Hey guys,

I'm starting this thread mainly because it will hopefully motivate me to put in more volume and to fight against my natural laziness.

I started playing poker in January 2010, but wasn't very successful at first. (see graph below) I started to take the game more seriously about 2 months ago, reading a lot on 2p2 and stuff. My main game are low stakes 45/180s on Stars.

I usually set a specific goal regarding volume and profit at the beginning of each month, but overall I'd like to play at least 5k games till the end of the year while turning a profit.

graph:

oops, kinda forgot about this thread.

tournaments played since start of the challenge: 228
left till end of the year: 4772
profit: $325
goal for october: 1500 games and $900 profit


i plan to move up in a couple of days, whats the best brm for doing this in 45/180s? i usually had like 150-200 buyins...


and at last a funny hand at the 180s


PokerStars - $2+$0.20|200/400 NL (9 max) - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

BB: 4,050.00
UTG: 7,020.00
UTG+1: 6,419.00
MP: 6,958.00
MP+1: 2,055.00
CO: 5,525.00
BTN: 4,600.00
Hero (SB): 5,690.00

BB posts ante 50.00, UTG posts ante 50.00, UTG+1 posts ante 50.00, MP posts ante 50.00, MP+1 posts ante 50.00, CO posts ante 50.00, BTN posts ante 50.00, Hero posts ante 50.00, Hero posts SB 200.00, BB posts BB 400.00

Pre Flop: (1000.00) Hero has J A

fold, fold, fold, fold, CO calls 400.00, BTN raises to 4,550.00 and is all-in, Hero raises to 5,640.00 and is all-in, fold, CO calls 5,075.00 and is all-in

Flop: (16300.00, 3 players) 9 K K

Turn: (16300.00, 3 players) T

River: (16300.00, 3 players) Q

Hero shows J A (Royal Flush)
CO shows A J (Straight, Ace High)
BTN shows Q Q (Full House, Queens full of Kings)
Hero wins 16,300.00

gl sir

What s/n do you go by? I may have to keep an eye out for you...

gl op, use very strict brm with 45/180s, ive lost >100 bi's midsesh before on numerous occasions

ty guys

it seems we clashed a few times, have 275 hands and one big pot between you and me in my PT stats will pm sn

now on to october

happy with the volume i put in so far this month though some mw2 playing, not so happy with the results.

ran worse than JRB and thank god for stacking tables and not seeing every hand (the ones i saw were sufficient)


probably the only hand i won BvB but at least it's a good one

PokerStars - $2+$0.20|1000/2000 NL (9 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

BTN: 39,508.00
Hero (SB): 36,288.00
BB: 41,808.00
UTG: 12,776.00
CO: 4,807.00

BTN posts ante 200.00, Hero posts ante 200.00, BB posts ante 200.00, UTG posts ante 200.00, CO posts ante 200.00, Hero posts SB 1,000.00, BB posts BB 2,000.00

Pre Flop: (4000.00) Hero has Q 3

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 36,088.00 and is all-in, BB calls 34,088.00

Flop: (73176.00, 2 players) 6 3 2

Turn: (73176.00, 2 players) J

River: (73176.00, 2 players) Q

Hero shows Q 3 (Two Pair, Queens and Threes)
BB shows A A (One Pair, Aces)
Hero wins 73,176.00

time for an update

it's kinda frustrating that at almost every FT i'm at everything goes wrong... BE stretch for 500 games now

would like to post some sharkscope graphs for this month but i have no account there...

overall graph:




PokerStars - $2+$0.20|3000/6000 NL (9 max) - Holdem - 4 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

BB: 76,187.00
UTG: 70,678.00
BTN: 53,266.00
Hero (SB): 69,869.00

BB posts ante 600.00, UTG posts ante 600.00, BTN posts ante 600.00, Hero posts ante 600.00, Hero posts SB 3,000.00, BB posts BB 6,000.00

Pre Flop: (11400.00) Hero has A K

UTG raises to 70,078.00 and is all-in, fold, Hero calls 66,269.00 and is all-in, fold

Flop: (146938.00, 2 players) 9 7 3

Turn: (146938.00, 2 players) A

River: (146938.00, 2 players) 5

Hero shows A K (One Pair, Aces)
UTG shows 5 A (Two Pair, Aces and Fives)
UTG wins 146,938.00



and here's a hand with a guy who made me laugh


PokerStars - $2+$0.20|1000/2000 NL (9 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

Hero (BTN): 25,935.00
SB: 18,974.00
BB: 12,595.00
UTG: 35,803.00
MP: 11,605.00
CO: 8,576.00

Hero posts ante 200.00, SB posts ante 200.00, BB posts ante 200.00, UTG posts ante 200.00, MP posts ante 200.00, CO posts ante 200.00, SB posts SB 1,000.00, BB posts BB 2,000.00

Pre Flop: (4200.00) Hero has A A

fold, MP raises to 11,405.00 and is all-in, fold, Hero raises to 25,735.00 and is all-in, fold, fold

Flop: (27010.00, 2 players) 4 3 8

Turn: (27010.00, 2 players) 7

River: (27010.00, 2 players) 6

MP shows J A (High Card, Ace)
Hero shows A A (One Pair, Aces)
Hero wins 27,010.00