my roll to play at GG poker.
I started this thread here: https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/1...urney-1825124/
I played 25NL and reported 10k hands on the blog here with this graph....
Since then, I haven't played a huge amount poker but have played.... results have been somewhat break even but here is my graph after 44k hands on GG poker.
I have also played a tiny bit at 50NL and 200NL on GG poker but nothing really to report. Here are my results from the site (see below)
*I have also played a little at Pokerstars this year but have not got results on poker tracker 4 (I believe I am around breakeven but mainly due to punting it off ha)
The 2024 poker journey
I am looking to play a lot more. I am looking to be a lot more consistent with the time I play.
I want to set myself five goals for 2024 (in no particular order)
1) Play at least 1 million hands (ideally 1.5 million if I can be really committed) - anywhere from 30-50 hours per week 3 tabling zoom/blitz/rush n cash etc...
2) Be a winning player before rake back and bonuses
3) Maintain a sensibly bankroll management (shot take when above 22BI for the next stake (2BI shot take) *only if winning before rake back and bonuses at prior stake)
4) Study with a select few people *as much or as little as needed* (looking to connect with a couple of people - so please reach out - I do have discord)
5) Update blog once a week (52 blog posts for 2024)
Where should I play poker in 2024?
I will be depositing in the next few days and may play a few hands before the new year but the question I have (and I would like some input with this is...)
Where should I play poker?
I am wanting to put in a lot of volume, so the question is where will I best be served in terms of rake back and bonuses etc... as well as balancing the idea of soft/hard sites to play at.
I have accounts at GG Poker, Pokerstars and ACR, so deposit bonuses etc will not come in to effect there (but I could play at Ya Poker *ACR skin* and get a 200% $ deposit bonus).
I also think I could hit the $125 or $250 beast leaderboard payout each week and the Elite Program may be one to consider for a nice juicy bonus or set of bonuses throughout the year.
I haven't looked too much into GG poker or Pokerstars rake back and bonus program but I imagine both sites could be slightly softer to play at (esp GG poker but the rake is higher).
So any thoughts or advice, please comment below....
To end this first blog post: I would like to say that I will be playing poker alongside a full time job and having a family. But if I can be successful and complete all five of my goals for 2024, then perhaps 2025 could look a lot different in terms of work and poker etc.
*Wish me luck - the grind starts soon - Week 1 blog will be posted on Sunday 8th January and I aim to update each Sunday*
12-22-2023
, 09:03 AM
12-29-2023
, 11:20 PM
Thanks for the good luck vibes.
Decided I will play at ACR again. Thought I would play a session before the New Year Grind starts.
Loaded up 3 and then 4 tables at 25 Blitz. I have never seen this stake run before, but it was a nice surprise.
Started off well, holding where I needed to and taking some aggressive lines for value and bluffing. Some bluffs got called and some didn't throughout the session.
I did run absolutely horrendous (see graph below from my 2k hand session).
Ended up losing nearly 5 buyins in 2k hands - ouch. I could have easily been 3+ Buyins up. Not had a session like that all year ha! Got kicked in the teeth a lot ha.
Decided to put 1 table of 200 Blitz up alongside 3 25 Blitz tables, to play against some better players. I didn't play too many hands but held my own and hit some cards.
Managed to claw a win for the session but one of things I won't be able to do from next week is move up in stakes. I have told myself I want to be consistent and follow a bankroll strategy.
As such, I will have to learn to roll with the good and the bad. I am hopeful I can ride the storm. I know I can be profitable at 25 Blitz, even after just one session. Maybe it's hunch....
Anyways, Here is the 200 graph (see below)
I will leave this post with two hands that I played. Feel free to comment with the good or the bad etc.
Hand 1 - Tanked for quite a while on river and with the A and K of hearts out there I couldn't think of too many combos BB would call pre with, so made the call.
I do think it is under bluffed spot and maybe I was just lucky this once to make the correct call. No idea why he didn't 3 bet pre.
Hand 2 - this is just LOL. Never have I ever seen someone just do this and fold. I thought he was full of **** by his sizing and play and was happy with the decision to run it.
But we didn't run it... he folded. This probably explains my red line a little in the session, as I took down a $44 pot without showing my hand (biggest pot of the session by far....)
I will be sure to make a note of his play in case he/she comes back to the tables ha!
Anyways, thanks for following so far. The grind will start soon enough.
Hit me up if there is anything you want to know!
Decided I will play at ACR again. Thought I would play a session before the New Year Grind starts.
Loaded up 3 and then 4 tables at 25 Blitz. I have never seen this stake run before, but it was a nice surprise.
Started off well, holding where I needed to and taking some aggressive lines for value and bluffing. Some bluffs got called and some didn't throughout the session.
I did run absolutely horrendous (see graph below from my 2k hand session).
Ended up losing nearly 5 buyins in 2k hands - ouch. I could have easily been 3+ Buyins up. Not had a session like that all year ha! Got kicked in the teeth a lot ha.
Decided to put 1 table of 200 Blitz up alongside 3 25 Blitz tables, to play against some better players. I didn't play too many hands but held my own and hit some cards.
Managed to claw a win for the session but one of things I won't be able to do from next week is move up in stakes. I have told myself I want to be consistent and follow a bankroll strategy.
As such, I will have to learn to roll with the good and the bad. I am hopeful I can ride the storm. I know I can be profitable at 25 Blitz, even after just one session. Maybe it's hunch....
Anyways, Here is the 200 graph (see below)
I will leave this post with two hands that I played. Feel free to comment with the good or the bad etc.
Hand 1 - Tanked for quite a while on river and with the A and K of hearts out there I couldn't think of too many combos BB would call pre with, so made the call.
I do think it is under bluffed spot and maybe I was just lucky this once to make the correct call. No idea why he didn't 3 bet pre.
Hand 2 - this is just LOL. Never have I ever seen someone just do this and fold. I thought he was full of **** by his sizing and play and was happy with the decision to run it.
But we didn't run it... he folded. This probably explains my red line a little in the session, as I took down a $44 pot without showing my hand (biggest pot of the session by far....)
I will be sure to make a note of his play in case he/she comes back to the tables ha!
Anyways, thanks for following so far. The grind will start soon enough.
Hit me up if there is anything you want to know!